Recaps

Nie Li told the group to prepare to leave for the Nether Domain the next day, where the Master of the Nether Domain would take disciples to a larger world. Shen Fei arranged for the Second Elder to oversee the Sacred Family and accompanied Xiao Ning'er to the Winged Dragon Family so she could say goodbye to her father.

• Nie Li announced that everyone should settle their affairs before leaving for the Nether Domain the next day.
• Lu Piao, Xiao Xue, Ye Ziyun, Duan Jian, and Shen Fei described the arrangements they needed to make at home.
• Shen Fei instructed Uncle Zhang to refer family matters to the Second Elder while he was away.
• Shen Fei met Xiao Ning'er in his courtyard, and they left together for the Winged Dragon Family.
• Xiao Ning'er asked Shen Fei to wait outside the family gate while she went in to inform her father.

Shen Fei reflected on his time in the city and accepted that he had to leave for the Nether Domain, then went with Xiao Ning'er to visit Su Ming. He learned Su Ming had been seriously injured by Demon Beasts but was expected to recover.

• Shen Fei watched the street outside the Winged Dragon Family gates and remembered the city and the battles he had experienced there.
• Xiao Ning'er found Shen Fei, and he told her he felt lingering attachment but still had to move forward before suggesting they visit Su Ming.
• Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er learned at the City Guard Third Brigade garrison that Su Ming had been injured on a mission and was recovering in the military hospital.
• Shen Fei visited Su Ming, who described his injuries as minor, but the medical officer explained that his wounds had been severe and would require time to heal.

Su Ming told Shen Fei how he had been injured while leading his squad against a Shadow Leopard, and Shen Fei praised his leadership before revealing that he and Nie Li would leave Glory City for a year or longer. Shen Fei entrusted Su Ming with protecting the city and gave him authority over the Sacred Family’s powerful experts as he departed with Xiao Ning'er.

• Su Ming recounted how he had taken a Shadow Leopard’s attack to protect his squad and led them to kill it without losing anyone.
• Shen Fei told Su Ming that he and Nie Li would leave Glory City for at least a year, and Su Ming promised to guard the city until they returned.
• Shen Fei gave Su Ming the Sacred Family’s executive elder token, which allowed him to mobilize its experts at Black Gold Rank and above.
• Shen Fei instructed Su Ming to keep an eye on Shen Yue before leaving the ward with Xiao Ning'er.
• As Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er walked north, Xiao Ning'er questioned whether entrusting Su Ming with the responsibility would put too much pressure on him, and Shen Fei said Su Ming had to bear it.

Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er agreed that adversity had helped Su Ming grow stronger, and she returned to the Winged Dragon Family. Back at the Sacred Family residence, Shen Fei rewarded the old steward's decades of service by arranging better opportunities for his grandson, Zhang Yuan.

• Shen Fei argued that pressure and adversity would help Su Ming face powerful enemies, and Xiao Ning'er agreed after recalling his progress.
• Xiao Ning'er returned to the Winged Dragon Family while Shen Fei headed back to the Sacred Family residence.
• Shen Fei asked Uncle Zhang about his forty years serving the Shen Family and learned about his grandson Zhang Yuan's talent and limited means.
• Shen Fei offered to transfer Zhang Yuan to the Holy Orchid Institute's Genius Class.
• Shen Fei promised to arrange a suitable Black Gold Rank demon spirit for Zhang Yuan once he reached Gold Rank, and Uncle Zhang bowed to thank him.

Shen Fei entrusted the estate to the old steward and set out from Glory City with Nie Li and the others for the Nine-Layered Deathlands. After traveling for eight hours, the party sensed two Legendary Peak experts approaching and prepared to defend themselves.

• Shen Fei reassured the old steward that his talented grandson would receive help and told him to manage the estate while he was away.
• At Glory City's North Gate, Ye Mo entrusted Glory City to Ye Zong and announced that he would go to the Black Prison World.
• Shen Fei, Nie Li, Ye Ziyun, and the others left Glory City and traveled toward the wilderness.
• During the journey, Yu Yan explained that Duan Jian's Black Dragon bloodline was beginning to suppress his Thunderbird bloodline.
• Mingyu warned Shen Fei that two Legendary Peak experts were rapidly approaching, and Nie Li ordered everyone to go on guard.

Lü Qiansha and Lü Qianmo tracked Yu Yan to the group and threatened to destroy her shattered Divine Spark, while also targeting Mingyu. Yu Yan blocked Lü Qiansha’s probing fireball, but its impact cracked her shield and exposed how weakened she had become.

• Yu Yan sensed the Demon Beasts approaching, and Lü Qiansha and Lü Qianmo landed and confronted her and Mingyu.
• Lü Qianmo noticed Mingyu’s Spirit God presence and threatened to torment her, while Yu Yan and Mingyu unleashed their power to resist the brothers’ pressure.
• Yu Yan vowed to kill Lü Qiansha and Lü Qianmo despite her weakened Divine Spark, and Lü Qiansha mocked her diminished strength.
• Lü Qiansha launched a powerful fireball at Yu Yan, and she stopped it with a small golden shield.
• The blast cracked Yu Yan’s shield and briefly paled her face, prompting Lü Qiansha to declare that she was nearly out of strength.