Recaps

Su Xin used a crystal to unleash an Ice Moon Star Domain and fought Canglan Holy Master Guan Du evenly, but Yuanchu Holy Master and Holy Master Tianqing joined him. The three Holy Masters shattered her defenses, leaving her unconscious in Jiang Fan’s arms.

• Su Xin revealed an ice-blue crystal that amplified her power, allowing her to clash with Guan Du across dozens of exchanges.
• Guan Du called on Yuanchu Holy Master and Holy Master Tianqing to help capture Su Xin, and both agreed.
• Yuanchu Holy Master and Holy Master Tianqing attacked Su Xin while Guan Du struck her star domain with a summoned greatsword.
• Su Xin’s star domain shattered, and she fell onto her wheelchair with her strength nearly spent.
• Jiang Fan rushed to Su Xin and caught her; she told him she had done her best, then passed out as his eyes turned blood-red.

Jiang Ming transformed into a colossal, terrifying beast to protect Jiang Fan and overwhelmed the peak Emperor Realm experts attacking them. She left Guan Du, Yuanchu Holy Master, and Holy Master Tianqing gravely wounded, while the crowd stared in fear and disbelief.

• Jiang Ming stepped in front of Jiang Fan to shield him from Guan Du's golden palm strike.
• Jiang Ming transformed into a hundred-zhang beast with dark scales and immense wings, and Guan Du's palm attack failed to harm her.
• Guan Du summoned the Canglan Heaven-Slaying Sword, but Jiang Ming shattered it with a roar and blasted him into a distant mountain wall.
• Yuanchu Holy Master and Holy Master Tianqing tried to defend themselves, but Jiang Ming broke their defenses and knocked them into a deep pit.
• The gathered disciples and guests watched in terror as the three peak Emperor Realm experts lay gravely wounded.

Jiang Ming transformed into a colossal beast and defeated Xuan Wuji before reverting to her child form and falling asleep. Jiang Fan then declared that he was leaving Mystic Heaven Holy Land, prompting Xuan Wuji to accuse him of betrayal.

• Jiang Fan mocked Xuan Wuji for trying to seize him and his sister, and said Jiang Ming was only targeting those who deserved it.
• Jiang Ming struck Xuan Wuji through his Emperor Realm domain, then opened a vortex that began pulling people and debris toward her mouth.
• Zixiao Zhenren tried to stop Jiang Ming, but she only halted when Jiang Fan reminded her that Zixiao Zhenren was her master.
• Jiang Ming returned to her seven- or eight-year-old form, collapsed, and fell asleep in Jiang Fan's arms after he told her she had beaten the bad guys.
• Jiang Fan handed Jiang Ming to Fan Chuan, vowed to remember how the three Holy Masters had treated him, and announced that he was leaving Mystic Heaven Holy Land.
• Xuan Wuji accused Jiang Fan of betraying the Holy Land as the crowd reacted to his announcement.

Jiang Fan announced that he was leaving Mystic Heaven Holy Land, condemning Xuan Wuji and the sect’s leaders for abandoning him after his service and allowing the three Holy Masters to attack him. Zixiao Zhenren then declared that he would withdraw as well, leaving Xuan Wuji furious and warning that they would become enemies of the Holy Land.

• Jiang Fan recounted his contributions to Mystic Heaven Holy Land and accused Xuan Wuji and the sect’s leaders of failing to protect him from the three Holy Masters.
• Guests criticized Mystic Heaven Holy Land as Xuan Wuji heard their remarks and could not deny Jiang Fan’s accusations.
• Jiang Fan knelt before Zixiao Zhenren, thanked his master, and said he could no longer remain in the sect.
• Zixiao Zhenren announced that he was also withdrawing from Mystic Heaven Holy Land, citing his duty to protect Jiang Fan and Su Xin.
• Xuan Wuji called Zixiao Zhenren’s withdrawal a betrayal and threatened that the Holy Land would make him its enemy, but Zixiao mocked the threat and recalled his old promise to preserve the sect’s harmony.

After leaving the Mystic Heaven Holy Land, Zixiao Zhenren and Jiang Fan prepared to take Su Xin and Jiang Ming to the Zixiao Sect in the northern region. As they were about to depart, Lin Qingxue ran after them and asked them to wait.

• Zixiao Zhenren reassured Jiang Fan that the conflict with Xuan Wuji had been inevitable and ordered him to prepare to leave the Holy Land.
• Zixiao Zhenren chose the remote Zixiao Sect in the Cangmang Mountain Range as their destination.
• Jiang Fan and Su Xin gathered their belongings, and Jiang Fan gave Fan Chuan resources before bidding farewell to the Servant Disciples.
• At the mountain gate, Jiang Fan told Zixiao Zhenren he was unafraid of becoming an enemy of the Mystic Heaven Realm, and Zixiao Zhenren summoned a flying sword.
• As Zixiao Zhenren, Jiang Fan, Su Xin, and Jiang Ming prepared to depart, Lin Qingxue ran up behind them and called for them to wait.

Lin Qingxue chose to leave Mystic Heaven Holy Land with Jiang Fan, Su Xin, and Zixiao Zhenren after her master secretly gave her permission. They arrived at the remote Zixiao Sect, where the sect faced an imminent threat from the Skyfire Sect over a spirit spring and its territory.

• Lin Qingxue asked to leave with Jiang Fan and the others, and Zixiao Zhenren agreed after revealing that the Star Essence Hall Master had asked him to care for her.
• Lin Qingxue bowed toward the mountain gate and departed with the group aboard Zixiao Zhenren's flying greatsword.
• Jiang Fan looked back at Mystic Heaven Holy Land as they traveled north and resolved to grow stronger.
• Zixiao Zhenren brought the group to the Cangmang Mountain Range and identified the mountain where the Zixiao Sect stood.
• Mao Gong warned that the Skyfire Sect's three-day deadline was nearly over, and Yuan Pu vowed to fight over the spirit spring and their sect.

Yu Xiu and the Zixiao Sect chose to defend their Spirit Spring and home rather than surrender to the stronger Skyfire Sect. After the disciples vowed to fight, Chi Lie broke through their Mountain Protection Array and confronted Yu Xiu.

• Yu Xiu, Yuan Pu, and Mao Gong decided to resist the Skyfire Sect instead of contacting their former benefactor or handing over the Spirit Spring.
• Yu Xiu rallied the Zixiao Sect disciples, who overcame their fear and swore to live and die with the sect.
• Chi Lie announced that the Skyfire Sect’s three-day deadline had expired and demanded the Zixiao Sect surrender.
• Yu Xiu ordered the disciples to reinforce the defenses and prepare for battle as the Mountain Protection Array shattered.
• Chi Lie led more than twenty Skyfire Sect disciples into the sect and mocked Yu Xiu’s defenses.

Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu tried to defend the Zixiao Sect’s territory and Spirit Spring from Elder Chi Lie of the Skyfire Sect, but were easily defeated. As Chi Lie prepared to kill the sect members, Mao Gong betrayed his sworn brothers and offered to reveal the sect’s secrets in exchange for his life.

• Yu Xiu pleaded with Elder Chi Lie to leave the Zixiao Sect’s territory and offered compensation, but Chi Lie rejected him and threatened to kill the sect members.
• Yu Xiu rallied the disciples to resist, but Chi Lie’s flaming palm shattered his sword attack and sent him crashing into the Council Hall wall.
• Yuan Pu attacked Chi Lie with his sword, but Chi Lie destroyed the strike with a single touch and left Yuan Pu collapsed and gravely weakened.
• As Chi Lie raised his hand to wipe out the sect, Mao Gong knelt and begged to join the Skyfire Sect, offering the sect’s secrets and the hidden cultivation cave.
• Yuan Pu accused Mao Gong of betrayal and remembered the care he and Yu Xiu had shown their sworn brother.

Mao Gong surrendered to the Skyfire Sect, and nearly half of the Zixiao Sect disciples followed him while Yu Xiu, Yuan Pu, and the rest prepared to die fighting. Jiang Fan arrived in time to stop Elder Chi Lie’s attack and revealed that he had once fought a Skyfire Sect elder in the Yunmeng Great Swamp.

• Mao Gong abandoned Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu and pledged himself to Elder Chi Lie, who spared him.
• Elder Chi Lie offered the Zixiao Sect disciples a chance to join the Skyfire Sect, and nearly half accepted.
• Yu Xiu condemned the defectors, and the remaining Zixiao Sect disciples prepared to die as Elder Chi Lie unleashed a sea of fire.
• A sword light destroyed the sea of fire and pinned Elder Chi Lie in place as he pleaded with the unseen senior for mercy.
• Jiang Fan appeared at the Zixiao Sect gate, and Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu realized he was not their lord.
• Jiang Fan told Chi Lie that he had fought a Skyfire Sect elder in the Yunmeng Great Swamp and defeated him with a single strike.

Jiang Fan confronted Elder Chi Lie over Skyfire Sect’s actions against Zixiao Sect and revealed that the sect stood on his master’s former cave abode. He killed Chi Lie and every Skyfire Sect disciple present, leaving the square strewn with corpses.

• Elder Chi Lie recognized Jiang Fan and denied that Skyfire Sect was responsible for the earlier Yunmeng Great Swamp incident.
• Jiang Fan said he would not pursue the old incident, then attacked Chi Lie after learning that today’s assault on Zixiao Sect was both Chi Lie’s own doing and a sect matter.
• Jiang Fan severely wounded Chi Lie and explained that Zixiao Sect’s blessed land had once been his master’s cave abode.
• Chi Lie tried to flee, but Jiang Fan pierced him with a sword beam and killed him.
• The Skyfire Sect disciples fled in panic, and Jiang Fan killed all of them with sword rays.

Jiang Fan rescued the Zixiao Sect and executed the disciples who had betrayed it, despite Yu Xiu’s hesitation. Zixiao Zhenren arrived and reunited with Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu, acknowledging that Mao Gong had paid the price for his betrayal.

• Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu learned Jiang Fan was the disciple of Zixiao Zhenren, a hall master of Mystic Heaven Holy Land, and thanked their former benefactor.
• Mao Gong and the other defectors begged Jiang Fan for mercy, but he killed them with a rain of sword lights.
• Jiang Fan warned Yu Xiu that a sect leader could not afford to be softhearted toward people who betrayed their allies.
• Zixiao Zhenren arrived with Lin Qingxue, Su Xin, and the sleeping Jiang Ming, and Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu thanked him for saving them.
• Zixiao Zhenren recalled guiding Yu Xiu, Yuan Pu, and Mao Gong decades earlier, then said Mao Gong had to bear the consequences of choosing betrayal.

After Zixiao Zhenren rescued the Zixiao Sect from the Skyfire Sect, he revealed why he had left Mystic Heaven Holy Land and warned that his group might face the Four Great Holy Lands. The Zixiao Sect leaders pledged to stand by him, and Zixiao Zhenren gathered Jiang Fan, Su Xin, and Lin Qingxue to plan their next move.

• Yuan Pu worried that the Skyfire Sect would seek revenge for Chi Lie's death, and Zixiao Zhenren said Jiang Fan would deal with them if they returned.
• Zixiao Zhenren announced that his group would stay at the Zixiao Sect for a while, then explained that he had left Mystic Heaven Holy Land after Jiang Ming's transformation and clash with the Holy Masters.
• Zixiao Zhenren warned Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu that sheltering him and Jiang Ming could bring disaster, but both men vowed to stand by him.
• Zixiao Zhenren settled the group in a quiet rear-mountain courtyard and told Jiang Fan, Su Xin, and Lin Qingxue that the Four Great Holy Lands might attack, so they needed to plan their next move.

Zixiao Zhenren explained why the Four Great Holy Lands had not yet attacked and laid out a plan for Jiang Fan, Su Xin, and Lin Qingxue to grow stronger. He then revealed that a mysterious outsider had emerged from a Spatial Rift forty years ago and killed many of Zixiao Hall’s disciples.

• Zixiao Zhenren warned Jiang Fan that the Four Great Holy Lands had powerful hidden elders and that attacking the Holy Masters at the Enthronement Ceremony would have been reckless.
• Zixiao Zhenren said the injured Holy Masters would likely avoid a direct confrontation for now, giving their group a brief chance to prepare for an eventual invasion.
• Zixiao Zhenren told Su Xin to cultivate at the Cold Pool, instructed Lin Qingxue to study Cangming’s inheritance with the Void Transformation Method, and offered Jiang Fan laws, hidden inheritances, and a demonic beast Secret Realm for training.
• Jiang Fan asked what had caused Zixiao Hall’s disciples to perish forty years earlier.
• Zixiao Zhenren recounted how a Spatial Rift in the Western Region suddenly widened during an expedition, and Su Xin revealed that a powerful outsider had emerged from it and slaughtered their fellow disciples.

Zixiao Zhenren revealed that Xuan Wuji had arranged for Zixiao Hall’s disciples to die in a battle against a powerful outsider, then explained that Zixiao Hall’s inheritance came from the world sealed by the Heaven Sect. Jiang Fan wondered whether someone besides him had crossed through the seal.

• Zixiao Zhenren recounted how a silver-armored stranger overwhelmed him and killed nearly all of Zixiao Hall’s disciples, leaving Su Xin crippled.
• Zixiao Zhenren revealed that Xuan Wuji had known a Spatial Rift would open and sent Zixiao Hall’s disciples there to die.
• After asking Su Xin and Lin Qingxue to leave, Zixiao Zhenren changed his mind and revealed that the Heaven Sect seal enclosed another world.
• Zixiao Zhenren said Zixiao Hall’s inheritance came from that sealed world, prompting Jiang Fan to ask whether he or someone else had emerged through the seal.

Zixiao Zhenren revealed that Mystic Heaven Holy Land’s founding Holy Master had come from the Heaven Sect Sealed World and that the later Holy Master had purged his disciples and suppressed their inheritance. Jiang Fan realized the founder might be the Old Man Riding a Bull, while Zixiao Zhenren prepared the Ancient Time Jade to help him train against the coming crisis.

• Zixiao Zhenren explained how the founding Holy Master raised Mystic Heaven Holy Land to power, then vanished and left his inheritance to his disciple.
• Zixiao Zhenren revealed that the second Holy Master purged the founder’s geniuses, suppressed his methods, and sealed the world they came from.
• Zixiao Zhenren explained that Zixiao Hall survived because its founder was the second Holy Master’s brother, but its lineage was nearly destroyed forty years earlier.
• Zixiao Zhenren described the founding Holy Master as a man who liked to ride a bull, and Jiang Fan suspected he was the Old Man Riding a Bull who had given him the Martial Arts Space.
• Zixiao Zhenren brought out the Ancient Time Jade and activated its formation to create a special cultivation barrier with altered time flow.

Jiang Fan cultivated inside Zixiao Sect’s time barrier, advancing his Space Law to Return to Truth and making major progress in Time Law and other laws. After sixty days inside, he remained at the peak of the Saint Realm but believed his combat strength was nearing that of an ordinary mid-stage Emperor Realm expert.

• Zixiao Zhenren completed a barrier where ten days passed inside for every day outside, and Zixiao Sect sealed itself to cultivate.
• Jiang Fan studied the Void Heart and comprehended Space Law until it reached Return to Truth, forming an Absolute Territory where he controlled the laws.
• Jiang Fan used the Time Hourglass to deepen his Time Law comprehension and demonstrated Time Reversal by restoring a falling leaf to a tree.
• Jiang Fan exhausted the Time Hourglass before fully reaching Return to Truth in Time Law, then turned to comprehending other laws.
• After sixty days inside the barrier, Jiang Fan assessed his progress in Space, Time, Water, Thunder, and Life and Death laws and judged his combat strength near that of an ordinary mid-stage Emperor Realm expert.

Jiang Fan emerged from cultivation to find Skyfire Sect demanding answers about Chi Lie’s disappearance. He admitted to Chi Yan and Chi Feng that he had killed Chi Lie, and the elders challenged whether he was capable of it.

• Jiang Fan learned that only six days had passed outside while he cultivated for two months, and Yuan Pu reported that Skyfire Sect had returned with two elders and dozens of disciples.
• Jiang Fan and Yuan Pu went to the mountain gate, where Jiang Fan asked Yuan Pu to address him as a fellow daoist.
• Chi Feng and Chi Yan accused Zixiao Sect of killing Chi Lie and threatened to destroy the sect, while Chi Yan attacked its Mountain Protection Array.
• Jiang Fan passed through the barrier and confronted the Skyfire Sect group, then declared that he had killed Chi Lie.
• Chi Feng and Chi Yan doubted Jiang Fan, asking whether someone like him could have killed Chi Lie.

Jiang Fan revealed that he had killed Chi Lie for coveting the Zixiao Sect’s blessed land and Spirit Spring, then used overwhelming spatial power to annihilate Skyfire Sect elders Chi Yan and Chi Feng. As the remaining Skyfire Sect disciples fled, Jiang Fan trapped them all within a spatial domain.

• Jiang Fan admitted killing Chi Lie and warned Chi Feng, Chi Yan, and the Skyfire Sect disciples to leave or die.
• Chi Yan attacked Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan erased him by collapsing space around him.
• Chi Feng begged Jiang Fan to spare the Skyfire Sect and offered an alliance, but Jiang Fan rejected the bargain and annihilated Chi Feng and nearby disciples.
• The surviving Skyfire Sect disciples fled in every direction, and Jiang Fan used spatial power to trap them in a vast area.

Jiang Fan demonstrated the devastating power of his Space Law by annihilating the Skyfire Sect forces that attacked Zixiao Sect. Determined to stop the harassment for good, he set off to deal with Skyfire Sect despite Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu's warnings.

• Jiang Fan used his Return to Truth Space Law to erase every Skyfire Sect disciple and elder who had come to attack Zixiao Sect.
• Jiang Fan reflected on how his attacks altered the essence and structure of space, noting that the technique demanded precise control.
• Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu thanked Jiang Fan for saving Zixiao Sect, and Jiang Fan said he was tired of Skyfire Sect's repeated harassment.
• Jiang Fan announced that he would deal with Skyfire Sect, while Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu warned him about its powerful experts and Mountain Protection Array.
• Jiang Fan used Spatial Shuttle to leave for Skyfire Sect, and Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu feared the sect was in serious trouble.

The Skyfire Sect debated who killed Chi Lie and planned an investigation before taking revenge on the Zixiao Sect. After the soul lamps of two more elders and over thirty disciples went out, Sect Master Chi Liao ordered a large force to destroy the Zixiao Sect and leave no survivors.

• Skyfire Sect elders argued over whether the Zixiao Sect had killed Chi Lie, while the Grand Elder urged caution and further investigation.
• Sect Master Chi Liao revealed that he had secretly sent Elders Chi Yan and Chi Feng with sect elites to investigate the Zixiao Sect.
• A Servant Disciple reported that Chi Yan, Chi Feng, and more than thirty disciples had died, prompting the elders to demand retaliation.
• Sect Master Chi Liao ordered the Grand Elder, Second Elder, Seventh Elder, and Eighth Elder to lead one hundred Core Disciples to retrieve the bodies and raze the Zixiao Sect, leaving no one alive.

Jiang Fan confronted the Skyfire Sect after it threatened to destroy the Zixiao Sect, then revealed that he had killed the sect’s elders who attacked it. After Jiang Fan demonstrated overwhelming power and gave his name, Chi Liao recognized him as a prodigy from Mystic Heaven Holy Land and tried to placate him while secretly contacting Yuanchu Holy Land.

• Jiang Fan appeared in the Skyfire Sect’s hall and declared that he belonged to the Zixiao Sect.
• Jiang Fan admitted killing Chi Lie, Chi Yan, and Chi Feng because they had attacked the Zixiao Sect.
• The Skyfire Sect’s Second Elder attacked Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan annihilated him with a casual finger tap.
• Jiang Fan told Chi Liao that his name was Jiang Fan, and the Grand Elder recognized him as a prodigy from Mystic Heaven Holy Land.
• Chi Liao and the other elders apologized and praised Jiang Fan while Chi Liao secretly reached for a Communication Jade Talisman to contact Yuanchu Holy Land.

Jiang Fan stopped Chi Liao from calling for help and condemned the Skyfire Sect for its crimes. After the sect’s leaders attacked him, he annihilated its elders and disciples, leaving the Skyfire Sect destroyed.

• Jiang Fan seized Chi Liao’s Communication Jade Talisman and revealed that his divine sense had covered the entire Skyfire Sect.
• Jiang Fan condemned Chi Lie, Chi Yan, Chi Feng, and the Skyfire Sect, then declared that the sect would be executed.
• Chi Liao activated the Burn Heaven Boil Sea array, but Jiang Fan’s Return to Void technique swallowed the attacks and compressed Chi Liao until he was annihilated.
• Jiang Fan killed the Grand Elder, the Seventh Elder, and the other elders by tearing and collapsing space.
• Jiang Fan used Omni-Directional Lock to trap the Skyfire Sect’s disciples and silently annihilate them.

Jiang Fan destroyed the Skyfire Sect in less than half a day, then returned to Zixiao Sect with a Time Sand Crystal from its hidden treasure vault. Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu learned that a time barrier made his trip take only about half an hour inside the sect.

• Jiang Fan sensed a hidden entrance beneath the Skyfire Sect ruins, raided its Treasure Pavilion, and took the Time Sand Crystal sealed behind formations.
• Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu worried that Jiang Fan might be in danger and decided to ask Zixiao Zhenren about his plans.
• Jiang Fan returned through a spatial ripple and told Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu that the Skyfire Sect had already been destroyed.
• Jiang Fan explained that Zixiao Zhenren's barrier made ten days inside pass as one day outside, leaving Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu to realize his trip had taken only about half an hour inside.

Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu confirmed that Jiang Fan had destroyed the Skyfire Sect and that time flowed differently within their sealed sect, prompting them to order intensive cultivation. Jiang Fan comprehended Time Return to Truth, tested its powers, and concluded that he could rival late Emperor Realm cultivators despite remaining at the peak of the Saint Realm.

• Yu Xiu and Yuan Pu verified through their contacts that the Skyfire Sect had been destroyed, confirming Jiang Fan's report.
• Yuan Pu realized that the destruction had occurred an hour earlier outside, validating Jiang Fan's claim that one day inside equaled ten days outside.
• Yu Xiu ordered the sect to keep its Mountain Protection Array active and sent all disciples into cultivation to seize the time advantage.
• Jiang Fan studied the Time Crystal and comprehended Time Return to Truth by experiencing the flow of the past, present, and future.
• Jiang Fan formed layered time domains and tested his new ability by reversing events in the quiet chamber and restoring a weathered Spirit Stone.
• Jiang Fan assessed that his Time and Space Return to Truth powers let him rival late Emperor Realm cultivators and hold his own briefly against someone at the peak Emperor Realm.

Jiang Fan asked Zixiao Zhenren for permission to enter a Secret Realm and train after advancing the Space Law and Time Law to Return to Truth. Zixiao warned him about the realm’s dangers and time limit, and Jiang Fan entered, arriving in a strange world beneath three suns.

• Jiang Fan told Zixiao Zhenren that he had advanced the Space Law and Time Law to Return to Truth and needed real combat experience.
• Zixiao Zhenren showed Jiang Fan the Secret Realm entrance and warned him that the realm might belong to another world, held powerful demonic beasts, and had a different flow of time.
• Zixiao Zhenren gave Jiang Fan a one-use World-Breaking Talisman and told him not to remain in the Secret Realm for more than three months.
• Jiang Fan entered the vortex and used his control of space to withstand its tearing force.
• Jiang Fan emerged beneath three suns, surveyed the vast landscape, and sensed that the Secret Realm’s spatial structure was different.