Recaps

Ji Jue’s West Sea victory triggers Seven Cities’ purge, while he and Chen Xingzhou turn a spectacular East City Bank robbery into a blow against Han Hui’s power. After the gold is spirited away and Han Hui’s path collapses, Ji Jue heads north and negotiates with Yellow Beard, ending as molten steel surges toward him.

• Ji Jue defeated Kasu, Xu Lingyi, Shalbah, and Meng Fengzuo, exposing the Rebirth Form trick and destroying Meng Fengzuo’s body and soul.
• Seven Cities retaliated across the West Sea, killing Ling Liu’s followers, while An Ran’s mechanical monsters attacked Sea Abyss Cape and Chen Xingzhou survived the Mountain Duke’s betrayal.
• Ji Jue and Chen Xingzhou staged a bank robbery that overwhelmed East City’s security response, broke through the Kunwu Lock, and opened a vault containing 411 tons of gold.
• Ji Jue’s crew escaped with the gold by disguising themselves as hostages and liquefying the treasure through water pipes, while Han Hui’s Celestial Being power and Heavenly Mandate crumbled.
• Ji Jue returned through the West Sea blockade, and Ling Shuo found his gravely wounded father inside the iron-box gift Ji Jue had sent.
• Chen Xingzhou secured a place in the Wild Bazaar’s leadership and gave Ji Jue satellite launch permits, while Ji Jue received the Power of Life and Death as a new Metamorphosis formed.
• Ji Jue used leyline needles and the Dragon Mountain Giant to expose a rich iron vein, then offered Three-Phase Alchemy to North Wind Workshop in exchange for cooperation.
• Yellow Beard brought Ji Jue to inspect Rune Steel production, where Moino disrupted the furnace and sent molten steel rushing toward Ji Jue.

Ji Jue’s duel with Yellow Beard leads into the Haizhou Technology Expo, where Coast unveils new technology as Zhu Lu’s infiltrators launch coordinated attacks. The attackers breach Coast’s Workshop and target the King of Flies, only to find Ji Jue has prepared for them and Isis awakens amid a larger ritual.

• Ji Jue defeated Yellow Beard in a duel, persuaded him to let Dragon Mountain consume North Wind’s mineral scraps, and left Frozen Rock City with gifts and expo invitations.
• Ji Jue enlisted Yu Shu and Lou Feng to help prepare the Haizhou Technology Expo, where Shi Ran reunited with Shi Long and accepted a role in a prosthetics venture.
• The expo showcased Coast’s technology and disabled athletes, while Ji Jue’s product launch introduced Coast services, the Paradise Interface, and cybernetic prosthetics.
• Zhu Lu ordered his agents to attack the expo, but Xu Chao Xian’s arrival delayed the detonation as Ji Jue used the Governor’s presence to deter an assault on the venue.
• The attackers triggered explosions and released moths, beasts, and spiritual toxins, but the Mechanical God Mandala and Coast’s security forces fought back as the infiltrators were exposed and hunted.
• While the expo attack drew Ji Jue’s forces away, Flint and Pang Lu breached Coast’s Workshop and discovered a cavern full of awakened Creation Spirits.
• Ji Jue’s mechanical backup and puppet versions fought the intruders, while Pang Lu and Flint destroyed most of the puppets and spread Ascension Poison through the Creation Spirits.
• Ji Jue revealed that he had moved the King of Flies’ swarm and uncovered the attackers’ connection to a Three-Phase Flow Secret Rite, then announced the Transcendent Extinction Calamity as Isis awakened.

Ji Jue helped repel an Evil Transformation Cult attack on New Spring, studied Scene Tremor, and expanded his network to uncover cult activity. When Lu Xing was abducted, Ji Jue infiltrated a hidden station and rescued him, then escaped the Worm with help from Doberman and the Star Core Association.

• Ji Jue formed the Scene Tremor Sword with Ghost Artisan's help and struck the Foul Corruption Demon before it escaped New Spring.
• Lou Feng forced the Xu Family into a compensation settlement as investigations and political pressure mounted against East City.
• Lü Yingyue warned Ji Jue that four calamity seeds had disappeared, and Ji Jue promised to protect the seed beneath Quancheng.
• Ye Xian guided Ji Jue's study of Scene Tremor and explained that Revolution had chosen him.
• Ji Jue expanded his cult-tracking network, supplied leads to his allies, and helped the Security Bureau counter an Evil Transformation Cult operation.
• Ji Jue discovered that Lu Xing had awakened as the Eternal Gate and pursued the hidden station after Veiled Taint obscured his abduction.
• Ji Jue infiltrated the station as a Deepdark envoy, summoned the Turning Wheel Saint King through a rewritten Secret Rite, and rescued Lu Xing before forcing the Saint King to self-destruct.
• Doberman and the Star Core Association stopped the Worm from seizing Youngest, and Ji Jue notified Lu Ma that Youngest was safe before accepting that he might have to get a job.

Ji Jue joined Sky Rail as a temporary worker, used his Anchor and Tai'a to clear Border Purgatory, and learned more about the Established Law and the Well. After defeating Ye Xian’s imprint on L2, he witnessed the Matrix Child’s wager with the emperor and learned that Doberman was in trouble.

• Ji Jue awakened as a Chosen One, met the dogs of Sky Rail, and gained the Anchor Blessing from the Lamplighter, who explained Sky Rail’s role in maintaining the Established Law and the Seal of Shadow Sun.
• Dispatcher Buabu assigned Ji Jue and Beagle to clean Border Purgatory, where Ji Jue used his Anchor to fight temporal sludge and discovered that Residual Difference wanted to seize Youngest’s time.
• Ji Jue recruited Coast’s Cat Mobile Unit and Hydra, forged Tai'a Crown, and used it to anchor Worm’s spawn in the present and destroy their repeating egg.
• Ji Jue built a fortress and led his forces against Deeproot of Death, then used Tai'a and Non-Aggression to strip away its possibilities and destroy it with Fa Shan.
• After clearing much of Border Purgatory, Ji Jue received the Established Law’s light and witnessed Mercury destroy the Heavenly Origin Tower and bring down the Eternal Empire’s dominion.
• Ji Jue met Ye Chun at Tianmen University, discussed Gloria and his vision, and agreed to write a paper as the second author, and later he and the Peace Cats cleared the Living Cave and opened L2’s final sealed door.
• Ji Jue challenged Ye Xian’s imprint on L2, fought through her techniques, and was rebuilt from scattered mercury by Isis and Fluid Alchemy after Ye Xian’s ultimate Scene Tremor turned him to ashes.
• Ye Xian recognized Ji Jue as her student and left him a Time Gauge, and Ji Jue then witnessed the Matrix Child wager with the emperor before the dispatcher reported that something had happened to Doberman.