Recaps

Yuan Xi City considered City Lord Zhao's proposal to affiliate his city with theirs in the Snow Plain, and Lu Ye advised Yuan Xi to negotiate favorable terms. Lu Ye then discovered that the Lotus Seedling was recovering by devouring Dao Fish, suggesting it might replenish its power after attacking a city.

• City Lord Zhao proposed that his city become affiliated with Yuan Xi City within the Snow Plain, and Yuan Xi said she would consult her officers.
• At the council meeting, Lu Ye argued that Zhao wanted to benefit from the Lotus Seedling's city-breaching ability and that Yuan Xi City needed the extra manpower.
• You Die said she held no grudge against Zhao for wounding her, and Yuan Xi agreed to accept the affiliation while negotiating carefully.
• The spoils from the enemy Desolate-tier City were added to Yuan Xi City's treasury, and Zhao returned with a cultivator surnamed Wu to discuss the affiliation.
• Lu Ye found the Lotus Seedling eating Dao Fish in the Dao Pool, and Fan Wu explained that it had begun feeding after recovering from its earlier depletion.
• Lu Ye concluded that Dao Fish might replenish the Lotus Seedling's strength and asked Fan Wu to monitor it.

Lu Ye brought a Spring Radiance Sword Sub-Treasure to the Battle Arena and learned that it was one of four swords connected to the Four Seasons Divine Sword. Hoping to draw a crowd and earn enough Dao Fish for his advancement, he proposed fighting a Uniting Dao cultivator, but Gong Mao refused to make that decision himself.

• Lu Ye exchanged Star Abyss Coins for a Sub-Treasure and brought it to the Battle Arena for another deathmatch.
• Gong Mao recognized the sword as the Spring Radiance Sword and explained that gathering all four seasonal swords could unleash a thread of the Four Seasons Divine Sword's power.
• Gong Mao warned Lu Ye that turmoil in the Snow Plain had reduced Battle Arena attendance and betting.
• Lu Ye proposed fighting a Uniting Dao cultivator while remaining at the Merging Dao Eighth Layer, arguing that the match would draw a huge audience.
• Gong Mao rejected the idea, saying he could not approve such a match without the Arena Master's authority.

Lu Ye persuaded Gong Mao to arrange a death match against a Uniting Dao cultivator, then gave You Die a chance to profit from his planned battle. Elsewhere, a traveling Uniting Dao City encountered a corpse that suddenly opened its eyes, leaving its City Lord fleeing and calling for the city to defend itself.

• Lu Ye demonstrated his powerful Dao foundations to Gong Mao, convincing him to arrange a death match against a Uniting Dao cultivator.
• You Die told Lu Ye that Yuan Xi had given her ten thousand Dao Fish as Zhao Lingfeng's apology, and Lu Ye told her to save them for his upcoming battle.
• A Desolate-tier Uniting Dao City traveled toward the Snow Plain while its City Lord and a woman discussed his worsening memory and the journey.
• The City Lord spotted an intact corpse holding a longsword and rushed over to search it.
• The corpse opened its eyes, and the City Lord fled toward his city shouting for its defenses to be raised.

A mysterious swordsman used a Supreme Treasure to destroy a Desolate-tier City, while Lu Ye and Yuan Xi accepted an ambush mission from Thunderclap and waited near the Snow Plain for an enemy city. The enemy proved to be only a Heaven-tier City, and Yuan Xi ordered Lingfeng City to attack as she lost interest in joining the battle.

• A mysterious swordsman shattered a Protective Grand Array and split a Desolate-tier City in two with a Supreme Treasure, leaving its lord to flee with the unconscious woman.
• Lu Ye received a mission from Vice City Lord Thunderclap, and Yuan Xi agreed to set aside their previous grievances while warning him to be careful.
• Yuan Xi City and Lingfeng City traveled to an ambush site near the Snow Plain and waited for an enemy Uniting Dao City.
• You Die detected an enemy city approaching, and Zhao Lingfeng told Lingfeng City's cultivators to await orders from Yuan Xi City.
• Yuan Xi discovered that the approaching city was only Heaven-tier and ordered Lingfeng City to attack, allowing Lu Ye to join the battle if he wished.

Zhao Lingfeng attacked a Heaven-tier Uniting Dao City, only for two more enemy cities to appear and launch an assault on Lingfeng City. Yuan Xi, Lian, and Lu Ye revealed Yuan Xi City and turned the battle against the attackers, leaving Yuan Xi to answer Zhao Lingfeng’s call for help.

• Zhao Lingfeng led Lingfeng City’s forces in a surprise attack on the first Heaven-tier Uniting Dao City.
• Two more enemy Heaven-tier Cities appeared and sent their forces to besiege Lingfeng City while Zhao Lingfeng continued his attack.
• Yuan Xi guided Yuan Xi City toward one of the enemy cities, then attacked its Protective Grand Array alongside Lian and Lu Ye.
• The enemy City Lords abandoned their assault on Lingfeng City and tried to retreat, but Zhao Lingfeng’s forces moved to intercept them.
• The first enemy city’s cultivators left to join the battle, prompting Zhao Lingfeng to call for Yuan Xi’s help.
• Yuan Xi led Lian and Lu Ye into the fight, choosing to kill the enemy forces before trying to capture a city.

Yuan Xi, Lian, and Lu Ye overwhelmed the enemy forces supporting the Heaven-tier City. With the opposing Uniting Dao cultivators dead, Yuan Xi drove the remaining City Lord into a desperate fight and left him asking who she was.

• Zhao Lingfeng led Lingfeng City’s forces into battle after Yuan Xi’s group arrived to support him.
• Yuan Xi engaged the Heaven-tier City Lord and another Uniting Dao cultivator, while Lian fought a third and Lu Ye charged into the enemy Fusion Dao formation.
• Lu Ye cut through the Fusion Dao cultivators with his saber, killing many before the remaining enemies scattered.
• Lian killed her opponent, then intercepted and killed the Uniting Dao cultivator who had rushed out from the Heaven-tier City to stop Lu Ye.
• Yuan Xi killed the Uniting Dao cultivator fighting alongside the Heaven-tier City Lord, leaving the Lord alone to face her.
• The Heaven-tier City Lord demanded to know what deity Yuan Xi was, and she battered him with increasingly ruthless attacks.

Lu Ye and Yuan Xi’s forces crushed the Heaven-tier Cities attacking Lingfeng City, with Lu Ye and Lian killing key Dao Integration opponents. The battle ended in a decisive victory, though one enemy City Lord escaped.

• Lu Ye slaughtered the Heaven-tier City’s Fusion Dao cultivators, then joined Lian to kill her Dao Integration opponent.
• Yuan Xi kept the Heaven-tier City Lord alive for Lu Ye, and they killed him together.
• Lian, Yuan Xi, and Lu Ye reinforced Lingfeng City’s battlefield, where two Heaven-tier Cities were attacking.
• A Heaven-tier City Lord wounded Wu Mi and fled, while Lingfeng City’s cultivators held off the remaining enemies.
• Lu Ye sent his Talent Tree Clone and Sword Gourd into the Fusion Dao battle as he watched for chances to finish wounded Dao Integration cultivators.
• Lian and Yuan Xi helped Lingfeng City defeat the remaining enemy forces, while Wu Mi was the only Dao Integration cultivator on their side to suffer an injury.

Yuan Xi City and Lingfeng City defeated the remaining defenders and seized three Heaven-tier Cities, while Lu Ye gained many Star Abyss Coins from finishing off Uniting Dao cultivators. Yuan Xi then demanded more missions from Governor City, leaving Thunderclap anxious and unsure how to handle her persistent messages.

• Yuan Xi and Zhao Lingfeng led their forces to intercept the two retreating Uniting Dao Cities, whose defenders abandoned them and fled into the Hehe Realm.
• Yuan Xi and Lu Ye collected the Uniting Dao Pearl fragments from all three cities, while Zhao Lingfeng's forces gathered supplies under the agreed share.
• Lu Ye collected more than twenty Star Abyss Coins after Yuan Xi, Lian, and Lingfeng City's cultivators repeatedly created chances for him to kill Uniting Dao opponents.
• Yuan Xi fused the fragments into her Uniting Dao Pearl and asked Governor City when the next mission would take place.
• Thunderclap first ignored Yuan Xi City's request, then responded that there were no more missions and was met with a demand to stop babbling.
• Yuan Xi threatened to visit Thin Bamboo if no new mission appeared within five days, leaving Thunderclap telling his subordinate to keep reporting her messages.

Lu Ye and Yuan Xi City joined Lingfeng City to attack a Desolate-tier City on Governor City’s intelligence, and Lu Ye entered the battle with his Clone. After Fang sensed a Sub-Treasure among the enemy Uniting Dao cultivators, Lu Ye identified a burly man wielding two ornate short rods as his target.

• Lu Ye accepted a Battle Arena deathmatch against a Uniting Dao cultivator scheduled for one month later.
• Yuan Xi City and Lingfeng City set out to attack a Desolate-tier City after Governor City assigned them the mission.
• A surviving Heaven-tier City Lord joined Zhao Lingfeng’s forces and led them to the enemy’s Floating Land.
• Yuan Xi, Lian, Lu Ye, and his Clone joined Lingfeng City’s battle against the Desolate-tier City’s forces.
• Fang sensed a Sub-Treasure among the enemy Uniting Dao cultivators, and Lu Ye focused on the burly man wielding two short rods.

Lu Ye searched the enemy Hedao cultivators for a Sub-Treasure, then discovered that a female cultivator’s golden soft armor held a defensive one. He began using the Talent Tree to devour its hidden power, but the battle continued as the female cultivator tried to fend him off.

• Lu Ye tested three enemy Hedao cultivators in succession, but Fang confirmed that none carried the Sub-Treasure.
• Lu Ye killed Lian’s opponent and identified a female cultivator whose golden soft armor protected her from heavy blows.
• Fang recognized the armor as a defensive Sub-Treasure, and Lu Ye realized the Talent Tree could devour it.
• Lu Ye pressed his palm against the armor and activated the Talent Tree, but the female cultivator’s counterattacks interrupted the devouring.
• Lu Ye tried to touch the armor again while the female cultivator fought off her Lingfeng City opponent, and his hand landed on a soft, springy mass.

Lu Ye killed the female cultivator after an awkward close-quarters struggle, then helped his allies wipe out the enemy Uniting Dao cultivators and seize the city. After collecting their spoils, he discovered that the battle had left his companions with a strange impression of him.

• The female cultivator attacked Lu Ye at close range, and the Lingfeng City cultivator mistakenly left them to fight alone.
• Lu Ye's Clone killed the female cultivator with Sword Qi, and Lu Ye joined Yuan Xi and Lian to finish off their opponents.
• Lu Ye and his allies killed the remaining enemy Uniting Dao cultivators, while the enemy survivors fled into the Hehe Realm and abandoned their city.
• Yuan Xi entered the Central Great Hall with Lu Ye and returned with a bundle of spoils for Zhao Lingfeng.
• Zhao Lingfeng invited Lu Ye to Lingfeng City, and Lu Ye realized the others were judging him because of his fight with the female cultivator.

Lu Ye discovered that the Talent Tree needed to consume Sub-Treasures to transform, then focused on helping the weakened Lotus Seedling recover. Yuan Xi persuaded Lian to supply Dao Fish for it, leaving Lian responsible for raising the creature.

• Lu Ye threw You Die out of his room, then used the Talent Tree to consume the dead cultivator’s Gold-thread Soft Armor.
• Lu Ye realized the Talent Tree had changed after consuming the Sub-Treasure and concluded it needed to devour many more to transform.
• Lu Ye found that Lotus Seedling had eaten all the Dao Fish in Yuan Xi City’s Dao Pool and learned that feeding it more could speed its recovery.
• Lu Ye urged Yuan Xi to ask Lian for Dao Fish, promising Lotus Seedling could help them conquer enemy cities and advance Yuan Xi City.
• Yuan Xi clung to Lian until she agreed to raise Lotus Seedling.

Lu Ye attended Zhao Lingfeng’s banquet, where the cultivators discussed the Nameless Guest’s coming death match against a Uniting Dao opponent, before he returned to Yuan Xi City for another mission. In Governor City, Thin Bamboo went out with Thunderclap and the other Vice City Lords to welcome Chang Ming, a famous former Cosmos-tier Uniting Dao City Lord.

• Lu Ye joined Zhao Lingfeng’s banquet in Lingfeng City and accepted Zhao’s apology for their earlier conflict.
• Wu Mi told the gathering that the Nameless Guest would soon fight a Uniting Dao cultivator in a Battle Arena death match, drawing the cultivators’ eager interest.
• Lu Ye left the banquet after Zhao received a summons and returned to Yuan Xi City, where Yuan Xi assigned a mission targeting another dormant Desolate-tier City.
• Thunderclap worried that Yuan Xi would keep demanding new missions, while Thin Bamboo ordered the Vice City Lords to accompany him outside Governor City to welcome a guest.
• Chang Ming arrived in golden light, and Thunderclap recognized him as a renowned former City Lord of a powerful Cosmos-tier Uniting Dao City.

Thunderclap discovered that Chang Ming had sought him out to learn about Yuan Xi City, whose City Lord was the wife of one of the Top Ten City Lords. Chang Ming revealed that she had run away after a conflict, leaving Thunderclap terrified by how much he had learned.

• Thin Bamboo sent Thunderclap to deliver a Storage Ring to Duan Gu Hong shortly after Chang Ming left Thin Bamboo City.
• Chang Ming intercepted Thunderclap on the way and asked him about Yuan Xi City.
• Thunderclap initially denied knowing anything, then admitted Thin Bamboo had told him a little about Yuan Xi City.
• Chang Ming explained that Yuan Xi was the wife of his City Lord, one of the Top Ten City Lords.
• Chang Ming said Yuan Xi had run away from home after a conflict, while Thunderclap trembled at hearing the private matter.

Thunderclap avoided committing to Chang Ming’s plan and went to the Hehe Realm to earn Dao Fish, while Yuan Xi City arrived at a battlefield where an allied city was outnumbered. Lu Ye left for the Battle Arena to fight as Nameless Guest, carrying the city’s bets, as rumors spread that he would not show up.

• Chang Ming asked Thunderclap to help his City Lord bring Madam back, but Thunderclap delayed agreeing because he feared offending Yuan Xi.
• Thunderclap discovered that Thin Bamboo’s Storage Ring was empty and, rather than go to Gu Hong City, entered a Uniting Dao City and then the Hehe Realm.
• Lu Ye and Yuan Xi saw two enemy cities battling one allied city, and Lu Ye left for the Battle Arena because Gong Mao was waiting for him to fight Spiritual Eye.
• Fu Wei carried fifty thousand Dao Fish gathered by Yuan Xi City’s cultivators to place bets on Lu Ye, despite the Battle Arena’s rule against bets from participants’ friends and relatives.
• On the way to the Battle Arena, Lu Ye and Fu Wei heard cultivators speculate that Nameless Guest was afraid and would fail to appear, while Fu Wei knew Lu Ye was traveling beside them.

Lu Ye arrived at the Battle Arena’s death match against Spiritual Eye after gamblers had bet heavily on the Dao Union cultivator, while Gong Mao worried about the Arena’s enormous exposure and the enemies targeting it. The fight was about to begin as a sudden influx of hostile wagers threatened to turn the match into a crisis for the Battle Arena.

• Gong Mao refused to close the betting pool early, then sent Lu Ye a desperate message as wagers on Spiritual Eye continued to rise.
• Lu Ye arrived and declined to make preparations, saying he was in a hurry to return to Yuan Xi City after the match.
• Spiritual Eye waited in the Void fragment battlefield with the Sub-Treasure Spring Radiance Sword, which Gong Mao had offered in exchange for his participation.
• Lu Ye entered the battlefield, angering spectators who had expected Spiritual Eye to win by default when the time limit expired.
• Gong Mao learned that a group of the Arena Master's enemies had placed wagers totaling nearly twenty percent of the pool, and his subordinate asked whether they should close betting.

Lu Ye faced Spiritual Eye, a Three-Eyed Race Harmonizing Dao cultivator, in the Death Match Arena and revealed enough strength to wound him despite being at the Merging Dao Eighth Layer. Their fierce battle left Lu Ye repeatedly injured but still fighting, while the spectators wondered whether he could again turn the match around.

• Gong Mao kept the betting open until Lu Ye wounded Spiritual Eye, then abruptly closed it to prevent gamblers from shifting their wagers.
• Spiritual Eye underestimated Lu Ye and struck first, but Lu Ye endured the palm and cut him with a saber, warning him to take the fight seriously.
• Spiritual Eye drew his sword and attacked with full force, leaving Lu Ye bloodied but discovering that Lu Ye's strength was close to his own.
• Lu Ye charged again, and he and Spiritual Eye began a prolonged, evenly matched clash in which Lu Ye took more injuries while Spiritual Eye remained cautious.
• Spectators who had bet on Spiritual Eye grew anxious as they recalled that Lu Ye had won his earlier death matches after his opponents' Dao Soldiers shattered.

Lu Ye defeated the Harmony Dao cultivator Spiritual Eye in the Battle Arena, once again shattering his opponent’s Dao Soldier before delivering a fatal slash. After leaving his winnings with Fu Wei, Lu Ye departed in a hurry to return to the battle at Snow Plain, while spies watched the arena’s exits.

• Spiritual Eye opened his third eye and prepared a killing strike, but Lu Ye shattered his sword and beheaded him.
• Spectators erupted in disbelief and accusations after Nameless Guest defeated a Harmony Dao cultivator, while Thunderclap lamented losing much of his fortune.
• Gong Mao reassured Lu Ye that Qin Feng had anticipated the uproar and asked how to handle his winnings; Lu Ye instructed him to give them to Fu Wei.
• Lu Ye left the Battle Arena despite Gong Mao’s warning that people might be watching, and spies spotted him at the exit.

Lu Ye escaped Uniting Dao cultivators who suspected he was the Nameless Guest, then returned to Yuan Xi City and helped turn its battle into a victory. Fu Wei brought back nearly five hundred thousand Dao Fish from the Battle Arena, while Lu Ye received nearly ten million, leaving him with a vast reserve for his advancement and future use.

• Several Uniting Dao cultivators cornered Lu Ye outside the Battle Arena and demanded he reveal whether he was the Nameless Guest, but he escaped using a Void Dao Pattern and a Talent Tree Clone.
• Lu Ye returned to Yuan Xi City and joined its fight, sending his Clone into the Dao Fusion battle and charging into the Uniting Dao battlefield.
• Yuan Xi City and Lingfeng City defeated their enemies, and Yuan Xi divided the Uniting Dao Pearl fragments among the two allied cities.
• Fu Wei returned with nearly five hundred thousand Dao Fish after placing bets on Lu Ye, and he gave Lu Ye a separate Storage Ring from Gong Mao.
• Lu Ye inspected the ring and found nearly ten million Dao Fish, enough to support his advancement into the Uniting Dao Realm and supply Dao power for a long time.

Lu Ye used his Battle Arena winnings to advance to the Merging Dao Ninth Level, inscribing his ninth Divine Edge Dao Pattern despite the severe pain and need to replenish his Dao Power mid-inscription. He discovered that his nine patterns had fused to amplify his strength beyond expectations, and Fang predicted that even a Dao Harmony cultivator’s Dao Soldier would withstand only a few blows from the Crag Mountain Saber.

• Lu Ye gathered his Battle Arena winnings and began inscribing his ninth Divine Edge Dao Pattern in the Great Commander's Mansion.
• Lu Ye endured the inscription’s intense pain and replenished the Talent Tree’s Dao Power from the remaining Dao Fish.
• Lu Ye completed the inscription and advanced to the Merging Dao Ninth Level, with a little over a hundred thousand Dao Power remaining.
• Lu Ye found that his nine Dao Patterns echoed together, raising his physical Dao Power to 903 and increasing his strength by roughly twenty percent beyond expectations.
• Lu Ye drew the Crag Mountain Saber and tested its power, prompting Fang to say that even a Dao Harmony cultivator’s Dao Soldier would not withstand many blows.

Lu Ye tested Fang’s increased sharpness against Fu Wei’s defensive Dao Soldier and learned that Fang needed two more Sub-Treasures to pass the Weapon Race’s second threshold. He planned to gather Star Abyss Coins, strengthen Fang, and prepare for Dao Integration while seeking advice from experienced cultivators.

• Lu Ye summoned Fu Wei and tested the Crag Mountain Saber against the turtle-shell defense formed by Fu Wei’s Dao Soldier, cutting through it with ease.
• Lu Ye urged Fu Wei to cultivate toward Dao Integration, though Fu Wei privately believed he had reached his limit.
• Fang told Lu Ye it needed two more Sub-Treasures like the Spring Radiance Sword to pass its second threshold.
• Lu Ye decided to keep fighting in the Snow Plain for Star Abyss Coins, consolidate his foundation, and focus on Bone Cultivation before advancing.
• Lu Ye sought guidance about advancing to Dao Integration from You Die, Yuan Xi, Lian, and Huan Qing, then traveled to Lingfeng City to consult its Dao Integration cultivators.

Lu Ye continued fighting in the Snow Plain and the Battle Arena while collecting Sub-Treasures to help Fang overcome its second hurdle. After Qin Feng warned him about a mysterious Supreme Treasure user, Lu Ye relayed the danger to Yuan Xi, while Thunderclap set a trap for Yuan Xi City.

• Lu Ye won a death match using a Sub-Treasure, drawing suspicions that he was the Nameless Guest, and learned that only one more Sub-Treasure remained for Fang's second hurdle.
• Qin Feng warned Lu Ye that an unknown sword Supreme Treasure was causing Uniting Dao Cities on both sides to be destroyed, and told him to seek out Kun Li if Yuan Xi City was in danger.
• Lu Ye returned to Yuan Xi City and warned Yuan Xi about the hidden threat, prompting her to recognize that her city could not withstand a Supreme Treasure wielder.
• More than a month later, Yuan Xi City began moving after receiving a new mission from Thunderclap.
• In Thin Bamboo City, Thunderclap resolved to betray Yuan Xi City, insisting to himself that he had been forced into it.

Lu Ye and Yuan Xi’s group entered the dangerous Cold Current Beehive to find an enemy Uniting Dao City, and Lu Ye discovered that the Talent Tree let him resist the currents’ weakening effect. They found the target quickly, where Ying Fei was preparing to follow a plan with a handsome young man who promised him affiliation with one of the Top Ten.

• Lu Ye, Yuan Xi, and Lian surveyed the You Ming Cold Current Beehive and learned that its environment weakened cultivators and made Star Abyss aura sluggish.
• Lu Ye found that the Talent Tree burned away the external force weakening him, leaving him unaffected by the Beehive’s suppression.
• Following Governor City’s intelligence, Lingfeng City located a Desolate-tier Uniting Dao City at the first marked site.
• Yuan Xi led Lu Ye, Lian, and the recovered Huan Qing out to join Lingfeng City’s attack.
• Ying Fei watched the approaching forces with a handsome young man, who told him to follow the plan and promised his city would become an affiliate of one of the Top Ten.

Lu Ye intervened when he realized the enemy had arranged its Uniting Dao cultivators to counter Yuan Xi City and Lingfeng City, and quickly killed a Body Cultivator who had been fighting Lian. His attack disrupted the enemy’s carefully prepared deployment, and he and Lian moved to help their allies.

• Ying Fei led his troops out to meet the enemy, while Lu Ye noticed that the enemy had unusually many Uniting Dao cultivators and had assigned them to entangle his allies.
• Lu Ye rushed to help Lian, breaking up her two-on-one fight and drawing one enemy into a direct clash.
• Lu Ye’s Crag Mountain Saber cut through the enemy Body Cultivator’s defenses and Dao Soldier, and he killed him as Lian defeated her own opponent.
• Lu Ye collected four Star Abyss Coins, then headed toward Huan Qing while Lian raced to assist Yuan Xi.
• The handsome young man in the enemy city recognized that Lu Ye’s sudden intervention had created a flaw in his carefully planned deployment.

Lu Ye discovered that the enemy city had prepared hidden Uniting Dao reinforcements, turning the battle into a trap for Yuan Xi City. As the reinforcements approached, Yuan Xi revealed a powerful second form of her Dao Soldier and drove Ying Fei toward death.

• The young man summoned seven or eight Uniting Dao cultivators from the Hehe Realm after Lu Ye and Huan Qing killed another enemy cultivator.
• Lu Ye realized the enemy city was bait and urged his allies to kill more Uniting Dao cultivators before the reinforcements arrived.
• Lu Ye and Huan Qing rushed toward a battle, but the enemy cultivator fled rather than face them.
• Yuan Xi overwhelmed Ying Fei after Lian tied down his two helpers.
• Yuan Xi transformed Black Lotus into snow-white armor, revealing the second form of her Dao Soldier and leaving Ying Fei sensing imminent death.