Recaps

Jian Cunyi used his Fragment of Fate to borrow the Nature Authority from his future and counter Leng Jing’s flesh erosion. Leng Jing turned his Heart Domain’s full force on the borrowed Authority to make it real, while Jian Cunyi insisted that his status as an Immortal changed the stakes.

• Jian Cunyi used Demon-Slaying heavenly lightning to burn away the contaminated flesh temporarily, then revealed his twin-fish jade pendant, the Fragment of Fate.
• Jian Cunyi cracked the Fragment of Fate and drew its power onto himself, transforming the incomplete Fate Authority into the Nature Authority he was destined to obtain.
• Jian Cunyi used Nature to assimilate the flesh trying to consume him, while Leng Jing warned that a complete Authority could force him into becoming a False God.
• Leng Jing concentrated his Heart Domain on Jian Cunyi and tried to turn the borrowed Nature Authority from falsehood into truth.
• Jian Cunyi told Leng Jing that he had overlooked the fact that Jian Cunyi was already an Immortal.

Jian Cunyi used the Diviner’s Heart Domain to complete his Nature Authority and trap Leng Jing in a perception of every life in the Prison Mountain Realm. Leng Jing resisted the attempt to erase his sense of self and revealed that he had recognized the truth about Jian Cunyi’s Authority.

• Jian Cunyi thanked Leng Jing for helping him condense his Authority, then used it to merge his presence and attacks with the natural world.
• Leng Jing briefly perceived himself as part of every living being’s history in the Prison Mountain Realm and was overwhelmed by their lives and deaths.
• Leng Jing said the experience strengthened his resolve to become a powerful, immortal Deity rather than remain one insignificant life among many.
• Jian Cunyi revealed that he had shown Leng Jing the lives of all beings to trap and gradually erase his sense of self.
• Leng Jing called Jian Cunyi’s trap a formidable predicament but said he knew how to break it, adding that he had never believed Jian Cunyi’s claim that the Authority was Nature.

Jian Cunyi revealed his Human Race Authority, but Leng Jing countered it with an inexplicable power of death and trapped him. Just as Leng Jing prepared to leave and carry out his plans, Lin Yu used a Mutated Resurrection Coin to disrupt and absorb the death power.

• Leng Jing saw through Jian Cunyi’s disguise and identified his Authority as humanity, naming him the Human God.
• Jian Cunyi attacked Leng Jing with the forms of all living beings, but Leng Jing transformed his life power into death and began collapsing Jian Cunyi’s domain.
• Leng Jing admitted he could not kill Jian Cunyi, but used death and his Heart Domain to trap him with a decaying monster.
• Leng Jing said he would capture the Director, kill the girl, and carry out his plan, then turned to leave.
• A black-faced coin fell and poured death energy into Leng Jing’s power, making it lose control and return to the coin.
• Lin Yu appeared beside Leng Jing and identified the coin as a Mutated Resurrection Coin.

Lin Yu and Jian Cunyi confronted the Diviner after Lin Yu destroyed his borrowed power of death, but the Diviner acquired a new Authority and attacked Lin Yu. Lin Yu revealed that his apparent presence had been a disguise and that the God of Desire had arrived to help Jian Cunyi fight the Diviner.

• Lin Yu appeared beside Jian Cunyi and dispelled the traces of death that had threatened him, leaving Jian Cunyi unharmed.
• Jian Cunyi raised his Wooden Sword and prepared a powerful strike empowered by humanity, nature, and the Prison Mountain Realm's Heavenly Dao.
• The Diviner revealed a beating heart and used a [Fragment of Fate] to gain an unidentified Authority that transformed his Heart Domain into something like a Divine Kingdom.
• When the Diviner attacked Lin Yu with distorting power, Lin Yu said he was not really there and revealed that his body and soul had been disguised with ink and Soul Fragments.
• The God of Desire emerged from Lin Yu's disguise, agreed to cooperate with Jian Cunyi, and asked him to warn the Dao Ancestor not to strike him with heavenly lightning.

After escaping the Duxuan Sect, Lin Yu explained to Qin Siyu how the Azure Sea Sky Dome had carried them through the formations while Desire concealed their escape and helped Jian Cunyi battle the Diviner. Lin Yu and Qin Siyu headed toward Nine Cold Mountain, planning to find shelter for the night and possibly reunite with Jian Cunyi.

• Qin Siyu asked Lin Yu about the golden light over the Duxuan Sect, and he explained that the Azure Sea Sky Dome had taken them through the formations while Desire served as a smokescreen.
• Lin Yu revealed that he had left the God of Desire concealed inside the Duxuan Sect to assist Jian Cunyi against the Demon Lord and judged that the two currently had the upper hand against the Diviner.
• Lin Yu told Qin Siyu they would enter Nine Cold Mountain without Jian Cunyi if necessary and said he could use special life-saving methods there.
• Lin Yu suggested finding a village or town to stay in and waiting overnight in case Jian Cunyi could rejoin them the next day.
• Qin Siyu said she knew of a nearby village or town where they could rest.

Lin Yu and Qin Siyu reached Martial Town, a prosperous settlement built around martial arts and the resources nearby, which was also said to be the resting place of the legendary Martial God. Qin Siyu admitted she was wary of being recognized as a notorious thief, and Lin Yu promised to protect her before stopping her from stealing travel money.

• Qin Siyu explained that Martial Town thrived because nearby Zen Mountain and Deadwood Forest supplied martial cultivation resources and because the town hosted major martial arts schools and escort agencies.
• Qin Siyu told Lin Yu the local legend that the Martial God had died in Martial Town after driving demons back into the Two Mountains and might have left behind a martial arts legacy.
• Lin Yu and Qin Siyu entered Martial Town and saw its busy streets, filled with taverns, shops, martial artists, and branches of martial arts schools.
• Qin Siyu confessed she rarely visited Martial Town because her reputation as the thief Moon-Exploring Star-Plucking had earned her many enemies.
• Lin Yu told Qin Siyu he would protect her, but stopped her when she proposed earning their travel money by stealing.

Lin Yu took Qin Siyu to Jincheng Pawnshop to obtain money without resorting to theft, then negotiated an exchange that respected the ban on selling Daoist talismans. They left with fifty thousand coins, and Lin Yu explained that the manager had been hoping for this workaround.

• Qin Siyu asked how they would pay for lodging, and Lin Yu took her to Jincheng Pawnshop instead of letting her steal.
• Lin Yu offered high-grade talismans, but the manager said the Daoist sects forbade buying and selling them.
• Lin Yu asked for fifty thousand coins and offered the pawnshop a favor in return, proposing to craft talismans as repayment.
• Lin Yu explained that the Divine Speed Talismans could be used to repay other people's favors, and the manager agreed to the exchange.
• Lin Yu and Qin Siyu left the pawnshop with fifty thousand coins, and Lin Yu told her the manager had deliberately steered them toward the workaround.

Lin Yu explained how Daoist Sect members used favors to exchange for supplies, then stayed with Qin Siyu at a luxurious inn before their planned trip to Nine Cold Mountain. The chapter ended with Qin Siyu joking about sharing a bed and Lin Yu throwing a pillow at her.

• Lin Yu explained how Daoist Sect members and merchants used favors to exchange for talismans and other goods without openly violating sect rules.
• At Shengquan Inn, Qin Siyu admired their expensive courtyard room and worried they had spent too much of their fifty thousand coins.
• Lin Yu revealed that the talismans he had sold were initially counterfeits, but buyers' belief had made them real, leaving Qin Siyu convinced he was an exceptional expert.
• Qin Siyu hesitated over sharing the room's bed, so Lin Yu told her she would sleep on the floor; she quickly made herself a bed there.
• Qin Siyu joked that Lin Yu should sneak into her bed or let her sneak into his, and Lin Yu hit her with a pillow and warned her to stop talking nonsense.

Lin Yu stayed on guard in his inn room, suspecting the Diviner had sent someone to ambush him. After an unseen intruder slipped inside, Qin Siyu suddenly stopped breathing, and Old Zheng identified the attacker as a Hidden Snake demon.

• Lin Yu reflected on his growing strength and suspected Lin Zhao had left preparations to help him, perhaps anticipating his efforts to resurrect her.
• Lin Yu worried that the Diviner might target him while fighting Jian Cunyi and kept his Items and abilities ready for an attack.
• Old Zheng detected a concealed presence entering Lin Yu's courtyard, and Lin Yu suspected the Diviner was behind it.
• Lin Yu and Hannah concealed themselves in the room and prepared to surprise the intruder.
• A faint sound came from the window, then Qin Siyu's breathing stopped as an invisible force seized her throat.
• Old Zheng identified the attacker as a Hidden Snake, a demon from the Prison Mountain Realm.

Lin Yu learned about the Hidden Snake attacking Qin Siyu, wounded it with True Essence, and killed it when it tried to strike him. He suspected the demon had targeted Qin Siyu, though she could not remember offending the Hidden Snakes.

• Old Zheng explained that Hidden Snakes were powerful, intelligent demons whose racial talent concealed their bodies and energy.
• Lin Yu revealed himself and pierced the Hidden Snake, breaking its concealment and causing it intense pain with True Essence.
• Qin Siyu escaped the loosened coils, warned Lin Yu about the demon, and took shelter behind him.
• Lin Yu suspected the Hidden Snake had come for Qin Siyu because it was too weak to have been sent against him by the Diviner.
• The Hidden Snake feigned pain and lunged at Lin Yu, who anticipated the attack and killed it with a strike through its head.

Lin Yu and Qin Siyu discussed the Hidden Snake and the threat it might pose before an unseen player appeared and revealed that Diviner had hired him to test Lin Yu. The stranger threatened Qin Siyu as a hostage, but Lin Yu refused to show concern, leaving the stranger puzzled about whether he belonged to Order.

• Qin Siyu suggested the Hidden Snake might have been hunting for flesh and blood, while Lin Yu warned that more could be lurking in the inn.
• Qin Siyu decided to continue toward Nine Cold Mountain rather than return to her village, hoping to earn enough to help its residents.
• An unseen voice spoke in the room, and Lin Yu concealed himself; the stranger said he had not abducted Lin Yu and identified him as a Director.
• Lin Yu learned that the stranger had tested him with the Hidden Snake after accepting benefits from Diviner, while Old Zheng failed to locate him.
• The stranger threatened to take Qin Siyu hostage, but Lin Yu said he would only be able to find the stranger if he attacked her, prompting Qin Siyu to protest that Lin Yu was leaving her to it.
• The stranger questioned whether Lin Yu was really a member of Order after Lin Yu showed no concern for Qin Siyu's safety.

Lin Yu refused to yield to Cold Cicada’s threats against Qin Siyu and deduced where the concealed Player was hiding. He confronted Cold Cicada on the roof, where Cold Cicada acknowledged Lin Yu’s ability and reputation.

• Qin Siyu urged Lin Yu not to let Cold Cicada use her as leverage, while Cold Cicada suspected Lin Yu was pretending not to care about her.
• Qin Siyu tried to escape in a cloud of yellow smoke, but Cold Cicada’s silver threads trapped her and cut her weapon apart.
• Lin Yu revealed that he had tracked Cold Cicada and blasted open the roof to confront him.
• Lin Yu explained that Cold Cicada’s cautious, controlling nature and dislike of fighting helped him deduce his location.
• Cold Cicada praised Lin Yu and said he understood why Lin Yu was valued despite being only Tier 2.

Lin Yu confronted Cold Cicada in Martial Town, using Old Zheng and a series of feints to create openings in their fight. Cold Cicada survived the attacks and summoned over a hundred Snake Yaoguai, while Lin Yu prepared to face his opponent’s backup with backup of his own.

• Cold Cicada removed his Smiling Mask and acknowledged that Lin Yu had discovered his location, but insisted Lin Yu could not defeat him in a direct fight.
• Lin Yu attacked with the [Soul-Chasing Life-Severing Spear], and Cold Cicada countered with Sleeve Arrows, silver threads, and poisonous golden powder.
• Cold Cicada sensed a deception and redirected his silk to defend himself as Old Zheng, disguised as Lin Yu, attacked with [White Bone Flowing Light].
• Cold Cicada's saber sprang from its sheath and blocked Old Zheng's strike, then Cold Cicada and Lin Yu clashed again with their Divine Artifact-grade blades.
• Cold Cicada played a jade flute, summoning dozens of Yaomo auras and over a hundred Snake Yaoguai in the inn, while Qin Siyu warned Lin Yu.

Cold Cicada summoned three Snake Yaoguai Demon Lords and the King of Absolute Mountain to confront Lin Yu, confident that no helper could defeat him. Lin Yu prepared to summon a native of the Prison Mountain Realm, while Cold Cicada ordered the Demon Lords to capture him alive.

• Dozens of powerful Snake Yaoguai surrounded Lin Yu as he used [Guest Appearance Invitation] to call for help.
• Cold Cicada explained why he thought Lin Yu's possible allies would be suppressed or too weak to threaten him.
• Scarlet smoke revealed the Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord, the Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord, the Sun-Coiling Moon-Melting Sacred Lord, and the King of Absolute Mountain.
• Old Zheng identified the three Demon Lords as the greatest Snake Yaoguai in their respective domains.
• Cold Cicada guessed Lin Yu might summon Yun Fengyang, whom he knew was imprisoned in the Eternal Prison.
• Cold Cicada asked the Demon Lords to capture Lin Yu alive, and they prepared to act.

Lin Yu rejected the Snake Yaoguai’s peaceful offer and summoned Zhu Qiansi to fight them. Zhu Qiansi revealed Cold Cicada’s connection to a Deity of shadows and pain, then defeated Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord with her poison, Regret.

• Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord offered to capture Lin Yu without harming him or his friend, while Cold Cicada warned that Lin Yu was unlikely to accept.
• Lin Yu refused to surrender and summoned Zhu Qiansi, offering her Fragments of Fate for defeating the three Snake Yaoguai.
• Zhu Qiansi sensed that Cold Cicada carried Authority from a Deity who ruled over shadows and pain.
• Zhu Qiansi attacked Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord, severed her snake-shaped sword, and wounded her with Spider Silk.
• Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord used blood poison against Zhu Qiansi, but Zhu Qiansi recovered, consumed the mist, and struck her with the poison Regret.

Zhu Qiansi used her regret poison to incapacitate Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord, but Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord intervened and fought her. Zhu Qiansi pierced Sun-Disc with a hidden spider leg and altered her fate, only for Sun-Disc to reveal that she had grafted the wound onto another Snake Yaoguai.

• Zhu Qiansi overwhelmed Jueshan Blood-Poison Demon Lord with regret until Gu-Heart Soul-Seizing Demon Lord intervened and began dispelling the poison by clouding her consciousness.
• Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord stopped Zhu Qiansi from reaching Jueshan and sent Gu-Heart to help Xian.
• Sun-Disc used the Dark Prison Black Lotus to decay Zhu Qiansi while blocking her Karma Threads with more black lotuses.
• Zhu Qiansi revealed a hidden spider leg, pierced Sun-Disc's abdomen, and flooded the wound with spider silk.
• Zhu Qiansi used the Karma Threads to alter Sun-Disc's past fate, but Sun-Disc revealed that the wound had been displaced onto a different Snake Yaoguai.

Zhu Qiansi used the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord’s bond with the Snake Yaoguai to threaten the Prison Mountain Realm, while Lin Yu escaped with Qin Siyu and Zhu Qiansi. Cold Cicada accepted that they had lost the encounter but revealed he had left a way to track them.

• Zhu Qiansi revealed that she could use the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord’s connection to the Snake Yaoguai to kill many of them through the Karma Threads.
• The Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord threatened Zhu Qiansi, but Zhu Qiansi explained that Lin Yu and Qin Siyu had already escaped.
• Zhu Qiansi used another Fragment of Fate to vanish with her Karma Threads, leaving the Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord, Cold Cicada, and the other Demon Lords behind.
• The Sun-Disc Moon-Melting Saint Lord apologized to Cold Cicada for failing to keep Lin Yu and Zhu Qiansi there, while Cold Cicada said the encounter had revealed Lin Yu’s methods and trump cards.
• Cold Cicada reassured the Demon Lords that he had left something on Lin Yu and Zhu Qiansi that would let them track their whereabouts.

Lin Yu rescued Qin Siyu from the Demon Lords and carried her toward Nine Cold Mountain, explaining that a mark left by Cold Cicada would let their pursuers track them. He chose to enter the mountain because he wanted them to follow, then plunged toward the ground with Qin Siyu.

• Lin Yu carried the shaken Qin Siyu away from Martial Town, and she thanked him for saving her.
• Qin Siyu asked how Lin Yu summoned the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord, and he said that he was a demon in a sense.
• Lin Yu explained that Zhu Qiansi had returned to his Item Space injured and could not fight again soon.
• Lin Yu told Qin Siyu that Cold Cicada had marked her, allowing the Demon Lords to track them.
• Lin Yu said he wanted the pursuers to find them, stopped in midair, and plunged toward Nine Cold Mountain with Qin Siyu.

Lin Yu discovered Cold Cicada’s covert tracking measure on Qin Siyu and decided to use it to lure Cold Cicada and his allies into a trap. He brought Qin Siyu to Nine Cold Mountain, where he revealed that he was a genuine Yaomo and could disguise her as his captured blood food.

• Lin Yu recognized Cold Cicada’s tracking measure inside Qin Siyu and reasoned that Cold Cicada believed it had gone undetected.
• Lin Yu planned to exploit the tracking measure to ambush Cold Cicada and his three Snake Yaoguai Demon Lord helpers before Diviner’s conflict with Jian Cunyi was settled.
• Lin Yu concluded that learning Diviner’s plans for the Prison Mountain Realm was essential to understanding the wider struggle among the factions.
• Lin Yu carried Qin Siyu down to a boulder on Nine Cold Mountain, where she felt the Yaomo aura in the air.
• Lin Yu released Yaomo aura from his Crest, confirmed to Qin Siyu that he was a genuine Yaomo, and said he could pass her off as captured blood food.

Lin Yu and Qin Siyu found Nine Cold Mountain strangely empty and decided to seek a Yaomo cave dwelling for clues and rare resources. Lin Yu brought out a Demon-Sniffing Gu to locate one, while Qin Siyu wondered how he could have connections across so many opposing factions.

• Lin Yu and Qin Siyu noticed that no Yaomo or Daoist Sect members were near their path on Nine Cold Mountain.
• Lin Yu considered whether they had entered a Demon Lord’s territory, but believed his Yaomo-like aura might earn him respect.
• Qin Siyu proposed raiding a Yaomo cave dwelling and revealed that she had once stolen and sold a Twelve-Guans Yaomo’s treasures.
• Lin Yu agreed to seek a cave dwelling, hoping to find rare materials and learn about the Diviner’s plans.
• Lin Yu produced a Demon-Sniffing Gu, and Qin Siyu recognized it as a costly tool commissioned from the Five Poisons Sect.

Lin Yu followed the [Demon-Sniffing Gu] through the hidden paths of Nine Cold Mountain and discovered that Yaomo had gathered inside the mountain. A bear Yaomo and his porcupine companion mistook Lin Yu and Qin Siyu for Yaomo guests attending a birthday celebration, and introduced themselves as Giant Bear Great Sun and Furious Pig Howls at Heaven.

• Lin Yu released the [Demon-Sniffing Gu] and followed it over a steep slope to a concealed path inside Nine Cold Mountain.
• Qin Siyu explained how the mountains' complex terrain and caverns gave Yaomo places to hide from the Human Race.
• Lin Yu detected several Yaomo gathered nearby, then sensed another Yaomo approach and lock onto him and Qin Siyu.
• Lin Yu released his demonic qi, causing the approaching Yaomo to mistake him for one of their kind rather than a human.
• The bear Yaomo introduced himself as Giant Bear Great Sun and explained that he and the porcupine Yaomo were attending their host's five-hundredth birthday.
• The porcupine Yaomo introduced himself as Furious Pig Howls at Heaven.

Lin Yu talked his way into joining Daybreak and Heavenhowl’s birthday visit to Meng Qingjun, then used his strength and his connection to the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord to win their trust. He offered Qin Siyu as a birthday feast dish, leaving Qin Siyu wondering if he would really end up on the table.

• Daybreak and Heavenhowl questioned Lin Yu about his identity and why he had come near their friend’s Cave Dwelling.
• Lin Yu claimed he had arrived by chance and wanted to meet Meng Qingjun, while the two Yaomo argued over whether to trust him.
• Daybreak and Heavenhowl suspected Lin Yu might be using them to harm Meng Qingjun, but Lin Yu said he was not their enemy.
• Lin Yu revealed his spider silk could wound them instantly and said the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord was his blood relative.
• Daybreak and Heavenhowl accepted Lin Yu’s strength, and Lin Yu presented Qin Siyu as a possible birthday feast dish.

Lin Yu accompanied Daybreak and Heavenhowl to Meng Qingjun’s birthday banquet at the Ten Thousand Flowers Cave. After the hosts presented a wild ginseng gift, Lin Yu offered Meng Qingjun the captured human martial artist Qin Siyu, leaving him to decide whether to keep or eat her.

• Daybreak and Heavenhowl led Lin Yu through a coniferous forest to Meng Qingjun’s cave and told him Meng Qingjun’s mother had been a powerful Demon Lord who died long ago.
• Lin Yu entered the vast Ten Thousand Flowers Cave, where dozens of demons were already celebrating Meng Qingjun’s five-hundredth birthday.
• Daybreak and Heavenhowl gave Meng Qingjun a carefully harvested, centuries-old ginseng root, which he ordered stored in his medicine workshop.
• Meng Qingjun pretended to notice Lin Yu only after accepting the gift, and Daybreak and Heavenhowl introduced Lin Yu as a powerful demon they had met on the road.
• Lin Yu wished Meng Qingjun a happy birthday and presented Qin Siyu, a captured human martial artist, as his gift.

Qin Siyu escaped the kitchen after defeating two rabbit spirits and discovered that a mysterious voice called Mr. Zheng was accompanying her as a magical artifact spirit. Mr. Zheng told her that Lin Yu had sent her to clean out the Great Demon's cave dwelling.

• Qin Siyu knocked out one rabbit spirit and killed the other when they tried to butcher her, then freed herself from her ropes.
• Qin Siyu considered escaping through the kitchen flue or exploring the cave dwelling and discovered that the white-haired old man hanging above the pot was still alive.
• The old man asked Qin Siyu to let him down and explained that a Great Demon had captured him after his hired martial artist failed him.
• A voice from Qin Siyu's left shoulder identified itself as Mr. Zheng, a magical artifact spirit sent by Lin Yu to watch over her.
• Mr. Zheng explained that Qin Siyu had been capable of handling the rabbit spirits and told her to clean out the cave dwelling.

Old Zheng observed Qin Siyu’s cautious response to a captive hanging in a yaomo’s cave and revealed that the stranger was more valuable than the cave’s treasures. Qin Siyu discovered he was master artisan Wei Jian and rescued him from falling into a pot of boiling water, though Wei Jian suspected she had played a trick on him.

• Old Zheng recalled Lin Yu’s instructions to watch Qin Siyu and judged her acting less formidable than Lin Yu’s.
• Old Zheng told Qin Siyu that the captive was concealing his identity and might be an unexpected windfall.
• Qin Siyu questioned the old man, who identified himself as Wei Jian, the Two Mountains and Six Hells’ Greatest Artisan.
• Qin Siyu recognized Wei Jian’s priceless craftsmanship and changed her tune, agreeing with his admonishment about caution.
• A throwing knife cut Wei Jian’s bindings, and Qin Siyu used a chain to pull him away from the boiling pot.
• Wei Jian accused Qin Siyu of making a fool of him, but she denied it, and he accepted her explanation.