Recaps

A Void Exotic Beast attacked the Devil Race’s starships, using its control over the void to trap and pursue them. The Nether Demon Lord’s force escaped with heavy losses, while their explosions awakened an even larger Void Exotic Beast.

• The Void Exotic Beast absorbed Elder Xing and Elder He’s attacks, then used Void Force to slow and trap their starships until the Nether Demon Lord struck it with Black Demon Light.
• The six starships accelerated away, but the Void Exotic Beast caught the Chi Clan’s ship and tore away a quarter of it.
• Several Nether Clan members trapped aboard the damaged ship self-detonated, blasting a breach through the Void Force so the other starships could escape.
• The Nether Demon Lord watched as his capable subordinates died and the attempt to recover the starship failed.
• A larger Void Exotic Beast awakened at the sound of the explosions and turned its eyes toward them.

The Nether Demon Lord and the Devil Race fled one Void Exotic Beast only to face a stronger one in the void. As the Second-Order Divine Realm beast attacked, the Nether Demon Lord discovered the secret of Boundless Space and broke through to the Third-Tier Divine Realm.

• The Nether Demon Lord reflected on the losses from the failed invasion and the damage to his control over the Devil Race.
• A second Void Exotic Beast awakened, and the five starships changed course and fled before the Nether Demon Lord ordered them to prepare for battle.
• The Devil Race saw the enormous beast, which was nearly twice the length of their starships and possessed Second-Order Divine Realm strength.
• The Nether Demon Lord, Elder Xing, and Elder He attacked the beast, but it halted the Divine Artifact Starship with a powerful inhale.
• The Nether Demon Lord used the Boundless Space orb to strike the beast, whose shriek strengthened the Void Strangulation Power around them.
• The Nether Demon Lord blocked the beast's void-sonic attack, realized the secret of Boundless Space, and reached the Third-Tier Divine Realm.

The Nether Demon Lord broke through to the Third-Tier Divine Realm and drove the Void Exotic Beast away, allowing the Devil Race’s starships to continue toward the Nether Realm. Meanwhile, the Three Reverends arrived at the Nether Realm and attacked its boundary wall, leaving its inhabitants bracing for another invasion.

• The Nether Demon Lord used Boundless Space to break through to the Third-Tier Divine Realm and knock back the Void Exotic Beast.
• The Nether Demon Lord struck the Void Exotic Beast with four phantoms and his scepter, forcing it to retreat without pursuing it.
• The five Devil Race starships resumed their journey to the Nether Realm as the Nether Demon Lord continued consolidating his cultivation and searching for the Nether Colossus’s aura.
• Snowpeak Honored One, Divine Wind Honored One, and Rì Yuè Honored One arrived above the Nether Realm and struck its boundary wall together.
• The Devil Race and Beast Race inhabitants saw the attack and feared they could not withstand another God Race invasion.

After the Devil Race’s invasion, Jiang Liu investigated the new consciousness within the Human Realm’s barrier and discovered it had tried to control him. He used the Spirit Control Art to place a seal on the Golden Giant, which then acknowledged him as its master.

• Jiang Liu reflected on the losses and new Saint Realm experts brought by the Devil Race’s invasion, then went to investigate the consciousness in the Human Realm’s barrier.
• The Golden Giant entered Jiang Liu’s Divine Sea, where it discovered his spiritual power had reached the Second-Order Divine Realm and feared being devoured.
• Jiang Liu questioned the Golden Giant, which admitted it was the newly born Heavenly Dao and had intended to control him as a potential threat.
• Jiang Liu used the Spirit Control Art to seal the Golden Giant, which stabilized and called him its master.

Jiang Liu took control of the Heavenly Dao and ordered it to purge the Human Realm of Dark Primal Qi, corrupted martial artists, and any remaining Devils. After mourning his fallen beast companions and returning to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, he left the Heavenly Dao weakened by its sweeping purge.

• Jiang Liu expelled the Golden Giant from his Divine Sea, took control of it, and ordered it to eliminate the remaining Dark Primal Qi, corrupted martial artists, and Devils in the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu descended to a mountain hollow and found the corpses of the Fire Dragon, Three-Eyed Flying Tiger, Frostwing Dragon, and Giant Strength Demonic Ape surrounded by his companions.
• Jiang Liu cleared everyone from the hollow and buried the four beast companions so no other beasts could devour their corpses.
• Jiang Liu and the women returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation while the Fire-Winged Monkey and Sea Turtle went into the mountains to cultivate.
• The Golden Giant purged Dark Primal Qi and corrupted martial artists across the mainland and overseas, then grew so weak that its strength seemed close to falling.

After the battle, Jiang Liu rested and cultivated inside the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation while the survivors recovered and trained. Dongling Heng asked to take Dongling Rui and Dongling Qing’s bodies home for burial, and Jiang Liu agreed, as the Human Realm entered a period of peace.

• Jiang Liu noticed that the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation’s energy had grown denser and planned to strengthen his energy cultivation before investigating the God Realm or Nether Realm.
• Jiang Liu told Han Yi and Han Yue to collect the agreed compensation for those who fought in the battle, and then withdrew to cultivate while Han Yue stayed with the others.
• Qin Bailian brought Dongling Heng back with the mined ore, and Dongling Heng asked Jiang Liu for permission to bury Dongling Rui and Dongling Qing.
• Jiang Liu granted Dongling Heng’s request, and Qin Bailian took him to retrieve the bodies.
• The Human Realm settled into peace, and its warriors devoted themselves to cultivation.

Jiang Liu realized that breaking through to the Divine Realm required the gathered will of the Human Realm, just as it had for the Heavenly Dao. He decided to have Qin Bailian establish a Holy Master Temple in every city so he could gather enough willpower to attempt the breakthrough.

• Jiang Liu found his cultivation stalled at the peak of the Fourth Tier of the Saint Realm, with his experience just short of a breakthrough.
• Jiang Liu chose not to risk traveling to the God Realm before understanding Divine Realm combatants and the reason no invasion had come from the God Realm or Nether Realm.
• Jiang Liu recalled that the Heavenly Dao had reached the Divine Realm by drawing on the willpower of the Human Realm's martial artists and commoners.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the Human Realm's passage to the Divine Realm was not fully open and that he needed the realm's gathered will to break through.
• Jiang Liu decided to establish a Holy Master Temple in every city and planned to entrust the task to Qin Bailian.

Jiang Liu ordered Qin Bailian to establish Holy Temples and regular sacrifices so he could gather willpower to break through to the Divine Realm. After a year, the willpower had nearly taken form in the golden dragon above the Main Hall, and Jiang Liu prepared to receive its baptism.

• Jiang Liu summoned Qin Bailian and instructed him to establish Holy Temples and monthly sacrifices, beginning in Yun Province and Xun Province.
• Qin Bailian ordered the Five Poisons Sect to build temples, and the practice spread nationwide with the court's quiet assistance.
• People flocked to the temples to worship Jiang Liu, while their willpower was refined by small statues and sent to the golden dragon in Qian City.
• After more than half a year, the golden dragon regained its luster, and a year later Jiang Liu sensed a dragon's roar from his Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu went above the Main Hall to receive the baptism of the willpower and prepare to advance to the Divine Realm.

Jiang Liu gathered faith from the Holy Temples to form the Golden Dragon and discovered that the Human Realm’s spatial restrictions were blocking his breakthrough to the Divine Realm. He chose to break those shackles within the Human Realm, and the Golden Dragon’s transformation shattered a boundary wall as the chapter ended.

• Jiang Liu circulated the Saintly Sky Art and drew essence and faith toward the Golden Dragon above the imperial palace, while Qin Bailian, Nangong Yun, Gongsun Haoyue, Han Yi, and the others watched.
• Jiang Liu learned from Heaven that the Human Realm’s spatial pressure was preventing the Golden Dragon from fully taking shape and understood that breaking through here could free martial artists from the realm’s restrictions.
• Jiang Liu intensified his cultivation and poured more essence into the Golden Dragon despite draining the surrounding essence.
• The Holy Temple guardians across the country saw Jiang Liu’s statues lose their radiance as the smaller statues shattered and more forces of will converged on the imperial palace.
• The Golden Dragon flew from the Main Hall toward Jiang Liu, and he heard a boundary wall crack before the dragon charged at him.

Jiang Liu endured the Golden Dragon’s painful forging of his body and began breaking through toward the Divine Realm. After his aura climbed beyond the peak of the Fourth Tier of the Saint Realm, two golden dragons circled in his Divine Sea, but the chapter ended with his divine soul in sudden pain.

• The Golden Dragon traveled through Jiang Liu’s meridians for several hours, consuming its vital energy to forge his body for a Divine Realm breakthrough.
• Qin Bailian and the others recognized Jiang Liu’s breakthrough attempt, calmed the people of Qian City, and ordered the realm to disregard changes at the Holy Temples.
• Jiang Liu’s aura surged to the peak of the Fourth Tier of the Saint Realm and then stalled as the vital-energy Golden Dragon entered his Divine Sea.
• The vital-energy Golden Dragon joined the spiritual-power Golden Dragon, and Jiang Liu suspected their fusion might form the Divine Realm’s avatar.
• Jiang Liu’s aura began climbing again, and he moved away from Qian City while Qin Bailian and the others felt relieved.
• Jiang Liu watched the two dragons circle without changing, then felt intense pain in his divine soul and looked toward the tiny figure formed from spiritual power.

Jiang Liu’s breakthrough split his Divine Sea and produced two weakened spiritual avatars, before a golden dragon transformed into an avatar in his likeness and split in two as well. As the Human Realm Space pressed down on him and he suffered internal injuries, Jiang Liu replenished his Divine Sea and essence, leaving his breakthrough’s outcome uncertain.

• A mysterious force split Jiang Liu’s Spiritual Avatar in two, and the waters of his Divine Sea restored both weakened avatars.
• The two golden dragons merged, then transformed into an avatar resembling Jiang Liu as his aura broke past the peak of the Fourth Tier of the Saint Realm.
• Jiang Liu watched his newly formed avatar split in two and suspected that he had formed two avatars and two divided souls.
• The Human Realm Space’s pressure intensified, Jiang Liu spat blood, and the two avatars drained his Divine Sea to less than half.
• Jiang Liu circulated the Saintly Sky Art and absorbed Heaven and Earth Essence until his Divine Sea and internal essence began to refill.

Jiang Liu’s two avatars absorbed primordial qi and spiritual power until they reached the Second-Order Divine Realm, while their rise transformed cultivation across the Human Realm. Jiang Liu also reached the Second-Order Divine Realm, and his split souls merged with the avatars, leaving their combat power yet to be revealed.

• Jiang Liu’s avatars rapidly advanced from the Martial Practitioner Realm through the Grandmaster and Saint Realms as they absorbed primordial qi and spiritual power.
• The pressure on Jiang Liu vanished, and people across the Human Realm sensed primordial qi growing more intimate; many Body Refinement Realm practitioners broke through, while Saint Realm martial practitioners sensed the Heavenly Dao and began cultivating.
• Han Yi, Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, and Murong Yin reassured Feng Yue and Zheng Yunshang that Jiang Liu was fine, and they all returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation to cultivate.
• Jiang Liu circulated the Saintly Sky Art for hours to keep his Divine Sea from being drained as his avatars reached the First-Order and then Second-Order Divine Realm.
• Jiang Liu’s aura surged to the Second-Order Divine Realm, and he realized his split divine soul had prepared him to enter the Soul Division Realm directly.
• Jiang Liu’s two soul divisions leaped into the avatars and merged with them.

Jiang Liu broke through to the Second-Order Divine Realm, but his expanded Divine Sea threatened to damage his cultivation until he used the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation to replenish it. After seven days of seclusion, he revealed two indistinguishable clones to Murong Yin and the others.

• Jiang Liu felt his Divine Sea expand after two divided spirits entered his clones, and he rushed into the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation to absorb more essence.
• Jiang Liu set the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation’s time flow to its slowest setting and told the women inside to leave while he cultivated.
• Murong Yin and the other women guarded the formation for seven days as Jiang Liu steadily filled his Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu stopped cultivating once his Divine Sea was full and summoned the women into the formation.
• Feng Yue asked which of the three identical Jiang Lius was real, but Han Yi, Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, and Murong Yin could not identify him with their Divine Senses.
• Jiang Liu judged that his two clones could contend with the Nether Demon Lord, unaware that the Nether Demon Lord had already reached the Soul Fusion Realm.

After breaking through to the Second-Order Divine Realm, Jiang Liu discovered that willpower gathered through holy temples could produce Divine Essence. He tested his new avatars and began reconsidering the temples, while a previously overlooked detail about their construction caught his attention.

• Feng Yue asked Jiang Liu how he had formed two avatars, and he explained that he had broken through by absorbing the willpower of martial artists and commoners.
• Jiang Liu reassured the women that their future breakthroughs would not require the same method, and they returned to cultivation after celebrating.
• Jiang Liu checked his status in the mountains, confirmed his Second-Order Divine Realm, and considered investigating how to obtain Divine Essence and Divine Grade techniques in the God Realm or Nether Realm.
• Jiang Liu gained one Divine Essence from a fresh surge of willpower and decided to preserve and promote the holy temples so he could help others break through.
• Jiang Liu summoned two independent avatars, watched them spar, and realized each excelled at a different kind of combat.
• Jiang Liu recalled an unusual detail about why he had built the holy temples and began to reconsider it.

Jiang Liu learned that the statues of the Halls of Yama had been gathering power of will and traced the hidden collector to an overseas island. He left to alert Murong Yin and the others, while the island’s residents continued worshiping a statue tied to the Ten Yama Kings.

• Jiang Liu recalled the suspicious King Chujiang statue and wondered where its gathered power of will had gone.
• Jiang Liu questioned the Golden Giant, which revealed an abnormality it had noticed while cleansing the Human Realm of Dark Primal Qi.
• The Golden Giant sent Jiang Liu a route showing that the power-of-will collector was hiding on an overseas island.
• Jiang Liu set up a transit point, returned to the Human Realm, and flew toward the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation to inform Murong Yin and the others.
• The island’s tens of thousands of residents worshiped a statue resembling those of the Ten Yama Kings, unaware that some people had died after their sacrifices.

Jiang Liu traveled alone to a remote island to investigate the figure secretly collecting the power of will. There, a devil god’s phantom appeared above a statue and stopped before entering the range of Jiang Liu’s Divine Sense.

• Jiang Liu left the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation alone in his Spatial Saint Artifact Starship, refusing to let Han Yi and Gongsun Haoyue accompany him.
• Han Yi, Gongsun Haoyue, Murong Yin, and the others returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and resolved to cultivate harder.
• Jiang Liu crossed the sea using the route map provided by the Golden Giant and reached the isolated island with the enormous statue.
• Jiang Liu sensed a disturbance in his Divine Sea and saw a devil god’s phantom emerge above the statue.
• The devil god’s phantom flew toward Jiang Liu, then stopped before reaching the range of his Divine Sense.

Jiang Liu lured the Demon God’s avatar into a trap and destroyed it, then crushed and devoured its soul. The Demon God’s statue collapsed, while signs emerged that the Demon God and a similar figure sealed in the Nether Realm had noticed the loss.

• Jiang Liu chased the Demon God’s phantom into an unfamiliar sea while concealing his true strength and making it believe he had only just entered the Divine Realm.
• The Demon God’s phantom stopped fleeing and used spatial suppression against Jiang Liu, believing it could kill him.
• Jiang Liu’s two avatars ambushed the Demon God within its Dark Primal Qi, shattered its body, and trapped its escaping soul in a transparent sphere.
• Jiang Liu crushed the sphere and devoured the Demon God’s soul, destroying it with a flash of white fire.
• The Demon God’s statue on the island split apart and collapsed, while a black shadow battling a Void Exotic Beast turned toward the Human Realm and a similar-looking figure opened its eyes in a sealed space in the Nether Realm.

Jiang Liu defeated a Demon God Avatar and learned that it had come from the Nether Realm, then inspected Dongling Heng’s Cloud Crystal Mine island. He returned safely to Qian Province, leaving Dongling Heng’s wish to travel beyond the Human Realm for a later time.

• Jiang Liu confirmed that the being he had devoured was an avatar of a hidden Demon God in the Nether Realm, but found no clue to its original body or a reason for its presence.
• Jiang Liu checked the island where the avatar had been worshiped, found that its people did not practice the Blood Saint Art, and left after asking the Golden Giant to keep watch over them.
• Jiang Liu visited the Cloud Crystal Mine island, praised Dongling Heng’s work, and learned that Dongling Heng wanted to leave the Human Realm to improve his cultivation.
• Jiang Liu decided he would travel to other realms alone for now, though he might take Dongling Heng to the Nether Realm on a future trip.
• Jiang Liu returned by starship to Qian Province and entered the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, where Han Yi, Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Murong Yin, Feng Yue, Zheng Yunshang, and the others greeted him.

Jiang Liu reassured the women about the hidden Divine Realm clone, guided them in cultivation, and prepared to investigate the God Realm after a month and a half at home. He set out to learn what had happened in the God Realm and Nether Realm, since he could not open a passage to the Nether Realm without Devil Race cultivation techniques.

• Jiang Liu told the women about the Divine Realm clone and reassured them that he could handle any threat to the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu guided Cuier and Xiao He in cultivation, then answered questions from Feng Yue, Zheng Yunshang, Han Yi, Gongsun Haoyue, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, and Murong Yin.
• Jiang Liu shared what he knew about Divine Realm clones, including how two clones could coordinate in combat, but kept his lingering concern about the Demon God Avatar to himself.
• Jiang Liu spent the next month and a half with the women in the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, accompanying them and helping with their cultivation.
• Jiang Liu went with the women to the imperial palace to make arrangements before setting out for the God Realm, since he could not open a passage to the Nether Realm.

Jiang Liu prepared to leave the Human Realm to investigate the dangers of the God Realm, but discovered the passage had closed and set out through the void instead. He entered the Saint Artifact Spaceship and headed toward the God Realm.

• Jiang Liu told his wives and the Hall of Governmental Affairs that he planned to leave for the God Realm, and appointed Murong Yin to handle matters in his absence.
• Jiang Liu reassured his wives, left the Imperial Palace, and traveled to the Netherworld Space to find the passage to the God Realm.
• Jiang Liu tried several times to activate the passage, but found it had stopped working, likely because the Netherworld Space lacked sufficient energy.
• Jiang Liu decided to use the Saint Artifact Spaceship and its God Realm coordinates to cross the void, then opened the Human Realm's boundary wall and entered the void.
• Jiang Liu boarded the Saint Artifact Spaceship and steered it toward the depths of the void.

The Three Reverends led the God Realm’s forces toward the Nether Realm, while the Míng Hé Merchant Guild and several Rogue Cultivators pursued their own aims. As the fleet traveled through the void, Shang Yan arranged the guild’s mission, and White Feather Sword God’s disciples prepared to seek power and profit.

• The Three Reverends led their starships and Divine Realm forces toward the Nether Realm, followed by Rogue Cultivators and White Feather Sword God’s hidden disciples.
• Shang Yan met with the heads of the Míng Hé Merchant Guild’s eight other houses and began arranging the mission, keeping his Old Ancestor’s task secret.
• Tang Chen, Quan Guan, and Chang Kong discussed joining forces to gain resources and perfect their avatars so they could advance to the Second-Order Divine Realm.
• Rì Yuè Honored One forced Yang Hao to join the expedition, and Yang Hao resolved to use the trip to seek a breakthrough while fearing he would encounter Long Qi or Feng Qi.
• Long Qi and Feng Qi watched the void uneasily, uncertain about the route and how long it would take to reach the Nether Realm.

The God Realm fleet reached the Nether Realm after an unusually long voyage, and its leaders immediately attacked the boundary wall. Inside the realm, the Beast Race hid while Yōu Míng Chì and the remaining Devil Race experts rushed to respond, leaving the invasion poised to begin.

• The God Realm fleet followed Long Qi, Feng Qi, and Yang Hao's route for several months before the Nether Realm appeared.
• Snowpeak Honored One, Divine Wind Honored One, and Rì Yuè Honored One led the God Realm experts toward the Nether Realm's boundary wall.
• The Nether Colossus ordered the Beast Race to conceal itself from the invading God Race.
• Yōu Míng Chì saw the God Realm fleet and prepared to gather the remaining clans' experts.
• The God Realm leaders struck the boundary wall before the Devil Race experts could enter the central hall.

Snowpeak Honored One, Divine Wind Honored One, and Rì Yuè Honored One broke through the Nether Realm boundary and led the God Realm forces inside. The God Realm troops began attacking while Yōu Míng Chì and the other six tribes’ leaders launched a counterattack, plunging the Nether Realm into battle.

• Snowpeak Honored One, Divine Wind Honored One, and Rì Yuè Honored One combined their full strength to shatter the Nether Realm boundary and entered with their forces.
• The Three Great Cities’ flying ships spread Heaven and Earth Essence to resist Dark Primal Qi, and the three Honored Ones ordered their subordinates to attack the devil race.
• The rogue cultivators entered the Nether Realm, while the Míng Hé Merchant Guild headed toward a chosen destination and White Feather Sword God’s disciples split up to seek opportunities.
• The Three Great Cities focused on plundering demon thralls and rare ores, and their people wondered why Nether Demon Lord and the six tribes’ patriarchs were absent.
• Yōu Míng Chì led the six tribes’ forces in attacks against Snowpeak Honored One, Divine Wind Honored One, and Rì Yuè Honored One, and fighting erupted across the Nether Realm.

The God Realm’s Three Great Cities turned the battle in the Nether Realm with slave-catching weapons that captured Devil Race members and threw their forces into disarray. As the invasion became a rout, Yōu Míng Chì tried to retreat, but Snowpeak Honored One pressed his attack to keep him from escaping.

• Yōu Míng Chì and Snowpeak Honored One fought evenly while the Devil Race attacked the God Clan; Divine Wind Honored One held off two opponents, but four Second-Order Divine Realm experts put Rì Yuè Honored One in danger.
• The Three Great Cities arrived in force, killed two Devil Race attackers, and drove the remaining invaders back.
• God Realm warriors deployed wooden slave-catching weapons that ensnared Devil Race members by disrupting the essence in their bodies.
• The captured Devil Race members and the weapons spread panic, and the Three Reverends and the Three Great Cities’ sovereigns watched the tide turn in their favor.
• Yōu Míng Chì led the Nether Clan in a fighting retreat, but Snowpeak Honored One intensified his attacks as the Nether Clan fought desperately to protect its leader.

Tang Chen, Quan Guan, and Chang Kong searched the Sky Beast Mountain Range for beast-kin treasures, unaware that a hidden Nether Colossus was watching them. After an illusion and a deadly ambush killed one of their men, they followed converging blood mists to a cavern, where the Nether Colossus waited in a rage.

• Tang Chen, Quan Guan, and Chang Kong led their subordinates deep into the mountain range, finding no beast-kin or signs of their presence.
• A hidden creature watched the group as black Primal Qi formed a silent phantom and Black Mist ensnared them in an illusion.
• Quan Guan cut through the mist, but a nameless mutated beast killed one of their men and devoured his divine soul before vanishing.
• Tang Chen, Quan Guan, and Chang Kong attacked the darkness, and the resulting blood mists gathered in one direction.
• Tang Chen, Quan Guan, and Chang Kong led the group to a cavern, where the enraged Nether Colossus watched them arrive.