Recaps

Chen Ning paid Shui Ziliu for information about Lü Xiaochuan, learning that Lü had stolen a treasure from the Living King of Hell and was recently seen in Desire Sin Valley. As the group traveled there, repeated ambushes dwindled after Sui Qingshan methodically cleared the battlefields.

• Chen Ning asked Shui Ziliu about Lü Xiaochuan, and Nalan Yao paid him for what he knew.
• Shui Ziliu explained that Lü had stolen the Living King of Hell's prized treasure and had been entered in the Book of Life and Death.
• Nalan Yao paid Shui Ziliu again, and he revealed that Lü had appeared in Desire Sin Valley half a month earlier.
• Chen Ning set out for Desire Sin Valley with Shui Ziliu and his companions, who fought off people trying to rob them.
• Sui Qingshan lingered to clear the corpses after battles, and Ding Erliang pointed out that fewer people attacked as onlookers judged the group’s strength.

Chen Ning and his companions reached Desire Sin Valley, the Sin Domain’s protected black market, and learned how its powerful master kept the trading ground safe. Shui Ziliu suggested that finding Lü Xiaochuan depended on Ding Erliang, whose uncomfortable silence hinted at a troubling history with the valley.

• Chen Ning explained that Sui Qingshan’s cheerful corpse-clearing had unnerved the hidden watchers, and the group continued toward Desire Sin Valley.
• Chen Ning’s companions arrived at the valley and saw its strange and disturbing trade in goods used for evil cultivation.
• Shui Ziliu explained that the four bandit emperors protected the market, while the valley master offered paid escorts to help traders evade robbers outside.
• Chen Ning asked where to find Lü Xiaochuan, and Shui Ziliu pointed to Ding Erliang, teasing him about having once offended the Living King of Hell over a beauty.

Chen Ning and his companions visited Desire Sin Valley to buy information about Lü Xiaochuan. Hua Sanniang accepted a Three-Vein Divine Pill and revealed that Lü Xiaochuan had come to her seeking an introduction to one of the other Thief Emperors.

• Shui Ziliu told Chen Ning that his spy had seen Lü Xiaochuan in Desire Sin Valley and suggested asking Hua Sanniang for information.
• Chen Ning said he would seek an audience with Hua Sanniang, while Ding Erliang stayed behind if he wished.
• Nalan Yao led Chen Ning and the others to Hua Sanniang and offered spatial bags in exchange for information about Lü Xiaochuan.
• Hua Sanniang warned that helping them could draw the Heaven Thief Emperor's attention, so Chen Ning gave her a Three-Vein Divine Pill.
• Hua Sanniang explained that Lü Xiaochuan had stolen the Heaven Thief Emperor's treasure to gain renown and had asked her to introduce him to another Thief Emperor.

Chen Ning and his companions followed Hua Sanniang’s subordinate into the underground palace, where they discovered a trap and faced Hua Sanniang’s forces. Nalan Yao, Old Man Yang, and Bai Ziyu fought the attackers while Chen Ning watched from the rear.

• Chen Ning questioned Hua Sanniang about Lü Xiaochuan, and she sent the group toward a chamber in the underground palace.
• At the chamber, Chen Ning had Xue Rang throw Hua Sanniang’s subordinate inside, triggering a formation and revealing that the room was empty.
• Hua Sanniang’s subordinates emerged from the secret passages, and Hua Sanniang declared that the group would not leave alive.
• Nalan Yao, Old Man Yang, and Bai Ziyu charged the attackers while Xue Rang stayed with the little monk and Chen Ning remained beside Hua Luo.
• The attackers proved unable to match Nalan Yao and the others.

Hua Sanniang’s forces clashed with Chen Ning’s group, whose fighters quickly overwhelmed her elite subordinates. Hua Sanniang attacked Chen Ning, but Sui Qingshan intercepted her, and their battle turned fierce as she fought recklessly to secure her foothold in the Sin Domain.

• Bai Ziyu blasted aside Hua Sanniang’s deceptive attackers with his righteous Qi, while Old Man Yang and Nalan Yao routed their opponents.
• A subordinate tried to ambush Chen Ning, but Xue Rang crushed the attacker with his bare hands while carrying the little monk.
• Hua Sanniang charged at Chen Ning, but Sui Qingshan struck first and knocked her back, revealing that he had reached the Saint Emperor realm.
• Hua Sanniang formed a green snake phantom and attacked Sui Qingshan, who shattered it with a palm.
• Hua Sanniang launched a desperate assault, drawing Sui Qingshan into a bitter battle, and he questioned why she was risking her life.

Sui Qingshan nearly killed Hua Sanniang and Ding Erliang before Chen Ning stopped him and the group discovered the fight had begun over a misunderstanding. Hua Sanniang explained that she was protecting Lü Xiaochuan because he had come to her injured with a token from Ding Erliang.

• Sui Qingshan unleashed a lightning attack that injured Hua Sanniang, and he struck Ding Erliang when he intervened to protect her.
• Chen Ning stopped Sui Qingshan before he could attack Ding Erliang again, and Ding Erliang thanked him for saving his life.
• Ding Erliang asked Chen Ning for a healing pill for Hua Sanniang, but she rejected Ding Erliang and said the person he had once wanted to save was dead.
• Hua Sanniang explained that she had attacked Chen Ning's group because she mistook them for allies of the Living King of Hell, and that Lü Xiaochuan had sought refuge with her while gravely injured.
• Hua Sanniang showed the dart Lü Xiaochuan had brought, and Ding Erliang explained that he had given it to Lü Xiaochuan as a token of a life debt.
• Ding Erliang and Bai Ziyu began arguing until Chen Ning threatened to have them fight Sui Qingshan, making them fall silent.

Hua Luo rescued a scarred slave girl named A Li, who shared her lonely fate, and Chen Ning accepted her as Hua Luo’s companion. Hua Sanniang led Chen Ning and the others to a hidden chamber to find Lü Xiaochuan, but they found it empty despite signs someone had been there.

• Hua Luo sensed someone in a prison cell and forced open its bars to reach a young slave girl.
• Hua Sanniang warned Chen Ning that the girl had a Misfortune Physique, but let him take her without payment.
• Hua Luo brought the girl to Chen Ning, who learned her name was A Li and told her to stay by Hua Luo’s side.
• Hua Sanniang led Chen Ning and his companions to a hidden chamber, where they found no one despite signs of recent occupancy.

Chen Ning learned that Lü Xiaochuan had escaped the secret chamber, likely through his extraordinary talent, and reflected on the chance to meet him later. That night, Ding Erliang told Chen Ning how he had met and fallen in love with a dancer who was secretly an assassin, ending with his regret that he had not asked her to stay.

• Chen Ning deduced that Lü Xiaochuan had escaped the secret chamber, and Ding Erliang and Sui Qingshan praised Lü Xiaochuan's exceptional talent.
• Hua Sanniang admitted she did not know Lü Xiaochuan's true purpose in the Sin Domain.
• Chen Ning joined Ding Erliang on a roof at night and offered him a jar of strong liquor, which stirred memories of the Nine Provinces Realm.
• Ding Erliang asked Chen Ning whether he deserved to die and began recounting his past with a woman he had loved.
• Ding Erliang explained that he had met the woman when she was a dancer in Desire Sin Valley, unknowingly disrupting her planned assassination.
• Ding Erliang said he had saved the injured woman and grown close to her, but lacked the courage or right to ask her to stay when she recovered.

Ding Erliang told Chen Ning how he had abandoned Hua Sanniang after she sacrificed herself to save him, and Chen Ning urged him to apologize without expecting forgiveness. Ding Erliang set off for Hua Sanniang’s residence, while Chen Ning realized his feelings toward his subordinates were changing.

• Ding Erliang recounted how he had found Hua Sanniang imprisoned in Desire Sin Valley and been captured alongside her.
• Ding Erliang explained that Hua Sanniang gave herself to the Living King of Hell to save him, but he fled the Sin Domain rather than return for her.
• Chen Ning told Ding Erliang that Hua Sanniang owed him nothing and described how she had destroyed the faction that had used her as a sacrifice and taken control of Desire Sin Valley.
• Chen Ning urged Ding Erliang to apologize to Hua Sanniang because she had risked herself to save Lü Xiaochuan over an object connected to him.
• Ding Erliang thanked Chen Ning, kowtowed, and stumbled toward Hua Sanniang’s residence to apologize.
• Chen Ning watched Ding Erliang leave and realized he was beginning to regard his subordinates as his own people.

Ding Erliang apologized to Hua Sanniang and chose to remain in Desire Sin Valley, while Chen Ning and his companions set out for the Sea of Death to see Lü Xiaochuan’s attempt to steal the Pirate Emperor’s Boundless Divine Bottle. After defeating the hunters waiting outside the valley, they continued toward the Pirate Emperor’s territory as crowds gathered there.

• Ding Erliang apologized to Hua Sanniang for abandoning her and left, while she wept behind her closed door.
• News spread that Lü Xiaochuan planned to steal the Pirate Emperor’s Boundless Divine Bottle, and the Pirate Emperor publicly welcomed him and other would-be thieves to the Death Archipelago.
• Ding Erliang told Chen Ning he would stay in Desire Sin Valley to watch over Hua Sanniang, and Chen Ning respected his decision.
• Chen Ning led Nalan Yao and the others out of Desire Sin Valley, where they killed the hunters waiting to attack them.
• Chen Ning and his companions continued toward the Sea of Death with Shui Ziliu as their guide, while more people traveled there to witness Lü Xiaochuan’s challenge.

Chen Ning and his companions paid to board a ship to the Death Archipelago, where a sea beast attacked visitors on the shore. As they escaped, a fleeing man tried to seize Hua Luo and A Li to slow the creature down.

• Chen Ning and his companions paid the Pirate Emperor's passage fee and chartered a ship to the Death Archipelago.
• Shui Ziliu explained that they had landed on an outer island and that reaching the core islands required paying a fortune.
• A Li sensed danger from the sea, and Chen Ning led the group farther from the shore.
• A fierce wave swept away nearby cultivators, whose powers were suppressed before the sea beast dragged them underwater.
• A fleeing man threw other people behind him to distract the sea beast, then reached for Hua Luo and A Li.

Chen Ning killed a Saint King Late Stage man who tried to sacrifice Hua Luo and A Li, then helped his group repel the sea beast attacking the island. After surviving the assault, the group decided to hurry toward the safer core islands of the Death Archipelago.

• A Saint King Late Stage man tried to use Hua Luo and A Li to delay the sea beast, but Chen Ning severed his arm.
• The man attacked Chen Ning, who killed him with one punch from the Destruction Divine Fist.
• Old Man Yang, Bai Ziyu, and Xue Rang fought off the sea beast's tentacles while Sui Qingshan swallowed the waves with his technique.
• Nalan Yao strengthened Old Man Yang and Bai Ziyu with the Great Dao of Music, and their attacks wounded the sea beast badly enough to drive it back into the sea.
• Nalan Yao urged Chen Ning's group to leave the island and reach the core islands, and Chen Ning agreed.

Chen Ning and his companions arrived at Wailing Island, where the Pirate Emperor planned to display the Boundless Divine Bottle and other treasures. As the exhibition began, a fishing elder sent by his clan to kill Chen Ning followed them toward the island.

• Five Saint King disciples urged the fishing elder to kill Chen Ning, but he told them to wait and observe before acting.
• The fishing elder caught a ten-foot fish from the Sea of Death and handled it without harm, revealing his special constitution.
• Shui Ziliu explained Wailing Island’s history and identified the statue of the Pirate Emperor and the Boundless Divine Bottle it held.
• Chen Ning learned that the Pirate Emperor would display the Boundless Divine Bottle that night, apparently to lure Lü Xiaochuan into revealing himself.
• Night fell, and the Pirate Emperor’s treasure exhibition began, drawing visitors eager to buy rare materials from the Sea of Death.

The Pirate Emperor displayed the Boundless Divine Bottle inside a flawless crystal cover, confident it could not be stolen. After his Four Sharp Blades killed a would-be thief, Chen Ning believed Lü Xiaochuan would still make his move that night.

• The Pirate Emperor presented the Boundless Divine Bottle and placed it under a transparent flawless crystal cover.
• A masked Saint King Late Stage cultivator struck the cover, failed to damage it, and tried to flee.
• The Pirate Emperor's three other Saint King Late Stage subordinates attacked and killed the masked cultivator.
• Shui Ziliu told Chen Ning that the four subordinates were known as the Pirate Emperor's Four Sharp Blades.
• Nalan Yao doubted Lü Xiaochuan would appear, but Chen Ning reasoned that the exposed bottle made tonight his best chance to steal it.

Lü Xiaochuan stole the Pirate Emperor’s Boundless Divine Bottle by swapping it and disguising himself as one of the Four Sharp Blades, but his cover was exposed before he could escape. With the Pirate Emperor and his men closing in, Chen Ning offered to help Lü Xiaochuan flee in exchange for a condition, but Lü Xiaochuan refused and chose to fight on his own.

• The Pirate Emperor discovered that the Boundless Divine Bottle he had retrieved was a fake and ordered the crowd detained while his ships and men blocked every escape route.
• Chen Ning chose to watch rather than fight, while the crowd protested the Pirate Emperor’s attempt to hold them on the island.
• A poisoned subordinate returned to report that someone had knocked him out, exposing that the man guarding the crowd was an impostor.
• Lü Xiaochuan shed his disguise, and Chen Ning and Old Man Yang recognized him as the thief who had swapped the Divine Artifact and the subordinate’s place.
• The Pirate Emperor ordered the other three Sharp Blades to attack Lü Xiaochuan, but Chen Ning offered him a way to escape in exchange for a condition.
• Lü Xiaochuan refused Chen Ning’s offer, and Chen Ning invited the others to watch him fight.

Lü Xiaochuan fought the Pirate Emperor’s three sharp blades after stealing the Boundless Divine Bottle, but his injuries left him close to defeat. He accepted Chen Ning’s terms, allowing Nalan Yao and the others to intervene, though the Pirate Emperor still stood between them and escape.

• Lü Xiaochuan fought three Saint King Late Stage sharp blades and killed one, but sustained further injuries.
• The two remaining sharp blades pressed their attack, and the Pirate Emperor ordered them to capture Lü Xiaochuan alive.
• Lü Xiaochuan asked Chen Ning whether his offer still stood and agreed to Chen Ning’s condition.
• Nalan Yao, Bai Ziyu, Old Man Yang, and the others attacked the Pirate Emperor’s subordinates to help Lü Xiaochuan.
• Old Man Yang’s flaming chains held off the two sharp blades long enough to give Lü Xiaochuan breathing room, but the group still faced the Pirate Emperor.

The Pirate Emperor attacked Chen Ning to reclaim the Boundless Divine Bottle, but Sui Qingshan intercepted him and fought him fiercely. While Sui Qingshan was occupied, the old fisherman launched a sneak attack on Chen Ning, who dodged with the Great Dao of Time; the old man then appeared with five disciples.

• Lü Xiaochuan went to Chen Ning’s side, thanked him for saving his life, and acknowledged that Chen Ning’s position was the safest place on the Island of Wailing.
• The Pirate Emperor attacked to reclaim the Boundless Divine Bottle, and Sui Qingshan shattered his water dragon with a single blow.
• Sui Qingshan and the Pirate Emperor clashed dozens of times, and Lü Xiaochuan realized that Sui Qingshan had reached the Saint Emperor Realm despite being a sacrifice.
• A Li warned Chen Ning of a black-light attack, and Chen Ning slowed it with the Great Dao of Time before dodging while carrying the little monk, Hua Luo, and A Li.
• The old fisherman appeared with five disciples and remarked on the Great Dao of Time while Sui Qingshan remained occupied with the Pirate Emperor.

Chu Hengkong, a powerful elder of the Darkness God Clan, confronted Chen Ning and ordered his disciples to kill him. Chen Ning slew three of the five attackers, but Chu Hengkong intervened and prepared to fight him, while the Pirate Emperor’s offer to join forces was rejected.

• Chen Ning realized the fishing elder was Chu Hengkong, a Late Saint Emperor and senior member of the Darkness God Clan who had come to kill him.
• Five of Chu Hengkong’s Saint King Late Stage disciples attacked Chen Ning with their strongest techniques.
• Chen Ning’s Sword Intent broke their attacks and killed three disciples before Chu Hengkong’s black radiance saved the other two.
• Chu Hengkong declared that he would defy heaven’s punishment to kill Chen Ning, while Chen Ning recognized that his new sword strike still could not overcome Chu Hengkong’s realm.
• The Pirate Emperor asked Chu Hengkong to join forces against their shared enemies, but Chu Hengkong dismissed him, and Sui Qingshan charged the Pirate Emperor again.

The Pirate Emperor transformed and fought Sui Qingshan, while Chen Ning and his allies failed to harm Chu Hengkong with the Boundless Divine Bottle. Emperor Yu finally appeared, revealing Chu Hengkong’s weakness and confirming that he had secretly been protecting Chen Ning.

• The Pirate Emperor transformed into a giant shark-like form and charged Sui Qingshan, who unleashed sealed waves that could not hurt him.
• Nalan Yao, Old Man Yang, Bai Ziyu, and Xue Rang gathered to defend Chen Ning from Chu Hengkong, but Chen Ning told them to help Sui Qingshan instead.
• Lü Xiaochuan handed Chen Ning the Boundless Divine Bottle, and Chen Ning summoned towering waterspouts that Chu Hengkong easily destroyed.
• A voice revealed that Chu Hengkong used darkness as his body and could never enter the Saint Venerable Realm.
• Emperor Yu arrived across the Sea of Death, and Chen Ning deduced that his master had been secretly protecting him.

Emperor Yu fought Chu Hengkong while Sui Qingshan defeated the Pirate Emperor on the Island of Wailing. After the Pirate Emperor fell, the crowd rushed to seize the island’s hidden treasures.

• Emperor Yu confronted Chu Hengkong, and their first clash shook the Island of Wailing.
• Chu Hengkong unleashed his Darkness Divine Marks and exchanged blows with Emperor Yu, leaving their battle deadlocked.
• Sui Qingshan relentlessly pursued the wounded Pirate Emperor, despite suffering severe injuries himself.
• Sui Qingshan pierced the Pirate Emperor’s head with a lightning spear, killing him.
• The crowd scrambled for the treasures hidden on the island after the Pirate Emperor fell.

Emperor Yu fought Chu Hengkong as the Island of Wailing descended into chaos after the Pirate Emperor’s death. Emperor Yu broke Chu Hengkong’s Darkness Domain, but A Li sensed danger as Chu Hengkong suddenly lunged at him.

• Chen Ning gave the gravely wounded Sui Qingshan a nine-mark healing Immortal Pill, and Sui Qingshan thanked him before taking it.
• Emperor Yu gained the upper hand against Chu Hengkong, driving him back with powerful punches.
• Chu Hengkong created a Darkness Domain that covered the world and sent torrents of dark power at Emperor Yu.
• Emperor Yu unleashed a golden punch that shattered the Darkness Domain and gravely injured Chu Hengkong.
• A Li warned Emperor Yu of danger, and Chu Hengkong lunged at him despite his injuries.

Chen Ning used the forbidden Time Stop to save Emperor Yu from Chu Hengkong’s attempt to drag them both into the Sea of Death. After Emperor Yu beat Chu Hengkong nearly to death, Chen Ning asked that he be kept alive for the Light God Clan, and Sui Qingshan offered to seal him in the Nine Nether Demon Diagram.

• Chu Hengkong took Emperor Yu’s punch and grabbed him, trying to drag them both into the Sea of Death.
• Chen Ning stopped time across the Island of Wailing and used his remaining strength to pull Emperor Yu away from the sea.
• Time resumed, and Emperor Yu landed safely on the ground before beating Chu Hengkong until he was nearly unrecognizable.
• Chen Ning asked Emperor Yu to leave Chu Hengkong alive and hand him over to the Light God Clan.
• Sui Qingshan offered to keep Chu Hengkong alive by sealing him inside the Nine Nether Demon Diagram.

Sui Qingshan sealed Chu Hengkong into the Nine Nether Demon Diagram, while Chen Ning obtained the pouch the first sect master had left for him. After the group departed the Sin Domain, Lü Xiaochuan returned to Desire Sin Valley to take Hua Sanniang away.

• Sui Qingshan explained that the Nine Nether Demon Diagram could seal creatures and turn them into reusable patterns, then began sealing Chu Hengkong into it.
• Chen Ning and his companions left the Island of Wailing by boat, and Lü Xiaochuan gave Chen Ning the pouch the old master had left for him.
• Lü Xiaochuan declined to join Chen Ning and departed after reaching shore, while Shui Ziliu collected a reward and left as well.
• Chen Ning decided to return, and the group prepared to leave the Sin Domain.
• Lü Xiaochuan returned to Desire Sin Valley intending to take Hua Sanniang away in repayment for saving him.
• Hua Sanniang asked Lü Xiaochuan what had brought him back.

Lü Xiaochuan returned to Desire Sin Valley to take Hua Sanniang away, but Shui Ziliu revealed that he was working for the Living King of Hell and had set a trap for them. With five powerful enemies arriving, Hua Sanniang stepped forward to protect Lü Xiaochuan.

• Lü Xiaochuan urged Hua Sanniang to leave Desire Sin Valley with him and find Ding Erliang, but she refused and ordered him to go.
• Shui Ziliu appeared and revealed that he had infiltrated Chen Ning’s group on the Living King of Hell’s orders.
• Shui Ziliu explained that the Living King of Hell wanted Lü Xiaochuan, Hua Sanniang, and Ding Erliang dead, and had used Chen Ning to eliminate the Pirate Emperor.
• Lü Xiaochuan told Hua Sanniang that Brother Sui had killed the Pirate Emperor, shocking her.
• Four Saint King Late Stage fighters and one Saint Emperor Early Stage fighter arrived, and Hua Sanniang told Lü Xiaochuan to hide in the underground palace while she held them off.

Lü Xiaochuan and Hua Sanniang fought the Heaven Thief Emperor’s forces while surrounded, until Ding Erliang returned and turned the battle around. The four Saint King Late Stage experts died, but Hua Sanniang was still locked in combat with the meteor-hammer-wielding Saint Emperor.

• Lü Xiaochuan refused Hua Sanniang’s offer to escape alone, and the two prepared to fight their way out together.
• Lü Xiaochuan held off four Saint King Late Stage experts while Hua Sanniang battled the Saint Emperor wielding meteor hammers.
• Shui Ziliu urged the four experts to risk their lives, and Lü Xiaochuan began to lose ground against their fiercer attacks.
• Ding Erliang arrived and killed one attacker with Saint-Dissolving Yin Water, then used his Movement Method to dissolve two more.
• Lü Xiaochuan killed the last of the four Saint King Late Stage experts with a pillar of Essence Power.