Recaps

After America demanded that Fang Yi return the three Thrones, he replied that he had already fused them. The Black Palace then sought Archangel Lord Michael’s help, and Michael became intrigued by the name Yang God Lord.

• America condemned Fang Yi for killing its Lords and demanded that he return the Thrones, but Fang Yi replied that he had already fused them.
• The Black Palace leaders decided to contact Archangel Lord Michael after Fang Yi dismissed America’s demand.
• Michael killed the Lord of Stone with holy light and left a Stone Throne behind.
• A Black Palace Pioneer told Michael that the Black Palace wanted him to act against Fang Yi, also known as Yang God Lord.
• Michael dismissed the Pioneer’s credentials and said that Yang God Lord was interesting after sensing a trace of danger.

Fang Yi tempered himself in a typhoon, upgraded the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Sealing Art, and strengthened his Adamantine Body. Meanwhile, Lin Yiyi killed two Lords and absorbed their Thrones to break through to two stars, as Xia Kingdom promoted universal cultivation.

• Fang Yi drained the lightning from a typhoon and upgraded the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Sealing Art into the Forbidden Reincarnation Sealing Art.
• Fang Yi recognized the evolved art’s ability to seal or annihilate souls, then noted that lightning had helped him firmly establish himself in the Adamantine Body Realm.
• Fang Yi received news that Lin Yiyi had killed two Lords in Brahma Country and broken through to two stars in the Adamantine Body Realm.
• Lin Yiyi absorbed a Third Sequence Throne and the Snow Throne after killing the two Lords who had ambushed her.
• Lords across Earth Star hunted one another, while Xia Kingdom’s hidden Lords avoided attacking because they feared the Undertaker.
• Xia Kingdom continued promoting universal cultivation, with the expectation that a stronger nation would gain access to more Thrones.

At a joint conference, Liu QianYue and Sun Mo moved to launch universal cultivation in response to the growing threat posed by powerful Lords. Xia Kingdom established the Spirit Nurturing Department and began recruiting Pioneers to teach, leaving the nation eager to enter a new era of martial arts.

• Liu QianYue heard reports of Undertaker Captain’s breakthrough, the unknown strength of the Gourd Vine, Lord of Metal’s killings, and America’s Archangel Lord.
• Sun Mo urged Liu QianYue to implement the long-delayed universal cultivation proposal, citing the dangers posed by the Lords and the approaching Spirit Qi recovery.
• Liu QianYue approved the plan, ordering universities and major cities to expand cultivation training under the new Spirit Nurturing Department.
• Xia Kingdom issued cultivation documents, and the public responded enthusiastically as official videos featuring Undertaker drew widespread attention.
• The authorities opened pilot sites and recruited Pioneers, who eagerly applied for teaching and other roles.

At Thunder Mountain, Chu Qingli and Lu Xing discussed Xia Kingdom’s newly opened cultivation system and their admiration for the Undertaker. Chu Qingli regretted Fang Yi’s absence from her life and assumed he had missed another chance, then went with Lu Xing to have her talent and realm assessed.

• People gathered at Thunder Mountain and praised the Thunder Lord, the Undertaker, and Xia Kingdom’s efforts to prepare for the crisis.
• Lu Xing told Chu Qingli how Pioneers had once fought among themselves, while Chu Qingli said she believed the Undertaker would help Xia Kingdom prosper.
• Chu Qingli wondered whether Fang Yi would become a cultivator and concluded that he had missed his chance because he had not contacted her.
• Lu Xing and Chu Qingli praised the Undertaker and lamented that they were too weak to work alongside him in Tai City.
• Lu Xing suggested that Chu Qingli visit the Spirit Nurturing Department to test her talent and realm, and she agreed.

Chu Qingli underwent her first assessment at the Chuan City Spirit Nurturing Department while Lu Xing and Wang Zhi waited for her results. The test revealed that she had an Ordinary Leaf Attribute, but her talent score remained unknown.

• Lu Xing brought Chu Qingli to the Spirit Nurturing Department and used his connection to Wang Zhi to get her tested despite the long queue.
• Chu Qingli entered the testing machine, which stimulated her spiritual energy to measure how much she could absorb.
• Wang Zhi estimated that Chu Qingli’s absorption rate was around 68% after she began struggling with the test.
• The machine displayed Chu Qingli’s Leaf Attribute and rated it Ordinary.

Chu Qingli received a poor aptitude test but was admitted to the Chuan City Spirit Nurturing Department through Lu Xing’s arrangements, where she and Lu Xing cultivated for half a month. Vice Minister Wang Zhi announced that the Undertaker Captain would attend a cultivator lecture at Qingbei University.

• Chu Qingli’s test showed a 68% absorption rate and an ordinary attribute, but Wang Zhi admitted her to the Spirit Nurturing Department after speaking with Lu Xing.
• Lu Xing and Chu Qingli left the testing room and began learning from Pioneer instructors at the department.
• After half a month, Chu Qingli reached Divine Axe Second Star and Lu Xing reached Divine Axe Sixth Star.
• Wang Zhi gathered the students and announced a lecture for them at Qingbei University.
• Wang Zhi confirmed that the Undertaker Captain would attend the lecture in person.

At Qingbei University, cultivators and ordinary people gathered to hear speeches about humanity’s coming dangers and to see the Undertaker. After researchers and city captains spoke, the Undertaker was announced as the final guest, and the crowd erupted in cheers as Chu Qingli watched the curtain.

• Chu Qingli arrived at Qingbei University and found a seat in the auditorium, eager to see the Undertaker in person.
• Li Zhongyue opened the event with a speech about Spirit Qi recovery, Anomaly Invasions, and humanity’s need to defend itself.
• Captains from Tian City and Cang City and other speakers addressed the young cultivators, while Li Zhongyue reflected on the legacy being passed down.
• The host introduced the Undertaker as the event’s final guest, and the crowd roared his codename as Chu Qingli fixed her gaze on the figure behind the curtain.

Fang Yi revealed himself as the legendary Undertaker at a cultivator gathering and delivered a speech that stirred the crowd. Chu Qingli recognized her ex-boyfriend and, after hearing of his achievements, regretted breaking up with him.

• Fang Yi stepped onto the stage and was greeted by an ecstatic crowd as the Undertaker.
• Chu Qingli recognized Fang Yi’s silhouette and voice, then left her seat with Lu Xing to get a closer look.
• Fang Yi urged cultivators to persevere, and the audience praised his victories and the people he had saved.
• Chu Qingli confirmed that the Undertaker was Fang Yi and collapsed as she heard cultivators recount his achievements.
• Chu Qingli remembered breaking up with Fang Yi because she feared he would hold her back and regretted her decision.

Fang Yi went to Qingbei University to investigate a mutated Yang Attribute seal site and entered its golden waves after they killed an arrogant captain. His system unlocked the Blazing Sun cultivation method Yang God Seal as he faced the site’s power.

• Chen Ruo led Fang Yi and the gathered captains to the seal site at Qingbei University.
• Fang Yi recognized the site as the place where he had previously sealed the Nine Dragon Heavenly Fire.
• An arrogant captain rushed into the golden waves and was killed instantly, prompting cultivators to retreat from the dangerous Yang Attribute pressure.
• Fang Yi entered the seal site and confronted the Blazing Sun power with the Golden Crow aura in his eyes.
• Fang Yi’s system unlocked the Blazing Sun Attribute data template and granted him the Yang God Seal cultivation method.

Fang Yi subdued the Golden Sun’s Yang Attribute and ordered Qingbei to keep the athletic field sealed for three months. Watching him, Chu Qingli realized he was the Undertaker she had once dated and regretted believing he was unworthy of her.

• Fang Yi learned the Yang God Seal could randomly seal an opponent’s ability and judged it a powerful skill.
• Fang Yi overcame the Golden Sun’s crimson-gold dragons, leaving the cultivators outside awed by the power of his seal.
• Chen Ruo and Qingbei’s principal thanked Fang Yi, but he declined dinner and ordered the athletic field sealed for three months.
• Chu Qingli recognized Fang Yi as the Pioneer who had previously sealed the Heavenly Fire at Qingbei’s North Gate.
• Chu Qingli recalled how Fang Yi had supported her during her hardships and concluded that she, not he, had been unworthy of him.

After resolving Qingbei University's seal, Fang Yi and the captains led a cultivation event for novice cultivators and reflected on their devotion to the Xia Kingdom. As the crowd pledged to protect their country, Fang Yi declared that the future was promising and everyone could become a dragon.

• Qingbei's principal thanked Fang Yi, and the captains prepared to return to their posts.
• Chu Qingli watched Fang Yi from afar, bitterly aware of how distant they had become, before Lu Xing called her back to the group.
• Fang Yi and the captains oversaw novice cultivators training near the field where Blazing Sun had been sealed.
• Song Yiming worried that Spirit Qi Recovery might divide the Xia Kingdom, and Fang Yi said the new cultivators deserved respect as long as they remained devoted to their country.
• Fang Yi said the Spirit Association would deal with anyone who harmed the Xia Kingdom, while even protecting one person was worthwhile.
• The cultivators and nearby ordinary people shouted their devotion to the Xia Kingdom, and Fang Yi concluded that the future was promising and everyone could become a dragon.

Fang Yi attended a Spirit Association banquet with Xia Kingdom’s captains, whose awe of him kept them silent and tense. After he left, the captains immediately resumed bickering, leaving the Spirit Association official to handle the chaos alone.

• Song Yiming said Xia Kingdom would become strong enough that it would no longer depend on Fang Yi alone to deter other nations.
• A Spirit Association official invited Fang Yi and the captains to a banquet, and Fang Yi agreed to attend.
• At the banquet, the captains hesitated to touch their chopsticks until Fang Yi toasted them and told them to eat.
• Fang Yi left early, explaining that his presence kept everyone too tense to enjoy the meal.
• The captains relaxed and erupted into insults and near-fighting, while the Spirit Association official tried to stop them.

Fang Yi cultivated in a mountain forest and broke through to Five Stars in the Adamantine Body Realm. In America, Michael killed a hacker Lord to obtain information about Fang Yi, then decided he needed an opportunity to kill him.

• Fang Yi absorbed spirit qi in a secluded forest and broke through to Five Stars in the Adamantine Body Realm.
• Cultivators rushed toward the golden aura but found that Fang Yi had already left.
• Michael confronted a hacker Lord in America and used holy light to make him submit before killing him.
• Michael took the miniature Throne and searched the hacker's records for information about Fang Yi.
• Michael learned Fang Yi's identity, realm, and connections, then resolved to find an opportunity to kill him.

Su Qingying and other cultivators eliminated Anomalies in Tai City, while Fang Yi sensed a large-scale Anomaly wave gathering after returning home. The Spirit Association learned that Fang Yi would not intervene, leaving the city’s cultivators to face the crisis themselves.

• Su Qingying rescued a high school girl and helped other cultivators eliminate three Anomalies at Baizhuting Residential Area.
• Fang Yi arrived in Tai City, sensed a major Anomaly wave forming, and chose not to draw his blade.
• Li Zhongyue told the Tai City Spirit Association that Captain Fang would not interfere in the coming crisis.
• Li Zhongyue argued that cultivators needed to face real danger and declared it was time for them to see the real world.

Spirit Association President Li Zhongyue sent newly trained cultivators to prove themselves in a city-wide crisis, and Su Qingying led Lu Xing, Chu Qingli, and others on a mission to eliminate the Beast Eater’s controlled villagers in Lumu Village. The battle began with the recruits overcoming their fear, while the dangerous Anomaly remained undiscovered.

• Li Zhongyue reprimanded the visiting cultivators for their arrogance and fear, then assigned them to missions with Spirit Association agents as a trial.
• Su Qingying reviewed the Beast Eater’s report with Lu Xing, Chu Qingli, and her team while they traveled to Lumu Village.
• The team arrived to find a mass of bloodied, strangely twisted villagers waiting outside the village.
• Spirit Association captains led the attack, and one agent killed a villager who sprayed corrosive black liquid at a frightened cultivator.
• The recruits regained their focus and joined the fight, helping the agents rapidly reduce the number of controlled villagers.

Chen Bing and a Pioneer squad entered Lumù Village to confront a B+ Class Aberrant, but the village’s walking corpses overwhelmed them. Chen Bing escaped alone after the Pioneer officer sacrificed himself, realizing how helpless they were against the Aberrants.

• Chen Bing and the Pioneer squad found villagers eating corpses, and their attacks failed to stop the walking dead.
• A villager transformed into a Divine Axe Eight Stars Aberrant, forcing the squad to call for help and retreat.
• The Aberrants surrounded the cultivators, killed one of them, and drove the squad into a desperate flight.
• The Pioneer officer self-destructed to hold back the Aberrants, but the respite lasted only moments and his comrades were killed.
• Chen Bing escaped with a water shield as his former comrades rose as Aberrants and chased him.
• After collapsing safely outside their reach, Chen Bing recalled the Undertaker defeating a Tier A King Offering Hell and grieved the squad’s losses.

Chen Bing and the arriving pioneer squads fought together against the Divine Axe Eight Stars anomaly and its horde, completing the Tier B mission at great cost. As they celebrated, their wristbands warned that the anomaly value at Lumù Village Center was surging, and a terrifying presence began to emerge.

• Reinforcements arrived after Chen Bing's squad was nearly wiped out and gathered the nearby teams to face the Divine Axe Eight Stars anomaly.
• The pioneers held the line against the horde, and several fighters sacrificed themselves rather than let their bodies endanger their comrades.
• Moved by the pioneers' resolve, Chen Bing rose from despair and joined the battle.
• The squads coordinated their attacks, killed the remaining anomalies, and completed the Tier B mission.
• As the exhausted fighters celebrated, their wristbands warned that the anomaly value at Lumù Village Center was surging, while a dreadful aura spread from the village center.

A Skeleton King revealed itself after controlling Chief Liu and breaking the cultivators’ morale with its power. Just as an apparent blood-rain illusion was dispelled, the rescuers saw something beyond it that terrified them.

• The Skeleton King emerged from the sky, and Chief Liu’s spear shattered against it.
• The King killed Chief Liu and controlled his corpse, forcing him to attack the cultivators below.
• The cultivators realized the King had been hiding among the villagers and rallied to fight rather than surrender.
• The King sent a flood of blood toward them, but an unseen arrival tore through the illusion.
• The cultivators celebrated their rescue, then froze in terror at what they saw beyond the shattered illusion.

Fang Yi arrived in the illusion as the exhausted survivors lost hope, and the Skeleton King immediately sent its zombie puppets to kill him. Fang Yi shattered their assault with a blazing slash and hurled his Tang Saber toward the King.

• The repeated illusions and the Skeleton King's mocking presence drove the survivors into despair, while the Pioneers struggled to keep them calm.
• Fang Yi entered the blood rain unharmed, and the survivors wondered whether his arrival was another illusion.
• The Skeleton King empowered zombie puppets made from their dead teammates and Lumù Village villagers, directing them to attack Fang Yi all at once.
• Fang Yi destroyed the puppets' attacks with a blazing slash and hurled his Tang Saber toward the Skeleton King.

Fang Yi shattered the Skeleton King's illusion and killed it with one slash, then gave its spirit crystal to Xiaobai, awakening the dog's illusion power. As Xiaobai's upgrade briefly affected the rescued Pioneers, Fang Yi received word from Little Flower that the Throne was nearly mastered.

• Fang Yi split the Skeleton King's illusion and killed the King with a single blade strike.
• Fang Yi caught the King's spirit crystal and decided to give it to Xiaobai.
• Xiaobai absorbed the spirit crystal and awakened illusion power that briefly trapped the rescued Pioneers.
• A Pioneer realized Xiaobai's illusion power came from the King's crystal and feared he could not defeat the dog.
• Fang Yi received a message from Little Flower that the Throne was about to be successfully mastered.

Fang Yi headed to check on Little Flower, whose mastery of the Wood Attribute Throne was reaching its final stage. The Lord of Quicksand and the Lord of Shadows prepared to seize her for America, wary that Fang Yi might intervene, just as Little Flower’s ascension began.

• Fang Yi left with Lin Yiyi to check on Little Flower, while the Pioneers watched him depart without having thanked him.
• Little Flower absorbed the Wood Attribute Throne’s power as her mastery neared completion.
• The Lord of Quicksand and the Lord of Shadows secretly approached and planned to take Little Flower to America once she succeeded.
• The two Lords agreed to act immediately and keep watch for Fang Yi, whom they feared as the Plague God of Huaxia.
• Little Flower unleashed a surge of Wood Attribute energy, and the forest stirred as her mastery reached its final moment.

Spirit Flower controlled the Wood Attribute Throne, but Lord of Quicksand and Lord of Shadows attacked her to seize it. Fang Yi arrived in time to save her, and the two attackers realized he was her master and that they had badly underestimated their opponents.

• Spirit Flower emerged after controlling the Wood Attribute Throne, whose vitality drew the attention of Lord of Quicksand and Lord of Shadows.
• Lord of Quicksand and Lord of Shadows attacked Spirit Flower, but her Barren Attribute drained Lord of Quicksand's life force and countered his quicksand.
• Lord of Shadows tried to strike Spirit Flower from behind, but Fang Yi appeared and shattered his Shadow Blade with his fingers.
• Fang Yi drew his blade, and Lord of Quicksand and Lord of Shadows recognized him as Xia Kingdom's Undertaker.
• Spirit Flower respectfully called Fang Yi her master, leaving the two Lords alarmed by the danger they faced.

Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi defeated two American Lords who had entered Xia Kingdom and threatened to devastate nearby cities. Fang Yi took the Quicksand Throne, while Lin Yiyi accepted the Shadow Throne to strengthen her Metal Throne abilities.

• Fang Yi confronted the Lord of Quicksand and the Lord of Shadows after they threatened Xia Kingdom's cities, and rejected their promise to leave.
• Fang Yi trapped the Lord of Quicksand in golden flames and killed him with a slash, then collected his Throne.
• Lin Yiyi used her Golden Giant and Metal Throne power to destroy the Lord of Shadows' fleeing shadows and severely injure him.
• Lin Yiyi pierced the Lord of Shadows with a metal spear and killed him.
• Fang Yi gave Lin Yiyi the Shadow Throne, which she accepted to increase her strength.

Fang Yi absorbed the Lord of Quicksand’s Throne and broke through to the sixth stage of the Adamantine Body, while an American powerhouse identified Xia Kingdom as the source of the two Lords’ deaths. The chapter left Fang Yi at home with Spirit Flower and the Messenger as the age of Lords continued to unfold.

• An American powerhouse learned that the Lords of Quicksand and Shadows had died and suspected Fang Yi was responsible.
• Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi returned home, where they discussed the growing number of Thrones and the coming struggle among Lords.
• Lin Yiyi began refining the Lord of Shadows’ Throne, while Fang Yi prepared to absorb the Lord of Quicksand’s Throne.
• Fang Yi’s Yang God Throne devoured the Quicksand Throne, advancing him to the sixth stage of the Adamantine Body.
• Fang Yi placed Spirit Flower in a flowerpot to improve the villa’s vitality, and the Messenger showed that it had mastered the King of Illusions’ power.

Lin Yiyi mastered the Shadow Throne alongside the Metal Throne and broke through to Adamantine Stage Two. As Lords abroad began slaughtering civilians and destabilizing the world, Fang Yi told Su Qingying to focus on defending Xia Kingdom and learned that two new Lords had joined the Spirit Association.

• Lin Yiyi overcame the Shadow Throne’s phantoms, took control of it, and became the center of its shadow-filled world.
• Fang Yi dispersed the Shadow Lord’s power leaking from Lin Yiyi, who had reached Adamantine Stage Two and then began secluded cultivation.
• A Lord from America slaughtered an entire city after killing another Lord, signaling that Lord-level power was spiraling out of control.
• Su Qingying reported the worsening situation abroad to Fang Yi, who told her to secure Xia Kingdom and promised to deal with any Lords who entered it.
• Su Qingying told Fang Yi that the Spirit Association had gained the Lord of Divine Balance from Guang City and the Lord of Fire from Li City, and Fang Yi invited her to stay for a meal.