Recaps

After leaving Ten Thousand Demons Valley, Yan Kuan sought a suitable place to continue his Life-Death Transformations and decided to gather terrain maps of the Kunlun Forbidden Zone. He entered the ancient tomb’s sword-qi chamber to retrieve a Bone Map and use Great Sage Chisongzi’s sword qi to forge a Forbidden Artifact.

• Yan Kuan emerged from seclusion after eighty-one days in Ten Thousand Demons Valley, reaching the peak of the Dou Emperor realm and a minor achievement in the Wheel Sea’s third transformation.
• Yan Kuan concluded that the Kunlun Forbidden Zone was the only place suitable for his next transformation and planned to acquire terrain maps of its outer regions.
• Yan Kuan reviewed the locations of the surviving Kunlun terrain maps and decided which ones he could safely pursue.
• Yan Kuan entered the stone chamber, where its sword lights struck him and were drawn into the light on his forehead.
• Yan Kuan crossed the chamber and found seven worn Sword Sheaths left by Great Sage Chisongzi.
• Yan Kuan brought out Broken Swords from the Immortal Sword Sky Pool to use as vessels for forging a Forbidden Artifact from the seven strands of Great Sage Sword Qi.

Yan Kuan opened Great Sage Chisongzi’s coffin, recovered a Sword Dao Imprint and a Firevine Seed, and forged a Forbidden Artifact from the sage’s swords. After tracing a map of the Kunlun Forbidden Zone from a Bone Fragment, he traveled to Changbai Mountain to seek another hidden terrain map.

• Yan Kuan used a Dao-Slaying King’s essence blood to lower Chisongzi’s coffin, recovered the Sword Dao Imprint, and received a Firevine Seed.
• Yan Kuan refined the seven Sword Sheaths and Broken Swords into a Forbidden Artifact capable of unleashing Great Sage Sword Qi.
• Yan Kuan studied a Bone Fragment and traced a section of the Kunlun Forbidden Zone’s terrain map before erasing his drawing.
• Yan Kuan visited Mount Lu and Mount Tai, failing to obtain Mount Lu’s map but finding the terrain map and Ancient Artifacts beneath Mount Tai’s Five-Colored Altar.
• Yan Kuan placed the Forbidden Sword Case in the Immortal Sword Sky Pool for nurturing and traveled to Changbai Mountain.
• Yan Kuan arrived at the Primordial Dragon Cave, intending to find its hidden Kunlun Terrain Map without alerting the Sky Kirin Clan.

Yan Kuan infiltrated the Primordial Dragon Cave disguised as Elder Bo Chong and found a Dao Diagram he hoped to study. When the Sky Kirin Clan celebrated its newborn Celestial Demon Physique, he seized the infant and the Sky Kirin Ancestor and fled, leaving the clan in pursuit.

• Yan Kuan entered Changbai Mountain's Dragon Rising Ground and observed the Sky Kirin Clan's ancestral cave.
• Yan Kuan replaced Elder Bo Chong, entered the Primordial Dragon Cave, and discovered a Dao Diagram he could not safely extract yet.
• Yan Kuan overheard demons discussing the newborn Celestial Demon Physique and decided to act during the clan's celebration.
• The Sky Kirin Clan gathered to celebrate the infant, and the Sky Kirin Ancestor held the child.
• Yan Kuan, disguised as Bo Lin, snatched the infant and the Sky Kirin Ancestor and escaped as the clan chased after him.

Yan Kuan raided the Primordial Dragon Cave and the Sky-Scale Clan, stole their treasures, and obtained a divine art from the Celestial Demon Physique’s blood essence. He then found the Changbai Ancestor Ginseng and traded the removal of the clan’s traps for five drops of its ginseng liquid.

• Yan Kuan used Empyrean Flame to study the Dao Diagram in the Primordial Dragon Cave while the clan’s experts were held back by his restrictions.
• Bo Ren and Bo Yi tried to rescue the Sky Kirin Ancestor and the infant Celestial Demon Physique from Bo Lin, but Bo Lin escaped as crimson flames erupted from the Primordial Dragon Cave.
• The Sky-Scale Clan discovered that Yan Kuan had impersonated Bo Chong, sealed away Bo Chong and Bo Lin, and stolen treasures from the clan treasury, so Bo Ren ordered a search for the thieves.
• Yan Kuan refined a drop of the Celestial Demon Physique’s blood essence to obtain the Celestial Demon Godslaying Art and the Soul Refining God Devouring Art.
• Yan Kuan followed Changbai Mountain’s earth veins, found the Ancestor Ginseng, and persuaded it to give him five drops of ginseng liquid in exchange for removing the Sky-Scale Clan’s array flags.

Yan Kuan was ambushed in Changbai Mountain by Manchu Remnants, but slaughtered them and learned about the Jurchen Guardians and their powerful allies. He planned to raise his strength and create another disturbance to keep the Sky Kirin Clan occupied.

• A distant archer struck Yan Kuan with a feathered arrow, leaving a slight wound before Manchu Remnants confronted him in Changbai Mountain.
• Yan Kuan denounced the Manchu Remnants and killed them when they attacked, including their strongest fighters.
• Yan Kuan burned the bodies with Empyrean Flame to erase the evidence before Sky Kirin Clan experts arrived.
• Yan Kuan learned that two Jin Dynasty Jurchen Guardians were trapped in an Ancient Water Mansion and would remain there for decades.
• Yan Kuan decided to increase his strength and headed toward the outskirts of Changbai Mountain to cause another disturbance.

Yan Kuan explored the Kunlun Forbidden Zone, mapped a route through its dangerous terrain, and uncovered ancient ruins and treasures. After three days in the depths, he found a dead Sacred Spirit and a fifty-thousand-year-old Lesser Medicine King.

• Yan Kuan studied Kunlun's terrain for more than half a month, pieced together part of the map to the Central Ascension Ground, and prepared a route into the forbidden zone.
• Yan Kuan entered the primordial Kunlun wilderness and cautiously studied its mountains and rivers to deepen his understanding of feng shui.
• Yan Kuan concealed himself from a group of powerful Ancient Apes, then avoided them and continued exploring while leaving arrangements around dangerous areas.
• Yan Kuan gathered Ancient Medicine and discovered a natural Dragon Cave where he dug up a dead Sacred Spirit whose life force had been drained by the terrain.
• Yan Kuan explored deeper into Kunlun, found rare spiritual treasures, and dug up a Lesser Medicine King more than fifty thousand years old.

Yan Kuan hunted Drought Demons in Kunlun Immortal Earth to absorb their Essence of Separation Fire, but a powerful Sect Leader-level monster blocked his route. After scouting the dangers, he began refining a Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill as beasts approached, drawn by its fragrance.

• Yan Kuan lured a Dragon Transformation-level Drought Demon into a deadly terrain formation and refined its Essence of Separation Fire.
• He discovered stronger Drought Demons, including one at Sect Leader level, and retreated to safety before it could attack him.
• Yan Kuan tested the Drought Demons and realized their muddled minds might let him deal with them despite their strength.
• He repeatedly surveyed the Scorched Land and nearby dangers, then prepared to refine a Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill.
• Yan Kuan refined Yin Lingzhi, a Soul-Nourishing Divine Fruit, and other herbs as approaching creatures followed the pill’s fragrance.

Yan Kuan completed the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill’s formation and sealed it inside the Medicine Cauldron to nurture for seven days, then withdrew to watch the attracted Primordial Ancient Beasts converge on the gorge. He spotted a powerful Golden-Winged Great Peng and considered taking its wings to make a flying battle skill.

• Yan Kuan sealed the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill in the Medicine Cauldron and drew thunder and spiritual energy into it to nurture the pill for seven days.
• Yan Kuan set the cauldron on a Great Green Rock, left the gorge, and waited nearby for the beasts to gather.
• The Primordial Ancient Beasts charged into the gorge after Yan Kuan departed, including the Unicorn Thunder Apes, a poisonous python, a black panther, and the Drought Demon.
• A Golden-Winged Great Peng arrived and occupied the sky above the gorge, while Yan Kuan watched from a treetop and considered refining its wings into a flying battle skill.

Yan Kuan used the Ancient Banner to manipulate the Sealed Valley’s shifting terrain and lure powerful beasts into a deadly contest over the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill. As the Beast Kings clashed, the Sect Leader Level Drought Demon defeated the Unicorn Thunder Ape pack’s lightning with its Essence of Separation Fire.

• Yan Kuan altered the Sealed Valley’s terrain and delayed its shift, turning the Life Gate into a nearly inescapable Killing Game.
• The Sealed Valley’s Ancient Beasts fought amid the rising Pill Fragrance Spiritual Qi, while powerful creatures including the Black Panther, Old Jiao, Golden-Winged Great Peng, and Mist Poison Dragon gathered.
• Yan Kuan retreated outside the valley and watched as the Beast Kings contested the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill and eyed the Sect Leader Level Drought Demon warily.
• The Unicorn Thunder Ape pack attacked the Drought Demon with a vast storm of lightning.
• The Drought Demon countered with the Essence of Separation Fire, burning the Thunder Apes and turning weaker ones into Calamity Ash.

The Beast Kings joined forces to defeat the Li Fire Drought Demon in Sealed Valley, though Yan Kuan suspected it had faked its fall. With the strongest beast apparently down, the survivors turned on one another, and the Unicorn Thunder Apes suffered devastating casualties.

• Yan Kuan watched as the Li Fire Drought Demon burned several Unicorn Thunder Apes into Calamity Ash.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng, Poison Dragon, Old Jiao, Black Panther, Dark Cloud Leopard, and remaining Unicorn Thunder Apes attacked the Drought Demon together.
• The Drought Demon targeted Old Jiao with its World-Burning Separation Flames and nearly burned it alive.
• The beasts overwhelmed the Drought Demon with venom, lightning, and coordinated attacks, and it collapsed after a massive explosion.
• Yan Kuan sensed the Drought Demon’s Essence of Separation Fire and suspected its apparent defeat was a trick.
• The surviving Beast Kings turned on one another, and the Black Panther and Old Jiao attacked the Unicorn Thunder Apes.

Yan Kuan’s sealed-valley trap drove the ancient beasts into a brutal battle, leaving the Drought Demon as the last standing combatant. As the nearly defeated Poison Dragon and Old Jiao seized the Drought Demon, Yan Kuan appeared to end the fight.

• Yan Kuan withdrew the Ancient Banner, turning the Sealed Valley into a lethal trap that prevented the ancient beasts from escaping.
• The Drought Demon tore apart the Frost Fiend Xuan Jiao and Unicorn Thunder Apes, then grievously wounded the Black Divine Leopard and Golden-Winged Great Peng.
• The Black Divine Leopard and Golden-Winged Great Peng joined forces to attack the Drought Demon, but both were defeated.
• The dying Poison Dragon and Old Jiao coiled around the Drought Demon and bit its limbs, coating it with venom and frost.
• Yan Kuan appeared beyond the valley as the battle approached its end.

Yan Kuan suppressed the weakened Drought Demon with an ancient formation, extracted its Li Fire Origin, and began refining it into a bodyguard Puppet. The Drought Demon Puppet’s aura started recovering as Yan Kuan coated its body with molten metal.

• The Drought Demon defeated the Poison Dragon and Old Jiao but collapsed from its injuries in Sealed Valley.
• Yan Kuan activated the Ancient Banners and used the Immortal Earth Terrain and an ancient formation to suppress the weakened Drought Demon.
• Yan Kuan refined the Drought Demon’s Li Fire Origin with Empyrean Flame over ten days and nights.
• Yan Kuan used the Heavenly Demon Puppet Technique to refine the Drought Demon’s body and soul into a Puppet.
• Yan Kuan melted precious metal ores and spread the molten metal over the Puppet’s body, causing its aura to recover toward its former peak.

Yan Kuan completed the Drought Demon Puppet and refined the Golden-Winged Great Peng's remains into the Great Peng Golden Wings. Equipped with both new trump cards, he left Sealed Valley with the Puppet to explore deeper into the Kunlun restricted zone.

• Yan Kuan finished refining the Drought Demon Puppet into a rare violet puppet, bound it to his soul, and tested its immense strength.
• Yan Kuan ordered the Drought Demon Puppet to stand guard and began refining the Golden-Winged Great Peng's corpse into a flying combat technique.
• Yan Kuan overcame the Great Peng's remaining Divine Soul imprint and shaped its body into a pair of golden wings.
• Yan Kuan bonded with the Great Peng Golden Wings and tested their speed by flying to a distant mountain peak and back.
• Yan Kuan took the Medicine Cauldron and a pill, then left Sealed Valley with the Drought Demon Puppet to venture deeper into Kunlun.
• After Yan Kuan and the Puppet departed, a small white figure emerged from the earth veins and sniffed the air.

Yan Kuan captured the Golden Suanni to study its lightning bloodline technique, then completed an Eighth-Rank Flesh-Bone Regeneration Pill in Kunlun. As he prepared to use it, a White Tiger Cub appeared, leaving him eager to meet the old acquaintance.

• Yan Kuan and his Puppets subdued the Golden Suanni, whose lightning attacks tempered the Puppets.
• Yan Kuan marked the Suanni’s forehead, fed it Spirit Pills, and studied the runes of its inherited lightning ability.
• Yan Kuan tested the technique he had learned, then released the Suanni and headed deeper into Kunlun with his Puppets.
• Yan Kuan found that the Flesh-Bone Regeneration Pill had matured and was comparable to an Eighth-Rank pill.
• Yan Kuan sensed an old acquaintance nearby, and a White Tiger Cub emerged from the earth veins.

Yan Kuan failed to persuade the White Tiger Cub to leave Kunlun with him, then began a dangerous Life-Death Transformation in a Dragon Mountain Divine Spring. The chapter ended as Beast King essence blood and Empyrean Flame began refining his body for rebirth.

• Yan Kuan met the White Tiger Cub and asked it to leave Kunlun with him, but it judged him too weak and departed through the earth veins.
• Yan Kuan collected the luminous mist left by the White Tiger Cub and resolved to grow stronger before trying to win it over again.
• Yan Kuan traveled to a Dragon Mountain Divine Spring he had found and began his Six Withers and Six Revivals transformation after taking a Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill.
• Yan Kuan's Drought Demon puppet poured Beast King essence blood over him, badly mangling his skin as he remained focused.
• Yan Kuan covered himself with Empyrean Flame as the pill's medicinal effects took hold, beginning the refining process for his rebirth.

Yan Kuan used the Millennial Fire Serpent’s essence blood and the Ascension to Immortality Scripture to complete a painful transformation in the Dragon Cave. He emerged with a stronger foundation and decided to head west to seek scriptures for his Nine Deaths and Nine Lives.

• Yan Kuan began his final transformation using the Millennial Fire Serpent’s essence blood and recalled how he had taken it after the Dragon Horse refused to trade.
• Yan Kuan circulated the Ascension to Immortality Scripture while the essence blood and Empyrean Flame tempered his bones, body, and soul.
• After many days, Yan Kuan emerged from a Snow-White Jade Cocoon with silver hair and Dragon Scale patterns, then returned to his usual appearance.
• Yan Kuan concluded that he needed stronger scriptures to perfect Nine Deaths and Nine Lives and chose the West as his next destination.

Yan Kuan entered the Western Holy City and planned to use Dark Creatures to distract its defenders while he pursued the Eastern Ancestral Artifacts. The chapter ended with the Haigu Family’s leaders searching for a bloodthirsty Dark Creature near their estate.

• Yan Kuan returned to Sichuan to visit his parents, strengthen ties with the great demons of Ten Thousand Demons Valley, and retrieve a Forbidden Artifact from Immortal Sword Sky Pool.
• Yan Kuan infiltrated the Western Holy City, sensed a powerful King stationed in its Central Temple, and decided to create a diversion rather than force his way in.
• Yan Kuan watched young human and Alien Race cultivators leave the city to hunt ancient beasts and considered refining their bloodlines.
• Abel Haigu asked his family leaders about a missing Dark Creature, and the patriarch reported clues suggesting it was active near the family estate.

Yan Kuan attacked the Haigu Family to reclaim ancient artifacts from the Eastern Lands, defeating Abel Haigu and looting the family treasury. After refining the Nuwa Stone and taking the castle’s treasures and resources, he sensed that events were unfolding in the Holy City and commented on Jerusalem’s god.

• A Dark Gold Figure demanded that the Haigu Family open its treasury, but Abel Haigu refused and summoned the family’s dragon mounts and knights.
• Yan Kuan appeared with six Dark Gold Figures and the Drought Demon Puppet as Abel ordered younger clansmen to escape and charged at him.
• The Drought Demon Puppet killed Abel Haigu, and the Haigu Family’s treasury fell into Yan Kuan’s hands.
• Yan Kuan retrieved the Nuwa Stone, looted the castle, and collected dragons’ remains and other materials for refining Celestial Demon Puppets.
• Yan Kuan sensed activity in the Holy City and remarked that its people had lured someone out.

After the Haigu Family’s survivors appealed to the Three Western Religions, the Ancient Feather Clan King went to confront the heretic who had destroyed their family. Yan Kuan revealed that he had lured the self-proclaimed god away with a formation, and the king’s furious howl soon rang out.

• Haigu Family Dragon Knights reached the Holy City and begged the gods to punish the heretic who had attacked their family.
• A Four-Winged Angel appeared and viewed an image showing Abel Haigu charging a terrifying purple figure before the recording shattered.
• The Ancient Feather Clan King judged the attacker a blasphemer and decided to seize the powerful Puppet and eliminate him personally.
• The king departed for the Haigu Family castle, drawn by a spiritual provocation, while Yan Kuan secretly watched him leave.
• Yan Kuan revealed that he had left a troublesome formation at the castle, and less than half a quarter-hour later the king howled in fury as divine light erupted.

Yan Kuan raided Jerusalem’s Central Temple, stole Eastern Lands Ancestral Artifacts, and escaped after unleashing Solar Fire Essence. He hid his spoils and infiltrated the Vatican, which had been put on alert by the attack.

• Yan Kuan sent seven Puppets against the Four-Winged Divine Envoy while he entered the temple and retrieved several Ancestral Artifacts and two King's Divine Weapons.
• Yan Kuan set Solar Fire Essence ablaze around the temple and fled Jerusalem through an Ancient Formation before the Ancient Feather Clan King returned.
• The Ancient Feather Clan King found the Holy City in flames and ordered a warrant for Yan Kuan.
• Yan Kuan hid the stolen artifacts and magical treasures beneath the earth, then traveled farther west.
• Yan Kuan entered the Vatican through an Ancient Formation and sensed its heightened alert after news of the Jerusalem raid spread.

During Vatican’s Pentecost ceremony, Yan Kuan blended in with the worshippers and located the Central Lands Ancestral Artifact. That night, Saintess Audelan finished her prayers in Holy Mountain Cathedral and acknowledged an unexpected visitor.

• Vatican opened Holy Mountain for its Pentecost ceremony, and Saintess Audelan led the believers and young powerhouses in prayer.
• Yan Kuan joined the worshippers, surveyed the Holy Palace, and found the location of the Central Lands Ancestral Artifact.
• At a gathering after the ceremony, Knight Kyle asked Audelan for guidance on the Lord’s scriptures, and she invited him to visit her at Holy Mountain Cathedral.
• Audelan prayed alone in the cathedral late at night, then turned her attention to an unexpected guest who had waited until her prayers ended.

Yan Kuan disguised himself as Knight Kyle, captured Saintess Audelan, and used her to enter the Holy Palace to steal the Spear of Longinus. His raid threw the Vatican into chaos until the Pope appeared and ordered everyone to be still.

• Yan Kuan posed as Knight Kyle, confessed to Saintess Audelan, and used a divine-power attack to reveal himself as the heretic who burned the Holy City.
• Yan Kuan overpowered Audelan and breached her sea of consciousness, then took control of her and sent her toward the Holy Palace.
• A blast erupted in the Holy Palace, and Audelan's voice warned that heretics had infiltrated it to seize the Spear of Longinus.
• Ancient relics and strange metallic figures poured through the palace, spreading disorder throughout the Vatican.
• The Pope appeared by the sacred gate and declared that all should be still.

Yan Kuan returned to the Eastern Lands after stealing several treasures from the Vatican, while the Pope ordered a worldwide search and Saintess Audelan hid her cooperation with Yan Kuan. The chapter ended with Yan Kuan back at Shu Mountain, examining his substantial gains.

• The Pope blamed a hidden Godspawn Heretic for the Vatican’s troubles and ordered the faithful to search worldwide for the Holy Palace’s missing treasures.
• The Pope learned that Saintess Audelan had protected the Spear of Longinus during the break-in and praised her for preventing its theft.
• Saintess Audelan recalled Yan Kuan’s warnings, concealed the truth from the Vatican’s leaders, and resolved to cooperate with him.
• Yan Kuan crossed the Himalayas and returned to Shu Mountain without needing to use his Forbidden Artifact trump cards.
• Yan Kuan placed the Forbidden Sword Case back in the Immortal Sword Sky Pool and laid out his spoils, including a Kunlun Ancient Map, the Imperial Jade Seal, and a stone platform bearing Goddess Nüwa’s Dao.

Yan Kuan followed Ten Thousand Demons Valley’s findings to the Dragon Triangle Sea, where he entered an underwater Water Mansion and met two ancient Jurchen cultivators. After learning his identity and strength, the pair ambushed him, leaving him fighting their attack.

• Yan Kuan heard from Sun Wukong that Ten Thousand Demons Valley had located the mysterious sea region he wanted investigated.
• Yan Kuan flew into the Dragon Triangle Sea’s reverse-flowing sea eye and entered an underwater Water Mansion.
• The two Jurchen Guardians of the Primordial Dragon Cave Celestial Lin Lineage questioned Yan Kuan and learned he came from Ten Thousand Demons Valley and had cultivated for only 160 years.
• The elder Jurchen attacked Yan Kuan with a bronze Great Seal while his companion prepared more ancient weapons.
• Yan Kuan drew his Heart Protecting Mirror and unleashed sword qi to fend off the Jurchen brothers’ assault.

Yan Kuan defeated two Nuzhen Tribe experts in the Water Mansion, killed them, and seized their weapons and artifacts. Among the spoils were two Sun-Shooting Divine Arrows, whose history revealed the ancient conflict between Da Yi and the Golden Crow clan.

• Yan Kuan’s Dharma Body exploded in Solar Fire Essence, revealing that the Nuzhen brothers had not defeated his real body.
• Golden figures subdued the Nuzhen brothers, and Yan Kuan refined them alive before turning them into Celestial Demon Puppets.
• Yan Kuan collected the brothers’ weapons and artifacts, including the Nine Dragon Sacred Bronze Seal and two black arrows.
• Yan Kuan recognized the arrows as Great Saint killing weapons forged for Da Yi, who had used nine arrows to slay nine Golden Crow saints.
• The account revealed that Da Yi’s killing of the Golden Crows brought the Quasi-Emperor of Fire Mulberry Star to the Ancestral Star and led to Da Yi’s death.