Recaps

Gambler discovered Nico believed Lu Xiao was her father and used a vial of Cage Drug to convince her he served him. As Nico grew angry hearing Gambler’s fabricated stories about Lu Xiao’s enemies and hardship, Lu Xiao suddenly recovered his lost memories and lamented his miserable time in the Dark Prison.

• Nico told Gambler she was waiting for her dad, and Gambler realized she meant Lu Xiao.
• Gambler showed Nico a vial of Cage Drug, convinced her he was Lu Xiao’s Chosen One, and persuaded her that their wagers no longer counted.
• Gambler told Nico that Lu Xiao had gone to another world and promised to take her to him after they dealt with his enemies.
• Gambler slandered Lu Xiao’s enemies and invented a tale about Lu Xiao suffering in the Dark Prison, making Nico grow angry.
• Lu Xiao recovered his lost memories and claimed he had been so hungry in the Dark Prison that he ate turf and roots, while Calamity challenged his story.

Doctor concluded that Lu Xiao’s apparent recovered memories were fragments forcibly inserted into his mind, then asked for a way to make camp in the hard ground. Lu Xiao introduced Big Good Boy the Hell Worm, who dug an underground base for the Ninth Group Army, while Old Feis became fascinated by radiation from a nuclear missile.

• Lu Xiao told Doctor about memories of being chased by Lizardmen and suffering in Dark Prison, and Doctor said they were likely forced-in memory fragments.
• Lu Xiao said Niu Bo and his migrating tribe would probably arrive the next day, and Doctor explained that the Ninth Group Army’s distillation combat suits could produce drinkable water.
• Lu Xiao introduced Big Good Boy the Hell Worm, who emerged from the ground and drew the attention of the Ninth Group Army.
• Little Well-Behaved the War Sea Turtle charged over and aimed his turrets at the Hell Worm until Lu Xiao declared that Big Good Boy was his little brother.
• Big Good Boy dug an underground space about twenty meters below the surface for the army, while engineers set up communications facilities above ground.
• Old Feis climbed onto a nuclear missile, and Doctor and Calamity explained that the energy he sensed was radiation as Calamity warned him about its effects.

Zhang Weidong launched a nuclear missile to announce humanity’s arrival in Hell, destroying a newly emerged race whose members were all King-level or stronger. After witnessing the blast, Niu Bo recognized its power as resembling weapons used by silicon-based life, and Doctor said more warheads could arrive once they built the Gate to the Present World.

• Old Feis eagerly climbed onto a missile until Lu Xiao and the others talked him down.
• Zhang Weidong told Doctor he planned to launch a nuclear warhead, and Doctor advised him to coordinate with Lu Xiao to avoid hitting allies.
• Amilia told Lu Xiao that a previously unseen race had appeared in southern Hell and wiped out a Wanderers tribe; the race’s weakest members were King-level and its leader was a Deity.
• Zhang Weidong ordered the nuclear missile launch, and Lu Xiao and the others provided targeting before Calamity carried them away from the blast.
• The missile exploded above the new race, producing a vast mushroom cloud and deafening Lu Xiao’s group as humanity announced its arrival in Hell.
• Niu Bo sensed power like a star’s in the explosion, identified silicon-based life as a race with similar but stronger weapons, and learned from Doctor that eleven nuclear warheads remained.

The Doctor learned that the silicon-based Main Brain had mastered Technology and Space, and suspected its connection to Universe Logistics had broader implications. After humanity’s nuclear strike shocked Hell, Yi Hao decided to visit the human encampment, where Lu Xiao eyed the Holy Relics recovered from the battle.

• Niu Bo explained that the silicon-based Main Brain held complete authority over Technology, and that other races could use technology only by becoming its kin.
• The Doctor asked about Universe Logistics, and Niu Bo said the silicon-based life had created it and that Technology had publicly mastered both Technology and Space.
• Lu Xiao and the others returned to the Ninth Group Army’s encampment as news spread that humanity’s nuclear explosion had killed seventeen deities and captured a critically wounded one.
• Yi Hao decided to visit the humans and bring supplies for his people.
• Lu Xiao stared eagerly at nine Holy Relics while the Doctor studied the captured deity’s blood; eight of the seventeen deities had been false gods whose bodies vaporized in the blast.

Zhang Weidong declined Lu Xiao’s offer to try becoming a deity, while Lu Xiao reunited with Lu Qian and learned that Ivan had become the chief researcher of the Biological Armor project. Doctor advised Lu Xiao to use the Holy Relics to raise his ontological rank, reminding him that he was Miracle.

• Zhang Weidong asked Lu Xiao about a deity’s authority but refused to try merging with one, saying he could not bear more responsibility.
• Lu Qian flew to Lu Xiao and perched on his head as Doctor, Ivan, Shuns, Prison Doctor, and Liu Ni emerged from the facility.
• Ivan insisted Lu Xiao address him as Doctor Ivan, and Doctor explained that Ivan led the Biological Armor project with Shuns as his assistant.
• Lu Qian complained that Doctor Ivan no longer carved toys for her, and Doctor Ivan reminded her to use his title in public.
• Doctor told Lu Xiao to check the Holy Relics for useful authorities and otherwise use them to raise his ontological rank; Lu Xiao remembered that he was Miracle.

Lu Xiao consumed nine Holy Relics to strengthen himself and agreed to pursue the rank of a God before beginning the Old One ritual. The group gathered at Zhou’s cafeteria to share Chef’s meal, leaving Zhang Weidong convinced that he had finally arrived in Hell.

• Calamity warned Lu Xiao that intentionally using his Miracle authority might make it no miracle at all.
• The Doctor urged Lu Xiao to raise his ontological rank and promised him every Holy Relic their side obtained.
• Lu Xiao swallowed nine Holy Relics, felt his mental power increase, and learned that the fallen Deity’s Holy Relic was a ring.
• The Doctor said Chef had finished processing the Deity’s flesh and blood, and the group followed him back to Zhou.
• At the cafeteria, Ruiqi watched Chef prepare the meal, Old Feis offered up his demon hide, and Niu Bo stared down Chef’s cleaver.
• Zhang Weidong questioned whether Chef’s food was safe to eat, then laughed that he finally felt like he was in Hell.

Doctor used Chef’s cooking to bring together powerful beings over a meal of a captured Deity’s flesh, which strengthened or visibly changed those below Deity rank. Lu Xiao recognized that the feast had subtly improved relations with Niu Bo and Old Feis, leaving Doctor’s plan to use food as a bond underway.

• Chef prepared the captured Deity’s flesh, removing its contamination, and served everyone except Zhang Weidong, whose tiny portion left him flushed, dazed, and looking younger.
• Calamity, Lu Xiao, Old Feis, and the others ate the feast, while Old Feis consumed nearly half the flesh.
• Ruiqi, Liu Ni, and other diners below Deity rank showed changes after eating, while Lu Xiao felt a modest increase in strength.
• Calamity helped Zhang Weidong leave, and Lu Xiao followed as the gathering ended.
• Lu Xiao understood that Doctor had used Chef’s cooking to build ties with Niu Bo and Old Feis, whose power and authority Doctor wanted to keep close.

Lu Xiao fed flesh and blood to Little Well-Behaved and talked with Calamity about traveling through the Universe after the threats to his people were dealt with. Yi Hao arrived with an offer to arrange supplies and smooth relations with the Holy City, but Lu Xiao explained that he needed enemies to provide Hell Creature blood as fuel.

• After Calamity suggested feeding Little Well-Behaved, Lu Xiao slipped into the turtle’s shell and fed it flesh and blood.
• Lu Xiao asked Calamity to travel through the Universe with him once his people were safe, and Calamity agreed.
• Calamity described the Universe in an increasingly suggestive analogy, then urged Lu Xiao to pursue Ruiqi, prompting Lu Xiao to call him a scumbag.
• Yi Hao arrived on the enormous "Shadiao" and said he had arranged supplies and intended to prevent trouble between the Holy City and Lu Xiao’s side.
• Lu Xiao objected that trouble was needed to secure fuel, then told Yi Hao that Hell Creature blood could serve as petroleum; Yi Hao was stunned.

Gambler brought Nico to Australia, where she destroyed the Clone Pope after Cthulhu failed to answer his call. With the Clone Pope gone, the Church gained room to prepare its own Deification Ritual, and Gambler continued taking Nico around the world to handle threats before he planned to enter Hell.

• Gambler arrived in Australia with Nico, who stopped a school of fish-like creatures and grew into an island-sized jellyfish.
• Gambler challenged the Pope, and Nico’s attack destroyed the building where the Clone Pope was hiding.
• The Clone Pope called on Cthulhu, but received no answer and was killed by Nico’s tentacle.
• Gambler concluded that the Clone Pope’s fall eased pressure on Northern Europe and let the real Pope prepare a Deification Ritual.
• Gambler continued traveling with Nico to address threats across the Present World and planned to help humans in Hell.
• News of the Clone Pope’s fall reached Great Brahma, where He Shang sat with Driver, who remarked on the devastation in Australia.

He Shang explained the Pope’s plan to turn Angel into a god and prepare for his own Deification Ritual, while he and Driver agreed to help. In Hell, Niu Bo discussed human military training with Zhang Weidong, who proposed a bet about human fragility.

• He Shang told Driver that the Clone Pope had fallen and that they needed to help the original Pope complete his Deification Ritual.
• He Shang explained that Eden’s creatures would be used as nourishment for Angel’s ascension, and he ordered the Bodhisattvas to encircle and wipe out Eden.
• He Shang said his merit was nearly enough for him to become a deity and told Driver to oversee Mocking Heaven Palace while he remained in seclusion.
• In Hell, Doctor designed equipment to use brine for cooling the human army’s underground base, while the soldiers trained with their new equipment.
• Niu Bo praised the human army’s command structure but criticized the fragility of human bodies.
• Zhang Weidong proposed a bet to Niu Bo.

Zhang Weidong tried to wager a Nuclear Warhead against Niu Bo’s Minotaur warriors, but Niu Bo recognized the trap and refused. When raiders threatened Wanderers in the South of Hell, Zhang Weidong sent a large human force to fight them, giving Niu Bo a chance to see how humans battled.

• Zhang Weidong proposed a live combat exercise, offering Niu Bo a Nuclear Warhead if the human soldiers lost.
• Niu Bo refused to wager because he had no stake of equal value and doubted the humans could win.
• The Prison Doctor, Lu Xiao, and Calamity urged Niu Bo to accept, but Niu Bo suspected they were setting a trap.
• Amilia reported that around three thousand raiders led by a King-level being were attacking Wanderers bound for the Holy City.
• Zhang Weidong dispatched a heavy combined-arms brigade and a supporting army brigade, totaling over ten thousand soldiers.
• Niu Bo asked Lu Xiao whether he would intervene, and Calamity mocked him for doubting that the humans could keep the raiders at a distance.

Human forces used aircraft, artillery, infantry, and robotic units to rout the Raiders without casualties, impressing Niu Bo with their technology. Lu Xiao persuaded Niu Bo to send ten thousand Minotaurs to Zhang Weidong for training, while Zhang complained that the battle had cost him more than it gained.

• Fighter jets bombed the Raiders, killing hundreds and scattering their formation, while Niu Bo questioned why they did not make more bombing runs.
• Tanks and rocket launchers unleashed a creeping barrage, and six thousand infantry advanced to clear the battlefield.
• A King-level Raider recognized the human army and ordered the Raiders to flee, but robotic dogs attacked as soldiers and robotic birds moved across the battlefield.
• Niu Bo concluded that human long-range firepower could threaten his Minotaur Legion, and Lu Xiao asked him to honor their wager.
• Niu Bo agreed to send ten thousand Minotaurs to Zhang Weidong for training, and Zhang cursed the expense of the battle.

Zhang Weidong integrated ten thousand Minotaurs into his army, while Ding Dan led the Holy City's forces south to confront an Outsider invasion. At the bone gate, a towering figure emerged, and Ding Dan ordered the Sky Curtain to focus sunlight on it.

• Zhang Weidong recruited ten thousand Minotaurs and distributed them among his units for training.
• Amilia reported that Antie had approached within a little over two hundred kilometers of the Royal City.
• Ding Dan led the Holy City's army south, and Old Feis joined Lu Xiao and Calamity after revealing that another Unknowable Being had entered the conflict.
• Lu Xiao, Calamity, and Old Feis followed Ding Dan to the southern edge of Hell, where King-level Outsiders and Deities poured from a giant bone gate.
• A towering figure emerged from the gate, and Ding Dan directed the demon legion to focus the Sky Curtain's sunlight on it.

A god emerged from the Gate and extinguished Hell’s sun, prompting Old Feis to reveal his true form and attack. Calamity fled with Lu Xiao and the others while the two gods’ battle warped space and destroyed those caught nearby.

• The god asked whether Ding Dan was the current Great Lord and remarked that he smelled death.
• Old Feis transformed into an enormous anglerfish-like creature, and the god revealed his own tentacled true form.
• Old Feis ordered Calamity to take Ding Dan and the others away so he could lure the enemy within range of the Nuclear Bomb.
• Calamity carried Lu Xiao, Ding Dan, the Throne, and the Great Demons away at full speed as the gods’ true forms drove the nearby beings into madness.
• Old Feis charged the god, and their collision twisted space, assimilating those left nearby into its warped lines.
• Old Feis and the god grappled and tore at each other, exchanging curses as they fought.

Lu Xiao and the others lured a pursuing god into the path of a nuclear missile to help Old Feis escape. Old Feis survived and brought Lu Xiao back to the human settlement, where he spat out the injured god’s tentacles and demanded food to recover.

• Ding Dan carried Calamity through the air, while Lu Xiao ran behind them toward the missile’s strike range.
• Lu Xiao activated the targeting beacon, then ran away to escape the nuclear blast radius.
• The missile exploded near Old Feis and the pursuing tentacled god, vaporizing much of the tentacled god and stopping its pursuit.
• Old Feis reached Lu Xiao and swallowed him along with the ground beneath him before carrying him away.
• Half a day later, Old Feis spat out the god’s still-wriggling tentacles at the human settlement and asked for food to replenish himself.

Lu Xiao learned that God flesh could carry a master's divinity and contamination, then prepared to help the Chef complete his dangerous deification ritual. The Chef began making a deliberately disgusting dish under the Eye of Truth's suppression, but the ritual's outcome remained uncertain.

• Old Feis explained that God flesh could contain a master's divinity, erode those who consumed it, and let the master manifest through an anchor.
• Amilia told Lu Xiao that Ding Dan had taken Calamity to the Holy City but had not harmed him.
• Lu Xiao learned that the Chef needed a Deity-ranked taster to enjoy a hideous culinary monstrosity made from ordinary ingredients to complete his deification ritual.
• Lu Xiao proposed using the Eye of Truth to suppress the Chef's ability to make clean, sanitary food, and the Chef agreed to attempt the ritual.
• Lu Xiao activated the Eye of Truth as the Chef tied on his Hello Kitty apron and began preparing the ingredients, while the onlookers feared the consequences of failure.

Chef tried to create a dish disgusting enough to complete a ritual that would let the Ninth Group Army use the flesh and blood of gods. After Ivan suggested that extreme fragrance could become stench, Chef made nine-turn intestines and left Zhang Weidong wondering whether he had done it on purpose.

• Doctor and Zhang Weidong watched Chef attempt to make a revolting dish for the ritual, while Lu Xiao's trait kept Chef's ability from resetting.
• Chef struggled to disgust the onlookers even as the bubbling black broth gave off an appealing aroma.
• Prison Doctor asked Lu Xiao about the worst food he had eaten in the Dark Prison, but Lu Xiao could not remember.
• Ivan suggested that fragrance taken to its extreme became stench, and Chef took inspiration from his idea.
• Chef added barely rinsed pig intestines to the pot, dyed them black, and stuffed smaller intestines into larger ones to make nine-turn intestines.
• Chef said he had preserved the large intestines' flavor, and Zhang Weidong asked whether he had done it on purpose or by accident; Chef told him to guess.

Chef completed his Deification Ritual dish, nine-turn braised intestines covered in a foul, pitch-black sauce, while the spectators struggled to endure the smell. Lu Xiao pressured Zhang Weidong into taking the first bite, leaving the ritual’s outcome unknown.

• Chef continued preparing the intestines, and the growing stench made Zhang Weidong vomit; Doctor handed him a mop and asked him to clean it up.
• Chef reduced the sauce over high heat and poured it onto the plated intestines, making the gathered deities and spectators dry-heave.
• Chef asked who would taste the dish first, but nobody volunteered.
• Lu Xiao tried to persuade and then order Zhang Weidong to taste the intestines, invoking the soldiers waiting for him to return in triumph.
• Zhang Weidong picked up a piece of intestine, shut his eyes, and put it in his mouth.

Chef completed his deification ritual by serving a disgusting-looking but delicious dish, and attained godhood. In the cafeteria afterward, Ivan pressed Lu Xiao to tell him as soon as Mr. Calamity defecated, hoping to pursue his own path to godhood.

• Zhang Weidong tasted Chef's nine-turn pork intestines and said they were both delicious and disgusting.
• Old Feis and Lu Xiao tasted the dish, confirmed it was delicious, and the others ate enough to complete Chef's ritual.
• Shuns explained that the intestines had been cleaned and the foul-smelling broth was made from ordinary ingredients, while Chef's performance made the meal seem revolting.
• Chef's vacant expression faded, and everyone sensed a deity's aura as he attained godhood.
• Ivan asked Lu Xiao when Mr. Calamity would defecate and urged him to report it immediately.

After becoming a god, Chef created another horrifying dish, and Zhang Weidong suffered a catastrophic reaction after tasting it. Meanwhile, Lu Xiao’s reckless driving ended with Niu Bo taking the wheel, as Doctor discussed his plan to ignite a star with a nuclear bomb.

• Lu Xiao explained that Ivan could try to create an alchemy authority, as Doctor Li had once succeeded in creating a new authority.
• Chef served takoyaki topped with live maggots and black sauce, and Zhang Weidong was the first to try it.
• Zhang Weidong’s stomach swelled after he swallowed the food, and he woke a day later on an operating table with sutured wounds.
• Lu Xiao flipped the military off-road vehicle, so Niu Bo took over driving while Doctor and Lu Xiao rode with him.
• Doctor asked Niu Bo whether his plan to ignite a star with a nuclear bomb could work, and Niu Bo said it was nearly impossible and questioned how they could deliver the bomb to the star.

Doctor asked Niu Bo to cooperate if he could solve the problems preventing humans from reigniting their star, and Niu Bo warned that sending their coordinates could draw multiple factions into a galaxy-destroying war. As Doctor and Niu Bo discussed technology, Lu Xiao considered the Chosen Ones and his own abilities before suspecting that the 'driving' rule had rejected him.

• Doctor said a nuclear bomb could not provide enough energy to trigger fusion in the star and that human spacecraft could not deliver one, then asked Niu Bo to cooperate if he solved both problems.
• Niu Bo agreed to work with humans if Doctor could light the star, but warned that sending their coordinates might alert the Order Faction or neutral beings and lead to a destructive war.
• Doctor said he expected 'Technology's' Chosen One to help, while Niu Bo recalled that the rules had rejected him in the human laboratory despite his authority over 'Wisdom.'
• Lu Xiao inferred that Doctor wanted Lu Liangren to send the coordinates and that Lu Liangren might be the Chosen One of 'Technology'; he also recalled that Gambler was his own Chosen One and that Nico might travel to Hell.
• As Doctor explained technology to Niu Bo, Lu Xiao sensed that neither of them was retaining the knowledge and wondered whether the 'driving' rule had rejected him.

Zhang Weidong organized the Ninth Group Army’s recovery and defenses while Liu Ni trained as a doctor, and Lu Xiao’s group reached the Mysterious Post Office. Doctor entered the Post Office with Lu Xiao and Niu Bo, took Lu Liangren’s book, and faced no objection as Lu Liangren began filling out a form.

• Prison Doctor and Liu Ni distributed dumplings made with a God’s flesh and blood to the Ninth Group Army, while Zhang Weidong arranged for Minotaurs to handle supplies and build bricks.
• Zhang Weidong collapsed after eating an extra serving of dumplings, and Prison Doctor and Liu Ni helped him and other soldiers recover.
• Prison Doctor taught Liu Ni medicine, and she quickly earned the soldiers’ respect while showing no interest in their attempts to court her.
• After three days of travel, Lu Xiao, Niu Bo, and Doctor reached the Settlement containing the Mysterious Post Office, carrying their out-of-fuel Off-Road Vehicle.
• Doctor entered the Post Office, took the book Lu Liangren had placed on the counter, and watched as Lu Liangren began filling out a form.

Doctor, Lu Xiao, and Niu Bo left the Post Office to discover that Wanderers had dismantled and stolen their Off-Road Vehicle. Meanwhile, Morati and Wayne awakened sixteen Great Lords of ages past, who fed on the priests and learned about the crisis in Hell.

• Doctor, Lu Xiao, and Niu Bo left the Post Office after Doctor took a book, then discovered Wanderers had dismantled their Off-Road Vehicle and stolen its parts.
• Lu Xiao let a childlike Wanderer keep a screw, and Niu Bo carried Doctor as the three returned from the Settlement on foot.
• Morati questioned Wayne about whether the Great Lords could resist the Gods, and Wayne said he would continue serving His Majesty the Great Lord.
• The priests performed an awakening ritual, and sixteen Great Demons emerged from their coffins and drained the priests to restore their strength.
• Wayne reported the recent events in Hell to the awakened demons, and one of the weaker-looking demons roared, knelt, and plunged a hand into his chest.

A demon sacrificed his life to dispel the darkness over Hell, while Antie and Futiya discussed sacrifice, leadership, and their feelings. In the Holy City, Calamity repaired the ground under Ding Dan’s watch before escaping to the human encampment to complain to Old Feis.

• A demon tore out and shattered his heart, turning into yellow earth as the darkness over Hell lifted and the setting sun returned redder than before.
• The High Priest wrapped the demon’s remains in his ceremonial robes, leaving only fifteen of the sixteen Great Demons, and the tallest demon roared in rage.
• Antie asked Futiya whether she would sacrifice herself for her clan, then told her he thought she was better suited than Ruiqi to lead the Succubus Clan.
• Antie admitted he liked Futiya but had no time for romance, and Futiya embraced him and promised to witness a better future with him.
• Calamity repaired cracks in the ground under Ding Dan’s watch, then escaped to the human encampment and flew to Old Feis to complain.

Calamity complained to Old Feis about being bullied, then was distracted by Lu Xiao’s takoyaki, which contained a live maggot. Meanwhile, Doctor became obsessed with a blank-covered book and showed Shuns its revelations, leaving Shuns frenzied by the possibility of extracting consciousness.

• Calamity told Old Feis that someone had bullied him, but Old Feis scolded him for being weak and for calling himself Death's Chosen One.
• Lu Xiao gave Calamity takoyaki, and Calamity ate maggots hidden inside it without realizing what they were.
• Doctor read the first page of Lu Liangren’s book and concluded that his research team’s approach to controlled nuclear fusion was wrong.
• Doctor covered his office with calculations and told Shuns that he had solved the equations for controlled nuclear fusion.
• Doctor showed Shuns the blank-covered book, and Shuns read a page that convinced him consciousness could be extracted.