Recaps

Wei He seized a pirate ship, rescued three Xuanmiao Sect members, and learned that Seracla was pressuring the sect while Yuan Du Zi was missing. As Seracla’s ultimatum approached, Wei He headed back toward the sect and caught a thief carrying the Thousand Qin Diagram.

• Wei He defeated the pirates, captured their blonde leader, and had them bring three imprisoned Xuanmiao Sect members onto the deck.
• The rescued members told Wei He that Yuan Du Zi had been missing for half a month, Seracla was threatening Yuanxi, and Cai Menghuan was struggling to defend the sect.
• Wei He confirmed their account, took Marcus and the pirate ships, and set course for the sea near the Xuanmiao Sect.
• Donald gave Cai Menghuan five days to sign the Masters Alliance’s contract, but Cai refused its terms and declared the Xuanmiao Sect would fight instead.
• A thief escaped from the cargo ship with the Thousand Qin Diagram, but Wei He stopped his boat and asked what the treasure did.
• The thief explained that the Thousand Qin Diagram improved martial arts comprehension, and Wei He snatched it from his hand.

Wei He recovered the Thousand Qin Diagram and discovered that Liu Chengxi could demonstrate several powerful martial arts realms despite being unable to cultivate True Force or True Blood. As the ship neared the Xuanmiao Sect, Wei He learned from her and diverted toward a True World region to hunt Cloudy Beasts and complete the Three Hearts Art’s final layer.

• Wei He killed the thief who tried to escape with the Thousand Qin Diagram, then asked Song Shixiong and Liu Chengxi about the item and its effects.
• Song Shixiong explained that Liu Chengxi was compatible with the Thousand Qin Diagram and asked Wei He to accept her as a disciple; Wei He agreed after she demonstrated her skill.
• Wei He recognized Flowing Water Style in Liu Chengxi’s saber technique and learned that she had mastered six martial arts realms.
• After studying Liu Chengxi’s demonstrations, Wei He realized her weak Primal Blood prevented her from cultivating True Force or True Blood, but her comprehension was extraordinary.
• Wei He began learning Flowing Water Style from Liu Chengxi as the ship approached the Xuanmiao Sect.
• Wei He diverted with Song Shixiong and Liu Chengxi toward a True World region in a strong-wind belt to hunt Cloudy Beasts and prepare to finish the Three Hearts Art’s final layer.

Wei He hunted Cloud Lions and Cloudy Beasts in a misty archipelago to obtain hearts for the third heart of the Three Hearts Art. After discovering that he needed far more Cloudy Beast hearts than expected, he expanded his hunt to gather enough before the day ended.

• Wei He brought Liu Chengxi to the Cloud Lions’ island chain and told her to wait while he investigated.
• Wei He killed the Cloud Lions on the first islet, using only a fraction of his strength to draw out the Cloudy Beasts.
• Two Cloudy Beasts ambushed Wei He, but he wounded and killed them, then absorbed their hearts into his body.
• Wei He realized the two hearts were insufficient and that he needed at least thirty to form the third heart.
• Wei He hunted for over an hour, killing most of the Cloud Lions and about half the Cloudy Beasts he needed, then expanded his search.

Yuan Du Zi prepared to break free of Ansha Lu’s chains in a deep-sea trench while Wei He gathered the heart essence needed for the final stage of the Three Hearts Art and returned to the Xuanmiao Sect. With the Masters Alliance pressuring the sect and Yuan Du Zi still missing, Cai Menghuan had been trying to delay them when he learned Wei He had arrived.

• Yuan Du Zi settled beside Ansha Lu’s ice prison and began breaking free of the chains that bound her, resolved to succeed for Wei He’s sake.
• Wei He slaughtered two Cloudy Beast packs, collected enough heart essence for the Three Hearts Art, and watched a Boundary Wind Eye swallow a powerful Cloudy Beast.
• Wei He returned to his ship, told Liu Chengxi they were heading to the Xuanmiao Sect, and reached its nearby waters the next afternoon.
• Cai Menghuan, Qianliu Fengran, and Xiao Ling discussed delaying the Masters Alliance because the sect lacked Yuan Du Zi’s protection and could not accept its harsh terms.
• Cai Menghuan received word that Wei He had returned.

Wei He returned to Xuanmiao Sect and reunited with Cai Menghuan and his family before joining a meeting about the threat posed by Seracla’s Masters Alliance. Meanwhile, observers from the Masters Alliance and Haining Alliance discovered the Cloudy Beasts’ destruction but underestimated Wei He’s strength.

• Pavig inspected the islands where the Cloudy Beasts had lived, concluded that a new Master-level expert had wiped them out, and sent his fleet away to report his findings.
• A Haining Alliance scout examined the islands, judged that one or two unusually powerful people had killed the beasts, and left without realizing Wei He had acted alone.
• Wei He arrived at Xuanmiao Sect’s Longwan, reunited with Cai Menghuan, and greeted his family and the sect’s leaders.
• Wei He went to Yunxian Terrace to meet with the sect’s leaders and learn what had happened to Yuan Du Zi.
• Cai Menghuan explained that Seracla’s Masters were divided into lower, middle, and upper ranks, and that their firearms and underhanded tactics had previously injured the Haining Alliance’s leader.

Wei He learned that the Masters Alliance’s confidence came from Seracla’s powerful weapons and the decline of True Force caused by the loss of powerful True Beasts. The chapter left him facing the possibility that the old martial arts order could not withstand Seracla’s expanding power.

• Cai Menghuan and the other leaders discussed the Masters Alliance’s threat, and Patriarch Xiao Ling sent Hundred Grains to investigate while ordering Wei He to study past battles.
• At Black Cliff, Cai Menghuan told Wei He that the Sect Master’s research linked True Force’s decline to the disappearance of powerful True Beasts and the changing environment.
• Cai Menghuan told Wei He that the Patriarchs had arranged for them to leave secretly by boat in two days for a covert mission.
• Cai Menghuan explained that Seracla’s Biological Weapons could threaten True Persons and that some Far Hope Grandmasters had joined the Masters Alliance.
• Wei He learned that most Daoist sects had been destroyed, gone missing, or defected, leaving Xuanmiao Sect and the hidden Jinlian Sect among the few still resisting.

A Seracra fleet attacked a Haining Alliance island with specialized weapons and artillery while Masters Alliance members fought a Haining master. The next morning, Wei He learned that a Seracra delegation had arrived at the sect, and he went to meet them despite being advised to stay hidden.

• Seracra’s ships bombarded a Haining Alliance island, using Refraction Bombs to expose Complete Truth experts and drain their True Force.
• Master Anquila and two Masters Alliance members fought a gray-robed Haining master, while Seracra’s Mother of Floating strengthened its forces and helped turn the battle in their favor.
• Wei He awoke at home beside Wan Qingqing, still unsettled by a dream that had made him think he was in Great Moon.
• Lou Shengyue told Wei He that a Seracra delegation led by Masters Alliance members had arrived, while Senior Sister Hundred Grains had not returned from probing them.
• Wei He suspected the visit was connected to the previous day’s events and went with Lou Shengyue to the inner mountain, intending to assess the visitors.

At Xuanmiao Sect, Seracla’s Masters Alliance delegation challenged the sect’s disciples to friendly duels, but Wei He defeated their strongest knight with one strike. He then openly challenged Ailran and the other Masters, leaving both delegations stunned.

• Ailran described Seracla’s war against the Haining Alliance and revealed that Seracla had killed a Master and many other fighters in a recent assault.
• Huan Songzi defeated First-class Knight Ilalaine in a fierce sparring match, and Green Plum also defeated his Seraclan opponent.
• Ailran sent Leka, a heavily armored First-class Knight, to fight Wei He, who introduced himself as a Complete Purity Second Step Dao Child.
• Wei He struck Leka down instantly with two Black Pythons, stunning Ailran and the other Masters.
• Wei He stepped forward and openly requested a Master’s guidance from Ailran’s delegation.

At Xuanmiao Sect, Wei He challenged the Masters Alliance and fought Jeff using only Returning True Force, surprising the onlookers with his endurance and skill. Jeff then unleashed a White Headed Vulture light curtain and doubled his speed, leaving the duel poised to escalate.

• Two Jinlian Sect elders watched a Grandmaster battle over the sea and discussed how their shelters, Sacred Artifacts, and War Chains could weaken Far Hope’s experts.
• Wei He refused Xiao Ling and Cai Menghuan’s offers to join him and challenged the Masters Alliance alone.
• Jeff accepted Wei He’s challenge and attacked with rapidly changing thrusts, but Wei He’s Black Pythons repeatedly deflected him.
• Wei He used a forceful Returning True Force net and exploding Black Pythons to stop Jeff’s next assault and force him to retreat.
• Jeff warned Wei He before summoning a White Headed Vulture light curtain, then charged at more than twice his previous speed.

Wei He revealed overwhelming strength, killed Jeff and the Masters Ailran and Ma'en, then destroyed three Seracla warships. He told the Xuanmiao Sect leaders that they would counterattack while searching for the Sect Master, and the chapter ended with their next course set.

• Jeff’s attack broke against Wei He, who transformed into his five-meter form and killed him with a single palm strike.
• Wei He fought Ailran and Ma'en as Xiao Ling, Patriarch Fengran, and the others joined the battle and eliminated the Masters Alliance’s subordinates.
• Wei He crushed Ma'en and, with Xiao Ling and Fengran’s help, killed Ailran as the rest of the Alliance’s fighters were defeated.
• Wei He raced to Longwan Beach and wiped out the crews of three Seracla warships.
• Wei He told Xiao Ling and the assembled Xuanmiao Sect experts that they would counterattack while searching for the Sect Master.

At Baiying Base, Lilan planned a swift strike against the Xuanmiao Sect after Ailran’s delegation vanished, while Wei He, Xiao Ling, and Cai Menghuan watched the fleet and prepared to attack. The chapter ended with Xiao Ling asking Wei He what he had decided.

• At Far Hope, Commander Saff and Master Mio learned that Wei He had helped destroy Ailran’s delegation, and Mio proposed wiping out the Xuanmiao Sect.
• Wei He, Xiao Ling, and Cai Menghuan approached Baiying Base, where Xiao Ling described Lilan’s strength and urged them to wait for an opening.
• At Baiying Base, Lilan’s officers confirmed the Xuanmiao Sect was preparing for war and debated how to respond.
• Lilan decided to lead a disguised strike team, including Du Hanjun and Mariana, to break the Xuanmiao Sect’s star array and take hostages.
• Outside Baiying Base, Xiao Ling asked Wei He what he had decided.

Wei He and Xiao Ling identified a disguised communication boat heading toward the Xuanmiao Sect and intercepted it. Wei He killed Du Hanjun and Lilan, then emerged from the battle holding Lilan’s head.

• Wei He refused to attack the Seracla base before surveying its defenses, and Xiao Ling warned him about the Grandmaster-killing War Chain.
• Wei He spotted a communication boat heading toward the Xuanmiao Sect and reasoned that its passengers had concealed their auras.
• Wei He, Xiao Ling, and Cai Menghuan followed the boat, and Wei He smashed it apart to confront its passengers.
• Du Hanjun recognized Wei He and warned Lilan that he was the Xuanmiao Sect Dao Child, but Wei He attacked and killed Du Hanjun.
• Lilan unleashed his spiritual shield and Secret Sword against Wei He, but Wei He shattered his attack and killed him with Returning Heavens Blood Phoenix.

Wei He led an assault on Baiying Base, breaking through its defenses and attacking its warships despite the base’s sacred artifact weakening him. The chapter ended after a Crimson Demon Splitting Bullet struck him and engulfed his warship in a devastating explosion, leaving his fate unclear.

• After Wei He killed Du Hanjun and Lilan, Mariana fled, and Cai Menghuan urged the group to seize Baiying Base.
• Wei He, Xiao Ling, and Cai Menghuan raced toward the base as its alarms sounded and its defenses activated.
• Wei He charged through artillery fire and shattered the shelter light screens before crashing into a warship.
• The base activated a sacred artifact that weakened Wei He, but he attacked another warship and smashed a crater into its deck.
• A Crimson Demon Splitting Bullet hit Wei He, setting off a huge explosion that engulfed most of the warship while Xiao Ling and Cai Menghuan remained outside the artifact’s range.

Wei He survived the base’s defenses, killed Mariana, and destroyed Baiying Base’s Sacred Artifact before rejoining Xiao Ling and Cai Menghuan. He ordered the group to gather intelligence and spoils, then retreat rather than risk a positional battle against Seracla.

• Mariana ordered her knights to counterattack and request Master-level reinforcements after learning Lilan had died.
• Wei He emerged alive from the burning wreckage and devastated the base’s warships, drawing Mariana into a fight.
• Wei He killed Mariana despite her attacks and the base’s Sacred Artifact support.
• Wei He entered the triangular building, where the blue Sacred Artifact crystal exploded and its suppressive field vanished.
• Xiao Ling and Cai Menghuan joined Wei He, who explained the danger of Seracla’s fortified warfare and ordered a rapid retreat after gathering spoils and interrogating prisoners.

After Wei He destroyed Baiying Base, Saff ordered Seracla’s forces to target the Xuanmiao Sect, while the sect began evacuating to Hengyu Island. Wei He’s raids slowed the enemy’s advance but could not break the White Whale fleet, and he ended the chapter waiting for the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to fill.

• Saff learned that Wei He had killed Lilan and Du Hanjun at Baiying Base, then ordered a warrant against the Xuanmiao Sect and prepared a coordinated assault.
• Wei He returned to the sect with spoils from Baiying Base, and Feng Ran and Xiao Ling discussed the danger of fighting Seracla’s weapons and War Chain.
• The Xuanmiao Sect began evacuating its territory to Hengyu Island as Wei He planned to delay Seracla and ambush its deployed forces.
• Wei He destroyed six Seracla fleets over two months, but failed to defeat the White Whale fleet, which deployed two High-ranking Masters alongside sacred weapons and troops.
• Three months passed, and Wei He finally waited until the Boundary-Breaking Pearl became full.

Wei He decided that drawing Great Moon into the war was the only way to preserve Xuanmiao Sect and its people, then completed the Three Hearts Art by merging the Cloudy Beast bloodline. His new speed and strength left him confident that even a speed-focused Grandmaster from Great Moon could not surpass him in that regard.

• Wei He became Xuanmiao Sect's acting sect master and considered how to save the weakened sect as Seracla's fleet advanced and Yuan Du Zi remained missing.
• Wei He resolved to provoke Great Moon into entering the war, even if Xuanmiao Sect's holdings and the Haining Alliance and Tide faction were sacrificed.
• Wei He used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to bring the Three Hearts Art to major completion and fully merge the Mount Sumeru Whale King, Black Goat, and Cloudy Beast bloodlines with his human bloodline.
• Wei He gained the Cloudy Beast's ability to release mist and use it to move at extreme speed without a sonic boom.
• Wei He's three True Beast hearts strengthened his body for three days, adding more than two hundred thousand jin of strength.

Mo Nian died after warning Mo Qing to flee, and the Haining Alliance broke apart as its members divided its resources. Wei He led the Xuanmiao Sect to the Fuling Mountain Range to establish a refuge, while Li Rong was interrupted at the Burning Heaven Army Department by an unidentified visitor bearing important news.

• Mo Nian urged Mo Qing to abandon the Far West and escape before he died from his wounds.
• Mo Qing left Haining Palace, and the Haining Alliance's five Grandmasters divided its power and resources as the alliance collapsed.
• Wei He and the Xuanmiao Sect's leading members reached the Fuling Mountain Range to establish a hidden refuge and plan their return to the Far West.
• Li Rong reviewed the Ju Sha Army's capabilities and considered how to improve its defense against ultra-high-speed Grandmasters.
• An unidentified figure forced past the Burning Heaven Army Department's guards and appeared before Li Rong, claiming to have important news.

Wei He returned to the Burning Heaven Army Department and reunited with Li Rong before traveling to the Royal Capital. Emperor Dingyuan appointed him commander-in-chief of the Ju Sha Army, while Wei He began considering how to provoke an all-out war between Great Yue and Seracla.

• Wei He revealed himself to Li Rong, who embraced him and scolded him for disappearing, then welcomed him back with relief.
• Wei He reunited with Li Chengji and Xue Huo, and the army department learned that he had returned.
• Wei He and Li Rong traveled to the Royal Capital, where Emperor Dingyuan received them in a secret audience.
• Wei He told Emperor Dingyuan that people from Far Hope had rescued him after a Buddhist grandmaster captured him.
• Emperor Dingyuan offered Wei He the Ju Sha Army's commander-in-chief post, and Wei He accepted.
• Wei He resolved to plan how to make Great Yue and Seracla enter an all-out war.

Old Tori surveyed Far Hope’s Purple Fluorite mines and learned how Commander Saff’s quotas forced the local population into brutal labor. After reporting his return to Emperor Dingyuan, Wei He spoke with Sima Chi, who explained why the emperor trusted him and reminded him that Sima Wuque was waiting.

• Old Tori arrived in Far Hope and saw Seracla merchants preparing to profit from its abundant Purple Fluorite.
• An elderly merchant explained that Commander Saff had imposed harsh household mining quotas, enforced with mutilation and execution.
• Wei He reported his Far Hope experiences to Emperor Dingyuan, who welcomed him back into the Ju Sha system without questioning him.
• Sima Chi stopped Wei He in the palace corridor and said Emperor Dingyuan trusted him because Dayue needed allies against the Buddhist sects.
• Sima Chi warned Wei He that Ju Sha required vast resources and reminded him that Sima Wuque had been waiting for him.
• Wei He reflected on the conversation and considered Wan Qingqing’s acceptance of his betrothal to Sima Wuque.

Wei He studied Seracla’s cultivation system and searched for a way to provoke a war between Seracla and Great Yue. He began forming a plan to lure Seracla into attacking, while Emperor Dingyuan learned that the Essence-Catalyst Breaker likely came from Empress Ling Chongyan and resolved to punish her forces.

• Wei He suspected that Empress Ling Chongyan had also given Mu Chengwei an Essence-Catalyst Breaker, and he left the imperial city planning to take control of the Ju Sha Army.
• Emperor Dingyuan questioned Xiao Fuyue about the Purple Snowstone shortage and learned that Ling Chongyan had likely supplied the Essence-Catalyst Breaker.
• Wei He traveled to Tongxuan City, where he studied Seracla’s warrior and knight manuals with Xuanmiao Sect disciple Han Chunyu.
• Wei He reviewed intelligence on Great Yue and Seracla, ruling out minor incidents or the death of an important person as sufficient causes for war.
• Wei He considered a surprise attack or a struggle over urgently needed resources and began devising a scheme to make Seracla believe it could gain enormous benefits by attacking Great Yue.

Wei He arrived at the Ju Sha Army camp, took control of its formation core, and learned how the formation amplified its commanding general. He discovered unauthorized use of the secret vault and ordered Wang Zitao to lead him to the officer responsible.

• Wei He entered the underground Ju Sha Army camp and met its three division leaders, including Wang Zitao.
• Wei He ordered Wang Zitao to take him to the formation core, where they found the secret vault doors open and signs that supplies had been removed.
• Wei He learned that only the commanding general and logistics officer could withdraw supplies, then ordered the logistics officer, Fan Chongxian, to be summoned.
• Wei He grasped the formation core and learned that the Ju Sha Army's strength, defense, healing, and reaction speed depended heavily on its commanding general.
• When Fan Chongxian failed to arrive, Wei He ordered Wang Zitao to lead him to the officer, and Wang Zitao trembled.

Wei He took command of the Ju Sha Army by killing Silver Department and brutally suppressing resistance, then investigated the army’s unusual formation and its costly need for star cores and Purple Snowstone. He suspected Seracla had invaded Far Hope to seize its Purple Snowstone deposits and that Emperor Dingyuan was secretly studying the True Strength system.

• Wei He killed Silver Department in front of the soldiers and declared that the Ju Sha Army would follow his rules, then summoned its warehouse deputy and military leaders.
• Wei He reviewed the army’s records, ordered a full inspection, and learned that activating its formation consumed a Golden Body limit star core and over a thousand jin of Purple Snowstone each day.
• Wei He used his talisman to suppress resistance among the Ju Sha Army’s leaders and discovered that the formation spread attacks across its soldiers while strengthening their defenses.
• Wei He observed soldiers sparring without injuring each other and sensed that the talisman gathered and redistributed energy from their subsidiary bodies and the surrounding true energy.
• Wei He connected Great Moon’s heavy demand for Purple Snowstone with Seracla’s possible need for the mineral, recalling the rich deposits in northern Far Hope.
• Wei He began to suspect that Emperor Dingyuan had been secretly researching the True Strength system.

Emperor Dingyuan considered Wang Xuan's report about Far Hope's mineral riches, while Wang Xuan brutally imposed discipline on the Ju Sha Army and prepared it for combat. At a snowy temple, an abbot sought Wen She’s help against the Ju Sha Army, and Wen She reacted to hearing Wang Xuan’s name.

• Emperor Dingyuan read Wang Xuan’s memorial about Far Hope and summoned Ministry of Works officials to verify its resources and plan an expedition.
• Wei He killed a defiant Ju Sha soldier after executing others who resisted his orders, then ordered the army to march for Haizhou for live-combat training.
• Wei He ordered Wang Zitao to send half the Ju Sha Army’s provisions to White Elephant City, and Wang Zitao obeyed.
• A black-cassocked abbot arrived at Wen She’s snowy temple and asked him to join Guangci Cult in dealing with the Ju Sha Army.
• Wen She recognized Wang Xuan’s name and recalled the failed operation to capture him.

The Buddhist Sect planned to undermine Wang Xuan and tested his strength by sending two Grandmasters to confront him. Wei He used the Ju Sha Army formation to withstand their attack, and afterward advanced to the late stage of the Divine Strength Realm, but he remained wary of the Sect’s intentions.

• The black-robed Buddhist Sect leader and Secret King Wen She decided to prepare to intercept Ju Sha and destroy Wang Xuan’s standing with Emperor Dingyuan.
• Wei He waited alone in the stone forest and called out the Buddhist Sect’s hidden visitors, whereupon Wen She and a bronze monk appeared.
• Wei He fought both Grandmasters and activated the Ju Sha Army formation through his talisman to block their combined attack, though the Star Core lost nearly half its energy.
• Wen She and the bronze monk withdrew after testing Wei He, having gauged the formation’s strength and its heavy energy consumption.
• Wei He advanced to the late stage of the Divine Strength Realm but remained uneasy about the Buddhist Sect’s plans.

Emperor Dingyuan accepted Wei He's offer of leverage and ordered the army to give him whatever supplies he wanted. As Wei He led the Ju Sha Army into Haizhou, he slaughtered the mourners blocking its path and then used the army formation to reveal a desolate True World plain before a vast blood-red boundary.

• Emperor Dingyuan dismissed reports about Wang Xuan's identity, saw Wei He's appropriation of supplies as useful leverage, and issued a decree granting him more.
• Wei He led the Ju Sha Army toward Haizhou, with Chen Xin outwardly submitted and Wang Zitao and Zhang Qixiu guarding him.
• Relatives of soldiers Wei He had killed blocked the suspension bridge and accused him of brutality.
• Wei He ordered the archers to fire, killing the mourners, and the Ju Sha Army cleared the bodies and continued onward.
• Wei He and the three leaders activated the Return to Truth formation, revealing a gray-white plain and a massive blood-red region ahead.