Recaps

Jiang Liu overcame his hesitation and cultivated the Joyous Meditation Art with Flowing Cloud Matriarch, who discovered her feelings for him alongside the benefits to her cultivation. She stayed with the others in the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation while secretly meeting Jiang Liu, with Gongsun Haoyue helping conceal their relationship.

• Flowing Cloud Matriarch mistook Jiang Liu's hesitation for rejection and turned to leave, but he stopped her and kissed her.
• Jiang Liu and Flowing Cloud Matriarch cultivated the Joyous Meditation Art twice, strengthening her essence energy and helping her recognize her feelings for him.
• Jiang Liu left the Yang Ring and confronted Gongsun Haoyue, who pointed out that he had accepted Flowing Cloud Matriarch; he then cultivated with Gongsun Haoyue, stabilizing her breakthrough.
• The next day, Murong Yin and the others noticed that Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue looked radiant, but did not know what had happened.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch continued living inside the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and secretly met Jiang Liu in the Yang Ring while Gongsun Haoyue kept their relationship hidden.

Jiang Liu learned that Dongling Rui had found at least three Halls of Yama branches operating in Dui Province and waited for more intelligence before acting. Concerned about Gongsun Haoyue’s safety while he traveled to Abyssal Hell, he went to ask whether she would come with him, where he found everyone gathered by the lake.

• Qin Bailian told Jiang Liu that Dongling Rui had discovered people from at least three Halls of Yama branches in Dui Province.
• Jiang Liu instructed Qin Bailian to report Dongling Rui’s latest intelligence as soon as it arrived.
• Jiang Liu decided to return briefly to Abyssal Hell to check on the Frost Race and Nether Race, while weighing whether to bring Gongsun Haoyue.
• Jiang Liu entered the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and found everyone resting and chatting by the lake, with Flowing Cloud Matriarch’s face flushed.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue returned to the Abyssal Hell to check on the Nether Race and the Frost Race. As they flew toward the Shallow Ice Layer Zone, an unseen observer who had spotted them headed deeper into the region.

• Jiang Liu told everyone he planned to return to the Abyssal Hell, and Gongsun Haoyue insisted on accompanying him.
• Jiang Liu acknowledged his relationship with Flowing Cloud Matriarch, and Feng Yue accepted it after Murong Yin intervened.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch joined Jiang Liu, Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Zheng Yunshang in the palace that night.
• Jiang Liu left the Fire-Winged Monkey behind to protect the others, then departed with Gongsun Haoyue for the Abyssal Canyon.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue entered the canyon passage and found the Dark Primal Qi thinner than before; Jiang Liu supported Gongsun Haoyue and carried her toward the Shallow Ice Layer Zone.
• An unseen figure who had watched them enter waited an hour, then headed toward the region with the densest Dark Primal Qi.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue crossed the Abyssal Hell while he repeatedly cleared the Dark Primal Qi eroding her, but the Nether Race tracked them down and surrounded them. The chapter left Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue facing attacks from the Nether God, Ming Gan, and the Dongyang brothers.

• Jiang Liu repeatedly stopped to purge the Dark Primal Qi from Gongsun Haoyue and replenish her primal qi as they traveled toward the Shallow Ice Layer Zone.
• Jiang Liu sensed pursuers and warned Gongsun Haoyue to flee if a battle began, then hurried toward the edge of the Dark Primal Qi region.
• Jiang Liu tried to use the Soul-Seizing Lamp on two approaching battle puppets, but realized it could not control them and dodged aside with Gongsun Haoyue.
• The Nether God and Ming Gan appeared from other directions, while the Dongyang brothers joined them to surround Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue.
• Jiang Liu purified the Dark Primal Qi around them, but Dongyang Yi attacked him, Dongyang He attacked Gongsun Haoyue, and Ming Gan unleashed Dark Primal Qi at Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue tried to escape Nether God and his allies, but Nether God struck Gongsun Haoyue down and left Jiang Liu badly injured. Jiang Liu used the Soul-Seizing Lamp to stall Nether God, then reached Gongsun Haoyue and purified the Dark Primal Qi in her body as their enemies surrounded them again.

• Jiang Liu attacked Dongyang Yi while Gongsun Haoyue used Skyfire to hold back Dongyang He.
• Ming Gan restrained Jiang Liu, but Jiang Liu disrupted his control with Divine Sense before Nether God struck Jiang Liu with a palm.
• Jiang Liu urged Gongsun Haoyue to flee, and she escaped Dongyang He while Jiang Liu pursued Nether God.
• Nether God struck Gongsun Haoyue in the back, leaving her near unconscious and dangerously corrupted by Dark Primal Qi.
• Jiang Liu used the Soul-Seizing Lamp to intimidate and ensnare Nether God, but Ming Gan struck Jiang Liu and worsened his injuries.
• Jiang Liu reached Gongsun Haoyue and purified the Dark Primal Qi in her body as Ming Gan, Dongyang Yi, and Dongyang He surrounded them.

Jiang Liu held off the Nether God and the Dongyang Brothers long enough for Gongsun Haoyue to escape, then vanished using his traversal ability after his severe injuries worsened. The Nether God failed to find him or Gongsun Haoyue and returned empty-handed.

• Jiang Liu ordered Gongsun Haoyue to flee while he distracted Ming Gan and the Dongyang Brothers.
• Jiang Liu's attacks failed to hurt the Dongyang Brothers, and the Nether God broke free of the Soul-Seizing Lamp's illusion.
• Jiang Liu flew away from Gongsun Haoyue to draw the Nether God after him, but his injuries worsened during the escape.
• Jiang Liu spat out blood and vanished using his traversal ability before the Nether God could capture him.
• The Nether God, Ming Gan, Dongyang Yi, and Dongyang He searched for Jiang Liu, then realized Gongsun Haoyue was gone too and returned empty-handed.

Gongsun Haoyue reached the Glacier Snow Mountain and found Jiang Liu gravely wounded in the snow. She used the Star Cloud Saint Art to help him recover, and Jiang Liu awoke and purified the Dark Primal Qi in his body, then noticed Gongsun Haoyue was in trouble.

• Gongsun Haoyue flew toward the Glacier Snow Mountain after escaping the battle with Jiang Liu's pursuers.
• Gongsun Haoyue found Jiang Liu lying unconscious and bleeding in the snow, then used the Star Cloud Saint Art to draw Heaven and Earth Essence into him.
• Gongsun Haoyue continued gathering Essence despite the Dark Primal Qi surrounding her, until Jiang Liu's primal qi began circulating on its own.
• Jiang Liu's Saintly Sky Art primal qi purified the Dark Primal Qi in his body and eased its buildup around Gongsun Haoyue.
• Gongsun Haoyue stopped gathering Essence and tried to expel the Dark Primal Qi from her meridians as Jiang Liu woke and purified his own body.

Jiang Liu treated Gongsun Haoyue after she was filled with Dark Primal Qi, but the Qi had invaded her spiritual sea of consciousness. He offered her two ways to remove it, and she chose to let him help only after his injuries had healed.

• Jiang Liu infused Gongsun Haoyue with the Saintly Sky Art's qi and purified the Dark Primal Qi in her meridians.
• Gongsun Haoyue woke and discovered that Dark Primal Qi had invaded her spiritual sea of consciousness, preventing her Divine Sense from extending and slowing her qi.
• Gongsun Haoyue tried to expel the Dark Primal Qi with the Star Cloud Saint Art, but the attempt failed because the qi was deeply entangled.
• Jiang Liu explained that he could send his Saintly Sky Art's qi into her spiritual sea or teach her the art, though both methods carried risks.
• Gongsun Haoyue agreed to let Jiang Liu expel the Dark Primal Qi after his injuries had completely healed.

Jiang Liu began using the Saintly Sky Art to absorb Heaven and Earth Essence and heal his injuries while Gongsun Haoyue hid in the ice to avoid being affected. Han Yi found him and stood guard, but then discovered Gongsun Haoyue nearby, and the two women confronted each other.

• Jiang Liu moved away from Gongsun Haoyue, warned her to report any changes, and began drawing in Heaven and Earth Essence to heal his injuries.
• Gongsun Haoyue buried herself in the ice to keep Jiang Liu's Saintly Sky Art essence from disrupting the essence inside her body.
• Han Yi sensed the disturbance, concealed her aura, and recognized Jiang Liu's essence as she approached.
• Han Yi realized Jiang Liu was healing and sat down to guard him, then sensed another person nearby.
• Han Yi found Gongsun Haoyue, and the two women simultaneously asked who the other was and why Jiang Liu had let her stay.

Gongsun Haoyue and Han Yi overcame their hostility after discussing their relationship with Jiang Liu and the battle that left him badly injured. After four days, Jiang Liu recovered and prepared to remove the Dark Primal Qi from Gongsun Haoyue’s spiritual sea.

• Gongsun Haoyue told Han Yi that Jiang Liu had other women, shocking Han Yi, who came from the Frost Race’s one-partner custom.
• Gongsun Haoyue explained how she and Jiang Liu had been attacked by four people and how she risked her life to revive him, easing Han Yi’s hostility.
• Han Yi and Gongsun Haoyue chatted about the outside world and the Abyssal Hell while Jiang Liu recovered, and Han Yi cared for Gongsun Haoyue.
• After four days, Jiang Liu’s powerful aura shattered the surrounding snow, signaling that he had fully recovered.
• Jiang Liu embraced Han Yi, then told Gongsun Haoyue he would drive the Dark Primal Qi from her spiritual sea as Han Yi stepped away.

Jiang Liu cleared the Dark Primal Qi from Gongsun Haoyue’s spiritual sea of consciousness and helped her begin recovering, with Han Yi joining them. Meanwhile, Nether Yao grew convinced that Nether God was turning Saint Realm protectors into puppets and fled her garrison to escape the same fate.

• Jiang Liu carefully used Saintly Sky Art primal qi to remove the Dark Primal Qi from Gongsun Haoyue’s spiritual sea of consciousness.
• Jiang Liu purified Heaven and Earth Essence for Gongsun Haoyue, whose aura returned as she began recovering.
• Gongsun Haoyue embraced Jiang Liu, and at her prompting he pulled Han Yi into the embrace as well.
• Nether Yao concluded that Nether God was responsible for the missing Saint Realm protectors and might be refining them into puppets.
• Nether Yao secretly left her garrison and fled toward the boundary between the Shallow Ice Layer Zone and the area of thin Dark Primal Qi.

Jiang Liu, Gongsun Haoyue, and Han Yi encountered Nether Yao, who warned them that the Nether God was turning a captured Frost Race Saint Realm martial artist into a battle puppet. Jiang Liu suspected Nether Yao was trying to provoke another war, and the group continued cautiously before settling down to cultivate.

• Jiang Liu and the others set out for the Frost Race stronghold, but he stopped when Nether Yao appeared nearby.
• Nether Yao said the Nether God was transforming a captured Frost Race Saint Realm martial artist into a battle puppet and had begun targeting Nether Race experts as well.
• Han Yi urged Nether Yao to deliver her message there because her father was healing in seclusion, and Nether Yao asked them to pretend they had not seen her.
• Jiang Liu suspected Nether Yao wanted the Frost Race and Nether Race to go to war, so he took Han Yi and Gongsun Haoyue away from the stronghold.
• Nether Yao returned after they left and revealed that she hoped to use the coming conflict to kill the Nether God and become the next Nether God.
• After confirming Nether Yao had not followed them, Jiang Liu joined Han Yi and Gongsun Haoyue in cultivating the Joyous Meditation Art.

Jiang Liu, Han Yi, and Gongsun Haoyue returned to the Frost Race settlement to warn them about the Nether Race's battle puppets. After Jiang Liu reunited with Han Yue, she struggled with her feelings for him after seeing Han Yi and another woman at his side.

• Han Yi asked Jiang Liu whether the Nether God had turned Han Luo into a puppet, and Jiang Liu explained that Nether Race techniques made people more likely to be refined into puppets.
• Jiang Liu feared that the Nether God could raise Saint Realm warriors into second-stage battle puppets, which would leave the Frost Race with little chance of winning.
• Jiang Liu, Han Yi, and Gongsun Haoyue hurried back to the Frost Race settlement and informed Elder Han Qi of their return.
• Jiang Liu sensed Han Yue approaching and met her outside his courtyard, where he realized she had reached the second stage of the Saint Realm.
• Han Yue concealed her discomfort after seeing Han Yi and another woman with Jiang Liu, while recalling that cultivating with him had helped her advance quickly.

Jiang Liu and Han Yi visited the Frost God and learned that his injuries were far more serious than he let on. After Jiang Liu revealed the Nether God's plans to make combat puppets, Han Yi used her Icy Primal Qi to steady her father's condition.

• Jiang Liu returned to his quarters, where Han Yi questioned him about his late-night outing and Gongsun Haoyue reassured her that he knew his limits.
• The next morning, Jiang Liu and Han Yi went to the Frost God's retreat while Gongsun Haoyue stayed behind.
• Han Bai allowed Jiang Liu and Han Yi into the Frost God's icy chamber, where they found him encased in ice and close to losing his cultivation.
• Jiang Liu told the Frost God that the Nether God had turned Han Luo into a combat puppet and was making puppets from Nether Race Saint Realm members.
• The Frost God's emotions surged at the news, and Han Yi transferred Icy Primal Qi into him to calm his unstable energy.

Frost God explained the Frost Race’s origins and its long conflict with the Nether Race to Jiang Liu and Han Yi. He revealed that the Frost Race knew how to break the Nether Race’s battle puppets, then left Jiang Liu to study records while Han Yi helped him recover.

• Frost God told Jiang Liu and Han Yi that the Frost Race descended from Blood Slaves captured by the Nether Race, once called the Soul-Devouring Race.
• Frost God recounted how the Frost Race’s ancestor escaped with a Soul-Devouring woman, learned her cultivation techniques, and created the Ice Soul Heart Sutra.
• The Frost Race’s ancestor and the woman settled in the extreme ice layer region, where they founded the Frost Race and passed down an injunction against leaving the Abyssal Hell.
• Frost God explained that the Nether Race captured the other three escapees and turned them into tracking puppets, but they later broke free and revealed secrets about puppets to the Frost Race’s ancestor.
• Frost God told Jiang Liu that the Frost Race had a way to break battle puppets, then sent him with Han Yi to study records about the Nether Race.
• Han Yi stopped Frost God from continuing and used her Primal Qi to help drive the ice from his body.

Jiang Liu considered the Frost Race’s peril and Abyssal Hell’s secrets while helping Han Yi and Frost God recover with his Saintly Sky Art’s Primal Qi. Frost God survived the worst of his injuries and credited Jiang Liu, leaving the Frost Race with new hope and Jiang Liu accepted as family.

• Jiang Liu assessed the Frost and Nether Races’ forces and worried that Nether God’s battle puppets could overwhelm the Frost Race.
• Jiang Liu wondered whether Abyssal Hell had an exit beyond the outer continent and resolved to investigate the Nether Race’s ancient texts and the battle puppets.
• Jiang Liu sensed that Han Yi had harmed her foundation while healing Frost God, then used his Saintly Sky Art’s Primal Qi to help both of them recover.
• Frost God’s condition improved, and Han Yi realized Jiang Liu was the only one who could save her father.
• Frost God stood and said he had passed the worst of his injuries, thanking Jiang Liu, while Han Bai learned Jiang Liu had healed him.

Jiang Liu learned from Frost God that the Soul-Devouring Race had emerged from Azurefall Cliff, a forbidden place in Abyssal Hell, and decided not to investigate it recklessly. Frost God then took him to the study to search for records about the puppets, leaving Jiang Liu alone inside.

• Jiang Liu asked Frost God where the Soul-Devouring Race came from and how it entered Abyssal Hell.
• Frost God explained that the race's ancestor had emerged from Azurefall Cliff and could not return after the passage closed.
• Jiang Liu considered the dangers surrounding Azurefall Cliff and chose not to go there.
• Frost God, relying on Jiang Liu to help the Frost Race against the Nether Race and its battle puppets, led him to the study to find puppet records.
• Frost God left to attend to clan matters, and the study door closed after Jiang Liu entered.

Jiang Liu read the Frost Race’s records and discovered how the Nether Race created puppets and how their control might be broken. He left the study believing he could turn a puppet against the Nether God in their next battle.

• Jiang Liu realized Frost God and Han Yi had sealed the study with a formation and began searching its bookshelves.
• Jiang Liu found Chronicles of the Frost Ancestor and read accounts of the Frost Race’s history and its escape from the Nether Race.
• Jiang Liu learned that the Nether Race used its own original essence energy to create and control puppets.
• Jiang Liu deduced that he could shatter the Nether God’s source energy inside a puppet and seize control of it using his Saintly Sky Art and mental power.
• Jiang Liu continued reading Chronicles of the Frost Race after deciding to test the method in a future battle.

Jiang Liu discovered clues about Azurefall Cliff while searching the Frost Race’s records, then found a hidden compartment in the Frost God’s couch. He left without opening its brocade box, and the Frost God later checked that the sealed records about Han Xie remained untouched; Han Yi also told Jiang Liu that her father had agreed to help Gongsun Haoyue.

• Jiang Liu read that the Soul-Devouring Race originated at Azurefall Cliff and found a note that Han Xie had entered the cliff and returned unharmed, but he found no further details.
• After the Frost God and Han Yi stayed away for more than half an hour, Jiang Liu regulated his Primal Qi and accidentally discovered a hidden compartment beneath the couch.
• Jiang Liu told the returning Frost God that he had found what he needed and could break the puppet technique, then left the study with Han Yi.
• The Frost God opened the compartment and confirmed that the brocade box still held sealed books documenting Han Xie's deeds at Azurefall Cliff.
• Han Yi told Jiang Liu that the Frost God had agreed to help Gongsun Haoyue, who explained that the Frost Race’s environment was unsuitable for her cultivation.

The Nether God continued transforming Han Luo into a puppet by converting the Saint Realm expert’s ice-and-snow Primal Qi into Dark Primal Qi. Han Luo’s hatred of Han Yi remained intact as the Nether God sealed the coffins and prepared to continue the refinement.

• Jiang Liu helped Gongsun Haoyue maintain her cultivation by purifying Primal Qi and infusing it into her.
• The Nether God refined Han Luo in a stone coffin, converting his Primal Qi while Han Luo’s defenses weakened.
• Han Luo’s hatred of Han Yi persisted, and the Nether God believed it could help Han Luo retain a trace of consciousness after becoming a puppet.
• The Nether God replenished his own Primal Qi with Dark Primal Qi and remarked that refining a Saint Realm puppet was difficult.
• The Nether God rebuked the nervous guard, then sealed the three stone coffins with his source Primal Qi.

Jiang Liu gave up searching for a safe place where Gongsun Haoyue could cultivate in Abyssal Hell and focused on healing Frost God, whose injuries fully recovered. He planned to take Gongsun Haoyue outside, settle matters with the Halls of Yama, and later return to fight the Nether Race.

• Jiang Liu determined that Gongsun Haoyue could not cultivate the Saintly Sky Art and, after failing to find a suitable place for her in Abyssal Hell, agreed she should return outside.
• Jiang Liu finished treating Frost God's old and new injuries, and Frost God sensed he was close to breaking through to the Third-Order Saint Realm.
• Frost God learned that Han Yue had advanced in rank, giving the Frost Race renewed confidence against the Nether Race.
• Jiang Liu told Frost God that he would leave to handle other matters before returning to fight alongside the Frost Race, and Frost God agreed to await him.
• Han Yi learned her father's injuries had healed, then grew sad when Jiang Liu said he would soon take Gongsun Haoyue away.
• Jiang Liu told Han Yi he planned to leave from the place where they had first met, and Han Yi blushed.

Jiang Liu, Gongsun Haoyue, and Han Yi traveled to a collapsed passage between regions, and Jiang Liu dug it out and dismantled its formations. As Gongsun Haoyue emerged, a sudden threat appeared and an enormous blade beam slashed toward the sky.

• Jiang Liu set out with Gongsun Haoyue and Han Yi for the passage leading to Dui Province.
• Han Yi led them through a region with sparse Dark Primal Qi and explained that she had once entered it with Elders Han Jie and Han Mo.
• Jiang Liu found the passage collapsed, dug through the rubble, and removed its Entrapment Formation, Solidifying Formation, and Gathering Qi Formation.
• Jiang Liu told Han Yi to wait inside while he went out with Gongsun Haoyue and planned to reseal the passage afterward.
• Gongsun Haoyue emerged from the passage and sensed danger as a figure flew out behind her and an enormous blade beam slashed toward the sky.

Jiang Liu thwarted the Heavenly Dao’s attempt to erase Gongsun Haoyue’s Divine Sense, then discussed Han Yi’s wish to leave the passage with them. He sent Han Yi back inside for now, promising to find a way to bring her out later.

• Jiang Liu used Illusory God Slaughter to break the Heavenly Dao’s soul attack on Gongsun Haoyue and drive its phantom away.
• Gongsun Haoyue asked Jiang Liu about the attack, and he reassured her before bringing her back into the passage.
• Han Yi asked Jiang Liu whether she could leave the passage, but he warned that the Heavenly Dao and the Black Tide would put her in danger.
• Jiang Liu promised Han Yi he would find a way to let her come out next time, and she happily returned deeper into the passage.
• Jiang Liu told Gongsun Haoyue he could remove the Dark Primal Qi from Han Yi, but that bringing her along now would complicate his plans.

Jiang Liu secretly traveled to Dui City to coordinate with local officials and learn where the Halls of Yama's remnant forces were hiding. After receiving word that a branch was likely in Qing County's Changyun Mountains, he set out with Gongsun Haoyue and sensed a strong blood stench in the area.

• Jiang Liu resealed the passage and collapsed its entrance before leaving for Dui Province with Gongsun Haoyue.
• Jiang Liu arrived secretly at Dui City's City Lord's Mansion and ordered Xing Ye to keep their visit quiet.
• Jiang Liu told Xing Ye to eliminate forces assisting the enemy, then had her and Chen Qian Yue leave so Tang Qi could share Wind Hall intelligence.
• Tang Qi reported that Qin Bailian had found a likely Halls of Yama remnant branch in the Changyun Mountains near Qing County's desert.
• Jiang Liu ordered Tang Qi to coordinate with Xing Ye and Chen Qian Yue, then flew with Gongsun Haoyue to Qing County, where he sensed an unusually strong blood stench.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue reached the Changyun Mountains after Qin Bailian reported that the Halls of Yama had infiltrated the area. Jiang Liu arrived as Dongling Heng fought Tuo Baqi and unleashed the Xiao Sound Illusion Formation, leaving the mountain forces attacking one another.

• Jiang Liu read Qin Bailian's report at Wind Hall's base and ordered preparations to investigate the local forces.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue entered the Changyun Mountains and met Qin Bailian, who reported that Dongling Heng had clashed with a Peak Grandmaster.
• Jiang Liu flew toward the battle and ordered Gongsun Haoyue to prevent anyone from escaping.
• Dongling Rui withdrew with Dongling Qing, while Dongling Heng obeyed Jiang Liu's order and fled from Tuo Baqi.
• Jiang Liu played the Xiao Sound Illusion Formation, causing everyone except the Dongling siblings to attack those around them.