Recaps

Yu Sanshui and Black Robe questioned each other over drinks, but Yu Sanshui kept asking personal, unserious questions and professing his attraction to her. Black Robe ended the conversation still unable to understand his motives.

• Yu Sanshui told Black Robe that Soul Hunt was only an unexpected source of interest, not the sole reason he stayed in Mobei City.
• Yu Sanshui asked whether Black Robe was a woman, and she silently revealed her delicate hand.
• Yu Sanshui estimated that Black Robe was at least seventy and praised how well she had maintained her appearance.
• Black Robe asked whether Yu Sanshui was staying close to her to target Soul Hunt, and he denied it, claiming he wanted to bring fun into his kid's life and was attracted to her.
• Yu Sanshui asked whether Black Robe was single, leaving her unable to make sense of his questions.

Yu Sanshui and Black Robe questioned each other over drinks, and Black Robe finally asked whether he was of the Human Race. Yu Sanshui avoided a direct answer and began telling her a story about a boy named Xiaoming.

• Black Robe asked whether Yu Sheng was central to Yu Sanshui's fight against Soul Hunt, and he said no while admitting he would drink.
• Black Robe asked whether Yu Mo was key to his plan, and Yu Sanshui said yes before asking if she had any fondness for him.
• Black Robe drank after Yu Sanshui asked whether she liked him, and he celebrated, though she warned she would still kill him without hesitation.
• Black Robe suddenly asked whether Yu Sanshui was of the Human Race, and he recognized that this was her real purpose.
• Yu Sanshui said he needed to think carefully before answering honestly, then began telling Black Robe about Xiaoming, a happy child who lived peacefully in his village.

Yu Sanshui and Black Robe exchanged questions during their drinking game, then discussed why she had stayed with him for three years. The chapter ended with Yu Sanshui insisting that he was an ancient member of the Heavenly Race, while Black Robe said she did not believe him.

• Black Robe pointed out that Yu Sanshui had answered her questions by telling his story, and he replied that the story could mean whatever she thought it meant.
• Yu Sanshui asked whether Black Robe had ever imagined marrying him, then asked whether an incident from the past involved Yu Sheng; she asked whether Yu Sheng was his biological son, and Yu Sanshui emphatically said he was.
• Black Robe asked whether Yu Sheng was part of her Soul Hunt plan, and Yu Sanshui said he was not; she then left without eating the meal he had prepared.
• After Black Robe went to her room, Yu Sanshui sat outside the supermarket and speculated that she had stayed with him to investigate the Heavenly Race before giving up and leaving.
• Black Robe appeared behind Yu Sanshui and confirmed his guess; he asked whether she would have stayed if he belonged to the Heavenly Race, then insisted that he really was an ancient member of it.
• Black Robe said she did not believe Yu Sanshui, who insisted that she had to.

Yu Sanshui claimed to know everything about the Heavenly Race and tried to bargain with Black Robe by proposing marriage and a child. Black Robe revealed that Yu Sanshui had never known her true voice or appearance, leaving him devastated and vowing to destroy Soul Hunt.

• Yu Sanshui told Black Robe he was a genuine member of the Heavenly Race and offered to reveal everything if she married him and had a child with him.
• Black Robe mocked Yu Sanshui for drinking and challenged whether his honesty had broken the rules of their game.
• Black Robe changed her voice from a young girl's to a man's, then to an elderly woman's, shocking Yu Sanshui.
• Yu Sanshui protested that Black Robe had deceived him for three years and insisted her hands could not belong to a man.
• Black Robe showed him a wrinkled, aged hand, and Yu Sanshui lamented his fate before swearing to wipe out Soul Hunt.

Yu Sanshui confronted Black Robe about Soul Hunt and Xiao Nan, then abruptly confessed his love and pressed closer despite her resistance. Black Robe’s dagger shattered against him, leaving Yu Sanshui unharmed and convinced she could not bear to kill him.

• Black Robe dismissed Yu Sanshui’s threats, arguing that Soul Hunt’s crimes would not bring serious consequences for her.
• Yu Sanshui angrily accused Black Robe of taking Xiao Nan, his pawn, and complained that Yu Mo had set his sights on him.
• After a silence, Yu Sanshui told Black Robe that he loved her soul regardless of her gender or appearance.
• Black Robe tried to pull away and threatened Yu Sanshui with a dagger, but he kept advancing and declaring his love.
• Black Robe slashed Yu Sanshui’s throat, but the dagger shattered without harming him, and he claimed she could not bear to kill him.

Yu Sanshui recognized Black Robe and teased her about their past, while she reflected on their stalemate and her failure to learn more about the Heavenly Race. The chapter ended with both of them awake and troubled by the mysteries of the Heavenly Race before silence returned to the supermarket.

• Black Robe sent energy toward Yu Sanshui, but he stepped back and recognized her as someone he had held when she was a child.
• Yu Sanshui teased Black Robe about her childhood and proposed that they get a marriage license, but she returned to the supermarket and shut the door.
• Black Robe reflected that Yu Sanshui had repeatedly outmaneuvered her and that she would have to maintain their stalemate until his plan was complete.
• Black Robe regretted that three years with Yu Sanshui had taught her little about the Heavenly Race and left her more confused about his identity.
• Yu Sanshui wondered why people sought knowledge of the Heavenly Race and warned himself that uncovering buried history could bring disaster.

Yu Mo interrogated Sister Wang in the Light Group basement, trying to learn who had sent her to approach him and what she knew about Soul Hunt. He subjected her to four days without sleep, and she was left barely conscious as he continued his experiment.

• Yu Mo questioned the chained, injured Sister Wang, who claimed she did not know the answers and begged him to let her go.
• Yu Mo said Soul Hunt members were difficult to make talk and decided to keep testing Sister Wang’s endurance.
• Yu Mo left the interrogation room to rest, while two Light Group members kept Sister Wang awake with icy water whenever she closed her eyes.
• For three days, the Light Group fed Sister Wang and cared for her basic needs but prevented her from sleeping, leaving her increasingly gaunt and dazed.
• Yu Mo returned and used a powerful flashlight and bursts of energy to keep Sister Wang awake, telling her that surviving without sleep could benefit humanity.

Yu Mo tortured Sister Wang to keep her awake and pressure her into revealing her story. After a day and night of torment, he removed the needles from her eyelids and coached her on how to insult him.

• Yu Mo noticed a flicker of recognition in Sister Wang's eyes and concluded that she had a story to tell.
• When Sister Wang repeatedly nodded off, Yu Mo ordered a Light Group member to keep waking her.
• Yu Mo had the member hook sharp steel needles against Sister Wang's eyelids, making her suffer whenever she blinked or fell asleep.
• After a day and night, Yu Mo returned and found Sister Wang exhausted and cursing him.
• Yu Mo ordered the needles removed, then told Sister Wang to target his disability when insulting him.

Yu Mo broke Sister Wang’s resistance during interrogation, and she agreed to confess despite believing she would die afterward. He deduced that she belonged not only to Soul Hunt but also to the Demon Clan, leaving her convinced that no confession could save her.

• Yu Mo described increasingly disturbing forms of torture until Sister Wang’s defenses collapsed and she agreed to talk.
• Yu Mo had a Light Group member unchain Sister Wang and offered to let her rest, but she asked to confess first and sleep before dying.
• Yu Mo said Sister Wang was a core member of Soul Hunt and suggested that affiliation alone would not make her execution inevitable.
• Yu Mo deduced that Sister Wang also belonged to the Demon Clan and explained that Soul Hunt’s members could expose her if she betrayed them.
• Sister Wang sank into despair as Yu Mo asked her to provide a more detailed confession.

Sister Wang confessed that she had worked with the Demon Clan to transport Human Race youths and children, and Yu Mo ordered her killed after keeping her awake for another day. Yu Sheng learned that the Demon Clan might also be involved with Xinfa Media and its receptionist, then placed a conspicuous advertisement in the newspaper as tensions gathered in Mobei City.

• Sister Wang confessed her years of cooperation with the Demon Clan and described how she used her Soul Hunt position to conceal the transports.
• Yu Mo refused to honor his promise to let Sister Wang sleep and ordered the Light Group staff to keep her awake for a day and night before killing her.
• Yu Mo told his contact to leave the Demon Domain lead alone temporarily and later infiltrate it with Elder Xin disguised as youths.
• Yu Sheng learned from Yu Mo that the Demon Clan might have planted the receptionist at Xinfa Media and reflected on the three factions tied to Mobei City.
• Yu Sheng's advertisement appeared prominently in Xinfa Media's latest newspaper issue, stirring undercurrents beneath the city's calm.

Yu Sheng returned to the Ink Pavilion and took up his duties while delegating the search for the Demon Domain attendant. A month later, the Spirit Martial Academy responded to the Spirit Mind Academy’s growing success by opening a Wise Department with unusual admission requirements.

• Yu Sheng called two men to investigate the attendant, then left Mobei City and returned to the Ink Pavilion.
• Yu Sheng resumed work in his office, handling official documents late into the night while noticing a subtle change in his body.
• The Spirit Mind Academy drew applicants away from the Ink Academy, and the Spirit Martial Academy considered improving its enrollment benefits.
• Yuan Qingshan tricked the Spirit Martial Academy’s leaders into believing the Spirit Mind Academy had far more funding than they could match.
• The Spirit Martial Academy’s leaders went to the Ink Pavilion to protest, but Qi Changshan turned them away.
• The Spirit Martial Academy announced a Wise Department whose admissions requirements included cunning, shamelessness, a pretty face, and preferably a disability.

Spirit Martial Academy’s new Wise Department finally recruited a student through a scheme that cost Yuan Qingshan 200 yuan, while Yu Mo faced protests and was briefly dismissed before returning to lead the Light Group. The chapter leaves the human world’s public unrest subdued and the Demon Domain growing more prosperous but brutally competitive.

• Spirit Martial Academy assessed Wise Department applicants by asking them to make Spirit Mind Academy lose money, and after half a month a dark-skinned man passed by extorting 200 yuan from Yuan Qingshan.
• After the admissions betting ended, the Light Group fined the underground casino owners, then dismissed Yu Mo amid online complaints before reinstating him after he helped an old lady cross the road.
• Yu Mo’s warning that the Light Group would turn those who became completely black red silenced the online denunciations, while establishments were shut down and their owners taken away.
• Yu Mo visited Demon-Suppressing Pass several times and looked toward the Demon Domain, where demons borrowed from the God Race and killed others to repay their loans.
• Competition intensified across the Demon Domain, driving even previously idle demon beasts to work hard to avoid paying others’ interest.

Old White Ape continued profiting from the Demon Domain’s loan scheme as the Eleven God Race members turned against one another. He confronted Ji Hong on his mountain, urging him to pursue a greater goal, but Ji Hong remained silent and withdrew behind the mist, leaving Old White Ape to wait for his next move.

• Old White Ape announced a second round of loans, and the Eleven God Race members began secretly sabotaging one another as they competed for promising Demon Beast borrowers.
• Old White Ape visited Ji Hong’s remote mountain and pressed him to stop sitting in seclusion and act against the Demon Domain.
• Ji Hong told Old White Ape that, given his position, he should want Ji Hong to fail, but Old White Ape explained that he valued the struggle and rivalry more than reaching the summit.
• Old White Ape asked whether Ji Hong had truly given up and said he would be disappointed if Ji Hong sought only to trade lives for a single Demon God.
• Ji Hong said nothing and hid the summit in mist, forcing Old White Ape to leave.
• Old White Ape returned to his King's Hall, convinced Ji Hong would eventually act and eager to see his first move.

Ji Hong discussed with Elder Xin the risks of acting against Old White Ape and the heavy burden of his mission among the Demon Clan. Elder Xin stayed behind in Ji Hong’s place, while Ji Hong vanished into the mist to continue his work.

• Old White Ape crushed a fragrant flower and scattered it into the flowerbed.
• Ji Hong told Elder Xin that Old White Ape might have noticed nothing, and Elder Xin proposed assassinating him.
• Ji Hong explained that an attack would expose his human identity and endanger the fourth-generation heavenly prides who had sacrificed themselves to place him among the Demon Clan.
• Ji Hong warned that Elder Xin might not defeat Old White Ape within three seconds and would then face the Demon God.
• Elder Xin used his Mirage Dragon Demon Core to impersonate Ji Hong as Ji Hong left Skyvault Ravine.
• Elder Xin reflected on Ji Hong’s isolation and remembered how Ji Hong had kept up his disguise before finally recognizing him.

The narrator remembered Ji Hong breaking down after receiving his elder’s understanding, then agreeing to impersonate him with the power of his Mirage Dragon Demon Core while Ji Hong pursued an unknown plan. Old White Ape later deduced that a human carrying a Mirage Dragon Demon Core was helping Ji Hong hide, but he could not figure out what Ji Hong intended to do.

• Ji Hong recalled the faces of those who had died and trembled as he confessed his grief to the narrator.
• The narrator apologized to Ji Hong and thanked him for his efforts, and Ji Hong soon regained his composure and explained their roles.
• The narrator used his Mirage Dragon Demon Core to take Ji Hong’s place on the mountain while Ji Hong quietly departed.
• Ji Hong secretly visited Peach Blossom Pool, moved around it without leaving an obvious trail, then hurried away.
• Old White Ape noticed Ji Hong had worn an old outfit and deduced that a human with a Mirage Dragon Demon Core was impersonating him to conceal him from the Demon God.

Old White Ape analyzed Ji Hong’s actions and concluded that the Mirage Dragon Demon Core was part of a layered trap, then decided to investigate those around him. Ji Hong remained concealed by Skyvault Ravine’s city wall, unnoticed by the guards.

• Old White Ape considered whether the Mirage Dragon Demon Core was hidden near him or in Deep Mountain and suspected Ji Hong had misled him.
• Old White Ape reasoned that Ji Hong’s plan might include another trap unrelated to the Demon Core, designed to catch him if he evaded the first one.
• Old White Ape welcomed the confrontation and decided to screen those around him because he could not reach Deep Mountain.
• Ji Hong watched the city wall from the shadows as Demon Kings and a bird-race guard passed without noticing him.
• A rodent Demon Beast searched nearby but found nothing and burrowed back underground.

Ji Hong remembered how his peers chose him to lead a mission against the Demon Domain, trusting his calm judgment despite his doubts. He also recalled killing his teacher and taking the teacher’s awakening object, a pen.

• Ji Hong searched Skyvault Ravine's East City District through the night, then returned to the summit to watch the sunrise.
• Ji Hong remembered his peers urging him to lead a plan to destroy the Demon Domain and end the threat to the Human Race.
• Ji Hong objected that the mission would sacrifice the fourth generation and argued that stronger peers like Feng Wanqiu, Zhang Cheng, and Lin Hai should go instead.
• Ji Hong's peers insisted his composure and judgment made him the right choice, and they settled the matter without giving him another chance to argue.
• Ji Hong recalled his dying teacher telling him he would always be his proudest student.
• Ji Hong approached his teacher's corpse, pierced the teacher's eyes with his sword, and used a secret technique to remove the teacher's awakening object, a pen.

Ji Hong recalled how he became the Human Race’s most hated traitor after the Fourth Generation heavenly prides helped him escape to the Demon Domain. As he sat with Old White Ape, the ape asked where he had hidden the human who absorbed the Mirage Dragon’s Demon Core.

• After his teacher died, Ji Hong became the Human Race’s greatest heavenly pride, but the Guard Bureau and Dark Pavilion hunted him, and he killed more than a hundred of their members while declaring that the Human Race had failed him.
• Fourth Generation heavenly prides confronted Ji Hong, and many died while urging him to carry on their convictions; Demon Clan forces then rescued him, leaving him branded a traitor and placed at the top of the Human Race’s Must-Kill List.
• An unknown youth vowed to protect the Human Race and bear the blame until Ji Hong returned, promising that Ji Hong could kill him to clear his own name.
• After reliving the memories, Ji Hong let Old White Ape through the mist, and the ape asked where he had stashed the human who absorbed the Mirage Dragon’s Demon Core.

Old White Ape tried to make Ji Hong reveal where someone was hidden, but Ji Hong stayed silent and drove him down the mountain. After Old White Ape left, Ji Hong told Elder Xin that a Demon God had been spying on them and that Old White Ape had likely known, hinting at their past plot at Peach Blossom Pool.

• Old White Ape pressed Ji Hong to reveal where the hidden person was, while Ji Hong refused to answer and tossed him away with demon aura.
• Old White Ape searched the mountaintop and complained that Ji Hong had changed since Peach Blossom Pool, but Ji Hong remained silent.
• Old White Ape repeatedly tried to leave the mountain, only to find it surrounded by fog, and accused Ji Hong of trapping him.
• Ji Hong struck Old White Ape with a fist of demon aura, sending him to the foot of the mountain, where Old White Ape cursed him and left.
• Ji Hong spoke to Elder Xin, explaining that a Demon God had been spying on them and Old White Ape had likely known because they had plotted against the Demon God at Peach Blossom Pool.

Ji Hong explained how Old White Ape used the Demon God's surveillance to confirm Green Snake was nearby, exposing his identity. Green Snake offered to be more careful and even risk his life for Ji Hong, who said he could not afford to gamble with even a small chance of disaster.

• Green Snake asked how Ji Hong understood Old White Ape's warning, and Ji Hong explained that a Demon God had been watching him.
• Ji Hong considered whether the Demon God had noticed him by chance, had been alerted by Old White Ape, or could be controlled by him.
• Ji Hong told Green Snake that Old White Ape had exposed his identity by forcing Ji Hong to cooperate while the Demon God watched.
• Green Snake asked whether refusing to cooperate could have fooled Old White Ape, and Ji Hong explained that it might have left Green Snake vulnerable to the Demon God.
• Green Snake promised to stay still and avoid causing trouble in the future, and said he was willing to give his life if Ji Hong needed it.

Old White Ape grew suspicious of Ji Hong’s plans and returned to Deep Mountain to confront him. Ji Hong invited him up, planning to exploit his suspicions until he lost his composure.

• Old White Ape wondered whether Ji Hong had set another layer of the trap in motion or was misleading him about the Mirage Dragon's Demon Core.
• Frustrated by his inability to read Ji Hong, Old White Ape trampled the flower bed and decided to return to Deep Mountain.
• Old White Ape shouted that he was lonely and would stay at the mountain until Ji Hong let him in or killed him.
• Ji Hong told Green Snake that Old White Ape had overthought the situation and had come to trade himself for Ji Hong.
• Ji Hong decided to invite Old White Ape up and act inscrutable for the next few days, while asking Elder Xin to remain hidden.

Old White Ape insisted on staying with Ji Hong and tried to learn what Ji Hong knew, while Ji Hong suggested that Old White Ape might have arranged matters in Skyvault Ravine before coming to the mountain. The chapter left Old White Ape distressed by Ji Hong’s deductions, with his covert preparations exposed.

• Old White Ape said he would keep visiting Ji Hong and searched the mountain for the clothes Ji Hong claimed to have thrown away.
• Old White Ape proposed exchanging secrets, but Ji Hong refused to share anything without sincerity.
• Old White Ape threatened to send five Demon Lords to seal the mountain, and Ji Hong calmly pointed out that they would need eight capable Demon Lords to stop him.
• Old White Ape grabbed Ji Hong’s clothes and vowed to stay and watch him.
• Ji Hong suggested Old White Ape might be keeping him on the mountain to make other arrangements easier, then deduced that Old White Ape had already set up a covert network in Skyvault Ravine.

Old White Ape tried to uncover the identity and purpose of the person who absorbed the Mirage Dragon's Demon Core, while Ji Hong suggested the truth might be much simpler than his theories. Old White Ape rejected that possibility even after Ji Hong confirmed his guess, leaving him still searching for a hidden explanation.

• Old White Ape admitted he could not locate the person with the Mirage Dragon's Demon Core and asked Ji Hong to explain his plan.
• Old White Ape reasoned that the person was from the Reserve Corps, had sought Yu Sheng's advice after Barbarian City fell, and was likely using Ji Hong to distract attention from a task in Skyvault Ravine.
• Ji Hong suggested the person might simply have spent nearly a year trying to enter Skyvault Ravine and only recently succeeded.
• Old White Ape dismissed Ji Hong's explanation as impossible, insisting a Mirage Dragon could easily enter Skyvault Ravine through the Lending Service.
• Ji Hong told Old White Ape that his guess was right, but Old White Ape became suspicious and continued searching for a deeper explanation.

Old White Ape learned that Yu Mo had challenged the Demon Domain and left Deep Mountain, warning Ji Hong that Yu Mo’s boldness could bring disaster. Ji Hong then asked Elder Xin to help before heading out himself, while Yu Mo told Yu Sheng about the declaration of war and was disappointed when Yu Sheng said he already understood.

• Old White Ape spent the week guessing Ji Hong’s plan, then heard that Yu Mo had challenged the Demon Domain to fight again.
• Old White Ape left Deep Mountain after warning Ji Hong that Yu Mo’s daring tactics could end in ruin.
• After Old White Ape departed, Green Snake complained about being insulted, and Ji Hong praised his ability to surprise opponents before asking for his help.
• Ji Hong left Deep Mountain less than ten minutes later, leaving Elder Xin on the mountain summit.
• Yu Mo told Yu Sheng he had declared war on the Demon Domain, but Yu Sheng said he understood without asking why.
• Yu Mo complained that Yu Sheng should ask anyway, since they might be thinking of different things.

Yu Mo explained why the Human Race should attack the Demon Domain before Old White Ape could consolidate his power and turn its indebted elites against them. He left the secretary tasked with staying beside Yu Sheng as he made his case for war.

• Yu Mo lamented that Yu Sheng did not react to his explanations as the three old men had, and the secretary asked why they should attack the Demon Domain now.
• Yu Mo praised the secretary’s question and ordered him to remain by Yu Sheng’s side, especially when Yu Mo was present.
• Yu Mo described how Old White Ape used loans, debt, and purges to strengthen the Demon Domain and secure support from its leaders.
• Yu Mo argued that Old White Ape needed time to unite the Eleven God Race and would eventually direct the Demon Domain’s internal tensions toward the Human Race.
• Yu Mo asked whether the Human Race could develop faster than the Demon Domain in the next few years, and the secretary answered no.