Recaps

Heavenly Furnace halted the Rift World's plunge into the Vortex and faced the gathered calamity-afflicted, while Ji Jue used the opening to trigger the final change in the Sacrificial Temple. The chapter ended as the Temple transformed into a towering black structure, and its slaughter began.

• Heavenly Furnace held the Rift World steady against the Vortex and confronted the calamity-afflicted gathering in the darkness.
• Heavenly Furnace injured the Foul Corruption Demon, captured one of the time worms, and challenged the remaining enemies to attack together.
• Ji Jue recognized Heavenly Furnace's signal and decided to trigger the ritual's final change.
• Xie Heli broke through the Sacrificial Temple's final protection and rushed toward the Imperial Jade Seal, but black threads seized and battered him.
• Ji Jue drew on the Rift World's deaths and souls to remake the Sacrificial Temple into a black tower, which began its slaughter.

The Dark Tower rampaged through the Rift World, killing intruders as Ji Jue revealed how he had built and deliberately limited it. The survivors united to destroy it and fought over the Imperial Jade Seal, but Worry-Free Duke seized an empty box before Ji Jue struck him from behind.

• The Dark Tower rejected Duke An Guo and Chang Le's claims, crushed their offerings, and attacked the intruders across the Rift World.
• Ji Jue and Pan Ying ambushed Soekarno, while the Dark Tower's growth and attacks forced the surviving intruders to cooperate.
• Xie Heli used his knife to split the Dark Tower's space, allowing the survivors to attack and destroy it.
• The survivors fought over the Imperial Jade Seal as Xie Heli and Duke An Guo repeatedly tried to seize the jade casket from Chang Le.
• Worry-Free Duke stabbed Chang Le, took the jade box, and discovered it was empty.
• Ji Jue appeared behind Worry-Free Duke and crushed his heart.

Ji Jue discovered that Worry-Free Duke had secretly used Disintegration Art on the casket, so he ambushed him and seized the apparently empty box. He revealed the Imperial Jade Seal through Non-Aggression, claimed it for Lu Changsheng and the Evil Transformation Cult, and left Worry-Free Duke forced to kneel before him.

• Ji Jue noticed traces of Disintegration Art on the casket and realized someone had removed its contents before it was opened.
• Ji Jue pierced Worry-Free Duke through the back, crushed his heart, and took the empty jade casket.
• Ji Jue revived the Dark Tower and used its power to suppress Worry-Free Duke, then summoned him back after blasting him through the ruins.
• Ji Jue opened the casket and used Non-Aggression to recreate the Imperial Jade Seal, making its appearance visible to everyone.
• Ji Jue swallowed the seal's phantom light and declared that the Imperial Jade Seal belonged to Lu Changsheng and the Evil Transformation Holy Dynasty.
• The Dark Tower's gravity forced Worry-Free Duke to his knees as Ji Jue demanded that he bow before the supreme sovereign.

Ji Jue defeated Worry-Free Duke with the Fire of Feiming, destroyed the Tiger Seal Seed, and reclaimed the Flame Tide Seed. When he used the Disintegration Art instead of reuniting with it, he disrupted a foretold ending and enraged the hidden figure observing him.

• Ji Jue used the Imperial Jade Seal’s power to suppress Worry-Free Duke and taunted him before the gathered observers.
• Worry-Free Duke unleashed the Flame Tide Disaster, but Ji Jue emerged unharmed and consumed its flames.
• Ji Jue used the Fire of Feiming to burn Worry-Free Duke and destroy the forces bound to him through the Heavenly Origin Law.
• The Tiger Seal Seed broke apart, revealing a strange presence that recognized Ji Jue was not Lu Changsheng and asked who he was.
• Ji Jue crushed the remaining Tiger Seal Seed, reclaimed the Flame Tide Seed, and used the Disintegration Art rather than merging with it.
• A hidden figure raged as Ji Jue’s choice caused a foretold ending to go wrong.

Ji Jue uncovered the truth of the Flame Tide Disaster, accepted the curse of his past self, and completed an independent Abyss Seed after the calamity’s destruction. He led the collapsing Rift World beneath the Vortex, but a furious Rainbow Light reached through the void and seized the Sacrificial Temple as the Heavenly Furnace’s eyes blazed.

• Ji Jue witnessed the past and learned that the Flame Tide Disaster had chosen his mother, who sacrificed herself to cut Great Evil from her child and entrust him to Lü Yingyue.
• Ji Jue met the child left in the ruined carriage, promised to live well, and embraced him as the child passed on his curse.
• The Flame Tide Disaster and its phantoms vanished, while Ji Jue’s own Abyss Seed ignited and regenerated him with a Seven-Horned Black Crown.
• Ji Jue declared his independence from the Vortex and led the collapsing Rift World beneath it, bidding farewell to everyone.
• Rainbow Light surged through the void, tore through the Sacrificial Temple’s defenses, and seized it as the Heavenly Furnace’s eyes blazed in response.

The Heavenly Furnace and Ji Jue revealed their trap as the Sower seized the Sacrificial Temple, then struck back with the Nemesis Sword and the awakened Great Serpent. The Sower was pierced and badly wounded, but another sword cry sounded from inside the Riftworld.

• The Heavenly Furnace held the Rift World above the Vortex until the boundary broke and the Sower seized the Sacrificial Temple.
• The Sower, the Harvester, and the Guide attacked the Heavenly Furnace, while Pang Pei and Ellis intervened to block them.
• The Heavenly Furnace revealed that his apparent collapse and the Rift World were part of a deception, then stabbed the Sower with the Supreme Masterwork [Nemesis].
• Ji Jue ordered the Sacrificial Temple to self-destruct and used its power to awaken the Great Serpent from its remains.
• The Great Serpent coiled around the Sower's arm as the Heavenly Furnace drove the Nemesis Sword through his chest.
• The Sower seized the exhausted Nemesis Sword, and another sword cry sounded from inside the Riftworld.

Ji Jue destroyed the corrupted Giant Serpent, used its sacrifices and a summons across time to call forth Scarlet Firmament’s Shadow, and severed the Sower’s arm. As Ji Jue fell toward the abyss, he and the Sower parted with the promise of meeting again.

• Ji Jue encouraged the Giant Serpent to devour the Sower’s pale blood, then used Disintegration Art to destroy its core as it tried to swallow him.
• Ji Jue redirected the serpent’s hatred and sacrifices into the ancient sword scar, calling on the swordsmiths to lend him their sword.
• The swordsmith in the distant past answered Ji Jue’s summons and sent his sword’s crimson radiance into the scar, allowing Ji Jue to pull out Scarlet Firmament’s Shadow.
• Scarlet Firmament’s Shadow manifested as the true Celestial Origin Sword, and witnesses recognized it as the proof of Lu Changsheng’s imperial inheritance.
• Ji Jue struck the Sower’s arm with Scarlet Firmament’s Shadow and severed it at the elbow.
• As Ji Jue fell toward the abyss, he waved goodbye to the Sower, who roared in pain.

Sower abandoned his body and self-destructed, but Heavenly Furnace, Pang Pei, and Ellis contained the blast and repaired the present world. Ji Jue was left trapped beneath the Vortex, while Ye Chun set out to deal with the aftermath at the Sacrificial Temple.

• Harvester and Guide failed to overcome Pang Pei and Ellis as Sower realized the battle was lost and abandoned his body.
• Sower self-destructed, destroying the Rift World and cracking the Vortex, but Pang Pei froze the blast while Heavenly Furnace repaired the present world and Ellis reduced the damage.
• Pang Pei ordered an investigation of the Evil Transformation Cult, and Heavenly Furnace helped turn the Rift World's remains into a celestial pillar before sealing the final crack.
• Heavenly Furnace left without rescuing Ji Jue, who fell beneath the Vortex and watched it close around him.
• At Tide Sound Workshop, Ye Xian learned that Ji Jue had helped uncover the Sacrificial Temple and prepared to leave, but Ye Chun volunteered to go in her place.
• Ye Xian agreed to let Ye Chun go, and Ye Chun left the workshop as Xiao Jiu Gloria wondered if she had fallen too.

Ye Chun carried the injured Ji Jue away from the Eternal Empire, while news of Lu Changsheng’s return triggered a worldwide purge and a new wave of political violence. A week later, Ji Jue thanked Lü Yingyue on behalf of someone else and fell asleep beneath the afternoon sun.

• Ye Chun carried the dazed Ji Jue away after speaking with the Eternal Empire’s ruler, who teased her about marriage and children.
• Ji Jue mistook Ye Chun for his mother, called her a salted fish, and was beaten before she dragged him onward.
• The High Priest learned that Lu Changsheng had returned, seized the Imperial Jade Seal, and declared plans for an Evil Transformation Holy Dynasty; an intruder destroyed the cult’s estate and captured the High Priest.
• Authorities and rival groups launched a global purge to hunt the Evil Transformation Cult and find Lu Changsheng, while a White Owl assassin shot the Emperor from 6,106 kilometers away.
• One week later, Ji Jue called Lü Yingyue and thanked her on behalf of another person; she thanked him in return, and he fell asleep peacefully in his wheelchair.

After the rainy season, Courier Logistics expanded its deliveries across the Wilderness, bringing new comforts and attracting dangerous ambitions. Feng Yao’s settlement faced Coast’s demand for 160 years of labor to repay its security debt, and the chapter ended when the collector unexpectedly agreed to give him more time.

• Courier Logistics deliverymen carried goods between settlements, while one explained that workers were told to abandon cargo and flee if bandits attacked.
• Uncle Li warned Rat Hui and the other young men not to target Coast’s deliveries, then told Xiao Liu to watch them and said poor people should stay out of the bosses’ affairs.
• Uncle Li ate a Coast meal in his cooled RV and imagined improving life in the settlement, though he feared things were about to get worse.
• Feng Yao confronted Coast’s debt collector over a demand for 160 years of labor to repay the settlement’s rainy-season security support.
• The collector showed Feng Yao recordings and electronic signatures proving the debt, and Feng Yao tearfully asked for more time.
• The collector agreed without hesitation, leaving Feng Yao and his indignant supporters stunned.

Coast sold Feng Yao’s debt to Ten Thousand Miles Finance, bringing Wild Bazaar into the settlement to collect what Coast could not. Meanwhile, Courier Logistics expanded throughout Haizhou, connecting settlements and boosting the fortunes of both Celestial Origin and White Deer, while Ji Jue was finally discharged from Xinxiang Sanatorium.

• Feng Yao expected Coast’s debt collector to threaten him, but the collector instead complained about Coast’s own financial troubles and announced that the debt had been sold.
• The collector introduced Mr. Zhu of Ten Thousand Miles Finance, who signed the debt transfer contract as Feng Yao realized Wild Bazaar would handle collection.
• Mr. Zhu demanded that Feng Yao and the settlement explain why they had dared to owe money to Wild Bazaar, leaving them terrified and Feng Yao wondering whether he could still repay.
• President Gou fended off calls from debtors while celebrating the payments from Ten Thousand Miles Finance and Coast’s improved finances.
• Coast Industry and Courier Logistics expanded across Haizhou, connecting settlements and supporting growth for Celestial Origin and White Deer.
• Doctor Xie reviewed Ji Jue’s records at Xinxiang Sanatorium and signed his discharge.

After recovering from his repeatedly broken leg, Ji Jue reached Rebirth Rank and was discharged from the sanatorium. He took Lu Ma and the children to Heavenly Gate’s university sports meet, where he discovered that Coast Industry had sponsored the event with his money.

• Ji Jue reached Rebirth Rank after spending more than half a month recovering at the sanatorium, and Professor Ye gave him research notes on the Nine Forms before sending him away.
• Ji Jue left the sanatorium after arguing over his hospital bill with Xie Lan and threatening to involve the Security Bureau.
• With his businesses running without much need for his attention, Ji Jue took Lu Ma, Third Sister, and Youngest to visit Lu Ling at Heavenly Gate.
• Ji Jue carried the children around the campus and joined them in watching the Southeast University Alliance Autumn Games.
• Ji Jue saw a prominent Coast Industry sponsorship banner and realized that his own company had paid for the lavish sports meet.

Ji Jue spent time with Lu Ma and his siblings, then watched Lu Ling compete at Tianmen University’s sports meet. When Governor Xu Chao Xian appeared, a masked cleaner tried to shoot him, but Ji Jue recognized Tong Zhiwu’s presence and realized the attack would fail.

• Ji Jue realized Coast needed more technical staff and discovered that Isis had already started forming a research and development team; he praised her after she contacted him.
• Ji Jue promised Lu Ma he would help Youngest and Third Sister with their schooling, and Lu Ma urged him to find a girlfriend and start a family.
• Lu Ling competed in track and field at Tianmen University, winning silver in the 100 meters, bronze in pole vault, and first place in hurdles while Lu Ma filmed her.
• Xu Chao Xian attended the closing ceremony, and Ji Jue booed him while recalling the damage his policies had caused to his family and the poor.
• A masked cleaner pulled a weapon from a trash can and fired at Xu Chao Xian; Ji Jue filmed the attack and sensed Tong Zhiwu nearby, realizing the bullet would not succeed.

Ji Jue and Tong Shan helped stop an attack on Xu Chao Xian and exposed a larger plot, though one infiltrator escaped. Tong Shan revealed that he was leaving Yacheng, then invited Ji Jue to dinner, where Wen Wen and the others immediately drank the liquor Ji Jue brought.

• Tong Shan deflected an attacker's steel nails, and security subdued the gunman before he could reach Xu Chao Xian.
• Ji Jue intercepted messages about a second attacker, and Tong Shan froze the bomber while Ji Jue disabled the explosives and helped uncover the conspirators' leads.
• The Security Bureau arrested most of the attackers, but a Heart Pivot escaped without being identified.
• Ji Jue rebuffed Xu Chao Xian, then learned from Tong Shan that the attackers belonged to a White State restoration group and that the first attacker was a victim driven to violence by tragedy.
• Tong Shan told Ji Jue he was leaving the Yacheng Security Bureau and invited him to dinner; Wen Wen and the others drank the liquor Ji Jue brought before Tong Zhiwu could have any.

Ji Jue and his friends held a drunken farewell for Tong Shan, who revealed he had reached Transcendence before leaving for Central Earth with Tong Hua. Afterward, Wen Wen tried to resign, but Lü Yingyue refused, warning that she was acting out of anger over Wen Zheng; Wen Wen ended up back at the North Mountain District Branch Office.

• Ji Jue and Wen Wen started a drinking contest, then Ji Xue, Ji Liu, Xu Guan, and Tong Shan joined the chaotic party.
• Ji Jue and Tong Shan discussed Xu Chao Xian, Yacheng’s political situation, and Tong Shan’s upcoming transfer to Central Earth.
• Tong Shan revealed that he had reached Transcendence and accepted a Coast Industry Central Earth Branch acting supervisor badge from Ji Jue.
• Tong Shan and Tong Hua departed for Central Earth, and Wen Wen later rode away after saying goodbye to the group.
• Lü Yingyue rejected Wen Wen’s resignation and challenged her to consider whether she was trying to confront Wen Zheng out of anger.
• Wen Wen rode until her motorcycle ran out of fuel outside the North Mountain District Branch Office, where she silently watched the building as a girl in a white dress left.

Ji Jue managed New Spring’s expanding prosperity and Workshop affairs while weighing a cautious offer of deeper alchemical cooperation. He continued seeking wolf-fiendified subjects and information about Rotten Scales Xie Heli, the Sower, and the Imperial Jade Seal, then faced a new challenge as his advancement through Rebirth brought blessings into view.

• Ji Jue ate noodles in New Spring’s bustling market and reflected on the town’s rapid growth and uncertain future.
• Ji Jue checked the transplanted Workshop modules, declined an Association invitation, and postponed a deeper alchemical deal with the Red Federation while leaving room to negotiate over Wild Bazaar bounties.
• Ji Jue reviewed costly, inconclusive intelligence gathered for his bounty on wolf-fiendified people and his search for Rotten Scales Xie Heli.
• An Neng warned Ji Jue that finding living wolves, especially elusive lone wolves, would be difficult, while Ji Jue continued waiting for information about the usurper and Imperial Jade Seal.
• Ji Jue chose not to revive the Evil Transformation Cult or question Ye Xian about the Sacrificial Temple incident, and considered the blessings presented after his smooth advancement through Rebirth.

Ji Jue asked Ye Xian how to obtain Myriad Things Self-Transformation, but she urged him to build his mastery patiently before pursuing Rebirth Blessings. After reflecting on his impatience, Ji Jue demonstrated how effortlessly he could use Barehanded Refinement at the Rebirth Rank, though he still did not know how to complete his Rebirth Form.

• Ji Jue learned that Myriad Things Self-Transformation required mastering and combining the Four Systems of Elevation, Purification, Extraction-Transformation, and integration.
• Ye Xian told Ji Jue to develop his abilities gradually and warned him against rushing toward Blessings before completing his Rebirth Form.
• Ji Jue asked Isis whether he was impatient, and Isis joked that a bullet could resolve his troubles.
• Isis fired a bullet at Ji Jue, who caught and refined it into a figurine, then a flying bird, and finally a steel ingot.
• Ji Jue reflected on his Rebirth Form and admitted he had no idea where to begin.

After his Masterwork brought him fame and a flood of offers, Ji Jue kept his focus on study and workshop work, then successfully tempered Pan Ying toward becoming Victory Over Evil. The Chongguang Church’s Grand Elder called him urgently with an important matter to entrust, leaving Ji Jue ready to hear the details.

• Ji Jue imagined his future Rebirth Form and returned to work after Isis dismissed his daydreaming.
• The Association publicized Ji Jue’s Masterwork, granting him Three Golden Insignias and drawing widespread attention, orders, and invitations.
• Ji Jue screened business offers with Tide Sound’s help and took on equipment work for his old friends and allies.
• Ji Jue reheated Pan Ying, subdued some of its bloodthirsty aura, and saw a faint scarlet emerge as it moved toward becoming Victory Over Evil.
• Isis told Ji Jue that the Chongguang Church’s Grand Elder had called repeatedly, and Ji Jue answered the urgent third call.
• The Grand Elder apologized for calling late and told Ji Jue that he had an important matter to entrust to him.

Ji Jue learned that the Holy Light Cult’s medical team had been detained in the Puna Bantu Islands, where Dream Loss Syndrome was spreading amid civil war. He agreed to rescue the team and located their vessel, then called General Minkler to enlist help intercepting the pursuing destroyer.

• The Grand Elder explained that Dream Loss Syndrome was spreading in the Puna Bantu Islands and that a warlord had detained the Holy Light Cult’s medical team, including the elder’s assistant and his wife.
• Ji Jue promised to do everything he could to bring the medical team back safely and received the vessel’s registration number.
• Isis used Federation satellite signals to locate the medical team’s vessel and identified the old destroyer towing it.
• Ji Jue asked Isis to take over the destroyer’s navigation and steer it north, then called General Minkler about the chance to earn military merit.
• Minkler eagerly asked Ji Jue to tell him more about the Puna Bantu destroyer.

Yu Shu and the other captives faced execution aboard a ship after their captors abandoned the ransom plan. Just as an officer prepared to shoot Yu Shu, an unseen attacker wounded him, and dawn broke over the empty sea.

• Yu Shu failed to save a wounded crewman, then ended the man's suffering himself and broke down in grief.
• The captain told the prisoners that General Ai Kongzuo had ordered them killed rather than ransomed.
• Soldiers forced the captives onto the deck and began shooting those who refused to pray to the general.
• Yu Shu defied the officer, saying there was no heaven and that the officer and his general would go to hell.
• An unseen gunshot shattered the officer's arm before he could shoot Yu Shu, and dawn broke.

The Seven Cities Allied Defense fleet rescued Yu Shu and the medical team from Ai Kongzuo’s destroyer, while Minkler turned the rescue into a public victory. Yu Shu reunited with Nun Leta Yue and grieved over killing someone, as Ji Jue learned more about the attackers and ordered their swift execution.

• Minkler’s fleet surrounded Ai Kongzuo’s destroyer, subdued its crew, and rescued Yu Shu and the medical team.
• Minkler told Yu Shu that Ji Jue had sent him and that Yu Shu’s father had been thinking of him.
• Nun Leta Yue arrived, assured the medical team that Father was safe, and comforted Yu Shu after he confessed he had killed someone.
• Yu Shu glimpsed a mysterious island and The Tower in the mist before they vanished.
• Isis reported brief signal losses and abnormal Spiritual Substance fluctuations to Ji Jue, who ordered continued analysis if they happened again.
• After hearing about the crimes committed by Ai Kongzuo’s men, Ji Jue told Minkler to execute them swiftly.

Seven Cities backed Minkler as the conflict with Puna Bantu escalated, and the city-state collapsed after Ai Kongzuo’s assassination and a devastating Dream Loss Syndrome outbreak. At Coast Industry, Ji Jue hired Yu Shu, while Yu Shu’s father explained that his son had left the Holy Light Cult after committing murder and urged him to find his own path.

• Minkler and Ji Jue agreed to cooperate, and Seven Cities transferred supplies and alchemical equipment to Coast Industry.
• Ai Kongzuo was killed at a banquet, and Puna Bantu descended into political chaos before Dream Loss Syndrome turned its capital into a Demon Domain.
• The Holy Light Cult elder visited Ji Jue with Yu Shu, and Ji Jue hired Yu Shu after learning about his medical, administrative, and summoning skills.
• The elder told Ji Jue that Yu Shu had committed murder and could no longer remain in the cult, and Ji Jue agreed to provide him a place at Coast Industry.
• The elder explained to Yu Shu that he needed time to confront his doubts, then left him to begin his new life at Coast Industry.

Yu Shu proved highly capable at improving New Spring Town’s operations and became Ji Jue’s trusted assistant. He warned Ji Jue that illegal immigration was bringing serious risks to the region, including the continuing spread of the Spirit Plague.

• Ji Jue arranged for Isis to keep an eye on Yu Shu, who adapted to work across Coast, Courier Logistics, and New Spring Town and introduced reforms that earned widespread respect.
• Old Gou and Yan Craftsman sent Yu Shu to Ji Jue’s office, where he took charge of organizing reports, proposals, and daily work.
• Ji Jue learned that Yu Shu had chosen the Vortex Lineage after his father advised him that it was safer and more enduring than Ascension.
• Yu Shu told Ji Jue that illegal immigration from Thousand Isles had become increasingly serious and was bringing illicit goods and other dangers into New Spring.
• Yu Shu reported that a medical team in Seven Cities had confirmed the Spirit Plague was still spreading.

Ji Jue approved an urgent vaccination effort for New Spring after Yu Shu warned that Dream Loss Syndrome could cause catastrophic spiritual effects if it spread unchecked. As the Spirit Plague reached settlements across the Federation, a stowaway woman fell unconscious aboard a fishing boat, and the chapter ended with the threat confronting the cities despite their confidence in Heavenly Overseer's Law.

• Yu Shu warned Ji Jue that Dream Loss Syndrome was spreading unusually widely and urged him to personally support vaccination efforts.
• Ji Jue approved buying vaccines for the full-time staff and New Spring, then signed Yu Shu’s application to address the outbreak seriously.
• Yu Shu explained that large-scale Dream Loss Syndrome could cause a Collapse Effect through the loss of consciousness and selfhood, leaking Spiritual Substance and creating fertile ground for other dangers.
• A fishing boat carrying stowaways reached the Federation coast, where a sailor named Big Cunt discovered a woman unconscious in the hold and her child crying beside her.
• The ship owner ordered the woman thrown overboard and gave no answer when Big Cunt asked what would happen to the child.
• Dream Loss Syndrome spread through wilderness settlements across the Federation while cities relied on superficial precautions and Heavenly Overseer's Law to reassure themselves.

Wen Wen discovered that Dream Loss Syndrome had spread through a cult’s victims and unleashed Spiritual Substance worms across the Wilderness. After the first infected person died in New Spring, Ji Jue began preparing a large-scale alchemical operation called Worm.

• Wen Wen found a building full of transformed victims, destroyed them, and froze the emerging Spiritual Substance worms with her Stasis Field.
• Spiritual Substance worms spread through the Wilderness, forcing Settlements to seal themselves off as refugees crowded New Spring’s checkpoints.
• Lu Feng ordered guards to disperse the crowd, while Yu Shu reported that vaccine suppliers had stopped fulfilling orders and returned their payments.
• Ji Jue learned that the first person in New Spring had died after falling asleep, and heard that the man had been impoverished and recently lost his wife.
• Ji Jue ordered Isis to prepare mercury, mobilize Spiritual Substance reserves, and begin the large-scale alchemical operation named Worm.