Recaps

Zhou An took charge of Huaixi Capital, crushed Indulgence plots, and uncovered the Spirit Connection Space’s history while pursuing its rifts. The arc left him preparing to raise his skills as Abbot Ci Yuan and other schemers maneuvered against him.

• At the capital’s contest, Zhou An won back the armor for the Casting Gate, defeated Zhiyuan, and received two Sharira from Monk Kongwen.
• The Xingwu Emperor appointed Zhou An to lead Huaixi Capital’s Craftsmen’s Bureau and Demon Suppression Division, then revealed the rift beneath the cemetery.
• Zhou An killed the anomalies below the cemetery and learned that Hua Chen’s account linked Indulgence to the expanding rifts and spreading strange entities.
• In Huaixi Capital, Zhou An used level-seven Eight Trigrams Arithmetic to expose Su Su and the Black Robed Man, while Black Jade learned Arranging Troops and Dispatching Generals.
• Zhou An defeated the tomb’s awakened anomaly, recovered inscribed coffin lids, and discovered that their writings contained a map sought by the Wild Taoist and Wild Buddhist sects.
• Zhou An entered the Bizarre Assembly with Black Jade, helped her mother kill Subduing Dragon Taoist and Zen Heart Monk, and learned that rifts led toward the source of pollution.
• Zhou An memorized the map of the Spirit Connection Space and used Kong Xun’s copied spirit pattern to enter it, where Black Jade killed bandits and a strange entity in an Ancient City.
• Zhou An learned that the Barbarian Kingdom was organizing an expedition to uncover White King’s secret, then burned records of the Spirit Connection Space’s origins as Abbot Ci Yuan’s plots against him began.

Zhou An dismantled Indulgence’s schemes, confronted the secrets beneath the Spirit Connection Space, and helped Eunuch Wei destroy the Nine-Story Pagoda. After reaching the Spirit Connection Realm, Zhou An turned down a physician’s post and caught an Inner Core that could restore the Bizarre Assembly’s clarity, while the Barbarian Kingdom Emperor began plotting against Cloud Arising Emperor.

• Zhou An killed Cixin and Indulgence members at Green Yellow Temple, while Yu Hang survived an assassination attempt and uncovered Qi Silu’s dream manipulation in Biwen Prefecture.
• Zhou An investigated Strange Village, recovered the Hundred Techniques of the Miscellaneous Sect, and destroyed the village and its Indulgence leaders.
• Zhou An defeated White King in the Spirit Connection Space, then entered the Black Palace and learned from Old Yang about the polluted world beyond the Rift Within the Rift.
• Zhou An restored the cemetery’s formation and helped suppress the Spirit Connection Space chaos before improving his water, movement, and fishing skills.
• Zhou An and Shi Xiyuan uncovered the Nine-Story Pagoda beneath Clear River, restored Shi Xiyuan’s missing talent, and encountered the current Indulgent Leader.
• Zhou An raised every skill to level seven and entered the Spirit Connection Realm, then learned from Eunuch Wei that the pagoda held captured heroes and stolen talent fragments.
• Eunuch Wei destroyed the Nine-Story Pagoda and killed the freed ghosts, while Zhou An refused to serve as Cloud Arising Emperor’s physician.
• Zhou An advanced Medical Gu Seed and Ghost Fishing, caught an Inner Core that could help restore the Bizarre Assembly’s clarity, and the Barbarian Kingdom Emperor ordered a crackdown on the Empty Sky Gate.

Zhou An treated the Cloud Arising Emperor, survived the Imperial Mausoleum’s rift, and uncovered threats from the former dynasty across Great Yue and Great Chu. He killed Princess Fuling and secured the Sacrifice Sect’s cooperation for the Ancestor Worship Festival, while warning He Sheng that the Former Dynasty Remnants might strike.

• Zhou An traced a hidden rift in the Spirit Connection Space, killed the aberration that emerged, and accidentally fished the Cloud Arising Emperor into the space before accepting an invitation to Great Yue.
• Zhou An crossed into Great Yue, killed Array Celestial and Jian Wuxin, then treated Cloud Arising Emperor and received five Inner Cores and the emperor’s support.
• Ye Shuang exposed Qingfeng Temple’s betrayal, and Qing Shuangzi took control of Ye Shuang’s body, killed the temple master and Wild Taoist Sect Elders, then passed her talent to Ye Shuang.
• Zhou An entered the Imperial Mausoleum with King Yuanxi, fought through the rift’s bizarre creatures, and returned after the Bizarre Assembly used five Inner Cores to send him and Black Jade out.
• Zhou An destroyed the Yellow Sand Weird, warned Xingwu Emperor about the growing pressure on the Spirit Connection Space, then freed Yu Hang and helped expose Qin Sheng’s crimes in Li Huang Jing.
• Bai Yuan killed Qin Sheng and passed his talents to Yu Hang, while the Bizarre Assembly let Black Jade copy her Daoist Texts for Ye Shuang.
• Zhou An learned of the former dynasty’s plans, raised Thousand Mile Eye to level nine, and killed Princess Fuling after she tried to use the Sacrifice Sect to provoke him.
• Zhou An secured the Sacrifice Sect’s loyalty for the Ancestor Worship Festival and warned He Sheng that Princess Fuling’s death could bring trouble from the Former Dynasty Remnants.

Zhou An survived plots by Great Qi and the sects, defeated the Indulgent Leader, and confronted a second self in Yue Ming’s formation. Back in Great Chu, he prepared to help Black Jade fuse the Eight Unique Skills, seeking Old Yang’s aid in the rift.

• Zhou An killed Daoist Han Yuan after uncovering his scheme, then escaped into the Bizarre Assembly, where its entities killed Han Yuan and reunited with the Guild Master.
• Zhou An won Great Chu’s leadership contest, exposed Great Qi’s alliance with the Barbarian Kingdom, and led the Hunting of the Weird against the White-Clad Sword God and the Skill-Seizing Alliance.
• Zhou An took the Great Territory Dynasty Jade Seal and defeated the Wild Taoist and Wild Buddhist sects, then summoned the Bizarre Assembly to kill the Indulgent Leader and destroy the Exquisite Painting.
• Zhou An refused Emperor Fengteng’s offer, survived Meng Yun’s attack with Eunuch Wei’s help, and joined Eunuch Wei to visit Yue Ming for Hundred Arrays Heart Refining.
• Zhou An faced a double in the formation’s mindscape, recovered memories of his companions, and persuaded the other personality to be accepted rather than destroyed.
• Zhou An returned to Great Chu, learned that Great Yue would attack the Barbarian Kingdom, advanced his skills, and learned that Black Jade had comprehended the final Eight Unique Skill.
• Zhou An and Black Jade entered the Bizarre Assembly, where he proposed using Old Yang’s qi to help her fuse the Eight Unique Skills, then followed her into the Spirit Connection Space to find Old Yang.