Recaps

After dying while defending Glory City, Shen Fei returned to the past and secretly worked against the Dark Guild while rebuilding his strength. He formed a cautious bond with Xiao Ning'er, watched Nie Li rise, and began encouraging a bullied boy to stand up for others.

• Shen Fei discovered Shen Hong’s cooperation with the Dark Guild, died defending Glory City during the demon beast tide, and returned to his Silver Rank 3-Star state.
• Shen Fei used the Sacred Family’s accounts to uncover Dark Guild bases and sent an anonymous warning that helped Ye Zong stop an attack on the city.
• Shen Fei met Nie Li at the Black Market, recognized his importance, and began concealing his own plans while investigating the threat.
• Shen Fei trained in the Dark Forest, passed Old Man Black Prison’s Trial of Shadows, gained the Shadow Mantis, and returned to Glory City at Silver Rank 4-Star.
• During the expedition to Old Gulan City, Shen Fei rescued Xiao Ning'er, and they fought together, found two damaged Legend Rank inscription scrolls, and kept their discovery secret from the group.
• Shen Fei broke through to Gold Rank 1-Star, received Soul-Gathering Pills from Xiao Ning'er on Nie Li’s behalf, and watched Nie Li defeat Shen Hao at the Genius Tournament.
• Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er discussed their engagement, and Shen Fei resolved to gain enough strength and influence to change her future.
• Shen Fei reached Gold Rank 2-Star in secret, then urged a bullied Bronze Rank 3-Star boy to confront injustice, and the boy charged in to help a younger child.

Shen Fei strengthened his cultivation, investigated the Sacred Family’s ties to the Dark Guild, and accompanied Nie Li into an ancient inheritance space. The group reached the Silver Wing Family’s underground settlement, where Nie Li gained Duan Jian’s loyalty and the cruelty of the mine left Shen Fei thinking of children who had died in his previous life.

• Shen Fei rescued Su Ming from noble bullies, then began investigating the Dark Guild and cultivating while Nie Li’s array helped defeat the Abyssal Troll.
• At the Victory Banquet, Shen Fei watched Nie Li clash with Ye Han and warned Xiao Ning'er that Ye Han might seek power by any means.
• Shen Fei appointed Su Ming to lead an outer patrol squad and supported his efforts to gather and protect commoner cultivators.
• Nie Li invited Shen Fei into the ancient inheritance space, where the group crossed the Red Ghost plain and survived the Netherlight Behemoth’s attack.
• The group discovered an ancient gravestone, then followed Nie Li deeper into the Black Prison World and met the Silver Wing Family.
• Shen Fei warned his companions that the Silver Wing Family was watching them, while Nie Li obtained Duan Jian and secretly planned to escape after securing Scarlet Blood Crystals.
• Duan Jian pledged himself to Nie Li, and Shen Fei reached gold rank 3-star while Duan Jian endured his bloodline awakening.
• Nie Li stopped a soldier from whipping Stone, but Sikong Hongyue refused to free the boy, and Shen Fei later told Xiao Ning'er he understood the mine’s rules without condoning its cruelty.

Shen Fei helped Nie Li’s group escape the Silver Wing Family’s territory while resisting Sikong Hongyue’s attempts to recruit him. After returning to Glory City, Shen Fei uncovered the Dark Guild’s plans and learned that a million-strong beast tide could arrive within three days.

• Nie Li and Shen Fei escaped the Silver Wing Family’s guards with Duan Jian, then traveled through town while Shen Fei received dark spiritual energy from Old Man Black Prison and survived the trial of his inner demon.
• Shen Fei mastered a new cultivation technique, strengthened his Shadow Mantis with black crystal marrow, and worked with Xiao Ning'er to plant inscriptions along their escape route.
• Sikong Hongyue invited Shen Fei to join the Silver Wing Family, but he avoided committing while growing closer to Xiao Ning'er and giving her a Silver Rank hairpin.
• Shen Fei kept Sikong Hongyue occupied as explosions distracted the guards, then defeated her when she tried to stop the group from escaping through the breached wall.
• Shen Fei left with Xiao Ning'er, Lu Piao, Xiao Xue, and Du Ze, and they met Nie Li and Duan Jian at a concealed cave after Nie Li’s group sabotaged the Silver Wing Family’s workshop and freed its enslaved people.
• After returning from the Ruins, Shen Fei recorded the Dark Guild’s bases, hidden Demon Spirit Masters, and Adjutant Ma’s role in diverting supplies.
• Shen Fei learned that a million-strong beast tide could reach Glory City within three days, suspected the Dark Guild had advanced its attack, and slipped toward the City Lord’s Mansion.

Shen Fei helped defend Glory City from the Beast Tide, then returned to the Sacred Family and learned that Shen Hong intended to rely on the Dark Guild. As Xiao Ning'er faced pressure over their engagement, Shen Fei began maneuvering to challenge Shen Hong for leadership of the family.

• Shen Fei exposed Adjutant Ma's ties to the Dark Guild, killed him before he could sabotage the western front's granary, and escaped after setting fire to his study.
• As the Beast Tide approached, Shen Fei joined Nie Li's southern defenses, then pursued a Black Gold Rank Giant Bear with Xiao Ning'er after it threatened the western wall.
• Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er killed the Giant Bear, though Shen Fei was badly injured, and later helped hold a breach until Ye Zong defeated the Beast King and the remaining beasts fled.
• After the battle, Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er grew closer, while Shen Hong told the Sacred Family that the Dark Guild's Legendary Realm Demon Lord made the city unlikely to survive.
• Shen Hong confined Shen Fei for half a month, and Shen Fei used the time to cultivate, refine darkness-attributed Demon Spirits, and break through to Gold Rank 5-Star.
• Xiao Ning'er challenged her family's elders over their use of her engagement as a bargaining tool, revealed her Soul Transformation, and later shared a quiet conversation with Shen Fei about their future.
• Shen Fei decided Shen Kun might help him oppose Shen Hong's hold on the family, then asked Shen Kun to support his bid for family leadership over Shen Yue.