Recaps

Qin Ze battled the God of the Underworld, then realized the fight was a dream shaped by the Sword Case’s guidance. He dismissed the God of the Underworld from the dream and confronted the Sword Case, whose red jewel filled the world with light.

• Qin Ze and the Sword Case attacked the God of the Underworld, but its wounds healed as roaming corpses restored its body.
• After Three-Second Real Man ended, Qin Ze weakened, and the Sword Case said he could use her full power if he made a contract with her.
• Qin Ze suspected the Sword Case wanted the contract to escape the world and had been steering his thoughts.
• Qin Ze concluded the battle was a dream shaped by his own understanding and the Sword Case’s guidance, then declared that the God of the Underworld could die.
• The God of the Underworld vanished before stomping Qin Ze, and the Sword Case’s red jewel filled the world with light as a female voice told him not to move.

Qin Ze realized the sword case had trapped him and his clones in a reset dream, and he broke the cycle with help from Captain’s message. Miss Sword Case began another cycle, leaving Qin Ze to face her demand again.

• Qin Ze and his clones noticed that the scene and their memories felt strangely familiar as Miss Sword Case brought them to Underworld Mountain.
• Miss Sword Case defeated the Wandering Corpses, but Underworld Mountain transformed into the God of the Underworld and advanced on them.
• Captain contacted Qin Ze through the Local Area Network, helping him remember that the sword case had reset its dream and severed their connection to the others.
• Qin Ze stopped the God of the Underworld from advancing and confronted Miss Sword Case about her Dream of Sinking ability and demand for a contract.
• Miss Sword Case’s jewel began to glow as she announced that they would meet in the next cycle.

Qin Ze escaped Miss Sword Case’s Dream of Sinking with help from his clones and learned that his family was imprisoned at Underworld Mountain, which he would need to split open to rescue them. After receiving his mother’s necklace, he ordered Miss Sword Case to take him there, leaving her to choose between helping him and staying behind.

• Qin Ze used the Local Area Network to have his clones wake him, collapsing Miss Sword Case’s dream and returning to her body.
• Miss Sword Case told Qin Ze that his family was suppressed at Underworld Mountain and that he had 360 divine calendar days to rescue them before the divine artifact failed.
• Qin Ze prepared to leave, but Miss Sword Case showed him the silver necklace his mother had left for him.
• Qin Ze put on the necklace and demanded that Miss Sword Case take him to Underworld Mountain, promising to carry her away once he confirmed his family was safe.

Qin Ze and Miss Sword Case traveled to Underworld Mountain, where he saw his sleeping parents protected by a cracked divine artifact. The God of the Underworld began to awaken and pulled Qin Ze and Miss Sword Case into His Domain, where the mountain’s corpses stirred.

• Miss Sword Case swore to take Qin Ze to Underworld Mountain and carried him there inside the Sword Case.
• On the way, Miss Sword Case said Qin Ze’s parents had come to Otherworld No. Zero searching for the truth, but she did not know what truth they sought.
• Qin Ze saw his parents sleeping beneath an oil-paper umbrella and learned that Miss Sword Case had recreated the mountain from what she had seen before.
• Qin Ze refused to take Miss Sword Case away, and Underworld Mountain began to rumble.
• Qin Ze tried to escape with Void Traversal, but an irresistible force dragged him into the God of the Underworld’s Domain.
• Miss Sword Case told Qin Ze that the Source of God on him had likely awakened the God of the Underworld, as the mountain’s corpses opened their eyes and surged toward them.

Qin Ze and Miss Sword Case were trapped in the Void Domain as Wandering Corpses attacked, and Qin Ze used his clones to fight them. After the corpses repeatedly regenerated, Qin Ze realized he needed to confront the God of the Underworld on Underworld Mountain.

• Miss Sword Case told Qin Ze that her Five Elements Flying Swords were gone, so Qin Ze released Fog of War and sent his clones into battle.
• The clones scattered the Wandering Corpses with explosions, lightning, and brute force while Miss Sword Case watched and discussed her missing memories.
• The destroyed Wandering Corpses reassembled and attacked again, revealing that the horde could regenerate indefinitely.
• Miss Sword Case explained that Wandering Corpses were different from Strange Beasts because they were already dead, and Qin Ze realized the fight would wear everyone down.
• Qin Ze looked toward Underworld Mountain and decided to confront the God of the Underworld.

Qin Ze and his allies fought the God of the Underworld’s powerful Wandering Corpses but found that the enemies kept reviving and blocked their way to Underworld Mountain. Miss Sword Case suggested that Qin Ze seek help from his parents to use the divine artifact, the oil-paper umbrella.

• Qin Ze transformed and clashed with a sword-wielding Wandering Corpse, while the God of the Underworld sent four powerful Wandering Corpses into battle.
• The Dharma King fought the four-winged Wandering Corpse, Brother Devour battered the horned Wandering Corpse, and Giant Overlord attacked the three-headed tyrannosaur Wandering Corpse.
• Qin Ze destroyed the swordsman Wandering Corpse with lightning, a white tiger, and blue flames, but it immediately revived and launched another sword-qi attack.
• Miss Sword Case warned Qin Ze that the endlessly reviving Wandering Corpses would wear them down and suggested borrowing the power of the oil-paper umbrella.
• Miss Sword Case offered to let Qin Ze communicate with his parents so they could use the divine artifact.

Qin Ze reunited with Mama Qin in a dream while his clones fought to deliver the Daydream Seed to her on Underworld Mountain. Mama Qin revealed that the Sword Case could help him break through the God of the Underworld’s domain, then began giving him urgent instructions as the dream started to collapse.

• Miss Sword Case used Dream of Sinking to bring Qin Ze into a dream of his childhood home while the clones escorted the Daydream Seed toward Underworld Mountain.
• The clones battled the Wandering Corpses, and Dharma King sacrificed his remaining strength to destroy the God of the Underworld’s giant arm and let the seed reach Mama Qin.
• Mama Qin embraced Qin Ze, and his resentment toward his parents disappeared as he felt comforted by her presence.
• Mama Qin told Qin Ze that the Myriad Phenomena Umbrella could not break the God of the Underworld’s domain alone and that he needed the Sword Case’s power.
• As cracks spread through the dream, Mama Qin told Qin Ze to remember her words, but the chapter ended before she gave her instructions.

Mama Qin warned Qin Ze to conceal his rebirth until he became powerful enough and revealed that the Calamity of the Myriad Races was connected to the old gods. After Mama Qin vanished with the collapsing dream, Qin Ze sealed a contract with Miss Sword Case and led the others in breaking the Void Domain.

• Mama Qin told Qin Ze that the World Will was hiding him from the Abyss's rules and urged him not to reveal himself before reaching level nine or becoming a Demigod.
• Mama Qin said she and Qin Ze's father had sought the truth about the Calamity of the Myriad Races, which had something to do with the old gods, before the dream collapsed.
• Qin Ze marked Miss Sword Case with his Source of God, sealing an ordinary contract between them, and they left the space together.
• Qin Ze killed the swordsman pursuing Miss Sword Case and joined the Myriad Phenomena Umbrella's attack on the Void Domain's boundary.
• Qin Ze, the Five Heavenly Kings, and the clones combined their attacks, and Qin Ze smashed the Sword Case into the boundary until the Void Domain shattered.
• Qin Ze looked toward Underworld Mountain and declared that dawn had come.

Qin Ze returned from Otherworld No. Zero with Miss Sword Case and set rules for her stay in the human world. After she asked him to take her to the Land of Origin, he promised to bring her along when he found a way back there, then returned to Sea Capital and prepared to check the chat group.

• Qin Ze escaped Otherworld No. Zero through the Myriad Phenomena Umbrella’s spatial gate, leaving Stone relieved that the Sword Case had gone.
• Qin Ze ordered Miss Sword Case to stay beside him, conceal her sentience from outsiders, and help when he needed her, and she agreed.
• Miss Sword Case asked Qin Ze to take her to the Land of Origin, but neither of them knew how to reach it, so Qin Ze promised to bring her when he returned there.
• Qin Ze and Miss Sword Case flew to Sea Capital, where Qin Ze released the Five Heavenly Kings and injured clones to recover.
• Miss Sword Case mistook Big Black for a Strange Beast, and Qin Ze explained that Big Black was his pet before heading to his room to check the chat group.

Qin Ze learned that the Hunters had been summoned to Snow City to find an infiltrator from another race, and he decided to travel there on his way to collect Brother Yuanzi’s gift. After reassuring Miss Sword Case that he would take her to the Abyss, Qin Ze set off for Snow City with her and Big Black.

• Qin Ze read the Hunters’ group chat and learned that an unknown member of another race had infiltrated Snow City, prompting the Inspection Team to summon the Hunters.
• Catch a Fox Spirit said the Sovereign was showing signs of awakening but agreed to leave the forbidden land to a disciple so they could join the investigation.
• Qin Ze told Miss Sword Case that he would take her to the Abyss and persuaded her to trust only him as her best friend.
• Qin Ze considered his gains from Otherworld No. Zero, reflected on the old gods’ connection to the Calamity of the Myriad Races, and urged his clones to train hard.
• The next morning, Qin Ze agreed to take Miss Sword Case and Big Black with him and flew toward Snow City inside his Shelter Space.

Qin Ze arrived in Snow City with Big Black, avoided a confrontation with Saber King by verifying his mission, and returned to the Circus base to investigate the outsider. As he prepared to reunite with his companions, a clone abruptly died, confirming his suspicion that something was seriously wrong in Snow City.

• Qin Ze reached Snow City with Big Black, but Saber King detected the mutated beast and threatened to kill them until Qin Ze showed his commission from the Grand Consul.
• Qin Ze brought Big Black to the Circus base and told him to stay inside while the clones searched Snow City for clues about the outsider.
• Thousand Faces entered the Snow City Inspection Team headquarters and told the others that something was suspicious.
• Qin Ze planned to stay in Snow City for up to three days before descending into the Abyss, while his companions arranged to meet at their usual bar.
• Miss Sword Case asked Qin Ze about finding the Land of Origin, and he told her to wait for fate to guide them.
• Qin Ze sensed that one of the old fellows had died suddenly and ordered nearby clones to bring back the body intact.

Qin Ze discovered that his supposedly dead clone was alive but had become a fanatical believer in an evil god. Miss Sword Case explained that a hidden preacher had mentally contaminated him, and Qin Ze found a black web covering the clone’s spiritual sea of consciousness.

• The corpse collection team found Qin Ze’s clone preaching to mercenaries, then lured him to the Circus hideout.
• Qin Ze and the others questioned the clone, who insisted that his unnamed lord could be anything.
• Miss Sword Case identified the clone as a fanatic and explained that evil-god preachers spread mental contamination while evading the World Will.
• Qin Ze examined the clone’s spiritual sea of consciousness and saw a black web rooted throughout it.

Qin Ze confirmed that the golden Source of God could cleanse the Preacher’s contamination, but he and Miss Sword Case had no way to locate the Preacher. Thousand Faces then revealed that a string of unexplained murders in Snow City might be connected to the threat.

• Qin Ze purified the believer clone’s sea of consciousness, destroying the Preacher’s black web and restoring the clone’s Local Area Network signal.
• Miss Sword Case realized Qin Ze’s war puppets were unusually lifelike, and Qin Ze persuaded her to keep secret how he made them.
• Qin Ze questioned Miss Sword Case about Preachers and learned that the gods had once dealt with them by killing all intelligent life and destroying the affected world.
• Thousand Faces reported that twenty martial artists had died in Snow City over the past week and that he had examined their bodies.
• Thousand Faces said the victims’ brains had exploded into mush, leading Qin Ze to suspect the deaths could help explain why the Preacher had remained difficult to find.

Qin Ze investigated the Preacher’s victims and set an infected man up as bait while arranging for Dharma King to watch him. He then met Slacking on the Sidelines in a bar, where Taoist, Passerby A, Scholar, and Brother Biao appeared, bringing Qin Ze face to face with his old friends after nearly three years.

• Qin Ze learned that the Preacher’s victims had been level two or three martial artists, while Snow City’s population had grown stronger over the past three years.
• Qin Ze told Dharma King to send the infected old man back to preach at the intersection as bait for the Preacher, and Dharma King followed him with a hidden team.
• Qin Ze set out for the bar with Miss Sword Case after leaving Big Black to watch the base.
• Qin Ze sat beside Slacking on the Sidelines, shared orange juice with him, and answered his probing questions while Taoist and Passerby A watched.
• Taoist, Scholar, and Brother Biao arrived, and Taoist asked Slacking on the Sidelines whether he had made a new friend.

Qin Ze secretly reunited with the Hunters in a Snow City bar, listening as they caught up after three years apart without revealing who he was. As he left to visit the old man who passed on the fire, Miss Sword Case sensed that a middle-aged man entering the bar smelled of a fanatic.

• Slacking on the Sidelines introduced Qin Ze to the Hunters, who gathered to reunite and catch up.
• Lu Tongtong arrived, and Qin Ze listened as the Hunters described their lives over the past three years and avoided mentioning three absent people.
• The bartender offered Qin Ze a security commission protecting a wealthy merchant's son, but Qin Ze declined.
• Qin Ze left the bar to visit the old fellow who passed on the fire, and Lu Tongtong noticed his sword case as he passed the Hunters.
• A middle-aged fat man nearly collided with Qin Ze at the door, and Miss Sword Case said he smelled of a fanatic.

Qin Ze accepted a bodyguard commission from a merchant whose ordinary son had begun acting like a fanatic after arriving in Snow City. When Qin Ze examined the sleeping boy, he detected a black egg inside his brain.

• The merchant explained that he needed a bodyguard for his son, and Qin Ze accepted the commission under the name Lin Zhiyuan.
• Qin Ze exchanged contact information with Slacking on the Sidelines, while Scholar concluded that Qin Ze was an advanced martial artist.
• The merchant brought Qin Ze to his villa and explained that his son had begun speaking of a lord descending after their journey to Snow City.
• Qin Ze entered the boy's room, scanned his mind with mental energy, and found a black egg inside his brain.

Qin Ze investigated the black egg contaminating the boy’s spiritual sea and used the boy’s memories to discover when the Preacher had targeted him. After a quiet night of surveillance, the egg hatched into the same black net as the old man’s contamination.

• Qin Ze questioned the wealthy merchant and learned that the boy had not gone anywhere unusual after arriving in Snow City.
• Qin Ze used Miss Sword Case’s Daydream Seed to review the boy’s memories and saw his contamination appear when he stumbled at the villa entrance.
• Qin Ze concluded that the Preacher had deliberately targeted the ordinary boy, then searched the area but found no sign of him.
• Qin Ze coordinated surveillance with Dharma King and the others while Thousand Faces reported that Little Deer and the others had arrived to examine the corpse.
• After the night passed without the Preacher appearing, the black egg cracked and hatched into a black net that covered the boy’s spiritual sea, matching the old man’s contamination.

Qin Ze discovered how Preacher’s contamination spread from ordinary people to martial artists, one level at a time. After purging the infected boy and a Level One Martial Artist, he decided to speak with Lao Dao about the danger brewing in Snow City.

• Qin Ze observed that the boy’s contamination was stable and quiet, and the boy denied remembering his talk of the Lord’s descent.
• Qin Ze saw the contamination probe the wealthy merchant, then asked Brother Devour to bring him a Level One Martial Artist for an experiment.
• Miss Sword Case used a Daydream Seed to put the boy to sleep, and Brother Devour placed the unconscious martial artist beside him.
• The boy’s contamination infected the Level One Martial Artist, and Brother Devour explained how it grew in hosts before targeting someone one level stronger.
• Qin Ze purged the contamination from both men with divine light, then left to speak with Lao Dao.

Qin Ze informed the Saber King about the fanatics and the Preacher, then took command of the Inspection Team and Hunters to lock down the Northern Territory and search for infected people. As Dharma King, the Mist Lord, and Big Black waited in the Fog of War, Big Black sensed that the Preacher had taken the bait.

• Qin Ze told the Saber King about the fanatics and proposed locking down the Northern Territory, tracking exposed Low-Level Martial Artists, and searching for the Preacher.
• The Saber King gave Qin Ze an authoritative law token and ordered the Inspection Team to cooperate with him.
• Qin Ze took command of the Inspection Team and sent the Hunters to join the citywide search, telling them to notify him if they found the Preacher.
• The Northern Territory was locked down as gray coats and law enforcers searched for suspicious people and tracked those who had visited Snow City.
• Dharma King, the Mist Lord, and Big Black waited in the Fog of War, and Big Black growled at the old man passing on the fire as Dharma King announced that the fish had taken the bait.

Dharma King’s group used the believer clone to draw out the Preacher and kept him occupied while Qin Ze made his way to the crossroads. The Preacher tried to take the clone away, but a streak of golden lightning struck as Qin Ze arrived.

• The believer clone preached to passersby while Dharma King and the others watched from hiding, and Big Black detected the Preacher approaching through the void.
• The Preacher appeared and found that the corruption he had planted in the clone’s spiritual sea of consciousness was gone.
• The clone pretended to be a devoted believer and preached to the Preacher, who grew impressed and decided to take him to meet the true Lord.
• The Preacher grabbed the clone’s arm as nearby gray coats searched the area, but Qin Ze told the clone to look up.
• The Preacher shielded the clone as golden lightning struck and bolts swept out around them.

Qin Ze battled the Preacher, whose cane let him block attacks and escape through folded space. When the Preacher tried to flee, Qin Ze summoned Lao Dao, and the Saber King’s attack stopped him.

• Qin Ze fought the Preacher, breaking his black shield and freeing Miss Sword Case from its restraints.
• Qin Ze empowered Miss Sword Case with Divine Markings, shattered the Preacher’s shield, and forced him to escape into a black swamp.
• The Preacher reappeared and tried to flee by folding space with his cane.
• Qin Ze raised the command token and called for Lao Dao to chop off the Preacher’s head.
• The Saber King’s battle saber stopped the folding space, struck at the Preacher, and was blocked by his cane.

Saber King fought Preacher on Snow City's outskirts, overwhelming him with relentless saber attacks while protecting the believer clone. As Hunters and gray coats arrived and recognized the Circus member inside the clone’s shield, Saber King split Preacher’s upper body open.

• Saber King attacked Preacher, who repelled his first strike and shielded the believer clone from the resulting destruction.
• Preacher protected the believer clone inside a black shield as Saber King charged in and began a fierce close-quarters battle.
• Saber King’s rising speed and power drove Preacher backward, while Preacher tried to recruit him to serve his lord.
• Hunters and gray coats arrived, and Lu Tongtong, Slacking on the Sidelines, and Wang Biao recognized the Circus member inside the shield.
• Saber King pierced Preacher’s shield and split his upper body open with an upward thrust.

Saber King fought Preacher, resisting the evil god’s corruption and seemingly destroying his body, but Preacher escaped through his cane. Afterward, Saber King revealed the immense limits of his physical strength and left Qin Ze to locate Preacher for a future hunt.

• Saber King was infected when Preacher’s blood seeped into him, but he resisted the divine whispers and cut Preacher apart with Heaven Slaying.
• Preacher’s cane and the eggshell clone sank into a black mire, while Saber King endured the corruption and forcibly purified it with his body.
• Saber King told Qin Ze that Preacher was the cane and had not truly been alive, and they agreed to plan a decisive hunt once Qin Ze found him.
• Saber King compared Qin Ze to the Human Race Sword Immortal, described his physical body as strong as the limit Qin Ze could imagine, and departed through a spatial ripple.
• Brother Shui asked whether Preacher was dead, and Qin Ze replied that this was only the beginning.

Qin Ze purified nearly a thousand fanatics in an abandoned stadium, but warned that finding the source of the corruption was still the priority. Meanwhile, the believer clone located Preacher’s hideout and learned how Preacher spread the Lord’s holiness.

• Qin Ze told the Hunters that Preacher could revive through his cane and that he could track him using a ward.
• Qin Ze used the Source of God to purify the fanatics gathered in the stadium, including many North Star City high school students.
• Qin Ze left exhausted and said the Hunters needed to find the source of the corruption rather than rely on his limited ability to purify people.
• The believer clone emerged in an abandoned factory and found a gray-fog image and an empty altar.
• Preacher revived from the cane, welcomed the clone as a loyal believer, and declared that the Source of God had to be eliminated.
• Preacher explained that spreading the Lord’s holiness worked best gradually through ordinary people and successive levels of Martial Artists.

Qin Ze used the believer clone’s clues to organize a search for the Preacher’s abandoned-factory hideout while investigating the evil god’s planned descent. Miss Sword Case recognized the Chronicle of Time, leaving Qin Ze convinced that she had a connection to the Desolate God despite her missing memories.

• The believer clone questioned the Preacher about the headquarters and learned the other believers would gather there the following night for the lord’s descent.
• The Preacher kept the clone trapped for his safety, so the clone told Qin Ze and Thousand Faces what he had learned about the abandoned factory.
• Thousand Faces identified four possible factory locations, and Qin Ze sent four groups to search them and rescue the clone.
• Qin Ze wondered why a Preacher had appeared in the human world and consulted the Chronicle of Time for clues about the evil god.
• Miss Sword Case recognized the diary as the Chronicle of Time but could not explain how she knew its name.
• Qin Ze concluded that Miss Sword Case’s recognition of the Chronicle of Time suggested a connection to the Desolate God.