Recaps

Su Ying survived an ambush and mistakenly believed Jiang Fan had placed a protective power on her, which strengthened her resolve to fight the Saint Sect. Jiang Fan used the attack and his new recruits to investigate the sect’s network, while Su Ying built an alliance of World Travelers and continued striking across Yunlan City.

• Su Ying’s wrist mark unleashed sword energy that killed seven attackers, and she credited her Master with protecting her.
• Jiang Fan watched through the Mental Imprint and linked the Lin Family and Liu Wangchuanchuan’s faction to the Saint Sect based on the attackers’ techniques and words.
• Zhao Qianjun reported that 1,273 recruits from Yunlan City’s major families and sects had joined the Patrol Office, and Jiang Fan inspected them.
• Jiang Fan secretly marked recruits with suspicious auras so he could track their movements and connections.
• Over the next three months, Jiang Fan reorganized Yunlan City while Su Ying allied with World Travelers from various Holy Lands and led attacks against the Saint Sect.

Over three months, Jiang Fan watched Su Ying’s World Travelers disrupt the Saint Sect and mapped Yunlan City’s shifting alliances while keeping the Patrol Office out of their conflicts. A message from the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce warned that the Saint Sect planned a sacrificial ritual to summon its Holy Master tomorrow at midnight, and Jiang Fan prepared to draw in the net.

• Su Ying’s World Travelers investigated the Saint Sect and stirred up conflicts across Yunlan City, while Jiang Fan tracked the major forces and mapped their relationships.
• Jiang Fan identified the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce as the remaining uncertain force and considered whether to act against it.
• Zhao Qianjun reported another clash between the Lin Family and outside-sect disciples, but Jiang Fan refused to intervene and suspected Zhao of serving the Lin Family’s interests.
• A black-clad messenger left Jiang Fan a note warning that the Saint Sect planned a major move and final sacrificial ritual tomorrow at midnight to welcome the Holy Master’s descent.
• Jiang Fan recognized the messenger as an agent of the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce, accepted the warning as a sign of Qian Duoduo’s alignment, and decided it was time to draw in the net.

Jiang Fan reported the Saint Sect’s plans to his master, while Su Ying and disciples from the four Holy Lands prepared to disrupt the sect’s ritual in Yunlan City. On the night of the ritual, they infiltrated the temple and began entering the underground palace.

• Jiang Fan sent his master a report about the Saint Sect and its planned sacrifice, and his master told him to proceed with his plan.
• Su Ying told Wang Shouyi and the other Holy Land disciples that the Saint Sect’s base lay beneath the eastern temple and that a ritual to welcome the Holy Master would take place at midnight the next night.
• Wang Shouyi planned for the disciples to destroy the ritual core and confront the Masked Man, and the gathered disciples agreed to take part.
• The next night, Wang Shouyi led the disciples to the temple, where they found the courtyard empty and suspected that the Saint Sect members had gone underground.
• Wang Shouyi left one team to guard outside and led the other two teams after Su Ying into the main hall.

Wang Shouyi and the Holy Land disciples entered the underground palace to stop the Masked Man’s ritual, only to discover they had been lured into a trap to become offerings themselves. Su Ying’s Lotus Mark unleashed an azure sword that severed the chains and wounded their enemies, but the mark vanished as the sword light faded, leaving her fearful of what came next.

• Wang Shouyi led the group into the underground palace, where they found the Masked Man extracting the believers’ source power for the Holy Master’s descent.
• A rumble from the stairs alerted the Masked Man, and blood-red runes raised a barrier that trapped the group.
• Lin Yuanshan and Liu Wangchuan revealed that they had leaked information to lure the Holy Land disciples into becoming the final offerings.
• Wang Shouyi formed a battle formation, but the Masked Man shattered its barrier and sent the disciples crashing into the walls.
• Su Ying’s Lotus Mark released an azure sword that severed the blood-red chains and cut off the Masked Man’s hand, while also blasting Lin Yuanshan and Liu Wangchuan backward.
• The azure sword light scattered and Su Ying’s Lotus Mark disappeared, leaving her convinced that their situation was hopeless.

Jiang Fan appeared at the altar and freed Su Ying and the Holy Land disciples from the Saint Sect’s chains, revealing himself as the newly appointed Patrol Envoy. He confronted Lin Yuanshan, Liu Wangchuan, and the Masked Man, then exposed Qian Duoduo as the one who had lured him into the trap, with Zhao Qianjun emerging from the shadows.

• Lin Yuanshan declared that Su Ying’s mark was spent, and the Masked Man bound the weakened group with blood-colored chains to drain their Life Origin into the altar.
• Jiang Fan appeared, shattered the chains, and freed Su Ying and the other Holy Land disciples.
• Su Ying recognized Jiang Fan as the man who had saved her before, while Lin Yuanshan and the Masked Man identified him as Patrol Envoy Jiang.
• Jiang Fan questioned Lin Yuanshan, Liu Wangchuan, and the Masked Man about their trap, and Lin Yuanshan accused him of hiding his abilities and manipulating events at Xiliu Manor.
• Jiang Fan called Qian Duoduo out of the shadows and accused him of using a note to lure him into the trap; Qian Duoduo’s smile faded as he admitted Jiang had figured it out.
• Jiang Fan credited Commander Zhao with alerting him, but Zhao Qianjun emerged and denied ever giving him a reminder.

Jiang Fan confronted the Saint Sect and Yunlan City's traitorous factions in a trap, then revealed overwhelming strength by killing Liu Wangchuan with one strike. He began cutting through the attackers and beheaded the Masked Man with sword energy infused with Space Law.

• Jiang Fan exposed the hidden forces in the hall and declared he had come to wipe out the traitorous factions and the Saint Sect.
• The Masked Man mocked Jiang Fan and sent Liu Wangchuan to attack him with an early-stage Saint Realm technique.
• Jiang Fan destroyed Liu Wangchuan's attack with a fingertip and killed him, shocking everyone in the hall.
• The Masked Man ordered the assembled Saint Realm and peak Emperor Realm experts to attack Jiang Fan and capture him alive.
• Jiang Fan released azure sword energy that shattered the Masked Man's Ghost Claw, bound him with Space Law, and severed his head.

Jiang Fan revealed his overwhelming strength by killing the Saint Sect Hall Master, then stopped Yunlan City's traitorous leaders from escaping. As he dismantled their coordinated attack, he confronted Zhao Qianjun over Song Yu's murder and prepared to strike him down.

• Jiang Fan killed the Saint Sect Hall Master with one sword strike, shocking Lin Yuanshan, Qian Duoduo, Su Ying, and the Holy Land World Travelers.
• Qian Duoduo, Zhao Qianjun, and the other faction leaders tried to flee, but Jiang Fan's pressure froze them in place.
• Lin Yuanshan urged the leaders to join forces and stall until the Holy Master descended, so they unleashed their strongest attacks against Jiang Fan.
• Jiang Fan's sword intent shattered Lin Yuanshan's Mountain River Seal and turned Qian Duoduo's abacus beads back on him, killing Qian Duoduo.
• Jiang Fan stopped Zhao Qianjun's spear and condemned him for betraying Song Yu and Mystic Heaven Holy Land, then sent azure sword energy toward him.

Jiang Fan killed the Saint Sect’s allies and confronted Lin Yuanshan about their crimes, but the altar activated before Lin Yuanshan could reveal the Holy Master’s identity. The Holy Master emerged from the statue and tried to recruit Jiang Fan, who rejected him and mocked his claims.

• Zhao Qianjun died, and the other factions fled or begged Jiang Fan for mercy.
• Jiang Fan accused the kneeling leaders of helping the Saint Sect exploit believers and sacrifice commoners, then killed everyone present except Lin Yuanshan.
• Lin Yuanshan offered to reveal the Holy Master’s identity, but the altar erupted before he could finish, and the Holy Master killed him to feed the altar.
• The altar absorbed the dead and formed a thirty-foot humanoid figure from black mist, which identified Jiang Fan and offered him power in exchange for his submission.
• Jiang Fan rejected the Holy Master’s offer and challenged his claims.

Jiang Fan exposed the Saint Sect Holy Master as a restricted entity and confirmed that it had ordered Song Yu’s death. He defeated its attacks with sword techniques and turned its mass of resentment back toward the altar, leaving the Holy Master horrified by his mastery of both Space and Time Laws.

• Jiang Fan challenged the Holy Master’s claims of power, deducing that it could not descend in its true body and was relying on an avatar or illusion.
• The Holy Master admitted that it had ordered Lin Yuanshan to kill Song Yu after Song Yu discovered the Saint Sect’s secrets and tried to contact Mystic Heaven Holy Land.
• The Holy Master attacked Jiang Fan with corrosive black tentacles, but Jiang Fan formed a sword domain that shredded them.
• Jiang Fan condensed the sword domain into the Qingxiao sword light, which erased the tentacles and drove the Holy Master to launch its Ten Thousand Soul Devour technique.
• Jiang Fan used the Space Law and Time Law to halt the resentful power and redirect it into the Black Mist’s core, startling the Holy Master.

Jiang Fan destroyed the Saint Sect Master's avatar and revealed how he had used Su Ying's investigation to expose the Saint Sect in Yunlan City. He reassured the survivors that the Saint Sect's true master was likely no stronger than the Emperor Realm, leaving the local purge to continue.

• Jiang Fan shattered the Holy Master's avatar and tried to reach his true body through the altar, but the altar and statue broke apart before he could make contact.
• Jiang Fan checked on Su Ying and the others, and Wang Shouyi thanked him for saving their lives.
• Su Ying recognized Jiang Fan's sword energy as the source of the three-petaled Lotus Mark that had saved her three times, and Jiang Fan confirmed he had planted it.
• Su Ying accused Jiang Fan of using her investigation to draw out the Saint Sect, and Jiang Fan explained that their goals had aligned and that secrecy had helped expose the sect's roots.
• Jiang Fan said the Holy Master's attack had been a trap for him and explained that his Master's investigation found no sign of the Saint Sect beyond Yunlan City.
• Jiang Fan judged that the Holy Master's true body was probably no stronger than the Emperor Realm and said the Patrol Office would purge the remaining Saint Sect forces in Yunlan City.

Jiang Fan reassured the Holy Land disciples that the defeated Holy Master's true body would need years to recover, then refused to explain why he had avoided the Holy Son competition. He asked everyone to conceal his strength, and after they swore to do so, he left the palace.

• Jiang Fan explained that the Holy Master's avatar was destroyed and its true body would struggle to recover or rebuild its forces soon.
• Wang Shouyi asked why Jiang Fan had not entered the World Traveler path or fought for Holy Son, and Jiang Fan said he had no interest in either title.
• Jiang Fan promised to report the disciples' contributions while asking them to keep his own role and strength secret.
• Wang Shouyi, Xue Song, Song Yumo, Su Ying, and the others agreed to keep silent about Jiang Fan's strength.
• Jiang Fan bid farewell to the disciples and vanished from the palace.

After Jiang Fan rejected the Holy Son position, Wang Shouyi and the others agreed to keep his deeds secret and decided whether to investigate rumors of a treasure in Yunmeng Great Swamp. Back in Yunlan City, Jiang Fan faced the city’s remaining Saint Sect affiliates and ordered an investigation while placing them under restrictions.

• Wang Shouyi asked everyone to honor their promise not to reveal what happened in the underground palace or expose Jiang Fan’s role.
• Wang Shouyi proposed investigating unusual signs in Yunmeng Great Swamp, and the group split between those who would go and those who would leave.
• Jiang Fan returned to Xiliu Manor and found over a hundred leaders of Yunlan City’s smaller forces kneeling to beg for mercy.
• Jiang Fan said the Yunlan Guard would investigate their involvement with the Saint Sect and spare those who had not directly participated.
• Jiang Fan ordered the leaders to keep their families in Yunlan City until the investigation was complete, then dismissed them until the next day.

Jiang Fan reshaped Yunlan City's power structure after the Saint Sect incident, rewarding factions that had sheltered civilians and expanding the Patrol Office. While inspecting confiscated goods, he found a vow power cultivation method and a map of Mystic Heaven Realm's secret realms and inheritances, which could help him break through his bottleneck.

• Chen Mo reported that seventeen major factions had been purged and their assets placed under the Patrol Office's jurisdiction.
• Jiang Fan allocated confiscated resources to Mystic Heaven Holy Land, civilian compensation and reconstruction, and Patrol Office reserves.
• Jiang Fan rewarded the Zhou Family, Wind Thunder Sect, and Hundred Herb Hall, then ordered the Patrol Office to expand and tighten its control over Yunlan City.
• Jiang Fan found a booklet containing a vow power cultivation method and sinister techniques for extracting Life Origin, and stored it for possible future use.
• Jiang Fan discovered a hidden map detailing Mystic Heaven Realm's secret realms, inheritances, and sites where laws manifested, recognizing it as a potential way past his bottleneck.

Jiang Fan traveled to Tangqi Town to investigate Yunmeng Great Swamp and the treasure phenomenon, suspecting it was tied to the Law of Water. As he prepared to enter the swamp, a hungry little girl grabbed his clothes and somehow stopped his spatial travel.

• Jiang Fan left Chen Mo in charge of Xiliu Manor and Yunlan City's Patrol Office before traveling to Yunmeng Great Swamp.
• Jiang Fan arrived in Tangqi Town disguised as an ordinary wandering cultivator and learned that many people had entered the swamp, with few returning alive.
• A brilliant rosy glow appeared over Yunmeng Great Swamp, and Jiang Fan sensed water-element law fluctuations in it.
• An older cultivator warned Jiang Fan about the swamp's dangers and the deadly conflicts among those seeking its treasures.
• Jiang Fan headed to a secluded street to enter the swamp, but a little girl tugged at his clothes and prevented him from traveling through space.

Jiang Fan encountered a mysterious, starving little girl in Tangqi Town and fed her an extraordinary amount of food before heading to the Yunmeng Great Swamp. As he hesitated between two possible destinations, the girl appeared behind him and told him which way to go.

• Jiang Fan found a filthy little girl who called him Big Brother and asked for food, despite having no detectable spiritual power or bloodline aura.
• Jiang Fan bought her dozens of steamed buns, but she ate them all and remained hungry.
• Jiang Fan gave the girl several hundred jin of Star Beast Meat, which she devoured before finally declaring herself full.
• Jiang Fan left Tangqi Town and used his Space Law to travel to the edge of the Yunmeng Great Swamp.
• Jiang Fan noticed that the map's marked location did not match the direction of the rosy light, and the little girl appeared behind him and told him to go one way.

Jiang Fan agreed to take a strange little girl to the place she had escaped from, suspecting it was the inheritance site marked on his map. He hired a raft to take them to Cangming Island in the Yunmeng Great Swamp, while the girl grumbled about the fare and hinted that the island was not as dangerous as people claimed.

• The little girl followed Jiang Fan through Spatial Shuttle and said she wanted to lead him to a house full of food, where a stinky old man had kept her locked up.
• Jiang Fan suspected the house and its old owner were connected to the inheritance and the manifestation of the Law of Water, so he agreed to bring the girl along if she obeyed him.
• Jiang Fan chose to travel across the Yunmeng Great Swamp by raft because the fog and unprobeable areas made entering on foot dangerous.
• Jiang Fan paid an old boatman five hundred high-grade Spirit Stones to take him and the girl to Cangming Island.
• People at the dock questioned Jiang Fan's decision to bring a child to the dangerous, barren island, while the girl complained that he had wasted money on the raft.

Jiang Fan and a little girl traveled into Yunmeng Great Swamp aboard a Boat Valve, guided by the local boatman Mo San. As they entered the dangerous inner region and passed several corpses, Mo San hinted that something more terrifying than a demonic beast lurked in the swamp.

• Jiang Fan paid Mo San to guide him and the little girl through Yunmeng Great Swamp aboard a Boat Valve.
• Mo San warned them about the swamp’s dangers and explained how a rosy glow had drawn cultivators there for more than twenty years.
• The Boat Valve entered purple, poisonous fog and dark red water, while Mo San cautioned them to stay within the barrier.
• Jiang Fan and the others spotted several recently dead cultivators, killed by attacks, poison, or creatures beneath the swamp.
• Mo San said he had seen something in the swamp that could not be described as a demonic beast.

Jiang Fan traveled toward Cangming Island despite Mo San’s warnings and encountered Gu Mingxuan, Zhao Yue, and Sun Xiaochuan alongside Canglan Holy Land’s Song Jue. After learning Lin Qingxue had gone toward Cuishui Island, Jiang Fan left the group wary of Song Jue’s strange aura and the possibility of future trouble.

• Mo San warned Jiang Fan that the waters around Cangming Island were deadly, but Jiang Fan insisted on going and asked Mo San to take them nearby.
• A large boat nearly collided with Mo San’s raft, and Jiang Fan recognized Gu Mingxuan, Zhao Yue, and Sun Xiaochuan among its passengers.
• Gu Mingxuan and the others taunted Jiang Fan, who retorted that they might disgrace Mystic Heaven Holy Land; Song Jue of Canglan Holy Land introduced himself.
• Sun Xiaochuan revealed that Lin Qingxue had gone to Cuishui Island, and Jiang Fan ordered Mo San to steer away without showing his reaction.
• The little girl said she wanted to eat the people on the boat, and Jiang Fan recalled Song Jue’s familiar, disgusting aura and considered teaching him a lesson if he caused trouble.

Gu Mingxuan and the others discussed their grudges against Jiang Fan with Song Jue, who promised to help them if the opportunity at Cuishui Island did not benefit him. At the island, they arrived as Lin Qingxue was surrounded and injured, and Gu Mingxuan stopped her attackers before they could leave.

• Gu Mingxuan, Zhao Yue, and Sun Xiaochuan complained to Song Jue about Jiang Fan and described his connection to Lin Qingxue.
• Song Jue agreed to help them against Lin Qingxue if the opportunity was useless to him, so Sun Xiaochuan ordered their vessel to speed toward Cuishui Island.
• Five cultivators surrounded Lin Qingxue and demanded the Azure Water Spirit Bead; she refused, was struck by a whip, and fought back with her sword art.
• Gu Mingxuan and the other disciples arrived and confronted the five cultivators, who falsely claimed Lin Qingxue had tried to take the spirit pearl from them.
• The five cultivators offered to yield the pearl and tried to leave, but Gu Mingxuan told them to wait.

Gu Mingxuan used a dispute over Lin Qingxue’s Azure Water Spirit Bead to pressure her, but an eruption on Cuishui Island drew everyone toward a Dragon Pattern Creation Pill. As cultivators fought over the pill, Lin Qingxue noticed Gu Mingxuan and the others waiting at the outskirts and wondered what they intended to do.

• Gu Mingxuan pretended to mediate between Lin Qingxue and the rogue cultivators, demanding she hand over the spirit bead for a fair division.
• Lin Qingxue accused Gu Mingxuan, Zhao Yue, and Sun Xiaochuan of using the conflict to take her treasure, while the rogue cultivators stayed out of the dispute.
• A powerful glow erupted from Cuishui Island, and Song Jue, Gu Mingxuan, and the other cultivators rushed toward it as Lin Qingxue followed after healing her injuries.
• Lin Qingxue and the crowd discovered a Dragon Pattern Creation Pill in the crater, and cultivators immediately began fighting to claim it.
• Lin Qingxue saw Gu Mingxuan and the others standing back from the melee and wondered what they were planning.

Lin Qingxue realized the major sect disciples were waiting for the Dragon Pattern Creation Pill’s contenders to exhaust one another before taking it. After Gu Mingxuan killed the last surviving contender and summoned the pill, the Yuanchu Holy Land and Lianyun Alliance also claimed it.

• Lin Qingxue watched the pit’s fighting and doubted she could compete for the pill while injured and alone.
• A bloody struggle for the Dragon Pattern Creation Pill continued until a gray-robed old man killed his last rival and seized it.
• Gu Mingxuan, Zhao Yue, Sun Xiaochuan, the Yuanchu Holy Land, and the Lianyun Alliance surrounded the old man and demanded the pill.
• The old man burned his vital blood essence to escape, but Gu Mingxuan killed him with sword qi and summoned the pill.
• The pill stopped in midair as the Yuanchu Holy Land disciple and the Lianyun Alliance scholar both asserted their claim to it.

Lin Qingxue unexpectedly caught the Dragon Pattern Creation Pill and fled as the three rival groups pursued her. Cornered at the edge of Cuishui Island’s swamp, she faced the pursuers as the water behind her began to churn.

• Gu Mingxuan, Tuoba Yuan, and Sima Lianfeng argued over who had the right to claim the Dragon Pattern Creation Pill, while their groups held back from attacking.
• Song Jue used the Cyan Jade Bead to send the pill flying into Lin Qingxue’s hand.
• Lin Qingxue fled with the pill, and the three groups abandoned their standoff to chase her, with Song Jue following behind.
• Lin Qingxue ran to the edge of Cuishui Island and found her escape blocked by the pursuers.
• As Lin Qingxue weighed whether to surrender the pill, the swamp water behind her began to churn violently.

A massive disturbance erupted in the Yunmeng Great Swamp, dragging Lin Qingxue and others beneath the water as Song Jue followed the force toward Cangming Island. Jiang Fan reached the island with the little girl and encountered a Saint Realm demonic beast, which she recognized as Xiao Hei.

• Black-water tentacles seized Lin Qingxue and the others, while Song Jue deliberately followed the suction pulling everything toward Cangming Island.
• Mo San warned Jiang Fan that the waters near Cangming Island were dangerous, but Jiang Fan paid him to wait three days and continued with the little girl.
• The little girl guided Jiang Fan toward an island surrounded by dozens of powerful demonic beasts, saying that the stinky old man was there.
• A Saint Realm demonic beast emerged from the water and roared at Jiang Fan as he prepared to attack.
• The little girl moved in front of Jiang Fan and told Xiao Hei to stop messing around.

Jiang Fan and the little girl reached Cangming Island, where she revealed a hidden entrance to the Cangming Water Mansion. They entered the vast independent realm and headed for the Pill Room to loot the old man's residence.

• The little girl calmed the beast Xiao Hei and told Jiang Fan that Xiao Huang and Xiao Bai also guarded the island.
• Jiang Fan and the little girl rode Xiao Hei to Cangming Island and searched for the water-element treasure, but found only barren rock.
• The little girl led Jiang Fan to a cliff and opened a hidden entrance in the rock wall.
• Jiang Fan followed the little girl into the Cangming Water Mansion and saw its grand palace and richly furnished halls.
• The little girl led Jiang Fan toward the Pill Room, eager to take its contents first.

Jiang Fan emptied the Pill Gate and the Water Mansion’s other eight resource gates into his Bead Space while the little girl ate pills he gave her. Back in the main hall, he searched for the Law of Water, and the little girl said she knew where it was.

• The little girl explained that the Water Mansion’s restriction stopped her from taking pills, so Jiang Fan tested it and fed her several pills himself.
• After the little girl became drowsy from eating too many pills, Jiang Fan put all the pills into his Bead Space and promised they were hers.
• The little girl recovered quickly and led Jiang Fan through the remaining eight gates, where he collected all the treasures, talismans, formation diagrams, and other resources.
• Back in the main hall, Jiang Fan said he was looking for the Law of Water, and the little girl recognized what he meant and said she knew where it was.