Recaps

Chituli faced a tribal revolt at Yun Tian Pass as the tribes rejected his pleas to stay, while Li Xinge arrived alone at the Eastern Ridge Royal Court and confronted Xiong Li. Li Xinge ended the chapter seated on Xiong Li’s throne, mocking the Country Lord’s authority.

• Chituli tried to stop the tribes from abandoning Yun Tian Pass, but the Purple Scorpion Tribe Leader, Wutu Jie, Chifa Si, and dozens of Innate Realm experts stood against him.
• Xiong Ju raised the Country Lord’s Scepter to threaten the rebels, but a purple-robed figure tore open the sky above the Royal Court and appeared.
• Xiong Li identified the visitor as Li Xinge and challenged him, but he hesitated to fight while the Great Priest was away.
• Li Xinge accepted Xiong Li’s invitation to enter the palace and walked through the royal hall, openly disparaging it.
• Li Xinge sat on Xiong Li’s throne and declared that the seat was quite comfortable.

Xiong Ju failed to summon his father and lost control of the troops at Yun Tian Pass, while Li Xuantong prepared a full assault. Chituli stayed behind to defend the pass and cover the retreat as Shuize Tu led the remaining Eastern Ridge forces away.

• Xiong Ju's Country Lord's Scepter remained inactive, and Chituli and Shuize Tu allowed the Xuan Wolf Tribe and over a million Eastern Ridge soldiers to leave the camp.
• Xiong Ju cursed Chituli, who defended his choice and stormed away; Shuize Tu followed him.
• Li Xuantong received a report that the plan had succeeded, mustered his army, and ordered an immediate attack on Yun Tian Pass.
• Chituli and Shuize Tu assessed their forces and agreed they could not withstand Yang Province's army.
• Chituli insisted on staying to defend Yun Tian Pass while Shuize Tu took the remaining Eastern Ridge soldiers to safety.

Yang Province forces captured Yun Tian Pass after Chituli died defending it, while Li Xingyue hid with the Snowy Guard in a nearby tribe and prepared to move again. The chapter ended with Li Xingyue ordering the mother and daughter who lived there killed after nightfall.

• Chituli burned his blood essence to strengthen Yun Tian Pass's failing defensive array, but the barrier broke and he died.
• Li Xuantong's army stormed Yun Tian Pass, slaughtered its garrison, and raised the Great Zhou dragon banner and Li Family's Green Maple Flag.
• Li Xuantong ordered his forces to pursue the fleeing Eastern Ridge warriors and destroyed Chituli's corpse.
• Li Xingyue concealed himself and the Snowy Guard in a small tribe near the Qing Falcon Tribe, disguised as tribespeople while searches intensified.
• Li Xingyue learned that Yun Tian Pass had sent no news and ordered the former chief's wife and daughter killed after nightfall.

Li Xingyue’s cover was exposed when Hutai Xie tracked him down with a pack of Innate Realm cultivators. As the battle began, Li Xingyue ordered the Snowy Guard to escape while he stayed behind to face their pursuers.

• Li Xingyue sensed approaching enemies and ordered the Snowy Guard to kill the tribal women and children to eliminate witnesses.
• Xiao Muhe’s mother shoved her toward Li Xingyue before a guard killed her, and Li Xingyue soothed Xiao Muhe to sleep and laid her beside her mother’s body.
• Hutai Xie arrived on a giant white hound with six Eastern Ridge Royal Court cultivators and confronted Li Xingyue over his slaughter of five tribes.
• Li Xingyue and an Innate Realm Snowy Guard cultivator raised a lightning shield that barely blocked the six cultivators’ combined attack.
• Li Xingyue ordered the Snowy Guard to retreat, but they prepared to burn their vital essence until he repeated his command as their acting commander.
• As the Snowy Guard withdrew, Li Xingyue blocked a Middle Stage Innate Realm cultivator and vowed to make him step over his corpse.

Li Xingyue awakened a powerful Special Physique and used its lightning to fight Hutai Xie and the royal court’s Innate cultivators. After escaping Hutai Xie’s killing blow, Li Xingyue feigned a martial technique and fled more than ten miles away.

• Li Xingyue summoned thunderclouds and absorbed their lightning, knocking a Middle Stage Innate cultivator out of the fight and revealing his Special Physique.
• Li Xingyue killed an Early-stage Innate cultivator with one strike, while Hutai Xie ordered the remaining cultivators to flee.
• Li Xingyue blocked Hutai Xie’s gigantic spiritual-energy claw with a spear of lightning, but the clash left him bleeding and sent him flying backward.
• Li Xingyue drew his blade and claimed he would use the Li Family’s Sky Breaking Nine Forms, then activated his movement technique and escaped more than ten miles away.
• Hutai Xie realized Li Xingyue had tricked him and angrily cursed at him.

Li Xingyue fled Hutai Xie into Eastern Ridge’s forbidden Deadly Silent Thunder Domain, while Hutai Xie stopped at its edge to wait. Meanwhile, Li Xinge occupied the Eastern Ridge throne as news arrived that Yun Tian Pass had fallen, leaving Xiong Li to realize his enemy had entered the royal court.

• Hutai Xie burned his blood essence to chase Li Xingyue, who burned his own blood essence and led the pursuit toward the Deadly Silent Thunder Domain.
• Hutai Xie recognized the forbidden thunder domain and refused to enter, instead sitting on a boulder at its edge.
• After Yun Tian Pass fell, Eastern Ridge’s forces spread out to seize territory.
• An Eastern Ridge cultivator told Xiong Li that Yun Tian Pass had fallen after tribes mutinied and Marshal Chituli had died.
• Xiong Li realized Li Xinge had prevented him from responding to the Country Lord’s Scepter, and Li Xinge told him to keep his voice down.

Wu Huo sought Lü Fengxian’s help after Eastern Ridge’s defenses collapsed, and the Marquis of Lu agreed to send the Sun and Yang families’ Old Ancestors to support the kingdom. At the royal court, Li Xinge continued humiliating Xiong Li, who erupted after Li Xinge made a crude remark about his favored consorts.

• Wu Huo learned from Xiong Li’s Jade Talisman that Yun Tian Pass had fallen and Eastern Ridge was close to defeat.
• Wu Huo told Lü Fengxian that Li Xinge threatened the balance between Yang Province and Xu Province and asked for help.
• Lü Fengxian refused to intervene personally but gave Wu Huo a token to enlist the Sun and Yang families’ Old Ancestors.
• Wu Huo left to gather the two clans’ Old Ancestors, believing their combined strength could force Li Xinge to retreat.
• At the royal court, Xiong Li offered his favored consorts to Li Xinge, who said he liked them precisely because they belonged to Xiong Li.
• Xiong Li cursed Li Xinge after hearing his provocative reply.

Xiong Li challenged Li Xinge to a battle beyond the heavens, confident that his seven-hundred-li Divine Mansion and bear Dharma Idol could match him. Li Xinge overwhelmed him, crushed his Dharma Idol, and struck again as an unknown voice shouted for him to stop.

• Xiong Li challenged Li Xinge to fight beyond the heavens after receiving orders from the Great Priest to keep him in the Royal Court.
• Li Xinge and Xiong Li flew to a barren celestial body, where Li Xinge effortlessly repelled Xiong Li's opening strike.
• Xiong Li unleashed his strongest attack, but Li Xinge caught the bear Dharma Idol's punch and shattered the idol.
• Li Xinge advanced on the wounded Xiong Li and sent a giant spiritual palm crashing down toward him.
• An anxious, furious voice shouted, "STOP!!!" from the starry void.

Li Xinge faced Xiong Li, Wu Huo, and the Sun and Yang Family Old Ancestors as the four attacked him together. He drew the Void Cutter Sword and defeated their combined assault with one strike, gravely wounding three of them.

• Wu Huo and the Sun and Yang Family Old Ancestors arrived in time to save Xiong Li from Li Xinge's attack.
• The Sun and Yang Family Old Ancestors agreed to help Eastern Ridge drive Li Xinge away, while Li Xinge challenged them to prove their strength.
• Wu Huo attacked Li Xinge with the Soul-Seizing Bell, but its soul-striking chime had no effect on him.
• The Sun and Yang Family Old Ancestors and Xiong Li launched a coordinated attack against Li Xinge.
• Li Xinge drew the Void Cutter Sword and shattered the Sun Family Old Ancestor's sword attack, split the Yang Family Old Ancestor's cauldron's dark-yellow qi, and broke Xiong Li's Dharma Idol's palm with one strike.

Li Xinge revealed that he had spared Xiong Li to draw out Wu Huo, then killed Wu Huo and the Sun and Yang Family Old Ancestors. The chapter ended with Li Xinge extracting Xiong Li’s Divine Soul after rejecting his surrender.

• Li Xinge summoned the Void Cutter Sword to attack Wu Huo, who sacrificed himself to call forth his clan’s ancestral spirit.
• Li Xinge destroyed the ancestral spirit, killed Wu Huo, and captured his Divine Soul in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Xiong Li and the Sun and Yang Family Old Ancestors fled in different directions as Li Xinge split the Void Cutter Sword to pursue them.
• The Yang Family Old Ancestor and Sun Family Old Ancestor were killed by the pursuing sword lights, while the Sun Family Old Ancestor’s Divine Soul escaped.
• Xiong Li tried to surrender, but Li Xinge stopped the sword and extracted his Divine Soul, declaring it too late to surrender.

Li Xinge offered Xiong Li’s body as a temporary vessel for Sage Xuanji after defeating the Divine Mansion Realm cultivators. As the Sun and Yang Families reeled from the battle, Lü Fengxian vowed to defend Eastern Ridge while awaiting more information.

• Li Xinge offered Xiong Li’s body to Sage Xuanji as a temporary vessel, and Sage Xuanji accepted his kindness.
• The Sun Family discovered that the Second Progenitor’s soul lamp was nearly extinguished and prepared her Divine Soul True Fire and a spare vessel.
• The Sun Family head ordered the Fourth Elder to inform the Lü Family and wondered whether a mysterious Li Family expert had defeated the cultivators.
• Lü Fengxian and the Lü Family’s First Elder suspected that the mysterious expert behind Wei Yiren’s death might have intervened, and they decided to await details from Eastern Ridge.
• Lü Fengxian rejected the idea of yielding Eastern Ridge and vowed that anyone seeking it would have to ask him.

After Li Xinge was rumored to have slain four Divine Mansion Realm experts in Eastern Ridge, the Great Zhou emperor chose to wait for the palace ancestor while hoping Li Xinge and Lü Fengxian would clash. Lü Fengxian then ordered Xu Province to invade Eastern Ridge, intending to take the territory from Li Xinge.

• News that Li Xinge had killed four Divine Mansion Realm experts spread, and the Great Zhou emperor raged before deciding to wait until the palace ancestor completed his plan to become a Heavenly Human.
• The old eunuch persuaded the emperor that Lü Fengxian would challenge Li Xinge, and the emperor began considering how their conflict could benefit Great Zhou.
• At the Princess's Mansion, the Princess Royal learned that the emperor sought a Heavenly Human Sacred Artifact and announced that she would enter seclusion.
• Cao Jin concluded that the Princess Royal was preparing to break through and hoped her success would bring him great power.
• Lü Fengxian assembled Xu Province's officials and ordered a campaign against Eastern Ridge, declaring that he would take the territory from Li Xinge.

After Lü Fengxian invaded Eastern Ridge, Li Xinge ordered Yang Province to delay rather than immediately clash with Xu Province. He then worried that the slain Wu Huo and Xiong Li could revive through Divine Soul True Fire and target the Li Family, while Li Xuanyong proposed a way to stop them.

• Lü Fengxian sent Xu Province troops into Eastern Ridge, whose forces were already engaged with Yang Province, and quickly seized territory.
• Fu Yu, Huang Yuanzong, and Wang Tianming urged Yang Province to drive out Xu Province, but Li Xuantong deferred the decision to Li Xinge.
• Li Xinge replied to Li Xuantong with the order to delay and considered what Lü Fengxian might be relying on.
• Li Xinge worried that Wu Huo and Xiong Li could revive through Divine Soul True Fire and attack his clansmen once he destroyed Eastern Ridge.
• Li Xuanyong recounted how a revived Divine Mansion cultivator had devastated the Jizhou Li Clan, then said Wu Huo and Xiong Li's blood descendants could be dealt with.

Li Xinge and Li Xuanyong devised a plan to use the Heart Devouring Soul Grasping Curse repeatedly to kill every generation of Li Xingyue’s descendants and prevent his rebirth. Meanwhile, Li Xingyue emerged from the Deadly Silent Thunder Domain stronger and killed Hutai Xie, leaving with his golden core and soul captured.

• Li Xuanyong suggested casting the Heart Devouring Soul Grasping Curse on someone in each generation, and Li Xinge assigned him to carry out the plan.
• Hutai Xie waited outside the Deadly Silent Thunder Domain, assumed Li Xingyue had died, and prepared to leave.
• Li Xingyue emerged from the domain at the Middle Stage Innate Realm with a low-grade Earth-tier saber and challenged Hutai Xie.
• Li Xingyue broke Hutai Xie’s black wolf armor with a saber strike imbued with Divine Mansion Realm tribulation power.
• Li Xingyue beheaded Hutai Xie, seized his golden core before it could self-destruct, crushed his head, burned his remains, and captured his soul in a Soul Bag.

The Eastern Ridge tribal leaders debated surrender as Yang Province and Xu Province threatened their kingdom, and the Xuan Wolf Tribe elder argued that Li Xinge’s strength and future made Yang Province the safest choice. Wutu Jie chose to surrender to Yang Province, while Qingtai Mang and other leaders whose tribes had been destroyed refused to join him, and Chifa Si renounced his father to sever their ties.

• Wutu Jie warned the gathered tribal leaders that Eastern Ridge might fall after Li Xinge defeated four Divine Mansion Realm experts and Yang Province and Xu Province attacked.
• Shuize Tu proposed surrender, and the leaders debated which power to serve before ruling out Tai Prefecture and Wu Province.
• The Xuan Wolf Tribe elder argued that Li Xinge’s extraordinary strength made him a safer choice than Lü Fengxian and Xu Province.
• The tribal leaders agreed to surrender to Yang Province, and Wutu Jie made the decision on their behalf.
• Qingtai Mang and leaders of other tribes destroyed by the Li Family refused to surrender to Li Xinge.
• Chifa Si declared that he severed his father-son ties with Chifa Ming and expelled him from the Red Hair Tribe.

Wutu Jie’s tribes killed Qingtai Mang and his followers to prove their allegiance to Yang Province, then submitted to Li Xuantong. Li Xuantong ordered them to capture the Eastern Ridge Royal Court and kill the Xiong Clan royal family, setting a joint assault for the next day.

• Wutu Jie agreed with the Xuan Wolf Tribe elder and other chiefs to pursue and kill Qingtai Mang’s group, then offered their heads as proof of allegiance.
• A day later, Wutu Jie and the Eastern Ridge tribes knelt before Li Xuantong and Fu Yu, confessing their resistance and pledging to serve Yang Province.
• Fu Yu warned Li Xuantong that the tribes could not be trusted, but Li Xuantong decided their forces could help stabilize Eastern Ridge and reduce Li Family losses.
• Li Xuantong demanded that Wutu Jie’s forces breach the royal court and bring him the heads of the Xiong Clan royal family.
• Wutu Jie accepted the order after Li Xuantong promised to preserve the tribes’ positions and safety, and Li Xuantong set the armies to advance after one day of rest.

Xuan Langjin secured the Li surname for the Xuan Wolf Tribe by pledging their loyalty, and Eastern Ridge Kingdom fell after its capital was sacked and its territory divided between Yang Province and Xu Province. Sage Xuanji emerged in Xiong Li’s restored body with Mid-stage Divine Mansion strength, giving Li Xinge confidence to confront Lü Fengxian.

• Xuan Langjin asked Li Xuantong to free the Xuan Wolf Tribe from its barbarian status, and Li Xuantong granted them the Li surname; Xuan Langjin renamed himself Li Jin.
• Yang Province’s army and the surrendered Eastern Ridge tribes stormed the Eastern Ridge Royal Court, slaughtering its inhabitants until the city fell and the kingdom ended.
• Li Xuantong led his army north, and Yang Province and Xu Province divided the former kingdom’s territory between them before facing each other across their new border.
• Sage Xuanji emerged from seclusion in Xiong Li’s restored body and told Li Xinge that he could wield Mid-stage Divine Mansion strength.
• Li Xinge welcomed Sage Xuanji’s return and vowed to make Lü Fengxian repay what he had taken.

Li Xinge sent Elder Jiang to Wu Province with orders for the Wei Family to pressure Xu Province. After consulting his ancestor, Wei Yiren agreed to commit the family fully to Li Xinge and mobilize Wu Province’s soldiers.

• Li Xinge gave Elder Jiang a Jade Talisman to take to Wu Province.
• Wei Yiren consulted Wei Pingsheng about Li Xinge’s request to send troops toward Xu Province.
• Wei Pingsheng said the Wei Family should support Li Xinge despite the danger posed by Lü Fengxian.
• Wei Pingsheng revealed that he believed Li Xinge surpassed every promising person he had met and was worth staking the Wei Family’s future on.
• Wei Pingsheng ordered Wei Yiren to mobilize every soldier in Wu Province and bear down on Xu Province.

Li Xuantong launched Yang Province’s attack on Xu Province, destroying its camp and killing its commander as the conflict over Eastern Ridge escalated. A fleeing Lü Family cultivator was cornered by Li Xinge’s allies and cried out for Lü Fengxian to save him.

• Elder Jiang returned to report to Li Xinge, while Wu Province mobilized troops along its border with Xu Province.
• Lü Fengxian ordered Luo Shicheng to prepare for a Li Family attack and sent troops to watch Wu Province.
• Li Xuantong announced the State Governor’s order to attack Xu Province on all fronts, and more than two hundred Innate Realm cultivators surged out from the Yang Province camp.
• Yang Province forces overwhelmed Xu Province’s camp, killing Luo Shicheng and capturing or killing many of its cultivators.
• Zhao Wujiu, the Ouyang Family ancestor, the Fu Family ancestor, and the Huang Family head pursued a fleeing Lü Family cultivator, who was trapped by Li Xuantong’s Fire Phoenix Fan and begged Lü Fengxian for help.

Sage Xuanji arrived to protect Zhao Wujiu and the others from Lü Fengxian’s Divine Mansion attack, then effortlessly defeated Sun Taize’s divine art. The confrontation paused when Li Xinge appeared astride a crimson flood dragon.

• A phantom hand from the Lü Family’s ancestor attacked Zhao Wujiu and the others, but Sage Xuanji appeared and shattered it.
• Lü Fengxian and Sun Taize confronted Sage Xuanji, who revealed that he served under the Li Family head.
• Sun Taize attacked Sage Xuanji with poisonous vines, but Sage Xuanji destroyed them with a wisp of pearly spiritual light.
• Li Xinge arrived atop a crimson flood dragon, and Lü Fengxian recognized him.

Li Xinge confronted Lü Fengxian, who unleashed the Blood Dragon Sky-Breaking Halberd and pushed Li Xinge into a fierce battle among the stars. The chapter ended with Li Xinge staggered by Lü Fengxian’s powerful strike and facing him with rare seriousness.

• Li Xinge told Lü Fengxian to leave Eastern Ridge, but Lü Fengxian revealed his Mid-stage Divine Mansion strength and challenged him.
• Li Xinge and Lü Fengxian went to fight beyond the heavens while Sage Xuanji and the others stayed behind to battle the remaining Lü Family cultivator.
• Lü Fengxian summoned the Blood Dragon Sky-Breaking Halberd’s artifact spirit, merged with the blood dragon, and reached Late-stage Divine Mansion.
• Li Xinge dodged Lü Fengxian’s first attack and countered with the Void Cutter Sword, cutting through a storm of halberd strikes.
• Lü Fengxian appeared above Li Xinge and brought down his halberd; Li Xinge blocked the blow but staggered backward through the collapsing void.

Li Xinge unleashed the power of his Great Sun Golden Crow Sacred Body as Lü Fengxian attacked him with the Blood Dragon Sky-Breaking Halberd. The Great Sun’s golden beam overwhelmed Lü Fengxian’s strike, while Sage Xuanji recognized Li Xinge’s legendary potential and resolved to remain at his side.

• Lü Fengxian unleashed Blood Dragon Sky Breaking against Li Xinge, while Sage Xuanji fought Sun Taize and a Lü Family ancestor on another battlefield.
• Li Xinge revealed the Golden Divine Bird Mark, and a Three-legged Golden Crow appeared as the Great Sun sent a golden beam down to him.
• The golden beam burned through Lü Fengxian’s blood-red attack and poured power into Li Xinge’s Three-Thousand-Li Divine Mansion World.
• Li Xinge blazed with True Sun Fire as the Three-legged Golden Crow spread its wings and circled above him.
• Sage Xuanji recognized Li Xinge’s Great Sun Golden Crow Sacred Body and resolved to follow him as someone destined to reach the pinnacle of cultivation.

Li Xinge defeated Lü Fengxian’s awakened Mad Demon Battle Body with his Saint Body Divine Ability, Great Sun Burning Heaven, leaving both fighters badly spent. After Lü Fengxian noticed what Li Xinge had seen, he accused him of going too far.

• Li Xinge’s Great Sun Golden Crow burned away the Blood Dragon artifact spirit, enraging Lü Fengxian.
• Lü Fengxian awakened his Mad Demon Battle Body and charged Li Xinge with a powerful halberd strike.
• Li Xinge merged with the Golden Crow and unleashed Great Sun Burning Heaven, wiping away the area around their clash.
• Sage Xuanji and the other two protected themselves from the white light with a combined spiritual shield.
• The blast left Lü Fengxian gravely wounded, his halberd cracked, and his tortoiseshell protection shattered.
• Lü Fengxian noticed Li Xinge’s gaze and shouted that he had gone too far.

After defeating Lü Fengxian, Li Xinge spared him and negotiated payment and political support in exchange for his life. Lü Fengxian agreed to the terms and left, while Li Xinge secured additional compensation for captured Xu Province cultivators.

• Lü Fengxian accepted his defeat after his Blood Dragon Sky-Breaking Halberd fell silent, but refused to beg for mercy.
• Li Xinge explained that he would not kill Lü Fengxian because the Lü Family's collapse could destabilize Xu Province and threaten the Li Family's interests.
• Li Xinge demanded two million Mid-grade Spirit Stones and Lü Fengxian's support for making the Eastern Ridge Land into Eastern Continent and appointing Li Xinge its Governor.
• Lü Fengxian reluctantly agreed to both terms after Li Xinge threatened him with the Void Cutter Sword.
• Li Xinge demanded another two hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones for the captured Xu Province cultivators and the Lü Family's half-step Divine Mansion cultivator, and Lü Fengxian agreed before leaving through a rift.

After Li Xinge revealed his Great Sun Golden Crow Sacred Body, Sage Xuanji treated him with deference, and Xu Province withdrew as the Li Family took control of Eastern Ridge. Yang Province’s soldiers purged the former kingdom and subdued its people, while Jiang Dao prepared a group of deathsworn warriors to serve the Li Family.

• Sage Xuanji addressed Li Xinge as “Your Lordship” after witnessing the power of his Great Sun Golden Crow Sacred Body.
• After Lü Fengxian ordered a retreat, Xu Province’s forces withdrew and the Li Family took control of Eastern Ridge’s former territory.
• Yang Province’s soldiers forced Eastern Ridge captives to clear the royal court, and Officer Zhang beat Tazhun when his shackles suppressed his qi and blood.
• Yang Province soldiers mocked and beat captured Eastern Ridge nobles, while one soldier said the higher-ups wanted a young noble kept alive.
• Jiang Dao addressed several hundred deathsworn warriors, who knelt and swore loyalty to the Li Family unto death.