Recaps

Si Ming relentlessly hunted the Vicious Qi Evil Spider, Tang Jing, and battered him with the Wrathful Vajra Dharma Form. Tang Jing attempted to escape using a decoy, but Si Ming tracked down his true body and seized him.

• Si Ming searched the devastated hills while Tang Jing hid beneath a moss-covered rock, badly injured and plotting an escape.
• Si Ming found Tang Jing and struck him with the Vajra Dharma Form, then chased him down and unleashed a barrage of punches.
• Tang Jing used Spider Fiend's Vicious Threads Swarm the Sky, but Si Ming shattered the attack and broke through his protective Qi barrier.
• Tang Jing sacrificed a body double made of spider silk and fled, while Si Ming tore free of the web too late to catch him.
• An unidentified figure intercepted Tang Jing and knocked him back, giving Si Ming time to close in again.
• Si Ming used the Heaven-Howling Art to track Tang Jing through his evasive phantoms, and the Vajra Dharma Form seized his true body.

Ling Huanxi broke the Sixfold Flying Snow Formation and badly wounded Shentu Chuang, but Wei Chunxi arrived and urged him to join forces against her. Shentu Chuang had yet to decide whether to abandon his principles and attack alongside Wei Chunxi.

• Ling Huanxi and Shentu Chuang clashed inside the Sixfold Flying Snow Formation, and their forces shattered its six ice towers.
• The released cold currents buried the surrounding forest in snow, and the injured Shentu Chuang escaped the formation.
• Ling Huanxi remained standing at its center, less injured than Shentu Chuang, who praised her skill and proposed ending their fight.
• Wei Chunxi appeared and urged Shentu Chuang to help kill Ling Huanxi as a way to strike at Yan Jinghong.
• Shentu Chuang objected that fighting a woman and ganging up on her would violate his principles, while Wei Chunxi summoned a cloud of insects.

Old General Wang Zhong helped Ling Huanxi drive off Shentu Chuang and Wei Chunxi, while Su Yingbo arrived at the valley and prevented Nether Master from taking Xia Guanxue. After debating the Heaven-Defying Society’s plan to destroy the Eternal Barrier and its view of strength, Su Yingbo refused to join, and Nether Master departed with a prediction that they would meet again soon.

• Old General Wang Zhong arrived beside Ling Huanxi and froze the swarm of insects, then traded barbs with Wei Chunxi and Shentu Chuang.
• Wei Chunxi and Shentu Chuang withdrew after Wei Chunxi challenged Yan Jinghong to fight them at his best next time.
• Nether Master tried to take Xia Guanxue, but Su Yingbo cut off the tendril and stood between them.
• Nether Master explained the Heaven-Defying Society’s ranks and invited Su Yingbo to join its effort to destroy the Eternal Barrier.
• Su Yingbo argued with Nether Master about strength, the weak, and Yan Jinghong, then rejected the invitation.
• Nether Master dissolved into starlight after telling Su Yingbo that they would meet again soon.

After surveying the devastation left by Si Ming and Tang Jing, Qin Wujun joined the Remote Heaven Society after deducing that its true target was the Nation of Valor. Si Ming and Cuan Er helped Yan Jinghong recover, and Yan thanked Su Yingbo, who settled their grudge and left; Murong Qing then questioned Si Ming about his delay.

• Qin Wujun examined the battlefield and realized that Si Ming's strength far exceeded his expectations.
• The Nether Master invited Qin Wujun to join the Remote Heaven Society, and Qin deduced that its true target was the Nation of Valor before accepting.
• Si Ming and Cuan Er treated Murong Qing and Yan Jinghong, and Yan recovered enough to move.
• Yan Jinghong thanked Su Yingbo for saving him, and Su Yingbo settled their dispute over Second Sister before leaving.
• Murong Qing asked Si Ming why he had taken so long to reach them.

Si Ming and Yan Jinghong’s allies accepted the Second Prince’s favor and withdrew from the struggle for France’s throne, while Han Kun prepared to exploit Yan Jinghong’s injury and isolation. The chapter ended with Si Ming’s radiation-exposed left arm crystallizing around the uranium fragment.

• Si Ming blamed Cuan Er for delaying Yan Jinghong’s rescue, and Cuan Er accepted responsibility.
• Yan Jinghong ordered his allies to stop meddling in the succession struggle after learning they owed the Second Prince a favor.
• Han Kun revealed that he had leaked information to sabotage the Heaven-Defying Society’s attack and cut off the Third Prince’s support.
• Han Kun launched the Dragon Transformation Plan and instructed Tian Yi to pass the Third Prince a carefully framed piece of information.
• Si Ming’s left arm glowed green as intense radiation from the uranium crystal remained trapped inside his crystallizing body.

After completing the Mercury Alloy Body, Si Ming heard Han Hao’s request to investigate whether the emperor was being controlled by the second prince. Han Hao explained why he needed to act quickly and asked Si Ming to help verify his suspicions inside the palace.

• Si Ming completed the Mercury Alloy Body and discovered that his flesh could liquefy to resist ordinary sharp weapons.
• Han Hao waited three hours for Si Ming, then asked him to investigate the emperor’s condition in the imperial palace.
• Si Ming warned Han Hao that he would not help target the second prince without evidence linking him to the trap against Si Ming’s master.
• Han Hao said he suspected the second prince was controlling the emperor, who had withdrawn from court after his illness worsened.
• Han Hao explained that France’s laws and procedures prevented the emperor from openly declaring a crown prince, and that he feared the second prince was about to move against him.
• Han Hao said Su Yingbo could not help because he had taken leave to care for his pregnant wife at her family home.

Si Ming agreed to help Han Hao investigate the emperor in exchange for a divine weapon, then accepted Murong Qing’s invitation to enter Codex University’s beauty contest on her behalf. The chapter left them preparing for the school anniversary, while Si Ming’s palace mission remained ahead.

• Han Hao asked Si Ming to confirm the emperor’s condition, and Si Ming agreed after securing a divine weapon as payment.
• Han Hao promised to provide a vicious blade or evil weapon for Si Ming’s palace mission.
• A student invited Murong Qing to enter Codex University’s beauty contest for its anniversary.
• Murong Qing declined because she disliked the contestants’ revealing outfits.
• Si Ming accepted the invitation for Murong Qing, leaving the student confused about who he was.

Si Ming persuaded Murong Qing to remain his fake girlfriend while he pursued his ambitions, and she set Spirit Transformation as the condition for a real relationship. He then met the helper Cuan Er had recruited: his old classmate He Qichang.

• A journalism club student recruited Murong Qing for the school beauty pageant, and Si Ming explained that her participation would help create an alibi for his palace investigation.
• Murong Qing challenged Si Ming about his motives, and he admitted he wanted a harem; she agreed to stay his fake girlfriend and said he could pursue a real relationship after reaching Spirit Transformation.
• Si Ming celebrated Murong Qing's response by absorbing solar power in the plaza, while Murong Qing watched him and considered asking her Master to set ground rules.
• Si Ming asked Cuan Er about finding a helper, and Cuan Er brought in He Qichang, Si Ming's old classmate and a Shadow Hero Guard member who knew Murong Qing as well.

Si Ming recruited He Qichang to support his planned investigation of the imperial palace and encouraged him to find a new purpose after his enemy’s death. At Codex University’s anniversary beauty contest, Murong Qing recognized a stand-in posing as Si Ming and silenced a nobleman who interrupted her thoughts.

• He Qichang thanked Si Ming for killing Tang Jing, the Vicious Q​​i Evil Spider, who had destroyed his family, and admitted he felt lost without his revenge goal.
• Si Ming asked He Qichang to provide backup outside the imperial palace and watch over his master, and urged him to relax and explore France.
• Two days later, Codex University held its anniversary celebration, where Murong Qing stood out among the beauty contest contestants in a swordswoman’s outfit.
• Murong Qing spotted the man posing as Si Ming and realized he was a fake because he lacked Si Ming’s distinctive individuality.
• Hu, son of the Marquis of Pingyang, approached Murong Qing with a rose, but she struck him with Vast Cold Sword Qi and left him unable to speak.

Si Ming infiltrated the imperial palace by hiding inside a pig and then used the Sound of Broken Harmony to pass unseen by the guards. He headed toward the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where His Majesty resided.

• Si Ming hid inside a pig delivered to the palace and waited for Eunuch Hai’s signal before emerging.
• Eunuch Hai gave Si Ming a map and offered to guide him, but Si Ming knocked him unconscious and concealed him.
• Si Ming used a map from the third prince to make his way openly toward the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
• When palace guards encountered him, Si Ming’s finger snaps briefly erased their awareness, allowing him to pass without being noticed.
• Si Ming continued through the palace, leaving its attendants unaware that he was there.

Si Ming confronted Song Taiping in the Hall of Mental Cultivation after using the emperor as bait, then learned that the second prince had three other Spirit Transformation experts and was attacking the third prince’s residence. Song Taiping urged him to abandon his contract, leaving Si Ming to decide whether to keep fighting or return to his employer.

• Si Ming drew Song Taiping out from the roof by pretending to attack the emperor, then identified him as the Celestial Master of the Mysterious Capital.
• Song Taiping said the emperor was alive but had lost his senses and could neither move nor speak.
• Si Ming prepared to fight, but Song Taiping offered him better terms to join the second prince.
• Song Taiping revealed that the second prince had three more Spirit Transformation experts and was attacking the third prince’s residence that day.
• Song Taiping argued that Si Ming’s contract was canceled if the third prince died, and Si Ming fell silent to consider the offer.

Si Ming defeated Song Taiping in their clash, but Song used the emperor’s death to frame the third prince and provoke him into staying. Si Ming attacked Song again, while Song’s usual defense was undermined by the saber force filling the palace.

• Si Ming challenged Song Taiping and struck him with a powerful slash that Song redirected through his horsetail whisk, damaging the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
• Song Taiping admitted he was no match for Si Ming, and Si Ming prepared to leave as alarms sounded and experts approached.
• Song Taiping sent retained saber force into the emperor, then shouted that the third prince had murdered him, hoping to implicate the prince and delay Si Ming.
• Si Ming drowned out Song’s accusation by declaring that the second prince and Song had murdered the emperor, then prepared to destroy the corpse and evidence.
• Song Taiping provoked Si Ming into attacking again, but the saber force filled the area and drove away the Primal Qi that Song relied on for defense.

Si Ming fought Song Taiping in the ruined palace, drove him off, and left amid the chaos. Meanwhile, Han Kun surrounded Han Hao’s residence with his allies and demanded his surrender, leaving the Third Prince under overwhelming pressure.

• Si Ming overwhelmed Song Taiping with a succession of saber strikes, while the guards could not intervene and the Hall of Mental Cultivation was reduced to ruins.
• Si Ming shouted through the palace that the Second Prince and the Celestial Master of the Mysterious Capital had murdered the sovereign, drowning out the Second Prince’s attempt to blame the Third Prince.
• Song Taiping used a powerful Daoist technique against Si Ming, then fled by merging with a great peng phantom; Si Ming soon left the palace as well.
• Han Kun’s forces surrounded Han Hao’s residence, where Gu Changtian and Miao Yunli’s pressure pinned down those unable to resist.
• Han Hao questioned how Han Kun had concealed the backing of five Spirit Transformation experts, and Han Kun explained that years of preparation had given him the advantage before demanding Han Hao surrender.

Han Hao revealed that he had used a listening device hidden in Han Kun’s cat to learn his plans and deliberately lured him into a confrontation. When Gu Changtian and Miao Yunli moved to attack, Xiao Xuan intervened and challenged them to settle the fight in three moves, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Han Hao admitted that he had cheated in childhood games and used a listening device hidden in Han Kun’s black cat to uncover his plans.
• Han Hao explained that he had knowingly followed Han Kun’s trap to create a chance to capture him and overcome the imbalance between their forces.
• Gu Changtian attacked Han Hao, but an unseen hand destroyed his Sword Qi, and Han Kun yielded the fight to Senior Xiao.
• Xiao Xuan appeared, identified himself as the governor of a small border country, and faced Gu Changtian and Miao Yunli.
• Xiao Xuan said the battle would be over in three moves, while Gu Changtian and Miao Yunli refused to treat their attack as a friendly duel.

Su Yingbo rushed his dying wife, Ai Qing, to the overcrowded Royal Central Hospital and forced the doctors to prioritize her treatment. Ai Qing urged him not to threaten anyone and apologized for being unable to give him a child.

• Su Yingbo carried Ai Qing into the emergency room and demanded that the doctors save her.
• The doctors protested that the hospital was overwhelmed with injured patients and that Ai Qing seemed beyond saving.
• Su Yingbo threatened the staff, and a chief physician persuaded him to keep only three skilled doctors for Ai Qing’s treatment.
• Ai Qing asked Su Yingbo not to take his anger out on others, and he promised to stop threatening the doctors.
• Ai Qing apologized to Su Yingbo for being unable to give him a child.

Ai Qing was gravely injured after falling during an argument with her father, and Su Yingbo pleaded with the doctors to save her as they rushed her into emergency treatment. While he waited, Si Ming asked him to restore order in the city, but Su Yingbo refused in anger over the soldiers whose fighting had led to Ai Qing’s injury.

• The doctors examined Ai Qing and told Su Yingbo that her weakness and pregnancy made her injuries exceptionally difficult to treat.
• Ai Qing urged Su Yingbo not to blame the doctors and reminded him of his duty to protect others.
• Su Yingbo kowtowed to the doctors and begged them to save Ai Qing, and they promised to use every means available.
• The doctors took Ai Qing into the emergency room and prepared to use Physician Yan’s needles to sustain her life.
• Si Ming asked Su Yingbo to stop the Imperial Army soldiers from fighting, but Su Yingbo refused and said he wanted them to suffer.
• Si Ming reminded Su Yingbo that civilians could be hurt, just as Ai Qing had been.

After the political struggle ended, Su Yingbo remained consumed by grief over Ai Qing’s death, while Yan Jinghong entered his sealed room to try to reach him. The chapter ended with the cause of Ai Qing’s death still unresolved as Su Yingbo blamed himself for losing his temper.

• Xiao Xuan defeated two Spirit Transformation masters, and Han Hao seized the throne while capturing Han Kun.
• Han Hao crippled Han Kun and sentenced him to life in Bashidi Prison, where he would have to wear a mask.
• Si Ming and his companions attended Ai Qing’s funeral, while Su Yingbo stayed sealed inside his room and refused to respond.
• Yan Jinghong dissolved the barrier and entered Su Yingbo’s room to try to help him face his grief.
• Su Yingbo’s parents mourned Ai Qing, and Su Yingbo blamed himself for failing to control his temper.

After Ai Qing’s funeral, Su Yingbo remained isolated in his grief until the Nether Master revealed that he had engineered her death and offered to revive her through soul research. Su Yingbo faced a choice between attacking the murderer and accepting his deal.

• Yan Jinghong emerged from Su Yingbo’s room and decided to give him seven more days before dragging him out by force.
• After the funeral, Su Yingbo stayed in a room surrounded by photographs of Ai Qing, where his longing made the figures in them move.
• The Nether Master appeared before Su Yingbo, and the sight of him prompted Su Yingbo to remember suspicious details surrounding Ai Qing’s death.
• Su Yingbo accused the Nether Master of arranging the events that led to Ai Qing’s death and prepared to attack him.
• The Nether Master claimed he could revive Ai Qing by restoring her divine soul and cited past experiments as evidence.
• Su Yingbo condemned the Nether Master for killing his wife and using her as leverage, while the Nether Master left the decision to make a deal to him.

Su Yingbo faced the Nether Master's offer to bring his wife back, while Si Ming and Murong Qing investigated the Heaven-Defying Society's silence and suspected its real target was elsewhere. The chapter ended with them warning the newly enthroned Han Hao to alert the Nation of Valor, as he explained his plans to weaken imperial power.

• The Nether Master blamed Su Yingbo for refusing Yan Jinghong's disciple and argued that Su Yingbo had chosen weakness by yielding to threats.
• The Nether Master pressed Su Yingbo to choose between saving his wife by helping cause chaos in France or refusing and accepting her loss, but Su Yingbo rejected the kidnapper's oath and defended his desire to protect those close to him.
• Si Ming and Murong Qing reasoned that the Heaven-Defying Society had not attacked because France's Divine Pillar might be a decoy, with the Nation of Valor or Germany as its true target.
• Si Ming decided to ask Han Hao to warn the Nation of Valor, and he and Murong Qing went to the palace to meet him.
• Han Hao apologized for keeping them waiting and said he planned to eliminate aristocratic privileges and weaken imperial power rather than adopt grand imperial forms of address.

After Han Hao offered Si Ming a lead on the Primordial Non-Empty True Scripture, Si Ming considered how the cultivation method might improve his slow Internal Cultivation. Si Ming and Murong Qing also discussed Han Hao’s apparent resolve to strip the nobles of their privileges, recognizing that the struggle could bring widespread bloodshed.

• Si Ming accepted Han Hao’s account of a strange phenomenon at the site where the founding emperor found the Primordial Non-Empty True Scripture and considered investigating it.
• Murong Qing explained the Daoist School’s Five Primordial Stages, and Si Ming concluded that the scripture might strengthen his Internal Cultivation.
• Si Ming assessed Han Hao’s self-discipline and past, then reasoned that taking the throne was likely only one step toward his larger goal.
• Murong Qing observed that Han Hao intended to strip the nobles of their privileges, and Si Ming warned that the ensuing conflict could be bloody.
• Si Ming decided that he and Murong Qing should avoid intervening directly in France’s political struggle, though they could ask Senior Uncle Xiao to help.

Si Ming and Murong Qing received miniaturized Profound Armor and tested their new equipment before traveling with He Qichang to the ruins near his former home, Maohuang Village. He Qichang revealed that the Vicious Q​​i Evil Spider had slaughtered the villagers, likely while searching for a divine cultivation manual.

• Si Ming received a spatial bracelet containing the miniaturized Vermilion Bird Profound Armor, while Murong Qing received a scabbard for her Black Tortoise Armor.
• Si Ming and Murong Qing tested their armor’s deployment and storage, and Si Ming invited He Qichang to visit the ancient ruins.
• He Qichang identified Maohuang Village as his former home and explained that its people had migrated there to guard something.
• The three passed a French military cordon with Han Hao’s authorization and followed He Qichang to a concealed cave near the village’s ancestral shrine.
• He Qichang said the Vicious Q​​i Evil Spider had killed the villagers and agreed that it probably came seeking a divine cultivation manual.
• He Qichang explained that he had survived because a hunting injury delayed his return, and that his mother had died when he was young.

Si Ming, Murong Qing, and He Qichang discovered the Primordial Non-Empty True Scripture in a cave, but a mysterious figure appeared and forced them into a game. They were transported to a ruined town beneath two moons, and they began assessing how to return.

• He Qichang explained that his Demon Race bloodline came from his village's mixed Human and Demon Race ancestry.
• The damaged stele projected the Primordial Non-Empty True Scripture, including cultivation methods and martial techniques, into the cavern.
• A humanoid figure of light appeared, mocked the three, and announced a game judged by how much they entertained it.
• Si Ming attacked the figure, but it reformed and activated a ring of light that transported Si Ming, Murong Qing, and He Qichang away.
• The three found themselves in a dilapidated town beneath two moons, and Si Ming and Murong Qing considered how they might return to the Sea Continent.

A boy and Jinyu tried to survive in a Spirit Domain far more dangerous than expected, but a Stone Dweller overwhelmed them and left the boy badly wounded. He refused to use the strange mark over his heart to escape because it came from the person he intended to avenge.

• A boy and Jinyu hid from a half-mechanical wolf and realized the Spirit Domain's monsters were far stronger than they had expected.
• The boy urged Jinyu to leave with her Realm-Breaking Stone, but she refused to abandon him.
• A Stone Dweller attacked them, displaying the severed heads of their teammates, and the boy convinced Jinyu to flee while he held it off.
• Jinyu struck the Stone Dweller with flaming Sword Qi and ran, while the boy blocked its chain and challenged it.
• After fighting for ten minutes, the wounded boy collapsed and refused to use the mark over his heart because he would not accept help from the person he sought revenge against.

Si Ming rescued a young man, killed a Stone Dweller, and survived being swallowed by the Mechanical Sandworm King. The young man identified the region as the Barbarian Continent and explained that martial artists used Martial Forms, leaving Si Ming and his companions seeking answers about the unfamiliar world.

• Si Ming stopped the Stone Dweller from killing the young man, resisted its curse, and killed it by twisting its neck.
• Murong Qing and He Qichang teased Si Ming about frightening the young man with his reaction to the monster.
• The young man warned Si Ming, Murong Qing, and He Qichang that the five-star Mechanical Sandworm King was approaching and urged them to summon their Martial Forms.
• Si Ming asked about Martial Forms, and the young man said they were common knowledge in the Barbarian Continent.
• The Mechanical Sandworm King swallowed Si Ming, but he blasted through its inner wall, tore open its belly, and emerged unharmed.

Si Ming, Murong Qing, and He Qichang learned that the Barbarian Continent was a barren land overrun by Yao Qi, where people relied on Martial Forms granted by Soul Artifacts. After Xu Zhengyi described his world and its powers, the group tested whether their own weapons were Soul Artifacts.

• Murong Qing treated Xu Zhengyi's wounds, and he introduced himself and learned the names of his three benefactors.
• Xu Zhengyi said he had never heard of the Glazed Temple or the Heavenly Martial Alliance, and Si Ming suspected they were in another part of the Barbarian Continent.
• Xu Zhengyi explained that the Netherworld Insect Princess and her black insects had devastated the continent, leaving its people dependent on nutrient paste.
• Xu Zhengyi said people obtained Martial Forms through contact with Soul Artifacts, while he lacked Spirit Roots and had been promised a Medal Knight Martial Form by a priest.
• Murong Qing showed Xu Zhengyi the Moon God's Tear, which he identified as a divine weapon but not a Soul Artifact, and Si Ming presented the Wheel-Turning King Sword and the Crimson Scorpion Evil Saber for him to examine.