Recaps

Ren Ye investigated Brother Hong’s death while competing in the Great Evacuation mission and uncovering Song Mingzhe’s treatment of his sons and prisoners. After Old Cadre and Tan Pang died at the Zoo, Ren Ye deduced that Shadow had faked her death and accumulated the dead Players’ rewards.

• Ren Ye and the others completed Song An’s Rewind, witnessed Song Mingzhe’s abuse, and returned to find Brother Hong’s memorial portrait.
• Ren Ye tested Old Cadre with a planted Fortune Divination Stick before the Great Evacuation mission assigned the Players to separate storylines.
• Ren Ye and Yin Tiger failed to save Huang Youlong from the Crescent Black-Robed Man but brought Song Mingzhe his warning about a traitor among the eight Grand Craftsmen.
• Ren Ye and Yin Tiger traced Song An’s escape to a man resembling Old Cadre, then joined Tan Pang and Xiao Shuai in investigating Brother Hong’s death.
• Ren Ye and Yin Tiger accepted Pan Lianrong’s payment and helped stage her apparent death while completing Song Mingzhe’s order.
• Ren Ye searched for Song Yi at the Zoo, discovered that Song Mingzhe had imprisoned human souls in animal bodies, and obtained a golden Autobiography Fragment that he used to rescue Xiao Shuai.
• Ren Ye, Yin Tiger, and Xiao Shuai found Old Cadre and Tan Pang dead after a battle, then discovered that their Gold Coins and Autobiography Fragments were missing.
• Ren Ye deduced that Shadow had faked her death, worked with Old Cadre to kill Brother Hong, and taken the dead Players’ rewards, then warned Xiao Shuai that she would likely target him.

Ren Ye uncovered Song Yi’s past, defeated Tan Pang and Pan Lianrong, and brought Song Yi back as the team’s Guide. He then traveled to Gutan City to honor Brother Hong’s wish and entered the Gutan Sect Secret Realm to find Ming Quan, where a powerful group accused his party of stealing Route Passes.

• Ren Ye completed Song Mingzhe’s Rewind, deciphered the autobiography fragments, and used Song Yi’s memories to locate and awaken him beneath Longevity Temple.
• Ren Ye defeated Tan Pang and Pan Lianrong, secured first place in the rankings, and left the Star Gate with Song Yi’s soul in a black dog named Scabbard.
• Ren Ye returned to the Fortune Tea House, awakened Song Yi as a Guide, and announced that the team would travel to Gutan City to fulfill Brother Hong’s wish.
• Ren Ye met Gu Nian, visited Qinghe Academy, and watched Tang Feng overcome the Dragon Gate’s trials before Ren Ye passed through the gate and met Xu Qingyan.
• Ning Bo told Ren Ye that Ming Quan was trapped in the Gutan Sect Secret Realm, so Ren Ye’s team sought Route Passes from the Myriad Phenomena Sect.
• Ren Ye’s party was swindled by Daoist Chu, tracked him down, and pressured him into surrendering six Route Passes and thirty Ghost Formation Talismans.
• Ren Ye’s team entered the Gutan Sect Star Gate for a rescue mission, where more than thirty Third Grade Supernatural Ability Users accused them of stealing Route Passes.

Ren Ye was drawn into the Gutan Sect’s ancestral grounds with Daoist Chu, where they uncovered a hidden tomb and faced the Defending Side’s Super Grades. The arc left Ren Ye on the run after Daoist Chu was captured, while Lü Ji turned the ancient pool’s terrain against the approaching enemies.

• Zhang Linghuo detained Ren Ye and his companions over the missing Route Passes, but Wang Changfeng intervened and revealed that Ren Ye was the Gatekeeper’s disciple.
• Ren Ye entered Gutan Village, escaped Granny Wang’s shrinking blue robe, and joined the fight at the Three Origin Medical Hall, where Ding Hun captured Zhang Linghuo and his disciples.
• Ren Ye fought Ding Hun and the Super Grade elders, then used the Human Emperor Seal to kill the Gloomy Old Man and Kui Shan before Daoist Chu opened a gate into the forbidden grounds.
• Ren Ye and Daoist Chu discovered that someone had gathered treasures from the graves in the ancestral grounds and assembled them around a corpse in the Heaven-Reaching Residence.
• Daoist Chu opened the jade coffin and stripped the corpse of its treasures, while Ren Ye recovered with crimson fruits and the Old Fisherman’s group ambushed Daoist Chu.
• Ren Ye escaped the Old Fisherman and three Super Grades, but they took Daoist Chu and threatened to use him as bait.
• Lü Ji found the tomb entrance beneath the ancient pool and reversed its water flow, turning Divine Throne Mountain into a feng shui killing trap that crushed Zhou Guang and seven others.

Ren Ye escaped the Ancestral Land and organized an infiltration of the Gutan Sect to rescue its prisoners and awaken Celestial Wind Perfected. The Attacking Side won after heavy sacrifices, and Cao Yufei surrendered before a speck of black light entered his brow as the group departed.

• Ren Ye killed the four elders with the Reincarnation Finger, recovered with Senior White Chicken's help, and secured passage out by promising to gather Destiny for his release.
• Ren Ye arranged an assault with Wang Changfeng and infiltrated the Gutan Sect with Daoist Chu and Lü Ji after sending captives into the Ancestral Land.
• Ren Ye discovered that a remnant soul controlled Brother Chun, helped restore his memories, and used his assistance to obtain Li Hu's Divine Temple authorization token.
• Ren Ye freed the prisoners during Wang Changfeng's assault, then killed the Upside-Down Old Man by exposing his shadow body and burning it with the Lotus Lamp's Karmic Fire.
• Ren Ye attempted to awaken Celestial Wind Perfected with the Nine Peaks Sword Formation while Daoist Chu and Lü Ji defended the rescued prisoners.
• Wu Dali and more than twenty prisoners destroyed their Star Cores to attack the defenders, and Ren Ye anchored Wangwu Mountain with the Human Emperor Sword and broke the forbidden art.
• Celestial Wind Perfected awakened the Gutan Sect experts and helped secure victory, while Cao Yufei returned from his retreat and surrendered in exchange for the captured defenders' release.
• Celestial Wind Perfected gave Ren Ye the Nine Peaks Divine Swords and the Gutan Three Thousand Realms Talisman, asked him to investigate a stranger's entry into the Ancestral Land, and departed before black light entered Cao Yufei's brow.