Recaps

Zhang Yuanqing escaped an ambush by entering a Sovereign-level Spirit Realm dungeon, then returned and hunted down the Southern Faction’s Sixth Elder. As he lay low and prepared for the next threat, the Pure Yang Sect Leader uncovered clues about his past, while Xie Su found a vast pile of corpses bearing his identity.

• Zhang Yuanqing escaped the sealed plane by entering Battle of Chang'an, summoned Lady of Three Paths Mountain, completed the dungeon, and returned to reality with the Demon Subduing Pestle and a new blade.
• Zhang Yuanqing hid at Fu Family Bay, investigated how the Southern Faction had obtained the team’s information, and decided to hunt the Sixth Elder with Little Fatty’s help.
• Zhang Yuanqing impersonated Mirror Flower, infiltrated the Sixth Elder’s villa, and killed him with the Body and Soul Annihilation Blade, aided by the Stop-Killing Palace Lord.
• The authorities announced the Sixth Elder’s death, Zhang Yuanqing warned that he would kill anyone who offended him, and the Southern Faction ordered its members to lie low.
• Zhang Yuanqing prepared to stay out of danger while the Pure Yang Sect Leader searched his old school and learned he had lived in Kangyang District.
• Master Wuhen reached the ancient palace above the Blood Lake, while the Southern Faction’s Grand Elder learned that The Past Leaves No Trace had advanced to demigod.
• Zhang Yuanqing arranged an apartment for Little Round and kissed her before Kou Beiyue interrupted them, and Little Round then announced Master Wuhen’s return.
• The Pure Yang Sect Leader escaped a causality loop by erasing his memories and concluded with the Grand Protector that Zhang Yuanqing’s identity implicated a great secret, while Xie Su found a vast pile of corpses identified as Yuanshi Tianzun.

Zhang Yuanqing tried to save Master Wuhen’s team from an official purge, faced execution, and destroyed his accusers before his own annihilation. His allies resurrected him while Fu Qingyang forced reforms on the Five Elements Alliance, and the president entrusted him with Master Wuhen’s heart.

• Master Wuhen entered seclusion to advance to the demigod realm, while Zhang Yuanqing learned about Spirit Realm authority and sought advice about his predicted death from the Xie Family patriarch.
• Secretary Zhou ordered the extermination of Master Wuhen’s scattered followers, and Zhang Yuanqing saved Little Round and Kou Beiyue before killing Raging Waves Show No Mercy.
• Elder Cai sentenced Zhang Yuanqing to death at a public trial, and Zhang Yuanqing exchanged a Lunar Moon Origin Fragment for temporary authority, killed his accusers, and suffered annihilation.
• Master Wuhen sent his black heart to Little Round before dying, while Dog Elder and many other members withdrew from the Five Elements Alliance.
• Fu Qingyang executed Cai Qinhe’s direct descendants and forced the Five Elements Alliance to establish independent Judicial and Investigation Departments.
• Fu Qingyang, Stop-Killing Palace Lord, and Demon Eye Heavenly King arranged Zhang Yuanqing’s resurrection through Mother Goddess's Womb.
• Zhang Yuanqing reunited with Guan Ya, learned that Ling Tuo had engineered his killing tribulation, and told Fu Qingyang that he planned to go abroad.
• The president granted Zhang Yuanqing organizational backing, gave him the Heart of the Phantom God left by The Past Leaves No Trace, and urged him to contain it and become the Lord of the Sun.

Zhang Yuanqing traveled to New Covenant County, built ties with local factions, and pursued the Hunter Guild’s path toward the Free Covenant while investigating a string of murders. After uncovering a plot over the Pope’s relic, he and Fu Qingyang began collecting fragments of the Holy Disk, leaving Zhang Yuanqing to navigate competing demands from the Guild and the Anti-Black-and-White Alliance.

• Zhang Yuanqing fused with the Illusionist’s heart, learned he had 180 days to become a Day Wanderer, and departed for New Covenant County after revealing his resurrection to Return of the Dead.
• Zhang Yuanqing joined the Bounty Hunter Guild, rescued Cao Chao, and was recruited into the Anti-Black-and-White Alliance by Cao Qianxiu.
• Zhang Yuanqing investigated a Chinatown serial killer and learned from Mr. President that he was meant to rise through the Hunter Guild and attract the Free Covenant’s attention.
• Zhang Yuanqing rescued Wings of the Wind God from Star Officials and discovered they were Dark Night Rose informants searching for a Pope’s relic.
• Zhang Yuanqing disguised himself as Jia Feizhang, opened safe-deposit box 0042, and retrieved an ancient bronze disc fragment while the Alliance asked him to investigate the stolen relic.
• Zhang Yuanqing negotiated with Catherine Lu to find another bronze piece for the Hunter Guild and accepted the Alliance’s investigation job after learning the relic’s history from Deng Jingguo.
• Fu Qingyang identified the Zhou Ji Phoenix Bird Vessel as a likely hiding place, recovered two Holy Disk fragments, and removed Princess Yinyao’s fragment seal.
• Zhang Yuanqing declined Cao Qianxiu’s invitation to join an operation against the Starry Sky Pact and met Zhai Cai, the sole sixth-generation inheritor of the Holy See’s Knight lineage.

Zhang Yuanqing entered Heaven’s Punishment undercover, killed Julian Mead and Beast Haas, and uncovered a spy within the organization. After joining the Hunter Guild and learning more about the Holy See’s secrets, he accepted a mission targeting Ju Mang and the Five Elements Alliance team.

• Zhang Yuanqing enlisted Zhai Cai to help lure the Heaven-Connecting Cult Leader, but the plan failed when a Dream Master attacked and escaped.
• Zhang Yuanqing joined the aid team sent to Heaven’s Punishment under the alias Ju Mang, where he and his allies clashed with Brady Mead and defeated Julian Mead.
• Zhang Yuanqing secretly killed Julian Mead, escalating the faction war, then passed Catherine’s Holy Pool assessment and joined the Hunter Guild.
• Catherine revealed that a surviving Holy Knight was hiding in Vinnie Berent’s home and that the Free Covenant sought Holy Disk fragments, while Zhang Yuanqing’s Phantom God item awakened and let him devour Role Cards.
• Zhang Yuanqing investigated Beast Haas without Vinnie’s knowledge, tracked him to a Biological Alchemy Society stronghold, and killed him after extracting his Role Card.
• Zhang Yuanqing tested Vinnie’s innocence and, with the Stop-Killing Palace Lord and Zhao Chenghuang, exposed Emma as the spy who had leaked Abner Carlisle’s address.
• Vinnie killed Emma after learning she had watched Jody Berent, while Heaven’s Punishment announced Beast Haas’s death and the Five Elements Alliance received a reward.
• At a Hunter Guild gathering, Zhang Yuanqing heard Cocktail report attacks on Heaven’s Punishment squads, then accepted Catherine’s offer to hunt Ju Mang or eliminate his team.