Recaps

The Four Seas Alliance’s seven Divine Mansion Realm leaders planned to invade Jade Prefecture as a foothold for returning to the Central Plains, while avoiding a costly direct clash with Li Xinge. They decided to send Crossing Sea Lord to seek an alliance with the Devil Master, and Elder Galaxy ordered the others to prepare their forces.

• Canglan Lord confirmed that a local insider had agreed to help the Four Seas Alliance enter Jade Prefecture.
• Elder Galaxy warned that Li Xinge and the Yang Province Li Clan were too formidable to confront without a plan.
• Elder Galaxy proposed contacting the Devil Master to distract the Li Clan while the alliance seized Jade Prefecture.
• The alliance leaders agreed, and Elder Galaxy assigned Crossing Sea Lord to approach the Devil Master.
• Elder Galaxy told the remaining leaders to consolidate their forces while the First Alliance Leader dealt with the Underwater Dragon Palace.
• Elder Galaxy stood alone in the storm and sighed as he gazed toward the Central Plains.

Hua Wuyi met Li Xinge, who rewarded him for helping the Li Family take Jade Prefecture by naming him Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley and providing materials for a Divine Mansion Realm breakthrough. As Hua Wuyi left for the Internal Affairs Hall, Guhongzi learned of the reward and reacted with shock.

• Hua Wuyi worried that Li Xinge might discard him and feared Hua Wuying's possible alliance with the Four Seas Alliance.
• Elder Jiang assured Hua Wuyi that Li Xinge valued his service and led him to the Listening Rain Pavilion.
• Li Xinge named Hua Wuyi the new Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley and gave him breakthrough materials and access to the Nine-Layered Spirit Gathering Tower.
• Hua Wuyi thanked Li Xinge tearfully, then followed Elder Jiang toward the Internal Affairs Hall to meet the Third Elder.
• Guhongzi encountered Hua Wuyi, learned that Li Xinge had rewarded him with Divine Mansion Realm breakthrough materials, and dropped his chicken drumstick in shock.

Hua Wuyi began attempting a breakthrough to the Divine Mansion Realm after Li Xinge provided the materials, inspiring the Li Family's followers. The Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy bowed to Li Xinge and offered her granddisciple Hua Qingyi as a concubine in exchange for placing herself at his command.

• Guhongzi took heart from Hua Wuyi's opportunity and resolved to fight his way toward advancement.
• Hua Wuyi entered secluded cultivation in the Li Family's Nine-Layered Spirit Gathering Tower to attempt the Divine Mansion Realm.
• The Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy and Hua Yuling discussed Hua Wuyi's breakthrough and concluded that Li Xinge was waiting for the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy to bow her head.
• The Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy requested an audience with Li Xinge and waited respectfully while he pretended to be engrossed in his book.
• The Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy asked Li Xinge to take Hua Qingyi as a concubine and offered to serve him in return.

Li Xinge accepted the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy’s offer of allegiance in exchange for taking Hua Qingyi as his concubine. Hua Qingyi arrived at Green Maple Valley, met Li Xinge, and began her new life in his household.

• Li Xinge agreed to take Hua Qingyi as his concubine, and the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy gave him her Divine Soul True Fire as proof of allegiance.
• Several days later, Hua Qingyi arrived at Green Maple Valley with an escort from Hundred Flowers Valley, and Elder Jiang led her to Li Xinge.
• Hua Qingyi told Li Xinge she harbored no resentment and accepted her role as a way to preserve her sect and give her grandmaster hope.
• Li Xinge urged Hua Qingyi not to waste her talent, then dismissed her to be settled by Elder Jiang.
• Hua Qingyi left the pavilion and accepted that her new life had begun.

The Crossing Sea Lord asked the Snowy Robe Sacred Cult to help the Four Seas Alliance seize Jade Prefecture by distracting the Li Family. After hearing Sky Eater endorse the plan, Li Xinge’s reaction left the Demon Venerable sensing a sudden chill in the hall.

• The Crossing Sea Lord offered to share the benefits of Jade Prefecture if the cult tied down Li Family forces near Tai Prefecture.
• Sky Eater summoned Li Xinge and explained the Four Seas Alliance’s strength and its plan to return to the Central Plains.
• Li Xinge considered the threat posed by the alliance and resolved not to give up Jade Prefecture without a fight.
• Sky Eater argued that joining the alliance could protect Tai Prefecture and let the cult profit from a clash between its rivals.
• After Sky Eater finished speaking, the hall suddenly grew cold, and he felt a chill come over him.

Li Xinge negotiated a deal with Crossing Sea Lord: the Four Seas Alliance would pay five million Mid-grade Spirit Stones for the Snow Robe Demonic Cult to stir up trouble in Tai Prefecture. Afterward, Li Xinge swallowed a spirit pill he had refined for more than ten years and began cultivating.

• Li Xinge summoned Crossing Sea Lord and pressured him into agreeing to pay five million Mid-grade Spirit Stones for the cult's help.
• Crossing Sea Lord revealed that exiled Hundred Flowers Valley disciples in the Shattered Star Archipelago would help the Four Seas Alliance take Jade Prefecture.
• Crossing Sea Lord agreed to deliver the payment within a month and said the alliance planned to move in half a year.
• After Crossing Sea Lord left, Sky-Eating Demon Venerable insulted Li Xinge, and Li Xinge dismissed him in anger.
• Li Xinge swallowed the spirit pill from his dark-blue cauldron and began cultivating with the Primordial Chaos Scripture.

Li Xinge prepared to absorb his half-finished great immortal pill and ordered the Hall of Reverence to eliminate the Hundred Flowers Valley rebels in the Shattered Star Archipelago. Li Yanzhao selected an eleven-person expedition led by Elder Xuanzong and warned them to act cautiously in the Four Seas Alliance’s territory.

• Li Xinge ordered the Lineage to eliminate the Hundred Flowers Valley rebels while he took time to absorb and refine his immortal pill.
• Li Yanzhao announced the mission and the rebels’ estimated strength, prompting the Hall of Reverence Attendants to compete eagerly for the chance to go.
• Guhongzi argued with the senior Attendants over who should earn the merit, while Li Yanzhao observed their enthusiasm.
• Li Yanzhao appointed Guhongzi, Liu Beifeng, and nine other Attendants to the expedition.
• Li Yanzhao named Elder Xuanzong the expedition leader and ordered the Attendants to follow his commands and keep a low profile in the Four Seas Alliance’s sphere.

Li Xuanzong led Guhongzi and the Li Family retainers in a midnight raid on Xunshan Island, trapping the Hundred Flowers Valley rebels with the Heavenly Net and Earthly Net formation. After Li Xuanzong gravely wounded Hua Wuying, a mysterious middle-aged man attacked him from behind, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Li Xuanzong and the others traveled to the Shattered Star Archipelago and learned that the Hundred Flowers Valley rebels were hiding on Xunshan Island.
• At midnight, Li Xuanzong led the group to the rebels’ mountain hideout and activated the Heavenly Net and Earthly Net formation to seal their escape.
• Hua Wuying sounded the alarm and attacked Li Xuanzong, but he shattered her defenses with one punch and left her gravely wounded.
• The other Hundred Flowers Valley cultivators tried to flee, but the formation repelled them, and Li Xuanzong ordered his retainers to kill them.
• As Li Xuanzong moved to finish Hua Wuying, a middle-aged man struck at his back, but Li Xuanzong blocked the attack with a counterpunch.

Li Xuanzong killed Hua Wuying and discovered that Xunshan Old Ancestor and the Four Seas Alliance had prepared an ambush for the Li Family group. He revealed the power of his Barbarian God Physique and overwhelmed Xunshan Old Ancestor, leaving Guhongzi stunned as the battle continued.

• Li Xuanzong killed Hua Wuying, captured her soul in his Soul Bag, and identified the furious middle-aged man as Xunshan Old Ancestor.
• Xunshan Old Ancestor called out the ambush, and Spirit Shell Daoist, Silver Saber Wanderer, and more than twenty Innate Cultivators surrounded Li Xuanzong, Guhongzi, and the Li Family Guest Officials.
• Guhongzi moved to fight Spirit Shell Daoist and Silver Saber Wanderer while Li Xuanzong confronted Xunshan Old Ancestor.
• Li Xuanzong fused with the ancient phantom of the Barbarian God Physique, withstood Xunshan Old Ancestor's water arrows, and broke through his spiritual energy shield with a punch.
• Li Xuanzong pursued Xunshan Old Ancestor, broke his arms and jaw with successive punches, and sent him crashing into the Heavenly Net and Earthly Net.
• Guhongzi watched in disbelief as Li Xuanzong used the Half-step Divine Mansion Realm Xunshan Old Ancestor as a punching bag.

Li Xuanzong used the Savage God Heaven-Shattering Fist to grievously wound Xunshan Old Ancestor, then replenished his energy with a Blood-Replenishing Pill and pursued him. Xunshan Old Ancestor tried to escape, but crashed into the Heavenly Net and Earthly Net and fell before Li Xuanzong.

• Spirit Shell Daoist offered to help Xunshan Old Ancestor, but Xunshan refused and used clones to attack Li Xuanzong.
• Li Xuanzong's Savage God Body turned aside Xunshan Old Ancestor's dagger, leaving him unable to pierce Li Xuanzong's defenses.
• Li Xuanzong unleashed the Savage God Heaven-Shattering Fist, shattering Xunshan Old Ancestor's clones and leaving him gravely injured.
• Xunshan Old Ancestor fled after threatening to seek revenge, while Li Xuanzong took a Blood-Replenishing Pill and chased him.
• Xunshan Old Ancestor burned his vital blood essence to speed away, but struck the Heavenly Net and Earthly Net and crashed to the ground as Li Xuanzong descended before him.

Li Xuanzong killed Xunshan Old Ancestor, drove off the Four Seas Alliance forces, and escaped with Guhongzi after completing their mission. Three months later, Li Xinge reached the late stage of the Divine Mansion Realm, then noticed the clear sky darkening at an uncanny speed.

• Li Xuanzong killed Xunshan Old Ancestor and stored his corpse in his Void Ring.
• Li Xuanzong joined Guhongzi's fight against Spirit Shell Daoist and Silver Saber Wanderer, turning the battle in their favor.
• Li Xuanzong feigned using the Savage God Heaven-Shattering Fist, frightening Spirit Shell Daoist, Silver Saber Wanderer, and the Four Seas Alliance cultivators into fleeing.
• Li Xuanzong and Guhongzi returned to their spirit boat and flew toward Yang Province, while Spirit Shell Daoist and Silver Saber Wanderer later chased them only to put on a show.
• Three months later, Li Xinge reached the late stage of the Divine Mansion Realm and noticed the sky rapidly dimming.

Li Xinge moved Li Wuyou’s cultivation chamber from Green Maple Valley to Myriad Bone Mountain as her breakthrough to the Divine Mansion Realm triggered a vast demonic phenomenon. The chapter left the Snow Robe Demonic Cult and the Wei Family watching as a blood-red pillar marked the breakthrough’s intensifying power.

• Li Xinge recognized that Li Wuyou’s impending breakthrough was causing darkness and chaotic spiritual energy across several prefectures.
• Li Xinge opened a spatial fissure and transported Li Wuyou’s secluded chamber from Green Maple Valley to Myriad Bone Mountain in Tai Prefecture.
• The Sky-Eating Demon Venerable mistook the phenomenon for the Devil Master’s breakthrough until Li Xinge told him the Blood Demon True Lord was approaching the Divine Mansion Realm.
• Li Xinge ordered the Snow Robe Demonic Cult to protect Blood Demon and treat anyone who interfered as an enemy.
• A huge demonic-cloud vortex gathered over Li Wuyou’s chamber, and a blood-red pillar of light shot into the heavens.
• Wei Pingsheng called the emerging power a peerless great demon, while Wei Yiren worried that the Devil Master might reach great perfection of Divine Mansion.

As the Snow Robe Demonic Cult’s Devil Master neared the Great Perfection of Divine Mansion, Emperor Jiang Chonglou visited the Great Zhou Imperial Mausoleum to awaken its hidden reserves. He told a slumbering ancestor that Great Zhou faced chaos, revealing that the ancestor had been asleep for over two thousand years.

• Cui Yuan and Cui Chongshan watched Tai Prefecture and discussed the Devil Master’s impending breakthrough.
• At the Stargazing Platform, the Astronomical Observatory director reported dire celestial signs, and Song Wuya warned Jiang Chonglou that the Devil Master might reach the Great Perfection Realm.
• Jiang Chonglou ordered the Devil Master erased and said the aristocratic clans would welcome it.
• Jiang Chonglou entered the Great Zhou Imperial Mausoleum, passed its formations and guards, and approached three ancestors resting in profound ice coffins.
• Jiang Chonglou explained that chaos was coming and Great Zhou’s dragon vein was unstable; an ancestor asked how the flourishing dynasty had fallen into disorder.
• Jiang Chonglou told the ancestor that he had been asleep for more than two thousand years.

Jiang Chonglou woke King Ancestor Qin and asked him to kill the Devil Master threatening Great Zhou. Before King Ancestor Qin departed, the Second Progenitor gave him the Progenitor Emperor’s Dragon-Slaying Sword, and he set out to face the enemy.

• Jiang Chonglou told King Ancestor Qin that the Devil Master in Tai Prefecture was nearing the great perfection of Divine Mansion and asked him to intervene.
• King Ancestor Qin emerged from the mystic ice coffin, heard Jiang Chonglou’s account of Great Zhou’s enemies, and agreed to confront the Devil Master.
• The Second Progenitor warned King Ancestor Qin not to underestimate the Devil Master and gave him the Dragon-Slaying Sword.
• King Ancestor Qin accepted the sword, bowed to the Second Progenitor and Third Ancestor, and vanished from the underground palace.

Li Wuyou broke through to the Divine Mansion Realm as her demonic manifestations drew powerful figures toward Tai Prefecture. King Ancestor Qin, Jiang Hanyuan, arrived and attacked her, but an unseen hand stopped his strike, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Li Wuyou expanded her Divine Mansion World beyond 1,700 li and broke through its barrier with her demonic power.
• Li Xinge sensed an ancient imperial-clan expert approaching Tai Prefecture as Li Wuyou's manifestations grew stronger.
• King Ancestor Qin, Jiang Hanyuan, arrived in an ancient bronze chariot drawn by a white bone dragon, while powerful figures across the provinces reacted to his appearance.
• Jiang Hanyuan dismissed Li Wuyou as an unformed demonic cultivator and struck at her while she opened her Divine Mansion World.
• An unidentified hand caught Jiang Hanyuan's palm strike, and its owner taunted him for leaving his grave.

Li Xinge confronted King Ancestor Qin Jiang Hanyuan and drew him away from Myriad Bone Mountain to fight in the starry void. After their first clashes, Jiang Hanyuan recognized Li Xinge as a formidable opponent, while more than a dozen indistinct figures watched from afar.

• Li Xinge calmly withstood Jiang Hanyuan’s palm strike and challenged him to fight beyond the heavens to protect Myriad Bone Mountain.
• Li Xinge and Jiang Hanyuan traveled into the starry void, where Li Xinge declared that he would kill the ancient ancestor.
• Jiang Hanyuan attacked with a punch, and Li Xinge summoned the Three Sha Demon God to meet it head-on.
• Jiang Hanyuan used the Founding Ancestor Dragon Emperor Fist, but the Three Sha Demon God charged into the golden dragons and blocked the attack.
• Jiang Hanyuan abandoned his contempt for Li Xinge, while more than a dozen figures watched the battle from hundreds of thousands of li away.

The aristocratic clans’ old monsters nearly fought among themselves over north-south grudges, but Cui Yuan and Dongfang Jiming stopped them and urged them to unite against the imperial clan. Meanwhile, Li Xinge endured King Ancestor Qin’s assault for more than a hundred rounds, forcing Qin to admit that his opponent’s stamina and strength had exceeded his expectations.

• Northern and southern old monsters exchanged taunts over their clans’ ancient conflict, and Han Feisheng and the hemp-robed Yan Clan elder prepared to fight.
• Cui Yuan appeared and warned the old monsters that infighting would let the Royal House benefit.
• Dongfang Jiming emerged from the void and urged the aristocratic clans to put aside their grudges and join forces against the imperial clan.
• Li Xinge fought King Ancestor Qin in the shattered starfield, adapting to Qin’s attacks while keeping his strength up through more than a hundred exchanges.
• King Ancestor Qin realized he might be worn down and touched the ancient sword at his waist, conceding that he had to admit his age.

King Ancestor Qin unleashed the heaven-tier Dragon-Slaying Sword against Li Xinge, but Li Xinge’s Void Cutter Sword and Myriad Swords Return to Origin held it back and began forcing it away. Desperate to protect the Jiang Clan, King Ancestor Qin burned through his remaining lifespan to empower a final strike, leaving Li Xinge in grave peril.

• King Ancestor Qin sent the Dragon-Slaying Sword flying toward Li Xinge, alarming the ancient cultivators watching from afar.
• Li Xinge drew the Void Cutter Sword and used Myriad Swords Return to Origin to meet the Dragon-Slaying Sword head-on.
• Li Xinge’s sword technique held the Dragon-Slaying Sword at bay, then slowly began pushing it back with the power of his vast Divine Mansion World.
• King Ancestor Qin realized he could not defeat Li Xinge without sacrificing himself and burned away his remaining lifespan to strengthen the Dragon-Slaying Sword.
• The Dragon-Slaying Sword reached its peak power, and the watching cultivators feared its coming strike would kill Li Xinge.

Li Xinge survived King Ancestor Qin Jiang Hanyuan’s final sword strike with his heaven-tier armor, and Jiang Hanyuan died after exhausting his lifespan. The watching elders debated what his death meant, while Han Feisheng tried to rally them to attack Li Xinge, leaving Dongfang Jiming and Cui Yuan unmoved.

• Li Xinge’s heaven-tier armor absorbed King Ancestor Qin Jiang Hanyuan’s final Dragon-Slaying Sword strike, leaving Jiang Hanyuan unable to fight again.
• Jiang Hanyuan accepted that his era had passed, then died as his body dissolved into starlight and the Dragon-Slaying Sword vanished.
• The distant elders reacted to Jiang Hanyuan’s death and recognized the threat Li Xinge posed to the balance of power.
• Han Feisheng urged the elders to kill Li Xinge, and several northern elders agreed to join him.
• Han Feisheng appealed to Dongfang Jiming and Cui Yuan to take action, but the two Great Perfection cultivators remained still.

After Li Xinge killed King Qin, the aristocratic clans’ elders debated whether to attack him, but Dongfang Jiming exposed Han Feisheng’s secret allegiance to the Princess Royal and the elders dispersed. Li Xinge returned to Myriad Bone Mountain injured, where the Sky-Eating Demon Venerable tried to appease him with flattery.

• Han Feisheng urged the elders to eliminate Li Xinge, but Dongfang Jiming revealed that the Han Clan had backed the Princess Royal and warned him not to choose the wrong side.
• Cui Yuan refused to fight Li Xinge, and Dongfang Jiming ended the discussion before leaving through the void; the other elders followed, leaving Han Feisheng to depart alone.
• The Sky-Eating Demon Venerable greeted Li Xinge after he descended above Myriad Bone Mountain and praised him for defeating King Qin, while Li Xinge concealed his pride despite his injuries.
• The Sky-Eating Demon Venerable flattered Li Xinge by praising him above the Marquis of Chu, but Li Xinge left with an ambiguous smile that worried him.
• The Six-Eyed Demon Lord teased the Sky-Eating Demon Venerable for acting servile, so the Sky-Eating Demon Venerable sent him flying into the bone mountain.

Li Wuyou broke through to the Divine Mansion Realm on Myriad Bone Mountain and faced a powerful Heavenly Dao tribulation that seemed to barely harm her. The chapter left Li Xinge suspecting that the Heavenly Dao was going easy on her.

• The Sky-Eating Demon Venerable realized that Li Xinge was the Devil Master and resolved not to wait passively for retaliation.
• Emperor Jiang Chonglou learned that King Ancestor Qin had fallen and wondered whether he had succeeded in killing the Devil Master.
• Li Wuyou’s divine mansion world expanded to two thousand eight hundred li, and she emerged from the Quiet Room on Myriad Bone Mountain.
• The Heavenly Dao’s tribulation clouds covered Tai Prefecture, and the Sky-Eating Demon Venerable ordered the Demonic Path cultivators to evacuate.
• Li Wuyou endured the lightning tribulations and the weapon tribulation with only slightly dirty hems, leaving Li Xinge to suspect that the Heavenly Dao was going easy on her.

Li Wuyou faced the heart demon tribulation, cutting through visions of her victims, her younger self, and the parents she had never known. She rejected each illusion, but the tribulation continued as a new scene began.

• Li Wuyou entered the heart demon tribulation as the skies over Tai Prefecture cleared, while Li Xinge believed her steadfast Dao heart would carry her through.
• In her sea of consciousness, Li Wuyou destroyed the vengeful souls of those she had killed with a single slash of her butterfly knife.
• Li Wuyou rejected her younger self's invitation to abandon killing and remain forever in the peaceful courtyard.
• Li Wuyou saw a vision of loving parents and refused to follow them, declaring that Green Maple Valley was her home and that they were not her parents.
• When the false parents attacked, Li Wuyou cut them down, and the scene shifted to a town alley where someone ordered others to beat a little beggar to death.

Li Wuyou relived her traumatic childhood in a heart demon tribulation and nearly accepted the illusion of Li Xinge rather than break free. Li Xinge brought Li Qingtong to use her heavenly heart clear mirror body, helping Li Wuyou shatter the illusion and reach the Divine Mansion Realm.

• Li Wuyou watched her younger self suffer a brutal beating until Li Xinge rescued her and urged her to take revenge.
• Li Wuyou embraced the false Li Xinge in her heart demon tribulation, ignoring the Great Dao's warning and Li Xinge's attempts to wake her.
• Li Xinge remembered Li Qingtong's heavenly heart clear mirror body and tore open space to bring the baby from Green Maple Valley to Myriad Bone Mountain.
• Li Xinge floated Li Qingtong above Li Wuyou, and her pure aura helped Li Wuyou see through the illusion.
• Li Wuyou slashed the false Li Xinge, shattered the heart demon, and awakened with the power of the Divine Mansion Realm.

Li Wuyou survived her Divine Mansion Tribulation and reached the Divine Mansion Realm, while Li Xinge revealed that his family’s power had changed the risks of exposing her identity. He summoned the Azure Sky Demon Venerable and the Blood Abyss Demon Venerable to Myriad Bone Mountain to receive his instructions.

• Li Xinge congratulated Li Wuyou on her breakthrough and explained that he had used baby Qingtong to help her escape her heart demon tribulation.
• The Sky-Eating Demon Venerable arrived, recognized Li Wuyou, and was nearly killed when she mistook him for a threat to her hidden identity.
• Li Xinge told Li Wuyou that their Li Family was no longer what it once was, and she lowered her knife against Sky Eater.
• The Sky-Eating Demon Venerable admitted he suspected Li Xinge’s identity, swore loyalty, and offered his Divine Soul True Fire, which Li Xinge refused.
• Li Xinge ordered Sky Eater to summon Qing Tian and Blood Abyss, and the Azure Sky Demon Venerable and Blood Abyss Demon Venerable soon arrived.

Li Xinge revealed to Azure Sky Demon Venerable and Blood Abyss Demon Venerable that he was both the Devil Master and the Marquis of Chu, then declared the Four Seas Alliance his enemy for coveting Jade Prefecture. After Blood Abyss described the alliance’s formidable Divine Mansion forces, Li Xinge’s side faced a stark disadvantage in numbers.

• Azure Sky Demon Venerable and Blood Abyss Demon Venerable congratulated Li Xinge and acknowledged Li Wuyou’s breakthrough to the Divine Mansion Realm.
• Sky-Eating Demon Venerable explained that the Four Seas Alliance had paid the sacred cult five million mid-grade spirit stones to stir up trouble in Tai Prefecture and distract the Yang Province Li Clan.
• Li Xinge revealed his identity as the Marquis of Chu, shocking Azure Sky and Blood Abyss, who pledged their loyalty to him.
• Li Xinge declared Jade Prefecture his territory and ordered the three Demon Venerables to oppose the Four Seas Alliance’s attempt to seize it.
• Blood Abyss warned Li Xinge that the Four Seas Alliance had at least eight Divine Mansion Alliance Leaders, including one at great perfection, while Li Xinge’s broader side had only seven Divine Mansion cultivators.