Recaps

Jiang Fan killed Myriad Wood Adept after easily defeating True One Daoist, then fought Zhu Jiuyang, Ling Wuchen, and Tuoba Xiong at once. His three strands of Great Dao Essence let him withstand their combined full-strength assault without falling behind.

• Myriad Wood Adept challenged Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan burned through his wooden cage and killed him with pale golden flames.
• Jiang Fan challenged the remaining three experts to attack him together, but they refused, so he launched the attack himself.
• Zhu Jiuyang, Ling Wuchen, and Tuoba Xiong coordinated their attacks, but Jiang Fan evaded them with his movement technique.
• The three experts unleashed their full strength, and Jiang Fan used his Great Dao Essence to fight them evenly through thousands of exchanges.
• Zhu Jiuyang and the others grew increasingly anxious when they could not gain the upper hand.

Jiang Fan faced the ultimate techniques of Zhu Jiuyang, Ling Wuchen, and Tuoba Xiong, then used his three fused Great Dao Essences to defeat them. Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen fled, while Tuoba Xiong destroyed two bottles of Law Source Liquid before Jiang Fan killed him.

• Zhu Jiuyang, Ling Wuchen, and Tuoba Xiong formed a triangular formation and unleashed their ultimate techniques against Jiang Fan.
• Jiang Fan fused his three Great Dao Essences into an Energy Sphere that dissolved Zhu Jiuyang's flaming greatsword and helped him withstand the other attacks.
• Jiang Fan turned the Energy Sphere into golden threads that shattered Ling Wuchen's sword force and severely wounded all three opponents.
• Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen fled, but Jiang Fan caught up with the badly injured Tuoba Xiong.
• Tuoba Xiong shattered two bottles of Law Source Liquid, and Jiang Fan killed him with a finger to the glabella.

After the second phase of the Jietian War ended, Jiang Fan learned the remaining conquerors’ locations and received rules that let him leave Mystic Heaven Realm without being eliminated if its Law Source Liquid was stolen. He pursued Zhu Jiuyang, but arrived at his hiding place just after Zhu Jiuyang fled.

• Jiang Fan recovered from his injuries and counted sixteen portions of Law Source Liquid, putting him in first place while Zhu Jiuyang held fourteen and Ling Wuchen held four.
• The war announced the second-phase rankings and revealed the three remaining conquerors’ locations, allowing Jiang Fan to track Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen.
• The third-phase rules freed conquerors from their home realms and made them lose only the Law Source Liquid seized from their realms, so Jiang Fan set out to hunt Zhu Jiuyang.
• Zhu Jiuyang healed inside a meteor, worried that Jiang Fan’s golden power could suppress laws, then fled after learning that his location had been revealed.
• Jiang Fan reached Zhu Jiuyang’s cave moments after he disappeared and realized that Zhu Jiuyang had run away.

Jiang Fan pursued Zhu Jiuyang to a desolate planet, where Zhu Jiuyang learned that Jiang Fan wielded Great Dao Essence above the laws and accepted the challenge to fight. Their battle began with Jiang Fan overpowering Zhu Jiuyang’s attacks, and the chapter ended as Zhu Jiuyang unleashed his strongest strike and Jiang Fan countered with a ripple of pale golden Great Dao Essence.

• Jiang Fan relentlessly tracked Zhu Jiuyang through the void until Zhu Jiuyang chose a desolate planet as their battlefield.
• Zhu Jiuyang asked why Jiang Fan had surpassed him, and Jiang Fan explained that he cultivated Great Dao Essence, which stood above the laws.
• Zhu Jiuyang accepted the difference in their power and declared that he wanted to fight without regrets.
• Zhu Jiuyang struck first, but Jiang Fan met his punch head-on and sent him flying.
• Zhu Jiuyang summoned nine Southern Bright Li Flame dragons and a flaming greatsword with his Blazing Fire True Body, while Jiang Fan answered with a tap that released a ripple of Great Dao Essence.

Jiang Fan defeated Zhu Jiuyang, but an overseer of the Jietian Battlefield asked him to spare the Southern Li Realm genius. Jiang Fan agreed after taking Zhu Jiuyang’s Law Source Liquid, leaving him with thirty portions and a certain first-place finish.

• Jiang Fan’s golden ripple destroyed Zhu Jiuyang’s attacks, but Zhu Jiuyang unleashed the Li Fire origin with his last strength.
• Jiang Fan blocked the origin flame and held a sword phantom before Zhu Jiuyang’s brow as Zhu Jiuyang accepted defeat.
• A white-robed overseer of the Jietian Battlefield appeared and asked Jiang Fan to spare Zhu Jiuyang, explaining that killing him was permitted but could cause trouble.
• Jiang Fan agreed to spare Zhu Jiuyang and took his fourteen portions of Law Source Liquid, bringing his total to thirty.
• Zhu Jiuyang thanked the overseer and Jiang Fan, and the overseer congratulated Jiang Fan on securing first place and asked what he would do next.

The white-robed old man ended the Jietian War, declaring Jiang Fan the winner and granting the top three realms rewards and passage eligibility. Jiang Fan learned he could bring one person through the passage to the Supreme Sacred Realm and heard that several sects were interested in recruiting him.

• Jiang Fan agreed to stop pursuing Ling Wuchen after the white-robed old man warned that Ling Wuchen had been chosen by a Supreme Sacred Realm sword sect and further fighting was unnecessary.
• The white-robed old man announced the final rankings: Jiang Fan placed first with thirty portions of Law Source Liquid, Zhu Jiuyang second, and Ling Wuchen third with four portions.
• The Mystic Heaven Realm received a blessing that advanced its realm origin, while the Southern Li Realm and Eastern Mystic Realm received Upper Realm resources and passage eligibility.
• The white-robed old man said the passage to the Supreme Sacred Realm would open in three days and that Jiang Fan could bring one additional person through it.
• The white-robed old man told Jiang Fan that the Black-and-White Academy and Aurora Society were interested in him, and Jiang Fan said he would prioritize the Heavenly Divination Palace if it approached him.

After the Jietian War ended, Jiang Fan prepared to leave the Mystic Heaven Realm for the Upper Realm with Jiang Ming, while Zixiao Zhenren stayed behind to guard the realm. Just as the guidance was about to arrive, Mo Lou ambushed Jiang Fan and left him gravely injured.

• Jiang Fan and Zhu Jiuyang parted after the white-robed old man announced that the guiding pillar would descend in three days.
• The Mystic Heaven Realm celebrated the war's end, and Zixiao Zhenren told Jiang Fan to bring Jiang Ming to the Upper Realm while he remained behind to guard their realm.
• Jiang Fan and the realm's core figures arranged plans for the Mystic Heaven Realm, then Jiang Fan waited with Jiang Ming for the guidance to arrive.
• A crack opened behind Jiang Fan, and demonic qi struck his Sea of Consciousness and blasted him through several mountain peaks.
• Mo Lou emerged from the crack, revealed that his soul fragment had survived and grown stronger, and vowed to make Jiang Fan repay his debt.

Mo Lou ambushed the wounded Jiang Fan and sealed off the battlefield, then fought him while seeking to seize his three strands of Great Dao Essence. After Jiang Fan was driven underground, Jiang Ming charged at Mo Lou and was struck by his demonic claw.

• Mo Lou revealed himself to Jiang Fan, boasting that he had recovered his strength and intended to kill him and drown the Mystic Heaven Realm in blood.
• Mo Lou sealed the area and attacked Jiang Fan, who was weakened by his injuries and unable to contact Zixiao Zhenren or the others.
• Jiang Fan formed a longsword from his three strands of Great Dao Essence and battled Mo Lou, but the demon’s relentless attacks gradually overwhelmed him.
• Mo Lou’s attack sent Jiang Fan crashing through mountains and deep underground, where Jiang Ming tried to rush to his aid.
• Jiang Ming transformed into a giant beast and charged Mo Lou, who struck her with a purplish-black demonic claw as Jiang Fan cried out in fury.

Jiang Fan and Jiang Ming escaped Mo Lou twice with the Space-Escaping Mirror, but Mo Lou tracked them through the Demonic Qi infecting Jiang Fan’s wounds. With his strength nearly spent, Jiang Fan chose to confront Mo Lou in a starfield and used a formation to restrain him while activating an Ancient Mirror.

• Jiang Fan took Mo Lou’s blow while protecting Jiang Ming, and the Space-Escaping Mirror transported them away just before Mo Lou’s attack landed.
• Jiang Fan used the mirror a second time to escape Mo Lou, then realized the Demonic Qi in his wounds let Mo Lou track him wherever he went.
• With only one use of the mirror remaining, Jiang Fan prepared a formation in a belt of shattered stars and set up the Ancient Mirror that Song Jue had used against Mo Lou.
• Mo Lou found Jiang Fan and attacked, but the formation’s golden chains bound his demonic blade and held back his assault.
• Jiang Fan activated the Ancient Mirror and sent a beam of white light toward Mo Lou.

Jiang Fan burned his three Great Dao Essences to empower the Soul-Devouring Ancient Mirror and destroy Mo Lou. Afterward, Jiang Fan survived, but his Dao foundation was ruined and his cultivation fell to an unstable early Emperor Realm.

• Mo Lou fought the Soul-Devouring Ancient Mirror’s pull, while Jiang Fan realized his body and trapping formation could not hold out much longer.
• Jiang Fan burned his three cracked Great Dao Essences, strengthening the formation and the ancient mirror at the cost of his Dao foundation.
• Jiang Fan joined the burning essences into a golden lotus, which amplified the mirror and drained Mo Lou’s spirit soul, purifying his demonic remains.
• The ancient mirror fell and the lotus faded as Jiang Fan collapsed, his meridians, Dantian, and Dao foundation severely damaged.
• Jiang Fan’s cultivation plummeted to an unstable early Emperor Realm, leaving him alive but unable to advance further.

After Mo Lou’s ambush left Jiang Fan’s cultivation and Dao foundation devastated, Zixiao Zhenren and the others found him and learned how he had slain the fiend. Jiang Fan insisted on going to the Upper Realm with Jiang Ming despite his injuries, and the induction passage opened as they prepared to leave.

• Jiang Ming rushed to Jiang Fan’s side, and he weakly reassured her that he would survive despite his damaged cultivation.
• Zixiao Zhenren and the others arrived, examined Jiang Fan’s ruined meridians and Dantian, and gave him healing pills.
• Jiang Fan told Zixiao Zhenren that Mo Lou had ambushed him and that he had burned his Great Dao Essence and used the Soul-Devouring Ancient Mirror to kill him.
• Zixiao Zhenren urged Jiang Fan to remain in the Zixiao Sect and recover, but Jiang Fan insisted on taking Jiang Ming to the Upper Realm as promised.
• Zixiao Zhenren agreed to respect Jiang Fan’s decision, and the Upper Realm’s induction passage opened.

Jiang Fan and Jiang Ming said farewell to their companions and traveled through the welcoming passage to the Upper Realm. They arrived on a mountain platform in the Supreme Sacred Realm, while Jiang Fan’s damaged meridians remained unrepaired.

• Zixiao Zhenren brought Jiang Fan and Jiang Ming to the welcoming passage, where Jiang Fan treated his injuries but found that his ruptured meridians could not retain Spiritual Power.
• Jiang Fan changed clothes, treated Jiang Ming’s wounds, and received farewell gifts and words of support from Su Xin, Lin Qingxue, the Grand Elders, and Zixiao Zhenren.
• Jiang Fan and Jiang Ming stepped onto the passage, entered the Light Gate, and vanished as the welcoming pillar of light disappeared.
• Jiang Fan and Jiang Ming traveled through a distorted river of time and space and arrived at a teleportation platform in the Upper Realm.
• Jiang Fan looked out over the cloud-wreathed peaks and dense Spiritual Energy and recognized the destination as the Supreme Sacred Realm.

Jiang Fan arrived at the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty’s selection gathering, where representatives of its sects competed to recruit him and the other two prodigies. After nine sects invited Jiang Fan and three each invited Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen, the deacon asked them to choose.

• Jiang Fan arrived at the Hero Selection Platform with a guard and reunited with Lin Yuan, Zhu Jiuyang, and Ling Wuchen.
• A deacon of the Grand Capital Prefecture explained that the three prodigies had to choose which sect to join.
• The Black-and-White Academy and Aurora Society offered Jiang Fan Core Disciple status and argued over recruiting him.
• Representatives from the remaining factions announced their invitations, with nine sects seeking Jiang Fan and three each seeking Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen.
• The deacon invited the three prodigies to make their choices, asking who would go first.

Zhu Jiuyang and Ling Wuchen chose their sects, while Jiang Fan struggled to decide where to go after his injuries ruined his cultivation foundation. As the sects competed for him and disparaged the Heavenly Divination Palace, Jiang Fan had not yet revealed his condition or made his choice.

• Zhu Jiuyang joined the Lihuo Divine Sect as a Core Disciple, and Ling Wuchen chose Heavenly Sword Valley.
• Jiang Fan hesitated to honor his promise to prioritize the Heavenly Divination Palace because he feared his ruined foundation would make him a burden.
• Jiang Fan began to explain his condition, but the Black-and-White Academy elder interrupted and offered him True Disciple Candidate status.
• Cheng Miaoyi offered Jiang Fan direct True Disciple status in the Aurora Society, prompting other sects to raise their offers.
• The Heavenly Divination Palace's senior martial brother objected to the sects insulting his sect, and the Black-and-White Academy elder defended their criticism.

Jiang Fan revealed that burning his Great Dao to defeat Mo Lou had destroyed his cultivation foundation, and he refused to let the sects recruit him under false pretenses. As he prepared to leave, Xuanji of the Heavenly Divination Palace declared that the Palace would support him despite his damaged meridians and uncertain future.

• Jiang Fan told the sect representatives that his meridians and Great Dao Essence had been damaged, leaving him at the early Emperor Realm, and thanked Lin Yuan for lending him the Space-Escaping Mirror.
• Jiang Fan explained that he had burned his Great Dao to stop Mo Lou from slaughtering the Mystic Heaven Realm, and said he would make the same choice again to protect innocent lives.
• The Black-and-White Academy elder said he had never seen anyone recover after burning their Great Dao, causing the sect representatives to reconsider their offers.
• Jiang Fan said he did not seek sympathy and asked to leave, accepting that his future path might remain difficult.
• Xuanji praised Jiang Fan's character and announced that the Heavenly Divination Palace would support him even if he could never cultivate again.

Daoist Xuanji invited Jiang Fan to join Heavenly Divination Palace despite his damaged cultivation foundation, promising the sect’s protection and efforts to restore him. As Jiang Fan left the Hero Selection Platform with Xuanji and Lin Yuan, he learned how the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty governed the sects and assigned Lower Realms to prefectures.

• Daoist Xuanji offered Jiang Fan formal discipleship, access to Heavenly Divination Palace’s resources, and the sect’s protection while it sought a way to restore his cultivation foundation.
• Jiang Fan accepted the invitation and promised to contribute to Heavenly Divination Palace without betraying Xuanji’s trust.
• The old man from Black-and-White Academy and Cheng Miaoyi criticized the decision, but Xuanji defended the sect’s choice and rebuked them for withdrawing their interest in Jiang Fan.
• Wei Lang praised Jiang Fan’s sacrifice for the Lower Realm, gave him a token to seek help from Grand Capital Prefecture, and ended the Hero Selection Platform gathering.
• As Jiang Fan walked with Xuanji and Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan explained that sects in the Supreme Sacred Realm were affiliated with the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty, and that the Thirty-Six Heavens had been assigned to Grand Capital Prefecture for the Jietian Battlefield.

Jiang Fan learned about the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty and the dangers of its relations with demon beasts before arriving at Heavenly Divination Palace with Jiang Ming. After settling into his new residence, he told her she had come from the Upper Realm and that he had promised to help her find her father’s clan.

• Lin Yuan explained that the Supreme Sacred Realm had eight human immortal dynasties, many other races, and frequent tensions between humans and demon beasts.
• Jiang Fan returned to Reception Peak to fetch Jiang Ming, and Daoist Xuanji warned him to conceal her unusual bloodline.
• The group traveled to Heavenly Divination Palace, where Daoist Xuanji welcomed Jiang Fan and instructed Lin Yuan to register him and arrange a residence.
• Lin Yuan helped Jiang Fan receive his disciple token, robes, supplies, and a quiet courtyard called Bamboo Listening Pavilion.
• Jiang Ming asked whether Jiang Fan would send her away, and he explained that she came from the Upper Realm and that he would help her find her father’s clan.

Jiang Fan learned about the Supreme Sacred Realm and worried that Jiang Ming might belong to a powerful Demon Race kingdom. His damaged meridians continued to prevent him from cultivating, and the chapter ended with Lin Yuan visiting him.

• Jiang Ming clung to Jiang Fan and insisted she would not leave him, so he agreed to settle in before discussing her family again.
• Jiang Fan studied the Supreme Sacred Realm, learning about its races, the eight immortal dynasties, and Heavenly Divination Palace's low standing in the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty.
• Jiang Fan suspected Jiang Ming might be royalty from the Heavenly Demon Imperial Court or the Myriad Demon Alliance, but lacked enough clues to identify her clan.
• Jiang Fan tried to cultivate, but spiritual qi leaked through his damaged meridians, and he feared his remaining cultivation would dissipate.
• Lin Yuan visited Jiang Fan and asked whether he had gotten used to things over the past two days.

Daoist Xuanji examined Jiang Fan and found that his meridians were severely damaged and his Great Dao foundation had collapsed, leaving Jiang Fan’s future cultivation uncertain. Xuanji promised to seek a rare lotus to repair his meridians, then reacted with surprise when Jiang Fan showed him a golden scale belonging to Jiang Ming.

• Lin Yuan brought Jiang Fan to Daoist Xuanji, who examined Jiang Fan’s injuries and found that more than seventy percent of his meridians were damaged by an erosive force.
• Daoist Xuanji said the Nine-Orifice Meridian-Penetrating Lotus could repair Jiang Fan’s meridians and promised to search for one at Two Forms Abyss.
• Daoist Xuanji revealed that Jiang Fan’s Great Dao foundation and its imprints had been burned away, making its repair almost impossible, though he urged Jiang Fan not to lose hope.
• Jiang Fan asked Daoist Xuanji about Jiang Ming’s origins, and Xuanji said she likely had a powerful, concealed Demon Race bloodline.
• Jiang Fan showed Daoist Xuanji a golden scale, and Xuanji’s pupils contracted in surprise.

Daoist Xuanji identified Jiang Fan’s golden scale as a token tied to the Heavenly Demon Imperial Court and warned that Jiang Ming’s return could draw her into its succession struggles. He cautioned Jiang Fan to keep the scale hidden and recover before planning to take her home, then left Lin Yuan to protect him and prepare for the sect competition.

• Daoist Xuanji examined Jiang Fan’s golden scale and recognized its ancient Demon Race bloodline as likely belonging to the Heavenly Demon Imperial Court.
• Daoist Xuanji explained that the imperial court was divided by Sacred Clan struggles over succession and warned that Jiang Ming could become a target if she returned.
• Daoist Xuanji returned the scale to Jiang Fan and told him not to take Jiang Ming into the imperial court or reveal the token while his meridians remained destroyed.
• Daoist Xuanji entrusted Jiang Fan’s safety to Lin Yuan while he was away from the sect.
• Daoist Xuanji reminded Lin Yuan to prepare for the Grand Capital Prefecture’s Sect Advancement Grand Competition, and she promised to train seriously.

Jiang Fan learned about the sect promotion grand competition and spent three months recovering at the Heavenly Divination Palace as his meridians and cultivation deteriorated. Daoist Xuanji returned with a Nine-Orifice Meridian-Penetrating Lotus, and after seven days of agony, Jiang Fan repaired most of his meridians and regained hope of recovery.

• Lin Yuan explained that the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty held a sect promotion grand competition every ten years, and that the Heavenly Divination Palace aimed to retain its fourth-rank status.
• Jiang Fan stayed in Bamboo Listening Pavilion for three months, studying and cultivating, but his damaged meridians could not hold spiritual energy and his cultivation fell to the peak of the Saint Realm.
• Daoist Xuanji returned injured with a mature Nine-Orifice Meridian-Penetrating Lotus and told Jiang Fan to consume it and endure the painful refinement.
• Jiang Fan endured seven days of intense pain as the lotus repaired his meridians.
• Jiang Fan found that more than seventy percent of his damaged meridians had been repaired and that his meridians formed a complete circuit again.

Jiang Fan recovered much of his meridians with Daoist Xuanji’s help, though his destroyed Great Dao foundation remained beyond repair. Daoist Xuanji asked the Heavenly Divination Palace elders to find Jiang Fan a master, but the discussion turned contentious over whether he had any future in cultivation.

• Daoist Xuanji examined Jiang Fan and found that his meridians were mostly restored and his cultivation had reached the middle stage of the Emperor Realm.
• Daoist Xuanji encouraged Jiang Fan to keep his Dao heart intact and promised to introduce him to the sect elders once his recovery stabilized.
• Daoist Xuanji gathered Yunyan True Person and the seven elders to find Jiang Fan a master and explained his background and damaged foundation.
• Daoist Yuan Zhen argued that Jiang Fan was not worth accepting into the sect because his three Great Daos had been destroyed.
• Daoist Xuanji defended Jiang Fan’s character and potential, while a kindly elder noted that ancient texts described a cultivator who had rebuilt a burned Great Dao foundation.

Heavenly Divination Palace’s elders argued over whether Jiang Fan deserved a master and sect resources, and Yunyan True Person arranged for Daoist Xuanji to take him as a disciple and fund his cultivation himself. After the meeting, Daoist Xuanji revealed that he had at most five years to live and was avoiding a closer tie to Jiang Fan because his final undertaking could bring trouble to those connected to him; Yunyan promised to protect Jiang Fan if that day came.

• Yuanzhen Daoist and other elders opposed accepting Jiang Fan as a disciple, citing his damaged foundation and the cost of supporting him.
• Daoist Xuanji and Danyang defended Jiang Fan, and Yunyan True Person proposed that Xuanji take him as a disciple and personally cover his needs until his Dao foundation recovered.
• Daoist Xuanji agreed, and Yunyan gave him a storage bracelet containing personal resources for Jiang Fan.
• After the other elders left, Yunyan asked Daoist Xuanji why he had not accepted Jiang Fan earlier, and Xuanji revealed that he had at most five years to live.
• Daoist Xuanji explained that his final undertaking could bring trouble to those connected to him, and Yunyan promised to keep Jiang Fan safe in Heavenly Divination Palace if that trouble came.

Daoist Xuanji accepted Jiang Fan as his disciple after the sect's elders declined, then began teaching him about cultivation in the Supreme Sacred Realm. He explained how Upper Realm cultivation differed from the Lower Realm and began outlining the requirements of the True Realm.

• Daoist Xuanji left Yunyan True Person after insisting he had to personally settle a matter that had weighed on him for centuries.
• Daoist Xuanji visited Jiang Fan at Bamboo Listening Pavilion and learned that his meridians were stabilizing, though his cultivation had not yet recovered.
• Daoist Xuanji told Jiang Fan that the elders would not take him as a disciple and offered to become his master himself.
• Jiang Fan formally bowed to Daoist Xuanji and promised to cultivate diligently.
• Daoist Xuanji explained that Upper Realm cultivators focused on the Great Dao, and that reaching the True Realm required possessing three Great Daos.

Daoist Xuanji explained the cultivation realms above the Void Realm and gave Jiang Fan the Heavenly Divination Return-to-Origin Art. After seeing Jiang Fan cultivate the Primordial Meditation Technique, Xuanji recognized its extraordinary depth and advised him to make it his primary cultivation art.

• Daoist Xuanji described the Dao, Return to Void, Creation, and Domain Lord realms, then told Jiang Fan that he had reached the late Dao Realm and discussed the strength of Palace Master Yunyan True Person and Wei Lang.
• Daoist Xuanji reassured Jiang Fan that diligent cultivation could still let him reach the peak of the Void Realm and become a relatively outstanding Core Disciple.
• Daoist Xuanji gave Jiang Fan the Heavenly Divination Return-to-Origin Art and asked him to demonstrate his current cultivation art.
• Jiang Fan circulated the Primordial Meditation Technique, and Daoist Xuanji was astonished by its profundity and said it might help Jiang Fan sense the Great Dao again if he reached Major Accomplishment.
• Daoist Xuanji advised Jiang Fan to focus on the Primordial Meditation Technique and practice Heavenly Divination Palace arts only as auxiliary techniques.