Recaps

Lu Yang’s cultivation advanced rapidly after he practiced the Hidden Return Dragon and Phoenix Secret Canon with Jiang Shiqing and Qin Nanyue. After waking, Qin Nanyue struggled with her memories of the night and decided to focus on sword cultivation.

• Lu Yang found Jiang Shiqing and Qin Nanyue together by the spirit spring, and the three later practiced the Hidden Return Dragon and Phoenix Secret Canon.
• Lu Yang woke the next morning and realized that one night of dual cultivation had greatly boosted his cultivation and Jiang Shiqing’s.
• Lu Yang spoke with Liu Yaoyao over breakfast and offered to explain what she did not understand about the cultivation method.
• Qin Nanyue woke at noon, remembered the previous night, and blamed Jiang Shiqing for encouraging Lu Yang’s requests.
• Qin Nanyue left the bed to cultivate the Heavenly Trace Sword Canon and reaffirmed that she was a sword cultivator, not a cultivator of the Dao of Joyous Union.

Lu Yang and his companions arrived at Profound Earth Mountain after preparing to confront Zhou Mu of the Blood Devil Hall. The sect’s Nascent Soul True Lords came out to meet their imposing chariot, and Yang Qiu respectfully asked who had come and why.

• Liu Yaoyao learned the basics of the Hidden Return Dragon and Phoenix Secret Canon, then dual cultivated with Lu Yang and experienced its powerful effects.
• Lu Yang, Liu Yaoyao, Jiang Shiqing, and Qin Nanyue traveled through Yellow Province aboard the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot, while local cultivators wondered why nine Nascent Soul True Lords were heading toward Profound Earth Mountain.
• Lu Yang contacted Su Jinxuan, who said her group needed two shichen to finish their preparations to deal with Zhou Mu; after she later confirmed they were ready, Lu Yang told them to begin.
• The Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot stopped outside Profound Earth Mountain, whose sect activated its defensive formation and sent out more than ten Nascent Soul True Lords.
• Yang Qiu, a Nascent Soul Perfection elder of Profound Earth Mountain, bowed to the chariot and asked the visitor’s name and purpose.

Lu Yang and his powerful companions arrived at Profound Earth Mountain, alarming its elders before explaining that they wanted to see Li Fangfang. When Li Fangfang—living under that alias as Zhou Mu—was summoned, he grew uneasy and wondered whether his hidden identity had been discovered.

• Lu Yang's group emerged from the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot, and Profound Earth Mountain's elders counted their many Nascent Soul Realm guards and feared their strength.
• Yang Qiu cautiously asked who led the visitors, and Lu Yang said he had come to see True Person Qingxuan, Li Fangfang.
• Profound Earth Mountain's elders relaxed when they recognized Li Fangfang's name and arranged for him to come meet the visitors.
• At his stone hall, Zhou Mu reassured his two disciples that the visitors were unlikely to be enemies, while privately examining their extraordinary flying Law Treasure.
• Yang Qiu sent a message summoning Li Fangfang, and Zhou Mu's smile faltered as he wondered whether the visitors had come for him and sensed something was wrong.

Zhou Mu went to meet Lu Yang and the Profound Earth Mountain elders while concealing his identity as Li Fangfang, but Lu Yang identified him as the Blood Devil Hall’s master. Zhou Mu denied the accusation, and the elders defended him, suspecting Lu Yang of seeking an excuse to cause trouble.

• Zhou Mu left his two disciples and flew out of Profound Earth Mountain’s formation to meet the visiting elders and Lu Yang.
• Seeing Lu Yang, Zhou Mu felt an intense desire to consume him but restrained himself after sensing the danger posed by Lu Yang’s companions.
• Yang Qiu asked whether Zhou Mu knew Lu Yang, and Zhou Mu claimed they had never met.
• Lu Yang named him Hall Master Zhou Mu of the Blood Devil Hall and asked him to reveal his true appearance.
• Zhou Mu denied knowing the Blood Devil Hall, while Yang Qiu and the other elders insisted Li Fangfang was an honorable Profound Earth Mountain elder and offered to help find Zhou Mu.

Lu Yang ordered Wang Da to attack Zhou Mu at Profound Earth Mountain, and Wang Da’s overwhelming Fire Dao technique forced the sect’s elders to defend themselves. As the Nine Yang Heaven-Burning Seal battered their defenses, Zhou Mu suspected Lu Yang’s group came from the Spirit Realm and resolved to seek help from the Blood Devil Race.

• Lu Yang said Zhou Mu’s identity could be tested by seeing what he was capable of and ordered Wang Da to kill him.
• Wang Da summoned the Nine Yang Heaven-Burning Seal, whose immense pressure alarmed Profound Earth Mountain’s cultivators.
• Yang Qiu ordered Wang Xi to activate the sect-protecting formation while the other grand elders joined him in blocking the attack.
• The seal shattered the elders’ layers of Earth Dao barriers, and Zhou Mu feared that Profound Earth Mountain could not withstand Lu Yang’s faction.
• Zhou Mu wondered if Lu Yang’s group came from the Spirit Realm, then decided to contact the Blood Devil Race for rescue.

Zhou Mu recalled how he obtained the blood-colored crystal, cultivated the Blood Devil Great Art, and secretly built the Blood Devil Hall while planning to consume the Canglan Realm. After his identity was exposed during the battle at Profound Earth Mountain, the Blood Devil on the other side of the crystal promised to intervene if Zhou Mu faced danger, leaving Zhou Mu confident as he watched the fight.

• Zhou Mu remembered finding the blood-colored crystal in Blood Devil Hall ruins and learning the Blood Devil Great Art from the Blood Devil Race.
• Zhou Mu secretly cultivated the Blood Devil Great Art, founded the Blood Devil Hall, and planned to devour the Canglan Realm once his forces grew strong enough.
• Zhou Mu contacted the Blood Devil through the crystal and reported that powerful Nascent Soul True Lords had discovered his identity.
• The Blood Devil questioned whether the attackers came from the Spirit Realm and promised to help Zhou Mu if he could not withstand the danger.
• Zhou Mu withdrew his Divine Sense and watched as Profound Earth Mountain's Nascent Soul True Lords held back the Nine Yang Heaven-Burning Seal.

Lu Yang’s Nascent Soul followers overwhelmed Profound Earth Mountain’s elders, trapping them outside the sect-protecting formation as their attacks fell on Zhou Mu. Zhou Mu summoned the Blood Devil in his crystal, but the Blood Devil consumed his soul and took over his body, revealing Spirit Transformation Realm power.

• Lu Yang ordered Wang Da, Wang Er, Wang Shiyi, Wang Shiqi, Wang Shiliu, and Wang Shiba to attack Profound Earth Mountain.
• Yang Qiu and the other grand elders tried to retreat behind the fully powered sect-protecting formation as the six Nascent Soul cultivators unleashed more Nine Yang Heaven-Burning Seals.
• Wang Shiba used an Earth Dao Law Technique to hold the elders back, and the three seals shattered their defenses while bearing down on Zhou Mu.
• Zhou Mu activated the blood-colored crystal in his Sea of Consciousness and called on its Blood Devil master to save him.
• The Blood Devil revealed that the Blood Devil Great Art had been designed to make vessels for descent, then consumed Zhou Mu’s soul and took control of his body.
• Yang Qiu and the other elders felt the transformed Zhou Mu’s terrifying pressure and recognized that he had reached the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Zhou Mu revealed the Blood Devil expert’s Spirit Transformation strength, but Lu Yang used Power of Money to reach Spirit Transformation Perfection. His breakthrough brought spiritual rain across the desert, leaving his cultivation at the Canglan Realm’s limit.

• Zhou Mu swallowed Yang Qiu and the elders’ three Nine Yang Heaven-Burning Seals with a blood-red vortex, and Yang Qiu prepared a jade talisman to hold him off.
• Yang Qiu urged Lu Yang and his companions to retreat into Profound Earth Mountain’s formation, but Lu Yang calmly refused.
• The Blood Devil expert recognized something unusual about Lu Yang’s life and fortune and declared that eating him would increase his strength.
• Lu Yang burned his Mid-Grade Spirit Stones with Power of Money, advancing through Golden Core and Nascent Soul to Spirit Transformation Perfection.
• Lu Yang stopped advancing when he sensed the Canglan Realm could not contain greater power, and five-colored clouds formed as spiritual rain fell over the desert.

Lu Yang revealed Spirit Transformation Perfection and killed the Blood Devil Race expert with a single attack, stunning Profound Earth Mountain’s elders. As Yang Qiu thanked him, the Spiritual Connection Ring’s teleportation effect activated and began pulling him away.

• Lu Yang’s manifested Principles of the Great Dao and Spirit Transformation Perfection cultivation shocked Qin Nanyue, Liu Yaoyao, Jiang Shiqing, Yang Qiu, and the other grand elders.
• The Blood Devil Race expert tried to flee in blood mist, but Lu Yang’s sword marks trapped him and his Sword Qi destroyed him.
• Yang Qiu and the grand elders thanked Lu Yang for saving Profound Earth Mountain, and Lu Yang said he had already planned to deal with Zhou Mu.
• Lu Yang sensed a distant summoning force and realized the Spiritual Connection Ring’s teleportation effect had activated.

Lu Yang left the Profound Earth Mountain group to handle urgent business, while Jiang Shiqing, Qin Nanyue, and Liu Yaoyao accepted the sect elders’ invitation to receive repayment on his behalf. At White Ridge Lake Market, nine Nascent Soul cultivators cornered Hua Yin, but her blood mist suddenly turned against her and rushed into her body.

• Lu Yang told Jiang Shiqing and the other two women to return to the sect, then vanished through the Spiritual Connection Ring’s teleportation.
• Yang Qiu invited the three women to Profound Earth Mountain to accept gifts in repayment for Lu Yang’s help, and they agreed to seek Cultivation Methods for him.
• The nine Nascent Soul True Lords attacked Hua Yin at White Ridge Lake Market, where she had hidden for over twenty years.
• Hua Yin struggled against the prepared attackers, including a formation cultivator who had sealed off her escape.
• Hua Yin’s blood mist abruptly slipped out of her control and poured into her body.

Hua Yin absorbed the blood mist and transformed into a Spirit Transformation-level threat, overwhelming the Nascent Soul cultivators. Su Jinxuan narrowly survived her attack, and Lu Yang emerged from a gate of light as Hua Yin fled.

• Hua Yin lost control of the blood mist, which flooded into her body and caused her to scream in agony.
• Su Jinxuan urged Wang Wan and the other cultivators to attack Hua Yin before her transformation could endanger them.
• Hua Yin emerged from the blood cocoon, pierced an Early Nascent Soul cultivator, absorbed the attacks and Law Treasures into a vortex, and devoured his corpse.
• Hua Yin attacked Su Jinxuan, broke through her defenses, and shattered the Spiritual Connection Ring before its barrier let Su Jinxuan escape.
• A gate of light appeared, frightening Hua Yin into fleeing, and Lu Yang stepped through as Su Jinxuan and Baili Qiushui stared in disbelief.

Lu Yang rescued Su Jinxuan and captured Hua Yin, discovering that a Blood Devil Race expert had survived by appearing through another cultivator of the Blood Devil Great Art. The chapter left him suspecting the technique concealed a larger Blood Devil Race plan.

• Lu Yang pulled the fleeing Hua Yin back through a spatial sword scar and sealed her with golden chains.
• Lu Yang checked on Su Jinxuan, gave her a new Spiritual Connection Ring, and saw her affection rise to 86.
• Baili Qiushui reacted jealously to Su Jinxuan's growing closeness with Lu Yang, while Wang Wan and the other cultivators addressed him as a senior.
• Lu Yang's system detected Hua Yin as a 10-point beauty, and he recognized the same Blood Devil Race presence he had sensed in Zhou Mu.
• Lu Yang inferred that the Blood Devil Race expert could transfer consciousness between cultivators who practiced the Blood Devil Great Art and suspected the technique served a deeper purpose.

Lu Yang confirmed that the Blood Devil Race expert had weakened after possessing Hua Yin, then used her Sound Transmission Jade Token to test whether he could add her as a friend. The expert warned that the Blood Devil Realm intended to connect to the Canglan Realm, leaving Su Jinxuan and the others fearful of an invasion.

• Lu Yang sensed that the Blood Devil Race expert's cultivation had fallen to early Spirit Transformation after possessing Hua Yin and concluded that possession came at a cost.
• Lu Yang took Hua Yin's Storage Bag, broke its restriction, and found blood pills, treasures, and a Sound Transmission Jade Token.
• Lu Yang exchanged sound transmission imprints with Hua Yin and discovered that she had an affection score of negative ninety-one.
• Lu Yang recognized Hua Yin as the Blood Devil Race expert and heard him threaten the Canglan Realm with invasion, regardless of whether Lu Yang ascended to the Spirit Realm.
• Su Jinxuan and the other Nascent Soul cultivators realized the Blood Devil Realm might invade and feared they could not resist it.

Lu Yang killed Hua Yin after she revealed that a Blood Devil Race invasion of the Canglan Realm was being prepared, then promised to help Heavenly Moon Valley after Lü Mingfei’s death. He located the Blood Devil Race expert in Yue Prefecture and set off through space to hunt him down.

• Lu Yang destroyed Hua Yin and her divine soul with the Metal Dao Principle, and Su Jinxuan and the others learned that a Blood Devil expert had possessed her.
• Lu Yang promised Fang Qin that he would help Heavenly Moon Valley, and Fang Qin accepted his offer.
• Lu Yang used a Low-Level Rebate Card to increase his Spirit Stones and searched for the Blood Devil expert’s new location and cultivation.
• Lu Yang found the expert possessing the Golden Core Realm Blood Devil Envoy Li Feng in the Qiyang Mountain Range and discovered that the expert’s cultivation had fallen to Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Lu Yang told Su Jinxuan and Baili Qiushui that he would pursue the expert, then opened a sword trace and traveled through space toward him.

Li Feng revealed himself as a Blood Devil expert, killed his two Golden Core companions, and absorbed their Essence Blood to restore his strength. As he headed into the Heaven Severing Mountain Range to hide and rebuild his power, a familiar sword scar appeared before him, and he realized his pursuer had found him again.

• Li Feng ambushed Wang Ni and killed him, then revealed his blood-and-flesh cultivation to the middle-aged woman.
• Li Feng trapped the woman in a formation, transformed amid a blood cocoon, and killed her when she tried to flee.
• Li Feng absorbed both cultivators’ Essence Blood and resolved to hide in Demon Beast territory while restoring his strength and advancing the Blood Devil Race’s plans.
• A familiar sword scar appeared in front of Li Feng as he flew toward the Heaven Severing Mountain Range, and he panicked at the return of his pursuer.

Lu Yang tracked down the Blood Devil Race expert’s latest host, sealed him, and prepared to take him back to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect. As Lu Yang’s borrowed power faded and his cultivation returned to Early-stage Foundation Establishment, the captive was left wondering who Lu Yang really was and how he had gained such strength.

• Lu Yang killed the Blood Devil Race expert’s Late Golden Core host, then used the Search Module to locate his next host in Yue Prefecture.
• Lu Yang confronted the expert in a mountain cave abode, confirmed that he could track him, and refused the expert’s offer to join the Blood Devil Race.
• Lu Yang sealed the expert’s soul, Spiritual Qi, and body so he could take him back to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.
• Lu Yang’s cultivation fell from Spirit Transformation Perfection to Early-stage Foundation Establishment as [Power of Money] dissipated.
• The sealed expert saw Lu Yang’s true cultivation and wondered how a Foundation Establishment cultivator had briefly reached Spirit Transformation Perfection.

Lu Yang captured a Blood Devil Hall expert and learned from Su Jinxuan that Yuan Xian had been swallowed by the forbidden Mystic Yellow Valley. After arranging for the remaining Blood Devil Hall members to be monitored and seeking a ride back to Qin Province, Lu Yang heard Yuan Xian call to him from outside the cave.

• Lu Yang contacted Su Jinxuan, who reported that the other deputy hall masters were dead and Yuan Xian had vanished inside Mystic Yellow Valley.
• Lu Yang recalled the valley's destruction and the disappearances of cultivators who entered, then decided not to investigate it himself.
• Lu Yang told Su Jinxuan to watch the Blood Devil Hall's lower-ranking members, and she said they had prepared to handle the coming turmoil.
• Lu Yang contacted Jiang Shiqing to arrange for the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot to pick him up.
• A voice outside the cave claimed to be Yuan Xian and asked Lu Yang to speak with him.

Lu Yang learned that a Void Evil Entity had destroyed Mystic Yellow Valley and discovered it had influenced Yuan Xian to lure him into its warped space. He kept his cultivation concealed and invited Yuan Xian inside, preparing to face the entity’s probe.

• Lu Yang searched for information about Mystic Yellow Valley and learned that its ascended ancestor had sent a Void Evil Entity disguised as a Mystic Origin Dao Tree, which destroyed the sect and warped nearby space.
• Lu Yang used a rebate to recover Spirit Stones, upgraded Tycoon's Confidence, and searched for Yuan Xian's condition.
• Lu Yang learned that the Void Evil Entity had influenced Yuan Xian and planned to use him to lure Lu Yang into Mystic Yellow Valley's alternate space.
• Lu Yang heard Yuan Xian repeat his request to speak, noticed his agitation, concealed his cultivation at Early-stage Foundation Establishment, and told him to come in.

Lu Yang confronted Yuan Xian, whose body had been transformed by the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine, and drove off the roots that attacked him. After learning the vine was near the Void Refinement Realm and that fighting it risked drawing dangers from the True Void, Lu Yang decided to enter its alternate space, use all his Spirit Stones to reach a higher cultivation realm, and kill it quickly.

• Yuan Xian arrived at Lu Yang’s cave abode, and wooden tendrils emerged from his eyes as he muttered that Lu Yang should be captured.
• The Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine attacked Lu Yang with roots from the void, but Heft of Money stopped them at the cost of more than a million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang used Power of Money to regain Spirit Transformation Perfection and destroyed Yuan Xian and the tendrils with his sword techniques, though some roots escaped into the void.
• Lu Yang searched for information and learned that the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine was at Spirit Transformation Perfection, near Void Refinement, and that a prolonged battle could attract dangers from the True Void.
• Lu Yang decided to enter the alternate space, spend all his Spirit Stones to raise his cultivation, kill the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine swiftly, and leave.

Lu Yang traveled to Mystic Yellow Valley to confront the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine, which attacked him with a vast net of roots. He burned all 4.3 billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to reach Void Refinement Perfection and discovered that he could turn every Principle he mastered into its own domain.

• Lu Yang sealed the Blood Devil Race expert inside an isolated space and traveled to Mystic Yellow Valley.
• Lu Yang found a hidden spatial node and entered the alternate space where the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine had prepared an ambush.
• Lu Yang spent more than 300 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to break through to the Void Refinement Realm and learned about its power and heavenly tribulations.
• Lu Yang spent the remaining Spirit Stones to advance through Mid and Late Void Refinement to Void Refinement Perfection.
• Lu Yang used his Principles to turn the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine's roots to ash and realized that each Principle he mastered could form its own domain.

Lu Yang destroyed the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine in its otherworldly space, but could not damage the mysterious black sphere left behind. He sealed the sphere and escaped as a gigantic bone hand swept through the space, leaving its fate unknown.

• Lu Yang expanded his Principle Domain across the other space and crushed the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine’s roots until its true body was exposed.
• The Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine opened cracks into the True Void, and Lu Yang sensed dangerous gazes watching through them.
• Lu Yang attacked the vine with golden sword lights and a Taiji diagram, destroying its body but leaving behind an unbreakable black sphere.
• Lu Yang took the black sphere, sealed it with his Principle Domain, and returned to the Canglan Realm, reducing his cultivation to Spirit Transformation Perfection to escape the realm’s suppression.
• Before the spatial crack closed, Lu Yang saw a giant hand made of white bones shatter the other space with a sweep.

Lu Yang returned after defeating the Void Evil Entity and brought the sealed mastermind behind the Blood Devil Hall to Profound Earth Mountain. He warned that scattered Blood Devil Hall members remained across the Eastern Domain, then left with Jiang Shiqing, Qin Nanyue, and Liu Yaoyao aboard the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot.

• Lu Yang returned to his cave abode, found the sealed Blood Devil Race expert still there, and carried him through space toward Profound Earth Mountain.
• At Profound Earth Mountain, Lu Yang reunited with Jiang Shiqing, Qin Nanyue, and Liu Yaoyao and revealed that his captive was the mastermind behind the Blood Devil Hall.
• Yang Qiu and the other grand elders thanked Lu Yang for preventing another Bloodthirst Tide, and Lu Yang accepted their gratitude.
• Lu Yang warned that Blood Devil Hall members of lower cultivation ranks remained scattered across the Eastern Domain and urged the sects to work together against them.
• Yang Qiu promised to rally allied forces in Yellow Province, and Lu Yang told them to seek him at the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect if problems arose.
• Lu Yang and the three women departed Profound Earth Mountain aboard the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot.

After spending time with Jiang Shiqing, Liu Yaoyao, and Qin Nanyue, Lu Yang reviewed his rewards and upgraded Tycoon's Confidence to level 16. He gained a powerful Profound Heaven Law Treasure and the Ancient Battle Physique, leaving him vastly richer and stronger.

• Lu Yang claimed an 86-billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stone rebate and upgraded Tycoon's Confidence to level 16.
• Lu Yang received Su Jinxuan's affection rewards, including a Mid-Level Rebate Card, 500,000 Cultivation Method Experience, and the Golden Light Ten Thousand Swords Diagram.
• Lu Yang decided to keep the Golden Light Ten Thousand Swords Diagram and considered giving Su Jinxuan the Geng Metal Sword Essence Pearl.
• Lu Yang received 30,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones and the Ancient Battle Physique for adding Hua Yin as a friend.
• Lu Yang assessed the physique's fivefold physical-strength increase, injury-fueled combat boost, and immunity to soul-suppressing Law Techniques.

Lu Yang upgraded Wang Da to Spirit Transformation Perfection and gained a powerful new bodyguard, then refined the Tycoon's Money House and moved his Spirit Stones into it. He began examining his final reward, the Intermediate Mercenary Contract.

• Lu Yang used the Intermediate Puppet Upgrade Card on Wang Da, raising him to Spirit Transformation Perfection.
• Lu Yang examined Wang Da's new spirit-grade Burn All Eight Wastelands trait, cultivation method, and max-level techniques.
• Lu Yang dismissed Wang Da and inspected the Tycoon's Money House, which stored Spirit Stones and generated daily interest.
• Lu Yang refined the Tycoon's Money House, deposited his Spirit Stones, and moved precious items into its storage.
• Lu Yang examined his final reward, the Intermediate Mercenary Contract.

Lu Yang reviewed his mercenary contracts, then used Dao Comprehension Tea to study the Metal Source Heaven-Reaching Record. After waking from the previous night, Qin Nanyue found herself imagining that she and the others could overpower Lu Yang together, then hurried to cultivate so he would not outpace her.

• Lu Yang judged the Intermediate Mercenary Contract useful for a future trip to the Spirit Realm, though it offered little advantage in the Canglan Realm.
• Lu Yang took out Senior Sister Mu's stone stele, drank Dao Comprehension Tea, and began working out the Metal Source Heaven-Reaching Record.
• Qin Nanyue woke beside Jiang Shiqing, cleaned herself, and left the bedroom while Jiang Shiqing continued sleeping.
• Liu Yaoyao teased Qin Nanyue about the previous night, and Qin Nanyue briefly imagined inviting Yingying to help them make Lu Yang surrender before questioning her own thoughts.
• Qin Nanyue learned that Lu Yang was cultivating and went to cultivate herself, while Liu Yaoyao began studying the Record of Bewitching the Mind and Forgetting Worries.