Recaps

Chen Nian discovered that Zi Nan, Xiao Yu’s best friend, was already dead and using necromancy to keep her body and soul together. After Zi Nan revealed that Jack the Ripper had killed her and was hunting her, Heizi reported a likely Jack the Ripper murder near Lu City Airport.

• Chen Nian hid Shangze Sakura when Zi Nan arrived, and Zi Nan searched his house while Xiao Yu spoke with them by phone.
• Zi Nan found a woman’s hair but did not expose Chen Nian, then revealed that she was already dead and sustaining herself with the Necromantic Manipulation Technique.
• Zi Nan told Chen Nian that Jack the Ripper had killed her in London after she refused to help him turn women’s corpses into dolls.
• Zi Nan explained that Jack had called to threaten her, and Chen Nian realized she had jumped off the bridge hoping to die before he could find her.
• Heizi messaged Chen Nian that a flight attendant had been murdered near Lu City Airport in a way that suggested Jack the Ripper was responsible.

After Jack the Ripper appeared in Lu City, Chen Nian went there to protect Su Jinyu while Zi Nan stayed behind in Linhai City. Jack escaped Lu City by disguising himself as a flight attendant and set his sights on a girl in his collection of victims.

• British law enforcement learned Jack the Ripper had appeared in Lu City, and Chen Nian told Zi Nan that he had come to Dragon Country.
• Zi Nan feared for Su Jinyu, so Chen Nian warned Su Jinyu about Jack and promised to travel to Lu City the next day.
• After twenty-three people were killed overnight, Lu City went into lockdown, and Chen Nian left Zi Nan in Sakura's care before flying there.
• Chen Nian arrived in Lu City and headed for Su Jinyu's home while Jack disguised himself as a flight attendant and killed the real flight attendant.
• Jack boarded a departing plane, escaped Lu City, and looked through photos of his victims until he found a girl with pale golden curls and a red scarf.

Chen Nian reunited with Su Jinyu in Lu City while Jack used the city as bait to find Zi Nan in Linhai City. Shangze Sakura confronted Jack at Chen Nian’s home, and he realized Buyu might be there too.

• Chen Nian bypassed Lu City’s inspections and surprised Su Jinyu at her home, where they exchanged affection before going to dinner together.
• Zi Nan told Su Jinyu she was relieved Chen Nian was with her, then saw Jack outside her villa and watched him enter.
• Jack explained that the killings in Lu City were bait and that he had followed the mark on Zi Nan’s soul to find her.
• Shangze Sakura contacted Chen Nian to report Jack’s arrival, but Jack destroyed her phone before she could say more.
• Jack recognized Shangze Sakura and wondered whether Buyu was there, calling her an unexpected prize.

Jack trapped Zi Nan in a blood-drawn magic circle in Linhai City and used her as bait to draw out Buyu, while Chen Nian rushed back from locked-down Lu City. Shangze Sakura escaped Jack and joined Tang Rou, but Jack then set his sights on her.

• Jack attacked Shangze Sakura, but Chen Nian’s Void-Escaping Spirit Snake restrained him long enough for her to escape.
• Jack freed himself and kept Zi Nan captive, planning to use her as bait to lure Buyu.
• Chen Nian learned Jack was in Linhai City and used his God Descent Technique to fly back despite the lockdown.
• Shangze Sakura found Tang Rou, who told her to stay safe while their companions checked on the situation.
• Jack completed a blood magic circle around Zi Nan and went into the city to hunt Shangze Sakura.
• Chen Nian returned to Linhai City.

Chen Nian returned to Linhai City and captured Jack after demanding to know where Zi Nan was. Jack led him to a blood array that threatened Zi Nan, but Chen Nian entered it anyway, determined to save her and kill Jack.

• Shangze Sakura spotted Jack approaching Tang Rou's home, but Tang Rou told her Chen Nian had already returned.
• Chen Nian appeared before Jack in the rain and seized him with Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art, then cut off both his arms when Jack tried to stab him.
• Jack revealed that Zi Nan was in a village west of Linhai City, and Chen Nian forced him to lead the way.
• Chen Nian found Zi Nan lying in a blood-colored magic array, and Jack warned that killing him would detonate it.
• Zi Nan urged Chen Nian to stay back and kill Jack, but Chen Nian stepped into the array and promised to save her.

Chen Nian turned Jack’s Blood Sacrifice Soul-Nurturing Formation against him, absorbed the wronged souls, and killed him when he tried to attack. After gaining enough Soul Energy to summon the Fourth Beast, Chen Nian discovered it could copy the appearance and abilities of souls it absorbed, leaving him considering whether Zi Nan could live as his summoned beast.

• Jack activated the Blood Sacrifice Soul-Nurturing Formation, sending the souls of his victims to attack Chen Nian and Zi Nan.
• Chen Nian summoned the King of All Creation, which devoured the wronged souls while sparing Zi Nan when Chen Nian ordered it to.
• Jack broke down after watching his collectibles disappear, then feigned surrender and tried to stab Chen Nian with a scalpel held in his mouth.
• Chen Nian severed Jack’s head with the Judgment Domain before Jack could hurt him.
• With more than ten thousand Soul Energy, Chen Nian summoned the Fourth Beast, Spirit Illusory Form, and learned it could retain the appearance, consciousness, and abilities of absorbed souls.

Chen Nian saved Zi Nan by turning her into his summoned beast, then arranged for Li Yunwei to receive credit for finding Jack the Ripper’s body. Li Yunwei identified Chen Nian as the one who killed Jack, leaving her subordinates stunned by her connection to him.

• Chen Nian used Spirit Illusory Form to restore Zi Nan’s soul and body, making her his summoned beast.
• Chen Nian pressured Zi Nan to keep her new condition from Xiao Yu, and she agreed to follow his orders.
• Chen Nian had Heizi send Li Yunwei an anonymous message revealing the location of Jack the Ripper’s body.
• Li Yunwei and her subordinates found Jack’s body in Linhai City and confirmed his identity.
• Li Yunwei told her subordinates that Buyu had killed Jack, and they were astonished that she knew him.

Dragon Country’s Law Enforcement Bureau learned that Buyu had killed Jack the Ripper, embarrassing Britain after its refusal to help. Chen Nian then ordered Zi Nan to protect Xiao Qi and repeatedly praise Yang Jian, hoping to weaken the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens’ resistance to him.

• At a meeting in Lu City, Dragon Country’s officers asked Britain for an item connected to Jack so an aura-tracking transcendent could find him, but Director Wilson refused and mocked them.
• A report from Li Yunwei revealed that Buyu had killed Jack in Linhai City, and the old director shared the evidence with Wilson before taunting him and ending the call.
• Dragon Country’s Law Enforcement Bureau announced Buyu’s role in Jack’s death, prompting online celebrations and ridicule of Britain.
• Three days later, Chen Nian kept Zi Nan summoned and compelled her to address him as Master.
• Chen Nian tasked Zi Nan with protecting Xiao Qi and praising Yang Jian daily to influence Xiao Qi’s feelings toward him.

Gu Qingyue and Xiao He arrived on Heavenly Demon Island and asked Tang Rou to take them to Chen Nian’s home for a Spring Festival visit. While they were on the way, Chen Nian gave Shangze Sakura a maid outfit, unaware that the visitors had arrived.

• Gu Qingyue and Xiao He came through the World Gate and borrowed a phone to contact Tang Rou.
• Gu Qingyue asked Tang Rou to pick them up and keep their visit secret from Chen Nian.
• Tang Rou collected the two girls and took them into the city, where they admired the modern world and learned about the Spring Festival.
• Chen Nian gave Shangze Sakura a maid outfit and stockings, and she changed into them.
• Shangze Sakura emerged in the outfit as Tang Rou arrived at Chen Nian’s home with Gu Qingyue and Xiao He.

Chen Nian hosted Gu Qingyue, Xiao He, and Tang Rou after Shangze Sakura was already at his home, and the women competed over who would handle the household tasks. Gu Qingyue stayed for the Spring Festival and flirted with Chen Nian, ending by asking him to have a child with her.

• Tang Rou brought Gu Qingyue and Xiao He to Chen Nian’s home without warning him, where they found Shangze Sakura dressed in a maid outfit.
• Chen Nian introduced Gu Qingyue and Shangze Sakura, and Gu Qingyue said her people had moved onto land but still urged her to find a husband and continue the imperial bloodline.
• Gu Qingyue accepted Chen Nian’s invitation to stay for the Spring Festival, then stopped him from asking Xiao He to tidy a room.
• Tang Rou agreed to clean the room in exchange for legendary equipment, but Gu Qingyue offered to do it herself, prompting Shangze Sakura to rush upstairs and take the task.
• Gu Qingyue asked Chen Nian for a keepsake and then proposed having a baby together, revealing that Tang Rou had taught her and Xiao He about contraception.

Gu Qingyue and Xiao He settled into Chen Nian’s home and learned about modern life, until Ye Hongling arrived seeking help finding Vermilion Bird blood essence for her Divinity Advancement. The chapter ended with Gu Qingyue greeting Ye Hongling with poised hospitality as the two women met at Chen Nian’s house.

• Gu Qingyue explored modern life at Chen Nian’s home, while Shangze Sakura taught her to bathe and Xiao He learned to shop at a supermarket.
• Xiao He and Shangze Sakura became friends and shared the housework, leaving Chen Nian hopeful for a peaceful New Year.
• Ye Hongling called Chen Nian, teased him about remembering her naked, and asked where she could find genuine Vermilion Bird blood essence.
• Chen Nian offered to ask Gu Qingyue, but Ye Hongling claimed she was already at his door and rang the doorbell.
• Xiao He let Ye Hongling into the home, and Gu Qingyue welcomed her while gauging her intentions.

Chen Nian learned that Su Jinyu’s Divinity might contain a remnant consciousness, and Ye Hongling offered two ways to deal with it. After their nap, they joined Gu Qingyue and the others for dinner, where Gu Qingyue served dishes mocking Chen Nian and Ye Hongling.

• Ye Hongling went upstairs to sleep in Chen Nian’s room, while Gu Qingyue pressed Chen Nian about their relationship.
• Gu Qingyue said her people had found traces of the Vermilion Bird, but insisted Ye Hongling ask her directly for details.
• Ye Hongling told Chen Nian that Su Jinyu’s Divinity might retain consciousness and affect her temperament.
• Chen Nian napped with Ye Hongling, who described brute force or fulfilling the Divinity’s unresolved obsession as ways to remove its residual consciousness.
• Gu Qingyue served chives called “Green, Green Grassland” and pastries called “Red Apricot Blossoms Reaching Over the Wall,” mocking Chen Nian and Ye Hongling.

Gu Qingyue and Ye Hongling competed for Chen Nian’s attention at dinner, but Chen Nian eventually obtained the Vermilion Bird’s whereabouts and agreed to search for it with Ye Hongling the next morning. That night, he secretly visited Gu Qingyue, who spoke of marriage and warned him that their world might contain other kinds of humans.

• Gu Qingyue challenged Ye Hongling at dinner by asking her to wash the dishes, while Chen Nian struggled to stay out of their rivalry.
• Tang Rou agreed to come wash Chen Nian’s dishes after he offered her legendary equipment and promised to improve her standing in the guild.
• Chen Nian spent a small fortune to get the Vermilion Bird’s whereabouts, then agreed to leave with Ye Hongling the next morning.
• Gu Qingyue monopolized the bedding and kicked Xiao He out of bed, so Xiao He went to sleep with Shangze Sakura.
• Chen Nian used Hidden Shadow to enter Gu Qingyue’s room, where they kissed and discussed marriage and betrothal gifts.
• Gu Qingyue told Chen Nian that their world might contain other kinds of humans and asked him to return for their New Year celebration.

Chen Nian and Ye Hongling traveled to the Lost Continent to find the Vermilion Bird and obtain its blood essence for Ye Hongling’s Divinity. They met an Eastern Wilderness tribe pursuing the bird, and the high priest sent them to face its trial while secretly planning to use them to break through its barrier.

• Ye Hongling teased Chen Nian about spending the night with Gu Qingyue and revealed that she had invited Su Jinyu to Chen Nian’s house for New Year.
• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling followed Gu Qingyue’s map to a mountain where they sensed strong fire energy and were surrounded by spear-bearing tribespeople.
• The tribe’s high priest learned that the visitors were seeking the Vermilion Bird and agreed to take them to its trial.
• The high priest’s people revealed that the Vermilion Bird had fled from the Eastern Wilderness and that they planned to capture it to nourish their sacred spring.
• After Chen Nian mocked the high priest as a veteran actor, the priest sent him and Ye Hongling to the Vermilion Bird’s barrier, intending to use them to break it.

Chen Nian and Ye Hongling reached the Vermilion Bird in its cavern, where Chen Nian’s Qilin’s Blessing calmed the hunted beast and earned its trust. The Vermilion Bird revealed that it came from the Eastern Wilderness, home to the Beast God, and Chen Nian suspected the Beast God might be another Heavenly Torrent Rank being.

• Ye Hongling set a Red Lotus Flame Explosion formation on the cavern wall, and she and Chen Nian entered the Vermilion Bird’s trial.
• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling fought through the cavern’s relentless flame beasts and broke through the Vermilion Bird’s barrier.
• The high priest ordered Poison Thorn Incense prepared so he could capture Chen Nian, Ye Hongling, and the Vermilion Bird.
• The Vermilion Bird threatened Chen Nian and Ye Hongling, but Chen Nian revealed his Qilin’s Blessing and calmed it.
• The Vermilion Bird told Chen Nian that it had fled from the Eastern Wilderness, where the Beast God ruled, and Chen Nian suspected the Beast God was a Heavenly Torrent Rank being.

Chen Nian and Ye Hongling obtained Vermilion Bird blood essence after promising to protect the Vermilion Bird’s sister, then turned the Eastern Wilderness people’s poison trap against them. The high priest survived Ye Hongling’s explosion, but Chen Nian captured him alive to bring to Gu Qingyue.

• The Vermilion Bird gave Chen Nian and Ye Hongling his blood essence after asking them to protect his egg-bound sister from the Eastern Wilderness people.
• When poisonous mist filled the cavern, Chen Nian used Judgment Domain to block it, and the Vermilion Bird burned himself away, leaving a drop of blood essence for each of them.
• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling lured the Eastern Wilderness people into the cavern, where Ye Hongling’s Red Lotus Flame Explosion Array destroyed them and collapsed much of the mountain.
• The high priest emerged from the rubble and attacked Chen Nian, but Chen Nian summoned the Primordial Divine Ape to defeat and capture him alive.
• Chen Nian decided to take the high priest to Gu Qingyue as a New Year’s gift.

Su Jinyu arrived at Chen Nian’s home and found Gu Qingyue and Shangze Sakura there while Chen Nian was away with Ye Hongling. Chen Nian returned to Changnian City, left a captive from the Eastern Wilderness for the princess, and departed before the city’s people could learn his identity.

• Su Jinyu rushed to Chen Nian’s villa with Zi Nan after Gu Qingyue invited her to spend New Year’s there.
• Su Jinyu found Gu Qingyue and Shangze Sakura at the villa, learned Chen Nian had gone out with Ye Hongling, and agreed to wait with them for a New Year’s meal.
• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling visited Changnian City, where they saw the city under construction and a statue modeled after Chen Nian.
• A girl recognized Chen Nian as the hero, so he flew away with Ye Hongling to avoid revealing his identity.
• Chen Nian dropped off a captive from the Eastern Wilderness for the princess, and the generals celebrated the gift and discussed urging the princess to marry him.

Chen Nian absorbed the Vermilion Bird's blood essence, awakened the Heavenly Brilliance Word Spirit, and defeated an Eastern Wilderness squad that came after the Vermilion Bird phenomenon. Ye Hongling completed her Divinity advancement, and Chen Nian left no pursuers alive.

• Chen Nian absorbed the Vermilion Bird's blood essence, gained permanent attributes, and awakened the Heavenly Brilliance Word Spirit.
• Chen Nian tested Heavenly Brilliance, melting a huge boulder and the ground beneath it with a crimson beam.
• As Ye Hongling's Divinity advancement neared completion, its Vermilion Bird phenomenon attracted an Eastern Wilderness squad led by Huang Gu.
• Chen Nian used darkness to kill Huang Gu's subordinates, then had the Primordial Divine Ape break Huang Gu's arms before killing him.
• Chen Nian found an Eastern Wilderness scout who had witnessed the fight, let her flee, then caught her again and had the Primordial Divine Ape kill her.
• The Vermilion Bird phenomenon disappeared as Ye Hongling successfully completed her advancement.

Chen Nian returned to Linhai City and found the women in his home preparing for Spring Festival while Su Jinyu fretted over Ye Hongling’s scent on his pillow. He delayed going home after seeing the couplets and ended the chapter calling Tang Rou during her family’s New Year’s dinner.

• Ye Hongling rewarded Chen Nian with a kiss after her breakthrough, and they agreed to return home the next morning.
• Su Jinyu scrubbed Chen Nian’s pillowcase to remove Ye Hongling’s perfume, then accepted udon from Shangze Sakura and offered her a place to stay.
• Su Jinyu and the others prepared for Spring Festival, while she complained that Chen Nian had not returned yet.
• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling came home and found mocking couplets about his fickle love life; Chen Nian went to greet his neighbor instead of entering with Ye Hongling.
• Chen Nian delayed returning home and called Tang Rou while she was having New Year’s dinner with her family.

Tang Rou was brought by Chen Nian to his crowded New Year's dinner, where Su Jinyu and Ye Hongling clashed over him while the guests ate and competed for his attention. After Gu Qingyue performed a dance, the guests noticed that the room had suddenly grown cold.

• Chen Nian arrived at Tang Rou's home with New Year's gifts and persuaded her mother to send Tang Rou with him to his dinner.
• Tang Rou joined the gathering at Chen Nian's home, where Su Jinyu and Ye Hongling immediately argued over each other's presence.
• Chen Nian and Zi Nan convinced Su Jinyu that she had been invited but that Tang Rou had forgotten to tell her.
• Su Jinyu and Ye Hongling fought over a serving of pork belly with their chopsticks, and Su Jinyu skewered the remaining meat for Chen Nian.
• Gu Qingyue performed a dance for Chen Nian and toasted him after the guests applauded.
• The guests remarked that the room had suddenly become cold.

Zhao Yixue arrived at Chen Nian’s New Year’s reunion dinner, prompting him to flee when Li Yunwei reported a Demon God Rank Calamity Beast in Linhai City. The Skybreaking Demon God overwhelmed the enforcement team and sent Qin Yu plummeting toward the ground.

• Zhao Yixue appeared at Chen Nian’s dinner and sat on his lap, provoking protests from the other women.
• Chen Nian received Li Yunwei’s call about a Demon God Rank Calamity Beast attacking Linhai City and left to help.
• The Skybreaking Demon God tore through the city while the enforcement team struggled to hit him.
• Qin Yu shot an arrow at the Skybreaking Demon God, who grabbed her and dropped her from the sky at lethal speed.

Chen Nian saved Qin Yu from a fatal fall, then fought the Skybreaking Demon God high above Linhai City and sent him crashing to the ground. The law enforcement squad confirmed that the Demon God was dead.

• Chen Nian caught Qin Yu just before she hit the ground, canceling her fall without injuring her.
• Li Yunwei ordered the law enforcement squad to evacuate civilians while Chen Nian confronted the Skybreaking Demon God in the sky.
• Chen Nian pursued the Demon God to thirty thousand meters, teleported behind him, and cut off both his wings.
• Chen Nian used the Heavenly Eye to blast the falling Demon God toward the ground at several times the speed of sound.
• The Demon God struck the ground and created a crater, and the law enforcement squad confirmed he had died.

After Chen Nian killed the Demon God, Qin Yu realized he had saved her and thanked him. Back at home, Zhao Yixue used her Heart Moon technique to make the women reveal their feelings for Chen Nian, then fled with a recording of their confessions as they chased her.

• Qin Yu reunited with her friends and family, suspected Chen Nian had saved her, and messaged him; he replied, "Happy New Year," and she thanked him.
• With Chen Nian away, Zhao Yixue challenged Su Jinyu, Ye Hongling, and Gu Qingyue to reveal whether they liked him.
• Zhao Yixue's Heart Moon technique made Su Jinyu, Ye Hongling, Gu Qingyue, Xiao He, and Shangze Sakura blurt out their true feelings and thoughts.
• Zhao Yixue revealed she had recorded the confessions and escaped as the women pursued her.
• Chen Nian watched from afar and thought it was fortunate he had not gone back.

After the New Year gathering, Chen Nian and Su Jinyu set out across the Lost Continent to investigate a dangerous place revealed in the Vermilion Bird’s memories and grow stronger. They reached a remote plain near a colossal tree, where they spotted an isolated wooden cabin and wondered who could live there.

• Gu Qingyue, Xiao He, Zhao Yixue, and Ye Hongling left, and Ye Hongling told Chen Nian where to find the dangerous place from the Vermilion Bird’s memories.
• Chen Nian stayed with Su Jinyu for two days, then arranged for Shangze Sakura to stay with Tang Rou while he and Su Jinyu prepared to leave.
• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu traveled through Heavenly Demon Island and the World Gate into the Lost Continent, hunting Desolate Beasts as they headed south.
• Seven days later, Chen Nian and Su Jinyu crossed a mountain after defeating a pack of high-tier Desolate Beasts and saw the enormous tree they had been seeking.
• After crossing a vast plain, Chen Nian and Su Jinyu spotted a wooden cabin and approached it, puzzled that anyone could live in such a dangerous place.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu found a strange, drunken old man near a wooden hut but learned nothing useful from him, so Chen Nian planned to search the forest. Meanwhile, the Beast God decided to open the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone, and Chen Nian saw something terrifying with his Heavenly Eye.

• Su Jinyu wounded a Heaven-Capturing Bird to save the old man, who then woke, drank from his gourd, and passed out again.
• The old man teased Chen Nian and Su Jinyu, and Su Jinyu stayed with him while Chen Nian searched the surrounding plain for clues.
• The Beast God learned that his forces had failed to capture the Vermilion Bird and decided to take Black Sun's territory and open the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone.
• After two days of fruitless searching, Chen Nian decided to explore the great forest with Su Jinyu the next day.
• Chen Nian activated his Heavenly Eye from the hut's roof, then stiffened with fear and broke into a cold sweat.