Recaps

After Lisa’s family was slaughtered by Kalfet’s men, Han Shuo promised to help her take revenge and joined Lawrence’s plan to kill Kalfet. When they learned Clark had arrived at Kalfet’s house, Han Shuo went with the assassin Lachi to attempt to kill him.

• Lisa told Han Shuo and Lawrence that Kalfet had led the Griffin Legion’s men in killing her family, and she begged them to help her kill him.
• Han Shuo promised Lisa he would help, while Emily agreed the revenge fit their existing plans and urged him to investigate Lawrence’s background.
• Lawrence took Lisa to a protected house, then told Han Shuo that he planned to kill Kalfet, a loyal subordinate of Aski.
• Lachi reported that Clark had reached Kalfet’s house, and Lawrence assigned Lachi to attempt an assassination before deciding whether to attack together.
• Han Shuo offered to accompany Lachi, and the two set off across the rooftops toward Kalfet’s house.

Han Shuo and Lachi tried to ambush Clark, but discovered the carriage was a trap and fled when soldiers surrounded them. As Han Shuo escaped by flight, a powerful Necromancer attacked the officers, while Lachi remained missing.

• Han Shuo and Lachi listened outside Kalfet's hall and learned Clark was leaving, so they planned to attack him on the road.
• Lachi struck the passing carriage, destroying it and killing a stranger instead of Clark; Han Shuo recognized the ambush as a trap.
• Han Shuo and Lachi split up as soldiers closed in, and Han Shuo evaded arrows and escaped the encirclement using the Nine Heavens Demon Art.
• Clark and nearly a hundred soldiers searched the surrounding houses for Lachi while Han Shuo watched from a distance.
• A Necromancer arrived and unleashed undead warriors and bone arrows on the officers, prompting Kalfet to identify the attacker as an Archmage-level Necromancer.

Han Shuo helped kill Clark during the battle at Kalfet’s home, then escaped an unknown Necromancer who attacked both him and Lachi. He returned to Lawrence’s carriage and reported that Clark was dead and Lachi was moving to target Kalfet, leaving Lawrence pleased that Warren City would soon fall into chaos.

• A powerful Necromancer summoned Dark Creatures and disrupted the soldiers pursuing Lachi, while Clark charged toward him.
• Clark broke through the Necromancer’s defenses, but Lachi attacked Clark from hiding and knocked him off a rooftop.
• Han Shuo struck Clark with the Demon-Slaying Edge and killed him with the Mystic Ice Demon Flame Art.
• The Necromancer attacked Han Shuo and Lachi, then pursued Han Shuo until he reached Lawrence’s carriage.
• Han Shuo told Lawrence that Clark was dead and Lachi was heading toward Kalfet, and Lawrence celebrated the coming chaos in Warren City.

Emily revealed that Lawrence was secretly the emperor’s son and a potential successor to the throne, leaving Han Shuo to consider how the revelation could affect their relationship. After Han Shuo told Emily he had helped kill Clark, she invited him to exploit Warren City’s ensuing turmoil.

• Lawrence asked Han Shuo how to contact him, and Han Shuo gave him Emily’s inn address before returning to the Dark Curtain stronghold.
• Emily told Han Shuo that Lawrence was the emperor’s illegitimate third son, whose identity and possible succession threatened to stir conflict among the royal factions.
• Han Shuo assured Emily he understood how to handle Lawrence and revealed that he had helped kill Clark with assistance from an Archmage-level Necromancer.
• Emily reacted with surprise to Clark’s death and wondered which faction the Necromancer belonged to.
• Emily took Han Shuo out to exploit the Griffin Legion’s search and make Warren City’s chaos worse.

As Warren City searched for Clark’s killers, Han Shuo and Emily infiltrated Bobby Aski’s slave market and discovered a hidden passage where a Necromancer was sheltering. They decided to investigate the Necromancer, whose connection to the murder remained unclear.

• Bobby Aski’s grief over Clark’s death fueled a citywide search by the Griffin Legion, while Griffins patrolled the skies.
• Han Shuo warmed Emily with his demonic essence, then surprised her by flying over the slave market wall without magic.
• Han Shuo and Emily slipped past the slave market’s guards and headed toward its rear buildings while the soldiers were away searching the city.
• Han Shuo followed a bloody smell to a cave, where they saw a wounded guard killed by a Bone Spear and dragged inside by Zombie Warriors.
• Han Shuo reasoned that the Necromancer who had killed Clark might be hiding in the slave market, and he and Emily chose to investigate.

Han Shuo and Emily discovered a Necromancer using a blood-and-bone altar to contact Three-Eyed Evil God Anstis, but the ritual failed when he detected them and turned to attack. Han Shuo and Emily fought back, and the Necromancer recognized Han Shuo from their earlier encounter before attacking him again.

• Han Shuo and Emily hid in the cave and watched the Necromancer raise Three-Eyed Evil God Anstis through a blood-pool ritual.
• The Necromancer’s Life Detection spell exposed Han Shuo and Emily, and he sent Zombie Warriors after them.
• Han Shuo noticed Anstis’s skeletal body collapse into the blood pool when the Necromancer diverted his attention, and he stopped Emily from fleeing.
• Emily cut down the Zombie Warriors with a Death Scythe while Han Shuo destroyed the Wraith Soul Chain and countered the Necromancer’s Bone Spears.
• The Necromancer recognized Han Shuo from the battle at Kalfet’s house and attacked him again to test his Necromancy.

Han Shuo and Emily fought an Archmage-level Necromancer, while Little Skeleton destroyed the Evil Knight the Necromancer summoned. The Necromancer then used Soul Erosion on Han Shuo, but Han Shuo erupted in purple-red flames, leaving the Necromancer terrified.

• The Necromancer summoned an Evil Knight and attacked Han Shuo and Emily with Gargoyles and Bone Spears.
• Han Shuo summoned Little Skeleton and ordered him to fight the Evil Knight as Emily engaged it with her Death Scythe.
• Little Skeleton pierced the Evil Knight’s exposed neck and attacked its unarmored body, causing it and its Howling Beast to crumble into ash.
• The Necromancer was shocked by Little Skeleton’s power, then used Soul Erosion through his White Bone Magic Staff to invade Han Shuo’s mind and threatened Emily against attacking.
• Han Shuo suddenly howled as purple-red flames engulfed his body, and the Necromancer cried out in terror.

Han Shuo turned the Necromancer’s Soul Erosion against him, taking his soul and memories while the Necromancer died. After Little Skeleton absorbed the Blood Pool and learned to fly, Han Shuo left with Emily, believing he already had what she needed.

• Han Shuo used the White Bone Magic Staff and Demon-Slaying Edge to defeat the Necromancer, then absorbed his soul and memories through Soul Erosion.
• Little Skeleton jumped into the Blood Pool and absorbed its blood and bones into his seven bone spikes, which turned blood-red.
• Little Skeleton emerged from the pool by flying and circled the room as he gradually gained control of his flight.
• Han Shuo explained to Emily that his strengthened Brain Domain let him overpower the Necromancer and take everything from his soul.
• Han Shuo reclaimed the Demon-Slaying Edge, took the Spatial Ring from the Necromancer’s finger, and told Emily he believed he had what she needed.
• Han Shuo and Emily left the room hand in hand at dawn.

After absorbing Clayton’s memories, Han Shuo rapidly advanced his Necromancy knowledge and gained a powerful magic staff and evidence against Bobby Aski. Emily warned him that Clayton belonged to the Calamity Church, then hurried to report the organization while Han Shuo went to meet Lawrence.

• Han Shuo spent six days studying Clayton’s memories and mastering additional intermediate Necromancy spells.
• Han Shuo emerged from seclusion and reunited with Emily, explaining that Clayton’s magical insights could help him learn Necromancy up to the Archmage level.
• Han Shuo gave Emily documents linking Bobby Aski to the slave trading house and described the useful items he had taken from Clayton’s Spatial Ring.
• Emily learned that Clayton belonged to the Calamity Church and warned Han Shuo to keep his involvement secret.
• Emily went to report the Calamity Church to Dark Curtain’s higher-ups, while Han Shuo prepared to see Lawrence.

Han Shuo visited Lisa and arranged with Lawrence to free her from slavery, while Lawrence urged him to keep his distance from Emily and asked for help against Bobby Aski. When Bobby Aski’s men discovered their hideout, Han Shuo carried Lisa away through the rear courtyard as Lawrence and his men prepared to evacuate.

• Han Shuo visited Lisa, who thanked him for helping bring about Kalfet’s death and worried that she legally belonged to him.
• Han Shuo offered to restore Lisa’s freedom, and Lawrence proposed handling the legal transfer and sending her back to the Empire.
• Lawrence warned Han Shuo that his closeness to Emily could harm his future, then asked him to help deal with Bobby Aski.
• Lachi warned that Bobby Aski’s men had found the hideout, so Lawrence told Han Shuo to take Lisa out through the rear courtyard.
• Han Shuo wrapped Lisa in a fur coat, carried her through a window, and hurried toward the rear path.

Han Shuo fled Warren City with Lisa on his back, but two Griffin Knights pursued them into the woods. He killed both knights and their Griffins, then flew away as Griffin Legion cavalry approached, while realizing his growing bloodlust could make future battles harder to control.

• Han Shuo carried Lisa through Warren City and ran toward the woods after two Griffin Knights spotted them from above.
• Han Shuo tied Lisa to his back and used Dark Mist to trap and kill the first Griffin Knight and his Griffin.
• Han Shuo flew after the second Griffin Knight and killed him and his Griffin with the Demon-Slaying Edge.
• Han Shuo recognized that his demonic cultivation was awakening a dangerous desire to slaughter, though he could still control it.
• Han Shuo spotted Griffin Legion cavalry approaching and flew away with Lisa, who was astonished to discover he could fly.

After escaping Warren City with Lisa, Han Shuo met Candice and learned she was escorting Belinda there. He warned Candice that danger might be following her party, and she asked him for details.

• Han Shuo carried Lisa beyond Warren City and reassured her that Lawrence would be safe and would look after her.
• Lisa asked how Han Shuo could fly, and he said he used a peculiar martial technique.
• Candice encountered Han Shuo and Lisa while leading six Warfire Mercenary Group members toward Warren City with Belinda.
• Han Shuo warned Candice that Warren City was dangerous after Clark's death and Bobby Aski's other son went missing.
• Han Shuo sensed a group following Candice's party and said he had heard them mention Belinda; Candice asked where they were and how strong they were.

Han Shuo brought Lisa to Warren City, arranged for Chester to escort her to Lawrence, and reunited with Emily, who explained the danger posed by the Calamity Church. When Candice’s party arrived at the inn, the White Bone Magic Staff began trembling, and Han Shuo moved toward the window to investigate.

• Han Shuo warned Candice about three people following her, then carried Lisa by another route into Warren City after nightfall.
• At the inn, Chester told Han Shuo that Lawrence had sent a message and an address for Lisa, and Han Shuo arranged for Chester to take her there safely.
• Emily emerged and discussed Lawrence’s possible cooperation with Han Shuo, then explained the Calamity Church’s history and threat.
• Han Shuo took out the White Bone Magic Staff, which began buzzing and trembling as Candice called for rooms outside.
• Candice cried out that Belinda had left the Warfire Mercenary Group’s protection, and Han Shuo hid the staff in his Spatial Ring before quietly approaching the window with Emily.

Belinda arrived at the inn and seemed to sense the White Bone Magic Staff, prompting Han Shuo and Emily to suspect she was connected to the Calamity Church. They moved rooms to watch her and learned that three other people had also requested a view of her room.

• Belinda searched the corridor, chose a room near Han Shuo and Emily, and asked about the other guests staying there.
• Han Shuo and Emily suspected Belinda was connected to Clayton and the Calamity Church because she had sensed the White Bone Magic Staff.
• Han Shuo and Emily left their room and asked Yilian, the innkeeper and a member of Dark Curtain, to arrange another room from which they could watch Belinda.
• Yilian told Han Shuo and Emily that three other people had also requested a room with a view of Belinda's room.
• Emily asked Yilian to keep watch on Belinda and the newcomers while she and Han Shuo prepared to investigate Belinda's identity.

Han Shuo returned to the Death Cemetery to check on Gilbert and the Earth Armor Zombie, then discovered that the White Bone Magic Staff carried Belinda’s imprint from the Calamity Church. He returned to the inn to decide how to deal with Belinda.

• Han Shuo left Emily watching Belinda and the three suspicious men while he teleported to the Death Cemetery.
• Han Shuo found that Gilbert’s injuries were improving and confirmed that the Earth Armor Zombie was absorbing Earth Essence and developing vitality.
• Han Shuo tried to break through the barrier to the Death Cemetery’s next underground level but failed because his Mental Power was insufficient.
• The Darkness Eye absorbed the Magic Elements inside the White Bone Magic Staff, revealing an imprint identifying it as Calamity Church Alchemist Belinda’s work number seventeen.
• Han Shuo returned to the inn to consider how to handle Belinda.

Han Shuo discovered that Belinda had drugged the inn and gathered its guests while searching for a White Bone Magic Staff. When Archdruid Caspian resisted her order to kill the captives, the insects and branches around the room began moving toward Belinda.

• Han Shuo resisted the sleeping fragrance and found Emily missing from his room.
• Han Shuo discovered sleeping insects throughout the inn and saw that Belinda had gathered the unconscious guests, including Emily, Yilian, Candice, Caspian, and Angelica.
• Belinda identified Emily as the likely holder of the White Bone Magic Staff and ordered her restrained while telling her followers to dispose of anyone without value.
• Caspian awoke, stood in front of Angelica, and challenged Belinda's actions.
• Belinda ordered the Fulika brothers to kill Caspian, and the insects and a nearby tree's branches moved toward her room.

Han Shuo watched Caspian battle Belinda and the Fulica brothers, then helped Emily awaken as Belinda summoned an ironclad Puppet Beast. As the Puppet Beast attacked and Caspian struggled to hold it back, Han Shuo charged at Belinda to stop the controller.

• Caspian used living branches to rescue the unconscious guests and pulled Emily and Candice beneath a tree as the building collapsed.
• Han Shuo revealed himself, joined Emily and Candice, and used Demonic Essence to remove the sleeping incense from Emily.
• Belinda and the three Fulica brothers emerged from the ruins, and Belinda summoned a Puppet Beast shaped like the Three-Eyed Evil God Anstis.
• Emily's darkness spells failed against the Puppet Beast, and Caspian warned her that it was immune to magic.
• Han Shuo told Emily to protect the guests and Caspian to hold off the Puppet Beast, then charged at Belinda.

Han Shuo and Emily fought Belinda and the Fulika brothers, defeating them and capturing Belinda for questioning. They left the inn with her after Caspian agreed to protect the affected bystanders.

• Han Shuo cast Dark Mist and summoned two Zombie Warriors and Little Skeleton to attack the Fulika brothers while he concealed himself.
• Little Skeleton wounded Fulika, and the Demon-Slaying Edge killed the other two brothers; Little Skeleton then drained Fulika's blood with the spikes on his back.
• Han Shuo stopped the Demon-Slaying Edge from killing Belinda, forced her to dismiss the Puppet Beast, and knocked her unconscious.
• Caspian offered to take Belinda, but Emily identified herself as part of the Dark Curtain, and Caspian let Han Shuo and Emily take her.
• Han Shuo collected the brothers' Magic Swords and belongings, told Caspian to explain the incident to Candice when she woke, and left with Emily and Belinda.

Han Shuo and Emily captured Belinda and brought her to Dark Curtain’s base, where they removed her veil and questioned her about the Calamity Church’s plans. Belinda incapacitated herself with a potion before revealing anything, leaving Emily to investigate the siege equipment while Han Shuo stayed behind to study magic and try to wake their prisoner.

• Han Shuo destroyed the insect-like Puppet Beasts following him and Emily so they would not lead anyone to Dark Curtain’s base.
• Emily bound the unconscious Belinda to a chair and removed her veil, revealing a bluish-black birthmark on her left cheek.
• After Belinda woke, Emily demanded to know the Calamity Church’s plans in Warren City, but Belinda refused to answer and threatened them.
• Han Shuo threatened to scar Belinda, but she took a potion that made her body dormant and left her unconscious again.
• Emily decided to report Belinda’s capture and investigate whether siege equipment had been secretly transported into Warren City.
• Han Shuo stayed in the Secret Chamber to study Advanced Necromancy magic and seek a way to wake Belinda.

Han Shuo advanced his magic and used his Demonic Essence to remove Belinda’s anesthetic before planting a blood-essence mark that let him track and control her. When she awoke, he revealed his opposition to Bobby Aski, and Belinda proposed an alliance against the Griffin Legion.

• Han Shuo mastered the Advanced Magic spell Acidic Swamp while studying Clayton's magical insights.
• Han Shuo extracted the anesthetic from Belinda and planted a drop of his blood essence in her neck, giving him a way to track and control her.
• Belinda woke in the secret chamber, and Han Shuo warned her not to resist before questioning her about the Calamity Church.
• Han Shuo explained that he had killed Clayton and Clark and was not a member of Bobby Aski's Griffin Legion.
• Belinda proposed that she and Han Shuo cooperate against the Griffin Legion, setting aside their past losses, and Han Shuo agreed.

Han Shuo arranged a tentative alliance with Belinda against Bobby Aski, then learned Phoebe had unknowingly delivered siege equipment to Warren City. He secretly entered Phoebe’s guarded inn to warn her, but found her dreaming about him and began touching her before she woke and saw him.

• Emily questioned Han Shuo about Belinda, and he explained their proposed cooperation against Bobby Aski before blindfolding her and letting her go.
• Han Shuo told Emily he expected Belinda to contact the Calamity Church and argued that the alliance could help them gather information.
• Emily revealed that Bobby Aski had hired Phoebe to transport siege equipment to Warren City, where it might be handed to the Griffin Legion the next day.
• Han Shuo learned Phoebe was staying at a guarded inn and hurried there to find out whether she knew what she had transported.
• Han Shuo slipped into Phoebe’s room, found her dreaming about him, and began touching and kissing her while she slept.
• Phoebe rolled toward Han Shuo, opened her eyes, and saw him beside her.

Han Shuo entered Phoebe’s room at night, and after a confused encounter she awakened and confronted him. They reconciled through passionate kisses, and Han Shuo declared that Phoebe was his woman, which she shyly accepted.

• Phoebe mistook Han Shuo’s presence for a dream and kissed him until his apology made her realize he was really there.
• Phoebe hid Han Shuo from the Griffin Legion guards and accused him of taking advantage of her.
• After Phoebe sobbed and struck him, Han Shuo realized she liked him and forcibly kissed her, while she struggled and then kissed him back.
• Phoebe stopped Han Shuo as dawn approached, and he wrapped her in the quilt and held her.
• Han Shuo told Phoebe that she was his woman from then on, and Phoebe quietly agreed.

Han Shuo warned Phoebe about the rebellion plot and gave her instructions to help protect the Buster Trading Company. After returning to the Death Cemetery, he began refining three Yin Demons using the materials Phoebe had gathered.

• Han Shuo told Phoebe that the Griffin Legion commander intended to rebel and asked her to mark the siege equipment with his blood essence and follow the shipment.
• Phoebe agreed and gave Han Shuo the materials she had collected for refining Yin Demons.
• Han Shuo returned to Dark Curtain's stronghold and learned from Chester that Lisa was safe with Lawrence, while Candice and the others remained at Yilian's inn.
• Han Shuo entered the Death Cemetery and began changing the Primordial Demon Cave into a Yin Demon Cave, using thirty-six wraiths and three drops of natal blood essence.
• Han Shuo confirmed the Yin Demon Cave was operating and left the wraiths to fight for the blood essence, despite Gilbert's protests.

After returning from the Death Cemetery, Han Shuo and Emily met Belinda and Johnny, a Lightning Magic Swordsman of the Calamity Church, who tested Han Shuo before discussing an alliance against Bobby Aski. They agreed to cooperate on an assassination plan, with Dark Curtain offering intelligence and help distracting Bobby’s followers.

• Han Shuo told Emily that Phoebe had known nothing about Bobby Aski’s siege equipment request and would cooperate with their work.
• Emily told Han Shuo that Belinda had contacted him, so they went together to meet her in the remote woods.
• Han Shuo sensed a hidden presence, and Johnny attacked him with a lightning-charged sword to test his strength.
• Johnny introduced himself as a Lightning Magic Swordsman of the Calamity Church, and Belinda said she had already told him Han Shuo and Emily were strong enough to cooperate.
• Emily described Bobby Aski’s powerful followers and offered Dark Curtain’s intelligence and assistance in drawing them away.
• Han Shuo and Johnny agreed to cooperate on a plan to assassinate Bobby Aski, with Johnny seeking more help and Dark Curtain arranging an opportunity within two days.

Han Shuo met Lawrence, who revealed that he knew Han Shuo worked for Dark Curtain and proposed they cooperate against Griffin Legion commander Bobby Aski. Back at Yilian's inn, Han Shuo checked on its guests and headed to speak with Candice, but Angelica caught up with him.

• Han Shuo told Lawrence that Phoebe was in Warren City and described her dealings with the Griffin Legion.
• Lawrence revealed that he had uncovered Han Shuo's Dark Curtain identity and offered to work together against Bobby Aski, citing an ally high up in the Griffin Legion.
• Han Shuo agreed to consider their plans and promised to notify Lawrence when he was ready to coordinate.
• Han Shuo returned to Yilian's inn, where Yilian reported that Candice had stayed in her room while the other mercenaries went out, and that Griffin Legion soldiers had inspected the inn.
• Han Shuo decided to warn Candice that Phoebe might seek her out, but Angelica chased after him and asked why he was there.