Recaps

Jiang Liu broke through the Void Illusion Formation by using Gathering Qi Formations to drain its primal qi and found Han Yue badly corroded by Dark Primal Qi. After treating her, he broke through the formation’s final layer and confronted a horrified Nether Yao.

• Jiang Liu tried to disrupt the illusion with explosive formations, but they failed to break it.
• Jiang Liu used a Gathering Qi Formation to drain the illusion’s primal qi, breaking through and finding Han Yue near the Source of the Netherworld.
• Jiang Liu purged the Dark Primal Qi from Han Yue, but his Saintly Sky Art’s primal qi clashed with her cultivation art and poisoned her.
• Jiang Liu drew larger Gathering Qi Formations, realized he had reached the Void Illusion Formation’s final layer, and revealed Nether Yao.

Jiang Liu confronted Nether Yao when she refused to let him take Han Yue, and the two fought beside the Source of the Netherworld. Nether Yao’s Soul-Releasing Dance began to fail against Jiang Liu’s Soul-Seizing Tune as she retreated toward the Source.

• Nether Yao demanded that Han Yue stay, forcing Jiang Liu to accept her challenge.
• Jiang Liu shielded Han Yue from the Dark Primal Qi and attacked Nether Yao with the Dongxiao Flute and Soul-Seizing Lamp.
• Nether Yao used the Bu Clan’s Soul-Releasing Dance and the Ice Soul Warm Jade to resist the attack, but Jiang Liu’s music and lamp steadily weakened her.
• Jiang Liu replenished his Primal Qi and mental power by purifying the dense Dark Primal Qi, while Nether Yao grew dizzy and began retreating toward the Source of the Netherworld.

Jiang Liu drove Nether Yao and the two Nether Race patrols away from the Source of the Netherworld, then helped Han Yue recover from her injuries. After Han Yue returned to the Frost Race settlement, Jiang Liu headed back to investigate why the Source of the Netherworld had erupted.

• Ming Xu recognized Jiang Liu’s Soul-Seizing Tune and rushed with Ming Kong toward the Source of the Netherworld to protect Nether Yao.
• Jiang Liu redirected the Soul-Seizing Tune toward Ming Kong and Ming Xu, giving Nether Yao a chance to escape.
• Ming Kong and Ming Xu disrupted the tune with an explosion and fled the Source of the Netherworld.
• Jiang Liu stopped playing when the explosion disturbed Han Yue’s healing, then carried her out of the region filled with extreme Dark Primal Qi.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yue stabilized her injuries behind a mountain hollow, and Han Yue then flew back to the Frost Race settlement.
• Jiang Liu returned toward the Source of the Netherworld to investigate the cause of its eruption.

Jiang Liu investigated the Source of the Netherworld and suspected it was a gigantic severed eye whose Dark Primal Qi had shaped Abyssal Hell. Alarmed by the danger surrounding it, he withdrew to the Frost Race's base, where Han Yue flew into his arms.

• Jiang Liu approached the Source of the Netherworld, noticed it briefly tremble, and saw thick black wooden sticks beneath it.
• Nether Yao sensed the Source tremble, then resumed cultivating in hopes of reaching the third stage of the Saint Realm.
• Jiang Liu realized the Source resembled a gouged-out eyeball and speculated that its owner, the Nether Race, and the Soul-Devouring Race were connected to Abyssal Hell's history.
• Jiang Liu sensed a grave danger, abandoned his investigation, and returned to the Frost Race's base to purify the Dark Primal Qi from his body.
• Han Yue hurried over to Jiang Liu and fell into his arms when she saw him.

Jiang Liu returned safely with Han Yue, who reported that Nether Yao controlled the Nether Race and that the Nether God's fate remained uncertain. At Azurefall Cliff, the Azurefall Beast woke after another disturbance at the Source of the Netherworld and sent a smaller Azurefall Beast to investigate.

• Jiang Liu brought Han Yue back to the Frost Race's base, where Han Bing welcomed them and said Han Yi had been worried.
• Han Yue told Han Yi and the others that the Nether God had disappeared, Nether Yao likely controlled the Nether Race's Saint Realm experts, and the Source of the Netherworld's eruptions remained unexplained.
• Jiang Liu left the meeting hall while Han Yi and the others continued discussing how to protect the Frost Race's five food-producing locations from ferocious beasts.
• The Azurefall Beast woke after the Source of the Netherworld shook for the second time and feared the demonic eye might escape its control.
• The Azurefall Beast summoned a smaller Azurefall Beast, which flew toward the Source of the Netherworld after receiving its instructions.

Nether Yao endured a painful body remodeling and broke through to the Third-Order Saint Realm, then announced that she would assume the position of Nether God. Meanwhile, Jiang Liu returned home unaware that he had helped her advance, and shared his suspicions about the Source of the Netherworld with Han Yi and Han Yue.

• Nether Yao began a breakthrough inside the Nether Race Temple, while Ming Lin and Ming Qiong guarded its sealed entrance.
• Nether Yao endured the Primal Qi snakes remodeling her body and finally reached the Third-Order Saint Realm.
• Nether Yao announced that she would assume the position of Nether God, and the Nether Race's Saint Realm experts celebrated her advancement.
• Jiang Liu returned to his residence and joined Han Yi and Han Yue for dinner, unaware that he had helped Nether Yao break through.
• Jiang Liu told Han Yi and Han Yue that he suspected the Source of the Netherworld was an eyeball, and Han Yue suggested its Dark Primal Qi might have been transformed from ordinary Heaven and Earth Essence.

Jiang Liu noticed that the Source of the Netherworld was worsening the Abyssal Hell’s environment, then read a Frost Race miscellany that described it as a sealed ancient demon god’s eyeball. The account left him wondering who had removed and sealed the eye, and where the rest of the demon god’s remains were.

• Jiang Liu spent the night cultivating with Han Yi and Han Yue, then went to the woods to cultivate alone.
• Jiang Liu sensed that the Dark Primal Qi near the Frost Race settlement had grown stronger and considered the dangers of destroying the Source of the Netherworld or moving the Frost Race outside the Abyssal Hell.
• Han Yi, Han Yue, and Han Bai led teams to hunt troublesome strange beasts and returned five days later after temporarily clearing the threat.
• Han Yue gave Jiang Liu the untitled miscellany, and he read its account of the Abyssal Hell and the Source of the Netherworld.
• Jiang Liu learned that the miscellany identified the Source of the Netherworld as a sealed ancient demon god’s eyeball and realized it also emitted Heaven and Earth Essence.

Jiang Liu told Han Yi that Dark Primal Qi might overrun the Abyssal Hell within a few years, but he had no solution yet and asked her to keep the danger secret. Meanwhile, Ming Yao ordered the Nether Race to cultivate in preparation for future conflicts, while she planned to eliminate the Frost Race and eventually confront the Azurefall Beast.

• Han Yi asked Jiang Liu about the changing Heaven and Earth Essence, and he warned that Dark Primal Qi could overrun the Abyssal Hell within a few years.
• Jiang Liu asked Han Yi not to tell anyone about the danger while he considered how to protect the Frost Race.
• Ming Lin reported that the Nether Race’s strength had been growing rapidly since the Source of the Netherworld erupted, with Ming Lin, Ming Qiong, and Ming Ji nearing Saint Realm Rank Two.
• Ming Yao decided to postpone attacking the Frost Race until the Nether Race grew stronger, then planned to wipe them out and focus on the Azurefall Beast.
• Ming Yao ordered the Nether Race to avoid causing trouble and cultivate diligently, promising a heavy reward to whoever first reached the Saint Realm.

Over two years, the Frost Race settled into peace while Jiang Liu cultivated in Abyssal Hell and prepared for a breakthrough. When he sensed an opportunity to advance, he agreed to leave Abyssal Hell with Han Yi, while Han Yue stayed behind to guard the clan.

• The Frost Race scouts who could no longer endure the Dark Primal Qi were executed, and the clan settled peacefully with the help of Jiang Liu’s Gathering Qi Formation.
• Feng Yue reached the Grandmaster realm, while Zheng Yunshang remained a Rank 9 Martial Practitioner; Han Yue strengthened her Second-Order Saint Realm cultivation.
• Jiang Liu sensed an opportunity to break through and told Han Yi he was preparing to go outside Abyssal Hell.
• Han Yi asked to accompany Jiang Liu, and he agreed, understanding that she wanted to scout a place for the Frost Race to settle.
• Han Yue agreed to guard the clan, and Jiang Liu and Han Yi set out for the Kan Province, Yan Prefecture passageway.

Jiang Liu helped Han Yi leave Abyssal Hell and confirmed that Heaven no longer reacted to her presence. They returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, where Han Yi reunited with Gongsun Haoyue and met Jiang Liu’s other women.

• Jiang Liu sealed the passage through the Dark Primal Qi region, then excavated the collapsed exit so he and Han Yi could leave Abyssal Hell.
• Jiang Liu tested Han Yi beyond the passage and found that Heaven did not react when she stepped outside his energy barrier.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi sealed the entrance and left, unaware that their brief opening had drawn a corrupted martial artist to the passage.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi reached the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, where Gongsun Haoyue was surprised and relieved to see Han Yi safe.
• Jiang Liu introduced Han Yi to the women in the formation, and they agreed on how she would address her new sisters.

Jiang Liu left the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation to undergo a lightning baptism and broke through to the second stage of the Saint Realm. The Heavenly Dao’s face appeared in his Divine Sea, giving him greater confidence as he sensed its movements.

• Jiang Liu tried to temper his Saint Body before breaking through, but found that the effort produced no noticeable improvement.
• Han Yi told the others that Jiang Liu was preparing to advance, while the women grew jealous over how carefully he had treated her.
• Jiang Liu flew to a distant valley and endured nine strikes of Heavenly Dao lightning, which strengthened his body only slightly before the gains stopped.
• Jiang Liu broke through to the second stage of the Saint Realm, and three other people also advanced successfully.
• Jiang Liu sensed the Heavenly Dao’s face in his Divine Sea and saw that the experience required for his next advancement had doubled.

Jiang Liu took his wives sightseeing in Qian City, where the people welcomed them warmly. After returning to the imperial palace, he learned that corrupted martial artists had appeared in five provinces and that an unknown force based in Zhen Province was behind the trouble.

• Jiang Liu brought the women to Qian City, and Flowing Cloud Matriarch took his hand as they walked through the welcoming crowds.
• Han Yi, Zheng Yunshang, Feng Yue, Cuier, and Xiao He continued shopping after lunch while Jiang Liu and the others returned to the imperial palace.
• Qin Bailian reported that he had reached the Peak Grandmaster realm and that corrupted martial artists had appeared in Yun Province, Xun Province, Qi Province, Dui Province, and Kan Province.
• Qin Bailian told Jiang Liu that someone had stirred up the trouble and that the unidentified force’s headquarters was likely in Zhen Province.

Jiang Liu sent Qin Bailian and three battle puppets to suppress the corrupted martial artists causing unrest across the provinces. They reached Zhen Province, where Yun Chao reported fresh trouble in Star Cloud City.

• Jiang Liu ordered the provinces to eliminate corrupted martial artists and told Qin Bailian to lead the operation in Zhen Province.
• Jiang Liu brought Han Luo, Dongyang Yi, and Dongyang He out of the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and assigned them to assist Qin Bailian.
• Jiang Liu gave Qin Bailian a token bearing his aura so the battle puppets would recognize and avoid injuring him.
• Jiang Liu returned to the imperial palace, where Han Yi explored with Cuier and Xiao He and shared a meal with the others.
• Qin Bailian and the battle puppets arrived in Zhen Province, and Yun Chao told him that trouble had broken out again in Star Cloud City.

Qin Bailian learned from Yun Chao that Star Cloud City was likely the source of the forces directing corrupted martial artists across the land, and he set out to investigate. Meanwhile, Yuwen Kuo revealed that he had rebuilt King Yama Palace in the grasslands and planned to use corruption to bring the Halls of Yama under his control.

• Yun Chao told Qin Bailian that her surveillance of Star Cloud City had uncovered unknown experts commanding corrupted martial artists, linking them to the outbreaks in other provinces.
• Qin Bailian concluded that the masterminds were probably in Star Cloud City, sent Yun Chao to conceal her personnel, and hurried toward the city.
• Yuwen Kuo commanded King Yama Palace from a sprawling camp marked with the Eyes of Bloodlust and sought to become master of the Halls of Yama.
• Yuwen Kuo recalled that the four branch halls he had contacted had been destroyed by Jiang Liu, while King Chujiang Hall and King Biancheng Hall might still survive.
• Yuwen Kuo used Dark Cloud Pills to corrupt his followers while preserving their sanity, knowing the corrupted would be under another person's control for life.

Yuwen Kuo prepared to meet with Ji Mo Ya and Dongling Rui after learning they had also advanced to the Saint Realm. Jiang Liu learned the Halls of Yama had created corrupted martial artists with a mysterious pill, ordered an investigation into possible suppliers, and headed to Wind Hall to send Dongling Rui to assist Qin Bailian.

• Yuwen Dong and Yuwen Cheng reported that Ji Mo Ya would arrive in three days and Dongling Rui in two, while Yuwen Kuo planned to claim leadership of the Halls of Yama.
• Jiang Liu read Dongling Rui’s confidential message and learned the Halls of Yama had voluntarily corrupted martial artists using pills supplied by an unknown person.
• Jiang Liu judged that Yuwen Kuo’s alliance would not threaten him and focused on finding the pill supplier, considering the Physician Pavilion, Medical Saint Pavilion, and Hundred Herbs Pavilion.
• Jiang Liu ordered Nangong Xing to monitor the Medical Saint Pavilion and Hundred Herbs Pavilion in Kan Province.
• Jiang Liu flew to Wind Hall to arrange for Dongling Rui to go to Star Cloud City and help Qin Bailian.

Qin Bailian arrived in Star Cloud City and drew out the Nether King Palace’s forces, including six Grandmasters. He fought them above the city while Yuwen Gao joined the attack with poisoned needles, leaving their effect unresolved.

• Yuwen Gao recognized Qin Bailian’s Peak Grandmaster aura and sent Duan San through a secret passage to request reinforcements from Yuwen Kuo.
• Yuwen Gao ordered his Grandmasters to approach Qin Bailian, who deliberately headed for the outskirts to lure them into revealing themselves.
• Six Grandmasters surrounded Qin Bailian, and he struck one blackened Grandmaster with his saber, only for the man to recover and attack again.
• Qin Bailian held off the six Grandmasters, while Yuwen Gao grew anxious that his forces could not defeat him.
• Yuwen Gao threw poisoned acupuncture needles containing Dark Primal Qi toward Qin Bailian, then drew his sword and thrust at him.

Duan San sent an urgent report to the Nether King Palace, and Yuwen Kuo learned that Qin Bailian had reached Peak Grandmaster but was still fighting Yuwen Gao’s forces in Star Cloud City. Yuwen Kuo and his allies arrived to surround Qin Bailian, hoping to capture him alive.

• Duan San escaped Star Cloud City through a secret passage and sent a red urgent message to the Nether King Palace headquarters by Iron-Winged Eagle.
• Chen Ping delivered the message to Yuwen Kuo, who learned that Qin Bailian had broken through to Peak Grandmaster and ordered Yuwen Dong and Yuwen Cheng to accompany him to Star Cloud City.
• Qin Bailian struggled against seven Grandmasters, including four corrupted martial artists, while his battle prowess improved as he fought.
• Yuwen Gao grew anxious when he failed to capture Qin Bailian before Yuwen Kuo arrived.
• Yuwen Kuo ordered Yuwen Dong and Yuwen Cheng to surround Qin Bailian with him and capture him alive if possible.

Three Battle Puppets ambushed the Halls of Yama reinforcements outside Star Cloud City and killed their three leaders. Inside the city, Qin Bailian defeated the remaining attackers and forced Yuwen Gao to agree to reveal the Halls of Yama’s origins and headquarters.

• Dongyang Yi, Dongyang He, and Han Luo ambushed Yuwen Dong, Yuwen Cheng, and Yuwen Kuo before they reached Star Cloud City.
• The Battle Puppets battered the three Halls of Yama leaders, and the Dongyang Brothers’ mutated primal qi helped them kill Yuwen Kuo after Yuwen Dong and Yuwen Cheng were destroyed.
• As Yuwen Gao and his allies besieged Qin Bailian inside the city, they heard the battle outside fade and realized their leaders’ auras had vanished.
• The Dongyang Brothers entered the city and killed four corrupted Grandmasters, then stopped short of attacking Qin Bailian.
• Qin Bailian killed two of Yuwen Gao’s companions and demanded information about the Halls of Yama; Yuwen Gao agreed to talk.

Jiang Liu visited the Qian City Physician Pavilion to investigate suspicions that some of its members were connected to the Darkness Substance. He found signs of a split within the Pavilion but left without confronting anyone, planning to wait for evidence and learn who was influencing it.

• Jiang Liu went to the Physician Pavilion headquarters on Bronze Sparrow Avenue and was greeted by its daily administrator, Luo Buping.
• Luo Buping introduced Jiang Liu to Pavilion Master Zhang Tianqi, and the three spoke before Jiang Liu took his leave.
• After Jiang Liu left, Zhang Tianqi asked Luo Buping whether anything unusual had happened and wondered why Jiang Liu had visited.
• Jiang Liu used his Divine Sense to observe the Pavilion and detected divided factions, suspicious behavior, and the aura of the Darkness Substance among some members.
• Jiang Liu found no Darkness Substance aura on Zhang Tianqi and decided to wait for Huyan Yi and Chen Xia to return while he sought concrete evidence.

Jiang Liu ordered Lin Chi to monitor key Physician Pavilion figures across several provinces and decided to investigate Zhen Province in person. He also sent Gongsun Haoyue and Han Yi to inspect Seven Stars Island as a possible home for the Frost Race, while he departed for Zhen Province with the Fire-Winged Monkey.

• Jiang Liu learned that Lin Chi had found no current problems with the Physician Pavilion or Hundred Herbs Pavilion in Kan Province, then ordered him to monitor selected provinces and physicians carrying Darkness Substance.
• Jiang Liu returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, told the women about his Physician Pavilion investigation, and decided to head to Zhen Province.
• Han Yi asked to find a suitable place for the Frost Race, and Jiang Liu proposed that she and Gongsun Haoyue inspect Seven Stars Island.
• Jiang Liu sent Gongsun Haoyue and Han Yi toward Seven Stars Island on Sea Turtle while he and the Fire-Winged Monkey set off for Zhen Province.

Jiang Liu traveled to Star Cloud City and learned from Yuwen Gao that the Physician Pavilion had created the Dark Cloud Pill while researching Dark Primal Qi to control martial artists. He left to pursue Huyan Yi and Chen Xia, assigning Dongling Rui to help Qin Bailian eliminate the Nether King Palace remnants, while the Fire-Winged Monkey returned to Star Cloud City hoping for a fight.

• Dongling Rui set out for Zhen Province after receiving Jiang Liu's message, while Dongling Heng and Dongling Qing stayed behind and prepared to pursue their own breakthroughs.
• Jiang Liu arrived in Zhen City, learned from Yun Chao that Qin Bailian had located the Nether King Palace headquarters in Star Cloud City, and flew there.
• Jiang Liu questioned Yuwen Gao and learned that the Physician Pavilion had researched Dark Primal Qi and that Huyan Yi and Chen Xia had made the Dark Cloud Pill.
• Jiang Liu ordered Qin Bailian to work with Dongling Rui against the Nether King Palace remnants, killed Yuwen Gao, and left Star Cloud City with the Fire-Winged Monkey and three Battle Puppets.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey returned to Star Cloud City to seek a chance to fight, while Jiang Liu continued on without it.

Jiang Liu searched the Physician Pavilion in Zhen City for the Darkness Substance but found no trace of it. After Han Luo knocked the newly advanced Dongling Rui out of the sky, Jiang Liu assigned him to search for the substance instead of joining the campaign against the Nether King Palace.

• Jiang Liu ordered Tang Hui to monitor the Physician Pavilion across Zhen Province and look for Huyan Yi and Chen Xia.
• Jiang Liu disguised himself and searched the Physician Pavilion and its residential courtyards in Zhen City, but found nothing suspicious.
• Tang Hui reported that an unfamiliar expert was approaching Zhen City, and Jiang Liu went to intercept him.
• Jiang Liu summoned Han Luo, who punched the approaching Dongling Rui and sent him flying backward before Jiang Liu stopped him.
• Jiang Liu learned Dongling Rui had advanced to the Saint Realm and assigned him to search for the Darkness Substance rather than take part in the extermination of the Nether King Palace.

Jiang Liu sent Dongling Rui to search for Huyan Yi and Chen Xia while he headed toward Star Cloud City. Meanwhile, Ji Mo Ya arrived from Jiwa Island and entered Pinghai City, where Chen Sihai reported his arrival to Cloud City.

• Jiang Liu ordered Dongling Rui to find Huyan Yi and Chen Xia and offered him help from King Chujiang Hall.
• Dongling Rui saw Jiang Liu’s powerful followers and lost the pride he had gained from reaching the Saint Realm.
• Jiang Liu flew toward Star Cloud City, planning to check the grasslands and see whether Ji Mo Ya had arrived.
• Ji Mo Ya’s unflagged ship reached Pinghai City, and his Grandmaster attendant pressured Chen Sihai and his men.
• Ji Mo Ya stopped his attendant and identified himself as coming from Jiwa Island to visit an old friend.
• Chen Sihai let Ji Mo Ya and his party enter Pinghai City and sent word of his arrival to Cloud City.

Jiang Liu arrived at the Nether King Palace's headquarters as Qin Bailian and the Fire-Winged Monkey were laying waste to it, then captured Yuwen Su and questioned him about the Dark Cloud Pill and the Physician Pavilion. Yuwen Su revealed that the Physician Pavilion had initiated their alliance and possessed multiple Saint Realm martial artists.

• Jiang Liu reached the burning Nether King Palace headquarters and used his Divine Sense to search the grounds, finding no corrupted martial artists.
• Jiang Liu intercepted Yuwen Su as he tried to flee and promised to spare him if he shared useful information.
• Yuwen Su recognized Jiang Liu and admitted that only seven people in the Nether King Palace knew about its collusion with the Physician Pavilion.
• Yuwen Su explained that the Physician Pavilion had approached the Nether King Palace and revealed that it had multiple Saint Realm martial artists.

Jiang Liu examined a Dark Cloud Pill Yuwen Su provided and arranged a test to discover how it affected a martial artist exposed to Dark Primal Qi. He learned that the pill’s medicinal power protected the test subject’s Sea of Consciousness and heart meridians while letting the black substance seep inside, but he did not know who had refined it.

• Yuwen Su gave Jiang Liu three Dark Cloud Pills and offered to reveal the Hall Master's secret chamber and its sealed Dark Primal Qi to avoid taking one himself.
• Jiang Liu sent Qin Bailian to retrieve the sealed Dark Primal Qi and a restrained Minor Grandmaster, then had everyone else leave the area.
• Jiang Liu fed the Minor Grandmaster a Dark Cloud Pill and monitored him as he released a strand of Star Cloud Saint Art primal qi into his body.
• Jiang Liu discovered that the pill guarded the Minor Grandmaster’s Sea of Consciousness and heart meridians while allowing the black substance to enter, and wondered whether Huyan Yi and Chen Xia had refined it.