Recaps

Nether Prison learned that Unchanging Divine Lord measured eras by streaks of light and assigned him to stop Jade Court from reaching Taicang World. Meanwhile, Xu Yan cultivated in Unchanging Land, where the fleeing Jade Person discovered his world and stepped inside.

• Unchanging Divine Lord explained that each streak of light marked a new epoch and ordered Nether Prison to guard a location against Jade Court.
• Nether Prison learned that Jade Court members were entirely white like jade, accepted the mission, and decided to contact Blood Fiend for information.
• Xu Yan traveled through Unchanging Land for three years, strengthening his Dao by studying powerful True Spirits and spreading his world across an ancient mountain.
• Two pursuers searching for Jade Court shattered mountains, while Jade Person hid in a stone and escaped after they passed.
• Jade Person found Xu Yan's faintly glowing world, tested it with a stone, and stepped inside.

Xu Yan investigated a jade-like woman who entered his manifested world and discovered that she wielded a strange power of purification. When two pursuers from the Unchanging Divine Palace attacked her, Xu Yan revealed himself and trapped them in his sword intent.

• Xu Yan watched the woman enter his world and found that neither his Lesser Eye of the Heavenly Dao nor the Dao of Heaven and Earth could discern her origins.
• Xu Yan sent a golden True Dragon and a Jade Snow True Dragon to fight the woman, revealing her powerful jade-white radiance and ability to dissolve foreign power.
• Two people from the Unchanging Divine Palace entered the world and attacked the woman, who gradually fell into a disadvantage.
• Xu Yan revealed himself and declared that he would send the two pursuers to their deaths.
• Xu Yan made the world vanish, leaving the two people from the Unchanging Divine Palace surrounded by fierce sword intent.

Xu Yan killed two Unchanging Divine Palace experts, then agreed to escort Mingyu in exchange for a mature section of Qingling Jade Bamboo. As Nether Prison investigated the bamboo’s aura, Xu Yan traveled with Mingyu and broke through to the minor achievement stage of the Dao Establishment Realm.

• Xu Yan annihilated two World Master-level experts from the Unchanging Divine Palace and learned that the woman was named Mingyu.
• Xu Yan agreed to escort Mingyu in exchange for a section of mature Qingling Jade Bamboo, which he recognized as originating from the main plant.
• Nether Prison received a report that someone from the Jade Court carried the bamboo’s aura and wondered whether Qingyu had survived the ancient battle.
• Xu Yan traveled with Mingyu aboard a Flying Ship, discussed martial arts with her, and realized her difficulty understanding unfamiliar complex things caused her thoughts to stall.
• Xu Yan used the Qingling Jade Bamboo while refining his martial path and broke through to the minor achievement stage of the Dao Establishment Realm.

Xu Yan traded explanations of Array Formations with Mingyu to learn her laws, but his questions about her Primordial Spirit left her mind stuck despite the Qingling Jade Bamboo’s help. When Ming Prison, a Blood Prison Protector and former World Lord, demanded Mingyu, Xu Yan refused and escaped his first attack, only to find himself surrounded by converging blood lights.

• Xu Yan and Mingyu exchanged Array Formation diagrams for depictions of Mingyu’s laws, and Xu Yan discovered her drawings seemed incomplete.
• When Xu Yan asked Mingyu to depict the laws in her Primordial Spirit, she became deeply confused and stopped responding even as the Qingling Jade Bamboo tried to restore her.
• Ming Prison arrived, recognized the Qingling Jade Bamboo as Qingyu’s original bamboo body, and demanded that Xu Yan leave Mingyu behind.
• Xu Yan identified himself as the Sword God of the Great Wilderness and refused Ming Prison’s demand.
• Ming Prison attacked with a blood-colored purgatory, but Xu Yan slipped through the unfinished seal and evaded a web of bloody threads.
• Ming Prison surrounded Xu Yan with blood lights that closed every gap, leaving Xu Yan trapped within the encirclement.

Xu Yan escaped Nether Prison’s attacks and persuaded him to exchange intelligence about the Great Wasteland and the Unchanging Divine Palace. Nether Prison revealed why he had joined the palace and began recounting the war against it, leaving Xu Yan with more questions about Taicang’s defeat.

• Xu Yan used Absolute Heaven Sword to break Nether Prison’s blood-colored barrier, then fled with Mingyu using One Thought No Trace while Nether Prison pursued him.
• Xu Yan revealed that he had cultivated for less than a hundred years and proposed exchanging information; Nether Prison stopped pursuing him and agreed.
• Xu Yan told Nether Prison that Taicang had become the Great Wasteland, which had no World Master but possessed the Heavenly Dao, and that the Witch Demon World had merged into it as the Yin Realm.
• Nether Prison told Xu Yan that the Unchanging Divine Palace wandered through the Unchanging Land and was slowly approaching the Great Wasteland, but had not yet decided when to attack.
• Nether Prison explained that the Unchanging Divine Lord had extracted his World Qi as the price of accepting him, and that Taicang had once suppressed him to resolve a flaw in his Blood Demon Dao.
• Nether Prison denied betraying Taicang and began explaining how the Unchanging Divine Palace’s numerous false World Masters helped decide the devastating war.

Xu Yan and Nether Prison discussed the old battle against the Unchanging Divine Palace, the coming epoch, and Nether Prison’s history with Blood Demon. Nether Prison revealed that the Jade Court was a powerful faction, leaving Xu Yan newly curious about Mingyu’s origins and the forces gathering around the Taicang World.

• Nether Prison recounted how Taicang and the others fought the Unchanging Divine Lord, who defeated them and left Taicang dead while Hongze was devoured.
• Xu Yan told Nether Prison that the Great Wasteland had a Heavenly Dao and reincarnation, and Nether Prison explained that the Unchanging Divine Lord had preserved the Taicang World for the coming epoch.
• Nether Prison revealed that his younger brother was Blood Demon, who had saved him before becoming an elder of the Unchanging Divine Palace.
• Nether Prison warned Xu Yan that the Jade Court could be as dangerous as the Unchanging Divine Palace and might seek to devour worlds.
• Xu Yan learned that Mingyu came from the Jade Court, and Nether Prison said he had been ordered to prevent its experts from reaching the Taicang World.

Xu Yan learned from Netherworld Prison about the Jade Court, the approaching new Era, and the survival of Witch Demon before continuing to escort Mingyu. He began exchanging lessons about the divine soul for information about the Jade Court, leaving Mingyu frustrated by how difficult the lessons were.

• Xu Yan asked Netherworld Prison about Qingyu and the Jade Court, and Netherworld Prison admitted he did not know whether Qingyu was alive or why her remains were there.
• Netherworld Prison said he would avoid actions against the Great Wilderness, asked Xu Yan to spare Netherworld and Prison, and gave him a map and notes in exchange for Xu Yan's promise to show mercy.
• Netherworld Prison warned Xu Yan about the Unchanging Divine Lord and revealed that Witch Demon had survived, though he was badly injured and being hunted.
• Xu Yan continued toward the Jade Court with Mingyu, who remained shut down before beginning to recover.
• Xu Yan proposed exchanging knowledge with Mingyu and taught her about divine souls in return for information about the Jade Court.
• Mingyu explained that the Jade Court wandered through the Unchanging Land and that she was not strong by its standards, then grew dejected when she struggled to remember Xu Yan's lessons.

Xu Yan learned more about the Jade Court from Mingyu as they traveled there, including that its Third Master had sent her to observe the Great Wasteland. Mingyu welcomed Xu Yan into the Jade Court, where he met her attendant Xiao Jie.

• Xu Yan traded explanations about souls for information from Mingyu about the Jade Court, its Three Masters, and the Jade People.
• Mingyu recalled seeing purple light at the start of an Epoch and said the Third Master had sent her to look at the World from afar.
• Xu Yan told Mingyu that the World was now called the Great Wasteland and promised to host her there; she invited him to visit the Jade Court.
• Mingyu brought Xu Yan through the Jade Court gates after the guards, Jade Big and Jade Two, accepted him as her friend.
• Xu Yan observed the Jade Court and its unusual Jade People as Mingyu led him to her courtyard, where he met her attendant Xiao Jie.

Xu Yan discovered that the Jade Court’s people were Jade Puppets whose unusual laws could strengthen the Primordial Turtle Shell’s incomplete laws. As he investigated their thoughts and origins, he wondered whether the Jade Court’s creator had reached the Primordial Unity Realm or even walked the Dao.

• Mingyu welcomed Xu Yan with jade delicacies, which he secretly stored in the Primordial Turtle Shell and found could restore its damaged laws.
• Xu Yan asked to meet the Jade Court’s three masters and showed Mingyu the Qingling Jade Bamboo, prompting her to search for where it grew.
• While teaching Xiao Jie Array Formation, Xu Yan used the Lesser Eye of the Heavenly Dao to discover that her body and thoughts operated according to special laws.
• Xu Yan concluded that Xiao Jie and the other Jade Court residents were Jade Puppets, then suspected Mingyu was a puppet capable of cultivation.
• Xu Yan speculated that the Jade Court’s creator possessed power comparable to or beyond the Creation Realm and might even have walked the Dao.

Xu Yan explored the Jade Court while teaching Mingyu chess and soul-related knowledge, and investigated the Qingling Jade Bamboo, where Qingyu’s consciousness seemed absent. After two years, Mingyu had grown more intelligent, and Xu Yan began to suspect that the Jade Court had allowed him to help her improve.

• Xu Yan taught Xiao Jie and then Mingyu to play chess, discovering that Mingyu learned unfamiliar ideas more readily and became fascinated with the game.
• Mingyu led Xu Yan to the Qingling Jade Bamboo, where he sensed its immense vitality but found no sign of Qingyu’s consciousness and chose not to risk awakening her.
• Xu Yan cultivated near the bamboo, studied the Jade People and their laws, and became familiar with much of the Jade Court while approaching the peak of the Dao Establishment Realm.
• Xu Yan taught Mingyu about the soul, and she repeatedly became mentally stuck as her intelligence and thought processes gradually grew closer to those of an ordinary person.
• After two years in the Jade Court, Xu Yan suspected the Three Masters had allowed him to help Mingyu develop, so he offered to teach her cultivation, and she eagerly agreed.

Xu Yan reached the grand completion of the Dao Establishment Realm and awakened Qingyu’s consciousness in the Jade Court by recreating the Taicang Dao Domain. Qingyu recounted Taicang’s final battle and began questioning what had happened to the Taicang World.

• Xu Yan taught Mingyu a simple cultivation method, and she learned to guide Spiritual Qi through her body and grew to enjoy cultivating.
• Xu Yan broke through to the grand completion of the Dao Establishment Realm and used Taicang’s image to awaken Qingyu in the Qingling Jade Bamboo.
• Qingyu learned that Taicang had become history, the world was now called the Great Wasteland, and Tianzi had inherited Taicang’s authority.
• Qingyu mourned Taicang and recalled that he had sent her, the Witch Fiend, Ao Hong, and Netherworld Prison out of the final battle before his body shattered.
• A Jade Person watered Qingyu and asked whether she remembered the past, but she could not place why he seemed familiar.
• Three days later, Xu Yan returned, and Qingyu explained that Taicang had seemed to step beyond the World Lord realm before something went wrong and asked Xu Yan what had happened to the Taicang World.

Xu Yan explained the Great Wilderness’s coming conflict with the Unchanging Divine Palace and gained Jade’s permission to study her Dao of Heaven and Earth. As he neared Dao Establishment perfection, he uncovered more of the Jade Court’s mysteries and planned to return to the Great Wilderness after his breakthrough.

• Xu Yan told Jade about the Great Wilderness, the coming next epoch, and his plan to use her Dao of Heaven and Earth to strengthen himself against the Unchanging Divine Palace, and Jade agreed to help him.
• Ah Yi revealed that they had remained in the Jade Court through many generations and that Mingyu repeatedly forgot herself and started over, leaving Jade puzzled by their familiarity.
• Xu Yan began studying Jade’s Dao, taught Mingyu cultivation, and made progress in the Puppet Dao while Mingyu neared the World Master level and struggled to condense her divine soul.
• Xu Yan completed his study of Jade’s Dao, pointed out its weaknesses, and told Jade he would break through to Dao Establishment perfection in three days before returning to the Great Wilderness.
• Jade considered leaving the Jade Court with Xu Yan, while Mingyu said she felt close to condensing her divine soul and Xu Yan invited her to sense his breakthrough.

After Xu Yan perfected his Dao Establishment Realm, his Dao intent awakened Mingyu’s buried memories and spiritual soul, prompting a terrifying presence in the Jade Court to stir. Xu Yan fled with Mingyu, but eight powerful Jade People intercepted them, leaving him facing their coordinated attack.

• Xu Yan perfected his Dao Establishment Realm, and his Dao intent helped Azure Jade mend a weakness in her Dao while Mingyu awakened her spiritual soul and recovered fragments of ancient memories.
• Mingyu recalled watering the young bamboo with Ah Yi and remembered the names Taihao, Exquisite Jade Mountain, and seventh, but an awakening presence in the Jade Court frightened her into fleeing.
• Xu Yan placed Azure Jade in the Primordial Turtle Shell and escaped the Jade Court with Mingyu, breaking through a World Master Jade Person guarding the exit.
• A divine phantom emerged from the Jade Court and sent a thought after Xu Yan, while Mingyu defiantly answered that she would make trouble; Xu Yan continued fleeing at full speed.
• Eight powerful Jade People surrounded Xu Yan and sealed him within a ring of light, and he slashed through it as one of them struck him with a silver-white palm.

Xu Yan escaped Yuting’s eight Jade Persons and learned more about Mingyu’s uncertain memories and Yuting’s powerful Three Masters. Back in the Great Wasteland, its experts prepared for the coming crisis, while Li Xuan reached Creation Realm Great Accomplishment after Xu Yan advanced to Dao Establishment Realm, and the Great Dao Golden Book began to change again.

• Xu Yan broke through the Jade Person’s seal, fled the pursuing eight Jade Persons, and questioned Mingyu about Taihao, Exquisite Jade Mountain, Seventh, and Yuting’s Three Masters.
• Mingyu warned Xu Yan that the Three Masters might come looking for her and said Ah Yi was probably no weaker than Xu Yan.
• In the Great Wasteland, Tian Zi worked to strengthen the Heavenly Dao as its experts prepared for a possible attack from the Unchanging Divine Palace.
• Red Cat entered the Unchanging Land with Jade Little Dragon and Xiao Ha, while Su Lingxiu worried about Xu Yan’s group and Xue Ji’s attempt against the Blood Demon.
• Mu Xiao continued sweeping the Qinghua Sect, and Li Xuan guided his disciples as Cai Ling’er and others grew stronger.
• After Xu Yan reached Dao Establishment Realm, Li Xuan advanced to Creation Realm Great Accomplishment, and the Great Dao Golden Book opened with a changed, more mysterious golden light.

Li Xuan broke through to the Primordial Chaos Realm after Xu Yan comprehended the method of Primordial Chaos, then secretly protected Meng Chong and the others as they towed a dead world toward the Great Wasteland. The group continued their journey, unaware that the Jade Person was investigating the world they were towing.

• Xu Yan's comprehension of Primordial Chaos caused Li Xuan to break through and raise all his martial paths to the Primordial Chaos Realm.
• Li Xuan saw Meng Chong, Fang Hao, Jiang Buping, and Canghai Turtle towing a dead world toward the Great Wasteland and decided to protect them from a pursuing World Master.
• Meng Chong, Fang Hao, Jiang Buping, and Canghai Turtle prepared to defend themselves when a World Master approached, but it dissolved without a trace before reaching them.
• Meng Chong and Fang Hao concluded that Li Xuan had killed the World Master, and Canghai Turtle resumed controlling the Flying Ship while the others cultivated.
• The Jade Person watched the World Master's disappearance, then emerged from the mountain and began investigating the dead world.

Li Xuan guided Ao Lie and Tai Miao, then decided to lecture on the Dao after the Great Wilderness annexed a nearby world. After Xue Ji reported the Jade Court’s existence, Su Lingxiu and Shi Er learned that it was a powerful faction whose strength might rival the Unchanging Divine Palace.

• Ao Lie prostrated himself before Li Xuan, who granted him a strand of Heavenly Dao power after Ao Lie called him the True Dragon Clan’s Old Ancestor.
• Tai Miao asked Li Xuan whether to pursue his Dream Supreme Path or the Heavenly Dao, and Li Xuan explained how all martial paths lay within the Heavenly Dao before giving him a strand of its intent.
• Li Xuan decided to lecture on the Dao after the Great Wilderness annexed the world being drawn closer by a Flying Ship.
• Su Lingxiu learned from Xue Ji that the Jade Court was another faction beyond the Unchanging Divine Palace, but Taihe and Taikun had never heard of it.
• Li Xuan told Su Lingxiu to cultivate until she was strong enough to learn about the Jade Court, while Mu Xiao told Shi Er that its people were jade-white and that the Divine Palace’s powerhouses were wary of it.

Meng Chong, Fang Hao, and Jiang Buping returned to the Great Wasteland towing the dead Hongze World, astonishing its inhabitants. Li Xuan revealed that the newcomers would help the Great Wasteland grow, and Tian Zi began preparing to merge the world.

• Su Lingxiu asked Tian Zi and Mu Xiao about the Jade Court, and Mu Xiao shared what little he knew while Su Lingxiu promised to dissect him later.
• The Great Wasteland’s World Lords learned about the Jade Court but could not locate it or determine whether it threatened their worlds.
• Li Xuan sensed Meng Chong and the others returning and told Tian Zi and Su Lingxiu that their arrival would help the Great Wasteland improve.
• Meng Chong, Fang Hao, and Jiang Buping slowed the Flying Ship as they towed the enormous, lifeless Hongze World toward the Great Wasteland.
• Su Lingxiu, Yu Yao, Wu Tiannan, and the World Lords joined the returning disciples and reacted with shock to the dead world; Tian Zi prepared to merge it with the Great Wasteland.

The Great Wasteland swallowed Hongze World to strengthen its Heavenly Dao and establish a Yin Realm, but a Jade Court puppet emerged to seize control. Li Xuan captured it effortlessly, and the chapter ended with the Jade Person demanding answers while Li Xuan dismissed it as a puppet.

• Meng Chong, Fang Hao, and Jiang Buping returned to the Great Wasteland, where Li Xuan praised their progress and the group discussed the Unchanging Divine Palace’s threat.
• Tian Zi organized the Great Wasteland’s powerhouses to merge Hongze World into the Great Wasteland, creating a Yin Realm and a boundary between yin and yang while strengthening the Heavenly Dao.
• As the worlds merged, a World Master-level hand reached out from Hongze World and tried to seize control of the Great Wasteland.
• Li Xuan captured the attacker, whose jade body revealed it to be an expert from the Jade Court.
• The Jade Person accused Li Xuan of fearing or trying to threaten the Jade Court, while Li Xuan told Su Lingxiu it was only a Jade Puppet, surprising Fang Hao.

Li Xuan explained the Heavenly Dao as the Hongze World merged into the Great Wasteland, and many powerhouses advanced during the world’s ascension. The Great Wasteland emerged far stronger, while Tian Zi urged its people to prepare to settle their grudge with the Unchanging Divine Palace themselves.

• Li Xuan confirmed that the Jade Person was a Jade Puppet, explained how Creation Realm experts could make living puppets, and let Fang Hao study it safely.
• As the Hongze World merged into the Great Wasteland, Li Xuan expounded the Dao of heaven and earth for three days, helping the world’s powerhouses comprehend the Heavenly Dao.
• Old Man Xiao broke through to the Heavenly Dao Realm, followed by Tai Miao, Ao Lie, Heavenly Baleful, Jade Yao, Taihe, Taikun, Bewitching Witch, and Yan Mo.
• Wu Tiannan reached the World Master Realm, Xie Tianheng and Xin Mengrou reached the Supreme Realm, Xie Lingfeng reached the Heaven and Earth Realm, and Meng Chong, Su Lingxiu, Fang Hao, and Jiang Buping reached the perfected Heaven and Earth Realm.
• Tian Zi urged Taihe and the others not to depend on Li Xuan to defeat the Unchanging Divine Palace, and Old Man Xiao expressed confidence in Xu Yan.

Li Xuan sensed that Xu Yan had made powerful enemies beyond the Unchanging Divine Palace, while Xu Yan fled the Jade Court and turned aside after hearing a dragon’s roar. He found the Azure Dragon imprisoned in Dragon-Prison Abyss, where Chi Xiaoni refused to hand it over to a gray-robed man from the Unchanging Divine Palace.

• Tian Zi urged the Great Wasteland’s experts to prepare for war, and they entered secluded cultivation while Li Xuan watched over the world.
• Xu Yan and the others advanced through the Dao Establishment Realm, raising Li Xuan’s martial paths to the major mastery of the Primordial Chaos Realm.
• Li Xuan sensed hostility from several powerful forces and concluded that Xu Yan was fleeing back toward the Great Wasteland.
• Xu Yan escaped the Jade Court’s pursuit with Mingyu and headed toward a dragon roar after Qingyu identified it as possibly Ao Hong’s.
• Xu Yan reached Dragon-Prison Abyss and saw the Azure Dragon chained in a chasm among mountains formed from World Master-level True Spirit corpses.
• Chi Xiaoni refused the gray-robed Unchanging Divine Palace man’s request to take the Azure Dragon, saying he wanted to keep eating its meat.

Xu Yan arrived at Dragon Abyss and confronted the gray-robed man and Chi Xiaoni, who had imprisoned Ao Hong for the Unchanging Divine Palace. After Xu Yan swiftly killed one True Spirit and overpowered the others, he launched Heavenless Sword at the gray-robed man as Chi Xiaoni attacked; the fight remained unresolved.

• The gray-robed man persuaded Chi Xiaoni to cooperate and keep Ao Hong imprisoned, then taunted Ao Hong about the coming Epoch.
• Ao Hong argued with Chi Xiaoni and cursed the gray-robed man, who praised Chi Xiaoni and kept him from meeting Chi Ni King.
• Xu Yan appeared at Dragon Abyss, identified himself as Sword God Xu Yan, and killed one of Chi Xiaoni's True Spirits with a single sword strike.
• Chi Xiaoni, the gray-robed man, and two True Spirits attacked Xu Yan, but his golden dragon technique blasted the two True Spirits away.
• Xu Yan used Sword World and Heaven Severing Sword to break through the gray-robed man's defensive law treasure and injure his spirit with Xun Feng Sword Intent.
• Xu Yan unleashed Heavenless Sword as the gray-robed man burned his origin to defend himself and Chi Xiaoni fired a crimson beam at Xu Yan.

Xu Yan killed the gray-robed man and Chi Xiaoni, rescued Ao Hong, and learned about the Chi Ni King and the danger facing the Great Wasteland. As the Jade Court pursued him, Ao Hong set out to seek allies, while a figure inside the Unchanging Divine Palace prepared for a scheme tied to the coming epoch.

• Xu Yan let the gray-robed man send a warning to the Unchanging Divine Lord before annihilating him, then killed Chi Xiaoni and two other True Spirits.
• Xu Yan freed Ao Hong, who reunited with Qingyu and explained how he had survived the war and ended up imprisoned.
• Ao Hong warned that the Chi Ni King would seek revenge for Chi Xiaoni and vowed to oppose the Unchanging Divine Palace by seeking the other True Spirit Kings.
• Xu Yan told Ao Hong that Taicang World had become the Great Wasteland World, and Ao Hong agreed to help protect it before departing to search for allies, including Wu Mo.
• Xu Yan detected eight Jade Court pursuers approaching and vanished, while an unnamed figure in the Unchanging Divine Palace declared that the Taicang World would help him escape and succeed in the coming epoch.

The Unchanging Divine Lord learned of Sword God Xu Yan and the Great Wasteland World, seeing them as assets for his return. After the Red Lion King discovered that Xu Yan had killed Chi Xiaoni, it ordered the true spirits to search for him, while the Blood Demon and Xue Ji noticed the search spreading through the Unchanging Land.

• The Unchanging Divine Lord vowed to use the Great Wasteland World and its powerful prodigies to advance his plans and crush anyone who opposed him.
• The Red Lion King learned through its bloodline connection that Sword God Xu Yan had killed Chi Xiaoni and ordered Chi Shibaba Ni and the gathered true spirits to find him.
• The Blood Demon and Xue Ji argued over their shared body, the Witch Demon, and whether Nether Prison had betrayed Taicang.
• The Blood Demon noticed true spirits searching for someone and wondered whether the Red Lion King’s order targeted the divine palace.

Blood Fiend and Xue Ji learned that three True Spirit Kings had sent the Unchanging True Spirits to search for Xu Yan, while the Witch Fiend discovered the same hunt and recovered his strength. Xu Yan learned that Chi Ni King was among the ancient rulers, then fought off a Jade Puppet as Blood Fiend rushed toward the Witch Fiend's battle.

• Blood Fiend explained that the Unchanging Land held three ancient True Spirit Kings whose orders could compel True Spirits to search for a target, and he began looking for a World Master-level True Spirit to learn more.
• The Witch Fiend finished recovering, captured a World Master-level True Spirit, and discovered that the True Spirits were searching for a handsome young human from Taicang; he then confronted the Unchanging Divine Palace pursuer who had tracked him.
• Blood Fiend found Xu Yan's portrait, and Xue Ji identified him as the Dao Ancestor's first disciple; Blood Fiend hurried toward the Witch Fiend's battle, intent on carrying out the Divine Lord's mission.
• Xu Yan killed the True Spirits that found him, while Mingyu warned him that Chi Ni King was extremely powerful; Xu Yan remained confident that his master could deal with any threat.
• A Jade Puppet attacked Xu Yan on its way toward the battle, but Xu Yan trapped it, failed to control its puppet-made consciousness, and erased that consciousness instead.

Xu Yan intervened in the battle between the Witch Demon, the Blood Demon, and an Unchanging Divine Palace World Master, then separated Xue Ji from the Blood Demon and helped him occupy the Jade Puppet. The Blood Demon agreed to use his position to intercept the Jade Court, while the Witch Demon chose to return to the Great Wilderness and join the fight against the Unchanging Divine Palace.

• Xu Yan approached the battlefield and found the Blood Demon and an Unchanging Divine Palace World Master fighting the Witch Demon.
• The Witch Demon targeted the Divine Palace World Master, but Xu Yan’s sword killed him and stopped the attack.
• Xu Yan ordered Xue Ji to abandon replacing the Blood Demon, then persuaded the Blood Demon to intercept Jade Court members in exchange for his help.
• Xu Yan separated Xue Ji’s divine soul from the Blood Demon and helped Xue Ji occupy the Jade Puppet, giving him World Master-level strength.
• Xue Ji fought the Blood Demon to test his new power while Xu Yan asked the Witch Demon to return to the Great Wilderness.
• The Witch Demon agreed to join the battle against the Unchanging Divine Palace, but Xu Yan refused to travel with him because he would slow Xu Yan down.