Recaps

Yu Sheng took over the Ink Pavilion and investigated the clues Yu Sanshui had left in Mobei City while attending Zhao Zicheng’s wedding. He discovered that Yu Sanshui had founded Xinfa Media, but the purpose of his wider plans remained unclear as Yu Sanshui and Black Robe prepared to question each other.

• Yu Mo handed the Ink Pavilion over to Yu Sheng, and a broadcast revisited Yu Sheng’s role in the war and his recovery of an ancient cultivation technique.
• Yu Sheng reviewed the Ink Pavilion’s laws, then left for Mobei City and found clues in Yu Sanshui’s old newspapers that led him to Xinfa Media.
• Yu Sheng captured Sister Wang and learned she had handled registrations for Soul Hunt Group Three, then called Yu Mo about the possibility of eliminating the group.
• Yu Sheng joined Zhao Zicheng and Sun Wen for wedding preparations, and Zhao Changlin denied having any connection to Soul Hunt.
• Yu Sheng and his friends celebrated Zhao Zicheng’s wedding, where Mu Yu and A Tai gave gifts and Sun Wen revealed that his Fortune Blessing could affect a hundred people.
• Yu Sheng returned to Xinfa Media and discovered that Yu Sanshui was listed as its legal representative, leading him to conclude that Yu Sanshui had used the company to monitor Soul Hunt.
• Yu Sheng asked Zhao Zicheng to investigate Yu Sanshui’s former romantic interests, but their profiles revealed no clear pattern.
• Yu Sanshui told Black Robe he had recognized her deliberate mistakes, and they agreed to lay out their plans by taking turns asking questions.

Yu Sanshui’s attempts to unsettle Black Robe failed to reveal the truth about his identity, while Yu Mo extracted Sister Wang’s confession and prepared for conflict with the Demon Domain. Ji Hong’s past and covert moves drew Old White Ape into a contest of suspicion, as Yu Mo argued that the Human Race could not afford to wait.

• Yu Sanshui questioned Black Robe about her age, gender, and interest in him, then told her a story instead of directly answering whether he was of the Human Race.
• Black Robe revealed her aged appearance and attacked Yu Sanshui, but her dagger shattered against him, and he continued declaring his love for her.
• Yu Mo tortured Sister Wang by depriving her of sleep until she confessed that she had worked with the Demon Clan to conceal transports.
• Yu Sheng returned to the Ink Pavilion as the academies competed for students and the Demon Domain’s loan system drove its inhabitants into rivalry.
• Old White Ape pressed Ji Hong to act, while Ji Hong arranged for a human carrying the Mirage Dragon Demon Core to impersonate him and conceal his movements.
• Ji Hong revisited memories of the fourth-generation heavenly prides’ sacrifice and his own disgrace, then kept Old White Ape guessing about the hidden person and his plan.
• Old White Ape suspected the hidden person was distracting attention from a task in Skyvault Ravine, but Ji Hong offered no clear explanation before Old White Ape left.
• After Ji Hong departed Deep Mountain, Yu Mo told Yu Sheng he had declared war on the Demon Domain, then argued that Old White Ape was uniting its leaders and would eventually turn its internal tensions against the Human Race.

As Yu Mo set the Human Race’s war against the Demon Domain in motion, Yu Sheng took Army-Breaker through the Thousand-Li Demon Plain and Ten Thousand Demon Forest. Old White Ape confronted Yu Sheng but let the unit withdraw, while Yu Mo remained at Demon-Suppressing Pass, worried that he could not fill Yu Sheng’s role.

• Yu Mo decided to make the Human Race a tempting target to draw Old White Ape’s attention from Skyvault Ravine, then left the war declaration to Yu Sheng as the Human Race mobilized.
• Old White Ape brought the White Ape Clan into the God Race roster, accepted Ji Hong’s Yellow Monkey Clan as the thirteenth God Race, and declared war on the Human Race.
• Yu Sheng resigned as Ink Pavilion Head and ordered Army-Breaker into the Demon Domain, leaving his secretary to conceal his absence while Yuan Qingshan assembled the unit.
• Yu Sheng led Army-Breaker across the Thousand-Li Demon Plain, where they slaughtered demons, then drove into the Ten Thousand Demon Forest and set it alight.
• Yu Sheng identified the fiery-red fox coordinating the Demon Beasts, and Old White Ape appeared, offered him drinks, and allowed Army-Breaker to continue burning the forest and taking Demon Plants.
• Yu Sheng withdrew Army-Breaker before Old White Ape could attack, recognizing that Old White Ape wanted the unit to reach Hundred Desolate Mountain rather than let Yu Sheng roam the Demon Domain alone.
• Old White Ape restored the forest, put the red fox in charge of keeping Yu Sheng from the forbidden zone, and ordered his army to regroup on the Thousand-Li Demon Plain.
• At Demon-Suppressing Pass, Yu Mo worried that Yu Sheng was absent and that his own reputation and condition made him unfit to provoke the Demon Domain.

Chu Yu confronted Old White Ape and died after defending humanity’s right to coexist with the Demon Clan, prompting the Human Race to counterattack. Yu Sheng led Army-Breaker through raids and provocations while searching for Shi Guang, as Old White Ape prepared for a larger war and Yu Mo learned Soul Hunt’s leader had escaped.

• Yu Mo disguised himself and tried to persuade Chu Yu to delay her confrontation, but she refused his offer to find a way to extend her life.
• Chu Yu faced Old White Ape at Demon-Suppressing Pass, restored herself with her Awakening Object Fleeting Glory, and urged the Demon Clan to accept tolerance and coexistence.
• Chu Yu dissolved into light, clearing the Demon Cloud, and Old White Ape declared a three-day truce in her honor as Yu Mo urged the Human Race to attack.
• The Human Race charged the Demon Clan, while Yu Sheng led Army-Breaker from Hundred Desolate Mountain to strike the Beast Tide from behind.
• Old White Ape ordered the Beast Tide to pursue Army-Breaker, but Yu Sheng covered the retreat and then taunted the Demon Clan with speakers outside its camp.
• Old White Ape attacked Yu Sheng, who repeatedly beat him without delivering a killing blow before escaping toward Ten Thousand Demon Forest.
• Yu Sheng secured a truce with the forest’s red fox and left Army-Breaker there while he searched for Shi Guang.
• Old White Ape prepared allied forces for the coming battle, while Yu Sanshui told Yu Mo that Soul Hunt’s leader had escaped and might target Elder Chu’s Awakening Object.