Recaps

Chen Nian rescued Ning Ziqing from a hideout full of humanoid Calamity Beasts and slaughtered the entire group. He sent Li Yunwei’s team to clean up and disappeared before Ning Ziqing could learn more about him, leaving her wondering why her rescuer shared her brother’s name.

• No. 07 returned to the hideout with Ning Ziqing, and Chen Nian revealed himself and killed No. 07.
• Ning Ziqing woke up, bit Chen Nian, and saw the other Calamity Beasts transform into monsters.
• Chen Nian told Ning Ziqing to close her eyes, then used Judgment Domain to kill every Calamity Beast in the room.
• Chen Nian called Li Yunwei to send law enforcement officers to the hideout and take Ning Ziqing home, then watched from the shadows.
• Li Yunwei’s team found the slaughtered Calamity Beasts and recognized Chen Nian’s strength.
• An officer returned Ning Ziqing to her parents, and she learned that her rescuer was named Chen Nian, like her brother.

Ning Ziqing visited Chen Nian with her parents to thank him for saving her, and her family discovered that he had earned a commendation for his role in the Blood Moon Calamity. After Ning Ziqing said she wanted to become an Emissary of Light, Chen Nian asked his guild for the class talent card.

• Ning Ziqing asked her mother about Chen Nian and decided to visit him with a gift.
• Ning Ziqing and her parents arrived at Chen Nian's home, where her father criticized Chen Nian for missing her birthday dinner and looking unkempt.
• Ning Ziqing explained that Chen Nian had saved her from monsters and gave him an expensive smart AI watch.
• Ning Ziqing's parents spotted Chen Nian's Law Enforcement Bureau commendation banner and realized he had contributed to the Blood Moon Calamity.
• Ning Ziqing told Chen Nian she wanted to become an Emissary of Light, so he asked his guild chat for an Emissary of Light class talent card.

Chen Nian gave Ning Ziqing a Lightbringer class-change talent card and arranged for Tang Rou to guide her future growth. On a flight to Lu City, Chen Nian ran into Tang Rou, who healed an elderly passenger and was offered an internal referral to Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace by another passenger.

• Chen Nian gave Ning Ziqing the Lightbringer class-change talent card, and she used it to become a transcendent.
• Chen Nian declined Ning Ziqing's father's invitation to a social engagement and decided Tang Rou could safely guide Ning Ziqing's growth.
• Chen Nian boarded a flight to Lu City and recognized Tang Rou, who was traveling there to interview with Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace.
• Tang Rou healed an elderly passenger who collapsed from a heart attack, drawing cheers from the other passengers.
• A feminine-looking man offered Tang Rou a guild referral, and she learned he was a member of Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace.

Chen Nian followed Tang Rou to investigate Wei Chen, who had posed as a recruiter for Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace and led them to a lavish base in Lu City. There, Su Jinyu discussed the impostors and Wan Jiahao’s harassment, while Chen Nian and Tang Rou entered the supposed guild headquarters.

• Wei Chen convinced Tang Rou that he could recruit her into Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace, and Chen Nian warned her that he might be a scammer.
• After landing in Lu City, Chen Nian disguised himself and joined Tang Rou as Wei Chen took them to the Wantong Building.
• Chen Nian ignored Su Jinyu’s message about picking him up so he could investigate Wei Chen first.
• Su Jinyu told Heizi that impostors were committing crimes in the guild’s name and explained that Wan Jiahao had founded a private guild to harass her.
• Wei Chen led Chen Nian and Tang Rou into a luxurious base where transcendent guests were served by women in maid outfits.

Chen Nian and Tang Rou discovered that Wei Chen had lured them to Wan Jiahao’s Moon Capture guild, where Wan Jiahao planned to drug and enslave Tang Rou. Chen Nian killed Wei Chen to save her, and Wan Jiahao turned his attention to Chen Nian.

• Wei Chen led Chen Nian and Tang Rou into Moon Capture’s inner hall, where Wan Jiahao revealed himself and ordered the bodyguards to stop Tang Rou from leaving.
• Wan Jiahao ordered his followers to strip Tang Rou, while Wei Chen explained that Wan Jiahao’s talent grew stronger through sexual encounters with women.
• Wei Chen revealed that he had drugged Tang Rou’s coffee and used his ability to make her lose control, then ordered Chen Nian to leave.
• Chen Nian killed Wei Chen with a Wind Pressure Cannon, shocking the people in the inner hall and allowing Tang Rou to regain her senses.
• Wan Jiahao stopped the bodyguards from attacking and decided to handle Chen Nian himself.

Chen Nian used his Word Spirit to sever Wan Jiahao’s arm and pinned him beneath his foot while Tang Rou recognized the godlike presence she had seen before. After Heizi explained Wan Jiahao’s harassment of Xiao Qi and the Su Group, Chen Nian accidentally stomped Wan Jiahao to death.

• Wan Jiahao attacked Chen Nian with his Dragonblood talent and demanded that Chen Nian belong to him.
• Chen Nian used “Judgment” to sever Wan Jiahao’s arm, then stepped on his head and restrained him.
• Tang Rou recognized Chen Nian’s presence as the same one she had witnessed when he crushed the Demon God, while the bodyguards and gathered transcendents stayed back.
• Chen Nian called Heizi and asked about Wan Jiahao, who had been impersonating the guild and targeting Xiao Qi and the Su Group after Xiao Qi rejected him.
• Chen Nian accidentally stomped Wan Jiahao to death as Heizi listened over the call.

Chen Nian killed Wantong Group's second young master and several attackers at Wantong Building, revealing himself as Buyu. He then waited in the building and invited Wantong Group's leaders to come take revenge.

• Chen Nian stomped Wan Jiahao to death after he caused trouble for Xiao Qi, shocking the witnesses and Heizi.
• Tang Rou realized Chen Nian was Buyu and understood that he had come to protect her from a trap.
• Chen Nian challenged the gathered fighters to avenge Wan Jiahao, then killed a dozen attackers with Word Spirit-Death God.
• A survivor recognized Chen Nian as Buyu, and the remaining fighters fled from the inner hall.
• Chen Nian sat beside Tang Rou and told the Wantong Group to come for revenge that night.
• Wantong Group's largest shareholder received news that his son had been killed.

After Buyu killed Wan Jiahao for harassing Su Jinyu, Wan Jiang set out to confront him, while members of Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace retaliated against the Wantong Group by driving down its stock. Wan Jiang learned that the sell-off had wiped tens of billions from the company's market value as he headed to the Wantong Building.

• Wan Jiang learned that Buyu had killed Wan Jiahao and ordered his people to gather the strongest Transcendents before heading to the Wantong Building.
• Su Jinyu learned that Chen Nian had killed Wan Jiahao to protect her, and guildmates urged her to rely on them.
• Heizi and Crocodile Boss proposed attacking the Wantong Group's stock, and guild members joined a worldwide sell-off.
• The Wantong Group's share price plunged from 500 yuan to 300 yuan as investors around the world dumped their shares.
• Wan Jiang's secretary told him that the company had lost tens of billions in market value, leaving him stunned in his car.

Wan Jiang backed down from confronting Buyu after his son’s death, but demanded Tang Rou as an outlet for his anger. Chen Nian made Tang Rou a member of Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace and protected her, while Xiao Qi said she would ask him about it tomorrow.

• Wan Jiang told the law enforcement team he had come to thank Buyu, then demanded that they hand Tang Rou over to him.
• Wan Jiang’s fighters reached the top floor of the Wantong Building and ordered Tang Rou to come with them.
• Tang Rou accepted the guild invitation when Chen Nian welcomed her to Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace and warned the fighters not to touch her.
• Wan Jiang ordered his people to retreat, then went to find women so he could make another son.
• Chen Nian carried Tang Rou away through the air to keep reporters from photographing her, and Xiao Qi said she would ask him about it tomorrow.

Chen Nian welcomed Tang Rou into Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace and invited her to the guild’s victory banquet, where Su Jinyu announced their plan to attack Heavenly Demon Island. Chen Nian and Su Jinyu’s private conversation accidentally played over the hall speakers, leaving the guild members stunned.

• Chen Nian took Tang Rou away from the city center, arranged for Heizi to handle the surveillance footage, and welcomed her to the guild.
• Chen Nian added Tang Rou to the guild chat, where the members teased him and Xiao Qi about inviting a new girl.
• At the victory banquet aboard Xiao Qi’s chartered cruise ship, Tang Rou met the guild members and Su Jinyu announced their plan to attack Heavenly Demon Island.
• Su Jinyu outlined a strategy to destroy the Heavenly Demon Tower while defending the island from sea beasts, using ten elite squads and Chen Nian as a roaming reinforcement.
• Backstage, Su Jinyu spoke privately with Chen Nian while her microphone was still on, broadcasting their flirtatious conversation to the guild.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu’s private flirting was broadcast to the gathered guild members, but their embarrassment was interrupted when a controlled waitress revealed herself as the Demon God of Trickery. She vanished Su Jinyu and nearly three hundred other women, then opened a portal and challenged their rescuers to follow.

• Su Jinyu and Chen Nian flirted while her microphone remained on, and the guild members overheard them until Su Jinyu realized what had happened.
• Chen Nian redirected everyone’s attention by starting a talent show, and Tang Rou joined the performances.
• A waitress walked onstage, revealed that she was controlled by the Demon God of Trickery, and announced that Heavenly Demon Island would soon open.
• The Demon God of Trickery claimed that hair collected from beautiful women had enabled her magic and made Su Jinyu disappear in a dark purple beam.
• The Demon God of Trickery said nearly three hundred women had vanished and opened a swirling portal, leaving Chen Nian and the others to enter it to rescue them.

After the Demon God of Trickery lured 300 men into an arena with the promise that the last survivor could rescue an abducted girl, Chen Nian entered the deadly battle to save Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi appeared safely aboard the cruise ship and revealed that the abductions were a deception, while Chen Nian remained trapped in the arena.

• Chen Nian entered the vortex to rescue Xiao Qi and arrived in a vast arena alongside 299 other men.
• The Demon God of Trickery ordered the 300 men to kill one another, claiming the sole survivor could save his beloved girl.
• As the men began fighting, Chen Nian used Hidden Shadow and noticed the dead Transcendents dissolving as the Demon God absorbed their power.
• Chen Nian suspected the girls had never been abducted and that the Demon God had tricked the men into entering the arena.
• Xiao Qi appeared aboard the cruise ship and told the guild that the Demon God had only banished her temporarily and that the entire ordeal was a lie.
• The guild realized Chen Nian did not know Xiao Qi was safe and could not be contacted while he remained in the arena.

Chen Nian exposed the Demon God of Trickery’s deception and battled his third-tier avatar in the Temple of Trickery. He defeated the avatar with Death God Possession, leaving the arena’s survivors with a chance to escape.

• Chen Nian smashed the statue hiding the Demon God of Trickery’s avatar and revealed that the missing girls were a ruse to make the humans slaughter one another.
• The Demon God of Trickery admitted to the deception and attacked Chen Nian, while the survivors stopped fighting and watched.
• Chen Nian’s Golden Sword of Judgment domain overpowered the Demon God’s dark lightning domain, and the Demon God recognized him as the one who defeated the Twin Demon God.
• The Demon God summoned a fire dragon and an Undead Demon General, but Chen Nian destroyed the dragon with Heavenly Eye and engulfed the arena in darkness with Death God.
• Chen Nian killed the Undead Demon General with one scythe strike and cleaved the Demon God of Trickery and his Shield of Lightlessness in two with the next.

Chen Nian exposed and defeated the Demon God of Trickery’s disguised avatar in the temple, then gained a divine gene ability that let him teleport through space. He returned safely to the cruise ship as survivors praised him, while the demon god prepared to awaken the Deep Sea Demon God.

• After the Demon God of Trickery escaped Chen Nian’s first attack using a substitution, he disguised himself as a human and tried to turn the crowd against Buyu.
• Chen Nian saw through the disguise with Heavenly Eye and stabbed the demon god with the Startled Dragon Saber, destroying his avatar and clearing the Temple of Trickery.
• As the collapsing temple emptied, Chen Nian retrieved an energy crystal that merged with him and evolved his Air-Riding Technique into the Illusory Space Technique.
• Chen Nian teleported to the array and returned to the cruise ship, where Su Jinyu and his guildmates welcomed him back.
• Survivors told reporters that Buyu had saved them, and their account spread online, bringing him widespread acclaim.
• At the top of the Heavenly Demon Tower, the Demon God of Trickery’s true body suffered from the avatar’s destruction and decided to awaken the Deep Sea Demon God.

Chen Nian stayed overnight with Su Jinyu, and they kissed before he flew back to Linhai City with Tang Rou. On the plane, a Humanoid Calamity Beast revealed that the Demon God of Trickery’s game had begun, leaving the passengers in danger.

• Su Jinyu brought Chen Nian to her apartment, where they talked on the balcony and she kissed him.
• Su Jinyu grew jealous when Chen Nian mentioned Ye Hongling, then shut herself in her bedroom for the night.
• Chen Nian said goodbye to Su Jinyu and flew from Lu City to Linhai City with Tang Rou.
• A disguised Humanoid Calamity Beast blasted open the plane’s cabin door and announced that the Demon God of Trickery’s game had begun.

Chen Nian rescued passengers from a sabotaged plane and stopped it from crashing, but the ordeal drained his extraordinary power. He arrived at Heavenly Demon Island as its opening approached, determined to enter despite his exhaustion.

• Chen Nian saved several passengers who had been sucked from the plane, then killed the Humanoid Calamity Beast that had caused the breach.
• The Demon God of Trickery controlled the captain and sent the plane diving toward a mountain, but Chen Nian used the Void-Escaping Spirit Snake to lift it while Tang Rou put the captain to sleep.
• Chen Nian escorted the plane to an emergency landing, then told Tang Rou that the crisis had drained his strength and asked her to guide his younger sister after Heavenly Demon Island.
• Chen Nian and Tang Rou flew back to Linhai City, while powerful extraordinary beings from across Dragon Country gathered near Heavenly Demon Island ahead of its opening.

Chen Nian was assigned to defend Island No. 100 while an exploration team hunted spirit essences to qualify for the inner island. When night made monsters berserk, the returning team was chased by a level 50 Demon Ape, and Chen Nian rushed out to save Guo Shan.

• Heavenly Demon Island’s rules assigned entrants to 100 small islands that they had to defend while collecting spirit essences to enter the inner island.
• Chen Nian was placed on Island No. 100’s defense team, while Guo Shan led the exploration team to hunt monsters.
• As night fell, a warning announced that monsters would grow stronger and more aggressive, and Guo Shan hurried the exploration team back.
• The team returned with a berserk level 50 Demon Ape in pursuit, and Guo Shan stayed outside the safe zone to shield a fallen teammate.
• With Guo Shan close to being crushed and no one else willing to leave the island, Chen Nian charged out to help him.

Chen Nian joined the people on Island 100 and proved his strength by defeating two frenzied monsters outside the safe zone at night. After returning safely the next morning, he raised the island’s spirit essence progress from 4% to 10%.

• Chen Nian rescued Guo Shan from a Demon Ape, and the group deposited their spirit essences to bring Island 100’s progress to 4%.
• Guo Shan offered his place on the exploration team to Chen Nian, who agreed after confirming the group members were normal humans.
• Chen Nian left the safe zone at night and tricked a Bull Demon Rhino into colliding with a Demon Ape, then killed both monsters and collected their spirit essences.
• Chen Nian returned safely the next morning and added his spirit essences to the stone statue, raising Island 100’s progress to 10%.

On Heavenly Demon Island, Chen Nian continued exploring while a man urged his companions to absorb monster spirit essences. Chen Nian met Zhao Yixue battling a Ghost Howling Tiger, and she persuaded him to carry her to a nearby underground cavern.

• Chen Nian's companions discussed the island's size and returned toward their safe zone as he went farther ahead alone.
• A gray-shirted man urged the group to absorb monster spirit essences, claiming he had grown stronger after trying one.
• After night fell, Chen Nian heard fighting and found Zhao Yixue defeating a high-level Ghost Howling Tiger.
• Zhao Yixue pretended to be injured and asked Chen Nian to hold her, then told him she had collected 40% spirit essence energy on Island No. 72.
• Zhao Yixue pointed Chen Nian toward an underground cavern, and he carried her to its ancient stone door.

Chen Nian and Zhao Yixue entered the Cursed Cave and fought their way through demonkin, including a powerful foe who used an assassin ability. After finding a letter revealing the cave’s monsters had once been humans, they learned that only one person could leave alive.

• Zhao Yixue killed the demonkin they encountered in the cave while Chen Nian noticed they dropped no essences.
• Chen Nian and Zhao Yixue entered the fog gate and faced a powerful demonkin who used Triple Shadow Chain Attack.
• Chen Nian used Heavenly Eye to find the demonkin’s real body, and he and Zhao Yixue defeated it together.
• Chen Nian opened a treasure chest containing monster essences, a broken key, and a letter.
• Chen Nian read that absorbing too many monster essences transformed people into monsters and that only one person could leave the cave alive.

Chen Nian and Zhao Yixue found themselves trapped in a cursed cavern that would let only one person leave, but Chen Nian restored a broken key and evolved his Primordial World ability into Origin-Destroying World. With the new power acquired, he prepared to make another attempt to break the curse.

• Chen Nian and Zhao Yixue failed to break through the cavern’s fog gate or rock walls, and Zhao Yixue suggested they stay together and have children there.
• Chen Nian used Golden Sword of Judgment against the fog gate, but the clash drained his power before he could break through.
• Chen Nian restored the broken key with Primordial World and learned it was a legendary item that could evolve an ability unconditionally.
• Zhao Yixue agreed to let Chen Nian use the key after he kissed her forehead, and she blushed at the kiss.
• Chen Nian used the key to evolve Primordial World and acquired the reversal ability Origin-Destroying World.

Chen Nian returned to Island 100, where he stopped residents from absorbing monster spirit essences and killed the ones who continued to threaten the island. As monster attacks intensified, he encountered two groups preparing to fight and recognized a girl who might belong to his guild.

• Chen Nian used Origin-Destroying World to destroy the mist gate, then split the spirit essences with Zhao Yixue and returned to Island 100.
• Chen Nian defeated the gray-shirted residents who tried to seize the stored monster spirit essences, then killed them when their greed showed they remained a threat.
• Chen Nian warned the islanders against coveting monster spirit essences as island defenses faced increasingly powerful attacks and other islands were overrun.
• Chen Nian explored a new area and watched a seven-person group threaten four people for their spirit essences and fine-grade equipment.
• Chen Nian recognized the woman in the smaller group as possibly being a girl from his guild.

Chen Nian rescued Lu Ge from a group of men who robbed and threatened her, then left her in a safe place under a false pretense so he could return to deal with them. The chapter ended as the men spotted Chen Nian walking back toward them and wondered if he had come to his death.

• Chen Nian recognized Lu Ge as Jiuge from their group chat and watched as seven men demanded her team’s valuables.
• Lu Ge surrendered her team’s monster essences and equipment, but the men refused to let her go and threatened her after her three teammates fled.
• Chen Nian used his Wind Spirit Bind Word Spirit to immobilize the attackers, then helped Lu Ge escape through the forest.
• Chen Nian told Lu Ge he would fetch his companions, though he had come alone and planned to return to confront the men.
• The men stopped searching for Lu Ge and prepared to leave, but they spotted Chen Nian walking toward them.

Chen Nian punished the seven men who had attacked and abandoned Lu Ge by binding them and luring berserk monsters to them, then killed three monsters with his Judgment Domain. He returned to Lu Ge and invited her to his island, where she worried that he expected her to repay his kindness with her body.

• Chen Nian bound the seven men with Wind Spirit Bind and used a Flame Explosion to attract nighttime monsters.
• A Demon Ape killed one man, while two others escaped; Chen Nian shot their denim-shirted leader in the thigh, and a Sawtooth Snake devoured him.
• Chen Nian killed the last surviving man and three berserk magical beasts with Word Spirit, Golden Sword of Judgment, then collected their monster essences and equipment.
• Chen Nian returned to Lu Ge, who had waited for him, and invited her to come to his island after she said she had nowhere to go.
• Lu Ge asked why Chen Nian was being so kind and said she would not give herself to him; Chen Nian teased her and thought of Xiao Qi.

Chen Nian brought Lu Ge to Island 100, drove out a woman who opposed her arrival, and raised the island’s essence energy to 81% by depositing a large stash of monster essences. Later, Lu Ge suspected Chen Nian had taken the essences from the seven people who had robbed her group and wondered why he treated her so well.

• Chen Nian brought Lu Ge to Island 100 and insisted she be allowed to stay, despite a woman’s objections.
• Chen Nian ordered the woman to apologize or leave, then used Void-Escaping Spirit Snake to throw her into the woods when she refused.
• Chen Nian deposited monster essences into the stone statue, raising the island’s essence energy from 65% to 81%.
• Chen Nian told Lu Ge that he had gotten the essences from kindhearted people, leaving her confused about where they had come from.
• Lu Ge asked Guo Shan whether anyone had gone hunting with Chen Nian, and Guo Shan said Chen Nian always acted alone.
• Lu Ge suspected Chen Nian had robbed the seven people who had looted her group and wondered why he had helped her.