Recaps

Qin Guan extracted the Vast Righteous Dao Heart from Guangling and saved him, then remained trapped in the Little Black Tower and decided to cultivate. Wu She and Zi Ran brought him a letter from Senior Bukui, leaving its contents unknown.

• Qin Guan revealed that he was Zhaoyan's student and removed the Vast Righteous Dao Heart from Guangling.
• Guangling's cultivation collapsed, and Qin Guan restored his vitality with an immortal pill before leaving with the heart.
• Qin Guan spoke with the Little Black Tower about his inability to escape and worried that Nan Rou Bai You, Zi Qing, and the others had not thought of him.
• Qin Guan prepared to cultivate while trapped in the tower, but Wu She and Zi Ran arrived with a letter from Senior Bukui.

Qin Guan received his master's complete teachings on the Judgment Dao and believed they might help him break Cang Chong's restriction. As Wu She and Zi Ran left to cultivate with Qin Guan's gifts, Cang Chong warned Zhi Ming that he had misunderstood why the Demon Fiends obeyed Qin Guan.

• Qin Guan read his master's letter explaining the Judgment Dao and received its methods, which required its practitioner to risk death with every full-strength strike.
• Qin Guan told Wu She and Zi Ran that mastering the Judgment Dao might let him break Cang Chong's restriction, then gave them cultivation resources and a jade slip of Primordial Realm principles.
• The Little Black Tower gave Wu She a dual-cultivation manual and urged him to practice it, but Wu She hurried away with Zi Ran instead.
• In the Mandate Temple, Zhi Ming doubted that the Primordial Tower would spend her source power protecting Qin Guan, and Cang Chong rebuked him for failing to understand why the Demon Fiends had obeyed Qin Guan.

Cang Chong and Zhi Ming suspected Qin Guan had ties to the Dao Demon and sought a way to force him out of the Primordial Tower. After sealing the tower off from outside Spiritual Qi, Cang Chong visited the Southern Pole Continent Heavenly Dao, who warned him to abandon his pursuit of Qin Guan and the Qi Yuan Civilization's inheritance.

• Cang Chong and Zhi Ming reasoned that Qin Guan was cooperating with the Dao Demon and that the Primordial Tower, Lin Suisui, and the Dao Demon might be seeking the Qi Yuan Civilization's inheritance.
• Cang Chong proposed cutting off the Primordial Tower's supply of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, then cast a formation around it and ordered Zhi Ming to watch it.
• Cang Chong went to the Southern Pole Continent Heavenly Dao's dojo and asked for guidance.
• The Southern Pole Continent Heavenly Dao warned Cang Chong that the inheritance's karma was too dangerous and that Qin Guan carried an even greater burden of karma.
• Cang Chong demanded to know who Qin Guan was and complained that Qin Guan had depleted the Divine Hall's reserves, but the Heavenly Dao refused to answer and sent him away.

Cang Chong rejected the Heavenly Dao’s warning and decided to pursue the Qi Yuan Inheritance despite the karma surrounding Qin Guan. After half a month of cultivating the Judgment Dao, Qin Guan discussed its power with the Little Black Tower and joked about using it on the tower’s Sister Great Dao.

• Cang Chong weighed the Heavenly Dao’s warning about Qin Guan’s karma, then resolved to seize the Qi Yuan Inheritance anyway.
• After half a month of cultivation inside the Little Black Tower, Qin Guan felt the Judgment Dao stirring his power and battle intent.
• Qin Guan and the Little Black Tower discussed how the Judgment Dao could pass judgment on any Great Dao, even divine power.
• The Little Black Tower teased Qin Guan about his past behavior toward Yan Zhaoxue, and Qin Guan suggested using judgment to remove the corrupt Dao from the tower’s Sister Great Dao.
• The Little Black Tower angrily rejected Qin Guan’s suggestion, and Qin Guan asked whether it spent its time thinking about him fooling around with women.

The Little Black Tower revealed that it had gathered Great Dao Laws connected to Qin Guan and planned to use them to prove its Dao, while Qin Guan prepared to challenge Cang Chong’s blockade. Outside the Golden Tower, Cang Chong urged Ghost King to help force Qin Guan out and seize the Qi Yuan Inheritance.

• The Little Black Tower showed Qin Guan a black rod containing numerous Great Dao Laws, which revolved around its Sister Great Dao, and explained that most had been gathered through Qin Guan’s connections to them.
• The Little Black Tower said Xiao Man’s Formless Divine Power was the only law it could not yet control because Qin Guan had not slept with Xiao Man.
• The Little Black Tower said its Sister Great Dao was nearly ready and advised Qin Guan to combine the Judgment Dao with his Divine Power to break Cang Chong’s Heaven-Wielding blockade.
• Qin Guan agreed to try breaking the restriction, which would allow the Primordial Tower to recall its avatar.
• Outside the Golden Tower, Cang Chong told Ghost King that Qin Guan was hiding inside and that forcing him out would let them claim the Qi Yuan Inheritance.

Cang Chong revealed that Qin Guan possessed the Qi Yuan Civilization Inheritance and joined Ghost King in a plan to force him out of the Primordial Tower. Ghost King severed the tower’s essence link and sent Nine Nether Demonic Qi inside, where Qin Guan summoned Demon Ape and Demon Python to confront it.

• Ghost King questioned Cang Chong about Qin Guan’s treasure, and Cang Chong revealed the Qi Yuan Civilization Inheritance.
• Cang Chong and Ghost King agreed to cooperate and share Qin Guan’s treasures, while Zhi Ming watched.
• Cang Chong removed the formation around the Golden Tower, and Ghost King cast the Nine Nether Heaven-Extinguishing Formation to sever its essence link.
• Ghost King sent threads of Nine Nether Demonic Qi through the Golden Tower to drive out and annihilate Qin Guan and his companions.
• Qin Guan sensed the Demonic Qi entering the tower and summoned Demon Ape and Demon Python to ask if they could devour it.

Qin Guan used the Demon Ape and Demon Python to absorb the Ghost King's Nine Nether Demonic Qi, then traced it back with the Power of Judgment and struck the Ghost King outside the tower. The Ghost King fled with Cang Chong and Zhi Ming, while Qin Guan discovered that his own Great Dao Tablet had cracked from being judged as well.

• The Ghost King turned the Nine Nether Demonic Qi inside the Demon Ape and Demon Python into blades that tore through their bodies, and Qin Guan used his divine power to suppress them.
• Qin Guan ordered the suffering demon fiends to keep absorbing Demonic Qi while he waited for the Ghost King to pour more power into the tower.
• Qin Guan explained that the Power of Judgment could rebound the Ghost King's power and trace his Demonic Qi back to his true body, then prepared to activate it despite the Little Black Tower's alarm.
• Qin Guan unleashed Retributive Tracing, sending two divine judgment blades through the demon fiends' demonic blades and striking the Ghost King outside the tower.
• The wounded Ghost King vanished, and Cang Chong and Zhi Ming fled after him.
• Qin Guan spat blood and found that his Great Dao Tablet had cracked too, as the Little Black Tower said the Judgment Dao had judged him along with the Ghost King.

Qin Guan escaped the Mandate Temple secret chamber after using Ghost King's Nine Nether Demonic Qi to turn the Power of Judgment against him, but his Dao foundation was badly damaged. Back in the Primordial Tower, Qin Guan suspected Nine Nether Hall was connected to Dao Demon, while Ghost King and Cang Chong argued over their failed plan.

• The Primordial Tower Spirit released Qin Guan from the Golden Tower, and Lin Suisui and the Primordial Tower Spirit learned that his Dao foundation was severely damaged.
• Qin Guan said a Heaven-Wielding realm fighter from Nine Nether Hall had attacked him with Nine Nether Demonic Qi, and he had used it to pass judgment on the man.
• Demon Ape and Demon Python said Nine Nether Demonic Qi resembled Dao Demon's Demonic Qi, leading Qin Guan to suspect a link between Dao Demon and Nine Nether Hall.
• Qin Guan recalled seeing a tree inside Ghost King's true body that had blocked much of his judgment, and he went to heal on the Primordial Tower's first floor.
• Ghost King told Cang Chong that Qin Guan had used his Nine Nether Demonic Qi to activate the Power of Judgment, then Cang Chong discovered the Primordial Tower's avatar had escaped.
• Ghost King left to heal and promised a solution, while Cang Chong cursed him for ruining their plan and told Zhi Ming to wait.

Qin Guan brought Bai Fuzi and Iron Elder to the Primordial Tower, where Bai Fuzi confronted Guangling and killed him. Bai Fuzi regained his vitality after the killing, and the Vast Righteous Dao Heart returned to him.

• Qin Guan told Lin Suisui he wanted to bring Bai Fuzi away, and she took him to Dragon Spring Mountain to retrieve Bai Fuzi and Iron Elder.
• Qin Guan brought Bai Fuzi and Iron Elder to the Primordial Tower and revealed the weakened Guangling to them.
• Iron Elder attacked Guangling and condemned him for betraying Bai Fuzi, while Guangling blamed their teacher for playing favorites.
• Bai Fuzi asked Qin Guan for a blade and killed Guangling, breaking their lingering bond and regaining his vitality.
• Qin Guan returned the Vast Righteous Dao Heart, which entered Bai Fuzi and completed his Dao body.

Bai Fuzi recovered his complete Dao Heart, memories, and Dao Path, then agreed with Iron Elder to revive the Confucian Dao Lineage after the old Confucian Sect was destroyed. Qin Guan took them to the Primordial Tower’s Second Floor Dojo to cultivate, where they heard someone teasing Brother Crab near the Spirit Spring.

• Bai Fuzi regained his complete memories and Dao Path, and Qin Guan and Iron Elder welcomed his return to wholeness.
• Qin Guan gave Bai Fuzi and Iron Elder a trove of cultivation resources, then told them he had killed the Confucian Sect’s thirty-six Grand Scholars and eight Guardian Confucian Elders.
• Iron Elder and Bai Fuzi mourned the old sect’s destruction but resolved to carry on their teacher’s mission and establish a new Confucian Sect.
• Qin Guan brought Bai Fuzi and Iron Elder from the Little Black Tower to the Primordial Tower’s Second Floor Dojo, which offered abundant Dao and cultivation a hundred times faster.
• Qin Guan led Bai Fuzi and Iron Elder toward the Spirit Spring, where they heard a teasing voice calling to Brother Crab.

Qin Guan redirected Crab Boss into the Little Black Tower, then learned from Dao Demon that the Nine Nether Art came from a hidden base called the Nether Abyss, where Dao Demon had been stealing souls from reincarnation to create Demonfolk. Dao Demon feared the Nether Abyss had been discovered by the Underworld’s Wusheng Dao Master and began sending a warning to his true body.

• Qin Guan warned Crab Boss that Sister Tower Spirit and Sui Sui planned to boil him for crab paste, so Crab Boss fled into the Little Black Tower with the Female Crab Demons.
• Qin Guan showed Iron Elder and Bai Fuzi the complete Primordial Heaven and Earth Principles on the Primordial Tower’s second floor, and they began cultivating.
• Qin Guan confronted Dao Demon beneath the Demon Den about failing to help him and asked whether the attacker who used the Nine Nether Art was connected to him.
• Dao Demon explained that he had created the Nine Nether Art and established the Nether Abyss as a base between the Primordial Realm’s Underworld and the Demon Realm.
• Dao Demon revealed that he had diverted departed souls from reincarnation and refined them into Demonfolk, whose power nourished him.
• Dao Demon feared Wusheng Dao Master would punish him if the Nether Abyss had been discovered, and he sent a warning to his true body.

Dao Demon learned that the Nine Nether Hall had practiced his Nine Nether Art for tens of thousands of years and discussed the threat with his main body. Qin Guan refused to rush into danger while injured and persuaded Dao Demon to make stronger Demon Fiends to protect him.

• Dao Demon contacted his main body and reported that the Nine Nether Hall practiced the Nine Nether Art, while Qin Guan confirmed the hall had done so since its founding.
• Dao Demon and his main body concluded that the underworld probably had not discovered the Nether Abyss and agreed the Nine Nether Hall should be dealt with before it endangered their plan.
• Qin Guan explained that he was too weak and badly injured to fight the Nine Nether Hall, so Dao Demon's main body said he would visit the Nether Abyss after recovering from his Dao Injury.
• Dao Demon's main body told Qin Guan that Yang Shizun was well and in seclusion, then urged Dao Demon to heal so they could return to the Primordial Realm.
• Qin Guan resisted Dao Demon's demands to help him heal, citing his own injury and the threats from Cang Chong, and asked Dao Demon to create stronger Demon Fiends for protection.
• Dao Demon cursed Qin Guan, but the sealing chains tightened around him and made him groan in pain.

Qin Guan healed his injuries in the Primordial Tower after arguing with Little Black Tower about his schemes and its desire for him to have children. Meanwhile, Ghost King prepared to enter the Demon Land as polar night approached.

• Dao Demon grew angry at Qin Guan for asking him to create more Demon Fiends, and Qin Guan left for the Second Floor of the Primordial Tower.
• Qin Guan began healing in the forest while Little Black Tower complained that he had broken his promises and refused to help its Sister Great Dao.
• Qin Guan agreed that Little Black Tower could look after his future children, and ten days passed.
• Ghost King learned that Demon Moon Divine Palace disciples had appeared near Nine Nether Hall but ordered his men not to provoke them.
• As polar night began, Ghost King left for the Forbidden Land to enter the Demon Land.

Ghost King entered the Nine Nether Hall's Forbidden Land as the polar night fell, while Zhi Yue and seven Demon Moon Divine Palace disciples sought an Ice-Fire Lotus to save Yao Niang. The women sheltered in a cave until two black-robed figures appeared, and their arrival left the group facing an unknown threat.

• The Black Robe Elder told Ghost King that the formations were active, and Ghost King cautiously entered the fissure leading to the Nether Abyss.
• Zhi Yue and the other seven women struggled against the cold beneath an iceberg, and Xiao Man used her Formless Divine Power to warm them as they shared their Dao power with her.
• Zhi Yue said she could not locate the Ice-Fire Lotus, which the group needed to cure Yao Niang's Heart Demon backlash and save her Heaven-Wielding Dao foundation.
• Zhi Yue explained that the polar night occurred once every hundred years and lasted about a month, leaving the women worried they could not endure it.
• A teasing male voice came from outside the cave, and two black-robed figures walked inside.

Zhiyue and the other Demon Moon Divine Palace disciples were captured by Youying after he rescued them from two Nine Nether Hall assassins. At the Nether Abyss, Ghost King prepared to claim the Supreme Demon Sword, but a middle-aged man confronted him.

• Two Nine Nether Hall assassins sealed Zhiyue and the others inside a cave and threatened them, but Youying arrived and forced the men to apologize and leave.
• Youying suddenly subdued Zhiyue and her companions, stopped Xiao Man when she attacked, and took all eight women away.
• Ghost King reached the Nether Abyss, absorbed demonic origin soul power, and said his Dao Injury would soon recover.
• Ghost King said the Supreme Demon Sword's seal would loosen in two days and vowed to kill Qin Guan with it.
• A tall, middle-aged man approached Ghost King and told him, "In your dreams."

Dao Demon confronted Ghost King in the Nether Abyss and learned how he had entered through a fissure on the Eternal Night Ice Plain. After revealing that he had created the Nine Nether Art, Dao Demon accepted Ghost King as his disciple and gave him its complete, improved version.

• Ghost King tried to drive Dao Demon out of the Nether Abyss, but Dao Demon swallowed his Nine Nether Demonic Qi and left him terrified.
• Dao Demon demanded to know how Ghost King had entered, and Ghost King explained that a fissure on the Eternal Night Ice Plain opened during the polar night.
• Ghost King learned that Dao Demon had created the Nine Nether Art and knelt to ask him to become his master.
• Dao Demon chose to spare Ghost King and accept him as his sole disciple, seeing him as a valuable ally.
• Dao Demon gave Ghost King the complete, improved Nine Nether Art, and Ghost King thanked his new master.

The Dao Demon gave the Ghost King a Demon Sword that carried a hidden seal, then healed his Dao Injury. The Wusheng Dao Master appeared and condemned the Dao Demon for meddling in the Underworld, prompting him to call for Brother Yang to save him.

• The Dao Demon gave the Ghost King the Demon Sword and sealed his Divine Soul with a Dao Lineage Heart-Locking Seal.
• The Dao Demon healed the Ghost King's Dao Injury with his Demonic Qi essence.
• The Wusheng Dao Master stepped out of the Space-Time Rift and declared that the Dao Demon could not be allowed to live.
• The Dao Demon crushed a Jade Pendant and shouted for Brother Yang to save him.

Yang Tianni arrived to help Dao Demon and broke free of Wusheng Dao Master’s space-time suppression. Their battle left Wusheng Dao Master baffled by Yang Tianni’s power, while Dao Demon and Ghost King watched in confusion.

• Yang Tianni appeared beside Dao Demon and challenged Wusheng Dao Master over his attack on his tree brother.
• Wusheng Dao Master sealed Yang Tianni with Death Space-Time and suppressed Dao Demon’s Demonic Qi.
• Yang Tianni shattered the seal and punched Wusheng Dao Master away after their fists and palms met.
• Wusheng Dao Master attacked Yang Tianni with a storm of afterimages, but Yang Tianni dodged and struck him away again.
• Wusheng Dao Master questioned what Great Dao Yang Tianni cultivated, while Dao Demon and Ghost King struggled to understand the seemingly ordinary fight.

Yang Tianni and Dao Demon confronted Wusheng Dao Master's avatar in the Nether Abyss, then learned from Ghost King that Qin Guan possessed the Qi Yuan Civilization Legacy. The chapter ended with Ghost King discovering Qin Guan was Yang Tianni's disciple and being ordered to protect him while Yang Tianni and Dao Demon returned.

• Yang Tianni revealed that Wusheng Dao Master was only an avatar, and Wusheng Dao Master vowed to visit the Asura Divine Realm before vanishing.
• Yang Tianni freed Dao Demon, who explained that Wusheng Dao Master ruled the Underworld and that they were in Dao Demon's former dojo.
• Dao Demon scolded Ghost King for leading Wusheng Dao Master to the dojo, while Yang Tianni asked whether Ghost King knew Qin Guan.
• Ghost King revealed that Qin Guan held the Qi Yuan Civilization Legacy and was hiding inside the Primordial Tower, then offered to hand over the treasure.
• Dao Demon revealed that he was the Dao Demon Ghost King had called troublesome, and that Yang Tianni was Qin Guan's master.
• Dao Demon ordered Ghost King to protect Qin Guan and keep his origins secret, then left with Yang Tianni as Ghost King collapsed in shock.

After Dao Demon forced Ghost King to protect Qin Guan, Ghost King ordered the Nine Nether Hall to stop targeting him and secretly thwart threats against him. He then ordered the captured Demon Moon Divine Palace women killed, but Great Guardian Youying discovered they had escaped.

• Ghost King accepted that Qin Guan had powerful backing, left the Nether Abyss, and decided to obey Dao Demon’s command.
• Ghost King told the Nine Nether Hall elders to cancel their plans against Qin Guan and the Primordial Tower and secretly protect them from other forces.
• Ghost King ordered an elder to monitor Cang Chong, others to guard the Primordial Dojo, and the Heaven's Will Merchant Association to be stalled before its money was returned.
• Youying reported that Lie Hun and Ye Tian had tried to violate eight Demon Moon Divine Palace women, whom he had imprisoned after intervening.
• Ghost King ordered Youying to kill the captives and went to study the Nine Nether Art, but Youying found the dungeon guards dead and the women’s cell broken open.

Youying nearly killed Nan Rou and her seven companions, but stopped when Bai You revealed they were Qin Guan’s women. Ghost King arrived, apologized through his actions, and killed Lie Hun and Ye Tian for threatening them.

• Youying subdued Nan Rou and her seven companions, and Lie Hun and Ye Tian demanded a chance to abuse them before their deaths.
• Bai You invoked Qin Guan’s name, making Youying realize the women were under his protection and release them.
• Youying apologized to the wounded women and informed Ghost King that Qin Guan’s companions were in danger.
• Ghost King arrived, struck Youying, and killed Lie Hun and Ye Tian with a single palm strike.

Ghost King killed Lie Hun and Ye Tian after they offended Qin Guan’s companions, then sheltered the injured Demon Moon Divine Palace disciples and explained to Youying why Qin Guan could not be provoked. He revealed that he had returned from the secret realm with the Demon Sword and the complete Nine Nether Art, while the women began healing with less than ten days left to find the Ice-Fire Lotus.

• Ghost King executed Lie Hun and Ye Tian, then ordered Youying to provide Nan Rou and the others with pills and healing medicine.
• Bai You agreed that the women would stay at the Nine Nether Hall, and Ghost King brought them to a warm sleeping palace.
• Nan Rou confirmed that Qin Guan was their dao companion, and Zi Qing reminded everyone to heal quickly because the Old Ancestor needed the Ice-Fire Lotus within ten days.
• Ghost King told Youying that he had no choice but to execute Lie Hun and Ye Tian because Qin Guan was someone the Nine Nether Hall could not afford to provoke.
• Ghost King showed Youying the Demon Sword and gave him a scroll containing the complete Nine Nether Art.

Ghost King explained to Youying that Dao Demon had become his honored master and urged him to support Qin Guan, whose fortune and connections made him too dangerous to oppose. The next morning, Ghost King reassured Qin Guan’s companions that he was safe, then gave each of them rare treasures to help with their cultivation.

• Ghost King gave Youying a cultivation method and revealed that Dao Demon had provided it, become his honored master, and passed on the Nine Nether Art and a Demon Sword.
• Ghost King recounted his meeting with Dao Demon and warned Youying to keep it secret and help protect Qin Guan, whose influence and fortune had drawn powerful forces and innate spirits to him.
• Youying agreed to support Qin Guan and copied the cultivation method before Ghost King sent him away to cultivate.
• Nan Rou, Bai You, Xiao Man, and Zi Qing visited Ghost King to ask about Qin Guan, and he assured them that Qin Guan was cultivating safely inside the Primordial Tower.
• Ghost King gave Xiao Man more than sixty divine stones, Bai You over a hundred Primordial Space-Time Origin Stones, and Zi Qing Ziwei Great Dao Origin Stones.
• Nan Rou asked for Primordial Water Great Dao Origin Stones, an Ice-Fire Lotus, and a Life-Glory Demon Soul, and Ghost King gave her all three before taking his leave.

Nan Rou and the others obtained the Life-Glory Demon Soul from the Ghost King and fed it to the wounded Yuan Bao. The demon soul awakened a powerful force in him, and the chapter ended as his roar shook the Primordial Sword Realm.

• The Ghost King gave Nan Rou, Bai You, Zi Qing, and Xiao Man supreme treasures to make amends, then hurried away.
• Nan Rou and the others discussed how the Life-Glory Demon Soul could help Yuan Bao subdue the Primordial Fate Marrow's spirit.
• Nan Rou and the others entered the Primordial Sword Realm and found the wounded Yuan Bao on a healing jade terrace.
• Nan Rou offered Yuan Bao the Life-Glory Demon Soul, and he swallowed it.
• Purple-gold radiance spread across Yuan Bao as his wounds healed and his power surged.
• Yuan Bao roared, shaking the Primordial Sword Realm and forcing Nan Rou and the others to retreat.

Yuan Bao recovered from his injuries and gained power while Nan Rou and her companions obtained the Ice-Fire Lotus from Ghost King and prepared to return to the Demon Moon Divine Palace. At the Mandate Temple, Cang Chong learned that Qin Guan had left the Primordial Tower and was selling hairy crab legs at the Primordial Dojo.

• Yuan Bao's purple-gold radiance faded, revealing silvery-white fur at its roots, and he confirmed that his injuries had healed.
• Nan Rou and the others left the Sword Realm and returned to their room, where they learned Zhi Yue wanted to find the Ice-Fire Lotus.
• Nan Rou showed Zhi Yue the Ice-Fire Lotus that Ghost King had given her, and Zhi Yue led the group to return to the Demon Moon Divine Palace.
• Nan Rou asked Ghost King to send an escort, and he ordered two Black Robe Elders to accompany the eight women to the foot of the Divine Palace's mountain.
• Cang Chong and Zhi Ming discussed how to deal with Qin Guan, then learned that he had set up a stall selling hairy crab legs outside the Primordial Dojo.
• Cang Chong ordered the divine guard to take him to see Qin Guan's stall.