Recaps

Shen Le brought his restored Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Box to Professor Lin for evaluation, where his advisor criticized his work and Chen Guohua was exposed for having Master Jiang help with his entry. Professor Lin awarded Shen Le the Makeup Box and asked him to do something, leaving her request unanswered.

• Master Jiang offered Shen Le a paid house call to investigate trouble at a friend's home, and Shen Le postponed answering until after Professor Lin's test.
• Shen Le arrived at Professor Lin's home with his advisor, who closely examined and criticized Shen Le's Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Box and Porcelain Boxes.
• Professor Lin inspected Shen Le's work and then identified Master Jiang's handiwork in Chen Guohua's box, pointing out which parts Chen had done himself.
• Professor Lin declared Shen Le the winner and gave him the Makeup Box, refusing his offer to pay for it.
• Professor Lin asked Shen Le to take the Makeup Box home and then requested that he do something for her.

Shen Le accepted Professor Lin’s damaged Makeup Box to restore, hoping her recommendation would help him become a museum outside expert. Before he could begin, Master Jiang brought him to an antique shop, where the shop’s oppressive atmosphere made Little Oil Lamp’s Electric Net knock out all the lights.

• Professor Lin gave Shen Le the Makeup Box to repair and asked him to trace its original owner and descendants, document its history, and write a paper.
• Professor Lin offered to vouch for Shen Le’s professional skills as a possible route to museum work, and Shen Le realized this could help him avoid the civil service exam.
• Shen Le examined the damaged Makeup Box at his hotel and estimated that researching and restoring it could take about half a year.
• Master Jiang called Shen Le about a friend who was gravely affected by something, and the friend arrived at the Studio looking exhausted and unnaturally diminished.
• Little Oil Lamp’s Electric Shield repeatedly shocked the visitor, who felt better each time and concluded Shen Le was an expert.
• Shen Le and Master Jiang accompanied the visitor to his antique shop, where the oppressive atmosphere made the Electric Net crackle and shut off every light.

Shen Le used Little Oil Lamp’s electric net to drive foul energy from the Fat Shopkeeper and the antique shop, but the cleansing damaged a Jade Buddha and the cash register. The Fat Shopkeeper eagerly trusted Shen Le, and Shen Le prepared to enter the shop to find the source of the trouble.

• Shen Le blocked Master Jiang from entering the shop while the Fat Shopkeeper crowded close to him, saying he felt better near Shen Le.
• Shen Le saw through his Spirit Eye that Little Oil Lamp’s electric net was removing black vapor from the Fat Shopkeeper and let Little Oil Lamp draw power from the shop’s electricity.
• Little Oil Lamp activated the shop’s appliances, startling the Fat Shopkeeper, and Shen Le ordered it to switch off the air conditioner and heater while keeping the lights on.
• Shen Le asked the Fat Shopkeeper to accept that contaminated antiques might burn, and the shopkeeper reluctantly agreed and fetched a fire extinguisher.
• Shen Le directed Little Oil Lamp to cleanse the whole shop carefully, but the Jade Buddha cracked and the cash register burst into flames, which the Fat Shopkeeper put out with dry powder.
• The Fat Shopkeeper praised Shen Le as a master, and Shen Le told Qing Deng to rein in the electric net before they entered to find the source of the trouble.

Shen Le and the Little Oil Lamp cleansed a box of heavily contaminated pottery at the antique shop, uncovering a dangerous presence inside a valuable Soul Jar. The jar shattered, and the trapped black qi roared in anger as the Little Oil Lamp held it in its Electric Net.

• Shen Le spotted black qi covering a box of old pottery and brought it outside to cleanse the pieces with the Little Oil Lamp’s Electric Net and sunlight.
• The Fat Shopkeeper and Master Jiang watched as smoke rose from the pottery, while Master Jiang warned that privately acquired relics could carry hidden dangers.
• Shen Le identified the ornate Soul Jar as a likely tomb relic and ordered the Little Oil Lamp to scan it carefully.
• Black qi surged from the Soul Jar, and the frightened Fat Shopkeeper begged Shen Le to save him.
• The Soul Jar burst apart, and the Little Oil Lamp trapped the black qi in its Electric Net as it roared, “Who dared hurt my Ghost Servant?!”

Shen Le used Little Oil Lamp’s Electric Net to defeat the Ghost Servant in the Soul Jar and capture the remaining spirit, Si Si. After the police arrived, the Ghost Servant Master learned that his servant had been destroyed and ordered an Old Turtle to find who was responsible.

• The black mist attacked Shen Le, while Little Oil Lamp protected the unconscious Fat Shopkeeper and formed an Electric Net around the shop.
• Shen Le and Little Oil Lamp blasted apart the black orb and resisted the distant Ghost Servant Master’s threats.
• The weakened mist claimed to be Si Si, a woman forced into becoming a Ghost Servant, but Shen Le realized she was trying to trick him and ordered Little Oil Lamp to restrain her.
• Little Oil Lamp compressed the remaining spirit into a silver bead, which Shen Le placed in a wooden box before advising Fat Shopkeeper to call the police.
• A police car arrived as the Ghost Servant Master saw a clay figurine explode and ordered an Old Turtle to find where Old Huang had been attacked.

Mountain Lord forced Old Turtle to divine where he could find a way to survive his next Thunder Tribulation, and learned the lead lay in the Capital City, where dragon energy was strongest. Meanwhile, Shen Le handed the captured Ghost Servant to the Special Affairs Department and took the broken Soul Jar, but the chapter ended with the department unable to undo his seal.

• Mountain Lord pressured Old Turtle to divine the source of his chance to survive the Thunder Tribulation, and Old Turtle said it lay south where dragon energy was most concentrated.
• Mountain Lord ordered Chang Ghost to find the person he wanted in the Capital City and bring him back or follow him until he could be captured.
• Shen Le handed the Ghost Servant, sealed inside an Electric Net, to the Special Affairs Department and asked them to report what they learned.
• The Fat Shopkeeper paid Shen Le five hundred thousand and gave him the broken Soul Jar, which Shen Le took back to his hotel.
• An employee of the Special Affairs Department called Shen Le because they could not undo his seal.

Shen Le returned to Zhuxi Town with research materials and began preparing to repair Professor Lin's Makeup Box, while Old You warned him that the Mountain Lord had sent a subordinate after him. Shen Le enlisted Old You to help locate the box's earliest owner and her descendants, and Old You asked to become his disciple or servant.

• Shen Le used a video call to have Qing Deng remove the seal from a device and secured another month of access to the school laboratory.
• Shen Le spent half a month analyzing the Makeup Box, then told the old lady he expected its repair to take at least a year or two before returning to Zhuxi Town.
• The Old Mansion's magical residents celebrated Shen Le's return, and Little Oil Lamp eagerly consumed the mansion's electricity.
• Shen Le refused Old You's requests for custom Meditation Bed orders so he could focus on repairing the Makeup Box.
• Old You warned Shen Le that the Mountain Lord had sent a capable subordinate after him, then admitted he could not identify the Makeup Box's Gold Tracing techniques.
• Shen Le asked Old You to help find the Makeup Box's earliest owner and her descendants, and Old You offered to become his disciple or servant.

Shen Le refused to take Old You in but allowed the peregrine falcon to nest in a tree near his mansion and shelter inside during emergencies. Old You left to investigate the Makeup Box’s history, while Shen Le returned to the Studio and began the difficult work of matching its layered lacquer.

• Old You begged Shen Le to take him in, but Shen Le refused after learning his true form was a Class II protected peregrine falcon.
• Old You asked for a safe place to roost, and Shen Le let him build a nest in a tree outside the property and enter the mansion if he faced real danger.
• Shen Le asked Old You to investigate the Makeup Box’s former owner while warning him not to disturb Professor Lin.
• Old You flew to Lin'an to consult an old rat spirit about people who had lived there a century earlier.
• Shen Le examined the Makeup Box’s layered lacquer and discovered its color came from black, brown, and gold layers.
• Shen Le struggled to identify the brown lacquer’s formula and began experimenting to restore the box.

Shen Le restored the Makeup Box’s internal structure, strengthening its aura and awakening a memory of a family arguing over whether A-Xin should enlist as Japanese forces approached. The memory ended with A-Xin’s mother urging him to reconsider, while Shen Le remained an observer to the family’s uncertain fate.

• Shen Le tested lacquer colors and practiced applying hemp cloth and layered putty to wooden boards while Little Puppet questioned why the cloth was needed.
• Shen Le spent half a month cleaning, repairing, and reassembling the Makeup Box, then returned its smaller items to their places.
• Shen Le saw the restored structure’s aura grow stronger and wondered whether the box could reveal its story as its restoration advanced.
• A thunderous bombardment triggered a memory in which A-Xin declared that he would enlist to defend the country, while his wife Shulan argued that his family depended on him.
• A-Xin’s mother acknowledged his wish to serve but urged him to consider whether joining the corrupt National Government would truly help the country.

Shen Le witnessed A-Xin leave his family to join the revolution, then used the Makeup Box and Copper Fragment to search for the missing little round mirror. The fragment’s map showed unfamiliar extra land and only pointed vaguely north, so Shen Le asked Gu Yulin to help investigate A-Xin’s history.

• The Makeup Box showed A-Xin’s family enduring years of war and hardship before he decided to leave and fight for China.
• Peilan allowed A-Xin to go after his wife agreed, and A-Xin left carrying a small mirror containing a family photograph.
• Shen Le wondered whether the missing mirror had traveled with A-Xin and tried to locate it through the Copper Fragment.
• The fragment revealed a map with familiar rivers and mountains but vast unfamiliar areas, and its energy pointed only to a large region north of the Yellow River.
• Shen Le compared the fragment’s map with satellite imagery, found no explanation for the extra land, and asked Gu Yulin to investigate A-Xin’s past.

Shen Le struggled to repair the Makeup Box while Gu Yulin and Old You explained why they could not investigate the historical site effectively. Xiao Ling helped him sand the delicate repair, just as Old You urgently called for help.

• Gu Yulin agreed to investigate Shen Le’s request through private channels, while Old You refused because demons had been driven away by human conviction during that period.
• Shen Le spent a thousand points on suitable old beech wood and began patching the missing piece of the Makeup Box lid.
• Shen Le struggled with the putty and sanding work, and his Senior Martial Brother told him about traditional lacquer training before suggesting sandpaper wrapped around a fine stick or needle.
• Xiao Ling offered to sand the patch with her Silk Thread, and Shen Le let her practice after promising her doll outfits, jewelry, and chances to use the Makeup Box.
• Shen Le realized Xiao Ling could sand far faster and more precisely than he could, then Old You called and shouted for help.

Old You called Shen Le after being shot and stranded in a dark tree hollow, but his scattered location pins and Little Oil Lamp’s failed tracking left Shen Le unable to locate him. After learning Old You had been ambushed near Mountain Lord’s territory, Shen Le promised to find someone who could rescue him and began considering whom to ask.

• Xiao Ling pulled over Old You’s call, and Shen Le discovered that neither Old You’s location pins nor Little Oil Lamp could pinpoint where he was.
• Old You explained that he had tracked the antiques’ seller to a village, where a shooter wounded him with a Type 56 rifle while he was preparing to transform.
• Old You suspected the bullet carried demonic energy and a deathly aura, and Shen Le realized the village was near Mountain Lord’s territory.
• Shen Le questioned Old You about his escape route and had him photograph a plant in the tree hollow, hoping it would help identify his location.
• Old You said he had enough food to last five or six days, and Shen Le promised to arrange a rescue before wondering whether to ask Gu Yulin or the boss lady.

Shen Le learned that the Special Affairs Department would not risk its personnel to rescue Old You, an unregistered demon, so he decided to seek other help and prepare to go himself. After arranging a powerful charge for Qing Deng, he asked Gu Yulin to find someone who could escort him to the village.

• Gu Yulin explained that the Special Affairs Department classified Old You as an unregistered demon and was not obligated to rescue him.
• Shen Le offered the Ghost Dream Grass and possible treasures as compensation, but the department refused to send a team because the Mountain Lord was too dangerous.
• Shen Le considered posting a bounty, then asked Qing Deng how many powerful demons it could defeat when fully charged.
• Shen Le decided to prepare for a solo rescue and asked Gu Yulin to arrange access to a substation so Qing Deng could charge.
• Gu Yulin arranged the charging equipment, and Shen Le asked him to find someone who could escort him to the village without entering the mountains.

Shen Le prepared to travel into the mountains to rescue Old You, securing medicines, a guide, and supernatural companions. After arriving in the village where Old You was attacked, he detected a strange presence nearby, and a middle-aged man wondered whether to report the new arrival to the Mountain Lord.

• Shen Le had Little Oil Lamp consume electricity inside a substation cabinet, alarming the workers with its 900-amp load.
• Shen Le accepted medicines and a leaf from the Peony Flower Demon shop owner, who directed him to seek out Old Pine beyond the pass.
• Gu Yulin arranged for Old Lu, a local Divine Deer and forest ranger, to guide Shen Le into the mountains in exchange for a meditation bed and help with a Thunder Tribulation.
• Shen Le packed Little Oil Lamp and brought the Ball-Jointed Doll and Kitty before flying to Ice City with Old Lu.
• Shen Le's companions sensed a strange presence in a house at the end of the village, and Old Lu went to question their host.
• A middle-aged man at the village's far end sensed Shen Le's arrival and wondered whether to report the new fish to the Mountain Lord.

Shen Le and Old Lu captured Liu Dexi, a dead man serving the Mountain Lord, and learned that he had lured Old You into the mountains before Old You flew southwest. After Shen Le called Old You, Old You warned that demons were closing in on him, leaving Shen Le to ask whether Qing Deng had located his phone.

• The middle-aged man tried to report the newcomers to the Mountain Lord, but his phone exploded before the call connected.
• Shen Le and Old Lu trapped the man in a silvery-white net, and he realized he was dead and remembered that a tiger had killed him and made him lure people into the mountains.
• Old Lu drew Liu Dexi's spirit into a puppet and learned that Liu Dexi had injured Old You, who had flown southwest, while the Mountain Lord's followers searched for him within fifty li of the village.
• Shen Le and Old Lu decided to report Liu Dexi's remains to the police and the Special Affairs Department, and Shen Le asked Qing Deng to help locate Old You's phone.
• Old You answered Shen Le's call, warned him that demons were closing in, and hung up; Shen Le asked Qing Deng whether it had found him.

After Little Oil Lamp located the power pole nearest Old You, Shen Le used the power company’s records to find its coordinates and went into the mountains with Old Lu. Little Oil Lamp sensed Old You nearby, and as they rushed to rescue him, a majestic roar shook the forest.

• Little Oil Lamp found the power pole closest to Old You, and Shen Le worked with Old Lu and the Special Affairs Department to identify its location from partial pole signs.
• Shen Le prepared to enter the mountains, and Old Lu drove him there and used a drone to detect demon activity around the pole.
• Shen Le called Old You while Little Oil Lamp spread a silver-white web through the forest and pinpointed him within a kilometer.
• Shen Le followed the guiding light into the forest, and Old Lu changed into a Sika Deer and carried him toward Old You.
• A deep roar announcing “Ao Ming” rumbled through the forest as Shen Le and Old Lu raced onward.

Shen Le rescued Old You from a hidden formation and fled with Divine Deer as Mountain Lord pursued them. A missile struck the wrong tiger, and Mountain Lord emerged from the ravine as they reached the highway.

• Shen Le and Divine Deer found the hidden clearing, where Shen Le rescued Old You and Old You recovered a glowing plant that sustained the formation.
• Shen Le, Old You, and Divine Deer fled as the formation collapsed and the surrounding beasts revealed their position to Mountain Lord.
• Shen Le’s group reached the highway, and the monitoring team locked onto a target and launched a missile.
• The missile killed a tigress, but the command team realized they had targeted the wrong animal as Mountain Lord charged out of the ravine.

Shen Le and the Divine Deer fled from the Mountain Lord while the Special Affairs Department struggled to launch a missile in time. Shen Le's concealed Electric Net killed the pursuing demon, and he reassured the exhausted Divine Deer that they were safe.

• The Mountain Lord chased Shen Le and the Divine Deer at high speed, while operators found that their missile could not reach him in time.
• The commander sent reconnaissance Drones to warn and slow the Mountain Lord, but he ignored them and charged onward, intending to take Shen Le hostage.
• Shen Le told Qing Deng to conceal the Electric Net and make sure its strike killed the Mountain Lord.
• The Mountain Lord leaped toward Shen Le and landed in the net, where a sudden silver light stopped him and killed him.
• The silver orb circled Shen Le and disappeared into his backpack, and Shen Le climbed down and told the Divine Deer that the Mountain Lord was dead.

After Shen Le defeated Mountain Lord, he negotiated with the Special Affairs Department and Old You over the demon’s valuable corpse. Old You then offered to take Shen Le to Mountain Lord’s den to claim its other spoils.

• Shen Le recovered from facing Mountain Lord’s pressure, and Old You pledged his loyalty to him.
• The Special Affairs Department offered Shen Le ten million points for Mountain Lord’s corpse, but Old You argued he could earn at least fifty million by processing it himself.
• Shen Le learned the department’s rules required demon corpses to be buried, but its trading platform could sell the separated materials.
• Shen Le arranged for the Special Affairs Department to transport the corpse and gave its officials priority when the materials were sold.
• Old You suggested that Shen Le visit Mountain Lord’s den and claim its spoils.

Shen Le agreed to investigate Mountain Lord’s lair and free any Chang Ghosts after learning that Mountain Lord had killed more than a hundred people. He reached the lair with an escort, where the soldiers uncovered the bodies of fallen comrades.

• Shen Le chose to investigate the lair and rescue the Chang Ghosts, and the Special Affairs Department promised protection and arranged for him to charge.
• The Special Affairs Department escorted Shen Le after he rested, while the Feather-Crowned Elder and Huang Qi announced Mountain Lord’s death and called nearby monsters to register or surrender.
• Shen Le traveled through the mountains with Old You and the local escorts as they gathered several small monsters to guide them to the lair.
• Shen Le noticed a section of rock beside the cave and ordered the soldiers to dig it out, revealing more than a dozen bodies, including fallen soldiers.
• The squad leader ordered his soldiers to stand at attention and salute their dead comrades.

Shen Le examined the corpses buried in the mountainside, using his Spirit Eye and the Copper Fragment to identify the dead and preserve what remained of their spiritual traces. He learned that many had endured years of torment without becoming Chang Ghosts, and promised one Mud Figurine that the country had been liberated and the dead would be taken home.

• Shen Le asked the soldiers how to handle the corpses, then questioned the dead and examined them with his Spirit Eye.
• Shen Le found that some corpses had no spirituality left, while others retained confused traces that he could not repair; the Feather-Crowned Elder purified one corpse with a ritual.
• Shen Le identified several victims and realized that most had never become Chang Ghosts despite being imprisoned and tormented for years.
• The Feather-Crowned Elder explained that Mountain Lord had preserved resilient souls because they could become powerful Chang Ghosts or Ghost Kings.
• Shen Le touched an emaciated Mud Figurine, learned that General Yang had been killed and the message never reached it, then told it that the country was liberated and promised to take it home.

Shen Le used the Copper Fragment to recover the memories of a fallen soldier, Ma Changshun, and the soldiers honored him before giving the cave’s remains a proper send-off. While investigating another body, Shen Le found a familiar round box, just as the team warned him that another great demon was inside the cave.

• Shen Le used the Copper Fragment to restore the mud figurine and its belongings, learning that the dead soldier was Ma Changshun, killed while carrying intelligence.
• The team leader showed Ma Changshun images and equipment from modern China and laid out a hot meal for him; his remains then crumbled to ash and drifted across Huaxia.
• The team saluted Ma Changshun, and the team leader broke down after tasting the chocolate he had left beside the food.
• Shen Le and the soldiers spent three days sorting, identifying, and sending off the remains and bones from the Mountain Lord’s cave.
• Shen Le found a familiar round box clasped against a corpse’s chest and recognized it from his memories of a young woman’s wedding day.
• Soldiers shouted over the walkie-talkie that another great demon was inside the cave and told Mr. Shen to get back.

Shen Le trapped a chained Old Turtle in Mountain Lord’s Lair and left its interrogation to the Special Affairs Department while he searched Mountain Lord’s collection. He found regional artifacts and contacted Professor Lin to arrange for experts to handle them, while she pressed him to repair the Makeup Box soon.

• The Little Oil Lamp’s Electric Net trapped a frightened Old Turtle deep in the cave, and Shen Le ordered it not to harm anyone before leaving its restraint and investigation to the Special Affairs Department.
• Shen Le entered Mountain Lord’s collection, recoiled from its stench, and found that most of its contents were demon remains that did not interest him.
• Shen Le discovered a small group of regional artifacts, photographed them, and sent the images to Professor Lin for appraisal and care.
• Professor Lin agreed to handle the artifacts and reminded Shen Le to finish repairing the Makeup Box soon.

Shen Le discovered a vast yellow energy buried beneath Mountain Lord's Lair, and the Copper Fragment absorbed it while mapping a network of points and lines. The energy left Shen Le's meridians filled with heavy yellow light, and he began turning into what looked like a clay statue.

• Shen Le spotted a hidden yellow aura beneath Mountain Lord's lingering energy and asked the Special Affairs Bureau team to dig there.
• Shen Le ordered Qing Deng to blast away the dense demonic energy so he could reach the buried aura.
• The yellow energy surged through Shen Le and entered the Copper Fragment, which revealed a map of nearby rivers, mountains, and connected points.
• The Copper Fragment absorbed more yellow energy, leaving some behind in Shen Le's meridians as it flowed back and forth through him.
• The team captain and his members watched in alarm as Shen Le's skin turned yellow and seemed to harden into a shell of mud.

Shen Le absorbed the spiritual energy of a newly reclaimed spiritual-vein node, while the Copper Fragment revealed that the land had returned to human hands. After leaving the Special Affairs Bureau to handle the Mountain Lord’s lair, he hurried home and discovered that adding the Porcelain Mirror Box to the Makeup Box had triggered a new effect.

• Shen Le struggled to circulate the node’s dense spiritual energy until the Copper Fragment absorbed most of it and marked the land as returned to human hands.
• Shen Le digested the remaining energy, struck the floor to test his strength, and identified the location as a spiritual-vein node for the captain to report to headquarters.
• Shen Le accepted reward points for finding the node but declined to help investigate the lair’s remaining demons or the old tortoise’s claimed treasure locations.
• Shen Le left the Mountain Lord’s aftermath to Old You and told Peregrine Falcon to take care of the Mountain Lord’s body before returning home.
• Shen Le placed the Porcelain Mirror Box inside the Makeup Box, and a new effect activated.