Recaps

After destroying the Zhou Family, Chen Du returned to the Ancient Path Holy Land and hid his Fourteenth Tier cultivation from its Sixteenth Tier ancestor. He secretly plundered the holy land’s ancient sites, gaining powerful techniques, laws, and treasures while posing as an ordinary newcomer.

• The Zhou Family’s destruction alarmed the dynasty’s middle-ranking clans, whose investigators found no trace of the battle and warned their clans to avoid provoking the unknown killer.
• Chen Du returned to the Ancient Path Holy Land, where its Sixteenth Tier ancestor searched for the source of disturbances but failed to detect him.
• Chen Du mingled with inner-sect disciples by day, letting them believe he was an unremarkable Eighth Stage newcomer.
• At night, Chen Du studied the Myriad Laws Wall and gained the True Explanation of the Return of Myriad Laws to Their Origin, mastering the great Dao of water.
• Chen Du secretly visited the Millennium Hundred-Herb Garden and the abandoned earth-vein passage, gaining a restorative divine pill, an earth technique, and a defensive treasure.
• Chen Du continued his hidden routine, collecting ancient treasures and laws while no one at the holy land discovered his true cultivation.

Chen Du joined the Ancient Path Holy Land’s mandatory trial to Black Mist Marsh, seeing the journey as a chance to gain Calamity Qi and opportunities. After boarding a merchant ship, he was ambushed by four ninth-tier demonic cultivators who mistook him for Zhang Shun, and Chen Du struck them down with a flick of his hand.

• Elder Sun assigned the inner disciples to purge a demonic faction in Black Mist Marsh and included Chen Du in the trial party.
• Chen Du accepted the mandatory mission, then traveled with the disciples to the Mount Tai Immortal Assembly and boarded one of its merchant ships.
• Four ninth-tier demonic cultivators broke into Chen Du’s cabin and said someone had paid them to kill him, calling him Zhang Shun.
• The assassins attacked, triggering Chen Du’s Deliberate Revenge and Super Upgrade talents and earning him thirty thousand Sublimated Enmity Qi.
• Chen Du flicked four strands of dark golden lightning at the attackers, and Scarface froze in disbelief.

Chen Du killed four Ninth Tier assassins who attacked him, but Steward Liu of the Mount Tai Immortal Assembly ignored evidence that Chen had acted in self-defense and imprisoned him. Chen endured the abuse to build up Enmity Qi, planning to turn the tables when the humiliation reached its height.

• Chen Du annihilated Scarface and the three other Ninth Tier demonic cultivators who had tried to assassinate him in his cabin.
• Steward Liu arrived with Mount Tai Immortal Assembly disciples and accused Chen Du of murder, while two Ancient Path Holy Land elders asked him to investigate first.
• Chen Du pointed out that the assassins must have left evidence, and Liu's disciples found a hiring token, a communication jade talisman, and demonic-path tokens in the assassins' cabin.
• Although Liu learned that the evidence confirmed Chen Du's account, he insisted that Chen had broken the ship's rules and ordered him arrested.
• Chen Du accepted the arrest and let the disciples bind and imprison him, while Liu and the others mocked and humiliated him in the lower hold.
• Chen Du gained more Enmity Qi from the abuse and resolved to wait until he could overturn the situation before a larger audience.

Bound to the execution platform as Zhang Shun, Chen Du endured the Immortal Assembly’s increasingly powerful attempts to kill him while secretly gaining Grudge Qi from Steward Liu’s arrogance. Steward Liu activated the branch’s suppression formation and launched the God-Locking Thunder Spear at Chen Du.

• Steward Liu publicly read Zhang Shun’s charges and declared that he would be executed, while Chen Du secretly gained 700,000 years of sublimated Grudge Qi.
• Steward Liu’s Soul-Slaying Blade and the Immortal Assembly’s other weapons and devices failed to injure Chen Du, humiliating Steward Liu before the crowd.
• Steward Liu claimed Chen Du relied on a protective treasure and ordered disciples to bring the God-Locking Thunder Spear and activate the High-Podium Suppression Formation, earning Chen Du another 900,000 years of sublimated Grudge Qi.
• The Immortal Assembly activated the formation, suppressing Chen Du as the God-Locking Thunder Spear gathered lightning and hurtled toward him.

Chen Du broke free of the Immortal Assembly’s restraints, killed Steward Liu, and stripped the other cultivators of their cultivation before exposing the steward’s schemes. As he sailed back toward the Ancient Path Holy Land, he exchanged the Enmity Qi he gained for insight into the Fundamental Law of Thunder and advanced his mastery.

• Chen Du snapped his spirit-binding ropes and used dark purple lightning to immobilize Steward Liu and the other Immortal Assembly disciples.
• Chen Du killed Steward Liu and destroyed the remaining disciples’ cultivation, then made them confess the steward’s plots and declare Chen Du falsely accused.
• A newly appointed steward apologized, compensated Chen Du with spiritual materials, and escorted him onto the merchant ship bound for the Ancient Path Holy Land.
• Chen Du exchanged 900,000 sublimated Enmity Qi for 2,070 epochs of insight into the Fundamental Law of Thunder, reaching Eighth-Level Recognition and forming a new sword move called Myriad Tribulations Return to Thunder.
• As the ship continued toward the Ancient Path Holy Land, Chen Du considered where to find his next opportunity to gain Enmity Qi.

Chen Du cleared a dead forest during the Black Mist Marsh trial and killed a Ninth Tier demonic cultivator while hiding his strength. He refused Liu Chengyu's demand for the cultivator's head, and the chapter ended with Zhou Yuan trying to stop the confrontation as Liu Chengyu and his guards mocked them.

• Elder Sun divided the Ancient Path Holy Land disciples into teams and sent them to purge the outskirts of Black Mist Marsh.
• Chen Du entered an outer dead forest, where he killed a Ninth Tier demonic cultivator and took the man's head and spirit stones.
• Liu Chengyu arrived with three Twelfth Tier guards and ordered Chen Du to surrender the head, offering low-grade spirit stones in exchange.
• Chen Du refused, and Zhou Yuan arrived and warned him not to provoke Liu Chengyu because of the Liu Family's influence.
• Liu Chengyu mocked the two disciples and boasted of his family's status while his guards sneered.
• Zhou Yuan reached for Chen Du's storage bag to hand over the head, but Chen Du gently stopped him.

Chen Du refused Liu Chengyu’s attempt to seize his merit, and Liu Chengyu’s threats and insults only deepened Chen Du’s growing advantage. The chapter ended with Liu Chengyu ordering his guard to cripple Chen Du and drag him over alive.

• Chen Du rejected Liu Chengyu’s offer of spirit stones and turned to leave with the demonic cultivator’s storage bag.
• Liu Chengyu ordered a Twelfth Tier guard to teach Chen Du a lesson, but Chen Du’s glance left the guard frozen and unable to release his pressure.
• Chen Du confronted Liu Chengyu, calling out his reliance on family power and demanding to know what he could do if Chen Du kept the merit.
• Liu Chengyu threatened to kill Chen Du and harm his friends, relatives, and clansmen, while his three guards joined in insulting him.
• Chen Du’s talent panel recorded rising Hatred Qi and Enmity Qi as Liu Chengyu’s arrogance and malice escalated.
• Liu Chengyu ordered the guard to cripple Chen Du’s cultivation and limbs, then bring him over alive.