Recaps

After nearly a thousand years of secluded cultivation, Zhou Ming shattered the Hongmeng Universe’s Rule Shackles and regained his full Unity Realm power, stronger than before. He chose to wait for news of the Rebel-Suppression Alliance’s next trap, and True Lord Duobao’s message reached him.

• Zhou Ming’s fortune overwhelmed the final Rule Shackle, awakening his Dao of Strength and restoring him to the Unity Realm.
• Hongchu, Cang Xuan, Taichu, Houtu, and the other cultivators were blasted back by Zhou Ming’s newly released power, then celebrated his return.
• Hongchu urged Zhou Ming to attack the Rebel-Suppression Alliance, but Zhou Ming said they should wait for his enemies to set a trap.
• True Lord Duobao sent Zhou Ming a flattering mental message through the Chaos.

True Lord Duobao warned Zhou Ming that the Rebel-Suppression Alliance had assembled 110 Da Luo cultivators, a deadly formation, and Heavenly River True Lord’s planned self-detonation at the World-Severing Abyss. Zhou Ming chose to confront them, and he and his ten companions entered the prepared trap as the alliance activated its formation.

• True Lord Duobao told Zhou Ming that 110 Da Luo cultivators had gathered at the World-Severing Abyss and that Heavenly River True Lord planned to detonate his Law Origin.
• Cang Xuan, Taichu, Hongchu, and the others debated whether to avoid the dangerous ambush, but Zhou Ming argued that destroying the Rebel-Suppression Alliance at its gathered stronghold was their chance to end the threat.
• Zhou Ming and his ten companions agreed to fight and flew openly through the Chaos toward the World-Severing Abyss.
• Heavenly River True Lord and the 110 hidden cultivators watched Zhou Ming’s group enter the Ten Thousand Dao Heaven-Extinguishing Formation.
• Heavenly River True Lord activated the formation, sealing Zhou Ming and his companions inside its vast curtain of light.

Heavenly River True Lord detonated his Great Dao origin to destroy Zhou Ming, but Zhou Ming emerged completely unharmed. Zhou Ming then turned his attention to the weakened Heavenly River True Lord and declared that his turn had come.

• Heavenly River True Lord activated the Ten Thousand Dao Heaven-Extinguishing Formation and ordered ten Dao-Fusion Peak cultivators to pin Zhou Ming in place.
• Hongchu, Cang Xuan, Taichu, Houtu, and the others fought off the incoming True Artifacts as the formation’s laws converged on them.
• Heavenly River True Lord detonated his Great Dao origin, erasing the World-Severing Abyss and devastating the surrounding chaos.
• The ten Dao-Fusion Peak cultivators retreated with grievous injuries and waited to see whether Zhou Ming had survived.
• Zhou Ming stood unharmed at the heart of the explosion while Heavenly River True Lord’s aura fell to the early stage of Dao Fusion.
• Zhou Ming looked down at Heavenly River True Lord and said it was his turn.

Zhou Ming revealed his Unity Realm strength and moved to erase Heavenly River True Lord, but Chaotic Ancient True Lord and the other surviving experts sacrificed their origins and Great Luo True Artifacts to open an escape passage. The Rebel-Suppression Alliance fled the World-Severing Abyss, leaving it effectively destroyed.

• Zhou Ming's Unity Realm strength terrified the Rebel-Suppression Alliance cultivators, and Heavenly Pivot True Lord realized their plan had been doomed from the start.
• Zhou Ming appeared before Heavenly River True Lord and pressed down with a force that began annihilating his Great Dao.
• Chaotic Ancient True Lord sacrificed much of his Great Dao Origin and joined the other Dao-Fusion Peak experts in detonating nine Great Luo True Artifacts to tear open a passage through the World-Severing Abyss.
• Chaotic Ancient True Lord grabbed Heavenly River True Lord and led the surviving alliance leaders into the escape passage as the Da Luo True Lords fled after them.
• Hongchu, Cang Xuan, Taichu, Houtu, and the others watched the retreat, while Zhou Ming let the alliance escape, satisfied that it could no longer threaten him.

News of Zhou Ming’s effortless victory over the Rebel-Suppression Alliance spread throughout the Hongmeng Universe, revealing him as a Unity Realm cultivator and driving the alliance’s surviving members into hiding. Though Zhou Ming and his companions celebrated, he feared the defeated cultivators would endanger Pangu, Taiyi, Taisu, Taiji, and the missing Eternal Dao Realm fellow Daoists by seeking help from secluded Unity Realm cultivators.

• Word spread across the Hongmeng Universe that Zhou Ming had survived Heavenly River True Lord’s self-detonation and the Myriad Dao Heaven-Severing formation, exposing him as a Unity Realm cultivator.
• Chaotic Ancient True Lord lamented that Heavenly River True Lord had led him into disaster after he burned his Origin to save him at the World-Severing Abyss.
• The Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas regretted his greed and wrath, while the Da Luo True Realm cultivators who had joined the Rebel-Suppression Alliance withdrew in fear.
• Hongchu mocked the fleeing alliance cultivators as Zhou Ming’s companions celebrated their victory.
• Zhou Ming worried that the defeated alliance would seek help from secluded Unity Realm cultivators and threaten Pangu, Taiyi, Taisu, Taiji, and the missing Eternal Dao Realm fellow Daoists.

After the battle at the Realm-Severing Abyss, Zhou Ming proposed using the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub’s people as bait to draw danger away from the scattered Returnees. He planned to spread a claim about their inheritance and True Saint rewards, but said they needed a trusted middleman to make the story believable.

• Hongchu celebrated the defeat of the Rebel-Suppression Alliance, while Houtu worried about the scattered Returnees being targeted.
• Cang Xuan and Qian Ling agreed that they could not find and protect every isolated fellow Daoist across the vast Hongmeng Universe.
• Zhou Ming suggested redirecting the enemy’s greed toward the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub members who had exposed their identities.
• Zhou Ming proposed claiming that Jiemie and his people had taken Yuan Chu True Saint’s inheritance and that more than a hundred Fusion Dao Realm cultivators had received True Saint insights.
• Houtu and Taichu questioned how anyone would believe the claim, and Zhou Ming said they needed a trusted middleman.

True Lord Duobao accepted Zhou Ming’s offer to spread a secret about the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub’s cultivators and Yuan Chu True Saint’s legacy. He advertised the information to his clients, setting a storm of pursuit across the Hongmeng Universe in motion.

• True Lord Duobao celebrated Zhou Ming’s victory at World-Severing Abyss and felt relieved that he had offended neither Zhou Ming nor the Rebel-Suppression Alliance.
• Zhou Ming contacted True Lord Duobao and offered him two supreme-grade Great Luo True Artifacts for a transaction.
• Zhou Ming sent True Lord Duobao intelligence claiming Jiemie and others had taken Yuan Chu True Saint’s Dao Fruit and legacy, while over a hundred Abyssal Sea Divine Hub cultivators had received insights into reaching the True Saint realm.
• True Lord Duobao agreed to circulate the information throughout the Hongmeng Universe within five years and accepted the two artifacts as payment.
• True Lord Duobao sent his clients an advertisement offering the exclusive intelligence in exchange for one supreme-grade Great Luo True Artifact.

A report claiming that the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub cultivators had received True Saint insights spread through the Hongmeng Universe, stirring powerful Da Luo True Realm figures to hunt them. True Lord Qingmu was cultivating in his sanctuary when seven such powerhouses arrived to demand his opportunity.

• Chaotic Ancient True Lord read True Lord Duobao’s report, grew enraged and greedy, and ordered his followers to find every Abyssal Sea Divine Hub cultivator.
• The Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas studied a star map of suspected hiding places and issued an edict to head west.
• Da Luo True Realm powerhouses across the Hongmeng Universe changed course to pursue the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub cultivators.
• True Lord Qingmu cultivated beneath a divine tree, using True Saint insight to strengthen his Law of Wood.
• Seven Da Luo True Realm powerhouses appeared outside True Lord Qingmu’s sanctuary and demanded instruction in his opportunity.

True Lord Qingmu was attacked by seven Da Luo True Realm cultivators seeking the True Saint’s insights and escaped only by burning his Great Dao origin. Across the Hongmeng Universe, widespread hunts for the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub’s members left more than thirty wounded and fleeing.

• True Lord Golden Spears led six cultivators to True Lord Qingmu’s sanctum, citing information from True Lord Duobao and demanding the True Saint’s insights.
• The seven cultivators broke Qingmu’s protective formation and attacked him, eventually leaving him gravely wounded.
• True Lord Qingmu burned his Great Dao origin and used the Wood-Release Secret Art to escape, while True Lord Golden Spears ordered the others to spread news of his injuries and pursue him.
• Twelve Da Luo True Realm cultivators attacked True Lord Blood River in his lair, forcing him to sacrifice part of his origin and flee.
• Greedy cultivators across the Hongmeng Universe hunted Abyssal Sea Divine Hub members, driving more than thirty of them from their sanctums with severe injuries.
• The instigator of the chaos lounged in an unnamed cave abode as Hongchu boasted.

After thousands of years of pursuit, the wounded Abyssal Sea Divine Hub cultivators sought refuge with the five Unity Realm experts. The experts suspected Zhou Ming and the Eternal Dao Realm had orchestrated the hunt, but Jiemie questioned whether the survivors were hiding something.

• The hunted cultivators fled to the Daoist grounds of Jiemie, Kongxuan, Wuwang, Xu Yuan, and Blood Butcher for help.
• True Lord Qingmu reached Jiemie's Daoist grounds and reported that the Hongmeng Universe was hunting them.
• Jiemie summoned Kongxuan, Wuwang, Xu Yuan, and Blood Butcher, and Qingmu recounted how the pursuit began after demands for the True Saint's insights.
• Blood Butcher accused Zhou Ming and the Eternal Dao Realm of leaking the secret and diverting the attacks onto them.
• Jiemie looked at the injured cultivators and asked whether they were still hiding something.

True Lord Shi Gu confessed that he had falsely told an old friend in the Hongmeng Universe that Zhou Ming and his companions possessed Yuan Chu True Saint’s legacy, triggering the crisis around the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub. Jiemie struck Shi Gu unconscious, but the others realized the exposure could not be undone and their peaceful cultivation was over.

• Jiemie noticed True Lord Shi Gu’s guilty fear and ordered him to explain himself.
• True Lord Shi Gu admitted that he had spread a false message to make Zhou Ming and his companions suffer.
• Jiemie called Shi Gu a fool, slapped him into the ice wall, and condemned his actions.
• Kongxuan, Xu Yuan, Blood Butcher, and Wuwang realized that Zhou Ming had returned their own scheme against them.
• Blood Butcher suggested killing Shi Gu, but Jiemie said it would not erase the danger or restore their former lives.

Jiemie and the other Unity Realm experts failed to stop the hunts against the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub by denying they possessed True Saint insights, leaving them occupied rescuing their companions. Zhou Ming’s group learned that Taishi had been spotted in the Chaotic Void Star Sea and set out together to find him.

• Jiemie ordered Shi Gu confined and joined the other four Unity Realm experts in issuing a declaration that they had no True Saint insights.
• Chaotic Ancient True Lord and Heavenly River True Lord dismissed the declaration as proof that the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub was hiding treasures, and the hunts against its isolated members intensified.
• Jiemie and the others repeatedly rescued their besieged companions, then rejected revealing the Comprehension Orbs and chose to keep saving whoever they could.
• Zhou Ming’s group discussed the turmoil and decided to search for their missing companions while the hunters were distracted.
• Zhou Ming received word from True Lord Duobao that Taishi had been encountered in the Chaotic Void Star Sea, and the group set out together to rescue him.

Zhou Ming and ten companions traveled to the Chaotic Void Star Sea to find Taishi, then confirmed that seven Da Luo True Realm cultivators had cornered him. As Taishi prepared to fight them over a supposed True Saint inheritance, Zhou Ming and the others arrived.

• Zhou Ming and his companions discussed using the lull in the hunt for the Returnees to search for their fellow Daoists, and Duobao warned them that seven cultivators were probing Taishi.
• Zhou Ming cautioned the group against rushing into a possible trap, then scouted the Chaotic Void Star Sea and confirmed Taishi was surrounded by seven enemies but found no nearby ambush.
• Zhou Ming summoned Cang Xuan and the others, and they chose to observe Taishi's condition before intervening.
• True Lord Xuanlin demanded that Taishi surrender a portion of the supposed True Saint Yuan Chu inheritance, while Taishi insisted the rumors were false.
• True Lord Xuanlin and six companions formed a net of Laws to attack Taishi, who unleashed his Taishi Qi as eleven figures emerged from a void rift.

Zhou Ming rescued Taishi from True Lord Xuanlin’s forces with a single devastating punch, then learned that many Eternal Dao Realm cultivators were still missing. After Taishi recovered, the group decided to search the Hongmeng Universe for their scattered fellow Daoists.

• True Lord Xuanlin tried to make Zhou Ming and his companions stand aside, but Zhou Ming struck him and six other Da Luo True Realm cultivators with one punch, forcing them to flee.
• Zhou Ming reunited with Taishi and explained that the group had spread a false rumor about a True Saint inheritance to divert their enemies’ attention.
• Taishi learned that Zhou Ming’s group had found only twelve of the more than one hundred cultivators who left the Eternal Dao Realm, while Pangu and the others remained missing.
• Several months later, after Taishi recovered, Zhou Ming proposed that they stop hiding and search for their scattered fellow Daoists while their enemies focused on the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub.
• The group agreed to split into several search parties, with Zhou Ming staying at the center to provide support.

Zhou Ming and the others devised a coded message and rendezvous to find their scattered fellow Daoists, then split up to search the Hongmeng Universe. Three months later, the message had spread widely, though most recipients dismissed it as meaningless.

• Zhou Ming proposed using a phrase known only to those from Yuan Chu’s inner world to draw the scattered cultivators out, and the group chose Pangu’s sentence, “When Chaos first opened, the Great Dao was one.”
• The group selected the Desolate Star Sea as their rendezvous and hired True Lord Duobao to circulate the phrase as secret information in exchange for a mid-grade Great Luo True Artifact.
• Zhou Ming assigned Cang Xuan, Taichu, Houtu, Hongchu, Taishi, and Qian Ling to search different regions while he stayed behind to guard the rendezvous and set up a detection formation.
• Three months later, the phrase had reached cultivators across the Hongmeng Universe, but most recipients dismissed it as a pointless Dao maxim.

In the Far North of the Hongmeng Universe, True Lord Taiji and True Lord Taisu were discovered by four local cultivators who recognized them as Returnees and attacked for their treasures. Outmatched and still weakened by the universe’s rules, the two burned their origins to break through and escape.

• True Lord Taiji and True Lord Taisu discussed how little of their strength they had recovered and worried about Pangu and the others.
• Four Fusion Dao Realm cultivators found the pair’s hidden ice cave and entered despite one member’s warning to notify others.
• The local cultivators identified Taiji and Taisu as Returnees and demanded their treasures.
• Taiji and Taisu fought back but were soon overwhelmed by the four unrestrained local cultivators.
• Taiji and Taisu burned their origins and launched powerful attacks to force a way out.

Zhou Ming rescued Taiji and Taisu from four Fusion Dao Realm cultivators and brought them to the Desolate Star Sea. There, the reunited group of fourteen resolved to stand together while they searched for the rest of their companions.

• Taiji and Taisu fought to escape the four cultivators’ formation until Zhou Ming appeared and destroyed it.
• Zhou Ming subdued the four with one punch, then let them flee and told Taiji and Taisu he had recovered his peak strength by drawing on the Hongmeng Universe’s fortune.
• Zhou Ming told Taiji and Taisu that twelve companions had been found, but Pangu and Taiyi were still missing, and he led them toward the Desolate Star Sea.
• Several hundred years later, Cang Xuan, Hongchu, Taichu, Houtu, Taishi, and the others arrived at Zhou Ming’s meeting point, bringing the reunited group to fourteen.
• Zhou Ming and the others agreed to stand united as they sought a foothold in the Hongmeng Universe.

True Lord Qingmu and True Lord Xuanshui were captured by the Slaughter Alliance, which demanded the True Saint's insights from True Lord Jiemie. Jiemie arrived with his allies but faced a Linked Array that could devastate even Unity Realm cultivators, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• True Lord Red Fire and five Fusion Dao Realm cultivators captured True Lord Qingmu, while seven others later captured True Lord Xuanshui.
• The Slaughter Alliance trapped Qingmu and Xuanshui in formations and began extracting their laws to force them to reveal the True Saint's insights.
• True Lord Blood Butcher arrived with companions, but Red Fire revealed hundreds of Slaughter Alliance members, forcing Blood Butcher to hold back.
• True Lord Jiemie arrived with Kongxuan, Wuwang, and Xu Yuan and denied that his group possessed the insights.
• True Lord Red Fire activated a Linked Array connected to the laws of hundreds of cultivators and threatened to detonate it unless Jiemie handed over the insights.

True Lord Jiemie agreed to trade a share of the True Saints’ insights for Qingmu and Xuanshui, but the five Unity Realm experts used the exchange to rescue the captives. The Slaughter Alliance activated its Linked Death Formation as Blood Butcher escaped with them, and Jiemie, Kongxuan, Wuwang, and Xu Yuan formed a barrier against the attack.

• True Lord Red Fire demanded a share of the True Saints’ insights in exchange for releasing Qingmu and Xuanshui, and True Lord Jiemie agreed.
• True Lord Jiemie revealed a gray orb of True Saint insights, and Kongxuan proposed that both sides move the captives and treasure to the battlefield’s center for a simultaneous exchange.
• True Lord Red Fire brought Qingmu and Xuanshui to the center while True Lord Jiemie led his companions a hundred million li away.
• As the orb flew toward True Lord Red Fire, Blood Butcher suddenly seized Qingmu and Xuanshui and tried to retreat with them.
• True Lord Red Fire exposed the deception and activated the Linked Death Formation, while Jiemie, Kongxuan, Wuwang, and Xu Yuan advanced and raised a four-Law barrier behind Blood Butcher.

Jiemie and the other Unity Realm experts survived the Slaughter Alliance’s ambush, captured True Lord Red Fire, and erased his Great Dao to establish their power. The surviving alliance cultivators fled, while Jiemie recognized that the conflict had only temporarily subsided.

• Blood Butcher rescued Qingmu and Xuanshui after Jiemie’s fake True Saint insight was exposed, and True Lord Red Fire ordered Fusion Dao Realm cultivators to self-detonate.
• Jiemie, Kongxuan, Wuwang, Xu Yuan, and Blood Butcher withstood the explosions, captured True Lord Red Fire, and escaped through a spatial rift.
• Jiemie and Kongxuan began grinding away True Lord Red Fire’s Great Dao origin while Blood Butcher, Wuwang, and Xu Yuan held off the pursuing Slaughter Alliance cultivators.
• After several kalpas, True Lord Red Fire vanished as his Great Dao fell silent, and the surviving Slaughter Alliance cultivators fled in terror.
• Jiemie stopped Blood Butcher from pursuing the fleeing cultivators, leaving the conflict temporarily quiet but unresolved.

After Jiemie and his companions annihilated True Lord Red Fire’s Great Dao, they sealed themselves inside their sanctuary to recover and grow stronger. Meanwhile, Heavenly River True Lord rallied the former Rebel-Suppression Alliance to spread rumors about their True Saint legacies and draw hidden Unity Realm cultivators into the conflict.

• News of True Lord Red Fire’s Great Dao annihilation spread across the Hongmeng Universe, and the cultivators hunting the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub’s fugitives halted their attacks.
• Kongxuan warned Jiemie that the group’s retaliation had turned the Hongmeng Universe against them, and Jiemie ordered everyone to remain in the sanctuary until they strengthened their cultivation.
• Heavenly River True Lord met with Chaotic Ancient True Lord, the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas, the Nine Netherworlds Manor Lord, and other former Rebel-Suppression Alliance members.
• Heavenly River True Lord proposed publicizing that Jiemie and his companions held six True Saint legacies, including the secret of reaching the True Saint Realm, to lure hidden Unity Realm cultivators into action.
• Chaotic Ancient True Lord and the other gathered cultivators agreed to spread the news, setting a greater conflict in motion.

Dozens of long-secluded Unity Realm experts awakened after hearing that Jiemie and his companions had obtained True Saint Inheritances, then surrounded Jiemie’s Daoist grounds to demand them. Jiemie denied possessing complete inheritances, but the newcomers threatened to seize them, leaving both sides on the verge of battle.

• Heavenly River True Lord and the others agreed to spread news of the supposed True Saint Inheritances to Unity Realm experts across the Hongmeng Universe.
• Chaotic Ancient True Lord’s message awakened a secluded expert in the Far West Land, while True Lord Xuanming and True Lord Baleful Intent also emerged from seclusion after learning the news.
• More than a dozen awakened Unity Realm experts gathered in the Central Province Sacred Domain and set out for Jiemie’s Daoist grounds in the Southern Wasteland Star Domain.
• Jiemie sensed the approaching experts and met them with Kongxuan, Wuwang, Xu Yuan, and Blood Butcher.
• True Lord Cang Lan demanded that Jiemie reveal the items bestowed by the six True Saints, while Jiemie denied having complete inheritances.
• The newcomers released their auras and threatened to take the inheritances by force, and Jiemie prepared to fight.

While dozens of Unity Realm experts faced off against Jiemie, Zhou Ming led fourteen Eternal Dao Realm cultivators in secretly harvesting fortune across the Hongmeng Universe to break their rule shackles. After a thousand years of plundering, Taishi, Taiji, and Taisu began recovering their strength, and Zhou Ming sensed that Dijiang was fleeing for his life.

• True Lord Cang Lan and dozens of Unity Realm experts confronted Jiemie and his companions, but Zhou Ming predicted that neither side would risk starting a war.
• Zhou Ming organized the fourteen cultivators into seven pairs to collect fortune across separate star domains while avoiding conflict and damage to the worlds.
• Zhou Ming and Houtu quietly extracted thirty percent of the Heavenly Pivot World's fortune, and the other pairs carried out similar raids throughout the Hongmeng Universe.
• After a thousand years, the group gathered a vast sea of fortune, which Taishi, Taiji, and Taisu used to break more of their rule shackles.
• Zhou Ming sensed an unstable Space Law fluctuation and recognized it as Dijiang fleeing for his life.

Zhou Ming rescued the badly injured Dijiang from seven Fusion Dao Realm cultivators and brought him back to the cave abode. After Dijiang entered the fortune golden sea to recover, he and Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji broke through more of their rule shackles, greatly strengthening the group’s core fighting force.

• Zhou Ming sensed Dijiang’s Space Law fluctuations and learned that seven Fusion Dao Realm cultivators were hunting him in the Eastern Pole Star Domain.
• Zhou Ming left the others to guard the cave abode and traveled alone to rescue Dijiang.
• Zhou Ming nullified the attackers’ strikes and sent all seven into a spatial black hole before bringing Dijiang back.
• Dijiang reunited with Hongchu, Cang Xuan, Houtu, Taichu, and the others, then entered the fortune golden sea to heal his damaged origin.
• A thousand years later, Taishi, Taisu, Taiji, and Dijiang broke more of their rule shackles and recovered over seventy percent of their peak strength.
• The four thanked Zhou Ming, who told them they were comrades and had no need for formalities.

Zhou Ming and his companions continued gathering strength while worrying about their missing allies. At Jiemie's Daoist Grounds, Ancestor Xuanhuang and True Lord Tianxing gave Jiemie ten thousand years to surrender the True Saint insights or face an attack, leaving him and his companions trapped in an impasse.

• Zhou Ming told Houtu that he feared Pangu and the others were missing or in trouble, and decided the group should refine their fortune to grow stronger.
• Ancestor Xuanhuang and True Lord Tianxing confronted Jiemie outside his Daoist Grounds and demanded he share the True Saint insights within ten thousand years.
• Blood Butcher challenged the demand, but Jiemie ordered him to stand down when True Lord Tianxing threatened him with the Tianxing Chains.
• Ancestor Xuanhuang and True Lord Tianxing threatened to raze Jiemie's grounds and annihilate the five companions' Great Daos if they refused to hand over the insights.
• Blood Butcher urged the group to fight, while Kongxuan warned that detonating their law origins could destroy their cultivation.
• Jiemie remained silent as his companions looked to him for a way out of the deadlock.