Recaps

At Hundred Fragrances Building, Squad A5 and Squad D7 provoked Shen Manzi and Squad A3, turning a drinking gathering into a brawl. Lu Ye joined the fight and discovered that the man who had targeted him was a Tier Nine True Lake cultivator.

• Shen Manzi was pressured to drink by guests from Squad A5 and Squad D7, and Shangguan Qiu and Kang Yuanqiao recognized that they were targeting Squad A3.
• Geng Wuwang went to the neighboring courtyard and confronted the guests after they insulted him and Shen Manzi.
• The guests attacked Geng Wuwang, so Xiao Ruyun led Squad A3 into the brawl while Geng Wuwang warned them not to use Spiritual Power.
• A burly young man grabbed Lu Ye and attacked him, but Lu Ye and Amber fought back and helped turn the battle in Squad A3's favor.
• The young man unleashed his Spiritual Power, revealing himself as a Tier Nine True Lake cultivator, and Lu Ye shattered his protective barrier with a Sharpness-empowered strike.

A brawl between Law Enforcement Hall teams at Hundred Fragrances Building drew Qian Wudang’s attention, and he ordered everyone involved to receive lashes at the Penal Prison. The team captains tried to avoid going first, leaving Zhou Kui to face Old One-Eye and the Reverse Dragon Thorn.

• Shen Manzi called for the Law Enforcement Division after nearly twenty cultivators fought inside the Elegant Courtyard.
• Qian Wudang arrived, stopped the fight, and demanded that Geng Wuwang, Lu Ye, Zhou Kui, and Zhang Cheng explain themselves.
• Geng Wuwang claimed the groups had only been sparring and offered to take responsibility, but Qian Wudang sentenced the team captains to ten lashes and the other participants to five.
• The cultivators followed Qian Wudang to the Penal Prison, where Old One-Eye prepared the Reverse Dragon Thorn.
• Lu Ye, Geng Wuwang, and Zhang Cheng stepped back to avoid going first, so Qian Wudang seized Zhou Kui and sent him beneath the punishment rack.

Qian Wudang oversaw the Law Enforcement Hall squads’ punishment with the Reverse Dragon Thorn, as captains and soldiers endured brutal lashings for breaking Guard Law. Lu Ye took Lin Yinxiu’s lashes and remained conscious, revealing that his soul could withstand the artifact’s attack; afterward, Qian Wudang dismissed the injured cultivators with a warning.

• Old One-Eye lashed Zhou Kui, who fainted but then volunteered to take five additional lashes for Xiao Ling.
• Zhang Cheng was tossed beneath the punishment frame by Lu Ye and Geng Wuwang, fainted repeatedly, and was left with five lashes to receive doubled after he recovered.
• Geng Wuwang took Mu Zheng’s five lashes, then Lu Ye volunteered to take Lin Yinxiu’s lashes.
• Lu Ye endured fifteen lashes without fainting because Twin Dragons Guarding the Sea blocked the Reverse Dragon Thorn’s soul attack.
• Old One-Eye punished the remaining squad members, leaving nearly everyone injured, and Qian Wudang dismissed them with a warning against breaking Guard Law again.

After being punished for the brawl, Lu Ye and his companions went to the medical clinic, where he reunited with Yu Xiaodie, an old acquaintance from Evil Moon Valley. He recovered, replenished his Battle Merit, and bought a spare Tracking Compass, while deciding not to rely on one for missions again.

• Lu Ye explained that Zhou Kui had likely targeted him over Lu Ye's earlier actions against the Zhou Family, and Geng Wuwang took the injured group to the medical clinic.
• Yu Xiaodie recognized Lu Ye and treated his wounds while they caught up on the years since they had parted at Evil Moon Valley.
• Lu Ye, Lin Yinxiu, and Third Senior Brother returned to the courtyard, where the Sect Master checked on them and told Lu Ye to rest.
• Lu Ye recovered quickly, returned to the clinic to change his medicine, and drew attention from the Medical Cultivators there.
• Lu Ye received his stipend and additional Explosive Fire Spirit Stones, replenished his Battle Merit, and bought a spare Tracking Compass.

While recovering, Lu Ye discovered that Twin Lotus could transform his Shadow Clone into a lifelike, controllable clone by linking it to the Talent Tree. He adapted to sharing sight between his true body and the new clone, leaving its full capabilities yet to be explored.

• Lu Ye found Yiyi cultivating and left her undisturbed as he went to look for the Sect Master, who was absent.
• Lu Ye examined the Talent Tree and tried applying the Twin Lotus Spiritual Pattern to himself and Amber, but neither attempt worked.
• Lu Ye formed a Shadow Clone and applied Twin Lotus to it, causing a Talent Tree root to enter the phantom and infuse it with his Qi and Blood Power and Spiritual Power.
• Lu Ye controlled the infusion until the Shadow Clone became a flesh-and-blood clone linked closely to his true body.
• Amber woke, mistook the clone for another master, and fled; Lu Ye then learned to focus on either body’s vision.

Lu Ye tested his new Clone by having it visit Qian Wudang and the Hunting Pavilion, confirming that even Divine Sea Realm cultivators could not detect it. While the Clone lingered over tea in the Law Enforcement Division, Lu Ye followed Zhou Kui’s squad outside Vast Sky City, where Zhou Kui began to suspect the masked pursuer was Lu Yiye.

• Lu Ye dressed his Clone, gave it the Crag Mountain Saber, and sent it to meet Qian Wudang, who failed to recognize it as a Clone.
• Qian Wudang thanked Lu Ye for accepting punishment in Lin Yinxiu’s place, and Lu Ye confirmed the Clone could drink and taste tea.
• Lu Ye encountered Zhou Kui at the Hunting Pavilion, then returned to the Law Enforcement Division so his Clone could finish its tea.
• Lu Ye put on a mask and secretly followed Zhou Kui’s squad as their Spirit Boat traveled beyond Vast Sky City.
• A squad member noticed the masked pursuer, and Zhou Kui recognized the figure as possibly Lu Yiye.

Lu Ye ambushed Zhou Kui and badly beat him in a fight, then escaped before Squad A5 could catch him. Zhou Kui insisted the masked attacker was Lu Ye and set out for Vast Sky City to complain to the Division Master.

• Zhou Kui left the Spirit Boat to confront the masked attacker, whom he recognized as Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye used his saber, Spirit Patterns, and a rapid series of attacks to overwhelm Zhou Kui and leave him covered in wounds.
• Lu Ye kicked Zhou Kui in the face and escaped as Squad A5 pursued him.
• The Spell Cultivator questioned whether the masked attacker was truly Lu Ye, but Zhou Kui remained certain of his identity.
• Zhou Kui decided to return to Vast Sky City and lodge a complaint against Lu Ye before the Division Master.

Lu Ye denied ambushing Zhou Kui, and Qian Wudang confirmed he had been in the Law Enforcement Division when the attack occurred. Zhou Kui was punished for slandering a colleague and left wondering which Divine Sea Realm cultivator had beaten him.

• Zhou Kui returned to Vast Sky City and accused Lu Yiye of ambushing him outside the city.
• Lu Ye denied the accusation and pointed out that Zhou Kui had grabbed his collar in front of Qian Wudang.
• Qian Wudang testified that Lu Ye had been with him for an incense stick, ruling out Zhou Kui’s claim that Lu Ye attacked him moments earlier.
• Lu Ye urged Qian Wudang to punish Zhou Kui for slandering a colleague, and Qian Wudang fined him a month’s stipend and ordered ten lashes.
• Zhou Kui accepted the punishment and left wondering which Divine Sea Realm cultivator had attacked him, while Lu Ye took his leave.

Lu Ye tested the limits and abilities of his new Clone, then welcomed Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, and Jujia to Vast Sky City. The three had arrived to join Lu Ye’s squad, filling its vacancies, and he prepared to take them to the Recruitment Division.

• Zhou Kui learned that Lu Ye had not ambushed him and that the Division Master had fined him a month's stipend and sentenced him to ten lashes for spreading rumors.
• Lu Ye tested his Clone across thousands of li, confirmed it could replenish Spiritual Power with Spiritual Pills, and found its connection to his main body remained intact.
• Lu Ye returned to refining Explosive Fire Spirit Stones before Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, and Jujia arrived at his courtyard.
• Lu Ye reunited with his companions and learned Hua Ci remained in the Cloud River Battlefield, where Feng Yuechan delivered her message to cultivate and stay safe.
• Xiao Xinghe told Li Baxian that Lu Ye had reserved three squad positions for the arriving companions, and Lu Ye offered to take them to the Recruitment Division.

Lu Ye secured Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, and Jujia places on his Law Enforcement Hall team, which Qian Wudang designated Team Ding Nine. After the team welcomed its new members with a feast, Lu Ye prepared to resume missions and help them earn Battle Merit.

• Lu Ye registered Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, and Jujia at the Recruitment Division, then persuaded Qian Wudang to transfer them into his team.
• Qian Wudang named the completed team Team Ding Nine and gave Lu Ye an order to collect six Six Element Spirit Restraint Locks.
• Lu Ye returned to the courtyard and distributed the locks, where Lin Yinxiu arrived and met the new team members.
• Lin Yinxiu proposed a welcome feast, but the group found Hundred Fragrances Building closed, so Lu Ye followed Geng Wuwang's recommendation to White Cloud Inn.
• The team ate and drank together at White Cloud Inn, then returned to the courtyard to rest.
• Lu Ye refined Explosive Fire Spirit Stones and planned for the team to resume Hunting Pavilion missions after everyone had rested.

Lu Ye learned a new Clone technique, then led Squad Ding Nine to Mist Cliff to investigate a missing Nightingale and a suspected vicious beast. As the squad waited at the fog-shrouded cliff, the Chen Family prepared to deceive them and conceal its secret dealings.

• Lu Ye absorbed his Clone and explained the new technique to Yiyi before Qian Wudang summoned him to investigate Mist Cliff and find a missing Nightingale.
• Lu Ye gathered Squad Ding Nine and traveled toward Mi Mountain, learning that Mist Cliff's dense fog could block Divine Sense.
• The Nightingale contacted the Law Enforcement Division, explaining that cultivation had kept him from replying, so Lu Ye no longer needed to use his Tracking Compass to locate him.
• Lu Ye's squad arrived at Mist Cliff and waited for the Nightingale to meet them.
• At the Chen Family, Chen Tianchui learned that the Law Enforcement Hall had arrived and ordered Chen Lie to put on a show and send them away.

Lu Ye and his team investigated Mist Cliff, where fog and Primordial Magnetic Ore suppressed perception and Spiritual Power. The Chen Family arranged for the team to encounter a fierce beast, but Lu Ye’s group killed the Jade Scale Python, while Chen Tianchui planned to befriend Lu Ye.

• Lu Ye and Li Baxian descended into Mist Cliff’s fog, discovered the Primordial Magnetic Field, and returned before it could suppress their Spiritual Power further.
• Lu Ye identified himself to the Nightingale, who reported that Team Ding Nine was led by Lu Ye; the Nightingale secretly sent the news to the Chen Family.
• Chen Tianchui learned that Lu Ye had arrived and ordered Chen Lie to invite him to the Chen Family, hoping to follow the Venerable Lord’s instructions and befriend him.
• Lu Ye and his team found Spirit Stream Realm cultivators fleeing the Jade Scale Python, and Li Baxian’s flying swords disrupted its attack.
• Lu Ye, Jujia, Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, Xiao Xinghe, and Lin Yinxiu joined forces to kill the Jade Scale Python.

After defeating the Fierce Beast, Lu Ye and his team accepted the Chen Family’s invitation to rest at their residence, where Lu Ye discovered a strange insect in his tea and realized the family meant to trap them. The Chen Family activated its Grand Array to stop them, while Chen Tianchui sent a message to the Venerable Lord.

• Lu Ye and his team killed the Fierce Beast and rescued several Chen Family cultivators, though Senior Brother Wan had already been killed.
• Chen Lie introduced himself as the Chen Family’s Great Elder, thanked Lu Ye’s team, and invited them to the family residence.
• At the Chen Family’s Guest Hall, Lu Ye detected an unknown insect in his tea, warned Lin Yinxiu and the others not to drink, and ordered the team to leave.
• Chen Tianchui and Chen Lie watched through a Moon Reflection Plate, then activated the Grand Array and ordered Chen Lie to intercept the team without letting them send a message.
• Chen Tianchui sent a message to the Venerable Lord as a man fished beside two Thatched Cottages in a desolate place in Soldier Province.

The Venerable Lord learned that Lu Yiye had escaped conversion at the Mishan Chen Family and ordered the Chen Family to kill everyone except him while advancing the plan at Mist Cliff. The Chen Family trapped Lu Ye and his squad in a formation, and as the battle turned against them, Lu Ye prepared to use a mysterious sphere.

• The Venerable Lord learned that Chen Tianchui's attempt to convert Lu Yiye had failed, declared the Chen Family useless, and ordered the others killed while the plan at Mist Cliff moved forward.
• The Chen Family activated an Air Lock Grand Array and a Confinement Array to trap Lu Ye and the Law Enforcement Hall squad.
• Chen Lie ordered an attack before Lin Yinxiu could send for help, while Jujia shielded the squad from the first barrage.
• Chen Tianchui realized Lu Ye had not been converted and ordered the Chen Family to kill everyone as Lin Yinxiu sent a message outside.
• Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan cut down Chen Family cultivators as Lu Ye and the squad fought back and retreated to the Guest Hall entrance.
• Lu Ye took an infant-sized sphere from the Void, and Chen Lie lunged at him to stop him.

Lu Ye used the Dragon Seat and Dragon Spine Blade to overwhelm the Chen Family’s forces and capture their Patriarch, Chen Tianchui, hoping to learn why they had attacked. Chen Tianchui suddenly died, and the remaining Chen Family cultivators collapsed as well, leaving the cause of the attack unresolved.

• Chen Lie and a Chen Family elder attacked Lu Ye, but Lu Ye struck them down and transformed into the ten-meter-tall Dragon Seat.
• Lu Ye slaughtered the Chen Family cultivators while Li Baxian, Jujia, Xiao Xinghe, Feng Yuechan, and Lin Yinxiu defended the Guest Hall.
• The Chen Family fighters kept charging without fear until Lu Ye unleashed Arc Moon and cut through the crowd.
• Lu Ye defeated and captured Chen Tianchui, the Chen Family Patriarch, to question him about the attack.
• Chen Tianchui died with a soft pop, and the surviving Chen Family cultivators dropped dead before Lu Ye could take a captive.

Lu Ye and his squad investigated the Chen Family’s inexplicable deaths after surviving the massacre, while Xiang Dongliu arrived to assist them. A powerful woman defeated Xiang Dongliu and flew away without attacking the squad, and Lu Ye rushed toward Mist Cliff to check whether the officer had survived.

• Lu Ye recovered from the Dragon Seat’s toll while his squad investigated the Chen Family’s deaths and found that the last victims had died from an internal force that destroyed their brains.
• Xiang Dongliu arrived, heard Lu Ye’s account, and questioned the suspicious events before acknowledging Lu Ye as the Gate-Destroying Leaf.
• Xiang Dongliu sensed trouble near Mist Cliff, flew there, and fought an unknown opponent who defeated him in fewer than thirty breaths.
• The victorious woman flew over Lu Ye and his squad without stopping, leaving them shaken by her strength and her knowing glance.
• Lu Ye ordered the squad to follow him to Mist Cliff and find out whether Xiang Dongliu was alive.

Lu Ye and his companions discovered a massive Insect Race swarm pouring out of Mist Cliff and fled while warning nearby forces and the Chen Family’s mortal residents. Lu Ye drew most of the swarm away from the others, leaving his companions to escape with only a smaller group of insects pursuing them.

• Lu Ye and Xiao Xinghe prepared to search Mist Cliff for Xiang Dongliu, but heard a growing disturbance rising from the abyss.
• A huge swarm of powerful insects emerged from Mist Cliff and attacked Lu Ye’s group, forcing them to fight their way clear.
• Lu Ye ordered Lin Yinxiu to alert the Law Enforcement Division and Feng Yuechan to summon help from the Pill Heart Sect.
• Lu Ye warned the Chen Family’s mortal residents to hide, then used Explosive Fire Spirit Stones to draw the insects away from them.
• Lu Ye split from the group and sped off with most of the swarm pursuing him, while Xiao Xinghe led the others in another direction.

Lu Ye directed the Pill Heart Sect’s response to the Bug Tide while Yu Guanjia secretly met the Venerable Lord, who was revealed to be Taishan. Taishan reunited with Qiu Min and confirmed that Feng Wujiang had truly died in battle.

• Lu Ye chose an uninhabited plain for the Bug Tide and asked Feng Yuechan to relay the location to the Pill Heart Sect, whose cultivators and subordinate forces mobilized.
• Yu Guanjia waited for the Venerable Lord while most of the Pill Heart Sect’s Divine Sea Realm cultivators left to suppress the Bug Tide.
• The Venerable Lord told Yu Guanjia he would retrieve something from Qiu Min and promised not to harm her.
• The Venerable Lord reached Qiu Min’s courtyard and revealed himself as Taishan, whom she had believed dead for decades.
• Taishan explained that he had erased his own Battlefield Mark, then told Qiu Min that Feng Wujiang had died in battle and that he had buried his remains.

Taishan confronted Qiu Min at the Pill Heart Sect and demanded the mysterious item Feng Wujiang had left in her care, using the Bug Tide and Feng Yuechan’s danger to pressure her. As Qiu Min watched Lu Ye and the others fight the insects, Lu Ye sensed that someone was watching him.

• Taishan visited Qiu Min and asked for the item Feng Wujiang had entrusted to her.
• Taishan showed Qiu Min a Moon Reflection Plate image of Feng Yuechan fighting the Bug Tide with Lu Ye and their companions.
• Qiu Min realized Taishan was connected to the Bug Tide and that Yu Guanjia had helped keep her at the Pill Heart Sect.
• Qiu Min remembered Feng Wujiang’s warning never to give the item to Taishan, while Taishan threatened Feng Yuechan to force her decision.
• Lu Ye and his companions joined the cultivators battling the Insect Race, and Lu Ye sensed that someone was watching him.

Lu Ye and his team helped suppress the Bug Tide, then investigated the Chen Family’s ruined home before being summoned back to Vast Sky City. As they prepared to leave, a masked woman from a mysterious organization appeared, and Lu Ye charged at her while ordering his team to run.

• An unknown Divine Sea Realm cultivator plunged into the Bug Tide, while Taishan obtained a disk from Qiu Min by threatening Feng Yuechan’s safety and forced Qiu Min to swear secrecy.
• After the fighting ended, cultivators learned the Insect Nest was in Mist Cliff, and Lu Ye’s team searched the Chen Family’s destroyed front courtyard for survivors.
• Lu Ye found that fewer than five hundred Chen Family members had survived, then received orders from the Division Master to return to Vast Sky City and report what had happened.
• A masked, alluring woman appeared on a ruined rooftop, and Lu Ye recognized her as the mysterious figure who had previously crossed his path.
• Lu Ye shouted for his team to run, drew his saber, and charged toward the masked woman.

A mysterious woman overwhelmed Lu Ye and his companions, captured him, and fought off the Divine Sea Realm cultivators sent to stop her. She took him into a mountain cave and activated a teleportation array just as Tang Yifeng arrived.

• The woman struck Lu Ye and brushed aside Amber, Jujia, Xiao Xinghe, Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, and Lin Yinxiu before carrying him away.
• Lin Yinxiu alerted Qian Wudang, who informed Tang Yifeng that Lu Ye had been captured.
• Lu Ye realized the woman did not intend to kill him, but she repeatedly disrupted his Spiritual Power whenever he tried to resist.
• The woman defeated the Divine Sea Realm cultivators who intercepted them, then continued fleeing as Tang Yifeng approached.
• The woman entered a mountain cave with Lu Ye, activated a Grand Array, and revealed it was a Teleportation Array.

Lu Ye was abducted by the Mysterious Woman, who moved him through a chain of Teleportation Arrays to evade Sect Master and brought him into a Secret Realm. The chapter left Lu Ye cut off from the Nine Provinces as the woman sealed the entrance behind them.

• Sect Master found the cave empty after the Teleportation Array carried Lu Ye and the Mysterious Woman away, so he asked Qian Wudang to requisition a Tracking Compass.
• Lu Ye tried to ambush the Mysterious Woman after they arrived, but she stopped his Crag Mountain Saber and flicked him into a rock wall.
• Lu Ye suspected the Mysterious Woman had acted on orders from someone else, and she warned him not to resist as she led him away.
• The Mysterious Woman took Lu Ye through four Teleportation Arrays, destroying each one after they used it.
• The Mysterious Woman opened a Secret Realm entrance behind a waterfall and ordered Lu Ye inside.
• Lu Ye entered the Secret Realm, and the Mysterious Woman followed and closed the entrance.

After the Mysterious Woman brought Lu Ye to the Nameless Secret Realm, he discovered that he was trapped there with Dao Thirteen guarding the exit. He settled in and focused on strengthening himself while wondering who had arranged his capture, and the Mysterious Woman finally asked what he was searching for.

• The Mysterious Woman led Lu Ye into the Nameless Secret Realm, where he saw the silent Divine Sea Realm Body Cultivator Dao Thirteen.
• Tang Yifeng lost the ability to track Lu Ye, while Squad Ding Nine failed to contact him and decided to seek help from Qian Wudang and Tang Yifeng.
• The Mysterious Woman told Lu Ye that someone wanted to see him and that he could live freely in the Secret Realm; Dao Thirteen refused to open the exit without a matching writ.
• Lu Ye explored the small realm, built a wooden house, and set up Formations to block the Mysterious Woman's divine sense.
• Lu Ye spent his days devouring Fire Spirit Stones and seeking a Spiritual Pattern that could help him escape Divine Sea Realm pursuers.
• The Mysterious Woman watched Lu Ye return from exploring and asked what he was looking for.

Lu Ye met the Venerable Lord, who admitted that Chen Tianchui had served him and described his wish to end the feud between the Vast Sky Alliance and Myriad Demon Ridge. The Venerable Lord proposed creating a third camp, leaving Lu Ye wary as he asked what it would be founded upon.

• Lu Ye exchanged Mark imprints with Yu Daiwei and confirmed that the Secret Realm was still within the Nine Provinces, though isolated from the outside.
• Yu Daiwei brought Lu Ye to meet the Venerable Lord, who caught a carp from a lake Lu Ye believed had no fish.
• Lu Ye guessed that Chen Tianchui had served the Venerable Lord, who confirmed it and denied responsibility for the Chen Family affair or any desire to harm Lu Ye.
• The Venerable Lord described the long war between the Vast Sky Alliance and Myriad Demon Ridge and said he wanted a peaceful world without either camp.
• The Venerable Lord explained that he did not plan to unify the Nine Provinces by force and proposed establishing a new camp that could embrace both sides.
• Lu Ye asked what foundation the new camp would be built upon.

The Venerable Lord revealed his plan to establish Chaos, a faction that would refuse to contend with others, and asked Lu Ye for help. Though Lu Ye could not use the Heavenly Mechanism’s faction token yet, the Venerable Lord believed he was the person he sought and left him under guard in the Secret Realm.

• The Venerable Lord explained that he wanted to change Nine Provinces’ divided landscape by founding Chaos, and Lu Ye recognized the ambition as a plan to unite the factions.
• The Venerable Lord gave Lu Ye a stone disk that served as a token for establishing a faction, but Lu Ye could not identify or use it.
• The Venerable Lord told Yu Daiwei that only someone favored by the Heavenly Mechanism could use the disk, and concluded that Lu Ye was the person he sought despite the time not yet being right.
• The Venerable Lord left the Secret Realm, while Yu Daiwei ordered Dao Thirteen to follow Lu Ye and kill him if he tried to escape.
• Lu Ye challenged Yu Daiwei’s decision to have Dao Thirteen follow him constantly, and she warned him against acting presumptuously.