Recaps

Du Yu discovered that Liu Ling's Wife and the servant had left town after their affair became public, putting his attempt to advance the legend in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Shiranui Jinkuro arrived at the Legend Management Bureau, revealed that A-Xiang was only an Apprentice Onmyoji, and urgently warned that Du Yu's changes to the legend would make the situation harder to resolve.

• Du Yu learned that Liu Ling's Wife and the servant had left town months earlier, so he sent Xiao Nian and Xie Yujiao to search for them.
• Shiranui Jinkuro arrived at the Legend Management Bureau, where Shiranui Asuka introduced him as a Japanese Time Master and future leader of the Shiranui Household.
• Jinkuro corrected Asuka, explaining that she had not passed the Time Master examination and was only an Apprentice Onmyoji.
• Weaver Girl asked Jinkuro whether he could handle failures in a legend, and he said that was a fundamental duty of Time Masters.
• After learning Du Yu had altered the plot and lost Liu Ling's Wife in history, Jinkuro angrily ordered them to stop, and Du Yu returned to the Legend Management Bureau with Xiao Nian and Xie Yujiao.

Shiranui Jinkuro rushed to find Liu Ling because mysterious threads were pursuing them. Jin Jianglang severed or drove away the threads, then learned Liu Ling was only a lonely ghost.

• Du Yu met Shiranui Jinkuro, who hurried Weaver Girl to take them to Liu Ling in the Inner Yellow Springs.
• Jin Jianglang revealed invisible threads with white powder and cut through Longing, while A Can was hurt after grabbing Suffering with his bare hand.
• Zhan Qisheng tried to stop Suffering with his Time Arts, but Jin Jianglang ultimately severed it with his scissors.
• Jin Jianglang summoned a magic array, and the multicolored thread Change entered it and disappeared.
• Cowherd told Jin Jianglang that Liu Ling was not an Immortal leader but a lonely ghost.

Shiranui Jinkuro severed Liu Ling’s influences, letting time erase the altered history, and Shiranui Asuka pressured him into agreeing to work with Du Yu’s Legend Management Bureau. Cowherd then urged Liu Ling to follow Du Yu, who offered him fine liquor from every dynasty.

• Shiranui Jinkuro explained that he had cut off the influences linking Liu Ling’s altered legend to the present, allowing time to repair history.
• Shiranui Asuka revealed that she had summoned Jinkuro to ask him to work for Du Yu, then threatened to smoke, get a tattoo, and join Shuten’s Armed Monster Alliance until Jinkuro agreed.
• Shiranui Jinkuro agreed to stay at the Legend Management Bureau when Asuka made clear she would otherwise pursue those plans.
• Liu Ling woke with a vague sense of loss and offered to fulfill another request for Cowherd.
• Cowherd introduced Du Yu to Liu Ling and asked Liu Ling to go with him, and Du Yu offered him liquor from every dynasty.

Du Yu gathered the new Operators and asked Shiranui Jinkuro whether his thread-cutting ability could help Lady Houtu, but Jinkuro said severing powerful historical influences was beyond his strength. Jinkuro explained the seven kinds of threads and their talismans, leaving the group without a clear way to solve Houtu’s situation.

• Liu Ling joined the Legend Management Bureau after Du Yu promised he could taste fine wines from every dynasty, and Shiranui Jinkuro joined as well.
• The Queen Mother of the West returned injured after clashing with Lady Houtu and asked Du Yu how their plan was progressing.
• Du Yu gathered the Operators and the Queen Mother of the West to discuss saving Lady Houtu, explaining that Jinkuro’s thread-cutting ability might be crucial.
• Jinkuro warned that cutting an influence tied to many lives—or to a ruler in the Immortal Realm—would be too difficult for him.
• Jinkuro explained how Time Masters reveal and cut historical threads, then showed the seven talismans and described the influences each one addressed.

Du Yu tried to secure Jin Jianglang’s help in changing the past of the founder of the Chinese Underworld, but Jin Jianglang warned that Thread-Cutting could bring Heaven’s punishment and his scissors might not be strong enough. Shen Shi examined the scissors and explained that their rare Eight-Branched Serpent bone material could not be replicated, leaving the group searching for a way to obtain a stronger tool.

• Jin Jianglang explained that Liu Ling’s powerful longing had taken twelve talismans to sever, and Du Yu realized the scale of the task ahead.
• Du Yu asked Jin Jianglang to help sever the romantic bond of the Chinese Underworld’s founder, but Jin Jianglang refused to risk Heaven’s punishment for the Shiranui Household.
• Shiranui Asuka confirmed that past Thread-Cutting had nearly destroyed her household, and Du Yu acknowledged that changing the founder’s history could provoke Time’s wrath.
• Qu Xi brought Shen Shi to inspect Jin Jianglang’s Unending Severance, and Shen Shi learned that it was made from the Eight-Branched Serpent’s tailbone.
• Weaver Girl and Shiranui Asuka described the Eight-Branched Serpent as a powerful Japanese demon beast slain by Susanoo, while Shen Shi found that he could not reproduce its rare material.
• The Queen Mother of the West began to voice a question about the scissors.

The Queen Mother of the West arranged to obtain the Three Firmament Immortals' Golden Flood Dragon Scissors so the Legend Management Bureau could use flood dragon bones against change. Afterward, Du Yu visited Xie Yujiao to ask about her role as a Reincarnator and her formation work.

• The Queen Mother of the West proposed using flood dragon bones instead of snake bones and arranged to borrow the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors from the Three Firmament Immortals.
• The Three Firmament Immortals initially declined the exchange, but agreed after the Queen Mother of the West offered two Magic Treasures for their scissors.
• The Queen Mother of the West left to check on Houtu, and Du Yu assigned the team to compile the War God Xingtian legend and settle on a strategy.
• Du Yu settled Liu Ling and Jin Jianglang into an empty room, then went to see Xie Yujiao.
• Xie Yujiao told Du Yu she was developing a formation to stop outsiders from descending into legends, and Du Yu said he had questions he wanted her to answer honestly.

Xie Yujiao revealed that she was a Forgotten One who had reincarnated repeatedly without entering the Underworld or losing her memories. After hearing her story, Du Yu joined Weaver Girl and Jin Jianglang to inspect the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, which were given to Jin Jianglang.

• Xie Yujiao told Du Yu that she had died dozens of times, wandered as a soul, and reincarnated by possessing women about to give birth.
• Xie Yujiao explained that the Seventh Master and Eighth Master found her after roughly two thousand years, and that the Seventh Master gave her the identity she used as Xie Yujiao.
• Weaver Girl told Du Yu that Fairy Yunxiao had delivered the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors and hurried away, so Du Yu went with her to see the treasure.
• Du Yu, Weaver Girl, and Jin Jianglang joined the gathered Legend Management Bureau members to examine the enormous, dragon-shaped scissors.
• Weaver Girl told Jin Jianglang that the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors were his to keep, and Du Yu fell over when he tried to lift them.

Weaver Girl taught Jin Jianglang the Object-Controlling Art so he could wield the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, while Dong Qianqiu briefed the Legend Management Bureau on the War God Xingtian legend. Yingning proposed that resentment had transformed Xingtian into a ghost, allowing him to fight after losing his head.

• Du Yu and Jin Jianglang failed to lift the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, but Zhan Qisheng controlled them with the Object-Controlling Art.
• Weaver Girl warned Jin Jianglang about the scissors’ killing aura and taught him the Object-Controlling Art, which he learned well enough to move the treasure after half a day.
• Dong Qianqiu briefed the Legend Management Bureau on the Yan-Huang Alliance, its wars against the Flame Emperor and Chiyou, and Xingtian’s battle with the Yellow Emperor.
• Dong Qianqiu showed the group a video of the headless Xingtian fighting and asked why he had survived decapitation.
• Yingning suggested that Xingtian’s resentment had turned him into a ghost, letting him keep fighting despite losing parts of his body.

Du Yu and his companions planned a Descent into the Legend of War God Xingtian to sever Houtu’s romantic bond with Xingtian while minimizing changes to the story. As the mission began, Du Yu discovered Shiranui Asuka had joined the group, adding one more inexperienced companion for him to look after.

• Du Yu and Dong Qianqiu agreed to intervene after the Battle of Zhuolu, and Du Yu decided that all Seven Outstanding Disciples of the Sage should accompany him.
• Du Yu proposed that the group pose as a tribe joining the Flame Emperor’s camp so they could approach Houtu and Xingtian without attracting suspicion.
• Jin Jianglang told Du Yu that cutting Houtu’s thread would depend on minimizing their impact and on how strongly Houtu still felt for Xingtian.
• Du Yu and the Seven Outstanding Disciples of the Sage prepared to enter the Grade A Legend, and Dong Qianqiu selected two souls for him to take along.
• Du Yu noticed Shiranui Asuka on a Descent Device and tried to stop her from joining, but she insisted on seeing the Elder Era Legend.

Du Yu and his companions arrived in the Elder Era near the Flame Emperor’s tribe, where they encountered the young Houtu. After Du Yu persuaded Houtu to accept them into her tribe, he hugged her as their welcoming ceremony.

• Jin Jianglang and Liu Ling vomited after their first journey through time and space, while the group found themselves south of the Yellow River in the Flame Emperor’s era.
• Du Yu led the others toward the Flame Emperor’s tribe, but a young warrior and her followers nearly collided with Xiao Nian.
• Du Yu recognized the warrior as Houtu, and Shiranui Asuka angered her by calling her “Lady Houtu.”
• Du Yu claimed his group came from the National Men Tribe and persuaded Houtu to accept them as followers.
• Houtu made Du Yu kneel, gave the newcomers stone daggers, and declared herself their Father Chief.
• Du Yu hugged Houtu to complete the tribe’s welcoming ceremony.

Du Yu and the Seven Outstanding Disciples of the Sage joined the Jiang Tribe, where they met the Flame Emperor, Houtu, and Xingtian. Du Yu learned that Houtu did not know Xingtian by name, and the chapter ended with Xingtian revealing he already knew Houtu was a girl.

• Houtu welcomed Du Yu and the Seven Outstanding Disciples of the Sage into the Jiang Tribe after Du Yu startled her with a hug.
• Houtu introduced Du Yu’s group to her Elder Ancestor, the Flame Emperor, who warned that the Jiang Tribe faced a great war despite having defeated Chiyou.
• Du Yu saw Xingtian speaking privately with the Flame Emperor, then discovered that Houtu did not know Xingtian by name.
• Houtu met Xingtian outside the hut and argued with him after he teased her and refused to take her to battle.
• Du Yu told Xingtian that Houtu was a girl, and Xingtian laughed and said he already knew.

Du Yu learned more about Xingtian’s feelings for Houtu, but Xingtian mistook Xie Yujiao for his enemy You Si and threatened her before realizing his error. As Du Yu’s group split up to investigate Xingtian and Houtu, Du Yu found Houtu arm-wrestling Ju Wu and watched her win.

• Xingtian told Du Yu that he tried to keep Houtu off the battlefield because he wanted to protect her, and explained that he had forgotten his birth name and now used the Grand Patriarch’s surname, Jiang.
• Xingtian mistook Xie Yujiao for You Si and held his Bronze Axe to her neck, but he lowered it after learning her name and apologizing to Du Yu’s group.
• Xingtian warned Du Yu that he would retaliate if the newcomers threatened the Grand Patriarch or Houtu, then left after Xie Yujiao challenged him to take responsibility for Houtu.
• Du Yu split his group into pairs to investigate Xingtian and Houtu, taking A-Xiang with him while Jin Jianglang protected Xiao Nian.
• Du Yu and A-Xiang found Houtu arm-wrestling Ju Wu, and Houtu slammed his arm onto the Stone Table, shattering it.

After Ju Wu taunted Houtu over being a woman and losing their arm-wrestling match, Du Yu challenged his assumptions about women’s roles and encouraged Houtu to choose her own life. He left her trying, with great difficulty, to speak and behave more femininely as part of his plan to disrupt her future bond with Xingtian.

• Ju Wu threatened Houtu after she beat him at arm wrestling, but Du Yu intervened and Houtu stopped Ju Wu from fighting him.
• Houtu explained that Jiang Tribe customs expected women to marry warriors and bear children, while Du Yu argued that she did not have to follow those expectations.
• Houtu said she feared bringing shame on the Jiang Tribe and only hoped to choose whom she would marry.
• Du Yu urged Houtu to acknowledge that she was a girl and present herself more femininely, hoping to create romantic rivals for Xingtian.
• Houtu struggled through Du Yu’s coaching and finally said, "Your little old lady..."

Du Yu investigated a mysterious attack on the Jiang Tribe and discovered that Zhurong was staging harmless fireball strikes with the Flame Emperor and Xingtian’s approval. The three were creating a reason for Xingtian to leave the tribe and seek revenge for his brother Chiyou, but the Flame Emperor said no one would help him.

• Du Yu sent A-Xiang to shelter and asked Dong Qianqiu to identify the distant source of the fireballs.
• Du Yu found Zhurong in a forest and suspected he was faking an attack to provoke conflict between the Flame Emperor’s and Yellow Emperor’s tribes.
• The Flame Emperor and Xingtian arrived, and Du Yu overheard them address Zhurong as the Jiang Tribe’s patriarch.
• Zhurong and the Flame Emperor explained that the staged attacks would give Xingtian a reason to leave the Jiang Tribe and avenge Chiyou.
• The Flame Emperor told Xingtian that the peaceful Jiang Tribe would not go to war with the Yellow Emperor or help him.

Du Yu learned that the Flame Emperor and Zhurong had staged attacks to give Xingtian a reason to leave the Jiang Tribe and challenge the Yellow Emperor. After discovering Houtu’s distress over Xingtian’s departure, Du Yu returned to the village with a possible plan, where Houtu confronted him for leaving without a word.

• The Flame Emperor and Zhurong urged Xingtian to say goodbye to Houtu before leaving, and the Flame Emperor promised to give her hand to Xingtian if he returned alive.
• The Flame Emperor explained to Du Yu that the staged attacks would help the tribe accept Xingtian’s departure and keep the coming contest from drawing the people into war.
• Du Yu told the Flame Emperor he would help with the plan, then left for the village hoping to find a way to complete his Legend mission.
• Du Yu found Houtu by a damaged house, and she angrily demanded to know why he had left without telling her.

Du Yu devised a plan to ease Houtu’s obsession by having Xingtian give her a proper farewell, while he and Xie Yujiao wondered whether she had a past life in the Elder Era. The chapter ended with Liu Ling in a drinking contest with Yi Di, one of the legendary inventors of alcohol.

• Du Yu reassured Houtu that he had not left and told Dong Qianqiu he believed Xingtian needed to say goodbye to her properly.
• Du Yu explained his farewell plan to the Seven Outstanding Disciples of the Sage, who also shared what they had learned about Xingtian, the Jiang Tribe, and the attacks.
• Du Yu asked Xie Yujiao whether she might be the You Si Xingtian remembered and suggested she could have existed in the Elder Era before her known life.
• Du Yu learned that Liu Ling had challenged Yi Di to a drinking contest and hurried to the crowd, worried that their actions might alter the Legend.
• Du Yu found Liu Ling and an old man identified as Yi Di drunk outside a thatched hut, where Liu Ling demanded that Yi Di concede.

Liu Ling and Yi Di argued over which of them knew Du Kang better, then each recounted a different legend about how Du Kang invented wine. Du Yu praised Liu Ling’s tale more highly, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Du Yu tried to pull the drunken Liu Ling away from Yi Di, but the two men challenged each other to explain how Du Kang brewed wine.
• Yi Di recounted how Du Kang discovered fermented grain liquid in a hollow tree and shared it with his tribe.
• Liu Ling questioned Yi Di’s claims and told a legend in which Du Kang made wine using grain, an immortal’s instructions, and three drops of blood.
• Liu Ling explained how the three drops made drinkers behave like a scholar, a general, and a foolish beggar as they drank more.
• Du Yu rated Yi Di’s tale a six and Liu Ling’s an eight, praising the latter’s plot and ending.

Du Yu used Xie Yujiao to uncover Yi Di’s connection to You Si, but the real You Si appeared in the woods and killed Yi Di. The chapter ended with You Si confronting Xie Yujiao, who looked exactly like her.

• After hearing Liu Ling’s story about Du Kang, Yi Di reacted strongly to Xie Yujiao and knelt before her.
• Du Yu arranged a secret meeting with Yi Di, disguising Xie Yujiao’s appearance and having her pose as You Si.
• Yi Di confessed that he had left the Xuanyuan Clan after losing a power struggle with Du Kang, claiming he had acted to serve You Si.
• A woman in black who looked exactly like Xie Yujiao appeared, condemned Yi Di’s lies, and crushed him with an invisible force.
• Du Yu and Dong Qianqiu realized that You Si had somehow appeared in the legend, and You Si asked Xie Yujiao which dynasty she came from.

Du Yu and Xie Yujiao encountered You Si and another version of Xie Yujiao, leading Du Yu to realize that Xie Yujiao was one of many reincarnations who had forgotten a task passed down across generations. After returning to the village and falling asleep, Du Yu dreamed of an ancient passageway ending at a vine-covered door.

• You Si noticed Xie Yujiao acting strangely and questioned her about a voice transmission, while a younger woman with Xie Yujiao’s face arrived and identified herself as the third generation from Yin Shang.
• Weaver Girl explained that the law against meeting oneself within a Legend was real, and Du Yu deduced that the reincarnations were separate people who shared memories and a continuing purpose.
• The younger woman and You Si urged Xie Yujiao to die and pass the task to the next generation, then both vanished.
• Du Yu told Xie Yujiao that generations of You Si had searched for something and that she had likely forgotten her role in their plan.
• Du Yu and Xie Yujiao returned to the village, where Du Yu reassured everyone and went to sleep without explaining Xie Yujiao’s situation.
• Du Yu dreamed that he walked through an ancient stone passageway toward a door covered in thick vines.

After waking from an unnaturally long dream, Du Yu assigned the others their duties ahead of an expected attack on the Jiang Tribe. When Ju Wu tried to abduct Shiranui Asuka and provoke him, Du Yu crushed Ju Wu’s wrist and decided he had no reason to hold back.

• Du Yu woke after sleeping for hours and learned the Jiang Tribe had not yet been attacked, though he expected an assault that day.
• Du Yu sent the Shame and Guilt Brothers to watch Xingtian, assigned Xiao Nian and A'jiao to keep Houtu safe, and tasked Liu Ling and A-Xiang with protecting the tribespeople.
• Ju Wu and his men surrounded Du Yu and Shiranui Asuka, insulted them, and threatened to take A-Xiang away as his plaything.
• Du Yu initially tried to avoid a fight because infighting was forbidden, but Ju Wu grabbed his wrist and reached for A-Xiang again.
• Du Yu crushed Ju Wu’s wrist and learned from Dong Qianqiu that Ju Wu was not involved in any Legend, so he decided not to hold back.

Du Yu killed Ju Wu and his lackeys during a fireball attack on the Jiang Tribe, then helped turn the attack into a rallying point for the tribespeople. As Xingtian prepared to leave for the Yellow Emperor’s camp, Du Yu arranged for him to say goodbye to Houtu in person.

• Du Yu refused to release Ju Wu unless he apologized, then used falling fireballs to kill Ju Wu and his attacking lackeys.
• Du Yu and Shiranui Asuka hid from the fireballs until the attack ended, while rumors blamed the Yellow Emperor.
• Xingtian declared that he would go alone to kill the Yellow Emperor, and the tribespeople hailed him as a hero.
• Du Yu told Dong Qianqiu to arrange a meeting between Xingtian and Houtu outside the village before Xingtian departed.
• Du Yu caught up with Xingtian and urged him to say goodbye to Houtu in person.

Du Yu persuaded Xingtian to bid Houtu farewell without promising to marry her, then followed him to the Yellow Emperor Tribe. Xingtian challenged the Yellow Emperor and defeated the tribe’s first defenders before confronting Cangjie.

• Xingtian told Du Yu that he planned to return from the war and marry Houtu, but Du Yu urged him not to make that promise before leaving.
• Houtu arrived, and Xingtian gave her a serious farewell while reminding her to eat well and train; she promised to wait for his return.
• Du Yu and the Seven Outstanding Disciples of the Sage followed Xingtian toward the Yellow Emperor Tribe, while a badly burned tribesman watched them from hiding.
• On the fourth day, Xingtian reached the Yellow Emperor’s villages, told Du Yu’s group to stop, and challenged the Yellow Emperor to come out.
• Xingtian easily defeated the winged guards and scattered the immortal cultivators who attacked him, then recognized the approaching scholar as Cangjie.

Cangjie named the nameless giant Xingtian as he advanced into the Yellow Emperor's camp, where Li Mu challenged him. Xingtian defeated Li Mu's crossbow and flame attacks, then fought him bare-handed and sent him flying with a powerful punch.

• Cangjie refused to fight Xingtian, named him Xingtian, and promised that future generations would remember his assault on the Yellow Emperor's camp.
• Li Mu confronted Xingtian and fired a crossbow bolt covered in talismans, but Xingtian caught it and endured Li Mu's karmic flames.
• Li Mu unleashed two volleys of flaming bolts while Xingtian hurled the Qi Axe at him, leaving Li Mu wounded and his crossbow shattered.
• Xingtian challenged Li Mu to fight bare-handed, and Li Mu set aside his crossbow and accepted.
• Xingtian and Li Mu traded blows, but Xingtian struck Li Mu hard enough to wound his internal organs and send him flying.

Xingtian fought the Yellow Emperor’s Four Generals while the Yellow Emperor learned that Nameless One had come to challenge his tribe and sent Du Kang to question him. As the generals unleashed their strongest spells, Xingtian began casting an earth spell of his own.

• Feng Hou, Da Hong, and Chang Xian arrived and took over the fight after Li Mu admitted he could not defeat Xingtian.
• Li Mu told Cangjie he believed Xingtian would turn the Yellow Emperor’s camp upside down but would target the Yellow Emperor rather than slaughter his tribesmen.
• Ju Wu told the Yellow Emperor that Nameless One was connected to Houtu and had come on the Flame Emperor’s orders, prompting the Yellow Emperor to seek a face-to-face meeting.
• Du Kang volunteered to ask Nameless One why he had come and promised to bring him to the Yellow Emperor if his reasons were sound.
• Feng Hou, Da Hong, and Chang Xian attacked Xingtian with powerful spells, but he blocked their first assault with a stone wall.
• Xingtian put away his axe and began casting an earth spell, declaring, “I am the earth. I am all things-Ten Thousand Things Kill!”

Xingtian fought past the Four Generals and met Du Kang, who let him continue after hearing his reasons for seeking revenge. Xingtian entered the Yellow Emperor’s hall to face him in a duel, leaving Du Yu wondering how the Yellow Emperor would later be said to have used a stratagem to decapitate Xingtian.

• Xingtian overwhelmed Feng Hou, Da Hong, and Chang Xian with Houtu’s Ten Thousand Things Kill, then spared them and walked onward.
• Du Yu and his companions passed the Four Generals and Cangjie, who discussed whether they would remain loyal to the Yellow Emperor.
• Xingtian and Du Kang held a drinking contest as they questioned each other; Du Kang left wine in the wineskin and allowed Xingtian to proceed.
• Xingtian named Du Kang’s mortal grandson Nanshan, and Du Yu felt that the name was strangely familiar.
• Xingtian entered the hall and challenged the Yellow Emperor, who drew the Xuanyuan Sword and accepted the duel.
• Du Yu watched them prepare to fight and questioned the legend that the Yellow Emperor had used a stratagem to cut off Xingtian’s head.