Recaps

Hun Xiu defeated the Western Heaven War Sovereign and his guards, then heard from the returning system that his new mission was to dominate the Great Thousand World. The system said he would need Master Realm strength and a complete name on the Firmament Ranking, while its promised reward was becoming the Great Master.

• Hun Xiu mocked the captive Western Heaven War Sovereign, who grew furious and admitted he had lost.
• Five Western Heaven War Hall Earth Sovereigns rushed to confront Hun Xiu, but he knocked them down with a sneeze.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign surrendered to Hun Xiu and regretted making an enemy of him over a woman.
• The system appeared in Hun Xiu's mind and assigned him the mission to dominate the Great Thousand World.
• Hun Xiu learned he needed Master Realm strength and a complete name on the Firmament Ranking to fulfill the mission, and questioned the system's reward of becoming the Great Master.

Hun Xiu ignored the system and turned the Western Heaven War Sovereign’s attempted escape into a negotiation over compensation. The Western Heaven War Sovereign agreed to make amends, only to learn that Hun Xiu wanted every cultivation resource in the Western Heaven War Emperor Hall.

• Hun Xiu dismissed the system after it admitted that its missions and rewards were effectively the same.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign tried to escape while Hun Xiu was distracted, but Hun Xiu caught him preparing to resist.
• Hun Xiu accepted the Western Heaven War Sovereign’s claim that their conflict had been a misunderstanding and released him to settle matters.
• Hun Xiu asked for compensation, and the Western Heaven War Sovereign agreed to pay.
• Hun Xiu demanded all the cultivation resources in the Western Heaven War Emperor Hall, leaving the Western Heaven War Sovereign stunned.

Hun Xiu demanded all the Western Heaven War Hall’s cultivation resources as compensation, but the Western Heaven War Sovereign balked at surrendering them. Hun Xiu attacked and pinned him face-down in a crater, leaving the War Sovereign humiliated and unable to escape.

• Hun Xiu refused to reduce his demand for all the Western Heaven War Hall’s cultivation resources, and the Western Heaven War Sovereign pleaded for room to negotiate.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign briefly gathered his battle intent, but Hun Xiu’s threatening presence made him back down and admit he was no match.
• When the Western Heaven War Sovereign said he could not decide alone whether to give up the resources, Hun Xiu struck him and slammed his head into the ground.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign roared and struggled, but Hun Xiu kept him pinned and declared that he had no chance of turning the fight around.
• Hun Xiu increased the pressure on the Western Heaven War Sovereign’s head, leaving him crushed beneath his hand.

Hun Xiu forced Western Heaven War Sovereign to surrender the Western Heaven War Hall’s cultivation resources, then completed his conversion to spiritual energy and discovered he had reached the early Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm. As Hun Xiu prepared to visit the Western Heaven War Hall, Qing Yanjing warned him of danger and offered to serve him as a slave or maid.

• Hun Xiu threatened Western Heaven War Sovereign until he agreed to hand over the Western Heaven War Hall’s cultivation resources, then let him return to the hall ahead of him.
• Western Heaven War Sovereign left, vowing to ambush Hun Xiu if he came to the Western Heaven War Hall.
• Hun Xiu gave Qing Yanjing a healing pill and continued converting his Dou Qi into spiritual energy while she watched and then refined the pill.
• Hun Xiu completed the conversion and used the system to learn that he had reached the early Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Hun Xiu put on a mask and set out for the Western Heaven War Hall; Qing Yanjing caught up, warned him of the danger, and offered to serve him as a slave or maid.

Hun Xiu accepted Qing Yanjing as his servant after she insisted on staying by his side, then traveled with her to Western Heaven War City to collect the cultivation resources owed by the Western Heaven War Sovereign. The War Sovereign stalled for time and offered Hun Xiu a hundred women, but Hun Xiu rejected them as women the War Sovereign had already used.

• Qing Yanjing repeatedly tried to kneel in gratitude, but Hun Xiu stopped her and eventually agreed to let her stay as his servant.
• After Qing Yanjing gave her name, Hun Xiu realized she was Mu Chen's mother and asked to call her Jingjing.
• Hun Xiu and Qing Yanjing arrived above Western Heaven War City, where the Western Heaven War Sovereign greeted them and invited them to his hall.
• Hun Xiu asked for the promised cultivation resources, and the Western Heaven War Sovereign claimed they needed several more days to prepare while secretly waiting for reinforcements.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign brought in a hundred women to entertain Hun Xiu, but Hun Xiu called them worn-out women the War Sovereign had already used.

Hun Xiu rejected the Western Heaven War Sovereign’s offer of women and tried to make clear that he had come for cultivation resources, but the War Sovereign kept misreading him. The chapter ended with the Western Heaven War Sovereign asking a subordinate whether he understood Hun Xiu’s meaning.

• The Western Heaven War Sovereign dismissed the hundred women after Hun Xiu rejected them, while privately seething over Hun Xiu’s insult to his hospitality.
• Hun Xiu accused the Western Heaven War Sovereign of insulting him by offering women he had already slept with, and the War Sovereign denied it.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign ordered a subordinate to find a hundred virgin women, then increased the number to two hundred when Hun Xiu tried to interrupt.
• The subordinate and Qing Yanjing misinterpreted Hun Xiu’s silence as proof that he wanted the women, while Hun Xiu grew exasperated.
• Hun Xiu stopped the subordinate from leaving, and the Western Heaven War Sovereign asked the subordinate whether he understood Hun Xiu’s meaning.

Hun Xiu rejected the Western Heaven War Sovereign’s offer of beauties and demanded cultivation resources instead, while the War Sovereign secretly plotted to kill him. The Western Heaven War Sovereign gathered the Western Heaven War Hall’s experts and revealed that powerful allies, including the Azure Robe Sword Saint, were coming.

• The Western Heaven War Sovereign misunderstood Hun Xiu’s response and ordered his subordinate to find three hundred beauties, but Hun Xiu told him to prepare cultivation resources instead.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign left Hun Xiu’s hall in anger and vowed to kill him within a few days; Hun Xiu relaxed as Qing Yanjing massaged his back.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign met with the Western Heaven War Hall’s Earth Sovereign experts and complained that Hun Xiu demanded all their cultivation resources.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign revealed that he had contacted experts from the Ice Spirit Clan, the Fire Spirit Clan, and the Sword Domain to help defeat Hun Xiu.
• The Western Heaven War Hall’s experts were shocked to hear that the Azure Robe Sword Saint was coming.

The Western Heaven War Sovereign waited for allies to arrive so he could kill Hun Xiu instead of giving him the promised cultivation resources. The Ice Spirit Ancestor arrived, and Hun Xiu recognized that the War Sovereign was stalling him.

• The Western Heaven War Sovereign revealed that he had paid the Azure Robe Sword Saint, the Ice Spirit Clan, and the Fire Spirit Clan to help eliminate Hun Xiu.
• Five days later, Hun Xiu asked the Western Heaven War Sovereign for the cultivation resources he had requested, and the War Sovereign told him to wait.
• A powerful chill spread through Western Heaven War City, and the Ice Spirit Ancestor arrived at the War Hall.
• Qing Yanjing identified the Ice Spirit Ancestor as a mid-stage Spiritual Grade Heavenly Sovereign, while Hun Xiu judged him weak.
• Hun Xiu confronted the Western Heaven War Sovereign about never preparing the resources, and the War Sovereign denied it while waiting for his other allies.

Hun Xiu taunted the Western Heaven War Sovereign and Ice Spirit Ancestor while waiting to see what forces the War Sovereign had gathered. The chapter ended with Ice Spirit Ancestor threatening Hun Xiu after he mocked the Ice Spirit Clan’s strength.

• The Western Heaven War Sovereign placated Hun Xiu while concealing his restored confidence and waiting for more powerful experts to arrive.
• Ice Spirit Ancestor arrived at the Western Heaven War Hall and insulted Hun Xiu, who dismissed him and neutralized his freezing attack.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign stopped the two from fighting, and Ice Spirit Ancestor warned Hun Xiu to keep a low profile.
• After the War Sovereign introduced them, Hun Xiu mocked Ice Spirit Ancestor’s strength and suggested the Ice Spirit Clan was in decline.
• Ice Spirit Ancestor glared at Hun Xiu and asked whether he was courting death.

Hun Xiu exposed the Western Heaven War Sovereign’s scheme and fought Ice Spirit Ancestor, leaving the plot at the start of a battle inside the frozen palace.

• Hun Xiu dispersed Ice Spirit Ancestor’s palm strike with one finger and mocked him.
• Hun Xiu struck Ice Spirit Ancestor with a palm, shattered his Ice Shield, and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Hun Xiu confronted the Western Heaven War Sovereign about using Ice Spirit Ancestor as a cultivation resource.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign admitted Hun Xiu would not leave and refused to hand over the Western Heaven War Hall’s resources.
• Ice Spirit Ancestor launched the Eternal Freezing Art, freezing the palace and sending ice toward Hun Xiu.

Hun Xiu fought the Western Heaven War Sovereign and the Ice Spirit Ancestor in Western Heaven War City, overpowering both despite their preparations. The chapter left the two Heavenly Sovereigns badly defeated while Hun Xiu remained in control.

• The Ice Spirit Ancestor froze Hun Xiu with his Eternal Freezing Art, but Hun Xiu melted the ice with flames and punched him through the palace wall, bringing the palace down.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign activated a grand array to keep Hun Xiu from escaping, then attacked him, but Hun Xiu knocked him into the palace ruins with a single punch.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign used the Million Grasping Hand of the Heavens, but Hun Xiu's Hand of the Heavens overcame it and left the War Sovereign injured.
• The Ice Spirit Ancestor attacked Hun Xiu with Absolute Zero, but Hun Xiu melted the ice sphere and shattered his Ice Shield with a wisp of flame.
• The Ice Spirit Ancestor extinguished the flame by rolling across the ground, but he and the Western Heaven War Sovereign remained badly defeated by Hun Xiu.

Hun Xiu overwhelmed the Western Heaven War Sovereign with Heavenly Flames, leaving him on the verge of surrender. The Fire Spirit Ancestor arrived, and the War Sovereign called for him to save him.

• Hun Xiu shattered the Western Heaven War Hall’s formation and demanded that the Western Heaven War Sovereign hand over its cultivation resources.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign summoned his Sovereign Dharma Body and attacked with the Nine Heavens War God Seal, but Hun Xiu’s fire annihilated it and burned through his defenses.
• The Fire Spirit Ancestor sensed the sea of fire from a thousand li away and headed toward Western Heaven War City.
• The Ice Spirit Ancestor tried to extinguish the flames with the Eternal Freezing Art, but his frigid energy evaporated on contact.
• As the Western Heaven War Sovereign considered surrendering, the Fire Spirit Ancestor arrived, and the War Sovereign cried out for him to save him.

Fire Spirit Ancestor arrived to aid the Western Heaven War Sovereign and challenged Hun Xiu to a contest of fire control. Hun Xiu swallowed Fire Spirit Ancestor’s flames with the Nihility Devouring Flame, leaving him stunned.

• Fire Spirit Ancestor extinguished Hun Xiu’s sea of flames and saved the Western Heaven War Sovereign.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor recognized Ice Spirit Ancestor and learned that Ice Spirit Ancestor and the Western Heaven War Sovereign together had failed to defeat Hun Xiu.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor challenged Hun Xiu to compete in fire control, and Hun Xiu declared himself the Flame Emperor.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor unleashed his Fire Dance Cyclone, sending a giant fire phoenix and an endless sea of flames toward Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu’s Black Flame transformed into a black hole and swallowed Fire Spirit Ancestor’s attack, prompting Fire Spirit Ancestor to identify it as the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Hun Xiu revealed that he came from the Dou Qi Continent and had killed the inheritor of Tou She Ancient God's legacy. After learning Tou She Ancient God was in the Fire Spirit Clan, Hun Xiu threatened to devour him and challenged the Fire Spirit Ancestor, Western Heaven War Sovereign, and Ice Spirit Ancestor, who attacked as he formed a fire lotus.

• Fire Spirit Ancestor recognized Hun Xiu's Nihility Devouring Flame and confirmed that he had come from the Dou Qi Continent.
• Hun Xiu told Fire Spirit Ancestor that he had not inherited Tou She Ancient God's legacy and had killed the person who did.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor revealed that Tou She Ancient God was serving as a guest elder in the Fire Spirit Clan after losing a contest of flames.
• Hun Xiu said he would visit the Fire Spirit Clan and devour Tou She Ancient God, then dismissed Fire Spirit Ancestor.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor, Western Heaven War Sovereign, and Ice Spirit Ancestor joined forces and unleashed their strongest attacks against Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu calmly formed a palm-sized fire lotus from several merging Heavenly Flames as the attacks rushed toward him.

Hun Xiu defeated the Western Heaven War Sovereign, Fire Spirit Ancestor, and Ice Spirit Ancestor, then humiliated the Western Heaven War Sovereign while demanding the Western Heaven War Hall’s cultivation resources. As the War Sovereign refused, Hun Xiu sensed a powerful sword-bearing reinforcements approaching.

• Hun Xiu’s Buddha's Fury Lotus overwhelmed the three attacks and blasted the Western Heaven War Sovereign, Fire Spirit Ancestor, and Ice Spirit Ancestor into craters.
• Hun Xiu pinned the Western Heaven War Sovereign beneath his foot and suppressed his spiritual energy.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor and Ice Spirit Ancestor watched in fear as Hun Xiu humiliated the Western Heaven War Sovereign.
• Hun Xiu demanded the Western Heaven War Hall’s cultivation resources, but the Western Heaven War Sovereign refused.
• Hun Xiu sensed a peerless divine sword approaching and recognized that another, more powerful reinforcement was on its way.

Hun Xiu was fighting Western Heaven War Sovereign when the Azure Robe Sword Saint arrived and struck him with a powerful sword attack. The Sword Saint praised Hun Xiu as invincible below Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, while Western Heaven War Sovereign and the ancestors stood with him.

• Ice Spirit Ancestor and Fire Spirit Ancestor feared Hun Xiu, then sensed the Azure Robe Sword Saint approaching.
• Western Heaven War Sovereign called for the Sword Saint as he arrived and attacked Hun Xiu with a powerful sword strike.
• Hun Xiu released Western Heaven War Sovereign, blocked the attack, but was wounded and sent flying.
• Western Heaven War Sovereign, Fire Spirit Ancestor, and Ice Spirit Ancestor greeted the Azure Robe Sword Saint respectfully.
• The Azure Robe Sword Saint praised Hun Xiu as invincible below Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns.

Hun Xiu challenged Azure Robe Sword Saint to test his strength against a powerful opponent, and Azure Robe Sword Saint agreed to fight him. Hun Xiu split two Emperor Flames from his body, revealing flames said to be as powerful as Tou She Ancient God, which transformed into two copies of Hun Xiu.

• Hun Xiu told Azure Robe Sword Saint he wanted to fight him and use him as a whetstone to measure and improve his strength.
• Azure Robe Sword Saint accepted Hun Xiu's challenge, summoned his azure sword, and turned the surroundings into a world of swords.
• Azure Robe Sword Saint asked Hun Xiu's name, and Hun Xiu introduced himself before preparing to fight.
• Hun Xiu split two flames from his body, and Fire Spirit Ancestor identified them as Emperor Flames of the same origin as Tou She Ancient God.
• The two flames transformed into black-robed and azure-robed copies of Hun Xiu with identical auras and cultivation realms.

Hun Xiu revealed two powerful avatars and challenged Azure Robe Sword Saint with the sword spirit of Xuanyuan Sword. Their battle left Western Heaven War Sovereign and the two Ancestors stunned by Hun Xiu’s strength, and the chapter ended with the fight still evenly matched.

• Hun Xiu confirmed that his two conscious avatars had strength equal to his main body and denied that their creation came from the Heavenly Emperor’s One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• Azure Robe Sword Saint asked Hun Xiu to show him his sword, and Hun Xiu summoned the sword spirit of Xuanyuan Sword, explaining that it was both a sword and not a sword.
• Hun Xiu and his two avatars attacked Azure Robe Sword Saint with a sword, a ruler, and a broadsword, but Azure Robe Sword Saint blocked their attacks without difficulty.
• The three fighters continued to clash evenly, while Western Heaven War Sovereign, Ice Spirit Ancestor, and Fire Spirit Ancestor realized Hun Xiu had held back when he fought them earlier.
• Western Heaven War Sovereign recognized that the strength of Hun Xiu had far exceeded his expectations, and his plan to defeat him with the help of the three experts seemed uncertain.

Hun Xiu and the Azure Robe Sword Saint escalated their battle, with both unleashing their strongest attacks. Their clash ended in a massive explosion, leaving Hun Xiu exhausted and the outcome unclear.

• The Western Heaven War Sovereign regretted provoking Hun Xiu and silently hoped the Azure Robe Sword Saint would defeat him.
• Hun Xiu realized that the Azure Robe Sword Saint had held back and that he would likely lose if the battle continued.
• The Azure Robe Sword Saint summoned his Sovereign Dharma Body and prepared to defeat Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu merged his two flames into a fire lotus and warned the Azure Robe Sword Saint that it was his strongest attack.
• The Azure Robe Sword Saint unleashed Myriad Swords Return to Origin, and Hun Xiu sent his Buddha's Fury Lotus into the sword rain.
• The fire lotus exploded against the swords, engulfing the battlefield in flames and leaving Hun Xiu pale and exhausted.

After Hun Xiu admitted defeat to the Azure Robe Sword Saint, the Western Heaven War Sovereign stabbed him while he was gravely weakened. Hun Xiu escaped, and the Azure Robe Sword Saint blocked the Western Heaven War Sovereign from pursuing him before leaving in disappointment.

• Hun Xiu admitted defeat, and the Azure Robe Sword Saint praised his potential to reach or surpass Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign suddenly pierced Hun Xiu's chest while he was weakened and distracted.
• Hun Xiu unleashed flames, fled, and vowed to remember the attack and settle the score someday.
• The Western Heaven War Sovereign tried to pursue Hun Xiu, fearing he would later destroy the Western Heaven War Hall.
• The Azure Robe Sword Saint blocked the Western Heaven War Sovereign and condemned his actions, then left disappointed in him.

After escaping the destruction of Western Heaven War City, Hun Xiu collapsed from his injuries and Qing Yanjing hid him in a cave. Three days later, an unknown old man stronger than the Western Heaven War Sovereign found them, leaving Hun Xiu and Qing Yanjing preparing for a possible fight.

• The Fire Spirit Ancestor and Ice Spirit Ancestor accepted the Western Heaven War Sovereign's promised reward and departed, while he surveyed the ruins of Western Heaven War City.
• Hun Xiu fled until exhaustion, released Qing Yanjing from the Heavenly Tomb, and collapsed unconscious; Qing Yanjing carried him to a cave and concealed it with formations and barriers.
• When Hun Xiu awakened, he questioned Qing Yanjing about the roasted meat, then began recovering in the cave.
• Three days later, Hun Xiu sensed an approaching old man and told Qing Yanjing that he had discovered them and was stronger than the Western Heaven War Sovereign but weaker than the Azure Robe Sword Saint.
• Qing Yanjing vowed to protect Hun Xiu, who indignantly insisted that a dignified Heavenly Sovereign did not need a woman to protect him.

Hun Xiu prepared to face a powerful visitor while injured, asking Qing Yanjing to help him if a fight broke out. The visitor turned out to be Qing Yanjing's clan great elder, who accused Hun Xiu of living off a woman and demanded she come out.

• Hun Xiu coughed up blood after boasting to Qing Yanjing, then asked her to join him in driving back a powerful enemy if necessary.
• A white-robed elder arrived outside the cave and threatened to break through the formation unless someone came out.
• Qing Yanjing recognized the elder as her clan's great elder and realized he had found her after she fled.
• Hun Xiu met the elder at the cave entrance and assessed his strength while the elder admired Hun Xiu's appearance.
• The elder said Hun Xiu was unworthy of Qing Yanjing and accused him of living off women, leaving Hun Xiu demanding an explanation.

Futur Xuan confronted Hun Xiu, believing Qing Yanjing had run away from home to keep him as a pretty boy. When Qing Yanjing refused to return to the Futur Ancient Clan until Hun Xiu recovered, Futur Xuan grew furious at her calling Hun Xiu her Master.

• Hun Xiu learned that the old man was Futur Xuan, the Great Elder of the Futur Ancient Clan, and realized he had come to retrieve Qing Yanjing.
• Futur Xuan demanded that Hun Xiu call Qing Yanjing out, and Qing Yanjing emerged and greeted the Great Elder.
• Futur Xuan was relieved that Qing Yanjing seemed to have remained pure and told her to return to the clan.
• Qing Yanjing agreed to return eventually but asked for more time because Hun Xiu was seriously injured, calling him her Master.
• Futur Xuan flew into a rage over Qing Yanjing calling Hun Xiu her Master and berated them both.

Futur Xuan confronted Hun Xiu and demanded Qing Yanjing lower the barrier so he could attack him. Hun Xiu stopped Futur Xuan’s attempt to break through by summoning an Emperor Flame avatar, leaving Futur Xuan wary of the two Hun Xius.

• Futur Xuan berated Hun Xiu as a freeloader and pretty boy, while Hun Xiu taunted him from behind the formation barrier.
• Futur Xuan demanded that Qing Yanjing open the barrier, but she refused because Hun Xiu was injured and would be in danger.
• Futur Xuan began gathering power to break the barrier, and Hun Xiu reassured Qing Yanjing before sending a wisp of Emperor Flame outside.
• Futur Xuan tried to extinguish the flame, but it expanded into a sea of fire and forced him to retreat.
• A black-robed Hun Xiu avatar emerged from the flames, and Futur Xuan recognized it as a mid-stage Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign and stopped dismissing Hun Xiu.

Hun Xiu used his incarnation, a mid-stage Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign, to keep Futur Xuan occupied while he and Qing Yanjing entered the cave. Qing Yanjing chose to stay with Hun Xiu, and outside, his incarnation began fighting Futur Xuan.

• Hun Xiu told Futur Xuan that he would have to defeat his incarnation to break the formation, then entered the cave with Qing Yanjing.
• Hun Xiu revealed that his incarnation was his strongest available trump card and asked Qing Yanjing whether she wanted to return to her family.
• Hun Xiu admitted that he did not want Qing Yanjing to leave, and she decided to stay with him.
• Outside, Futur Xuan learned that the flame-wielding figure was Hun Xiu's incarnation and refused to retreat.
• Hun Xiu's incarnation attacked Futur Xuan with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and Futur Xuan raised a barrier to defend himself.