Recaps

Jiang Liu reunited with Murong Yin and Flowing Cloud Matriarch, then sensed someone tampering with his restrictions in the Celestial Prison. He arrived as Gongliang Qi absorbed the Man in Black and broke free, and confronted him about his transformation.

• Murong Yin scolded Jiang Liu for embarrassing her, then made peace with him, and he invited her and Flowing Cloud Matriarch to dine and stay at the imperial palace.
• Jiang Liu and the others shared a cheerful meal and spent the night in the palace.
• Gongliang Qi’s body became engulfed in a gigantic shadow as Dark Primal Qi gathered and Jiang Liu’s restriction began to dissolve.
• A masked Man in Black entered the Celestial Prison to rescue Gongliang Qi, but Gongliang Qi drained him and shattered his body.
• Jiang Liu appeared before Gongliang Qi and remarked on the change that had overtaken him.

Jiang Liu fought the completely corrupted Gongliang Qi in the Celestial Prison, suspecting that something inside him was driving his advancement and corruption. When Jiang Liu brought down a seemingly fatal blow, a black shadow emerged from Gongliang Qi and blocked it, confirming his suspicion.

• Gongliang Qi revealed his powerful Dark Primal Qi and tried to flee after hurling black needles at Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu stopped Gongliang Qi, while the Celestial Prison guards were ordered to retreat and reported the disturbance to Yun Yue.
• Gongliang Qi attacked Jiang Liu with Dark Primal Qi needles, but Jiang Liu dispersed them and struck him down with his blade.
• Jiang Liu pressed his attack while watching for something inside Gongliang Qi, and a black shadow emerged to block his finishing strike.
• Jiang Liu smiled at the black shadow and said he had found it.

Jiang Liu used Saintly Sky Strike to injure the shadow possessing Gongliang Qi and forced it to reveal that it was born from the Nether Colossus. Outside the Celestial Prison, Flowing Cloud Matriarch shielded the others from the pressure, while Jiang Liu learned the shadow’s origin and wondered if it was connected to the black giant beast.

• Jiang Liu’s Ice Blades passed through the shadow, but he realized Saintly Sky Strike could target it with a mental attack.
• Jiang Liu struck the shadow with Saintly Sky Strike, making it scream and release Dark Primal Qi, which he absorbed and purified.
• Qin Bailian, Lin Chi, Yun Yue, Yue Kong, Nangong Yun, Yuchi Yue, and others gathered outside the Celestial Prison as pressure surged from below.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch flew from the imperial palace and ordered everyone to retreat, shielding them from the pressure.
• Jiang Liu questioned the weakened shadow, which identified itself as a wisp of consciousness born from the Nether Colossus.

Jiang Liu questioned the shadow about the Nether Colossus and learned how White Feather Sword God and Nether Demon Lord conspired to defeat it amid the God Realm’s invasion of the Nether Realm. The shadow also identified the Azurefall Beast as a weaker tribe of the Netherworld’s beast race and asked Jiang Liu how the tribe was doing.

• Jiang Liu learned that White Feather Sword God had sealed one of the Nether Colossus’s eyes in Boundless Space, while Nether Demon Lord had taken the other eye and both had divided the Colossus’s corpse.
• The shadow explained that the Nether Realm’s beast race and Devil Race had weakened each other through conflict before White Feather Sword God led the God Realm in an invasion.
• The shadow said the Nether Colossus had sought alliances with Nether Demon Lord and then White Feather Sword God to save its people, but both figures conspired against it and defeated it.
• Jiang Liu learned that White Feather Sword God had casually carved out Boundless Space to imprison the Nether Colossus’s eye.
• Jiang Liu asked about the Azurefall Beast, and the shadow identified its tribe as a weaker branch of the Netherworld’s beast race before asking how it was faring.

Jiang Liu learned from the black shadow that the Human Realm was a low-grade space ruled by the God Race, then decided to contain the Nether Colossus’s consciousness in his dongxiao. He restrained and compressed the shadow into a tiny black, pill-shaped form, while Gongliang Qi remained unconscious.

• Jiang Liu told the black shadow that the Azurefall Beast was in Abyssal Hell and wondered whether Abyssal Hell and Boundless Space were places used to exile enemies.
• The black shadow identified Jiang Liu’s current realm as a low-grade Human Realm ruled by the God Race and explained that it had been weakened after losing a war with the God Realm.
• Jiang Liu considered killing the black shadow but became interested in what it knew about the Nether Realm.
• Jiang Liu seized the black shadow with his mental power and compressed it into a tiny black, pill-shaped object.
• Jiang Liu wrapped the object in his Divine Sense and turned toward the unconscious Gongliang Qi.

Jiang Liu drove the Nether Colossus's will from Gongliang Qi and sealed it inside his Dongxiao Flute. After the crisis was contained, he learned that the Heavenly Dao had manipulated the Human Realm and resolved to seek answers by confronting it.

• Jiang Liu purified the remaining Dark Primal Qi in the dungeon and ordered Yun Yue to clear away the corpses.
• Jiang Liu sealed the black pellet containing the Nether Colossus's will inside his Dongxiao Flute and told Feng Yue that the culprit was contained.
• Jiang Liu told Murong Yin that the three old pavilion masters could not be saved, then returned to rest before dawn.
• Jiang Liu instructed Qin Bailian to keep watching the Physician Pavilions and ordered rewards for those who helped quell the disturbances.
• Jiang Liu reflected on how the Heavenly Dao had suppressed the Human Realm and considered confronting it to learn the truth.

At the Great Court Assembly, Jiang Liu exposed Yun Qian’s role in the upheaval and sentenced her to execution, then addressed the realm’s reports and established two armies under a new Military Department. The assembly ended with the army recruitment order spreading across the realm and drawing widespread attention from Rogue Cultivators.

• Jiang Liu sensed Yun Qian’s Saint Realm strength, confronted her, and exposed her when she erupted with Dark Primal Qi.
• Yun Qian tried to flee and use Star Cloud as a shield, but Jiang Liu stopped her, sealed her strength, and ordered Yun Yue to imprison her and execute her in three days.
• The ministries and prefectures reported on the upheaval, and Jiang Liu ordered Meteor to reward those who had rendered meritorious service.
• Jiang Liu appointed Nangong Xing commander-in-chief of the Iron Blood Army and ordered her to recruit Grandmaster Realm martial artists to hunt Beast Kings.
• Jiang Liu appointed Yun Chao commander of the Royal Peace Army and named Xingchen chief of the newly established Military Department.
• The army formation order spread throughout the realm, prompting an uproar among Rogue Cultivators who saw it as a new path to advancement.

After the battle between Heaven's Dao and the Azurefall Beast, the Dark Primal Qi in Abyssal Hell began to decline, worrying both the Frost Race and Nether Yao. The Frost Race prepared to hide from a possible Nether Race attack, while Nether Yao faced mounting unrest and feared further harm to her people.

• Nether Yao learned that the battle's shockwaves had injured and killed many Nether Race members, while the Frost Race felt the distant clash but suffered no substantial damage.
• Han Yue and Han Bai warned that reduced Dark Primal Qi could push the Nether Race to search for the Frost Race, so they ordered their people to stay hidden and await news from Jiang Liu and Han Yi.
• Han Yue visited Jiang Liu's residence and worried about his absence and whether Han Yi could find the Frost Race a safe settlement.
• Nether Yao rejected moving the Nether Race away from Azurefall Cliff, ordered compensation for the clansmen harmed in the battle, and resolved to remain in the extreme Dark Primal Qi region.
• As Dark Primal Qi continued to drain from the Source of the Netherworld, Grandmaster Realm clansmen called for it to be broken, while Nether Yao grew uneasy about the Nether Race's future.

Gongsun Haoyue and Han Yi returned to Qian Province and told Jiang Liu about the blackened sea beasts and the battle between the Heavenly Dao and the Source of the Netherworld. After Han Yi sensed Azurefall Beast’s aura in the clash, Jiang Liu concluded that Azurefall Beast had intervened, leaving Han Yi worried for the Frost Race.

• Sea Turtle brought Gongsun Haoyue and Han Yi back to the mainland, and Jiang Liu met them near Qian City.
• Jiang Liu brought Gongsun Haoyue and Han Yi to the imperial palace, where Flowing Cloud Matriarch and the others welcomed them.
• Gongsun Haoyue and Han Yi recounted their encounters at sea and the battle between the Heavenly Dao and the Source of the Netherworld.
• Jiang Liu asked whether the Source of the Netherworld had revealed itself, and Han Yi said she had sensed Azurefall Beast’s aura in the Dark Primal Qi.
• Jiang Liu reasoned that Azurefall Beast had blocked the Heavenly Dao’s attack, and Han Yi grew worried about the effect on her people in Abyssal Hell.

Jiang Liu obtained the Derivative Iron Crystal he needed to forge reinforcements for Boundless Space’s seal and a formation to protect Qian City from Dark Primal Qi. As he headed to the Star Cloud Saint Sect to forge it, Gongsun Haoyue went to confront Yun Qi.

• Jiang Liu reassured Han Yi that the fighting between the Azurefall Beast and the Heavenly Dao was unlikely to affect the Frost Race much, then left to prepare formation materials.
• Murong Yin told Gongsun Haoyue and Han Yi about the crises involving the Physician Pavilion, the Netherworld, and the Soul-Devouring Race.
• Gongsun Haoyue flew to the Star Cloud Saint Sect to deal with Yun Qi, while Flowing Cloud Matriarch let her pass.
• Jiang Liu asked Old Man Luo for the Derivative Iron Crystal stored in Ascension Tower, and Old Man Luo had a steward bring it to him.
• Jiang Liu took the crystal and flew to Forging Peak to use the Fire Kirin beast’s flames to forge it safely.

Gongsun Haoyue mourned Yun Qi, who ended her life after being crippled for her betrayal, and buried her before meeting Jiang Liu. Jiang Liu then went to Forging Peak, where he enlisted Gong Mo and Tian Ling to forge array materials while he worked on the rest.

• Gongsun Haoyue visited Yun Qi in the dungeon and restored her strength briefly, but Yun Qi severed her own heart meridian, and Haoyue let her die.
• Gongsun Haoyue carried Yun Qi's corpse to her mountain and buried her, then set out to investigate the upheaval and sensed Jiang Liu approaching.
• Jiang Liu comforted Gongsun Haoyue and told her the Celestial Doctor was being held in Wind Hall; she went to review the records while Jiang Liu flew to Forging Peak.
• Jiang Liu inspected the array-inscribed sword blanks made by Gong Mo and Tian Ling and praised their work.
• Jiang Liu gave Gong Mo and Tian Ling materials to forge for his array setup, then began forging materials himself in a neighboring room.

Jiang Liu, Tian Ling, and Gong Mo prepared two independent formations to contain the Boundless Space and protect Qian City from Dark Primal Qi. After sealing the hidden entrance, Jiang Liu completed and tested the Heaven Sealing Grand Formation, confirming that it activated automatically when exposed to Dark Primal Qi.

• Jiang Liu, Tian Ling, and Gong Mo inscribed formation materials, with Jiang Liu deciding to seal the Boundless Space separately from the Heaven Sealing Grand Formation.
• Jiang Liu sealed the Boundless Space’s hidden doorframe in the rear courtyard of the Physician Pavilion so that even his Divine Sense could no longer detect it.
• Jiang Liu placed Spirit Expelling Wood and Celestial Mulberry Branch around the Boundless Space and buried the remaining formation materials throughout Qian City.
• Jiang Liu activated the Heaven Sealing Grand Formation, and people across Qian City sensed that the sky was obscured before he dispelled it.
• Jiang Liu released Dark Primal Qi from the Dongxiao Flute, and the formation activated automatically, confirming that it worked.

Jiang Liu completed the Heaven Sealing Grand Formation around Qian City, then returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and discovered damage left by the Heavenly Physician and his companions. He located the flaw and began considering how to repair it.

• Han Yi approved of the snow-covered mountains Jiang Liu had assigned as a temporary home for the Frost Race, though bringing the entire race out of Abyssal Hell remained uncertain.
• Jiang Liu purified the Dark Primal Qi, completed the Heaven Sealing Grand Formation around Qian City, and returned to the imperial palace.
• Jiang Liu relaxed with the women in the rear garden before they returned with him to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation.
• Jiang Liu entered the Ruyi Celestial Palace with the women, and they kept him occupied through the night.
• At dawn, Jiang Liu sensed the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, found the flaw caused by the Heavenly Physician and the others, and began thinking about how to repair it.

Jiang Liu began repairing the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation by choosing to reforge its three Saint-tier artifacts, despite the risk of damaging their spirits. After preparing the Silent Valley and securing the artifacts’ cooperation, he began tempering the Ruyi Celestial Palace Spirit in the Array Furnace.

• Jiang Liu chose to reforge the Ruyi Celestial Palace, Yin-Yang Rings, and Half-Origin Celestial Pearl instead of forging new artifacts.
• Jiang Liu sent Murong Yin, Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Feng Yue, and the other women to stay temporarily at the Star Cloud Saint Sect mountain range.
• Jiang Liu gained the agreement of the three artifact spirits to let him reforge them.
• Jiang Liu summoned the Fire Dragon and used it to heat the Array Furnace in the Silent Valley.
• Jiang Liu revealed the sealed dimensional space and brought out the three Saint-tier artifacts, then placed the Ruyi Celestial Palace in the furnace and began tempering its spirit.

Jiang Liu reforged the Ruyi Celestial Palace, erased Gongsun Haoyue’s spiritual mark, and engraved the formations needed for the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation. He then reforged the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl and began work on the Yin-Yang Rings.

• Jiang Liu burned and reforged the Ruyi Celestial Palace, removing the aura Duan Hongyuan had left in its spirit and imbuing the artifact with his own aura.
• Gongsun Haoyue sensed the Ruyi Celestial Palace Spirit’s agony and gradually lost her control of the palace as her spiritual mark disappeared.
• Jiang Liu engraved the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation’s escape and spatial formations onto the Ruyi Celestial Palace, restoring its spirit and strengthening his control over it.
• Jiang Liu reforged the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl and engraved its formations, deepening his understanding of spatial formations as the pearl absorbed Heaven and Earth Essence.
• Jiang Liu threw the Yin-Yang Rings into the Array Furnace to begin reforging them.

Jiang Liu reforged the Yin-Yang Rings and engraved new formations on them to complete the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation. When the three Saint artifacts linked together, he discovered that his adjustments had greatly changed the formation space.

• Jiang Liu struggled to reforge the Yin-Yang Rings, whose existing weapon formations made them difficult to reshape.
• Jiang Liu erased the old patterns and engraved Balance and Concealment Formations on the Yin-Yang Rings.
• Jiang Liu spotted a misaligned pattern while engraving the Spatial Connection Formation, then changed his approach and separated the formations to avoid a collapse.
• Jiang Liu finished engraving the Spatial, Protection, and Blocking Formations, and his control over the three Saint artifacts improved.
• Jiang Liu linked the three Saint artifacts together and discovered that the formation space had changed tremendously.

Jiang Liu discovered that the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation had expanded and gained stronger spatial control, then brought the entire Silent Valley into its secret realm. After confirming its changes and returning to the Star Cloud Saint Sect, he gathered his companions to go back to the formation.

• Jiang Liu used the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation to absorb the entire Silent Valley, then entered the expanded secret realm with the Fire Dragon and the Array Furnace.
• Jiang Liu explored the realm and realized that spatial materials were necessary to create formations capable of teleporting people outside it.
• Jiang Liu left the formation after discovering that reforging the sacred artifacts had taken two days and found Han Yi, Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Zheng Yunshang cultivating at the Star Cloud Saint Sect.
• Jiang Liu confirmed to the women that he had repaired the formation and that its space and environment had improved.
• Jiang Liu gathered Murong Yin, Feng Yue, Zheng Yunshang, Cuier, and Xiao He and flew toward the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation as Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, and Han Yi followed.

Jiang Liu brought the women into the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and showed them the Silent Valley after moving it inside. He then prepared to return to the Abyssal Hell and fully controlled the formation, restoring its time acceleration to twelve times.

• Jiang Liu brought the women into the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, where they saw that the Silent Valley had been moved inside and was losing its miasma as essence flowed into it.
• Jiang Liu told Han Yi to prepare for their return to the Abyssal Hell the next day, and the women agreed to support the trip.
• Jiang Liu asked Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch to leave their spiritual imprints so they could help control the formation.
• Jiang Liu tested the formation's time acceleration in the Yang Ring while Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch worked on the Spirit Control Art.
• Jiang Liu merged with the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and restored its time flow to twelve times, fully taking control of it.

Jiang Liu discovered he could shrink the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, but its enormous essence consumption made the technique suitable only for emergencies. After helping Flowing Cloud Matriarch bond with three sacred artifacts, he traveled with Han Yi to reopen a passage into Abyssal Hell and found a way to deal with its barrier.

• Jiang Liu shrank the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation to the size of a basketball, then restored it after its essence consumption began rapidly draining the surrounding Heaven and Earth Essence.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch left spiritual imprints on the Ruyi Celestial Palace Spirit, the Yin-Yang Rings Spirit, and the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl Spirit, gaining a deeper understanding of the formation and the ability to communicate telepathically with Jiang Liu.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch realized Jiang Liu did not treat her differently from his other women, and she enthusiastically joined the others in cultivating the Joyous Meditation Art that night.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi traveled to Xun Province and removed the formations sealing the passage into Abyssal Hell.
• Han Yi dissolved the ice over the passage's membrane, and Jiang Liu sensed the barrier before cutting it, realizing there was another way through.

Jiang Liu and Han Yi entered Abyssal Hell and found that its Dark Primal Qi had nearly vanished, leaving the Source of the Netherworld seemingly lifeless. Jiang Liu suspected it was gathering strength and hurried to get the Frost Race to safety, while Nether Yao remained uncertain about the Nether Race’s future.

• Jiang Liu cracked the mechanism controlling the Frost Dew Condensation, collected it, and gave the Ice Attribute treasure to Han Yi.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi found no Dark Primal Qi in the passage and emerged into an Abyssal Hell dotted with light.
• Jiang Liu recognized that they were near the Source of the Netherworld and flew with Han Yi toward it.
• Jiang Liu saw that the Source of the Netherworld emitted almost no Dark Primal Qi or Heaven and Earth Essence, yet suspected it was not truly dead and might be gathering strength.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi hurried away to take the Frost Race out of danger, while the Source of the Netherworld’s Dark Primal Qi grew slightly denser and a Nether Race spy watched them.
• Nether Yao received word of their appearance and lamented that she could neither challenge the dangers in Abyssal Hell nor safely leave for the mainland.

Jiang Liu and Han Yi returned to the Frost Race’s settlement and found the ice-layer region largely free of Dark Primal Qi. Han Yi urged the elders to consider relocating, and Han Bai warned them that a great war was about to erupt across the Abyssal Hell.

• Jiang Liu and Han Yi crossed into the Shallow Ice Layer Zone, where Jiang Liu found the Heaven and Earth Essence had returned to its previous state.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi reached the Frost Race’s settlement and confirmed that its patrols had noticed nothing unusual.
• Han Yi gathered the Frost Race elders and announced that she had found a suitable place for them to live outside the Abyssal Hell.
• Han Shuang questioned the need to relocate because the settlement’s environment had improved, while Han Hao and Han Bing supported moving.
• Han Bai urged the Frost Race to relocate as soon as possible and declared that the entire Abyssal Hell was about to erupt into a great war.

Elder Han Bai revealed that the unusually pure Heaven and Earth Essence in the Frost Race settlement came from the God Race, suggesting a conflict could engulf Abyssal Hell. The Frost Race agreed to relocate to a prepared snow mountain, and the chapter ended with Jiang Liu catching up after dismantling the settlement’s formations.

• Elder Han Bai explained the origins of the Frost Race and its ties to the Soul-Devouring Race, then identified the God Race as the source of the pure Heaven and Earth Essence.
• Han Yi asked the Frost Race elders to relocate, and they unanimously agreed to leave that night.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi told Han Yue and Han Bai about the prepared snow mountain, and Han Bai thanked Jiang Liu.
• Han Yi led the assembled Frost Race out of their settlement while Han Yue and Han Bai guided the middle and rear of the group.
• Jiang Liu dismantled the Gathering Qi Formations and caught up with the Frost Race in the Shallow Ice Layer Zone, where he frowned at their slow pace.

Jiang Liu prepared to lead the Frost Race quickly through the Dark Primal Qi region, while Boundless Space reacted violently to blood-red threads approaching it in Qian City. The Nether Demon Eye was suppressed, but Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch realized the threads had caused the disturbance.

• Jiang Liu warned Han Yi that the Frost Race needed to cross the Dark Primal Qi region quickly, and Han Yi planned to lead them through after they rested.
• Jiang Liu went ahead to clear the route, and Han Yue followed him; after they spent an hour together, they separated and continued on their way.
• Blood-red threads entered the sealed courtyard in Qian City, triggering Boundless Space to erupt with white light and awaken the Nether Demon Eye.
• The doorframe's characters and the white light subdued the Nether Demon Eye, while the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation began breaking through its former limits.
• Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch arrived above the Physician Pavilion, saw the blood-red threads nearing Boundless Space, and suspected they had caused the disturbance.

Gongsun Haoyue and the Flowing Cloud Matriarch watched the Boundless Space destroy the blood-red threads threatening Qian City, but a remnant of Dark Primal Qi later escaped and became the Nether Demon Eye. The women found no trace of it and returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, unaware that the threat had slipped away.

• Gongsun Haoyue and the Flowing Cloud Matriarch used their techniques as Jiang Liu's Heaven Sealing Grand Formation blocked the blood-red threads outside Qian City.
• The Boundless Space shattered Jiang Liu's sealing formation and scattered the blood-red threads with characters from its doorframe before vanishing.
• Gongsun Haoyue and the Flowing Cloud Matriarch searched Qian City, then returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and told Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Zheng Yunshang what had happened.
• A surviving wisp of Dark Primal Qi entered the Boundless Space and approached the Nether Demon Eye, which transformed and released a thick strand of Dark Primal Qi.
• The thick strand slipped through the doorframe, triggered the Heaven Sealing Grand Formation, and expanded into the Nether Demon Eye above Qian City.
• Gongsun Haoyue and the Flowing Cloud Matriarch inspected Qian City again but found nothing, then returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation.

Jiang Liu helped Han Yi and the Frost Race elders escape through the black passage as the Source of the Netherworld and the Azurefall Beast prepared to fight. After the Nether Colossus’s consciousness reached the Source of the Netherworld, it turned its attack on the Azurefall Beast, leaving Jiang Liu free to withdraw.

• Jiang Liu cleared Dark Primal Qi from the Frost Race’s route while Han Yi led the elders toward the black passage.
• The Azurefall Beast roared from Azurefall Cliff, and Jiang Liu warned Elder Han Bai to hurry as the Source of the Netherworld began to stir.
• Jiang Liu blocked the Azurefall Beast’s pressure, drawing the attention of both it and the Source of the Netherworld, while Nether Yao chose not to ambush the retreating Frost Race.
• The Nether Colossus’s consciousness slipped from the Dongxiao Flute and merged with the Source of the Netherworld, which redirected its Dark Primal Qi toward the Azurefall Beast.
• Jiang Liu withdrew through the black passage as the Source of the Netherworld and the Azurefall Beast clashed, shaking the Abyssal Hell.