Recaps

Jiang Liu repeatedly tested the weakening Samsara Formation as he pursued the treasure inside its pillar of light. Meanwhile, Bu He secretly joined forces with the Nether Colossus and the beast race to attack the Seven Great Clans, whose leaders were divided and preparing to confront the approaching threat.

• Jiang Liu returned to the Samsara Formation, confirmed that its power had weakened, and retreated to recover before trying again.
• Bu He gathered with the Nether Colossus and the organized beast horde outside the Sky Beast Mountain Range, hoping to defeat the Seven Great Clans and the Nether Demon Lord.
• The Nether Colossus led the beast horde toward the Seven Great Clans' encampment while Bu He followed behind to conceal the Bu Clan's alliance with the beasts.
• The Seven Great Clans' elites hid outside their encampment as the Qi, Chi, and Bo Clans challenged the Nether Demon Lord over their losses and his role in the failed Human Realm expedition.
• The Nether Demon Lord faced growing discord among the Seven Great Clans while refusing to accept sole blame for the invasion or be controlled by the other clans.

The Nether Demon Lord learned that a Third-Tier Divine Realm Nether Colossus was leading the Beast Race out of the mountains. He spread a claim that the Bu Clan had allied with the Beast Race, turning many small and medium-sized races against the Bu Clan Alliance and leaving Bu He wondering how the secret had leaked.

• A messenger reported that the Beast Race had come out of the mountains, and the Nether Demon Lord ordered his people to investigate.
• The Seven Great Clans confirmed that a Third-Tier Divine Realm Nether Colossus led the Beast Race.
• Elder Xing suggested that the Bu Clan might have invited the Beast Race, and the Nether Demon Lord ordered the alliance rumor spread throughout the Nether Realm.
• Angered by the prospect of the Bu Clan joining forces with the Beast Race, many small and medium-sized racial alliances abandoned plans to attack the Seven Great Clans and went after the Bu Clan Alliance instead.
• Bu He was bewildered by the leaked rumor and wondered whether a traitor or Bu Yao had exposed the alliance.

Jiang Liu broke through the pillar of light with the Saintly Sky Art and took the box, triggering a violent reaction in the Demon God Hall and the River Ming. As the formation collapsed and the corpses of the White Feather Sword God and Nether Demon Lord were annihilated, Jiang Liu traversed away from the tearing force.

• Jiang Liu discovered that traversing consumed substantial spirit power and spent hours restoring it before returning to the central area.
• Jiang Liu flew toward the pillar of light, but the Godslayer Blade bounced off its defenses and the formation’s pressure forced him to retreat.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the Saintly Sky Art might dissolve the pillar’s defenses as it had the Primal Qi Barrier.
• Jiang Liu used the Saintly Sky Art to open a hole in the pillar and took the unexpectedly light box, storing it in the System Space.
• The Demon God Hall trembled, its Palace Lantern turned red, and the River Ming churned as the pillar and Primal Qi Barriers collapsed.
• Jiang Liu saw the White Feather Sword God and Nether Demon Lord’s corpses undergo Annihilation, felt his body being torn apart, and traversed away.

Jiang Liu escaped the spreading collapse and opened a box that contained a beast hide bearing an unknown cultivation manual. The Data Panel identified it as the Heavenly Evolution Codex, leaving Jiang Liu with the option to record it.

• Jiang Liu fled as the ground collapsed into a vast pit that released Dark Primal Qi and drew Devil Race investigators.
• Jiang Liu opened four Space Pouches and collected Primal Stones, White Radiance Stones, and six divine artifacts.
• Jiang Liu cleared the Dark Primal Qi from the box with Saintly Sky Art primal qi, causing it to open.
• Jiang Liu found a beast hide whose pressure suggested it came from an exotic beast stronger than a Third-Tier Divine Realm Nether Colossus.
• Jiang Liu read the unfamiliar symbols, and the Data Panel identified the ungraded cultivation manual as the Heavenly Evolution Codex.

Jiang Liu recorded the Heavenly Evolution Codex and discovered that it let him cultivate both primal qi and Dark Primal Qi, but its power began draining the surrounding trees. When he sensed the Nether River Lord’s aura and realized the Lord was searching for the one who had disrupted his formation, Jiang Liu escaped beyond the Nether Realm as the growing upheaval drew every faction toward the Sky Beast Mountain Range.

• Jiang Liu recorded the Heavenly Evolution Codex and fused it with his Saintly Sky Art through the Data Panel.
• Jiang Liu tested the Heavenly Evolution Codex, stopped when it began draining the trees, and realized it let him cultivate primal qi and Dark Primal Qi without distinction.
• Jiang Liu sensed the Nether River Lord’s aura in the expanding pit and concluded that the Lord was seeking whoever had destroyed the formation.
• Jiang Liu used Fixed-Point Shuttle to escape beyond the Nether Realm’s boundary wall.
• The exotic beasts, Devil Race, Seven Great Clans, and other clan alliances stopped fighting and rushed toward the Sky Beast Mountain Range.

Jiang Liu reentered the Nether Realm to search for a passage to the Human Realm while the Nether Realm panicked over the enormous pit and the being inside it. The Nether Colossus connected the pit to the deaths of the former Nether Demon Lord and White Feather Sword God as a great fire erupted in the forest above.

• Jiang Liu tore through the Nether Realm's boundary wall and entered again to search for the secret passage.
• Bu He, the Nether Demon Lord, and the Nether Colossus gathered around the enormous pit, where a powerful presence frightened them.
• The Nether Colossus suspected that a hidden demon god had lured the former Nether Demon Lord and White Feather Sword God into a deadly trap.
• A gigantic face formed from a black cloud above the pit, while White Bones resembling the former Nether Demon Lord and White Feather Sword God emerged below it.
• A great fire appeared in the forest above the pit and rapidly spread, threatening to become impossible to extinguish.

Jiang Liu flew toward the place where the Nether God had once been forced to mine as a supernatural fire spread across the Sky Beast Mountain Range. White Bone emerged from a pit, absorbed the flames’ power, and began hunting the beast race and Devil Race, forcing their leaders to flee.

• Jiang Liu followed the Sacred Insect Compendium’s route toward the area where the Nether God had once been thrown into the Nether Realm.
• Bu He, the Nether Demon Lord, the alliances, and the beast race tried to extinguish the spreading fire, but even Bu He and the Nether Demon Lord could only weaken it.
• The Nether Colossus recognized that the fire came from the Nether River Lord’s fury and knew it would stop only when the Nether River Lord’s anger subsided.
• Ranks of White Bone crawled from a pit, entered the flames, and emerged stronger, with two Third-Tier Divine Realm leaders among them.
• The White Bone split into two groups and hunted the Devil Race and beast race, prompting the Nether Colossus and the beasts to flee.
• Bu He and the Nether Demon Lord ordered their forces to retreat, while leaving the smaller alliances without warning.

Jiang Liu found a mine he believed might conceal the passage between the Human Realm and the Nether Realm, then captured a thieving Sky Devouring Cat that could turn invisible. After learning the mine produced Space Gems, he ordered the frightened cat to use one to lure the mine’s powerful guards into the dark forest.

• Jiang Liu located a heavily guarded mine in the Sky Beast Mountain Range and suspected the passage between the Human Realm and the Nether Realm lay there.
• Jiang Liu pursued a nearly invisible cat-shaped exotic beast after seeing it sneak out of the mine.
• The Sky Devouring Cat tried to escape by turning invisible, but Jiang Liu sensed its elemental energy, captured it, and used the Spirit Control Art to bond with it.
• Jiang Liu learned that the Sky Devouring Cat had been stealing Space Gems from the mine, and the cat spat one out to please him.
• Jiang Liu suspected the Space Gems could confirm the passage’s location and ordered the Sky Devouring Cat to lure the mine’s guards into the forest with a gem.

Jiang Liu lured You Mingfeng out of the mine and killed him, then went to the mine himself when the Sky Devouring Cat failed to bring out another target. He launched a direct assault on the mine’s protective formation after the cat was exposed and the guards mobilized.

• Jiang Liu promised the Sky Devouring Cat most of the mine’s ore if it lured the guards out, and the cat went to the mine.
• You Mingfeng chased a Space Gem fluctuation out of the mine and into the Dark Forest, where Jiang Liu used the Phantom Soul Flute to distract him and killed him with one strike.
• Jiang Liu collected You Mingfeng’s divine soul and possessions, then waited for the Sky Devouring Cat to lure out another target.
• When the cat did not return, Jiang Liu put on the Shadowveil Robe and headed for the mine, intending to kill another Second-Order Divine Realm expert himself.
• Jiang Liu saw that the mine’s guards had mobilized and activated its protective grand formation, so he drew the Godslayer Blade and struck the formation with Divine Strike.

Jiang Liu used the Heavenly Evolution Codex to strengthen the Godslayer Blade and shatter the mine’s defensive formation. He defeated You Mingji and captured his soul, then turned toward the remaining guards as if preparing to wipe them out.

• You Minghan and You Mingji rushed to the mine wall after Jiang Liu attacked, while You Mingfeng remained missing.
• Jiang Liu drew in Dark Primal Qi with the Heavenly Evolution Codex and struck the defensive formation with Divine Strike, breaking it.
• Jiang Liu entered the mine and fought You Minghan, You Mingji, and their guards, with his Blade Avatar helping him keep the upper hand.
• Jiang Liu used Phantom Stomp to create an opening, beheaded You Mingji, and captured his soul.
• Jiang Liu looked toward You Mingji’s subordinates with an apparent intent to exterminate them.

After defeating You Mingji, Jiang Liu forced the mine’s guards to submit and took control of the site. The Sky Devouring Cat led him to the hidden treasury, where Jiang Liu began breaking the Void Concealment Formation.

• Jiang Liu killed You Mingji and stopped a guard from fleeing, forcing the remaining guards to stay put.
• You Minghan abandoned his fight with the Blade Avatar and submitted to Jiang Liu, who spared him on the condition that he keep the guards from causing trouble or leaking news.
• You Minghan organized the guards and monitored his subordinates while Jiang Liu left Divine Sense on him.
• The Sky Devouring Cat told Jiang Liu it had found the treasury and led him to a secluded corner of the mine.
• The Sky Devouring Cat revealed a hidden building protected by a Void Concealment Formation, and Jiang Liu began tracing the formation-breaking method.

Jiang Liu opened the mine storeroom, killed four guards hiding inside, and learned about the mine’s Void Star Iron and Space Gems. You Mingfeng gave him a diagram of the Soul Gathering Array in exchange for ordinary Void Star Iron, and Jiang Liu asked where the Space Gems were stored.

• Jiang Liu opened the storeroom, where Sky Devouring Cat began eating ore, and killed four guards hiding inside.
• Jiang Liu ordered the mine slaves to keep working and searched the storeroom for Space Gems, but found none.
• You Mingfeng reported that the mine produced Void Star Iron and rare Space Gems, and that its small ore pieces were Supreme Void Star Iron.
• You Mingfeng gave Jiang Liu a formation diagram of the Soul Gathering Array, and Jiang Liu rewarded him with ordinary Void Star Iron.
• Jiang Liu asked You Mingfeng where the mined Space Gems were being kept.

Jiang Liu collected the mine’s Space Gems and used their spatial intent to advance Nebula Shrunken Earth to divine grade. After entrusting the mine to You Minghan, he asked about strange occurrences in the tunnels, and You Minghan began to answer cautiously.

• You Mingfeng brought Jiang Liu a chest containing all the mine’s Space Gems.
• Jiang Liu comprehended spatial intent from the gems and used Nebula Shrunken Earth until his figure and aura vanished.
• The Data Panel announced that Nebula Shrunken Earth had broken through the Saint Grade limit and become a divine-grade movement skill.
• Jiang Liu named the skill Nebula Shrunken Earth and placed the mine under You Minghan’s management.
• Jiang Liu asked You Minghan about anything strange in the mine tunnels, and You Minghan said unusual things had happened there.

Jiang Liu investigated a mist-filled area in the mine where miners and guards had vanished, after hearing You Minghan’s account. He sensed a formation in the mist and entered alone while You Minghan left, planning to take everything and flee.

• You Minghan told Jiang Liu that miners and guards disappeared in the mist deep inside the mine, and that the area had been sealed off after the mine’s output fell.
• Jiang Liu ordered You Minghan to lead him to the mist, then stored the Sky Devouring Cat in the System Space when it appeared to be nearing a breakthrough.
• Jiang Liu flew to the storehouse and collected all the Supreme Void Star Iron before rejoining You Minghan.
• You Minghan led Jiang Liu through the mine passages to the gray mist, where he warned Jiang Liu about the danger.
• Jiang Liu sensed a formation in the mist and entered alone, while You Minghan turned back and planned to take the mine’s remaining property and flee.

Jiang Liu discovered that the mist passage connected the Human Realm and the Nether Realm, defeated its Formation Spirit, and found that the Sacred Insect Compendium let him pass through the Mist Grand Formation. The discovery left him concerned that the Moon Devouring Clan might use the passage, while Devouring Insects planned to enter the Human Realm himself.

• Jiang Liu recognized the mist as similar to that carried by the Moon Devouring Clan and concluded that it concealed a passage between the Human Realm and the Nether Realm.
• A mist vortex attacked Jiang Liu, but he split it with the Godslayer Blade and followed the formation's fluctuations into the mist.
• Jiang Liu absorbed the mist with his Dark Primal Qi, then his divine soul swallowed the consciousness that had entered his Divine Sea, erasing the Formation Spirit.
• Jiang Liu found that the Sacred Insect Compendium let him pass through the Mist Grand Formation and worried that the Moon Devouring Clan could also exploit the passage.
• Devouring Insects revealed that he had given Jiang Liu the Sacred Insect Compendium to help him find the passage and planned to enter the Human Realm after reaching the Third-Tier Divine Realm.

Jiang Liu used the Heavenly Evolution Codex to uncover and dismantle the Mist Sealing Grand Formation, revealing a passage beneath it. He stored the formation materials and entered the passage to investigate it before deciding how to seal it.

• Jiang Liu realized that someone had deliberately created the formation’s Formation Spirit as part of a sinister contingency for a Nether Realm invasion.
• Jiang Liu circulated the Heavenly Evolution Codex, destabilizing the formation and discovering the direction of its Primal Qi flow.
• Jiang Liu shattered a stone to reveal a formation flag, then found all thirteen flags and used the Formation-Breaking Technique to reveal the formation foundation.
• Jiang Liu pulled out the formation foundation, causing the formation to collapse and exposing a deep, gloomy passage.
• Jiang Liu stored the formation foundation and flags in the System Space, activated his protective Primal Qi barrier, and entered the passage to investigate it.

Jiang Liu entered a sealed passage between realms, where Devil Race bones and venomous insects trapped him. He used the Heavenly Evolution Codex to freeze and destroy the insects, while the passage’s connection to Insect Valley and the Sacred Insect Compendium remained unresolved.

• Jiang Liu tested the passage with an Ice Blade, then entered with a protective shield and left a traversal point at the entrance.
• Jiang Liu found incomplete Devil Race bones in the dark passage and discovered that an unseen force destroyed his attacks and blocked his vision.
• Jiang Liu’s slash awakened the bones and insects, and an aura wall rebounded him when he tried to escape.
• Jiang Liu immobilized the bones with Phantom Stomp and severed their skulls with Divine Strike, then blocked venom and insects gnawing at his shield.
• Jiang Liu suspected Insect Valley had left the insects there and questioned the purpose of the Sacred Insect Compendium.
• Jiang Liu circulated the Heavenly Evolution Codex, froze the insects as they retreated, and shattered them.

Jiang Liu explored a passage filled with poisonous insects and the bones of Devil Race warriors, then inferred that it had been a battlefield in the war between the Nether River Lord and the Demon God Hall. He left with new questions about the Demon God, Insect Valley, and the Moon Devouring Clan.

• Jiang Liu used the Heavenly Evolution Codex and Ice Attribute vital energy to kill the poisonous insects, then cautiously entered the passage.
• Jiang Liu found a vast field of White Bones belonging to the Devil Race, with poisonous insects gathered across them, and quickly retreated.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the bones likely came from a civil war between the Nether River Lord and the Demon God Hall over control of the Nether Realm.
• Jiang Liu suspected the war had caused the Demon God to split into two and had left the passage too devastated for an invasion of the Human Realm to continue.
• Jiang Liu wondered what Insect Valley and the Moon Devouring Clan had to do with the conflict and decided to visit the Moon Devouring Clan after dealing with the passage.
• The Devouring Insects presented themselves to Jiang Liu as obedient and innocent.

Jiang Liu prepared and activated formations to seal and conceal the dangerous passage, while You Minghan attacked the other commanders’ forces in the mine. The passage was hidden, but the Sealing Formation weakened the force keeping the White Bones inside, and Jiang Liu departed without realizing they might now escape.

• Jiang Liu decided to seal the passage from both inside and outside, using a Sealing Formation and a Void Concealment Formation.
• You Minghan launched an attack on You Mingdong and the allied subordinates of You Mingfeng and You Mingji, hoping to act before Jiang Liu returned.
• Jiang Liu refined the Supreme Void Star Iron and prepared the materials for the Sealing Formation.
• Jiang Liu activated the Sealing Formation inside the passage, awakening the White Bones and poisonous insects, then escaped outside as the White Bones stopped at the entrance.
• Jiang Liu used Space Gems to arrange the Void Concealment Formation, hid the passage, and left the area.

Jiang Liu left the battle at the mine and traveled to the Yellow Springs Mountains to test the Heavenly Evolution Codex. Meanwhile, the Demon God’s clone returned to the Nether Realm, and the two prepared to settle their conflict.

• You Minghan pressed You Mingdong and the other Divine Realm fighters, while Jiang Liu emerged from the mine and chose not to interfere.
• Jiang Liu used Traversal to reach the Yellow Springs Mountains and began cultivating the Heavenly Evolution Codex.
• A black shadow entered the Nether Realm aboard a Divine Artifact Starship, prompting the hidden Demon God to realize his clone had returned.
• The Demon God left hiding and waited for the starship to arrive.
• The black shadow faced the Demon God and said they should begin.

The Demon God tried to talk with his rebellious avatar, but the Demon God Avatar attacked, seeking to devour him and gain strength. Their clash ended in a brief stalemate, while the battle in the distance went unnoticed.

• The Demon God reflected on the forces that had turned the Nether River Lord, the Demon God Hall, and his avatar against him, and asked the Demon God Avatar to talk.
• The Demon God Avatar refused to respond and attacked with a White Bone weapon, aiming to devour the Demon God.
• The Demon God evaded the avatar’s strike and was alarmed by how much its strength had grown during its time in the endless void.
• The Demon God Avatar sent waves of Dark Primal Qi filled with imprisoned souls at the Demon God, who countered with a black staff bearing a Palace Lantern phantom.
• The Demon God and the Demon God Avatar exchanged attacks, then separated before either committed to a life-or-death fight.

Jiang Liu pushed the Heavenly Evolution Codex to its limit in the Yellow Springs Mountains, then flew toward the Moon Devouring Clan's settlement, unaware that the distant battle involved the Demon God and his avatar. As the avatar gained the upper hand with new void-based attacks, it drove the Demon God toward the heavenly pit in the Sky Beast Mountain Range.

• Jiang Liu absorbed Dark Primal Qi until his body could hold no more, but sensed nothing unusual underground and stopped cultivating.
• The Nether River churned, revealed a gigantic head that glanced toward Jiang Liu, then sank back beneath the water.
• Jiang Liu saw the devastation and spreading Nether River in the Yellow Springs Mountains, then flew toward the Moon Devouring Clan's settlement.
• The Demon God Avatar used Void Force to conjure a Void Exotic Beast, which the Demon God crushed while growing wary of his avatar's new abilities.
• The Demon God Avatar attacked the Void Rift and pursued the retreating Demon God, who moved toward the heavenly pit in the Sky Beast Mountain Range.

The Demon God and his avatar battled above the Nether Realm, drawing the attention of the Devil Race and forcing the exotic beasts to retreat. After a gigantic head emerged from the enormous pit, the Demon God and his avatar struck it, and the Demon God began destroying the White Bones and hurting the head further.

• Bu He and the Nether Demon Lord recognized the Demon God and wondered whether he was fighting his avatar, while the Nether Colossus withdrew to the Sky Beast Mountain Range and ordered the exotic beasts to hide.
• The exotic beasts retreated from the battlefield, ending their cooperation with Bu He’s side as the fighting stalled amid the White Bones from the enormous pit.
• A gigantic head formed from black clouds emerged from the pit and watched the Demon God’s avatar with excitement.
• The Demon God fired the Palace Lantern’s blue light at the gigantic head as his avatar hurled a White Bone and a Void Exotic Beast at it, then flew toward the Demon God.
• The Demon God unleashed his power, swept the White Bones into the pit, and shattered them with dark clouds, causing the already wounded gigantic head to shriek as he addressed Bai Ming.

The Demon God reunited with his clone, advanced his strength, and badly wounded Bai Ming’s clone in the Sky Beast Mountain Range. He sealed off the area and continued attacking as he tested whether he had reached the Supreme God Realm, while Bai Ming fought back.

• The Demon God merged with his clone, surprising Bai Ming and inflicting severe injuries on him.
• The Demon God reflected that he had deceived Bai Ming and Bai Mang by pretending his clone had turned against him, and that the clone’s return had strengthened him.
• Bai Ming threatened that Bai Mang would settle the score, but the Demon God ignored him and sealed off the surrounding area.
• Bai Ming used suction and shrill howls to challenge the seal as the Demon God attacked him with a great saber.
• The Demon God continued striking at Bai Ming, gambling that his attacks had lost their effectiveness while testing his new strength.

The Devil God devoured the remnant souls the Nether River Lord's avatar sent against him, restoring his Primordial Spirit and entering the Supreme God Realm. He destroyed Bai Ming's avatar and swallowed its divine soul, unaware that a black speck had attached itself to his Heaven's Gate Acupoint.

• The giant head forced remnant souls to explode against the Devil God, who swallowed them and grew stronger.
• The giant head stopped shrinking the sealed space as the Devil God's power rose and its attacks failed.
• The Devil God completed his Primordial Spirit and recognized that Bai Ming's avatar had helped him enter the Supreme God Realm.
• The Devil God struck Bai Ming's avatar with a vital-energy saber until the giant head exploded.
• The Devil God restrained and swallowed Bai Ming's avatar's divine soul, while a black speck attached itself to his Heaven's Gate Acupoint.