Recaps

The King of Reincarnation warned that Reincarnators and ancient, inhuman Supreme Powerhouses posed threats to the Nine Provinces alongside the weird. King Biancheng described the battle at the River of Forgetfulness Blood River and how an order from the First Emperor halted the Supreme Powerhouses at Formless City, ending with a command to Bai Qi.

• The King of Reincarnation traced the history of conflict between people and argued that the Netherworld must oppose Reincarnators who endangered the Nine Provinces.
• The King of Reincarnation revealed that multiple Supreme Powerhouses and other ancient existences had survived from earlier eras and were pursuing the River of Forgetfulness Blood River.
• King Biancheng recounted how fighters at the Blood River withdrew after its waves killed an Eight-Step Ghost King and injured a Supreme Powerhouse.
• King Biancheng said the Supreme Powerhouses then entered the Seal of Formless City, where he was unable to move.
• A voice from the Mausoleum of the First Emperor ordered the parties to withdraw, then commanded, “Bai Qi, disperse them. Do not slaughter.”

King Biancheng recounted how Bai Qi drove away the Supreme Powerhouses with one sword strike before the Blood River outside Formless City faded. The King of Reincarnation brought the assembled Kings to the Blood-Colored City, where the River of Forgetfulness Blood River was rushing toward its seal.

• King Biancheng described seeing Bai Qi sever a Supreme Powerhouse's arm with one strike and order the others to leave.
• King Biancheng said Bai Qi restrained his bloodlust, left Formless City with his troops, and the Blood River faded afterward.
• The King of Reincarnation warned the Yamas and Dao Alliance Kings that old powerhouses had emerged and the Restricted Zone unrest was unusually dangerous.
• The King of Reincarnation led the Kings through a void rift to the Blood-Colored City, leaving the Half-Kings behind.
• The Kings saw the River of Forgetfulness Blood River surge toward the Blood-Colored City's seal, and the King of Reincarnation ordered the people below to retreat.

The King of Reincarnation confronted the Supreme Powerhouses at Blood-Colored City and wounded three of them with a single sword strike. As the standoff continued, Jiang Chen spotted Young Ba in the Wangchuan River’s mist, but Young Ba sensed a powerful presence hidden in his sleeve and withdrew.

• The King of the Fifth Office ordered Blood-Colored City’s Guardian personnel to retreat as the Wangchuan River surged toward them.
• The King of Reincarnation explained that the River of Forgetfulness was an ancient danger comparable to a Restricted Zone, then refused to let the Supreme Powerhouses pass unchallenged.
• The Supreme Powerhouses mocked the King of Reincarnation, who struck them with his Broken Sword and wounded three while they restrained their strength.
• The King of Reincarnation taunted the wounded figures and suggested that impostors had infiltrated their ranks.
• Jiang Chen recognized Young Ba in the river mist and tried to approach it, but Young Ba sensed a powerful presence in Jiang Chen’s sleeve and retreated.

Jiang Chen learned that the River of Forgetfulness’s Blood River was expected to flow into the Blood-Colored City’s Forbidden Zone, giving Kings a chance to enter. He decided to join the expedition, hoping to explore the zone and possibly find Uncle Wei.

• Jiang Chen recognized the Yin God’s left hand, several Reincarnators, and Xuanyi among the gathered Kings and powerhouses.
• Tang Yi silently warned Jiang Chen that Shenji and Jing Shou might be among the indistinct figures.
• Er Leng identified the balding middle-aged man as Earth One, and he and Jiang Chen speculated that Earth One might be the Hidden Kill Sect’s missing Tian Yi.
• Er Leng told Jiang Chen that a Reincarnator’s prediction had the Blood River entering the Blood-Colored City’s Forbidden Zone.
• Jiang Chen agreed to enter with the gathered group, hoping to explore the zone and perhaps help Uncle Wei.

Jiang Chen and the Nine Provinces’ Kings let the River of Forgetfulness Blood River enter the Blood-Colored City after the King of Reincarnation ordered the seal opened. Jiang Chen then turned the King of Reincarnation’s taunts into a public shouting match with King Artifact loudspeakers.

• Tie Zhu agreed to follow Jiang Chen into danger after Jiang Chen promised him access to missed cartoons.
• The King of Reincarnation ordered the Kings of the Nine Provinces to retreat and open the Blood-Colored City’s seal as the River of Forgetfulness Blood River approached.
• The King of the Fifth Office, the Song Emperor, and the Treasure-Gathering Daoist joined forces to open the seal.
• The King of Reincarnation taunted the Supreme Powerhouses on the river, then challenged them to fight in the present world.
• Jiang Chen gave the King of Reincarnation a King Artifact loudspeaker, then used a better one to curse the Supreme Powerhouses and urged the King of Reincarnation to join in.

Jiang Chen cursed the gathered powerhouses while the King of Reincarnation guarded the Nine Provinces, until the River of Forgetfulness breached the Blood-Colored City’s seal. As the breach quieted and the King of Reincarnation considered entering the Restricted Zone, Jiang Chen stepped into the Blood River to seek its treasures for the Nine Provinces.

• Jiang Chen used a King Artifact loudspeaker to insult the powerhouses gathered on the Blood River and gained a huge amount of Ghost Qi.
• The River of Forgetfulness swept away the barriers and struck the Blood-Colored City’s seal, opening a breach and sending a shockwave across the area.
• A terrifying voice laughed from inside the Blood-Colored City, then cried out in fear before falling silent as the river entered the city.
• The King of Reincarnation regretted keeping the Nine Provinces’ fighters from the opportunity and considered entering the Restricted Zone, while others urged him not to risk his life.
• Jiang Chen declared that he would give his all for the Nine Provinces and stepped into the Blood River.

Jiang Chen entered the Blood-Colored City Restricted Zone with the Blood River, while the kings of the Nine Provinces worried over his fate and watched the breach seal itself. As powerful figures inside the Restricted Zone began to threaten him, Jiang Chen’s immediate danger became clear.

• Jiang Chen entered the Blood River alone, and Sister Hong told the King of the Metropolis that no one could divine Jiang Chen’s fate and that the Restricted Zone would not bury him.
• The Blood River vanished into the Blood-Colored City Restricted Zone, and the breach repaired itself as the kings debated whether heaven and earth or human hands had made the seals.
• The King of Reincarnation argued that the Restricted Zones were man-made, mocking those who supported the natural-origin theory based on their professions and education.
• Inside the Restricted Zone, powerful figures ignored Jiang Chen, but a vicious middle-aged man and a woman in a black dress stepped forward to threaten him.

Jiang Chen faced a gathering of hostile Kings at the Blood River, but Tie Zhu stopped Zhao Congren’s attack while Er Leng secretly blocked Earth One’s assassination attempt. The confrontation escalated when an indistinct-faced Supreme Powerhouse entered the fray and threatened to kill Jiang Chen.

• Jiang Chen taunted the watching Kings, accusing them of waiting for someone else to attack first.
• Zhao Congren struck at Jiang Chen, but Tie Zhu appeared and blocked his saber before challenging him to a fight.
• The woman with the Flood Dragon sensed its fear of Tie Zhu and held back, while other Kings watched the fight.
• Er Leng warned Jiang Chen that he had blocked Earth One’s hidden attack and told Jiang Chen to fend for himself.
• An indistinct-faced Supreme Powerhouse declared that killing Jiang Chen would make the King of Reincarnation heartbroken.

As the Blood River neared the Blood-Colored City, Jiang Chen faced a Supreme Powerhouse’s attack and used Five-Star Demon Transformation to become a Six-Eared Macaque. He left the others stunned by plunging toward the Blood River.

• The Supreme Powerhouse gave Jiang Chen a chance to use his trump cards while the Blood River advanced toward the Blood-Colored City.
• Jiang Chen mocked the Supreme Powerhouse and secretly gathered Ghost Qi as he prepared for a future Seven-Star Card.
• The Supreme Powerhouse pressed a finger down on Jiang Chen, causing space and time around them to stagnate.
• Jiang Chen decided a Five-Star Card could help him escape into the Restricted Zone without exposing his greater power.
• Jiang Chen transformed into a Six-Eared Macaque, used Six-Eared Heaven-Penetrating Insight, and plunged toward the Blood River.

Jiang Chen plunged into the Wangchuan River to escape a Supreme Powerhouse, resisted its visions of past and present lives, and used his abilities to impersonate another Supreme Powerhouse. He rescued Tie Zhu from a group of attackers, but his pursuer discovered he had survived the river and vowed to kill him.

• Jiang Chen used Six-Eared Heaven-Penetrating Insight to learn how the Wangchuan River worked, then dove into it to escape the Supreme Powerhouse.
• Jiang Chen woke from the river's embrace with his memories restored and surfaced farther downstream, while Tie Zhu remained under attack.
• Jiang Chen saw through the Supreme Powerhouses' disguises and used Great Transformation Divine Ability and Six-Element Enlightenment Art to imitate an old man skilled in the Dao of space.
• Jiang Chen reached through space and pulled Tie Zhu away from Zhao Congren, the woman in black, and Xuanyi.
• The Supreme Powerhouse who had attacked Jiang Chen sensed his survival in the Blood River and declared that he could not let Jiang Chen live.

Jiang Chen escaped Xiao Changzai’s attack by diving beneath the Blood River’s surface, where the river punished the Artifact Gate master for following him. As Xiao Changzai bowed and bled, Jiang Chen wondered why the river had returned his own blood instead of accepting it.

• Xiao Changzai recognized Jiang Chen as a threat and launched his black iron anvil at him with full force.
• Jiang Chen sent the wounded Tie Zhu near the Restricted Zone’s barrier, then used a spatial shift to evade the attack.
• Jiang Chen dove three feet beneath the Blood River as the anvil struck the surface and lost much of its power.
• The anvil sank beneath the three-foot mark, and Xiao Changzai exploded before regathering his body and coming back to life.
• Xiao Changzai recognized the Blood River’s power, bowed in apology, and began bleeding as his aura weakened.
• Jiang Chen noticed that his own blood had flowed back to him and wondered why the Blood River treated it differently.

Jiang Chen bottled water from the River of Forgetfulness Blood River and dove after Xiao Changzai’s Black Iron Anvil, discovering a gigantic rock beneath the river that might be the legendary Three-Life Stone. He grabbed the anvil but hesitated to leave the discovery behind.

• Jiang Chen filled a large bottle with River of Forgetfulness Blood River water while Xiao Changzai paid the river’s price in blood, strength, fortune, and vitality.
• Jiang Chen chased the sinking Black Iron Anvil into the depths of the river as onlookers watched in disbelief.
• Jiang Chen found the anvil on what appeared to be a clean, empty riverbed, then realized it was a gigantic rock.
• Jiang Chen suspected the rock was the Three-Life Stone, grabbed the Black Iron Anvil, and struggled to decide whether to flee or investigate further.

Jiang Chen confirmed the boulder was the Three-Life Stone, but a crystalline Mortal World Bone struck him from the Wangchuan River and nearly tore his body apart. He emerged alive, stunning the gathered powerhouses, who recognized the bone’s immense value and watched him warily.

• Jiang Chen struck the boulder with the Black Iron Anvil, failed to damage it, and realized it was the Three-Life Stone.
• A translucent leg bone shot out of the depths of the Wangchuan River, blasted Jiang Chen from the water, and left him gravely injured.
• The gathered powerhouses were astonished that Jiang Chen had survived the river, while King You quietly retreated behind the others.
• God-Level and Jing Shou hesitated to approach Jiang Chen, and Tang Yi, Fei Yaoyu, and Zhou Tai stared at him in disbelief.
• The powerhouses identified the leg bone as a Mortal World Bone and discussed how such bones could help someone comprehend the Dao or even create a Supreme Powerhouse.

Jiang Chen faced Xiao Changzai’s God-Slaying Arsenal, but Stone Pillar’s intervention with the translucent leg bone helped him escape into Blood-Colored City. Xiao Changzai and the other powerhouses entered the Restricted Zone, eager to explore it despite the conflict.

• Xiao Changzai attacked Jiang Chen with the Artifact Gate’s God-Slaying Arsenal while Jiang Chen was injured and considering using his Six-Star Monster Transformation Card.
• Stone Pillar appeared and indicated that Jiang Chen’s translucent leg bone could stop the attack, so Jiang Chen threw it at the weapons.
• The leg bone blazed with a supreme aura, then rebounded and struck Jiang Chen, sending him toward the Blood River.
• Tie Zhu carried the gravely injured Jiang Chen through the Restricted Zone’s barrier, while Stone Pillar vanished into the void.
• Xiao Changzai entered the Restricted Zone after his attack failed, and the other powerhouses followed, warning one another to control their Evil Selves.

King You warned the Sacred Soul Sect against entering Blood-Colored City, but its Supreme Powerhouse insisted they go in search of the sect’s birthplace and a relic that could restore its glory. Jiang Chen arrived in the Restricted Zone gravely wounded, where his Evil Self emerged and the zone’s rules further weakened him.

• King You urged the Sacred Soul Sect to stay outside Blood-Colored City, but Shadow Elder explained how Evil Selves preyed on those who entered while injured.
• The Sacred Soul Sect’s Supreme Powerhouse ordered the group to enter Blood-Colored City, saying they needed to find something at the sect’s birthplace to restore its glory.
• King You and the others followed the Supreme Powerhouse through the Restricted Zone barrier.
• Jiang Chen crashed onto a desolate street with near-fatal injuries after surviving a Supreme Powerhouse’s strike.
• Jiang Chen’s Evil Self emerged, smiled at him, and disappeared into an alley as Demon Transformation ended early.
• Jiang Chen realized his wounds were difficult to heal and the Restricted Zone’s rules had suppressed his strength and vitality.

After entering the Blood-Colored City, Jiang Chen assessed how its powerful rules had weakened and injured him, then searched a building for danger. He rested in a child’s room and began drawing a Seven-Star Monster Transformation Card.

• Jiang Chen realized that the Restricted Zone’s dense rules had suppressed his strength, slowed his healing, and made revival more difficult.
• Jiang Chen considered the origins of the Restricted Zones and the world’s decline, then set those questions aside to focus on surviving.
• Jiang Chen explored a dilapidated four-story house on the edge of the Blood-Colored City and found nothing dangerous.
• Jiang Chen swallowed enhanced healing elixirs, lay down in a child’s room, and silently asked the system to draw a Seven-Star Monster Transformation Card.

Jiang Chen was transported to the Heavenly Court during the Jing River Dragon King's execution and witnessed the West Sea Dragon King Ao Run launch a devastating attack. The Heavenly Court's soldiers were slaughtered, and Jiang Chen realized the Four Seas Dragon Kings might be declaring war.

• Jiang Chen drew a Seven-Star Monster Transformation Card and was swept through time to the Heavenly Court.
• Jiang Chen recognized the dead dragon on the Dragon Execution Platform as the Jing River Dragon King and recalled how his execution set Journey to the West in motion.
• Ao Run roared at the Jade Emperor and defied the Heavenly Court's pardon edict.
• Ao Run unleashed black water that killed a nearby Heavenly Soldier and corroded the clouds.
• Ao Run's attack devastated the Heavenly Court's battle formation, leaving Jiang Chen to wonder whether the Four Seas Dragon Kings had declared war.

Jiang Chen woke after receiving the West Sea Dragon King Ao Run’s Seven-Star card and realized the Dragon Clan had been promised a place in the great calamity. He left his room feeling newly confident, then encountered two identical girls who both claimed the other was a dangerous shadow.

• Jiang Chen survived the West Sea Dragon King Ao Run’s terrifying gaze and woke from the vision of Ao Run confronting Heaven.
• Jiang Chen reasoned that the Heavenly Court had offered the Dragon Clan a place in the great calamity, possibly for Ao Lie, and saw Ao Run’s later gains as compensation for the Jing River Dragon King’s death.
• Jiang Chen confirmed that Dragon King Ao Run of the West Sea was a Seven-Star card and felt confident that the card could protect him.
• Jiang Chen heard a girl downstairs asking whether anyone had seen her shadow and noticed she had none.
• A second girl identical to the first warned Jiang Chen not to approach the one downstairs, and both girls showed matching neck scars while claiming the other was a dangerous shadow.

Jiang Chen tried to escape the two Li Xiyues by carrying the original girl downstairs, then betrayed her by handing her over to her shadow. The shadow suspected he was lying and threatened him, while the original Li Xiyue’s resentment began to turn her into a danger as well.

• Li Xiyue threatened Jiang Chen with a bloodstained spoon and demanded that he hide in the bedroom, leading him to recognize her as the original and the other girl as her shadow.
• Jiang Chen dodged Li Xiyue’s attack, slung her over his shoulder, and carried her downstairs despite her struggles.
• Jiang Chen offered the shadow a deal and then tossed the original Li Xiyue in front of her, leaving the girl shocked by his betrayal.
• The original Li Xiyue’s resentment produced black vapor, and her shadow threatened Jiang Chen, suspecting that he was lying about her identity.

Jiang Chen manipulated Li Xiyue’s evil self into describing the ideal shadow, then killed both versions of the little girl with his hammer. As the house transformed, he found an eyeless handmade doll containing powerful wish power.

• Jiang Chen taunted Li Xiyue’s evil self while learning that evil selves could provide Ghost Qi and that originals could be dangerous too.
• Jiang Chen arranged Li Xiyue to resemble her evil self and provoked her into describing a flat, single-colored shadow.
• Jiang Chen killed Li Xiyue, leaving a red shadow, then killed her evil self and called her his new shadow.
• Jiang Chen photographed himself with the red shadow as the house deteriorated and changed.
• Jiang Chen searched the upstairs bedroom and found an eyeless doll that contained powerful wish power.

Jiang Chen discovered that the doll left by Li Xiyue was a sacrificial offering prototype, then reasoned that Restricted Zones used the thoughts and fortune of those they abducted to create such objects and strengthen themselves. He left with a growing sense of danger as he considered the coming Disorder of the Ultimate Number and the forces that might oppose it.

• Jiang Chen tested the handmade doll and concluded that it held wish power like a damaged sacrificial offering, though its limited age gave it only a few uses.
• Jiang Chen named the object a sacrificial offering prototype and speculated that ancient sacrificial offerings formed when powerful beings’ wishes endured over time.
• Jiang Chen watched Li Xiyue’s former home vanish into gray mist and wondered whether Restricted Zones shaped buildings from the thoughts and wishes of the living and dead they drew in.
• Jiang Chen reasoned that Li Xiyue’s memories and suffering had accumulated in the doll, and suspected Restricted Zones selected people with great fortune to steal power from the Mortal World.
• Jiang Chen considered whether his own ghost qi and Monster Transformation Cards also drew power from the Restricted Zones, then reflected on the approaching crisis and the powerful figures who might intervene.

Jiang Chen explored the outskirts of the Blood-Colored City and witnessed his evil self’s memories of escaping a haunted apartment building. After his evil self killed the woman who helped him and slew the ghost, Jiang Chen discovered that his actions earned ghost qi and headed toward him to offer guidance.

• Jiang Chen assessed the Blood-Colored City’s layers of buildings and decided to investigate a six-story apartment building.
• Jiang Chen saw images of his evil self encountering a crying woman in a school uniform and hiding from her monstrous ghost form.
• Jiang Chen watched his evil self escape the building with the woman’s help, then stab and kill her at the entrance.
• Jiang Chen’s evil self killed the pursuing ghost and taunted Jiang Chen through a mirror.
• Jiang Chen criticized his evil self’s methods, then discovered his actions earned ghost qi and set off to find him.

Jiang Chen searched the haunted city for his evil self while testing how well he could fight under the Restricted Zone’s rules. After defeating a top-tier blood-clad ghost, he assessed his limits and the dangers deeper in the city.

• Jiang Chen loudly called for Jiang Xiao Chen as he searched the district of six-story buildings, while his evil self heard him and left to master his inherited abilities.
• Jiang Chen entered an old office building to test the strength of its ghosts while his injuries continued to heal.
• Jiang Chen found a cardboard-box-headed ghost trying to squeeze into a storage cabinet and recognized that its fears echoed the dead employee’s claustrophobia.
• Jiang Chen attacked the ghost with Six Paths Thunder Method and the Yin God Hammer, then smashed the top-tier blood-clad ghost to pieces.
• Jiang Chen concluded that he could handle top-tier blood-clad ghosts but might be in danger against a Half-King, and wondered how the Restricted Zone affected stronger beings.

Jiang Chen used the River Earl to redeem a claustrophobic ghost, then crossed toward the black high-rise area while planning to map the Restricted Zone. A system notification revealed that Jiang Xiao Chen had killed a fierce soul, while Jiang Chen's evil self plotted to surpass him and take control of the body.

• Jiang Chen disguised himself and used the River Earl to frighten the claustrophobic ghost through cramped spaces before revealing the ghost's corpse and redeeming him.
• Jiang Chen burned a doll and the man's bloodstained key, gaining limited healing for his chest wounds.
• Jiang Chen headed toward the black high-rise area and noted the empty stretch of road so he could map the Restricted Zone later.
• Jiang Chen received a notification that Jiang Xiao Chen had killed a fierce soul and complained that the boy had wasted the chance to gain more ghost qi.
• Jiang Chen's evil self praised the Great Transformation Technique after ambushing and killing a middle fierce soul-level Weird Object, then resolved to kill again and take the lead.

Jiang Chen entered a black high-rise in the Blood-Colored City to find Sacrificial Offering Prototypes, then felt a distant clash shake the Restricted Zone and wondered whether the Wangchuan River was fighting powerful beings. He discovered the building’s owner had been a murderous surgeon who dissected himself and became a Fierce Soul.

• Jiang Chen watched his Evil Self kill a Security Guard Fierce Soul and its Evil Self, then pretended to vent in anger while a hidden observer mocked him.
• Jiang Chen entered a twelve-story black high-rise, identified its Yin Baleful Qi crystals as part of the Restricted Zone’s system, and grew wary of unseen controllers.
• A thunderous clash deep within the City of Metropolis shook the high-rise, and Jiang Chen suspected the Wangchuan River had begun fighting terrifying ghosts and gods.
• Jiang Chen searched the building and learned from its records that its owner was a surgeon whose malpractice and killings drove him to dissect himself alive, after which he became a Fierce Soul.