Recaps

Master Wuhen returned from a dungeon with the item needed to challenge the demigod realm and ordered the team to hide while he secluded himself. He entrusted Zhang Yuanqing with leading the team, and the chapter ended with Xie Lingxi worrying about her missing father and the Pure Yang Sect Leader agreeing to trade information for help restoring his strength.

• Little Round told Master Wuhen that Dark Night Rose and the Southern Faction had hunted Yuanshi Tianzun, who had retaliated before the team withdrew from the hotel.
• Master Wuhen revealed he had obtained the item needed to challenge the demigod realm, ordered the hotel to suspend operations, and sent the team into hiding.
• Master Wuhen asked Zhang Yuanqing to lead the team during his uncertain seclusion and explained the painful pasts of its members.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to the hotel and told Little Round that Master Wuhen had tasked them with looking after the team while he advanced.
• Xie Lingxi told Zhang Yuanqing that her father had been in an instance dungeon for a long time without returning.
• The Pure Yang Sect Leader accepted the Grand Protector's offer to provide identity information on the retired teacher in exchange for help recovering his peak strength.

Zhang Yuanqing prepared for the Xie Family crab banquet while worrying about Master Wuhen’s attempt to become a demigod and deciding to face his own deadly calamity cautiously. As he traveled with Xie Lingxi to the banquet, he learned that her father, Xie Su, had still not emerged from the Palace of Fate dungeon after half a month.

• Xie Lingxi worried that her father had exceeded the expected duration of the Palace of Fate dungeon, and Zhang Yuanqing tried to reassure her.
• Guan Ya criticized Xie Lingxi for trying to make her misunderstand Zhang Yuanqing, then told him she was training her swordsmanship with Xiahou Aotian’s combat puppets.
• Secretary Zhou received a message from Magician summoning Elder Cai to a meeting in the capital, and he went to see Elder Cai.
• Zhang Yuanqing debated whether to report Master Wuhen’s planned demigod advancement, then decided to postpone the matter until after his own deadly calamity.
• Zhang Yuanqing planned to attend the crab banquet with a clone while his real body entered a dungeon, and he chose to ask the Xie Family ancestor about the Chu Family’s past.
• Zhang Yuanqing traveled with Xie Lingxi to the crab banquet and learned that Xie Su had remained in the Palace of Fate dungeon for half a month; he promised to ask the ancestor about her father.

Zhang Yuanqing attended the Xie Family’s crab banquet, where Xie Lingxi hoped her ancestor would arrange a marriage between them and Mother Xie fended off other women seeking his attention. The Xie ancestor summoned Zhang Yuanqing and revealed himself as a child, then invited him to sit and eat crab.

• Xie Lingxi accompanied Zhang Yuanqing to the Xie Family garden and anticipated the ancestor’s proposed marriage between them.
• Xie Qin welcomed Zhang Yuanqing and led him into the banquet, where Xie Family members scrutinized and admired him.
• Mother Xie teased Zhang Yuanqing about marrying Xie Lingxi and discouraged other young women from courting him.
• Xie Qin told Zhang Yuanqing that the ancestor had summoned him, and she led him away from the banquet to the ancestor’s courtyard.
• Zhang Yuanqing mistook the child eating crab for someone other than the ancestor, then knelt in admiration after the child revealed himself and invited him to eat.

Zhang Yuanqing questioned the Xie Family patriarch about his impending death and the Spirit Realm, learning that demigods held administrative authority and that the Stop-Killing Palace Lord inherited some of the Chu Family’s authority. The chapter ended with Master Wuhen merging a strange black sphere into his heart as someone tried to break into his illusion.

• Zhang Yuanqing served crabs to the Xie Family patriarch, who offered him marriage into the Xie Family and promised to teach him Spirit Realm secrets after he became a Sovereign.
• Zhang Yuanqing explained that a mirror had predicted his death before October and asked for the patriarch’s help; the patriarch warned that hiding with the Xie Family could cause the predicted calamity and advised that a cleared guild dungeon might be safer.
• The Xie Family patriarch revealed that the Chu Family demigod had been her former lover and that the Stop-Killing Palace Lord was her descendant through their three children.
• The Xie Family patriarch explained that demigods held portions of the Spirit Realm’s administrative authority, that the Nüwa Sovereign had been a first-generation administrator, and that the Palace Lord inherited some of the Chu Family’s authority.
• The Xie Family patriarch said authority from one profession had to belong to a single person, prompting Zhang Yuanqing to recall the Light Compass’s prophecy about the sun, moon, and stars returning to their places.
• At Wuhen Hotel, Master Wuhen merged a black sphere containing the seven emotions and six desires into his heart, and the Buddhist-temple illusion began shaking as someone tried to enter.

Master Wuhen endured the Southern Faction leader’s illusions while trying to merge with a demigod item, as Zhang Yuanqing reasoned out the Spirit Realm’s origins and the conflict between Orderly and Evil Professions. The chapter ended with Xie Qin announcing that Xie Su had returned and urgently wanted to speak with the Xie Family ancestor.

• The Southern Faction leader attacked Master Wuhen with illusions, but Master Wuhen used his Nothingness skill and Coward's Quilt to resist.
• Ling Tuo unleashed Lunar Power that dissolved the quilt and sent ghosts swarming toward Master Wuhen.
• Zhang Yuanqing concluded that Orderly Professions were administrators gathering permissions, while Evil Professions were viruses seeking control of the Spirit Realm.
• The Xie Family ancestor offered to share more intelligence if Zhang Yuanqing married a Xie Family girl and had children bearing the Xie surname.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked whether Xie Su had returned from the Palace of Fate, and the ancestor gave him no clear answer.
• Xie Qin announced that Xie Su had returned and had an urgent matter to discuss with the ancestor.

Xie Su described a memory-erasing cycle in the Palace of Fate’s Rebirth Pool and brought back a cloth strip whose contents affected even the Xie Family ancestor. Zhang Yuanqing tried to read it but also failed, while Secretary Zhou prepared a joint operation to kill the Wuhen Hotel team.

• Xie Su returned from the Palace of Fate and explained that he had repeatedly fought evil duplicates at the Rebirth Pool without remembering the battles.
• Xie Su showed the cloth strip he had found, and the Xie Family ancestor’s attempt to read it caused time to reverse until he had finished drinking his wine.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Companion Spirit Moon to protect himself, but he also failed to retain the cloth strip’s information.
• The Xie Family ancestor noticed that Zhang Yuanqing’s expression had changed, but declined to explain what he had seen.
• Secretary Zhou ordered the squads to move out in five minutes and kill the Wuhen Hotel team members without leaving survivors.

Official Walkers hunted down members of the Southern Faction, killing Wanderer of the Human World and confronting Drug Chaser with evidence of his connection to him. Sweetheart Red Demon was cornered by the authorities, while another raid ended with the discovery of an old teacher’s appeal documents.

• Wanderer of the Human World detected official Walkers entering his complex, but they blocked his abilities and killed him with a sniper shot as he tried to escape.
• Drug Chaser met the headquarters team at the morgue and learned that Wanderer of the Human World had been his brother and had worked for him; after seeing the body, Drug Chaser drew his sword.
• Sweetheart Red Demon realized the authorities had infected and surrounded her, transformed into a Bee Woman, and found her window sealed by vines.
• Sweetheart Red Demon called her mother, apologized through tears, and hung up without explaining what was happening.
• An official team killed an old man in a residential building and found a thick stack of appeal documents in his bedside drawer.

Lin Zichong relived his father’s murder and died again, while Secretary Zhou’s teams eliminated most of their targets and Raging Waves Show No Mercy attacked the residential complex. As Master Wuhen learned that his disciples were dying and Zhang Yuanqing received Zhao Xintong’s call, the danger to them and the clash with Ling Tuo escalated.

• Lin Zichong remembered his previous failure to avenge his father, charged the thugs who killed him, and was beaten to death.
• Secretary Zhou received reports that his teams had eliminated several targets and ordered them to finish the operation; Raging Waves Show No Mercy then moved to attack Chonghua Residential Complex, intending to draw out Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Raging Waves Show No Mercy’s attack incapacitated Little Fatty, Kou Beiyue, Little Round, and Zhao Xintong, who tried to contact Yuanshi Tianzun for help.
• Master Wuhen sensed Little Round’s plea but lost the connection, then saw visions of his disciples’ deaths as the heart in his hand darkened and the Buddha opened its eyes.
• Elder Cai asked the Palace Master to kill The Past Leaves No Trace, while Zhang Yuanqing chatted with Xie Su at the Xie Family residence and received Zhao Xintong’s call.

Zhang Yuanqing learned that Zhao Xintong and his friends were under attack by a government Sovereign, so he sent his clone ahead and rushed to Gold Mountain City with Xie Su. As Zhao Xintong died and Kou Beiyue and Little Round neared death, Yuanshi Tianzun appeared in their bedroom.

• The Water God Palace Lord questioned Elder Cai about how he knew The Past Leaves No Trace had failed to advance, then agreed to act with Jiang to seize the Illusion God item and protect Gold Mountain City.
• Zhao Xintong called Zhang Yuanqing for help before dying, and Zhang Yuanqing sent his clone with supplies and the Ghost Bride to rescue his friends.
• Zhang Yuanqing traveled toward Chonghua Residential Complex with Xie Su, saving his remaining Teleportation Jade Talismans for Little Round and Kou Beiyue.
• Kou Beiyue found Zhao Xintong dead and tried to save Little Fatty, but the Life Essence did not work; Little Fatty sacrificed himself to curse Raging Waves Show No Mercy, only delaying him briefly.
• Kou Beiyue tried to escape with Little Round, but Raging Waves Show No Mercy's water barrier blocked them, and Little Round began to lose consciousness.
• Yuanshi Tianzun appeared soundlessly in Little Round's bedroom.

Zhang Yuanqing arrived too late to save A Good Minister Chooses a Lord to Slay and Zhao Xintong, but he revived Little Round and confronted the Rain Master Raging Waves Show No Mercy. After freeing Little Round and Kou Beiyue, he killed Raging Waves Show No Mercy, just as eleven elders broke into the apartment.

• Zhang Yuanqing found A Good Minister Chooses a Lord to Slay and Zhao Xintong dead, then used the Azure Emperor Longevity Art to revive Little Round.
• Raging Waves Show No Mercy trapped Zhang Yuanqing, Kou Beiyue, and Little Round inside a sealed space and attacked them with plague and water.
• Xie Su arrived outside and restrained two Rain Master elders while Zhang Yuanqing broke through the apartment’s barrier.
• Zhang Yuanqing freed Little Round and Kou Beiyue, and Little Round escaped with Kou Beiyue as officials fired at them.
• Zhang Yuanqing used Soul Seizure and his vortex to defeat Raging Waves Show No Mercy, who returned to the Spirit Realm.
• Eleven elders entered the apartment and saw Raging Waves Show No Mercy’s mummified body in Zhang Yuanqing’s hand.

Little Round learned that her companions had been lost and received medicine for Kou Beiyue from a masked man who claimed to be her new chess player. Meanwhile, Secretary Zhou arranged to have Yuanshi Tianzun taken to headquarters for trial, and the Five Elements Alliance publicly accused him of colluding with an Evil Profession and murdering an elder.

• Little Round used a mysterious visitor’s pills to stabilize Kou Beiyue, then learned the rest of her team had returned to the Spirit Realm and received a jade pendant with instructions to pray to The Past Leaves No Trace when the time was right.
• Secretary Zhou learned that Yuanshi Tianzun had been restrained but could not be killed or stripped of the Heaven-Worship Set, and he ordered that Yuanshi Tianzun be brought to headquarters for trial.
• Secretary Zhou told Elder Cai that Raging Waves Show No Mercy had died at Yuanshi Tianzun’s hands, and Elder Cai instructed him to manipulate public opinion.
• A clan member told Mother Xie that Xie Su had been arrested as Yuanshi Tianzun’s accomplice, prompting her to rush to tell Ling Xi.
• The Five Elements Alliance posted an announcement accusing Yuanshi Tianzun of colluding with an Evil Profession, obstructing law enforcement, and murdering an elder.

After Yuanshi Tianzun was arrested for killing a Five Elements Alliance elder, his friends and allies learned that rescuing him seemed impossible while the authorities prepared his trial. In prison, Zhang Yuanqing learned that the authorities had wiped out The Past Leaves No Trace’s groups and that their leader had gone mad, leaving him reeling over the deaths.

• Xie Lingxi begged the Xie Family patriarch to save Yuanshi Tianzun, but he refused to defy the Five Elements Alliance’s laws.
• Zhao Chenghuang and Sun Miaomiao read the Alliance’s accusation against Yuanshi Tianzun, while their group chat concluded that breaking him out would be futile.
• Fu Xue panicked over Yuanshi Tianzun’s arrest, and Guan Ya received a call from the woman who apologized and asked to speak with her.
• Fear Heavenly King blocked Demon Eye Heavenly King’s convoy, then defeated him after Demon Eye used his Bewitching Eye.
• Little Round told Kou Beiyue that Yuanshi Tianzun had been arrested and faced execution, and Kou Beiyue broke down crying.
• Secretary Zhou told Zhang Yuanqing that his trial would take place the next day and revealed that the authorities had killed The Past Leaves No Trace’s scattered groups and that their leader had gone mad.

Secretary Zhou engineered public outrage against Yuanshi Tianzun, who blamed himself for the deaths of the Wuhen Hotel team and said farewell to his friends and Guan Ya in prison. The next morning, the heavily publicized tribunal began, and Elder Cai ordered Yuanshi Tianzun brought in.

• Secretary Zhou told Yuanshi Tianzun that Drug Chaser and the Nanming City Branch officials had been arrested, then left after provoking him.
• Zhang Yuanqing realized that his failure to protect the Wuhen Hotel team had contributed to their deaths and Master Wuhen's downfall.
• Ling Jun, Miao Teng'er, and Yuanshi Tianzun's friends visited him in prison, where he entrusted them with his belongings and asked them to carry on without him.
• Yuanshi Tianzun apologized to Guan Ya and offered her his treasures before she left in grief.
• Secretary Zhou watched forum users call for Yuanshi Tianzun's punishment and prepared for the livestreamed tribunal.
• Elder Cai opened the trial at Number One Tribunal and ordered Yuanshi Tianzun brought in.

Yuanshi Tianzun defended the Wuhen Hotel members at his trial, but the prosecution’s evidence turned the courtroom and livestream against him. After the court sentenced him to death, Zhang Yuanqing laughed and exchanged a mysterious stamp for a Lunar Moon Origin Fragment.

• Yuanshi Tianzun was brought into Courtroom One, where Secretary Zhou accused him of killing Elder Raging Waves Show No Mercy and presented photographs, recordings, and witness statements.
• Hundred Battles in Yellow Sands argued that the operation had been a trap aimed at Yuanshi Tianzun, but Secretary Zhou countered by exposing the alleged crimes of the Wuhen Hotel members and linking them to Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Zhang Yuanqing told the courtroom that the Wuhen Hotel members had suffered injustice and abuse, and condemned the official faction for failing to see their grievances.
• Elder Cai sentenced Yuanshi Tianzun to death, and the audience and livestream viewers applauded.
• As Demon Eye Heavenly King’s curse echoed in his ears, Zhang Yuanqing laughed, opened his Inventory, and exchanged a blue-ink stamp for a Lunar Moon Origin Fragment.

Zhang Yuanqing used the Myriad Worlds Trading House Exchange Ticket to borrow demigod power and overwhelm the sealed Tribunal. After killing Secretary Zhou, Nine-Bend River, Biologist, and Cai Qinhe, he condemned the ruling elite before his body and soul vanished.

• Zhang Yuanqing exchanged a demigod-grade Lunar Moon Origin Fragment for three Authority Fragments and gained their power for two minutes.
• Zhang Yuanqing broke free of his restraints, unleashed lightning, wind, and Void power, and plunged the courtroom into chaos.
• Zhang Yuanqing killed Secretary Zhou, Nine-Bend River, and Biologist, then stopped Elder Cai from escaping the sealed courtroom.
• Zhang Yuanqing took the River God Seal from Elder Cai and killed him with a lightning pillar while the other nine elders stood down.
• Zhang Yuanqing denounced the Spirit Realm's ruling elite, spat at the nine peak Sovereigns, and vanished as his body and soul were annihilated.

Yuanshi Tianzun died in the Court of Judgment, prompting widespread defections from the Five Elements Alliance and exposing the Nine Elders’ role in his persecution. Crimson Sun Executioner realized Yuanshi Tianzun had used Lunar Moon’s origin essence, while Little Round opened a spatial tunnel during a ritual for The Past Leaves No Trace.

• Guan Ya and Sun Miaomiao mourned Yuanshi Tianzun’s destruction after finding no spirit body, as viewers began questioning whether he had been wrongly accused.
• Dog Elder condemned the Nine Elders for knowingly allowing Cai Qinhe’s trap and announced he was leaving the Five Elements Alliance.
• Huang Taiji, All Under Heaven Returns to Fire, Love of Summer Trees, Ling Jun, and many others withdrew from the Five Elements Alliance, triggering a major crisis of trust.
• Crimson Sun Executioner learned that Lunar Moon had returned to the Spirit Realm and realized Yuanshi Tianzun had exchanged for Lunar Moon’s origin essence, revealing him as the Demon Lord’s successor.
• Little Round performed a blood ritual for The Past Leaves No Trace, and the jade pendant shattered as a spatial tunnel opened before her.

Four demigods defeated the corrupted Master Wuhen, who sent his black heart through a Void portal before dying. Little Round received the heart and learned Yuanshi Tianzun had returned to the Spirit Realm, while the Silver Moon Divine General arrived to stop Magic Eye and Fear with news of a crisis in the Five Elements Alliance.

• Gang Leader Jiang, the Water God Palace Lord, and the Southern Faction Illusion God attacked Master Wuhen's golden Buddha while working together to break his illusions and counter his powers.
• The Water God Palace Lord and the Southern Faction Illusion God calmed Master Wuhen, who tore the black heart from his chest and sent it through a Void portal before dying.
• Little Round received Master Wuhen's heart and a message telling her to hide, then learned Yuanshi Tianzun had killed Cai Qinhe and returned to the Spirit Realm.
• The leader told the Dark Night Rose Grand Protector that Lunar Moon had returned to the Spirit Realm and that the real killing game was beginning.
• The Silver Moon Divine General found Magic Eye and Fear fighting in the Gobi Desert and ordered them to stop because something huge had happened to the Five Elements Alliance.

After Yuanshi Tianzun died in the trial, his death shook the Five Elements Alliance and devastated those close to him, while Demon Eye became contaminated and went berserk. Fu Qingyang returned from a string of dangerous dungeons, only to learn that Yuanshi had returned to the Spirit Realm.

• The Silver Moon Heavenly King reported Yuanshi Tianzun’s death and the mass withdrawals from the Five Elements Alliance, prompting the Fear Heavenly King to plan further attacks on the weakened officials.
• After hearing that Yuanshi had sought justice for free agents, Demon Eye broke down, sprouted crimson-gold eyes across his body, and contaminated the Bewitching Demons at the Lord of Weapons Cult headquarters.
• Elder Hongying told Yin Ji that Yuanshi Tianzun was the Demon Lord’s successor, and Cloud Master gave Miao Teng’er the same news as they discussed the resignations and the Alliance’s loss of public trust.
• Fu Qingyang returned to Capital City after clearing nine dungeons and treated his severe wounds while Fu Qingxuan warned him against entering more dungeons.
• Fu Qingyang called Guan Ya and learned from Fu Xue that Yuanshi Tianzun had returned to the Spirit Realm.

After learning that Yuanshi Tianzun had died, Fu Qingyang rallied the White Tiger Guard and launched a brutal attack on the Cai Family. Meanwhile, the Lord of Weapons Cult struck the Capital City, and the chapter ended with Fu Qingyang ordering the remaining Cai Family Sovereigns back to Thousand Birds Lake.

• Fu Qingxuan suspected that Dark Night Rose, the Southern Faction, and possibly the Taiyi Sect Master had conspired around Yuanshi Tianzun's death, while Fu Qingyang asked her to convene the alliance leaders.
• Fu Qingyang ordered an announcement from the Songhai Branch and sent Phoenix Arrives to gather the White Tiger Guard for Thousand Birds Lake.
• Zhao Chenghuang warned Sun Miaomiao that the Demon Eye Heavenly King and Lord of Weapons Cult followers had attacked the Capital City, so she fled as thick fog spread across the city.
• Cai Shuishi and his relatives discussed how to preserve the Cai Family's power after Cai Qinhe returned to the Spirit Realm, dismissing the threat posed by Yuanshi Tianzun's death.
• Fu Qingyang arrived at Thousand Birds Lake and killed Cai Shuishi and the Cai Family's gathered upper echelon with a single sword strike.
• Phoenix Arrives reported that the Cai Family's direct line had been executed and its collateral branches controlled, and Fu Qingyang ordered Scholar to summon the family's remaining Sovereigns.

After the Tribunal and an attack on the Capital City exposed the Five Elements Alliance’s weakness, Fu Qingyang confronted the Nine Elders and revealed that he and Fu Qingxuan had secured reforms to strip headquarters of its judicial and investigative powers. He left the Elders defeated and tasked with helping establish the new departments.

• The Lord of Weapons Cult attacked the Capital City while Fu Qingyang killed Cai Qinhe’s direct descendants, and the Songhai Branch announced that Cai Qinhe’s faction had been executed.
• Elder Miao learned of the Capital City assault and the Cai Family killings as the Nine Elders gathered to discuss the crisis and condemn Fu Qingyang.
• Fu Qingyang told the Nine Elders he had come to hold them accountable and flip the table, not negotiate.
• Fu Qingxuan persuaded the alliance leaders to establish independent judicial and investigative departments, with headquarters retaining only administrative authority.
• The alliance leaders ordered the Nine Elders to assist Fu Qingyang in establishing the departments, and Fu Qingyang accused them of causing Yuanshi Tianzun’s death and the Alliance’s losses.

Fu Qingyang, the Stop-Killing Palace Lord, and Demon Eye Heavenly King planned to use the Mother Goddess's Womb to resurrect Yuanshi Tianzun. They identified ways to draw Lord of Weapons Cult's Heavenly Kings away from the Northwest, while Fu Qingyang's divination suggested the operation would go smoothly.

• Fu Qingyang worked to establish the Judicial and Investigation Departments, recruited former members and Elders, and became popular among the Five Elements Alliance's grassroots Walkers.
• Fu Qingyang found Xiahou Aotian grieving Yuanshi Tianzun and learned Guan Ya had shut herself away in mourning.
• Fu Qingyang borrowed a Bagua compass and a Sovereign-grade stargazing item, then divined the probability of reviving Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Fu Qingyang invited the Stop-Killing Palace Lord and Demon Eye Heavenly King to a conference call, where the Stop-Killing Palace Lord offered a flesh-and-blood avatar of Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King explained how to lure Silver Moon, Ghost Blade, and Extinction Heavenly King away from the Northwest so they could take Mother Goddess's Womb and attempt the resurrection.

Stop-Killing Palace Lord and Fu Qingyang arranged a challenge to draw Silver Moon Divine General and Extinction Heavenly King away while Demon Eye Heavenly King tried to resurrect Yuanshi Tianzun. The Mother Goddess's Womb failed to revive him, leaving Demon Eye Heavenly King stunned.

• Stop-Killing Palace Lord exchanged Yuanshi Tianzun's avatar and the sheepskin scroll for the contact information of Ghost Blade Heavenly King and Silver Moon Divine General.
• Fu Qingyang challenged Ghost Blade Heavenly King and provoked Silver Moon Divine General, drawing both Ancient War Gods toward Songhai.
• Stop-Killing Palace Lord disguised herself as Silver Moon Divine General and sent Extinction Heavenly King away to deal with supposed official scouts.
• Stop-Killing Palace Lord warned Demon Eye Heavenly King to drain Yuanshi Tianzun's blood before using the Mother Goddess's Womb.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King drained the avatar's blood into the flesh pod, killed it, and placed it inside, but the Womb displayed an unable-to-resurrect message.

Demon Eye Heavenly King revived Zhang Yuanqing with Mother Goddess's Womb, though the item reported trouble awakening his soul. Zhang Yuanqing escaped the Lord of Weapons Cult headquarters and arrived in Guan Ya's bedroom, where she had been emotionally numb since his death.

• Mother Goddess's Womb initially failed to awaken Zhang Yuanqing's soul, then successfully revived him as Demon Eye Heavenly King watched.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Demon Eye Heavenly King he had anticipated his revival through a vision in the River of Fate.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King offered Zhang Yuanqing a place as the Lord of Weapons Cult's sixth Heavenly King, but Zhang Yuanqing refused.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King gave Zhang Yuanqing a teleportation scroll and warned him that Mother Goddess's Womb had malfunctioned during his resurrection.
• Zhang Yuanqing teleported to Guan Ya's bedroom and found her lying motionless after days of grief.

Zhang Yuanqing reunited with Guan Ya after returning to life, then learned that his identity as Demon Lord’s successor had been exposed and that Ling Tuo had orchestrated the events surrounding his death. He decided to leave the country, but an unexpected message from the President at the end of the chapter left him alarmed.

• Zhang Yuanqing proved his identity to Guan Ya and explained how he had been resurrected, and the two reunited emotionally.
• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing that the Taiyi Sect and Five Elements Alliance knew he was Demon Lord’s successor, and that Ling Tuo had engineered his killing tribulation and The Past Leaves No Trace’s death.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Fu Qingyang he planned to go abroad and gave him Cai Qinhe’s River God Seal as a congratulatory gift.
• A masked cowboy visited Little Round, took the black heart from her, and told her to wait for good news.
• Zhang Yuanqing met the Stop-Killing Palace Lord, arranged their parting promises, and asked about resurrecting Master Wuhen and the problem with Mother Goddess’s Womb.
• After Zhang Yuanqing returned to the Fu family villa, the President messaged that he was at Zhang Yuanqing’s grandparents’ house.

The Merchant Guild's president revealed that he knew Zhang Yuanqing was Celestial Master Zhang's son and explained the Spirit Realm's conflict and the Night Wanderers' role. He invested Zhang Yuanqing with guild resources and gave him The Past Leaves No Trace's sealed Phantom God heart, urging him to contain it as a future Lord of the Sun.

• Zhang Yuanqing hurried home after learning the Merchant Guild's president was waiting at his grandparents' house, while Guan Ya offered to accompany him.
• The president revealed that he had known Zhang Yuanqing was Zhang Zizhen's son and explained his past alliance with the Carefree Organization during the fight for the Light Compass's core fragment.
• The president described the Spirit Realm's ancient invasion, the struggle between Orderly and Evil factions, and how Night Wanderers could be corrupted; he also revealed that Ling Tuo had fallen.
• The president promoted Zhang Yuanqing to the Merchant Guild and Goddess of Beauty Association's investment list, granting him an investor badge and the organizations' resources.
• The president gave Zhang Yuanqing the sealed Heart of the Phantom God left by The Past Leaves No Trace and explained that it could become a future authority of Evil power.
• The president urged Zhang Yuanqing to contain the heart immediately, saying the Orderly faction hoped he would become the Lord of the Sun.