Recaps

Lu Wu insisted on interrogating the detained Super Level Mages to find Salang before the Ancient King awakened, accepting the possibility of executing them if they refused. As Han Ji and the others weighed the risks and lack of alternatives, Lu Wu asked for powerful energy sources that might help him defeat the remaining Undead Monarchs and evacuate the city.

• Lu Wu proposed interrogating the Super Level Mages, arguing that the Supreme Tribunal would execute them all if Salang could not be identified.
• Lu Wu volunteered to carry out the interrogations, and Zhou Min, Mu Bai, Mo Fan, and Zhang Xiaohou reacted to his willingness to challenge the city’s powerful figures.
• Han Ji and the mysterious gray-white man warned that interrogating Super Level Mages could provoke them, while Mu Bai questioned whether finding or killing Salang would stop the Black Vatican’s plan.
• Lu Wu asked Han Ji and the others for energy-rich resources, hoping to help the Demon Phoenix Insect and Little Fire break through and defeat the remaining Undead Monarchs before evacuating the city.

Lu Wu and Han Ji agreed to prepare the Ancient Capital’s civilians for relocation while using the Earth Sacred Spring as bait to expose the Black Vatican. The plan left Lu Wu to seek energy-rich materials for the three Great Monarchs and try to find Hu Jin before Salang could escape.

• The mysterious man in gray and white proposed using the three Rulers and ten Super Level Mages to open a corridor through the undead for the evacuation.
• Han Ji told Lu Wu about a raw Earth Element crystal ore vein stored beneath the northern district, and Lu Wu decided to retrieve it himself.
• Lu Wu and Han Ji discussed the risk that Salang would escape when the Super Level Mages were released, and Lu Wu proposed finding and interrogating Hu Jin while the Great Monarchs recovered.
• Lu Wu planned to take the Earth Sacred Spring to the northern inner-city wall as bait, while the Imperial Mages secretly prepared the civilian relocation.
• Han Ji told Lu Wu about the Li Family’s blood-potion warehouse, and Imperial Mages began carrying out the relocation orders.

Xue Cang warned Grand Deacon Hu Jin that the Ancient Capital’s leaders were preparing to evacuate citizens with the Great Monarchs and the Earth Sacred Spring. Lu Wu confronted Hu Jin, revealed him as Mu He, and brought him under the Chongming Bird’s control, but the questioning failed to identify Salang.

• Xue Cang told Hu Jin that the Ancient Capital’s leaders planned to evacuate citizens and that Lu Wu was carrying the Earth Sacred Spring toward the inner city.
• Hu Jin ordered his followers to spread panic among the citizens and went to stop the evacuation himself.
• Lu Wu confronted Mu He at the museum and used the Chongming Bird to control him.
• Lu Wu questioned Mu He about Salang, but learned only that Salang was the bishop.
• Lu Wu brought Mu He to Han Ji and the gathered leaders, asking a Mind Mage to try extracting useful information.

Lu Wu and the others learned that Sha Yuan contained the Ancient King's tomb and was closing in on the city, leaving them facing an imminent catastrophe. After Zhang Xiaohou revealed the truth, Lu Wu turned to question Mu He about Salang.

• Lu Wu gave Mo Fan the Forget Worm antidote and asked a Healing Element mage to help recover Zhang Xiaohou's memories.
• A Psychic Element Imperial Mage discovered that a complex soul restriction prevented them from extracting useful information from Mu He without risking his death.
• Zhang Xiaohou awakened and revealed that Sha Yuan contained the Ancient King's tomb and was approaching the city.
• Sha Yuan appeared in the northern outer city and sucked in ruins and undead, while the gathered mages realized it would soon reach the inner city.
• Lu Wu stopped the crowd from killing Mu He, restored his awareness, and questioned him about Salang.
• Mu He claimed he no longer knew Salang's identity, and Lu Wu threatened him with the cursed inner armor.

As the evacuation of the Ancient Capital began, Lu Wu learned that Weiju Village descendants might be able to enter Sha Yuan and seal the Ancient King. Fang Gu, Su Xiaoluo, and Zhang Xiaohou volunteered to try, and Lu Wu agreed to escort them to the spatial vortex.

• Lu Wu and Lu Huan failed to extract information from Mu He and ordered the civilians evacuated under Han Ji's authority.
• A mysterious man in gray and white revealed that Weiju Village descendants might enter Sha Yuan without being devoured and could seal the Ancient King.
• Fang Gu offered to enter Sha Yuan, and Su Xiaoluo volunteered to accompany him.
• Zhang Xiaohou recognized the gray plum blossoms as signs of death and decided to enter Sha Yuan to help save the people of the Ancient Capital.
• Lu Wu offered to escort Fang Gu, Su Xiaoluo, and Zhang Xiaohou to Sha Yuan's spatial vortex before turning back.

As the Ancient Capital’s evacuation continued, Lu Wu led Zhang Xiaohou, Fang Gu, and their escorts toward Sha Yuan while Lu Huan went to confront the Skeleton Nether Lord. Lu Wu demonstrated his newly strengthened magic before Zhan Kong and Liu Ru joined the group.

• The Chongming Bird and Demon Phoenix Insect attacked the undead, while Lu Huan took command of the fight against the Skeleton Nether Lord.
• Lu Wu gathered a small escort team to guide Zhang Xiaohou, Fang Gu, and Su Xiaoluo toward Sha Yuan as the undead crowded outside the barrier.
• Lu Huan flew toward the Skeleton Nether Lord, and Lu Wu and the others left the barrier on the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger.
• Lu Wu used fifth-tier Nirvana Fire Fierce Fist to burn a lesser Corpse Minister to nothing.
• Zhan Kong appeared with Liu Ru and explained that he had brought her along after finding her in danger on the way to meet the group.

Mo Fan and the others continued toward Sha Yuan to escort Zhang Xiaohou, while the Advanced Mages turned back and Lu Wu, Zhan Kong, and the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger carried the group farther into danger. After landing within Sha Yuan’s devouring range, they were surrounded by undead, and Lu Wu prepared to unleash powerful fire magic.

• Lu Wu told the Advanced Mages to turn back near Sha Yuan, but Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou stayed with the escort, and Zhan Kong chose to accompany them.
• Lu Wu continued toward Sha Yuan with the group aboard the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger as the devouring force slowed their flight and the undead on the ground grew stronger.
• The Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger turned back, and Lu Wu brought the others down to proceed on foot after Fang Gu’s startled cry revealed a Ghost Minister nearby.
• Lu Wu cast Light Scale Holy Robe over the group while Mo Fan, Zhang Xiaohou, and Zhan Kong attacked the approaching undead.
• Lu Wu gathered dense fire elemental energy and cast Nirvana Fire: Heavenly Flame Funeral: Heavenly Flame Spear Rain.

Lu Wu and the others were driven toward Sha Yuan by the Skeleton Nether Lord, but their abilities stopped the sinister winds from pulling them in. They chose to continue toward the Ancient King's tomb, where the horrifying mass of imprisoned ghosts below left them hesitant to descend.

• Lu Wu’s Heavenly Flame Spear Rain destroyed the undead army, while the Skeleton Nether Lord charged at the group and attacked them with blasts of black light.
• Lu Wu led everyone toward Sha Yuan to escape the Skeleton Nether Lord’s attacks, but the sinister winds began pulling them into the abyss.
• Lu Wu released most of the group, but Zhan Kong, Mo Fan, Liu Ru, Zhang Xiaohou, Su Xiaoluo, and Fang Gu remained caught in the vortex.
• Zhan Kong broke free, and Mo Fan’s Little Loach and Lu Wu’s Nirvana Spine Bone also protected them from the sinister winds.
• Lu Wu and the others decided to continue toward Sha Yuan, knowing they had to stop the Ancient King’s awakening and the spatial drift to save the Ancient Capital.
• The group looked down into Sha Yuan and saw countless tormented evil ghosts, leaving Mo Fan and Fang Gu reluctant to jump in.

Lu Wu and the others descended through Sha Yuan’s ghost-filled layers and found the Ancient King’s vast tomb, then climbed toward its Tomb Palace. As they noticed a bronze mirror above the entrance and realized the steps resembled the well-water painting, the mirror’s eerie nature remained unexplained.

• Lu Wu led Zhan Kong, Mo Fan, Liu Ru, and the others through Sha Yuan’s ghosts, whose tormenting voices left Lu Wu and Zhang Xiaohou dazed.
• The group emerged into a folded space and saw the white Tomb Palace, which Zhan Kong identified as the Ancient King’s tomb.
• Lu Wu, Zhan Kong, and the others climbed the palace steps past motionless stone guards and spotted an eerie bronze mirror above the entrance.
• Su Xiaoluo said the bronze mirror looked like an eye, and Fang Gu recognized that the white steps resembled the well-water painting.

Lu Wu and the others used the Evil Eye Bronze Mirror to enter the Ancient King's mausoleum and passed through a deadly illusion gallery. In the front palace, Lu Wu began absorbing ancient longevity runes while Mo Fan discovered a fragrant demonic lotus that drew the Little Loach.

• Fang Gu used a small bronze mirror to open the mausoleum's stone gateway, and the group entered as the stone statues awakened behind them.
• Fang Gu warned the group not to look at the psychic murals, and Su Xiaoluo deciphered the illusion gallery using her village's ancestral knowledge.
• Lu Wu recognized a woman carved in one mural from the Hanging Coffin Swamp and wondered why she had helped build the Ancient King's mausoleum.
• In the front palace, Lu Wu found that the runes on the pillars fed his Nirvana Spine Bone, though the Sacrifice System could not absorb them.
• Mo Fan followed the trembling Little Loach to the palace's central stone platform, where he found a fragrant demonic lotus.

Lu Wu absorbed the runes’ energy while Mo Fan used the Immortal Lotus to break through to the Advanced Level, opening the way onward. The group entered the Tomb Palace and reached a jade platform lined with lifelike nude statues, with darkness beyond.

• Fang Gu identified the strange lotus as an Immortal Lotus that could only be overcome by destroying it, but Zhang Xiaohou’s attacks failed to damage it.
• Lu Wu absorbed the energy in the pillar runes, strengthening his physique and soul as observers in the bell tower identified the runes as a secret method linked to the Ancient King’s eternal life.
• Mo Fan seized the Immortal Lotus and endured great pain as he used its energy to advance, while Lu Wu continued absorbing the remaining runic energy.
• Mo Fan completed his breakthrough with a fire phoenix bursting from his body, and Xie Sang explained that the group would next face the Bridge of Nine Deaths on the way to the Blood Throne.
• The group entered the Tomb Palace and found rows of lifelike nude female statues leading to a narrowing jade platform and darkness.

The group reached ten bridges spanning a deadly black wind wall and learned that only one was the Bridge of Nine Deaths’ life gate. Mo Fan rejected splitting up to improve their odds and chose to keep the companions together as they prepared to cross.

• Lu Wu, Zhang Xiaohou, and Fang Gu discovered that a wall of black wind blocked the path, while Liu Ru spotted ten white stone bridges ahead.
• Fang Gu identified the bridges as the Bridge of Nine Deaths, where nine routes led to death and only one was the life gate, though the ancestral teachings did not reveal which one.
• Zhan Kong and Lu Wu considered having the seven companions take separate bridges, but Fang Gu warned them to consider the bonds between them.
• Zhang Xiaohou said he would follow Mo Fan, and Liu Ru told Mo Fan she would do whatever he chose.
• Mo Fan decided that the companions would not split up and told Fang Gu that a death gate might still be passable.

Lu Wu and the others crossed a death bridge and emerged in a separate space inside the Ancient King's tomb. They found an exit, but countless undead were falling from a vortex above it.

• Lu Wu led the group across an arched bridge while Fang Gu chose to go alone.
• Black winds swept the group into a spatial portal after the bridges vanished behind them.
• Lu Wu and Mo Fan determined that the small space had an exit, and Lu Wu sensed a silver mirror wall several kilometers away.
• Lu Wu warned that reaching the exit would be difficult when the group spotted countless undead falling from a silver vortex.

Lu Wu and the others were trapped in a space that kept drawing in larger undead, culminating in the Skeleton Nether Lord. Lu Wu attacked the injured Monarch with his strongest fire magic and then charged through its armor, leaving his own arms shattered as the battle continued.

• Lu Wu and Su Xiaoluo fought through thousands of undead after the spatial vortex swept them into the Death Gate Bridge space.
• Xie Sang warned that the trial would grow harder, while the vortex swallowed stronger undead and the Skeleton Nether Lord disappeared from the battlefield outside.
• The vortex dropped the Skeleton Nether Lord into Lu Wu's space, and Lu Wu, Mo Fan, and Zhan Kong prepared to fight it.
• Lu Wu used Nirvana Fire and a rain of Heavenly Flame Spears to burn the Skeleton Nether Lord, pierce its chest, and break one of its wings.
• Lu Wu dodged the Skeleton Nether Lord's black-light attack, then drove a giant flaming spear into its throat and plunged through its shattered bone armor, breaking both arms.

Lu Wu crippled the Skeleton Nether Lord with a heaven-piercing spear and shielded Mo Fan and the others as they charged through the undead. They escaped before the Corpse of the Mountain Peak could fully emerge, while Lu Wu sensed a vast power locking onto him.

• Lu Wu waited for his shattered arms to heal while the undead sacrificed themselves to rebuild the Skeleton Nether Lord.
• Lu Wu completed his Star Constellation and pierced the Skeleton Nether Lord with a massive spear, shattering its Undead Crystal and weakening it.
• Mo Fan and Zhan Kong prepared to charge through, but Lu Wu warned them that the undead kept pouring from the spatial vortex.
• Lu Wu cast Light Scale Holy Robe on the group and led them through the undead as the Corpse of the Mountain Peak began to emerge.
• The Corpse of the Mountain Peak suddenly fell after appearing, while Lu Wu sensed a terrifying aura briefly locking onto him.

Lu Wu and his companions fought through endless undead in Sha Yuan while the Corpse of the Mountain Peak recovered behind them. Han Ji kept the danger secret and pressed on with the evacuation, while Mu He watched Lu Wu’s advance and realized the Divine Investiture Ceremony might fail.

• Lu Wu retreated from the Corpse of the Mountain Peak and fought the surrounding undead with Little Flame Fairy’s possession to strengthen his magic Stars.
• Han Ji learned that the vanished undead had appeared in Sha Yuan and were blocking Lu Wu’s group near the Death Gate Bridge, but he kept the news from Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue while evacuating civilians.
• Han Ji ordered the killing of people stirring up unrest, suspecting they might be Black Vatican members and refusing to risk the evacuation.
• Mu He watched Lu Wu’s team destroy undead tribes and began doubting whether even Cardinal Salang could match him.
• Mu He warned that the Corpse of the Mountain Peak was recovering as weaker undead attacked Lu Wu, and that it would eventually gain the advantage.

Lu Wu, Mo Fan, and the others fought the endless undead inside Sha Yuan, repeatedly exhausting and restoring their magic energy as the Silver Vortex continued to pour out enemies. As Mo Fan awakened a mysterious blood-ink-colored element, Lu Wu sensed his own Beast Element stirring while his Nirvana Origin was nearly spent.

• Lu Wu summoned the Golden-Eyed Winged Tiger and its tribe to battle the undead, then recalled them when they became badly wounded and poisoned.
• As the group weakened, Lu Wu used antidotes and Nirvana Fire while Su Xiaoluo helped treat the others and Mo Fan recovered with Undead Crystals.
• Lu Wu and Mo Fan resumed fighting together, with Lu Wu bearing most of the burden as they repeatedly ran low on magic energy and the corpse pile grew enormous.
• After exhausting his spiritual world, Mo Fan awakened a silver Stardust and discovered a blood-ink-colored region that seemed to promise endless energy.
• Lu Wu sensed a familiar aura from Mo Fan and found his own Beast Element stirring, while too little Nirvana Origin remained to suppress it.

Lu Wu and Mo Fan unleashed terrifying demon forms, and Lu Wu killed the Corpse of the Mountain Peak with a single attack. The Bridge of Nine Deaths collapsed, leaving Lu Wu lost in spatial turbulence and Mo Fan and the others near the Ancient King's imperial tomb.

• Lu Wu's Beast Element rejected the Nirvana Origin and transformed him, while Mo Fan revealed his own hellfire demon form.
• Lu Wu unleashed a huge hand formed from lightning, flames, and five demon souls, overwhelming the Corpse of the Mountain Peak as Mo Fan escaped with Monkey, Zhan Kong, and the others.
• Lu Wu tore out the Corpse of the Mountain Peak's Undead Crystal and Soul Essence, but the exit collapsed and swept him into spatial turbulence.
• Lu Wu remained unharmed in the spatial turbulence and marveled at his newfound power.
• At the bell tower, Lu Huan, Zuo Feng, the gray-and-white man, and Mu He watched the Bridge of Nine Deaths collapse and realized the Divine Investiture Ceremony faced an unexpected variable.

Lu Wu reached the Blood Throne and found the Ancient King controlling Fang Gu’s body and suppressing Mo Fan. The Ancient King took Fang Gu’s body and the Corpse of the Mountain Peak’s power, then revealed he wanted Lu Wu’s body as his new shell before Lu Wu attacked.

• Lu Wu emerged from spatial turbulence at the Life Gate altar and flew toward the Blood Throne, where Zhang Xiaohou, Zhan Kong, and Su Xiaoluo lay unconscious and Mo Fan was pinned down.
• Fang Gu confronted Lu Wu from the throne, but the Ancient King’s soul surfaced and demanded Lu Wu’s body.
• The Ancient King took control of Fang Gu’s body, drew out the Soul Vessel and Undead Crystal, and summoned the Corpse of the Mountain Peak.
• The Ancient King absorbed the broken inner armor from the Hanging Coffin Swamp, leaving Fang Gu’s body reduced to a skeleton and strengthening the black Armor Robe.
• The Ancient King explained that Ban Yuehuang had been a Calamity Bearer whose sealed soul he was using to restore his power, while Lu Wu realized he was stalling and punched at him.

Lu Wu escaped the Ancient King's spatial cage and fought the Corpse of the Mountain Peak while Mo Fan tried to protect the unconscious group. The Ancient King offered Lu Wu power in exchange for his Nirvana Bone, but Lu Wu demanded that the undead leave the Ancient Capital and the Chongming Bird be spared before agreeing to meet him later.

• The Ancient King trapped Lu Wu in a spatial cage while Ban Yuehuang's curse weakened him, and Mo Fan broke free and tried to flee with Zhang Xiaohou, Zhan Kong, Su Xiaoluo, and the others.
• Lu Wu told Mo Fan to attack the three jade pillars, then exploited the cage's brief instability to break out.
• Lu Wu attacked the Corpse of the Mountain Peak, but the Ancient King appeared and offered him a king's throne if he would serve him.
• The Ancient King proposed killing the Chongming Bird and taking Lu Wu's Nirvana Bone, explaining that he had learned of it during an ancient sea battle.
• Lu Wu refused the throne and demanded that the undead leave the Ancient Capital and the Chongming Bird be spared, promising to find the Ancient King when his Nirvana Bone matured.

Lu Wu escaped Sha Yuan but was captured by the Ancient King's evil dragon and fought back with his Nirvana Fire. After the Chongming Bird and Demon Phoenix Insect fused with him, Lu Wu's power rose to rival the Ancient King as Lu Huan watched the confrontation.

• The Ancient King transported Lu Wu out of Sha Yuan and declared that he would use the city’s millions as sacrifices to complete Lu Wu’s Nirvana Bone.
• The Ancient King bound Lu Wu with an Evil Dragon, but Lu Wu blasted open its abdomen with a Heavenly Flame Spear.
• Lu Wu lost his reason as the evil dragon’s fangs pierced him and forced its jaws apart with his bare hands.
• The Chongming Bird fused with Lu Wu, and he attacked the Ancient King’s larger evil dragons with a fire flood dragon.
• The Demon Phoenix Insect fused with Lu Wu, bringing his energy to a level comparable to the Ancient King while Lu Huan watched nearby.

As Lu Wu fought the awakened Ancient King, Salang escaped after an attack on the soul-shackle guards left several powerful mages injured. Han Ji returned to the bell tower with Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue, while the others identified Ling Xi as Salang and confronted the consequences of the failed secret plan.

• Lu Huan and the other mages watched Lu Wu battle the Ancient King with six elemental powers in addition to his Summoning System.
• Yang Lin reported that an attacker had broken the soul shackles, wounded the higher-ups, and taken Chu Jia and Ling Xi; Hunter King Du Xiao had wounded the attacker.
• Lu Huan ordered a search for Chu Jia and Ling Xi, while Han Ji learned that the Ancient King had awakened and the undead had stopped attacking to kneel before him.
• Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue decided to return to Lu Wu, and Han Ji agreed to take them there as the civilians continued evacuating.
• Zhu Meng and Shi Zheng concluded that Ling Xi was Salang after Chu Jia's body was found, and Zhu Meng blamed Lu Huan for concealing the Decapitation Plan.
• Han Ji arrived beneath the bell tower and said he would explain the Ancient Capital catastrophe to the Imperial Palace Magic Association.

Han Ji and the leaders of the Ancient Capital decided to dismantle the barrier and pour their energy-rich resources into the Earth Pistil so it could help Lu Wu fight the Ancient King. After the barrier fell, Mu Nujiao prepared to summon the Dark Fire Monarch to carry the restored Barrier Pistil to Lu Wu.

• Han Ji proposed shutting down the barrier’s crystallization and gathering the remaining energy into the Earth Pistil to aid Lu Wu.
• Li Yujian, Zhu Meng, Lu Huan, Lu Xu, and Shi Zheng offered their resources to replenish the Earth Pistil.
• Mu Nujiao offered to summon the Dark Fire Monarch, and Zhu Meng told her to call it without putting herself in danger.
• Han Ji healed the Super Level Mages, and the golden barrier dissipated, frightening the Ancient Capital’s civilians.
• Han Ji prepared a vessel holding the energized Earth Pistil and asked Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue to summon the Dark Fire Monarch.

Mu Nujiao and Han Ji sent the Dark Fire Monarch to deliver an Earth Pistil to Lu Wu as he fought the Ancient King. Lu Wu absorbed the Earth Pistil and exhausted his allies’ and his own power in a desperate attack, but both he and the Ancient King survived, and the Ancient King proposed a deal.

• Mu Nujiao pleaded with the Dark Fire Monarch to help Lu Wu, and Han Ji gave it the Earth Pistil to carry to him.
• Lu Wu regained some clarity when he sensed Little Fire, who delivered the Earth Pistil while Lu Wu continued fighting the Ancient King.
• Lu Wu, the Chongming Bird, and the Demon Phoenix Insect drained the Earth Pistil’s energy, and Little Fire joined their power.
• Lu Wu seized the Ancient King’s Evil Armor Robe and spent the Nirvana Bone’s remaining power to unleash a devastating attack that weakened them both.
• As dawn appeared, Lu Wu realized the Ancient King had survived, and the Ancient King told him that he had survived too before proposing a deal.

The Ancient Capital celebrated the undead’s retreat while its leaders struggled to learn whether Lu Wu had survived his battle with the Ancient King. As the Black Vatican was hunted down and the undead became a barrier against Qinling’s Demon Beasts, Lu Wu was found alive near the mountains with Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue.

• Han Ji and the Ancient Capital’s leaders discussed Lu Wu’s disappearance, the cost of his Demon Element, and the searches by Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue.
• The officials arranged recognition for those who helped defend the city and worked to conceal the Demon Element’s secrets while they searched for Lu Wu and Mo Fan.
• The Magic Association, Magic Court, and Military Mages began killing Salang’s Black Vatican members without mercy as the effort to uproot the organization spread nationwide.
• The Ancient Capital was rebuilt, and its undead stopped emerging from their tombs, forming a barrier between the city and the Demon Beasts of the Qinling Mountains.
• Near the Qinling Mountains, Lu Wu watched Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue fight alongside their Phoenix Insects and praised their growing coordination.