Recaps

The Three Rule Lords prepared a united assault to break through the Human Realm’s boundary wall, while Jiang Liu joined forces with the Golden Giant to defend it. As the Human Realm’s people rallied behind him, their faith gathered at the boundary wall.

• The Netherworld Master and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord confirmed that the Holy Master of the Human Realm was unharmed, and the Three Rule Lords resolved to breach the Human Realm together.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm ordered Zhao Hao to gather the Human Race, the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord summoned the divine race under Zhang Cheng, and the Netherworld Master rallied the Devil Race through his Skull Scepter.
• Jiang Liu realized the Three Rule Lords were preparing an all-out attack and returned behind the boundary wall to defend the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu used his pale-blue Power of Rule to steady the injured Golden Giant, then had it teach him to control the Human Realm Space.
• Human Race martial practitioners emerged and gathered faith power toward the boundary wall as Jiang Liu and the Golden Giant prepared to resist the coming assault.

The Holy Master of the Human Realm led the Human Race's Supreme God Realm experts in attacking the boundary wall to drain Jiang Liu's Power of Rule. As the Divine Realm and Devil Race joined the assault, the Golden Giant stabilized the barrier, while Netherworld Master launched a deadly attack.

• The Holy Master of the Human Realm ordered the Human Race's Supreme God Realm experts to attack the boundary wall, though many secretly held back and hoped the Three Rule Lords would fall.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm sensed the barrier weakening and believed Jiang Liu's Power of Rule was being depleted.
• Jiang Liu replenished his power with the Heaven Heavenly Evolution Codex, but the strain made his aura unstable as the protective light dimmed.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord and Netherworld Master led their forces toward the boundary wall and ordered attacks from all sides, increasing the pressure on Jiang Liu.
• The Golden Giant released a powerful aura that stopped the boundary's protective light from weakening further.
• Netherworld Master swung the Skull Scepter, sending faint radiance through the attackers' ranks that reduced tiny Void Creatures to dust and turned some Devil Race martial practitioners into skeletons.

Jiang Liu defended the Human Realm Space as the Netherworld Master’s bone monster collapsed after one strike. The Netherworld Master recognized Jiang Liu as the person who had destroyed his teleportation passage and Soaring Sky Altar, then halted the assault to seek information about the Battlefield Space from him.

• The Netherworld Master assembled a bone monster from fallen Demon Martial Practitioners, but it disintegrated before its Bone Blade could hit the Human Realm’s boundary wall.
• The Netherworld Master realized Jiang Liu had advanced from the second to the fourth stage of Rule and was the person who had destroyed his teleportation passage and Soaring Sky Altar.
• The Netherworld Master concluded that capturing Jiang Liu could reveal how to reach the Battlefield Space, so he told the Holy Master of the Human Realm and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord to stop attacking.
• The Holy Master and Divine Realm Heavenly Lord recalled their forces to their ships, easing the pressure on the Human Realm Space.
• Jiang Liu used the pause to recover and continued waiting for the people from Heaven's Mandate Pavilion.

The Three Rule Lords discussed the Netherworld Master's discovery that the person inside the Human Realm's boundary wall had entered the Battlefield Space before and could reveal a way back. They agreed to stop the blood sacrifice and consider capturing him, but the Holy Master of the Human Realm worried about confronting him without help.

• The Holy Master of the Human Realm attacked the Netherworld Master in anger, but the Netherworld Master blocked him and said he had found a more reliable way to reach the Battlefield Space.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord intervened, and the Holy Master of the Human Realm agreed to hear the Netherworld Master out.
• The Netherworld Master revealed that the person inside the Human Realm's boundary wall was the same person who had entered the Battlefield Space through the Human Race's battlefield passage.
• The Netherworld Master explained that he had recognized the person's aura through the Soaring Sky Altar and Soaring Sky Mirror, and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord realized the new coordinate depended on that person.
• The Three Rule Lords considered stopping their attack and capturing the person, while the Holy Master of the Human Realm worried he would have to face him alone if the boundary wall remained intact.

The Netherworld Master persuaded the Holy Master of the Human Realm and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord to seek the Battlefield Space’s coordinates from Jiang Liu through negotiation rather than immediately attacking the Human Realm. The Holy Master approached Jiang Liu to begin talks, while Jiang Liu replenished his Power of Rule and waited for Heaven’s Mandate Pavilion.

• The Netherworld Master proposed negotiating with Jiang Liu for the Battlefield Space’s coordinates or using the threat of continued attacks to pressure him.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord considered that Jiang Liu’s determination to protect the Human Realm made negotiation more promising than breaching its boundary wall.
• The three Rule Lords agreed that the Holy Master of the Human Realm would negotiate first and resort to coercion if Jiang Liu refused.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm left the star stone and approached the Human Realm’s boundary wall.
• Jiang Liu replenished his Power of Rule by circulating the Heavenly Evolution Codex and continued waiting for Heaven’s Mandate Pavilion to arrive.

The Holy Master of the Human Realm met with Jiang Liu’s agreement to negotiate over the Battlefield Space’s coordinates and the Secret of Eternal Life. The three Rule Lords debated where to hold the talks but had not settled on a location when the Netherworld Master proposed a way to preserve their advantage.

• The Holy Master of the Human Realm approached the Human Realm barrier and asked Jiang Liu to negotiate instead of continuing their fight.
• Jiang Liu agreed to talk, and the Holy Master of the Human Realm returned to the Starstone to confer with the Netherworld Master and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord.
• The three Rule Lords considered where to negotiate, weighing the risk of entering the Human Realm against the strength they would lose near its barrier.
• The Netherworld Master suggested they could maintain their advantage even if the negotiations took place near the Human Realm.

The Netherworld Master revealed that he had cultivated the Life Rule to Harmony of Life and Death, surprising the Holy Master of the Human Realm and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord. He hoped the display would help negotiations for the Battlefield Space's coordinates proceed peacefully.

• The Netherworld Master sensed that the Holy Master of the Human Realm and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord had mistaken his willingness to negotiate for something else, but he chose not to correct them.
• The Netherworld Master used his Skull Scepter to envelop the two rulers in the Power of Life.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord realized that the Netherworld Master's Life Rule had reached Harmony of Life and Death.
• The Netherworld Master revealed his strength to protect himself and help the negotiations proceed smoothly.
• The Netherworld Master hoped the pair would give him the Battlefield Space's coordinates, or he would test his power against them.

The Holy Master of the Human Realm met Jiang Liu to negotiate for the coordinates of Battlefield Space, while Jiang Liu used the talks to buy time and test their intentions. After Jiang Liu demanded that the surrounding forces withdraw, the Holy Master agreed, leaving Jiang Liu wary that the Three Lords of Rules had found a way to counter Human Realm Space’s suppressive force.

• The Netherworld Master and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord stayed outside Human Realm Space while the Holy Master of the Human Realm went to meet Jiang Liu alone.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm asked Jiang Liu for the coordinates of Battlefield Space and offered something in exchange.
• Jiang Liu demanded that the martial artists and flying ships surrounding Human Realm Space withdraw before negotiations continued.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm agreed and ordered the Lords of the Void to pull back the ships.
• Jiang Liu watched the forces withdraw and suspected the Three Lords of Rules had gained a new means of dealing with Human Realm Space’s suppression.

Jiang Liu demanded a thousand palm-sized Star Source Stones in exchange for the coordinates of Battlefield Space, prompting the Three Rule Lords to pool their star stones. The Holy Master of the Human Realm took their offering back to Jiang Liu, while the Netherworld Master and Divine Realm Heavenly Lord doubted he would reveal the coordinates so easily.

• Jiang Liu told the Holy Master of the Human Realm that he wanted a thousand palm-sized Star Source Stones as his next condition.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm found he could not meet the demand alone and consulted the Netherworld Master and Divine Realm Heavenly Lord.
• The three Rule Lords discovered that together they held fewer than five hundred palm-sized Star Source Stones, so they considered substituting other kinds of star stones.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord and Netherworld Master agreed to provide their star stones, and the Holy Master of the Human Realm collected their Space Pouches.
• The Netherworld Master questioned whether Jiang Liu would reveal the coordinates after receiving the stones, and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord doubted that he would.

Jiang Liu accepted the Three Rule Lords’ offer of other star stones in place of Star Source Stones, then demanded a further thousand Star Enlightenment Stones and a thousand Star Perception Stones. The Holy Master of the Human Realm was left visibly troubled by the enormous new demand.

• The Holy Master of the Human Realm asked Jiang Liu whether other star stones could replace the scarce Star Source Stones.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm gave Jiang Liu three Space Pouches and explained the star stones inside, including their uses and value.
• Jiang Liu discovered that the Star Enlightenment Stones and Star Perception Stones could strengthen his comprehension of the Power of Time-Space Rule.
• Jiang Liu agreed to accept the substitute star stones, then demanded a thousand Star Enlightenment Stones and a thousand Star Perception Stones.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm reacted uneasily to Jiang Liu’s new demand.

The Holy Master of the Human Realm struggled to negotiate with Jiang Liu, who demanded large quantities of Star Enlightenment Stones and Star Perception Stones in exchange for Battlefield Space coordinates. The Holy Master returned to consult the Netherworld Master and Divine Realm Heavenly Lord after Jiang Liu refused to lower his demand and threatened to end negotiations.

• The Holy Master of the Human Realm decided that obtaining the Secret of Eternal Life from Ming Bai and Yunzhi Shangren was safer than trusting the Netherworld Master to slow his dwindling life force.
• The Holy Master told Jiang Liu that gathering the requested Star Stones was impossible and asked him to reduce the amount or choose another condition.
• Jiang Liu rejected further negotiation and planned to win over the void forces, including Zhao Hao of the Holy Wang Pavilion, to help collect the Star Stones.
• The Holy Master returned to the Netherworld Master and Divine Realm Heavenly Lord, who asked what harsh condition Jiang Liu had proposed.

The Netherworld Master proposed threatening the Human Realm’s population to force Jiang Liu to accept his demand, while the Holy Master of the Human Realm weighed the plan against the shifting balance of power. The Holy Master withheld his response and waited to see whether the Netherworld Master could carry it out.

• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord asked the Holy Master of the Human Realm whether Jiang Liu’s demand for a thousand Star Enlightenment Stones and a thousand Star Perception Stones could still be negotiated.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm said Jiang Liu had made clear that they should start a war if they could not meet his demand.
• The Netherworld Master claimed he could endanger the Human Realm’s warriors without breaching its boundary wall and force Jiang Liu to comply.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm considered whether the Netherworld Master’s claim meant the balance of strength among the three leaders had shifted.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm did not declare his position and waited to see whether the Netherworld Master could threaten the Human Race.

The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord, the Netherworld Master, and the Holy Master of the Human Realm renewed their alliance by forming the Three Realms Concord Curse Talisman. From afar, Zhao Hao recognized the talisman and realized the three Rule Lords had resorted to it because Jiang Liu had driven them into a corner.

• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord pledged his support for the Netherworld Master's plan, and the Holy Master of the Human Realm reluctantly agreed to join them.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord cut a piece of space from the void and divided it into 108 fragments.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord arranged the fragments into the Three Realms Concord Curse Talisman, and the three Rule Lords pressed their hands onto it.
• The talisman linked the three Rule Lords and bound them to work together, preventing them from betraying the alliance.
• Zhao Hao felt the talisman's power from afar and recalled that it trapped wronged souls and punished anyone who broke the agreement.

The Netherworld Master explained a secret Devil Race technique that required the Holy Master of the Human Realm and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord to help target the Human Realm. As they began carrying out the plan, Jiang Liu sensed a dangerous ritual, and the Human Realm's boundary wall erupted in white light and lightning as a hazy figure emerged beneath it.

• The Netherworld Master revealed that his secret technique required the Three Rule Lords' cooperation and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord's Three Realms Concord Curse Talisman had supplied a crucial link.
• The Netherworld Master left, the Holy Master of the Human Realm returned to the boundary wall, and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord spread his Power of Space Rule through the void.
• Jiang Liu watched the distant void and sensed a formation of white lights releasing powerful resentful energy.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm reappeared before Jiang Liu without approaching or offering anything.
• The Human Realm's boundary wall blazed with white light and lightning as a hazy figure emerged from beneath it.

Jiang Liu discovered that the Netherworld Master had secretly spread Black Mist through the Human Realm and realized the Three Rule Lords were using the Human Race to force him to submit. He broke past the Holy Master of the Human Realm and attacked the Netherworld Master, but the Netherworld Master believed his plan was already more than halfway complete.

• Jiang Liu spotted the Netherworld Master hiding nearby and learned that Black Mist was spreading through the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu ordered the Golden Giant to stop the Black Mist and moved to attack the Netherworld Master, but the Holy Master of the Human Realm blocked him with a blue curtain wall.
• Jiang Liu used his Time-Space Rule to deceive the Holy Master and cross through space, then struck at the Netherworld Master with the Godslayer Blade.
• The Netherworld Master blocked Jiang Liu's attack with his Skull Scepter and revealed that he had used the Demonic Sealing Heaven Art to turn the Power of Life into the Power of Death and spread Black Mist through the Human Realm.
• The Netherworld Master believed that keeping Jiang Liu occupied would force him to compromise before the Human Realm's Heavenly Dao could eliminate the Black Mist.

Jiang Liu fought the Netherworld Master and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord, using his mastery of spatial power to launch a powerful attack. He failed to injure the Heavenly Lord before the Netherworld Master and the Holy Master of the Human Realm arrived, leaving him facing all three opponents.

• Jiang Liu sent the Netherworld Master flying with a slash, and the Netherworld Master used life force to resist the Human Realm's suppression.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord ambushed Jiang Liu with a halo, but a Void Creature blocked the attack and Jiang Liu dodged.
• Jiang Liu realized the Heavenly Lord's spatial abilities could conceal the Netherworld Master's movements and might have helped him spread Black Mist through the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu attacked the Heavenly Lord with the Godslayer Blade and Phantom Stomp, but the Heavenly Lord used his spatial ring to block the strike and retreated unharmed.
• The Netherworld Master and the Holy Master of the Human Realm rushed toward Jiang Liu, leaving him to face all three opponents.

Jiang Liu broke through the Netherworld Master’s Power of Death with Instant Strike, but the Netherworld Master survived by transforming it into Power of Life. The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord and the Holy Master of the Human Realm closed in as the Netherworld Master continued his plan to capture Jiang Liu and obtain the Battlefield Space coordinates.

• The Holy Master of the Human Realm attacked Jiang Liu, but Jiang Liu blocked the blows with spatial ripples and sped toward the Netherworld Master.
• The Netherworld Master used the Skull Scepter to send strands of Power of Death at Jiang Liu while the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord and the Holy Master of the Human Realm moved to surround him.
• Jiang Liu used Instant Strike to immobilize the Netherworld Master and brought down the Godslayer Blade.
• The Netherworld Master transformed his Power of Death into Power of Life, and the Skull Scepter blocked Jiang Liu’s strike.
• The Netherworld Master recovered and watched warily as the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord and the Holy Master of the Human Realm closed in.

Jiang Liu faced the Holy Master of the Human Realm, the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord, and the Netherworld Master as they tried to obtain the Battlefield Space coordinates and suspected he knew the Secret of Eternal Life. He realized their obsession would continue even if he escaped, so he considered negotiating with them before Heaven's Mandate Pavilion arrived.

• Jiang Liu assessed the three men's coordinated encirclement and worried that the Golden Giant might be unable to dispel the Black Mist in the Human Realm.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord asked Jiang Liu for the Battlefield Space coordinates and suggested that Jiang Liu reveal what he had learned there.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord reasoned that Jiang Liu might possess the Secret of Eternal Life, and the Holy Master of the Human Realm and the Netherworld Master eagerly agreed that they should seek it from him instead.
• Jiang Liu decided that he needed to negotiate with the three men to prevent future conflict and keep them from fighting desperately if they became cornered.

Jiang Liu weighed whether to reveal the Secret of Eternal Life, knowing that doing so could expose the Chaos Space and put it in danger. He demanded that the Three Rule Lords clear the Black Mist from the Human Realm first, but their relieved reaction showed they believed they had found a way to force his hand.

• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord offered to double Jiang Liu’s earlier terms, and the Holy Master of the Human Realm and Netherworld Master supported the offer.
• Jiang Liu considered revealing the Secret of Eternal Life but feared that taking the Three Rule Lords to the Chaos Space would expose its coordinates to other powerful beings.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord offered to fulfill any further demands Jiang Liu made.
• After the Golden Giant told Jiang Liu it could only halt the Black Mist’s spread, Jiang Liu demanded that the Three Rule Lords clear it from the Human Realm before they discussed the secret.
• The Three Rule Lords relaxed, believing Jiang Liu’s concern for the Human Realm would let them force him to submit, while Jiang Liu realized he might have to tell them the truth.

Jiang Liu offered to reveal the Secret of Eternal Life to the Netherworld Master alone if he cleared the Black Mist from the Human Realm. The Netherworld Master refused and agreed to act only if Jiang Liu told all three of them, leaving the Human Realm's Black Mist still unresolved.

• The Netherworld Master demanded the Secret of Eternal Life in exchange for clearing the Black Mist from the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu worried that the Human Realm's Heavenly Dao could not hold back the Black Mist and blamed the Holy Master of the Human Realm for helping unleash it.
• Jiang Liu offered to tell the Netherworld Master the secret alone if he cleared the Black Mist immediately, alarming the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord and the Holy Master of the Human Realm.
• The Netherworld Master considered the risks of accepting Jiang Liu's offer and decided he could not trust Jiang Liu or afford to alienate the other two.
• The Netherworld Master agreed to clear the Black Mist if Jiang Liu revealed the Secret of Eternal Life to all three, and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord and Holy Master of the Human Realm felt relieved.

Jiang Liu gave the Three Rule Lords coordinates to the Battlefield Space and claimed they could not detect it, misleading them into accepting his explanation. When a Divine Artifact Starship appeared, Jiang Liu recognized that the people from Heaven's Mandate Pavilion had arrived.

• Jiang Liu received a message from his Identity Jade Token and realized the people from Heaven's Mandate Pavilion were nearing the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu gave the Netherworld Master a star map showing the Battlefield Space's former coordinates.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord accused Jiang Liu of giving them false coordinates, but Jiang Liu said the Battlefield Space was concealed from them.
• The Three Rule Lords considered Jiang Liu's explanation and turned toward a powerful light in the void.
• Jiang Liu recognized the approaching Divine Artifact Starship as the vessel carrying the people from Heaven's Mandate Pavilion.

Heaven's Mandate Pavilion arrived to reinforce Jiang Liu, but the Three Rule Lords attacked the newcomers before they could join him. Huangfu Hao and the others formed the Four Symbols Combination Formation to withstand the Holy Master of the Human Realm, while Jiang Liu was trapped between the Netherworld Master and the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord.

• The Three Rule Lords recognized the approaching reinforcements and decided to attack Heaven's Mandate Pavilion's flying ship while the Netherworld Master and Divine Realm Heavenly Lord held Jiang Liu back.
• Huangfu Hao led Heaven's Mandate Pavilion's cultivators out of the ship in a combined formation, while Zhuge Cheng stayed behind and scattered the Heaven Reckoning Bamboo Slip.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm struck Huangfu Hao's group, shattering their Four Symbols Combination Formation, but the other cultivators' formation helped them survive.
• Heaven's Mandate Pavilion formed the Four Symbols Combination Formation and fought to withstand the Holy Master of the Human Realm's attacks.
• Jiang Liu tried to reach the battle but the Netherworld Master's Power of Death blocked him, so the Heavenly Evolution Codex began drawing it into his body.

Jiang Liu endured the Netherworld Master's Life Rule without harm and drove the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord back, convincing both Rule Lords that they could not obtain the Secret of Eternal Life from him. The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord and Netherworld Master fled, and the Holy Master of the Human Realm followed into the void.

• Jiang Liu absorbed the Netherworld Master's Power of Death and discovered that his body and Heavenly Evolution Codex neutralized its effects.
• Jiang Liu knocked away the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord's ring of light and shattered the spatial folds blocking his blade.
• The Netherworld Master told the Divine Realm Heavenly Lord that they had no hope of obtaining the Secret of Eternal Life from Jiang Liu.
• The Divine Realm Heavenly Lord sent a message to the Holy Master of the Human Realm and escaped into the void.
• The Netherworld Master faded away with his Skull Scepter, and the Holy Master of the Human Realm abandoned his attack on Heaven's Mandate Pavilion and followed them.

After the Three Rule Lords abruptly fled, Jiang Liu returned to the Human Realm to clear away its Black Mist while the Void factions withdrew. Zhang Cheng, Zhao Hao, and Bai Ye considered whether to align with Jiang Liu and decided Zhao Hao would first test his attitude.

• Jiang Liu let the Three Rule Lords and their followers leave, then entered the Human Realm to help the Golden Giant clear its Black Mist.
• The Void factions departed, relieved that the War of Rules had ended with few casualties.
• Zhang Cheng, Zhao Hao, and Bai Ye gathered aboard a flying ship and agreed not to attack Heaven's Mandate Pavilion or the Human Realm.
• The three leaders considered submitting to Jiang Liu but worried about how he would receive them, especially given the Devil Race's history with the Human Race.
• Zhang Cheng, Zhao Hao, and Bai Ye decided Zhao Hao would approach Jiang Liu first and sound out his attitude.

Jiang Liu refined the Black Mist spreading through the Human Realm, while the surviving members of Heaven's Mandate Pavilion returned and discovered that the realm was recovering. Their reunion was interrupted by an unknown voice demanding to know who they were.

• Jiang Liu used the Heavenly Evolution Codex to draw in and refine the Black Mist, easing the burden on the Human Realm's Heavenly Dao.
• Heaven's Mandate Pavilion counted eight dead and many wounded after their fight with the Holy Master of the Human Realm, and Huangfu Hao prepared everyone to return.
• The survivors entered the Human Realm, where Huangfu Hao and Zhuge Cheng noticed that its Heaven and Earth Essence had grown dense and its lands were recovering.
• Heaven's Mandate Pavilion celebrated their return and hoped to settle in the Human Realm, until an unknown voice asked who they were.