Recaps

Huang Dahu brought Hei Xiaozai to the Monster Club to recruit help in avenging their murdered brothers. After arranging to hire two monsters from the Wasteland Zone, he found Hei Xiaozai distracted by a dancing leopard monster.

• Huang Dahu and Hei Xiaozai entered a hidden Monster Club beneath the rocky hills outside City Three.
• At the bar, Hei Xiaozai introduced himself while the bartender explained that the club served partially transformed monsters.
• Huang Dahu asked the bartender to find two powerful monsters to help kill the cultivators who destroyed the Tiger Head Gang.
• The bartender offered two newcomers from the Wasteland Zone for five hundred thousand yuan, and Huang Dahu agreed while insisting they follow his orders.
• Huang Dahu recalled how his brothers had survived together, then discovered Hei Xiaozai staring at a leopard monster on the dance floor and smacked him.

Yue Wen worried that he could not afford the purple jade branch being auctioned next week, then mastered the curse-breaking method and unlocked the message hidden in the Demon Emperor Hide. The message revealed that the hide and a bronze cauldron had been offered to Purple Throne as part of a plan involving the Tiger Tomb.

• Treasure Forest told Yue Wen that its purple jade branch was reserved for the annual auction, leaving him anxious about how he could afford it.
• Yue Wen considered ways to earn money and decided to ask Qi Dian about lucrative missions.
• Yue Wen contemplated the demonic Dao resonance in the Purple Sea and gradually uncovered the visualization diagram’s mysteries.
• Yue Wen mastered the curse-breaking method and used it to reveal golden characters hidden on the Demon Emperor Hide.
• The message addressed Purple Throne and said the hide could be used to contact its senders, while the Snake Mountain Bronze Cauldron held a gift and the key to entering the Tiger Tomb.

Yue Wen deciphered a message from a Demon Emperor that linked the missing Snake Mountain Bronze Cauldron to the Tiger Tomb, then kept the hide secret while seeking a lucrative job. Qi Dian visited Yue Wen’s agency and offered him a three-day opportunity, but Zhao Xing’er’s overwhelming strength left Qi Dian embarrassed about offering to guide her.

• Yue Wen read the Demon Emperor’s message, learned that the Snake Mountain Bronze Cauldron could open the way into the Tiger Tomb, and decided to hide the Demon Emperor Hide rather than report it.
• Qi Dian visited Yue Wen’s agency in City Seven, where Yue Wen and Zhao Xing’er awkwardly got him to order lunch.
• Yue Wen asked Qi Dian about high-paying work, and Qi Dian offered a three-day job that might earn several hundred thousand.
• When men parked their sedan across the agency entrance, Zhao Xing’er struck it with her spiked club and launched it into the sky.
• Yue Wen explained that Zhao Xing’er had an immature Innate Immortal Body, and Qi Dian felt mortified about offering to guide her.

Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er learned that Carefree Media was recruiting cultivators for a simulated wasteland exploration livestream and joined the selection process. He Caihua announced that only four of the eight unconfirmed candidates would earn spots, and the group proposed a contest of magical skills.

• Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er went to Carefree Media after Qi Dian recommended them for a secretive three-day project.
• After signing nondisclosure agreements, they learned the project was a wasteland exploration livestream using a simulated wasteland to keep participants safe.
• A Mei explained the pay and revealed that the company wanted lower-realm cultivators to make the livestream feel dangerous.
• A Mei brought them to meet He Caihua and the other candidates in the training ground.
• He Caihua said Liu Yuanjun and Flying Rosy Clouds already had confirmed spots, leaving four places for the remaining eight candidates.
• The candidates proposed settling the selection with a contest of magical skills.

Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er entered a duel-based selection alongside several Immortal Sect disciples, and Zhao Xing'er drew the first match against Bu Zhongyao. Yue Wen repeatedly tried to prevent the spar from turning dangerous, but Bu Zhongyao began the fight with weapons and insults, leaving him to mutter that he was protecting her opponent.

• Several Immortal Sect disciples questioned whether including independent cultivators Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er in the duels was fair, but He Caihua proceeded with the selection.
• A Mei arranged the matches by drawing lots, and Yue Wen drew the final slot while Zhao Xing'er drew the second.
• Zhao Xing'er was paired with Bu Zhongyao of the Que Saber Sect, and Yue Wen urged them to spar without weapons.
• Bu Zhongyao rejected Yue Wen's suggestion and insulted Zhao Xing'er, who took out her Twin Yin-Yang Swords to face Bu Zhongyao's blades.
• Yue Wen interrupted again to object to Bu Zhongyao's taunts, then returned to the viewing room and muttered that he was protecting Bu Zhongyao.

Zhao Xing'er defeated Bu Zhongyao with a devastating Fire Dance Whirlwind after Bu Zhongyao attacked her viciously. As the selection continued, Hidden Dragon Pool disciples won their matches, and Yue Wen faced the arrogant Chen Hao, successor to the Sky-Piercing Gate.

• Bu Zhongyao attacked Zhao Xing'er with her flying saber and a strike aimed at her neck, but Zhao Xing'er caught the blade and unleashed her Fire Dance Whirlwind Sword Technique.
• Zhao Xing'er knocked Bu Zhongyao unconscious and scorched the guardian who tried to shield her; He Caihua arranged for Bu Zhongyao to be taken to the infirmary and reminded the contestants to keep their matches friendly.
• Yue Wen reassured Zhao Xing'er that the injury was not her fault, and Zhao Xing'er advanced in the selection alongside a long-haired disciple from the Hidden Dragon Pool.
• The long-haired Hidden Dragon Pool disciple defeated a martial artist using her Shadow-Mystic Divine Ability, and her red-haired fellow disciple won his match with spirit flames and fire shadows.
• Yue Wen drew Chen Hao, who introduced himself as the twelfth-generation successor of the Sky-Piercing Gate and revealed his Dragon-Tattoo Technique.

Yue Wen defeated Chen Hao after countering his tattoo-based divine marks and stopped him just before he could reveal his final technique. The viewing room praised Yue Wen’s sword mastery, while He Caihua ordered Chen Hao and the Sky-Piercing Gate blacklisted.

• Chen Hao unleashed his Azure Dragon and White Tiger marks, but Yue Wen destroyed both with his flying sword.
• Chen Hao summoned the Asura Hundred Ghosts, and Yue Wen scattered them with the Thunderclap Art before sending his sword at Chen Hao.
• Chen Hao revealed his Heaven-Pillaring Wings and prepared to use his final divine mark, the Double Flower Red Staff.
• Yue Wen merged with his sword, reached Chen Hao in time, and knocked him unconscious with a punch before he could reveal the technique.
• Liu Yuanjun recognized Yue Wen’s consummate sword control, and He Caihua ordered Carefree Media to blacklist Chen Hao and the Sky-Piercing Gate.
• Zhao Xing'er told Yue Wen that he had saved her from becoming angry at Chen Hao.

Yue Wen learned about Carefree Media’s simulated Wasteland livestream and decided to buy another divine ability after realizing his combat skills were limited. Da Long presented him with three techniques, and Yue Wen began inspecting the first, Trace-Hiding Art, whose demonstrations made him suspect it was better suited to criminals than decent people.

• He Caihua explained the three-day Wasteland exploration livestream and its rewards to the six winning cultivators.
• A Mei handed out contracts requiring participants to give Carefree Media first priority for managing their personal accounts, and Ji Yang asked to have a lawyer review his.
• Yue Wen noticed Zhao Xing'er seemed unusually thoughtful, then returned to the office and went upstairs to cultivate.
• Yue Wen visited Da Long and asked for an evasive combat ability suited to complicated environments.
• Da Long presented three techniques, and Yue Wen examined Trace-Hiding Art as its demonstrations showed the unseen caster stealing money and sneaking into a bathroom.

Yue Wen chose and bought the Shadow-Shifting Talisman Art and three Shadow Talismans from Da Long, then returned to his room to study them. Zhao Xing'er told Yue Wen she had run away from home and explained her plan to join the livestream while hiding her identity.

• Yue Wen watched demonstrations of the Shadow-Shifting Talisman Art and Thunderlight Escape, learning their risks, costs, and limitations.
• Yue Wen paid Da Long one hundred pieces of Evil-Suppressing Money for the Shadow-Shifting Talisman Art and three Shadow Talismans.
• After returning to the agency, Zhao Xing'er messaged Guimi about being selected for the Livestream Plan and worried that her family might recognize her.
• Guimi suggested Zhao Xing'er change her name and cover her face during the livestream, and Zhao Xing'er decided the idea could work.
• Zhao Xing'er told Yue Wen that she had run away from home, then began explaining her plan for taking part in the livestream.

Zhao Xing'er recounted the destructive escape that severed her ties with the Zhao Family, and Yue Wen realized she was the runaway young lady from the Heavenly Capital. After she fled, Yue Wen practiced the Shadow-Shifting Talisman Art, discovered its teleportation ability, and died in the visualization trial before awakening in his room.

• Zhao Xing'er explained how she injured three cultivators, fought with her father, and caused widespread chaos to escape her family.
• Yue Wen recognized Zhao Xing'er as the runaway young lady from the Zhao Family, and she denied her identity before fleeing downstairs.
• Yue Wen summoned three Shadow Talismans and entered the Shadow-Shifting Talisman Art visualization diagram.
• Yue Wen used the talismans to kill three Black-Armored Monsters and shifted to one of them, but fell to his death when he could not fly or reach the talismans.
• Yue Wen awoke in his room, considered how the talismans differed from modern ones, and wondered whether Da Long could take the form of a mature beauty.

Huang Dahu and Hei Xiaozai met the Muntjac Demon brothers to hire them for an assassination, but the meeting turned violent when the muntjacs took offense to being called stupid. The chapter left Black Tiger being beaten while Huang Dahu and the dreadlocked lion watched from the sidelines.

• Huang Dahu and Hei Xiaozai arrived at an abandoned factory with the dreadlocked lion to meet two gold-medal assassins.
• The dreadlocked lion introduced the assassins as Big Muntjac and Second Muntjac and warned that they sometimes killed their clients.
• Second Muntjac struck Black Tiger with a hammer after the Tiger Demon brothers mistook the muntjacs for other animals.
• Huang Dahu tried to explain the assassination requirements, but Second Muntjac hit him when he heard a word that triggered the brothers.
• Black Tiger guessed that the muntjacs hated being called stupid and repeatedly said the forbidden word while trying to apologize.
• Big Muntjac and Second Muntjac beat Black Tiger as Huang Dahu and the dreadlocked lion discussed cigars nearby.

Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er arrived at Carefree Media’s Wasteland Zone Base for a three-day livestream challenge. After learning the rules and hearing that the demon beasts could be killed freely, Yue Wen eagerly anticipated the opportunity.

• He Caihua picked up Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er, and Carefree Media agreed to Zhao Xing'er’s plan to wear a mask during the livestream.
• The group arrived at Carefree Media’s sprawling suburban Wasteland Zone Base, while a pitch-black bird watched them from the woods.
• Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er met the other livestream participants and listened as the director explained the treasure-chest challenge and the rules for dealing with demon beasts.
• Yue Wen asked whether they could kill the released demon beasts, and the director confirmed they could.
• Yue Wen welcomed the prospect of earning money, becoming famous, and fighting demon beasts at the base.

Yue Wen entered the Simulated Wasteland Zone livestream, where his unusual preparations and effortless defeat of a demon beast drew little attention from viewers. As the broadcast followed more popular contestants, he continued deeper into the zone, focused on the demon beasts he could kill for Evil-Suppressing Money.

• The commentators introduced He Caihua, Liu Yuanjun, and masked Star Girl as the explorers entered the Wasteland Zone.
• Star Girl used an enormous Eight Trigrams Flower-Cleaving Axe to kill a Mountain-Crashing Bear by brute force.
• Yue Wen encountered a Swift Bat-Wolf, used his Demon-Detecting Mirror to assess it, and revealed a shirt advertising the Yue Family Cultivation Office.
• Yue Wen killed the Swift Bat-Wolf with one strike from his flying sword and continued onward to hunt more demon beasts.
• The livestream switched to other explorers, while viewers gave Yue Wen little attention and focused on their favorites.

Yue Wen used the livestream’s demonic beasts to earn Evil-Suppressing Money, while his repeated one-strike kills made viewers call him “Tough Guy Bro.” His popularity rose as the director decided to give him more screen time and place sponsored chests along his route, but the crew discovered they were already running short of demonic beasts.

• He Caihua, Su Renxue, and Liu Yuanjun found chests, while Liu Yuanjun trapped and erased a Blood Lightning Mouse with the Mysterious Wind Temple’s Heaven-and-Earth Grasp.
• Yue Wen kept killing demonic beasts with single strikes, secretly following the Demon-Detecting Mirror and Spirit-Searching Needle to farm Evil-Suppressing Money.
• Viewers noticed Yue Wen had found no chests but had killed dozens of demonic beasts, nicknamed him “Tough Guy Bro,” and sent him gifts.
• The director learned Yue Wen’s popularity was nearing Liu Yuanjun’s and ordered the crew to give him more main-stream screen time and place obvious sponsored chests along his route.
• A staff member told the director that the crew was running short of demonic beasts.

Huang Dahu and the Muntjac brothers infiltrated the Private Garden by clinging beneath trucks in a convoy, while Black Tiger was mistaken for a drugged demon beast and carried inside. Meanwhile, the director announced that stronger beasts had been released and urged the cultivators to focus on combat, prompting Ji Yang to prepare to show off his skills.

• Huang Dahu confirmed that Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er were at the Private Garden and stopped the Muntjac brothers from charging in recklessly.
• Huang Dahu led the team beneath trucks entering the garden, and the Muntjac brothers followed him.
• Black Tiger struck a truck's wheel, but the accompanying cultivators mistook him for a drugged beast and brought him inside with the others.
• The director told Yue Wen and the others that stronger demon beasts had been released and encouraged them to rest when they could.
• The director told Ji Yang that his livestream was unpopular and suggested he hunt demon beasts, so Ji Yang decided to demonstrate his abilities.

Huang Dahu and the muntjac brothers entered the Wasteland Zone base to hunt Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er while searching for Huang Dahu's little brother. Ji Yang went looking for beasts to boost his livestream's popularity, but Big Muntjac defeated him, leaving Ji Yang convinced Carefree Media had set him up.

• Huang Dahu told the muntjac brothers to find and kill Yue Wen or Zhao Xing'er if they got the chance, and to protect his little brother if they found him.
• Ji Yang went out at night with a flame in his hand, hoping to defeat demon beasts and make his livestream more popular.
• Big Muntjac, searching for Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er, confronted Ji Yang after the cultivator attacked him with fireballs.
• Big Muntjac repeatedly found Ji Yang's hidden position and knocked him down with his wrench, while Ji Yang's camera bee was burned by his flames.
• As he recovered from the beating, Ji Yang concluded that Carefree Media had arranged for him to face an unfairly powerful beast.

Ji Yang escaped Big Muntjac after his divine ability failed to conceal him, while the livestream audience mistook the muntjac for a kangaroo. Zhao Xing'er then crushed Second Muntjac with one hammer blow and chased after him, leaving the director to tell Ji Yang that Star Girl had handled a similar demon easily.

• Ji Yang scattered into fiery meteors to escape Big Muntjac, who eventually gave up the pursuit.
• Viewers flocked to Yue Wen's livestream after the fight went dark and argued over whether Big Muntjac was a kangaroo or a muntjac.
• Ji Yang warned the director that the demon had nearly killed him, but the director insisted it was a deer and reported that another contestant had encountered one.
• Zhao Xing'er mistook Second Muntjac for a kangaroo, and he attacked after she called him dumb.
• Zhao Xing'er buried Second Muntjac in a crater with her warhammer, then pursued him when he tricked her and fled.
• The director told Ji Yang that Zhao Xing'er had cracked a similar Muntjac Demon with one blow and suggested that Ji Yang reflect on his own problems.

Li Flying Rosy Clouds encountered Big Muntjac and let him leave, but he attacked after taking her comment as an insult. Yue Wen intervened, and the two muntjac brothers reunited while each was being pursued by a powerful human.

• Li Flying Rosy Clouds met Big Muntjac in the forest and let him retreat when he did not attack her.
• Big Muntjac charged at Li Flying Rosy Clouds after she called muntjacs silly, but Yue Wen arrived and struck him with his Flying Sword.
• Li Flying Rosy Clouds used her Five-Colored Treasure Fan while Yue Wen pursued the wounded Big Muntjac as he tried to flee.
• Big Muntjac and Second Muntjac followed each other's roars and met, with each saying a powerful human was chasing him.
• The director told Ji Yang that Yue Wen had nearly killed the same Muntjac Demon Ji Yang had encountered, but Ji Yang remained doubtful.

Ji Yang tried to restore his confidence by attacking a Tiger Demon, but Huang Dahu defeated him and continued searching for Yue Wen. Meanwhile, Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er cornered the muntjac brothers, who tried to persuade Zhao Xing'er to leave before Huang Dahu arrived.

• Ji Yang vowed to prove himself, then attacked Huang Dahu, who struck him down with a lightning-charged punch and left him behind.
• Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er reunited while pursuing Big Muntjac and Second Muntjac, trapping the brothers between them.
• Big Muntjac apologized to Zhao Xing'er and invented grievances against Yue Wen and his assistant to persuade her not to interfere.
• Huang Dahu found the muntjac brothers and noticed that they were badly injured.

Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er confronted Black Tiger, Huang Dahu, and the two muntjac assassins, choosing to fight without calling in help from Carefree Media. Zhao Xing'er's hammer knocked the group down, but Huang Dahu began powering up for a desperate move.

• Black Tiger identified Zhao Xing'er and Yue Wen as the people who had destroyed the Tiger Head Gang, while the muntjac brothers refused to believe him until Zhao Xing'er displayed her weapons.
• Huang Dahu arrived, and the four demons prepared to attack Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er together.
• Yue Wen decided not to alert Carefree Media and launched a Sword-Controlling Technique at Black Tiger, but Huang Dahu intercepted it and was injured by the clash.
• The muntjac brothers charged Zhao Xing'er, who hurled her Drum-Beating Urn-Gold Warhammer and shook the hillside, knocking down the demons and Yue Wen.
• Huang Dahu rose from the dust, vowed revenge, and unleashed lightning on himself to strengthen his tiger body as Black Tiger warned him not to use that move.

Huang Dahu used his life-burning Heaven-Shaking Thunder Tiger Fist to hold off Zhao Xing'er while urging Black Tiger to escape. Yue Wen struggled against the muntjac demons, then provoked Zhao Xing'er into unleashing her full strength against Huang Dahu.

• Huang Dahu activated the Heaven-Shaking Thunder Tiger Fist, sacrificing his body to fight and telling Black Tiger to flee so their clan's bloodline would survive.
• Yue Wen tried to ambush Black Tiger, but Huang Dahu intercepted him, allowing Black Tiger to escape as Zhao Xing'er engaged Huang Dahu.
• The muntjac demons attacked Yue Wen, and Big Muntjac predicted his Shadow Talisman teleport and knocked him away with a hammer.
• Huang Dahu struck Zhao Xing'er down beside Yue Wen, who threatened to cut her pay and mocked her over their work contract until anger flared in her eyes.
• Zhao Xing'er surged toward Huang Dahu with a blazing red martial spirit and unleashed Crimson Stains the Firmament, Heavenward Staff Strike.

Zhao Xing'er and Yue Wen defeated Huang Dahu and the muntjac brothers after a fierce fight. Yue Wen revealed his improved abilities and complete mastery of the Unity Realm, leaving Zhao Xing'er astonished.

• Zhao Xing'er killed Huang Dahu after he lamented that he had failed to avenge his family and bring glory to the tiger demons.
• Big Muntjac trapped Yue Wen's first Shadow Talisman so Second Muntjac could attack him with the Golden Headbutt, but Yue Wen evaded it with a second talisman and killed Big Muntjac with his sword.
• Second Muntjac freed itself from the ground and tried to flee, but Yue Wen intercepted and killed it with his Flying Sword.
• Yue Wen told Zhao Xing'er to conceal the fight's details from the company and explained that he had made a breakthrough after the arena matches.
• Zhao Xing'er questioned how Yue Wen had grown so strong, and he explained that his essence, qi, and spirit had reached complete mastery of the Unity Realm.

After Yue Wen killed the two powerful monsters, the production team learned that Ji Yang had been badly injured and sent him for rescue, but allowed the broadcast to continue. Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er searched the monsters’ remains for valuables, and Yue Wen left with a Sumeru Jade storage artifact.

• Ji Yang reported that a suited Tiger Demon had nearly killed him, prompting the director to call the explorers together and warn them about dangerous monsters.
• Yue Wen told the group that he had already killed both the Muntjac Demon and the Tiger Demon, while rescuers found Ji Yang severely injured and took him away.
• The director let the broadcast continue after Su Renxue confirmed the Hidden Dragon Pool participants could proceed safely.
• Yue Wen told Zhao Xing'er they would split any loot and searched the Muntjac brothers’ and Huang Dahu’s remains with her.
• Yue Wen kept the Muntjac brothers’ weapons and claimed Huang Dahu’s Sumeru Jade, which he planned to refine into a storage artifact.

After the Simulated Wasteland Zone expedition ended, Yue Wen received thanks from Liu Yuanjun and asked the Mysterious Wind Temple to help locate grand unity mystic blazing cinnabar. He also collected his livestream earnings and, on the ride home, nearly finished refining the Sumeru Jade.

• He Caihua interviewed Yue Wen, who said he regretted leaving despite finding no treasure chests, while the production team recalled how many demonic beasts he had killed.
• The other contestants received their results: Liu Yuanjun and Li Flying Rosy Clouds opened a treasure chest together, He Caihua and Su Renxue found chests, and Zhao Xing'er complained that hers were fake.
• Liu Yuanjun and Li Flying Rosy Clouds thanked Yue Wen for saving her from Big Muntjac, and Liu Yuanjun promised to help him find a seller of grand unity mystic blazing cinnabar through the Mysterious Wind Temple.
• The director distributed the livestream revenue statements, showing Yue Wen had earned 957,632.50 yuan, and Yue Wen encouraged Carefree Media to invite his agency to another project.
• On the ride back, Yue Wen continued refining the Sumeru Jade and brought the process nearly to completion.