Recaps

Jiang Liu absorbed the secret realm’s abundant Essence until it enveloped him in a glowing sphere, while Gongsun Haoyue watched and searched for a way out. After more than two hours, Jiang Liu’s aura had grown stronger, though it remained unclear whether he was advancing in rank.

• Jiang Liu absorbed the unusually powerful Essence, which flowed toward his dantians, Divine Sea, and Data Panel as he continued cultivating despite the pressure.
• A mass of Essence formed a glowing sphere around Jiang Liu, hiding him from view.
• Gongsun Haoyue examined Jiang Liu’s stable condition and noticed that cultivation in the secret realm was faster and absorbed more Essence than outside.
• Gongsun Haoyue searched the space for clues or an exit but found nothing.
• After more than two hours, Jiang Liu’s aura grew stronger as the Essence outside his sphere diminished; the Fire-Winged Monkey and Sea Turtle began eating nearby.

Jiang Liu’s spiritual force advanced as he faced a series of opponents inside the mystic realm. After defeating the Deep Sea Dragon, he confronted Jiang Zongquan and a powerful phantom, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Jiang Liu absorbed the threads of vital energy as his aura peaked, and Gongsun Haoyue sensed an intimidating change in his spiritual strength.
• Jiang Liu found himself facing the Deep Sea Dragon, defeated it with his great saber, and appeared above Tian Province’s imperial city.
• Jiang Liu clashed with Jiang Zongquan, whose golden radiance strengthened him enough to send Jiang Liu retreating.
• Jiang Zongquan summoned a crowned phantom that overwhelmed Jiang Liu’s attack and forced him backward.

Jiang Liu discovered that he could not use mental-strength attacks in the advancement space, forcing him to defeat his opponents with elemental energy. After defeating Jiang Zongquan and Dao Fan Shangren, his Divine Sea began to change.

• Jiang Liu tried to attack the phantom with Star Godfall, realized his mental-strength attacks would not work, and was injured by the phantom and Jiang Zongquan.
• Jiang Liu used ice blades and Cloudfall Strike to destroy the phantom and defeat Jiang Zongquan, but expended much of his elemental energy.
• Dao Fan Shangren appeared cloaked in golden light, and Jiang Liu attacked before he could act, countering his techniques and cleaving him in half.
• Jiang Liu felt a strange sensation in his Divine Sea, as though something was about to emerge.

Jiang Liu fought through increasingly powerful opponents as his mental power advanced, defeating Duanmu Haotian and Gongliang Chu despite severe injuries. After his Divine Sea expanded and his strength recovered, Gongliang Bo appeared as his next opponent.

• Jiang Liu noticed his Divine Sea had turned faint red and faced Duanmu Haotian, who proved faster than him.
• Duanmu Haotian summoned the Haotian Phantom, whose Five-Colored Light pursued Jiang Liu until Jiang Liu tricked it into striking Duanmu Haotian instead.
• Gongliang Chu appeared with a deep red glow and drove Jiang Liu into the ground with his staff.
• Jiang Liu’s aura grew stronger as he crossed another barrier, then he countered Gongliang Chu at close range and stabbed him through the heart.
• Jiang Liu’s Divine Sea expanded, his injuries healed, and his primordial qi surged before Gongliang Bo appeared in a pale green glow.

Jiang Liu fought three green-shrouded Beast Emperors and suffered severe damage from the Dragon Beast’s Thunder. Gongsun Haoyue used the Star Cloud Saint Art to restore his essence energy, and Jiang Liu mounted the Dragon Beast as the Phoenix Beast’s flames spread across its body.

• Jiang Liu killed Gongliang Bo, but the Tiger, Dragon, and Phoenix Beast Emperors appeared before him.
• Jiang Liu dodged the trio’s coordinated attacks and used the Phoenix Beast’s flames to injure the Tiger Beast.
• The Dragon Beast’s Thunder struck Jiang Liu and the Tiger Beast, killing the Tiger Beast while draining Jiang Liu’s essence energy.
• Gongsun Haoyue activated the Star Cloud Saint Art and directed gathered essence energy into Jiang Liu, replenishing him.
• Jiang Liu evaded the Phoenix Beast’s flames and the Dragon Beast’s tail, landed on the Dragon Beast’s back, and brought his blade down as the flames began burning up its body.

Jiang Liu defeated the dragon beast and fought an equal reflection of himself until it faded, while Gongsun Haoyue replenished his essence energy. Believing he was inspecting his own Divine Sea, Jiang Liu found a deep-blue ocean and saw something inconceivable.

• Jiang Liu used the Phoenix Beast’s flames and the dragon beast’s distraction to kill the Phoenix Beast, then struck down the dragon beast.
• Jiang Liu discovered that his spiritual-power sea had turned light blue, then faced a light-blue reflection of himself.
• Jiang Liu fought the reflection with matching techniques and exhausted it through a prolonged battle while Gongsun Haoyue replenished his essence energy.
• Jiang Liu entered what he believed was his Divine Sea and saw a deep-blue ocean, unaware that his consciousness had been controlled and the sea was an imitation.
• Jiang Liu walked along the seaside and saw something inconceivable.

Jiang Liu became trapped in his transformed Divine Sea and gradually sank into unconsciousness, while Gongsun Haoyue struggled to wake him. The chapter ended with her risking her own Divine Sense by feeding it into his consciousness in hopes of rousing him.

• Jiang Liu explored the vast, blue Divine Sea and discovered it contained living creatures, but he could not find a way out.
• Jiang Liu grew tired and let his consciousness sink into the peaceful Divine Sea, unaware that his aura was fading.
• Gongsun Haoyue noticed Jiang Liu's weakening aura and tried calling him awake, but her words failed to rouse him.
• Gongsun Haoyue used the Star Cloud Saint Art to restore her origin energy, then sent it and her Divine Sense into Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu's Divine Sea devoured part of Gongsun Haoyue's Divine Sense, but she continued her dangerous attempt to awaken him.

Jiang Liu broke free from an illusion as his spiritual realm advanced to the Saint Realm, but the backlash left Gongsun Haoyue unconscious. He entered her damaged spiritual sea and found her consciousness avatar, then used the Star Cloud Saint Art to revive her.

• Gongsun Haoyue's attempt to reach Jiang Liu awakened him from an illusion, and his Divine Sea advanced to the Saint Realm as his aura erupted.
• The shockwave knocked Gongsun Haoyue unconscious, and the Sea Turtle shielded and nourished her while the Fire-Winged Monkey watched.
• Jiang Liu discovered that his spiritual sea had changed and that the space around him had expanded, then sensed Gongsun Haoyue's injuries.
• Jiang Liu entered Gongsun Haoyue's withered spiritual sea and found her trembling consciousness avatar curled in a corner.
• Jiang Liu spoke to Gongsun Haoyue's avatar and circulated the Star Cloud Saint Art through her body until she opened her eyes.

After recovering from their injuries, Jiang Liu discovered that the secret realm had transformed into a vast landscape teeming with strange beasts and unusually welcoming Primal Qi. He examined how his Saint Realm cultivation worked and continued exploring the realm, hoping to find something unusual or a way out.

• Gongsun Haoyue awakened and began healing her injuries with the Star Cloud Saint Art while Jiang Liu surveyed the changed secret realm.
• Jiang Liu found that the realm had expanded to include mountains, lakes, forests, and exotic beasts, and suspected his spiritual power breakthrough had revealed its true appearance.
• Jiang Liu felt the realm's Primal Qi flow into him readily and considered how its abundance could help him advance, though his two Saintly Arts required greater reserves.
• Jiang Liu reflected on the three Saint Realm barriers, his three dantians, and the benefits and costs of cultivating two Saintly Arts.
• Jiang Liu explored the realm and examined a lake as the recovered Fire-Winged Monkey and Sea Turtle flew off to forage among the exotic beasts.

Jiang Liu wondered whether the secret space lay beyond Heavenly Dao’s reach and whether time flowed differently inside it. After Gongsun Haoyue’s strength increased, they explored the small, seemingly unfinished space, leaving Jiang Liu curious about the abilities of the Saint Realm.

• Jiang Liu roasted fish and strange beasts for the Fire-Winged Monkey and Sea Turtle, then questioned why Heavenly Dao seemed unable to reach the space.
• Gongsun Haoyue told Jiang Liu that her strength had improved, and he explained that the surroundings had changed while he advanced.
• Gongsun Haoyue said fewer than ten hours had passed since they entered, although Jiang Liu remembered spending several days advancing, prompting him to suspect time flowed differently inside.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue kissed, then explored the space and estimated it was about half the size of Gu City.
• Jiang Liu suspected the space had been abandoned before completion and wondered whether a Saint Realm cultivator could open or control a place beyond Heavenly Dao’s gaze.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue searched the hidden space for clues, finding that its dense vitality came from a light-filled region above and a sealed area beneath the lake. Jiang Liu discovered a lifelike corpse at the center of the vitality space and hoped it belonged to the last Martial Saint.

• Jiang Liu told Gongsun Haoyue that the space seemed to respond favorably to him, and they searched the mountain forests for clues.
• After finding nothing on the grassland, Jiang Liu flew toward the light in the sky while Gongsun Haoyue dove into the lake.
• Jiang Liu entered a ring-shaped space filled with dense vitality and searched it without being able to use his Divine Sense.
• Gongsun Haoyue found a glowing area on the lakebed, but a transparent curtain of light repelled her when she tried to pass through.
• Jiang Liu found a lifelike, seated corpse in the center of the vitality space and approached it to look for clues.

Jiang Liu searched the Martial Saint expert’s remains and discovered that a pearl hidden in his mouth had sustained the secret realm’s dense elemental energy. He left with a new clue about how the space worked, while the corpse rapidly aged after the pearl was removed.

• Jiang Liu read the Martial Saint expert’s booklet and learned that the expert had lived in the secret realm for at least twenty years before dying in meditation.
• Jiang Liu searched the remains and found a hairpin, an embroidered handkerchief, and empty jade bottles, but no explanation for the disappearance of the Martial Saints.
• Jiang Liu searched the elemental-energy space for the source of its dense energy and noticed that the energy around the corpse was unusually concentrated.
• Jiang Liu pried open the Martial Saint expert’s mouth and found a pearl hidden inside.
• Jiang Liu examined the pearl and saw that one half emitted elemental energy while the other drew it in, forming a cycle; meanwhile, the corpse rapidly aged.

Jiang Liu subdued the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl and learned how it produced and controlled origin qi. After burying its former master, Jiang Liu headed to the bottom of the lake to investigate the Martial Saint’s residence and seek answers about time.

• The Half-Origin Celestial Pearl tried to escape, but Jiang Liu captured it and used the Beast Mastery Art to imprint a spiritual mark on its divine soul.
• The pearl revealed its name, its role in condensing and releasing origin qi, and its ability to absorb origin qi from a chosen person or place.
• Jiang Liu took the pearl from the barrier and found that the Martial Saint’s corpse had withered because the pearl had been sustaining it.
• Gongsun Haoyue reached Jiang Liu outside the barrier and asked what had happened; Jiang Liu explained and buried the Martial Saint beside the lake.
• Gongsun Haoyue told Jiang Liu about the structures beneath the lake, and Jiang Liu dove down alone to investigate while she waited on shore.

Jiang Liu explored the Ruyi Celestial Palace beneath the lake, hoping to find a way to control time and escape the secret realm. In the palace study, he discovered books left by the Martial Saint powerhouse and began studying the Array Compendium.

• Jiang Liu passed through the curtain of light beneath the lake and entered the vast Ruyi Celestial Palace complex.
• Jiang Liu searched the Main Hall for answers but found only unusual chairs, then grew anxious that the Martial Saint powerhouse might have sealed the secret realm.
• Jiang Liu found a study containing four books and read the Celestial Evolution Record, which described the Heavenly Dao and its control over the world's flow of time.
• Jiang Liu examined the other books and began reading the Array Compendium to learn why arrays had disappeared from the continent.

Jiang Liu learned that the secret realm was sustained by the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and planned to control its remaining components so he could take it anywhere. After rescuing Gongsun Haoyue from a beast, he told her what he had discovered and set out to find the Yin-Yang Rings and control Ruyi Celestial Palace.

• Gongsun Haoyue entered the lake to wait near the barrier for Jiang Liu, unaware that a huge pair of eyes watched her from the shadows.
• Jiang Liu read the Array Compendium and learned how the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, Ruyi Celestial Palace, Half-Origin Celestial Pearl, and Yin-Yang Rings maintained and concealed the secret realm.
• Jiang Liu decided to control Ruyi Celestial Palace and find the Yin-Yang Rings so he could fully activate the formation and take the secret realm with him.
• Jiang Liu rushed out when he heard a disturbance and helped Gongsun Haoyue defeat a Beast Emperor-level beast that had forced her back.
• Jiang Liu took Gongsun Haoyue to shore, showed her four books, and explained that the secret realm could travel with them once he controlled the formation's remaining components.

Jiang Liu realized the glowing screens were the separated Yin-Yang Rings and chose to secure the Ruyi Celestial Palace before retrieving them. While searching the palace for its core, he spotted a purple halo around the gate's lintel.

• Gongsun Haoyue pointed out that the glowing light screen resembled a ring, and Jiang Liu identified it as the Yang Ring, with the Yin Ring beneath the sea.
• Jiang Liu decided not to reunite the Yin-Yang Rings until after he had taken control of the Ruyi Celestial Palace.
• Jiang Liu asked Gongsun Haoyue to wait safely by the lake, gave her books to read, and returned to the palace.
• Jiang Liu searched the central hall and the halls on either side but found no divine soul or core.
• Jiang Liu searched a nearby room he believed had been the Martial Saint's quarters, then noticed a purple halo around the palace gate's lintel and hurried toward it.

Jiang Liu found the Ruyi Celestial Palace Spirit hidden inside the gate plaque and gained control of it using the Spirit Control Art. The spirit revealed the origins of the palace, the Yin-Yang Rings, and the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl, and entrusted Jiang Liu with its former master's wish to continue resisting the Heaven Heavenly Dao.

• Jiang Liu discovered the miniature Ruyi Celestial Palace hidden inside the gate plaque, while Gongsun Haoyue waited on shore as the lake shook.
• The Ruyi Celestial Palace Spirit gave Jiang Liu the Spirit Control Art, and he used it to plant his spiritual imprint and take control of the palace.
• Jiang Liu opened a concealed passage beneath the central hall and learned that the palace, the Yin-Yang Rings, and the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl had been forged by the former Saint Realm expert.
• The Ruyi Celestial Palace Spirit explained that it had cooperated because its former master's wish was for a successor to pursue the true path of the strong and struggle against the Heaven Heavenly Dao.

Jiang Liu discovered records in the Ruyi Celestial Palace describing how Saint Realm martial artists had vanished or died, leading him to conclude that the Heavenly Dao did not tolerate the Saint Realm. He considered why the Heavenly Dao had begun suppressing powerful martial artists, but the records offered no answer.

• Jiang Liu entered the secret chamber and read the books left by its master, including histories of King Qin, the Saint Heaven Sect, and the Si Clan.
• Jiang Liu learned that Saint Realm martial artists across the continent had repeatedly disappeared or died violent deaths, while the Ten Yama Lords and Abyssal Hell were initially suspected.
• Jiang Liu read that the chamber’s master had hidden himself in the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation as Saint Realm martial artists vanished and the martial path declined.
• Jiang Liu accepted the theory that the Heavenly Dao did not tolerate the Saint Realm, recalling his own clash with it and his survival with the Data Panel’s help.
• Jiang Liu rejected the idea that the Heavenly Dao was conserving Heaven and Earth Essence and wondered whether a Saint Realm martial artist’s attempt to reach a higher realm had threatened it.

Jiang Liu recovered inside the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and prepared to subdue the Yin-Yang Rings, aware that leaving the secret realm could expose his Saint Realm spiritual power to the Heavenly Dao. He merged and took control of the rings, then emerged with Gongsun Haoyue and the two Beast Emperors in the desert.

• Jiang Liu took the Chronicles of the Star Cloud Saint Sect from the Ruyi Celestial Palace and gave it to Gongsun Haoyue to read.
• Jiang Liu returned the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl to the Yang Ring, then cultivated with Gongsun Haoyue for two days until his Divine Sea recovered.
• Jiang Liu warned Gongsun Haoyue to move away when he faced the advancement tribulation, then used the Spirit Control Art to reach the Yin-Yang Rings.
• Jiang Liu linked his Divine Sense to the rings as they merged, taking control of them.
• Jiang Liu, Gongsun Haoyue, the Fire-Winged Monkey, and the Sea Turtle appeared in the desert.

Jiang Liu faced a deadly Heavenly Dao tribulation in the desert, and the Data Panel shielded him from its attacks. After surviving, he realized he was still far from being able to challenge the Heavenly Dao, while Gongsun Haoyue came back to check on him.

• Jiang Liu sent Gongsun Haoyue, the Fire-Winged Monkey, and the Sea Turtle away before the tribulation began.
• The first two Thunder strikes drained Jiang Liu's Divine Sea and dantians, and he feared he would not survive the third.
• The Data Panel appeared and blocked the third strike, then protected Jiang Liu from the remaining six Thunder strikes.
• After the clouds dispersed, Jiang Liu concluded that he needed to reach the Saint Realm before he could fight the Heavenly Dao, and resolved to stay alert.
• Gongsun Haoyue flew over to Jiang Liu, saw his scorched appearance, and laughed before asking whether he was all right.

Jiang Liu took control of the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and recovered from his injuries inside the secret realm. After reading the Compendium of Qi Refinement, he tried a method for using spiritual power and began to vanish into the world.

• Jiang Liu entered the secret realm with Gongsun Haoyue, the Fire-Winged Monkey, and the Sea Turtle, then restored the formation’s components and set the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation in motion.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue spent two days recovering and cultivating while Dongling Rui learned that Gongliang Bo, Gongliang Chu, two Peak Grandmasters, and two Beast Emperors had disappeared in the Lisha Illusionary Realm.
• Dongling Rui rejoiced at the disappearance of his enemies and recalled the people he had stationed to monitor the realm.
• After his injuries healed, Jiang Liu read the Compendium of Qi Refinement and followed its instructions for using spiritual power.
• Jiang Liu’s figure gradually vanished as though he were dissolving into the world.

Jiang Liu entered the true illusion of the Lisha Illusionary Realm, explored its burial ground, and returned to Gongsun Haoyue. He later tested moving the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and discovered it could shift locations, though doing so consumed a vast amount of Origin Energy.

• Gongsun Haoyue searched for Jiang Liu after he vanished, then waited until he reappeared.
• Jiang Liu explored the Lisha Illusionary Realm’s burial ground, found only scrap metal, and used its fragmented souls to nourish his Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu returned and told Gongsun Haoyue about the burial ground, after which they discussed martial arts and cultivation.
• Jiang Liu summoned the spirit of the Ruyi Celestial Palace and asked it to move the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation.
• The secret realm shifted a short distance, consuming much of its Origin Energy and some of Jiang Liu’s spiritual power.
• Jiang Liu realized the formation’s original desert location may have been chosen because it was uninhabited and overlapped with the Lisha Illusionary Realm.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue left their secret realm refuge and traveled toward the headquarters of King Chujiang Hall to eliminate its remaining members. They arrived before a huge desert city, where Dongling Rui, Dongling Heng, and Dongling Qing led a group that blocked their way.

• Jiang Liu told Gongsun Haoyue that moving the Ruyi Celestial Palace consumed origin energy and mental power, then they spent two days cultivating in the secret realm.
• After breakfast, Jiang Liu invited Gongsun Haoyue to accompany him to the headquarters of King Chujiang Hall and said they would return to Qian Province afterward.
• Jiang Liu decided to move their secret realm refuge to Qian Province, then brought Gongsun Haoyue, the Fire-Winged Monkey, and the Sea Turtle out into the desert.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue rode the Sea Turtle while the Fire-Winged Monkey led them toward the headquarters of King Chujiang Hall.
• The group reached a massive sand-built city with a divine hall at its center, where Dongling Rui, Dongling Heng, Dongling Qing, and more than twenty others blocked their path.

Jiang Liu confronted King Chujiang Hall and agreed to spare its leaders if they stopped harming the continent’s martial artists. He demonstrated his strength by destroying the temple and killing the divine soul inside the King Chujiang statue, leaving the hall’s people kneeling before him.

• Jiang Liu told Dongling Rui that King Chujiang Hall had to repay its blood debts, and Dongling Rui realized Jiang Liu was a Saint Realm expert.
• Dongling Rui stopped Dongling Heng from attacking and asked Jiang Liu to spare King Chujiang Hall, offering to help eliminate the other Halls of Yama.
• Jiang Liu agreed to spare them but warned them against breaking their promise.
• Jiang Liu summoned a colossal figure that split the temple and the King Chujiang statue with one saber strike, killing the divine soul within it.
• The people of King Chujiang Hall knelt before Jiang Liu in fear and reverence.

Jiang Liu subdued King Chujiang Hall with his Illusory God Slaughter and accepted the hall’s submission. He left its daily administration to Dongling Rui while reserving the right to assign future tasks, and Dongling Rui arranged a banquet for him and Gongsun Haoyue.

• Jiang Liu used Illusory God Slaughter to destroy the temple, devour the statue’s divine soul, and frighten King Chujiang Hall into submission.
• Jiang Liu dismissed the hall’s oath of allegiance and ordered its people to rise, while Gongsun Haoyue watched his display of strength in shock.
• Dongling Rui invited Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue into the city, and Dongling Heng and Dongling Qing led them through the underground palace without setting a trap.
• Dongling Rui and the others knelt before Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue in the central hall, then rose when Jiang Liu told them to.
• Jiang Liu said King Chujiang Hall could keep its daily administration but would have to carry out his future tasks, and Dongling Rui agreed before ordering a banquet.