Recaps

Zhang Yuanqing survived headquarters’ attempt to punish him, rescued Demon Eye Heavenly King from the Zoo, and learned more about the Carefree Organization and the Shadow Twins. After Dark Night Rose trapped Fu Qingyang and other officials in Ghost City, Zhang Yuanqing’s group freed them, but the deeper reason the incident was taboo remained unknown.

• Zhang Yuanqing exposed Cai Longshen’s conduct at the trial, and Gang Leader Jiang intervened before headquarters acquitted him.
• Fu Qingyang urged Zhang Yuanqing to pursue Sovereign advancement while headquarters faced criticism for the trial.
• Zhang Yuanqing lured Dog Elder away from the Zoo and entered with the Stop-Killing Palace Lord to find and free Demon Eye Heavenly King.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s group survived the Zoo’s curses and creatures, rescued Demon Eye, and learned that its animals might be connected to Evil Profession demigodhood.
• Dark Night Rose trapped Fu Qingyang, Elder Hongying, and others inside Ghost City, and Zhang Yuanqing joined Fu Qingxuan to find them.
• Fu Qingxuan freed the trapped officials and killed three Dark Night Rose protectors, including Everlasting Rivers and Mountains, while Ling Jun learned that Ling Tuo led the organization.
• Zhang Yuanqing questioned the Zoo’s artifact spirit and learned that the Carefree Organization had entered the Spirit Realm using a Light Compass fragment, that Master Wuhen was The Past Leaves No Trace, and that the Zoo contained ancient beast souls.
• Zhang Yuanqing organized new guild instances and told the Protagonist Squad that someone besides Everlasting Rivers and Mountains was the real reason the Ghost City incident was taboo.

Zhang Yuanqing uncovered Ling Tuo’s connection to the past and led his guild through the deadly Mohist Mechanism City dungeon, defeating its mech and completing its hidden mission. Afterward, the team split across new pursuits as threats and schemes involving Yuanshi Tianzun gathered around them.

• Zhang Yuanqing learned from Master Wuhen that the four Unfettered Sons had been cursed after reaching the Spirit Realm’s deepest region, and that Ling Tuo had been killed and later revived.
• Zhang Yuanqing told the Stop-Killing Palace Lord that their fathers might be resurrected, then suspected Ling Tuo had helped bring about Demon Lord’s death and was targeting him.
• Zhang Yuanqing recruited Red Chicken Bro and led eight teammates into the S-rank Mohist Mechanism City dungeon to investigate the Mohist School’s destruction.
• The team crossed the forest and corpse-filled passages, surviving traps, poisonous mist, guilt-testing statues, and a curse that made them believe they were pigs.
• Zhang Yuanqing and his teammates defeated the puppet swordsman, overcame a wraith and its yin corpses, and learned that Jin forces had invaded the Mohist Sect seeking an ancient treasure.
• The team discovered that the mech’s Universal Love and Non-Aggression rules controlled the fight, then followed Zhang Yuanqing’s plan to destroy it and kill the old man inside before Heavenly Will activated.
• Guan Ya realized the Mohists had planted a false treasure rumor to lure Golden Court’s forces into the city, completing the mission, and Zhang Yuanqing gained the Craftsman’s Ring.
• After the dungeon, Zhang Yuanqing sent the guild into another instance without him, while Asano Ryo obtained the Heavenly Cloud Cluster and Xiahou Aotian provoked his family’s demigod ancestor.

Zhang Yuanqing faced a headquarters dispute over the Yin-Yang Turntable while building a mechanical-weapons company and diverting Heaven’s Punishment from his identity as the Demon Lord’s successor. He tracked the Underworld King to Nanming City, rescued local Walkers, and prepared to strike the Spirit Energy Society’s strongholds.

• Zhang Yuanqing accepted Annie’s secret mission to capture the Underworld King and learned of the Church’s destruction and Dream of the Night’s history.
• Fu Qingyang secured Xiahou Aotian’s agreement to manufacture mechanical weapons, while Zhang Yuanqing and Fu Qingyang defeated Jianghuai Branch’s attempt to claim the Yin-Yang Turntable.
• Headquarters fined Zhang Yuanqing and demanded a Saint-quality prop, while Fu Qingyang’s deal with headquarters let Zhang Yuanqing keep the turntable.
• Fu Xue invested in the mechanical-weapons company, and Heaven’s Punishment questioned Asano Ryo about Yuanshi Tianzun and the Demon Lord’s inheritance.
• Zhang Yuanqing arranged for Miao Teng’er to identify a staged Demon Lord successor, who abducted her and stole a Feather Ascension Immortal Jade fragment before Zhang rescued her and diverted suspicion.
• Zhang Yuanqing traveled to Nanming City with Annie, Queen, and Xie Lingxi, where he rescued Drug Chaser and Southern Ming Branch Walkers from an ambush.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned from captured Spirit Mediums that the Underworld King had appeared near Xishan, then discovered Drug Chaser’s connection to the Wanderer of the Human World.
• Drug Chaser led Zhang Yuanqing to the families of four fallen Walkers, and Zhang promised to destroy the Spirit Energy Society’s strongholds before its Sovereign could respond.

Zhang Yuanqing tracked down the Underworld King and defeated Heaven’s Punishment’s three Saints, then negotiated over the captive and his seized equipment. After the guild cleared its dungeon, Zhang learned Zhao Xintong had been detained and went to question her in White Wax City.

• Zhang Yuanqing led the Southern Ming Branch in raids on Spirit Energy Society hideouts, rescued captives, and fought Minister Poppy over the seized money before returning it.
• Zhang Yuanqing located the Underworld King in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, where Wu Youhua and Heaven’s Punishment tried to seize him.
• Zhang Yuanqing revealed his identity and defeated Osmon, Hoover, and Xia Zuo, then escaped with the Underworld King as the Demon Hunter arrived.
• The Underworld King told Zhang Yuanqing and Fu Qingyang that his father belonged to the Free Covenant and that he had memorized its membership list.
• Diana paid Zhang Yuanqing for the list and gave him the Demon Lord’s Companion Spirit Moon, while warning him not to investigate the Free Covenant.
• Zhang Yuanqing negotiated compensation from Heaven’s Punishment, returned three of its items, and collected rewards and materials from the White Tiger Guard warehouse.
• The guild cleared the Lin’an Ghost Market dungeon, and Zhang Yuanqing gave Guan Ya a powerful Scout prop before learning Zhao Xintong had been detained in White Wax City.
• Zhang Yuanqing traveled to White Wax City, entered the interrogation room in disguise, and questioned Zhao Xintong after she recognized his voice.