Recaps

After defeating Passion Flame Ghost, Fang Cheng absorbed its abilities and discovered that his Evolution ability had gained a desire-related trait. He and Yuguang Qingxue flew toward the Iron-Cast Palace, but Fang Cheng stopped to kill a monster eating a rabbit.

• Fang Cheng massaged Yuguang Qingxue until she relaxed and cried out, then gave her space to recover.
• Fang Cheng absorbed Passion Flame Ghost's energy, gained abilities and fragments, and raised his life count to 199.
• Fang Cheng discovered that Evolution had absorbed Passion, a trait that reduced Sage Time and stirred a partner's desire to fight.
• Fang Cheng burned Passion Flame Ghost's corpse and returned to find the car broken, so he and Yuguang Qingxue flew toward the Iron-Cast Palace on a Blood Eagle.
• Fang Cheng jumped from the Blood Eagle, found a monster eating a rabbit, and killed it.

Fang Cheng returned to Iron-Cast Palace with Yuguang Qingxue while Shuten-doji tried to secure Ghost Cultivation Mountain as an ally for the coming contest to become Lord of Ten Thousand Monsters. The chapter ended with Fang Cheng asking Tsukikage Hoshi whether she could still run the Fox Immortal House in Tokyo.

• Fang Cheng absorbed a monster's corpse, gained an extra life, and warned Yuguang Qingxue not to tell Kanzaki Rin more than what had happened.
• Shuten-doji discussed Passion Flame Ghost's death and a possible alliance with Ghost Cultivation Mountain, who agreed to think about it.
• Shuten-doji reflected on being driven from Area 11 and vowed to make his name reign there again.
• Fang Cheng and Yuguang Qingxue rode Blood Eagle to Iron-Cast Palace, where Tsukikage Hoshi greeted them.
• Tsukikage Hoshi invited Yuguang Qingxue to work at the Fox Immortal House, and Fang Cheng asked whether she could still run its Tokyo branch.

Fang Cheng returned to the Iron-Cast Palace and promised Tsukikage Hoshi a new Fox Immortal House as he joined her side. His reunion with Oni Yunjie and Yuguang Kaori ended in a confrontation when Tsukikage Hoshi exposed Yuguang Kaori's feelings for him, and Fang Cheng suggested pursuing both sisters.

• Tsukikage Hoshi angrily blamed Fang Cheng for Fox Immortal House's permanent closure, but he promised to join her and provide a new house.
• Tsukikage Hoshi led Fang Cheng and Yuguang Qingxue into the Iron-Cast Palace, where Oni Yunjie welcomed Fang Cheng and recognized Qingxue.
• Yuguang Kaori returned with confidential documents and thanked Fang Cheng for keeping Mirai safe, while speaking to him with unusual formality.
• Tsukikage Hoshi teased Yuguang Kaori that she was keeping her distance because she feared competing with her daughter over Fang Cheng, and Kaori reacted angrily.
• Fang Cheng suggested that Yuguang Kaori and Tsukikage Hoshi pursue him as sisters instead of fighting over a mother-daughter relationship, provoking everyone's ire.

Fang Cheng warned Iron-Cast Palace that the Lord of Ten Thousand Monsters competition would take place in Hokkaido within the next year or two, then learned how Oni Yunjie and Tsukikage Hoshi had helped protect him from the Area 11 government. The group reaffirmed their family ties and ended the discussion teasing one another.

• Fang Cheng told Oni Yunjie and the Fox sisters that Passion Flame Ghost had revealed the competition would be held in Hokkaido soon, leaving Iron-Cast Palace worried about the Great Monsters gathering there.
• Oni Yunjie admitted Iron-Cast Palace had not known the location and had no clear way to handle the threat, while Fang Cheng promised to help protect them.
• Fang Cheng explained his conflict with the Area 11 government and learned that Tsukikage Hoshi had urged Oni Yunjie to threaten war, helping prevent a tactical nuclear strike.
• Fang Cheng thanked Tsukikage Hoshi and Oni Yunjie, declared that they were family, and learned that Yuguang Kaori's family had also sacrificed its Tokyo interests to help him.
• Tsukikage Hoshi and Yuguang Kaori teased each other over their worries for Fang Cheng, while Yuguang Qingxue watched in surprise.

Fang Cheng asked Oni Yunjie to give him Machine City and persuaded her with a plan to increase its production and supply the Iron-Cast Palace. He then asked for help with Tamamo-no-Mae and the Sessho-seki, and Oni Yunjie hinted that she knew a possible method before Fang Cheng revealed that Kanzaki Rin was his wife.

• Fang Cheng asked Oni Yunjie for Machine City and explained how Kanzaki Rin's plan could increase industrial output and secure the Iron-Cast Palace's corpse supply.
• Tsukikage Hoshi and Yuguang Kaori supported Fang Cheng, and Oni Yunjie agreed to give him Machine City if he solved its supply problems.
• Fang Cheng told Oni Yunjie and the fox sisters about Tamamo-no-Mae and the Sessho-seki inside Kanzaki Rin, then asked how Monsters could absorb its power.
• Tsukikage Hoshi said she did not know where Tamamo-no-Mae was, while Oni Yunjie said she knew a method that might work.
• Oni Yunjie teased Fang Cheng about his concern for Kanzaki Rin, and Fang Cheng said she was his wife.

Fang Cheng learned possible ways to deal with the Sessho-seki and gained Oni Yunjie's permission to hunt wild Monsters in Hokkaido. At lunch, Yuguang Kaori told him to leave her daughter and be with her instead.

• Oni Yunjie told Fang Cheng that Master Jianzhen's sacred arrow could counter Tamamo-no-Mae and Genno Monk's staff could destroy the Sessho-seki, though the staff's whereabouts were unknown.
• Oni Yunjie suggested that Kanzaki Rin might absorb the Sessho-seki's power if she gained Monster blood, ideally from a powerful Monster.
• Fang Cheng asked permission to hunt wild Monsters in Hokkaido, and Oni Yunjie approved as long as he spared Iron-Cast Palace personnel and Ibuki City's residents.
• After spending the night in Oni Yunjie's bedchamber, Fang Cheng went to lunch with Yuguang Kaori at her invitation.
• Yuguang Kaori told Fang Cheng to leave Yuguang Mirai and be with her instead, shocking Fang Cheng and Yuguang Qingxue.

Yuguang Kaori tried to arrange a relationship between Fang Cheng and Yuguang Mirai, but he stalled her until after the coming competition for the Lord of Ten Thousand Monsters. Afterward, she told him the Iron-Cast Palace wanted him to take Yuguang Qingxue as his attendant, leaving him to consider an official arrangement he had not asked for.

• Yuguang Kaori blurted out that she wanted Fang Cheng to leave Yuguang Mirai and be with her, and Fang Cheng realized Izanae had influenced her.
• Yuguang Kaori pressed Fang Cheng about Yuguang Mirai, but he refused to pursue her and put off the matter until after the Lord of Ten Thousand Monsters competition.
• After the meal, Yuguang Kaori sent Yuguang Qingxue out and offered her to Fang Cheng as someone to manage his daily needs.
• Yuguang Kaori said the offer represented the will of Lord Yunji, herself, and her sister, making it official Iron-Cast Palace business.

Fang Cheng agreed to let Yuguang Qingxue stay by his side to strengthen his alliance with the Iron-Cast Palace. When the Loyalty Brand failed to enter his protected soul, he discarded it and freed Yuguang Qingxue, though Yuguang Kaori assumed he had done so deliberately.

• Yuguang Kaori explained that the Iron-Cast Palace wanted Yuguang Qingxue to stay with Fang Cheng to bind their interests, and Fang Cheng agreed after considering the alliance.
• Yuguang Qingxue apologized to Kanzaki Rin over the phone, then joined Fang Cheng and Yuguang Kaori.
• Yuguang Kaori embraced Yuguang Qingxue and told her to put Fang Cheng's interests first, even if that meant opposing the Iron-Cast Palace.
• Yuguang Kaori gave Fang Cheng the Loyalty Brand so he could bind Yuguang Qingxue to him, but it could not penetrate Fang Cheng's soul.
• Fang Cheng discarded the Loyalty Brand, freeing Yuguang Qingxue, and Yuguang Kaori praised him while dismissing his explanation that his soul could not accept it.

Yuguang Qingxue came to terms with her freedom after Fang Cheng destroyed her Loyalty Brand, while Fang Cheng spent his last days at the Iron-Cast Palace with Oni Yunjie. Before he left, Oni Yunjie kissed him out of curiosity, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Yuguang Qingxue followed Fang Cheng back to the Iron-Cast Palace and realized that his destruction of the Loyalty Brand had given her a new beginning.
• Yuguang Qingxue asked Fang Cheng's permission to help Yuguang Kaori sort the Yuguang Family's documents, and he agreed.
• After three days at the Iron-Cast Palace, Fang Cheng prepared to leave and drank with Oni Yunjie, who confided her worries about ruling and the Lord of Ten Thousand Monsters.
• Fang Cheng asked Oni Yunjie for her blood to help Kanzaki Rin become a Monster, but Oni Yunjie explained that her blood was not powerful enough.
• Oni Yunjie said she needed an heir and considered asking Fang Cheng to father her child, but she had not made up her mind.
• As Fang Cheng was leaving, Oni Yunjie kissed him, then said she had only wanted to find out what it felt like.

Fang Cheng returned to Machine City with Fang Qingxue, while Sato Hayato and Kujo Yuri raided the City Guard Department to rescue Fumoto Sho and learn about the city's military. Back at the apartment, Fang Qingxue announced that she had left the Yuguang Family and joined the Fang Family, leaving Ugou Mirai and the others stunned.

• Oni Yunjie pledged Iron-Cast Palace's support, Tsukikage Hoshi asked Fang Cheng to look after the Fox sisters, and Yuguang Kaori discussed the shortage of corpses before Fang Cheng teased her about her earlier suggestion.
• Yuguang Qingxue gave Fang Cheng her identity card, revealing that she had changed her name to Fang Qingxue, and Fang Cheng told her she was his paid assistant rather than his servant.
• Fang Cheng and Fang Qingxue returned to Machine City and spotted wanted posters of Sato Hayato and an unfamiliar woman.
• Sato Hayato attacked the City Guard Department, disabled its officers, and freed Fumoto Sho in exchange for information about Machine City's military deployments and equipment.
• Kujo Yuri drove Sato Hayato and Fumoto Sho away as Sato Hayato described them as spies infiltrating Machine City.
• Fang Qingxue told the apartment residents that she had left the Yuguang Family and joined the Fang Family, prompting everyone to stare at a bewildered Ugou Mirai.

Fang Cheng and Qingxue returned to Machine City, where her explanation about marriage sparked a fight before the misunderstanding was cleared up. That night, several women tried to drug one another, while an apparently sleepwalking Ugou Mirai visited Qingxue with a knife and an apple; by morning, Mirai remembered nothing.

• Qingxue's words about taking Fang Cheng's surname made the other women think she had secretly married him, and Ye Yuqing, Nangong Saya, and the others attacked her.
• Fang Cheng explained that the Iron-Cast Palace had forced Qingxue to stay by his side and that they had not married, ending the fight after Qingxue held her own against the group.
• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin about his plans to supply corpses to the Iron-Cast Palace, while Asaka Akie and Ye Yuqing prepared to sneak into his room using sleeping pills.
• Nangong Saya and Ye Yuqing each tried to drug the others, but both ended up drugged and fell asleep before they could reach Fang Cheng.
• Ugou Mirai appeared beside Qingxue's bed with a fruit knife, asked whether Qingxue liked Fang Cheng, and made her eat a peeled apple before leaving.
• The next morning, Ye Yuqing and Nangong Saya fought over the failed drugging, while Qingxue learned that Ugou Mirai did not remember visiting her during the night.

Kanzaki Rin arranged for the Resistance Organization and the Cyborgs to confront Machine City while she relied on Kozaki Wataru’s reluctance to start a battle. After six days of standoff, Fang Cheng finished digging a tunnel from their camp to Machine City’s sewers, preparing the group to enter the city underground.

• Qingxue told Fang Cheng that Ugou Mirai’s personality had changed after trauma, and they contacted Iron-Cast Palace about whether the Proof was involved.
• Kanzaki Rin began preparing to seize power as the Resistance Organization and the Cyborgs migrated from Tokyo to Aomori Prefecture and crossed the strait to Hokkaido.
• Kozaki Wataru and Siye Yuta decided to keep the newcomers out of Machine City, while Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng that he would help her get inside.
• Nozawa Ritsu and Ishiyama Keisuke negotiated with Machine City, but its representatives refused them entry, so the Resistance Organization and the Cyborgs camped outside the city.
• Kozaki Wataru repeatedly refused Siye Yuta’s calls to attack, and the two sides remained in a tense standoff for six days.
• Fang Cheng emerged from a tunnel he had dug from the camp to Machine City’s sewers and told Kanzaki Rin’s group to keep going straight once inside.

Kanzaki Rin sent the Resistance Organization and Cyborgs into Machine City through Fang Cheng’s secret tunnel while Sato Hayato investigated a rumored superweapon. After learning the weapon was real, Sato Hayato returned with Kujo Yuri as the assault began across the city.

• Fang Cheng finished a hidden tunnel into Machine City’s sewers, and Kanzaki Rin sent nearly three thousand soldiers and Cyborgs through it while Sato Mai replaced the surveillance drones’ footage.
• Sato Hayato broke into a nightclub, found Komori Hiroshi, and learned that Machine City had recovered a superweapon capable of destroying half a city.
• Sato Hayato killed Komori Hiroshi, then left with Kujo Yuri after telling her he had obtained the information.
• Nozawa Hana led soldiers out of a manhole near the Parliament Building after an electromagnetic pulse disabled nearby cameras and streetlights.
• The Resistance Organization’s forces split into groups to attack Parliament, the government, and the weapons depot, while Nozawa Ritsu led the largest force against Machine City’s ruling class.

The Resistance Organization and the Cyborgs raided Machine City while its leaders dismissed the threat, and Fang Cheng helped defeat the returning army with hidden explosives. Kozaki Wataru and the Core Committee fled to a sealed shelter, but gunfire outside showed the enemy had reached them.

• Kozaki Wataru and the Core Committee learned that the Resistance Organization and the Cyborgs had entered the city, and a blackout plunged Machine City into darkness.
• Kozaki Wataru led the committee toward a shelter while secretly carrying a transmitter for a weapon of mass destruction, and Siye Yuta urged him not to hesitate if he had to use it.
• Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin flew ahead of the returning army, and Fang Cheng planted hidden explosives along its route that devastated the force.
• The Monsters betrayed the City Guard Department, which surrendered as the Resistance Organization and the Cyborgs gained control of the city.
• Kozaki Wataru and the committee gathered in the sealed shelter, but gunfire and guards' screams revealed that the enemy had already reached its entrance.

Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin captured Kozaki Wataru and the committee members, while Yamane Hitoshi revealed he had helped the Resistance Organization on the Iron-Cast Palace’s orders. Kozaki threatened to detonate a powerful explosive, but Fang Cheng called his bluff and cornered him until he admitted Machine City really had the material.

• Nozawa Ritsu led Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin into the shelter’s conference room, where they confronted Kozaki Wataru and the committee members.
• Yamane Hitoshi stood beside Fang Cheng, revealing through his actions that he had betrayed the committee on the Iron-Cast Palace’s orders.
• Kanzaki Rin told Kozaki that the City Guard Department had surrendered and the army had been badly mauled, leaving the committee with no military leverage.
• As Cyborgs moved to take the committee away, Kozaki threatened to activate a signal transmitter linked to a bomb made from Nitrogen Anion Salt N5.
• Fang Cheng refused to believe Kozaki’s claim and advanced on him until Kozaki backed into a corner and admitted the explosive material was real.

Fang Cheng stopped Kozaki Wataru from using his N5 signal transmitter, but Siye Yuta triggered his own. Sato Hayato and Kujo Yuri had already disabled the missile facility, and after the threat passed, Kanzaki Rin ordered Siye Yuta killed, marking the change of regime in Machine City.

• Fang Cheng took Kozaki Wataru's signal transmitter, but Siye Yuta revealed his own and pressed its button before Nozawa Ritsu could shoot off his arm.
• Sato Hayato dismantled the N5 and disabled the launch facility with Kujo Yuri, preventing the missile from being launched.
• After more than ten minutes passed without an explosion, Fang Cheng revealed that the N5 had been dealt with, and Kozaki Wataru surrendered.
• Siye Yuta kept pressing the transmitter until he crushed it, and Kanzaki Rin ordered Nozawa Ritsu to shoot him.
• The operation ended with Siye Yuta dead and Machine City's regime officially changed.

After Machine City’s rulers were captured, Fang Cheng returned home and watched Ugou Mirai’s attempts to become a maid go disastrously. That night, Kanzaki Rin assigned Asaka Akie and Qingxue to help with postwar work, and Fang Cheng left the household wondering what he meant by discussing parenting with Ugou Mirai and her mother.

• Fang Cheng returned to the apartment after helping capture Machine City’s enemy leaders, and Ugou Mirai greeted him dressed as a maid.
• Ugou Mirai tried peeling apples and helping with chores, but she ruined the fruit, nearly hit Qingxue with a knife, and broke dishes.
• Kanzaki Rin questioned Kamikawa Takumi about N5, and he explained that he had hidden the sealed container after Machine City turned it into a weapon.
• Kanzaki Rin told Asaka Akie and Qingxue to help her with postwar work, leaving Ugou Mirai and Sato Mai at home with Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng asked Ugou Mirai to come to his room, then said he would invite her mother to discuss parenting issues, drawing disapproving looks from everyone.

Isis learned that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were pursuing her, then set out to swim from the Maldives toward the Japanese seed in Hokkaido. In Machine City, Fang Cheng welcomed Sato Hayato and his girlfriend Kujo Yuri, praised Hayato’s work, and teased him about proving to his sister that he was not gay.

• Isis learned that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse had branded her an incarnation of Satan and that the Death Knight was still at sea.
• Isis found that the Japanese seed had likely remained hidden in Hokkaido, abandoned plans to travel by transport, and swam toward it.
• Fang Cheng spent the morning gaming alone after Kanzaki Rin took the other women away from the apartment.
• Sato Hayato and Kujo Yuri visited Fang Cheng, and Hayato apologized for drawing attention and becoming involved with a girl during his Machine City mission.
• Fang Cheng praised Hayato for discovering N5 and disabling the launch base, then joked that Hayato could now prove to his sister that he was not gay.

Sato Hayato reunited with Fang Cheng and Kujo Yuri, who persuaded him to dress as Sato Hayako, then became captivated by his feminine appearance. Fang Cheng tested Hayako’s fighting skills, but Kanzaki Rin arrived, mistook the scene for an affair, and confronted them before meeting Kujo Yuri.

• Sato Hayato explained to Kujo Yuri that he had played female roles in a drama club, and Fang Cheng revealed that his sister had kept his old outfit and wig.
• Sato Hayato dressed as Sato Hayako, and Kujo Yuri praised his appearance and secretly held his hand while he recounted his adventures in Machine City.
• Fang Cheng tested Sato Hayako’s control and stamina in a sparring match, pinning him to the floor without damaging the furniture.
• Kanzaki Rin returned home, saw Fang Cheng pinning Sato Hayako, and attacked them with flames after mistaking the scene for infidelity.
• Fang Cheng extinguished Kanzaki Rin’s flames, and Kujo Yuri introduced herself to her as Kanzaki questioned what was happening.

Kanzaki Rin confronted Kujo Yuri about her relationship with Sato Hayato, while Hayato secretly followed Yuri and overheard their conversation. After mistakenly believing Yuri was Kujo Go in disguise, Hayato learned she was a woman and rushed off to find her, unaware that Rin was withholding Yuri’s lesbian orientation.

• Kanzaki Rin reprimanded Fang Cheng for doubting his sexuality, then told Sato Hayato to report to her for government work.
• Kanzaki Rin held public trials that ended with Machine City’s former rulers sentenced to death and helped stabilize the city after the coup.
• Sato Hayato suspected Kujo Yuri was cheating and secretly followed her to an apartment, where he overheard her speaking with Kanzaki Rin.
• Kanzaki Rin questioned Kujo Yuri about her intentions, and Yuri admitted she had first approached Hayato for fun but had since grown to like him.
• Sato Hayato mistakenly concluded that Kujo Yuri was Kujo Go transformed into a woman and panicked about their relationship.
• Kanzaki Rin clarified that Kujo Yuri was Kujo Go’s cousin and a real woman, so Hayato hurried off to find her while Rin kept Yuri’s lesbian orientation secret.

After Machine City stabilized, Fang Cheng prepared to resume hunting monsters, but Tsukikage Hatsuka suddenly returned and found him petting Qingxue. The two monster cats fought over Fang Cheng, and he led the defeated, overweight Tsukikage Hatsuka away to give her a present.

• Kanzaki Rin arranged the women's days off in pairs to keep them from getting close to Fang Cheng while she secretly spent time with him herself.
• Qingxue shifted into her white cat form and settled on Fang Cheng's lap for him to pet.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka squeezed through the window, saw Fang Cheng petting Qingxue, and demanded to know why he had another cat.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka challenged Qingxue to a fight, but Qingxue swiftly beat her and left her sprawled on the floor.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka complained that Fang Cheng had forgotten their agreement, and Fang Cheng remembered he had neglected Fox Immortal House before offering her a present.

Fang Cheng put Tsukikage Hatsuka on a punishing exercise wheel and planned to take her and Qingxue out to train, but Kanzaki Rin refused to let them go. The chapter ended with Fang Cheng demanding that Rin agree unless he could convince her.

• Fang Cheng forced Tsukikage Hatsuka to exercise in a specially built wheel, using shocks, fire, cola, and dried fish to keep her running.
• Qingxue explained that she and Tsukikage Hatsuka disliked each other because their personalities clashed and they had grown up apart.
• Fang Cheng told Qingxue that he planned to take her and Tsukikage Hatsuka away to train and improve their combat strength.
• Kanzaki Rin and the other girls initially tried to free Tsukikage Hatsuka, but Qingxue mentioned her promise with Fang Cheng, prompting them to keep her exercising.
• Fang Cheng told Kanzaki Rin about his trip, but she refused because Qingxue and Fang Cheng were needed in Machine City.
• Fang Cheng demanded a final answer, and Kanzaki Rin told him to convince her if he wanted her agreement.

Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka hunted Monsters in Hokkaido while growing stronger, then reunited with Fang Cheng for a meal and a brief rest before setting out again. As the sisters entered unexplored territory, monkey cries suddenly alerted Qingxue to danger.

• Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka defeated a Monkey Monster near its den and carried their frozen Monster haul back toward their meeting place.
• Qingxue lured the exhausted Tsukikage Hatsuka into carrying their cage by promising Happy Water, dried fish, and games, while an unseen watcher observed them.
• The sisters followed a blood sparrow to Fang Cheng, who welcomed them at his camp and killed the Monsters they had brought him, gaining only eight lives.
• Fang Cheng admitted he had run out of Happy Water and dried fish, then offered Tsukikage Hatsuka Catnip; Qingxue declined it but curled up on his lap.
• After spending the night with Fang Cheng, the sisters departed and continued exploring Hokkaido, where monkey cries suddenly put Qingxue on alert.

Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka were ambushed by a Bone Woman who tried to recruit them for Lord Nine-Tail. Qingxue escaped after fighting her, but the Bone Woman caught Tsukikage Hatsuka and threatened to cook her.

• Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka defeated a group of Four-Armed Monkey Monsters, then the Bone Woman attacked them with a bone projectile.
• The Bone Woman offered them a place in Lord Nine-Tail's ranks, but Tsukikage Hatsuka refused, and Qingxue fought her.
• The Bone Woman trapped Qingxue in a forest of bones, but Qingxue broke out and fled while Tsukikage Hatsuka ran for help.
• Qingxue escaped ahead of Tsukikage Hatsuka, whom the Bone Woman caught and threatened to cook for Lord Nine-Tail.

Qingxue and Fang Cheng followed Bone Woman to a cave in the Hidaka Mountains, where they discovered a Nine-Tailed Fox who appeared to be Tamamo-no-Mae. Fang Cheng rescued Tsukikage Hatsuka, but the fox’s illusion ensnared Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka while leaving him unaffected.

• Qingxue returned to follow Bone Woman after she captured Tsukikage Hatsuka, then told Fang Cheng that she had deliberately used Tsukikage Hatsuka as bait to investigate Lord Nine-Tail.
• Bone Woman carried Tsukikage Hatsuka to a cavern in the Hidaka Mountains, where they found a white-faced, golden-haired Nine-Tailed Fox resting on a mound of Yokai bones.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox threatened to eat Tsukikage Hatsuka’s relatives, and Tsukikage Hatsuka transformed into a giant cat before shrinking and pretending to be harmless.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox detected Fang Cheng’s disguise, so Fang Cheng broke into the cavern through its ceiling and rescued Tsukikage Hatsuka from Bone Woman.
• Fang Cheng asked whether the Nine-Tailed Fox was Tamamo-no-Mae, and she answered ambiguously before casting an illusion that affected Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka but not Fang Cheng.