Recaps

After Tang Xiaoling’s livestream caused worldwide alarm and angry online disputes, she woke hungry and mistook Tiantian’s paw for food in her sleep. Tiantian took human form as Big Sis Mengmeng and brought Tang Xiaoling downstairs, where a group of elderly residents watched them closely.

• Leaders around the world panicked over Tang Xiaoling’s revealed ability, while more than a dozen countries secretly paid the Sacred Soul Hall to help send a challenger into Dragon Country’s next instance.
• Stick Country, Sakura Country, and Annan Monkey Country demanded that Dragon Country share or surrender Tang Xiaoling, prompting furious replies from Dragon Country’s netizens.
• Tang Xiaoling woke from a dream and discovered she had bitten Tiantian’s paw, then complained that she was hungry.
• Tiantian transformed into human form, left a soulless cat avatar on the bed, and pretended to arrive as Big Sis Mengmeng to take Tang Xiaoling out for food.
• As Tiantian carried Tang Xiaoling downstairs, a group of elderly residents watched them, and Tiantian grew wary before continuing past them.

A brief flash of ghostly energy from the Cloth Doll triggered a level-one alert in River City, and Cheng Li rushed to evacuate the Ten Elders from Lasting Peace Community. The elders suspected the Cloth Doll had released the energy, but they remained unsure whether a real threat was nearby.

• Tiantian warned the Cloth Doll to protect Tang Xiaoling, and its green-eyed response released a flash of half-step Ghost General-level energy.
• The Investigation Bureau detected the energy, declared a level-one alert, and sent Cheng Li toward Lasting Peace Community to evacuate the Ten Elders.
• The Ten Elders recalled the murderous killing intent they had sensed from Tiantian and worried about approaching Tang Xiaoling without permission.
• Cheng Li told Jiang Daoguo that the energy had appeared in Lasting Peace Community and urged the elders to leave River City immediately.
• Chen Jie suggested the Cloth Doll had released the energy, and Jiang Daoguo reasoned that the danger might have passed because no attack had followed.

The Ten Elders tried to conceal their fear of Tiantian while Cheng Li arrived, unaware of the situation. As Jiang Daoguo spoke with Tang Xiaoling and Tiantian, Chen Jie noticed a mark on Tang Xiaoling that signaled she was about to enter an Evil Spirit Instance.

• Jiang Daoguo told Cheng Li to identify the girl beside Tang Xiaoling within two days or resign.
• Tang Xiaoling and Tiantian approached the Ten Elders, and Chen Jie trembled when she saw Tiantian.
• Jiang Daoguo pretended to be a new neighbor and reassured Tiantian that the Elders meant no harm.
• Tang Xiaoling questioned Tiantian about why she could befriend some strangers but not others, and Jiang Daoguo explained that some people wanted to hurt her while others meant well.
• Chen Jie pointed at Tang Xiaoling and cried out that she had the mark for entering an Evil Spirit Instance.

Tang Xiaoling was selected for the world instance Primordial Cage, an Extreme-difficulty gladiatorial arena where players and evil spirits from many factions could kill one another. As Mengmeng took Tang Xiaoling upstairs to prepare, Jiang Daoguo ordered Dragon Country’s Dragon Guardians to join her, but the Sacred Soul Hall did not answer his calls.

• A red skull appeared on Tang Xiaoling’s hand, and a mechanical voice announced that she had been selected for the Primordial Cage instance.
• Jiang Daoguo and the others reacted with horror as they recalled the instance’s deadly rules and the near-total loss of its previous participants.
• Jiang Daoguo ordered Wu Guang to contact the Sacred Soul Hall and keep Tang Xiaoling out of the instance, but Tiantian carried her upstairs to prepare her to enter.
• Tiantian’s murderous intent overwhelmed Jiang Daoguo and the others, and she disappeared upstairs with Tang Xiaoling before they could stop her.
• Jiang Daoguo ordered Leng Xiao and three other Dragon Guardians to enter the instance, while Wu Guang repeatedly called the Sacred Soul Hall without receiving an answer.

Tang Xiaoling prepared to enter the Extreme-difficulty Primordial Cage instance, reassured by her father and equipped with a Princess Dress and Little Backpack. She arrived at the instance with 1,199 other players as it began.

• Tiantian rushed home with Tang Xiaoling, then secretly returned as a cat and comforted her with the Cloth Doll.
• Tang Xiaoling fed Tiantian and joined the livestream, where viewers argued about her entering the Primordial Cage.
• Tang Long called Tang Xiaoling, promised her a present in the instance, and told her the Princess Dress and Little Backpack would keep bad people from bullying her.
• Tang Xiaoling put on the Princess Dress and Little Backpack, and viewers noticed her bearing change dramatically.
• Tang Xiaoling vanished into the Primordial Cage and appeared before a cluster of buildings alongside 1,199 other players.

Tiantian entered the Netherworld with Zhong Jue, hoping the Ghost Emperor could help her reach Tang Xiaoling. Meanwhile, the Ten Elders discovered that three of the other players were tied to the Sacred Soul Hall before the Primordial Cage instance began.

• Tiantian grabbed Zhong Jue and entered the Netherworld through a ghostly portal, then raced toward the palace to find the Ghost Emperor.
• The Ten Elders watched the livestream and recognized Jiang Ya among Dragon Country’s five players.
• Wu Guang ordered Cheng Li to investigate the other three players, and the report revealed that Kishida Kameichiro and Park Dam-hwan were Sacred Soul Hall Believers while Yang Dianfeng was under suspicion.
• The Ten Elders angrily discussed the Sacred Soul Hall’s interference, and Chen Jie stopped their argument and urged them to focus on what to do next.
• Tang Xiaoling and the other players received the announcement that the extreme-difficulty Primordial Cage instance had begun, with 2,200 players assigned to factions.

Tang Xiaoling entered the instance alone and was targeted by three Sacred Soul Hall believers, but Jiang Ya stepped in and verbally humiliated them. The instance began as the faction-matching notification appeared.

• Tang Xiaoling realized she had left Tiantian at home and anxiously tried to leave the instance.
• Park Dam-hwan mocked Tang Xiaoling, while he, Kishida Kameichiro, and Yang Dianfeng planned to recruit or kill her for the Sacred Soul Hall.
• Jiang Ya defended Tang Xiaoling and traded insults with Park Dam-hwan and Kishida Kameichiro.
• Kishida Kameichiro and Park Dam-hwan failed to understand Jiang Ya's insults, prompting Yang Dianfeng to question their intelligence.
• The locked doors opened, and all 2,200 players received a notification that the instance had begun and faction matching was underway.

The primordial cage assigned players to factions, but Tang Xiaoling’s background proved so powerful that the instance could not assign her any faction or impose restrictions on her. Her status as the Princess of Fengdu left viewers and the Ten Elders stunned.

• The viewers discussed faction levels and learned that the highest assignment previously recorded was level four.
• The instance assigned Park Dam-hwan, Kishida Kameichiro, and Yang Dianfeng to the Fallen Angel Level Four Faction because of their Sacred Soul Hall emblems.
• The instance assigned Jiang Ya to the Investiture of the Gods Human Faction Level Five because she descended from Jiang Ziya.
• The instance failed to assign Tang Xiaoling a faction, declaring that her background exceeded its authority and welcoming the Princess of Fengdu to move freely.
• The viewers and the Ten Elders were shocked, and Jiang Daoguo realized that his granddaughter’s level-five assignment could not compare with Tang Xiaoling’s status.

Jiang Ya promised to return for Tang Xiaoling after being teleported to her faction, then learned that Tang Xiaoling was the SSS-ranked player from the news. Left alone in the primordial cage, Tang Xiaoling received a supreme buff commanding every Evil Spirit, but stayed outside the building to keep her promise.

• Jiang Ya learned that Tang Xiaoling had not been assigned a faction and promised to come back for her after teleporting away.
• Jiang Ya discovered Tang Xiaoling's identity as the SSS-ranked player just as she was sent to the God-Sealing Human Race faction.
• Tang Xiaoling received the supreme above all buff, which made every Evil Spirit in the primordial cage obey her commands.
• Tang Xiaoling felt an unexplained familiarity with the dark building and wanted to enter, but stayed where she was to wait for Jiang Ya.

Jiang Ya entered West Qi as its only player and learned that she had to protect the city while completing faction quests. She discovered that the Soul-Locking Tower was also the staging area where she could search for Ji Fa’s jade pendant, and set out to teleport there and find Lingling.

• Jiang Ya arrived at West Qi, joined the level 5 God-Sealing Human Race faction, and gained the Righteous Vital Energy buff.
• Jiang Ya entered the deserted city and received a quest to find Ji Fa’s lost jade pendant in the Soul-Locking Tower, along with a warning that all faction players would die if West Qi fell.
• Jiang Ya inspected the Faction Shop, found powerful items she could not afford, and learned that anything she bought would only work in the Primordial Cage Instance.
• Jiang Ya worried that West Qi had no defenses and that leaving it undefended could invite an attack.
• Jiang Ya checked the map, realized the Soul-Locking Tower was the staging area where she had entered the Instance, and prepared to teleport there to find Lingling and search for the pendant.

Jiang Ya returned to the Soul-Locking Tower with Tang Xiaoling, who insisted on going inside despite Jiang Ya's concerns. Yang Dianfeng, Kishida Kameichiro, and Park Dam-hwan reappeared and attacked them, forcing Jiang Ya to carry Tang Xiaoling into the tower as the trio gave chase.

• Jiang Ya was teleported to the Soul-Locking Tower entrance, where Tang Xiaoling greeted her and asked to enter the building.
• Jiang Ya tried to take Tang Xiaoling away, but the girl resisted and asked to explore the tower.
• Yang Dianfeng, Kishida Kameichiro, and Park Dam-hwan appeared, and Kishida Kameichiro hurled a kunai at Tang Xiaoling.
• Jiang Ya shielded Tang Xiaoling, whose Princess Dress blocked the kunai with its blue protective light.
• Jiang Ya carried Tang Xiaoling into the tower to escape, and the three men followed them inside.

Jiang Ya fled up a seemingly endless stairway while carrying Tang Xiaoling, pursued by Park Dam-hwan and Kishida Kameichiro. Yang Dianfeng was trapped in the Asura Path, and Jiang Ya collapsed from exhaustion as her pursuers closed in.

• Jiang Ya chose one of six stairways and ran upstairs with Tang Xiaoling as Park Dam-hwan and Kishida Kameichiro chased them.
• Yang Dianfeng sensed danger, saw the Asura Path inscription appear, and was pulled into the path when his attempts to escape failed.
• Jiang Ya climbed more than 150 floors carrying Tang Xiaoling, then fell but caught the girl before she could tumble down the stairs.
• Tang Xiaoling landed safely with an agile flip and caught Jiang Ya, while viewers praised her skill.
• Jiang Ya tried to pick Tang Xiaoling up and keep climbing, but exhaustion overcame her and she collapsed.

Tang Xiaoling carried the unconscious Jiang Ya up the stairs while evading Park Dam-hwan and Kishida Kameichiro, revealing strength befitting her SSS-rated clearance. After her artifact-soul Spirit Artifact caught Kameichiro’s kunai, the men pursued them greedily, while Jiang Ya woke and marveled at Lingling’s strength.

• Jiang Ya collapsed as Park Dam-hwan and Kishida Kameichiro caught up, but Tang Xiaoling lifted her overhead and raced up the stairs.
• Park Dam-hwan and Kameichiro realized Tang Xiaoling was an SSS-rated clearer and chased after her.
• Kameichiro threw a kunai at Tang Xiaoling, and the porcelain-doll Evil Spirit from her backpack caught it.
• Park Dam-hwan and Kameichiro recognized the backpack as a rare artifact-soul Spirit Artifact and pursued Tang Xiaoling in hopes of stealing it.
• Jiang Ya woke while Tang Xiaoling carried her and was astonished by the little girl’s speed and strength.

Tang Xiaoling carried Jiang Ya up the endless stairs while Park Dam-hwan and Gui Yilang pursued them for her backpack. At the Asura Gate, Tang Xiaoling rushed into the terrifying realm beyond, leaving Jiang Ya frozen with fear.

• Tang Xiaoling kept running with Jiang Ya despite Jiang Ya's pleas to be put down, while the exhausted Park Dam-hwan and Gui Yilang continued chasing them for the backpack.
• Tang Xiaoling reached a doorway decorated with bloody body parts, ignored Jiang Ya's warning, and set her down before the doors.
• A familiar, warm feeling drew Tang Xiaoling to the doors, and she pushed them open despite Jiang Ya trying to stop her.
• Jiang Ya saw hideous Evil Spirits and a pot boiling with severed limbs inside, while Tang Xiaoling looked on with delight.
• Park Dam-hwan and Gui Yilang caught up, so Tang Xiaoling grabbed Jiang Ya and ran through the doors marked Six Paths of Reincarnation · Asura Gate.

Tang Xiaoling and Jiang Ya entered the six paths of reincarnation, where hundreds of powerful evil spirits rushed toward them. The spirits recognized Tang Xiaoling as the Fengdu Princess and knelt, while Jiang Ya feared Tang Xiaoling’s words had exposed her invisibility.

• Tang Xiaoling pulled Jiang Ya through the gate marked as the six paths of reincarnation, and the evil spirits inside turned toward them.
• Jiang Ya saw the approaching spirits’ levels, pressed an Invisibility Talisman onto Tang Xiaoling, and tried to throw her back through the gate.
• Jiang Ya failed to move Tang Xiaoling and fell as the spirits surrounded them, believing the talisman would let Tang Xiaoling escape.
• The evil spirits recognized Tang Xiaoling as the Fengdu Princess and dropped to their knees in terror.
• Tang Xiaoling noticed Jiang Ya on the ground and spoke to her, making Jiang Ya fear that the talisman’s invisibility had been broken.

Jiang Ya woke to find hundreds of Evil Spirits kneeling before Tang Xiaoling, who remained calm and friendly toward them. Park Dam-hwan and Gui Yilang arrived and hid nearby, hoping to seize Tang Xiaoling’s Ghost Artifact after the Spirits killed her and Jiang Ya.

• Jiang Ya lay waiting for death, but Tang Xiaoling woke her by poking her cheek.
• Jiang Ya opened her eyes and saw hundreds of Evil Spirits prostrating themselves before Tang Xiaoling.
• Tang Xiaoling told Jiang Ya she was not afraid because the Spirits seemed nice, leaving Jiang Ya baffled.
• Park Dam-hwan and Gui Yilang found the kneeling Spirits and decided to hide and wait for a chance to take Tang Xiaoling’s Ghost Artifact.
• Dragon Country’s livestream viewers mocked Gui Yilang and wondered when Tang Xiaoling would command the Spirits to attack the men.

Jiang Ya discovered that Tang Xiaoling’s Princess Outfit could shield them from powerful evil spirits and urged her to activate it so they could escape. With the blue barrier around them, Jiang Ya prepared to fight their way out while carrying Lingling.

• Jiang Ya realized her remaining tools could not handle the surrounding Ghost General- and Ghost Monarch-tier evil spirits.
• Tang Xiaoling examined the Princess Outfit’s description but struggled to read it, so Jiang Ya helped confirm that it was a top-grade intermediate Spirit Artifact.
• Jiang Ya learned that the outfit’s skill could withstand attacks from Ghost General-tier spirits and one full-power Ghost Monarch-tier attack.
• Jiang Ya hugged and kissed Tang Xiaoling, then picked her up and asked her to activate the shield.
• Tang Xiaoling activated the shield, surrounding them both in blue light as Jiang Ya prepared to escape with her.

Jiang Ya carried Tang Xiaoling through the kneeling Evil Spirits and escaped the room unharmed, while Park Dam-hwan and Kishida Kameichiro mistook the spirits’ reverence for proof that she possessed a powerful treasure. Seeing the men prepare to attack, Jiang Ya whispered a plan to protect Tang Xiaoling and confront them.

• Jiang Ya hesitated to step over a Ghost General Tier Evil Spirit, but Tang Xiaoling startled her and made her stomp down.
• Jiang Ya ran across the kneeling Evil Spirits with Tang Xiaoling and reached the doorway without being attacked.
• The Evil Spirits turned and bowed toward Jiang Ya, while Park Dam-hwan and Kishida Kameichiro concluded she had a treasure that could command them.
• Park Dam-hwan and Kishida Kameichiro grew intent on killing Jiang Ya and taking her supposed treasure.
• Jiang Ya told Tang Xiaoling to pretend to head downstairs, run when the men attacked, and leave them to her.

Jiang Ya discovered that the Evil Spirits were bowing to Tang Xiaoling, despite the girl having joined no faction. Realizing Lingling had her covered, Jiang Ya grew confident about facing the attackers from Stick Country and Sakura Country.

• Jiang Ya warned Tang Xiaoling to flee if the two attackers came after them, but Tang Xiaoling insisted that someone inside the doorway was calling her.
• Jiang Ya saw the Evil Spirits bowing and suspected they were paying respect to Tang Xiaoling.
• Viewers from Dragon Country argued with foreign viewers over whether the Evil Spirits were bowing to Tang Xiaoling or the rival challengers.
• Jiang Ya moved from side to side and confirmed that the Evil Spirits turned to bow wherever she carried Tang Xiaoling.
• Jiang Ya asked whether Tang Xiaoling had joined a faction, and Tang Xiaoling said she had not.
• Jiang Ya set Tang Xiaoling down and saw that the Evil Spirits kept bowing to her, then decided she no longer needed to fear the attackers.

Jiang Ya and Tang Xiaoling tricked Gui Yilang into staring at Park Dam-hwan’s Plague Ghost eyeball, trapping him in a terrifying hallucination. He fled into the Primordial Cage doorway and landed on the kneeling Evil Spirits, while Park Dam-hwan watched in disbelief.

• Jiang Ya and Tang Xiaoling pretended to be frightened so Gui Yilang and Park Dam-hwan would prepare an ambush.
• Park Dam-hwan explained that his Plague Ghost eyeball caused hallucinations after someone stared into it for three seconds.
• Gui Yilang stared at the eyeball for three seconds and hallucinated that he had returned to Death Highway.
• Gui Yilang fled from the Driver Evil Spirit, tripped, and came to on top of the kneeling Evil Spirits inside the Primordial Cage doorway.
• Gui Yilang trembled and foamed at the mouth as the pinned Evil Spirits glared at him, while Park Dam-hwan stared in astonishment.

Kishida Kameichiro was torn apart by the Evil Spirits, while Park Dam-hwan was captured after trying to flee. Jiang Ya discovered that the spirits feared and obeyed Tang Xiaoling, who recovered Jiang Ya’s lost jade pendant and completed her mission.

• Kishida Kameichiro ran into the Evil Spirits, who tore him apart and cleaned up the scene while Jiang Ya shielded Tang Xiaoling.
• Park Dam-hwan realized the Evil Spirits worshipped Tang Xiaoling and tried to retreat, but a crowd of spirits stopped him and dragged him away.
• The newly arrived Evil Spirits recognized Tang Xiaoling, became frightened, and knelt before her.
• Jiang Ya asked Tang Xiaoling to find her lost jade pendant, and an Evil Spirit promptly brought it to them.
• Jiang Ya took the jade pendant and received confirmation that her mission was complete.

After completing the jade pendant quest, Jiang Ya was summoned back to defend West Qi City from a group of attackers. Tang Xiaoling remained with the Evil Spirits, who recognized her as their Princess and mobilized Netherworld Soldiers to help Jiang Ya.

• Jiang Ya received 2,000 Contribution Points for retrieving King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa's jade pendant, then was summoned to defend West Qi City.
• Jiang Ya told Tang Xiaoling to stay safely with the Evil Spirits and teleported to the city wall, where she saw dozens of clearance-passers preparing to attack.
• Tang Xiaoling wished she had a faction so she could help Jiang Ya, prompting the Evil Spirits to pledge their support to her as their Princess.
• A Ghost Monarch used the Spirit Communication Stone to order Netherworld Soldiers to assist the God-Sealing Human Race faction.
• Ghost Monarch Tu scolded the commander for promising to flatten the city and threatened him if West Qi City suffered any harm.

Tang Xiaoling’s authority over the Asura Land became clear as Ghost Monarch Tu ordered the Evil Spirits to protect Jiang Ya and West Qi. Tang Xiaoling entered the Instance with Tu as her guide, while Tang Long agreed to send Sky Dog after her later.

• Foreign viewers questioned why the Evil Spirits obeyed Tang Xiaoling, while viewers from Stick Country and Sakura Country accused Dragon Country of using tricks.
• Ghost Monarch Tu assured Tang Xiaoling that Jiang Ya and West Qi would be safe, and she asked the kneeling Evil Spirits to stand up.
• Tang Xiaoling asked to enter the Asura Land, and Ghost Monarch Tu offered to guide her around its sights.
• Tang Long watched the group leave and praised Xiao Ye’s subordinates for following the rules.
• Sky Dog begged Tang Long to send him to Tang Xiaoling, and Tang Long agreed to ask Baye to send him over after letting Lingling play alone for a while.

Tang Xiaoling explored the Asura Hall with Ghost Monarch Tu while searching for the gift her father had hidden in the Instance. She felt drawn toward the dangerous Asura Path, and Ghost Monarch Tu panicked as she begged to approach it.

• Ghost Monarch Tu showed Tang Xiaoling the River of Forgetfulness and warned her that its resentful waters could consume her soul.
• Tang Xiaoling asked Ghost Monarch Tu to help find the gift her father had hidden somewhere in the Instance, but he did not know where it was.
• Ghost Monarch Tu offered to accompany Tang Xiaoling on her search, but she declined and said she would look for it herself.
• Tang Xiaoling sensed a growing summons from inside the Asura Hall and asked to approach the Chaos Magic Treasure of the Asura Path.
• Ghost Monarch Tu warned that the Asura Path could suck in her soul, but Tang Xiaoling begged him to let her go closer.

Tang Xiaoling followed Ghost Monarch Tu to observe the Asura Path, a dangerous Chaos Magic Treasure, after he took precautions to protect her. The treasure suddenly activated and pulled her toward reincarnation, and a cold snort from within made Ghost Monarch Tu release her.

• Ghost Monarch Tu warned Tang Xiaoling about the Asura Path and agreed to take her closer while keeping her behind him.
• Ghost Monarch Tu led Tang Xiaoling and five Ghost Generals to a spot thirty meters from the Asura Path.
• The Asura Path began fluctuating, and its soul-sucking range expanded as Ghost Monarch Tu realized it was pulling Tang Xiaoling in particular.
• The five Ghost Generals and Ghost Monarch Tu tried to hold Tang Xiaoling back, but the attraction lifted her into the air.
• A cold snort from inside the Asura Path struck Ghost Monarch Tu like thunder, making him let go of Tang Xiaoling as she plunged into reincarnation.