Recaps

Hoshimi Kiyohime helped Hoshimi Miyabi recognize that she had fallen in love with the Dragon Emperor, then warned her against confusing love with possessive obsession. After Hoshimi Kiyohime left to tell Hoshimi Miyabi’s father that their benefactor was alive, Hoshimi Miyabi resolved to show Vivian what healthy love was.

• Hoshimi Kiyohime asked Hoshimi Miyabi whether she longed to live peacefully with the Dragon Emperor, and Hoshimi Miyabi admitted she would look forward to it.
• Hoshimi Miyabi blushed at the thought of embracing the Dragon Emperor and acknowledged feeling jealous when Vivian and Alice stayed close to him.
• Hoshimi Kiyohime explained that Hoshimi Miyabi’s longing and jealousy meant she loved the Dragon Emperor, then distinguished healthy love from Vivian’s possessiveness.
• Hoshimi Miyabi worried that she would have to imprison the Dragon Emperor to keep him from other women, but Hoshimi Kiyohime urged her to fight for him without resorting to obsession.
• Hoshimi Kiyohime left to tell Hoshimi Miyabi’s father that the Dragon Emperor was alive, while Hoshimi Miyabi decided to teach Vivian what healthy love was.

Lu Yingheng enjoyed a quiet day at the video store with Belle, who asked whether his memory had returned, while he wondered if Nekomata’s storyline was about to begin. The system bargained for his phone and gave him an Animal Affinity Buff, leaving its effects unclear.

• Lu Yingheng kept writing IOUs for the electricity bills despite the mayor’s black card covering them.
• Belle asked Lu Yingheng about his recovering memory, and he said he remembered nothing beyond basic combat instincts.
• Belle teased Lu Yingheng about former lovers and joked that he might be a scumbag, then returned upstairs.
• Lu Yingheng removed his colored contacts to reveal his golden eyes and thought Nekomata’s storyline might be starting soon.
• The system begged Lu Yingheng for his phone and offered an Animal Affinity Buff in exchange.
• The system placed a white glow against Lu Yingheng’s chest and declared their exchange settled.

Lu Yingheng discovered that the system had hidden a permanent Succubus Physique on him and gave him Animal Affinity, leaving him worried that his growing charm would cause romantic chaos. After serving a customer at his video store, he caught the system again and threatened to spank her because he was in a bad mood.

• Lu Yingheng examined his system panel and found his Succubus Physique, which the system admitted she had concealed since they first bound.
• Lu Yingheng read the details of Animal Affinity and realized it would greatly increase his appeal to Animal Thirens, including Hoshimi Miyabi.
• A customer arrived at the video store, and Lu Yingheng scanned their purchase and saw them out.
• Lu Yingheng caught the system as she hid and played on her phone, then threatened to spank her to vent his frustration.

Lu Yingheng continued his peaceful life at the video store while the main storyline began around him. When Nekomiya Mana rushed into the shop, his Animal Affinity made her instantly cling to him, leaving Belle jealous and trying to keep things under control.

• Lu Yingheng ignored the approaching main storyline and carried on with his lazy routine at the video store.
• Nicole visited and recited Lu Yingheng’s old Dragon Emperor boasts, but Belle rescued him by taking Nicole away on a commission.
• Nekomiya Mana rushed toward Lu Yingheng, and he caught her without meaning to use his strength.
• Belle comforted the upset Nekomiya Mana, then Lu Yingheng’s Animal Affinity drew the catgirl into his arms.
• Nekomiya Mana introduced herself and nuzzled Lu Yingheng while Belle grew jealous and stopped her from licking him.

Belle and Wise met Anton after he asked Phaethon for help with Belobog Heavy Industries’ subway reconstruction project. At the construction site, a runaway machine charged toward Lu Yingheng, leaving Anton unable to reach him in time.

• On a television show, Anton debated Belobog Heavy Industries’ subway plan with a man in a lion headpiece, while Lu Yingheng playfully took a chip from Belle.
• Fairy told Wise that a previous client had sent Phaethon a message asking for help and requesting a meeting at five in the morning.
• Lu Yingheng advised Wise to attend the meeting, and Belle met Anton on Sixth Street and agreed to hitch a ride to the construction site.
• Wise worked out that Nicole had revealed Phaethon’s identity, and Belle followed Anton to the site.
• A huge yellow machine burst through a gate and charged at Lu Yingheng, while Anton failed to reach him in time.

Lu Yingheng stopped a malfunctioning construction machine with ease, then revealed that he could turn invisible before vanishing. Belle met Koleda and the Belobog Heavy Industries team, who asked her to retrieve three intelligent machines lost inside a Hollow.

• A malfunctioning machine barreled toward Anton, but Lu Yingheng stopped it effortlessly while Grace finished debugging its system.
• Koleda introduced herself as Belobog Heavy Industries’ president, while Ben and Grace explained their roles to Belle.
• Lu Yingheng told Belle he had recovered the ability to turn invisible, then used Word Spirit: Meishō to disappear.
• Koleda explained that rival companies had been obstructing Belobog Heavy Industries’ subway project.
• Ben and Grace told Belle that three intelligent construction machines had gone deep into a Hollow and had not returned, and Belle agreed to help retrieve them.

Lu Yingheng revealed himself to three members of the Three-Pact Round Table and attacked them, explaining that he had deliberately shed his Void Hunter status so he could act beyond the rules. He left them alive for now and urged them to advance their plans so the protagonist could grow.

• Near a Hollow, Anton gave Proxy the approximate location of a grabbing machine, and Belle confidently said Hollows were their specialty.
• Lu Yingheng walked through the city invisibly and vowed to uproot the people who had enjoyed his disappearance.
• At a secret meeting, three Round Table members discussed the Dragon Emperor Guard’s deployment and the municipal government’s deletion of Lumina Square surveillance footage.
• Lu Yingheng appeared at the meeting, revealed he was alive, and threw the man in purple glasses and the elderly man into a wall.
• Lu Yingheng grabbed the woman by the throat and explained that, as an unregistered person, he was no longer bound by rules meant for Void Hunters.
• Lu Yingheng spared the three members for now, saying he needed useful puppets and wanted the Order of Glorification to act so the protagonist could grow.

Belle and her companions finished their job for Belobog Heavy Industries, while Lu Yingheng returned to the video store with milk tea after going out. Vivian discovered that someone had been using Lord Dragon Emperor’s card and vowed to find the person she believed had taken advantage of Brother Yingheng.

• Anton fought Hans, the giant yellow machine, and helped him when Ethereals attacked; Hans decided to return with Anton and learn to become a real man.
• Belle returned to the video store and worried when Lu Yingheng was missing, but he came back with milk tea and said he had gone to play arcade games.
• Belle, Wise, and Lu Yingheng discussed the day’s job and went out for ramen.
• Long Er told Vivian that Lord Dragon Emperor’s card had been used repeatedly for small purchases, and Vivian ordered him to leave.
• Vivian crumpled the file and vowed to find the person she believed had swindled Brother Yingheng out of his money and body.

Belle and the Belobog Heavy Industries crew found an excavator whose love for an unfinished building led it to demolish its supposed lover, but Grace convinced it that the rubble was embracing it. Back at the video store, Belle invited Lu Yingheng to a movie, though he called her his little sister, leaving Wise feeling ignored.

• Belle, Grace, Koleda, and Ben found the excavator at a construction site, where it declared its love for the unfinished building Mr. Mashiro and attacked them for approaching it.
• The excavator struck a load-bearing wall and accidentally caused Mr. Mashiro to collapse on top of it, leaving it distraught over its lover’s apparent death.
• Grace reassured the excavator that Mr. Mashiro had embraced it and protected it from Ethereals, and the machine accepted his explanation.
• Belle told Wise that Belobog Heavy Industries would send two intelligent machines for inspection and contact them after locating the last pile driver.
• Belle asked Lu Yingheng about his recovering memories and invited him to a movie, but he called her his little sister, while Wise felt left out.

Belle took Lu Yingheng to a horror movie hoping to grow closer to him, but she spent the screening hiding in his arms. Afterward, Lu Yingheng teased her by revealing she had mistaken the movie’s ghost for a butcher.

• Belle chose a horror movie for her date with Lu Yingheng, hoping to get close to him.
• Belle removed Lu Yingheng’s mask in the dark theater and settled beside him to watch the film.
• Frightened by the movie, Belle buried herself in Lu Yingheng’s embrace while he shielded her from the screen and comforted her.
• After the movie ended, Lu Yingheng tricked Belle into describing a butcher who had not appeared in the ghost movie.
• Belle realized Lu Yingheng had teased her, protested, and hurried after him as they left the cinema.

Belle, Wise, Lu Yingheng, and the Belobog crew searched a Hollow for the final runaway pile driver, Friday, and discovered it believed it was protecting a weakening seal. Friday fled again after the crew tried to stop it, while Ben restrained it and Grace moved in to fix its emotion module.

• Belle and Wise asked Lu Yingheng to join the search for the final pile driver, and he agreed despite Belle’s objections.
• Ben explained that the fast-moving pile driver had disappeared deep inside a Hollow, and Fairy plotted a route to it.
• Belle led the crew to a construction site, where Friday spotted them and immediately ran away.
• After the crew cornered Friday, it called itself the Condemner of Dawn and claimed it had to reinforce a weakening seal near the Old Capital.
• Friday ran again when Anton challenged it, but Ben grabbed one of its legs while Grace approached to repair its emotion module.

Koleda remembered her father, Khors Belobog, leaving her when she was young, and learned that Lu Yingheng believed the truth about him was more complicated than it seemed. Lu Yingheng vanished before explaining further, leaving Koleda with questions about her father and the fall of the Old Capital.

• Koleda recalled Khors promising to build her an intelligent machine before growing distant and leaving home with a bag of money.
• Xia Linxi related to Koleda’s childhood loneliness as she watched the story on stream.
• Lu Yingheng arrived to collect the Bangboo and thanked Koleda for completing the commissions with Phaethon’s help.
• Koleda explained that Khors was her biological father and had disappeared with Belobog Heavy Industries’ funds on the eve of the Old Capital’s fall.
• Lu Yingheng questioned whether Koleda had seen the truth and hinted that Khors might have been a hero before vanishing.

Belle and Wise joined Koleda’s Belobog Heavy Industries crew in searching the Hollow for the prototype that had altered several machines. Lu Yingheng left them to the search while secretly preparing a plan involving TOPS and Vivian.

• Wise told Belle that Grace had traced the machines’ changes to a signal from Belobog Heavy Industries’ prototype, and Koleda requested the siblings’ help finding it.
• Lu Yingheng accompanied Belle and the Belobog Heavy Industries crew to the construction site, then left to buy ice pops after setting Eous down.
• Grace explained that the machines’ logic cores had improved after receiving the prototype’s signal, and Koleda assigned the Hollow search to the Proxy.
• Belle recognized TOPS as the financial group suspected of plotting against Lu Yingheng when Anton and Ben described the Old Capital development project.
• Lu Yingheng met a subordinate in a Lumina Square alley, ordered him to keep their plans from Vivian, and said he was preparing to make his entrance.

Koleda, Grace, and the others fought off Ethereals while tracing the prototype’s signal, which led them to Visionary Memorial Square, an unfinished project tied to the former president. As the group approached the monument, Koleda and Grace showed their concern for each other despite their disagreement over Khors Belobog.

• Belle coordinated with Grace as the three machines received a signal from the prototype, but an intense Ethereal headed toward Grace.
• Koleda, Anton, and the others rushed to back Grace up, drove off the Ethereals, and Koleda scolded Grace for making everyone worry.
• Fairy pinpointed the prototype at Visionary Memorial Square, and Ben recognized the structure as the monument from Belobog Heavy Industries’ abandoned project.
• Anton and Ben wondered whether the prototype and its mentor Khors were connected to the former president, but Koleda dismissed the idea and recalled the Proxy assistant’s words about sinners and heroes.
• As the group walked toward the monument, Koleda quietly admitted she did not want to lose another family member, while Grace and Belle did not hear her.

Koleda and the others found evidence that Khors had used the missing money to pay for the prototype, clearing him of theft, but bullet holes in its cockpit suggested a violent incident. Koleda confessed she had mistaken her father for a thief and, grieving, agreed with Grace to find his killer.

• Koleda, Grace, and Belle inspected the prototype cockpit and found bullet holes, while Ben and Anton searched the monument.
• Belle found a delivery receipt signed by Khors, and Ben confirmed its amount and date matched the missing money and Khors’s disappearance.
• Grace and the others concluded Khors had paid for the prototype rather than stolen the money, though Ben wondered why someone had fought him at the monument.
• Koleda told Grace she had seen Khors leave with a bag of cash the night he disappeared and had believed he ran away with the money.
• Grace comforted Koleda and urged her to join them in finding and avenging Khors’s killer.

Koleda and Belobog Heavy Industries recovered the prototype and uncovered a hidden Ethereal that transformed into a massive machine-fused monster. The monster attacked the group, leaving Grace in danger as a cloud of dust swallowed the scene.

• Koleda vowed to uncover the truth behind Uncle Khors's disappearance, and Grace, Anton, and Belle pledged to help her.
• Ben, Friday, and Hans pulled the prototype from the monument, revealing an opening where its pointed structure had stood.
• A strange humanoid Ethereal emerged from the opening and attacked Koleda and the others.
• The Ethereal flashed golden light at Belle, then transformed into a huge monster fused with construction machinery, trapping three machines inside Ether matter.
• The monster struck Koleda and attacked the group, while Belle warned that it was likely a deliberately mutated creature.
• Grace dodged the monster's drill, but its pincers swung toward her as a cloud of dust rose.

Lu Yingheng arrived in time to protect Grace from the Mechanical Sacrifice and joined Koleda and the others in fighting it. As the creature’s drill threatened to strike him, a gigantic cleaver appeared and blocked the blow, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lu Yingheng teleported to Grace and stopped the Mechanical Sacrifice’s pincer tail with one hand.
• Koleda arrived in the prototype and caught the creature’s drill and mechanical claw with its arms.
• Lu Yingheng identified the mutated Ethereal as a Sacrifice, then tore its pincer tail in two while Koleda’s prototype restrained it.
• The Mechanical Sacrifice broke free and knocked Koleda’s prototype into a building, while Grace threw batteries to distract it.
• The Sacrifice’s drill bore down on Lu Yingheng, but a forty-meter cleaver appeared and blocked the attack.

Lu Yingheng exchanged Emotion Points for part of the Black King Bloodline, transformed into a dragon, and rescued Koleda by destroying the mechanical brute. As he descended, Grace wondered whether she should pursue him, while Belle worried about whether he would return to the video store as before.

• Lu Yingheng exchanged 100 million Emotion Points for 10% of the Black Dragon Bloodline, and a giant black dragon appeared behind him as the Hollow's sky darkened.
• Belle introduced Lu Yingheng as Brother Heng, the First-Generation Void Hunter, and the Dragon Emperor, while Anton, Grace, and Ben reacted with shock.
• Lu Yingheng lifted Fury and declared that the mechanical brute would pay for its transgression, making Belle wonder whether he had regained his memory.
• Lu Yingheng struck the mechanical brute once with Fury, splitting it apart and allowing Grace and the others to rescue Koleda.
• Koleda teased Grace about falling for Lu Yingheng, and Grace wondered aloud whether she should try to pursue him.

Lu Yingheng regained much of his combat ability and some childhood memories, but reassured Belle and Wise that he was still himself. Meanwhile, Koleda wrestled with the mystery of her father’s death before Long Yi appeared and insisted that the Dragon Emperor’s plan would lead to the perfect ending.

• Lu Yingheng broke the tense silence with Eous by striking a flamboyant pose and joking with Belle, making her laugh.
• Wise checked on Lu Yingheng, who said his childhood memories were returning and his combat abilities had mostly recovered.
• Belle teased Lu Yingheng about what he had been like as a child as he went to say goodbye to Koleda.
• Koleda reviewed the losses from the mechanical monster and worried about the force behind her father’s death and the Dragon Emperor’s supposed murder.
• Long Yi appeared in Koleda’s office, claimed he served only the Dragon Emperor, and declared that events had to follow the Dragon Emperor’s plan.

Koleda learned that Long Yi's master expected a god to descend and end the calamities, while Vivian ordered an investigation to find the missing Lu Yingheng. Back at the video store, Lu Yingheng was teased awake by his system, whose mention of phone novels caught his attention.

• Koleda questioned Long Yi about the Dragon Emperor's plans, and Long Yi said a god would descend in a destined future to end every calamity.
• Vivian learned the Dragon Emperor's aura had erupted from a Hollow and suspected Belobog Heavy Industries had received help from a Proxy.
• Vivian ordered Long Er to hack the city government and Inter-Knot and search for well-regarded Proxies who had recently disappeared.
• Lu Yingheng remembered Belle stepping on his foot, while Belle regretted that he had enjoyed her attempt to punish him.
• Lu Yingheng's system woke him to ask for his phone, then revealed that it contained novels, making him sit upright in surprise.

Lu Yingheng bought the Dragon Raja books and tricked the system into reading them by claiming they were sweet, uplifting stories. After the tragic plot upset her, an accidental kiss led to an argument, and Lu Yingheng tried to make peace by offering her milk tea.

• Lu Yingheng spent 5,000 Emotion Points to buy the complete set of Dragon Raja books and convinced the system they were cheerful romances.
• The system read Dragon Raja and became upset by its tragic endings, including Chu Zihang killing Xia Mi.
• After Lu Yingheng uploaded the first three books, the angry system climbed onto his shoulders and tugged his hair while accusing him of lying.
• Lu Yingheng and the system fell, and he accidentally kissed her while protecting her head.
• The system accused Lu Yingheng of stealing her first kiss and called him a two-timing pervert, while he offered to buy her extra-sweet milk tea.

Lu Yingheng got revenge on his system by tricking her into reading the first three Dragon Raja books, then went shopping with Belle and crushed a runaway car with one strike. Zhu Yuan and Qingyi arrived and asked him to go to the Public Security Bureau to give a statement.

• Lu Yingheng returned to the video store with milk tea and found the system distraught over Erii’s fate in the books.
• Lu Yingheng blamed Herzog and author Jiang Nan for Erii’s death, and the system echoed his joke that Jiang Nan and Herzog should get married.
• Belle dragged Lu Yingheng out shopping despite his warning that it was a bad day to go out.
• A car lost control and rushed toward Lu Yingheng and Belle, so Lu Yingheng struck it and crushed its front half.
• Zhu Yuan and Qingyi arrived, asked Lu Yingheng to give a statement at the Public Security Bureau, and listened as Belle explained that he had acted in self-defense.

Lu Yingheng used his connection to New Eridu’s mayor to stop Zhu Yuan and Qingyi from detaining him, then warned Zhu Yuan to investigate the suspicious car accident and introduced Belle as a Proxy. On Mount Yunkui, Ye Shunguang overheard Yijiang and her younger sister Yixuan reunite, and Yijiang scolded Yixuan for addressing her as a sister in front of others.

• Lu Yingheng called New Eridu’s mayor, who laughed at him for smashing the car into the ground and asked to speak with Zhu Yuan.
• Zhu Yuan and Qingyi raised their weapons when Lu Yingheng approached, but he handed Zhu Yuan the mayor’s phone.
• After speaking with the mayor, Zhu Yuan apologized to Lu Yingheng for interfering with his supposed undercover mission.
• Lu Yingheng told Zhu Yuan to investigate the suspicious car accident and introduced Belle as a Proxy who could help with Hollow travel matters.
• Ye Shunguang hid near a courtyard on Mount Yunkui and watched Yixuan greet her sister, Sect Master Yijiang.
• Yijiang told Yixuan that she should call her Sect Master when outsiders were present.

Yixuan told Yijiang that rumors said the Dragon Emperor was alive, prompting Yijiang to resolve to leave Mount Yunkui and search for him. Ye Shunguang escaped down the mountain and went to Chenghui Terrace, where she dismissed the rumors and focused on enjoying the food.

• Yixuan brought Yijiang meat buns and teased her about her feelings for the Dragon Emperor, but Yijiang insisted he had been dead for years.
• Yixuan revealed that dragon might had appeared in a Hollow and that people believed the Dragon Emperor might still be alive.
• Yijiang decided to go down the mountain to search for the Dragon Emperor, while Ye Shunguang overheard them and fled before they found her.
• Ye Shunguang reached the foot of the mountain, set aside what she had heard, and chose to enjoy her day off.
• At Chenghui Terrace, Ye Shunguang heard reports that the Dragon Emperor was alive and that TOPS might have been involved in his disappearance, but she ignored the news and ate grilled squid.

Yijiang learned that the Dragon Emperor’s return might be real and vowed to pursue him, while Lu Yingheng’s hit novel Dragon Raja sent New Eridu into an uproar. The chapter ended with Wise discovering that Lu Yingheng wrote the tragic novel and attacking him over its characters.

• Xiaoguang bought Dragon Raja after a bookstore clerk’s pitch caught her attention, and Yijiang encountered her outside Yum Cha Immortal.
• Hongdou told Yijiang that the rumors about the Dragon Emperor were credible, and Yijiang said Mount Yunkui would act if powerful families tried to claim him through their influence.
• Dragon Raja became a runaway bestseller, and its tragedies provoked furious reactions across New Eridu as rumors spread that TOPS had harmed the Dragon Emperor.
• Wise complained to Lu Yingheng about the novel’s cruelty, and Lu Yingheng revealed that he had written it under the pen name Huanglong.
• Wise wrapped his arm around Lu Yingheng’s neck and declared that he would avenge Erii.