Recaps

Cheng Han returned to the Profound Palace and arranged to conduct his next experiments in the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm, prompting Palace Master Yun Changtian to build up support and defenses there. Meanwhile, Lan Jiayao contacted Cheng Han from the Eastern Li War Zone to report a massive Sea Monster attack, confirming that his earlier decision to avoid a suspected trap had been correct.

• Cheng Han told Palace Master Yun Changtian that he planned to develop a New Model War Hawk and a New Type Profound Weapon, then asked to conduct the experiments in the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm.
• Palace Master Yun Changtian agreed and ordered several Profound Palace halls to establish branch operations and strengthen defenses in Tai'an.
• A Mystic Adept reported unusual activity in the Eastern Li War Zone, and Palace Master Yun Changtian let Cheng Han take Lan Jiayao's urgent communication.
• Lan Jiayao told Cheng Han that more than two hundred thousand Poison-Spraying Giant Squids, over three hundred thousand other Sea Monsters, and at least fifty thousand Flying Serpents had gathered around the Warhawk Legion.
• Lan Jiayao and the others recognized that Cheng Han had correctly refused to send the legion into the Sea Monsters' trap.

Cheng Han warned that the Sea Monsters might use Poison-Spraying Giant Squids to blind the Warhawks with fog, threatening the Eastern Li War Zone with disaster. He devised a feigned carrier maneuver to test his theory, then left Lan Jiayao in command as he prepared to advance to Intermediate Profound Warrior.

• Lan Jiayao told Cheng Han that the Central Court expected the Sea Monsters to use Flying Serpents and poisonous mist against the Warhawks.
• Cheng Han suggested that the Poison-Spraying Giant Squids might create fog to blind the Warhawks, exposing a plan that could leave the war zone vulnerable to a major attack.
• Cheng Han said the carrier fleet should feign a maneuver so they could see whether the squids shifted position to target them.
• Cheng Han announced that he was about to advance to Intermediate Profound Warrior and handed command of the coming battle to Lan Jiayao before ending the communication.

Cheng Han used the Banyan Realm Communication Token to advance his Secret Universe Profound Imprint, then consumed the Banyan Spirit Soul Secret Medicine and successfully became an Intermediate Profound Warrior. His Spirit Value rose sharply, while his ability to sense his incarnations in other worlds improved.

• Cheng Han praised the Artificers’ new Flying Cart and asked them to investigate using sheep’s wool as composite skin plating for the New War Hawk.
• The Banyan Realm Communication Token raised Cheng Han’s Spirit Vast Myriad Forest Profound Imprint’s Completeness and advanced his Secret Universe Profound Imprint to second-order.
• Cheng Han used the token to sense Spider Nether observing the Flower Nacre race and Cat Nether investigating the Eastern Li War Zone Mastermind.
• Cheng Han drank the Banyan Spirit Soul Secret Medicine, which transformed his Soul Tempering Imprint into a Double Ring and advanced him to Intermediate Profound Warrior.
• Cheng Han checked his Spirit Value and found that it had risen from 265.8 to 278.2.

After Cheng Han advanced to Intermediate Profound Warrior, he rewarded staff and Mystic Warriors across his institutions, while news of his planned Warhawk flight to Tai'an reached Palace Master Yun Changtian. When the palace learned Cheng Han had rendered another service for the Eastern Li War Zone, Ling Ye arranged to join his flight.

• Cheng Han advanced to Intermediate Profound Warrior and granted an extra month's salary to ordinary staff and a Source Profound Crystal to each Mystic Warrior in his four institutions.
• Zhao Qihuan ordered Red Armor Hall staff to load Cheng Han's belongings onto airships bound for the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm.
• Gong ZhengHuan and Zeng Zhidan discussed Cheng Han's rapid rise, rewards, and generosity, agreeing that his gifts could earn loyalty and goodwill.
• Palace Master Yun Changtian learned Cheng Han planned to pilot a Warhawk to Tai'an and ordered Heavenly Pacification Hall to protect him rather than stop him.
• A messenger reported that Commander Cheng had rendered another great service for the Eastern Li War Zone, and Ling Ye told his subordinate to ask Cheng Han if he could join the Warhawk flight.

Cheng Han received the greatest credit for helping Deputy Commander Lan win a major battle against the Sea Monsters, and Qing Han Profound Palace celebrated the Warhawk Legion’s victory. After taking part in a long-distance War Hawk flight ceremony, Cheng Han appeared in disguise at Qing Han Station, carrying a leather case.

• Palace Master Yun Changtian heard how Cheng Han exposed the Sea Monsters’ strategy and how Deputy Commander Lan’s plan led to a decisive victory in the Eastern Li War Zone.
• The battle report credited Cheng Han with the greatest contribution and ranked Deputy Commander Lan second, and Palace Master Yun ordered the report relayed to Cheng Han.
• Cheng Han learned of the victory through the Eye of Omniscience and enjoyed the fame and credit he earned across the Profound Palace.
• Three days later, Cheng Han and Ling Ye led five hundred War Hawks on a ceremonial long-distance flight toward Tai’an Minor Spirit Realm.
• Cheng Han arrived at Qing Han Station disguised in a wide-brimmed hat and carrying a leather case, then revealed his face while preparing to board an airship.

Cheng Han learned that the Destroyer Emissary and the Praying Life Society planned to ambush him, so he set a trap by traveling in secret to the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm while a decoy drew attention. He boarded a Cloud Dome Merchant Guild airship as rumors about the Science Magic Research Institute’s Flying Car plans stirred business interest.

• Qu XiaoYing reported that the Destroyer Emissary had begun its operation and that it and the Praying Life Society planned to ambush a key figure from the Qing Han Profound Palace.
• Cheng Han recognized that he was the target and recalled arranging a fishing operation in which a decoy would fly a Warhawk while he traveled by airship in disguise.
• Ling Ye supported Cheng Han’s plan and volunteered to act as bait, hoping the Heavenly Pacification Hall could defeat Profound Master-level enemies.
• Travelers discussed rumors that the Science Magic Research Institute planned to spread Flying Cars across the Profound Palace, and Cheng Han listened as merchants speculated about factories and assembly plants.
• Cheng Han presented his Rank A ticket, crossed the boarding bridge, and boarded the airship for the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm.

During an airship journey, Cheng Han refined a war hawk design, met twin girls, and used his knowledge of Life Control to begin creating a new dragon species. Spider Nether became the first egg of the Divine Fire Dragon, leaving Cheng Han with a rough but usable evolutionary path.

• Cheng Han worked on the New War Hawk's core design in the airship's Observation Hall and gained Proficiency from his deductions.
• Cheng Han painted a landscape for twin girls, and their mother thanked him with homemade pastries.
• Cheng Han wondered whether the Flower Nacre Clan might like Golden Dragons and began deducing a new evolutionary path.
• Spider Nether activated the Life Evolution Seal and True Flame Imprint, transforming into an egg that held a snake-like creature.
• Cheng Han completed the difficult deduction, named the new species the Divine Fire Dragon, and observed the giant egg.

Cheng Han explained how Spirit Branch nodes reduced vibration damage, then escaped merchants trying to hire him. Back in his room, he prepared to support Ling Ye’s operation against the Heretical God Believers, but the beautiful woman came knocking.

• Cheng Han demonstrated with a thread how Spirit Branch nodes dissipated vibrations that could otherwise break Spirit Branches.
• Several merchants offered Cheng Han increasingly high salaries to work at their factories, so he declined and left the Observation Hall.
• The beautiful woman and twin sisters greeted Cheng Han at the first-class restaurant, and the woman offered to bring him more pastries.
• Cheng Han watched Ling Ye lead a War Hawk group with three Mystic Boats through the Void Wind Realm and wondered where the Heretical God Believers would attack.
• Cheng Han summoned eighteen Netherworld beings to support the operation, then heard the beautiful woman knock on his cabin door.

Cheng Han used the Second Order Secret Universe Profound Imprint to create a Secret Universe Spirit Chart and secretly guided a Wind Evil Wraith to kill a harassing manager. Xiao Shan then destroyed the Anomaly at the cost of breaking his leg, and Cheng Han stored the chart for the journey ahead.

• A Wind Evil Wraith attacked the airship squadron, and Cheng Han opened his Secret Universe Spirit Chart to control events from his cabin.
• Cheng Han directed the Wind Evil Wraith to kill a manager who had been harassing the widow with a child.
• After the manager died, Cheng Han gained progress in the Secret Universe Profound Imprint and chose Xiao Shan to confront the Anomaly.
• Xiao Shan struck the Wind Evil Wraith's core, resisted its spiritual attack by breaking his own leg, and killed it.
• Cheng Han silenced and folded away the Secret Universe Spirit Chart so he could use it again if danger arose.

After the airship attack, Cheng Han entertained Yin Ying’s twin daughters with stories about the Sky Connecting Path and helped calm the passengers’ nerves. Later, his Secret Universe Spirit Chart detected the Heretical God Organization attacking the War Hawks, suggesting his bait had attracted a powerful enemy.

• The Airship Squadron landed for repairs and recovery, while Yin Ying felt pleased that the manager who had tried to grope her had died in the attack.
• Yin Ying found Ying Ying and Lu Lu listening to Cheng Han explain how Radiant Moss spread its seeds, and the twins asked him to continue telling them stories aboard the airship.
• The old captain raised the meal standard to compensate passengers for the delay, easing their nerves after the attack.
• Cheng Han studied the Secret Universe Spirit Chart, which showed Ling Ye and the War Hawks, and suspected it could warn him of approaching danger.
• Black Mist appeared on the chart and covered dozens of War Hawks, leading Cheng Han to conclude that he had hooked a powerful enemy.

Cheng Han monitored the battle against Guo Ke and helped Qing Han Profound Palace defeat the apparent ambush, then used the Secret Universe Spirit Chart to discover that Guo Ke had survived and infer the enemy’s real target. He sent his forces to the Anliang Small Spirit Realm, preparing to turn the trap against the attackers.

• Cheng Han tracked Guo Ke through the Secret Universe Spirit Chart as Ling Ye and three other Mystic Masters attacked him near the Spirit Branch.
• The four Mystic Masters unleashed a combined attack that appeared to kill Guo Ke, and Ling Ye credited Cheng Han’s plan for the victory.
• Cheng Han suspected Guo Ke had survived, used the Eye of Omniscience to follow his connection, and confirmed that he was still alive.
• Cheng Han deduced that the apparent ambush was a decoy and that the Heretical God Organization planned to strike the Anliang Small Spirit Realm.
• Cheng Han ordered his forces to gather in Anliang, ready to hunt the enemy.

Cheng Han used Netherworld’s knowledge of Small Spirit Realms to convince merchants that he was an experienced traveler while secretly ordering a hunt. In Anliang, Netherworld prepared to attack targets from afar with the Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spear, confident its range made it unbeatable among Profound Masters.

• Cheng Han described six Small Spirit Realms to skeptical merchants, persuading them that he had visited them.
• Cheng Han pointed out that the airship was nearing Nine Peaks Station and told Netherworld to begin the hunt.
• A Seed in a cabin burst open, and its Vines drew an Anliang cityscape as a Secret Universe Spirit Chart.
• In Anxi City, a Black-Clad Man and Netherworld discussed using the Spirit Chart to guide long-range attacks.
• The Black-Clad Man targeted a residence eight kilometers away and declared that Netherworld was invincible among Profound Masters.

The black-clad Netherworld used the Secret Universe Spirit Chart to locate Gerald and kill him from miles away with Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spears. Cheng Han watched Gerald’s death from an airship and told the Fat Merchant that he preferred to remain a designer rather than become a Warrior.

• The black-clad Netherworld used the Spirit Chart Thread to identify and locate Luo Ping and Gerald, then launched a spear at Gerald from afar.
• Gerald used the Praying Life Skull to recover his strength and shield himself from the first attack, but the blue flames consumed the blood mist.
• Cheng Han watched through the Eye of Omniscience as six more spears struck Gerald and ignited his body and soul, killing him and leaving the Bloody Skull behind.
• The Fat Merchant asked Cheng Han whether he wanted to become a Warrior, and Cheng Han said he preferred to remain a designer.

Cheng Han ordered the Netherworld to massacre the Praying Life Society members, spare most of the Destroyer Emissary, and steal the Praying Life Skull, while exposing Zuo Daqian’s role in the manager’s harassment of Miss Yin. Investigators later found the underground dead and concluded that a Mystic Supervisor-level killer had attacked without entering the site.

• Cheng Han ordered the Netherworld to kill the remaining Praying Life Society members, spare most of the Destroyer Emissary, and seize the Bloody Skull.
• The Netherworld killed five believers outside the Secret Chamber, took the Bloody Skull, and continued its remote massacre, allowing fewer than ten Destroyer Emissary members to escape.
• Cheng Han told the merchants that Zuo Daqian had allegedly offered Miss Yin to the manager in exchange for cheaper shipping, and Zuo Daqian left after the others turned against him.
• Garrison Profound Warriors detected extraordinary fluctuations underground and reported the suspected Heretical God stronghold to the Profound Pavilion and the Heavenly Pacification Hall.
• Ling Ye and Gao Ting investigated the cave, found ashes from nearly twenty Transcendents, and determined that one powerful attacker had killed them without entering the site.

Cheng Han used the Secret Universe Spirit Chart to spy on the fleeing Destroyer Emissary and sow suspicion around Council Speaker Arthur. He then analyzed the Praying Life Skull and discovered it was connected to a giant severed finger, apparently part of a Divine Corpse, that had been used in a mass blood sacrifice.

• Cheng Han monitored Arthur and six other Heretical God Believers through the Secret Universe Spirit Chart and sent Transcendental Marks along their Spirit Chart Threads.
• Arthur ordered his subordinates to split up and leave the Anliang Small Spirit Realm, but one man was possessed by a mark and spoke of a pleased Master who wanted Arthur to join their ranks.
• The possessed man burned to ash, leaving Arthur to fear his subordinates would suspect him of betrayal and report the incident.
• Cheng Han packed away the spirit chart and directed a Netherworld to prepare the Praying Life Skull for analysis.
• Cheng Han's deduction revealed a five-hundred-meter severed finger on a Giant Altar marked with the Life Evil Emblem, surrounded by at least a hundred thousand drugged people prepared for a blood sacrifice.

Cheng Han used the Eye of Omniscience to uncover a blood sacrifice that awakened an unknown Ancient Main God's Severed Finger, whose curse triggered a powerful response from his True Flame Profound Imprint. The Divine Patterns left behind greatly strengthened the imprint, and Cheng Han decided to investigate ancient history to discover the Main God's identity.

• Cheng Han discovered that the Eye of Omniscience could not identify the Severed Finger, which he suspected belonged to an ancient Main God.
• Cheng Han watched the God of Dark Blood sacrifice more than one hundred thousand civilians to awaken the Severed Finger, while blood threads drained their lives into it.
• The awakened Severed Finger cursed its desecrators with the Eternal Calamity Prison, and Cheng Han's True Flame Profound Imprint reacted to the voice and shielded him from its effects.
• The Severed Finger vanished, leaving a finger bone etched with Divine Patterns and more than ten thousand Praying Life Skulls among the remains of the sacrificial victims.
• Cheng Han completed the True Flame Profound Imprint to 68.66% and gained a major increase in proficiency, Spirit Value limit, and True Flame Power.
• Cheng Han decided to resume archaeology and search for the identity of the Ancient Main God.

Cheng Han tracked Arthur and manipulated a confrontation between the Destroyer Emissary’s Council Speaker and a controlled subordinate, deepening Arthur’s distrust of his organization. Arthur began to believe that staying with the Destroyer Emissary would be dangerous.

• Cheng Han heard that Zuo Daqian had gone blind after Cheng Han planted a mental suggestion that tormented him with visions.
• Cheng Han monitored Arthur and learned that Qing Han Profound Palace’s War Hawks had arrived in the Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm to search for an impersonator.
• Cheng Han used the Secret Universe Spirit Chart to observe Arthur expose a Tall Subordinate controlled by a Netherworld.
• Arthur summoned McCarran God Envoy, but the Tall Subordinate’s words made it seem as though Arthur had helped lure the God Envoy into the open.
• Arthur feared McCarran God Envoy would suspect him of collusion and began to doubt whether he should remain with the Destroyer Emissary.

Cheng Han used Netherworld to test his new abilities against McCarran God Envoy, who was forced to retreat after Netherworld escaped his attacks. Back aboard the airship, Cheng Han demonstrated his fine control while drawing and left the passengers impressed.

• Cheng Han ordered Netherworld to fight McCarran God Envoy and test his recently acquired abilities.
• Netherworld struck McCarran God Envoy with a Soul Extinguishing Divine Dark Spear, disrupting his Source Energy before evading his counterattack with Netherlight Leap.
• McCarran God Envoy used a supernatural item to predict Netherworld's return point, but Phantom Nether Flash fooled him and Netherworld escaped.
• Cheng Han explained to Ying Ying that ordinary martial training did not suit him, then controlled a Pencil without touching it to demonstrate his training method.
• The male passenger left after Cheng Han's demonstration, and the other passengers praised his skill as the Twin sisters went with him.

Cheng Han ordered Red Armor Hall to replace its Spirit Branch patrols with War Hawks and finished blueprints for a powerful new engine. He discovered that Arthur had fled the Destroyer Emissary after being framed, and decided to rescue him and use him to investigate clues about an Ancient Main God.

• Cheng Han watched War Hawks patrol the Sky Connecting Path and calculated that five thousand aircraft could greatly improve security across the Spirit Branches.
• Cheng Han ordered Red Armor Hall to convert its patrols to War Hawks within half a month, and the organization agreed to carry out his plan.
• Cheng Han completed the New War Hawk Engine blueprints, gaining over 30,000 Proficiency points and bringing the Eye of Omniscience's upgrade progress to 241122/500000.
• Cheng Han used the Halo to see Arthur fleeing through a forest and realized he had defected from the Destroyer Emissary after being framed.
• Cheng Han decided to rescue Arthur and have him investigate clues connected to the Divine Body Severed Finger and the unnamed Ancient Main God.

Cheng Han watched Arthur being hunted by a Praying Life Society Grand Bishop and waited until Arthur agreed to serve him before intervening. Arthur was captured by an unknown force, and Cheng Han told him to remember that he owned the Praying Life Skull.

• Cheng Han identified the attackers’ Black Mist skulls as a technique from the Praying Life Society’s Chant of Life Holy Chapter and watched Arthur fend them off with blood-mist decoys made from severed fingers.
• Cheng Han deduced that the pursuing Grand Bishop intended to enslave Arthur and chose to wait until Arthur ran out of options.
• Cheng Han contacted Arthur through the Star Transmission Method, warned him about Life Enslavement, and demanded that he serve him.
• Arthur agreed to serve Cheng Han and begged for help as another wave of skulls approached, sacrificing part of his palm to hold them back.
• Arthur suddenly became unable to move as his Holy Chapter was suppressed, and Cheng Han told him that he was the owner of the Praying Life Skull.

Cheng Han used the Praying Life Skull’s power to free Arthur from Pelosi’s enslavement and make her believe Arthur had stolen the artifact. Arthur defeated Pelosi and began feeding on her, while he continued to believe Cheng Han was a terrifying insider of the Praying Life Society.

• Arthur mistook Cheng Han for the Mysterious Person behind his defection and Pelosi’s enslavement, while Pelosi approached him in the forest.
• Cheng Han sent Transcendental power into Arthur’s soul and prepared the Praying Life Skull, taking advantage of the moment when Pelosi’s enslavement left Arthur vulnerable.
• When Pelosi touched Arthur’s forehead, she sensed Praying Life Secret Power and concluded that he had stolen the Praying Life Skull.
• The power broke Pelosi’s control over Arthur, who attacked her as she fled and claimed the skull had marked her.
• Arthur caught Pelosi and defeated her with the Praying Life Power, then bit into her face as his hunger took hold.

Cheng Han used the Praying Life Skull’s power to separate the Soul-Devouring Snake from Pei Luo Xi’s heart, then recruited Arthur to help him target the Praying Life Society. He improved his Secret Universe Profound Imprint and began planning how to dismantle the Society while concealing his identity.

• Arthur reported that consuming Pei Luo Xi had raised his strength to the level of a High Rank Profound Master and explained that the Soul-Devouring Snake suppressed his Holy Chapter.
• Cheng Han drew on the Praying Life Skull’s transcendent power from afar and extracted the Soul-Devouring Snake from Pei Luo Xi’s heart.
• Arthur agreed to leave when Cheng Han warned him not to provoke the arriving Black Armor Army, and the Soul-Devouring Snake flew into the forest.
• Cheng Han welcomed Arthur as his first Mystic Master-level underling and planned to uproot the Praying Life Society’s forces in the Profound Palace’s territory.
• Cheng Han used Pei Luo Xi’s enslavement method and the Soul-Devouring Snake to improve his Secret Universe Profound Imprint, raising its Completeness to 12.88%.

Cheng Han spotted the God Descent Society’s plan to kill Grand Governor Yu Wei and leapt from the airship to stop the attack. Using the Spirit Vast Myriad Forest Profound Imprint, he summoned the Divine Banyan’s power and transformed the passage into a grassland as he made his grand entrance.

• Cheng Han said goodbye to Yin Ying and her twin daughters as the airship approached Tai'an Minor Spirit Realm.
• Cheng Han used the Eye of Omniscience to foresee Yu Wei’s death in an attack by the God Descent Society half an hour later.
• Cheng Han reasoned that the Society might be retaliating for the authorities’ killing of one of its Divine Officials, then decided to stop the attack.
• Cheng Han opened the airship’s emergency hatch and jumped from the vessel, astonishing the passengers and crew.
• Cheng Han expanded his Spirit Vast Myriad Forest Profound Imprint, and the Divine Banyan’s power filled the passage with green lights and rapidly growing grass.

Cheng Han used the Night Murmur grass to detect supernatural presences at the Tai'an airship station, then arrived in a dramatic display of enormous Spiral Pillars. He captured a powerful Heretical God Believer with Vines, leaving Yu Wei and the others awed by his strength and cruelty.

• The sudden growth of Night Murmur grass shocked the crowds and prompted Yu Wei and the Red Armor Army to call for support and protect civilians.
• Cheng Han sensed demons and monsters through the Dog Nose Grass and raised a sequence of giant Spiral Pillars as he approached the station.
• A Red Armor Army Colonel told Yu Wei that Hall Master Cheng Han was in Tai'an and that the Deputy Hall Master had ordered everyone to obey him.
• Cheng Han's Vines seized suspicious figures and attacked a Heretical God Believer, whose supernatural howl left Yu Wei, the Colonel, and many civilians disoriented.
• Cheng Han's Vines pulled the defeated believer from an underground hole and suspended him in the air, pierced through by hundreds of vines.

Cheng Han designed a vast new Flame Eagle Airship Station in Tai'an, exposed a threat against Governor Yu Wei, and took her to the Red Armor Branch Hall for safety. On the journey, he learned that the Praying Life Society and the Destroyer Emissary had begun retaliating against each other, and he ordered Arthur to track their growing conflict.

• Cheng Han presented Yu Wei and Qiu Yuanxi with his enormous Flame Eagle station design and implanted its detailed blueprint in Qiu Yuanxi’s mind.
• Cheng Han told Yu Wei that the God Descent Society’s attackers had targeted her, then had Leng Tianya’s forces arrest the Heretical God Believers and escort her to the Red Armor Branch Hall.
• The airship passengers learned that Cheng Han was the Hall Master of Red Armor Hall, while the Twins sisters and Yin Ying watched Tai'an recede in shock.
• Arthur reported to Cheng Han that the Blood Skull Grand Bishop had killed another Destroyer Emissary council speaker.
• Cheng Han ordered Arthur to gather information on the expected confrontation between the Blood Skull Grand Bishop and McCarran God Envoy.