Recaps

Qin Guan sold nourishing crab legs outside the Primordial Dojo, drawing a crowd and driving Chicken Elder to join his business. Cang Chong and Zhi Ming watched from hiding, and Cang Chong ordered Zhi Ming to buy a portion to test Qin Guan’s reaction.

• Cang Chong and Zhi Ming went to the Primordial Dojo after learning Qin Guan had set up a crab stall outside the Primordial Tower.
• Qin Guan sold steaming crab legs that greatly nourished cultivators, accepting Primordial Soul Stones as payment and earning over a hundred thousand.
• Chicken Elder abandoned his empty fried chicken shop and joined Qin Guan to help fry crab meat.
• Zhi Ming wondered where Qin Guan had obtained so many crab legs, while Cang Chong searched for a hidden expert nearby.
• Cang Chong told Zhi Ming to buy a portion of crab legs and observe Qin Guan’s reaction.

Zhi Ming tried to provoke Qin Guan at his crab stall, but the Demon Ape intervened when he attacked. Bai Fuzi stopped Cang Chong’s counterattack with overwhelming power, leaving Cang Chong wary of Qin Guan’s unseen allies.

• Cang Chong gave Zhi Ming five thousand Primordial Soul Stones and sent him to buy crab from Qin Guan.
• Qin Guan charged Zhi Ming for five crab claws and demanded another five thousand Primordial Soul Stones if he refused to buy them.
• Zhi Ming attacked Qin Guan, but the Demon Ape caught his wrist and forced him to sever his own arm.
• Cang Chong arrived and struck at the Demon Ape, but Bai Fuzi froze the scene and shattered Cang Chong’s attack.
• Cang Chong withdrew, deciding not to act against Qin Guan until he learned Bai Fuzi’s identity.
• Qin Guan traded dirty jokes with the Little Black Tower after the danger passed.

Qin Guan sold Crab Legs to cultivators at the Primordial Dojo and used a speech about overcoming those who had looked down on them to inspire a buying frenzy. As the crowd dwindled at dusk, he packed up with Chicken Elder, who wondered whether the booming business would make him rich.

• Little Black Tower teased Qin Guan about wanting to see Rou'er and the others through the Light Screen, then mocked his craving for crabmeat.
• Cultivators from the Primordial Dojo approached Qin Guan's stall and bought Crab Legs after witnessing his battle.
• Qin Guan praised the Crab Legs and told the cultivators that the greatest satisfaction in growing strong was surpassing and overturning those who had once looked down on them.
• The cultivators were stirred by Qin Guan's words and rushed to buy Crab Legs, handing over Dao Stones and Soul Stones as Qin Guan and Chicken Elder served them.
• At dusk, Qin Guan and Chicken Elder packed up the stall, and Qin Guan dismissed Chicken Elder's suggestion that he would strike it rich.

Qin Guan struggled to fund Xiao Guo’s evolution, but secured a bulk crab-meat deal with Yu Shuntian, founder of Heaven's Will Merchant Association. He then joined Lin Suisui on the Second Floor of the Primordial Tower, where they found it overrun with Divine-Ruins Grade Red Crab Demons.

• Qin Guan explained that Xiao Guo had nearly consumed his ninety million-plus Primordial Soul Stones and needed more resources to complete its evolution.
• Yu Shuntian offered to buy Qin Guan’s crab legs in bulk on the condition that Qin Guan stop selling to others, and Qin Guan agreed to provide two hundred million Primordial Soul Stones’ worth over three days.
• Qin Guan gave Yu Shuntian five thousand crab legs, received payment, and left without asking about the old man’s identity.
• Lin Suisui identified the old man as Yu Shuntian, founder of Heaven's Will Merchant Association, and told Qin Guan that Bai Fuzi was still unable to fight.
• Qin Guan and Lin Suisui went to the Second Floor of the Primordial Tower and found its Dojo filled with countless Divine-Ruins Grade Red Crab Demons.

Lin Suisui explained the origins and danger of the Qi Yuan Civilization Legacy, advising Qin Guan to negotiate with the Mandate Temple and Nine Nether Hall. Qin Guan agreed to help Xiao Guo produce Red Crab Demons, then promised it the resources it demanded for three days, not realizing how costly that would be.

• Lin Suisui told Qin Guan that Xiao Guo embodied the work of the ancient Qi Yuan Civilization, which the cosmos destroyed because it threatened every Dao Lineage.
• Lin Suisui urged Qin Guan to make promises to Cang Chong and the Nine Nether Hall and warned him not to kill Cang Chong, whose death could draw powerful Primordial Realm elders.
• Qin Guan went to Xiao Guo and asked it to create two hundred thousand Red Crab Demons in three days in exchange for cultivation resources.
• Xiao Guo asked Qin Guan for all the Chaos Qi his body produced and all the Great Dao Tablet's power in his Divine Soul for three days, and Qin Guan agreed.
• The Little Black Tower warned Qin Guan that three days in the Dojo meant three hundred days outside, then angrily complained that Qin Guan never gave it what it needed.

Qin Guan recovered after Xiao Guo drained his power, then learned that Xiao Guo might contain a mysterious woman in white. Little Black Tower showed him Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing bathing and explained that they could sense him if he thought about the same intimate memories they did.

• Qin Guan gave Xiao Guo Chaos Qi and divine power until it drained him, and Little Black Tower carried him away to recover.
• Xiao Guo asked to taste Little Black Tower's essence and power, but Little Black Tower fled with Qin Guan while Xiao Guo continued making Red Crab Demons.
• Lin Suisui and the Primordial Tower Spirit discussed Xiao Guo's seemingly endless evolution and the danger its growing power could draw upon Qin Guan.
• After waking, Qin Guan told Little Black Tower that he had glimpsed a half-open door and a woman in white inside Xiao Guo's belly.
• Little Black Tower projected Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing bathing, then said they could sense Qin Guan if he thought about their past intimacy.

Qin Guan used the Little Black Tower’s power to make Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing feel his touch from afar while they bathed in a Spirit Pool. The three women realized that Qin Guan was somehow behind the strange sensations, while he remained unable to hear them.

• Qin Guan praised the Little Black Tower after it demonstrated that he could affect the women from a great distance.
• Qin Guan made Nan Rou feel his touch in the Spirit Pool, and she tried to hide her startled reaction.
• Bai You felt Qin Guan touch her thigh, then claimed that something underwater had made it itch.
• Zi Qing felt a familiar tug from behind and told the other women that her waist had cramped.
• Bai You asked whether the women had been thinking about Qin Guan, and Nan Rou and Zi Qing admitted they had felt his touch too.
• Qin Guan told the Little Black Tower that the experience was exciting, though he wished he could hear the women.

Qin Guan used the Little Black Tower to project sensations to Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing, then sold Yu Shuntian two hundred thousand Crab Legs. After Cang Chong learned Qin Guan had summoned him and the Nine Nether Hall’s leader, he agreed to visit the Primordial Tower with Ghost King in three days.

• Qin Guan tested the Little Black Tower’s distant projection technique on Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing, but the Tower’s power failed before he could see what happened next.
• Qin Guan cultivated for three days, then gave Yu Shuntian two hundred thousand Crab Legs in exchange for two hundred million primordial soul stones.
• Cang Chong confronted Yu Shuntian over doing business with Qin Guan, and Yu Shuntian said opposing Qin Guan had brought the Confucian Sect and Mandate Temple to ruin.
• The Demon Ape invited Cang Chong and the leader of the Nine Nether Hall to the Primordial Dojo on Qin Guan’s behalf.
• Cang Chong decided to bring Ghost King and visit the Primordial Tower in three days, hoping to protect himself if Qin Guan had set a trap.

Cang Chong withheld the secret of the Qi Yuan Civilization Legacy after Qin Guan offered him an olive branch, while Yu Shuntian took the crab legs and left to do business. After the Little Black Tower warned Qin Guan against relying too heavily on outside help, Qin Guan went to heal Dao Demon, who said he had something important to tell him.

• Demon Ape delivered Qin Guan’s message to Cang Chong and said he would visit Qin Guan with Ghost King in three days.
• Cang Chong refused to tell Yu Shuntian how Qin Guan obtained the crab legs, and Yu Shuntian flew to headquarters with them.
• Qin Guan found Crab Boss frolicking with Female Crab Demons and considered asking the Little Black Tower to help it cultivate.
• The Little Black Tower warned Qin Guan that he had begun seeking outside help instead of strengthening himself, and Qin Guan accepted the reminder.
• Qin Guan went to the Black Demon Den to heal Dao Demon, who said the matter involving the Nine Nether Art had been dealt with and that he had something to tell Qin Guan.

Dao Demon warned Qin Guan that Wusheng Dao Master threatened the Asura Divine Realm, while Qin Guan worked to heal Dao Demon. At Demon Moon Heavenly Palace, Yao Niang recovered from her Dao Injury, rewarded the women who found the Ice-Fire Lotus, and took them to the Moonlight Immortal Mansion, where she asked Nan Rou what Qin Guan meant to her.

• Dao Demon told Qin Guan that the Hall Master of Nine Nether Hall had been subdued but that Wusheng Dao Master threatened to attack the Asura Divine Realm.
• Qin Guan began healing Dao Demon's injuries so he and Qin Guan's Master could retreat to safety if they lost.
• Yao Niang emerged from seclusion with her Dao Injury healed and learned that Zhi Yue, Nan Rou, Bai You, Zi Qing, and Xiao Man had obtained the Ice-Fire Lotus.
• Yao Niang rewarded the search party and brought Nan Rou, Bai You, Zi Qing, and Xiao Man to the Moonlight Immortal Mansion.
• Bai You and Zi Qing absorbed the moon and star essence, while Yao Niang invited Xiao Man to cultivate and led Nan Rou aside.
• Yao Niang asked Nan Rou what Qin Guan was to her, and Nan Rou was startled that the Old Ancestor knew about him.

Yao Niang learned from Nan Rou that Qin Guan was her husband and told her how he had defeated the forces of the Mandate Temple, the Confucian Sect, and Nine Nether Hall. Nan Rou kept the truth about her group’s mission secret while worrying that saving the Chaos Realm could doom the Demon Moon Divine Palace, and Yao Niang led her onward.

• Yao Niang explained that she recognized Qin Guan’s name because Nan Rou had called for him while unconscious, and Nan Rou admitted he was her husband.
• Yao Niang recounted how Qin Guan had killed the Mandate Temple’s Core Elders and Divine Sons, destroyed the Confucian Sect, and faced Nine Nether Hall’s assassins.
• Nan Rou grieved over Qin Guan’s dangerous battle and wondered why Ghost King’s Nine Nether Hall had joined the attack despite previously treating them well.
• Yao Niang asked Nan Rou where she and the other three women came from, but Nan Rou declined to reveal their mission and assured her they meant no harm to the Demon Moon Divine Palace.
• Nan Rou privately resolved to ask Qin Guan whether he could spare the Demon Moon Divine Palace from the Great Annihilation, and Yao Niang comforted her before taking her somewhere.

Nan Rou broke the ancient stalemate between the Water and Fire Dao sages by placing a single stone, earning the Water Element Elder’s attention and a chance to continue the game. After he identified the weakness in her Dao and she explained how sparring with her husband had inspired her move, he invited her to take his seat and defeat the Fire Element Elder.

• Yao Niang brought Nan Rou to a grotto-heaven where two ancient sages had been locked in a Water-and-Fire Dao game for ages.
• Nan Rou studied the board and placed a blue stone at its central point, setting the Water formation in motion and breaking the deadlock.
• The Water Element Elder realized that the move revealed the Water Dao’s adaptability, while Yao Niang marveled at Nan Rou’s success.
• The Water Element Elder criticized Nan Rou for relying too much on defense and yielding, and advised her to cultivate water’s wrath and decisive power.
• Nan Rou explained that sparring with her husband had taught her to adapt to aggressive attacks rather than defend passively.
• The Fire Element Elder refused to concede, and the Water Element Elder invited Nan Rou to take his place and beat him.

Nan Rou joined the water elder in the eternal chess game against the fire elder, where each move pitted the Great Daos of water and fire against each other. Drawing on her experience sparring with Qin Guan, she repeatedly read and countered the fire elder’s attacks, leaving him baffled as the battle continued.

• Nan Rou reluctantly sat beside the water elder and was drawn into the secret realm that revealed the true battle behind the chess game.
• The fire elder struck first, and the water elder told Nan Rou that she could choose how to respond.
• Nan Rou used flowing waters to flank the fire Dao domain, then adapted her moves after the water elder warned her not to let compassion cloud the overall battle.
• Nan Rou recognized the fire elder’s aggressive style as matching Qin Guan’s and began anticipating his feints and counterattacks.
• After more than thirty moves, the fire elder grew grim and wondered how Nan Rou knew his intentions.

Nan Rou defeated Chiliao in the Water-Fire Great Dao chess game, inherited Canglan’s Water Dao, and received Chiliao’s Fire Dao origin to pass on to a worthy successor. Canglan and Chiliao revealed that they had stayed in the Grotto-Heaven awaiting a true god who could save their homeland, and Nan Rou realized they meant her husband.

• Chiliao changed his chess strategy, but Nan Rou followed Canglan’s guidance and used her own Dao Heart to command the water.
• After an extended battle, Nan Rou defeated Chiliao, and Canglan declared her the inheritor of his Water Dao Lineage.
• Chiliao entrusted Nan Rou with his Fire Dao origin and asked her to find a suitable heir for his lineage.
• Canglan told Nan Rou that he was named Canglan and the Fire Element Elder was named Chiliao; Yao Niang recognized them as the ancient Water God and Fire God.
• Canglan and Chiliao explained that they had refused sainthood because they hoped a true god would appear to save their homeland, and Nan Rou realized they meant her husband.

Yao Niang told Canglan and Chiliao that the Primordial Realm planned to evade the Great Annihilation by shifting it onto the Chaos Realm, but they dismissed the method as no true solution. Chiliao explained that the Sword of the Elements had been forged for a prophesied true god, and Nan Rou’s confidence that the god would appear made the departing spirits return to question her.

• Yao Niang revealed that the Primordial Realm intended to use a Cross-Realm Secret Technique to shift the Great Annihilation onto the Chaos Realm.
• Canglan and Chiliao condemned the plan, while Chiliao insisted that the prophesied true god existed because the five ancient gods had sacrificed their Five Elemental Foundations to forge a weapon for him.
• Chiliao explained that the Sword of the Elements combined the five origins and could help a true god break the cycle of annihilation.
• Nan Rou wondered whether her husband had obtained the sword, and Chiliao told her it would find the true god on its own.
• As Canglan and Chiliao began to depart, Nan Rou promised that the true god would appear; their remnant souls solidified again, and they demanded to know whether she had already met him.

Nan Rou revealed that Qin Guan had awakened divine power, giving Canglan and Chiliao peace as their souls faded away. She affirmed her resolve to protect both realms, while Yao Niang learned the truth about Nan Rou’s origins and trusted Qin Guan to save everyone; two days later, Cang Chong and Ghost King headed toward the Primordial Tower.

• Nan Rou told Canglan, Chiliao, and Yao Niang that her husband Qin Guan had awakened his divinity and was on the Southern Pole Continent.
• Canglan and Chiliao realized their sacrifice had preserved hope, and Chiliao asked Nan Rou to pass his Fire Dao inheritance to Qin Guan before his soul dissipated; Canglan then vanished as well.
• Nan Rou confirmed to Yao Niang that she and her companions came from the Chaos Realm and argued that the strong should protect all beings instead of shifting catastrophe onto another realm.
• Nan Rou said she trusted Yao Niang and believed Qin Guan would save both realms, but accepted that the Chaos Realm would bear the calamity if he failed.
• Two days later, Cang Chong and Ghost King went to the Primordial Tower, where Ghost King dismissed Cang Chong’s warnings and Cang Chong privately planned to use him as a shield.

Qin Guan met with Ghost King and Cang Chong to discuss the Qi Yuan Civilization Legacy, offering to develop it together rather than hand it over. He claimed the cultivation secret method was trapped inside the cauldron and could not be retrieved, then summoned Xiao Guo to support his claim.

• Ghost King and Cang Chong entered the Primordial Tower after Qin Guan invited them in, despite Cang Chong's suspicions.
• Qin Guan admitted he wanted to keep the Qi Yuan Civilization Legacy secret but said he sought a deal that benefited them all.
• Ghost King secretly told Qin Guan he had come to protect him on Dao Demon's orders, while publicly pretending to threaten him for Cang Chong's sake.
• Qin Guan offered to share the legacy's development, explaining that its cultivation secret method was inside the cauldron and inaccessible.
• Cang Chong challenged Qin Guan to prove his claim, so Qin Guan summoned Xiao Guo, whose belly rumbled as white vapor escaped its lid.

Xiao Guo beat Qin Guan for failing to supply the resources needed to unlock the Qi Yuan Civilization Secret Method, then offered the inheritance to Cang Chong and Ghost King in exchange for their wealth. After the Primordial Tower Spirit warned them against scheming, Cang Chong left, while Ghost King abruptly bowed to Qin Guan and called himself his subordinate.

• Xiao Guo revealed that it had consumed two hundred million Primordial Soul Stones and beat Qin Guan for not providing more cultivation resources.
• Xiao Guo offered Cang Chong and Ghost King the Qi Yuan Civilization inheritance to whoever helped it break through, and the two promised their factions' resources.
• Qin Guan warned Xiao Guo that Cang Chong's temple had been plundered, while Cang Chong and Ghost King competed to claim they had greater reserves.
• After Xiao Guo left, Qin Guan tried to persuade Cang Chong and Ghost King to keep cooperating, and the Primordial Tower Spirit warned them against plotting to seize the cauldron.
• Ghost King urged Cang Chong to take the cauldron by force, but Cang Chong departed through the Teleportation Gate, and Ghost King bowed to Qin Guan as his subordinate.

Qin Guan learned that the Ghost King had joined his side after Dao Demon humbled him, and sent him to keep watch on Cang Chong while gathering the Nine Nether Hall's forces. The Ghost King also told Qin Guan that Nan Rou and the others were safe at the Demon Moon Divine Palace, while the Primordial Tower Spirit asked how Dao Demon's treatment was progressing.

• The Ghost King pledged loyalty to Qin Guan, and Lin Suisui and the Primordial Tower Spirit questioned his sudden change of allegiance.
• Qin Guan confirmed that the Heritage Secret Method was inside Xiao Guo and told the Ghost King to monitor Cang Chong and bring the Nine Nether Hall's core fighters to the tower.
• Qin Guan promised to let the Ghost King study the Qi Yuan Civilization Legacy's Cultivation Secret Method, and the Ghost King vowed to follow him if it helped him enter sainthood.
• The Ghost King told Qin Guan that Nan Rou, the other women, and Xiao Man were safe at the Demon Moon Divine Palace and described their cultivation levels.
• The Ghost King injured himself before leaving to preserve his cover, and Qin Guan explained that Dao Demon had made him submit; the Primordial Tower Spirit then asked about Dao Demon's treatment.

Lin Suisui and Qin Guan discussed the dangers surrounding Dao Demon's release, including Wusheng Dao Master's involvement, and Lin Suisui urged Qin Guan to strengthen his Divine Power. Qin Guan visited Xiao Guo and discovered that the cauldron knew nothing about the beautiful woman he had seen inside it, then opened its lid and invited him to look for himself.

• Qin Guan told Lin Suisui and the Primordial Tower Spirit that Dao Demon's injury should heal in another month and that Wusheng Dao Master had gone to find his Master.
• Lin Suisui warned that releasing Dao Demon could provoke the Primordial Realm's Heavenly Daos and Masters, and she urged Qin Guan to improve his cultivation and obtain the Qi Yuan Civilization's Secret Method.
• Lin Suisui reasoned that Wusheng Dao Master had not acted because he was occupied or because Qin Guan's Master could threaten him, and she said Qin Guan was gathering powerful allies through his fortune.
• Lin Suisui and the Primordial Tower Spirit went upstairs for tea and crabs while Qin Guan went to Xiao Guo's cultivation Dojo.
• Qin Guan asked Xiao Guo about the beautiful woman he had seen inside its belly, but Xiao Guo denied knowing of any woman and opened its lid for him to check.

Qin Guan entered Xiao Guo’s vast inner world to investigate the half-open door and the woman he had seen before. After finding no trace of her and calling out to the door, he saw a white figure begin to appear behind it.

• Xiao Guo let Qin Guan inspect its belly, then explained that he had to enter its Inner World to see the door and its restriction.
• Qin Guan entered Xiao Guo’s shifting inner domain and followed its directions downward through the darkness.
• Qin Guan found the enormous half-open door and learned from Xiao Guo that its restriction would lift only when it opened completely.
• Qin Guan approached the door, found his Divine Sense blocked, and asked the woman he had seen before to appear.
• A white-robed woman began to emerge behind the door as Qin Guan looked on.

Qin Guan met the invisible-to-others woman behind Xiao Guo’s door and learned she was an unfinished Dao Embryo who could use his power to complete herself and cultivate for him. The chapter ended with Wusheng Dao Master confronting Yang Tianni, who warned that he was suppressing his combat power.

• Qin Guan spoke with the woman in white, who revealed that the Qi Yuan Ancestor had created her as a half-finished Dao Embryo and that Qin Guan’s power could complete her.
• The woman in white said she would help Qin Guan cultivate once Xiao Guo opened the door, while Xiao Guo and the Little Black Tower remained unable to see or hear her.
• Qin Guan left Xiao Guo’s body and told the Little Black Tower about the woman, then traded jokes with it about human forms and Little Nether.
• Wusheng Dao Master swept the blood-colored Dao Rhythm from the Asura Divine Realm and appeared in the sky.
• Yang Tianni faced Wusheng Dao Master and said he lacked confidence only while suppressing his combat power.

Yang Tianni confronted Wusheng Dao Master and fought him head-on despite the Sage’s overwhelming reincarnation power. The chapter ended as Yang Tianni’s radiant fist collided with Wusheng Dao Master’s black vortex, filling the sky with light.

• Yang Tianni dismissed Wusheng Dao Master’s judgment of his potential and challenged him to a fight.
• Wusheng Dao Master attacked Yang Tianni with a palm strike, but Yang Tianni shattered it with a punch.
• Wusheng Dao Master summoned six reincarnation gates and sent six streams of deathly power at Yang Tianni.
• Yang Tianni blocked the streams with his Gang Qi and shattered each one with his fists, astonishing Dao Demon and the watching Shouting and others.
• Wusheng Dao Master formed a black vortex of rebirth power and slammed it toward Yang Tianni, who charged forward and struck it with a brilliant fist.

Yang Tianni explained to Wusheng Dao Master that he cultivated a Dao of his own, one that currently held him back from unleashing his full strength. Wusheng Dao Master ended their battle on respectful terms, then called out someone watching from the Void Deep.

• Yang Tianni shattered Wusheng Dao Master's Black Vortex and wounded him with his Gang Qi, prompting Wusheng Dao Master to ask what Dao he cultivated.
• Yang Tianni declared that he was the Dao itself and explained that, born without a dantian and rejected by Spiritual Qi and the laws, he had to forge his own path.
• Yang Tianni revealed that his Dao could currently accommodate only one person, which was why he suppressed his combat strength; Wusheng Dao Master reconsidered his earlier judgment and withdrew his prediction that Yang Tianni would never reach the Saint Gate.
• Wusheng Dao Master ended the fight and warned Dao Demon that the Underworld would not tolerate another provocation, while promising to battle Yang Tianni again when he could fight without restraint.
• Yang Tianni invited Wusheng Dao Master to visit, but he refused and called out an unseen observer who had been spying from the Void Deep.

After the Wusheng Dao Master and Yang Tianni drove off a hidden Sage, the Wusheng Dao Master warned that Sages might be targeting Yang Tianni’s unique Dao. Yang Tianni insisted that the Asura Divine Realm’s plan to move to the Primordial Realm would continue, though its leaders wondered whether the powerful Dao Lineages would allow it.

• The Wusheng Dao Master attacked a hidden watcher, but the watcher silently neutralized his strike and vanished.
• Yang Tianni told the Wusheng Dao Master that someone had previously tried to seize his Dao, and the Wusheng Dao Master warned that other Sages might be pursuing him for it.
• The Wusheng Dao Master departed after promising that the Underworld Gate could open for Yang Tianni once if disaster befell him.
• Shouting asked whether the Asura Divine Realm would still follow its plan, and Yang Tianni ordered everyone to proceed as planned.
• The Asura Divine Realm’s leaders considered moving to the Primordial Realm and questioned whether the powerful Dao Lineages would permit it.