Recaps

Li Xinge endured and crushed the Heavenly Dao’s heavenly punishment, then exposed how it had created Xiao Yuan as a pawn and accelerated the Heavenly Martial Continent’s cultivators. The Heavenly Dao admitted its plan had failed and offered the Otherworldly Sacred Relic to Li Xinge in exchange for his withdrawal.

• The Heavenly Dao summoned a vast sea of purple-black lightning and sent its Thunder Dragons to attack Li Xinge, who emerged unharmed and crushed the lightning with one gesture.
• Li Xinge warned the Heavenly Dao that using more essence power would exhaust what remained and cause it to collapse.
• Li Xinge revealed that the Heavenly Dao had foreseen the world’s takeover, made Xiao Yuan believe he had been reborn, and spent the world’s essence to empower him and produce more Innate Cultivators.
• The Heavenly Dao admitted it had divined the crisis and spent the world’s essence hoping to save the realm, but its plan had failed.
• The Heavenly Dao removed the Otherworldly Sacred Relic from Xiao Yuan and offered it to Li Xinge, asking him to withdraw.

Li Xinge revealed that he had come to seize the Heavenly Dao’s essence, not the Otherworldly Sacred Relic, and the Heavenly Dao drained the Heavenly Martial Continent to force its way into the Saint Realm. It attacked Li Xinge with its newly gained power, freezing the space around him.

• Li Xinge demanded that the Heavenly Dao surrender its essence and serve him, threatening to erase it if it refused.
• The enraged Heavenly Dao rejected his demand, warned him to leave with the sacred relic, and then began gathering power from across the continent.
• The Heavenly Dao drained the land, its cultivators, and all living beings, causing the strongest cultivators to lose their cultivation and become mortals.
• After absorbing the continent’s accumulated vitality and spiritual energy, the Heavenly Dao transformed into a One-Calamity Saint and challenged Li Xinge.
• The Heavenly Dao declared that all beings below the heavenly human realm were ants and used its word-law, “Deprivation,” to freeze the space around Li Xinge.

Li Xinge used the Supreme Emperor Armament Tianyuan Cauldron to defeat and capture the Heavenly Martial Continent’s Heavenly Dao. After erasing the witnesses’ memories, he left, while a mighty being in a distant star domain briefly sensed the event.

• The Heavenly Dao tried to erase Li Xinge with its laws, but he summoned the Tianyuan Cauldron and drained the spiritual power of a six-thousand-five-hundred-li ocean to awaken it.
• A wisp of chaos energy shattered the Heavenly Dao’s chains and began collapsing the world, terrifying the will of the Heavenly Dao inside Xiao Yuan.
• The Heavenly Dao abandoned Xiao Yuan and fled toward the edge of the world, but the cauldron’s chaos energy trapped it and sealed it inside.
• Li Xinge caught Xiao Yuan, returned the Tianyuan Cauldron to his Divine Mansion World, erased the native witnesses, and wiped Cui Yulong and the others’ memories.
• Li Xinge dispersed into starlight, while a majestic being in a distant star domain opened his eyes and wondered if he had sensed something.

After returning to Green Maple Valley, Li Xinge learned that using the Tianyuan Cauldron had attracted attention from supreme beings in the Upper Realm. He examined his rewards, then absorbed the Heavenly Martial Continent’s source essence to expand and enliven his Divine Mansion World.

• Li Xinge returned to Green Maple Valley after asking Sage Xuanji to bring Cui Yulong and the others back in three days.
• The system warned Li Xinge that the Tianyuan Cauldron’s Emperor Weapon aura had drawn scrutiny from supreme beings in the Upper Realm and concealed his traces.
• Li Xinge scanned the Chrono Sundial Disk and learned it could create a time-distorted space, with its effectiveness varying by cultivation level.
• Li Xinge discovered that the Otherworldly Sacred Relic contained Golden Crow True Blood from a Saint Emperor Realm being and considered refining it to advance his Great Sun Golden Crow Sacred Body.
• Li Xinge used the Tianyuan Cauldron to destroy the Heavenly Martial Continent’s Heavenly Dao consciousness and absorb its source essence into his Divine Mansion World.
• The source essence awakened the World Tree and expanded Li Xinge’s Divine Mansion World to twenty thousand li.

Li Xinge completed the mission to capture and refine the Heavenly Martial Continent's Heavenly Dao, strengthening his Divine Mansion World and receiving several rewards. Meanwhile, Guhongzi successfully broke through to the Divine Mansion Realm, while a Yan Clan prodigy secretly reached late-stage innate in the Lower Realm.

• Li Xinge's Divine Mansion World began developing the laws and features of a real world, and the system rewarded him for capturing and refining the Heavenly Dao.
• Cui Yulong and eight others returned to the Upper Realm, where Sage Xuanji noticed that the Yan Clan prodigy was missing.
• The missing Yan Clan prodigy revealed that he had hidden himself to cultivate and had reached late-stage innate, claiming he was now the strongest in the Lower Realm.
• After the Night-Blooming Cereus Fairy's instruction, Guhongzi began breaking through to the Divine Mansion Realm in the Li Family's Spirit Gathering Tower.
• Guhongzi survived the Divine Mansion Tribulation, and the Li Family elders celebrated his breakthrough.

Guhongzi attained the divine mansion realm and pledged his life to the Li Family, whose Elder Council promoted him to Purple-Robed Attendant. In Qing Province, Han Tianli and Han Youde discussed the Li Family’s support for rogue cultivators, and Han Tianli proposed that the Han Clan join Li Xinge.

• Guhongzi celebrated his divine mansion breakthrough by reciting a poem about his hardships and thanking the Li Family for giving him the chance to succeed.
• Guhongzi vowed that his life belonged to the Li Family, and Li Xinge watched from the rear mountain before leaving.
• The Li Family’s Elder Council promoted Guhongzi from Red-robed Guest Official to Purple-Robed Attendant, and Li Xinge approved the decision.
• Han Tianli and Han Youde discussed how the Royal House and other immortal clans had blocked their attempts to establish divine mansions in Qing Province.
• Han Tianli asked Han Youde what he thought about the Han Clan joining Li Xinge, leaving the Grand Elder stunned.

Han Tianli persuaded Han Youde to risk the Han Clan’s future by secretly approaching the King of Chu, while a trusted blacksmith was sent south to test the King’s willingness to accept outsiders. In Green Maple Valley, Li Xinge summoned Zhou Lie and confronted him about his true identity as Xiong Lie.

• Han Tianli argued that the Han Clan should join the King of Chu, and Han Youde agreed to send their deathsworn south to assess him.
• An old man tasked a blacksmith who owed him his life with carrying a jade slip south and observing whether the King of Chu truly welcomed outsiders.
• Li Xinge remained unaware that Zhao Wujiu and Guhongzi had both broken through to the Divine Mansion Realm, and he assigned five Taiyi Spirit Nurturing Pills to the Third Elder for future use.
• Li Xinge summoned Zhou Lie to his pavilion, then asked whether he should call him Zhou Lie or Xiong Lie.

Li Xinge revealed that Zhou Lie was the last survivor of the Xiong Clan Hidden Lineage and threatened his family to uncover why he had come to the Li Family. Suspecting Xiong Lie might carry the Li Family's bloodline, Li Xinge ordered him to place a drop of blood on a Purple Blade Thorn, promising to spare his wife and children if he complied.

• Li Xinge confronted Zhou Lie with the discovery that he was formerly named Xiong Lie and belonged to the Xiong Clan Hidden Lineage.
• Xiong Lie admitted that he was the only surviving member of the clan, and Li Xinge revealed that his wife and son were also alive and had been brought over.
• Xiong Lie begged Li Xinge to spare his wife and son, but Li Xinge insisted that he never left enemies alive and demanded to know why Xiong Lie had approached him.
• Li Xinge examined Xiong Lie's unusually strong heavenly human bloodline and wondered whether he might carry the Li Family's bloodline.
• Li Xinge brought in a Li Family Spiritual Plant Master carrying a Purple Blade Thorn and told Xiong Lie to place a drop of blood on it in exchange for his family's safety.

Li Xinge confirmed that Xiong Lie and his son carried the Li Family bloodline, spared Xiong Lie, and ordered an investigation into his ancestry. Reunited with his wife and son, Xiong Lie wondered who his birth father had been as he examined his mother's jade pendant.

• Xiong Lie gave blood to the Purple Blade Thorn, which submitted to him and confirmed his Li Family bloodline; Li Xinge spared him and sent him to his family in Ascending Dragon Prefecture.
• Li Xinge learned that Xiong Lie's son also carried the Li Family bloodline and ordered his attendant to trace Xiong Lie's ancestry.
• Xiong Lie reunited with Qing Lian and Song'er, who told him that Li Family people had taken three drops of Song'er's blood.
• Xiong Lie told Qing Lian what had happened before Li Xinge, and reassured her that the King of Chu had no reason to harm them if he had already spared them.
• That night, Xiong Lie studied the jade pendant bearing the character "Li" and wondered who his birth father really was.

Li Xinge summoned Gongsun Ban, granted his request for a Void Stone to stabilize the Divine Mansion Realm Human Weapon, and revealed a gift meant to help his artifact-refining ambitions. The gift was Xiao Yuan, whose extraordinary body left Gongsun Ban astonished.

• Elder Jiang brought Gongsun Ban to meet Li Xinge after he finished inscribing a rune on the Divine Mansion Realm Human Weapon.
• Gongsun Ban said the weapon was nearly halfway finished but needed a Void Stone to keep its Divine Mansion World from collapsing.
• Li Xinge readily ordered Old Jiang to obtain a Void Stone for Gongsun Ban.
• Li Xinge revealed a living young man on a stretcher as a gift for Gongsun Ban.
• Gongsun Ban examined Xiao Yuan and marveled at the strength and purity of his body’s foundation.

Li Xinge let Gongsun Ban take Xiao Yuan to the Human Weapons Hall, then received Yunxi, who asked to visit her family. He granted her request and ordered a secondary consort’s ceremonial escort for her, leaving Yunxi overwhelmed with gratitude as he reflected that the waters around him remained too calm.

• Li Xinge allowed Gongsun Ban to take Xiao Yuan to the Human Weapons Hall to develop the path of the living vessel.
• Elder Jiang announced Yunxi’s arrival, and Li Xinge invited her into the Listening Rain Pavilion.
• Yunxi asked Li Xinge for permission to return to her hometown and visit her parents and elder brother after more than ten years apart.
• Li Xinge agreed and ordered Elder Jiang to arrange a secondary consort’s ceremonial escort for Yunxi’s journey home.
• Yunxi thanked Li Xinge and left to prepare, while he watched the pool and remarked that its water was still too calm.

Li Xinge bestowed a Random Special Physique Card on Li Xuanyong, awakening his earth-bearing physique and transforming his cultivation prospects. At the Chu King's Palace, Divine Mansion Realm experts gathered under heavy guard and wondered whether the King of Chu planned to strike the north.

• Li Xinge watched Li Xuanyong labor over the Li Family's ledgers and decided to give him a Random Special Physique Card.
• Li Xinge used the card to awaken Li Xuanyong's earth-bearing physique, granting him an affinity for earth-element spiritual energy, a long lifespan, and a steady path of advancement.
• Li Xuanyong awoke to find his spiritual energy control and cultivation speed greatly improved, realized he had gained a special physique, and suspected Li Xinge had bestowed it on him.
• Divine Mansion Realm experts, including Cui Yuan, Sky-Eating Demon Venerable, Blood Abyss Demon Venerable, Lin Chiyan, Cui Chongshan, and Wei Pingsheng, gathered at the Chu King's Palace.
• Lin Chiyan asked Cui Yuan why the King of Chu had summoned them, but Cui Yuan told him to wait, leaving the assembled experts to wonder if they would strike the north.

Li Xinge summoned Chu’s Divine Mansion Realm cultivators and declared that Great Zhou must fall, but warned that Chu was not yet ready to invade. He ordered the southern powers to open their treasuries and raise an army for the northern campaign, winning their pledge of loyalty.

• Li Xinge appeared before the gathered Divine Mansion Realm cultivators in the Chu King’s Palace and addressed them from the Dragon Throne.
• Li Xinge recounted the southern people’s centuries of oppression and declared that Great Zhou had forsaken the righteous way and must fall.
• Cui Yuan, Sky Eater, Blood Abyss, Qing Tian, and the other cultivators pledged to march north and overthrow Great Zhou.
• Li Xinge said the northern campaign would not begin yet because Great Zhou’s foundations remained formidable.
• Li Xinge ordered everyone to open their treasuries and use their resources to raise a force capable of conquering the realm.
• Sky Eater and the gathered cultivators swore loyalty unto death to Li Xinge.

Li Xinge secured the Li Family’s retreat to the Lower Realm and entered seclusion to reach Great Perfection of Divine Mansion before the northern campaign. As Yunxi departed aboard a fleet of spirit ships, Elder Jiang accompanied her under Li Xinge’s orders.

• Li Xinge confirmed with Li Xuantong that the Li Family could retreat to the Lower Realm if the northern campaign went badly.
• Li Xinge told Li Xuantong he would enter seclusion to reach Great Perfection of Divine Mansion and declared that his emergence would mark the Li Family’s march on Shenjing.
• Elder Jiang informed Li Xinge that Yunxi planned to leave, and Li Xinge ordered him to accompany her.
• Yunxi departed Ascending Dragon Prefecture aboard the Azure Luan Spirit Boat with Elder Jiang, attendants, and three thousand of the King of Chu’s personal guards.

Yunxi returned to Qingshan Prefecture under an imposing escort and continued toward Huanxi Village to visit her family. Her parents and villagers waited anxiously as her sister-in-law hoped Yunxi would take young Shan'er with her, while Yun Dashan worried that doing so would offend the Li Family and the King of Chu.

• Lu Zhenting prepared Qingshan Prefecture for Yunxi's arrival and welcomed her as she descended from the Azure Luan Cloud Boat.
• Elder Jiang asked Lu Zhenting about the arrangements for the journey to Huanxi Village, and Yunxi thanked the Prefect for his efforts.
• Yunxi traveled toward Huanxi Village by carriage with the King of Chu's troops and Qingshan Prefecture's soldiers escorting her.
• Yunxi grew emotional as she recognized the familiar scenery and learned from Qiu Ya that they were nearly at the village.
• Yun Laoshi, his wife, Yun Dashan, Yun Dashan's wife, and Shan'er waited with the villagers at the village entrance.
• Yun Dashan's wife urged him to ask Yunxi to take Shan'er with her, but Yun Dashan feared the request would look like his family was seeking favors.

Yunxi returned to Huanxi Village as the King of Chu’s secondary consort and reunited with her family after many years apart. She was welcomed with ceremony but tried to reconnect with her parents and elder brother as their daughter and sister.

• Yun Dashan watched the approaching procession as the village chief warned Yun Laoshi that everyone would have to kneel before Yunxi.
• Cavalry and soldiers secured Huanxi Village, and Yunxi arrived in a lavish carriage attended by maids and ceremonial banners.
• Yunxi recognized her kneeling parents, rushed to them, and wept as she apologized for staying away so long.
• Yunxi asked the villagers to rise and arranged gifts for every household, though they remained deferential toward her.
• At the renovated Yun family home, Yunxi asked about her relatives and urged Yun Dashan to call her Xi'er as he had before.
• Yun Dashan accepted her request and told her she had suffered, while Yunxi reflected on the hardships hidden behind her palace status.

A black-robed figure watched Huanxi Village and warned someone to know their place. Later, Wang Shi begged Yunxi to take her son Yun Shan to the Li Family; Yunxi agreed to have his talent tested the next morning before deciding whether to bring him.

• A black-robed figure appeared on a mountain overlooking Huanxi Village, then vanished after quietly warning someone to know their place.
• Wang Shi came to Yunxi late at night and explained that a Shen Family member had said Yun Shan seemed gifted but could not determine his precise talent.
• Wang Shi knelt and begged Yunxi to take Yun Shan to the Li Family so he could have a future.
• Yunxi said she would take Yun Shan if his talent was good, but warned that an ordinary child might suffer at the Li Family.
• Yunxi promised to have Yun Shan's talent examined the next morning, and Wang Shi left after thanking her.

Elder Jiang discovered that Yun Shan had fifth-grade superior talent, and Yunxi offered to take him in and nurture his cultivation. Yun Dashan worried that bringing Shan'er into the Li Family could damage Yunxi’s standing, but he agreed to follow her decision.

• Wang Shi brought Yun Shan to Yunxi, and Elder Jiang examined the boy’s root bone.
• Elder Jiang declared Yun Shan’s talent fifth-grade superior and said he could reach innate great perfection and perhaps advance further.
• Yunxi asked Yun Shan to come with her, and he agreed after she promised to care for his parents.
• Yun Laoshi and the old lady rejoiced at Yun Shan’s prospects but felt reluctant to part with him.
• Yun Dashan argued that taking Shan'er into the Li Family might expose his humble origins and harm Yunxi’s position.
• Yun Dashan told Wang Shi they would let Yunxi decide and would not pressure her if she chose not to take Shan'er.

Yunxi secured Yun Dashan and Wang Shi’s consent for Yun Shan to join the Li Family, then took him back with her. In Xu Province, a young man listened as locals vilified the King of Chu, and his final outburst left the tavern confrontation unresolved.

• Yunxi told Yun Dashan and Wang Shi that Yun Shan would belong to the Li Family in practice and that they would have no say in his affairs once he received its support.
• Yun Dashan and Wang Shi agreed to let Yun Shan join the Li Family, and Yunxi warned them that he would need to work hard despite his weak foundation and late start.
• After staying home for three days, Yunxi departed with Yun Shan for the return journey.
• In a tavern in Yuanling Prefecture, a young man heard patrons accuse the King of Chu of cruelty, demonic practices, and betrayal.
• The young man asked the men about their families and learned they came from prominent local clans, with the strongest backed by a Half-step Innate expert.
• The young man picked up the wine jar as the men laughed, then shouted, "Fuck you!!!"

Li Longxiang killed Ninth Master Song and his men after they insulted the great-grandfather he revered. He left the tavern and headed north, drawn by the feeling that a familiar voice was calling him.

• Li Longxiang smashed a wine jar over Ninth Master Song's head after Song's men insulted him.
• Li Longxiang dodged a brocade-robed man's attack and killed him with a single punch.
• Li Longxiang killed Ninth Master Song before he could attack, then killed the men who begged for mercy.
• Li Longxiang searched the corpses and paid the trembling waiter for the wine and damage, telling him to name Li Longxiang if anyone came asking.
• Li Longxiang left the tavern and headed north, sensing a familiar, affectionate voice calling him.

Li Longxiang killed Song Family cultivators who pursued him, then entered the Qi Kingdom while following a mysterious bloodline summons. In the Immortal Palace, the Long Life Gate appeared as the Holy Lord neared attainment of the Dao.

• Song Wenting found Song Jiu's body, learned that Li Longxiang had killed him, and returned to seek orders from the Song Family's elders.
• Song Tianshi and the Song Family elders pursued Li Longxiang, who killed the family head and nine elders before fleeing with a pack of spoils.
• The Song Family ancestor pursued Li Longxiang and never returned, allowing Li Longxiang to continue toward the Qi Kingdom.
• Li Longxiang entered the Qi Kingdom, where his stirring bloodline led him toward the source of a mysterious voice.
• The Holy Lord's nine tribulations were completed, and the Long Life Gate appeared above the Immortal Palace as powerful beings across the three thousand great worlds sensed the event.

Feng Nishang ascended to the Immortal Emperor realm and entered the Supreme Emperor Immortal Palace’s ancestral court, while Li Longxiang traveled to the Azure Rosy-Cloud Mountains, following a mysterious summons. The chapter ended as a pillar of light revealed the outline of a world in the mountains.

• Feng Nishang crossed the Long Life Gate and ascended, earning the congratulations of the Heavenly Palace and the human race.
• The Grand Elder learned that Xue Daoqi remained at the Heavenly Sphere Great World, where he was holding off a fierce demon offensive.
• Li Longxiang entered Cloudreach City and heard rumors that the King of Chu planned to rebel against Great Zhou.
• Li Longxiang followed the growing call in his bloodline into the Azure Rosy-Cloud Mountains, where the mysterious voice fell silent.
• Dark clouds and thunder engulfed the mountains, and a pillar of light erupted, showing the faint outline of a world within it.

Li Longxiang discovered a Divine Mansion World that might contain a Half-Saint inheritance, drawing the Qi Kingdom’s rulers and the Five Great Families to the Azure Rosy-Cloud Mountains. After the Divine Mansion experts realized they could not enter without destroying it, they considered sending people below their realm, while a hidden young man watched.

• Li Longxiang recognized the manifested Divine Mansion World and resolved to seize the opportunity despite fearing that its commotion would attract others.
• The Country Lord of the Qi Kingdom sensed the world’s aura and sent his younger brother, King Sui, to investigate before the Five Great Families could claim it.
• King Sui met five Divine Mansion experts from the Five Great Families, and they agreed to compete for the possible Half-Saint inheritance.
• The Divine Mansion World began cracking as the experts approached, so King Sui concluded that anyone at their realm would destroy it by entering.
• One of the experts proposed sending someone below the Divine Mansion Realm, while a young man hidden in a tree quietly watched and felt relieved.

The revelation of a Half-Saint opportunity in the Azure Rosy-Cloud Mountains drew cultivators from across the Qi Kingdom and Great Zhou, while Great Zhou’s Divine Mansion experts agreed to cross the border and claim a share. As tens of thousands gathered beneath the pillar of light, the Qi Kingdom’s experts planned to use the newcomers to scout for their young talents.

• The Qi Kingdom’s Divine Mansion experts agreed to summon their finest young talents to the Azure Rosy-Cloud Mountains.
• News of the opportunity spread across the Qi Kingdom and into Great Zhou, bringing rogue cultivators and clan experts toward the mountains.
• Great Zhou’s Divine Mansion powers debated the risks of entering Qi Kingdom territory, then agreed to go together and seize the opportunity.
• Tens of thousands of cultivators gathered beneath the pillar of light, and Li Longxiang hoped to fish in the troubled waters.
• Zhao Qingyun suggested that the newcomers scout the way for the Qi Kingdom’s young talents, and the other experts approved.

The Qi Kingdom’s clans gathered to enter the Divine Mansion World, but powerful outsiders arrived to claim a share of the Half-Saint opportunity. The Qi Kingdom’s Country Lord established rules for the juniors who would enter, while Li Longxiang eagerly watched from among the rogue cultivators.

• Zhao Nansheng and the other clans’ strongest young experts arrived to join King Sui’s party.
• Chen Hong and other Divine Mansion experts from neighboring regions appeared, prompting King Sui to challenge their intentions.
• Lü Fengxian arrived and asserted his claim to the Half-Saint opportunity, then the Qi Kingdom’s Country Lord appeared with the Qi Imperial Seal.
• The Country Lord explained that Divine Mansion experts could not enter without destroying the world and barred the juniors from freely using earth-grade or higher treasures and Jade Talismans.
• Li Longxiang watched the gathering from among the rogue cultivators and grew eager to fight.