Recaps

After escaping Wu Renxing’s Blood Battle Casino, Le Yu struggled through a gauntlet of explosions and pursuing Black Sun Society members. He hid in a courtyard, where two children ambushed him and one prepared to strike, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Wu Renxing let Jing Zhengwei run for a hundred seconds, then ordered the Black Sun Society to plant a bounty on him and hunt him down.
• Le Yu fled through the Outer City, evading gunpowder traps and armed pursuers while recovering from his injuries with the Soul-Cleansing Demonic Sword.
• Rongyao recognized the Black Sun Bounty Order and slipped away, while other merchant-guild patrons were invited back into the casino.
• Le Yu hid in a dark courtyard and tried to get water, but a tripwire sent him sprawling.
• Two children trapped Le Yu with staffs and a half-grown boy shouted that sons of kings and nobles were not born superior before thrusting at his brow.

Wounded Le Yu escaped the burning Inner City and encountered two children who tried to capture him for the Black Sun bounty but ultimately helped him evade the pursuers. He headed into the Outer City as a group of men chased a false trail, while the children returned to fixing their toppled clothes rack.

• Le Yu defeated Youth and the younger child after they attacked him, then questioned Youth about the slogan challenging the power of nobles and rulers.
• Youth explained that he and others believed the Silver Blood were not inherently nobler, while Le Yu drank from their well and prepared to leave.
• The children tried to persuade Le Yu to hide with them for the Black Sun bounty, but he recognized their plan and said he could not die at the hands of the future.
• Le Yu left over the courtyard wall and headed into the dark Outer City, and Youth watched him disappear around the intersection.
• When bounty hunters asked about Le Yu, Youth pointed them down the wrong road, then argued with the younger child about why he had let Le Yu escape.

Luo Zhen found Quan Xin waiting to die in Fragrant Snow Sea, and the two drank together as the Inner City fell into chaos. Le Yu then met the red-haired figure who had been waiting in a familiar alley and accepted that fate had brought them together.

• Luo Zhen confronted Quan Xin at Fragrant Snow Sea and learned how the Quan family’s endless internal rivalry had left him feeling that life was meaningless.
• Luo Zhen stayed with Quan Xin, and they discussed the suspected mastermind’s plans to use the Patrol Guards and Luo family caravans during the disturbance.
• As rioters approached, Luo Zhen set Fragrant Snow Sea on fire and shared a final moment with Quan Xin, who spun a Twin Dragon Head Pen as the flames consumed them.
• Le Yu fled through a familiar alley and encountered the red-haired figure waiting there.
• The red-haired figure explained that he had not intended the violence to reach this point, while Le Yu said he believed the events were a coincidental trick of fate.
• The red-haired figure declared that he believed only in Heaven’s Will, which was hard to defy.

Le Yu confronted Qin Leyin at the road where they had first met, and Qin Leyin explained how his teacher and Jing Qingfu had once planned to exploit the Silver Blood Society. Qin Leyin accused Le Yu and White Night of treating the people as machines of resistance, then put on his Chain Gauntlets as the burning city erupted around them.

• Le Yu recognized the road where Qin Leyin had first met Jing Zhengwei and asked Qin Leyin to explain the Heaven's Will he had arranged.
• Qin Leyin told Le Yu that Qin Xiao and Jing Qingfu had planned to seize the Silver Blood Society's wealth through a fabricated western-region trade route and a Ponzi scheme.
• Qin Leyin contrasted that plan with Le Yu and White Night's uprising, accusing them of stirring people to resist without giving them time to adapt or reflect.
• Le Yu rejected Qin Leyin's criticism, while explosions continued to shake the burning Inner City of Profound Candle Prefecture.
• Qin Leyin put on his Chain Gauntlets and told Le Yu not to blame the people for acting ruthlessly after being treated like machines.

Wan Xisha survived the massacre of the Coastal Army convoy long enough to try to report the attackers, while Le Yu learned that Qin Leyin’s forces had seized the military funds and brought a steamer from Flame Capital. Qin Leyin revealed that the Huiyao Four Guards considered Le Yu a threat who had to die, leaving Le Yu facing an imminent fight.

• A disguised merchant attack wiped out the Coastal Army soldiers at Autumn Melon Floating Town and took their military funds, but Wan Xisha survived his wounds and crawled south to warn General Lan.
• After reaching a distant battlefield, Wan Xisha gave his unit’s name and charged with his dagger before an unseen opponent killed him.
• Le Yu questioned Qin Leyin about the convoy, and Qin Leyin explained that a Pinnacle Realm expert had helped wipe out the soldiers before the funds were to be transported by canal to Flame Capital.
• Qin Leyin revealed that the Huiyao Four Guards’ Dawn-Dusk-class steamer had come with the departing Shi family, whose withdrawal from Profound Candle Prefecture had aligned with their plans.
• Le Yu asked Qin Leyin to spare his life, but Qin Leyin said Le Yu’s ability to influence history made him a saint and declared that he had to die.

Le Yu fought Qin Leyin in a dark alley and discovered that Qin Leyin had mastered multiple combat arts, leaving him badly outmatched. Refusing Qin Leyin’s offer of a peaceful death, Le Yu resolved to survive because he still had work to do and had finally found a home in Profound Candle Prefecture.

• Le Yu used Biting Combat Arts, Sound Strike, and Formless Combat Arts to challenge Qin Leyin, but Qin Leyin countered his attacks and revealed his skill with the Ethereal Combat Arts.
• Le Yu escaped down the alley, only for Qin Leyin to pursue him by bouncing between the walls at tremendous speed.
• Qin Leyin offered Le Yu sleeping pills as a peaceful way to die, but Le Yu tossed them aside and refused to give up.
• Qin Leyin attacked with Biting Combat Arts and Pouncing Combat Arts, pressing Le Yu without allowing him time to recover.
• Le Yu fought back and declared that he could die, but not before finishing the story he had begun, because he could not abandon his plans or the home he had found.

Qin Leyin explained why he had rejected friendship with Le Yu and revealed the Huiyao Four Guards’ replica of the Illusionary Divine Weapon. He activated its ten-minute burst of power, plunging Le Yu’s world into darkness.

• Qin Leyin attacked Le Yu and said their opposing political paths meant they could not remain friends.
• Qin Leyin explained that he had tested Le Yu’s commitment to the workers and concluded that Le Yu was not the kind of ally the Huiyao Four Guards needed.
• Le Yu kept fighting and stalled for time, relying on his unusual Ice-Blood Physique to endure Qin Leyin’s blows.
• Qin Leyin revealed that the Huiyao Four Guards’ members carried replicas of the Illusionary Divine Weapon, which could boost abilities and briefly grant the original’s full effects.
• Qin Leyin shattered the necklace, activating the Heart of Nether and causing Le Yu’s world to fall into darkness.

After the final exams, Qian Yuya and Lin Xue asked Wei Weiwei about the powerful stalker and learned that his organization might use Forbidden Combat Arts. Wei Weiwei then revealed that Jing Zhengwei had sent Qian Yuya money and that the real Yin Yinyin was dead, prompting Qian Yuya to decide Jing Zhengwei knew the truth about her brother.

• Li Ying, Kui Nianruo, Lin Xue, and Qian Yuya discussed their difficult exams and their plans for the days off.
• Wei Weiwei told Lin Xue and Qian Yuya that the stalker's organization might rely on shared treasures and Forbidden Combat Arts, which could twist a practitioner's mind.
• Wei Weiwei revealed that Jing Zhengwei had sent Qian Yuya money and that Qing Lan was impersonating the dead Yin Yinyin.
• Qian Yuya connected her brother to a serialized novel and concluded that Jing Zhengwei and Qing Lan knew the truth about him.
• Wei Weiwei urged Qian Yuya to wait while White Night investigated Jing Zhengwei, and Qian Yuya added Jing Zhengwei to the names she would remember.

Qin Leyin overwhelmed Le Yu with Blood-Drinking Eight Rice Flow, nearly killing him as Le Yu struggled to escape and endure the assault. Just as Qin Leyin unleashed his finishing technique, Le Yu covered them both in silent darkness.

• Qin Leyin suddenly attacked with overwhelming speed and power, injuring Le Yu and driving him through the alley walls.
• Le Yu tried to counter and escape, but Qin Leyin matched his Biting Combat Arts and suppressed him with Pouncing and Tremor Combat Arts.
• Qin Leyin explained that he practiced Blood-Drinking Eight Rice Flow, the complete Eight Rice Flow enabled by the Heart of Nayser.
• Qin Leyin prepared his final technique and rushed at Le Yu, who suddenly shrouded them both in silent darkness.

Lan Yan trained with Yin Guyue and gave him the Mountain-Moving Staff, explaining why he refused to rely on divine weapons. After suspecting trouble with the military funds and danger for Jing Zhengwei, Lan Yan received an urgent report, while Le Yu’s attempt to ambush Qin Leyin ended with him pinned in the darkness.

• Lan Yan defeated Yin Guyue in their single-plank bridge sparring and urged him to master Prairie Fire Combat Arts.
• Lan Yan handed Yin Guyue the Mountain-Moving Staff and explained that he preferred to prepare thoroughly rather than depend on a divine weapon.
• Lan Yan suspected that someone in Dongyang had targeted the military funds and warned that Jing Zhengwei might be in danger.
• An ordinary-looking man arrived with an urgent report, and Lan Yan prepared to hear the news.
• Le Yu used the Veil of Discord to interrupt Qin Leyin’s attack, but Qin Leyin seized and pinned him in the darkness.

Le Yu and Qin Leyin fought to the death, and Le Yu drew on Jing Zhengwei’s memories to resist giving up before piercing Qin Leyin’s heart with Demonic Hand. Though Qin Leyin’s final strike tore open Le Yu’s throat, Le Yu survived by drinking Jing Zhengwei’s blood as the rain began to fall.

• Le Yu confronted Jing Zhengwei’s memories of cruelty and despair, then resolved to keep fighting Qin Leyin.
• Le Yu used the darkness to locate Qin Leyin and struck through his chest with Demonic Hand, apparently killing him.
• Le Yu realized Qin Leyin had also torn open his throat, and both men collapsed as their wounds seemed fatal.
• Qin Leyin spoke of accompanying Le Yu on a new journey, and Le Yu accepted what he thought was his death.
• Le Yu woke and drank blood from Jing Zhengwei’s body, which sent Radiance into his wounds and restarted his heart.
• Rain fell over Profound Candle Prefecture as Le Yu lay recovering and lamented how fitting it was.

Ting Ri reflected on Volume Two, explaining how the story changed from a conventional assassin tale into Number Three’s tragic rise and downfall, and discussed what he hoped to write next. He announced a short break before Volume Three, titled “Loyal Minister,” while the in-story system offered a chance to submit the volume’s result, which the player refused.

• Ting Ri described wanting to portray a hero’s rise, peak, and downfall, with regrets and ideals eventually resolved.
• Ting Ri explained that Volume Two’s outline shifted from Le Yu assassinating the Silver Blood Society’s president to Number Three becoming president and dying miserably.
• Ting Ri said most Silver Blood Society characters had been eliminated, clarified Qing Lan’s romantic storyline, and described Lan Yan’s continuing role as the story’s final vehicle.
• Ting Ri announced a day or two of leave while continuing Assassin After and Assassin Extra, and named Volume Three “Loyal Minister.”
• The system awarded the player a score of 70, revealed hidden side missions, and asked whether to upload the result as final.
• The player chose “No,” declaring that the book was not ready to be sealed in its coffin.

After Dongyang's uprising, Mu Qingmei visited Qing Lan, who recorded Yin Yinyin's work with White Night and chose to remain in the city as newspaper editor while waiting for Jing Zhengwei to return. The chapter ended with Qing Lan falling asleep in Mu Qingmei's arms as they reflected on Jing Zhengwei and Yin Yinyin's vanished legacies.

• Mu Qingmei entered Qing Lan's room and found her writing a record of Yin Yinyin's contacts and missions with White Night.
• Mu Qingmei reported that the fires had been extinguished, White Night was restoring order, most Silver Blood Society members had been captured, and Jing Zhengwei remained missing.
• Qing Lan refused to publish Jing Zhengwei's identity or leave for Flame Capital, choosing instead to expand the reporters' department and wait for his return.
• Mu Qingmei explained that Yin Yinyin was the name of an assassin, and she reflected on how Jing Zhengwei and Yin Yinyin had both disappeared after serving Dongyang.
• Qing Lan fell asleep in Mu Qingmei's arms, and Mu Qingmei drew the curtains to keep the sunlight from waking her.

Jing Zhengfeng rejected Wu Renxing’s offer to unite against White Night and chose to remain loyal to the Azure Rainbow Gang’s alliance with them. After killing Wu Renxing and the Black Sun Society members, he left the outer district’s balance of power in White Night’s hands.

• Wu Renxing warned Jing Zhengfeng that White Night would eventually eliminate the Azure Rainbow Gang and offered to support a worker supervisor in taking power.
• Jing Zhengfeng pretended to accept Wu Renxing’s proposal, then shot him in the chest and refused to let him go.
• Jing Zhengfeng explained that he would honor his gang leader’s bet on White Night and preferred dealing with White Night over scheming with Wu Renxing.
• Jing Zhengfeng ordered his men to kill the Black Sun Society members and made the dying Wu Renxing thank the second captain of the Patrol Guards before shooting him dead.

Gao Jin escaped two Statistics Department agents with help from Jing Zhengtang and Jing Feiwei, a married couple who asked to join White Night. After learning more about the couple’s relationship, he left in disguise while the agents continued searching for him.

• Gao Jin realized two Statistics Department agents were following him and hid inside Feiwei Hall.
• Jing Zhengtang and Jing Feiwei concealed Gao Jin from the agents, who searched the shop and left through a back window.
• Gao Jin thanked the couple, and they asked to join White Night in exchange for saving his life.
• Gao Jin agreed to report Jing Zhengtang and Jing Feiwei to the organization for investigation and changed into clothes to disguise himself.
• Jing Feiwei revealed her foul-mouthed side, and Jing Zhengtang explained her behavior and spoke about his love for her.
• Gao Jin left through the window and overheard Jing Zhengtang and Jing Feiwei bickering affectionately.

Ting Wanjian and Ting Chaozao arrived in Crystal Capital and prepared to join Scardy’s resistance against its ruling elite. Mi Die returned to her sons and reunited with Lisan, leaving their relationship to begin with a sparring match.

• At Rebirth Cemetery, Uncle Shou was seen burning incense at the nameless Jing and Tai graves.
• Ting Wanjian and Ting Chaozao discussed taking control of Crystal Capital and met a Scardy resistance member who had followed Jing Zhengwu’s instructions.
• Ting Wanjian agreed to meet Grand Duke Sven as a merchant and planned to act with the resistance after three days.
• Mi Die returned home, reunited with her sons, and promised she would not leave them again.
• Lisan told Mi Die he had quit his guard job and asked whether she needed a guard, so she challenged him to spar.

Shi Family youths learned that the Qin Family had escaped the Profound Candle Prefecture riot with a large fortune, and Brother Yan persuaded them to demand money from Qin Leyin. The group confronted him on the riverboat, and he turned around in confusion to ask whether they were calling him.

• Shi Family youths mocked the Qin Family after hearing that a riot had burned much of the Profound Candle Prefecture and that Qin Leyin had been carried aboard injured.
• Brother Yan revealed that the Qin Family had brought a great deal of gold, silver, and jewels onto the Shi Family riverboats.
• Brother Yan argued that the Qin siblings were isolated and that the Shi Family youths could demand a travel fee without serious consequences.
• The Shi Family youths agreed to confront Qin Leyin and surrounded him on the stern deck.
• Qin Leyin turned toward them and asked, "Are you calling me?"

Le Yu woke aboard the Shi family’s ship and recovered from the exhaustion caused by the Heart of Nayser. When Shi family youths tried to extort the Qin family, he revealed his standing in Flame Capital and ordered Shi Huaifeng to punish them.

• Le Yu explained how Blood-Drinking Eight Rice Flow had healed Qin Leyin’s fatal wound, though its bloodlust had let Jing Zhengwei turn the fight around.
• Brother Yan and other Shi family members demanded money from Le Yu, claiming the Qin family needed the Shi family’s protection and should pay for it.
• Le Yu refused their demands and tossed them Gold Coins, but they threatened him and the Qin family.
• Qin Yueyang and Shi Huaifeng arrived, and Brother Yan tried to use the Statistics Department agents to pressure the Qin family into giving them money.
• The blue-robed agents knelt and greeted Le Yu as the Red Le Walker, revealing his official standing in Flame Capital.
• Le Yu asked Shi Huaifeng to tie up the Shi family youths and throw them into the sea until the ship reached Flame Capital.

Le Yu, living as Qin Leyin, oversaw the military funds and learned that Qin Yueyang had killed their abusive father before the family left Profound Candle Prefecture. The siblings reached Jing Zhengwei’s corpse, where Qin Yueshi stood in sorrow.

• Le Yu explained to Shi Huaifeng that he enjoyed watching his enemies suffer, while Shi Huaifeng realized he was imitating Jing Zhengwei.
• Le Yu recognized that Yanjing’s blue-robed officials were guarding the military funds and assigned Qin Yueyang to help count them.
• Qin Yueyang told Le Yu that he had killed their father before they left Profound Candle Prefecture, and Le Yu reassured him that revenge could bring release.
• Le Yu and Qin Yueyang found Qin Yueshi standing beside Jing Zhengwei’s corpse.

Le Yu examined Jing Zhengwei’s corpse and learned how Qin Yueshi understood his final smile: she believed he died at peace, trusting others to continue his cause. After everyone left, Le Yu admitted to the corpse that he really had believed in doing good without asking about the future.

• Le Yu and Qin Yueshi examined Jing Zhengwei’s battered corpse, and Le Yu retrieved his iron bracelet and undamaged phone.
• Qin Yueshi challenged Le Yu over betraying Jing Zhengwu and Jing Zhengwei, then said she was not happy about Jing Zhengwei’s death.
• Qin Yueshi argued that Jing Zhengwei smiled because he believed the people would continue his work toward equality after his death.
• Le Yu offered to arrange for Qin Yueshi to study at the Royal Academy, but she refused his kindness and left.
• After Qin Yueyang left Le Yu alone with the corpse, Le Yu spoke to Jing Zhengwei and admitted that he really had believed in doing good without asking about the future.

Le Yu considered his future as Qin Leyin, including whether Qing Lan would accept his changed identity and how he could reunite with her. He decided to seek power and protection in Radiant Capital, where he would wait for Qing Lan, and then examined his updated account panel.

• Le Yu worried that Qing Lan might not recognize or accept him after he became Qin Leyin, but concluded he could try to win her back.
• Le Yu realized returning to Profound Candle Prefecture was too dangerous because White Night could connect him to the riot and its spoils.
• Le Yu remembered that he had instructed White Night to send Qing Lan to Radiant Capital if anything happened to Jing Zhengwei.
• Le Yu decided to gain influence and the power to protect himself in Radiant Capital, then wait for Qing Lan and find a secret way to tell her he was alive.
• Le Yu opened his account panel and saw that he had four deaths, three available points, and a challenge to slaughter 10,000 people for a new life opportunity.

Le Yu examined Qin Leyin’s abilities and Tribulation, rejected a challenge to kill ten thousand people, and left Jing Zhengwei’s corpse behind. On the deck, he spotted the Swift Blade Unit approaching and recognized Lan Yan, so he told the others to run.

• Le Yu learned that Qin Leyin’s many combat skills came from Heart of Nayser, which also prevented them from reaching the advanced realm on their own.
• Le Yu rejected a challenge to kill ten thousand people, then received an apparently impossible challenge to command a large-scale war to victory.
• Le Yu discovered that Qin Leyin’s Tribulation was to take control of Radiance’s authority, partly because he had killed Jing Zhengwei and felt responsible for honoring him.
• Le Yu said farewell to Jing Zhengwei, activated Ice-Blood Physique, and left the corpse-reeking cabin for the deck.
• Qin Yueyang pointed out the approaching Swift Blade Unit, and Le Yu recognized Lan Yan and ordered everyone to run.

Le Yu tried to kill Lan Yan before he could reach the ship, but Lan Yan effortlessly defeated the gun ambush and answered with a long-range sword strike. Lan Yan remained on the shore, facing Le Yu across the water.

• Le Yu learned that Lan Yan had tracked the stolen military funds and caught up with the fleet, so he prepared to fight him.
• Le Yu arranged for himself, a blue-uniformed agent, and Shi Huaisong to use Swallow Reversal Archery against Lan Yan.
• Lan Yan leaped into the air and used the blades of his Swift Blade Boots to deflect all three bullets.
• Lan Yan called out to Qin Leyin, and Le Yu answered him across the lake with Distant Echo.
• Lan Yan drew his sword and sent a streak of light across the water, which Le Yu dodged by tilting his head.

Lan Yan outmaneuvered Le Yu and seized the ship behind them, then let Le Yu’s party continue toward Yanjing. As the travelers arrived, Qin Yueshi and Qin Yueyang saw the Fire Trees and Silver Flowers along the Yan River.

• Lan Yan confronted Le Yu about the military funds and Jing Zhengwei, then leaped over the Yan River in a dazzling display that frightened the people aboard the ship.
• While Lan Yan drew everyone’s attention, his Coastal Army soldiers swam to the ship behind them and boarded it.
• Lan Yan took the ship and half the military funds, promising safe passage to Yanjing for those aboard; Le Yu ordered his people not to resist.
• After Lan Yan left, Le Yu told Qin Yueyang to burn Jing Zhengwei’s corpse and scatter the ashes in the river.
• Qin Yueshi joined Le Yu and Qin Yueyang on deck to admire the Fire Trees and Silver Flowers as they approached Yanjing.

At Tingyun Hall, Righteousness Guard inspector Xianchan Chenchen prepared to meet the returning East Sun people and planned to bring them under his control. After he attacked Xu Yubie for laughing at him, one of the visitors intervened, and Xianchan introduced himself before asking the pair to state their names.

• Xianchan Chenchen waited at Tingyun Hall with Fire Prison Walker and discussed whether to receive the East Sun visitors or make them come to him.
• Xianchan planned to intimidate the visitors and recruit them into the Yanjing Statistics Department, which the Righteousness Guard managed.
• After Xu Yubie laughed at Xianchan, he pointed at her and sent her flying outside, but one of the arriving visitors had apparently saved her from a lethal attack.
• Two visitors entered Tingyun Hall, and the blue-clad operatives shut the doors behind them.
• Xianchan introduced himself as the Righteousness Guard Walker and Yanjing Statistics Department Security Inspector, then asked the visitors for their names.