Chapter Summaries

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.

Zhang Yuanqing successfully fused with the Illusionist's heart, gaining Illusionist skills and the ability to modify his Spirit Realm ID, but he had to become a Day Wanderer within 180 days or risk being corrupted. He opened the Return of the Dead guild dungeon, and the chapter ended as its members began appearing in Mohist Mechanism City.

• Zhang Yuanqing fused with the Illusionist's heart, resisting its invasion when Master Wuhen's chant restored his reason.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned he had gained Illusionist abilities and needed to become a Day Wanderer within 180 days to avoid becoming an Illusionist.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Fu Qingyang about the fusion and received thirty million Federation dollars for his trip overseas, which he planned to begin in three days.
• Zhang Yuanqing opened the Mohist Mechanism City guild dungeon, prompting Sun Miaomiao, Zhao Chenghuang, Xiahou Aotian, Red Chicken Bro, Little Round, and All Under Heaven Returns to Fire to receive notifications.
• Zhang Yuanqing waited in Mohist Mechanism City as the members of Return of the Dead began appearing.

Zhang Yuanqing reunited with Return of the Dead, explained his resurrection, reclaimed his belongings, and revealed he was leaving the country to pursue Sovereign. A week after believing Yuanshi Tianzun was gone, Annie met him again in the Free Federation, where the chapter ended with her recognizing his disguised face.

• Zhang Yuanqing surprised Return of the Dead by appearing alive and described his resurrection and plans to leave the country.
• The guild members swore to keep Zhang Yuanqing's return secret and returned his belongings, which he placed in the gang warehouse for shared use.
• Sun Miaomiao revealed Zhang Yuanqing was the Demon Lord's heir, and he asked the guild to keep that secret as well.
• Zhang Yuanqing met with Little Green Tea, Queen, and Little Round over the next three days to retrieve his remaining items.
• Annie refused an assignment to serve an important male guest, but the guest arrived and revealed himself as Yuanshi Tianzun.

Zhang Yuanqing arrived in New Covenant County with Annie, where he planned to establish a new identity and register as a Bounty Hunter. The chapter also revealed that Chen Shu wanted him to lead the World Salvation Society, while Asano Ryo was sent to intern with Heaven’s Punishment in New Covenant County; the story ended as Zhang Yuanqing sensed a hostile man approaching two suspicious Spirit Realm Walkers.

• Zhang Yuanqing and Annie discussed Heaven’s Punishment’s slander of him and noticed two tense passengers who appeared to be Spirit Realm Walkers.
• Chen Shu urged the Stop-Killing Palace Lord to bring Zhang Yuanqing to the First District so he could lead the stalled World Salvation Society, but the Palace Lord argued he should wait until he became a Sovereign.
• Thousand Crane Group’s executives told Asano Ryo that she would intern with Heaven’s Punishment in New Covenant County, and she agreed to leave the next morning.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Annie landed in New Covenant County, where Annie explained their housing plans and his backers’ goal for him to become a Silver Bounty Hunter within a month.
• Zhang Yuanqing saw the two suspicious passengers leave the airport and sensed hostility from a burly, beer-bellied man approaching them.

Zhang Yuanqing and Annie arrived in New Covenant County, where he stopped a Drunkard from stealing a Heaven’s Punishment agent’s briefcase and gained a new official contact. They reached their Chinatown rental, but the landlady greeted Zhang Yuanqing with suspicion and asked whether he was from the mainland.

• A Drunkard subdued two Orderly Profession agents at the airport, and Zhang Yuanqing tripped him with an illusion before knocking him unconscious and having Annie take his bracelet.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned the briefcase to Kamaitachi, healed his abdominal injury, and exchanged contact details through Annie.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Annie took a taxi to Chinatown and reached the apartment Annie had rented.
• A young boy let Zhang Yuanqing and Annie into the apartment while his mother scolded his sister.
• The landlady inspected Zhang Yuanqing and Annie, frowned at Annie, and coldly asked Zhang Yuanqing whether he was from the mainland.

Zhang Yuanqing and Annie settled into a rental apartment in New Covenant County and registered Zhang Yuanqing with the Bounty Hunter Guild. After viewing the guild’s absurdly lucrative Gold-level contracts, they returned to their apartment, where someone rang the doorbell.

• Zhang Yuanqing persuaded the landlady to rent them Room 403, signed the contract, and paid six months’ rent plus a three-month deposit.
• Zhang Yuanqing updated his contacts about arriving in New Covenant County and explained why Guan Ya and the others had stayed behind.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Annie visited the Bounty Hunter Guild branch, where Hal Joseph tested Zhang Yuanqing’s strength and registered him as a member.
• Zhang Yuanqing paid the membership fee and learned that new members had to complete a trial mission before becoming Bronze hunters.
• Zhang Yuanqing browsed the guild app and found a Gold-level bounty offering 99.9 billion Federation dollars for hunting Heaven’s Punishment CEO Boreas.
• After Zhang Yuanqing finished showering and checked the app, the doorbell rang.

Zhang Yuanqing discovered that the landlord’s family were Spirit Realm Walkers, failed to find his mother Chen Shu at her supposed company, and posted a bounty seeking information about the Demon Lord’s lovers. The chapter ended with Zhang Yuanqing rescuing Cao Chao from a speeding car after motorcycle riders deliberately knocked him into the street.

• Cao Chao brought afternoon tea to Zhang Yuanqing and revealed that his sister Cao Qianxiu could shoot electricity and that his parents were often away from home.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Annie that the landlord’s family were Spirit Realm Walkers and decided they would watch them while earning their goodwill.
• Zhang Yuanqing visited United Chinese Trading with Annie, but the receptionist said Chen Shu did not work there or hold shares in the company.
• Zhang Yuanqing deposited five hundred thousand Federation dollars and posted a bounty for information about the Demon Lord’s lovers.
• Motorcycle riders knocked Cao Chao into the road, and Zhang Yuanqing rushed in and carried him clear of an oncoming car.

Zhang Yuanqing saved Cao Chao from being hit by a car, met the boy’s family, and accepted Cao Qianxiu’s invitation to join the Anti-Black-and-White Alliance. The chapter ended with Cao Qianxiu asking what Yuanshi Tianzun was really like and whether he had been driven to death.

• Zhang Yuanqing rescued Cao Chao from motorcycles targeting him, and Cao Qianxiu brought her brother home and explained the attack to their parents.
• Cao Qing invited Zhang Yuanqing and Annie to dinner, where he questioned Zhang Yuanqing about his background.
• Cao Qianxiu privately identified Zhang Yuanqing as a Spirit Realm Walker, revealed that she was a Lightning Mage, and invited him to join the Anti-Black-and-White Alliance.
• Zhang Yuanqing agreed to join the organization as a Level 2 Scout, while Cao Qianxiu said she was also Level 2 and nearing Level 3.
• Cao Qianxiu rejected the Five Elements Alliance and asked Zhang Yuanqing whether Yuanshi Tianzun had truly been as formidable as the rumors claimed.

Cao Qianxiu recruited Zhang Qingyang into the Anti-Black-and-White Alliance while its members weighed his reliability amid growing tensions between major organizations. Zhang Yuanqing learned more about the Demon Lord’s suspected lovers and received his bounty hunter trial mission, while Asano Ryo reported to Heaven’s Punishment and was sent to meet Vinnie Berent.

• Cao Qianxiu agreed to let her parents hire Zhang Qingyang as her tutor, then told her alliance team that she had recruited him as a Level 2 Scout.
• Self-Improvement warned Cao Qianxiu to investigate Zhang Qingyang and obtain proof of his loyalty, while the team discussed the looming conflict between the Merchant Guild and the Dionysus Club.
• Annie told Zhang Yuanqing that New Covenant County could become chaotic as major organizations prepared for conflict, and offered to compile information on their leaders and territories.
• Zhang Yuanqing reviewed bounty-hunter intelligence on sixteen rumored lovers of the Demon Lord and identified Winifred Elena, Chris Gustav, and Vinnie Berent as promising leads connected to treasure-map fragments.
• Zhang Yuanqing received his bounty hunter trial mission and considered gathering information on Vinnie Berent, a powerful Heaven’s Punishment inspector in New Covenant County.
• Asano Ryo began work as a Level Two Bronze Inspector at Heaven’s Punishment and was escorted to meet Tax Inspection Department director Vinnie Berent.

Asano Ryo reported to Director Vini, who questioned her about Yuanshi Tianzun and asked for his guild members’ names. Meanwhile, Zhang Yuanqing accepted a tutoring job and met a client who hired him to kill a man, leaving the mission’s details still unknown.

• Asano Ryo arrived at Heaven's Punishment and was escorted by Emma to meet Director Vini.
• Vini asked Asano Ryo whether Yuanshi Tianzun had left anything behind and requested a list of his guild members; Asano Ryo said she would ask them first.
• Zhang Yuanqing tried to bargain with the Cat King Speaker while Princess Yinyao asked to stay out of Little Red Riding Hood.
• The landlady hired Zhang Yuanqing to tutor Cao Qianxiu, and Cao Qianxiu revealed her Spirit Realm ID was Judge Cao.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Annie met a wealthy client in Queens, where the man asked Zhang Yuanqing to kill someone and showed him a photograph.

Kevin hired Zhang Yuanqing to assassinate Lee Austin, the gang boss who had extorted him and arranged his family’s destruction. Zhang Yuanqing tracked Lee Austin to a Biological Alchemy Society stronghold, where he confronted him.

• Kevin told Zhang Yuanqing that Lee Austin had extorted him, kidnapped his daughter, and murdered his wife, and that his daughter later died in captivity.
• Zhang Yuanqing accepted Kevin’s assassination commission and promised to bring photographs as proof the next day.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned that Asano Ryo was working under Vinnie Berent at Heaven’s Punishment in New Covenant County and asked her to pass along information about his allies and belongings.
• Asano Ryo provided details showing Lee Austin was a Level 3 Deadly Poison Master in the Biological Alchemy Society and remained in New Covenant County during the war.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Great Luo Star Chart to locate Lee Austin at a bar run by Demon Dog Henry in Kings County.
• Zhang Yuanqing placed Lee Austin’s photograph on the bar and asked him to turn around.