Recaps

Murong Yin and Flowing Cloud Matriarch feared that unrest across the Star Cloud Holy Dynasty was tied to the Dark Nether Race’s return, while the Ye family’s changed elders and unruly disciples drew the authorities’ attention. Flowing Cloud Matriarch arrived at the Ye manor and ordered Yun Chao to capture the family, striking down Ye Gucheng and Ye Guyun as they tried to escape.

• Murong Yin worried as disorder spread through the provinces, while Flowing Cloud Matriarch secretly tracked reports of missing martial artists and suspected the Dark Nether Race was preparing to invade.
• Ye Bolun noticed his family’s disciples becoming unruly and feared the transformed Ye Guyun and Ye Gucheng were responsible for the changes.
• Yun Chao and officials from Zhen Province’s divisions surrounded the Ye manor, and Yun Chao attacked Ye Bolun when he asked whether there had been a misunderstanding.
• Ye Gucheng tried to flee but Flowing Cloud Matriarch kicked him back, then ordered Yun Chao to capture the Ye family and kill anyone who resisted.
• Ye Guyun attempted to escape, but Flowing Cloud Matriarch incapacitated him with a throwing knife.

Jiang Liu reached Sea Gazing City with Gongsun Haoyue, where he freed two martial artists from black Primal Qi and learned they had encountered it in a pitch-black forest. After flying there to investigate, he heard a massive explosion from the Fire-Winged Monkey’s direction.

• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue arrived at Sea Gazing City aboard the Sea Turtle after a long journey.
• Jiang Liu noticed a courtyard below and freed a man and a woman from the black Primal Qi that had blackened them.
• The man told Jiang Liu that he and the woman had lost consciousness after entering a pitch-black forest while hunting exotic beasts.
• Gongsun Haoyue stayed aboard the Sea Turtle to observe the pair while Jiang Liu flew toward the forest and warned the Fire-Winged Monkey to be cautious.
• Jiang Liu heard a heaven-shaking boom from the Fire-Winged Monkey’s direction and hurried toward it.

Ming Yan, an Abyssal Hell expert sent to capture powerful beings, fought the Fire-Winged Monkey and Fire Dragon before Jiang Liu ambushed him with spiritual Ice Blades. Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey battered Ming Yan into a crater, leaving him badly injured and unable to retaliate.

• Ming Yan attacked the Fire-Winged Monkey and Fire Dragon after they refused to submit, knocking the Fire Dragon from the sky.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey traded staff blows with Ming Yan, and their battle remained evenly matched.
• Jiang Liu secretly struck Ming Yan with Ice Blades that disrupted his Primal Qi and suppressed him with spiritual power.
• Jiang Liu attacked Ming Yan with his great saber, while the Fire-Winged Monkey struck him and sent him flying back toward Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu immobilized Ming Yan with his saber and drove him into the ground, leaving him injured as Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey watched from above.

Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey battered Ming Yan, using Ice Blades and repeated staff strikes to weaken his Saint Body. After Ming Yan broke free and launched a counterattack, the Fire-Winged Monkey struck him down again, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Fire-Winged Monkey punched Ming Yan while Jiang Liu hit him with Ice Blades that suppressed his spiritual energy and power.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey hurled Ming Yan into the air and smashed him into the ground with his staff, while Jiang Liu crushed him with spatial pressure and repeated blows.
• Jiang Liu sensed the Ice Blades had melted away and pulled the Fire-Winged Monkey back just before Ming Yan unleashed a desperate counterattack.
• Ming Yan rose and charged Jiang Liu, but the Fire-Winged Monkey, having concealed its aura, struck him flying with its staff.

Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey overwhelmed Ming Yan, an elder of the Abyssal Hell, while Jiang Liu absorbed Dark Primal Qi and sought to capture him for information. The chapter left Ming Yan falling with his spiritual sea severely threatened by Jiang Liu’s Ice Blades.

• Jiang Liu struck Ming Yan’s spiritual sea with the Saintly Sky Strike, then blocked his escape with the Fire-Winged Monkey.
• Ming Yan noticed Jiang Liu could absorb Dark Primal Qi and resolved to escape and report what he had learned.
• Jiang Liu gathered the Dark Primal Qi and blocked Ming Yan’s staff attack, while the Fire-Winged Monkey struck Ming Yan and sent him back toward Jiang Liu.
• Ming Yan and a Dark Primal Qi double struck the Fire-Winged Monkey together, briefly forcing it backward.
• Jiang Liu shattered Ming Yan’s double, absorbed its Dark Primal Qi, and immobilized Ming Yan with his aura.
• Jiang Liu drove an Ice Blade into Ming Yan as he fell, worsening his spiritual-sea injuries and putting it directly at risk.

Jiang Liu interrogated Ming Yan after the Fire-Winged Monkey broke through his Saint Body, learning about the Nether Race’s plans to invade the continent and its conflict with the Frost Race. He then sealed the black passage, while questions remained about the Nether God and the Heavenly Dao’s absence.

• The Fire-Winged Monkey pierced Ming Yan with its staff, breaking his Saint Body defense and allowing Jiang Liu to enter his spiritual sea and interrogate him.
• Jiang Liu learned that Abyssal Hell had ten Saint Realm Elders and a Nether God, that the Nether Race feared the Frost Race, and that several elders were preparing to invade the continent.
• Jiang Liu wondered why the Heavenly Dao had not appeared and whether it was confronting the Nether God, then warned the approaching Gongsun Haoyue to stay away from the Dark Primal Qi.
• Gongsun Haoyue told Jiang Liu she had found and burned the blackened martial artists in Sea Gazing City, while Jiang Liu handed the unconscious Ming Yan to the Fire-Winged Monkey.
• Jiang Liu gathered the Dark Primal Qi, formed an Entrapment Formation over the black passage, and sealed it shut.

Jiang Liu completed two formations before witnessing Huang Cang kill Ming Yan and battle the Nether God, who eventually retreated. After discovering that only he and neither Gongsun Haoyue nor the Fire-Winged Monkey could see the battle, Jiang Liu examined Ming Yan’s ruined corpse and resolved to protect Gongsun Haoyue from the Heavenly Dao when she advanced.

• Jiang Liu traced the stabilizing formation and overlaid it with the Gathering Qi Formation, noticing that his changed primal qi made his formations stronger.
• Huang Cang struck Ming Yan with a thunderbolt, absorbed the pale purple gas from his soul, and fought the Nether God in the sky.
• Huang Cang blasted the Nether God to the ground, and the Nether God retreated as Huang Cang and the dark clouds disappeared.
• Jiang Liu learned that Gongsun Haoyue and the Fire-Winged Monkey had not seen the battle, though the monkey had sensed danger and moved away.
• Jiang Liu found Ming Yan’s corpse rotted beyond recognition and decided that Gongsun Haoyue must advance inside the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation.

Jiang Liu dealt with the corrupted martial artists in Sea Gazing City and continued toward Cloud City with Gongsun Haoyue. There, he received an urgent report that martial artists were disappearing and returning corrupted, forcing him to reconsider his plans.

• Jiang Liu destroyed Ming Yan's soulless corpse, treated the Fire Dragon's wounds, and sent the Sea Turtle ahead carrying it toward Qian Province.
• Jiang Liu chose to cleanse Sea Gazing City of Dark Primal Qi before leaving, subdued its corrupted martial artists, and purified them.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue flew toward Cloud City on the Fire-Winged Monkey, which overtook the Sea Turtle on the way.
• Jiang Liu arrived at the Listening Wind Pavilion headquarters and received an urgent report about martial artists disappearing across the country and returning stronger but corrupted.
• Jiang Liu realized he would have to change his itinerary and deal with the widespread corruption before returning to Cloud City.

Jiang Liu left Cloud City with Gongsun Haoyue to deal with the black passageways and Dark Primal Qi, while Murong Lie headed toward Qian Province. During their overnight stop, Jiang Liu discovered that the Voidmetal Talisman and their cultivation together were accelerating Gongsun Haoyue’s progress toward the Saint Realm.

• Jiang Liu told Murong Lie to leave Cloud City and go to Qian Province, so Murong Lie packed and set off there.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue traveled toward Xun Province with the Fire-Winged Monkey and stopped for the night in a mountain range.
• While Gongsun Haoyue cultivated, Jiang Liu noticed a Voidmetal Talisman phantom above her and sensed that her cultivation had grown stronger.
• Gongsun Haoyue told Jiang Liu that her Divine Sense had become more sensitive to primal qi and her body, and Jiang Liu explained that the talisman and Joyous Meditation Art were advancing her toward a Saint Body.
• After they practiced the Joyous Meditation Art together, Gongsun Haoyue sensed her body evolving, while Jiang Liu unconsciously drew surrounding primal qi toward her.

Jiang Liu arrived in Xun Province and discovered that corrupted warriors were attacking the City Lord's Mansion forces in Qi County. He rescued Chen Bo and the others, then followed the spreading battles deeper into the mountains.

• Jiang Liu found that Chen Bo had gone to Qi County and flew there with Gongsun Haoyue and the Fire-Winged Monkey.
• Jiang Liu rescued Li Xuewu from corrupted warriors and learned that Chen Bo and the others were still surrounded.
• Jiang Liu reached Qi City at dawn and used Ice Blades to help Chen Bo, Xing Chen, Yun Luo, and their allies defeat their attackers.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey flew toward another battle and saved Chen Yuke from the people besieging her.
• Chen Yuke recognized Jiang Liu but could not speak to him before he flew away, so she sat down to heal her wounds.

Jiang Liu purified the blackened martial artists and confronted Nether Yao at the sealed passage, but she fled deeper into it rather than fight. After Jiang Liu began preparing the area, Chen Bo and the others reported the heavy casualties from the Black Tide.

• Jiang Liu arrived at the battle and used the Saintly Sky Art's primal qi to purify the Dark Primal Qi and defeat the blackened martial artists.
• Jiang Liu flew toward the passage and found Nether Yao behind a black film; she sensed another powerful aura, activated Frost Dew Condensation, and escaped deeper inside.
• Jiang Liu failed to break through the film, then decided to draw an Entrapment Formation and leave a teleportation point after purifying the area.
• Chen Bo, Xing Chen, and Yun Luo arrived and reported the casualties, including the deaths of five of Chen Bo's sons and the severe losses among Li Xuewu's subordinates.

Jiang Liu traveled through Zhen Province and into Li Province while searching for the Black Tide’s passages and dealing with corrupted martial artists. He joined the Flowing Cloud Matriarch’s fight against a black figure, and the chapter ended as their combined attacks struck him down.

• Jiang Liu ordered Chen Yuke and the others to recruit personnel, compensate the dead, and find and burn the corpses of abnormal martial artists before leaving for Zhen Province.
• The Hall of Governmental Affairs learned that Jiang Liu had reached the Saint Realm, and Murong Yin announced the news to its members.
• Jiang Liu searched Zhen Province for a black passage, found none, and then traveled to Li Province, where he encountered corrupted martial artists.
• Jiang Liu and his companions found the Flowing Cloud Matriarch being beaten by a black figure, and the Fire-Winged Monkey attacked him with its staff.
• The black figure tried to flee, but the Flowing Cloud Matriarch and another woman blocked his path while attacks from the group overwhelmed him.

Jiang Liu fought Nether Jue while the Heavenly Dao’s Thunder struck the Nether Clan elder and absorbed his soul. After Nether Jue died, Jiang Liu destroyed his corpse and flew toward the frozen black passage to seal it.

• Jiang Liu struck Nether Jue with the Saintly Sky Strike, but the Heavenly Dao’s Thunder bypassed him and hit Nether Jue instead.
• Nether Jue tried to flee into the forest, but Jiang Liu’s attack and another Thunder strike stopped him.
• Jiang Liu’s Ice Blade was destroyed by Thunder, and the Heavenly Dao absorbed a pale-purple strand containing Nether Jue’s soul before disappearing.
• Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, and the Fire-Winged Monkey returned after the danger passed, and Gongsun Haoyue explained what had happened.
• Jiang Liu destroyed Nether Jue’s corpse, gave the remaining saber to the Fire-Winged Monkey, and flew toward the frozen black passage to seal it.

Dongling Rui worried that King Chujiang Hall would be forced to confront the Abyssal Hell and hoped Jiang Liu would let them avoid the fighting. Jiang Liu sealed a black passage in the forest, then sensed a gathering of Dark Primal Qi near An City and raced there as Flowing Cloud Matriarch reconsidered how to grow closer to him.

• Dongling Qing asked Dongling Rui whether King Chujiang Hall would remain under Jiang Liu's control, and Dongling Rui weighed the danger of the Abyssal Hell against the risk of defying Jiang Liu.
• Dongling Rui planned to ask Jiang Liu to keep King Chujiang Hall away from the Abyssal Hell and limit them to stabilizing the continent.
• Jiang Liu warned Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch to stay outside the forest, then sealed the black passage and purified the Dark Primal Qi.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch told Jiang Liu she had followed corrupted martial artists to the forest and had been ambushed there.
• Jiang Liu sensed Dark Primal Qi gathering near An City and flew toward it, followed by Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch noticed the Fire-Winged Monkey had become a Saint Beast and wondered whether she should imitate Gongsun Haoyue to deepen her relationship with Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu and her companions slaughtered the corrupted martial artists in An City and ordered the city’s corpses burned. With the Black Tide spreading across three provinces and Nether elders posing a threat, Jiang Liu decided they would travel together to Mo Province.

• Jiang Liu, the Fire-Winged Monkey, Gongsun Haoyue, and the Flowing Cloud Matriarch attacked the corrupted martial artists throughout An City, killing them and purifying their black primal qi.
• Jiang Liu finished sweeping the city by nightfall, leaving only ordinary people and a few normal martial artists alive.
• Gong Shaoyun, Yun Hao, Xinghui, and their companions arrived, and Jiang Liu ordered them to gather help and burn the corpses.
• Jiang Liu weighed whether to split up against the Black Tide but decided everyone should travel together for safety.
• Jiang Liu set off for Mo Province, while Gongsun Haoyue and the Flowing Cloud Matriarch rode on the Fire-Winged Monkey’s back after her.

Jiang Liu traveled through Mo Province, sealed a black passage, and sent Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch back to Qian Province. In Kan City, he learned that corrupted martial artists had appeared near Yan Prefecture by the border with Dui Province, and stayed overnight before investigating further.

• Jiang Liu and his companions found a black passage in a remote mountain range in Sai Prefecture, sealed it, purified the Dark Primal Qi, and cleared nearby corrupted martial artists.
• Jiang Liu sent Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch back toward Qian Province to search for any overlooked corrupted martial artists while he continued to Kan Province with the Fire-Winged Monkey.
• Jiang Liu arrived in Kan City, where the martial artists welcomed him, and met with Nangong Xing, Yu Mulan, and Xing Ye at the City Lord's Mansion.
• Nangong Xing reported that corrupted martial artists had appeared near the mountain ranges in Yan Prefecture close to Dui Province, but that they had all been killed and no new ones had appeared.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the black passage was likely in those mountain ranges and stayed at the Kan City Lord's Mansion for the night.

The Zheng Family planned to use Jiang Liu’s visit to Shan County to secure a connection with him through Zheng Yunshang. Jiang Liu traveled to Yan Prefecture to investigate corrupted martial artists and entered the mountain range where they had been discovered, after which the temperature suddenly dropped and four figures appeared nearby.

• Zheng Xuan urged Zheng Xueyi and Zheng Fei to arrange for Zheng Yunshang to meet Jiang Liu, and the three planned to keep him at the Zheng residence with a banquet.
• Xing Ye reported that corrupted martial artists had appeared in Shan County, and Jiang Liu set out for Yan Prefecture on the Fire-Winged Monkey.
• Martial Division guards stopped Jiang Liu at the mountain range, saluted him, and confirmed that no one had breached the prohibition.
• Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey entered the mountain range, where the temperature suddenly plummeted.
• Four figures appeared near the mountain range but did not dare to venture farther inside.

Jiang Liu chased Ming Heng into a black passage, where the passage’s oppressive environment weakened him and the Fire-Winged Monkey. When Jiang Liu decided to retreat, Ming Heng attacked, giving Jiang Liu a chance to turn and confront him.

• Jiang Liu sensed Dark Primal Qi at the black passage and found Ming Heng waiting there.
• Jiang Liu shattered Ming Heng’s Dark Primal Qi attack, while the Fire-Winged Monkey destroyed the black face formed from it.
• Ming Heng recognized the weapons of Nether Jue and Ming Yan on the Fire-Winged Monkey and tried to lure Jiang Liu into the passage.
• Jiang Liu pursued Ming Heng into the passage, but the cold and suppressive Qi made him decide to retreat.
• Ming Heng sent the black staff and Black Greatsword at Jiang Liu, then emerged from the lower passage.
• Jiang Liu dodged the weapons, turned on Ming Heng, and used the Yin-Yang Five Elements Steps to envelop him in a powerful aura.

Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey fought Ming Heng in the black passage, where strange gases and Ming Heng’s deception began to turn the battle. The Fire-Winged Monkey attacked Ming Heng to break through the confusion, and Jiang Liu’s greatsword struck toward him as he staggered back.

• The Fire-Winged Monkey knocked Ming Heng to the ground with a surprise staff strike, giving Jiang Liu an opening to attack.
• Ming Heng blocked Jiang Liu with thin ice while the Fire-Winged Monkey meditated and admitted through their mental link that it had only pretended to be exhausted.
• Jiang Liu resumed attacking, while Ming Heng retreated toward the passage entrance and suddenly appeared to stumble.
• Jiang Liu’s greatsword passed through one Ming Heng, and his Divine Sense revealed two identical figures as he became unresponsive to the Fire-Winged Monkey.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey attacked Ming Heng with its staff, and after their weapons clashed, Jiang Liu’s greatsword slashed toward the retreating Ming Heng.

Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey battled Ming Heng, with Jiang Liu using the Saintly Sky Art to find and strike through Ming Heng’s chaotic primal qi. As their fight raged on, Frost Race Saint Han Yi arrived in the passage and hurried toward Ming Heng, intending to take advantage of his predicament.

• Jiang Liu sensed Ming Heng through the spread of his Saintly Sky Art primal qi and resumed attacking him.
• Ming Heng’s chaotic primal qi came from a unique cultivation art he had developed, which could blend into Dark Primal Qi and disrupt those who absorbed it.
• Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey battered Ming Heng, but Ming Heng chose to keep fighting in hopes that Jiang Liu would weaken first.
• Han Yi, a Saint Realm member of the Frost Race, followed Ming Heng’s aura into the passage after her elders entered Nether territory.
• Han Yi heard the battle, realized Ming Heng was being surrounded, and rushed upward to help defeat or kill him.

Jiang Liu, Han Yi, and the Fire-Winged Monkey fought Ming Heng, whose desperate use of the passage’s Dark Primal Qi and chaotic qi ended in his death. Jiang Liu was caught in the resulting blast and fell deeper into the chaotic maze realm, where he saw Gongsun Haoyue.

• Han Yi arrived and attacked Ming Heng with frost while Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey continued fighting him.
• Ming Heng shattered the wall restriction, releasing more Dark Primal Qi and disorienting primal qi, and Jiang Liu pinned him with his aura as Han Yi froze him.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey smashed Ming Heng to the ground, and Jiang Liu stabbed him with two ice blades after recovering his senses.
• Ming Heng’s qi erupted and engulfed Jiang Liu and Han Yi, leaving Jiang Liu trapped in the chaotic maze realm.
• Ming Heng gathered the mixed primal qi and exploded, vaporizing himself; Jiang Liu saw Gongsun Haoyue in the maze realm.

Jiang Liu remained trapped in a chaotic illusion after Han Yi encountered him in the passageway, and their struggle ended with him unconscious outside. Zheng Yunshang approached him with romantic interest, but Jiang Liu suddenly woke and seized her hand.

• Jiang Liu mistook Han Yi for Gongsun Haoyue and attacked her, causing the chaotic qi inside her to erupt and draw her into an illusion.
• Han Yi and Jiang Liu unconsciously embraced and cultivated together before Han Yi woke, struck him out of the passageway, and left to vent her anger.
• The Dark Primal Qi outside the passageway dispersed as Jiang Liu purified the qi, while the Fire-Winged Monkey watched over him.
• Zheng Fei identified Jiang Liu when Zheng Xueyi, Zheng Xuan, and Zheng Yunshang arrived; Zheng Xuan urged Zheng Yunshang to seize her opportunity, and the others left.
• Zheng Yunshang approached the unconscious Jiang Liu and touched his lips, but he suddenly opened his eyes and seized her hand.

Jiang Liu discovered that cultivating the Joyous Meditation Art with Zheng Yunshang had dissolved the anomalous primal qi in his body and given his Saintly Sky Art primal qi an illusion-inducing attribute. After learning the Zheng Family had arranged for Zheng Yunshang to approach him, he sent her out and entered the passage to investigate its blockage.

• Jiang Liu woke after cultivating with Zheng Yunshang, realized he had mistaken her for Gongsun Haoyue, and used the Joyous Meditation Art with her again to transform the anomalous primal qi in his body.
• The next day, Jiang Liu found that his primal qi could induce hallucinations and learned from the Fire-Winged Monkey how Zheng Yunshang had arrived, prompting him to suspect the Zheng Family had schemed against him.
• Jiang Liu asked Zheng Yunshang about her origins, learned she was Zheng Yunxiu's cousin from the Zheng Family of Tian Province, and told her to leave while he dealt with the passage.
• Zheng Yunshang emerged and discovered her strength had greatly increased, while Zheng Xuan, Zheng Xueyi, and Zheng Fei welcomed her.
• Jiang Liu entered the passage, found no Dark Primal Qi remaining and its far end severely collapsed, and deduced that a female Saint, likely from the Frost Race, had blocked it.

Jiang Liu sealed the collapsed passage, then went to Mountain City to deal with the blackened martial artists and cut off the Zheng Family’s hopes of using Zheng Yunshang to gain influence. He returned to Qian Prefecture with Zheng Yunshang and planned to enter Abyssal Hell after handling his affairs there.

• Jiang Liu strengthened an Entrapment Formation with hallucinatory power and collapsed the mountain passage shut.
• Jiang Liu ordered the Zheng Family members to lead him to Shan County and brought Zheng Yunshang along on the Fire-Winged Monkey.
• At Mountain City’s City Lord’s Mansion, Jiang Liu said Zheng Yunshang had nothing to do with the Zheng Family and ordered the city’s leaders to bring him the blackened martial artists.
• Jiang Liu subdued more than a dozen blackened martial artists and ordered Yun He to keep them under watch until they recovered.
• Jiang Liu left Mountain City with Zheng Yunshang, planning to enter Abyssal Hell after returning to Qian Province, and later flew into the imperial palace.

Jiang Liu returned with Zheng Yunshang and explained to his wives how she had helped save him, then announced his plan to enter Abyssal Hell. He displayed his newly attained Saint Realm strength to officials at the Hall of Governmental Affairs and asked for an update on the aftermath of the Black Tide.

• Gongsun Haoyue, Murong Yin, and Feng Yue reacted jealously to Zheng Yunshang, whom Cuier took away to rest.
• Jiang Liu told the three women that Zheng Yunshang and another Saint Realm expert had dispelled the chaotic qi in him, and said he planned to enter Abyssal Hell to find the Frost Race.
• Gongsun Haoyue asked to accompany Jiang Liu, but he refused because she lacked Saint Realm cultivation and a way to conceal her aura; he planned to enter through Abyssal Canyon with the Fire-Winged Monkey nearby.
• Jiang Liu taught Murong Yin and Feng Yue the Joyous Meditation Art, and both women felt their cultivation had improved after practicing with him overnight.
• Jiang Liu went to the Hall of Governmental Affairs, revealed his Saint Realm aura to the officials, and asked them to report on the Black Tide's aftermath.