Recaps

Yu Sheng questioned the Mountain-Guarding Old Man’s undercover strategy and learned that his mission to undermine Ji Hong was driven by a personal vendetta as well as a plan to keep Skyvault Ravine in turmoil. The old man insisted he remained undiscovered, while Yu Sheng pointed out that his suspicions about Seven-Tailed Fox made his loyalties and plans seem inconsistent.

• Cheetah warned Yu Sheng to address Seven-Tailed Fox respectfully in the Demon Domain, then transformed into a small gray snake to hide.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man explained that Seven-Tailed Fox had ordered him to strike at Ji Hong and described how disrupting Ji Hong could keep Skyvault Ravine unstable.
• Yu Sheng observed that the old man’s campaign against Ji Hong came from personal hostility, and the old man admitted that Ji Hong had killed people from his generation.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man outlined his plan to exploit the ensuing chaos, gain a higher-ranking identity, and eventually help bring down the Demon Domain from within.
• The old man claimed Seven-Tailed Fox secretly controlled two Level Eight Demon Lords and might already be powerful enough to become Demon Lord.
• Yu Sheng questioned why the old man would not ally with Ji Hong against the Demon Lord, suggesting he could infiltrate Ji Hong’s side by disguising himself as an Azure Bird.

Yu Sheng asked the Mountain-Guarding Old Man to help him rob the Demon Lord’s auction, but the Old Man refused to abandon his undercover position. At Peach Blossom Pool, Old White Ape discussed Barbarian City’s purpose and suggested the Human Race might be controlling it from the shadows, much like Yu Mo operates.

• Yu Sheng admitted he could not hide his feelings from Ji Hong, and the Mountain-Guarding Old Man agreed that helping Ji Hong was best for the Human Race.
• Yu Sheng learned the Demon Lord’s auction was in the building and that the Mountain-Guarding Old Man was guarding it, then asked him to start over undercover so they could rob it.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man refused, threatening to expose Yu Sheng if he tried to rob the place in public, and Yu Sheng dropped the matter to think.
• At Peach Blossom Pool, Ji Hong explained that Barbarian City needed safe trade and a firm ban on killing, while Old White Ape said their real aim was to make the political game more complicated.
• Old White Ape argued that the Great Rift Valley was unlikely to control Barbarian City and pointed to the Human Race as a possible power behind it, comparing its hidden methods to Yu Mo’s.

Old White Ape explained his plan to enlist Yu Mo and the Human Race in a covert alliance against Eight-Tailed Fox, using Skyvault Ravine treasures and entry quotas as bait. Ji Hong questioned the risks, while Old White Ape wondered how Eight-Tailed Fox planned to cause chaos in Barbarian City.

• Old White Ape told Ji Hong that Yu Mo would enter the contest over Barbarian City in exchange for Skyvault Ravine treasures and an entry quota.
• Old White Ape proposed that the Human Race send an undercover agent to gather intelligence about Skyvault Ravine while helping him oppose Eight-Tailed Fox.
• Ji Hong asked whether Eight-Tailed Fox could outbid Old White Ape and block his plan, but Old White Ape argued that their goals and relationships with the Human Race differed.
• Old White Ape said Eight-Tailed Fox's city-entry slots had been reported to the Demon Gods, while his own had not.
• Old White Ape wondered whether Eight-Tailed Fox wanted chaos or peace in Barbarian City and what it would use to cause chaos beyond the three cheetahs.

Eight-Tailed Fox revealed that its plan was to keep Ji Hong and Old White Ape occupied in Barbarian City while events elsewhere were settled, and left Seven-Tailed Fox in charge of the city. After reading reports about Barbarian City, Yu Mo inferred that Yu Sheng was there and decided the opportunity was worth pursuing.

• Ji Hong taunted Old White Ape about failing to uncover Eight-Tailed Fox's hidden plan, prompting Old White Ape to promise he would find it within one day.
• Eight-Tailed Fox told Seven-Tailed Fox that the turmoil and auction in Barbarian City would keep its rivals distracted, then ordered its younger brother to manage affairs there.
• Seven-Tailed Fox accepted the assignment and left, while Eight-Tailed Fox warned that greed could bring its younger brother eternal darkness.
• Yu Mo read a detailed report about Barbarian City and suspected Old White Ape was trying to recruit him against Eight-Tailed Fox, though the offer seemed too small.
• Yu Mo noticed reports of missing demon beasts and two humans carrying sixth-level Demon Crystals, then called to ask whether Yu Sheng had appeared in Human Race territory.
• After learning Yu Sheng had not appeared there, Yu Mo concluded that Yu Sheng was likely in Barbarian City and decided to use him as his piece in the conflict.

Yu Mo recruited another pawn while Yu Sheng persuaded the Mountain-Guarding Old Man to let him steal the supplies at Skyvault Ravine. Later, Shi Guang gave Yu Sheng six suspicious locations, and they decided to question Azure Bird and Cheetah.

• Yu Mo sent a message to a contact, then ignored the person's repeated calls for half an hour.
• Yu Sheng asked to take the supplies, and the Mountain-Guarding Old Man agreed to split them fifty-fifty and continue working undercover.
• Yu Sheng left without explaining why he planned to return later, leaving the Mountain-Guarding Old Man puzzled by his two murmured replies.
• Yu Sheng watched Azure Bird and Cheetah argue until Shi Guang arrived with a map marking six suspicious buildings.
• Yu Sheng suggested asking someone to identify the correct building, and Shi Guang agreed to handle Cheetah.

Yu Sheng and Shi Guang attacked and captured Skyvault Ravine’s Azure Bird envoy and Cheetah in coordinated ambushes. After taking twice as long as Yu Sheng, Shi Guang judged her performance insufficient, and the two turned to face the watching Demon Beasts.

• Yu Sheng used the Dragon-Patterned Staff to disorient Azure Bird, then broke its wing and battered it with the Phoenix Hammer before knocking it unconscious within five seconds.
• The watching Demon Beasts chose not to intervene, deciding that saving the envoys was not worth the risk of fighting Yu Sheng and his allies.
• Shi Guang and her shadow attacked Cheetah from multiple directions, wounding it until she knocked it unconscious.
• Shi Guang compared her ten-second victory with Yu Sheng’s and concluded that she still was not strong enough.
• Yu Sheng and Shi Guang turned to face the Demon Beasts gathered below the raised platforms.

After Yu Sheng and Shi Guang captured two special envoys, Yu Sheng calmed the surrounding Demon Beasts by turning a confrontation into a speech that brought them a huge surge of Gray Aura. About half an hour after the pair left with the envoys, Azure Bird (Two) and Cheetah (Two) arrived to find the beasts silently feigning terror.

• The Demon Beasts surrounded Yu Sheng and Shi Guang, but none dared attack them over the two captured special envoys.
• Yu Sheng tried to explain that he had only been sparring, then praised his own strength as the Demon Beasts' angry roars faded.
• Yu Sheng returned to the platform and recited inspirational quotes, first stirring the Demon Beasts and then crushing their hopes with bleak revisions.
• The Demon Beasts released a great surge of Gray Aura into Yu Sheng's Scroll, and he thanked them before flying away with Shi Guang and the two envoys.
• Half an hour later, Azure Bird (Two) and Cheetah (Two) arrived with more than a dozen sixth-level Demon Beasts and accused the crowd of failing to defend Skyvault Ravine's dignity.
• The assembled Demon Beasts prostrated themselves in apparent terror, while their hidden eyes showed no fear.

Azure Bird reflected on why the Demon Beasts below cared only about their own interests, then used that understanding to motivate them to search for two humans. He offered a Skyvault Flower for accurate information and entry into Skyvault Ravine for anyone who captured them.

• Azure Bird looked over the Demon Beasts and considered how the Human Race’s legacy and broader perspective differed from the Demon Domain’s survival-driven ways.
• Azure Bird remembered Old White Ape teaching him that a person’s position shaped their horizons and helped him understand why the Demon Beasts did not care about the Demon Domain as a whole.
• Azure Bird ordered a full-scale search for the two humans and promised one Skyvault Flower for accurate information.
• Azure Bird offered anyone who captured the two humans a chance to enter Skyvault Ravine, and the Demon Beasts stared at him in disbelief.

Azure Bird (Two) and Cheetah (Two) competed to rally the Demon Beasts, while Yu Sheng and Shi Guang interrogated their captive and headed to the Mountain-Guarding Old Man’s building. Yu Sheng’s shouted “Robbery!” exposed Cheetah (Three), and he entered the building to confront it.

• Cheetah (Two) declared the humans wanted and promised rewards, but Azure Bird (Two) won over the Demon Beasts by offering immediate rewards to rescue Azure Bird (One).
• The Demon Beasts scattered, leaving Cheetah (Two) with only the forces it had gathered over the past two days.
• Yu Sheng told Shi Guang he had already interrogated the captives, then woke Cheetah (One) and struck it silent when it threatened him.
• Yu Sheng and Shi Guang raced to the Mountain-Guarding Old Man’s building, where Yu Sheng shouted “Robbery!” and Cheetah (One) realized what he was doing.
• Shi Guang kicked open the door, and Yu Sheng entered as Cheetah (Three) demanded to know who he was; Yu Sheng replied that it had been exposed long ago.

Yu Sheng and Shi Guang realized that Seven-Tailed Fox had already exposed the Mountain-Guarding Old Man and was using him for a final mission in Barbarian City. The Old Man learned how Yu Sheng had suspected the truth, but was left bewildered by the explanation.

• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man panicked when he realized the Cheetah had identified him, and Yu Sheng suggested he had been exposed before arriving in Barbarian City.
• The Old Man insisted Seven-Tailed Fox had promised to introduce him to the Demon Lord, but Shi Guang explained that the promise was likely a ploy to use him one last time.
• Shi Guang collected the Demon Plants, Demon Crystals, Demon Cores, Divine Beast Blood, and invitations from the room.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man asked when Yu Sheng had realized he was exposed, and Yu Sheng explained that the Cheetah had recognized him too quickly for it to be a spontaneous reaction.
• The Old Man struggled to understand Yu Sheng's explanation and wondered whether asking him to repeat it would be embarrassing.

Yu Sheng told the Mountain-Guarding Old Man that he was unsuited to undercover work, prompting the old man to abandon his failed mission and seek a new plan. The old man tried to enlist Yu Sheng’s help and then awkwardly claimed Yu Sheng spoke about Shi Guang as his girlfriend, leaving the two staring at him in cold silence.

• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man admitted he had wasted three years undercover and asked Yu Sheng whether he was suited to the work.
• Yu Sheng said the Mountain-Guarding Old Man was not suited to undercover work, and the old man complained that Yu Sheng had been too blunt.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man rejected the idea of returning to the mountain and declared he would build a reputation for the Reserve Corps in Skyvault Ravine.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man praised Yu Sheng’s cleverness and asked him for another plan in exchange for extra supplies.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man tried to act as a wingman by telling Shi Guang that Yu Sheng often thought about her, and both Yu Sheng and Shi Guang stared at him coldly.

Yu Sheng told the Mountain-Guarding Old Man that Ji Hong had kept Lao Liu’s true intentions from him, leaving the old man devastated. The Mountain-Guarding Old Man decided to seek Ji Hong after matters in Barbarian City were settled, but Yu Sheng’s cheap counterfeit cigarettes soon pushed him toward anger.

• Yu Sheng urged the Mountain-Guarding Old Man to abandon his undercover plan and revealed what he believed about Ji Hong and Lao Liu.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man grieved that Lao Liu had hidden the truth from him and asked Yu Sheng for a cigarette.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man said he would find Ji Hong after Barbarian City was settled, trusting him if Yu Sheng’s account proved true and killing them both if it did not.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man complained about the cigarettes’ price, and Yu Sheng explained that he bought them in bulk.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man realized the cigarettes were counterfeit and grew furious when Yu Sheng revealed they had cost only two yuan fifty per pack.

Yu Sheng and Shi Guang prepared to disrupt Barbarian City and forced Azure Bird to reveal where the auction items were hidden. They left with the supplies, while the Mountain-Guarding Old Man stayed behind to torment Azure Bird and question his connection to Old White Ape.

• Shi Guang gave Yu Sheng the supply inventory, and Yu Sheng said he wanted Barbarian City thrown into chaos.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man beat Azure Bird until Yu Sheng removed his gag and asked where the auction items were hidden.
• Azure Bird said the items were in a huge red-stone building in East City, and Yu Sheng gagged him again.
• Shi Guang packed the supplies, and he and Yu Sheng left the room and disappeared into the night.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man taunted Azure Bird about Azure Bird Eggs and asked when he had become Old White Ape's disciple.

The Mountain-Guarding Old Man learned Azure Bird’s habits, killed him, and took his form so he could infiltrate Old White Ape’s group. While the Demon Beasts continued searching Barbarian City for Yu Sheng and Shi Guang, Xiao Nan arrived at the gates carrying a large stash of Demon Crystals and entered the city.

• Azure Bird told the Mountain-Guarding Old Man about Old White Ape and his two brothers, and the old man decided to kill Azure Bird and impersonate him.
• The Mountain-Guarding Old Man destroyed Azure Bird’s corpse and staged himself as unconscious.
• Two figures slipped into another building, where a brief burst of energy went unnoticed as the auction goods changed hands.
• Demon Beasts searched Barbarian City for Yu Sheng and Shi Guang while more than a hundred avian Demon Beasts watched the streets from above.
• Xiao Nan arrived at Barbarian City’s gates with a backpack full of level-six and level-seven Demon Crystals, startling the Heavenly Star Leopard.
• Xiao Nan entered the city and hung ten Demon Crystals around his neck, thinking he might use them to save himself some effort.

Xiao Nan was mistaken for the human the Demon Beasts were hunting and fled through Barbarian City as they closed in. Yu Sheng and Shi Guang chose to stay hidden, and after Xiao Nan shouted for Yu Sheng to save him, Yu Sheng decided to wait and see.

• Xiao Nan sensed hostile eyes on him, tested the streets with poison-gas threads, and realized something had gone wrong in Barbarian City.
• Xiao Nan removed his Demon Crystal necklace and fled as the Demon Beasts pursued him, believing he was the human they needed to capture to enter Skyvault Ravine.
• Yu Sheng and Shi Guang discussed the chaos and decided not to leave, since Yu Mo might use them and there could still be benefits to staying.
• Shi Guang asked whether they should save the human, and Yu Sheng said to help if it was convenient.
• Xiao Nan ran past their door, cursed Yu Sheng, and shouted that his name was Sikong Nan; Yu Sheng then decided to wait and see whether to save him.

Yu Sheng used the Skyvault Ravine invitations and auction items to turn the Demon Beasts against Azure Bird and Cheetah. Azure Bird escaped while Cheetah was overwhelmed by the crowd.

• Yu Sheng appeared with Shi Guang and took control of the auction, threatening to destroy the invitations and auction items if the Demon Beasts attacked him.
• Yu Sheng refused to return Old White Ape’s possessions and challenged it to come kill him in Barbarian City.
• Yu Sheng offered two Skyvault Ravine invitations as rewards for killing Azure Bird and Cheetah.
• Xiao Nan urged the Demon Beasts to attack, convincing them that they could share responsibility and keep the incident secret.
• Cheetah tried to intimidate the Demon Beasts with its status as a special envoy, while Azure Bird fled.
• Cheetah’s own subordinates attacked it from behind, and the Demon Beasts swarmed over it.

Yu Sheng turned the chaos in Barbarian City to his advantage, rewarding Cheetah’s killer with an invitation and announcing an auction to the Demon Beasts. He left with Shi Guang after using the promise of his treasure to draw Gray Aura from the crowd and exhaust their excitement.

• A wounded hyena brought Cheetah’s head to Yu Sheng, who gave it an invitation to Skyvault Ravine.
• The Demon Beasts chased Azure Bird through Barbarian City until a hawk pinned it down and the horde killed it.
• Yu Sheng announced an auction at the High Platform for five days later and opened a Space Rift to display his treasure, warning that killing him would make it disappear.
• Yu Sheng opened and closed the Space Rift six times, drawing Gray Aura from the Demon Beasts until they grew numb to the display.
• Yu Sheng repeated the auction time and left with Shi Guang, while Xiao Nan followed them.

The Demon Beasts agreed to keep the auction’s news within the sixth level so they could compete for the divine beast blood without attracting Demon Kings. As Barbarian City descended into violence and preparations for the auction, Yu Sheng and Shi Guang left with Xiao Nan trailing behind them.

• The Demon Beasts decided to keep the auction’s upper limit at the sixth level and began searching Barbarian City for the two invitation holders.
• Xiao Nan asked Yu Sheng why he had saved him, then awkwardly tried to flatter Shi Guang after learning he had called Yu Sheng a bastard.
• After Shi Guang and Yu Sheng walked away, Xiao Nan cursed Yu Mo before hurrying after them and fawning over Shi Guang.
• The Demon Beasts began robbing one another to gather supplies for bidding, while large tribes sent experts and goods into Barbarian City without deploying Demon Kings.
• Fighting spread throughout Barbarian City, and Old White Ape and the Eight-Tailed Fox remained unaware that their plan for a fair and safe city had collapsed.

Old White Ape asked Ji Hong to explain why his three disciples had gone silent and why the Human Race had disrupted his plans in Barbarian City. Ji Hong concluded that the recent events did not fit Yu Mo’s usual methods, leaving the cause of the upheaval uncertain.

• Old White Ape worried that his three disciples in Barbarian City had died or been turned after failing to send letters for three days.
• Ji Hong identified the Human Race as the force behind the unexpected trouble in Barbarian City.
• Old White Ape explained that Yu Mo had accepted his gift but then refused to cooperate and overturned their arrangement, threatening Old White Ape’s standing among the Demon Beasts.
• Ji Hong considered the recent events and said they did not resemble Yu Mo’s usual strategy of building support for the Human Race among the Demon Beasts.

Old White Ape revealed that he had been monitoring Barbarian City and tested Ji Hong to confirm whether he could be trusted. Ji Hong considered Yu Sheng’s auction and Yu Mo’s role, while Old White Ape warned he would turn against the Human Race if its actions threatened his life.

• Old White Ape gave Ji Hong a messenger bird containing reports from his informants in Barbarian City.
• Ji Hong struck Old White Ape down for testing him, and Old White Ape explained that he had risked injury to reassure himself Ji Hong was not cooperating with the Human Race.
• Old White Ape said he could trust Ji Hong regarding Barbarian City but warned he would attack the Human Race if its next actions threatened his life.
• Ji Hong rejected Old White Ape’s claim that they were alike and warned that turning against the Human Race could destroy him.
• Ji Hong reflected on Yu Sheng taking over the auction and wondered what stance Yu Mo had taken, then lamented his own past naivety as he watched the stream.

The Seven-Tailed Fox reported that all three special envoys in Barbarian City had been killed and urged the Eight-Tailed Fox to retake the city by force. The Eight-Tailed Fox dismissed him, then identified Yu Sheng as the real key to Barbarian City and quietly sent several Demon Beasts on an undisclosed task.

• The Seven-Tailed Fox told the Eight-Tailed Fox that the three special envoys in Barbarian City had been wiped out and that the Human Race agent had seized control of the city.
• The Seven-Tailed Fox proposed using the Demon Lord’s authority to march on Barbarian City and reclaim it, but the Eight-Tailed Fox dismissed him without approval.
• After leaving the hall, the Seven-Tailed Fox concealed his disappointment and reflected that appearing incompetent was necessary to avoid being killed by his brother.
• The Eight-Tailed Fox privately concluded that Yu Sheng was the real key to Barbarian City and questioned whether he could handle the situation.
• The Eight-Tailed Fox spoke instructions to several Demon Beasts, who entered the hall and then left to carry them out.

Major tribes took control of Barbarian City and demanded Yu Sheng hand over his auction goods, but he refused and exposed their desire for Skyvault Ravine’s resources and Divine Beast Blood. His words provoked the Young Chieftains as Gray Aura rose around them.

• Major tribes drove unaffiliated Demon Beasts out of Barbarian City and blocked others from entering.
• Sixteen Young Chieftains confronted Yu Sheng and demanded his auction items, offering worthless Demon Plants and safe passage in return.
• Yu Sheng challenged the Young Chieftains to kill him after they threatened him.
• Yu Sheng questioned why they had cleared the city if they did not care about the auction, provoking Gray Aura from them.
• Yu Sheng said they wanted Skyvault Ravine’s valuable Demon Plants and Divine Beast Blood, then taunted them about their tribes’ weakness and envy of Skyvault Ravine.

Yu Sheng used Xiao Nan’s PUA script to expose how Skyvault Ravine had manipulated some Young Chieftains and left others feeling unworthy, fracturing their alliance. When the silver fox demanded the invitations, Yu Sheng revealed he had two left, destroyed one, and kept the last as the Young Chieftains seethed.

• Yu Sheng described the Young Chieftains’ history of being treated as cannon fodder and claimed Skyvault Ravine had promised invitations in exchange for sabotaging the auction.
• The Young Chieftains recalled their ambitions to rise above their fates, while those Skyvault Ravine had not contacted realized they had been used and drew away from the others.
• The silver fox demanded the invitations and offered Yu Sheng safe passage if he surrendered the auction items.
• Yu Sheng opened a Space Rift and revealed that he had two invitations left, having already given away two.
• Yu Sheng tore up one invitation and put the last away, enraging the Young Chieftains.

Yu Sheng used the Young Chieftains’ fear of losing their invitations to draw out Gray Aura and unseal the Scroll’s fourth item, then headed for the riot outside Barbarian City. Xiao Nan tried to rally the Demon Beasts but was rescued by a bloodied strongman who called out to Yu Sheng.

• Yu Sheng raised and lowered the last invitation, making the Young Chieftains plead with him and generating Gray Aura until the Scroll’s fourth item appeared.
• Yu Sheng put the invitation away after noticing that a bird had flown into Barbarian City, and a Goshawk reported a riot outside the city.
• The Young Chieftains rushed toward the outskirts, while Yu Sheng and Shi Guang followed toward the gates.
• Xiao Nan urged the gathered Demon Beasts to fight the clans, but they hesitated, and he fled when nearly a hundred beasts charged him.
• A massive rock struck the herd, and a bloodied, bare-chested strongman attacked a Demon Beast before calling out to Yu Sheng, saying he was there.

Mu Yu, Lin Xiaoxiao, A Tai, Sun Wen, and Zhao Zicheng arrived to help Yu Sheng fight the Demon Beasts surrounding Barbarian City. Yu Sheng questioned Xiao Nan for bringing the 140th Cohort instead of the people he had requested, and Xiao Nan explained that Yu Mo had not answered his calls or messages.

• A Tai and Lin Xiaoxiao attacked the Demon Beasts, and Mu Yu arrived by dropping a gravestone into the horde.
• Mu Yu used his iron chain and flying gravestone to scatter the Demon Beasts as they formed battle groups and counterattacked.
• Xiao Nan disappeared after A Tai arrived, while Sun Wen convinced Zhao Zicheng to charge into the horde by offering to open a Gold Ingot Group branch in Mobei City.
• The students of Ink Academy's 140th Cohort gathered in the Demon Domain after Xiao Nan said Yu Sheng was in trouble.
• Yu Sheng reached Barbarian City, confronted Xiao Nan for bringing the cohort instead of the people he had requested, and heard that Yu Mo had ignored calls and messages.