Recaps

Jiang Liu used the Soul-Seizing Tune to subdue the Halls of Yama fighters and identified their four subsidiary halls. After learning of two more lairs, he split his forces and followed Dongling Rui toward the desert while Gongsun Haoyue led Dongling Heng and Dongling Qing to another hideout.

• Dongling Rui, Dongling Heng, and Dongling Qing saw Jiang Liu's battle aura from afar, and Dongling Qing fled into the forest.
• Jiang Liu played the Soul-Seizing Tune as strange beasts attacked the Halls of Yama fighters, subduing the survivors and eight Peak Grandmasters.
• Dongling Rui told Jiang Liu that the fighters belonged to King QinGuang Hall, King Song Hall, King Dushi Hall, and King Pingdeng Hall, and that their main lair lay elsewhere.
• Dongling Heng revealed another nearby lair where Tuo Baqi had tried to recruit him.
• Jiang Liu assigned Gongsun Haoyue to lead Dongling Heng and Dongling Qing to the nearby lair, then followed Dongling Rui toward the main lair in the desert.

Jiang Liu and Dongling Rui uncovered a secret passage used by the Halls of Yama and confronted the people emerging from it. Jiang Liu killed two Peak Grandmasters, while the remaining members of the Halls of Yama fled.

• Dongling Heng led her team ahead as Gongsun Haoyue concealed her presence and Qin Bailian was astonished by the Halls of Yama's strength.
• Jiang Liu sensed something beneath a huge rock, and Dongling Rui opened a hidden entrance to the underground passage.
• Jiang Liu subdued Dongli Qiu while Dongling Rui rushed ahead, shouting that the enemy was attacking.
• Lüqiu Mu and Helian Qianli pursued Dongling Rui, while the other members of the Halls of Yama emerged and demanded that Jiang Liu release Dongli Qiu.
• Jiang Liu snapped Dongli Qiu's neck and cleaved the Peak Grandmasters of the King Pingdeng Hall and the King Dushi Hall in half.
• The remaining members of the Halls of Yama scattered and fled.

Jiang Liu used his flute and martial arts to slaughter the Halls of Yama members, while Dongling Rui fought Lüqiu Mu and Helian Qianli inside the secret passage. After Jiang Liu killed the remaining fighters, he overwhelmed the two hall masters and left the Halls of Yama defeated.

• Jiang Liu played the Dongxiao Flute, sending yellow sand dragons against the Halls of Yama and making the surviving Grandmasters attack one another in an illusion.
• Dongling Rui worried that Jiang Liu's Xiao Sound Illusion Formation would reach him, while Lüqiu Mu and Helian Qianli confronted him inside the passage.
• Lüqiu Mu and Helian Qianli attacked Dongling Rui, and he dodged their strikes as the fight shook the passage.
• Jiang Liu killed the Halls of Yama members outside and then pursued those still inside the secret passage.
• Jiang Liu struck down the remaining fighters and used his Divine Sense to plunge Lüqiu Mu and Helian Qianli into Hun-Dun, where they never regained consciousness.

Jiang Liu returned from destroying the Halls of Yama’s lair and brought Gongsun Haoyue safely to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation. He decided to teach her to control the formation so she could defend herself against the Heavenly Dao when he was absent.

• Jiang Liu left Dongling Rui to clean up the Halls of Yama’s lair after scattering Lüqiu Mu and Helian Qianli’s consciousnesses.
• Jiang Liu sent Dongling Heng and Dongling Qing to help Dongling Rui, and ordered Qin Bailian to monitor King Chujiang Hall’s people.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue reached the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, where Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Zheng Yunshang were cultivating.
• Cuier told Jiang Liu that she and Xiao He had stayed inside the formation because they could not return once they left.
• Jiang Liu proposed giving Gongsun Haoyue control of the formation, and explained that she first needed to learn the Spirit Control Art and subdue the spirit of the Ruyi Celestial Palace.

Jiang Liu returned from the Abyssal Hell and reunited with Feng Yue, Murong Yin, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Zheng Yunshang, and the others, then recounted his mission with Gongsun Haoyue. In the Nether Race Temple, Han Luo awakened as a second-order Saint Realm battle puppet, but the Nether God suppressed his remaining consciousness and prepared to use him.

• Jiang Liu returned, and Feng Yue, Murong Yin, and Flowing Cloud Matriarch greeted him while Zheng Yunshang neared a breakthrough.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch sensed signs of an impending breakthrough, while Zheng Yunshang suppressed a surge of primal energy before advancing further.
• Jiang Liu told the women about entering the Abyssal Hell and clearing out the Halls of Yama's forces, and Gongsun Haoyue reassured them that he had protected her from the Heaven Heavenly Dao's attack.
• Han Luo awoke in the Nether Race Temple with a second-order Saint Realm aura, but the Nether God seized control of the Source Essence in his body.
• The Nether God subdued Han Luo, extinguished the last trace of clarity in his eyes, and decided to use him for tasks despite his disappointment in the puppet's lack of independent awareness.

Jiang Liu returned to cultivating alongside the women, while the Flowing Cloud Matriarch tried to build up enough essence to advance toward the Saint Realm. He helped her draw essence through the Yin-Yang Rings, despite worrying that her haste would make her breakthrough dangerous.

• Jiang Liu gave Gongsun Haoyue the Spirit Control Art, then Feng Yue, Murong Yin, Zheng Yunshang, and the Flowing Cloud Matriarch joined him in the resting palace.
• The next morning, Jiang Liu found Gongsun Haoyue still cultivating and began cultivating on the Yang Ring.
• The Flowing Cloud Matriarch joined Jiang Liu on the Yang Ring and drew in essence to seek the feeling of advancement.
• Jiang Liu judged that the Flowing Cloud Matriarch was rushing toward a risky breakthrough, but adjusted the Yin-Yang Rings to help her gather essence safely.
• The Flowing Cloud Matriarch continued refining the essence in her meridians, resolved to advance so she could fight alongside Jiang Liu.

The Flowing Cloud Matriarch pushed through a dangerous advancement from the Grandmaster Realm to the Saint Realm while Jiang Liu protected her inside the Yang Ring. When the Heavenly Dao appeared and attacked Jiang Liu directly, he prepared to face its vital energy assault alone as her breakthrough reached its most critical stage.

• The Flowing Cloud Matriarch's meridians tore under the surging vital energy, and Jiang Liu used a Gathering Qi Formation to protect her advancement.
• The Flowing Cloud Matriarch accelerated the Star Cloud Saint Art and absorbed vital energy despite the worsening bleeding, determined to strengthen her meridians in one push.
• Jiang Liu sensed the Heavenly Dao's gigantic face outside the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation as dark clouds gathered for the lightning baptism.
• Jiang Liu flew outside the formation to confront the Heavenly Dao and keep it away from the Flowing Cloud Matriarch.
• The Heavenly Dao attacked Jiang Liu with invisible vital energy ripples that compressed space and began affecting his body.

Jiang Liu defended the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation from the Heaven's Dao, rescued Gongsun Haoyue, and sensed an unexplained crisis the Data Template did not respond to. Flowing Cloud Matriarch survived Thunder and advanced to the Saint Realm, while Gongsun Haoyue recovered from the Heaven's Dao's blow.

• Jiang Liu resisted the Heaven's Dao's pressure, then cut its enormous face in two when it attacked Gongsun Haoyue and brought her into the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation.
• Jiang Liu sensed an unknown crisis as the Heaven's Dao disappeared, but the Data Template gave no warning; he returned to the formation without noticing a phantom eye watching him.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch endured Thunder, advanced from the Grandmaster Realm to the Saint Realm, and Jiang Liu moved her out of the formation.
• Grandmasters from Qian City arrived and recognized Flowing Cloud Matriarch's new Saint Realm aura, while she returned to the formation and went to clean herself up.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch found that Gongsun Haoyue's unstable aura had begun to settle.

Jiang Liu tried to wake the badly injured Gongsun Haoyue, but her Star Cloud Saint Art responded only when Flowing Cloud Matriarch helped. Gongsun Haoyue awoke with a chaotic aura, and Jiang Liu discovered that the energy inside her contained a trace of the Heavenly Dao's consciousness.

• Jiang Liu inspected the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, reassured the others that Gongsun Haoyue had no hidden injuries, and held a brief celebration for Flowing Cloud Matriarch's breakthrough to the Saint Realm.
• Jiang Liu tried to use the Star Cloud Saint Art to rouse Gongsun Haoyue, but she showed no response.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch circulated the Star Cloud Saint Art, causing the energy inside Gongsun Haoyue to react and begin circulating on its own.
• Gongsun Haoyue opened her eyes with no emotion and a rapidly growing chaotic aura.
• Jiang Liu enveloped Gongsun Haoyue in Saintly Sky Art energy, moved Flowing Cloud Matriarch out of danger, and realized that a trace of the Heavenly Dao's consciousness was mixed into Gongsun Haoyue's energy.

Jiang Liu and the three saint artifact spirits purified the contaminated vital essence in the secret realm and destroyed the Heavenly Dao's remnant consciousness hiding in Gongsun Haoyue. Gongsun Haoyue woke up and asked Jiang Liu how long she had been unconscious.

• Jiang Liu discovered that the Heavenly Dao's remnant consciousness had contaminated Gongsun Haoyue's vital essence and threatened the secret realm.
• The Ruyi Celestial Palace Spirit, Yin-Yang Rings Spirit, and Half-Origin Celestial Pearl Spirit contained and purified the spreading contamination.
• Jiang Liu searched the secret realm with his Divine Sense and exterminated the contaminated vital essence that had escaped Gongsun Haoyue's body.
• Jiang Liu used the Spirit Control Art to lure out the remnant consciousness, then shattered it with a burst of white light.
• Gongsun Haoyue woke up and asked Jiang Liu how long she had been unconscious.

After recovering from the Heavenly Dao’s consciousness, Gongsun Haoyue learned the Spirit Control Art and was chosen to share control of the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation. Jiang Liu prepared to return to the Abyssal Hell, while Gongsun’s new mark on the three sacred artifacts formed a spiritual bridge between them.

• Jiang Liu secretly imprinted the Spirit Control Art into Gongsun Haoyue’s soul, and she woke with greatly increased Divine Sense and the ability to use the art.
• Jiang Liu accelerated time inside the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation so Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch could recover, while news confirmed that the Halls of Yama’s forces had been erased or withdrawn from the continent.
• Jiang Liu announced that he planned to return to the Abyssal Hell to help the Frost Race resist the Nether Race and proposed entrusting the formation to Gongsun Haoyue or Flowing Cloud Matriarch.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch declined because she lacked the Spirit Control Art and was weaker than Gongsun Haoyue, so Jiang Liu chose Gongsun to control the formation.
• The Ruyi Celestial Palace Spirit told Jiang Liu that Gongsun Haoyue could share control without replacing him, and she marked the spirits of the three sacred artifacts with her spiritual power.

Jiang Liu prepared to enter Abyssal Hell while Gongsun Haoyue took control of the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation. In Abyssal Hell, the Nether God set his plan to attack the Frost Race in motion.

• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue confirmed that she could maintain the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation’s one-to-twelve time acceleration and communicate with its sacred spirits.
• Jiang Liu reassured the women that he would return from Abyssal Hell when he could, then spent several peaceful days with them as Gongsun Haoyue learned to control the formation.
• Jiang Liu left the formation before dawn and flew toward Abyssal Canyon, while Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Zheng Yunshang returned inside to cultivate.
• The Nether God decided to lead three battle puppets against the Frost Race before the Frost God could recover, and sent Han Luo ahead to investigate.
• The Nether God ordered Ming Kong to summon Ming Gan and had the Nether Race’s elders and protectors abandon their stations to avoid further losses to Jiang Liu’s assassinations.

Ming Kong secretly opposed the Nether God as the Nether God prepared to attack the Frost Race after Han Luo’s report. Meanwhile, Han Yi missed Jiang Liu, and Han Yue began advising her about men.

• Ming Gan told the Nether God there had been no disturbances, and the Nether God ordered him to guard the temple while he left.
• Ming Kong overheard them and kept quiet about rumors that the Nether God was an impostor, while spreading word that Ming Zhuo and Ming Gui had disappeared.
• Han Luo returned after three days and reported that the Frost Race’s situation appeared unchanged and that Jiang Liu was not there.
• The Nether God took three Battle Puppets, his staff, and the Soul-Stabilizing Sword and flew toward the Frost Race.
• Han Yue found Han Yi staring into the distance and teased her about missing Jiang Liu.
• Han Yi asked Han Yue whether men stopped cherishing someone after winning her over, and Han Yue began explaining her views.

After Han Bai confirmed that Han Luo had returned as a Second-Order battle puppet, Frost God ordered the Frost Race to evacuate before Nether God attacked. By nightfall, the last group had left, while Frost God and Han Yue stayed behind to cover the retreat.

• Han Bai told Frost God that Han Luo had returned with the strength of a Second-Order Saint Realm battle puppet, and they feared Nether God would soon attack.
• Frost God gathered the Saint Realm elders and ordered the Frost Race to evacuate immediately rather than face Han Luo and Nether God.
• Han Yue recalled Jiang Liu's warning about Han Luo, while Han Yi realized her senior brother had become a puppet and left to prepare to evacuate.
• Han Bai and Han Bing led the first group of Ranked Martial Practitioners and children to an evacuation point two hours after the order.
• By nightfall, the final group of the Frost Race began evacuating, and Frost God and Han Yue stayed behind to erase traces of their departure.

The Frost Race fled its base to evade Nether God and the battle puppets, but Frost God revealed that the retreat was meant to lure their pursuers into an ambush. He left the clan’s survival in the hands of two elders leading the main group away, while he and the others prepared to fight using the Frost Ancestor’s formation.

• Frost God found Han Yi worrying about Jiang Liu and assured her that Jiang Liu could likely escape Nether God.
• At a meeting, Han Bai explained that Han Luo had become a second-stage Saint Realm battle puppet, alarming the Frost Race elders.
• Frost God announced that he had ordered the retreat to lure Nether God and the battle puppets into an ambush.
• The elders chose Han Hao and Han Jie to lead the main group away, while Frost God and the remaining elders stayed behind.
• Frost God let Han Yi decide whether to leave and revealed his plan to activate the Yin-Yang Profound Soul Grand Formation.

Frost God and twelve Frost Race members prepared to use the dangerous Yin-Yang Profound Soul Grand Formation to resist the Nether Race, while the rest of their people evacuated. As the formation activated, it manifested as a black-and-white dragon whose soul-seizing force spread outward.

• Han Bai warned Frost God that activating the formation could bring uncontrollable fortune or disaster, but Frost God and the elders agreed they had no choice against the Nether God's pursuit.
• Han Hao and Han Jie led the Frost Race's people away at dawn, while Frost God and twelve others stayed behind to cover their retreat; Han Yi refused to leave her father.
• Frost God opened a hidden entrance in a mountain hollow and led the group inside to the twelve Soul-Engraved Stone Tablets.
• Frost God and Han Bai took the formation's most dangerous positions, and the others occupied their assigned places before circulating the Ice Soul Heart Sutra.
• The twelve stone tablets sank as their Icy Primal Qi intertwined, forming a black-and-white dragon that released soul-seizing intent across the surroundings.

The Nether God led Han Luo and the Dongyang Brothers to the Frost Race's encampment, intending to ambush the Frost God, but found the entire race had fled. Unable to follow their misleading trails, he considered using the Soul-Stabilizing Sword to track them, despite the risk of destroying what remained of Han Luo's soul.

• The Nether God took Han Luo, Dongyang Yi, and Dongyang He toward the Frost Race's encampment while planning to use them in an attack on the Frost God.
• The Nether God discovered the encampment was deserted and destroyed it in a burst of Dark Primal Qi.
• The Nether God searched for the Frost Race's trail but found signs of their departure in every direction, deliberately left to mislead pursuers.
• The Nether God realized he could not return without finding the Frost Race, and worried that further refining puppets would cost too much Source Essence.
• The Nether God drew the Soul-Stabilizing Sword and considered using its Soul-Locking Tracking Art, knowing it might erase the last remnants of Han Luo's soul.

The Nether God used the Soul-Locking Art on Han Luo and followed the resulting trace toward the Frost Race, while the Frost Race tested its grand formation and prepared for his arrival. Later, Han Yue confessed to Han Yi that her relationship with Jiang Liu was the same as Han Yi’s, and the two began discussing him together.

• The Nether God used the Soul-Stabilizing Sword to probe Han Luo’s soul, leaving him mindless, then tracked the Frost Race with the sword’s guidance as Dongyang Yi, Dongyang He, and Han Luo followed.
• The Frost God ended the Frost Race’s first trial of the Yin-Yang Profound Soul Grand Formation so everyone could recover, and he planned for them to wait inside it for the Nether God.
• The Frost Race discovered that Han Yi’s strength matched Han Qi’s, then teased Han Yi about Jiang Liu during dinner until Han Yue stepped in.
• Han Yi could not settle into meditation after returning to her tent, and Han Yue visited to ask when Jiang Liu would return.
• Han Yi asked whether Han Yue had feelings for Jiang Liu, and Han Yue confessed that their relationship was the same as Han Yi’s before they sat together to talk about him.

Frost God and the Frost Race used the Yin-Yang Profound Soul Grand Formation to attack the Nether God when he tracked them to their mountain hideout. After a fierce clash that wounded both sides, the Nether God believed he had survived the formation and prepared to break into the hollow.

• Frost God detected the Nether God approaching with three Battle Puppets and alerted the Frost Race.
• The Nether God followed the traces Frost God had left and attacked the mountain wall, triggering a black-and-white pillar from the formation.
• The Nether God used Han Luo and then the Dongyang Brothers to block the pillars, but the formation’s soul attacks hurt him as well.
• The Nether God unleashed a black dragon and overwhelming pressure, while the collision sent Han Luo, Dongyang Yi, and Dongyang He flying and caused Frost God and Han Bai to vomit blood.
• The Nether God saw no further pillar appear, believed he had won, and prepared to break through the mountain wall.

The Nether God battled the Frost Race’s formation as repeated attacks extracted his soul and weakened him. Jiang Liu arrived and attacked the Nether God, but the Frost God collapsed, leaving Han Yi and the others alarmed.

• The Nether God ordered Han Luo, Dongyang He, and Dongyang Yi away before enduring another increasingly powerful attack from the Yin-Yang Profound Soul Grand Formation.
• The Frost God and Han Bai bore the formation’s backlash while the other Frost Race members supplied them with primal qi, then launched another attack.
• The Nether God blocked the attack with the Soul-Stabilizing Sword and his staff but was driven backward as Jiang Liu approached.
• Jiang Liu arrived at Glacier Snow Mountain, saw that the Nether God had left the Battle puppets behind, and used the Dongxiao Flute and Soul-Seizing Lamp to attack him.
• The Frost God spat blood and fainted, and Han Yi rushed to his side after sensing that something was terribly wrong.

Han God suffered severe injuries after the Frost Race activated the Yin-Yang Profound Soul Grand Formation, while Jiang Liu fought Nether God outside the cavern. Han God awoke and entrusted the Frost Race to Han Bai before the elders joined their Qi to him, and he began transferring his power to Han Yi.

• Han Yue used her Icy Primal Qi to stop Han God's vomiting, though he remained unconscious and critically injured.
• Jiang Liu played the Soul-Seizing Tune and coordinated with the Soul-Seizing Lamp as Nether God used his staff and the Soul-Stabilizing Sword to fend off the attacks and retreat.
• Jiang Liu's status screen showed that he had reached beginner level in the Soul-Seizing Tune and continued to accumulate Qi in the Saint Realm.
• Han God awoke, told the Frost Race members he was entrusting them to Han Bai, and apologized to Han Yi for letting her down.
• Han Bai and the elders sent their Icy Primal Qi into Han God, who then pressed his palm to Han Yi's back and poured his Qi into her.

The dying Frost God transferred his cultivation to Han Yi, allowing her to advance to the second rank of the Saint Realm. After Han Yi rejected the clan leader position, she focused on joining Jiang Liu to kill the Nether God and avenge her father.

• The Frost God used Essence Transfer to give Han Yi his Source Essence, while Han Bai and the elders helped the inheritance succeed.
• After half an hour, the Frost God died, and Han Qi carried away his corpse as Han Yi's aura continued to rise.
• Han Yi was sealed in ice, then emerged with the aura of a second-rank Saint Realm expert.
• Han Bai and the elders knelt before Han Yi and asked her to inherit the clan leader position, but she refused and said she wanted to join Jiang Liu in killing the Nether God.
• Han Yi stopped Han Bai from pressing the issue and said she would leave once her injuries had recovered.

Han Yi buried Frost God's remains and hurried to help Jiang Liu, who was fighting the weakened Nether God and his Battle Puppets. The Nether God escaped after boosting his strength and attacking Han Yi, flying toward the Dark Primal Qi region with his injuries worsened.

• Han Yi buried Frost God's bones near the cave and told the Frost Race elders she would find Jiang Liu and help capture the Nether God.
• Han Yi and Han Yue left to join the fight, while the elders stayed behind because Jiang Liu's Soul-Seizing Tune would hinder them.
• Han Yi arrived to find the injured Nether God directing three weakened Battle Puppets against Jiang Liu, Han Luo, Dongyang Yi, and Dongyang He.
• Han Yi attacked the Nether God with her Ice Soul Fan, and he threw the Soul-Stabilizing Sword at her before retreating.
• The Nether God used a secret art to restore his strength temporarily, summoned a black dragon to attack Han Yi, and fled toward the Dark Primal Qi region as his injuries worsened.

After the Nether God’s attack left Han Yi engulfed in Dark Primal Qi, Jiang Liu rescued her and turned to protect Han Yue from the Battle Puppets. With the Nether God gone and the puppets weakening, Jiang Liu began trying to take control of Dongyang Yi and Dongyang He.

• Han Yue found Han Yi trapped in Dark Primal Qi and called for Jiang Liu to save her.
• Jiang Liu escaped the three Battle Puppets, used Saintly Sky Art Qi to purify the Dark Primal Qi around Han Yi, and helped her expel what had entered her body.
• Han Yue drew the Battle Puppets away from Jiang Liu, who then struck Han Luo and fought beside her as Han Luo continued to weaken.
• Jiang Liu switched places with Han Yue, sending her to restrain Han Luo while he faced Dongyang Yi and Dongyang He.
• Jiang Liu enveloped the Dongyang Brothers in Saintly Sky Art Qi and prepared to replace the Nether God’s dwindling Source Essence and soul with his own, so he could control them.

Jiang Liu searched the Dongyang brothers’ mental seas, destroyed the Nether God’s remnant soul, and took control of both Battle Puppets. He sent Dongyang Yi to help Han Yi and Han Yue while he healed, and Dongyang He also submitted to him.

• Jiang Liu restrained Dongyang Yi and cautiously searched his mental sea while dodging Dongyang He’s attacks.
• Han Yi awakened, struck Han Luo to help Han Yue, and told her not to disturb Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu found and shattered the Nether God’s remnant soul, sorted the fragments, and left part of his own soul in Dongyang Yi’s mental sea.
• Jiang Liu used the same method to control Dongyang He, whose surviving soul was easier to recover.
• Dongyang Yi knelt before Jiang Liu, then went to aid Han Yi and Han Yue as Jiang Liu meditated to heal.
• Dongyang He knelt before Jiang Liu and called him Master.