Recaps

Yang Tianyou and the Yang Household prepared to defend Crouching Ox Pass as a massive Demon Beast tide approached. The beasts and demonic birds reached the pass, and panic spread among the defenders as the battle began.

• Yang Haoyu sounded the alarm and led the Yang Household cultivators to their assigned positions on the eastern wall.
• Yang Tianyou saw that the Yang Household's allied Lineages had also been assigned to the eastern defenses, while many of the weaker Zhuang Household's cultivators had been sent to the main battlefield.
• Yang Dangmo distributed formation flags and instructed the Yang Household disciples to hold their positions and obey orders.
• A huge Demon Beast tide and tens of thousands of demonic birds charged toward Crouching Ox Pass through the snowstorm.
• The sight drove many cultivators into panic, and Foundation Establishment Cultivators cut down those who tried to flee.

As the beast horde reached Crouching Ox Pass, the defenders steadied themselves and unleashed their Law Treasures, drawing out powerful enemy beasts and Golden Core fighters. Yang Dangmo ordered the Yang Household disciples to activate their Bing Fire Sky-Burning Formation as the horde massed before the walls.

• The Soul-Calming Bell restored the defenders’ composure, and Yang Dangmo rebuked Yang Tiankang for his fear.
• Three Rivers Sect cultivators used a Red Gourd and an Azure Scroll to attack the advancing beast horde.
• An Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger froze the lava river, while a Red-Feather Flying Eagle blocked the Azure Scroll; two Golden Core Cultivators engaged the beasts.
• A Golden Core Cultivator threatened harsh punishment for anyone who shirked, and the pass’s defensive formation stopped the horde at the walls.
• Yang Dangmo ordered the Yang Household disciples to raise the Bing Fire Sky-Burning Formation, and Yang Tianyou activated it to strike the waiting beasts.

Yang Tianyou fought at Crouching Ox Pass as the Cold Tide escalated into an assault by Demon Beasts and other races, eventually breaking the first defensive formation. Amid the battle, he briefly comprehended Blade Intent and continued fighting with renewed focus.

• Yang Tianyou and Yang Tianwang discussed the beast tide, and Yang Tianyou concluded that powerful forces were using the Cold Tide to test the human race.
• The Spirit Tribe, Barbarian Tribe, Blood Race, and other enemies joined the increasingly fierce attacks, weakening Crouching Ox Pass’s defensive formation.
• A Mountain-Piercing Beast shattered the formation shield, and the defenders fired ballistae and Bronze Cannons at the invading horde.
• Yang Tianyou used Starlight to kill dozens of Demon Beasts, drawing admiration from the reserve cultivators as Yang Tiankang watched him with concern.
• Yang Tianyou briefly sensed Blade Intent while fighting, then steadied his mind and continued attacking with Starlight more fluidly and forcefully.

After days of defending Crouching Ox Pass, Yang Tianyou accepted a mission to lead Wolf Ancestor and Yang Household cultivators behind enemy lines. They reached a Barbarian Tribe village subordinate to the Greenrock Tribe, where the danger of the settlement remained uncertain.

• Yang Tianyou agreed to lead Wolf Ancestor and Qi Refining cultivators on a mission to harass nonhumans behind their lines.
• Yang Tianyou chose Yang Tianwang and thirteen other clansmen for the operation, while leaving out the reluctant Yang Tiankang.
• Yang Tianyou led Wolf Ancestor and fourteen clansmen out of Crouching Ox Pass aboard a concealed flying boat and took a northeast detour.
• After flying for three days, Yang Tianyou's party reached a medium-sized Barbarian Tribe village subordinate to the Greenrock Tribe.
• Yang Tianyou observed nearly a hundred Barbarian Tribe warriors guarding the village and suspected Foundation Establishment warriors were stationed inside.

Yang Tianyou led the Yang Household in breaking through a Barbarian Tribe village’s Totem Pillar barrier and killing its warriors. After defeating the Foundation Establishment warrior Batu'er, he looted the village and left its ordinary residents unharmed as the group continued onward by Flying Boat.

• Yang Tianyou found weak points in the village’s Totem Pillar barrier and coordinated a surprise attack with Yang Tianwang and another clansman, shattering the barrier.
• The attackers bombarded the village’s warriors, killing dozens, while Fengling and Yuan Ba joined the fight against the remaining defenders.
• Yang Tianyou faced Batu'er in single combat, severed one of his arms, and then killed him after a fierce exchange of blows.
• The Wolf Ancestor praised Yang Tianyou’s victory and urged him to leave before the Foreign Races blocked their way.
• Yang Tianyou and his companions wiped out the remaining warriors, took the village’s resources, spared its ordinary residents, and departed on their Flying Boat.

After the Yang Household raided a Barbarian Tribe village, Yang Tianyou checked his clansmen’s greed, earned their recognition as heir, and chose their next targets. The story then shifted to the Myriad Forms Sect, whose protective formation faced a massive Devil Cultivator assault.

• Yang Tianyou counted the spoils from the village raid and identified the valuable Savage Wilderness Body Tempering Liquid among them.
• Yang Tianyou used a recording to rouse the Yang Household cultivators from their greed, and they acknowledged him as their heir.
• Yang Tianyou decided the Yang Household would raid Barbarian Tribe villages westward before turning northeast toward Black Blood City's territory.
• Yang Tianyou named the Barbarian Tribe's Qiangliu Stockade as their next target, and the clansmen agreed to follow his command.
• The Myriad Forms Sect defended its island stronghold on Taihu Lake with its Sect-Protecting Grand Formation as Devil Cultivators attacked from a fleet of War Flying Vessels.
• The Black Dragon Boat fired a vast beam of devilish light into the Myriad Forms Sect's formation.

Lin Yingyue unleashed Red Dust Purgatory against the Myriad Forms Sect, where a Sixth-Tier Puppet confronted him. Elsewhere, True Person Beigong revealed his Spirit Transformation cultivation and stopped an infiltrator, while Qi Yulong completed his revenge by annihilating the Three Rivers Sect and Three Rivers City.

• Lin Yingyue struck the Myriad Forms Sect's protective formation and unleashed Red Dust Purgatory, bewitching tens of thousands of its cultivators.
• The Myriad Forms Sect's giant Sixth-Tier Puppet confronted Lin Yingyue, and the two began fighting.
• True Person Beigong exposed an infiltrating Nascent Soul cultivator and revealed that he had reached Spirit Transformation before suppressing him.
• Qi Yulong revealed that he had spent two hundred years plotting revenge for the destruction of his Dragon Valley Sect.
• Qi Yulong and the Devil Cultivators slaughtered everyone at the Three Rivers Sect and in Three Rivers City, destroying the sect's Spirit Vein and killing a million mortals.

After the Three Rivers Sect’s destruction, Yang Haoyu suspected a wider Devil Cultivator plot and prepared the Yang and Mu Households to withdraw from Crouching Ox Pass. Meanwhile, the Greenrock Tribe learned that the attack was ready and prepared to invade Human territory.

• Yang Haoyu and the other Foundation Establishment Cultivators confirmed that the Three Rivers Sect had been devastated and worried that Crouching Ox Pass’s defenses would weaken.
• Yang Haoyu told Mu Fengting that the Devil Cultivators might be orchestrating a larger conflict and ordered their Lineages to prepare to withdraw.
• Yang Haoyu told Yang Dangmo not to warn Yang Tianyou or Wolf Ancestor and ordered Dang Long to remain concealed as Rogue Person Youlong.
• Yang Haoyu examined the flickering Dragon Valley Token, realized Dragon Valley Sect Cultivators were secretly transmitting messages, and sought an audience with Senior Jin Lianri.
• Basiku told Batum and the Greenrock Tribe’s Golden Core members that the Devil Cultivators were ready to help them seize Crouching Ox Pass.
• Batum ordered the Greenrock Tribe to attack the Human Race, kill its people, and take its resources.

Yang Tianyou led the Yang Household cultivators in an assault on a Barbarian castle and defeated the speed-focused Foundation Establishment Barbarian Balus. With the enemy commander down, he ordered his people to kill the remaining Barbarians and told Wolf Ancestor that he felt Blade Intent within reach.

• Yang Tianyou observed a bluestone castle protected by a Totem Pillar and sent his cultivators to attack it.
• After the totem shield shattered, Yang Tianyou charged into the castle and cut down a Barbarian warrior.
• Balus attacked Yang Tianyou at high speed, but Yang Tianyou's Golden Spirit Armor withstood his initial blows.
• Balus unleashed his bloodline power and pierced the armor, but Yang Tianyou seized his wrists and counterattacked with Starlight, two Blazing Gold Talismans, and his Twin Blades.
• Yang Tianyou's attacks overwhelmed Balus, who was sent flying as both sides watched.
• Yang Tianyou ordered the Yang Household cultivators to kill the remaining Barbarians and told Wolf Ancestor that a life-and-death struggle might awaken his Blade Intent.

After receiving a distress signal from allied Lineages, Yang Tianyou led the Yang Household toward a powerful Barbarian town to aid them. The chapter left the Liu and Zhuang Households struggling against the town’s defenders as Liu Changqing faced a Foundation Establishment Barbarian wielding a massive iron club.

• The Yang Household conquered a fourth Barbarian village without further casualties, while Yang Tianyou weighed the risks and rewards of remaining in Barbarian territory.
• Yang Tianyou received a distress signal from allied Lineages near a Barbarian town and chose to turn the flying boat toward them.
• The Liu Household and Zhuang Household fought nearly a thousand Barbarian warriors, but four Foundation Establishment Barbarians and a powerful Totem Pillar formation put them at a disadvantage.
• Liu Changqing resisted three Foundation Establishment opponents until a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Barbarian struck him with a heavy iron club.
• Liu Changqing’s vine barrier absorbed the club’s blow and knocked it back, forcing the Barbarian to stagger.

Liu Changqing held off three Foundation Establishment barbarians until Yang Household reinforcements arrived, turning the battle in the allied households’ favor. After Yang Tianyou slaughtered the Qi Refining warriors, he joined the fight against a Foundation Establishment Late Stage barbarian and unleashed a massive golden blade strike.

• Liu Changqing used a Communication Talisman to summon allied households and kept fighting the barbarians despite his worsening wounds.
• Fengling, Yuan Ba, and the Yang Household Cultivators arrived, while Wolf Ancestor killed Kaluoqi with a sneak attack and Liu Changqing defeated another Foundation Establishment barbarian.
• Yang Tianyou charged into the Qi Refining battlefield and slew dozens of barbarians, while Liu Siyu, Yang Tianwang, and Zhuang Fengxin fought alongside him.
• Wolf Ancestor and Liu Changqing joined the Four-Eyed Green-Tailed Eagle against the Foundation Establishment Late Stage barbarian as the remaining warriors’ morale collapsed.
• Yang Tianyou rushed into the Foundation Establishment battle and gathered nearly a hundred streaks of golden Blade Qi into a massive Heavenly Blade.

Yang Tianyou, Liu Changqing, Wolf Ancestor, and the Four-Eyed Green-Tailed Eagle struggled to break through E Duo’s powerful blood-red armor before Barbarian Tribe reinforcements arrived. After their combined attacks exposed a deep wound in E Duo’s neck, Yang Tianyou used the Blood Explosion Technique and charged with his united Twin Blades.

• Yang Tianyou’s blade strike failed to harm E Duo, who retaliated against Liu Changqing before Wolf Ancestor and the Four-Eyed Green-Tailed Eagle drove him back.
• E Duo revealed his crimson armor battle art and endured Yang Tianyou’s repeated attacks, while Liu Changqing warned that reinforcements might arrive.
• Wolf Ancestor’s Purple Moon Divine Light restrained E Duo, and Liu Changqing’s Withered Wood Talisman weakened his Blood Qi and armor.
• The Four-Eyed Green-Tailed Eagle’s divine sword split E Duo’s armor and nearly severed his head, cutting deep into his neck.
• Yang Tianyou used the Blood Explosion Technique, united his Twin Blades, and charged at E Duo as his Blade Intent gathered.

Yang Tianyou killed E Duo but was gravely wounded, then learned that Crouching Ox Pass had fallen and enemy forces were advancing on Dragon Valley County. After recovering enough to assess the danger, he urged caution and asked Liu Changqing about his plans, learning Liu Changqing had been tasked with keeping his group safe.

• Yang Tianyou and E Duo struck each other almost simultaneously, and Yang Tianyou fell unconscious after killing him; Wolf Ancestor carried him to the Yang Household cultivators.
• The cultivators broke the barbarian settlement’s barrier, plundered the town, and left it devastated before Liu Changqing treated Yang Tianyou’s injuries.
• Three days later, Yang Tianyou woke and learned from Wolf Ancestor’s Jade Slip that Crouching Ox Pass had fallen and enemy armies were heading toward Dragon Valley County.
• Yang Tianyou reasoned that the ancestor had kept them away to preserve the Lineage’s strength, and he planned to lie low, seek information from Shadow Hall, and avoid using Communication Talismans.
• Wolf Ancestor warned that the Greenrock Tribe might retaliate for the death of its Foundation Establishment Late Stage member, so Yang Tianyou decided they should withdraw and asked Liu Changqing about his plans.
• Liu Changqing told Yang Tianyou that his elder brother had tasked him with keeping their group from the Lineage safe.

The Yang and Liu Households traveled into Blood Race territory, where Yang Tianyou hoped to find a way to heal his injuries. After gathering intelligence near Blackblood City, Yang Tianyou and Liu Changqing considered a raid on Black Creek Town.

• The Yang Household and the Liu Household chose the northeast route toward Blackblood City to avoid Demon Race territory and seek healing for Yang Tianyou.
• Yang Tianyou shared tea and discussed cultivation techniques with Liu Siyu aboard the Liu Household's flying boat.
• The three Lineages entered Blood Race territory and remained concealed while gathering information.
• Yang Tianyou and Liu Changqing discussed the dangers posed by Blackblood City's Crimson Blood Guard and Blackblood Guard.
• Liu Changqing proposed targeting Black Creek Town, which housed thousands of pureblood Blood Race members and nearly a hundred thousand blood servants.

Yang Tianyou and Liu Changqing led their cultivators in a surprise attack on Black Creek Town, using formation-breaking talismans and the spirit beasts to shatter its protective formation. The Blood Race defenders, including Si Kong and Yin Nakong, rushed out to meet them.

• Yang Tianyou agreed to attack Black Creek Town after studying its location on the map.
• Si Kong, Yin Nakong, and another Foundation Establishment Blood Race member discussed the Blackblood Guard’s invasion and the possibility of reclaiming Mo Province and Xuan Province.
• Yang Tianyou used his Great White Gold Eyes to identify two weak points in Black Creek Town’s formation.
• Liu Changqing gave Wolf Ancestor a formation-breaking talisman, and the Liu Household and Yang and Zhuang Households split into two groups.
• The groups struck the formation with their talismans as Wolf Ancestor and another spirit beast attacked, shattering the barrier.
• Si Kong, Yin Nakong, and the other Blood Race defenders rushed from the town center after the attack.

Yang Tianyou infiltrated Black Creek Town during a battle and discovered the Blood Race was guarding a Black Iron mine and smelting workshop. He looted its Black Iron and Black Iron Essence before helping the Liu Household’s group retreat, while the Blood Race vowed to hunt them down.

• Yin Nakong and Sikong Shixue revealed that Black Creek Town was guarded by three Foundation Establishment Late Stage Blood Race experts, and Yang Tianyou decided to investigate while Liu Changqing and the spirit beasts held them off.
• Yang Tianyou used Spirit Concealment Talismans to sneak into the gorge and discovered Blood Servants mining ore and carrying it to a Smelting Workshop.
• Yang Tianyou recognized the refined metal as Tier 2 Black Iron and stole the finished blocks and hidden Black Iron Essence from the warehouse.
• Yang Tianyou looted the remaining ore and sent Liu Changqing a message to retreat, then helped the group fight off pursuing Blood Race cultivators.
• The Liu Household’s flying boat escaped with the cultivators aboard, and Sikong ordered the Crimson Blood Guard to search the territory for them.

After escaping the Crimson Blood Guard, Yang Tianyou recovered from his injuries and rallied the remaining cultivators aboard the Liu Household's flying boat. He then proposed ambushing the pursuers to break their encirclement before the group ran out of supplies.

• The Liu Household's flying boat broke through a blood-colored barrier as the Crimson Blood Guard pursued the fleeing cultivators.
• Yang Tianwang and Yang Qiongnie discussed the losses the group had suffered and worried about Yang Tianyou, who had been in seclusion for four days.
• Yang Tianyou emerged from seclusion, assured the cultivators he and Liu Changqing would lead them back to Dragon Valley County, and restored their morale.
• Yang Tianyou told Liu Changqing that the Crimson Blood Guard's tracking was imprecise and that the pursuers did not know his full strength.
• Yang Tianyou proposed ambushing and destroying one or two Crimson Blood Guard squads before the group's morale and supplies ran low.

Liu Changqing agreed to Yang Tianyou’s ambush plan, and their forces struck two Blood Race squads with a suppression formation and a powerful Forbidden Artifact. As the battle turned against the Crimson Blood Guard, their captains began a blood sacrifice and called for the Blood God to descend.

• Liu Changqing and Yang Tianyou prepared an ambush with the Four-Extremity Spirit-Locking Formation and the Thunderfire Urn-Gold Bomb.
• Yang Tianyou detonated the bomb among the Blood Race flying boats, then destroyed a boat and its warriors with a powerful blade strike.
• The Crimson Blood Guard formed a scarlet giant, but Wolf Ancestor, the Four-Eyed Green-Tailed Eagle, Liu Siyu, and the other cultivators battered it under the formation’s suppression.
• One Crimson Blood Guard captain tore out his Blood Soul Essence Core and called for a blood sacrifice, and the other captain followed.
• The Crimson Blood Guard warriors tore out their Blood Soul Essence Cores and beseeched the Blood God to descend.

Yang Tianyou and his allies fought a powerful Blood Race puppet summoned from the Crimson Blood Guards, but Yunhua arrived and destroyed it. She introduced herself to Yang Tianyou, leaving him captivated and her seeming to recognize his name.

• The Crimson Blood Guards crumbled into dust, and their Blood Soul Essence Cores formed a powerful Blood Race man who attacked Yang Tianyou and his allies with blood spears.
• Yang Tianyou was gravely wounded, Liu Changqing lost the ability to fight, and Wolf Ancestor and the Four-Eyed Green-Tailed Eagle were injured.
• The Blood Race man attacked the Four-Eyed Green-Tailed Eagle, but a woman in white struck him with a sword and nearly split his chest open.
• The Blood Race man transformed into a giant blood beast and fired a beam at the woman, who destroyed it with a white jade hand.
• The woman introduced herself as Yunhua and asked Yang Tianyou his name; after he answered, she softly repeated it.

Yang Tianyou returned to Dragon Valley County after learning how the Cold Tide war had spread, then reunited with Yang Haoyu at Purple Moon Mountain. After revealing his Blade Intent, he received control of the Shadow Hall and a Foundation Establishment Pill, and gave Yang Haoyu the valuable spoils he had gathered.

• Yang Tianyou learned that the war had spread across several border provinces and decided the Yang Household should seize the opportunity to grow.
• Yang Tianyou and his companions passed Qianmu Town, where Liu Changqing promised to conceal Yang Tianyou's return and strength.
• Yang Tianyou reunited with Yang Haoyu and mourned the Yang Household cultivators who had died, including Yang Qiongnie.
• Yang Tianyou revealed that he had comprehended Blade Intent, impressing Yang Haoyu with his combat strength.
• Yang Haoyu gave Yang Tianyou the Shadow Hall's token and a Foundation Establishment Pill, then received his valuable spoils worth more than 150,000 Spirit Stones.

Yang Tianyou traveled with Yang Household cultivators to the Huafeng Black Market, where he heard news about Qi Yulong and received a secret message from the Shadow Hall. The message led him to Rogue Person Youlong, Yang Danglong, who explained that the Zhao Household had been attacking their intelligence network.

• Before departing, Yang Haoyu gave Yang Tianyou resources and intelligence, and Wolf Ancestor returned with her, planning to rejoin him three days later.
• Yang Tianyou shared twelve thousand Spirit Stones among Yang Tianwang and five other Yang Household cultivators, then traveled west with them aboard a concealed Flying Boat.
• At the Huafeng Black Market, Yang Tianyou heard cultivators discuss Qi Yulong's betrayal of the Three Rivers Sect and the Dragon Valley Sect's ties to the Demon Sea.
• Yang Tianyou received a message on the Shadow Hall Token and followed its directions through Tian Ning Tower and a hidden passage.
• Yang Danglong revealed that Zhao Household intelligence hall operatives had been disrupting their work and killing their clansmen, and Yang Tianyou greeted him as his Thirteenth Granduncle.

Yang Tianyou met his Thirteenth Granduncle, Yang Danglong, and arranged for him to prepare a protected site for his Foundation Establishment breakthrough. After the Yang Household reached the hidden Fire Vein and Yang Danglong completed the formations, Yang Tianyou began preparing to break through.

• Yang Danglong gave Yang Tianyou the Shadow Hall roster, which Yang Tianyou memorized and burned.
• Yang Tianyou asked Yang Danglong to protect him during his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, and Yang Danglong agreed to prepare a Five-Element Conversion Formation.
• Yang Tianyou offered Spirit Stones for the Shadow Hall, and Yang Danglong accepted half for himself and the rest for the clansmen.
• Three days later, Wolf Ancestor and the Yang Household Cultivators left the Huafeng Black Market and entered the hidden Fire Vein.
• Yang Danglong dismantled the existing defensive formation and set up three Second-Rank formations to convert spiritual energy, defend the cavern, and conceal its fluctuations.
• Yang Tianyou entered the Five-Element Conversion Formation, examined his Life-Bound Five-Element Spirit-Transforming Talisman, and prepared to begin his breakthrough.

Yang Tianyou began his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, triggering a violent Spiritual Qi Tribulation that threatened his body and the concealment formation. By refining the incoming Spiritual Qi alongside Barbarian Tribe Body Tempering Liquid, he formed liquid Spiritual Power and Foundation Establishment Spiritual Sense, while his body continued transforming.

• Yang Tianyou used the Five-Element Conversion Formation to gather Metal-Attribute Spiritual Qi and brought his cultivation to its peak.
• Yang Tianyou swallowed the Foundation Establishment Pill and began his breakthrough, triggering the Spiritual Qi Tribulation.
• Yang Danglong and Wolf Ancestor prepared for danger as the breakthrough’s fluctuations threatened to expose the Concealment Array.
• Yang Tianyou drank Barbarian Tribe Body Tempering Liquid and refined it alongside the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to strengthen his body.
• Yang Tianyou formed liquid Spiritual Power and Foundation Establishment Spiritual Sense as the Spiritual Qi washed through him.
• Yang Tianyou’s meridians and body began transforming, with Golden Spirit Marks appearing in his flesh, sinews, bones, and Skin Membrane.

As Yang Tianyou neared Foundation Establishment, enemies attacked the Fire Vein cavern to stop his breakthrough. The Five-Element Conversion Formation shattered, and Yang Tianyou's white-and-gold eyes opened amid the Spiritual Qi.

• Wolf Ancestor guarded the cliff as hostile cultivators gathered and attacked him.
• Wolf Ancestor fought a Devil Cultivator, an assassin, and a black-clad Foundation Establishment Late Stage man, who wounded him with a concealed flying knife.
• The other enemies rushed into the Fire Vein cavern while Yang Danglong controlled a formation and fought alongside the Yang Household cultivators.
• An Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger and a conical-hatted Foundation Establishment cultivator joined the assault inside the cavern.
• More than a dozen enemy Qi Refining cultivators struck the Five-Element Conversion Formation until it burst apart, revealing Yang Tianyou's white-and-gold eyes.

Yang Tianyou completed his breakthrough and displayed overwhelming power, killing a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and joining Yang Danglong to fight the Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger. He slew the tiger with his self-developed Great White Heavenly Blade, while Wolf Ancestor remained in danger outside.

• Yang Tianyou swept away the Qi Refining cultivators, killed the Foundation Establishment Cultivator with a single slash, and struck the Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger into a rock wall.
• Yang Tianyou called on Yang Danglong to help defeat the tiger and learned that Wolf Ancestor was under attack by three opponents.
• Yang Tianyou formed a Spirit-Shattering Blade and fought the tiger while Yang Danglong used the Flood Dragon Fire-Swallowing Formation to hold it in place.
• Yang Tianyou unleashed the Great White Heavenly Blade and cut the Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger's neck, killing it.