Recaps

The Nether Demon Lord abandoned his pursuit of Long Qi and Feng Qi, then decided to invade the Human Realm after finding its location. He gathered the Devil Race leaders and finished planning the invasion, including each tribe’s contribution.

• The Nether Demon Lord stopped pursuing Long Qi and Feng Qi when the void’s pressure threatened to damage his Divine Body, and the two escaped aboard their starship.
• The Nether Demon Lord returned to the Devil Race stronghold, worried the God Realm’s cities might unite, but decided to invade the Human Realm and strengthen his rule.
• The Nether Demon Lord summoned the leaders of every Devil Race tribe to a meeting three days later.
• The Nether Demon Lord announced that the Nether Realm’s wall had been breached and that he had found the Human Realm’s location.
• The Nether Demon Lord and the tribe leaders spent several days planning the invasion and deciding how many people and starships each tribe would provide.

Jiang Liu investigated the mysterious shadow lingering outside the Human Realm’s spatial barrier and discovered that its pressure had weakened for him, though it still troubled others. He learned that Zhang Da Fu was trapped inside the shadow, unable to attack or escape because of a frightening aura from the barrier.

• Jiang Liu wondered why the shadow had stayed outside the spatial barrier for days without attacking and sensed that it seemed afraid.
• Jiang Liu activated the Heaven Sealing Grand Formation over Qian City, which blocked most of the shadow’s pressure and calmed the city.
• Jiang Liu learned that the shadow’s pressure mainly affected Qian Province, while the other provinces felt almost none of it.
• Jiang Liu flew toward the spatial barrier and found that the shadow felt less oppressive as he drew closer.
• Zhang Da Fu, hidden inside the Shadowveil Robe, watched Jiang Liu approach and realized that an aura from the barrier had trapped him.
• Jiang Liu sent his Divine Sense toward the shadow, but it was repelled without a counterattack or any change in the shadow’s pressure.

Jiang Liu tested Zhang Da Fu with Starfall and the Saintly Sky Strike, but Zhang Da Fu’s divine artifact blocked both attacks. Zhang Da Fu then entered the Human Realm, where his strength fell from the Fourth Tier to the Second Order of the Saint Realm, leaving him facing Jiang Liu.

• Jiang Liu approached the spatial barrier without feeling its former pressure, but refused to enter the void and attack Zhang Da Fu.
• Jiang Liu sent a suppressed Starfall at Zhang Da Fu, who dissolved it without effort and judged Jiang Liu to be a Third-Order Saint Realm cultivator.
• Jiang Liu used the Saintly Sky Strike, but the Hidden Dark Cloud Cedar blocked it before it could reach Zhang Da Fu’s sea of consciousness.
• Zhang Da Fu instinctively approached and passed through the spatial barrier, where his strength rapidly dropped to the Second Order of the Saint Realm.
• Zhang Da Fu realized he had entered the Human Realm and saw Jiang Liu watching him menacingly.

Jiang Liu fought Zhang Da Fu after the outsider was pulled into the Human Realm and had his strength suppressed. Zhang Da Fu’s divine artifact stopped Jiang Liu’s physical attacks, but Jiang Liu trapped him in the Xiao Sound Illusion Formation, while martial artists across Qian Province watched and feared more outsiders might arrive.

• Zhang Da Fu appeared in the Human Realm at the Second Order of the Saint Realm, and Jiang Liu attacked him with his great saber.
• Zhang Da Fu’s Blackwood Cloud Spruce blocked Jiang Liu’s saber, chipping the blade, so Jiang Liu switched to the Dongxiao Flute.
• Zhang Da Fu attacked with his sword, but Jiang Liu evaded his strikes and played the flute to create an illusion.
• Zhang Da Fu became vacant and smiled as Jiang Liu’s Xiao Sound Illusion Formation took hold.
• Martial artists across Qian Province watched the battle, while Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Han Yi, Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Zheng Yunshang grew more determined to cultivate.

Jiang Liu subdued Zhang Da Fu, stripped away the artifact that had boosted his strength, and forced him to reveal his ties to the God Realm and how he reached the Human Realm. After discovering Zhang Da Fu’s Saint Artifact Spaceship could travel through the void with Space Stones, Jiang Liu questioned him about the God Realm.

• Jiang Liu used his Phantom Melody to trap Zhang Da Fu in an illusion, then tore away the Shadowveil Robe and left him weakened.
• Jiang Liu interrogated Zhang Da Fu, who first claimed to serve the God Realm’s Rì Yuè Supreme Sovereign before admitting he served Lord Yang Hao, an attendant of Rì Yuè Honored One.
• Jiang Liu stabbed Zhang Da Fu’s thigh with an Ice Blade and realized that the Human Realm’s spatial suppression had weakened Zhang Da Fu’s Saint Body defenses.
• Zhang Da Fu revealed that he had learned the Human Realm’s location from the Netherworld Space and traveled through the void to reach it.
• Zhang Da Fu handed over his Saint Artifact Spaceship and explained that Space Stones let it travel through the void; Jiang Liu examined it and sensed an aura like the one in the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation.
• Jiang Liu used his Divine Sense to prevent Zhang Da Fu from attacking and continued questioning him about the God Realm.

After learning that the God Realm had found passages into the Human Realm, Jiang Liu killed Zhang Da Fu and took his Shadowveil Robe. He left to brief the Hall of Governmental Affairs on preparing for a possible invasion as news of his victory spread.

• Jiang Liu learned from Zhang Da Fu that all three great cities of the God Realm had discovered entrances from the Netherworld Space, raising his concern about an invasion.
• Jiang Liu killed Zhang Da Fu with Starfall when he tried to flee, then searched his body and found the Shadowveil Robe, a Spatial Saint Artifact Starship, a sword, and a few other items.
• Jiang Liu let Han Yi try on the Shadowveil Robe, which concealed her aura, and Feng Yue took a turn with it.
• Jiang Liu sent Gongsun Haoyue and the others into the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and flew to the Hall of Governmental Affairs to discuss preparations.
• The battle's outcome spread from Qian City across the world, stirring a tremendous uproar.

Jiang Liu told the Hall of Governmental Affairs that Zhang Da Fu had come from the God Realm and warned that the Human Realm might face an invasion. He ordered cultivation resources redirected toward preparing more Peak Grandmasters, and a cultivation drive spread across the world.

• Jiang Liu gathered Qin Bailian, Nangong Yun, Yuchi Yue, and the other officials to discuss the battle with Zhang Da Fu.
• Jiang Liu revealed that Zhang Da Fu had come from the God Realm and explained that outsiders entering the Human Realm would have their strength suppressed.
• Jiang Liu warned that true Divine Realm experts could pose a serious threat, but said he would face them while the others helped deal with Saint Realm opponents.
• Jiang Liu ordered cultivation resources prioritized for people capable of breaking through into Peak Grandmaster.
• After the meeting, a cultivation craze swept across the world, and the Star Cloud Saint Sect also intensified its efforts.

Jiang Liu refined the Shadowveil Robe by subduing its soul and discovered its concealment and defensive abilities were far greater than Zhang Da Fu had ever unlocked. He tested the robe outside the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, where his briefly released aura alerted Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch.

• Jiang Liu searched the Shadowveil Robe with his Divine Sense and was attacked by the soul hidden in its collar, but the Data Panel protected him.
• Jiang Liu used the Spirit Control Art to injure and control the robe’s soul, learning Zhang Da Fu had never been its true master or unlocked its full defenses.
• Jiang Liu put on the Shadowveil Robe and tested its concealment by approaching Han Yi unnoticed as she cultivated.
• Jiang Liu left the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and released a powerful aura while testing the robe, drawing Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch outside.
• Han Yi recognized Jiang Liu’s aura and told Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch not to panic as she flew toward him.

Jiang Liu warned the women that the God Race or Devil Race might invade and gave them Zhang Da Fu’s cultivation pills before beginning to study the Heavenly Evolution Art. After recording and cultivating the divine-level technique, he was stunned by what appeared before him.

• Jiang Liu told Gongsun Haoyue and the others that foreign races might invade the Human Realm and explained how its location could be exposed.
• Jiang Liu gave Zhang Da Fu’s Saint Realm cultivation pills to the women, and they agreed to cultivate while he activated the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation’s highest time-flow setting.
• Jiang Liu opened Zhang Da Fu’s copy of the Heavenly Evolution Art, recorded the divine-level technique through the Data Panel, and began cultivating it.
• After completing one cycle of the Heavenly Evolution Art, Jiang Liu was stunned by the scene before his eyes.

Jiang Liu cultivated the Heavenly Evolution Art and bonded with a Spatial Saint Artifact Starship, then flew with Han Yi to the snowy mountains to test its speed and speak with the Frost Race elders. As they arrived, several figures flew out from the mountains to meet them.

• The Data Panel began upgrading after Jiang Liu obtained the Heavenly Evolution Art, and he found the art circulated vital energy faster and widened his meridians.
• Jiang Liu stopped cultivating for the moment and bonded with the soul of the Void Saint Artifact Starship using the Spirit Control Art.
• Jiang Liu invited Han Yi to accompany him to the snowy mountains, where he planned to test the starship and explain Zhang Da Fu's visit to the Frost Race elders.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi boarded the starship, and he powered it with his vital energy to test its speed.
• The starship carried Jiang Liu and Han Yi from Qian Province to the snowy mountains in less than an hour, where several figures flew out to meet them.

Jiang Liu and Han Yi informed the Frost Race elders about the coming invasion, and the elders vowed to defend their home. While staying with the Frost Race, Jiang Liu waited for the Data Panel upgrade to finish, then discovered that it had unlocked System Space and began testing its capabilities.

• Han Yi told the Frost Race elders about Jiang Liu’s discoveries in Netherworld Space and Zhang Da Fu’s confession, and they pledged to fight any outsiders who invaded.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi stayed with the Frost Race for two days, and Han Yue joined them in their bedroom on their first night there.
• While cultivating the Soul-Seizing Tune at a snowy peak on the third day, Jiang Liu received notice that the system upgrade was complete and saw that his Saintly Sky Art had evolved.
• Jiang Liu discovered that the Data Panel now included Divine Essence and that System Space had unlocked after he came into contact with a genuine Space Stone.
• Jiang Liu stored his Dongxiao Flute in System Space, then captured a snow leopard and confirmed that living creatures could survive inside it.

Jiang Liu tested the evolved Saintly Sky Art and discovered it converted Heaven and Earth Essence directly into divine liquid, rapidly expanding his Divine Sea and meridians. He stopped cultivating when he realized the technique had drained the surrounding mountains and forest, leaving him wary of using it recklessly near others.

• Jiang Liu considered how Divine Essence could help someone at the peak of the Fourth Tier of the Saint Realm break through to the Divine Realm, though he did not know how to obtain it.
• Jiang Liu circulated the newly evolved Saintly Sky Art, drawing in Heaven and Earth Essence so intensely that Frost Race elders noticed the disturbance and gathered to watch him.
• Han Yi told the Frost Race members to disperse, and they returned to their cultivation chambers while Jiang Liu continued cultivating.
• Jiang Liu discovered the Saintly Sky Art sent absorbed essence directly into his Divine Sea as divine liquid and widened his meridians faster than the Heavenly Evolution Art had.
• Jiang Liu stopped after about half an hour when the essence around him dwindled and he saw that the snow-covered mountains were melting and the forest was withering.

After completing his cultivation, Jiang Liu returned to the Frost Race and left with Han Yi for Qian Province aboard the Saint Artifact Spaceship. They tested a cloud-filled ore as the ship’s power source, then stopped in Zhen City, where Jiang Liu noticed someone unexpected.

• Jiang Liu discovered that the Saintly Sky Art had healed and widened his meridians, strengthened his Divine Sense, and increased the divine liquid in his Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi bid farewell to the Frost Race, and Jiang Liu invited Han Yue to visit Qian Province.
• Jiang Liu tested several ores in the Saint Artifact Spaceship’s control orb and found that the translucent, cloud-filled ore powered the ship, though at a slower speed than his vital energy.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi traveled in the spaceship, spent time together, and arrived above Zhen City.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi explored Zhen City, but as they considered leaving, Jiang Liu spotted someone at a street corner and wondered how that person had come to be there.

Jiang Liu learned that Dongling Heng had seen the rare ore used to power the void-faring ship on an overseas island. He sent the three Dongling siblings back overseas to gather as much of it as they could find.

• Jiang Liu visited Zhen City's City Lord's Mansion, where Wind Hall reported that King Chujiang Hall had returned to the mainland and was tracking remnants of the Halls of Yama.
• Jiang Liu returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and promised Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Zheng Yunshang that he would take them on a trip soon.
• Jiang Liu met Dongling Rui, Dongling Heng, and Dongling Qing in a secluded forest and heard their report about their voyage overseas.
• Jiang Liu showed the siblings the void-faring ship's ore, and Dongling Heng recognized it from an island he had passed while pursuing an enemy.
• Jiang Liu ordered the three siblings to return overseas and collect the ore, and Dongling Heng eagerly urged them to depart at once.

After months of preparation and no sign of an invasion, Jiang Liu discovered that the Netherworld Space’s passages remained sealed and tested a recovered Saint Artifact Spaceship. The Devil Race finally arrived in force, and Jiang Liu and his allies prepared to defend the Human Realm.

• Jiang Liu strengthened cultivation efforts, and Murong Yin and several others improved their cultivation, though Feng Yue failed to break through.
• Jiang Liu inspected the sealed passages in the Netherworld Space, recovered Chi Xiao’s belongings, and found Chi Xiao’s Saint-grade Cloud Star Art.
• Dongling Rui and the others sent back Crystalline Cloudstone, allowing Jiang Liu to operate the Saint Artifact Spaceship, and Jiang Liu discovered that his System Space could preserve the snow leopard.
• Jiang Liu sensed a tremendous pressure and saw a vast mass of black shadows approaching the Human Realm, then ordered the Wind Hall, the Hall of Governmental Affairs, and the Frost Race to prepare for battle.
• Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, and Han Yi joined Jiang Liu outside the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation as the Frost Race organized its defenses.
• The Nether Demon Lord looked upon the peaceful Human Realm and planned to turn its inhabitants into slaves and blood food.

The Devil Race prepared to invade the Human Realm, but Jiang Liu united its people and martial artists, strengthening Heaven’s Dao. Heaven’s Dao broke through into the Divine Realm despite an unknown force attempting to stop it, leaving Nether Demon Lord’s planned plunder uncertain.

• Nether Demon Lord urged the Devil Race to break into the Human Realm and plunder it, while people across the realm gathered to resist the invasion.
• The Human Realm’s martial artists formed a Crimson Dragon from their shared will, and Jiang Liu summoned a golden-yellow dragon representing the common people.
• The two dragons merged, embodying the Human Realm’s united resolve and greatly strengthening Heaven’s Dao.
• Heaven’s Dao broke through into the Divine Realm as Void Rifts opened around the realm, apparently in an attempt to prevent its advancement.
• The Void Rifts disappeared, Heaven’s Dao successfully advanced, and Nether Demon Lord grew wary of his plans to plunder the Human Realm.

After the Heavenly Dao reached the Divine Realm, its replenishment of the Human Realm triggered a wave of breakthroughs, led by Jiang Liu’s attempt to advance to the fourth tier of the Saint Realm. The Human Realm gained a path to the Divine Realm as demons hesitated outside, leaving the coming invasion facing a far stronger resistance.

• The Heavenly Dao’s breakthrough caused vital energy to surge across the Human Realm, allowing Jiang Liu and countless others to advance in cultivation.
• Jiang Liu flew to a distant mountain range and began breaking through, while his Divine Sense expanded and black clouds gathered for the lightning baptisms.
• The demons surrounding the Human Realm mistook the upheaval for an impending catastrophe and delayed their attack.
• Han Yi, Gongsun Haoyue, and the Flowing Cloud Matriarch prepared to carry out their defense plans, but each sensed an imminent breakthrough and went to cultivate.
• Feng Yue, Zheng Yunshang, Cuier, and Xiao He advanced, while Murong Yin’s aura grew more solid without a breakthrough.
• Han Yue and Han Bai reached the Third-Order Saint Realm, several Frost Race members advanced to the second tier, and some Peak Grandmasters among them entered the Saint Realm; the Dongling siblings and King Chujiang Hall members did not advance.

Jiang Liu broke through to the fourth tier of the Saint Realm as several others advanced to the Saint Realm, while the Heavenly Dao faced an imminent assault beyond the Human Realm's barrier. The Nether Demon Lord and two elders attacked the Heavenly Dao as their forces began striking the barrier.

• Jiang Liu discovered he had reached the fourth tier of the Saint Realm and tested his increased power, finding that lightning could no longer harm him.
• Jiang Liu noticed Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, and Han Yi undergoing Saint Realm breakthroughs and left them to complete them safely.
• The Heavenly Dao held the demons beyond the realm barrier because a mysterious will in the void made it afraid to open the way.
• The Nether Demon Lord ordered Elder Che and Elder He to attack the Heavenly Dao alongside him.
• The Nether Demon Lord lunged at the Heavenly Dao, while Elder Che and Elder He sent their avatars to fight and the other demons struck the Human Realm's barrier.

Jiang Liu watched the Devil Race invade the Human Realm and realized that the realm wall’s strength depended on Heaven’s Dao. As the Nether Demon Lord redirected the attackers to besiege Heaven’s Dao, Jiang Liu prepared to interfere with them using his spiritual power.

• Jiang Liu saw Heaven’s Dao battle the Nether Demon Lord and two other powerful outsiders beyond the realm wall, where the Human Realm’s suppression weakened them.
• Jiang Liu noticed that the Devil Race’s attacks on the realm wall caused Heaven’s Dao to tremble, and he flew closer while preparing to help.
• The Nether Demon Lord ordered the Devil Race to stop attacking the realm wall and instead take turns assaulting Heaven’s Dao.
• Jiang Liu set teleportation points in the sky and played his Dongxiao Flute, sending wisps of spiritual power through the realm wall to entangle the attackers.

Jiang Liu used his flute music to manifest fierce beasts that killed Devil Race cultivators and strengthened his Divine Sea. After the Devil Race's Saint Realm members took shelter in their ships, he focused his attack on a first-tier Divine Realm cultivator to test whether he could kill one.

• Jiang Liu's flute music manifested phantoms that left many low-ranking Devil Race cultivators dazed, easing the pressure on the Heavenly Dao.
• Jiang Liu changed his melody and sent fierce beasts against the dazed cultivators, devouring their Divine Sense and causing his Divine Sea to grow.
• The Nether Demon Lord ordered the Saint Realm cultivators into the flying ships' cabins and led the Divine Realm cultivators to intensify their assault on the Heavenly Dao.
• Jiang Liu found that the cabins blocked his flute attacks, so he replenished his energy with the Saintly Sky Art and targeted a first-tier Divine Realm member of the Devil Race.

Jiang Liu attacked the Devil Race through the domain wall as the invaders intensified their assault, while the Human Realm’s Saint Realm experts and martial artists prepared to defend their homeland. The Dongling siblings revealed that they shared an origin with the Devil Race, and Dongling Rui proposed helping the invasion.

• The Devil Race’s Divine Realm experts surrounded the Heavenly Dao, formed a formation to resist the Void Force, and launched a coordinated assault while a distant void beast watched hungrily.
• Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Han Yi, and the others awoke and saw Jiang Liu attack the outsiders through the domain wall, leading them to conclude his spiritual power had reached the Divine Realm.
• Han Yue and Elder Han Bai recognized Jiang Liu’s power, and Elder Han Bai ordered Frost Race members above Peak Grandmaster to prepare for the invasion.
• Peak Grandmaster martial artists across the Human Realm flew toward the domain wall, while Dongling Rui and Dongling Qing stopped Dongling Heng from joining them.
• Dongling Rui said the invading forces were the Devil Race and claimed their people shared the same origin, then suggested helping the Devil Race invade.

Jiang Liu used his flute to fight the Devil Race and discovered that Ye Xun, a Divine Realm expert of the Night Owl Clan, specialized in spiritual power. After Ye Xun disrupted his attack, Jiang Liu turned his attention to the Devil Race assaulting the Heavenly Dao and wondered whether the God Realm was secretly watching.

• Jiang Liu focused his flute attack on Ye Xun, whose Divine Realm cultivation let him resist the illusion and strike Jiang Liu's Divine Sea.
• Ye Xun's attack stopped Jiang Liu's flute music, but the Saintly Sky Art quickly soothed Jiang Liu's Divine Sea without lasting damage.
• Ye Xun returned to attacking the Heavenly Dao, and Jiang Liu shifted his attention to the more than twenty Devil Race experts surrounding it.
• Jiang Liu noticed that seven attackers had reached the Second-Order Divine Realm and wondered how the God Realm could have so many powerful experts.
• Jiang Liu suspected someone from the God Realm might be observing the Human Realm from the void.

Jiang Liu watched the Heavenly Dao battle the Devil Race in the void while draining the Human Realm’s deep spiritual essence, and feared both the damage to the realm and the unseen gaze that kept the Heavenly Dao from opening the barrier. As the Heavenly Dao weakened and the realm began to crack, a black shadow appeared, swallowed a streak of azure light from the barrier, and vanished.

• The Devil Race formed a defensive formation and used successive attacks to wear down the Heavenly Dao in the void.
• Jiang Liu realized the Heavenly Dao was draining the Human Realm’s buried spiritual essence and suspected it feared an unseen gaze beyond the barrier.
• The Human Realm’s essence thinned, its lands cracked, and its martial artists looked to Jiang Liu for an explanation.
• The Heavenly Dao’s aura rapidly declined, and the Nether Demon Lord expected the realm’s guardian to fall soon.
• A black shadow appeared in the void, sucked a streak of azure light from the Human Realm’s barrier into its mouth, and vanished.

After the Heavenly Dao fell, a mysterious black shadow stole its soul, and the Nether Demon Lord shattered the Human Realm’s boundary wall to begin the Devil Race’s invasion. Jiang Liu purified incoming Dark Primal Qi, but the guardian’s death caused widespread destruction and spatial instability; the Nether Demon Lord retreated after sensing his strength weaken inside the Human Realm.

• The Nether Demon Lord abandoned pursuit of the black shadow that stole the Heavenly Dao’s soul and struck the Human Realm’s boundary wall.
• Jiang Liu used the Saintly Sky Art to purify the Dark Primal Qi pouring through the breach and spread it across the sky.
• The Devil Race restrained their auras after Jiang Liu drew away much of their Dark Primal Qi.
• The Heavenly Dao’s death triggered collapsing mountains, splitting earth, sinister caverns, holes in the boundary wall, and invading Void Force throughout the Human Realm.
• The Nether Demon Lord entered the Human Realm, felt his aura weaken, and retreated, knocking the Devil Race members behind him backward.

Jiang Liu drove the Nether Demon Lord out of the Human Realm and killed the Devil Race scouts who entered after him, but he realized the realm’s suppressive force was weakening. As the Human Race prepared to defend the scattered openings, the Nether Demon Lord sent six cloaked elders and their squads to invade through separate cracks.

• The Nether Demon Lord fled the Human Realm after Jiang Liu’s attack, then sent several subordinates inside to test Jiang Liu’s strength.
• Jiang Liu killed the Devil Race members who entered, while noticing that the Human Realm’s suppression of invaders was weakening.
• Han Yi, Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Han Yue, Han Bai, the Frost Race members, and Jiang Liu’s subordinates gathered and formed defensive groups.
• The Nether Demon Lord recognized that the suppression was fading and ordered Elder Che, Elder He, Elder Qi, Elder Bo, Elder Xing, and Elder Chi to lead squads through separate openings.
• The six elders and their squads spread out to find cracks in the Human Realm boundary and prepare to enter.