Recaps

Yan Kuan engineered a gathering of powerful rivals, then used its battles and tribulations to complete his transformation into a Quasi-Emperor with a Perfect Chaos Body. After returning to Big Dipper, he found Mystic Gate flourishing but facing new tensions with the Golden Crow Clan, whose forces approached Jade Lake.

• Sage Prince avenged the massacre of Divine Ape Star, and Yan Kuan killed Old Teng Snake before the group feasted on the Teng Snake Race’s remains.
• Yan Kuan sent Ye Fan into Golden Seven Cities, where Ye Fan faced Xin Lan and other challengers before reuniting with Ji Ziyue and joining the gathering at the True Phoenix Pavilion.
• Yan Kuan captured Xin Lan and several powerful beasts for experiments, then found Xin Yue and Ji Haoyue at the Divine Flesh Burial Mound and brought them back to Ye Fan’s group.
• Yan Kuan subdued the Divine One, sent him to Ye Fan as a potential opponent, and lured Primordial into the Mythic Sea of Bitterness while preparing his scheme around the Emperor Gate.
• The Bodhi leaves drew powerful cultivators into the Mythic Sea, where Ye Fan defeated challengers and Primordial, Emperor Huang, and Zhang Bai Ren uncovered Yan Kuan’s trap and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.
• Yan Kuan gathered the cultivators’ lost Origins, transformed his body into Chaos Origin Fire, and survived a Quasi-Emperor Tribulation before reaching the Quasi-Emperor realm.
• Yan Kuan welcomed the surviving powerhouses to his Divine Domain, healed Xuanyuan in exchange for the Ninefold Divine Coffin, and later collected the God-Demon Burial Ground inside it.
• Yan Kuan returned to Big Dipper and learned that Mystic Gate had stabilized the star but that the Golden Crow Clan had targeted Xiao Tongtong, then sensed a Golden Crow Great Saint approaching Jade Lake.

Yan Kuan defeated the Underworld’s rulers, then underwent a series of transformations that brought him to the threshold of the Great Emperor realm. He left his allies guarding the Netherworld and continued his cultivation as a new threat appeared near Ziwei Ancient Star.

• Tongtong defeated Crown Prince Huaizun, and Yan Kuan killed him and wiped out the remaining Golden Crow forces before Huang Tiannv came to serve Yan Kuan.
• Ye Fan led the Mystic Gate to Mount Sumeru and secured Hua Hua’s release, while Yan Kuan converted Great Peacock King and later helped her reach the Quasi-Emperor realm.
• Yan Kuan exposed his Chaos Body at the Ten Thousand Races Grand Assembly, killed several challengers, then lured Forbidden Zone experts into the Solar System and killed them in his Ultimate Killing Formation.
• Yan Kuan recovered the Order Immortal Bell, advanced to the fourth Quasi-Emperor level, and persuaded the God Organization and Heavenly Court remnants to campaign against the Underworld.
• Yan Kuan defeated the Seven Heroes of Luan and the Underworld’s Three Sons, then joined Gu Xin'ao in attacking the Three Halls of Underworld as his fifth Quasi-Emperor Tribulation began.
• Yan Kuan killed the Hall Masters of Yama Hall, Nether Emperor Hall, and Suppression Prison Hall, while Gai Jiuyou and Chuan Ying held off Longevity Celestial and the Second Generation Nether Emperor.
• Yan Kuan and Gu Xin'ao underwent immense tribulations in the Netherworld, and Yan Kuan entered a dream of a future universe before returning to complete his Seventh Heaven trial and obtain a missing Nine Secret from Hell Warden Emperor.
• Yan Kuan extracted Emperor Source from Black Emperor, sent him to warn Ye Fan and the others of the coming Dark Turmoil, and entered the Ninefold Coffin of the Gods as a Divine Court Quasi-Emperor appeared near Ziwei Ancient Star.

Yan Kuan defeated the Emperor Lord, survived the Supremes’ assaults, and prepared for the Immortal Path and the Dark Turmoil. After suppressing the forbidden-zone rulers and establishing the Mystic Gate, he faced a new era of tribulations as Ye Fan’s bloodline returned.

• Yan Kuan killed the Emperor Lord and fought off attacks from the Forbidden Zone Supremes, with allies and Imperial Weapons helping him survive.
• Yan Kuan visited the forbidden zones, confronted the Undying Heavenly Empress, defeated several Divine Generals, and recruited Ning Fei to help face the coming Dark Turmoil.
• Yan Kuan returned to Blue Star, prepared the Immortality Cauldron and other artifacts, and challenged the Golden Crow Quasi-Emperor on Heavenly Weapon Ancient Star.
• As the Immortal Path opened, the Supremes attacked it while Yan Kuan defeated the Golden Crow Quasi-Emperor and completed his Great Emperor tribulation.
• Yan Kuan exposed the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s schemes and joined the defenders against the Dark Turmoil, killing several Supremes and destroying the Path to Immortality.
• Yan Kuan sealed Undying Mountain and Saint Cliff, dealt with the Netherworld, and established the Mystic Gate in the forbidden zones.
• After renewing his lifespan, Yan Kuan announced that another Immortal Path would open within a thousand years, then entered his twilight as the Undying Heavenly Emperor returned.
• Yan Kuan comforted Xiao Nannan, explored Mount Tai and Kunlun, and met Ye Fan at the Frontier Wasteland as Ye Fan’s Crimson True Blood returned and his tribulation began.

Yan Kuan ended the forbidden zones’ dark turmoil, then entered a new transformation and guided Shi Hao through the Lower Realm’s growing conflict with the Upper Realm. The arc left Yan Kuan investigating the Primal Gate and a warning about the Boundary Sea while Shi Hao built the Stone Kingdom and faced Yuechan and the Demoness.

• Yan Kuan defeated the Supremes of the forbidden zones and the Undying Heavenly Emperor, then used his Nine Revolutions Emperor Pill to begin a new life and disappeared through a passage in space-time.
• Yan Kuan’s Divine Embodiment ended the remaining dark turmoil and explained the path to immortality, while Ye Fan began preparing to establish the Heavenly Court.
• Yan Kuan’s petrified form awakened in Stone Village as the Chaos Great Emperor, and he guided Shi Hao’s training before completing his transformation within the Bone Cauldron.
• Yan Kuan returned to Stone Village, freed Kun Peng’s son, and set out to restore his bloodline using the First Spirit Root.
• Upper Realm powers invaded to seize the First Spirit Root, but Yan Kuan trapped and defeated them, refined the captured attackers, and gave the Double-Pupiled Woman a pill to revive Shi Yi.
• Yan Kuan sent Shi Hao to unify the Lower Realm as Stone Emperor, then traveled with Willow Deity, the Small Pagoda, and Kun Peng’s son to seek the Primal Gate.
• Yan Kuan explored the Golden Sun Ancient Tree and found a Heavenly Emperor message warning that the darkness beyond the Boundary Sea could only be resolved by a King.
• Shi Hao expanded the Stone Kingdom, while the Demoness visited Yuechan in the palace and congratulated her on her supposed marriage to Shi Hao.