Recaps

Fu Qingyang challenged Zhang Yuanqing to a Level 4 spar, and Zhang Yuanqing endured his devastating sword technique before finding a way to counter it. After Fu Qingyang praised him and promised instruction, he beat Zhang Yuanqing so badly that his companions had to carry him away.

• Fu Qingyang challenged Zhang Yuanqing to a same-level fight, and Dog Elder set the rules while the captains gathered to watch.
• Fu Qingyang repeatedly struck Zhang Yuanqing, countering Night Wandering and illusions with his Insight and sword technique.
• Zhang Yuanqing possessed Fu Qingyang to interrupt a slash, then used his Spirit Servant's viewpoint to read and block Fu Qingyang's attacks.
• Zhang Yuanqing evaded Fu Qingyang with Star Escape Art and Night Roaming until Fu Qingyang ended the spar and praised his breakthrough.
• Fu Qingyang announced that he would instruct Zhang Yuanqing, then beat him until his legs broke and two molars were knocked out; Guan Ya and the others carried him away as White Dragon filmed.

Guan Ya told Zhang Yuanqing that her family wanted her to marry into the Miller family, and he promised to become a Sovereign and ask for her hand. Their conversation brought them closer, but Rabbit Girl interrupted them to announce that Annie and Bill had arrived to see him.

• Fu Qingyang warned Guan Ya that the Fu and Miller families wanted a political marriage and advised her to make her own choice about Yuanshi.
• Zhang Yuanqing recovered from his injuries and realized Guan Ya was pulling away because she feared the consequences of their relationship.
• Zhang Yuanqing used his spirit to stop Guan Ya from leaving, and she explained her family’s marriage plans and her reluctance to break with her relatives.
• Zhang Yuanqing promised to advance to Sovereign and ask the Fu Family for Guan Ya’s hand, giving her a sense of security.
• In Gold Mountain City, Human Blood Bun received a new Human List bounty naming Kou Beiyue a target because he was Yuanshi Tianzun’s lackey.
• Rabbit Girl interrupted Zhang Yuanqing and Guan Ya and announced that Annie and Bill had arrived to see him.

Zhang Yuanqing accepted the Merchant Guild’s Supreme Black Card and agreed to join the Goddess of Beauty Association under rules meant to keep Annie’s charms at bay. As Fu Qingyang worried about a looming conflict between the Merchant Guild and the Dionysus Club, Zhang Yuanqing prepared for an operation connected to his cousin’s coming disaster and the disappearances of women.

• Bill gave Zhang Yuanqing a Supreme Black Card on behalf of the Merchant Guild, and Annie invited him to join the Goddess of Beauty Association as her assigned member liaison.
• Zhang Yuanqing accepted Annie’s invitation after setting rules against publicizing their relationship, following him, or using her charm on him.
• Ling Jun tried to invite Annie to dinner, but she rejected him because she feared Yuanshi would misunderstand, leaving Ling Jun despondent.
• Human Blood Bun realized Kou Beiyue was connected to Yuanshi Tianzun and decided to report it to Voodoo King, while Kou Beiyue enjoyed their milk tea.
• Fu Qingyang learned that the Dionysus Club might soon clash with the Merchant Guild and send elites to China, raising concerns about local terrorist plots.
• The next morning, Zhang Yuanqing planned to investigate the disappearances of women during an operation, anticipating his cousin’s bloody disaster.

Zhang Yuanqing learned that a Bewitching Demon was suspected of abducting young women and joined Li Dongze’s operation to catch the culprit. After Stop-Killing Palace asked him to find its missing member Lychee, he headed to the suspect’s apartment with the team.

• Zhang Yuanqing watched a paid video of his sparring match with Fu Qingyang and saw Spirit Realm Walkers discuss how he had countered Fu Qingyang’s sword attacks.
• Zhang Yuanqing discussed recruiting members and the missing-person case with Guan Ya, then learned from Li Dongze that a Bewitching Demon was suspected of abducting young women.
• Great Sage of Love Madness asked Zhang Yuanqing to find Lychee, a missing member of Stop-Killing Palace, and Zhang Yuanqing agreed to help.
• Zhang Yuanqing joined Li Dongze and Chen Yuanjun’s operation at the Four Corners complex, where they planned to arrest a suspect in Room 708 of Building Six.
• Zhang Yuanqing separated his spirit from his body and flew toward the suspect’s floor.

Zhang Yuanqing traced the missing-persons case to Lust Divine General of the Lord of Weapons Cult after killing a recruiter and reading his memories. He reported the discovery to Li Dongze, who called Fu Qingyang to take over the case.

• Zhang Yuanqing entered the scarred man's apartment and confirmed that the woman with him was an ordinary person.
• Zhang Yuanqing possessed the scarred man, knocked the woman unconscious, killed him, and devoured his remnant soul.
• Zhang Yuanqing saw in the man's memories that Lust Divine General had ordered him to abduct women, including an Orderly Profession Walker who might be Lychee from Stop-Killing Palace.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to the van and told Li Dongze that nearly thirty women had been abducted and that the mastermind was Lust Divine General.
• Li Dongze ordered the Public Security officers to leave the case to the Special Operations Department and told Zhang Yuanqing to contact Fu Qingyang.
• Zhang Yuanqing informed Fu Qingyang that Lust Divine General was behind the missing-persons case.

Zhang Yuanqing and Fu Qingyang rescued the women held at Passion Bar, but discovered that Lust Divine General had killed Lychee and irreversibly Bewitched the survivors. As the search for Lust Divine General continued, Zhang Yuanqing received a message from the Stop-Killing Palace Lord asking to meet.

• Li Dongze warned Zhang Yuanqing that his anger over the case seemed unusually extreme and suggested his items or experiences might be affecting him.
• Fu Qingyang concluded that Lust Divine General had withdrawn after monitoring the death of his accomplice, and the group went to Passion Bar to find the victims.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Fu Qingyang found the survivors alive but permanently Bewitched, and Zhang Yuanqing discovered that Lust Divine General had killed Lychee.
• Great Sage of Love Madness arrived, learned Lychee was dead, and carried her body away; Fu Qingyang ordered the citywide search for Lust Divine General to continue.
• Zhang Yuanqing decided to seek leads from Little Round, then received a message from the Stop-Killing Palace Lord telling him to meet at their old place.

After learning that Lust Divine General was hiding in Songhai, Zhang Yuanqing coordinated with Stop-Killing Palace Lord on ways to track him down and stayed alert for danger to his family. Meanwhile, Human Blood Bun reported to the Lord of Weapons Cult’s president that wanted fugitive Kou Beiyue was in Gold Mountain City.

• Zhang Yuanqing read the Songhai Branch’s level-one combat-readiness notice and learned from Niu Xiaomei that Lust Divine General abducted and abused women while using charity to erase his karmic fire.
• Disguised as Wang Tai, Zhang Yuanqing met Stop-Killing Palace Lord, apologized for Lychee’s death, and outlined four strategies for finding Lust Divine General.
• Stop-Killing Palace Lord agreed to search for Lust Divine General and told Zhang Yuanqing to report any leads, then noticed his dim red thread and ordered him to leave.
• Little Round promised to keep watch for Lust Divine General, and Zhang Yuanqing checked his family’s physiognomy before taking Jiang Yu'er to work.
• In Gold Mountain City, Human Blood Bun used a blood ritual to contact the president and reported that wanted fugitive Kou Beiyue was there.

The Voodoo King sent Lust Divine General information about Kou Beiyue, hoping to turn him against Yuanshi Tianzun, while Lust planned to retaliate against the Songhai Branch. Fu Qingyang briefed his team on Lust’s profile and abilities, and the chapter ended with him receiving a call that made his expression turn cold.

• Human Blood Bun told the Voodoo King how he met Kou Beiyue and revealed that Kou Beiyue was hiding at Wuhen Hotel in Gold Mountain City.
• The Voodoo King decided to leak Kou Beiyue’s location to Lust Divine General to provoke a conflict with Yuanshi Tianzun and the Songhai Branch.
• Lust Divine General learned that the Songhai Branch had declared Level One combat readiness and resolved to gather freelance professionals for a retaliatory attack.
• Fu Qingyang ordered lower-ranking members to work from home, moved Green Vine, White Dragon, and Guan Ya to Fu Family Bay, and reviewed Lust Divine General’s history and combat skills with the team.
• Rabbit Girl brought Fu Qingyang a phone, and his expression turned cold as he listened to the call.

After the Lust Divine General massacred a Songhai Branch squad, Fu Qingyang tracked the killer with a Grudge-Seeking Lamp. Zhang Yuanqing foresaw bloody disasters for the unprotected men at the scene and realized the Divine General was nearby.

• Fu Qingyang gathered the captains and led them to investigate the murders of Deepwater Queen and her six squad members.
• Executive Wan explained that Deepwater Queen had investigated a false emergency call before the Lust Divine General followed her and her team home and killed them.
• Fu Qingyang concluded the Divine General had Marked the squad and was provoking the Songhai Branch, then used the Grudge-Seeking Lamp to track him.
• Fu Qingyang flew after the lamp while Zhang Yuanqing checked the group’s physiognomies and saw bloody omens over several men, including himself.
• Zhang Yuanqing realized the murders were a smokescreen and warned that the Lust Divine General was nearby.

Zhang Yuanqing and the official walkers discovered that the Lust Divine General had used surveillance and a hidden Mark to set a trap, but he abandoned the plan after Zhang Yuanqing exposed it. The Lust Divine General fled toward Gold Mountain City, where he planned to hunt Yuanshi Tianzun, and Kou Beiyue encountered a masked stranger at the chapter’s end.

• Zhang Yuanqing explained that the Lust Divine General was nearby and intended to Mark the official walkers, while Fu Qingyang confirmed that the killer of Deepwater Queen was someone else.
• Fu Qingyang found no Spirit Realm Walkers within one kilometer, and Zhang Yuanqing realized the Lust Divine General had watched the investigation through a hidden camera and retreated after seeing his Astral Physiognomy.
• Guan Ya found surveillance equipment inside a teddy bear, while the Lust Divine General ordered his people to stop operating and leave Songhai for Gold Mountain City.
• Zhang Yuanqing identified Deepwater Queen’s killer as an independent Saint and former Passion Bar customer who had been Bewitched by the Lust Divine General.
• Fu Qingyang arranged patrols and a meeting with the Songhai elders as Kou Beiyue finished a delivery and noticed a masked, gaunt man approaching him.

Lust Divine General bewitched Kou Beiyue and used him to learn about Little Round and her connection to Master Wuhen, then recruited Blood Swallow to help lure Yuanshi Tianzun out of Songhai. Zhang Yuanqing worried that Lust would target him, and the chapter ended with Kou Beiyue inviting him to a meal with Little Round.

• Lust Divine General controlled Kou Beiyue, made him reject his gratitude toward Yuanshi Tianzun, and questioned him about Little Round and Master Wuhen.
• After learning Little Round could summon Master Wuhen with a Dream-Entering Jade Talisman, Lust Divine General postponed plans to capture her and took Kou Beiyue to Stone Well Farmhouse.
• Human Blood Bun watched Lust Divine General leave and reported to Voodoo King that the bait had taken.
• At Stone Well Farmhouse, Lust Divine General asked Blood Swallow to perform a ritual to help lure Yuanshi Tianzun out of Songhai, and she agreed to help for half the rewards.
• Zhang Yuanqing considered the danger Lust Divine General posed and received a message from Kou Beiyue inviting him to dinner with Little Round.

Zhang Yuanqing accepted Kou Beiyue’s invitation to dinner, unaware that Lust Divine General and Blood Swallow had arranged an ambush at the farmhouse. After Kou Beiyue stabbed him and Blood Swallow cursed him, Zhang Yuanqing fled to the reservoir badly wounded, where Lust Divine General confronted him.

• Zhang Yuanqing received Kou Beiyue’s invitation and traveled to Stone Well Village Farmhouse Restaurant, planning to meet Little Round there.
• Lust Divine General used Bewitch to make Kou Beiyue believe Zhang Yuanqing was his enemy and ordered him to help assassinate him.
• Kou Beiyue lied to Little Round about delivering food while Lust Divine General and Blood Swallow prepared their trap.
• Kou Beiyue stabbed Zhang Yuanqing in the heart with an enchanted dagger, but Zhang Yuanqing escaped toward the reservoir using Star Escape Art.
• Blood Swallow used Curse-Killing Art on Zhang Yuanqing through his blood, leaving him gravely wounded and unable to escape.
• Lust Divine General arrived beside the reservoir and taunted the injured Zhang Yuanqing.

Zhang Yuanqing survived Lust Divine General’s attack with Little Round’s help, but his injuries and the cost of his items left him vulnerable. After recovering at the hotel, he devised a plan to exploit the rivalry between Lust Divine General and Wrath Divine General.

• Lust Divine General and a Voodoo Master cornered Zhang Yuanqing at the reservoir, but Little Round arrived as a bee Gu beast, wounded Lust, and carried Zhang Yuanqing to safety.
• Little Round used a Dream-Entering Jade Talisman to bring Zhang Yuanqing and Kou Beiyue to Master Wuhen, who told them Solar Power could remove Kou Beiyue’s Bewitch.
• Back at the hotel, Zhang Yuanqing’s item-induced urges led him to grope Little Round, and she struck him before leaving with the still-unconscious Kou Beiyue.
• The next morning, Little Round warned Zhang Yuanqing that Lust Divine General would likely go into hiding and suggested investigating the Lord of Weapons Cult for information.
• Zhang Yuanqing realized he might use Wrath Divine General’s conflict with Lust and decided to ask Magic Eye how to contact Wrath.

Zhang Yuanqing survived an ambush by Lust Divine General and persuaded Demon Eye and Wrath Divine General to help locate him. After Wang Tai traced Lust to Riverheart Town near Swift Logistics, the Songhai Branch prepared to act.

• Zhang Yuanqing returned to Fu Qingyang’s study after being ambushed by Lust, then proposed contacting Wrath Divine General to find him.
• Zhang Yuanqing visited Demon Eye at the Zoo and obtained Wrath Divine General’s private number.
• Zhang Yuanqing contacted Wrath, who agreed to search for Lust through the Lord of Weapons Cult’s channels and explained Lust’s need to donate money to replenish his Moral Value.
• Lust contacted a subordinate and ordered him to donate five million, but two Lord of Weapons Cult members tracked the call and killed the subordinate after extracting the number.
• Wang Tai reported that Lust was located in Riverheart Town near Swift Logistics, and Fu Qingyang, Dog Elder, Heavenly Fire Elder, Zhang Yuanqing, Guan Ya, and three deacons gathered to respond.

Fu Qingyang led five Sovereigns and Zhang Yuanqing to Riverheart Town, where they killed the Lust Divine General after trapping him in a Mirror World. Back in Songhai, Zhang Yuanqing relaxed with Guan Ya while the Queen learned of Lust’s death and prepared to join Yuanshi Tianzun.

• Zhang Yuanqing called the Stop-Killing Palace Lord, and Fu Qingyang gathered the Sovereigns and Saints to hunt Lust in Riverheart Town.
• Lust Divine General discovered the search, escaped his apartment under a Night Roaming Cloak, and found himself trapped in God Elder Luo’s Mirror World.
• Zhang Yuanqing revealed that Wrath Divine General had exposed Lust’s crimes and that he had told Wrath about Lust’s affair with his wife.
• Heavenly Fire Elder wounded Lust, God Elder Luo dispersed his mist, and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord skinned and dismembered him before Dog Elder consumed the remains.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to Songhai with Guan Ya and joked about their intimacy while she agreed to have dinner with him at her hotel.
• The Queen saw the Songhai Branch announcement that Lust Divine General had been killed and eagerly opened it for details.

Queen celebrated Yuanshi Tianzun’s role in killing Lust Divine General and asked to join his patrol squad, while the news relieved Little Round, Kou Beiyue, and Wrath Divine General and terrified Human Blood Bun. The next morning, Zhang Yuanqing began assembling his patrol team and planned to turn his White Tiger Guard apartment into its office and a place for Queen and Xie Lingxi to stay.

• Queen read the Songhai Branch’s announcement praising Yuanshi Tianzun, celebrated Lust Divine General’s death, and asked him to take her into his patrol squad.
• Yuanshi Tianzun joked that Queen could be his alchemical maiden, then warned her not to tell Guan Ya about an incident in the Yin-Yang Town dungeon.
• Little Round told Kou Beiyue that Lust was dead, while Human Blood Bun feared Yuanshi Tianzun would retaliate after Kou Beiyue messaged that they would deliver food together.
• Wrath Divine General learned that Lust had been killed and decided to pick a fight with Silver Moon while asking him to deal with Fear.
• Zhang Yuanqing gave Fu Qingyang a patrol-team list naming Call Me Queen and Xie Lingxi, with Li Chunfeng still considering the offer, and discussed Jiang Jingwei’s training with Guan Ya.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked to use his White Tiger Guard apartment as the patrol team’s office and planned to let Queen and Xie Lingxi stay there.

Zhang Yuanqing sold two items to help fund a patrol-team headquarters in Fu Family Bay, then examined Fu Qingyang’s gifts and used the official database to study the major professions. The chapter ended with Guan Ya revealing that she had arranged the villa purchase to keep Zhang Yuanqing and his female companions close and under watch.

• Fu Qingyang offered to help Zhang Yuanqing buy an eighty-million villa, and Zhang Yuanqing agreed to sell Thug’s Gloves and the Explosive Pistol for twenty-three million.
• Fu Qingyang gave Zhang Yuanqing several items, including a Hypnosis Box, Lucky Necklace, Beast Speaker, Swordsmanship Master, and Unyielding One’s Heartguard Mirror; Zhang Yuanqing tested the sword and recognized clues linking the Heartguard Mirror to the Earth Monster profession.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Guan Ya to bring her laptop, and they reviewed the skills and traits of major Order and Evil faction professions in the official database.
• Zhang Yuanqing connected profession traits with ancient myths, while Guan Ya explained links between the Musician and Red Luan Star Official professions and described dual cultivation.
• Guan Ya revealed she had asked Fu Qingyang to steer Zhang Yuanqing toward buying the villa so she could keep Queen and Xie Lingxi close to him and monitor his activities.

Zhang Yuanqing established a new Songhai patrol-team headquarters, welcomed Queen and Xie Lingxi as recruits, and offered them access to his powerful items. Seeking another route to investigate Guan Ya’s potential fiancé, he invited Asano Ryo to join Return of the Dead, leaving her surprised by the invitation in Tokyo.

• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing and Guan Ya that the Dionysus Club might send powerful Evil Profession practitioners to Songhai, and that the Songhai Branch would need to limit the damage.
• Queen arrived at Fu Family Bay to report for duty, and Rabbit Girl guided her to a villa Zhang Yuanqing had prepared as the patrol team’s headquarters and her residence.
• Zhang Yuanqing introduced Queen to Xie Lingxi and explained the patrol team’s duties, risks, and benefits, then showed the two recruits the items they could borrow.
• Zhang Yuanqing considered using Asano Ryo to investigate the Miller Family and invited her to join Return of the Dead.
• In Tokyo, Asano Ryo saw Zhang Yuanqing’s invitation appear before her while speaking with Ryuzaki Hajime.

Asano Ryo joined Yuanshi Tianzun’s guild and exchanged information with him through a voice recorder, while Zhang Yuanqing sought Ling Jun’s advice on managing women and prepared to negotiate for materials. The chapter ended when he arrived at Ante Pharmaceuticals and found its receptionist frozen and the office eerily silent before an intense malice targeted him.

• Ryuzaki Hajime urged Asano Ryo to accept Yuanshi Tianzun’s guild invitation, and she joined Return of the Dead.
• Zhang Yuanqing used a voice recorder placed in the guild warehouse to exchange contact information and learn about the Miller Family and Heaven’s Punishment.
• Zhang Yuanqing gave Ling Jun red-envelope money and asked him for advice about Guan Ya, two female patrol members, and Annie.
• Zhang Yuanqing checked his fortune with Star Eyes and went to Ante Pharmaceuticals to meet Mr. Bill about buying materials.
• Zhang Yuanqing found the receptionist motionless and the office silent, then sensed intense malice locking onto him.

Zhang Yuanqing discovered that the Dionysus Club had attacked Bill Tarantino and Annie, then fought his way into the sealed office area to rescue them. He killed one attacker and arrived as Annie was near death, while Bill and Baker Vernal were still locked in battle.

• Zhang Yuanqing was ambushed by Josh Enoch, resisted his body-control ability, and killed him with the Bloodthirsty Blade after the wedding-gown spirit immobilized him.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned from Josh Enoch's memories that Baker Vernal, Yule Ban, and other Dionysus Club members had sealed the office area and were attacking Bill Tarantino and Annie.
• Zhang Yuanqing called Fu Qingyang, who told him to use Bomb Man's Roar to breach the seal and rescue Bill Tarantino.
• Inside the office, Annie fought Yule Ban and a blindfolded Transcendent Walker, while Bill Tarantino struggled to survive Baker Vernal's assault.
• Annie was electrocuted and shot in the back, but Zhang Yuanqing entered through the explosion and beheaded the blindfolded enemy.

Zhang Yuanqing rescued Annie and fought off two Dionysus Club Saints at the International Building, though Baker Vernal and Yule Ban escaped. He treated Annie’s wounds afterward, and she awoke as the chapter ended.

• Zhang Yuanqing arrived at the International Building, where Mr. Bill was fighting Baker Vernal and Annie was badly injured by Yule Ban.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Yin Jade Doll to disrupt Yule Ban, carried Annie away, and fought her with his sword and artifacts.
• Zhang Yuanqing resisted Yule Ban’s disorienting skills and overwhelmed her, but Baker Vernal’s liquor jar intoxicated them and let the two Saints escape through a window.
• Mr. Bill asked Zhang Yuanqing to treat Annie, and Zhang Yuanqing removed the bullet and used the Mountain God Scepter to heal her.
• Annie woke after Zhang Yuanqing offered her a cup of medicine.

Zhang Yuanqing recovered from the attack on Mr. Bill, negotiated for materials and learned about a powerful evasion item. After a quiet stretch in Songhai, Fu Qingyang sent him and his team to investigate an ancient tomb and rescue a missing squad in fog-shrouded Golden Radiance City.

• Annie recovered and tried to seduce Zhang Yuanqing after her damaged clothes slipped, but he resisted the Mountain God Scepter's influence and urged her to help Mr. Bill.
• Mr. Bill reported the casualties and his lost Moral Value, then agreed to sell Zhang Yuanqing supplementary materials at a reduced price.
• Mr. Bill showed Zhang Yuanqing his Extremely Angry Slide Tackle shoes, which could evade attacks but were not for sale unless exchanged for a high-quality Saint Realm item.
• During the following weeks, Zhang Yuanqing upgraded Blood Rose and Ghost Bride, spent his savings, and continued waiting for Li Chunfeng's reply as his first Star Official dungeon approached.
• Zhang Yuanqing saw news of a strange fog and assaults in Golden Radiance City, where an ancient tomb had yielded a bronze statue.
• Fu Qingyang assigned Zhang Yuanqing to take his team to Golden Radiance City to investigate the tomb and rescue a squad lost in the fog.

Zhang Yuanqing traveled to Golden Radiance City to help investigate a spreading fog caused by a bronze sculpture, which had swallowed several search teams. After arriving at the response team’s hotel, he revealed that he had an item capable of determining direction inside the fog, and the group prepared to enter.

• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing that the fog from the museum had swallowed investigators and was spreading across Golden Radiance City, then assigned him to join the investigation.
• Zhang Yuanqing canceled his shopping plans with Jiang Yu'er by claiming that the Dragon Group had called him to deal with the crisis.
• At the Regal Hotel, Love of Summer Trees told the gathered officials that Deacon Cloud Dream’s team had also gone missing in the fog.
• The Hangzhou Branch officials debated whether to enter the fog without a way to navigate it, while Love of Summer Trees waited for Songhai’s reinforcements.
• Zhang Yuanqing arrived with four women, introduced himself to Love of Summer Trees, and said he had an item that could determine direction in the fog.
• Saint of Fire urged the officials to move out immediately after Zhang Yuanqing revealed his item.

Zhang Yuanqing led the Hangzhou team through the mind-altering fog to the museum, where they discovered the missing deacons and other visitors had been slaughtered by an enemy likely near Level 6. A camera recording revealed that the bronze statue had warned intruders they would be killed without mercy.

• Zhang Yuanqing used the Great Luo Star Chart to guide Love of Summer Trees, Guan Ya, Jiang Jingwei, and the Hangzhou Saints through the fog toward the museum.
• Guan Ya subdued a crazed citizen, and Flower Speech restrained a swarm of Berserk citizens with vines as the group crossed the museum plaza.
• Love of Summer Trees found Deacon Cloud Dream and other Hangzhou Branch colleagues dismembered, and Guan Ya and Xia Shu concluded their killer was at least near Level 6.
• Zhang Yuanqing found a working camera among the archaeologists' and film crew's remains and played footage of a bronze statue with a sharpened sword.
• The recording showed a young man saying he heard the statue warn that anyone trespassing into the Immortal Gate's demon-sealing grounds would be killed without mercy.

Zhang Yuanqing explained that Spirit Realm instances originated in reality and argued that the ancient tomb’s sealed demon had likely died, but the bronze guardian attacked the group in the fog. After Flower Speech and Great Virtue Bears All Things were wounded and Saint of Fire was impaled, Zhang Yuanqing proposed an idea instead of letting the others retreat.

• Love of Summer Trees and the other Saints suspected the tomb was an immortal sect’s seal, and Zhang Yuanqing argued that the sealed demon had probably died long ago.
• Zhang Yuanqing revealed that Spirit Realm instances originated in reality, then urged the group to leave the fog and report the threat to the elders.
• Guan Ya warned the group of an approaching enemy, and Saint of Fire’s fireball revealed the bronze statue before it attacked Flower Speech from behind.
• Great Virtue Bears All Things shielded Flower Speech, Love of Summer Trees pulled her clear, and Saint of Fire charged after the statue into the fog.
• The bronze statue pierced Saint of Fire’s chest, but Zhang Yuanqing rescued him while Love of Summer Trees helped them retreat.
• As Flower Speech treated the wounded, Saint of Fire urged the others to escape; Love of Summer Trees agreed, but Zhang Yuanqing said he had an idea to try.