Recaps

Jiang Liu learned the extent of the Black Tide’s damage, then studied the Nether clan’s history while searching for a way to counter the Heavenly Dao. Back in the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, he realized he could control its time flow rate and prepared to test it.

• Jiang Liu heard reports about the Black Tide’s damage and ordered officials to kill blackened martial artists, burn their corpses, and punish criminals.
• Jiang Liu visited the Star Cloud Saint Sect and asked Flowing Cloud Matriarch for the tome on the Nether clan’s history.
• Jiang Liu learned that the Nether clan had repeatedly invaded the continent and that the Heavenly Dao had meddled in the latest conflict.
• Jiang Liu searched for information about the Heavenly Dao but found none; Flowing Cloud Matriarch tested whether she could attract him, then discovered he had left.
• Jiang Liu searched the Ruyi Celestial Palace’s books again, realized he could control the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation’s time flow rate, and sat on the yang ring to experiment.

Jiang Liu refined his control over the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, discovering that his unusual mental power limited its time manipulation but that he could gradually master it. After welcoming Gongsun Haoyue and the others, he shared his progress and encouraged Feng Yue to cultivate inside the formation.

• Jiang Liu tested his control of the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and found that time passed more slowly inside, but not as slowly as it had under Duan Hongyuan.
• The Ruyi Celestial Palace Spirit explained that Jiang Liu's mutated mental power differed from Duan Hongyuan's, so he would have to master the formation through practice rather than control it perfectly at once.
• Jiang Liu adjusted his technique with help from the Ruyi Celestial Palace, the Yin-Yang Rings, and the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl, eventually learning to slow or accelerate time.
• Jiang Liu let Gongsun Haoyue, Murong Yin, Feng Yue, Cuier, and Xiao He enter the formation, where Cuier and Xiao He prepared a meal.
• Jiang Liu told the group about his control over time and urged Feng Yue to cultivate toward Grandmaster; she agreed after he whispered to her.
• The group ate together beside the lake.

Jiang Liu continued training in the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation while Zheng Yunshang advanced to Eighth Grade, and he advised Gongsun Haoyue to delay her own advancement until she could no longer suppress it. After Dongling Rui asked to avoid fighting the Abyssal Hell, Jiang Liu agreed and assigned him, Dongling Heng, and Dongling Qing to help the Ministry of Surveillance manage disturbances across the country.

• Zheng Yunshang cultivated with Jiang Liu in the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and advanced from Seventh Grade to Eighth Grade.
• Jiang Liu told Gongsun Haoyue to let her advancement happen naturally and wait until she could no longer suppress it.
• Jiang Liu met Dongling Rui, Dongling Heng, and Dongling Qing near Qian City after they returned from their voyage.
• Dongling Rui asked Jiang Liu not to send King Chujiang Hall against the Abyssal Hell because its Dark Primal Qi could turn them into puppets.
• Jiang Liu agreed, warned the three not to betray him, and demonstrated his power by suppressing them with his pressure.
• Jiang Liu assigned Dongling Rui, Dongling Heng, and Dongling Qing to work with the Ministry of Surveillance to handle disturbances across the country.

Jiang Liu prepared to leave for Abyssal Canyon, helping Murong Yin advance to Grandmaster and arranging for his beast tamers to protect everyone in his absence. After giving Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Zheng Yunshang tokens to summon the beasts, he departed for Tian Province with the Fire-Winged Monkey.

• Dongling Rui and Dongling Qing abandoned thoughts of resisting Jiang Liu after seeing his strength, while Dongling Heng was reassured that their lord could be trusted.
• Jiang Liu helped Murong Yin overcome a crack in her state of mind during her cultivation, and she successfully advanced to Grandmaster hours later.
• Jiang Liu summoned his five other beast tamers and brought all of them into the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation to guard Murong Yin and the others.
• Jiang Liu gave Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Zheng Yunshang summoning tokens that could call his beast tamers from nearby.
• Jiang Liu flew toward Tian Province with the Fire-Winged Monkey as Gongsun Haoyue, Murong Yin, Feng Yue, Zheng Yunshang, and the others watched him leave.

Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey descended into Abyssal Canyon and fought three blackened Beast Emperors. They reached a whirlpool passage that seemed to lead closest to Abyssal Hell, while Ming Lang prepared to confront the Saint Heaven Sect disciple.

• Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey entered the mist-filled canyon, where Dark Primal Qi weakened Jiang Liu's Divine Sense and chilled the air.
• The Phoenix Beast attacked Jiang Liu, but he turned its flames back on it and stabbed it with his Ice Blade.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey resisted the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger's eye beam and pierced its abdomen with its staff.
• Jiang Liu erased the Dragon Beast's consciousness with his Divine Sense, and all three Beast Emperors fell deeper into the canyon.
• Ming Lang recognized Jiang Liu as the Saint Heaven Sect disciple targeted by the Nether God's Bounty Order and recalled exchanging his contribution points for a treasure.
• Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey stopped above a whirlpool that dispersed his Divine Sense and appeared to be the passage closest to Abyssal Hell.

Jiang Liu entered the vortex and outwitted Ming Lang, trapping the Nether race elder in an illusion and taking the Soul-Seizing Lamp. Before Jiang Liu could decide what to do with his captive, the Fire-Winged Monkey struck Ming Lang and caused a loud commotion.

• Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey entered the vortex after Jiang Liu’s tall figure split it open with a saber strike.
• Jiang Liu saw the seven-colored light and pretended to be ensnared by Ming Lang’s Soul-Seizing Lamp.
• Ming Lang attacked Jiang Liu, unaware that he was striking an illusion while Jiang Liu examined the lamp nearby.
• Jiang Liu trapped Ming Lang in the illusion but hesitated to attack him, fearing the noise would draw more enemies.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey smashed Ming Lang into the ground with its staff, breaking the illusion and producing a deafening boom.

Jiang Liu fought Ming Lang with the Fire-Winged Monkey’s help, then devoured the Nether God’s Divine Sense Avatar when it emerged from the Soul-Seizing Lamp. He took control of the lamp’s Divine Soul and expelled its Dark Primal Qi, while the Nether God ordered Nether Que to investigate which treasure had been exchanged away.

• Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey attacked Ming Lang, but the Soul-Seizing Lamp blocked Jiang Liu’s strike and revealed the Nether God’s Divine Sense Avatar.
• The Nether God tried to crush Jiang Liu with his aura, but Jiang Liu’s Spiritual Avatar severed and devoured the Nether God’s arm.
• Jiang Liu’s Spiritual Avatar devoured the Nether God’s Divine Sense Avatar, strengthening Jiang Liu’s Divine Sense.
• The Nether God sensed that an avatar had been devoured and ordered Nether Que to find out which of his treasures had been exchanged away.
• Jiang Liu subdued the Soul-Seizing Lamp’s Divine Soul with the Spirit Control Art, planted his mental imprint, and expelled the lamp’s Dark Primal Qi.

Jiang Liu subdued Ming Lang with the Soul-Seizing Lamp and carried him toward the Frost Race’s territory. Near the border, Jiang Liu sensed a familiar woman amid a fight and cautiously approached.

• Jiang Liu learned the Soul-Seizing Lamp’s history, then used it to leave Ming Lang dazed and helpless.
• Jiang Liu ordered the Fire-Winged Monkey to flee, erased its lingering aura, sealed Ming Lang’s vital energy, and carried him away.
• Two figures found the battlefield empty and learned that the Soul-Seizing Lamp had also vanished, then rushed to report to the Nether God.
• Jiang Liu crossed Abyssal Hell toward the Frost Race’s border, enduring the spreading Loathing and severe cold while Ming Lang froze solid.
• Jiang Liu neared the glaciers, buried Ming Lang with a vital-energy marker, and moved toward a fight after sensing a familiar woman.

Jiang Liu secretly watched Han Yi and another Frost Race warrior fight two Nether Race elders on Glacier Snow Mountain, waiting for the combatants to weaken before intervening. Han Yi’s powerful ice techniques kept Ming Qu on the defensive, while the other battle continued with both sides fighting relentlessly.

• Jiang Liu concealed himself and decided to wait as the four Saint Realm fighters battled.
• Ming Qu and Ming Xuan’s attempted ambush of two Frost Race warriors had turned into a fierce fight after the Frost Race pair discovered them.
• Han Yi used her Ice Soul Fan and Icy Primal Qi to freeze Ming Qu and unleash ice attacks, but he broke free and countered with his Judge’s Brush.
• Han Yi continued pressing Ming Qu with stronger icy wind, forcing him to turn back and fight her head-on.
• The other Frost Race man fought Ming Xuan with both hands, matching the battle’s relentless intensity.

Han Xiao and Ming Xuan fought over Han Yi, but their battle was interrupted when Jiang Liu’s Soul-Seizing Lamp disrupted Ming Xuan’s illusion technique. Han Yi recognized Jiang Liu, and he revealed himself to the four martial artists.

• Han Xiao pressured Ming Xuan in close combat, forcing Ming Xuan to bring out his Dongxiao Flute.
• Ming Xuan summoned an Ice Dragon and used the Soul-Seizing Tune to trap Han Xiao in an illusion.
• The Soul-Seizing Lamp lit up and interrupted Ming Xuan’s tune, freeing Han Xiao and drawing everyone’s attention to Jiang Liu.
• Han Yi recognized Jiang Liu, while the Soul-Seizing Lamp spirit explained that it had activated in response to the tune.
• Jiang Liu melted the ice covering him and faced the four people.

Jiang Liu confronted Han Yi and Han Xiao and demanded an audience with the Frost God. After demonstrating his strength, he secured Han Xiao’s offer to lead him there, though Han Xiao secretly planned to have the Frost Race subdue him.

• Ming Qu and Ming Xuan retreated while Jiang Liu faced Han Yi and Han Xiao, and the Nether Race elders left without being stopped.
• Jiang Liu asked Han Yi and Han Xiao to take him to their Frost God, but both challenged his right to meet the deity.
• Jiang Liu used the Soul-Seizing Lamp to daze Han Xiao, then freed him when Han Yi urged him to stop.
• Han Xiao attacked Jiang Liu with the Frost Sword, but Jiang Liu froze the sword beam in midair and proved far stronger.
• Han Xiao agreed to lead Jiang Liu to the Frost God while secretly planning to enlist his senior brothers to subdue him.

Jiang Liu followed Han Yi and Han Xiao through Glacier Snow Mountain to the Frost Race’s settlement, carrying the frozen Ming Lang as a gift for their Frost God. After the Frost elders questioned his arrival, Han Chuan invited Jiang Liu into the main hall to meet him.

• Jiang Liu dug Ming Lang out of the ice and followed Han Yi and Han Xiao deeper into Glacier Snow Mountain.
• Jiang Liu passed through increasingly warmer, greener regions and reached an ancient settlement with Han Yi and Han Xiao.
• Han Yi introduced Jiang Liu to the Frost Race’s elders, who were surprised that he had come from the outside world.
• Han Chuan invited Jiang Liu into the main hall, where Jiang Liu saw the Frost God seated at its head.

Jiang Liu proposed an alliance with the Frost Race to destroy the Nether Race and proved his strength by presenting the captured elder Ming Lang. The Frost God welcomed him, but postponed discussion of their cooperation until the next day.

• Jiang Liu told the Frost God and the Frost Race elders that he had come to cooperate against the Nether Race.
• Jiang Liu presented the frozen Ming Lang as a gift, shocking the Frost Race elders and impressing the Frost God.
• The Frost God recognized Ming Lang and inferred that Jiang Liu had used the Soul-Seizing Lamp to subdue him.
• The Frost Race elders warmed to Jiang Liu as a potential ally, though they doubted they could destroy the Nether Race.
• Jiang Liu asked about their cooperation, and the Frost God invited him to rest before discussing it the next day.

Jiang Liu left Frost God to consider an alliance against the Nether Race while the Frost elders arranged to use their captive, Ming Lang, for cultivation. After an hour, Jiang Liu was summoned to a banquet, where Han Xiao glared at him and a smiling young man projected deep hostility.

• Frost God sent Jiang Liu to rest while he discussed the proposed cooperation with the Frost elders.
• After Jiang Liu left, the elders asked Frost God how to deal with Ming Lang, and Frost God told them to decide among themselves how to use him.
• Jiang Liu settled into a crude house and planned to work with the Frost Race to destroy the Nether Race, then handle any threat the Frost Race might pose later.
• A messenger summoned Jiang Liu to a banquet an hour later, where Han Xiao glared at him and an unnamed young man smiled while harboring hostility toward him.

Jiang Liu attended a banquet hosted by Frost God, where Han Yue sought his company and Han Yi watched him with growing agitation. After the gathering, Han Yue left without revealing her intentions, while Frost God noticed his daughter’s troubled expression.

• Frost God introduced Jiang Liu to Han Luo and Han Xiao, and Han Yue invited Jiang Liu to sit beside her.
• Han Yi stared at Jiang Liu, prompting Han Luo to suppress his anger and consider Han Xiao’s earlier suggestion.
• Frost God welcomed the guests with a toast, and Han Yue shared a seemingly ambiguous exchange with Jiang Liu that upset Han Yi.
• After the banquet, Han Yue invited Jiang Liu to stay and talk, but Jiang Liu declined.
• Han Shuang asked Han Yue whether she had taken a liking to Jiang Liu, and Han Yue left without answering.
• Frost God watched the gathering and frowned when he looked toward Han Yi.

After Frost God learned that Jiang Liu and Han Yi had become involved, he encouraged Han Yi to pursue him and approved of the match. Han Yi went to Jiang Liu’s courtyard, while Han Luo watched them in anger and Han Yue observed with a smile.

• Frost God sensed Jiang Liu’s antagonistic Qi inside Han Yi, and Han Yi told him what had happened in the black passageway.
• Frost God learned that Jiang Liu had killed Ming Heng and told Han Yi to take the initiative if she liked Jiang Liu.
• Han Yi returned to her courtyard to wash and dress, then hurried toward Jiang Liu’s residence.
• Han Luo saw Han Yi leave for Jiang Liu and departed with a darkened expression, while Han Yue watched them from a distance with a smile.
• Jiang Liu welcomed Han Yi into his room and pulled her into his embrace.

Han Yi told the Frost God that Jiang Liu had killed four Nether Race elders, prompting him to reconsider Jiang Liu’s cooperation proposal despite his fear of the Nether God and the Frost Race’s internal divisions. Meanwhile, Han Yue proposed a separate plan to Jiang Liu, and they agreed to prepare to carry it out in a few days regardless of the Frost God’s decision.

• Han Yi told the Frost God that Jiang Liu had killed four Nether Race elders, and he urged her to spend more time with Jiang Liu while he considered the cooperation proposal.
• The Frost God recalled his crushing defeat by the Nether God and worried that his lingering injuries and the Frost Race’s internal conflicts could undermine a campaign against the Nether Race.
• The Frost God concluded that the Nether Race was divided and that ambushes and separate attacks could take advantage of its lack of cooperation.
• Han Yue visited Jiang Liu and suggested that they cooperate even if the Frost God rejected Jiang Liu’s proposal.
• Han Yue privately explained her plan, and Jiang Liu agreed to help prepare it for action in a few days.

The Frost God and the Frost Race elders agreed to cooperate with Jiang Liu and wage war against the Nether Race after confirming that Jiang Liu had killed several of its elders. Han Luo remained troubled by Han Yi’s closeness to Jiang Liu, while Jiang Liu waited for the Frost Race to confirm his achievements.

• Han Hao supported Jiang Liu’s proposal, but Han Bai opposed a war until the Frost God revealed that Jiang Liu had killed four Nether Race elders.
• Han Bai and the other elders read the intelligence report and agreed to cooperate with Jiang Liu against the Nether Race.
• The Frost God ordered the elders to prepare for war and planned to use Jiang Liu’s strategy of taking down Nether Race elders one by one.
• Han Bai mistook Han Luo’s jealousy over Han Yi’s relationship with Jiang Liu for concern about clan casualties, while Han Xiao disappeared.
• Han Yi stayed with Jiang Liu after cultivating together, then went to fetch him food as Jiang Liu wondered whether the Frost Race had confirmed his achievements.

Han Yue told Jiang Liu that the Frost Race had agreed to go to war with the Nether Race, then secretly summoned him to meet and carry out their plan. After evading Han Luo’s watcher, Jiang Liu reached their meeting place and found Han Yue bathing in a hot spring.

• Han Yue informed Jiang Liu and Han Yi that the Frost Race had agreed to fight the Nether Race once preparations were complete.
• Han Yi returned to Frost God, who asked about her relationship with Jiang Liu and warned her to stay safe during the coming battle.
• Jiang Liu detected a watcher sent by Han Luo, evaded him, and confirmed that the watcher reported back to Han Luo.
• Han Luo saw Jiang Liu leave and resolved to wait for a chance to attack him on the battlefield.
• Jiang Liu met Han Yue at their arranged location and found her bathing in a hot spring.

Jiang Liu and Han Yue discussed cooperating against the Nether Race, and Jiang Liu decided to travel with the Frost Race before splitting off with Han Yue to hunt on their own. After settling their plans, he accepted Han Yue’s invitation to cultivate together.

• Han Yue tried to entice Jiang Liu into bathing with her, but he stayed composed and waited to discuss their plans.
• Han Yue considered how hunting the Nether Race with Jiang Liu could benefit the Frost Race and herself, while noting that the clan’s broader cooperation would limit her share of the spoils.
• Jiang Liu told Han Yue he would not march with the Frost Race’s main force, explaining that he distrusted them and would attract the Nether Race’s attention as a Saint Heaven Sect disciple.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yue agreed to set out with the Frost Race, then leave on their own after departing Glacier Snow Mountain.
• Han Yue asked Jiang Liu to give her cultivation pointers, and he beckoned her over, expecting their cultivation together to help him advance.

Nether learned that several elders had died or been wounded and that the Soul-Seizing Lamp had been lost, while the Saint Heaven Sect disciple responsible remained untraced. He sent his newly made Saint Realm puppets, Dongyang Yi and Dongyang He, to the Abyssal Canyon exit and considered using them to test the Heavenly Dao before seeking more puppet materials.

• Nether Que reported that several elders were dead or wounded and that the Nether Race had lost the Soul-Seizing Lamp.
• Nether ordered Nether Que to choose replacements for the missing elders and send the command to the other Saint Realm Protectors.
• Dongyang Yi and Dongyang He, now transformed into Saint Realm puppets without their own consciousness, awakened and called Nether their master.
• Nether sent Dongyang Yi and Dongyang He to inspect the exit of the Abyssal Canyon.
• Nether considered testing the Heavenly Dao with the two puppets and sending them into the continent to find more materials for Saint Realm puppets.

The Nether Race learned that four Saint Realm elders had been killed and began preparing to choose replacements as fear spread through their ranks. Meanwhile, Jiang Liu’s cultivation improved after spending time with Han Yue, who realized he could help her advance and regretted not approaching him sooner.

• The Nether Race reacted with alarm to the deaths of four elders, while Nether Yao and Nether Hu privately reflected on their encounters with the Saint Heaven Sect disciple.
• Nether Hu worsened his own injuries and asked to be carried to the Nether God, hoping to resign as an elder.
• Ming Kun ordered Nether Li and Nether Yao to come to him, while Ming Qu and Ming Xuan congratulated themselves for withdrawing rather than trying to rescue Ming Lang.
• The Nether Race’s Saint Realm guardians began competing for the four vacant elder positions.
• Jiang Liu left the hot spring feeling stronger, and Han Yue realized that cultivating with him could help her advance and regretted not approaching him sooner.

Jiang Liu considered how to use his shuttle points and planned to exploit the Frost Race’s coming conflict with the Nether Race. Frost God and Han Bai told him they would set out in three days, while Han Yi stayed behind with him.

• Jiang Liu refined the vital energy he had gained and considered using the Abyssal Hell and his shuttle points to cultivate and escape danger.
• Jiang Liu welcomed Frost God and Han Bai to his residence, with Han Yi secretly following them.
• Han Bai told Jiang Liu that the Frost Race would set out in three days, and Frost God and Han Bai left Han Yi behind.
• Jiang Liu planned to use the Frost Race to draw the Nether Race’s attention while he attacked from the shadows, but wondered whether Frost God could match the Nether God.
• Han Yi brought Jiang Liu food, and he whispered his plan to her.

Jiang Liu and Han Yi scouted ahead of the Frost Race procession, while Han Yue and Han Shuang followed them. After detecting another hidden pursuer, Jiang Liu asked the two elders whether they planned to travel with them.

• Frost God led nearly two hundred Frost Race martial artists toward the Nether Race, while Han Hao and Han Xiao scouted ahead and Jiang Liu stayed alert to their motives.
• Jiang Liu asked Frost God for permission to take Han Yi ahead to scout, and Frost God agreed before secretly sending someone after them.
• Han Yue left the procession to follow Jiang Liu and Han Yi, and Han Shuang followed Han Yue to investigate her recent improvement.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi stopped to roast a Snow Shadow Tiger, where Han Yue and Han Shuang caught up with them.
• Jiang Liu sensed another pursuer retreating, then asked Han Yue and Han Shuang whether they intended to travel with him and Han Yi.

Jiang Liu joined forces with Han Yi, Han Yue, and Han Shuang to target the Nether Race elders Ming Qu and Ming Xuan. After learning about their abilities, the four set out to ambush Ming Qu, and Jiang Liu’s exceptional aura concealment surprised the Frost Race elders.

• Jiang Liu welcomed Han Yue and Han Shuang into the group and warned everyone to set aside their grudges while fighting the Nether Race.
• Han Yue, Han Shuang, and Han Yi described Ming Qu and Ming Xuan’s cultivation arts and weaknesses, and Jiang Liu chose to strike Ming Qu first.
• Jiang Liu cultivated beside Han Yi overnight while Han Yue and Han Shuang rested nearby.
• At dawn, the four traveled toward Ming Qu’s stronghold and concealed their auras as they prepared to attack.
• Han Yue and Han Shuang were surprised that they could not sense Jiang Liu, whose concealment relied on his exceptional Divine Sense rather than his cultivation art.