Recaps

The Chen Family’s hidden Divine Realm warriors turned the battle against the Control Guard into a rout, and Chen He defeated Shang Yu. Shang Fei was nearing defeat while Shang Xiang, alarmed by Shang Yu’s fading aura, prepared to fight to the death.

• Chen Fang and Chen He intensified their attacks on Shang Fei as more than a dozen Chen Family Divine Realm warriors emerged from ambush and overwhelmed the Control Guard.
• Shang Fei continued fighting despite his weakening aura, while Shang Yu and Shang Xiang struggled with depleted Heaven and Earth Essence and fading clones.
• Chen He’s hidden clone pierced Shang Yu after Chen He sent him flying, causing Shang Yu’s clone to vanish and his true body to fall.
• Chen Fang abandoned his attempt to make Shang Fei surrender and pressed his attack, while worrying that the Chen Family might face further threats from Supreme City.
• Shang Xiang sensed Shang Yu’s defeat, surged with killing intent, and caused the surrounding Chen Family warriors to retreat and encircle him from a distance.

Shang Xian led more than twenty Control Guard reinforcements from the satellite cities to the battlefield, rescuing the beleaguered guards and turning the fight against the Chen Family into an evenly matched showdown. Shang Yu had apparently fallen, while Qi Feng’s forces had nearly wiped out the Shadow Guards at Supreme City’s gates.

• Shang Xian hurried toward the battlefield with more than twenty Divine Realm Control Guards after receiving Shang Sheng’s order.
• A Control Guard arrived in time to block Chen Fang’s attack on Shang Fei, and the reinforcements rescued guards in danger and moved to aid Shang Xiang.
• Shang Fei told Shang Xian that he was still able to fight but that Shang Yu probably would not survive, and Shang Xian urged him to focus on avenging their comrade.
• Shang Xian attacked Chen Fang, and the reinforcements shifted the battle’s balance as the Control Guard and Chen Family began an evenly matched, furious showdown.
• Qi Feng’s forces nearly slaughtered the Shadow Guards surrounding the Qi Family at Supreme City’s gates.

Huang Jinyu led the Huang Family in an attack on the Shang Family’s hidden headquarters, blocking Shang Sheng from aiding Shang Ji. The chapter ended with Shang Sheng and Huang Jinyu fighting while the Huang Family and Control Guards clashed around them.

• Qi Feng killed Shang Ji, causing the Shadow Guards to fall into chaos.
• Huang Jinyu blocked Shang Sheng at the village entrance and revealed that the Huang Family had long investigated the Shang Family’s hidden headquarters.
• Huang Jinyu explained that the Huang Family intended to eliminate Shang Sheng and seize the Shang Family’s wealth while the Chen and Qi Families took the blame.
• The Huang Family attacked the Control Guards, and Shang Sheng summoned his divine battle-axe to fight Huang Jinyu, who drew his divine longsword.
• Shang Sheng and Huang Jinyu began fighting with their clones as the more than thirty Control Guards battled the larger Huang Family force to a standstill.

Shang Sheng killed Huang Jinyu and wiped out the Huang Family attackers, but the surviving Control Guards were badly depleted. He then learned that the Qi Family had fought its way to the Nether River Commerce headquarters, leaving him urgently called to reinforce it.

• Qi Feng led the Qi Family into Supreme City after slaughtering the Shadow Guards, while Jiang Liu watched and collected souls.
• Shang Sheng overwhelmed Huang Jinyu, whose clone collapsed before Shang Sheng severed his head and split his corpse in two.
• Huang Jinyu’s death threw the Huang Family members into chaos, and Shang Sheng killed them all with the Control Guards’ help.
• The battle left fewer than twenty Control Guards alive after several Huang Family members self-detonated.
• Shang Sheng received a Transmission Stone message that the Qi Family had reached headquarters and was asked to come reinforce them.

After the Qi Family raided the Nether River Commerce headquarters, Shang Sheng led the remaining Control Guards to Supreme City to confront Qi Feng. Qi Feng realized Shang Sheng had fought Huang Jinyu and suspected the Huang Family had been wiped out, leaving him wary as the two sides prepared to battle.

• Shang Sheng concluded that the Qi Family had breached the headquarters and ordered the remaining Control Guards to follow him to Supreme City.
• Qi Feng searched the ruined headquarters for goods and clues to the Shang Family's true headquarters, but found little and chose to stay despite the danger.
• A Qi Family member warned Qi Feng that Shang Sheng was approaching with a small group of Control Guards, and Qi Feng ordered his people to fight and capture someone alive if possible.
• Shang Sheng attacked the headquarters with an axe-light and accused Qi Feng of killing Huang Jinyu.
• Qi Feng avoided Shang Sheng's attack, flew into the sky with his remaining fighters, and grew solemn as he inferred that Huang Jinyu and the Huang Family might have been killed.

Jiang Liu watched Shang Sheng’s Control Guard defeat Qi Feng and the Qi Family, then seized Qi Feng’s escaping divine soul. He left the battle with the Nether River Commerce in chaos and his plan to weaken the God Realm underway.

• Jiang Liu noticed Hou Fang, Liu Tianming, and other hidden factions watching the battle, and considered how the Nether River Commerce’s downfall could plunge the God Realm into chaos.
• Shang Sheng struck Qi Feng into the ruins as the Control Guard overwhelmed the Qi Family, and Jiang Liu assessed the leaders’ injuries and recalled that Shang Sheng had killed Huang Jinyu.
• Shang Sheng struck Qi Feng down again, and Qi Feng vomited blood as his aura grew unstable.
• Shang Sheng cleaved Qi Feng in half, and Jiang Liu captured Qi Feng’s escaping divine soul before it could flee.
• Shang Sheng saw Jiang Liu appear and regarded him solemnly.

Jiang Liu confronted Shang Sheng and the seven remaining Control Guards after taking Qi Feng’s soul. The guards used the Seven Stars Combination Formation to withstand Jiang Liu’s strike, but he judged the formation too flawed to be useful and prepared to end the fight.

• The Qi Family fighters sensed Qi Feng’s death and fought desperately to escape while the Control Guards surrounded Jiang Liu and Shang Sheng.
• Shang Sheng cautiously questioned Jiang Liu, who drew the Godslayer Blade instead of answering.
• Shang Ke, Shang Lei, and Shang Min led the seven surviving Control Guards in forming the Seven Stars Combination Formation.
• Jiang Liu struck the formation with the Godslayer Blade, and the guards endured his full-powered blow as chaotic essence tore through the ruins.
• Jiang Liu assessed the formation’s flaws and decided not to waste more time as the Control Guards prepared their second attack.

Jiang Liu broke the Seven Stars Combination Formation, killed Shang Ke and Shang Sheng, and captured both of their divine souls. With Shang Sheng dead and the Flute Avatar controlling the battle, the remaining Control Guards fled, but Jiang Liu pursued them.

• Jiang Liu used suppressive pressure to break the Seven Stars Combination Formation and beheaded Shang Ke, then collected his divine soul.
• Shang Sheng and the remaining Control Guards attacked Jiang Liu, who evaded them while summoning his Flute Avatar.
• Jiang Liu's Divine Strike cut through Shang Sheng's axe attack, and the Flute Avatar's music left Shang Sheng unable to defend himself.
• Jiang Liu killed Shang Sheng and captured his divine soul as the remaining Control Guards realized the Flute Avatar had controlled him.
• The Control Guards scattered and fled, while Jiang Liu pursued them with Nebula Shrunken Earth.

Jiang Liu left Supreme City after looting the dead, while news of his destruction of the Control Guards and the Nether River Commerce headquarters plunged the Shang Family’s enterprise into chaos. As Chen Fang learned that Qi Feng and Shang Sheng were dead, he realized an unknown ally might be responsible.

• Jiang Liu searched the dead Qi and Shang Family members, took their belongings, and left Supreme City to devour the souls he had gathered.
• News spread across the Supreme Continent that Jiang Liu had killed Shang Sheng and wiped out the Control Guards, leaving the Nether River Commerce without its strongest protectors or a leader.
• Forces coveting the Nether River Commerce began seizing opportunities in the satellite cities, while the Shang Family’s direct-line members remained unable to control the growing chaos.
• Shang Fei and Chen Fang continued fighting, unaware of the destruction in Supreme City, until Chen Fang received a message reporting Qi Feng’s death, the Qi Family’s destruction, and Shang Sheng’s death.
• Chen Fang concluded that their missing partner, rather than Qi Feng, was likely responsible for Shang Sheng’s death.

Chen Fang abandoned his plan to prolong the battle as he worried that his partner had already obtained the Shang Family’s secrets. After leaving Supreme City, Jiang Liu devoured Qi Feng’s soul and discovered that his Divine Sea’s growth had hit an obstruction at the Third-Tier Divine Realm, while he remained uncertain how to advance further.

• Chen Fang realized the battle had unfolded beyond his plans and decided to end it quickly, fearing his partner had gained the Shang Family’s secrets.
• Jiang Liu found a secluded place and assigned First-Tier Divine Realm souls to his two clones to devour.
• Jiang Liu drew Qi Feng’s soul into his Divine Sea and swallowed it, causing his Divine Sea to expand slightly.
• Jiang Liu sensed an obstruction preventing further growth of his soul at the Third-Tier Divine Realm and wondered whether advancing required raising his essence cultivation.
• Jiang Liu considered that the Three Great Cities might have invaded the Nether Realm after Yang Hao’s group returned with news about the White Feather Sword God.

Jiang Liu devoured Shang Sheng’s divine soul, greatly increasing his Soul Force and expanding his Divine Sea. He began searching Shang Sheng’s memories for the location of the Shang Family’s headquarters.

• Jiang Liu found Qi Feng’s memories fragmented and discovered that the Control Guards knew nothing about the Shang Family’s headquarters.
• Jiang Liu learned the Seven Stars Combination Formation and planned to have Qin Bailian and the others cultivate it.
• Jiang Liu gave the remaining Second-Order Divine Realm souls, apart from Shang Sheng’s, to his two clones to refine.
• Shang Sheng’s divine soul resisted inside Jiang Liu’s Divine Sea, but Jiang Liu’s Spiritual Avatar seized and drained it.
• Jiang Liu gained more Soul Force from Shang Sheng than from the other souls combined, then began sorting through his memories for the Shang Family’s headquarters.

After extracting Shang Sheng’s memories, Jiang Liu learned the Shang family’s headquarters was hidden in a mountain village and that Shang Yan had gone to the Nether Realm to seek a breakthrough secret for the family’s Old Ancestor. He watched both avatars strengthen their souls, then set out for the Shang headquarters.

• Jiang Liu finished sorting through Shang Sheng’s memories and discovered the Shang family’s headquarters was in a small mountain village that also served as the Control Guard’s base.
• Jiang Liu learned Shang Yan had gone to the Nether Realm on the Old Ancestor’s orders to obtain the secret of reaching the Third-Tier Divine Realm.
• Jiang Liu reviewed Shang Sheng’s cultivation techniques and considered using them to strengthen the Shockwave Sea Alliance.
• The Flute Avatar’s soul aura surged and subsided after a major improvement, bringing it closer to breaking through through further soul devouring.
• The Blade Avatar finished refining a soul and reached a soul strength roughly equal to the Flute Avatar’s.
• Jiang Liu returned the Blade Avatar to the Divine Sea and flew toward the Shang family’s headquarters.

Jiang Liu reached the Shang Family headquarters, defeated its remaining Divine Realm guards, and broke through the concealed chambers beneath the Discipline Hall. The Shang Family Patriarch, Shang Jing, emerged from his secluded cultivation, and Jiang Liu said he had come to borrow a few things.

• Jiang Liu arrived at the Shang Family village and killed the three Divine Realm Control Guard members who tried to stop him.
• Jiang Liu descended to the Discipline Hall and destroyed the building, exposing hidden chambers beneath it.
• Jiang Liu used the Array-Breaking Formation and Divine Strike to break the concealing barrier beneath the Discipline Hall.
• The Shang Family Patriarch, Shang Jing, appeared from the hidden chamber and demanded to know who had disturbed his secluded cultivation.
• Jiang Liu told Shang Jing he had come to borrow a few things, and Shang Jing asked what he wanted.

Jiang Liu forced Shang Jing to lead him to the Shang Family's hidden treasure vault and let him inspect its contents. Shang Jing yielded while secretly hoping to survive long enough to reach the Third-Tier Divine Realm and reclaim what he had lost.

• Jiang Liu asked Shang Jing to open the Shang Family's treasure vault and threatened him with the Godslayer Blade when he hesitated.
• Shang Jing agreed to lead Jiang Liu through the secret chamber and descended without activating its mechanisms.
• Jiang Liu followed Shang Jing down a long staircase into a hidden underground area divided into four rooms.
• Shang Jing opened the large room, where spiritual energy drifted from the treasure vault, then withdrew to a small room.
• Shang Jing absorbed energy from two White Radiance Stones and hoped to keep Jiang Liu calm until Shang Yan returned with items that could help him break through to the Third-Tier Divine Realm.

Jiang Liu emptied the Shang family's treasure vault, then attacked Shang Jing to test whether the patriarch possessed a way to reach the Third-Tier Divine Realm. Shang Jing trapped him in the collapsing underground chamber, but Jiang Liu blasted his way out and appeared before him wounded.

• Jiang Liu transferred everything in the Shang family's treasure vault into the System Space.
• Jiang Liu decided to kill Shang Jing and keep the Shang family from rebuilding the Nether River Commerce.
• Jiang Liu attacked Shang Jing's room and demanded to see the rumored secret for breaking through to the Third-Tier Divine Realm.
• Jiang Liu shattered the defensive formation with the Godslayer Blade, but Shang Jing fled toward the staircase and activated a mechanism that trapped him underground.
• Jiang Liu charged through the closing exit as the underground chamber collapsed, then blasted his way out and appeared before Shang Jing covered in wounds.

Jiang Liu escaped the Shang Family’s underground treasure vault after its divine artifacts wounded him and forced his avatars back into his Divine Sea. He then fought Shang Jing, who drew strength from a formation spanning the village, and their clashing auras left the sky rippling as the battle continued.

• Jiang Liu charged for the closing exit but was attacked by the Shang Family’s divine artifacts, which were stationed along the staircase.
• Jiang Liu summoned Flute Avatar to freeze the artifacts while Blade Avatar split the door, but the artifacts recovered and struck him, sending both avatars back into his Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu emerged from the underground space and attacked Shang Jing with the Godslayer Blade, forcing Shang Jing to draw his divine-artifact great saber and fight back.
• Jiang Liu and Shang Jing exchanged a powerful blow that sent them flying apart, and Jiang Liu realized Shang Jing was far stronger than he had appeared.
• Shang Jing activated a formation across the village that channeled Heaven and Earth Essence into him, while Jiang Liu used Phantom Stomp and met Shang Jing’s rising aura with his own.

Jiang Liu tried to stop Shang Jing from gathering enough essence energy to unleash a potentially fatal strike, using Phantom Stomp and the Phantom Soul Flute. Shang Jing’s resolve began to waver under the flute’s illusion, and the Control Guards realized their Old Ancestor might be losing his mind.

• Jiang Liu struck Shang Jing with Phantom Stomp again, but their auras collided and sent Jiang Liu flying backward as cracks appeared in the surrounding void.
• Jiang Liu steadied himself, advanced with Phantom Stomp, and played God Fills the World on the Phantom Soul Flute to erode Shang Jing’s mind.
• Shang Jing reflected on the Shang Family’s true reason for splitting from the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild and began to let go of his fixation on extending his life and reaching the Third-Tier Divine Realm.
• Shang Jing’s essence energy gathering slowed as he fell deeper into the flute’s illusion, while Jiang Liu continued playing in hopes of defeating him and uncovering his secrets.
• A Fourth-Tier Saint Realm Control Guard asked Cheng Dong whether Old Ancestor had fallen into an illusion and lost control of his mind.

Jiang Liu killed Shang Jing after Cheng Li disrupted the illusion with a conch, then captured Shang Jing’s divine soul before it could possess another body. He turned his attention to the Control Guards in the village, deciding to kill them for interrupting his plan.

• Cheng Li blew a conch that disrupted Jiang Liu’s illusion and began to wake Shang Jing.
• Jiang Liu struck Shang Jing while the illusion faltered, then overpowered him in their next clash.
• Jiang Liu chopped off Shang Jing’s head and sealed away his divine soul before it could possess someone.
• Jiang Liu blamed the Control Guards for interrupting his plan and raised the Godslayer Blade toward them.

After killing the Shang Family Patriarch, Jiang Liu absorbed Shang Jing's Divine Soul to gain his memories and heal his injuries. Meanwhile, the weakened Nether River Commerce came under attack in Supreme City, where looting and violence plunged the city into chaos.

• Jiang Liu recovered enough to fight after his battle with the Shang Family Patriarch and prepared to absorb Shang Jing's Divine Soul for its memories.
• Jiang Liu devoured Shang Jing's Divine Soul, causing his Divine Sea and aura to expand as he began refining the Soul Force to heal his wounds.
• Small factions in Supreme City seized the chance to loot the Nether River Commerce's shops after Shang Sheng was killed and the Chen Family, Qi Family, and Huang Family rebelled.
• Major factions held back, wary of the Nether River Commerce's branches, remaining families, and allies, while the city descended into widespread violence.

After the Control Guards were defeated, forces across Supreme City and the Supreme Continent plundered the weakened Nether River Commerce. The Hong Family seized the chance to push the Shang Family back on the Neutral Continent, while the Ri Yue Continent branch split apart.

• Hou Fang learned that several prominent families had begun plundering and sent the Hou Family to target smaller forces already attacking the Nether River Commerce.
• Supreme City descended into chaos, and news of the plundering prompted forces throughout the Supreme Continent to raid Nether River Commerce shops.
• The Nether River Commerce shops across the Supreme Continent were looted, after which the plundering forces began attacking one another.
• The Control Guards and Shadow Guards on other continents openly turned against each other as several families rebelled and the Hong Family, Zhuo Family, and Cai Family took ambiguous positions.
• The Hong Family moved to monopolize the Nether River Commerce on the Neutral Continent and forced the Shang Family's people to retreat.
• The Nether River Commerce branch on Ri Yue Continent split into three parts.

Tong Chuchu learned that the Chen, Huang, and Qi Families had rebelled against the Shang Family and that the Nether River Commerce was collapsing across the continents. She decided to exploit Eternal Joy City’s campaign against the sea beasts to strike at the Shang Family’s forces on the Neutral Continent.

• The Huang, Chen, and Shang Families’ forces fought on the Riyue Continent, while the Zhuo, Cai, and Po Families moved to take over the Nether River Commerce elsewhere.
• Tong Chuchu connected the Chen Family’s unusual movements and Jiang Liu’s actions to the rebellion against the Shang Family.
• After learning that the Qi and Huang Families had also joined the rebellion, Tong Chuchu decided to destroy the Nether River Commerce on the Neutral Continent through secret attacks.
• Tong Chuchu planned with Xiao Yue to use Eternal Joy City’s sea beast operation as cover to target the Shang Family’s forces.

Jiang Liu looted the Shang Family headquarters, confirmed that Supreme City had fallen into chaos, and used Traversal to reach the Shockwave Sea Alliance. As the alliance leaders debated how to respond to the Crimson Flare Anomaly’s sea beasts, Jiang Liu arrived.

• Jiang Liu recovered the divine artifacts and formation materials from the Shang Family headquarters, then buried the village beneath a collapsing mountainside.
• Jiang Liu checked Supreme City, saw that it had descended into chaos, and used Traversal to reach the sea near Tranquil Sea Island.
• Ge Qingsong urged Yu Chenghai to unite the Shockwave Sea Alliance against the rampaging sea beasts, while Yu Chenghai worried that gathering their forces could attract stronger beasts.
• A powerful aura pressed down on the council hall, and Yu Chenghai announced that their lord had arrived.

Jiang Liu revealed himself to the Shockwave Sea Alliance and learned how badly the sea beasts had damaged its islands. He ordered the alliance to prepare to fight, promised to join them, and offered a divine-grade cultivation manual to whoever performed best, leaving the forces gathering for battle.

• Jiang Liu appeared before the Shockwave Sea Alliance, and Yu Chenghai and the other leaders greeted him as their lord.
• Yu Chenghai told Jiang Liu that sea beasts displaced by the Crimson Flare Anomaly had attacked the alliance's waters and destroyed several small islands.
• Jiang Liu ordered the alliance to gather its forces and kill any sea beasts that came to cause trouble, promising to join the fight.
• Jiang Liu offered a complete divine-grade cultivation manual as a reward for the best performance, greatly exciting the alliance's leaders.
• Yu Chenghai urged the leaders to give their best, and they returned to their islands to gather troops and prepare to exterminate the sea beasts.

Jiang Liu learned from Tang Chengyuan that Crimson Flare had allied with sea beasts to attack the Neutral Continent, then returned to Tranquil Sea Island to prepare for the Shockwave Sea Alliance’s campaign against the beasts. The alliance gathered its fleet near the island, ready to defend Mingyun Island and its valuable Mingyun Fruit.

• Jiang Liu flew to Tianyun Island and asked Tang Chengyuan about the Crimson Flare Anomaly.
• Tang Chengyuan explained that Crimson Flare was leading sea beasts from three other sea regions toward the Neutral Continent to attack the Eternal Joy City faction.
• Jiang Liu decided to strike the sea beasts near the Shockwave Sea Alliance and then returned to Tranquil Sea Island.
• The next day, the Shockwave Sea Alliance gathered its vessels to set out for Mingyun Island, which belonged to the Yun family and produced Mingyun Fruit.

Jiang Liu led the Shockwave Sea Alliance’s fleet toward Mingyun Island to fight the sea beasts, while Yu Chenghai split off to reinforce the island. After the alliance fought the beasts at sea, a Second-Order Divine Realm Unicorn Divine Ox appeared and resisted Jiang Liu’s attack.

• Yu Chenghai led the fleet out from Tranquil Sea Island, then split the forces, leaving Ge Qingsong and Feng Dashan to fight the approaching sea beasts while he headed toward Mingyun Island with Qin Feng, You He, and Xu Jiao.
• The Shockwave Sea Alliance fought the sea beasts as Jiang Liu watched, and First-Order Divine Realm beasts surfaced and were overwhelmed by the alliance’s Divine Realm members.
• A Second-Order Divine Realm Unicorn Divine Ox emerged, struck fighters with cold light from its eyes, and used its bellow to confuse the Saint Realm martial artists.
• Jiang Liu warned the Saint Realm fighters to retreat and attacked the Unicorn Divine Ox with the Godslayer Blade, but the ox remained unharmed.