Recaps

After leaving Zion with the badly injured Chi Xiao, Xu Le sheltered her at the Soul Devouring Tree while the Red Moon Holy Temple faced the aftermath of a devastating Black Tide attack. When Chi Xiao recovered enough to talk, Xu Le told her about the Children of Guyinduo and proposed that they head to the Red Moon Holy Temple, despite its difficult barrier.

• Xu Le carried Chi Xiao away from Zion through the Darkness Gate after warning Li Wen that a new era was coming.
• The other three great city-states learned that the Red Moon Holy Temple had suffered heavy casualties during an unprecedented Black Tide, and rumors spread about a projection of one of the Children of Guyinduo.
• Li Wen connected the attack to Xu Le's rescue of Chi Xiao and concluded that the Red Moon Holy Temple's lack of a public victory report suggested something was amiss.
• Several days later, Chi Xiao awoke at the Soul Devouring Tree, and Xu Le explained that only the Red Moon Holy Temple had experienced the Black Tide and that a Child of Guyinduo had appeared.
• Xu Le told Chi Xiao that Night Fiend was overwhelmingly powerful, and Chi Xiao accepted her as a long-term goal.
• Xu Le proposed that they go to the Red Moon Holy Temple, and Chi Xiao warned him that its barrier was too special for even her to fool; Xu Le said he had a way.

Xu Le immigrated to the Red Moon Holy Temple under a false identity, intending to disrupt the Children of Guyinduo’s plans and balance the war between them and the Red Moon. As he arrived at Chi Xiao’s home, Night Fiend appeared and invited him to a meal.

• Xu Le explained to Ai Li and Li Wen that the Red Moon Holy Temple had relaxed immigration to recruit more people, then asked Li Wen to arrange his immigration as a Zion resident.
• Li Wen arranged Xu Le’s travel, and Xu Le boarded an airship the next morning using a disguise and a false identity.
• Xu Le passed the Red Moon Holy Temple’s Warlock security check and met Chi Xiao, who offered him a place to stay.
• Xu Le told Chi Xiao he wanted to disrupt the Children of Guyinduo’s plans and asked her about the Temple’s recruitment drive.
• As Xu Le and Chi Xiao headed to her home, Night Fiend appeared with her Black Sheep and invited Xu Le to a meal.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao joined Night Fiend for a meal, where Night Fiend praised Chi Xiao’s battle and explained the strengths and weaknesses of various enemies. After Xu Le told Night Fiend the story of Farewell My Concubine, she suggested visiting the Red Moon Holy Temple’s libraries, and Xu Le settled in at Chi Xiao’s home with Ding Ke.

• Night Fiend invited Chi Xiao to join Xu Le for a meal and praised her performance against Puppet’s projection, explaining that Chi Xiao and Xu Le could have a chance against a Child of Guyinduo if she reached level eight.
• Night Fiend said the Ancient Gods and Red Moon Gods had weaknesses, while level-eight humans had great potential that depended on the individual.
• At Night Fiend’s request, Xu Le told her the story of Farewell My Concubine, and she praised Cheng Dieyi’s strength of character before advising Xu Le and Chi Xiao to visit the libraries.
• Night Fiend paid for the meal and left, while Chi Xiao took Xu Le and Ding Ke to her courtyard home.
• Xu Le chose a room at Chi Xiao’s home and entered his consciousness to control the Soul Devouring Tree, where Ding Ke teased him about the room smelling like Chi Xiao.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao searched a Red Moon Holy Temple library for Night Fiend’s lead and discovered that its books siphoned Spirit Energy through images of the injured angel Sora of the Invisible. When they learned the books could not absorb Guyinduo Spirit Energy, Xu Le traced the stolen energy by planting dark particles in it and finally sensed a destination far away.

• Xu Le left Ding Ke at Chi Xiao’s house and went with Chi Xiao to investigate a nearby library, while Ding Ke secretly changed into human form and slipped out.
• Xu Le found that most books showed Sora of the Invisible and drained a little of his Spirit Energy, and Chi Xiao explained that this was the library’s customary fee.
• Chi Xiao noticed that Sora’s chains were asymmetrical, indicating that the angel was injured.
• Xu Le and Chi Xiao realized that Sora could not absorb Guyinduo Spirit Energy, so the energy drawn from Xu Le’s books must be going to Guyinduo.
• Xu Le repeatedly fed dark particles into the siphoned Spirit Energy and, after more than 3,000 attempts, sensed a faint signal from far away.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao traveled west from Lighthouse to find the badly injured Sora of the Invisible, one of the Full Moon Angels. When Chi Xiao attacked Sora, the wounded angel unleashed a strange purple power and targeted Xu Le, leaving him to face a sudden beam of light.

• Xu Le sensed Sora's distant location, and he and Chi Xiao decided to seek her by airship after Xu Le trusted Night Fiend's guidance.
• Xu Le found Ding Ke missing, left notes around the room, and departed with Chi Xiao for Lighthouse the next morning.
• Flying farther west from Lighthouse, Xu Le and Chi Xiao passed a flying dragon besieged by spiderlike oddities without intervening.
• Xu Le and Chi Xiao found Sora gravely injured beside a lake and chose to observe before approaching her.
• Sora attacked Chi Xiao with her chains and Formless Shackles, but Chi Xiao broke free and launched Flame Emperor.
• Sora's red and blue Spirit Energy turned purple, transformed her posture, and sent a beam toward Xu Le, who raised the Black Sword to meet it.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao subdued the mutated Sora, stripped away her powers until she regained her reason, and questioned her about the Children of Guyinduo. After Sora revealed the locations of Puppet's and Rose's traps, Chi Xiao killed her, and Xu Le and Chi Xiao left with the coordinates.

• Chi Xiao and Xu Le wore down Sora's frenzied attacks, broke her limbs, and severed her chains to stop her fighting.
• Xu Le used the Soul Devouring Tree to drain Sora's Red Moon, Guyinduo, and Heart energies, restoring her consciousness and forcing her out of her mutated form.
• Sora told Xu Le and Chi Xiao that Puppet had lured her into a teleportation trap and Rose had trapped her in Heavenly Net, leaving her stranded without Red Moon energy.
• Sora explained that Puppet acted through a projection, Rose's true body remained hidden, and she gave Xu Le the coordinates of both traps.
• Chi Xiao killed Sora when she asked to be returned to the Red Moon Holy Temple, and Xu Le and Chi Xiao left with the trap coordinates.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao returned to the Red Moon Holy Temple after deciding to spread information about the Children of Guyinduo, and Xu Le went looking for Duo En to pursue his revenge. Duo En received his letter, recognized the warning that the Children would arrive in three months, and prepared to meet him.

• Xu Le had Chi Xiao burn Sora of the Invisible's body, then planned to pass the Children of Guyinduo's coordinates to people who could benefit from them.
• Xu Le teleported Chi Xiao back to her home at the Red Moon Holy Temple, and they agreed to split up and share the information widely.
• Xu Le visited Duo En's residence, left her a letter and contact address, and continued with his plans for revenge.
• Duo En returned home exhausted by the stalled investigation and the Red Moon Holy Temple's preparations for another attack in three months.
• Duo En read Xu Le's letter, understood its warning about the Children of Guyinduo, contacted Meilis, and prepared Sealed Objects before setting out to meet him.

Duo En received Xu Le’s warning that Spider Queen Rose had trapped Sora of the Invisible, then persuaded Meilis to lead an expedition to investigate. Left behind, Labi prepared to follow Xu Le’s instructions and summon the power of darkness at midnight.

• Duo En sent Labi and another assistant to investigate Xu Le’s meeting place, where a dark creature emerged from Labi’s divination card and delivered Xu Le’s letter.
• Duo En read Xu Le’s warning that Rose had imprisoned Sora at the coordinates in the letter, then ordered her assistants to keep the information secret.
• Duo En reported the warning to Meilis, who decided to lead an expedition despite Sora’s Moonlight having gone out.
• Meilis and Duo En assembled an elite force, while Duo En told Labi to stay behind.
• Labi recalled Xu Le’s instructions and took out the Black Card-Black Sheep Girl, waiting for midnight.

Labi embraced darkness and gained new powers, then unknowingly served as a vessel for Xu Le to contact Duo En. Xu Le offered the Red Moon Holy Temple information and urged cooperation, arguing that its survival was vital to humanity; after he vanished, Labi found that Xu Le had left another letter.

• Labi used the Black Card-Black Sheep Girl at midnight, embraced darkness, and gained Dark Particles and the ability to incorporate them into Spell Formulas.
• Labi planted several dark gray seeds in the courtyard before reporting to Duo En, who praised his divination and asked him to contact Xu Le.
• Labi summoned Xu Le through the Guyinduo Cards, and Xu Le told Duo En that he had survived through the Substitute Life Technique.
• Xu Le offered to provide the Red Moon Holy Temple with information without asking for anything in return, saying humanity needed the Temple as a bridgehead.
• Xu Le argued that the Temple's defeat would destroy humanity and that their interests aligned, then vanished as Labi returned to himself.
• Labi told Duo En that Xu Le had left another letter.

Xu Le learned that Chi Xiao wanted his Fading Fire to help with Cangming’s plan to lure down a Child of Guyinduo before the next Black Tide, and he decided to investigate the former temple master first. Meanwhile, Duo En brought Labi to Meilis, who ordered him to summon Xu Le so she could verify the information about Puppet herself.

• Chi Xiao told Xu Le that Cangming, the imprisoned former master of the Red Moon Holy Temple, planned to lure down a Child of Guyinduo and wanted Xu Le to use Fading Fire at a critical moment.
• Xu Le avoided approaching Cangming and decided to investigate him, while noting that Owl and Xiao served the Red Moon Holy Temple.
• Duo En found Labi through a black sapling and brought him into the Meilis Sub-temple to discuss Xu Le with Meilis.
• Duo En reported Xu Le’s information about Puppet, and Meilis reprimanded her for interrupting her with the report.
• Meilis questioned Labi about his connection to Xu Le and ordered him to summon Xu Le so she could verify the information about Puppet.

Xu Le projected himself through Labi to meet Meilis, the master of the Red Moon Holy Temple, and fought her after she attacked and injured Labi. Their battle ended without a clear victor, and Meilis invited Xu Le to continue their private encounter as Duo En took Labi away.

• Xu Le possessed Labi with dark particles and met Meilis after Duo En left them alone.
• Meilis attacked Labi and accused Xu Le of scheming against her, prompting Xu Le to reveal himself and fight back.
• Xu Le used the Black Sword, darkened versions of Chi Xiao’s techniques, and other abilities against Meilis, then explained that he had come to investigate the Red Moon Holy Temple’s previous master.
• The clash between Xu Le and Meilis damaged the Sub-temple and drew Duo En inside; Meilis told her to take the injured Labi for treatment.
• Duo En left without questioning Meilis further, while Meilis called for Xu Le to emerge so they could continue.

Xu Le asked Meilis about Cangming, the Red Moon Holy Temple’s former master, and learned that Cangming had tried to enslave the gods before he was killed. The chapter ended with Meilis insisting that the Red Moon itself had passed final judgment on Cangming, despite Xu Le’s doubts that he was truly dead.

• Xu Le convinced Meilis to tell him about the former temple master, Cangming.
• Meilis explained that Cangming proposed the God Enslavement plan, attacked angels and Seat Guardians, and triggered a purge and bloody infighting within the temple.
• Meilis said Full Moon defeated Cangming and that Cangming’s plan failed because he opposed the temple’s reliance on Red Moon spirit energy.
• Meilis defended the Red Moon Holy Temple’s efforts to restrict dangerous power, citing the risks of ordinary people wielding destructive technology.
• Xu Le questioned how Meilis could be certain Cangming was dead, and Meilis said the Red Moon itself had passed final judgment on him.

Xu Le learned that Meilis and the other deputy temple masters had seen the Red Moon itself, while Duo En sought a way to track and kill Xu Le. Using a Guyinduo card, Duo En entered the darkness between illusion and reality and began searching for him.

• Meilis told Xu Le that she had seen the Red Moon's true appearance and that it had judged Cangming.
• In the infirmary, Labi revealed two ways to find Xu Le: use the Black Card-Black Sheep Girl or plant black seeds to perceive the darkness.
• Meilis summoned Duo En and asked her to bring several men, while Duo En privately suspected that Meilis had failed to subdue Xu Le.
• Duo En bought Guyinduo Cards and prepared to use one to locate Xu Le, resolving to kill him before he could grow stronger.
• Duo En activated [Black Card-Black Sheep Girl], entered the darkness between illusion and reality, and began searching for Xu Le.

Duo En tailed Xu Le into the Red Moon Holy Temple’s forbidden zone, where Xu Le chose to watch Ding Ke, Chi Xiao, and Bai Ya reunite instead of killing her. As the former companions caught up, Chi Xiao asked Bai Ya for help curing Ding Ke’s Whisperer condition, and Bai Ya said she had a treatment that required Ding Ke’s cooperation.

• Duo En used Xu Le’s hair and Blood Draw to track him, then followed him toward the Red Moon Holy Temple’s forbidden zone.
• Xu Le revealed that he had noticed Duo En and had deliberately led her there, but he abandoned his plan to kill her when he saw Ding Ke, Chi Xiao, and Bai Ya reunited.
• Ding Ke, Chi Xiao, and Bai Ya shared food and drinks as they reminisced about their earlier days together.
• Chi Xiao told Bai Ya that Ding Ke had become a Whisperer after an accident while breaking through to Level 7, and asked whether she could be cured.
• Bai Ya said she had a method to treat Whisperers, but Ding Ke would need to cooperate.

Chi Xiao, Ding Ke, and Bai Ya reunited and decided to visit their former teacher Cangming’s grave, while Xu Le and Duo En secretly watched them. After Chi Xiao exposed Duo En’s puppet and discovered Xu Le nearby, she left him a message that redirected his attention to Cangming’s tomb.

• Ding Ke resisted Bai Ya’s offer to free her from whispering, and Chi Xiao warned her after Bai Ya used a strange influence on her.
• Bai Ya explained that Cangming remained a condemned sinner of the Red Moon Holy Temple, but said she could arrange a visit to his grave.
• Ding Ke asked Chi Xiao to accompany her to Cangming’s tomb, and Chi Xiao agreed despite suspecting Bai Ya had ulterior motives.
• Bai Ya noticed hidden observers, and Chi Xiao destroyed Duo En’s puppet with Flame Prison-Great Serpent while Xu Le remained concealed in the Shadow Realm.
• Chi Xiao dropped a message near Xu Le, who collected it and realized that Cangming’s tomb was now his priority.

Xu Le reasoned that the Red Moon itself might have spared Cangming and considered how the Red Moon System’s Gods could be at odds with it. After Bai Ya, Chi Xiao, and Ding Ke left, Xu Le used Chi Xiao’s dropped branch to trace their destination and escaped a search of the Red Moon Forbidden Land by teleporting.

• Xu Le concluded that the Red Moon itself was the likeliest reason Cangming had survived, and suspected Cangming’s plans involving the Gods had drawn its interest.
• Bai Ya opened a portal, and Chi Xiao and Ding Ke entered it before Bai Ya noticed Xu Le and gave him a nod.
• Xu Le found that Chi Xiao had dropped a Soul Devouring Tree branch marked for dark teleportation and sensed that a God’s power was interfering with the Dark Particles.
• Half Moon Angels and high-level warlocks began searching the forbidden land while Xu Le waited for Chi Xiao’s location to stop moving.
• As the searchers approached, Xu Le cast Demon Eye-Boundary-Crossing Gate and vanished, leaving the Angel to confirm that someone had escaped.

Xu Le encountered the Red Moon and learned that it awaited him, while Chi Xiao and Ding Ke reached the Red Moon Cemetery with Bai Ya. The chapter left Ding Ke under attack after she crossed the cemetery’s first gravestone.

• Xu Le arrived beneath a dark red sky, faced the Red Moon’s eye with Night Fiend’s darkness, and received the message that it awaited his arrival.
• Xu Le reasoned that the Red Moon might be keeping its gods from learning about him, then prepared to teleport toward Chi Xiao and the others.
• Miwang sensed a clash involving the Red Moon and wondered why it had ignored him for more than ten years.
• Bai Ya admitted she had been stalling as she led Chi Xiao and Ding Ke to the Watchers’ cemetery, where Chi Xiao challenged her beliefs about darkness.
• Ding Ke crossed the first gravestone, triggering a skeletal phantom that attacked her with Red Moon Slash.

Ding Ke and Chi Xiao visited Cangming’s grave in the Red Moon Holy Land, where Ding Ke learned that Bai Ya and Chi Xiao had hidden the truth about their teacher. Ding Ke searched beneath the grave and uncovered a human hand bone, leaving Bai Ya shocked.

• Ding Ke entered the cemetery and fought a skeletal Heroic Spirit, then Bai Ya subdued four more spirits before they could attack her.
• Bai Ya led Ding Ke and Chi Xiao through the cemetery to Cangming’s gravestone, where Ding Ke mourned and asked why he had proposed enslaving the Gods.
• Ding Ke said she wanted to take Cangming’s remains, but Bai Ya demanded she stay and atone while Chi Xiao refused to let her remain.
• Ding Ke realized Bai Ya and Chi Xiao were concealing whether Cangming was still alive, then struck through the ground beneath his grave.
• Ding Ke pulled a human hand bone from beneath the tomb, surprising Bai Ya, who had believed the grave was empty.

Xu Le explored the Red Moon Holy Land and reached its Cemetery, unaware that a mysterious red-haired man was following him and secretly influencing the heroic spirits there. After Chi Xiao and Ding Ke left Bai Ya, Xu Le unexpectedly appeared in front of her without either of them sensing the other.

• Xu Le repeatedly slipped out of the Shadow Realm as he climbed the white jade platforms, while an unseen red-haired man followed him by exploiting his blind spots.
• Xu Le prepared escape marks near the Cemetery, and the red-haired man reacted with fear when he saw Xu Le use fading fire.
• Xu Le disturbed a gravestone, summoning six skeleton heroic spirits, which bowed to him after the red-haired man quietly gestured at them.
• Ding Ke questioned whether the hand bones found at Cangming's tomb belonged to her teacher, and Bai Ya said the bones had likely been taken from another grave.
• Chi Xiao invited Ding Ke to learn what had happened, and the two left together as Bai Ya watched them go.
• Xu Le stumbled into Bai Ya's presence, and neither of them had sensed the other approaching.

Xu Le encountered Bai Ya in White Jade Paradise, where Miwang’s haze concealed them from each other and Miwang secretly guided their meeting. Bai Ya led Xu Le toward Red Moon, and their conversation about Chi Xiao, Ding Ke, and Bai Ya’s role as Temple Master left their destination and Miwang’s intentions unresolved.

• Xu Le realized Bai Ya and Miwang’s haze had hidden Bai Ya from his perception, while Bai Ya learned that Xu Le had not sensed Miwang.
• Miwang signaled Bai Ya to let Xu Le pass, and she led him onward despite recognizing his Guyinduo energy and dark aura.
• Xu Le noticed Cangming’s dug-open grave, but told Bai Ya he had no connection to the previous Temple Master.
• Bai Ya told Xu Le that Chi Xiao and Ding Ke had already returned, then questioned him about his friendships with them.
• Xu Le explained that he had found Ding Ke as a Whisperer and considered her family, while Bai Ya described herself as a puppet Temple Master.

Xu Le and Bai Ya grew more comfortable talking as she guided him toward the Red Moon, revealing that she had become the temple master because the Red Moon Holy Temple wanted an obedient puppet. They reached the entrance to a domain where the Red Moon resided, and Bai Ya warned Xu Le to be careful.

• Xu Le joked with Bai Ya about his reputation and Night Fiend, and Bai Ya admitted that Night Fiend's presence had intimidated the Red Moon Holy Temple.
• Xu Le asked about Bai Ya's daily life, and she revealed that she spent most of her time cultivating and thinking in a life that felt like imprisonment.
• Bai Ya explained that the Red Moon Holy Temple had chosen her as its master because she was easy to control after Cangming.
• Xu Le said he would help Bai Ya if he could, and she thanked him for helping her understand why Chi Xiao and Ding Ke trusted him.
• Xu Le, Bai Ya, and Miwang reached the final entrance to the domain where the Red Moon resided, and Bai Ya warned Xu Le to be careful.

Xu Le met Red Moon in its vulnerable Nebula Form and learned that the hidden god following him was Miwang, Red Moon’s loyal subordinate. Red Moon asked Xu Le to return and help Cangming complete the God Luring Plan, leaving Xu Le at a crossroads he believed he could no longer avoid.

• Xu Le concluded that a god connected to Hazy had been following him and entered Red Moon’s domain in a guarded disguise.
• Red Moon revealed its Nebula Form, explained that it was vulnerable in that state, and introduced itself to Xu Le.
• Red Moon admitted that Miwang had been following Xu Le and said its creations had flaws and its subordinates’ wills had diverged from its own.
• Red Moon explained that Xu Le’s fate and unusual abilities had drawn the attention of powerful beings, then asked for his help concerning Cangming.
• Red Moon told Xu Le to return and help Cangming complete the God Luring Plan, which Cangming had already invited him to join.

Xu Le left his meeting with Red Moon and encountered Miwang, who tried to stop him and learn what Red Moon had asked him to do. Red Moon intervened to halt Miwang, allowing Xu Le to escape, while Miwang was left questioning whether Red Moon had strayed from their ideals.

• Xu Le reasoned that Red Moon might use the God Luring Plan to weaken the Children of Guyinduo and purge his own subordinates, then left Cosmic Stars after Red Moon told him to begin the plan.
• Miwang confronted Xu Le on the White Jade Platform and demanded to know what Red Moon had discussed with him, while Bai Ya urged Miwang not to interfere with Red Moon's will.
• Miwang blocked Xu Le's attempt to leave and prepared to attack when Xu Le spread the Soul Devouring Tree's darkness across the platform.
• Red Moon stopped time and space, ordered Miwang to carry out his own duties without forcing the issue, and compelled him to abandon his attack.
• Xu Le taunted Miwang and fled in Thunder form, while Miwang told Bai Ya that they could no longer understand Red Moon's thoughts and prayed to him without receiving a response.

Xu Le returned to his Safe House and used an ambush by Duo En’s Red Moon Holy Temple Warlocks to lure her into confronting him. After killing the attackers, Xu Le faced Duo En and struck her with an exploding Black Sword, leaving her shield shattered.

• Xu Le sensed Duo En had located his Safe House and chose to eliminate her before seeking Chi Xiao.
• Xu Le prepared the battlefield, approached the Safe House, and was attacked by seventeen Red Moon Holy Temple Warlocks.
• Xu Le countered the Warlocks’ spells and killed them, but a Soul Chain pierced his collarbone during a surprise attack.
• Duo En arrived and acknowledged Xu Le’s growing strength as they renewed their determination to kill each other.
• Xu Le threw the Black Sword at Duo En, causing it to erupt in dark needles that killed her nearby subordinates and shattered her Red Moon shield.

Xu Le and Duo En fought with their powers and puppets, and Duo En trapped him in the Iron Tombstone Array after sealing his escape. She believed Xu Le had finally died inside it.

• Xu Le killed Duo En's first puppet with black needles, survived an assassin's attack, and tore the Soul Chain from his shoulder to escape two scythe-wielding puppets.
• Xu Le summoned a Corrupted Angel from a Guyinduo Card, and it battled Duo En's tall puppet while another puppet attacked him.
• Duo En's puppets battered Xu Le, who used the Substitute Life Technique and a Four-Leaf Clover card to stay alive.
• Xu Le tried to open a Boundary-Crossing Gate, but Duo En sacrificed a Human Puppet to seal the space and stop his escape.
• Duo En trapped Xu Le with Heavenly Sin and the Iron Tombstone Array, which overwhelmed his defenses until the array fell silent.