Recaps

Zhou Yi survived his ten-year executioner contract, uncovered threats within the prison, and left for a clerk’s post while secretly building his cultivation. In the capital, he dealt with demons and new acquaintances as he pursued Daoist learning and saw Bai Yutang’s fate with Li Hongling unfold.

• Zhou Yi entered the Demon-Slaying Bureau’s execution chambers, gained the Demon and Monster Compendium, and built his power by killing demons while hiding his cultivation.
• Zhou Yi completed Tales of the Executioner, then fought off the Azure Wave Dragon King’s escaped soul before the Bureau’s experts captured it.
• During Great Qian’s drought and growing unrest, Zhou Yi secretly brought rain, saved Feng Ling’er’s soul, and fed her strength until she neared a physical form.
• Zhou Yi discovered that Saintess Jialan had merged with Han Er and destroyed her blood shadow, then completed his ten-year term and became a Ministry of Works clerk.
• After leaving the prison, Zhou Yi tested his immortal sword on a mountain peak, drawing the attention of Emperor Jingtai and the capital’s powerful cultivators.
• Zhou Yi identified Bright Moon as the fox demon Hu Yue, executed her, and helped Feng Ling’er learn the Heavenly Fox Secret Canon before dispelling Hu Yue’s vengeance curse.
• Zhou Yi copied Daoist scriptures to improve his cultivation and earn money, then exposed Bai Yutang’s disguise and watched Li Hongling capture him as their marriage fate took shape.

Zhou Yi balanced his work in the Capital with cultivation, then traveled to Hengyang and uncovered the slaughter of his family’s village and a conspiracy involving corpses and ghosts. The arc ended with Zhou Yi and Yan Chixiao secretly watching Zhao Gongfu as the governor continued the scheme.

• Zhou Yi negotiated a profit-sharing contract with Top Scholar Hall for Tales of the Executioner, which sold widely after Wu Ke praised it.
• Hu Jiuying attacked Princess Consort Huai, then fought Zhou Yi before the Green Mound Fox Immortal intervened and persuaded him to let her leave human territory.
• Zhou Yi helped Feng Ling'er reunite with Feng Zhen, then bought a courtyard house and continued his work at the Ministry of Works and Demon-Slaying Bureau.
• After Li Shan appeared to be executed but remained alive in prison, Zhou Yi killed him and gained a swordsmanship ability, then mastered the Great Qian Sword Scripture and set out for Hengyang.
• On the road, Zhou Yi met Yan Chixiao and helped expose the Coiled Snake Mountain god as a demonic avatar, destroying the temple and revealing thousands of buried bones.
• In Hengyang and Zhou Family Village, Zhou Yi discovered that his relatives and fellow villagers were dead spirits, learned that rebels had massacred them, and found that an unknown visitor had periodically taken away their fierce ghosts.
• Zhou Yi confronted the Hengyang City God, followed the earthquake’s baleful energy to a yin pool, and killed Hermit Dulong, whose memories tied him to the Heavenly Demon Alliance and Governor Zhao Gongfu.
• Zhou Yi and Yan Chixiao secretly watched Zhao Gongfu, who told Pang Jiang to continue refining corpses because he needed a spirit pill to advance.