Recaps

Cheng Yu escorted Shen Qian and Niu Ba through the Haiyou Mountains, surviving the Skywalk disaster and striking a bargain with Heartwhisper. Near Beiyou Prefecture, he found the human routes to the Northern Abyss Islands obstructed and prepared to travel west around Fuzhou City.

• Cheng Yu met Shen Qian on the road and learned that she was pregnant and fleeing the Fusang Divine Domain’s search party.
• Cheng Yu and Shen Qian witnessed the Skywalk’s Fish Beast turn into a Greater Demon, and Shen Xuan intervened to defeat it and restore the victims and boats.
• Cheng Yu agreed to escort Shen Qian to the Demon Race in exchange for help gaining passage through the Northern Abyss Islands, and Shen Qian asked him to protect her child if she died in childbirth.
• Cheng Yu’s group crossed the Haiyou Mountains, where Cheng Yu sent his companions away from Hart and summoned Little Red to kill Hart and several Wild Demons.
• Cheng Yu led Niu Ba and Shen Qian through the Blood-Colored Valley, where Heartwhisper agreed to spare him if he took her to the Heavenly Demon Battlefield Ruins.
• Heartwhisper sent the group near Beiyou Prefecture, where refugees told Cheng Yu that order had returned after the Great Qin Celestial Dynasty arrived.
• Cheng Yu found Fuzhou City sealed and learned that no major road led toward the Northern Wasteland Sea, so he chose to travel around the mountains west of the city.

Cheng Yu helped Shen Qian reach the Demon Race, then spent decades traveling with Niu Ba before returning to Verdant Micro Mountain and dying in the Taoist Temple. Reborn as himself, he uncovered the danger of ordinary Legendary advancement and became a Void Legendary.

• Tian Jianbai warned Cheng Yu that demons had entered Beiyou Prefecture, while Qin Shuo and Shen Xuan moved to keep Shen Qian from leaving with him.
• Shen Yue negotiated Shen Qian’s release, and Shen Qian swore her unborn child would never harm Humankind before Cheng Yu and his companions traveled into Demon Race territory.
• Cheng Yu found Stillwater’s remains, fulfilled Heartwhisper’s wish by reuniting her with Xin Chen, and continued traveling across the continents with Niu Ba for decades.
• Cheng Yu reunited with Lingling and Shopkeeper Hu, then returned to Verdant Micro Mountain, buried Stillwater, freed Niu Ba from the Spirit Beast Contract, and died in the Taoist Temple.
• Nyarlathotep sent Cheng Yu into a new role as himself, and Cheng Yu chose to settle down before attempting to become Legendary.
• Cheng Yu’s first breakthrough failed when he lost his body in the Rule Network, but the System revealed a quest to become a Legendary of the Great Old Ones using Big Shot’s rules.
• Cheng Yu invoked Tawil-at-U'mr, fought through the Void’s rule-consuming creatures, and completed his Rule Body as a Void Legendary.
• The System explained Cheng Yu’s new abilities, restored his misshapen True Form, and awarded him the achievement “At Last, Legendary.”

Cheng Yu left the brothel with Snow Spirit and built a quiet life teaching and caring for her while following news of the True Knowledge Sect and Shen Bai. After Shen Bai and Shen Xuan tested each other’s strength, Cheng Yu and Snow Spirit continued toward Fuzhou City, where he planned to settle nearby.

• Cheng Yu entered the Jade Pavilion in Seaside City, learned that Shen Bai was expected to visit, and spent six months listening to news from the brothel’s customers.
• Cheng Yu freed Lian'er and Snow Spirit from the brothel, then left with Snow Spirit while giving Lian'er a rune so she could find him.
• Cheng Yu healed Snow Spirit’s physical defects and taught her words, cooking, chores, and cultivation at his farmhouse.
• Shen Bai traveled with Black Bull and Xiao Luan, cultivated spirit plants to repay his elder brother, and continued exploring the Eternal True World.
• After a thief’s memories revealed the True Knowledge Sect’s renewed activity, Cheng Yu considered the threat but postponed moving to the Central Capital.
• Cheng Yu and Snow Spirit exchanged letters with Lian'er, read novels together, and discussed love and personal boundaries as Snow Spirit grew attached to him.
• Shen Bai and Shen Xuan fought beyond the Firmament, broke through into the Supreme Dimension, and stopped without either claiming victory.
• Cheng Yu packed his courtyard and melon field into a glass ball, then traveled with Snow Spirit toward Fuzhou City to settle nearby and improve his cultivation.

Cheng Yu brought Snow Spirit to Skycloud Academy, faced Shi Lian’s confession, and sent Snow Spirit to learn in a universe he obtained from Mu Feng. Meanwhile, Shen Bai entered the True Knowledge Secret Realm, and the disappearance of the White King and Human Emperor threatened the peace between humans and demons.

• Cheng Yu punished the young man who insulted Snow Spirit, imprisoned the man's father in a collapsing miniature world, and refined the young man into a sealed ball of flesh.
• Cheng Yu took Snow Spirit to Skycloud Academy, where Mu Feng became her master and Cheng Yu encouraged her to choose her own life.
• Shi Lian confessed her love to Cheng Yu, who could not return her feelings, while Snow Spirit began learning about love from Mu Feng.
• Shen Bai entered the True Knowledge Secret Realm seeking answers, met the Seeker of Truth, and returned determined to protect what he cared about.
• Cheng Yu obtained a newborn universe from Mu Feng and, after ten years of experiments, learned that Shen Bai and the Human Emperor had disappeared.
• The Sages debated how to respond to the missing Human Emperor as fears grew that their long peace could collapse.
• Cheng Yu entered the Small Grotto-Heaven to reunite with Snow Spirit and found that her planet's technology had advanced dramatically.