Recaps

Luan Xiao'e and Yan Miao entered seclusion to attempt breakthroughs to Sunlight, leaving Lu Ye in charge of Three Realms Island as its Great Island Master. Two months into his own cultivation, Lu Ye received a visit from Black Cloud, a Demon Venerable from Purple Jade whom he recognized from the Cycle Tree in the Primordial Realm.

• Luan Xiao'e told Lu Ye that she and Yan Miao would enter seclusion, and that Yuxi and Cheng Xin would replace them as Three Realms Island's stationed Moonlight Realm cultivators.
• After the replacements arrived, Lu Ye became Great Island Master, He Baichuan became Second Island Master, and Luan Xiao'e and Yan Miao left for the Merfolk Race's territory to cultivate.
• Lu Ye left his Talent Tree Clone to guard the island and went beneath the sea to refine seawater in seclusion.
• Two months later, Black Cloud arrived at Three Realms Island and sent Lu Ye a Jade Token requesting an audience.
• Lu Ye met Black Cloud and recognized him as the Demon Venerable he had seen at the Cycle Tree in the Primordial Realm.

Lu Ye negotiated with Black Cloud over Purple Jade Island’s return, demanding compensation and Lionheart’s life. Black Cloud accepted the first condition but resisted the second, and the meeting ended with tensions rising as Lu Ye challenged him to act.

• Black Cloud questioned Lu Ye about his past battle against the Blood Race and how Purple Jade Island’s Protective Grand Array had failed.
• Lu Ye told Black Cloud that Three Realms Island would reclaim Purple Jade only under two conditions, beginning with ten billion Lingyu in compensation.
• Lu Ye explained that Purple Jade had taken a billion Lingyu ransom for Wei Po, then reneged on the agreement, and Black Cloud accepted the compensation demand.
• Lu Ye demanded Lionheart’s life for swallowing Wei Po, while Black Cloud disputed Three Realms Island’s account of the events.
• Lu Ye accused Purple Jade of using Wei Po as a pawn, provoking Black Cloud to threaten him, and Lu Ye invited him to make a move.

Lu Ye pressed Black Cloud to accept Three Realms Island’s terms for Purple Jade Island, and Black Cloud left without giving a clear answer. Months later, Lionheart was being escorted away from the Myriad Phenomena Sea when he realized the Star Boat had strayed from its route and began to suspect Black Cloud’s plan.

• Lu Ye argued that Purple Jade should exchange one hundred billion Spirit Jade and Lionheart’s life for the return of Purple Jade Island, and Black Cloud exchanged Sound Talisman imprints with him before leaving.
• Lu Ye’s main body continued cultivating beneath the sea while He Baichuan and Tang Jun managed Three Realms Island; two months passed before a message summoned Lu Ye away.
• Lionheart traveled in a sealed Star Boat piloted by Yuan Cheng, hoping to escape the Myriad Phenomena Sea and return to Purple Jade Demon Star.
• Yuan Cheng steered the Star Boat into a remote region where space was unstable, and Lionheart noticed that they were far from the route home.
• Lionheart recalled Black Cloud’s instructions and gradually realized what was happening.

Lu Ye killed Lionheart after Black Cloud arranged his death as part of a deal to help the Purple Jade Demon Star reclaim Purple Jade Island. He returned to Three Realms Island with Lionheart’s head for Senior Sister Luan, while Yuan Cheng fled to report to Yuan Du.

• Lionheart left Yuan Cheng’s Star Boat and confronted Lu Ye in the starry sky, accepting that he would die as part of the Demon Venerable’s arrangements.
• Lionheart asked about the terms of the agreement, then used the Core Fusion Technique to prepare for a final attack on Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye drew the Crag Mountain Saber, reopening Lionheart’s wounds and killing him with a single slash.
• Lu Ye ordered Yuan Cheng to tell Yuan Du that Three Realms Island would defend its place, and Yuan Cheng hurried away.
• Lu Ye collected Lionheart’s remains and returned to Three Realms Island, where he gave He Baichuan Lionheart’s head to deliver to Senior Sister Luan.

After Lionheart died, Black Cloud reclaimed Purple Jade Island and secretly traveled to Long Cloud as Yuan Du anticipated. Three Realms Island received ten billion Lingyu in compensation, bringing its conflict with Purple Jade to a quiet close while Yuan Du continued plotting against it.

• Yuan Du learned that Lu Ye had killed Lionheart with one slash, and Black Cloud said Lionheart had been freed before setting out to reclaim Purple Jade Island.
• Black Cloud temporarily occupied Purple Jade Island, causing the visitors there to leave, until Purple Jade Demon Cultivators returned months later and he departed.
• Black Cloud traveled through the Insect Path to Long Cloud, while Yuan Cheng confirmed to Yuan Du that he had gone there as predicted.
• Lu Ye and He Baichuan inventoried Purple Jade's compensation of ten billion Lingyu and set aside its Fire Element resources for Lu Ye.
• Purple Jade Demon Cultivators retook their island, and the secret payment and Lionheart's death allowed both sides to accept the end of the conflict without public humiliation.

After advancing to the Moonlight Realm Late Stage, Lu Ye realized that ordinary cultivation would not bring forth the Qi Flower and returned to Three Realms Island to seek a solution. He learned that the island’s energy was growing denser as it began transforming into a top-tier Spirit Island.

• Lu Ye advanced to the Moonlight Realm Late Stage after a year of secluded cultivation fueled by vast quantities of Fire Element resources.
• Lu Ye stabilized his cultivation but sensed that the Qi Flower would not form through continued cultivation alone, so he left seclusion to find a way to reach the Moonlight Realm’s ultimate limit.
• He Baichuan told Lu Ye that Three Realms Island’s energy had grown denser, as Peerless Island’s had before it became a top-tier Spirit Island.
• Lu Ye recognized that the transformation was the result of his adjustments to the Small Star Constellation Hall, and that he had allowed Three Realms Island to rise toward top-tier status after its victory over Purple Jade.

Three Realms Island’s first Vein Source appeared, confirming that it had become a top-grade Spirit Island. Tang Jun confronted Lu Ye about the island’s mysterious changes, and Lu Ye understood that Tang had uncovered the truth behind his role in them.

• Tang Jun discovered a Vein Source beneath a hill, and He Baichuan and the other cultivators recognized that Three Realms Island had become a top-grade Spirit Island.
• The cultivators sealed off the Vein Source, while Tang Jun worried that the island’s changing energy would reveal its advancement to outsiders and local star systems.
• Lu Ye reassured Tang Jun that Chime Bell World would protect Three Realms Island, and Tang Jun joked about visiting Chu Shen with a gift.
• Tang Jun visited Lu Ye privately and recounted how Peerless Island had risen and fallen while Three Realms Island came alive, suspecting Lu Ye was connected to both events.
• Tang Jun recalled that Three Realms Island’s energy weakened while Lu Ye was away at the Battle of Purple Jade, and Lu Ye acknowledged that Tang had endured a fright.

Lu Ye left Three Realms Island to seek answers about why he could not condense the Qi Flower, consulting Xu Yuan before returning to Nine Provinces with resources. He prepared to bring fifteen hundred cultivators from the Three Realms to the Myriad Phenomena Sea, and Star Constellations across Nine Provinces gathered in anticipation.

• Tang Jun warned Lu Ye that clever people might discover his ability to create Spirit Islands and covet it, then agreed that Lu Ye could return to the Jade Snail Star System with resources and recruits.
• Lu Ye consulted He Baichuan, gathered Lingyu and supplies, visited Hua Ci, and departed Three Realms Island two days later.
• Lu Ye asked Xu Yuan why he could not condense the Qi Flower, but Xu Yuan had no answer and said he would ask the absent Soul Race Patriarch.
• Lu Ye traveled through the Soul Race Ancestral Land and the Starry Sky Pool to Nine Provinces, where he delivered the resources to Garrison Hall.
• Lu Ye planned to bring fifteen hundred cultivators to the Myriad Phenomena Sea, divided equally among the Three Realms, and Star Constellations from across Nine Provinces gathered at Garrison Hall.

Lu Ye searched the Abyss of Information Pavilion for the Secret of the Three Flowers and learned that the ancient method required every aspect of a realm to be brought to its limit. He realized that condensing the Qi Flower might depend on improving his Magic Source, leaving him unsure how to obtain the rare treasures needed.

• Su Yuqing told Lu Ye that an Azure Bird had prevented her from taking treasures from Thousand Hills Tomb, and she suggested he search the Abyss of Information Pavilion for records on the Secret of the Three Flowers.
• Lu Ye and Su Yuqing spent time together before he went to the Abyss of Information Pavilion and searched its upper levels for information.
• Lu Ye found an ancient Jade Slip titled On the Three Flowers and learned that the method had been abandoned because it demanded perfection in every realm of the Upper Three Realms.
• Lu Ye reasoned that ancient Spiritual Light might explain why he could follow the Three Flowers Method and realized his Star Constellation physique had reached its limit at the Yin-Yang Great Millstone.
• Lu Ye concluded that the quality of his Magic Source might determine whether he could condense the Qi Flower, but he needed rare treasures to improve it and regretted giving one to Aunt Yue.

Lu Ye prepared to travel to the Asura Arena to seek treasures that could improve his Magic Source and support Nine Provinces, gathering advice and aid before leaving Square Inch Mountain. After praising his Blood Attendants for recruiting cultivators, he learned they wanted to follow him to the Myriad Phenomena Sea.

• Lu Ye told Su Yuqing he planned to visit the Asura Arena, and she urged him to seek Chen Xuanhai's advice and broaden his horizons.
• Su Yuqing gave Lu Ye an ancient longsword for Chen Xuanhai, and Lu Ye visited him at Cloud Sea Peak to hear about his past in the Asura Arena.
• After several days of Chen Xuanhai's wine-fueled stories, Lu Ye returned to Su Yuqing, who gave him her Jade Token for Shuixian and a Red Talisman for protection.
• Lu Ye left Immortal Spirit Peak and found Xiang Yin, Ding Beifeng, and another Blood Attendant waiting outside Square Inch Mountain.
• Xiang Yin reported that she and her sister had brought five hundred Star Constellation cultivators from Jade Snail Realm, while Ding Beifeng reported doing the same in Azure Dawn Dao Realm.
• The three Blood Attendants asked Lu Ye to take them to the Myriad Phenomena Sea, and he questioned what they could do there under the guardians' rules.

Lu Ye brought fifteen hundred Star Constellances from the Three Realms to Three Realms Island in the Myriad Phenomena Sea and arranged for the island to seek treasures that could improve Magic Source. He also gave Treasure Blood to Ma Shangsi and Lan Qiyue, leaving Lan Qiyue to begin refining it.

• Lu Ye refused Xiang Yin's request to go to the Myriad Phenomena Sea, gave Treasure Blood to the three Blood Attendants, and agreed to let them cultivate in the Blood Refining World.
• Lu Ye led fifteen hundred Star Constellances through the Little Flower Realm to Three Realms Island, bringing the island's population to three thousand five hundred.
• Lu Ye had He Baichuan issue a bounty for treasures that could improve the quality of Magic Source.
• Lu Ye gave Ma Shangsi two drops of Treasure Blood and reassured him that refining them would not threaten his life.
• Lan Qiyue chose to refine Lu Ye's Treasure Blood, and Lu Ye gave her all his remaining drops.

Lu Ye reached the edge of the Asura Star Domain and hired a local cultivator to guide him into the Asura Arena. After learning her name was Gui Yi, he recognized the Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plate she carried.

• Lu Ye traveled through the Rainflower Star System toward the Asura Arena while replenishing his Treasure Blood.
• Lu Ye arrived at a Floating Land on the Asura Arena's border and waited for a guide.
• Gui Yi approached Lu Ye, asked about his cultivation, and offered to help him gain entry and provide her information for five hundred thousand Lingyu.
• Lu Ye paid Gui Yi and learned her name as she produced a Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plate.

Lu Ye and Gui Yi entered the Asura Arena’s trial together, where Gui Yi explained the arena’s shadows and urged Lu Ye to prove himself. Lu Ye’s opponent recognized him and abandoned the trial, while Gui Yi defeated her own opponent, leaving her curious about Lu Ye’s fame in the Myriad Phenomena Sea.

• Gui Yi linked her aura with Lu Ye’s using the Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plate, and they entered the Asura Arena together.
• Gui Yi explained that shadows were projections of cultivators from past eras and told Lu Ye to display his abilities during the trial.
• Gui Yi fought one opponent while Lu Ye approached the other, a Moonlight Realm Late Stage cultivator who recognized Lu Ye as the killer of Bao Youyou and Hu Guang.
• The middle-aged cultivator refused to fight Lu Ye and voluntarily abandoned the trial, forfeiting entry to the Asura Arena for ten years.
• Gui Yi defeated her opponent, who dissolved into light as a shadow, then asked Lu Ye whether he was famous in the Myriad Phenomena Sea.

Lu Ye entered the Asura Arena with Gui Yi, learned how its tokens, trials, and Heavenly Asura Realm worked, and located his assigned Cave Abode. After Gui Yi explained how to control access to it, Lu Ye set out to visit the Asura Treasure Vault.

• Lu Ye and Gui Yi received Asura Tokens, inscribed their origins and names on them, and left the trial space for the Starry Sky.
• Gui Yi explained that the Heavenly Asura Realm housed millions of cultivators and was protected by the Asura Arena’s rules, while leaving it sent cultivators into random trials for Asura Seals.
• Lu Ye followed his token to his Cave Abode on a snow-capped mountain and used the token to open its entrance.
• Gui Yi explained the two ways to grant guests access to a Cave Abode, and Lu Ye gave her one-time entry permission.
• Lu Ye explored the empty Cave Abode, declined to expand it, and told Gui Yi he wanted to visit the Asura Treasure Vault.

Lu Ye entered the Asura Treasure Vault and learned how cultivators obtained treasures and Asura Seals there. He discovered that the Asura Arena subsidiary treasure he wanted cost ten billion seals, then learned that Medical Cultivators could earn seals by refining pills and regretted leaving his Pill Gourd behind.

• Lu Ye entered the Asura Treasure Vault with Gui Yi and learned that cultivators could teleport to desired sections and trade in a market.
• Lu Ye found the Asura Arena subsidiary treasure and learned it cost ten billion Asura Seals, while Gui Yi explained why cultivators rarely exchanged for it.
• Lu Ye decided the subsidiary treasure would suit the Nine Provinces, but doubted he could gather enough seals to obtain it.
• Lu Ye and Gui Yi explored the treasure pillars, where Gui Yi explained that Spiritual Pills were brought in or refined by cultivators completing alchemy missions for Asura Seals.
• Lu Ye regretted not bringing the Pill Gourd, which could have helped him earn seals by producing top-grade Spiritual Pills.

Lu Ye learned about ways to earn Asura Seals and toured the Asura Treasure Vault with Gui Yi, then examined resources that could improve his Magic Source. He left wanting many of the rare treasures but lacking the Asura Seals to obtain them.

• Gui Yi explained that Medical Cultivators could earn Asura Seals by refining pills, removing Storage Ring locks, and taking other jobs, though opportunities were limited.
• Lu Ye and Gui Yi saw cultivators gambling on Storage Rings, and Gui Yi warned him that most people who tried it lost their accumulated seals.
• Lu Ye ended the tour, received Gui Yi’s intelligence jade slip, and exchanged Asura Token imprints with her before she departed.
• Lu Ye wandered the vault and teleported to the area containing treasures that could improve a cultivator’s Magic Source.
• Lu Ye inspected numerous rare resources, realized their costs made them difficult to obtain, and noted that the most valuable ones could raise Magic Source quality by a large amount.

Lu Ye exchanged Lingyu for Asura Seals and entered the Moon Jade Realm Battle Arena to begin competing for rewards and a ranking. He defeated a Ghost Cultivator in his first match and returned to his Cave Abode, where his provisional rank had risen slightly.

• Lu Ye reviewed Gui Yi’s Jade Slip, exchanged one hundred thousand Lingyu for ten thousand Asura Seals, and entered the Battle Arena.
• Lu Ye learned that Battle Arena contests offered Asura Seal rewards, protected contestants from death, and required ten matches before assigning an initial ranking.
• Lu Ye entered the ruined-city arena and discovered that his provisional Moon Jade Realm ranking was 533,572.
• A Ghost Cultivator concealed himself and launched a sneak attack, but Lu Ye drew the Crag Mountain Saber and struck him in the throat.
• The Battle Arena’s protective force stopped Lu Ye’s saber from killing the Ghost Cultivator, then returned Lu Ye to his Cave Abode.
• Lu Ye checked his token and saw his provisional ranking rise to 533,569 as three Moon Jade Realm cultivators left the arena or died.

Lu Ye climbed the Moon Jade Battle Arena rankings by defeating successive opponents, then challenged Che Chi, a Moonlight Realm Late Stage cultivator. As their battle began before spectators, a gambling Sunlight cultivator chose to bet on the older combatant.

• Lu Ye concealed his name and origin on the ranking list, then chose direct challenges to raise his rank faster.
• Lu Ye rose from rank 53,621 to the top ten thousand in just over a day, where challenge limits tightened and opponents grew stronger.
• Lu Ye challenged Che Chi of the Three Suns Realm, whose record showed 760 victories and a win rate of around sixty percent.
• A woman in the spectator stands asked her petite disciple to choose a fighter to bet on, then declared that she would choose the older one.
• After the Battle Arena's thirty-breath betting period ended, Lu Ye dashed toward Che Chi.

Lu Ye defeated Che Chi in the Battle Arena, prompting his opponent to concede and leaving a bettor devastated. He then faced Hetao, the bettor’s disciple, who hesitated and called for him to wait as he charged toward her.

• Che Chi unleashed a barrage of fire spells, but Lu Ye pushed through them and closed the distance.
• Lu Ye’s saber strike overwhelmed Che Chi’s protective Magic Treasure, and Che Chi conceded before Lu Ye could strike again.
• Che Chi’s loss devastated the woman who had bet on him, and she recognized that Lu Ye was climbing the rankings.
• Hetao entered the Battle Arena after Lu Ye challenged her, realized he was the Weapon Cultivator who had defeated Che Chi, and decided not to retreat.
• Lu Ye charged at Hetao, who raised a hand and called for him to wait when he came within three li.

Lu Ye defeated Hetao after she conceded, then agreed to split her betting winnings in exchange for letting her follow his Battle Arena matches. After they signed an Asura Contract, he discovered that his Talent Tree was burning away the contract’s binding power, leaving him to wonder whether it was a Starry Sky Supreme Treasure.

• Hetao surrendered to Lu Ye, exchanged Asura Token imprints with him, and left the Battle Arena, raising his ranking and angering spectators who had bet against him.
• Hetao explained that her master wanted to bet on Lu Ye’s future matches, and she negotiated a contract to split their winnings evenly.
• Lu Ye and Hetao met at Treasure Vault Plaza and signed an Asura Contract securing their agreement.
• Lu Ye’s Talent Tree began burning the contract’s golden binding chain, revealing that it could resist the power of the Asura Arena.

Lu Ye climbed the Battle Arena rankings through a long string of victories, while Hetao and her master profited by betting their growing fortune on him. After entering the Top Ten, he continued to appear pushed to his limits in every fight, leaving Hetao to suspect he was still holding back.

• Lu Ye began challenging opponents again, and Hetao and her master wagered on him, splitting their winnings with him under their Asura Contract.
• Lu Ye reached the top five hundred with a record of 152 victories and no defeats, using the battles to learn from powerful cultivators and test his own shortcomings.
• Hetao's master predicted Lu Ye could reach the top hundred and ordered Hetao to bet everything on his next match; Lu Ye quickly agreed to fight again.
• Lu Ye won repeatedly, entered the top hundred, and then advanced into the Top Ten as his undefeated record attracted attention across the Asura Arena.
• Hetao watched Lu Ye's Top Ten battles and realized that, despite appearing to win narrowly each time, he seemed to be controlling the fights and keeping strength in reserve.

Lu Ye failed to challenge the fighters ranked above him because they were outside the Heavenly Asura Domain, so he decided to enter an Asura Arena trial while waiting for the next settlement. The trial assigned him the role of a Star Pirate leader pursuing the Black Cloud cultivators, and he found himself taking command of his own fleet.

• Lu Ye attempted to challenge the fighters ranked above him, but none were present in the Heavenly Asura Domain.
• Hetao's master learned Lu Ye planned to wait until after the settlement to split their winnings and decided to keep betting on him.
• Lu Ye left his Cave Abode to enter an Asura Arena trial and encountered the trial's story of the shattered Black Cloud Continent and its fleeing cultivators.
• The trial's voice identified Lu Ye as the leader of the Nine Heavens Star Pirate Group, pursuing the Black Cloud fleet to seize its treasure.
• Lu Ye's vision merged with his trial counterpart, and he found himself seated aboard the Nine Heavens warship.

Lu Ye entered the Asura Arena as the leader of the Nine Heavens Star Pirate Group and tried to avoid harming the Black Cloud Fleet while concealing his motives from his subordinates. After half a month of pursuit, Thunderlight revealed a force of more than ten hidden Star Pirate Groups that blocked the fleet’s escape.

• Lu Ye ignored Ye Hua’s orders from Thunderlight to press the attack, deciding to avoid killing the Black Cloud Fleet while he considered how to earn Asura Seals.
• Lu Ye refused Qin Ru and Qin Qin’s attempts to attend to him and ordered Qin Ru to release Qin Qin from her restraints.
• Lu Ye continued to ignore Thunderlight’s commands and declined Ye Hua’s proposal to join a battle against part of the Black Cloud Fleet.
• The Nine Heavens Star Pirate Group pursued the weakened Black Cloud Fleet for half a month while other Star Pirate Groups repeatedly intercepted it.
• Thunderlight sent more than ten previously unseen Star Pirate Groups to block the Black Cloud Fleet’s route and cut off its escape.

Lu Ye’s Nine Heavens Star Pirate Group waited while the allied fleets overwhelmed Black Cloud, as Ye Hua revealed his plans to seize power and attacked Lu Ye with help from Qin Ru and Qin Qin. Lu Ye survived and killed Ye Hua, but Lightning then attacked Nine Heavens.

• The Star Pirate Groups, coordinated by Lightning, surrounded Black Cloud and began destroying its warships while Lu Ye ordered Nine Heavens to wait.
• Ye Hua accused Lu Ye of being unfit to lead, revealed his hidden advancement to Moonlight Realm Late Stage, and attacked him as Qin Ru and Qin Qin joined the ambush.
• Lu Ye blocked their attacks and explained that the Talent Tree had warned him about poison planted in his bath and a second poison carried by the mother and daughter.
• Lu Ye overpowered Ye Hua and killed him with one saber strike, leaving Ye Hua’s followers and the Qin family stunned.
• Lightning launched an attack on the Nine Heavens warships as the battle against Black Cloud neared its end.

Lu Ye led Nine Heavens’ defense against Thunderlight’s surprise attack and charged toward its main warship, where he destroyed the ship’s protection with two powerful saber techniques. As Tian Yan and his Moon Jade Realm fighters advanced, Lu Ye replenished his Magic Power and hesitated over whether Tian Yan was a shadow he could kill without consequences.

• Lu Ye ordered Zixiao to take command of Nine Heavens’ fleet and break out, then headed for Thunderlight’s main warship to confront its leader.
• Lu Ye destroyed the Tiger Shark Warships sent to stop him and killed Thunderlight’s Second Chief in a brief clash.
• Lu Ye used Giant Blade Slash to weaken Thunderlight’s main warship defenses, then broke through them with Fire Dragon Drill.
• Tian Yan led several Moon Jade Realm cultivators out to attack Lu Ye, believing his techniques had exhausted him when he saw him swallowing Spiritual Pills.
• Lu Ye replenished his Magic Power and recognized Tian Yan as a Stone Race cultivator, but was unsure whether Tian Yan was a shadow he could kill.