Recaps

Zhang Yuanqing visited the Goddess of Beauty Association headquarters to choose dungeons and discuss the price of its support for his bid to become the Sun Lord. He agreed to pursue the arrangement with the Association’s president and asked to meet Betty about a key fragment left by the Demon Lord.

• Eddie Diana and the Goddess of Beauty Association’s female executives greeted Zhang Yuanqing with a lavish reception outside Ring City Building.
• Zhang Yuanqing selected fifteen level-seven dungeons, including the B-rank Forest of Elves, and agreed to consider joining the Association.
• Diana told Zhang Yuanqing that the president wanted him, as Sun Lord, to grant her rightful status so she could pursue becoming the Mother Goddess.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked to meet Betty and obtain the Demon Lord’s key fragment; Diana offered to help negotiate with her.

Zhang Yuanqing coerced Betty into giving him the Demon Lord’s key fragment, then entered a deadly Spirit Realm dungeon. Meanwhile, Xiahou Aotian resolved to join a guild dungeon, the Stop-Killing Palace Lord negotiated with the Xie Family ancestor, and the Demon Eye Heavenly King returned to the Lord of Weapons Cult.

• Zhang Yuanqing threatened Betty until she handed over the Demon Lord’s jade fragment, then accepted the Goddess of Beauty Association’s guild invitation.
• Zhang Yuanqing received a notice that he would enter the single-player Death Mode dungeon Forest of Elves to find the source of its aphrodisiac gas.
• Xiahou Aotian decided to join a guild dungeon and flew to the Xiahou Family ancestral residence to seek his ancestor.
• The Stop-Killing Palace Lord offered the Demon Refining Pot in exchange for dungeon access, the Xie Family’s holy infant, and help assimilating Nüwa’s Cast-Off Body, and the ancestor told her to prepare with Xie Su’s dossier.
• The Demon Eye Heavenly King returned to the Lord of Weapons Cult, and the Freedom Heavenly King warned that he wanted to kill him for betraying the cult.

Demon Eye Heavenly King returned to the Lord of Weapons Cult and gained Asura’s permission to enter its guild dungeon, despite Fear Heavenly King’s objections. Meanwhile, Zhang Yuanqing entered the Forest of Elves dungeon in the body of an elf girl and set out to discover why the tribe’s women were affected by nightly heat.

• Demon Eye Heavenly King defeated Fear Heavenly King’s attempt to stop him and knocked aside the Sovereigns who tried to intercept him.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King asked to train in the Lord of Weapons Cult’s guild dungeon, and Asura agreed because faction allegiance did not matter to Bewitching Demons.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King declared his resolve to grow stronger and pursue his ideal of restraining evil and changing the world.
• Zhang Yuanqing found himself in a female elf’s body while walking through the forest with Teria, but confirmed that his spiritual power and Inventory remained available.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned from Teria about the elf tribe and its taboo against asking why the women experienced nightly heat, then reached the tribe intending to question its leaders.

Zhang Yuanqing lived among the Elf Tribe and learned that their nightly arousal and the deaths of men in the forest were tied to a secret the elders guarded. When sixteen men arrived seeking refuge, the chief welcomed them and offered them wives, but Zhang Yuanqing sensed the leader was lying.

• Zhang Yuanqing followed Teria to his cottage, where his mother scolded Alice for failing to seduce a man and warned her not to question what happened at night.
• Teria explained that men who entered the forest had died from excessive pleasure, and Zhang Yuanqing suspected the elves’ aphrodisiac gas was responsible.
• A group of sixteen armed men arrived at the lakeshore, drawing the elves’ eager attention.
• The elf chief welcomed the men and offered them a place to settle and form families with the tribe.
• Zhang Yuanqing sensed that the men’s leader was lying about having lost his home and possessions.

Zhang Yuanqing watched the elves and bounty hunters deceive each other, then pretended to fall unconscious when Buwaer drugged the tribe. Buwaer interrogated the Elf Queen about the elves’ strange behavior, and she revealed that an awakened relic of the Goddess of Beauty demanded pleasure as a sacrifice.

• The elf chieftain hosted the visiting men with food and wine, while Zhang Yuanqing sensed that their leader, Buwaer, possessed Sovereign-level mental strength and hidden greed.
• Rod Lev tried to persuade Zhang Yuanqing, disguised as Alice, to spend the night with him, but Zhang Yuanqing rejected him.
• Buwaer revealed that his men were bounty hunters, released anesthetic fumes that incapacitated the elves, and ordered his men to bind them for sale.
• Buwaer asked the Elf Queen why the elves had begun acting strangely after nightfall, and she tried to charm him before he shot her with an arrow.
• The wounded Elf Queen agreed to reveal the forest’s secret and said an awakened relic of the Goddess of Beauty required the elves to offer pleasure as a sacrifice.

Zhang Yuanqing defeated Buwaer and forced the Elf Queen to lead him to the Goddess of Beauty’s relic. In a cave in the valley, he found a decayed female head wearing a string of bright white pearls.

• The Elf Queen told Buwaer that the Goddess of Beauty’s necklace caused the elves’ desire and was guarded in a valley cave.
• A beautiful young woman revealed herself, killed Rod Lev and the other bounty hunters, and Zhang Yuanqing used Alice’s body to defeat Buwaer.
• Zhang Yuanqing compelled the wounded Elf Queen to guide him west to the valley where the relic was hidden.
• At night, the relic’s scent drove the two-headed wolves and the Elf Queen into desire, but Zhang Yuanqing suppressed its influence and restored the Queen’s clarity with a bamboo switch.
• The Elf Queen led Zhang Yuanqing into a cave, where he found a decayed female head wearing bright white pearls.

Zhang Yuanqing discovered that the Elf Tribe had guarded the Goddess of Beauty’s head for generations, then fought the goddess’s awakened remnant spirit and completed the Forest of Elves mission. In Songhai, Li Dongze and Chen Yuanjun prepared to use a musician to help recover Lei Yibing’s parents’ memories.

• The Elf Queen told Zhang Yuanqing that her ancestors had found the Goddess of Beauty’s severed head after witnessing a golden arrow pierce her and a golden deity cut it off; they believed the deity was the god of light.
• Zhang Yuanqing examined the head and its Sex Pearls, but the head awakened, shouted “God of Light,” and caused the cave to mutate as it began absorbing the Elf Queen.
• Zhang Yuanqing resisted the Goddess of Beauty’s seductive influence, attacked her remnant spirit with golden light and a Solar Power arrow, then struck it with a Thunder Spear.
• The Spirit Realm confirmed that Zhang Yuanqing had completed the solo Forest of Elves mission and awarded him the Sex Pearls and 3% experience.
• Li Dongze visited Chen Yuanjun and said he could take him to see Lei Yibing’s parents; Chen Yuanjun urged him to lead the way to the musician waiting outside.

Chen Yuanjun, Li Dongze, and Xie Anna investigated the erased missing-person file of Lei Yibing by hypnotizing his mother, Aunt Zhou. Her memories revealed that she reported him missing on July 14, 2019, four years after the date she had believed he disappeared.

• Chen Yuanjun and Li Dongze recruited Xie Anna to investigate the erased file of Lei Yibing, whose family did not remember reporting him missing.
• Xie Anna hypnotized Aunt Zhou, but her resistance showed that a stronger Musician had made her believe she never filed a report.
• Xie Anna guided Aunt Zhou into a deeper dream, while the Pure Yang Sect Leader secretly entered it and searched for clues about who had altered her memories.
• Aunt Zhou remembered reporting Lei Yibing missing at the Kangyang District Public Security Bureau on July 14, 2019.
• Aunt Zhou realized Lei Yibing had disappeared four years earlier, rather than the previous April as she had believed.

Chen Yuanjun and Li Dongze investigated Lei Yibing’s disappearance and learned he had vanished in Hangzhou years before his university disappearance, while the Pure Yang Sect Leader sought help tracing his records. Meanwhile, the chairman reviewed Yuanshi Tianzun’s dungeon progress and discussed growing tensions among the major organizations, leaving the importance of Moral Value in question.

• Xie Anna hypnotized Aunt Zhou, who revealed that Lei Yibing disappeared in Hangzhou three and a half years earlier, before her mind became unstable and the Pure Yang Sect Leader withdrew from her dream.
• Chen Yuanjun and Li Dongze discussed inconsistencies in Lei Yibing’s missing-person records and agreed to investigate through the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau and the organization’s database.
• The Pure Yang Sect Leader asked the Horizon Swordsman to investigate Lei Yibing’s records and said he intended to narrow Yuanshi Tianzun’s identity to several possible targets.
• Annie gave the chairman Yuanshi Tianzun’s dungeon progress reports, and Diana said he had cleared several instances before entering the S-rank Sinking of Paphos Island.
• Diana warned that the Evernight Church was active around the Evernight Pope’s resting place and said Heaven’s Punishment and the Five Elements Alliance were backing the Taiyi Sect Master to open the Sun Instance.
• The chairman dismissed the importance of Moral Value as pressure mounted over opening the Sun Instance.

Diana learned why Moral Value could no longer restrain demigods, while several factions prepared for a meeting called by the Taiyi Sect Master. As the lawful and evil demigods anticipated a major move, the Fear Heavenly King offered Demon Eye a chance to enter an S-rank dungeon, and Demon Eye accepted despite recognizing the danger.

• The chairman told Diana that Moral Value had become useless because a demigod wanted by the Spirit Realm could trigger a catastrophic conflict, and he explained that Ling Tuo wanted the Merit List to challenge the Taiyi Sect Master for the Sun's throne.
• Fu Qingxuan reviewed Fu Qingyang's rapid progress and learned from Ten Thousand Sword Pavilion that the Taiyi Sect Master would convene the lawful demigods of the Second District in three days.
• Xie Lingxi visited Xie Su, who told her that the Stop-Killing Palace Lord would reach Level 8 after one more A-rank dungeon and was preparing to assimilate the Nüwa Sovereign's Body.
• The Fear Heavenly King learned that the Taiyi Sect Master would convene the Orderly Demigod Ritual in three days, then told Demon Eye that an S-rank dungeon held remnants of a Great Existence's power.
• Demon Eye realized the Fear Heavenly King might be trying to get him killed in the dungeon, but accepted the offer anyway.

Demon Eye Heavenly King entered the S-rank Battle of Zhuolu instance, fought alongside Chiyou’s Nine Li Tribes, and learned that the war centered on competing demigod powers. Meanwhile, Zhang Yuanqing awoke in a new instance as Amini, the demigod son of Aphrodite, beside one of her attendant gods.

• Fear Heavenly King sent Demon Eye Heavenly King into the Battle of Zhuolu instance, where his mission was to slaughter the Yan-Huang army and survive ten days.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King fought the warriors and mutant beasts, using his Bewitching Demon Eyes to overwhelm the battlefield and absorb a Fire Master’s energy.
• After the battle, Man identified Demon Eye Heavenly King as Yu, one of Chiyou’s brothers, and explained the Nine Li Tribes’ conflict with the Flame Emperor and the Bear Clan.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King learned that the Flame Emperor and Yellow Emperor had joined forces after competing for spiritual authority, then followed Man’s call to march on Zhuolu.
• Zhang Yuanqing awoke on a beach as Amini, Aphrodite’s demigod son, beside one of her attendant gods.

Zhang Yuanqing entered the S-rank dungeon Sinking of Paphos Island as Amini, whose affair with Helen nearly brought him into conflict with his sister and lover Heracine. Heracine revealed that the God of Light threatened the island because Cupid caused the Laurel Goddess’s death, leaving Zhang Yuanqing to question how the ancient myth connected to the dungeon’s later events.

• Zhang Yuanqing, as Amini, woke beside Helen after their tryst and learned from her that Heracine was his sister and lover.
• Heracine confronted Amini and threatened to tell Cupid about his affair, but Zhang Yuanqing calmed her with a declaration of love and promised to be faithful.
• Heracine warned that the God of Light’s followers might attack Paphos Island and said Cupid would be angry if they failed to return to the palace.
• As Zhang Yuanqing and Heracine walked back, she explained that Cupid’s Arrow of Repulsion had made the Laurel Goddess lose the ability to love, leading her to take her own life and the God of Light to vow revenge.
• Zhang Yuanqing recognized the story as the myth of Apollo and the Laurel Goddess, but questioned why the Goddess of Beauty had not surrendered Cupid to prevent her own eventual death.

Zhang Yuanqing learned about Paphos Island’s preparations for war and met Moneya, who ordered him to answer Cupid’s summons. Meanwhile, Xiahou Aotian traveled toward Chang’an in the An Lushan Rebellion dungeon, took shelter in an abandoned shrine, and heard an unexplained knock at the door.

• Zhang Yuanqing gathered information from Heracine about Aphrodite, the island’s divine offspring, and the threat posed by the God of Light’s followers.
• Zhang Yuanqing arrived at Aphrodite’s castle and saw Moneya training guards before she told him Cupid was looking for him.
• Xiahou Aotian traveled toward Chang’an with his level sealed and worried about surviving possible bandits on the road.
• Xiahou Aotian took shelter from a storm in an abandoned shrine, lit a charcoal fire, and warmed himself.
• A knock sounded outside the shrine despite Xiahou Aotian hearing no footsteps beforehand.

Zhang Yuanqing faced Cupid’s threat of being made to fall in love with a ewe, but persuaded him to grant one more day and used summoned servants to help finish the arrows. Elsewhere, Xiahou Aotian suspected a young herbalist seeking shelter from the rain had come to kill him.

• Moneya sent Zhang Yuanqing to find Cupid in the western garden, where Cupid cruelly punished several slave foremen with his arrows.
• Cupid threatened to make Amini fall in love with a ewe for failing to produce two thousand arrows, but Zhang Yuanqing convinced him to extend the deadline by one day.
• Heracine offered to help Zhang Yuanqing, and he inspected the Thunder Arrows before summoning Spirit Servants and Yin corpses to make the remaining arrows.
• At an ancient temple, Xiahou Aotian let a rain-soaked herbalist enter, then asked whether she had come to kill him.

Xiahou Aotian was lured into a terrifying illusion by a vengeful presence in a ruined temple, but the power of his ring helped him escape. He traced the haunting to resentment rising from a buried corpse and began digging it up.

• Xiahou Aotian shot a herbalist who had asked to shelter from the rain, then took the herbs from her basket.
• The dead woman appeared to return, and Xiahou Aotian was attacked by her headless corpse in an illusion until his ring awakened him.
• Xiahou Aotian realized the threat was likely a nearby ghost and used an Illusionist mask to search for hidden emotions.
• Xiahou Aotian found resentment rising from the temple courtyard and deduced that an unjustly killed woman was buried there.
• Xiahou Aotian dug into the mud with his saber and uncovered a corpse.

Xiahou Aotian destroyed a vengeful spirit and continued toward Chang'an, while Zhang Yuanqing completed his arrow-making task on Paphos Island. The island was attacked by followers of the God of Light, and Zhang Yuanqing flew up to face the incoming fleet.

• Xiahou Aotian used two Mental Strikes to destroy a vengeful spirit, noted that the dead woman had four fingers on her left hand, and reburied her corpse.
• Xiahou Aotian planned to gain influence in Chang'an and help defeat the An-Shi Rebellion before continuing his journey.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Heracine delivered the two thousand arrows, forcing Cupid to abandon his threat to punish them.
• Heracine warned Zhang Yuanqing that Cupid might target him now that Aphrodite had left the island.
• Moneya rang the alarm bell as more than a dozen golden-glowing warships approached Paphos Island, and Zhang Yuanqing entered night roaming and flew into the sky.

Zhang Yuanqing watched the followers of the God of Light attack Paphos Island, then celebrated the island’s defense while searching for clues about the dungeon. Late that night, a faint but extraordinarily high-ranked force from deep within the castle woke him.

• Cynthia used the sea and its beasts to repel the God of Light’s warships after a prophecy and a blinding flash forced the attackers to retreat.
• The Demon Eye Heavenly King reached the Battle of Zhuolu with the Ancient War God “Man” and entered the fog-covered battlefield with the Fog Masters.
• At Paphos Island’s victory banquet, Heracine grew jealous as Zhang Yuanqing watched Sektia, and Zhang Yuanqing wondered why Eriga had not appeared.
• Zhang Yuanqing reviewed the island and decided to explore the castle, which he had not yet searched.
• After spending the night with Heracine, Zhang Yuanqing woke to a faint, high-ranked force radiating from deep within the castle.

Zhang Yuanqing followed a mysterious power beneath the Goddess of Beauty’s residence and found a sealed basement entrance, but a divination warned that breaking the seal would cause a major crisis. Sektia later confronted him at his room, asking what he had been doing in the main building’s storeroom.

• Zhang Yuanqing searched the castle at night, saw Sektia with several men, and sensed a power coming from beneath the Goddess of Beauty’s residence.
• Zhang Yuanqing entered the empty main building and discovered a sealed basement entrance in a storeroom.
• Zhang Yuanqing divined that breaking the seal would trigger a major crisis, then fled when someone entered the building.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to his room and considered investigating the divine children’s dreams for information about the sealed artifact.
• Sektia came to Zhang Yuanqing’s room and asked what he had been doing in the main building’s storeroom.

Fu Qingyang escaped from the prison in Tianzhu by tricking the guards and left the Tang delegation behind while he went to seek reinforcements. On Paphos Island, Sektia confronted Zhang Yuanqing about entering the forbidden storage room and revealed Cupid had caused his desire for Heracine.

• Fu Qingyang learned that Wang Ce and the Tang mission had been captured after Tianzhu's rebellion, then planned to escape and reclaim the imperial tribute.
• Fu Qingyang lured four guards away by promising them a healing artifact, healed his injuries, and distracted the remaining guards with a tale of buried gold.
• Fu Qingyang used a repeating crossbow to kill the four guards, freed himself, and told the delegation to remain in the cell while he sought reinforcements.
• Sektia identified Zhang Yuanqing by his scent and warned him never to approach the forbidden storage room again.
• Zhang Yuanqing blamed the treasure-seeking traveler for granting him access, and Sektia warned him against provoking Cupid.
• Sektia revealed that Cupid had made Zhang Yuanqing and Heracine fall in love to make him violate a taboo and remain under Cupid's control.

Fu Qingxuan and the lawful demigods debated how to stop Ling Tuo and the evil faction from taking control of the sun, then voted between hunting Void and the Beauty Goddess for the Light Compass Fragments or launching an early decisive battle. The vote deadlocked, and Mr. President offered to hand over his fragment after asking the Taiyi Sect Master why he had killed the Demon Lord.

• Fu Qingxuan silenced the feuding demigods as Mr. President and the Taiyi Sect Master joined the meeting.
• The Taiyi Sect Master explained that Ling Tuo meant to use the Merit List to contest control of the sun, while the Evernight Church sought to awaken the Night Emperor and devour it.
• The Taiyi Sect Master proposed either hunting Void and the Beauty Goddess for the Light Compass Fragments or starting the decisive battle early, despite the danger to ordinary people.
• Fu Qingxuan and the other demigods voted, but their choices split five to five, and the little sapling refused to break the tie.
• Mr. President conceded that he would hand over the Light Compass Fragment, then asked the Taiyi Sect Master why he had killed the Demon Lord.

The orderly demigods argued over who was responsible for Demon Lord’s death and the faction’s weakened position, and Void agreed to trade the Light Compass fragment in three days. On Paphos Island, Zhang Yuanqing faced Cupid’s impossible demand just as the Light God’s followers attacked by air, and Moneya grounded their fleet and shielded the defenders.

• The chairman of Heaven’s Punishment listed those involved in Demon Lord’s death, and the Spirit Energy Society president accused Star Lord of acting out of self-interest.
• Star Lord blamed earlier events for the faction’s predicament, but Void dismissed the dispute and promised to exchange the Light Compass fragment for a rule-type item in three days.
• Zhang Yuanqing woke beside Heracine, then Cupid ordered him to build ten catapults by the next day and threatened to make him fall in love with a ewe if he refused.
• Cupid flew away when the bell tower sounded, and Zhang Yuanqing spotted thirteen airships approaching Paphos Island.
• The Light God’s followers bombarded the castle with explosive arrows, killing slaves, until Moneya declared that no one could fly and brought the ships crashing down.
• The defenders attacked the grounded fleet while a golden-robed elder healed its warriors, and Moneya’s barrier blocked their return barrage.

Zhang Yuanqing watched the God of Light’s forces attack Paphos Island and decided to eliminate their elite fighters before the High Priest arrived. He killed the golden-robed elder and the harp-playing girl, leaving both armies startled by the sudden intervention.

• The Left Priest of the God of Light shot Goddess Moneya with a golden arrow and fought her while Goddess Cynthia and the golden-robed elder repelled a giant wave.
• Zhang Yuanqing concluded that the High Priest was the likely final boss and planned to help Paphos Island defeat the God of Light’s forces.
• Cupid’s golden arrow made the Left Priest fall in love with a female slave, while Sektia used her charm and bow to kill followers of the God of Light.
• Zhang Yuanqing shot the golden-robed elder with the Purple Thunder Cannon, destroying his staff and arms and leaving him motionless.
• Zhang Yuanqing resisted the harp-playing girl’s displacement ability, struck her with Mental Strike, and killed her with a punch.
• The children of the gods noticed the two deaths, and the blond youth was alarmed while Moneya, Sektia, and the others wondered who Zhang Yuanqing was.

Zhang Yuanqing hid his identity after helping the Beauty Goddess’s followers repel the attack on Paphos Island, then learned that the island’s leaders planned to sacrifice its half-human, half-god residents to awaken a relic. He realized he was an independent target caught between both factions and resolved to survive the night.

• Zhang Yuanqing concealed his identity, ordered the children of the gods to kill the God of Light’s followers, and took Leia’s Shepherd’s Harp as loot.
• The Beauty Goddess’s followers defeated the remaining attackers, while Zhang Yuanqing and Heracine helped repair the castle.
• The children of the gods suspected Amini had entered the underground chambers, but Eriga’s return interrupted their discussion.
• Eriga told the children that the God of War had been killed, the goddess of beauty had fled, and the God of Light’s High Priest was heading to Paphos Island.
• Cupid urged the children to sacrifice the island’s half-human, half-god bloodline to awaken the holy relic, and they planned to gather the residents that night.
• Zhang Yuanqing eavesdropped on the plan, recognized that both factions threatened him, and decided to focus on surviving the night.

Zhang Yuanqing used stargazing to learn that hiding would eventually leave him unable to stop the High Priest, then joined the divine children’s basement gathering and launched a surprise attack on Cupid. The chapter ended with his clone firing the golden arrow at Moneya and preparing to strike Cynthia and Zhang Yuanqing’s original body.

• Zhang Yuanqing deduced that hiding would prevent the sacred artifact from awakening and lead to his death when the High Priest arrived.
• Sektia summoned Zhang Yuanqing and Heracine to help repair the forbidden basement, and Zhang Yuanqing left to stargaze before returning to meet her.
• Sektia led Zhang Yuanqing and Heracine to the main building, where Cupid, the other divine children, and fourteen illegitimate children waited.
• Zhang Yuanqing used his yellow-skinned gourd to decapitate Cupid, then his clone crushed Cupid’s head and took his bow and arrows.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s clone fired the golden arrow through Zhang Yuanqing’s original body and into Moneya, while Moneya blocked Eriga’s wind blades.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s clone caught the returning arrow and aimed another shot at Cynthia and Zhang Yuanqing’s original body.

Zhang Yuanqing used Cupid’s bow to make Cynthia, Sektia, and Moneya fall in love with him, then negotiated a truce with Eriga and brought him into the fight against the Light God’s high priest. After inspecting the bow and its arrows, Zhang Yuanqing asked the goddesses to take him to the basement and explain the sacred relic.

• Zhang Yuanqing’s clone used a howl to interrupt Eriga’s escape, and the golden arrow struck Cynthia and then Sektia, making both goddesses fall in love with Amini.
• Moneya also declared her love for Amini, while Zhang Yuanqing directed her toward his clone and tried to reassure the confused Heracine.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s clone persuaded Eriga that Cupid’s death stemmed from Cupid’s own persecution of Amini, and Eriga agreed to a witnessed non-aggression oath.
• Zhang Yuanqing inspected the Little Love God’s Bow, the Arrow of Love and Desire, and the Arrow of Rejection, learning that they were rule-type set items that could not leave the Spirit Realm.
• Zhang Yuanqing swore mutual non-aggression with Eriga, then asked the goddesses to take him to the basement and explain the sacred relic.