Recaps

Xiahou Aotian discovered a seabed graveyard of wrecks and corpses, then his companions were ambushed by ghost ships while crossing the sea. The Saints survived the fleet’s attack when Xiahou Aotian assembled and fired a costly cannon, destroying the enemy ships.

• Xiahou Aotian reported that the seabed was covered in shipwrecks, a strange array, and thousands of corpse-like soldiers, including a woman who appeared before the underwater robot’s camera.
• Xiahou Aotian divined that everyone landing safely was a sign of great misfortune, but Yin Ji urged the group to keep moving and avoid spreading panic.
• Ghost ships appeared ahead and bombarded the Saints’ vessel; Red Chicken Bro, Free Eagle, Zhang Yuanqing, Yin Ji, and Love of Summer Trees helped intercept the shells.
• A cannonball damaged the vessel and nearly sent Red Chicken Bro overboard, while Cloud Dream sealed the hole with rapidly growing vines.
• Xiahou Aotian assembled a cannon during the barrage, then used its ten expensive shots to destroy the ghost fleet.

After Xiahou Aotian’s cannon destroyed the fleet, the group continued toward Yamen Island and learned that the real danger still lay ahead. When they discovered they were trapped in a formation, Xiahou Aotian proposed diving beneath the sea, and Zhang Yuanqing realized this might be how they could confront the ghost ship.

• Xiahou Aotian returned Zhang Yuanqing’s Lucky Necklace, then asked the group to split the eighty-million cost of the energy pack, but they ignored him.
• Zhang Yuanqing summoned the Ghost Bride and Little Doubi to help crew the ship while Cloud Dream healed Red Chicken Bro.
• Yin Ji explained that the Xie Family’s lost item was part of a rule-type heirloom and that the Jianghuai Branch’s lost item was the Yin-Yang Turntable, also called the Rogue Disk.
• Love of Summer Trees and Yin Ji noticed Zhang Yuanqing hiding his waist pouch, but Yin Ji said she did not care.
• Xiahou Aotian realized the ship had been moving in circles, and Cloud Dream’s attempt to fly toward Yamen Island ended with her circling back above the ship.
• Xiahou Aotian identified a formation affecting the sea and sky and proposed diving underwater to break it; Zhang Yuanqing connected the idea to the Demon Lord’s instructions about the ghost ship.

Yin Ji’s team decided to dive to the seabed to break the Sea of Yamen dungeon formation, and Yuanshi Tianzun’s attempt to summon the Mountain Goddess failed. As the seven Saints reached the sunken fleet, thousands of armored corpses awakened and stared up at them.

• Yuanshi Tianzun argued that the team had to descend to the seabed, and the others agreed after rejecting the idea of waiting out the dungeon.
• Yuanshi Tianzun tried to summon the Mountain Goddess with the Demon Subduing Pestle, but she did not appear, so he pretended his ritual had failed.
• Yin Ji lent Red Chicken Bro a Water-Repelling Pearl, and Yuanshi Tianzun asked Love of Summer Trees to stay close because he foresaw danger for her and Red Chicken Bro.
• Xiahou Aotian led the Saints into the sea and gave them earbuds that broadcast their thoughts, prompting Yuanshi Tianzun to suppress his stray thoughts.
• The seven Saints reached a vast field of sunken warships and saw thousands of armored corpses raise their heads and open their eyes.

Zhang Yuanqing and his teammates fought the formation-powered army of yin corpses, then defeated the purple-robed corpse guarding the array core. Love of Summer Trees survived a fatal attack through a Revival Pearl and Zhang Yuanqing’s healing, but the Yin-Yang Wheel’s pointer stopped on black, leaving its effect unknown.

• Yin Ji, Free Eagle, and the others fought off the regenerating yin corpses while Xiahou Aotian searched for the formation’s core.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Demon Subduing Pestle to destroy yin corpses as Xiahou Aotian located the core aboard a ship with a broken mast.
• A hidden female corpse tore out Xiahou Aotian’s heart, and the purple-robed corpse activated the Yin-Yang Wheel’s formation against the team.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Yin Ji coordinated to restrain and kill the purple-robed corpse, but Love of Summer Trees was left gravely wounded.
• Zhang Yuanqing revived Love of Summer Trees with the Mountain God Scepter and Life Essence, then the team saw the Yin-Yang Wheel’s pointer stop on its black half.

Zhang Yuanqing solved the Yin-Yang Turntable’s trick questions, survived its deadly trials, and lifted the seal. He claimed the turntable as the group emerged from the dark seawater.

• The turntable landed on black and demanded two answers to what was hardest in the world, threatening to kill anyone who answered incorrectly.
• Cloud Dream answered “charcoal” correctly, but Love of Summer Trees’ “Coward’s Quilt” was wrong, killing Cloud Dream before she revived.
• Zhang Yuanqing realized the question was a Rogue Disk-style trick and answered “male high school students” as the second hardest thing, earning another spin.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Lucky Necklace to spin twice into white, then answered the question about poetry’s cheapest thing with “The mountain’s end.”
• The pointer landed on white for a third time, lifting the seal and clearing the dark seawater.
• Zhang Yuanqing picked up the Yin-Yang Turntable and told the others it was his.

Zhang Yuanqing and Yin Ji destroyed the seabed array, discovered the little emperor’s empty husk, and concluded the remaining monster was on Yamen Island. As the team debated whether to pursue it, a masked president met Mr. Bill in Songhai and hinted that he was preparing a funeral for the Dionysus Club.

• Love of Summer Trees, Red Chicken Bro, and Yin Ji accepted Zhang Yuanqing’s claim to the Yin-Yang Turntable, while the group faced the freed yin corpses.
• Red Chicken Bro planted explosives on the warship, and Zhang Yuanqing protected Love of Summer Trees from the blast with the Heart-Protecting Mirror; the explosion destroyed the array and turned the yin corpses into ordinary corpses.
• The team regrouped without Xiahou Aotian, then Zhang Yuanqing and Yin Ji searched the dragon boat and found the little emperor’s discarded husk.
• Zhang Yuanqing concluded that the monster was on Yamen Island, but Free Eagle argued against pursuing it; Zhang Yuanqing gave Cloud Dream three Evil-Breaking Talismans and warned that splitting up would doom the team.
• Mr. Bill met the masked president at a Western restaurant, where the president revealed that his black suit was for a funeral and the lights outside went dark.

The Guild Master fought the Dionysus Club’s three peak Sovereigns while a Twisted Realm threatened to merge with the city, until the Marshal’s sword shattered both the realm and the Guild Master’s Myriad Treasure Tree. At dawn, Fu Qingyang learned that more than a hundred scattered items could trigger a global crisis, and headquarters ordered an urgent recovery operation.

• The Guild Master faced Cowboy Locke, Drunkard Fanny, and Chaotic One Lite, repeatedly banishing them while their rule-reversal abilities brought them back.
• A Twisted Realm began merging two versions of the city, and the Guild Master summoned a golden divine tree to hold the worlds apart.
• The Marshal’s sword beam shattered the Twisted Realm and the Myriad Treasure Tree, scattering more than a hundred items across the world.
• Dog Elder told Fu Qingyang that the counter-ambush had succeeded but that the scattered items could empower ordinary people and put demigods at risk of being hunted.
• Fu Qingyang criticized the Marshal’s destructive sword aura, then learned that headquarters had ordered personnel to collect the scattered items before the Marshal’s Moral Value reached zero.

Zhang Yuanqing persuaded the team to face the powerful monster on Yashan Island, then led them ashore after they rested. At the temporary imperial palace, Yin Ji located the sleeping boss, but lost sight of it just as the team prepared to attack.

• Zhang Yuanqing convinced the team that they needed to defeat the monster together to survive the remaining dungeon, and Free Eagle reluctantly agreed to follow the majority.
• Yin Ji arranged Spirit Servants to guard the ship while the team rested, and Zhang Yuanqing inspected the Yin-Yang Turntable and cultivated the Pure Yang Body Cleansing Record.
• The team reached Yashan Island and crossed its deserted forest and ruined town, where Zhang Yuanqing agreed to sell Yin Ji the cultivation method under specific conditions.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Yin Ji sensed dense Yin energy at the temporary imperial palace and prepared to attack the boss inside.
• Yin Ji sent a Spirit Servant to scout and found the monster sleeping in Compassionate Origin Palace, but urgently called the team back when she could no longer see it.

Zhang Yuanqing and his team fought Little Emperor, a powerful yin creature whose Water Deprivation and infant-head abilities nearly killed them. After Little Emperor revived and inflicted a dangerous pregnancy effect that stole their powers, Zhang Yuanqing sent Blood Rose to draw it away, leaving the team with five minutes to plan their next move.

• Yin Ji spotted Little Emperor outside the palace, where it ambushed Red Chicken Bro and nearly crippled him before Yin Ji’s yin corpses drove it back.
• Little Emperor used Water Deprivation to desiccate and destroy both yin corpses, then ambushed Cloud Dream and drained moisture from the rest of the team.
• Yin Ji’s spirit form pulled Little Emperor’s spirit free while Love of Summer Trees pierced its chest and Zhang Yuanqing struck it with the Demon Subduing Pestle.
• The infant head on Little Emperor’s shoulder cried, reviving the creature and making the team’s bellies swell as it stole their powers and reduced Zhang Yuanqing to Level 3.
• Zhang Yuanqing disguised Blood Rose as himself and used her to lure Little Emperor away; when the crying faded, the team’s stolen power began to return.
• Zhang Yuanqing warned the team that Blood Rose could hold out for only five minutes and urged them to devise a new strategy.

Zhang Yuanqing and his companions devised a plan to weaken Little Emperor and counter its healing, but he had to face the boss alone after Yin Ji completed a Spirit Talisman formation. He defeated Little Emperor with the Yin-Yang Turntable and several items, then reunited with his returning teammates.

• Xiahou Aotian proposed using earth-aligned items, explosives, and the Yin-Yang Turntable, while Yin Ji began drawing a formation to weaken Little Emperor.
• Yin Ji completed the formation and left with the others as Little Emperor arrived, leaving Zhang Yuanqing to fight it inside the Yin-Yang Turntable's seal.
• Zhang Yuanqing used explosives to injure Little Emperor, and the turntable stopped its healing while his earth items strengthened him.
• Little Emperor drained Zhang Yuanqing's moisture and battered him, so he used the Mountain God Scepter to bind it and sent his spirit and the Ghost Bride into its body.
• Zhang Yuanqing stabbed Little Emperor with the Demon Subduing Pestle, destroyed it with Solar Power, and stored its infant head before Yin Ji and the others returned.

After defeating the Little Emperor and clearing the S-rank Sea of Yamen mission, Zhang Yuanqing uncovered the purpose of the Dragon Locking Array and returned the Demon Subduing Pestle to Lady of Three Paths Mountain. The surviving team gathered materials until the dungeon announced their mission completion.

• The team celebrated the Little Emperor's death, exchanged contact information, and Zhang Yuanqing claimed the Xie Family's rule-type item while promising to distribute rewards according to their contributions.
• Xiahou Aotian and Yin Ji received their experience rewards and left the dungeon, while the remaining teammates stayed to survive the required thirty-six hours and search for materials.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Love of Summer Trees found a document stating that cultivators had advised the Yuan army to refine the remnants of dragon qi, and Zhang Yuanqing explained how the Dragon Locking Array was meant to create a Dominator-level Yin corpse.
• A golden aura filled the Sea of Yamen, and Zhang Yuanqing told the team that Lady of Three Paths Mountain had arrived before sending them to the seaside.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned the Demon Subduing Pestle to Lady of Three Paths Mountain, received a reusable sacrificial ritual, and asked her to give him Princess Yinyao's Ghost Mirror.
• After nearly twenty hours of gathering materials, the team heard the dungeon announce that they had completed the S-rank Sea of Yamen mission.

After clearing the Sea of Yamen, Zhang Yuanqing received generous experience and powerful items, then returned to Fu Family Bay and called Fu Qingyang. Xiahou Aotian returned to the Xiahou Family and loudly announced his S-rank dungeon clear.

• Zhang Yuanqing gained 93% experience, bringing his total to 98%, and received the Military Soul Mask and Gale Gloves.
• Zhang Yuanqing examined the Holy Infant's incomplete head and concluded that completing its body would trigger an unimaginable disaster.
• Zhang Yuanqing and the others left the Spirit Realm as the dungeon countdown ended.
• Xiahou Aotian showed Xiahou Gan his sword and revealed that he had entered the Sea of Yamen with Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Xiahou Aotian drove around the Xiahou Family grounds with a loudspeaker, announcing that he had cleared the S-rank mission.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to Fu Family Bay, called Fu Qingyang, and confirmed that he had obtained the two items.

After clearing the Sea of Yamen dungeon with both the Yin-Yang Turntable and the Holy Infant Head, Zhang Yuanqing negotiated their return and learned that a demigod’s damaged Myriad Treasure Tree had scattered items across Songhai. He reunited with Guan Ya and Xie Lingxi, who learned he had her family’s artifact, while Fu Qingyang contacted the Jianghuai Branch and the Xie Family prepared to respond.

• Zhang Yuanqing gave Fu Qingyang the Yin-Yang Turntable and Holy Infant Head, and they discussed negotiating rewards with the Jianghuai Branch and the Xie Family.
• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing that the Marshal’s battle had damaged the Myriad Treasure Tree and scattered over a hundred items, and that Zhang was free from confinement to help recover them for merit and Moral Value.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to the villa and told Guan Ya, Queen, and Xie Lingxi that he had entered the Sea of Yamen dungeon.
• Xie Lingxi learned Zhang Yuanqing had obtained the Holy Infant Head and said her family would buy it back; Zhang Yuanqing asked her to name a price.
• Fu Qingyang informed Cold-Blooded Detective that Zhang Yuanqing had emerged from the Sea of Yamen with the Yin-Yang Turntable.
• Xie Su and Mother Xie discussed Xie Lingxi, Zhang Yuanqing, and whether to bring their daughter home before Xie Lingxi called.

Zhang Yuanqing negotiated over the recovered Holy Infant’s head and the Yin-Yang Turntable with the Xie Family, the Jianghuai Branch, and headquarters representatives. After demanding a steep price from the Xie Family, he rejected the official bounty and left the dispute with headquarters unresolved.

• Xie Lingxi persuaded her father, Xie Su, to hurry to Songhai by revealing that Zhang Yuanqing had recovered the Holy Infant’s head, while securing promises of gifts and money from him.
• Xie Lingxi explained that her father wanted the Holy Infant’s return to strengthen his standing in the Xie Family, and Zhang Yuanqing agreed to demand a high price.
• Zhang Yuanqing reviewed three Saint-stage weapons from Li Chunfeng and asked for a high-grade or top-grade item instead.
• Fu Qingyang summoned Zhang Yuanqing to meet Xie Su, Elder Detective, and Secretary Li, who had arrived to discuss the recovered items and the Yin-Yang Turntable.
• Zhang Yuanqing demanded two billion in cash, one hundred vials of Life Essence, and a top-tier Saint Realm item from Xie Su, who left to consult the ancestor.
• Elder Detective offered Zhang Yuanqing the certified bounty of a B-rank merit and eight million in cash, but Zhang Yuanqing rejected the terms.

Zhang Yuanqing confronted headquarters and negotiated compensation for the Yin-Yang Turntable, then struck a separate deal with the Xie Family for the Holy Infant Skull. The chapter ended with the Xie ancestor ordering Xie Lingxi to marry Zhang Yuanqing and a forum post accusing him of subduing the Jianghuai Branch's Rogue Disk.

• Zhang Yuanqing defied the Detective Elder and Secretary Li, demanding cash, a Saint-quality item, restored material quota, turntable uses, and merit in exchange for the Yin-Yang Turntable.
• Secretary Li and the Detective Elder agreed to report Zhang Yuanqing's terms, and the Detective Elder urged headquarters to guide him rather than suppress him.
• Zhang Yuanqing negotiated with Xie Su for Life Essence, cash, Saint-quality items, and access to the Holy Infant Skull, while Xie Su agreed to the deal and took Xie Lingxi with him.
• Headquarters accepted Zhang Yuanqing's first offer, providing cash, a Saint-grade item, turntable uses, and B-rank merit with conditions; Fu Qingyang explained the power structure at headquarters.
• The Xie ancestor entrusted the Holy Infant Skull to Xie Su and ordered him to arrange Xie Lingxi's marriage to Zhang Yuanqing.
• Zhang Yuanqing planned to distribute items to his teammates, then saw a forum post claiming he had subdued the Jianghuai Branch's Rogue Disk and suspected the branch was smearing him.

Zhang Yuanqing distributed powerful items and rewards after clearing the Sea of Yamen, while learning more about the Stop-Killing Palace Lord’s past. The chapter ended when Jiang Yu'er saw a bloodied girl in a red hat walking upside down across a darkened tunnel ceiling.

• Zhang Yuanqing read a forum post teasing him as Rogue Tianzun after news spread that he had subdued the Yin-Yang Turntable.
• Xie Lingxi told Zhang Yuanqing that the Xie Family ancestor had entrusted Holy Infant’s head to her father, Xie Su, strengthening Xie Su’s position.
• Zhang Yuanqing gave Guan Ya Battle-Hardened Leather Armor, Xie Lingxi a Nightwalking Cloak, and Queen the Shennong Whip.
• Zhang Yuanqing sent reward money to Yin Ji and his other teammates, then learned from Xie Su that the Stop-Killing Palace Lord had once been a Master before her realm fell.
• Jiang Yu'er drove through a tunnel during a power outage and saw a bloodied girl in a red hat walking upside down along the ceiling.

After Jiang Yu'er vanished in a mass disappearance at the Inner Ring Tunnel, Zhang Yuanqing rushed to investigate and used the Red Dancing Shoes to track her. The shoes led him into the tunnel, where he realized Aunt might still be there.

• A bloodied girl in a red hat walked upside down along the Inner Ring Tunnel ceiling, and Jiang Yu'er and dozens of other people vanished as the lights and signal failed.
• Grandmother told Zhang Yuanqing that Jiang Yu'er was missing, and he learned she had disappeared with forty-one others in the tunnel.
• At the Kangyang District Public Security Bureau, All Under Heaven Returns to Fire and Li Dongze concluded that a bloodthirsty girl had likely caused the disappearances and could vanish from sight.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned home, comforted Grandmother with an illusion, and secretly used a strand of Jiang Yu'er's hair to activate the Red Dancing Shoes' tracking ability.
• Zhang Yuanqing followed the Red Dancing Shoes through the city and saw them enter the Inner Ring Tunnel.

Zhang Yuanqing entered the dimensional rift through the Red Dancing Shoes and found Jiang Yu'er among seven survivors hiding in a cabin. He possessed one of her companions to contact her, but the werewolf threat and the danger of the strange realm remained.

• Zhang Yuanqing discovered that the Red Dancing Shoes could cross the tunnel wall into a dimensional rift, but their equipped form could not take his body with them.
• After consulting Fu Qingyang, Zhang Yuanqing left his physical body in a car and attached his spirit body, Little Doubi, and White Orchid to the Red Dancing Shoes.
• Zhang Yuanqing entered a moonlit forest in the rift and found several people killed by an upright wolf-like monster.
• The Red Dancing Shoes led Zhang Yuanqing to a cabin where seven survivors, including Jiang Yu'er, were hiding from the wolf.
• Zhang Yuanqing possessed the young man beside Jiang Yu'er and whispered to her that he was there.

Zhang Yuanqing projected his consciousness into a young man to rescue Jiang Yu'er and learned that she and five others were trapped in a cabin protected by a barrier from a giant monster. After piecing together the cabin’s dark history, he realized the monster was due to knock for the fourth time, and heavy footsteps approached outside.

• Zhang Yuanqing revealed himself to Jiang Yu'er, calmed her, and used a mask to make the other captives obey him.
• The captives told Zhang Yuanqing that a huge wolf-like monster attacked them and returned roughly once an hour, but could not break into the cabin.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Jiang Yu'er found a parchment explaining that the cabin owner feared a half-monster girl and had arranged for a hunter to protect her.
• Zhang Yuanqing suspected the monster was the hunter, while Jiang Yu'er recognized the story’s details as familiar.
• Jiang Yu'er confirmed that four hours had passed since she entered the place, and heavy footsteps approached the cabin.

Zhang Yuanqing fought the Werewolf, discovered it could regenerate and grow stronger under the moonlight, and ultimately devoured its spirit despite suffering severe mental contamination. The Werewolf vanished and left behind a Triangular Red Hat, which Zhang Yuanqing picked up to inspect.

• Zhang Yuanqing lured the Werewolf away from the cabin while the Ghost Bride stayed behind to protect Jiang Yu'er and the other civilians.
• Zhang Yuanqing possessed the Werewolf and crushed its heart, but it grew a second heart after howling at the moon and forced him and the Ghost Bride out of its mind.
• When the Werewolf charged toward a terrified young man, Zhang Yuanqing weakened it with the Golden Mask and had the Ghost Bride possess it.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Yellow Mask to strengthen himself and devoured the Werewolf's spirit, then relied on the Blue Mask to regain control of his mind.
• The Werewolf vanished, leaving behind a Triangular Red Hat, and Zhang Yuanqing picked it up to inspect its properties.

Zhang Yuanqing escaped the sealed disaster with the powerful, corrupting Little Red Riding Hood and reunited with his companions and Aunt. After Little Doubi called Aunt “Mama,” he suspected that her hidden profession was Musician, and Xie Lingxi offered to bring Palace Master Sister to hypnotize the survivors.

• Zhang Yuanqing examined Little Red Riding Hood, wore it, and learned its werewolf and sealing abilities and their dangerous costs.
• He lifted the seal, earned 500 Moral Value, and returned to the tunnel, where Guan Ya and the others guarded the survivors.
• Overcome by the cap’s bloodlust, Zhang Yuanqing nearly acted on his instincts but calmed himself with an Evil-Breaking Talisman after Aunt embraced him.
• Fu Qingyang suggested Little Red Riding Hood came from the unopened Third District, and Zhang Yuanqing kept it rather than handing it in.
• Zhang Yuanqing treated Aunt’s leg and scolded Little Doubi, whose call of “Mama” made him suspect Aunt was a Musician.
• Xie Lingxi said Palace Master Sister was available to hypnotize the survivors and their relatives if Fu Qingyang approved.

Zhang Yuanqing used the Stop-Killing Palace Lord to erase witnesses’ memories and learned that Jiang Yu'er was not a Spirit Realm Walker, though she might possess a Musician item. The next morning, he tested Little Red Riding Hood’s effects on Blood Rose and accepted Li Chunfeng’s offer to visit an independent item shop.

• The Stop-Killing Palace Lord hypnotized the tunnel survivors, and Fu Qingyang asked her to erase the team members’ memories of Zhang Yuanqing and Jiang Yu'er.
• Zhang Yuanqing had the Palace Lord question his sleeping aunt and learned she was not a Spirit Realm Walker; the Palace Lord suggested she might have a Musician item that attracted Little Doubi.
• Zhang Yuanqing brought Jiang Yu'er home and told his family the tunnel had collapsed, following the Palace Lord’s cover story.
• Zhang Yuanqing tested Little Red Riding Hood on Blood Rose, discovered its transformation caused mental contamination, and assessed her Flame Demon Wolf abilities.
• Li Chunfeng told Zhang Yuanqing about an independent artificer who ran an item shop and black market, and Zhang Yuanqing agreed to visit using a token.

Zhang Yuanqing traveled to Flower City to visit the House of Myriad Treasures and learn about its owner, Lian Sanyue. When he entered the shop, he recognized her as the woman from Steward Pang’s memories who had sold him the White-Clad Murderess.

• Li Chunfeng gave Zhang Yuanqing a House of Myriad Treasures token and described Lian Sanyue as unpredictable, with a fondness for smoking cigars.
• Zhang Yuanqing met Red Chicken Bro at the Flower City airport, where Red Chicken Bro’s men publicly greeted him as Celestial Venerable.
• Red Chicken Bro told Zhang Yuanqing that Lian Sanyue was a powerful, trustworthy artificer whose shop served as a prop market, intelligence hub, and black market.
• Zhang Yuanqing disguised himself and entered the House of Myriad Treasures through an illusion-hidden convenience store.
• Zhang Yuanqing recognized the woman behind the counter as the White-Clad Murderess from Steward Pang’s memories and the person who had sold her to him.

Zhang Yuanqing visited Lian Sanyue at the House of Myriad Treasures to find a top-grade Saint Realm melee weapon and learned he could forge one with the Hundred-Forged Furnace. After sacrificing many items and spending heavily, he reached 85% energy, then sealed the furnace for seven days, believing his Lucky Necklace was making it nurture an exceptionally powerful artifact.

• Zhang Yuanqing gave Lian Sanyue Cuban cigars, confirmed he had seen her in Steward Pang's memories, and asked for a top-grade Saint Realm melee weapon.
• Lian Sanyue revealed her guild instance dungeon, where Zhang Yuanqing browsed a black market and learned the stalls were full of scams and mundane goods.
• Lian Sanyue showed Zhang Yuanqing the Hundred-Forged Furnace, which could forge artifacts after accumulating energy from sacrificed items and materials.
• Zhang Yuanqing sacrificed several items and bought more from Lian Sanyue, raising the furnace's energy to 85% before realizing his Lucky Necklace was slowing its progress.
• Zhang Yuanqing paid to seal the furnace for seven days, bought another token, and left with Little Doubi, urging him to help find more items.

After the demigod battle scattered artifacts across several provinces, Zhang Yuanqing returned to Songhai to hunt for them and study the official recovery records. He received a list of suspicious incidents and headed to Song Prefecture University to investigate an urban legend.

• Zhang Yuanqing planned to search Songhai, Jiangnan Province, and Scattered Province for artifacts, then asked Queen and Xie Lingxi to gather intelligence for him.
• Zhang Yuanqing used Guan Ya's account to review records showing that ninety-five artifacts had been lost, fifty-three remained unrecovered, and artifact-related incidents had caused hundreds of casualties.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Little Round and Kou Beiyue to watch for incidents in Gold Mountain City, while Little Round agreed to help.
• Queen sent Zhang Yuanqing more than twenty suspected artifact cases, including three urban legends identified by Li Chunfeng in Songhai.
• Zhang Yuanqing chose to investigate the Love Forest at Song Prefecture University first.