Recaps

Kou Beiyue encountered Demon Eye Heavenly King, while the Heavenly King massacred a lending company and began searching for Yuanshi Tianzun. After Kou Beiyue called Little Round for help from a nightclub, she realized he was trapped and thought of Yuanshi Tianzun as his possible rescuer.

• Demon Eye Heavenly King restrained Kou Beiyue, learned he was an independent Bewitching Demon, and tried to recruit him before secretly Marking him.
• The Mistress of Stop-Killing Palace ordered her members to leave Songhai temporarily because Demon Eye Heavenly King had put a bounty on them.
• Zhang Yuanqing saw news footage of Demon Eye Heavenly King's massacre at Huiteng Finance and learned that the company was linked to the corrupt director Zhou Yan.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King received word that Yuanshi Tianzun might attend Songhai University and decided to stake out the campus.
• Kou Beiyue called Little Round from Red Dragon Nightclub, saying he had assassinated an official Walker and was trapped by enemies.
• Little Round realized she could not reach Kou Beiyue in time and thought of asking Yuanshi Tianzun for help.

Little Round asked Zhang Yuanqing to rescue Kou Beiyue from a nightclub surrounded by official Walkers. Zhang Yuanqing infiltrated the club disguised as Kou Beiyue and drew the search team outside, giving Kou Beiyue a chance to escape.

• Kou Beiyue told Little Round that six official Walkers and nightclub security were searching for him at the Red Dragon Nightclub.
• Little Round contacted Zhang Yuanqing, who agreed to rescue Kou Beiyue but refused to help him fight the authorities directly.
• Zhang Yuanqing raced to the nightclub, learned Kou Beiyue was hiding in a private room, and planned to lure the pursuers away.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Disguise Ring to take Kou Beiyue's appearance, entered the nightclub under Night Roaming, and told Kou Beiyue to wait for his signal.
• An official Walker searched Kou Beiyue's private room, but a report that someone had rushed outside drew him away from the disguised Zhang Yuanqing.

Zhang Yuanqing rescued Kou Beiyue from the Five Elements Alliance agents and learned that Kou had tried to kill an executive he blamed for his sister’s death. A smiling young man in a sports headband appeared as Zhang and Kou discussed whether violence could answer violence.

• Zhang Yuanqing fought off the Earth Monster and wounded the level-three Wood Demon before the white-suited deacon and his agents arrived.
• Zhang Yuanqing used a Daoist robe and a burst fire hydrant to extinguish the deacon’s flaming spear, then provoked the deacon into chasing him away from Kou Beiyue.
• Kou Beiyue escaped through the alleys and called Little Round, who agreed to join Zhang Yuanqing’s gang after learning he had saved Kou.
• Zhang Yuanqing met Kou Beiyue and asked why he had attempted to assassinate a Five Elements Alliance executive.
• Kou Beiyue said the executive had abused and killed his sister, then killed Kou, who received a Role Card and returned to life.
• A young man wearing a sports headband appeared and praised the idea of using violence to cleanse the world.

Zhang Yuanqing encountered Demon Eye Heavenly King while accompanying Kou Beiyue and talked his way out of danger after passing the Bewitching Demon’s interrogation. Little Round told Master Wuhen she planned to join Yuanshi Tianzun’s faction, while Demon Eye Heavenly King befriended Zhang Yuanqing and marked his Spirit Realm identity.

• Demon Eye Heavenly King confronted Zhang Yuanqing and Kou Beiyue, who mistook him for a possible enemy and challenged him.
• Zhang Yuanqing praised Kou Beiyue’s refusal to harm innocents and argued that a person’s actions, not their profession, defined whether they were good or evil.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King Bewitched Zhang Yuanqing and questioned him about crimes, but found no grounds to kill him.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King asked Zhang Yuanqing what he thought of Yuanshi Tianzun, and Zhang Yuanqing described Yuanshi Tianzun as more noble and upright than himself.
• Little Round told Master Wuhen she planned to join Yuanshi Tianzun’s faction, and Master Wuhen expelled Kou Beiyue from Wuhen Hotel until he reformed.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King added Zhang Yuanqing as a friend, marked Yuan Ting of the Taiyi Sect, and left.

Zhang Yuanqing cleansed the Mark on Kou Beiyue, agreed to investigate Chiyue An’s role in Kou Beiyue’s sister’s death, and reported his encounter with the Demon Eye Heavenly King to Fu Qingyang. After recruiting Little Round into his faction, he received a call from his mother arranging a meeting with a business partner.

• Kou Beiyue told Zhang Yuanqing that Chiyue An, a Level 4 Fire Master and Five Elements Alliance executive, had killed his sister, but admitted he knew little about the circumstances.
• Little Round told Kou Beiyue that Master Wuhen had expelled him from the team, and Zhang Yuanqing offered to investigate Chiyue An as part of his duties.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Demon Subduing Pestle to purify Kou Beiyue’s Mark, then purified himself when he suspected the Demon Eye Heavenly King might have marked him too.
• The Demon Eye Heavenly King discovered that his Mark had been purified and ordered a subordinate to investigate Yuan Ting, while Zhang Yuanqing reported the encounter and Kou Beiyue’s case to Fu Qingyang.
• Zhang Yuanqing recruited Little Round into his faction, told her he would investigate Kou Beiyue’s matter, and asked her to help him find a Level 3 Bewitching Demon.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s mother called and said she could arrange for him to meet the business partner she had mentioned earlier.

Zhang Yuanqing investigated Chiyue An, then met with Bill Tarantino after learning that Ante Pharmaceuticals supplied the pills that eased his headaches. Bill revealed that the medicine was designed to repair injuries to the soul, leaving Zhang Yuanqing stunned.

• Zhang Yuanqing searched the official database for Chiyue An and decided to investigate him discreetly before turning any evidence over to Fu Qingyang.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King accused Zhang Yuanqing of purifying his Mark and threatened to track him down, so Zhang Yuanqing shut off his secondary SIM card.
• Zhang Yuanqing called Bill Tarantino at Ante Pharmaceuticals and traveled to International Building to meet him.
• Annie escorted Zhang Yuanqing to Bill Tarantino's office, where he explained that the medicine was intended to repair injuries to the soul.

Zhang Yuanqing learned that Ante Pharmaceuticals’ pills treated Spirit Realm Walkers’ soul injuries, but he still did not know how his own soul had been hurt. After reviewing Kou Yusi’s case, he discovered that Chiyue An had framed Kou Beiyue for her murder and set out to confront the public security officer who covered it up.

• Bill Tarantino and Annie discussed Ante Pharmaceuticals’ pills, and Zhang Yuanqing inferred they were made to treat Spirit Realm Walkers’ mental trauma.
• Annie tested Zhang Yuanqing with Seduction, while Bill asked her to stay in contact with him and arrange a meeting with the president.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Kou Beiyue for his sister’s details, then consulted Chen Yuanjun and Guan Ya about investigating her case.
• Zhang Yuanqing read the case file and found that the authorities had blamed Kou Beiyue for imprisoning, abusing, sexually assaulting, and murdering Kou Yusi.
• Kou Beiyue explained that Chiyue An had spread rumors against him and driven his parents from their hometown after he returned from the dead and fled the morgue.
• Zhang Yuanqing identified the case officer as Kong Liangping and arranged to meet him with Kou Beiyue at ten that night.

Zhang Yuanqing and Kou Beiyue broke into Kong Liangping’s home and used Bewitchment to uncover the truth about Kou Yusi’s case and the trafficking operation at Bronze Sparrow House. After Kou Beiyue demanded revenge, Zhang Yuanqing insisted they find evidence and bring down the people behind it, and they set out to investigate.

• Zhang Yuanqing used his charm technique to get past security and entered Kong Liangping’s apartment with Kou Beiyue.
• Kou Beiyue Bewitched Kong Liangping, who confessed that he had helped frame Kou Yusi on orders from Director Lu and the special department.
• Kong Liangping revealed that Kou Yusi had been held at Bronze Sparrow House, where Master Wu and powerful guests exploited trafficked women.
• Kou Beiyue wanted to kill Kong Liangping, but Zhang Yuanqing stopped him from killing an important witness.
• Zhang Yuanqing warned that they needed evidence to expose the wider conspiracy, then agreed to investigate Bronze Sparrow House with Kou Beiyue.

Zhang Yuanqing and Kou Beiyue headed to Bronze Sparrow House to investigate Master Wu’s crimes before Chiyue An and his allies could cover them up. After possessing a frequent patron, Zhang interrogated Cao Jing and learned about the abuse of the women, the recordings and ledger used to blackmail clients, and Chiyue An’s involvement.

• Kou Beiyue agreed to work with Zhang Yuanqing, who weighed ways to expose Bronze Sparrow House and decided to gather intelligence there first.
• Zhang Yuanqing traveled with Kou Beiyue to Xinyuan Road, left his body under Kou’s watch, and sent his spirit into Bronze Sparrow House.
• Zhang Yuanqing possessed a frequent patron and questioned Cao Jing, who described how Lord Wu lured and coerced women into serving clients.
• Cao Jing told Zhang Yuanqing that Lord Wu recorded the women and clients, kept a ledger of patrons, and controlled many other businesses.
• Cao Jing identified Chiyue An as a violent client who had abused her, and Zhang Yuanqing knocked her unconscious after questioning her.

Zhang Yuanqing killed Lai Wan and learned that Chiyue An had sent three Spirit Realm Walkers to protect Master Wu at Bronze Sparrow House. Zhang Yuanqing and Kou Beiyue launched their attack, but Sacred Music thwarted Zhang Yuanqing’s first strike, and the casino was raided by two masked men.

• Zhang Yuanqing killed Lai Wan and absorbed his lingering spirit, discovering that Chiyue An was Master Wu’s backer and had sent three supernatural bodyguards.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to Kou Beiyue and told him they would attack immediately.
• At the casino, Master Wu gambled with Seven Blades, Green Pine, and Sacred Music while exploiting the women held at Bronze Sparrow House.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s invisible Willow Blade nearly struck Seven Blades, but Sacred Music’s soul-piercing cry disrupted the attack and drove Zhang Yuanqing’s spirit away.
• Sacred Music identified the attacker as a Level 3 Night Wanderer, and two masked men burst into the casino claiming to be conducting an anti-crime raid.

Zhang Yuanqing and Kou Beiyue attacked the Bronze Sparrow House casino, where Sacred Music used hypnotized guests and his allies to ambush them. Zhang Yuanqing killed Sacred Music and Green Pine with his equipment and clones, but Chiyue An arrived just as the fight ended.

• Zhang Yuanqing and Kou Beiyue entered the casino, where Sacred Music had hypnotized guests to attack them and Seven Blades and Green Pine joined the fight.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Cat King Speaker and Howl at the Moon to overpower Seven Blades and beat him to death, while Kou Beiyue pursued Sacred Music.
• Sacred Music crushed a lightning gemstone pendant, gained lightning powers, and drove Kou Beiyue back as Zhang Yuanqing prepared his collection of items.
• Zhang Yuanqing activated the Yin-Yang Robe, separated into water and fire clones, and used the Straw Man to make Sacred Music reckless before Kou Beiyue wounded him through a blood ritual.
• Zhang Yuanqing's water clone shot Sacred Music dead, and his fire clone beheaded Green Pine while the Red Dancing Shoes trampled him.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Kou Beiyue to bring Master Wu over, but Chiyue An burst through a window and appeared in the casino.

Zhang Yuanqing and Kou Beiyue fought Chiyue An at the Bronze Sparrow House until Guan Ya, Li Dongze, and Ling Jun arrived. Although Chiyue An tried to take control of the case, Zhang Yuanqing exposed his crimes, leaving Ling Jun and the others to decide whether to challenge him.

• Chiyue An arrived at the hall, taunted Kou Beiyue about his sister, and fought him and Zhang Yuanqing.
• Zhang Yuanqing used his items and Kou Beiyue and the Red Dancing Shoes to hold Chiyue An off, but Chiyue An activated Berserker and shattered Kou Beiyue's breastbone.
• Guan Ya, Li Dongze, and Ling Jun entered after Guan Ya had summoned help, and Chiyue An claimed jurisdiction over the case.
• Chiyue An recognized Zhang Yuanqing and offered to let the group take him while insisting they leave Kou Beiyue behind.
• Zhang Yuanqing refused to leave and listed Chiyue An's alleged crimes, causing Ling Jun's expression to turn serious.

Ling Jun defeated Chiyue An after the corrupt executive and Director Lu tried to use armed officers against Zhang Yuanqing’s group. The Five Elements Alliance elders debated Yuanshi Tianzun’s punishment, then agreed to frame the scandal as a victory over Dark Night Rose and publish a favorable announcement.

• Chiyue An accused Zhang Yuanqing’s group of murder, but Director Lu ordered security officers to fire on them; Ling Jun shielded the group with vines and subdued the officers.
• Ling Jun transformed into a tiger and then a giant snake, poisoned Chiyue An, and ordered Li Dongze to take Master Wu and retrieve the evidence.
• Seven or eight Spirit Realm Walkers arrived as Chiyue An lay helpless and silently urged his subordinates to save him or face exposure.
• Dog Elder convened the Five Elements Alliance elders to discuss Chiyue An’s crimes and whether Yuanshi Tianzun should be punished for associating with Kou Beiyue.
• Fu Qingyang explained Yuanshi Tianzun’s motives and proposed presenting the case as a successful operation against Dark Night Rose; the elders accepted the plan.
• The Songhai Branch posted a forum thread declaring that Yuanshi Tianzun had single-handedly destroyed a Dark Night Rose traitor hideout.

A public investigation into Chiyue An’s crimes boosted Yuanshi Tianzun’s reputation and earned him a major Moral Value settlement. The Grand Protector and Demon Eye Heavenly King reacted to the case, while Zhang Yuanqing and his companions compared their rewards, leaving them curious about how much he had received.

• A Five Elements Alliance forum post detailed Yuanshi Tianzun’s investigation of Shakou District Deacon Chiyue An and his capture, drawing widespread praise for Yuanshi Tianzun and the Songhai Branch.
• The Grand Protector blamed the Songhai Branch for tarnishing Dark Night Rose and decided to prepare a surprise for the organization’s upcoming internal tournament.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King read the report on Chiyue An, praised Yuanshi Tianzun, and ordered his subordinate to investigate Yuanshi Tianzun, Dark Night Rose, and powerful figures tied to the case.
• At Fu Family Bay Villa, Zhang Yuanqing told Ling Jun, Li Dongze, and Guan Ya that Fu Qingyang wanted him to discuss the Bewitching Demon matter himself.
• Zhang Yuanqing received 2,000 Moral Value, while Ling Jun received 300 and Guan Ya 60; Li Dongze received 30, and the group asked Zhang Yuanqing how much he had earned.

After receiving 2,000 Moral Value points for the case, Zhang Yuanqing learned that Fu Qingyang wanted him to watch Master Wuhen’s group as an undercover informant, with Kou Beiyue as his token of allegiance. The chapter ended with Kou Beiyue reunited with Little Round and Little Round going to report to Master Wuhen.

• Zhang Yuanqing told Guan Ya, Li Dongze, and Ling Jun that he had earned 2,000 Moral Value points, then joked with them about his attraction to Guan Ya and Queen.
• Fu Qingyang asked Zhang Yuanqing about the case and explained that he wanted him to monitor Master Wuhen because the Sovereign’s Evil Profession might eventually drive him to lose control.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Kou Beiyue that Chiyue An would be executed and that the Songhai Branch had decided to forgive Kou Beiyue, who angrily called him a bastard after learning he was free.
• A man in Shakou District reported Chiyue An’s arrest to an unidentified person, who ordered him to stay hidden and said they would handle Chiyue An.
• Kou Beiyue called Little Round, told her he had been reborn after Chiyue An’s capture, and agreed to return so she could ask Master Wuhen to accept him again.
• Little Round went to Room 404 at the Wuhen Hotel to report something to Master Wuhen.

The author thanked Vegetable Patriarch for giving Spirit Realm its first E Alliance and honoring a promise to support the author’s ranking competition. The author also criticized Qidian’s review process and customer service after Vegetable Patriarch’s account was reduced to a numerical ID.

• The author recalled telling Boss Vegetable at the end of May that the new book had stabilized and they wanted to compete for the rankings.
• Boss Vegetable promised to support the author the following month, but at the start of June his account was hit by a dimensionality-reduction strike.
• The author urged Boss Vegetable to focus on the ranking competition, but Boss Vegetable said his Hundred-million Alliance had disappeared.
• Boss Vegetable later gave the author an E Alliance, and the author believed he had remembered his promise and had been checking whether the author’s ranking position was secure.
• The author thanked Boss Vegetable and called on Qidian to improve its review operations and support for major customers.

Little Round secured Master Wuhen’s acceptance of Kou Beiyue and a request for Yuanshi Tianzun to find Evil Profession practitioners with kind hearts. At Fu Family Bay, Zhang Yuanqing and Fu Qingyang tried to interrogate Chiyue An, but Chiyue An suddenly burned away under a mysterious curse.

• Little Round persuaded Master Wuhen to accept Kou Beiyue’s return and heard him entrust Yuanshi Tianzun with finding good-hearted Evil Profession practitioners.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned Master Wuhen had accepted him and went with Fu Qingyang to question Chiyue An about the missing money and a possible mastermind.
• Fu Qingyang and Zhang Yuanqing told Chiyue An that the Council of Elders had sentenced him to death, then pressed him to reveal who was behind his crimes.
• Fu Qingyang suggested Chiyue An’s abusive past had shaped his cruelty, but Chiyue An refused to trust them and demanded they bring in an Elder.
• A pair of jade-white hands used Chiyue An’s blood and a doll in a ritual, then drove a silver needle into the doll’s brow.
• Chiyue An challenged Zhang Yuanqing’s motives, then green smoke and black flames erupted from his brow and erased him while leaving his clothes and restraints intact.

After Chiyue An was killed by a long-range curse, Zhang Yuanqing learned how dangerous Voodoo Masters could be and tried to strengthen himself while Fu Qingyang hosted foreign merchants. The next morning, Zhang Yuanqing returned to Songhai University and spotted Demon Eye Heavenly King waiting at the gate.

• Zhang Yuanqing found no spirit residue on Chiyue An, and Fu Qingyang explained that a Voodoo Master could use DNA and other personal information to kill from afar.
• Fu Qingyang suspected Chiyue An's ex-wife had arranged the killing but said they lacked proof, and Zhang Yuanqing worried she might target him.
• Annie and Bill Tarantino visited Fu Qingyang to negotiate a trade, while Guan Ya beat Zhang Yuanqing in the sparring room and Ling Jun later explained the Goddess of Beauty Association and the Void profession.
• The next morning, Jiang Yu'er drove Zhang Yuanqing to Songhai University, where he saw Demon Eye Heavenly King sweeping the school entrance and felt his heart race.

Zhang Yuanqing narrowly survived Demon Eye Heavenly King's attempt to identify and kill him at Songhai University, then learned a Water God Palace elder had intervened. With Demon Eye closing in and a week to find his home, Zhang Yuanqing sought a way to conceal his aura and arranged to meet Bill Tarantino.

• Zhang Yuanqing disguised himself as a passerby and walked past Demon Eye Heavenly King at Songhai University, but Demon Eye followed him and recognized his suspicious reaction.
• Demon Eye revealed his vertical eye and unleashed its power, nearly destroying Zhang Yuanqing's mind and body before a dragon's roar restored his consciousness.
• Zhang Yuanqing used Night Roaming to flee as a violent storm erupted around Demon Eye, then collapsed in a secluded park with severe injuries.
• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing that a Water God Palace elder had intervened and warned that Demon Eye could trace him to his home within a week.
• After purifying himself with the Demon Subduing Pestle, Zhang Yuanqing decided to seek an aura-concealing item from Bill Tarantino and called to arrange a meeting.

Zhang Yuanqing visited Bill Tarantino to buy an item that could conceal him from a powerful enemy and materials for refining a yin corpse. He acquired the Silencer by trading the Heavenly Toad Incense Burner, then left with the materials and cash.

• Zhang Yuanqing rejected Bill Tarantino's offer of Spirit Realm Walker intelligence and asked to buy concealment equipment and yin materials.
• Bill Tarantino showed Zhang Yuanqing several items, and Zhang Yuanqing chose the Silencer mask because its costs were manageable.
• Zhang Yuanqing traded the Heavenly Toad Incense Burner, haggled Bill Tarantino up to twelve million, and used 9.36 million to buy the Silencer and yin materials.
• Zhang Yuanqing checked the remaining 2.4 million in cash before leaving, while Bill Tarantino said he would remain on the mainland.

Zhang Yuanqing joined Fu Qingyang’s White Tiger Guard and learned more about its elite members and the upcoming slaughter dungeon. Elsewhere, Bill Tarantino heard a prophecy linking the Night Wanderer’s origin to the awakening of a hidden Spirit Realm region, while Zhang Yuanqing was jolted awake by a strange sound from the Cat King Speaker.

• Zhang Yuanqing ate dinner with his family and learned that his aunt was seeking connections to help Yuan Jun get promoted.
• Zhang Yuanqing put on the Silencer mask, accepted Fu Qingyang’s invitation to join the White Tiger Guard, and discovered that its warehouse held valuable items and materials.
• Zhang Yuanqing joined the White Tiger Guard group chat, where its members discussed his prospects in the midyear slaughter dungeon and the challenges of arena matches.
• Bill Tarantino tried to persuade a masked Merchant to return west and lead the Merchant Guild, but the man said he would wait for a new Demon Lord and recited the prophecy of the Light Compass.
• The masked man told Bill Tarantino that the prophecy concerned the Night Wanderer and an unopened Spirit Realm region, and that the Demon Lord had left a secret about the Night Wanderer’s origin in his Role Card.
• Zhang Yuanqing woke to electrical crackling and intimate sounds from the Cat King Speaker, removed the Silencer mask, and transformed into Night Wanderer form.

Zhang Yuanqing listened to Demon Lord’s recordings and uncovered how the Role Card’s rewards, the Night Wanderer profession, and a mysterious prophecy were connected. The chapter ended with Zhang Yuanqing sensing Demon Eye Heavenly King watching him again.

• Zhang Yuanqing endured the Cat King Speaker’s lewd recording, then heard Demon Lord discuss Endurance Spray and realized Role Card rewards could be items Demon Lord had used.
• Zhang Yuanqing recalled the Red Dancing Shoes’ message and concluded Demon Lord had once visited the Mountain God Temple and known the shoes.
• Demon Lord’s recordings revealed his analysis of advancement to Saint, his efforts to escape the Fallen Holy Grail’s control, and several scandalous encounters with women.
• An unfamiliar man told Demon Lord that supreme beings wanted to cultivate Night Wanderers and described the Light Compass prophecy, which involved an unopened region of the Spirit Realm and the deaths of three powerful figures.
• Zhang Yuanqing reconsidered the Role Card’s exclusive rewards as the means by which Demon Lord’s legacy would pass to him, then sensed Demon Eye Heavenly King watching him and calmed himself.

Zhang Yuanqing evaded Demon Eye Heavenly King's search with the Silencer mask, then warned Fu Qingyang that the threat was becoming unsustainable. After Demon Eye identified Zhang Yuanqing as a missing student at Songhai University, Dog Elder gathered the Songhai Branch elders to discuss dealing with him before the headquarters tournament.

• Demon Eye Heavenly King searched the neighborhood but failed to find Zhang Yuanqing, then decided to investigate Songhai University.
• Phoenix Arrives shared intelligence about Bill Tarantino and Annie in the White Tiger Guard chat, and Fu Qingyang explained that the Merchant Guild's president was a powerful Void profession walker allied with them.
• Zhang Yuanqing suggested using a Knight-class contract item to prevent a Love and Desire walker from demanding payment, and Fu Qingyang agreed to look for one.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Fu Qingyang that Demon Eye Heavenly King's gaze had reached his home, and Fu Qingyang promised to inform Dog Elder.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King questioned students at Songhai University, learned that Zhang Yuanqing had been absent for a long time, and planned to identify him through the school archives.
• Dog Elder told the Songhai Branch elders that Demon Eye had found Zhang Yuanqing's home and asked Luo Shen how strong Demon Eye was in combat.

The Songhai Branch elders planned to lure Demon Eye Heavenly King into Dog Elder’s Zoo and asked Zhang Yuanqing to recruit Master Wuhen to create an illusion. Zhang Yuanqing won Master Wuhen’s agreement and obtained a jade talisman, then called Fu Qingyang to report back.

• The Songhai Branch elders and the Stop-Killing Palace Master discussed how to capture Demon Eye without endangering Songhai’s residents, and Dog Elder proposed using a Voidwalker’s illusion to conceal the Zoo.
• The elders asked Zhang Yuanqing to approach Master Wuhen, and Fu Qingyang explained that Wuhen only needed to create an illusion.
• Zhang Yuanqing traveled to Wuhen Hotel and persuaded Little Round to take him to Master Wuhen.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Master Wuhen about the plan and begged for help, and Master Wuhen agreed to assist by giving him a Dream-Entering Jade Talisman.
• Zhang Yuanqing left the temple and called Fu Qingyang to report Master Wuhen’s agreement.

Zhang Yuanqing secured The Past Leaves No Trace’s help for the plan to lure the Demon Eye Heavenly King, then agreed to help Kou Beiyue correct his sister’s case. The Stop-Killing Palace Master entered a town illusion built around the Zoo, and the Demon Eye Heavenly King followed her inside.

• Zhang Yuanqing told Fu Qingyang that The Past Leaves No Trace had agreed to help and received a jade talisman to contact him.
• Dog Elder told the Four Elders that The Past Leaves No Trace would create an illusion, and they discussed why he valued Zhang Yuanqing so highly.
• Zhang Yuanqing joked with Little Round and Kou Beiyue, then offered to help correct the official record of Kou Beiyue’s sister’s case.
• The Demon Eye Heavenly King learned that his trackers had died, used his Mark to locate the Stop-Killing Palace Master, and headed toward her position.
• Dog Elder summoned the Zoo and used The Past Leaves No Trace’s illusion to disguise it as part of a distant town, while the Stop-Killing Palace Master entered the town.
• The Demon Eye Heavenly King arrived, confirmed that the Stop-Killing Palace Master was inside, and charged into the town.