Recaps

Wang Anquan explained why he had surrendered to Heavenly Radiance Temple while secretly preserving the means to retake North Wind Town, and revealed that he hid the stolen Star Source beneath the Warrior Monk Prefecture. The chapter ended with the Little Marquis spotting Niu Dali secretly following a mysterious black shadow that looked like a cat.

• Wang Anquan admitted he had taken the Star Source and concealed the materials needed to repair North Wind Town's Teleportation Grand Formations.
• Wang Anquan explained that He Hong had warned him Heavenly Radiance Temple could sabotage the formations and overwhelm the town, so he surrendered to spare its people while planning a later uprising.
• Wang Anquan revealed that he had kept his uprising plan secret from the First Prince to protect his family and intended to strike when Heavenly Radiance Temple's forces moved against the Heavenly Capital.
• Ren Ye and Wang Anquan agreed they could exploit the conflict between Mora and Niu Dali, and Wang Anquan disclosed that he had hidden the Star Source in the Warrior Monk Prefecture.
• The Little Marquis watched Niu Dali leave the rear courtyard after bowing to a black shadow on the wall, which the Little Marquis suspected was a cat.

Ren Ye learned from Wang Anquan that 280 million Star Source was hidden in a secret sanctuary beneath the Warrior Monk Prefecture, then sent the Little Marquis to verify it. The Little Marquis found Niu Dali’s Personal Guards secretly stationed at the archive, and Ren Ye was left wondering how Niu Dali had learned about the hidden fortune.

• Wang Anquan told Ren Ye how Daoist Qingfeng had concealed the Dreamscape Mountains and Rivers sanctuary beneath the Nourishing Heart Lodge and revealed that it held 280 million Star Source.
• Wang Anquan said the formation-repair materials were hidden elsewhere and asked Ren Ye to protect his family; Ren Ye promised to plan a rescue and returned to Daoist Chu.
• Ren Ye asked the Little Marquis to investigate the sanctuary through their coded contact system, and the Little Marquis received the message at the breakfast shop.
• The Little Marquis entered the East Courtyard at night but found Niu Dali’s Personal Guards concealed inside the private library behind an aura-blocking formation, so he withdrew without investigating the well.
• The Little Marquis waited until morning rather than risk contacting Ren Ye, and Daoist Chu then reported that Niu Dali’s men were guarding the archive.
• Ren Ye was stunned that Niu Dali apparently knew about the Star Source, since Wang Anquan had claimed nobody else knew the sanctuary existed.

Ren Ye investigated the black spirit cat that had appeared before Niu Dali and concluded that an unknown figure was directing events from the shadows. Unable to reclaim the Star Source by force, Ren Ye told Wang Anquan to leak its location by killing himself, leaving Wang Anquan stunned.

• Daoist Chu read Ren Ye a letter from the Little Marquis reporting that Niu Dali's soldiers guarded the Nourishing Heart Lodge and that a black spirit cat had appeared before Niu Dali.
• Ren Ye rejected Daoist Chu's theory that Wang Anquan had betrayed them, reasoning that Wang Anquan needed to preserve his leverage to protect his family.
• Liu Wei recounted North Wind Town's legend of a black spirit cat, and Ren Ye suspected the creature might be a distraction from the person directing Niu Dali.
• Ren Ye and Daoist Chu concluded they could not recover the Star Source from Niu Dali without outside help, so Ren Ye decided to visit Wang Anquan again.
• Ren Ye told Wang Anquan that Niu Dali's soldiers had found the Star Source's hiding place, then instructed him to spread the news by killing himself.

Niu Dali responded to Wang Anquan’s poisoning by bringing him to the Warrior Monk Prefecture, where physicians removed the nails suppressing his powers and saved his life. Mora learned that Wang Anquan had used the crisis to reveal the hidden star source, while Ren Ye waited to see whether Mora would seek him out as an ally.

• Niu Dali’s concubine reminded him of Lu Zhao’s death, and Niu Dali promised to avenge Lu Zhao despite warning that his choices could endanger them all.
• A Personal Guard reported that Wang Anquan had been poisoned in the Heavenly Prison, so Niu Dali ordered him brought to the Warrior Monk Prefecture and summoned Mora and Zhenyi.
• Physicians removed Wang Anquan’s Source-Sealing Nails and Soul-Seizing Nails, allowing him to expel the corpse poison; after waking, he warned that a traitor was in the Heavenly Prison.
• Mora secured two guards for Wang Anquan and later told Monk Fulai that Wang Anquan had secretly revealed the star source’s location in the Nourishing Heart Lodge.
• Mora concluded that Wang Anquan wanted to spark a conflict between him and Niu Dali, then decided to seek a reliable ally before acting.
• Ren Ye told Daoist Chu that he was not sure Mora would approach him and said he would stay out of the struggle if Mora did not.

Ren Ye accepted Mora’s banquet invitation and learned that Mora planned to seize the Star Source by attacking Niu Dali’s Warrior Monk Prefecture. Ren Ye encouraged Mora to commit to the assault while warning him that Niu Dali might have a powerful spirit-cat ally, and the chapter ended with that cat watching the inner manor before disappearing.

• Ren Ye delayed Monk Fulai’s invitation, mocked him through Daoist Chu, then agreed to attend Mora’s banquet.
• Mora apologized for trying to kill Ren Ye and praised his status as the Divine Monk’s Successor, while Ren Ye hinted that the Divine Monk was searching for Destiny.
• Mora admitted he had killed Lu Zhao while investigating the Star Source and said he believed Niu Dali had found it in the Warrior Monk Prefecture.
• Mora proposed joining forces with Ren Ye and Liu Wei to attack the Warrior Monk Prefecture, seize the Star Source, and obtain Wang Anquan.
• Ren Ye warned Mora that Niu Dali’s backer might be a Traveler spirit cat, prompting Mora to insist on gathering enough force to kill Niu Dali decisively.
• A spirit cat watched the two men inside the inner manor, confirmed their presence, and vanished into the moonlight.

Ren Ye agreed to work with Mora against Niu Dali and devised a plan to use Liu Wei to retrieve the Divine Object and help free Wang Anquan and the prisoners. The Heavenly Dao then announced that the North Wind Town secret realm had entered its final storyline and imposed new deadlines and rules on Travelers.

• Ren Ye agreed to join Mora's operation six days later, on the conditions that Mora verify the Star Source's location and leave Wang Anquan's rescue to him.
• Ren Ye worried that he, Daoist Chu, and the undercover Little Marquis lacked enough support to rescue Wang Anquan and free the four thousand prisoners from the South Mountain Illusion Realm.
• After thinking through a plan, Ren Ye used the Power of Reincarnation to rejuvenate Liu Wei and recruited him for a secret mission at the Heavenly Prison.
• Ren Ye ordered Liu Wei to lead two hundred Monk Soldiers in seizing the Heavenly Prison, obtain the wooden box marked with the character for Dao, and keep Wang Anquan's family confined for Ren Ye to handle.
• The Heavenly Dao announced that a Traveler had found and verified the Star Source, triggering the final North Wind Town storyline and a seven-day deadline for all factions to complete their assignments.

Ren Ye and Daoist Chu prepared Liu Wei for the coming upheaval in North Wind Town, while the gray-robed spy coerced Liu Wei into helping rescue the Wang Family and prisoners from the South Mountain Illusion Realm. As Liu Wei agonized over betraying Zhenyi, Niu Dali revealed that Mora and the Divine Monk’s Successor were preparing to attack him.

• The Heavenly Dao bound Daoist Chu to Ren Ye’s missions and threatened him with six months of exclusion from secret realms if they failed, so Ren Ye recruited him to help manipulate Liu Wei.
• Ren Ye questioned Wang Anquan about the Dreamscape Mountains and Rivers cultivation site, but Wang Anquan insisted that nobody else knew about it.
• Liu Wei prepared two hundred monk soldiers to raid the Heavenly Prison and rescue Wang Anquan for Zhenyi, while planning to wait until the surrounding patrols left to reinforce the Warrior Monk Prefecture.
• Disguised as the gray-robed woman, Daoist Chu drugged Liu Wei and demanded that he help rescue the Wang Family and the South Mountain Illusion Realm prisoners, threatening him with deadly poisons if he refused.
• The gray-robed woman urged Liu Wei to frame Qu Acai and claimed he could still satisfy Zhenyi’s objective; afterward, Liu Wei wept over the possibility of betraying his benefactor, while Ren Ye called his dilemma a test.
• Niu Dali told the Little Marquis that Mora and the Divine Monk’s Successor were likely to join forces against him, but the Little Marquis insisted on standing by Niu Dali.

Niu Dali entrusted the Little Marquis with evacuating his family if North Wind Town fell into upheaval, while Ren Ye accepted that the undercover mission would not help in the direct clash. Wang Tudou’s squad celebrated San Yue’s birthday, then Wang Tudou confronted Yang Sanhai about wanting to leave; the chapter also introduced outsiders being drawn toward North Wind Town and Jiang Yu’s confinement in the Gutan Ancestral Land.

• Niu Dali told the Little Marquis to protect and evacuate his family if the conflict in North Wind Town turned against him, assigning him a hundred guards and asking him to prepare an escape plan.
• Daoist Chu told Ren Ye that Niu Dali had entrusted the Little Marquis with his family’s safety, and Ren Ye instructed the Little Marquis to carry out the assignment while arranging new contact signals.
• Wang Tudou explained why he had kept Jiu Zhi in the Inner Manor: rival factions might attack if he tried to leave, Niu Dali had barred his departure, and Jiu Zhi was too ill to travel safely.
• Wang Tudou and his squad celebrated San Yue’s birthday, exchanged gifts, and listened as Yang Sanhai toasted Wang Tudou and their comrades.
• After the gathering, Wang Tudou asked Yang Sanhai whether he wanted to leave the squad, and Yang Sanhai admitted that he might be tired.
• A black-robed cultivator and a white-robed young man discussed the Human King Hall’s SSS+ assignment in North Wind Town, while a middle-aged man at the Gutan Sect reflected on Jiang Yu’s confinement and possible future destiny.

Yang Sanhai told Wang Tudou he was leaving the squad to seek a quieter life, and Wang accepted his decision while privately grieving their long friendship. Meanwhile, Long Er and the First Prince coordinated a plan involving North Wind Town, and Liu Wei revealed to Qu Acai that he had been kidnapped again.

• Yang Sanhai explained that years of dangerous expeditions had exhausted him and that he wanted to retire to a quiet life; Wang Tudou agreed to let him leave after the Divine Monk Manor assignment and reassigned him to reserve duties.
• After Yang Sanhai departed, Wang Tudou remembered their hardships and felt the loss of his old friend, though he knew he could not ask him to stay.
• At Fulong Pavilion's Artifice Tower, Long Er argued with the First Prince, who wanted to intervene in North Wind Town; Long Er agreed to share the plan after securing the right to deal with Wang Anquan afterward.
• Long Er told the First Prince that prisoners from South Mountain Illusion Realm would seize North Wind Town's Teleportation Grand Formation so troops could be sent from Heavenly Capital, and the First Prince offered to recommend a capable man.
• Qu Acai told Liu Wei that Wang Anquan had forced him to surrender his seal and entry warrant, and that Niu Dali now distrusted him and watched his troops.
• Liu Wei announced that Qu Acai had been kidnapped again, using the same method as Wang Anquan.

Mora led troops to the Warrior Monk Prefecture to investigate Niu Dali’s alleged corruption, and the standoff erupted into a battle after the Divine Monk’s Successor attacked. As the fighting continued, Wang Tudou discovered that his group was being watched and prepared to slip away.

• Wu Batian arrived with eight hundred Mess Hall Army soldiers to support Ren Ye, while Mora confirmed that 280 million Star Source was hidden in the Nourishing Heart Lodge and ordered his troops to advance.
• Niu Dali’s Personal Guard Battalion blocked the road to the Warrior Monk Prefecture, and Zhu Cheng challenged Mora’s troops to produce an official warrant.
• Little Bad King attacked Zhu Cheng’s formation with a palm of Reincarnation Aura, killing dozens of soldiers and leaving many more aged and weakened.
• Mora ordered his troops to attack, and Wu Batian engaged Zhu Cheng with his hammers, showing signs of Intent Condensation.
• Wang Tudou learned from Zhang Tan that unknown lookouts were watching the Inner Manor and ordered the Pair of Cannons and the Single Chariot to eliminate them quietly before preparing to leave.

Liu Wei led a disguised assault on the Heavenly Prison, freed Wang Anquan, and took a sealed wooden box as part of Ren Ye’s scheme. Niu Dali learned that Wang Anquan had escaped, but was told to follow the plan as the night’s conflict continued.

• Wang Tudou prepared to escape North Wind Town by disguising his team as Monk Soldiers, but grew alarmed when Qin Heizi returned alone from setting up their route.
• Liu Wei waited for the night patrols to leave the Heavenly Prison, then led over two hundred disguised veterans in a raid that killed or drove off its guards.
• Liu Wei freed Wang Anquan, removed his Source-Sealing Nails, and took a sealed wooden box that Ren Ye had planted as a decoy for the Dao-Comprehending Ginseng Fruit.
• Wang Anquan chose twenty-three clan experts to leave with Liu Wei, who kept the next steps of his plan secret and led them out of the prison.
• Niu Dali received word that disguised attackers had rescued Wang Anquan and asked whether Bai Zhenzhen had appeared; the voice on the Special Jade Disc told him to follow the plan.

Liu Wei forced Qu Acai to join his plan, and Qu Acai’s attempt to ambush Li Duozhi sparked a battle at Southern Mountain as Wang Anquan’s force attacked the South Mountain Illusion Realm. Meanwhile, Mora’s assault on the Warrior Monk Prefecture remained stalled, and Ren Ye learned that Wang Tudou and his group had unexpectedly walked out of the Inner Manor.

• Liu Wei revealed that Qu Acai was unlikely to escape punishment and used the Soul Control Bell and a swarm of venomous creatures to make him agree to cooperate.
• Qu Acai returned to camp, claimed he had met Mora, and ordered a secret ambush while Liu Wei disguised himself as one of his Personal Guards.
• Li Duozhi received an anonymous warning that Qu Acai would seize the South Mountain Illusion Realm, then grew suspicious when Qu Acai summoned him and refused to come to his camp.
• Qu Acai attacked the Personal Guard camp with three hundred Monk Soldiers, while Liu Wei sent the signal for Wang Anquan’s force to move up the mountain.
• Wang Anquan led over a hundred men toward the South Mountain Illusion Realm, where He Zhu Zhu struck its defenses with powerful fists as the prisoners prepared for rescue.
• Ren Ye learned from Daoist Chu that Wang Tudou and his group had left the Inner Manor openly, contrary to expectations.

After the South Mountain Illusion Realm fell, Liu Wei killed Qu Acai and warned Wang Anquan to keep the night’s events secret. At the East City Gate, Wang Tudou negotiated with Chen Zhiyou to secure his teammates’ escape in exchange for Jiu Zhi, while Niu Dali sent the Little Marquis to retrieve Jiu Zhi, revealing that a powerful backer needed him.

• The destruction of the South Mountain Illusion Realm convinced Qu Acai that his career was over, and he sent his surviving comrades away before Liu Wei confronted him.
• Liu Wei admitted he had manipulated Qu Acai and arranged for Li Duozhi to anticipate his rebellion; Qu Acai accepted his fate and dispersed his Dao.
• Liu Wei told Wang Anquan to blame the Southern Mountain events on Qu Acai and threatened the Wang Family if they exposed his involvement.
• Wang Tudou led his seven teammates to the East City Gate and proposed that they be allowed to leave in exchange for his help delivering Jiu Zhi to Niu Dali.
• Niu Dali sent the Little Marquis to bring Jiu Zhi back secretly, explaining that his backer required Jiu Zhi to remain in their hands.

The Little Marquis went to retrieve Jiu Zhi for Niu Dali while Ren Ye suspected Wang Tudou had been forced to cooperate and prepared to exploit an impending assault. As Niu Dali ordered a counterattack and the Nether Road Iron Cavalry marched toward North Wind Town, Liu Wei learned that someone had briefly slipped away from the Wang Clan’s group.

• Niu Dali sent the Little Marquis with thirty guards to collect Jiu Zhi from Wang Tudou, and the Little Marquis released a spirit mouse on the way to the East City Gate.
• Wang Tudou agreed to lead the Little Marquis to Jiu Zhi after his seven close friends had left North Wind Town.
• Ren Ye reasoned that Wang Tudou must have lost his escape route, then agreed to join Mora’s planned assault on the Warrior Monk Prefecture so he could act on his own plan.
• Niu Dali learned that Wang Anquan controlled the North Tower No. 1 Teleportation Grand Formation and ordered his troops to counterattack after the rebels’ next assault.
• Feng Daoquan led six thousand Nether Road Iron Cavalry north toward North Wind Town.
• A military official told Liu Wei that someone had left the Wang Clan’s group briefly after it reached the North Tower No. 1 Teleportation Grand Formation.

Wang Anquan rallied the captured Divine Court soldiers around the hope of returning home, while he and He Zhu Zhu worried about what awaited them if the Divine Court retook North Wind Town. As Mora held back his hidden plan and Ren Ye withdrew, Wang Tudou handed Jiu Zhi’s soul pendant to the Little Marquis, who suddenly turned on Niu Dali’s guards and began slaughtering them.

• Wang Anquan gave the captured soldiers a speech about survival and home, and their longing for their families spread into a united cry to hold the Teleportation Grand Formation.
• He Zhu Zhu worried that Wang Anquan would be punished for surrendering North Wind Town, but he said he had a way to protect his family; she pledged to share his fate.
• Mora’s forces failed to break the Warrior Monk Prefecture’s defensive formation, and Ren Ye left the battlefield after Mora refused to reveal his backup plan.
• Wang Tudou showed the Little Marquis that Jiu Zhi’s true soul was inside a restricted Blood-Soul Jade Pendant, and the Little Marquis verified its identity before taking the pendant.
• The Little Marquis unexpectedly attacked the Warrior Monk Prefecture’s guards with a supreme spear, while Wang Tudou watched in bewilderment and asked why he had turned against Niu Dali.

Wang Tudou and Ren Ye struck a temporary deal after discovering Jiu Zhi had died and only his true soul remained, then headed toward the East City Gate. Niu Dali sprang an ambush there, forcing Ren Ye, Wang Tudou, the Little Marquis, and Daoist Chu to prepare to fight their way out.

• The Little Marquis killed Niu Dali’s thirty guards, then joined Ren Ye and Daoist Chu as they questioned Wang Tudou about Jiu Zhi.
• Ren Ye discovered that Jiu Zhi’s true soul was real but separated from his body, and Wang Tudou revealed that Jiu Zhi had chosen to die.
• Ren Ye agreed to help Wang Tudou capture one of Mora’s attendants alive in exchange for Jiu Zhi’s true soul, then led the group toward the East City Gate.
• Heavenly Radiance Temple’s Nether Road Iron Cavalry entered through the West City Gate as hundreds of monk soldiers surrounded Ren Ye’s group near the East City Gate.
• Niu Dali revealed himself, confessed that he had used the Little Marquis as bait, and ordered the Nether Road Iron Cavalry to attack Ren Ye.
• Wang Tudou summoned his Blood Soul True Body, the Little Marquis raised his spear, and Daoist Chu brought out the Vajra Ring as Niu Dali prepared to fight them.

Wang Tudou defeated the formation-backed forces at the East City Gate and killed Chen Zhiyou, while Niu Dali’s trap and Mora’s hidden reinforcements set several battles in motion across North Wind Town. As the town’s factions mobilized, a Divine Court commander and Order Ancient Sect Travelers arrived outside the gates to kill Niu Dali.

• Niu Dali gathered fifteen hundred elite soldiers and used the Wild Goose Feather Intent-Annihilating Formation to attack Ren Ye, Wang Tudou, the Little Marquis, and Daoist Chu.
• Wang Tudou knocked aside Chen Zhiyou’s soul-striking nails and blade rays, shattered the Azure Ox attack with his blood-soul true body, and killed Chen Zhiyou with three strikes of his iron club.
• The Little Marquis briefly broke open the formation, allowing Niu Dali’s divine-method aura to reach Mora’s group at the Warrior Monk Prefecture.
• Mora realized Niu Dali had set a trap for the Divine Court spies and ordered Fulai to signal five hundred hidden Traveler reinforcements to seize the Warrior Monk Prefecture and search for the Star Source.
• At the North Tower No. 1 Teleportation Grand Formation, captured soldiers fled from the approaching Nether Road Iron Cavalry, while Wang Anquan said he could not leave first.
• A black-robed Divine Court Imperial God Army commander declared that he had come to kill Niu Dali, as black-robed figures with Wordless Steles and hundreds of Order Ancient Sect Travelers arrived outside North Wind Town.

Fan Ming led five hundred Order Travelers into North Wind Town, broke through the East City Gate, and helped Ren Ye’s group destroy Niu Dali’s formation and defeat his forces. Ren Ye exposed Niu Dali’s plans and executed him, while Mora’s faction seized the Warrior Monk Prefecture; the Nether Road Iron Cavalry then threatened the Teleportation Grand Formation, forcing Wang Anquan’s group to prepare to flee.

• The East City Gate defenders raised the city-guarding grand formation and sounded the Town-Guarding Drum as Fan Ming arrived with five hundred Order Travelers.
• Fan Ming’s Travelers battered down the gate’s defenses, and Fan Ming entered North Wind Town and used his dharma body and heavenly eye to attack the Wild Goose Feather Intent-Annihilating Formation.
• Ren Ye, the Little Marquis, Daoist Chu, and Wang Tudou coordinated their attacks with Fan Ming’s, destroying the formation and crippling Niu Dali’s troops.
• Ren Ye explained how he had recognized Niu Dali’s trap, then executed Niu Dali and announced the Divine Court’s arrival across North Wind Town.
• Mora’s forces used Niu Dali’s death to break the defenders’ morale and seize the Warrior Monk Prefecture, while Ren Ye’s group rushed toward the Teleportation Grand Formations.
• The Nether Road Iron Cavalry scattered the Divine Court prisoner soldiers at the North Tower No. 1 Teleportation Grand Formation, and A-Da urged Wang Anquan to flee with his family.

Liu Wei pulled the Mess Hall Army away from the Warrior Monk Prefecture while Mora secured the hidden star source and organized the defense of North Wind Town. At the North Tower formation, He Zhu Zhu and the Wang family chose Dao Transformation to fight the Nether Road Iron Cavalry, and the chapter ended as a sword flashed across her neck in an isolated space.

• Liu Wei reunited with Wu Batian, learned that Lord Zhenyi had disappeared and the Mess Hall Army had suffered few casualties, then ordered the army to retreat instead of joining the looting.
• Mora ordered the captured personal troops killed, entered Dreamscape Mountains and Rivers, and found more than two hundred million star source hidden in Daoist Qingfeng's courtyard.
• Mora arranged for officials to count the star source and summoned the Traveler leaders to plan the defense of North Wind Town and its North Tower No. 1 Grand Formation.
• Feng Daoquan's Nether Road Iron Cavalry routed the Divine Court's captive soldiers, wounded Wang Anquan, and bound him with soul-locking chains.
• He Zhu Zhu entered Dao Transformation, freed Wang Anquan, and led the Wang family and some captive soldiers into a desperate battle against the cavalry.
• After He Zhu Zhu was gravely wounded and sent Wang Anquan toward safety, Erlang Manifestation-Sage Zhenjun sealed her in an isolated space, where an unseen sword struck at her neck.

Ren Ye rescued He Zhu Zhu from death, regrouped with Mora’s forces, and headed to reinforce the North Tower No. 1 Grand Formation. Meanwhile, Monk Fulai and the Old Monk Lineage massacred witnesses to the hidden Star Source and prepared a corpse to frame someone for the theft.

• Ren Ye recruited the dying He Zhu Zhu as an attendant, then left Fan Ming to handle the North Tower No. 1 Grand Formation.
• Brother Huang received He Zhu Zhu in Qingliang Prefecture’s Heavenly Prison and ordered her injuries treated.
• Ren Ye reunited with Wu Batian and Liu Wei near the captured Warrior Monk Prefecture, then followed Mora toward the North Tower No. 1 Grand Formation.
• Monk Fulai’s faction counted 285,330,000 Star Source, while Feng Yiyang’s Gray-Robed Battalion killed 113 Inner Manor civil officials inside the illusion.
• Monk Fulai betrayed Feng Yiyang, killed him, and led Old Monk Lineage Travelers in wiping out the Gray-Robed Battalion soldiers and destroying the bodies.
• Monk Fulai produced a tortured man’s corpse and used Corpse-Chemolysis Soul-Scattering Powder on it as part of a plan to steal the Star Source and frame someone else.

Monk Fulai’s group escaped with the Star Source while Mora and Ren Ye arranged North Wind Town’s retreat, leaving the Divine Court to seize the teleportation formation. After the fleeing officials were scattered, Wang Tudou cornered Jingshen in the wilderness and demanded to know where his Third Brother was.

• Monk Fulai’s group burned the evidence, disguised themselves as the slain officials, and fled North Wind Town with the Star Source.
• Mora chose to abandon North Wind Town after Daoguang and Ren Ye argued that the city and its teleportation formations could not be saved.
• Mora and Ren Ye led a group outside the East City Gate to cover the retreat, while Ren Ye told Liu Wei to withdraw separately.
• Feng Daoquan and the Nether Road Iron Cavalry retreated from the North Tower No. 1 Grand Formation, and the Little Marquis led Divine Court Travelers in pursuit.
• Mora’s ambush delayed the pursuers, who scattered the fleeing officials and killed over a dozen Old Monk Lineage Travelers.
• Wang Tudou approached Jingshen’s hiding place with a Gray-Robed Woman and a fat man, then demanded to know where his Third Brother was.

After Yang Sanhai disappeared, Wang Tudou chose to risk staying in North Wind Town to search for his friend while arranging for the rest of the Potato Squad to escape. The squad prepared to test whether Niu Dali or Mora was responsible as a huge Divine Court force began teleporting toward the conflict.

• Wang Tudou discovered that Yang Sanhai’s soul thread had snapped and learned that Yang Sanhai had left the inner manor with civil officials connected to Mora.
• The squad argued over whether to abandon the search and flee or stay to rescue Yang Sanhai; Wang Tudou decided to remain behind while the others left.
• Wang Tudou persuaded Jiu Zhi to undergo Dao Transformation and split his soul so one part could impersonate Yang Sanhai and the other could serve as a hostage.
• Wang Tudou explained that the group would use Niu Dali’s response to the impersonation to test whether his faction was behind Yang Sanhai’s disappearance, then investigate Mora if necessary.
• Wang Tudou declared that the squad would go to the East City Gate together in fifteen minutes, despite objections to his plan.
• At the Military Prefecture Formation Platform in Heavenly City, six teleportation formations activated and thirty thousand Divine Court soldiers began boarding as the Second Prince summoned his Life-Bound Treasure, Heaven’s Fall.

Wang Tudou killed Monk Jingshen and learned through his captured soul that Yang Sanhai had refused to betray his squad before Mora’s men tortured and killed him. Grief-stricken, Wang Tudou dissolved the squad and set out to confront Mora, while Ren Ye and Daoist Chu returned to North Wind Town and discovered Liu Wei’s message confirmed Ren Ye’s suspicion.

• Wang Tudou used his blood body to overcome Monk Jingshen’s Magic Treasures and killed him, while Daoist Chu captured Jingshen’s Yin Soul for interrogation.
• Wang Tudou, Ren Ye, and Daoist Chu entered Jingshen’s memories and witnessed Yang Sanhai refuse Daoguang’s offer to steal the Star Source and betray his companions.
• Mora’s group attacked Yang Sanhai as he underwent Dao Transformation, killed him, and used Soul-Devouring Insects to make his death appear to be a betrayal and theft.
• Wang Tudou realized Yang Sanhai had protected him and the squad, dissolved the Wang Potato Squad, and departed after arranging a Soul Thread connected to Jiu Zhi’s Yin Soul.
• Ren Ye and Daoist Chu returned to North Wind Town, retrieved Liu Wei’s note outside the Garrison Prefecture, and Ren Ye said it confirmed his suspicion.

Ren Ye completed the North Wind Town Secret Realm, earned Long Er’s trust, and received new identities and rewards, but learned he had missed a hidden assignment. After reporting the aftermath of the battle, he was sent toward Heavenly Illumination City while Long Er investigated the calamity and Ren Ye directed Wang Anquan toward a lead about the Spirit Cat.

• The Divine Court’s thirty thousand troops secured North Wind Town under Long Er, and Ren Ye went to report to him in the Inner Manor.
• Ren Ye presented Jiu Zhi’s yin soul and claimed credit for retaking the town, earning Long Er’s praise and the Heavenly Dao’s settlement rewards, including access to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion and the dangerous identity of the Divine Monk’s Successor.
• Long Er told Ren Ye to report to Heavenly Radiance Temple in Heavenly Illumination City and secretly relay his assignments, while sparing Wang Anquan punishment and asking him about the Dao-Comprehending Ginseng Fruit.
• Ren Ye told Long Er that Yu Tiange and his companions had vanished during teleportation, then Long Er questioned Jiu Zhi and learned the calamity involved the Demon Monk.
• Ren Ye urged the grieving Wang Anquan to investigate the Spirit Cat’s identity in the Dreamscape Mountains and Rivers secret realm, and the Divine Court’s troops later withdrew from the realm.
• At dawn, a human-shaped figure moving on all fours approached the Nourishing Heart Lodge.

Ren Ye exposed Wang Wenping as the Spirit Cat and deduced that the entity controlling him was a Soul System inheritor who had infiltrated the Heavenly Radiance Temple. The cat revealed that it had eaten Wang Wenping’s soul, prompting Wang Anquan and the Little Marquis to move against it as Ren Ye recognized something about the creature.

• Ren Ye and the others entered the Dreamscape Mountains and Rivers Illusion Realm and destroyed the bamboo house to corner the Spirit Cat.
• The group discovered that the Spirit Cat was Wang Anquan’s Eldest Son-Wang Wenping, and Ren Ye explained how he had traced the identity through clues about the secret realm and Niu Dali’s communications.
• Ren Ye reasoned that the Spirit Cat was a Soul System inheritor who had controlled Wang Wenping’s memories and planned to keep using his identity to return to the Heavenly Capital.
• The Spirit Cat emerged from Wang Wenping’s back and admitted it had eaten the child’s soul after finding his fate configuration too unusual to control.
• Wang Anquan rushed to attack the Spirit Cat, while Ren Ye urged him not to panic and the Little Marquis prepared to fight; Ren Ye recognized something about the creature.