Recaps

Zhang Yuanqing interrogated Zhao Xintong and secured the White Wax Branch’s agreement to give her a chance, then flew back toward Songhai. During the flight, the sky abruptly turned black and a flight attendant revealed that she had baited him out.

• Zhang Yuanqing questioned Zhao Xintong about her crimes and learned that she had killed her abusive mother and stepfather, while later bullying led her to push a classmate down the stairs.
• Zhao Xintong explained that her grandfather and an elder had inspired her to try accepting human nature, though she still struggled to forgive the people who hurt her.
• Victoria agreed to verify Zhao Xintong’s account and said the White Wax Branch could release her in three days; Ling Jun defended his friendship with Zhang Yuanqing.
• Zhang Yuanqing called Little Round from his flight and invited her to visit him in Songhai, but she asked whether his girlfriend approved.
• The sky outside Zhang Yuanqing’s plane suddenly turned black, and a flight attendant confronted him, saying she had managed to bait him out.

Zhang Yuanqing was trapped aboard a plane by Pure Yang Sect Leader, the Third Protector, and a Southern Faction elder, who used a ruler-level board game item to seal the cabin. Facing their combined powers and the end of his Five Elements boost, he spotted a possible escape in his matchbox and wished for his solo Spirit Realm to descend immediately.

• Zhang Yuanqing discovered that Pure Yang Sect Leader had lured him into a sealed plane and used a ruler-level board game item to block his escape.
• The Third Protector attacked Zhang Yuanqing and nearly destroyed Yi Chuanmei and the Ghost Bride, forcing Zhang Yuanqing to recall them.
• Zhang Yuanqing used a Five Elements Spiritual Energy Experience Card to fight the Third Protector, but the Third Protector's Blazing Sun power dispelled his abilities.
• A board game penalty weakened Zhang Yuanqing, and his Experience Card expired as the Southern Faction elder joined Pure Yang Sect Leader and the Third Protector.
• Zhang Yuanqing realized the enemies could exploit his mental disorder, then struck a match and wished for his solo Spirit Realm to descend immediately.

Zhang Yuanqing entered the B-rank Battle of Chang'an dungeon to escape an ambush, but discovered he was trapped in a Sovereign-level instance with no easy way out. After using the Commander of Bad People's identity plaque to gain the cooperation of two fellow Bad People, he prepared to summon Lady of Three Paths Mountain just as the first ghost appeared.

• Zhang Yuanqing wished for his solo Spirit Realm dungeon to begin immediately and vanished before Pure Yang Sect Leader and the two Sovereigns could capture him.
• Zhang Yuanqing entered Battle of Chang'an as Li Jun, a Bad Person assigned to patrol Pingkang Ward with Fu Xin'ou and Xi Zhe.
• Zhang Yuanqing realized the B-rank dungeon was at Sovereign level and feared he could neither complete its quest to kill ten yin creatures nor escape the ambush awaiting him outside.
• Zhang Yuanqing showed Fu Xin'ou and Xi Zhe the Commander of Bad People's identity plaque and falsely ordered them to assist his secret mission.
• Zhang Yuanqing prepared his sole remaining summoning ritual for Lady of Three Paths Mountain, but Xi Zhe spotted a ghost and Zhang Yuanqing sensed a wave of yin energy approaching.

Zhang Yuanqing and his companions fought an Overlord-level wraith, and he sealed it after using Lunar Power and Fu Xin'ou’s help to weaken it. When Princess Yinyao’s attempt to summon her master nearly failed, Zhang Yuanqing took over and called for Her Majesty, who descended in a streak of golden light.

• Xi Zhe attacked the white-clad female ghost but was killed when she snapped his neck, while Fu Xin'ou wounded the ghost with his blessed blade.
• The female ghost possessed Fu Xin'ou and forced him to attack himself, but Zhang Yuanqing knocked his blade aside and summoned Princess Yinyao.
• The ghost possessed Zhang Yuanqing, but Fu Xin'ou intervened and scattered gold dust to drive her out.
• Zhang Yuanqing used a pitch-black full moon to suppress the ghost, and Fu Xin'ou weakened her enough for Zhang Yuanqing to swallow and seal her.
• Xi Zhe revived after the battle, while Princess Yinyao told Zhang Yuanqing that her summoning materials were almost exhausted and her master had not responded.
• Zhang Yuanqing took over the ritual and summoned Her Majesty, who broke through the barrier and descended in a streak of golden light.

Zhang Yuanqing summoned Lady of Three Paths Mountain, who promised to join him after learning that he was trapped in the instance dungeon. He used her Demon Subduing Pestle to fight off the undead while buying time, then told her the Five Elements Alliance might be hours away and asked how they could escape before his enemies found him.

• Lady of Three Paths Mountain arrived through the Demon Subduing Pestle, agreed to help Zhang Yuanqing, and said her true body would reach him in fifteen minutes.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned from Fu Xin'ou and Xi Zhe about the Commander of the Unworthy's history and status as one of the Tang Dynasty's six supreme experts.
• Zhang Yuanqing defeated a Sovereign-level corpse puppet with the Demon Subduing Pestle, then dealt with more undead while deliberately delaying the mission.
• Lady of Three Paths Mountain descended into Pingkang Ward, and Zhang Yuanqing brought her inside to explain his predicament and the likely delay before the Five Elements Alliance could reach him.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Lady of Three Paths Mountain how they could avoid being trapped among his enemies while he waited for rescue.

Zhang Yuanqing secured Lady of Three Paths Mountain's help to escape the Spirit Realm by using the Matchbox to create the ritual materials, then completed Battle of Chang'an and received the Body and Soul Annihilation Blade. He returned to reality with seconds to prepare for the two Sovereigns pursuing him.

• Lady of Three Paths Mountain offered to descend into the real world through a summoning ritual, but Zhang Yuanqing realized he lacked the required materials.
• Lady of Three Paths Mountain revealed that the Ten Sun Crows were sealed in a Spirit Realm dungeon, and Zhang Yuanqing suspected the Light Compass could be its key.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Matchbox to transform equivalent materials from Little Red Riding Hood into the summoning ritual materials, bypassing the item's restrictions.
• Under Lady of Three Paths Mountain's protection, Zhang Yuanqing and Princess Yinyao dealt with ten yin creatures and completed the main quest.
• The Spirit Realm awarded Zhang Yuanqing the Body and Soul Annihilation Blade and enough experience to bring several abilities to the peak of the Saint stage.
• After returning to reality, Zhang Yuanqing hurriedly packed the ritual materials and Demon Subduing Pestle into his coat before checking the new weapon's attributes.

Zhang Yuanqing escaped the dungeon with the Body and Soul Annihilation Blade, then returned to the hijacked Gulfstream and summoned Lady of Three Paths Mountain as his enemies attacked. His disappearance triggered a search across the authorities, while Zhao Xintong was released from custody and sent into hiding.

• Zhang Yuanqing learned the Body and Soul Annihilation Blade could damage bodies and souls, then left the dungeon with it.
• Little Round and Guan Ya raised the alarm after Yuanshi Tianzun vanished, prompting the Return of the Dead guild and the authorities to organize a search.
• Ling Jun freed Zhao Xintong from White Wax Branch custody and warned her that Yuanshi Tianzun had gone missing; she called Little Round, who told her to hide at Wuhen Hotel.
• The Pure Yang Sect Leader, Third Protector, and Sixth Elder discussed how to keep Yuanshi Tianzun from being rescued while the Gulfstream flew northwest.
• Zhang Yuanqing reappeared aboard the plane and evaded the attackers as he completed a summoning ritual.
• Zhang Yuanqing summoned Lady of Three Paths Mountain, who descended from the pillar of light and grasped the Demon Subduing Pestle.

Zhao Youqing and Zhang Yuanqing fought the Pure Yang Sect Leader and her Sovereign allies aboard the plane, and Zhao Youqing killed her former master before her avatar vanished. Zhang escaped with the Demon Subduing Pestle and returned to the Fu Family Bay villa, where his friends had feared he was dead and Old Driver burst into his bedroom.

• Zhao Youqing battled the Pure Yang Sect Leader, the Third Protector, and the Sixth Elder, while Zhang Yuanqing resisted the Sixth Elder’s Mental Strike and avoided using the Five Elements Power Experience Card.
• Zhao Youqing used the Demon Subduing Pestle to trap the Pure Yang Sect Leader and the Third Protector in a solar array, then burned the Pure Yang Sect Leader to ashes.
• Zhao Youqing broke the tabletop-game restriction and dissipated; Zhang Yuanqing escaped with the Demon Subduing Pestle, dodged the Third Protector using a Teleportation Jade Talisman, and vanished.
• At the Fu Family Bay villa, Elder Sun’s divination suggested Zhang Yuanqing was dead, while Dog Elder learned the Investigation Department was obstructing the search-and-rescue effort.
• Dog Elder sensed Zhang Yuanqing’s return, and Zhang reappeared in his bedroom before Old Driver burst through the door.

After surviving an ambush by two Sovereigns and killing the Pure Yang Sect Leader, Zhang Yuanqing returned to Fu Family Bay and was told to lie low until he could advance to the Sovereign Realm. He suspected the attack marked the beginning of his foretold death tribulation, while his warning to Little Round about a suspected leak set her team on edge and Secretary Zhou reported his survival to Elder Cai.

• Zhang Yuanqing recounted how he escaped the ambush by entering a Sovereign-level instance dungeon, recruiting Lady of Three Paths Mountain, and fighting his way back to reality.
• Dog Elder and Elder Sun urged Zhang Yuanqing to remain at Fu Family Bay and avoid dangerous activities until he advanced, as the evil faction might target him again and the Investigation Department could not be trusted to protect him.
• Zhang Yuanqing agreed to stay hidden, comforted Guan Ya, and shared an embellished account of the battle with his guild while Little Round offered to compensate him for the leaked information.
• Zhang Yuanqing warned Little Round that A Good Minister Chooses a Lord to Slay might have leaked the team’s information and said he would visit; Little Round then told Zhao Xintong to warn him and Kou Beiyue that Yuanshi Tianzun might have been killed.
• Secretary Zhou received confirmation that Zhang Yuanqing had survived the ambush and killed the Pure Yang Sect Leader, then called Elder Cai.

After returning to Songhai, Zhang Yuanqing suspected the Pure Yang Sect Leader had survived by possessing a flight crew member and arranged to investigate. At Wuhen Hotel, he discovered the Southern Faction may have extracted information from Little Fatty through hypnosis, then asked him to infiltrate the faction and locate the Sixth Elder for Zhang Yuanqing’s personal operation.

• Secretary Zhou told Elder Cai that Yuanshi Tianzun had escaped the ambush and reported clues suggesting his ties to Evil Profession members had exposed a weakness.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned the Gulfstream had crashed with no survivors and suspected the Third Protector and Sixth Elder had killed the crew to conceal the Pure Yang Sect Leader’s rebirth.
• Zhang Yuanqing reassured Yin Ji that he would lie low, then went to Wuhen Hotel with Little Round to interrogate Little Fatty.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Tiger Tally to confirm Little Fatty was not knowingly betraying Zhao Xintong, but Little Fatty realized a Sovereign-level Musician could have hypnotized him.
• Zhang Yuanqing concluded the Southern Faction had obtained information through Little Fatty and offered him a chance to redeem himself by finding the Sixth Elder.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Little Round, Kou Beiyue, Little Fatty, and Zhao Xintong that killing the Sixth Elder would be his personal operation.

Zhang Yuanqing hypnotized Little Fatty into infiltrating the Southern Faction and locating the Sixth Elder, then prepared to hunt the Sovereign himself. After sending Dog Elder away, he secretly returned to Wuhen Hotel, planning to use Little Round’s guilt and gratitude to make an excessive request.

• Zhang Yuanqing explained that his divine artifacts and the Demon Subduing Pestle gave him the means to hunt the Sixth Elder, while Little Round and Kou Beiyue questioned his recklessness.
• Zhang Yuanqing hypnotized Little Fatty and instructed him to return to the Southern Faction, locate the Sixth Elder, and report back.
• Zhang Yuanqing warned Zhao Xintong not to visit her grandfather and left Wuhen Hotel after reassuring her that companions did not need to feel grateful or guilty.
• Dog Elder agreed to stay nearby as backup while Zhang Yuanqing insisted on hunting the Sovereign himself to deter anyone targeting him.
• Zhang Yuanqing sent Dog Elder away, then vanished with the intention of returning to Wuhen Hotel and making Little Round an excessive request.

Zhang Yuanqing returned to Wuhen Hotel, heard Wanderer of the Human World's tragic past, and tried to persuade Little Round that she mattered to him, but she saw through his manipulation. As Little Round left him with a teasing question, Little Fatty went to a hotel to contact the Southern Faction's Grand Elder about a business deal worth billions.

• Zhao Xintong warned the group that the evil organization had exposed the team members' personal information and that A Good Minister Chooses a Lord to Slay had fled.
• Little Round told Zhang Yuanqing how Wanderer of the Human World had been trafficked, abused, rescued by an adoptive family, and driven toward becoming an Evil Profession after that family was murdered.
• Zhang Yuanqing explained his belief that some Evil Professions deserved protection and redemption, then accused Little Round of treating him like an outsider when she wanted to compensate him.
• Little Round recognized Zhang Yuanqing's attempt to make her feel guilty, left to rest, and later messaged him to ask whether he still liked older women.
• At Fu Family Bay, Sun Miaomiao and Xie Lingxi waited for Zhang Yuanqing while Little Fatty disguised himself to book a room and contacted the Southern Faction's Grand Elder.

Little Fatty secured permission to return to the Southern Faction while Zhang Yuanqing deepened his relationship with Little Round and prepared to upgrade the Purple Thunder Hammer. The chapter ended as he activated the Hundred-Forged Furnace in the House of Myriad Treasures.

• Little Fatty confronted the Great Elder about being hypnotized and obtained permission to return to the Southern Faction.
• Zhang Yuanqing visited Little Round, shared an intimate moment with her, then left before they went further and returned to Songhai.
• Zhang Yuanqing joined Guan Ya, Sun Miaomiao, and the others for a rowdy barbecue party that ended with Xiahou Aotian and Li Chunfeng drenched in alcohol.
• Zhang Yuanqing disguised himself, traveled to Flower City, and met Lian Sanyue at the House of Myriad Treasures.
• Zhang Yuanqing bought Lian Sanyue's firestones, placed the Purple Thunder Hammer in the Hundred-Forged Furnace, and saw its upgrade prompt.

Zhang Yuanqing used the Hundred-Forged Furnace to upgrade the Purple Thunder Hammer, creating the powerful Purple Thunder Set after risking a fortune in materials. He left Lian Sanyue’s shop with the set, while A Good Minister Chooses a Lord to Slay entered a Nihility Sect dream stronghold.

• Zhang Yuanqing fed Saint- and Sovereign-grade materials into the furnace, endured wildly inconsistent energy gains, and finally reached 100% on his last attempt.
• Zhang Yuanqing discovered that the upgraded Purple Thunder Hammer had become part of a three-item set with the Thunderstorm Cannon and Purple Thunder Shield, whose armor could withstand attacks from Sovereigns below level 9 for five minutes.
• Zhang Yuanqing paid Lian Sanyue for the forge and told her he had used ten Dominion-grade materials; she explained that the furnace’s cost made it impractical for most Dominions and that she refused Dominion customers out of fear of being beaten.
• A Good Minister Chooses a Lord to Slay used a Dream Compass to enter a Nihility Sect dream stronghold.

Little Fatty gathered intelligence on Mirror Flower to help Zhang Yuanqing target the Southern Faction, and Zhang used divination and dreams to identify her. Zhang Yuanqing found her home and appeared in her bedroom, catching her by surprise.

• Little Fatty posted bounties for information about Yuanshi Tianzun and Wuhen Hotel, then learned that Mirror Flower had previously served the Sixth Elder.
• Little Fatty told Zhang Yuanqing about Mirror Flower, and Yi Chuanmei provided her identifying traits and a sketch.
• Zhang Yuanqing used Matchbox to sharpen his stargazing and located Mirror Flower's residential complex, then entered a dream with Little Fatty to see her face.
• Zhang Yuanqing planned to use surveillance footage and Li Chunfeng's technical help to find Mirror Flower's exact apartment.
• Mirror Flower waited at home for the Sixth Elder's summons, and Zhang Yuanqing appeared in her bedroom in a beam of starlight.

Zhang Yuanqing killed Mirror Flower, took her identity, and traveled to meet the Sixth Elder under the guise of being summoned to serve him. He arrived at a villa in Lotus Capital, where a woman's scream and the sound of a whip greeted him from inside.

• Mirror Flower failed to escape Zhang Yuanqing and was possessed by Yi Chuanmei before Zhang killed her and absorbed her spirit's memories.
• Zhang Yuanqing used Perfect Skin to impersonate Mirror Flower and answered the Sixth Elder's call, agreeing to meet him that night.
• A man collected Zhang Yuanqing and tested his knowledge of Mirror Flower's previous service before driving him from Hangzhou to Lotus Capital.
• Zhang Yuanqing passed further questioning and an Illusionist-item inspection, learning that the service would last five days and pay two Saint-quality materials or one low-quality Saint Realm item.
• At three in the morning, Zhang Yuanqing reached the Sixth Elder's villa and heard a woman scream and a whip strike flesh as he entered.

Zhang Yuanqing disguised himself as Mirror Flower to confront the Sixth Elder in his villa, then used the Tiger Tally and several powerful items to trap and attack him. After severing the Sixth Elder’s head and damaging his soul, Zhang Yuanqing’s minute of protection from the Tiger Tally expired, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Zhang Yuanqing entered the villa disguised as Mirror Flower and found the Sixth Elder abusing several women.
• Zhang Yuanqing revealed himself and used the Tiger Tally to weaken the Sixth Elder, then wished for a barrier that prevented anyone from entering or leaving the villa.
• Zhang Yuanqing endured the Sixth Elder’s Mental Strike, protected his soul with Solar Power, and damaged the Sixth Elder’s soul with the Body and Soul Annihilation Blade.
• The Sixth Elder hid inside the women’s dreams, but Zhang Yuanqing killed three of them to force him out and then attacked him while concealed by Night Roaming.
• Zhang Yuanqing used Form Severing to cut off the Sixth Elder’s head, then struck his exposed soul again with the blade.
• The Tiger Tally’s duration expired as Zhang Yuanqing felt his heart clench and fear surge, forcing him to retract the item.

Zhang Yuanqing and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord killed Sixth Elder after she disrupted his escape and helped Zhang regain control. Later, River Water investigated the aftermath in Lotus Capital and devoured a surviving remnant soul to learn more about the fight.

• Zhang Yuanqing escaped the Tiger Tally's lethal cost but faced Sixth Elder's Spirit Refining Talismans and was trapped by his Nihility skill.
• The Stop-Killing Palace Lord broke the barrier, woke nearby residents to block Sixth Elder's Dream Traversal, and used Inspire to restore Zhang's senses.
• Zhang Yuanqing and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord restrained Sixth Elder, and Zhang killed him with the Body and Soul Annihilation Blade.
• Zhang Yuanqing left the message "Yuanshi Tianzun was here!" at the scene and vanished with the Stop-Killing Palace Lord.
• River Water examined the villa, found that the victims' souls had scattered, and discovered a remnant soul outside.
• River Water used Spirit Devour to swallow the remnant soul as his subordinates prepared to contain him.

River Water learned that Yuanshi Tianzun had killed the Southern Faction's Sixth Elder, while Zhang Yuanqing and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord divided the spoils and discussed his mother. The chapter ended with the Hangzhou Branch announcing the Sixth Elder's death.

• River Water identified the dead Dominion as the Southern Faction's Sixth Elder and concluded that Yuanshi Tianzun had led the hunt.
• Zhang Yuanqing examined the Spirit Refining Talismans and Earth Spirit Robe, then gave the robe to the Stop-Killing Palace Lord after it nearly crushed him.
• Zhang Yuanqing offered the Palace Lord her share of the spoils, and she refused the talismans and jokingly asked him to repay her by sleeping with her.
• The Palace Lord told Zhang Yuanqing that his mother wanted to take him overseas, but she did not explain why his mother had left the country.
• Dog Elder confirmed to Gao Feng that Yuanshi Tianzun had killed the Sixth Elder and revealed that the Marshal had lent him the Tiger Tally.
• The Hangzhou Branch announced that the Nihility Sect's Sixth Elder had been brought to justice in Lotus Capital.

After Zhang Yuanqing killed the Southern Faction's Sixth Elder, the news terrified the faction and stunned officials and rivals who believed a Saint could not defeat a Sovereign. He left headquarters with a public threat against those who opposed him, prompting Secretary Zhou to urge Elder Cai to act.

• The authorities announced that Yuanshi Tianzun had led the operation that killed False Revolution and seven others, and Sun Miaomiao and Zhao Chenghuang reacted with shock to the report.
• All Under Heaven Returns to Fire concluded that Zhang Yuanqing had used Sovereign-grade items and resolved to preserve his relationship with him.
• The Southern Faction ordered its members to lie low after False Revolution's death, and Little Fatty fled before the First Elder could investigate him as a suspected mole.
• Zhang Yuanqing woke beside the Stop-Killing Palace Lord, exchanged messages with his allies, and posted that anyone who offended him would be slain regardless of status or faction.
• Secretary Zhou deleted Zhang Yuanqing's post and urged Elder Cai to take action, but Elder Cai asked whether he was afraid.

Zhang Yuanqing summoned Lady of Three Paths Mountain, discussed the Pure Yang Sect Leader’s worsening instability, and arranged a possible trade of Sovereign-grade items with Huang Taiji. While Zhang planned to lie low in Songhai, the still-living Pure Yang Sect Leader searched local schools for clues to his identity.

• Secretary Zhou admitted to Elder Cai that he feared Yuanshi Tianzun, while Elder Cai insisted that the conflict remained minor and that everything was within the plan.
• Zhang Yuanqing summoned Lady of Three Paths Mountain with the Demon Subduing Pestle, and she said the Pure Yang Sect Leader would likely die or lose control as his madness worsened.
• Zhang Yuanqing agreed to attend the Xie Family’s crab feast and learned that the Stop-Killing Palace Lord wanted to trade her Earth Spirit Robe for a more practical Sovereign-grade item.
• Zhang Yuanqing offered Huang Taiji two low-quality Sovereign-grade items in exchange for a mid-quality defensive and close-combat item, and Huang Taiji promised to find one within three days.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Guan Ya he would return home and lie low, believing that hunting the Three Protectors would be too dangerous.
• The Pure Yang Sect Leader searched Songhai Second Middle School for people who recognized Yuanshi Tianzun, found none, and decided to question retired teachers as his madness deepened.

Zhang Yuanqing spent his week at home telling fortunes for his neighbors and worrying over an unseen fatal tribulation. The chapter ended with a skeletal figure warning a monk on the steps of a mysterious palace to turn back.

• Zhang Yuanqing correctly predicted an old man's stock losses, exposed another old man's affair, and left with his uncle for the square dance.
• Zhang Yuanqing's aunt's attempt to arrange a blind date for his cousin failed when the woman became interested in Zhang Yuanqing instead.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Great Luo Star Chart but found no revelation, and suspected Elder Cai or Ling Tuo might cause his fatal tribulation.
• A tall ascetic monk climbed the floating steps toward an ancient palace above the Blood Lake as a skeletal figure called him The Past Leaves No Trace and warned him to return.

Master Wuhen tempered his heart for over twenty years and crossed the final steps to claim the path to demigodhood, while Zhang Yuanqing brought Fu Xue back to help resolve the company’s weapon-delivery dispute. Elsewhere, a man investigating Yuanshi Tianzun visited retired teacher Yao Yilin, who recognized the student in his photograph.

• Master Wuhen revealed that he had endured twenty years to temper his heart, crossed the final two steps, and destroyed the skeleton gatekeeper.
• The Southern Faction's Grand Elder saw the Dream Palace transform into a battlefield and learned that The Past Leaves No Trace had advanced to demigod; a distant voice ordered him to contact Ling Tuo.
• Zhang Yuanqing picked up Fu Xue and asked her to handle the dispute over the first batch of mechanism weapons, while she lamented the oath she had made Guan Ya swear.
• A man investigating Yuanshi Tianzun visited retired teacher Yao Yilin and showed him a photograph of a young man suspected of attending Kangyang Middle School.
• Yao Yilin recognized the young man in the photograph as a former student at Kangyang Middle School.

Pure Yang Sect Leader identified Zhang Yuanqing as Yuanshi Tianzun and began planning how to find him, while Teacher Yao started explaining Zhang Yuanqing’s past. In Gold Mountain City, Zhang Yuanqing furnished an apartment for Little Round and their private moment was interrupted by news that Master Wuhen had returned; meanwhile, Pure Yang Sect Leader repeatedly begged the Grand Protector for help.

• Pure Yang Sect Leader learned Zhang Yuanqing’s name and that he had lived in Kangyang District, then considered asking former classmates, using a stargazing artifact, or selling the information to Dark Night Rose and the evil faction.
• Teacher Yao began recounting Zhang Yuanqing’s high-school past after Pure Yang Sect Leader asked why he had been pitiful.
• Zhang Yuanqing arranged for Kou Beiyue, Little Fatty, Little Round, and Zhao Xintong to furnish the apartment he had bought under Xie Lingxi’s name for Little Round.
• Little Round accused Zhang Yuanqing of hiding her as his mistress, and he embraced and kissed her before Kou Beiyue’s knocking interrupted them.
• Little Round fell into an illusion, then announced that Master Wuhen had returned.
• The Grand Protector received alternating messages from Pure Yang Sect Leader claiming he had discovered a shocking secret and pleading for help.

The Grand Protector learned that the Pure Yang Sect Leader had been caught in a causality-driven loop while investigating Yuanshi Tianzun’s identity, which pointed to a far greater secret. In the Palace of Fate, Xie Su reached the Rebirth Spring’s bottom and found numerous corpses bearing Yuanshi Tianzun’s face.

• The Grand Protector received and called back the Pure Yang Sect Leader, but discovered that the distress messages vanished and began repeating as if time were reversing.
• The Grand Protector recognized the effect of a causality-type item and attempted to summon Ling Tuo, but received no response.
• The Pure Yang Sect Leader called after escaping the loop by using Momentary Splendor to erase his memories, and he and the Grand Protector concluded that Yuanshi Tianzun’s identity implicated an earth-shattering secret.
• Xie Su entered the Rebirth Spring to collect silt and create a clone, following the Xie Family’s guide to the Palace of Fate.
• Xie Su found the remains of earlier Spirit Realm Walkers at the bottom, then recognized a vast pile of corpses as Yuanshi Tianzun.