Recaps

Wen Ning helped Lin Feng seek revenge for Lin Jin before persuading him to spare Zhao Qi and face punishment in the Underworld. After settling a confrontation with Daoist Wuji, Wen Ning took the amnesiac soldier Wang Lei through modern China, where he recovered memories of his death and his struggle over enlisting.

• Wen Ning and Xie Bi'an gave Lin Feng three days to avenge Lin Jin after he died in police custody and escaped the Ghost Messengers.
• Wen Ning empowered Lin Feng against Thunder Arts, and Lin Feng killed Zhao Qi's parents despite the Maoshan Taoists' protection.
• Wen Ning persuaded Lin Feng to spare Zhao Qi in exchange for caring for his wife, and Judge Lu sentenced Lin Feng to fifty years of punishment.
• Daoist Wuji confronted Wen Ning at his shop, lost their fight, and later invited him to Maoshan's Dharma Assembly.
• Wen Ning received an amnesiac soldier at his shop, learned Wang Lei's identity from the Jade Emperor's Golden Register, and arranged a journey before taking him home.
• Wen Ning showed Wang Lei Beijing and Nanjing, where Wang Lei saw peaceful modern life and mourned the victims commemorated at the Memorial Hall.
• Wang Lei recovered his memories of fighting and dying in the Battle of Shanghai when he saw the modern city.
• Wang Lei recalled withdrawing his offer to enlist as Dog Leftover, then questioning Captain Fang and fearing that he would regret hiding while soldiers protected his family.

Wang Lei reunited with his younger brother in the afterlife, while Wen Ning attended Maoshan’s Dharma Assembly and entered the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda to reinforce its failing seals. After restoring the first two seals and defeating the casino’s monsters, Wen Ning reached the third floor and entered Spring Radiance Garden, where demons planned to prey on him.

• Wang Lei chose to enlist despite his family’s pleas, marched to Shanghai, and was gravely wounded at Luodian before Wen Ning brought him back to Huaining.
• Wang Lei reunited with his centenarian younger brother, learned that his family had honored his sacrifice, and followed Xie Bi'an into the Underworld after his brother died peacefully.
• Wen Ning accepted Lin Ba’s invitation to Maoshan’s Dharma Assembly, where Daoist Wuji revealed that the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda’s seal was cracking and asked Wen Ning to help.
• Wen Ning entered the pagoda with Shi Dajian, met Granny Red and the peaceful fox demons on the first floor, and reinforced the damaged seal beneath Granny Red’s home.
• Wen Ning infiltrated the second-floor casino, exposed Tiger Essence and Rabbit Essence’s scheme to erode the seal, and restored it with thunder arts before killing Tiger Essence.
• Wen Ning reached the third floor, met Hua Manlou, and entered Spring Radiance Garden while its demons waited for a chance to use his vital essence as nourishment.