Recaps

Yu Mo entered Sin City with Yu Sheng and Shi Guang, explored its rules and power structures, and tried to recruit the Confucian Scholar while confronting questions about life and death. Meanwhile, Sun Wen investigated a suspected Evil Cult infiltrator and moved to close in on Zhao Dabao and An An.

• Sun Yingxiong declared the veterans innocent, promised support for their families, and sentenced Yu Mo to three months in Sin City while removing him as Light Group leader.
• Yu Sheng and Shi Guang escorted Yu Mo to Sin City, where they fought off prisoners and crossed into the Inner City under the blind old man’s warning not to destroy the city’s roots.
• Yu Sheng and Shi Guang reclaimed their former home from Chu Huai, and Yu Mo later persuaded Chu Huai to accept his proposal after a tense meeting at the villa.
• Yu Mo visited Third Master Zhou, who declined a scarce escape slot and advised him to seek the Confucian Scholar.
• Yu Mo found the Confucian Scholar among piles of bones and tried to recruit him, but the scholar demanded proof that death returned consciousness to a real world and gave Yu Mo one week to answer.
• Yu Mo debated the blind old man about rules and destruction, while the old man warned him about a dangerous madman and offered Yu Sheng and Shi Guang a favor.
• Sun Wen and Li Zi investigated Guard Bureau personnel and suspected that Zhao Dabao had been replaced and was connected to the Evil Cult.
• Sun Wen ordered Li Zi to investigate Zhao Dabao’s home and close the net in three days as Zhao Dabao picked up An An from kindergarten.

Zong Ren took An An from Er City and reached Sin City after outmaneuvering Sun Wen and the Light Group. Yu Mo captured him, offered him a three-day chance to prove his worth, and turned his attention to a contest for Sin City's spots.

• Yu Sheng and Shi Guang defended their home from a group of attackers, and Yu Mo helped repel them with bombs before Yu Sheng defeated the remaining men.
• Yu Mo told Yu Sheng he was dying and discussed finding a successor, while Zhao Dabao kept hiding from the Light Group and caring for An An.
• Sun Wen and his classmates tracked Zhao Dabao, but Zhao Dabao slaughtered his village to erase witnesses and taunted Zhao Zicheng during their confrontation.
• Zong Ren set off explosions across Er City, killed An An's teacher, and escaped with her while Mu Yu and the others were diverted to protect civilians.
• Sun Wen confronted Zong Ren at the east gate but was defeated, then realized Zong Ren was headed to Sin City and ordered the team to intercept him.
• Lin Siyuan and Light Group veterans exposed and captured a Soul Hunt operative, while Zong Ren threatened An An's life to get through Sin City's gate.
• Yu Sheng pursued Zong Ren through Sin City and wounded him, then brought him to Yu Mo, who questioned him about his dealings with Soul Hunt and the Black Market.
• Yu Mo offered Zong Ren a chance to leave Sin City if he proved his worth and survived three days, then began planning an Urban Legend Game for the city's spots.

Yu Mo recruited the Confucian Scholar through his belief in immortality and repeatedly sent Zong Ren into danger. Meanwhile, the Eight-Tailed Fox unified the Demon Domain under a merit system and prepared an offensive, prompting the Human Race to strengthen its defenses.

• Sun Wen continued investigating Er City at Lin Siyuan's urging, while Lin Siyuan tortured a suspected Soul Hunt member and planned to test the Light Group for leaks.
• Yu Mo sent Zong Ren to the Confucian Scholar, then persuaded the scholar to follow him and gather incense offerings through saving people and reforming villains.
• Yu Mo brought the Confucian Scholar into Sin City's Inner City despite the blind old man's warning and suspected that the scholar had reached the ninth awakening.
• Yu Mo had the Confucian Scholar heal one of Zong Ren's legs and sent Zong Ren to arrange a meeting with a chained man in the Outer City.
• Zhong Yushu mobilized the Four Great Passes after losing his agents in Skyvault Ravine and persuaded the Mountain-Guarding Old Man to leave the mountain.
• Yuan Qingshan revived Kong Hongfang, who left his wife and daughter and returned to command the soldiers at Dome Pass.
• The Eight-Tailed Fox established the Demon Alliance, imposed merit-based reforms on the God Clans, and ordered preparations to attack the Human Race's Four Great Passes.
• Zong Ren crawled away with both legs broken after meeting the burly man, and Yu Mo sent the Confucian Scholar to retrieve him as he neared death.

Yu Mo arranged an Exit-the-City Battle in Sin City and secured five quotas from Old Man in exchange for sending people into the city each year. Zong Ren fought his way to the gate but died just outside it, while Yu Mo began sending the survivors out.

• Yu Mo announced a deadly contest for five chances to leave Sin City, with Zong Ren as a target and a chain-covered man roaming the streets.
• Yu Mo negotiated with Old Man for five exit quotas in exchange for sending 2,000 people to Sin City each year, then received five Red Threads.
• The Confucian Scholar secretly healed Zong Ren’s legs, and Zong Ren used the contest to make his way toward the city gates as Yu Sheng and Shi Guang prepared to stop him.
• Big Fool and the Believers helped Zong Ren escape his pursuers, while Yu Mo confronted the Confucian Scholar about his hidden deal with Zong Ren.
• Zong Ren fought the woman carrying a doll, survived a dagger wound near his heart, and crawled toward the open gate as Yu Sheng let him pass.
• Zong Ren saw An An outside the gate and died after telling her to do her best to live, while Yu Mo told her his name.
• Yu Mo ordered everyone to leave Sin City, and Chu Huai gave a doll to the scarred woman so she could take an exit slot and return to her child.