Recaps

The white-haired Sect Master returned to find the True Heaven Sect under Zhang Tianming’s control, but Immortal Spirit Sacred Land experts blocked his attack and overwhelmed him. After he tried to escape through space, a guard dragged him back and the two guards beat him while he begged for mercy.

• The white-haired Sect Master returned and learned from the First Elder that the True Heaven Sect had been attacked and its grand formation seized.
• The Sect Master attacked Mo Shang’s group, but two Immortal Spirit Sacred Land experts blocked him and revealed their superior strength.
• Zhang Tianming declared that the True Heaven Sect would be destroyed for its evil deeds, and the guards released their Immortal Realm aura against the Sect Master.
• The Sect Master pretended to prepare a self-destruction, then tore open space and escaped, prompting Mo Shang to realize he had been fooled.
• A guard used Space Lockdown to pull the Sect Master back from beyond ten million li, and the two guards beat him as he begged for mercy and tried to self-destruct again.

Zhang Tianming sent the surviving True Heaven Sect elders to the mines after the sect was destroyed, and Lu Sheng joined Falling Cloud Sect after avenging his family. The group left the ruins and gathered at a restaurant, where Chen Tian seemed lost in thought.

• Zhang Tianming ordered the four surviving True Heaven Sect elders taken away to work in the mines.
• Chen Tian and the others discussed turning the white-haired man's corpse into a puppet, while Lu Sheng said he felt calm and relieved after taking revenge.
• Mo Shang invited Lu Sheng to join Falling Cloud Sect, and Lu Sheng accepted.
• Mo Shang led everyone away from the ruined True Heaven Sect, and Chen Tian said he had taken the sect's treasures and would share them.
• Jinlin ordered nearly every dish on the menu at a nearby restaurant, while Chen Tian sat frowning and deep in thought.

Chen Tian’s companions drank through the night, then returned to Falling Cloud Sect with the little girl he had saved. Liu Zhengyang greeted Mo Shang’s latest arrival by correctly guessing that he had brought back another genius.

• Jinlin drank a whole jar of potent wine, and the gathering descended into drunken bragging while Jiang Shuyu watched over the little girl.
• The next morning, Jinlin secretly photographed the sleeping drinkers, but they woke up, beat him, and erased the pictures.
• Chen Tian asked Mo Shang to take the little girl to Falling Cloud Sect, and Mo Shang used a Universe Shifting Talisman to return with her and Lu Sheng.
• Mo Shang kicked open the main hall doors, and Liu Zhengyang guessed that he had brought another genius to the sect.

Mo Shang brought Lu Sheng and Ye Nannan to the Falling Cloud Sect, where Liu Zhengyang agreed to care for the girl. The peak masters discovered Ye Nannan had an Innate Dao Physique, while Lu Sheng joined Sword Peak and Mo Shang took him there to find lodging.

• Mo Shang introduced Lu Sheng as a future genius of the Dao of Slaughter and brought Ye Nannan to Liu Zhengyang, who agreed to look after her.
• Ye Nannan asked whether she could still see Chen Tian, and Liu Zhengyang promised that Chen Tian would return after finishing his work.
• The peak masters fussed over Ye Nannan, and Mo Shang checked her entry and discovered she had an Innate Dao Physique.
• Sword Thirteen secretly invited Lu Sheng to join Sword Peak, and the other peak masters dragged him away for a fight after Lu Sheng agreed.
• Liu Zhengyang took Ye Nannan to arrange a room and asked Mo Shang to bring Lu Sheng to Sword Peak, where Mo Shang planned to borrow Sword Thirteen's residence for him.

Mo Shang settled Lu Sheng into Sword Thirteen’s house, then spent several quiet months before learning Xiao Yan was coming to fulfill his three-year pact with Liu Ruyan. At the Martial Arena, Xiao Yan arrived and revealed that he had reached the Return to Origin Realm, setting the stage for their confrontation.

• Mo Shang carried Sword Thirteen’s house to the open plot for Lu Sheng and left with Jiang Shuyu, while Sword Thirteen later returned to find his residence missing.
• Several months later, Mo Shang received a call from Xiao Yan, who said he was heading to Falling Cloud Sect to honor the three-year pact.
• Mo Shang took Jiang Shuyu and Yellow Immortal to the Martial Arena to watch Xiao Yan and Liu Ruyan meet.
• Xiao Yan entered the arena, declared that he had come to honor the appointment, and faced Liu Ruyan.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his aura and revealed that he had reached the Return to Origin Realm, surprising the gathered disciples.

Xiao Yan and Liu Ruyan fought in the Martial Arena, matching his fire techniques against her ice abilities. After both unleashed powerful attacks, a massive explosion engulfed the arena, leaving the outcome unclear.

• Mo Shang remarked on Xiao Yan's rapid cultivation progress, while Jiang Shuyu predicted that Xiao Yan would win.
• Liu Ruyan revealed her Return to Origin Realm cultivation and covered half the arena in ice before Xiao Yan attacked with Crimson Flame Heaven-Burning Palm.
• Xiao Yan and Liu Ruyan exchanged blows, and Liu Ruyan challenged him to show more strength.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his natal Spirit Flame, prompting Liu Ruyan to summon Mystic Ice Phoenix Soar.
• Xiao Yan formed a hundred-zhang fire dragon, and the two attacks collided in an explosion that engulfed the Martial Arena.
• Mo Shang joked about Liu Ruyan's technique, and Yellow Immortal said he was a veteran otaku.

Xiao Yan defeated Liu Ruyan and settled their old grievance before preparing to leave the Falling Cloud Sect. Mo Shang invited him to dinner, where Xiao Yan met Jinlin and discovered that Jiang Shuyu’s cooking was a trial he would have to endure again.

• Xiao Yan defeated Liu Ruyan, who calmly accepted her loss and left to treat her injuries.
• Liu Zhengyang asked after Xiao Yan’s father and acknowledged the humiliation caused by Liu Ruyan breaking their engagement, but Xiao Yan said the matter was behind him.
• Mo Shang stopped Xiao Yan from leaving and brought him to his extravagant courtyard for a meal and a private discussion.
• Xiao Yan met Jiang Shuyu and Gu Ling, then struggled to eat her cooking until Jinlin arrived and praised it enthusiastically.
• After the meal left Xiao Yan questioning his life, Mo Shang explained that the food helped improve cultivation, and Jinlin asked who Xiao Yan and Gu Ling were.

Mo Shang revealed that Liu Ruyan had secretly given Xiao Yan cultivation resources and broken off their engagement to spur him onward. Xiao Yan struggled with how to face her, until Jinlin proposed that Xiao Yan offer himself in marriage, a plan the others eagerly endorsed.

• Jinlin learned that the three-year agreement had already ended, and Mo Shang promised to send him a recording of it.
• Mo Shang told Xiao Yan that Liu Ruyan had supplied the cultivation resources he received after losing his cultivation.
• Mo Shang explained that Liu Ruyan broke off the engagement to rekindle Xiao Yan's fighting spirit and secretly supported his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan accepted the truth and wondered how he could face Liu Ruyan, while Mo Shang said the matter was between them.
• Jinlin suggested that Xiao Yan offer himself in marriage to Liu Ruyan, and Mo Shang, Jiang Shuyu, and Gu Ling supported the idea.

Mo Shang persuaded Gu Ling to join the Falling Cloud Sect by offering to help restore his body, which also cleared the way for Xiao Yan to join. At the sect, Gu Ling accepted the position of Supreme Elder, and Liu Zhengyang welcomed the powerful alchemist.

• Mo Shang invited Xiao Yan to join the Falling Cloud Sect, but Xiao Yan hesitated because Gu Ling was already his master.
• Mo Shang invited Gu Ling to become an elder and offered to help restore his physical body; Gu Ling accepted the offer.
• Mo Shang brought Xiao Yan and Gu Ling to the Falling Cloud Sect’s main hall, shutting the open doors before kicking them in again.
• Mo Shang introduced Gu Ling to Liu Zhengyang as a Ninth-Rank Alchemist and Xiao Yan’s master.
• Liu Zhengyang offered Gu Ling the position of Supreme Elder, and Gu Ling accepted.

Mo Shang agreed to help Gu Ling restore his body and arranged for the Mo Clan to gather the thousands of rare ingredients needed for a pill to restore Gu Ling’s Primordial Spirit. Gu Ling then asked for an alchemist to assist with refining it, and Liu Zhengyang summoned the Falling Cloud Sect’s Alchemy Peak Master.

• Gu Ling explained that his remnant soul could not recover on its own and needed a pill made from many precious medicinal ingredients.
• Gu Ling listed more than two thousand ingredients, and Mo Shang sent a guard to fetch them from the Mo Clan.
• Xiao Yan offered to repay Mo Shang, but Mo Shang joked that he could mine for the clan for tens of thousands of years before letting the matter go.
• Gu Ling requested an alchemist to help refine the pill, and Liu Zhengyang contacted the seventh-grade Alchemy Peak Master.

Bai Chen and Gu Ling reunited at the Falling Cloud Sect and revealed their shared past as alchemists, while Bai Chen agreed to help Gu Ling refine a pill. Their reunion left Mo Shang realizing the sect might now have two powerful Alchemy Venerables.

• Bai Chen arrived at Liu Zhengyang’s summons and recognized Gu Ling, whom he had not seen for years.
• Gu Ling and Bai Chen exchanged stories about their past hardships and explained how they had both joined the Falling Cloud Sect.
• Liu Zhengyang said Gu Ling needed an alchemist’s help, and Bai Chen claimed he could still refine high-grade pills.
• Bai Chen praised Xiao Yan’s fire control and offered to teach him the Exploding Pill Art, but Gu Ling objected and argued with him about his dangerous pill experiments.
• Mo Shang concluded that the Falling Cloud Sect had gained two exceptional alchemists and wondered whether Bai Chen’s sex-changing pills could be taken twice to reverse their effects.

Gu Ling and Bai Chen refined a ninth-grade pill to help Gu Ling recover his physical body, using ingredients supplied by Mo Shang. After the pill stabilized, Mo Shang volunteered to use its lightning tribulation to temper his body.

• Mo Shang received the medicinal ingredients from a Mo Clan guard and handed them to Gu Ling.
• Gu Ling set up his pill furnace, while Bai Chen refined the ingredients and Gu Ling fused their essences.
• After several hours, Gu Ling stabilized the medicinal mass and declared the pill successfully refined, with only nurturing left.
• Bai Chen warned Xiao Yan that the ninth-grade pill would trigger a lightning tribulation, and Liu Zhengyang offered to handle it.
• Mo Shang volunteered to withstand the tribulation lightning for body tempering, surprising everyone.

Mo Shang used his Undying and Everlasting Vitality traits to withstand a ninth-grade pill tribulation and temper his body with its lightning. He and Jinlin then welcomed the lightning together, while Jinlin revealed that absorbing it earned him points.

• The pill furnace opened, releasing a rich medicinal fragrance that drew the Falling Cloud Sect's attention, and tribulation clouds gathered over the main hall.
• Mo Shang ignored Xiao Yan's warning and charged into the first bolt of tribulation lightning, emerging unharmed.
• Mo Shang endured more lightning and realized that Death Immunity and his unceasing vitality let him use the bolts to temper his body.
• Mo Shang invited Xiao Yan to join him, but Xiao Yan refused; Jinlin arrived and stood beside Mo Shang to face the next bolt.
• Jinlin emerged unharmed and told Mo Shang that absorbing the lightning earned him points.

Mo Shang and Jinlin turned the tribulation lightning bathing Falling Cloud Sect into an all-night dance party, letting the disciples temper their bodies with the scattered lightning. By dawn, Mo Shang had reached the peak of the Return to Origin Realm, while Jinlin announced that he had succeeded at something and radiated a profound aura.

• Mo Shang and Jinlin blocked most of the tribulation lightning so Falling Cloud Sect’s disciples could safely use its remnants to temper their bodies.
• Mo Shang suggested getting speakers, and Jinlin summoned a DJ console and speakers before launching music that turned the plaza into a dance floor.
• Gu Qingzhou, Shi Hao, the other Children of Fortune, Bai Chen, and others joined the disciples in dancing through the night as Liu Zhengyang and Gu Ling watched.
• When the tribulation ended at dawn, Mo Shang descended with a greatly strengthened body and cultivation at the peak of the Return to Origin Realm, nearly reaching the Question Dao Realm.
• Jinlin hovered above the crowd, surrounded by Dao Resonance, and excitedly declared that he had succeeded.

Jinlin broke through to the Venerable realm, then joined Gu Qingzhou, Shi Hao, and Zhou Yichen as they went out for drinks. Mo Shang stayed behind with Gu Ling and the others while Gu Ling took a pill to begin repairing his damaged soul, leaving them to guard him for several days.

• Jinlin formed a Dao Pattern and broke through to the Venerable realm, drawing spiritual energy and nearby disciples into his devouring vortex.
• Mo Shang and Gu Qingzhou argued over whose cultivation methods and cheats were more underhanded until Jinlin mediated and invited everyone for a drink.
• Jinlin, Gu Qingzhou, Shi Hao, and Zhou Yichen left for a newly opened tavern while Mo Shang stayed behind.
• Gu Ling retrieved his Super Invincible Myriad Dao Soul-Replenishing Pill No. 2 and explained that it was made to repair damaged souls.
• Gu Ling swallowed the pill and began slowly restoring his shattered soul body as Mo Shang and the others went outside to guard the hall.

Mo Shang and Jiang Shuyu went to investigate a disturbance at Falling Cloud Sect’s mountain gate, where the Myriad Gods Cult had arrived to destroy the sect. Sword Thirteen confronted the attackers and revealed his True Dharma Realm strength, ending the chapter as he unleashed his sword technique.

• Mo Shang and Jiang Shuyu sensed a terrifying aura and headed toward Falling Cloud Sect’s mountain gate.
• They found warships and several hundred Myriad Gods Cult members surrounding the sect, while a gatekeeping disciple had blocked an elder’s attack.
• Sword Thirteen and the other peak masters arrived, and Sword Thirteen cut apart a palm strike aimed at him.
• The Myriad Gods Cult’s leader declared that the sect would be destroyed, while the peak masters admitted they had never heard of the faction.
• Sword Thirteen revealed his True Dharma Realm cultivation and used Momentary Eternity against the Myriad Gods Cult elder.

Sword Thirteen split the Myriad Gods Cult elder’s Dharma Aspect, and Falling Cloud Sect’s Peak Masters joined the battle, quickly driving the attackers back. As the fight continued, Gu Qingzhou and the others proposed raiding the Myriad Gods Cult’s base, and Mo Shang reacted with disbelief.

• Sword Thirteen cut apart the Myriad Gods Cult elder’s Dharma Aspect, leaving the elder badly wounded and shocked by his strength.
• Mo Shang and Jiang Shuyu arrived and realized that Sword Thirteen and the other Peak Masters had broken through.
• Mo Shang questioned the Children of Fortune, and Gu Qingzhou admitted that they had killed the Myriad Gods Cult’s divine son after he abducted women.
• The Peak Masters attacked the Myriad Gods Cult forces, using formations, spirit artifacts, and combined techniques to overwhelm them.
• Gu Qingzhou proposed that Mo Shang call reinforcements so they could raid the Myriad Gods Cult’s base, and Jinlin and the others agreed.

Gu Qingzhou and the other Falling Cloud Sect fighters turned the battle against the Myriad Gods Cult into a rout, but the cult leader appeared through a spatial fissure and revealed peak Heavenly Connection Realm cultivation. Mo Shang suspected the cult came from outside the Cang Domain as the leader confronted the sect.

• Mo Shang talked Gu Qingzhou out of raiding the Myriad Gods Cult’s headquarters, but Gu Qingzhou and the others rushed into the battle instead.
• Gu Qingzhou revealed his Question Dao Realm cultivation and joined the fight, while the Falling Cloud Sect fighters overwhelmed the Myriad Gods Cult disciples.
• Sword Thirteen attacked the leading Myriad Gods Cult elder, who summoned the cult leader with a jade talisman.
• The Myriad Gods Cult leader rebuked the elder and challenged Sword Thirteen and the other Falling Cloud Sect peak masters.
• Mo Shang sensed the leader’s peak Heavenly Connection Realm cultivation and suspected the Myriad Gods Cult came from beyond the Cang Domain.

Gu Ling emerged from seclusion and stopped the Myriad Gods Cult Master from destroying the Falling Cloud Sect. He fought the cult leader while Liu Zhengyang protected the sect from their battle, leaving the two powerful experts clashing in the sky.

• The Myriad Gods Cult Master attacked the Falling Cloud Sect with a massive palm imprint, but Gu Ling appeared and burned it away with golden flames.
• Mo Shang identified Gu Ling as Xiao Yan's master and the Falling Cloud Sect's Supreme Elder, while Gu Qingzhou and Shi Hao admired his entrance.
• Gu Ling warned the Myriad Gods Cult Master that he would regret offending the Falling Cloud Sect and seized him with Ultimate Fire Dao—Annihilating Strangle.
• The Myriad Gods Cult Master broke free and charged Gu Ling, and the two began fighting in the sky.
• Sword Thirteen called on the peak masters to defend against the shockwave, but Liu Zhengyang dissolved it with a casual wave of his hand.

Gu Ling defeated the Myriad Gods Cult Master after adapting to his power and revealing his half-step Immortal strength. He returned to the Falling Cloud Sect, where Liu Zhengyang thanked him and the sect members celebrated their new protector.

• Liu Zhengyang shielded the Falling Cloud Sect from the shockwaves as Gu Ling and the Myriad Gods Cult Master fought.
• The Myriad Gods Cult Master unleashed Divine Sacrifice, but Gu Ling destroyed the attack with his golden flames.
• The Myriad Gods Cult Master fled, and Gu Ling killed him with a golden fire spike that pierced through space.
• Gu Ling told Liu Zhengyang and the others that he was still only at half-step Immortal and had not fully recovered.
• Jinlin welcomed the sect’s stronger backing, while Liu Zhengyang cautioned everyone against causing more trouble.

After the Myriad Gods Cult elders begged for mercy, Mo Shang learned that their Cult Master had oppressed them and ordered them to guide the group to the cult. Mo Shang and the others entered a spatial passage to the Myriad Spirits Continent, while Liu Zhengyang stayed behind with Gu Ling to guard the sect.

• The surviving Myriad Gods Cult elders begged Mo Shang and the others to spare their lives, and Mo Shang asked whether the cult had other powerful experts and where it was located.
• The elders revealed that the Cult Master had controlled and oppressed them, then celebrated his death and thanked Mo Shang and the others for freeing them.
• Mo Shang ordered the elders to lead the group to the Myriad Gods Cult, and Gu Ling checked the spatial passage before Mo Shang and Jiang Shuyu entered.
• Jinlin, Gu Qingzhou, and the others followed Mo Shang through the passage, while Liu Zhengyang stayed behind to guard the sect with Gu Ling.

Mo Shang and the Falling Cloud Sect arrived at the Myriad Gods Cult intending to take it over, but its elders welcomed them because they were grateful that the cult leader had been killed. The Falling Cloud Sect took control of the cult’s inheritance without a fight, while some former elders and disciples joined and others left.

• Mo Shang and the Falling Cloud Sect members arrived at the Myriad Gods Cult and discussed moving their sect there.
• Jinlin, Gu Qingzhou, and Sword Thirteen eagerly proposed taking over the cult, while Gu Ling worried about having to keep them in check.
• Four Myriad Gods Cult elders appeared and explained that they welcomed the group because they had been oppressed by their dead cult leader.
• The elders enthusiastically agreed to let the Falling Cloud Sect take over and asked to join it, leaving Mo Shang and the others bewildered by the lack of resistance.
• The Falling Cloud Sect took the Myriad Gods Cult’s inheritance without a fight, spared its elders and disciples, and allowed them either to join or leave.

Liu Zhengyang accepted the Myriad Gods Cult’s surrender and agreed to relocate Falling Cloud Sect from the Cang Domain to the Myriad Spirits Continent. After the move, the sect prospered, while Liu Zhengyang was buried in paperwork and Mo Shang’s quiet moment with Jiang Shuyu was interrupted when Xiao Yan returned with an injured Yellow Immortal.

• Sword Thirteen told Liu Zhengyang that the Myriad Gods Cult had surrendered, and Liu Zhengyang agreed to move Falling Cloud Sect to the Myriad Spirits Continent.
• The peak masters moved Falling Cloud Sect’s mountains, palaces, and disciples, leaving its former home empty.
• Falling Cloud Sect’s disciples benefited from the Myriad Gods Cult’s assets, but Liu Zhengyang regretted taking on the many administrative tasks.
• Mo Shang fed Jiang Shuyu spirit fruit while Yellow Immortal complained about their affection and went out for a stroll.
• Xiao Yan brought back a battered Yellow Immortal and explained that a wild chicken had beaten him; Mo Shang healed Yellow Immortal with Star Power.

Mo Shang convinced Xiao Yan that Liu Ruyan might have feelings for him and arranged for them to meet at Water Spirit Peak. Xiao Yan reached the summit and reunited with Liu Ruyan, who greeted him as she had when they were children.

• Yellow Immortal recovered under Mo Shang's treatment and chose to cultivate rather than go outside.
• Xiao Yan asked Mo Shang how to thank Liu Ruyan, and Mo Shang told him she might care for him romantically.
• Mo Shang arranged a meeting with Liu Ruyan at Water Spirit Peak and sent Xiao Yan there.
• Gu Ling joined Mo Shang, and they followed Xiao Yan toward the peak with Jiang Shuyu.
• Xiao Yan reached the summit, where Liu Ruyan greeted him as “Brother Xiao Yan.”

Xiao Yan and Liu Ruyan reconciled as she revealed that she had helped him because she liked him, leaving him flustered by her affection. Nearby, Mo Shang and Jinlin began plotting to push the pair together, but Mo Shang pointed out that Liu Ruyan was already making her move.

• Xiao Yan sat with Liu Ruyan and told her he no longer blamed her for breaking their engagement.
• Liu Ruyan said she had helped Xiao Yan because she liked his spirited nature and confessed that she liked him as he was now.
• Xiao Yan blushed and struggled to respond while Mo Shang, Jiang Shuyu, Gu Ling, and Jinlin watched from nearby.
• Jinlin proposed secretly pushing Xiao Yan and Liu Ruyan closer, and Mo Shang agreed to join him.
• Mo Shang pointed out that Liu Ruyan had already begun trying to win Xiao Yan over.