Recaps

Wang Yao spared the Yin Yang Two Lords after they risked their lives defending their pride, then continued defeating opponents and taking their Treasures of Purple Light. He challenged Qin Qing for the Crystal Jade Skeleton, and just as they prepared to fight, a voice stopped the clash.

• Wang Yao ended his fight with the Yin Yang Two Lords without striking, and the injured Song Tianfang and He Shuming left with their sect's disciples.
• Wang Yao won three consecutive bouts, though Immortal Lord Fang used the Dragon Mother Ancient Shell to take a Treasure of Purple Light and suffered a sword mark on the treasure.
• Xu Yi saw how Wang Yao fused killing intent with sword intent and realized he had neglected the study of his own sorrowful intent.
• Wang Yao demanded the Crystal Jade Skeleton from Qin Qing, who refused and entered the arena ready to stake everything on one strike.
• As Wang Yao and Qin Qing prepared to clash, a voice called for them to wait.

Xu Yi stepped in to take Wang Yao’s sword strike for Qin Qing, whom he recognized as Elder Qin from Huaixi Prefecture, and to claim the Sage Fruit held by Wang Yao. He survived the Dust Sword’s first attack but suffered severe, spreading injuries as he tried to stabilize himself with White Origin Beads.

• Xu Yi refused Dongfang Tuo’s warning and offered to take Wang Yao’s sword strike for Qin Qing.
• Xu Yi revealed spirit stones and Green Origin Beads to persuade Wang Yao to fight him, while Qin Qing asked why he was helping her.
• Xu Yi recognized Qin Qing as Elder Qin, who had helped him in Huaixi Prefecture, and also recalled that Wang Yao possessed the Sage Fruit he needed.
• Wang Yao pierced Xu Yi’s wall of thought with the Dust Sword, but Xu Yi’s body endured the strike, astonishing the onlookers.
• Xu Yi swallowed two White Origin Beads to control his severe injuries as gray-black damage spread through his body.

Xu Yi’s grief-laden intent broke through Wang Yao’s sword attack, but Wang Yao demanded he withstand a second strike for a Treasure of Purple Light. As Xu Yi hesitated, an unseen voice exposed his secrets and urged him to fight, leaving him on the verge of a decision.

• Xu Yi’s profound grief overwhelmed the arena, and Wang Yao’s Dust Sword shed its rust as he recognized Xu Yi’s intent invading the soul.
• Xu Yi recovered and demanded a Treasure of Purple Light for taking Wang Yao’s first strike, but Wang Yao said the promise only applied to inner-sect Immortal Lords and offered a treasure for enduring another strike.
• Xu Yi hesitated because he feared Wang Yao’s stronger second strike but needed the Sage Fruit to rebuild his broken Qi Bridge.
• An unknown voice identified Xu Yi’s Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art, broken Qi Bridge, and desire for the Sage Fruit, then mocked his reluctance and urged him to fight.
• Wang Yao asked whether Xu Yi would take the second strike, while Xu Yi remained dazed and the unseen voice pressed him to decide.

Xu Yi refused to fight Wang Yao again until the Nameless One revealed the missing portion of the Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art. After Xu Yi cultivated it, his Thunder True Intent broke through the initial Dragon Gate, leaving the Nameless One astonished.

• Xu Yi rejected the Nameless One’s pressure to fight Wang Yao and accused the hidden figure of wanting him to risk his life for a private gain.
• Xu Yi told Wang Yao he would not willingly face another sword, while Wang Yao insisted that Xu Yi fight with his full strength so he could sharpen the Dust Sword.
• The Nameless One recited a verse from Xu Yi’s inheritance jade slip and transmitted the missing portion of the Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art.
• Xu Yi circulated the completed art, transforming his meridians and sending a surge of power toward the ring of light at his chest.
• Xu Yi’s Thunder True Intent broke through the initial Dragon Gate and reached his limbs and bones, astonishing the Nameless One.

Xu Yi negotiated with Wang Yao for the Sage Fruit and jade corpse, then faced Wang Yao’s first sword strike. He survived Dust Sword’s devastating blow without injury, leaving the arena stunned as the duel continued.

• Xu Yi felt the Thunder True Intent fill his body and realized that his Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art was beginning to show its true power.
• Xu Yi agreed to endure two of Wang Yao’s sword strikes in exchange for the Sage Fruit and the jade corpse.
• A large crowd gathered as Wang Yao unleashed Dust Sword’s powerful Sword Light at Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi endured the strike with his body, and the Sword Light left him unharmed.
• Wang Yao spat blood in disbelief as the spectators cheered at Xu Yi’s strength.

Xu Yi chose to pursue the jade corpse rather than settle for the Sage Fruit, and he prepared to face Wang Yao again after clearing the arena. Wang Yao unleashed the Blood Forbidden Demonic Devouring Great Law, driving the Dust Sword toward an even more devastating strike before Xu Yi could act.

• Nameless One urged Xu Yi to obtain Wang Yao’s jade corpse, warning that it was essential to opening two dragon gates and continuing his cultivation.
• Wang Yao gave Xu Yi a Sage Fruit and challenged him to withstand one more sword strike for the treasures in his Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi accepted another bout and asked the crowd to withdraw, then privately told Dongfang Tuo to lead the others away so he could escape if necessary.
• Wang Yao ordered the crowd away and drove the Dust Sword through his body to activate the Blood Forbidden Demonic Devouring Great Law.
• The inner-sect Immortal Lords retreated as Wang Yao’s eyes and hair turned blood-red and his Dust Sword blazed with terrifying power.
• Wang Yao prepared to unleash a sword strike capable of cleaving Heaven and Earth, then suddenly realized he had lost his hearing.

Xu Yi escaped Wang Yao’s devastating sword attack by detonating his Magnetic Core Beads, stealing the jade corpse and Golden Box, and fleeing. Qin Qing recognized Xu Yi as the former Jinyang Palace guard and Jade Floating Mountain’s Sea of Stars Envoy, while Wang Yao was left furious and empty-handed.

• Xu Yi detonated his remaining Magnetic Core Beads, seized the jade corpse and Golden Box during the blast, and escaped with a Raging Wind Talisman.
• Wang Yao discovered that Xu Yi and the jade corpse were gone, then searched the cave dwelling and found the Golden Box missing.
• Qin Qing recognized Xu Yi as the Sea of Stars Envoy and identified him as the former Jinyang Palace guard she had known in Huaixi Prefecture.
• Wang Yao cursed Xu Yi and vowed to remember his debt to the Donghua Immortal Sect.
• Xu Yi stopped two thousand li away, concealed himself in a stone chamber, raised a defensive barrier, and examined the jade corpse.

Xu Yi discovered that the jade corpse was alive and drained the green liquid from a bowl, strengthening his soul and advancing to True Essence Fourth Turn. The Nameless One awakened and confronted him over stealing his fortune.

• Xu Yi examined the jade corpse, Sage Fruit, and Golden Box, then opened the box and found a dark-jade bowl containing green liquid.
• A wisp of red vapor flowed from the jade corpse into the liquid, leading Xu Yi to suspect the corpse was the Nameless One.
• Xu Yi sent his soul into the liquid, found it strengthened him, and drained the bowl before the corpse could take more.
• Xu Yi's True Spirit Circle turned pure purple, advancing him to True Essence Fourth Turn.
• The Nameless One revived and accused Xu Yi of stealing his fortune to advance his own path.

Xu Yi questioned the Nameless One about the Golden Soul Liquid and learned how the spirit had become trapped inside the Heavenly God Hall. The Nameless One revealed that he was the Undying Elder’s sole disciple and explained how his help had opened Xu Yi’s hidden meridians, while Xu Yi continued probing the nature of Thunder True Intent.

• Xu Yi realized the Nameless One had once dwelled inside his body and resolved to guard against another possession.
• The Nameless One explained that he had made the Golden Soul Liquid from six Golden Soul Fruits three hundred years earlier, and that its weakened potency had allowed Xu Yi to survive consuming it.
• The Nameless One revealed that he was the Undying Elder’s sole disciple and had been trapped inside the Heavenly God Hall for more than six hundred years.
• The Nameless One recounted how he had awakened when the wall was breached, then used spiritual impetus to remake Xu Yi’s meridians in hopes that Xu Yi would help him escape.
• The Nameless One explained that the Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art trained hidden meridians and acupoints, and that opening them had released Thunder True Intent that helped Xu Yi withstand Wang Yao’s second sword.
• Xu Yi asked why the Thunder True Intent had faded after blocking Wang Yao’s sword instead of returning at will.

Xu Yi and Nameless One discussed Thunder True Intent and negotiated an alliance to enter the Ultimate Heavenly God Hall. Nameless One offered to share the treasures and teach Xu Yi a secret art, but neither trusted the other enough to commit.

• Nameless One explained that Thunder True Intent came from nature and that Xu Yi likely awakened it by tempering his body with profound lightning.
• Nameless One accused Xu Yi of weakening his soul with Magnetic Core Beads and taking his Golden Soul Liquid, then asked for Xu Yi's help entering the Ultimate Heavenly God Hall.
• Xu Yi pretended to leave to make Nameless One reveal his purpose, and Nameless One proposed they join forces and divide the hall's treasures.
• Nameless One revealed he had reached the final hall six hundred years earlier but had been forced to retreat, and Xu Yi learned that spiritual energy leakage had weakened the hall.
• Nameless One offered to teach Xu Yi a secret art for withstanding the hall's spiritual energy, but hesitated because Xu Yi might abandon him; Xu Yi refused to swear an oath and left the choice to him.

Xu Yi refused Nameless One’s proposed oath and insisted they would cooperate without binding themselves over treasure. As they traveled toward the Ultimate Heavenly God Hall, their tension eased, and a dazzling light appeared southeast of the Hun River.

• Xu Yi rejected Nameless One’s proposed restrictions and oath, explaining that they could trust each other without making a formal agreement.
• Nameless One asked how they would divide any treasures, and Xu Yi proposed that they travel together but rely on their own abilities to find treasure.
• Nameless One accepted Xu Yi’s terms and left the cave, with Xu Yi following him eastward.
• Nameless One praised the cultivation world’s advances and offered to teach Xu Yi his unusual escape art.
• Xu Yi and Nameless One chatted as they traveled more than two thousand li across yellow dunes and the Hun River, until a dazzling light appeared to the southeast.

Xu Yi and Nameless One entered the Ultimate Heavenly God Hall, where Xu Yi endured its violent spiritual energy and learned Nameless One’s account of the Dragon Gates and humanity’s ancient past. Xu Yi began to suspect that Nameless One was emphasizing his knowledge to win Xu Yi’s trust.

• Xu Yi asked Nameless One how he would resist the hall’s spiritual energy, and Nameless One said Xu Yi’s Thunder Intent could protect his body and soul.
• Xu Yi and Nameless One crossed the gate and found a silent landscape where a vision of a golden-fruited tree vanished when Xu Yi touched it with his divine sense.
• A sacred mountain’s ancient will overwhelmed Xu Yi and Nameless One, and the stronger spiritual energy then shifted Xu Yi’s bones out of place.
• Nameless One told Xu Yi that the ancient sages were not bound by the three Dragon Gates and described a legend that the Demon Race had made them a human cultivation barrier.
• Xu Yi thanked Nameless One but wondered why he had brought up the Dragon Gates, and concluded that Nameless One was trying to strengthen Xu Yi’s trust in him.

Xu Yi and the Nameless One discovered a hidden treasure while approaching a battle between Yun Yewang’s group and four opponents. The Nameless One revealed the treasure as a broken claw of the Roaring Sky Beast and killed four powerful cultivators, leaving the other fighters shaken.

• Xu Yi and the Nameless One crossed the shifting landscape of the Ultimate Heavenly God Hall and sensed a battle ahead.
• Xu Yi recognized Yun Yewang among the five Yun Household fighters and asked the Nameless One to change his appearance.
• The Nameless One detected a concealed treasure, prompting both fighting groups to break off and rush toward him.
• The Nameless One dispelled the Stealth Formation and exposed a broken claw of the Roaring Sky Beast.
• Yun Yewang and the bearded man attacked the Nameless One, but their blows failed to harm him.
• The Nameless One killed four True Essence cultivators, took their Sumeru Rings, and collected their weakened souls.

Nameless One overwhelmed Yun Yewang and the other experts, but the Roaring Sky Beast's broken armor crumbled to dust, leaving him devastated and angry at Xu Yi. Nameless One apologized and claimed the battle had drained him, though Xu Yi suspected he was pretending to be weak.

• Nameless One killed four experts with his bare hands and pulled the Roaring Sky Beast's broken armor from the ground.
• The armor cracked apart and turned to dust, and Yun Yewang and the burly man with a long beard departed in opposite directions.
• Nameless One accused Xu Yi of standing aside to let him waste his strength, and Xu Yi defended himself and threatened to end their partnership.
• Nameless One admitted he had wronged Xu Yi and said the armor confirmed the legend that the Ultimate Heavenly God Hall came from the primordial past.
• Nameless One claimed he had exhausted his spiritual energy and vitality and asked Xu Yi to help him, but Xu Yi suspected he was showing weakness deliberately.

Xu Yi tracked Yun Yewang after persuading the Nameless One to help stage a fake death and lure him into an ambush. As Xu Yi tested the Nameless One’s concealment, Yun Yewang’s companions debated whether to investigate the disturbance nearby.

• Xu Yi asked the Nameless One to help ambush Yun Yewang, explaining that Yun Yewang was his mortal enemy and revealing how the Transformation Pill changed his appearance and spirit.
• Xu Yi used Life Profound Mechanism to follow the blood trail of one of Yun Yewang’s injured subordinates, then gave the Nameless One a Hidden Spirit Pearl and separated from him.
• Yun Yewang sensed something behind him, while Xu Yi continued onward before stopping near the Nameless One, who sat motionless as if dead.
• Xu Yi tested the Nameless One’s disguise by probing him with divine sense and setting off a Flame Burst Talisman nearby; the Nameless One remained undetected and unharmed.
• Yun Yewang’s red-browed subordinate suggested investigating a disturbance to the southwest, but the long-haired elder warned that such apparent treasures had led people astray before.

Xu Yi and Yun Yewang’s group fought over the Nameless One, whom they mistook for an ancient jade corpse. The Nameless One killed Yun Yewang, while Xu Yi defeated the other two cultivators, leaving Xu Yi once again questioning why the Nameless One had chosen to travel with him.

• Yun Yewang and his companions arrived as Xu Yi struck the motionless Nameless One with a Magnetic Core Bead, which left the jade-like body unharmed.
• Yun Yewang claimed the supposed treasure, and Xu Yi used fire talismans and the Body Shooting Art to keep the red-browed man and the long-haired elder at bay.
• Yun Yewang seized the Nameless One, who woke and tore through his defenses, killed him, and collected his soul and Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi trapped and killed the red-browed man and the long-haired elder, then approached the meditating Nameless One.
• Xu Yi wondered why the Nameless One, powerful enough to kill a True Essence Fifth Turn cultivator, had insisted on traveling with him.

After Nameless One killed Yun Yewang, Xu Yi realized the Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art could be used to attack as well as defend. Xu Yi and Nameless One followed other cultivators through the Ultimate Heavenly God Hall and discovered they had been traveling across an immense tree; they then hurried toward a dimming light.

• Xu Yi recognized the Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art's offensive potential after seeing Nameless One kill Yun Yewang.
• Xu Yi thanked Nameless One for avenging his enemy and suggested they follow other expedition members to learn more about the hall.
• Xu Yi used Life Profound Mechanism to track the group, and he and Nameless One pursued them across the realm for days.
• Xu Yi and Nameless One fell through a boundless void for more than forty days before a light appeared.
• Xu Yi and Nameless One realized the changing landscape and sky had been leaves, flowers, and fruit on a gigantic tree.
• When the light behind them dimmed, Xu Yi and Nameless One turned and hurried toward it.

Xu Yi and the Nameless One reached the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall, where the Third Holy Son used a fragment of the Heavenly God Chart to gain an opportunity. The Third Holy Son revealed how others could seek the wall’s rewards and invited them to trade at the Heavenly Machine Pavilion.

• Xu Yi and the Nameless One saw cultivators gathered before a vast cliff carved with a sky-gazing Daoist priest and recognized the glowing object as a fragment of the Heavenly God Chart.
• The Third Holy Son used divine sense and a green light from between his brows to place the chart fragment on the priest’s collar, triggering a beam of light that enveloped him.
• Xu Yi and the Nameless One changed their appearances and blended into the crowd while learning that the Third Holy Son had helped the cultivators escape a shifting world.
• After enduring a painful ordeal in the beam, the Third Holy Son emerged and told the crowd that anyone with a chart fragment could attach it to the wall and overcome its demonic obstacle for an opportunity.
• The Third Holy Son invited those who gained opportunities to visit the Heavenly Machine Pavilion to trade them or exchange them for Mystical Treasures.

The Third Holy Son urged the cultivators to fit their Heavenly God Chart fragments onto the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall, promising protection and rewards. As the fragments tested their owners with deadly inner demons, the Third Holy Son healed the injured, and fewer than half obtained an opportunity.

• The Third Holy Son explained how to fit the fragments using only divine sense and promised that no one would seize them.
• Xu Yi offered Nameless One a fragment in exchange for guidance, but Nameless One declined and warned him to proceed cautiously.
• A Purple Extreme Pavilion expert lost control of his fragment and nearly died, but the Third Holy Son revived him with water from a willow sprig.
• Several cultivators were injured when their fragments flew to the wall, while most managed to fit their fragments and entered the trial.
• The white columns of light assailed the cultivators with inner demons, killing several before fading; fewer than half successfully obtained an opportunity.

Xu Yi withheld two fragments of the Heavenly God Chart while weighing the inheritance hidden in the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall against Third Holy Son’s offer. After realizing Nameless One had a hidden motive for urging him to enter the wall, Xu Yi negotiated a reward for revealing the fragments.

• The Heavenly Demon Jade Wall remained incomplete, and Third Holy Son offered precious treasures to anyone who had the two missing fragments.
• Nameless One urged Xu Yi to affix both fragments to the wall, explaining that the inheritance could help him break through the Dragon Gates.
• Xu Yi pretended to favor Third Holy Son’s safe offer and used Nameless One’s anxious reaction to conclude that his Senior Brother had a hidden motive.
• Xu Yi decided to pursue the wall’s inheritance despite the risk and asked Third Holy Son what he would offer for the fragments.
• Xu Yi demanded a Fire Element Spirit Stone, with Third Holy Son to choose its quality and pay immediately.

Xu Yi revealed that he held the last two fragments of the Heavenly God Chart and began affixing them to the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall despite the crowd’s scorn. His divine sense carried both fragments past six hundred zhang without slowing, astonishing everyone as they neared the seven-hundred-zhang mark.

• The Third Holy Son, Kong, gave Xu Yi a top-grade Fire Spirit Stone in exchange for the fragments’ whereabouts, and Xu Yi revealed that he had both fragments.
• Xu Yi told Kong he would affix the fragments to the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall rather than sell them.
• Ignoring the crowd’s mockery and warnings, Xu Yi used his divine sense to push both fragments toward the wall at once.
• The fragments passed the hundred-zhang threshold without slowing and continued rising beyond six hundred zhang, leaving the onlookers and Kong astonished.

Xu Yi affixed two fragments of the Heavenly God Chart to the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall despite the crushing force at seven hundred zhang, then endured a brutal trial of inner demons. After surviving a burning sea and a blizzard, he remained trapped in the illusion as the Nameless One and Qin Qing watched anxiously.

• Xu Yi used his resilient soul and divine sense to drive both fragments past the seven-hundred-zhang threshold and fit them into the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall.
• A pure white beam enveloped Xu Yi and drew his consciousness into an illusion where black flames engulfed him.
• Xu Yi endured the flames as the Nameless One hoped the doubled inner demons would destroy him, while Qin Qing worried and the Third Holy Son stayed silent.
• The flames vanished, but a blizzard nearly erased Xu Yi's consciousness before his body took shape again.
• After surviving two near-death trials, Xu Yi began searching for a way to escape the illusion.

Xu Yi escaped the heart-demon illusion after the grief he felt for Xia Zimo overwhelmed his other thoughts, while his resilient soul endured the illusion’s attacks. The gathered cultivators recognized his mastery of deepest sorrow, and Wang Yao identified him as Wang Qianqiu and resolved to follow him for the hidden jade corpse.

• Xu Yi swallowed the Heart-Devouring Worms in the illusion, repeatedly rotted and recovered through the Golden Lightning Mark, and broke free when grief shattered the illusion.
• Xu Yi’s physical body stopped trembling, and the purple-robed elder and Third Holy Son discussed his survival and character.
• The gathered cultivators felt Xu Yi’s deepest sorrow and recognized that he had cultivated it until its True Meaning invaded the soul.
• Wang Yao recognized Xu Yi as Wang Qianqiu, noticed the jade corpse was missing, and decided to follow Xu Yi and retrieve it after the ordeal.

Xu Yi passed the heart-demon trial but remained inside the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall, where he met a consciousness appearing as his master, Liao Chen. Liao Chen examined Xu Yi, found his origins obscured, and invited him to drink as Xu Yi began asking about the jade wall.

• As Xu Yi waited at the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall, his consciousness entered a vision and a white beam struck him, bringing him into a blank world.
• Liao Chen appeared before Xu Yi, who recognized him as his master but realized the encounter was another illusion and guarded his mind with profound sorrow.
• Liao Chen revealed that he was a consciousness within the wall and asked Xu Yi what benefit he wanted for matching two map fragments.
• Liao Chen entered Xu Yi's body, examined his memories, and remarked on Xu Yi's relationships with a Demon Race member, a bird, a rabbit, and a duck.
• Liao Chen said he could not see Xu Yi's past, then conjured a table, wine, and fruit and invited him to talk.
• Xu Yi drank with Liao Chen and asked whether the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall was his place of cultivation or something else.

Xu Yi learned from Liao Chen that the figure before him was an ancient shadow, born before the human race and responsible for opening the Heavenly God Hall to entertain himself. After uncovering why Liao Chen favored him, Xu Yi asked how to break the shackles around his river of memories and let Liao Chen enter.

• Liao Chen revealed that his true body had died long ago and that he remained as a shadow guarding the place after losing a bet with the figure on the Heavenly Demon Jade Wall.
• Xu Yi drew the wall's image, and Liao Chen laughed at the Heaven-Gazing Daoist's flattering self-portrait.
• Liao Chen recalled that the human race had not yet been born when he reached the peak of his cultivation, startling Xu Yi with the implication that he predated humanity.
• Liao Chen explained that he opened the Heavenly God Hall and scattered maps to lure visitors whose memories amused him.
• Xu Yi concluded that Liao Chen favored him because of his sealed river of memories and asked how to break its shackles so Liao Chen could enter.