Recaps

The demonic sword emerged from the magma and attacked Howling Moon, but Cang Mo destroyed it in battle. Lin Qingyang helped the human disciples escape the Ten Thousand Weapons Workshop, while Cang Mo ordered the broken Nine Heavens Sword taken back.

• The demonic sword rose from the magma, drew weapons toward itself, and swallowed some of them while trying to attack Howling Moon.
• Cang Mo pulled Lin Qingyang away from the magma and then stood against the demonic sword with Howling Moon.
• Cang Mo struck the demonic sword, shattering its blade and exhausting its power.
• Lin Qingyang led the human disciples toward the exit, then used foul-smelling smoke bombs to stop the demons from pursuing them.
• Cang Mo stayed behind as the humans escaped and ordered the eagle demon to take the broken Nine Heavens Sword back.

Lin Qingyang escaped the Scarlet Refining Sect with the others and learned that Tie Zhenshan had obtained a fragment of the Nine Heavens Sword in the Hidden Market. After returning to Fusheng Pavilion, he asked Zhu Ji to search its records and privately reflected on Cang Mo.

• Lin Qingyang, Mo Yan, and their companions escaped by teleportation, while Lu Qing led the injured Lu Ming and Divine Sword Mountain disciples away.
• Elder Chen praised Lin Qingyang and offered him a hall master position at Tianxuan Pavilion, but Lin Qingyang declined and Mo Yan urged the group to report to the Immortal Alliance.
• Lin Qingyang asked Tie Feng about the sword fragment, and Tie Feng recalled that Tie Zhenshan had said he got it in the Hidden Market.
• Lin Qingyang parted from the others, changed teleportation arrays to avoid being tracked, and returned to Fusheng Pavilion.
• Zhu Ji searched the records for Tie Zhenshan's visit to the Hidden Market, while Kurong checked Lin Qingyang for injuries and Lin Qingyang went to bathe.
• Lin Qingyang noticed the marks Cang Mo had left on his wrist and thought that the wolf cub had grown up.

Lin Qingyang and Zhu Ji investigated Drunken Life Hall and learned that Tie Zhenshan had met privately with Wine Rat. When they returned to Fusheng Pavilion, they found it occupied by armed demons and the white-haired man greeting Lin Qingyang with a chilling smile.

• Lin Qingyang and Zhu Ji visited Drunken Life Hall to ask about Tie Zhenshan, but learned Wine Rat was away delivering wine to Demon Emperor City.
• A half-demon employee recalled that Wine Rat had privately received Tie Zhenshan in the back room, though Tie Zhenshan left without buying wine.
• Lin Qingyang and Zhu Ji argued on their way back to Fusheng Pavilion, where Zhu Ji accused him of having a hidden connection to the demon king.
• They found a lavish carriage and a crowd outside Fusheng Pavilion, then entered to see Zhu Ji held at swordpoint and Ku Rong bound and gagged.
• A white-haired man in black robes fixed his amber wolf eyes on Lin Qingyang and said, “We meet again!”

Lin Qingyang tried to appease Cang Mo after their earlier confrontation, but learned that poisoned wine from the Hidden Market had sickened Demon Emperor City's clan chiefs. Cang Mo accepted Lin Qingyang's pills and then insisted he go to Demon Emperor City himself to answer for Wine Rat's disappearance.

• Lin Qingyang apologized to Cang Mo and offered supreme-grade Origin-Stabilizing Pills to make amends for injuring his guards.
• Cang Mo accepted the pills, released Zhu Ji, and agreed that the Red Refining Sect matter was settled.
• Lin Qingyang asked Cang Mo to free the people from Fusheng Pavilion, but Cang Mo revealed that wine delivered by the Hidden Market had poisoned ten of Demon Emperor City's twelve clan chiefs.
• Lin Qingyang connected the wine to Wine Rat, who had also sold the Nine Heavens Sword fragment to Tie Zhenshan, and learned Wine Rat had fled.
• Cang Mo told Lin Qingyang to go to Demon Emperor City himself because Wine Rat had disappeared there.

Cang Mo forced Lin Qingyang to accompany him to Demon Emperor City to investigate the poisoned clan leaders. In the carriage, Cang Mo recognized Lin Qingyang despite his disguise and confronted him by name.

• Cang Mo accused Lin Qingyang and the Hidden Market of concealing ties to the human plot and the poisoning in Demon Emperor City.
• Lin Qingyang agreed to go with Cang Mo, told Zhu Ji to watch the business and keep Mo Yan uninformed, then left in Cang Mo’s carriage.
• During the journey, Lin Qingyang asked about the poisoned clan leaders, and Cang Mo said they were alive but avoided explaining the poison.
• Cang Mo served Lin Qingyang his favorite tea and revealed that he recognized him, angrily calling him Lin Qingyang.

Cang Mo confronted Lin Qingyang in the flying carriage, forcing him to reveal his true appearance and face their unresolved past. After biting Lin Qingyang and warning that he would not let him off, Cang Mo left the carriage and sat on its roof while the demon guards wondered what had happened inside.

• Cang Mo stopped Lin Qingyang from jumping out of the flying carriage and destroyed the Wind-Controlling Talisman he had hidden.
• Cang Mo demanded to know how Lin Qingyang had disguised himself, and Lin Qingyang removed the Mirage Pearl, revealing his familiar face.
• Lin Qingyang admitted he had known Cang Mo would survive the Ten Thousand Demons Forest, but Cang Mo challenged him over staying away for five years.
• Cang Mo pinned Lin Qingyang down and asked whether he had ever returned to look for him; Lin Qingyang turned away without answering.
• Cang Mo bit Lin Qingyang's neck, then warned him not to expect forgiveness and left the carriage.
• Cang Mo sat on the carriage roof as the demon guards speculated about what had happened inside.

Lin Qingyang woke in the Demon King Palace after dreaming that Cang Mo planned to rape and kill him, then tried to compensate Cang Mo for his past betrayal with the wealth in his private treasury. Cang Mo rejected the offer in anger and left Lin Qingyang trapped behind a barrier in Azure Wind Hall.

• Lin Qingyang woke from a nightmare in a lavish bedroom in Demon Emperor City and discovered his neck wound had been treated.
• He explored Azure Wind Hall and tried to leave, but Cang Mo warned him that guards surrounded the palace.
• Cang Mo brought Lin Qingyang food and asked whether his spiritual power had been destroyed by his injuries; Lin Qingyang confirmed it.
• Lin Qingyang acknowledged that he had wronged Cang Mo and offered him the key to his private treasury as compensation.
• Cang Mo angrily smashed his teacup and stormed out, while a barrier bounced Lin Qingyang back when he tried to follow.

Lin Qingyang was taken to the dungeon, where Cang Mo left him surrounded by wolves, making him believe Cang Mo wanted him dead. After the wolves recoiled from Lin Qingyang, he slapped Cang Mo and tried to leave, but Cang Mo carried him out when his ankle hurt.

• Yin Yu escorted Lin Qingyang from Azure Wind Hall to the Demon Emperor City's dungeon after Cang Mo summoned him.
• When demon soldiers tried to seize him, Lin Qingyang used a smoke bomb to escape, then fell into a pit surrounded by enormous gray wolves.
• Lin Qingyang saw Cang Mo watching from above and, when Cang Mo did not save him, believed he meant to kill him.
• The wolves suddenly retreated from Lin Qingyang, and Cang Mo leaped into the pit as Yin Yu apologized for letting Lin Qingyang escape.
• Lin Qingyang slapped Cang Mo and tried to leave, but Cang Mo caught him and carried him up the slope after his ankle hurt.

Lin Qingyang helped Cang Mo identify where Wine Rat was hiding, and Cang Mo agreed to Lin Qingyang’s proposal for a share of the Hidden Market’s future profits. Cang Mo promised to send Lin Qingyang back after they resolved Wine Rat’s case.

• Cang Mo brought Lin Qingyang to an interrogation room, treated his sprained foot, and explained that he had not meant to frighten or hurt him.
• Yin Yu brought in several bull-headed half-demons who had helped Wine Rat flee, and Lin Qingyang reasoned that they had been used as a distraction.
• Lin Qingyang identified Baoyue Pavilion as Wine Rat’s likely hiding place because it secretly sheltered half-demons and helped them return to the Hidden Market.
• Cang Mo questioned Lin Qingyang about whether he had been frightened and agreed to take thirty percent of the Hidden Market’s future profits.
• Cang Mo told Lin Qingyang he would send him back once Wine Rat’s case was cleared up, leaving Lin Qingyang relieved but uneasy.

Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo searched for Wine Rat at Baoyue Pavilion, where they discovered he had hidden beneath the chamber floor. After capturing him, they questioned his identity, but Wine Rat mistook Lin Qingyang for a spider demon’s kept lover.

• Cang Mo and Lin Qingyang arrived at Baoyue Pavilion, and Lin Qingyang used his Fusheng Pavilion jade token to make the shopkeeper reveal Wine Rat’s location.
• The shopkeeper led them to a hidden chamber, but Wine Rat appeared to have vanished, so Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo pretended to leave.
• Wine Rat emerged from a concealed hole beneath the bed and tried to escape when Lin Qingyang revealed himself with Cang Mo.
• Lin Qingyang showed Wine Rat the Golden Jade Token and took the spirit stone notes from his bundle.
• Wine Rat called Lin Qingyang a spider demon’s kept lover, and Cang Mo struck him into the wall again before Lin Qingyang told him not to knock Wine Rat unconscious.

Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo learned that Wine Rat’s spoiled fruit had caused the illnesses, then questioned him about the Nine Heavens Sword fragment. Wine Rat’s description of its seller reminded Lin Qingyang of Bi Yue, and Lin Qingyang resolved to investigate the Shadow Cavern with Cang Mo the next day.

• Lin Qingyang discovered that Wine Rat had brewed wine with moldy spirit fruit, causing food poisoning, and fined him while ordering him to answer questions.
• Wine Rat said he had bought the Nine Heavens Sword fragment at an antique stall in the Shadow Cavern from a black-robed seller with no legs.
• Lin Qingyang recognized the seller’s description as possibly pointing to Bi Yue and froze, so Cang Mo led him out of the hidden chamber.
• Cang Mo ordered Yin Yu to take Wine Rat to Gu Teng for treatment, while the shopkeeper explained that the Shadow Cavern was a lawless underground black market.
• Lin Qingyang insisted on investigating the Shadow Cavern, and Cang Mo agreed to accompany him the following day.

Lin Qingyang explored Cang Mo’s hall, was shocked by a mysterious iron box, and underwent an examination before Cang Mo brought him familiar food. He realized Cang Mo had deliberately served him those dishes earlier that day.

• Lin Qingyang found his old copy of Complete Records of a Hundred Demons on Cang Mo’s bookshelf, then tried to open a mysterious iron box and was shocked by its restriction.
• Cang Mo arrived with Gu Teng, checked Lin Qingyang’s injured hand, and returned the iron box to the shelf.
• Cang Mo had Gu Teng examine Lin Qingyang to determine whether he could go to the Shadow Cavern; Gu Teng found his spiritual root severely damaged but his condition otherwise stable.
• Gu Teng treated Lin Qingyang’s sprained ankle and left, while Cang Mo served him familiar dishes and fish soup.
• Lin Qingyang tasted the food, then accused Cang Mo of deliberately serving those dishes earlier that day.

Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo shared a meal and discussed the events in Tianshui City, including Xue Lanyuan’s disappearance. The next day, they disguised themselves to visit the Shadow Cavern, and Cang Mo’s familiar youthful appearance stirred memories in Lin Qingyang.

• Lin Qingyang told Cang Mo that Xue Lanyuan had become an aberrant demon and disappeared after the events in Tianshui City.
• Cang Mo returned to Lin Qingyang’s room to sleep, then took a pillow and slept on the couch after Lin Qingyang nervously objected.
• Lin Qingyang asked Cang Mo for demon clothing to conceal his human scent before visiting the Shadow Cavern.
• Cang Mo transformed into his youthful appearance, and Lin Qingyang was startled by the familiar sight.
• Cang Mo freed Lin Qingyang’s trapped hair and tidied it, then the two left together for the Shadow Cavern.

Cang Mo, Lin Qingyang, and Wine Rat traveled to Shadow Cavern to search for the unknown black-clad figure. They reached the underground market, where Wine Rat pointed out their destination beneath a stalagmite.

• Cang Mo took Lin Qingyang and Wine Rat from the Demon King Palace on Spirit Shadow Steeds toward Shadow Cavern.
• Wine Rat led them down a perilous rock passage into the eerie underground cavern.
• Lin Qingyang concealed his face as the three followed an underground river past stalls selling strange wares and demon cores.
• Cang Mo warned Lin Qingyang that the Charm Demons in the caves could bewitch anyone who met their eyes.
• Wine Rat pointed toward a faint green lamp beneath a stalagmite and identified the place they had come to find.

Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo encountered a house centipede demon while searching for the former antiques seller in the Shadow Cavern, then fought off the cavern itself when it attacked them. The stone demon Di Ming revealed himself and recognized Cang Mo, before asking whether Lin Qingyang was a snack.

• Lin Qingyang offered spirit stones to the old woman at the stall, but she grabbed his hand and transformed into a giant house centipede demon.
• Cang Mo shielded Lin Qingyang and struck the centipede demon, then demanded that she remember the missing antiques seller.
• An unseen voice complained about the noise, and the stone swallowed the injured centipede demon as the cavern walls closed in around Lin Qingyang, Cang Mo, and Wine Rat.
• Cang Mo drew Howling Moon and shattered the closing rock walls with a single slash, revealing a spacious stone chamber.
• Di Ming formed a gigantic face in the wall, scolded Cang Mo for returning to the Shadow Cavern, and asked whether Lin Qingyang was a snack.

Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo sought the black-cloaked figure from Di Ming, who made them play a game before sharing what he knew. After Lin Qingyang introduced mahjong and won Di Ming over, Di Ming revealed that the figure was a soul fiend, leaving Cang Mo staring at Lin Qingyang with icy hatred.

• Di Ming told Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo that the person they sought was nearby, but demanded they play a game for the information.
• When Cang Mo threatened to tear apart the chamber, Lin Qingyang stopped him and offered to teach Di Ming a new game instead.
• Lin Qingyang, Cang Mo, Wine Rat, and Di Ming played mahjong, and Di Ming became thrilled with the game.
• Di Ming said the black-cloaked figure was a soul fiend, a powerful spirit formed from a cultivator or great demon consumed by resentment after death.
• Cang Mo turned his cold, hateful gaze toward Lin Qingyang as Di Ming explained that soul fiends were difficult to harm because they had no physical bodies.

Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo entered Netherworld Ravine to confront the Soul Fiend, where they discovered it was Chimei, returned as a spirit driven by resentment. Chimei revealed that he had given Wine Rat the Nine Heavens Sword fragments to turn them against each other, and the encounter ended with him attacking them in a frenzy.

• Di Ming explained that the Soul Fiend was cultivating in Netherworld Ravine, and a passage opened to the cavern.
• Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo entered the ravine together while Wine Rat stayed behind.
• Cang Mo attacked the black pool, provoking a water python that he destroyed with his saber.
• A black-robed figure appeared and accused Lin Qingyang of causing its death.
• Lin Qingyang recognized the Soul Fiend as Chimei, who admitted giving Wine Rat the Nine Heavens Sword fragments to make them fight.

Cang Mo used his ice powers to destroy Chimei, but the freezing battle left Lin Qingyang dangerously cold. As Lin Qingyang began to lose consciousness, Cang Mo kissed him.

• Chimei attacked Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo with water pythons, and Cang Mo carried Lin Qingyang to safety before fighting back.
• Chimei claimed he could not be killed and taunted Lin Qingyang about Cang Mo framing him for poisoning.
• Lin Qingyang told Cang Mo that a Soul Fiend’s weakness was the method used to kill it, and that Xue Lanyuan had killed Chimei with ice arrows.
• Cang Mo transformed into a white wolf and froze the Cold Pool, the water pythons, and Chimei, then shattered Chimei with ice spikes.
• Cang Mo returned to human form and held Lin Qingyang, who was suffering from the cold and fading from consciousness.
• Cang Mo pressed a warm hand to Lin Qingyang’s cheek, then gripped his chin and kissed him.

Cang Mo rescued Lin Qingyang from the freezing cave and brought him back to Azure Wind Hall, where Gu Teng treated his fever and explained that only the legendary Nirvana Lotus could restore his damaged spiritual root. As Lin Qingyang suffered through a nightmare and called out to A-Qi, Cang Mo held him and tried to comfort him.

• Cang Mo drew the deadly cold from Lin Qingyang through a kiss, but Lin Qingyang lost consciousness before they left the cave.
• Cang Mo carried Lin Qingyang back to Azure Wind Hall, and the cave entrance closed behind them as the frozen pool thawed.
• Gu Teng examined Lin Qingyang, diagnosed a fever from the cold, and told Cang Mo that restoring his spiritual power would require remaking his damaged spiritual root.
• Gu Teng said the legendary Nirvana Lotus could reshape a spiritual root, though he had never heard of anyone finding it.
• As Cang Mo tended Lin Qingyang, Lin Qingyang gripped his hand in a nightmare and repeatedly called out to A-Qi in pain.
• Cang Mo realized Lin Qingyang was asking whether A-Qi was hurting, then gathered him close and soothed him.

Lin Qingyang woke from his fever in Cang Mo’s bed, where Cang Mo had cared for him through the night. Though Lin Qingyang wanted to return to the Hidden Market, Cang Mo insisted he recover first, leaving Lin Qingyang confused about his feelings over the kiss that had saved him.

• Lin Qingyang woke beside Cang Mo, learned his fever had broken, and remembered clinging to Cang Mo during a nightmare.
• Cang Mo brought Lin Qingyang fish congee and explained that Wine Rat would work at Gu Teng as punishment while the uninformed Half-Demons had been released.
• Lin Qingyang said he wanted to return to the Hidden Market, but Cang Mo told him to rest until he was well enough to travel.
• Cang Mo said Lin Qingyang would stay in his room because the palace had no spare rooms during preparations for the Sea Tribe Delegation.
• Cang Mo explained that he had kissed Lin Qingyang in Netherworld Ravine only to draw out the cold energy, and Lin Qingyang agreed before drifting back to sleep.

Lin Qingyang wandered through the Demon King Palace and learned that Hong Ling had lost his memories, while the palace was being decorated for a wedding. After Cang Mo left to receive the Sea Tribe delegation, Lin Qingyang realized that Cang Mo might be marrying the Merfolk Tribe princess.

• Lin Qingyang left his room for a stroll, accompanied by Yin Yu and Eagle Tribe guards who were ordered to treat him like the Demon King.
• Lin Qingyang encountered Hong Ling, who did not recognize him or remember Mo Yan and had become bold and outgoing.
• Cang Mo explained that Hong Ling had lost his memories after falling into a river five years earlier and had been living with Cang Mo's elder sister.
• Ba Shan announced that the Sea Tribe delegation had arrived, and Cang Mo left with the others while promising to return for dinner.
• Lin Qingyang recalled that Cang Mo was supposed to marry the Merfolk Tribe princess and realized the wedding decorations might be for that marriage.

Lin Qingyang spotted Fusheng Pavilion’s emergency kite signal while the Sea Tribe delegation arrived in Demon Emperor City. Cang Mo returned to Azure Wind Hall and found Lin Qingyang asleep in the bathing pool.

• Lin Qingyang recognized Langya leading the Sea Tribe procession and saw the Merfolk Princess arrive in a seashell carriage.
• Lin Qingyang noticed a black-and-red kite signaling an emergency from Fusheng Pavilion, then concealed his reaction from Yin Yu.
• Cang Mo warned Hong Ling not to discuss his feelings for Lin Qingyang, then admitted Lin Qingyang was the only good-looking human.
• Cang Mo returned to Azure Wind Hall at night and found Lin Qingyang missing from the outer rooms and bedroom.
• Cang Mo sensed Lin Qingyang’s demonic energy behind a screen and discovered him asleep in the bathing pool.

After rescuing Lin Qingyang from the bath, Cang Mo saw the old scar on his abdomen and cared for him, while Lin Qingyang misread Cang Mo’s intentions and assumed he was only being polite. Lin Qingyang planned to visit Baoyue Pavilion the next day, and Cang Mo arranged for Yin Yu and the others to accompany him.

• Cang Mo pulled the sleeping Lin Qingyang from the pool after he slipped under the water.
• Cang Mo carried Lin Qingyang to the bedroom, where Lin Qingyang mistook his attention for sexual interest before Cang Mo revealed he was looking at Lin Qingyang’s scar.
• Cang Mo left Lin Qingyang clean clothes, then served him dinner and warned him not to bathe alone after drinking.
• Cang Mo told Lin Qingyang he could stay forever, but Lin Qingyang assumed he was speaking politely and said he needed to return to Fusheng Pavilion.
• Lin Qingyang said he wanted to visit Baoyue Pavilion, and Cang Mo arranged for Yin Yu and the others to accompany him.

Lin Qingyang reviewed Baoyue Pavilion’s accounts while secretly meeting Mo Yan, who had come to rescue him. After Lin Qingyang explained his investigation into the Nine Heavens Sword, he decided to leave the next day and say goodbye to Cang Mo first.

• Lin Qingyang arrived at Baoyue Pavilion in clothes made for him by Cang Mo and began reviewing the shop’s accounts.
• After Yin Yu and the guards went outside, Shopkeeper Yang revealed that Fusheng Pavilion had sent someone to rescue Lin Qingyang.
• Mo Yan entered disguised as a panther-headed Half-Demon, then revealed himself with a Mirage Pearl and angrily mistook Lin Qingyang’s clothes and bite marks for signs of mistreatment.
• Mo Yan prepared to attack Yin Yu and the guards, but Lin Qingyang stopped him and explained that Cang Mo had not harmed him.
• Lin Qingyang told Mo Yan about investigating Chimei and the Nine Heavens Sword, and they wondered whether Bi Yue was involved.
• Lin Qingyang told Mo Yan he would leave the next day and planned to say goodbye to Cang Mo.

Lin Qingyang learned that Cang Mo was preparing to marry the Sea Tribe’s princess and decided to choose him a wedding gift. After Mo Yan left Demon Emperor City, Lin Qingyang found an unusual erotic album among the shop’s treasures and wondered whether Cang Mo was still a virgin.

• Lin Qingyang told Mo Yan that Cang Mo was getting married to the Sea Tribe’s princess, and Mo Yan urged him not to become entangled with Cang Mo.
• Lin Qingyang accepted Mo Yan’s message talisman and said Hong Ling was alive but had lost his memories; Mo Yan refused to see him and left.
• Lin Qingyang instructed Shopkeeper Yang to arrange for Mo Yan to leave Demon Emperor City soon.
• Lin Qingyang searched for a wedding gift for Cang Mo, rejecting mandarin-duck jade pendants and a Merfolk Pearl as unsuitable.
• Shopkeeper Yang showed Lin Qingyang an erotic album whose pictures were illusion realms, and Lin Qingyang wondered whether Cang Mo was still a virgin.