Recaps

Li Boyang discovered that Deception Rabbit had transformed into a rampaging Ominous Deity and sent Xiluo to retrieve him while he went to Mountain Hollow Village. Deception Rabbit’s transformation intensified as he devoured the Green Wood Clan’s ruined body, leaving nearby gods and spirits fleeing or praying for safety.

• Li Boyang absorbed the golden Sword Pill and asked Xiluo to bring Deception Rabbit back, explaining that Deception Rabbit had transformed into an Ominous Deity on his own.
• Xiluo questioned whether she could handle Deception Rabbit, and Li Boyang said he had other business and would send the Divine Firmament Sword to take her to him.
• Li Boyang announced that he needed to travel to Mountain Hollow Village because trouble had come knocking again.
• After devouring the Green Wood Clan’s ruined body, Black Dragon Deception Rabbit gained a surge of divine vitality that expanded his body and changed his appearance.
• The rampaging Deception Rabbit terrified nearby mountain gods and river gods, while stranded spirits and mountain folk prayed that his destruction would not reach them.

Qingfu followed the Green Wood Clan’s guidance to Mountain Hollow Village and discovered its unusually refined buckwheat crops. Meanwhile, Li Boyang flew toward the village and confronted the azure kingfisher, reasoning that it had long advised Xiluo and asking whether conflict within the Guifang Kingdom or among the Gods of the Five Directions had forced it to reveal itself.

• Qingfu expected the black dragon to be destroyed by the divine power it had swallowed, but the Green Wood Clan sent her toward Mountain Hollow Village.
• Qingfu found a large field of improved buckwheat and wondered who had developed the crop, while the Green Wood Clan stayed silent.
• Villagers from Mountain Hollow Village approached Qingfu with clubs and pitchforks after noticing her arrival.
• After sending Xiluo away, Li Boyang rode a baleful cloud toward the village and steadily restored his strength with Sha Qi.
• An azure kingfisher appeared beside Li Boyang, who inferred that it had secretly advised Xiluo for centuries.
• Li Boyang asked whether the Green Wood Clan’s true-body descent and the kingfisher’s appearance were caused by serious conflict in the Guifang Kingdom or among the Gods of the Five Directions.

Kingfisher explained how the Gods of the Five Directions arose and revealed that a religious reform in the Guifang Kingdom had destroyed their temples while the gods stayed silent. Li Boyang suspected the Guirong Clan had instigated a divine conflict and learned that the Green Wood Clan was most likely to remain loyal to the Roaring Heaven Clan.

• Kingfisher warned Li Boyang that his opponent was the Green Wood Clan’s true heavenly god, which might stake everything on a desperate fight.
• Li Boyang pressed Kingfisher for details about the crisis in the Guifang Kingdom, and she described how the Roaring Heaven Clan had transformed from an ancestral god into a heavenly god over centuries.
• Kingfisher said a sweeping religious reform backed by Chongming had destroyed temples dedicated to the Roaring Heaven Clan and other gods, while the Gods of the Five Directions remained silent.
• Li Boyang proposed that the reform was a divine war instigated by the Guirong Clan, and Kingfisher explained the tensions and competing interests among the five gods.
• Kingfisher identified the Green Wood Clan as the god most likely to remain the Roaring Heaven Clan’s steadfast ally if conflict erupted among the Gods of the Five Directions.

Li Boyang reached Mountain Hollow Village and confronted the Green Wood Clan deity, who had taken control of Qingfu’s body. The deity discovered that Li Boyang was the Red-Haired Ghost and could not understand how he could be human.

• Li Boyang arrived at Mountain Hollow Village and saw through the villagers’ peaceful appearance.
• Li Boyang noticed Lu Suiniang was not wearing his protective charm, gave her his red fur coat, and went to check on Uncle Lu.
• Li Boyang confronted Qingfu at the altar and revealed that he knew a Green Wood Clan deity was hiding inside her.
• The Green Wood Clan deity took control of Qingfu’s body, transformed into a towering snake woman, and wielded the [Yin-Yang Talisman Incantation].
• The deity recognized Li Boyang as the Red-Haired Ghost and questioned how he could be human.

Li Boyang tested his idea for a weapon that could harm heavenly gods by using a shadow-forged talisman pistol against the Green Wood Clan. Meanwhile, the bronze treasure book revealed its ability to consume materials and offered Li Jingshu a revolver blueprint.

• Li Boyang decided that ordinary guns and cannons would not protect humanity from ghosts and gods, so he developed a revolver loaded with Thunder Method talismans.
• Li Boyang shot the Green Wood Clan with the talisman pistol, blasting off one of her arms and striking her with heavenly lightning.
• At Flying Peak's mountain god temple, the bronze treasure book turned to a page bearing a new Talisman Seal Script talisman as Li Jingshu struggled to write Speech.
• The bronze treasure book showed Li Jingshu a list of minerals and medicinal ingredients, and she realized it wanted to consume them to make yellow paper.
• The bronze treasure book displayed a detailed revolver blueprint, and Li Jingshu asked what it would offer in exchange for the materials.

Li Boyang fought the Green Wood Clan, whose power transformed the land into a nine-headed giant serpent and devastated the surrounding mountains. As a black-robed man struggled against the resentful spirits within him, Lu Suiniang went into labor amid the battle.

• Li Boyang's talisman pistol failed to injure the Green Wood Clan again after she learned to dodge its shots.
• The Green Wood Clan raised an enormous earth dragon from plants and soil, causing earthquakes across the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.
• A black-robed man appeared at Mountain Hollow Village and questioned Li Boyang's actions while watching him fight the Green Wood Clan.
• Li Boyang's Sword-Rays shattered much of the earth dragon, forcing the Green Wood Clan to merge with it and transform it into a nine-headed giant serpent.
• The serpent spread poisonous mist toward Mountain Hollow Village, and the black-robed man blew it away before resentful spirits within him challenged his control.
• Lu Suiniang spotted the black-robed man, then clutched her belly and cried out that her baby was coming.

Li Boyang recognized the Green Wood Clan deity as an innate deity and defeated it by reversing the [Yin-Yang Talisman Incantation], stripping Qingfu of her divine power and devouring the deity. Back in Mountain Hollow Village, he saw that Lu Suiniang’s newborn baby girl had a Heavenly Eye like his own.

• Li Boyang identified the Green Wood Clan deity as an innate deity whose serpent form came from a mountain tribe’s influence.
• The Green Wood Clan deity fought Li Boyang and threatened to destroy the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, but Li Boyang reversed the [Yin-Yang Talisman Incantation].
• Qingfu lost her connection to the Green Wood Clan deity as its true form, a heaven-reaching Jianmu tree, was dragged into and devoured by the talisman.
• Li Boyang returned to Mountain Hollow Village with the unconscious Qingfu and found Uncle Lu holding Lu Suiniang’s newborn baby girl.
• Li Boyang saw that the baby girl had a wide-open Heavenly Eye between her brows, matching his own.

Li Boyang refined the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron to help Deception Rabbit digest half a celestial god’s remains, while he and Xiluo discussed the rabbit’s prospects and the three-eyed baby girl he planned to raise. Li Boyang’s divination revealed that someone else from the Guifang Kingdom had entered the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, but he withheld another discovery from Xiluo.

• Li Boyang used the completed [Yin-Yang Talisman Incantation] to activate the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron and refine Deception Rabbit with alchemical flames and Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.
• Xiluo questioned why Li Boyang was risking so much to save Deception Rabbit, and Li Boyang explained that the rabbit might gain a permanent Black Dragon form and grow much stronger.
• Li Boyang told Xiluo that he had separated the three-eyed baby girl’s evil side and Guhuo Bird’s memories, and planned to bring her to the mountain after she was weaned.
• Li Boyang said the baby girl’s maternal grandfather would keep her situation secret and that he would visit her every day until then.
• Li Boyang revealed that his divination had detected another person from the Guifang Kingdom in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, then stopped before sharing a further discovery.

You Chong brooded over the newborn Innate Divine Being and the coming flood before heading toward Mount Yunmeng, while Qingfu and Mu Chuan remained grafted to Nüman's tree. Hanging Silk Lady arrived and poisoned Qingfu to make her answer the prophet’s questions.

• You Chong regained control of the Blood Demon, recalled how its other personalities had delivered Lu Suiniang’s baby, and worried about the girl’s Heavenly Eye and connection to the Red-Haired Ghost God.
• You Chong concluded that the coming great flood threatened both the Guifang Kingdom and the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, and headed toward Mount Yunmeng seeking the Guirong Clan.
• At Mount Yunmeng, Qingfu and Mu Chuan hung as branches of Nüman’s tree, and Mu Chuan taunted Qingfu over her former treatment of him.
• Hanging Silk Lady approached the tree and confronted Qingfu, whom she blamed for destroying her hunting grounds.
• Hanging Silk Lady placed a venomous spider on Qingfu’s face, and it bit her, leaving her dazed as the venom spread.

Hanging Silk Lady reported that the Green Wood Clan had fled to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range after the Tide-Swallowing Clan and Guirong Clan turned against her. She and Li Boyang suspected that the Tide-Swallowing Clan’s return and the Guirong Clan’s accelerated revolution were connected to an impending great flood, though Qingfu knew nothing about it.

• Hanging Silk Lady met Li Boyang and Li Jingshu as they descended Flying Peak and told Li Boyang that Qingfu’s mental defenses had crumbled under questioning.
• Hanging Silk Lady explained that Qingfu had discovered Xuan was alive and leading the revolution against the Roaring Heaven Clan alongside Blood Demon You Chong, revealing the Guirong Clan’s involvement.
• The Green Wood Clan chose to wait for the Roaring Heaven Clan to recover, but the Tide-Swallowing Clan returned and the Guirong Clan accelerated its plans, forcing her to flee to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.
• Li Boyang asked whether Qingfu knew the truth about the great flood, and Hanging Silk Lady confirmed that she did not.
• Hanging Silk Lady proposed that an unprecedented flood was approaching, empowering the Tide-Swallowing Clan and prompting the Guirong Clan to act sooner.

Xuan Ta learned from the old priest that his attempt to reshape the Guifang Kingdom had failed amid the gods’ schemes and a once-in-a-thousand-years flood. The old priest warned that the flood might be a deliberate cleansing of the kingdom by water gods, though the truth remained uncertain.

• Xuan Ta blamed the Guirong Clan, the Tide-Swallowing Clan, and Tufang Clan for going mad and explained his plan to use You Chong and the Green Wood Clan to restore balance among the Gods of the Five Directions.
• The old priest revealed that the priests had knowingly helped Xuan Ta govern, while the gods had treated the kingdom’s unrest as a game and selection of obedient followers.
• The old priest acknowledged that Xuan Ta had made unprecedented history by pushing the Heavenly Deities to intervene, but Xuan Ta admitted he had lost control when the Tide-Swallowing Clan went berserk.
• The old priest explained that a once-in-a-thousand-years flood had driven the Tide-Swallowing Clan mad, and that You Chong had known it was coming.
• The old priest suggested that water gods might have unleashed the flood to cleanse the Guifang Kingdom and urged Xuan Ta to question and sift the claims he encountered.

As a torrential storm threatened Li Household Village and its reservoir neared the danger line, the old village chief and Li Yu planned flood-control work without waiting for Non-Crying Child to solve everything. Chen Yun revealed that Li Boyang and Grandmother Mountain God had already mapped much of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, leaving open whether they had anticipated the crisis.

• The old village chief told Li Yu that the reservoir had exceeded its highest safety warning line three days earlier, but he had not informed Non-Crying Child because he was busy.
• The old village chief argued that the mountain folk should rely on their own efforts and proposed expanding the reservoir and widening river channels before the storm arrived.
• Li Yu agreed that the villages needed to work together, and the old village chief offered free lessons for their children as an incentive to participate.
• Chen Yun joined Li Yu and the old village chief and said Li Boyang and Grandmother Mountain God had made a map of the region's terrain and waterways, likely marking suitable sites for reservoirs and river improvements.

Li Boyang gave Li Jingshu a powerful, detailed magical map of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range and asked her to deliver it to his parents. He named it the Diagram of Mountains, Rivers, and the Land, then sent her home while he stayed behind.

• Li Boyang watched Hanging Silk Lady disappear into the mist, then told Li Jingshu to head home without him.
• Li Boyang gave Li Jingshu the silk Mountain Terrain and River Flow Diagram, which depicted the Hundred Lands Mountain Range and its waterworks in detail.
• Li Boyang showed Li Jingshu how the Law Treasure could zoom in on Li Household Village and explained that its mountains and waterways formed the Energy Talisman Incantation.
• Li Boyang named the painting the Diagram of Mountains, Rivers, and the Land after Li Jingshu objected to a long, complicated name.
• Li Boyang explained the meaning of “sheji,” handed Li Jingshu the diagram, and told her to give it to his parents.

After Li Jingshu left, Li Boyang concealed his presence and went toward Flying Peak, planning to destroy Xiluo’s thousand-year wish. As an unprecedented torrential rain threatened the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, Chi chose to protect the mountain folk and their waterways rather than pursue the chance to increase her power.

• Li Boyang asked Nüman to keep his plans from Xiluo and said he would act even though it could destroy her thousand-year cherished wish.
• Li Boyang used his Black and Yellow Qi to hide his presence, karma, and destiny, guarding against a black dog with the Premonition Divine Ability.
• Nüman sensed malice in the dark clouds and realized an enormous torrential downpour was approaching the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.
• Chi saw the storm gathering over Li Household Village’s reservoir and recognized that the flood could empower water deities while bringing about a calamity of divine replacement.
• Chi summoned the Human-Faced Fish and told them to patrol the waterways, report damaged embankments or sabotage, and warn nearby mountain folk and spirits about the rain.

Big Black Dog confronted Xiluo on Ghost God Cliff, revealing that he had formed a Yin Deity and asking why his memories were incomplete. Xiluo warned him not to recover them, but Big Black Dog left in anger, still determined to uncover the truth.

• Big Black Dog appeared before Xiluo as a Yin Deity, and Xiluo recognized that he had used his shadow and Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to form it.
• Xiluo warned Big Black Dog that his trapped physical body remained vulnerable and that his Yin Deity would dissipate if he died before reaching the Yang God stage.
• Big Black Dog asked Xiluo whether she knew about the abnormal weather and why his memories were incomplete; Xiluo had not noticed the approaching storm.
• Xiluo suspected Wu Yao had caused Big Black Dog's memory loss and warned him that recovering his memories would bring regret.
• Big Black Dog angrily rejected Xiluo's warning and vanished, while Xiluo insisted that she had told him the truth.

You Chong entered the mist on Mount Yunmeng and fought its defenders, including Hanging Silk Lady and Nüman’s imitation Fang Boars. As the Blood Demon advanced, Mu Chuan and Qingfu realized he had likely come for the mountain rather than to kill Qingfu.

• You Chong tried to disperse the mist, but swarms of venomous sleepy bugs and spiders attacked him.
• Hanging Silk Lady confronted You Chong, but his blood shadows drained her Blood Qi.
• Nearly a hundred imitation Fang Boars charged at You Chong, who dodged them and let them rush out of the mist.
• Mu Chuan woke to the commotion, and Qingfu recognized the Blood Demon and feared he had come for her.
• Mu Chuan told Qingfu that the Blood Demon was more likely targeting Mount Yunmeng than her.

You Chong freed the ghost god Hei Chi from Ghost God Cliff while Xiluo tried to stop him, and the two clashed near Flying Peak. The four deities on the altar debated whether to escape, but chose to wait and see how serious the disturbance became.

• Xiluo confronted You Chong at Mount Yunmeng and attacked him, but he had secretly sent an afterimage to Flying Peak.
• You Chong's afterimage corrupted Flying Peak's cliff face, freeing Hei Chi from his statue on Ghost God Cliff.
• Hei Chi taunted Xiluo, and they collided, creating a huge shock wave near Flying Peak.
• The wind god, fire god, Kunwu, and rain god discussed the conflict and Li Boyang's rapid growth.
• The wind god said the deities would wait to see how much trouble arose before deciding whether to escape.

You Chong reached the mountain god’s temple but was blocked from entering, so he climbed Ghost God Cliff and discovered the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron. Meanwhile, Hei Chi attacked Xiluo to break free of their fight and pursue You Chong.

• You Chong tried to enter the mountain god’s temple, but its doors shut and an unseen force threw him back.
• You Chong climbed Ghost God Cliff and spotted the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron at its summit.
• A sealed eight-armed ghost god struck at You Chong and offered to grant his wishes if he cracked its seal, but You Chong refused and continued upward.
• Hei Chi warned Xiluo that You Chong was getting deeper into Flying Peak, but Xiluo insisted the seals were secure and kept fighting him.
• Hei Chi split into a flock of crows and sent them swooping at Xiluo.

Xiluo awakened a divine form that combined her own identity with her ancestor Wu Yao’s memories and power, then petrified Hei Chi. Meanwhile, Guirong Clan took control of You Chong and confronted Big Black Dog at the cave holding the ancient evil god.

• Xiluo transformed into a half-human, half-leopard deity, and Hei Chi recognized Wu Yao’s face and power in her.
• Xiluo explained that her Primordial Spirit and Cognitive Spirit let her become both herself and the Wu Yao she imagined, with knowledge beyond the original Witch of the Huai River.
• Xiluo used a longsword and her Premonition Divine Ability to petrify Hei Chi again.
• You Chong reached the hidden Ghost God Cave, where the pressure forced him to reveal his true form.
• The Blood Demon took control of You Chong as Guirong Clan, evaded Big Black Dog’s attack, and knocked him down with a kick.
• Guirong Clan said he knew Big Black Dog far better than expected, and Big Black Dog asked how he knew him.

Guirong Clan confronted Big Black Dog in Ghost God Cave and described how the Witch of the Huai River was betrayed and eaten by the people she had helped during a drought. Big Black Dog’s fury shook Flying Peak and threatened its already damaged seal.

• Guirong Clan entered Ghost God Cave and found Big Black Dog chained beside Li Boyang’s neglected rock pool.
• Big Black Dog sensed danger and a strange resonance with Guirong Clan, who recognized his Yin Deity and Premonition Divine Ability as simplified versions of powers associated with Li Boyang and the Witch of the Huai River.
• Guirong Clan recounted how the Witch of the Huai River subdued savage gods and wild gods, with the Heaven-Eroding Lord’s help establishing Ghost God Cliff and sealing them there.
• Guirong Clan said that the Witch’s people eventually turned against her during a century-long drought and ate her when she could no longer meet their needs.
• Big Black Dog roared in anger and strained against his chains, shaking Flying Peak and further threatening its damaged seal.

Guirong Clan recounted how Wu Yao’s death transformed the Heaven-Eroding Lord and revealed that he and Big Black Dog were divided halves meant to reunite. As Guirong Clan urged them to fuse, Big Black Dog questioned who would control the restored Heaven-Eroding Lord, while Xiluo struggled to keep the ghost gods sealed as Flying Peak burned.

• Guirong Clan described how Wu Yao’s clanspeople ate her, driving the Heaven-Eroding Lord into a rage that brought an unprecedented winter to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.
• Big Black Dog explained that Wu Yao had stopped him from killing the humans who betrayed her and used the Yin-Yang Talisman Incantation to separate him from Guirong Clan.
• Guirong Clan urged Big Black Dog to reunite with him and awaken the Heaven-Eroding Lord, promising they could wipe out humanity or devour the sun.
• Big Black Dog asked who would control their fusion and become the Heaven-Eroding Lord’s main body.
• Black Dragon sensed danger inside the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron as its flames surged and Ghost God Cliff began collapsing.
• Xiluo arrived with her Primordial Spirit restored and set Flying Peak ablaze, fighting to drag the escaping ghost gods back with fiery chains until dawn.

Big Black Dog outmaneuvered the Guirong Clan deity during their attempted fusion, while the Blood Demon escaped Ghost God Cave and headed for the altar. Kunwu protected the altar from him, declaring his loyalty to the Tieyu Tribe and his admiration for Li Boyang.

• The Guirong Clan deity realized Big Black Dog had kept his mental defenses intact and had deliberately let the fusion begin.
• Big Black Dog explained that cultivating his Primordial Spirit and Primordial Core had made him independent of the Heaven-Eroding Lord, giving him the advantage in their mental struggle.
• The Guirong Clan deity resolved to use the [Taiji Diagram] to regain control as their consciousnesses entered the pitch-black light.
• The Blood Demon passed through the disrupted seal and emerged atop Ghost God Cliff while Xiluo kept the ghost gods suppressed.
• Kunwu knocked the Blood Demon away from the altar and shielded it with his power.
• Kunwu declared that he was the guardian god of the Tieyu Tribe and supported Li Boyang because he reminded him of Wu Yao without sharing Wu Yao's weak disposition.

The Blood Demon and the allied ghost gods overwhelmed Xiluo’s defense and seized the [Taiji Diagram] from the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron. The cauldron’s destruction caused Flying Peak to collapse, leaving Li Boyang’s whereabouts unknown.

• The Blood Demon enlisted the Fire God and Wind God to help hold back Kunwu, but Rain Earl struck him with lightning to aid Li Boyang.
• The Wind God urged the ghost gods to unite and destroy the altar before Li Boyang returned, and they charged toward Ghost God Cliff.
• Xiluo realized Li Boyang was absent and turned back to defend the altar, while the Blood Demon forced his way to its center.
• The Blood Demon suppressed the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron and tore the [Taiji Diagram] from it.
• The Imprisoned Soul Cauldron exploded, and the blast sent Flying Peak collapsing into Mount Yunmeng.

Li Boyang stabilized the collapsing Flying Peak and revealed that he had allowed the ghost gods to escape so he could deal with them before the flood. As the Heaven-Eroding Lord began to emerge from Ghost God Cave, Li Boyang explained that the Lord’s yin side was the Guirong Clan, while Xiluo and the others faced the coming battle.

• Li Boyang used his Primordial Spirit to hold Flying Peak together as the ghost gods fled, while Xiluo tried to drive them back with flames.
• Li Boyang stopped Xiluo from pursuing the ghost gods and brought the Imprisoned Soul Cauldron back into the mountain god temple, where Deception Rabbit continued digesting a god.
• A black hole formed at Ghost God Cave and began devouring light and nearby ghost gods as the Heaven-Eroding Lord emerged.
• Li Boyang explained that he had investigated the Lord’s divided yin and yang sides and had expected them to reunite, but had not known the yin side was the Guirong Clan.
• Mu Chuan, Qingfu, and Hanging Silk Lady watched from a distance as the Nümans warned that the battle with the once-strongest god in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range could endanger them.

The Heaven-Eroding Lord escaped Flying Peak and caused a sun-devouring darkness, bitter cold, and a catastrophic flood across the Hundred Lands Mountain Range and beyond. As foreign gods and monsters worsened the flooding in Guifang Kingdom, Xuan Hui freed the Tufang Clan and ordered them to fight.

• The Heaven-Eroding Lord broke free of Flying Peak, darkened the sky, and appeared to devour the sun.
• The sun-devouring darkness brought severe cold and torrential rain, triggering a massive flood across the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, Guifang Kingdom, and the Huai River.
• Panhu warned Old Madam Gao to stay inside and noticed the tributary's water god delighting in the flood.
• Xuan Hui saw the Tide-Swallowing Clan and foreign gods drive monsters to destroy Guifang Kingdom's dikes and terrain.
• Xuan Hui granted the Tufang Clan freedom and ordered them to kill the foreign gods and monsters causing the floods.