Recaps

After ten years of rapid cultivation, Su Hao entered a mysterious chaotic space and discovered that the Dao Fruit of Yin and Yang he sought already belonged to the Joyful World Honored One. The World Honored One offered to let Su Hao approach the fruit as a Buddhist Son or Dao Son, leaving Su Hao wary of the offer.

• Su Hao reached the second level of the Golden Immortal realm, though his progress comprehending Dao Fruits remained slow.
• In an illusory space called Chaos, Su Hao learned that a great tree’s leaves represented divine abilities and its fruits represented laws controlled by Dao masters.
• Su Hao saw that the Dao Fruit of Yin and Yang was already controlled by the Joyful World Honored One, an incarnation of Buddha Venerate.
• The Joyful World Honored One offered to help Su Hao become a Buddhist Son or Dao Son and suggested he might one day take over the fruit.
• Su Hao questioned whether the offer meant becoming a vassal, and the Joyful World Honored One asked if his demonic-path past made him distrustful.

Su Hao rejected the Joyful World Honored One’s offer to help him grasp the Yin and Yang Dao Fruit because it would bind him to a dangerous karmic debt, and he resolved to pursue the Restriction Dao Fruit instead. Linghu Xue broke through to Immortal King, but the immortal envoy who arrived to recruit her fled as soon as he recognized her.

• The Joyful World Honored One offered to help Su Hao access the Yin and Yang Dao Fruit in exchange for karma that might eventually require him to deal with a Demon Venerable, and Su Hao refused.
• After the Joyful World Honored One forced him out of the chaotic space, Su Hao decided to pursue the Restriction Dao Fruit before anyone else claimed it.
• Su Hao sensed Linghu Xue preparing to break through and let her leave the Taiyuan Sword Realm so her tribulation would not expose or damage it.
• Linghu Xue endured a daylong Heavenly Fire tribulation and became an Immortal King, though the ordeal badly injured her and damaged her sword.
• An immortal envoy arrived to guide Linghu Xue to the Heavenly Court, recognized her from his roster, and hurried away through the immortal gate with his subordinates.

After Linghu Xue swore to keep the Taiyuan Sword Realm secret, she left, and Su Hao returned to Chiqing Realm. During his seclusion, thirteen True Immortals under his command were killed, prompting Su Hao to send Zhan Xuan to investigate and warn the others to hide.

• Linghu Xue swore on the Heavenly Dao not to reveal anything about the Taiyuan Sword Realm, thanked Su Hao, and departed as an Ice Phoenix.
• Su Hao reflected on Linghu Xue’s Sacred Spirit Cold Soul talent, then returned to Chiqing Realm and secluded himself.
• Su Hao sensed thirteen divine soul marks belonging to his True Immortal subordinates vanish, but arrived too late to find the killer or any clues.
• Zhan Xuan and Gan Zi gathered with Su Hao at Phoenix Perch Mountain and discussed the deaths, which they suspected were deliberate.
• Su Hao sent Zhan Xuan to investigate, then ordered Gan Zi to warn the remaining True Immortals to prioritize their safety and conceal their whereabouts.

Su Hao arrived after Heavenly Demon Son and Chi Yunzi activated the God Descent Token, saving them from Kuang Yue’s killing strike. He overwhelmed the five Heavenly Generals’ challenge by killing Kuang Yue, while Zhan Xuan remained locked in battle with the other four.

• Zhan Xuan manifested his Kirin Dharma Form and fought the four Heavenly Generals, hoping to drive them back and rescue Heavenly Demon Son and Chi Yunzi.
• Heavenly Demon Son and Chi Yunzi were gravely wounded by Kuang Yue, and Heavenly Demon Son activated the God Descent Token as they awaited another strike.
• Su Hao teleported to their location, crushed Kuang Yue’s fire-dragon spear, and revealed that he recognized the insignia on Kuang Yue’s armor.
• Kuang Yue attacked Su Hao with two spear techniques, but neither harmed him.
• Su Hao appeared above Kuang Yue and killed him, then took away his corpse and Primordial Spirit.

Su Hao confronted Divine General Chi Chen, who had tried to capture him and seize his divine armor and token. After absorbing Chi Chen’s Netherworld Underworld Fire, Su Hao unleashed a Creation Divine Ability, leaving Chi Chen struggling to defend himself.

• Chi Chen’s Netherworld Underworld Fire engulfed Su Hao, but Su Hao absorbed it into the Treasure Dropping Purple Gold Bowl and severed Chi Chen’s control.
• Su Hao identified the masked newcomer as Chi Chen, and Chi Chen admitted he wanted Su Hao’s divine armor and God-General Immortal Office Token.
• Chi Chen attacked Su Hao with a storm of baleful blades and threatened to take him to the Heaven Imprisonment Prison.
• Su Hao drew the World Annihilation Sword and unleashed the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, God Annihilation Sword Extinguishes Great Curse.
• Chi Chen recognized Su Hao’s strike as a Creation Divine Ability and summoned a dark-golden giant ape manifestation to block it.

Su Hao drove off the Darkwater Heavenly Army’s Divine General but admitted he could not kill him. After sending his companions away, Su Hao met the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle, which recognized his Golden Immortal Body and learned that Su Hao had already cultivated into a Golden Immortal.

• Zhan Xuan recovered after fighting Li Baosheng and Duan Rong, while Su Hao acknowledged that he could not kill Chi Chen.
• Su Hao ordered Zhan Xuan and the others to return to the Chiqing Realm and lie low because the Darkwater Heavenly Army was their enemy.
• The Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle emerged from the distant shadow and praised Su Hao for driving off a Divine General.
• The Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle deduced that Su Hao possessed the Golden Immortal Body after seeing him withstand powerful attacks.
• Su Hao admitted that he had cultivated into a Golden Immortal.

Su Hao imprisoned three Heavenly Generals, showed them his battle with Chi Chen, and extracted Fu Anzai’s talent, leaving Fu Anzai crippled. He gained the red talent Imperial Sovereign as Kuang Yue and Daoist Grey Wolf demanded to know what he had done.

• The Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle disappeared into the shadows, and Su Hao resolved not to ask it for help.
• Zhan Xuan and the others returned to the Chiqing Realm injured, and Su Hao ordered its cultivators to stay within its boundaries before beginning secluded cultivation.
• Su Hao entered the Myriad Souls Pagoda and confronted the imprisoned Kuang Yue, Fu Anzai, and Daoist Grey Wolf, who threatened him and invoked the Darkwater Heavenly Army.
• Su Hao showed the three a replay of his battle with Chi Chen, silencing their claims that Chi Chen would rescue them.
• Su Hao extracted Fu Anzai’s [True Dragon Son of Heaven] talent, generating the red talent Imperial Sovereign and leaving Fu Anzai crippled.
• Kuang Yue and Daoist Grey Wolf cried out in fury and demanded that Su Hao kill them.

The Black-Whiskered Dragon attacked the Taihao Sacred Dynasty, but Su Hao swiftly destroyed its body and captured its Primordial Spirit in the Myriad Souls Pagoda. Afterward, Su Hao told Zhan Xuan to focus on cultivating, and Zhan Xuan decided to leave for the Nine Heavens Thunder Abyss.

• The Black-Whiskered Dragon battered the Taihao Sacred Dynasty's Heaven Concealing Array with its tentacles, while the True Immortals struggled to damage them.
• Su Hao appeared and used sword radiance to sever the Black-Whiskered Dragon's tentacles, then sliced its body into pieces.
• The Black-Whiskered Dragon's Primordial Spirit fled into the Myriad Souls Pagoda, where chains and soul flames subdued it.
• Zhan Xuan warned Su Hao that someone had likely directed the Black-Whiskered Dragon, and Su Hao said it had also killed the thirteen True Immortals.
• Su Hao told Zhan Xuan to master the Thunder Dao Fruit, and Zhan Xuan said he would cultivate in the Nine Heavens Thunder Abyss.

Su Hao learned that the Rain Master Dragon Lord had placed a restriction on the Black-Whiskered Dragon, whose death exposed the Dragon Lord’s involvement in the Four Seas Dragon Kings’ affair. At the Heavenly Court, White Tiger Star Lord provoked the Rain Master Dragon Lord by urging him to act against Su Hao’s people and contrasting him with the resentful but cautious Giant Spirit God Yue Shanting.

• The Black-Whiskered Dragon tried to name the Rain Master Dragon Lord as the mastermind, but a hidden restriction destroyed his Primordial Spirit.
• Su Hao recognized the Rain Master Dragon Lord’s role, resolved not to confront him recklessly, and collected the Black-Whiskered Dragon’s Talent Power and treasures.
• The Rain Master Dragon Lord sensed the Black-Whiskered Dragon’s death and concealed his anger from White Tiger Star Lord.
• White Tiger Star Lord discussed Su Hao’s ascension and suggested that his subordinates could still be purged despite Su Hao’s status.
• White Tiger Star Lord mocked Giant Spirit God Yue Shanting’s reluctance to take revenge on Su Hao, then challenged the Rain Master Dragon Lord to prove his courage.

After five years of secluded cultivation, Su Hao learned that a Devil Realm army would reach the Chiqing Realm within a year and decided to face it himself. He returned to the Taihao Sacred Dynasty, where he reunited with his companions and praised Qin Yue after her sparring match with Xu Qing.

• Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle warned Su Hao that thirty thousand Heavenly Devils, a million puppets and wronged souls, and a Great Devil were approaching the Chiqing Realm.
• Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle offered to deal with the invaders, but Su Hao declined and resolved to meet the Devil Race himself.
• Su Hao left his cave abode and watched Xu Qing and Qin Yue spar at the training ground.
• Qin Yue won their sword match by half a move, and Xu Qing challenged her to fight using Daoist magic and divine abilities.
• Qin Yue greeted Su Hao as her master, and he praised her restraint and humility.

Su Hao intercepted the Devil Race army and swiftly defeated Blood-Sinking Great Devil, absorbing its life force and capturing its Primordial Spirit. He then wiped out the remaining forces, leaving the invasion contained.

• Su Hao chose to wait for the Devil Race army rather than notify the Heavenly Court, intending to use the devils to sharpen his sword.
• Blood-Sinking Great Devil arrived with thirty thousand devil soldiers and attacked Su Hao with a vast blood spear.
• Su Hao used one hundred thousand phantom clones to distract Blood-Sinking Great Devil, then struck it with seven divine inscriptions and the World Annihilation Sword.
• Su Hao absorbed Blood-Sinking Great Devil's vitality and used the Myriad Souls Pagoda to capture its fleeing Primordial Spirit.
• Su Hao and the Myriad Souls Pagoda destroyed or captured the remaining devils, soldiers, wronged spirits, and puppets.

After advancing to a fourth-grade Golden Immortal, Su Hao used a Primordial Dao Essence Crystal and entered a profound state of cultivation. Five years later, the Chiqing Realm remained peaceful while the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle guarded it and quietly enjoyed life in the Taihao Sacred Dynasty.

• Su Hao broke down the devil soldiers' Talent Power, kept the Blood-Sinking Great Devil's [Blood Vine Devil Tree Essence (Red)], and received a Primordial Dao Essence Crystal among his rewards.
• Su Hao swallowed the Nine-Turn Heavenly Origin Immortal Pills, cultivated for several days, and asked the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle to protect the Chiqing Realm while he entered seclusion.
• Su Hao used the Primordial Dao Essence Crystal and experienced a profound state connected to the origin of the laws of heaven and earth.
• After a month, Su Hao absorbed the pills' remaining medicinal power and advanced to a fourth-grade Golden Immortal, surprising the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle.
• Over the next five years, the Chiqing Realm stayed peaceful, and the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle sent an incarnation to the Taihao Sacred Dynasty and built a hidden cabin on Phoenix Perch Mountain.

The Rain Master Dragon Lord possessed the Blood Sin Dragon to attack the Taihao Sacred Dynasty and search for Su Hao. Before he could reach Phoenix Perch Mountain, the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle appeared and swallowed both the Dragon Lord’s avatar and the Blood Sin Dragon.

• The Blood Sin Dragon welcomed the Rain Master Dragon Lord’s offer to take it back to the Immortal Realm and restore its place among the dragon race.
• The Rain Master Dragon Lord merged with the Blood Sin Dragon and searched the Taihao Sacred Dynasty for Su Hao with his divine sense.
• The Rain Master Dragon Lord’s avatar sensed a gigantic turtle behind him before it could reach Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• The Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle imprisoned and swallowed the Dragon Lord’s avatar and the Blood Sin Dragon, then absorbed the avatar’s Dao Fruit power.

Five years after Su Hao began cultivating the Seven Character Incantations, he condensed the Restriction Dao Fruit and demonstrated its power by freezing the Six-Tusked White Elephant with a single word. The chapter ended with Su Hao heading to the pavilion after hearing Jin Ji’s mournful zither music.

• Rain Master Dragon Lord plotted to lure White Tiger Star Lord’s daughter to the Chiqing Realm and arrange an accident to take revenge.
• Five years later, the Heavenly Emperor sensed that Su Hao had condensed the Restriction Dao Fruit and worried that Li Zhuo could not contend with him.
• Su Hao emerged from secluded cultivation at Phoenix Perch Mountain with the Restriction Dao Fruit’s power to seal and suppress.
• The Six-Tusked White Elephant challenged Su Hao to spar, but Su Hao froze it with the word “Freeze,” and it could not break free.
• Su Hao went to the pavilion and heard Jin Ji finish playing a sorrowful piece on the zither.

Su Hao learned that the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle had killed the Blood Sin Dragon and the Rain Master Dragon Lord’s avatar while protecting him, and he accepted that he owed the turtle a favor. Ten years later, another force of fifty thousand devils approached the Chiqing Realm, and Su Hao eagerly went out to meet them.

• The Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle revealed that the Blood Sin Dragon had colluded with the Rain Master Dragon Lord, whose avatar had possessed the dragon to attack Su Hao and the Chiqing Realm.
• The Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle explained that it had killed the Blood Sin Dragon and the Rain Master Dragon Lord’s avatar, and Su Hao thanked it and accepted that he owed it a favor.
• Su Hao spent several days hosting the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle, then took the Twelve Heavenly Maidens into seclusion to train them.
• Ten years later, the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle warned Su Hao that fifty thousand devils led by an ugly great devil were approaching the Chiqing Realm.
• Su Hao laughed at the prospect of the new attack and flew out to confront the devils.

The Darkwater Heavenly Army discussed Su Hao’s apparent defeat and planned to retrieve their captured comrades, while Su Hao concealed his strength and tallied the rewards from the Devil Race. After inspecting a precious drop of Dragon Ancestor Essence Blood, he summoned Little Cai, who arrived dressed in a crimson gown.

• The generals mocked Su Hao’s apparent injuries and argued over recovering the Primordial Spirits of Kuang Yue, Fu Anzai, and Canglang; Divine General Chi Chen decided to visit the Chiqing Realm himself.
• Li Baosheng warned Chi Chen that confronting Su Hao could worsen the Darkwater Heavenly Army’s relationship with the Heavenly Court, but Chi Chen insisted he knew his limits.
• Su Hao returned to Phoenix Perch Mountain, concealed his strength and healed his injuries, hoping the Darkwater Heavenly Army would believe his act and send more demons for him to defeat.
• Su Hao processed the Talent Powers from five thousand Devil Race members and Thousand Corpse Demon, gaining cultivation progress, Dao Artifacts, pills, and a drop of Dragon Ancestor Essence Blood.
• Su Hao considered the essence blood’s benefits and decided it was too precious to give to Gan Zi and the others, then sent a mental message to Little Cai.
• Little Cai bathed, changed into a fitted crimson gown, and entered Su Hao’s cave dwelling.

Su Hao gave Little Cai the Dragon Ancestor Essence Blood and helped her absorb it, then sensed Luo Yujie’s return to the Chiqing Realm. Luo Yujie confronted Ji Ruyue over her delayed ascension and warned that her estrangement from the Human King could prevent her from becoming an immortal.

• Little Cai asked Su Hao to have a child with her, and he promised they would do so when the Three Realms were safe while urging her to cultivate diligently.
• Su Hao gave Little Cai the Dragon Ancestor Essence Blood, and she swallowed it so he could help her absorb its power.
• After half a year, Su Hao calculated that Little Cai would need about twenty years to absorb the essence blood completely.
• Luo Yujie arrived at Phoenix Perch Mountain, where Ji Ruyue greeted her.
• Luo Yujie criticized Ji Ruyue for delaying her ascension and warned that her grudge with the Human King could cost her the chance to become an immortal.

Luo Yujie visited Ji Ruyue before bringing Jade Pool Heaven’s congratulations to Su Hao for his appointment as a Divine General. Su Hao emerged from seclusion to meet her, and she presented a treasure personally bestowed by the Lord of Jade Pool.

• Luo Yujie mocked Ji Ruyue for failing to win Su Hao’s favor, but Ji Ruyue said she had accepted her circumstances and was content with her life.
• Luo Yujie brought Treasure Moon Immortal Fruits to the Six-Tusked White Elephant, which welcomed her to wait for Su Hao.
• Su Hao emerged from seclusion after hearing the Six-Tusked White Elephant eat the fruits and considered Jade Pool Heaven’s standing as a great power.
• Luo Yujie congratulated Su Hao on his promotion, noting that he had not yet accepted the Heavenly Court’s conferment or refined his immortal official token.
• Luo Yujie gave Su Hao a jadeite box containing a congratulatory treasure personally bestowed by the Lord of Jade Pool.

Luo Yujie gave Su Hao an Eight-Pattern Law-Gathering Mystic Fruit and offered to share an Immortal Emperor’s estate, but he refused the estate to focus on his cultivation. Their conversation was interrupted when Divine General Chi Chen arrived and called Su Hao out.

• Luo Yujie explained the Mystic Fruit’s great value, and Su Hao calmly accepted it.
• Luo Yujie offered to share an Immortal Emperor’s estate with Su Hao, but he refused because he would not leave his cultivation at a critical juncture.
• Su Hao called Gan Zi to entertain Luo Yujie, but she declined and prepared to leave.
• Divine General Chi Chen’s voice shook the Chiqing Realm as he called for Su Hao, who asked whether Chi Chen was dissatisfied with their last fight.

Su Hao confronted Chi Chen, who demanded the celestial generals’ primordial spirits and tried to overpower him with the strength of the heavenly army. Su Hao revealed that he could control the Sword Annihilation Great Curse well enough to defeat Chi Chen’s manifestation, leaving Chi Chen shocked but still insisting that his divine armor and army’s power counted as his strength.

• Chi Chen demanded the three primordial spirits, and Su Hao followed him into the void after the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle concealed their fight from onlookers.
• Chi Chen drew on the power of thirty thousand Heavenly Soldiers and struck Su Hao with a giant ape’s world-shaking punch.
• Su Hao cut apart the punch with a strand of black Sword Qi and trapped Chi Chen beneath the Sword Annihilation Great Curse’s black rain.
• Chi Chen raised the army’s blessing to fifty thousand soldiers, but Su Hao’s sword rain rapidly eroded his manifestation and slightly damaged his divine armor.
• Su Hao ended the attack and admitted he had hidden his strength against the Thousand Corpse Demon, while Chi Chen protested that his divine armor was part of his strength.

After bargaining with Divine General Chi Chen, Su Hao used an Eight-Pattern Law-Gathering Mystic Fruit to advance the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands God Annihilation Sword Extinguishes Great Curse to major accomplishment. He rejected the shortcut of forming a Yin-Yang Dao Fruit dependent on another and returned to studying the Restriction Dao Fruit.

• Su Hao sent Divine General Chi Chen away with Kuang Yue, Fu Anzai, and Daoist Grey Wolf's three Primordial Spirits after extracting a ransom from him.
• Luo Yujie realized Su Hao had contended with Chi Chen, and Su Hao declined to explain how he fought without refining his divine armor.
• Su Hao absorbed the Eight-Pattern Law-Gathering Mystic Fruit, which strengthened his Sword Annihilation Great Curse and his power of Yin and Yang.
• After twenty years of cultivation, Su Hao advanced the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands God Annihilation Sword Extinguishes Great Curse to major accomplishment and gained the power to slay an Immortal King.
• The old monk and Daoist Taiqing noticed Su Hao's swift progress in Yin and Yang, while Su Hao decided not to pursue a dependent Yin-Yang Dao Fruit.
• Su Hao resumed studying the Restriction Dao Fruit, while Little Cai continued absorbing the Dragon Ancestor Essence Blood.

Chi Chen returned to the Darkwater Heavenly Army camp with the Primordial Spirits of Daoist Grey Wolf, Kuang Yue, and Fu Anzai, then ordered Li Baosheng to secretly collect Devil Race Primordial Spirits. He was left alone, grimly facing the terms Su Hao had forced on him: one million devil soldier Primordial Spirits or two hundred thousand True Devil Primordial Spirits.

• Chi Chen returned to camp with the three generals’ Primordial Spirits, and the heavenly generals initially celebrated what they assumed was a victory over Su Hao.
• Daoist Grey Wolf and Kuang Yue regained their senses, while Fu Anzai remained vacant, his cultivation having fallen six levels and his immortal power draining away.
• Chi Chen ordered Springwood Immortal Lord to treat Fu Anzai and assigned Duan Rong to watch over him until she arrived.
• Chi Chen instructed Li Baosheng to secretly gather one hundred thousand devil soldier Primordial Spirits or twenty thousand True Devil Primordial Spirits within ten years.
• After Li Baosheng left, Chi Chen brooded over Su Hao’s demand for one million devil soldier Primordial Spirits or two hundred thousand True Devil Primordial Spirits, a price he knew would be difficult to meet.

Di Feng and five Golden Crows reached the Chiqing Realm to retrieve a stranded member of their clan and met the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle. The turtle warned Di Feng to stay polite and avoid fighting anyone, leaving him to suspect a powerful expert lived in the realm.

• Di Feng sensed the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle and introduced himself and his companions as members of the Golden Crow Clan.
• Di Feng told the turtle that he had come to bring a stranded Golden Crow home, and the turtle allowed them to proceed.
• The Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle rejected Di Feng's flattery and warned him to be polite and not fight anyone inside the Chiqing Realm.
• Di Ping complained about the turtle through a divine message, and Di Feng rebuked her for her disrespect.
• Di Feng considered whether a powerful expert lived in the Chiqing Realm, then led the Golden Crows into it.

Su Hao emerged from seclusion and met six members of Di Han’s Golden Crow Clan, who had entered Phoenix Perch Mountain and been restrained by his formations. Di Feng identified the Golden Crows as sovereigns of the Demon Race who would never submit to the Heavenly Court.

• The Six-Tusked White Elephant explained to Di Han that Su Hao’s methods had exposed and restrained the intruders.
• Su Hao left his cave and invited Di Han to meet the six Golden Crows, who she recognized through their bloodline resonance.
• Su Hao and Di Han met Di Feng and his five companions near the mountaintop viewing pavilion.
• Di Feng recognized Su Hao as the Heavenly Court’s Netherwater Demon-Suppressing Divine General and praised his abilities.
• Su Hao questioned why the Golden Crows had survived despite rumors of their near extinction, and Di Feng declared that his clan would never serve the Heavenly Court.

Su Hao faced Di Feng and the other Golden Crows, who had come to take Di Han home, but Di Han insisted on staying with him. When Di Ping tried to stop her, Su Hao swiftly incapacitated all five visitors.

• Di Ping urged the Golden Crows to attack Su Hao, but Di Feng restrained her and asked Su Hao to release Di Han peacefully.
• Su Hao said he would let Di Han leave if she chose to, but Di Han declared that she wanted to stay with him.
• Di Feng accused Su Hao of beguiling Di Han and insisted that the clan’s rules required him to take her home.
• Su Hao defended Di Han’s freedom and told her to enter the cave abode while he handled the Golden Crows.
• Di Ping tried to intercept Di Han, but Su Hao struck swiftly, suppressing the five Golden Crows’ powers and binding them in place.