Recaps

After Heaven and Earth reset, Li Shun discovered that Han Qi’s Mind-Communicating Bead now led to a different world and concluded that Great Qian was not a secure foothold. He asked Ancient Web about the previous cycle’s Yin-Yang upheaval and was left questioning whether an Outer God had truly caused it.

• Li Shun decided to seek another world to develop in after dealing with Han Qi.
• Han Qi demonstrated the Mind-Communicating Bead, whose divine sense now reached an abyssal apocalypse rather than the religious world he had visited before.
• Han Qi hurried away after completing the demonstration, and Li Shun realized the reset had changed the bead’s destination and that Han Qi had noticed the extra incarnation.
• Li Shun entered Square Inch and told Ancient Web about the Outer God-like disturbance he had encountered in the previous cycle.
• Ancient Web argued that the Yin-Yang upheaval did not fit the effects of a distant Outer God and suggested the disturbance might have come from something similar to one.
• Li Shun reconsidered what he had witnessed and suspected that hidden clues had led him to misidentify the cause.

After Great Qian’s upheaval, Fang Han sent Ancient Web to make himself a native of the realm so he could investigate the Mind-Communicating Bead. Meanwhile, Fang Han refined three Witch Clan skeletons with Martial World Heavenly Dao thunder and absorbed their power, discovering that it carried the Witch Clan’s inheritance.

• Fang Han learned that Great Qian’s court planned to alter the seasons again and prepared to absorb the Witch Bones he had secretly collected.
• Fang Han summoned Ancient Web in White Mountain Commandery, and Ancient Web explained that he would spend about half a year reshaping his body and soul to become a native of Great Qian.
• Ancient Web set off toward Mount Taibai, while Fang Han asked Fei about Witch remains in the Demon Race’s Main World and promised to reclaim them someday.
• Fang Han used the Martial World’s Heavenly Dao thunder to soften and refine the three Witch Clan skeletons into liquid.
• Fang Han absorbed the liquid and sensed that it contained not only vitality but also the Witch Clan’s inheritance.

While absorbing the Witch Clan skeleton, Fang Han witnessed ancient battles and the apocalyptic calamity known as Severing Heaven and Earth. The vision spread ominous signs through the Martial Dao World, but Fang Han destroyed them with heavenly lightning and began to consider how the calamity had reached his world.

• Fang Han absorbed the Witch Clan skeleton and saw visions of a Witch Clan warrior fighting a six-winged golden lion, another confronting a god, and the Elder Primordial Continent facing an apocalypse.
• Fang Han recognized the apocalyptic vision as the legend of Mount Buzhou falling and Severing Heaven and Earth, then broke free before witnessing the sky crash down.
• The Martial Dao World darkened, its stars seemed ready to fall, and the earth groaned as signs of the calamity appeared throughout it.
• Fang Han connected with the world's Heavenly Dao, located contaminated regions, and struck them with heavenly lightning until the danger disappeared and the skies cleared.
• Fang Han wondered whether the calamity could spread through memories and concluded that his connection to the Heavenly Dao had likely accelerated its manifestation.

Li Shun feared the World-Ending Calamity could follow him through his memories, so he checked Square Inch for corruption and devised a way to guard it. He empowered the pangolin to patrol Square Inch Mountain, then reflected on the limits of bringing things from Square Inch into reality.

• Li Shun returned to Square Inch and searched it for signs that the World-Ending Calamity had infiltrated, finding none.
• Li Shun decided that a creature unconnected to his mind should watch for abnormalities, and chose the pangolin living in Square Inch.
• Li Shun summoned the pangolin, warned it to take its new duty seriously, and empowered it to ride the wind, burrow through earth, commune with spirits, and make duplicates.
• Li Shun ordered the pangolin to monitor the Square Inch Mountains and report any trouble, while realizing its transformed body could not descend into reality.
• Li Shun considered whether he might one day manifest Square Inch Mountain in reality, but concluded that he needed to deepen his understanding of the Square Inch Dao and protect Square Inch in the meantime.

Li Shun considered whether Emperor Gan had erased the ancient past to protect Great Qian from the World-Ending Calamity. Fang Han mastered the Azure Wood Invocation’s control over vitality, then decided to strengthen himself in other worlds before attempting to ascend Martial Dao World.

• Li Shun suspected that Emperor Gan had erased records of the ancient era to evade the World-Ending Calamity and wondered whether Great Qian’s unrest came from external threats.
• Fang Han absorbed three Witch Clan skeletons and reached minor mastery of the Azure Wood Invocation, gaining control over the vitality in Martial Dao World.
• Fang Han used the Life Tree to heal injured martial artists across the world by redirecting its existing vitality.
• Fang Han chose not to raise Martial Dao World’s upper limit yet, judging the Demon Race’s attention and the effort required too dangerous.
• Fang Han decided to visit other worlds to increase his strength and establish another stronghold, then returned his consciousness to Square Inch Space and looked toward the Deep Profound Gate.

Li Shun prepared to investigate the sealed gate with his Fang Han puppet while waiting for the Ancient Web's answer. He paused when Shentu Xin crossed into the Martial Dao World, where Fang Han suppressed the world's resistance as Shentu Xin passed through its boundary.

• Li Shun weighed the dangers of exploring the world beyond the gate and resolved to use the Fang Han puppet, trusting his accumulated Mystic Yellow Qi to seal the gate if necessary.
• Li Shun sensed that Shentu Xin had reached the Martial Dao World sooner than expected.
• Fang Han noticed Shentu Xin approaching the world's frontier and asked the strange beast Fei whether an outsider's intrusion would alert the Demon Race.
• Fei explained that minor intrusions were reported to him rather than the Main World, and Fang Han allowed Shentu Xin to enter.
• Shentu Xin passed through the Heaven and Earth Membrane as Fang Han suppressed the Martial Dao World's resistance.

Fang Han tried to preserve Shentu Xin’s route from Great Qian through the Primordial Ancient Domain to the Martial World, but the route kept fading as memories of the journey eroded. He stabilized it by making 108 martial practitioners into Heavenly Constellations whose stories and achievements anchored the line, then began studying the route.

• Shentu Xin drew the dangerous route from Great Qian to the Martial World across the sky, while Fang Han explained that the worlds’ positions were connected.
• Fang Han realized that memories and records of the Primordial Ancient Domain faded after leaving it, and the route Shentu Xin had inscribed began to disappear.
• Fei suggested that people could preserve the route, and Fang Han named 108 outstanding practitioners as Heavenly Constellations, allowing others to challenge them for their places.
• The 108 practitioners’ lives and martial arts stabilized the route, while Fang Han began studying it and recalling Shentu Xin’s journey.

Fang Han learned how Demon Race armies traveled in Kunming and kept the route map hidden while he considered Great Qian’s response. Shentu Xin discovered that a Spatial Fault near the Martial World caused his sudden arrival and found signs of a devastating force concealed beyond it.

• Fang Han questioned Fei about how Demon Race armies traveled between worlds, and Fei explained that they journeyed inside enormous Kunming.
• Fei told Fang Han an unverified story that Bai Ze had cursed the Kunming Clan to grow enormous after they promoted thinness.
• Fang Han decided not to reveal the route map yet, and the shadowy line in the sky vanished beneath the stars.
• Shentu Xin retraced his route toward the Martial World and discovered that crossing a Spatial Fault shifted his position instantly.
• Shentu Xin crossed the fault repeatedly and saw that space had fractured and twisted under a tremendous blow, but he could not find what lay hidden beyond it.

Fang Han entered the Deep Profound Gate and discovered it led to a distant world deep within Chaos, where he woke trapped behind transparent seals. The seals had erased his hand, leaving him unable to heal it, and he wondered whether the gate had been a trap.

• Fang Han sensed that establishing the Martial 108 Stars had renewed the Inner World's warriors’ ambition and changed Heaven and Earth's atmosphere.
• Fang Han released the Deep Profound Gate from its seal and plunged through it, causing the gate to vanish from Square Inch.
• Li Shun realized the gate was one-way and that Fang Han had traveled an immense distance into Chaos; he used Fang Han’s Square Inch imprint to keep track of him.
• Fang Han awoke in a cramped enclosure surrounded by transparent seals after losing his blood, vitality, and energy during the journey.
• Fang Han touched a seal and lost his hand, which healed smoothly but could not be regrown; he suspected the Deep Profound Gate had been a trap.

Fang Han was transported beyond the Deep Profound Gate and assigned the identity of a Level 1 Appraiser in a vast realm of transparent cubes. After his appraisal ability caused him pain, he deliberately challenged the cube’s boundary and was reassigned to a lower-difficulty work area.

• Fang Han returned to Square Inch, then continued probing the transparent seal until it opened and a mechanical voice granted him permission to be born.
• Fang Han received the identity of a Level 1 Appraiser with a lifespan of 19 years and arrived in a cube among countless appraisers.
• Fang Han touched a battered stone and experienced its history, then fainted from the pain and woke with blood beneath his nose.
• Fang Han discovered his appraisal progress bar and personal information, then burned his hand against the cube boundary to test its rules.
• The system deemed Fang Han mentally deficient and moved him to a smaller area where incomplete appraisers, including children, worked slowly.

After completing his first appraisal, Fang Han discovered that his appraiser status had advanced and that a temporal reward had increased his remaining lifespan. He learned he could spend lifespan to trade, while a dwarf in a nearby cube tried to charge him three days for help.

• Fang Han appraised a damaged combat suit from Ancient Calendar Year 375 and learned that it could offset physical costs below Level 3.
• The system awarded Fang Han a Level 1 temporal reward, advanced his Appraiser progress, and scheduled his next task for three hours later.
• Fang Han noticed that some appraisers left their cubes or continued working, then tried to request a break and leave using his thoughts.
• A dwarf in a nearby cube told Fang Han that he had to spend lifespan to trade for benefits and taught him how to access his remaining lifespan.
• The dwarf asked Fang Han to pay three days of lifespan, but Fang Han suspected the price was unfair and canceled the transaction.

Fang Han learned that lifespan served as currency and used it to travel to a time when he reunited with his wife and daughter before the world’s destruction. After returning to the transparent cube, he discovered that using his appraisal profession exacted a delayed price that ultimately reduced his lifespan.

• Fang Han exchanged temporal sequence for knowledge and learned that a day contained ten thousand hours, exposing the dwarf’s attempt to overcharge him.
• Fang Han chose an orange-red time node and arrived in Ancient Calendar, Year 487663, where he recognized his wife Liang Hui and daughter Xiao An.
• Fang Han spent his three-hour visit with his family before the time node ended and returned him to the transparent cube.
• Fang Han suffered intense heart pain after returning and realized it was the delayed cost of using the Appraisal Technique.
• Fang Han bought knowledge of retribution laws and learned that professional abilities exacted delayed prices that ultimately reduced lifespan.

Fang Han defied the Temporal World's work rules, discovered that its punishment accelerated his personal time, and was killed when Heavenly Spirit detected his attempt to escape. Back in Great Qian, Li Shun found that the Deep Profound Gate and its mark were gone, and considered finding another Turtle Shell to recreate the route.

• Fang Han refused to resume appraisal despite Heavenly Spirit's warnings, so the Heavenly Spirit Arbitration Committee punished him by accelerating his personal time tenfold.
• Fang Han realized the punishment made time flow faster for him rather than directly draining his vitality, and decided the Temporal World might be too dangerous to explore.
• Heavenly Spirit detected abnormal values and began cognitive restructuring, prompting Fang Han to try to return to Square Inch.
• Heavenly Spirit detected traces of an extraterrestrial invasion and formatted the timeline, killing Fang Han before he could escape.
• Li Shun sensed Fang Han's death and discovered that the Deep Profound Gate and Square Inch's mark on the Temporal World had vanished.
• Li Shun reasoned that another piece of Turtle Shell might let him reproduce the Deep Profound Gate and regain access to the Temporal World.

After Gu Zhizhong resigned, Li Shun received Cheng Yu’s request to use the Mind-Communicating Bead to explore another world. He arrived in a world also called Great Qian, where the Grand Preceptor ruled and was rumored to have killed three young emperors.

• Gu Zhizhong announced his resignation, stirring a contest among court officials over who would become the next Left Chancellor.
• Cheng Yu told Li Shun that Dong Chunqiu sought the chancellorship and asked Li Shun to help build his prestige by exploring a world with the Mind-Communicating Bead.
• Li Shun realized the bead could search for worlds through unique concepts and considered using that ability to reach the Martial Dao world, but decided to wait until he had his own bead.
• Li Shun sent a wisp of his divine soul through the Mind-Communicating Bead and arrived in a new world as the son of its Grand Preceptor.
• Li Shun learned that this Great Qian had one all-powerful Grand Preceptor and that three emperors had died young; he doubted the rumors that the Grand Preceptor had killed them.

Li Shun investigated why Great Qian had endured for thousands of years and asked Li Langxuan about the dynasty’s unchanging rule. Li Langxuan revealed that infants’ souls randomly exchanged bodies on their first-month birthdays, leaving Li Shun stunned as he began to learn how people had adapted to the cycle.

• Li Shun used the library pavilion’s records to piece together Great Qian’s history and realized that the dynasty’s endurance for more than eight thousand years was unnatural.
• Li Langxuan summoned Li Shun and asked what he had learned from reading the histories.
• Li Shun questioned why Great Qian had remained unchanged for thousands of years, and Li Langxuan agreed that rulers were not born to their positions.
• Li Langxuan explained that infants’ souls randomly exchanged with those of other infants across the realm when they turned one month old.
• Li Shun questioned how anyone could know an exchange had happened, and Li Langxuan said people had verified it over generations before gradually accepting it.

Li Shun learned that Li Langxuan had spent more than a century preparing to help the Spring-Autumn Brush Lineage remove Great Qian’s Reincarnation Dao. After confirming that Li Shun had come from beyond the world, Li Langxuan took him to a Dao hall so he could study the Dao, while asking whether reincarnation should be destroyed.

• Li Shun realized that Great Qian’s Reincarnation Dao kept people from striving for power because their achievements could not benefit their descendants.
• Li Langxuan revealed that an extraordinary man had given him Li Shun’s primer, helped him rise to Grand Tutor, and asked him to establish Dao halls as anchor points.
• Li Shun confirmed he was not from Great Qian and identified the man in Li Langxuan’s portrait as Zhao Cheng, his deceased martial uncle.
• Li Langxuan explained that Dao halls housed more than a thousand infants under one month old so Li Shun could observe reincarnation at close range.
• Li Shun asked Li Langxuan to take him to the nearest Dao hall, then questioned whether the Reincarnation Dao should exist.

Li Shun investigated the unnaturally silent infants at Li Langxuan’s Houtu sanctuaries and suspected their faceless statue was connected to the strange force affecting them. He and Li Langxuan found that the scripture used to design the statue described the Houtu God as having a distinct human face, leaving the source of the statue’s appearance in question.

• Li Langxuan told Li Shun he hoped Reincarnation would seem to exist while he ruled, so he could claim credit for destroying it and ascend the throne.
• Li Shun and Li Langxuan visited a Houtu sanctuary and found thousands of healthy infants who remained silent even when awake.
• Li Shun sensed a force influencing the infants and traced it to a faceless statue of the Houtu God in the sanctuary’s central hall.
• Li Shun ordered Li Langxuan to seal every sanctuary and take him to the scripture describing the Houtu God’s appearance.
• Li Langxuan found the scripture in the palace’s Dao Repository Pavilion, and its description said the Houtu God had a human face, long brows, and phoenix eyes.

Li Shun discovered that Houtu God had secretly influenced Li Langxuan and prepared to observe the Reincarnation Dao at the sanctuaries. He planned to use the Qian Dynasty’s national Fortune and the Mind-Communicating Bead to bring back traces of the Outer Heavenly Dao, while remaining wary of Houtu God’s interference.

• Li Langxuan recalled how he had been mysteriously led into the Dao Repository Pavilion and found the scripture about Houtu God.
• Li Shun concluded that Houtu God had guided Li Langxuan and ordered him to reduce the sanctuary crowds to nine infants while stationing veterans nearby.
• Li Shun spent half a month cultivating to the Profound Insight Realm and used ritual artifacts to survey the sanctuaries.
• Li Shun subdued the Jade Imperial Seal of Succession after sensing that it had developed a consciousness and was draining Fortune from the emperors.
• Li Shun planned to use the seal, an emperor’s blood essence, and the Mind-Communicating Bead to merge his divine thought with the Dao and bring back traces of the Reincarnation Grand Dao.

Li Shun united his thoughts with the world’s Reincarnation Dao, uncovered the Houtu God’s origins, and seized it before returning to Great Qian. Li Langxuan celebrated the apparent end of reincarnation, but died before he could claim the throne.

• Li Shun used the Square Inch Dao to merge with the Reincarnation Dao while the Mind-Communicating Bead preserved his sense of self.
• Li Shun discovered that the Houtu God was a remnant sustained by folk faith and had used Zhao Cheng and Li Langxuan to establish daoist grounds.
• Li Shun saw that other manifested gods had vanished and seized the Houtu God as he prepared to leave the world.
• Li Shun activated the Mind-Communicating Bead and returned to Great Qian, while Li Langxuan realized the visitor from beyond the heavens had departed.
• Li Langxuan celebrated the apparent disappearance of reincarnation, then died after recalling that his longevity came from the scripture he had cultivated.

Li Shun returned to the Imperial Academy with the Reincarnation Grand Dao and the Houtu God, earning rewards from the Grand Chancellor. After learning that the god was sealed inside a Jade Gourd, Li Shun used a drop of its refined essence to deepen his understanding of Square Inch, while the Grand Chancellor discovered another mystery in the Qian Dynasty World.

• The Grand Chancellor praised Li Shun for bringing back the Reincarnation Grand Dao and gave credit to the Spring-Autumn Brush Lineage for preparing the journey.
• The Grand Chancellor awarded Li Shun a Jade Gourd and permission to study the academy's Outer Heavenly Dao Marks.
• The Grand Chancellor revealed that the Houtu God was sealed inside the gourd and that its essence could aid Li Shun's cultivation and enlightenment.
• Li Shun described how the awakened god imprints in the Qian Dynasty World had vanished, and the Grand Chancellor investigated before declaring that Li Shun had gained another great merit.
• Li Shun drank a drop of jade nectar, gained new insight into Square Inch, and found that the Grand Chancellor had restricted the gourd from dispensing more.

Li Shun watched the Ancient Web sacrifice his old body at Mount Taibai and be reborn through its river, then borrow lifespan from the Great Qian Heavenly Dao. The Ancient Web returned to Square Inch in a perfected new body, while Li Shun learned that making one like it would require waiting at least a hundred years.

• The Heaven-Mending Bell rang for a second time that day, drawing Li Shun's attention before he turned back to the Ancient Web's journey.
• The Ancient Web climbed Mount Taibai, gave up his life in its stream, and was reborn as the river carried him down the mountain.
• The Ancient Web demanded more than the usual two hundred years of borrowed lifespan, and the Heavenly Dao granted him purple-gold radiance instead of purple-azure.
• The Ancient Web returned to Square Inch, where Li Shun examined his flawless new body and asked whether he could make one like it.
• The Ancient Web told Li Shun that another spiritual essence would not emerge from White Mountain Black Water for at least a hundred years.

Ancient Web explained that the Great Qian Heavenly Dao used the role of the fallen Outer God Mingxing Wangyu to let Mind-Communicating Bead users travel through Chaos, while warning Li Shun that copying the method could invite corrosion. Li Shun agreed to test the idea using another world as a buffer, and Ancient Web revealed he hoped to imitate the role himself if the risks proved manageable.

• Ancient Web transformed into a vast, glowing net and showed Li Shun how the Great Qian Heavenly Dao connected through Mingxing Wangyu while protecting Mind-Communicating Bead users.
• Ancient Web explained that the Great Qian Heavenly Dao was playing the role of the fallen Mingxing Wangyu, and Li Shun realized this could expose the Heavenly Dao to Outer God corrosion.
• Ancient Web warned Li Shun that neither he nor the Martial World could withstand such corrosion, then proposed using a separate world as a temporary buffer.
• Li Shun rejected sacrificing the Martial World because it was tied to the Demon Race World, but agreed to test the method with another world and withdraw if danger appeared.
• Li Shun questioned Ancient Web's eagerness to help, and Ancient Web admitted he wanted to observe the consequences so he could play Mingxing Wangyu's role himself if the risks were limited.

Li Shun learned that Ancient Web hoped to grow stronger by acting as the Outer God Mingxing Wangyu, and he considered using Square Inch to turn Outer Gods into stepping stones toward godhood. Ancient Web explained how Borrowing Longevity from Heaven helped stabilize the Heavenly Dao, then revealed that it had borrowed five hundred years of lifespan.

• Ancient Web explained that it was an imprint of Ancient Web Across Time and hoped acting as Mingxing Wangyu would strengthen it, even though it could never truly become that Outer God.
• Li Shun connected Ancient Web’s words about gods and the Dao to the Grand Arbiter and Emperor Gan, then declared that Square Inch might let him turn Outer Gods into puppets and forge a path to godhood.
• Ancient Web warned Li Shun about the dangers of his ambition, while Li Shun dismissed his words as casual and promised to find worlds where Ancient Web could practice acting as Mingxing Wangyu.
• Li Shun asked why the Great Qian Heavenly Dao had granted Ancient Web more than the initial two hundred years, and Ancient Web explained that borrowed lifespans anchored Heaven against Outer God corruption.
• Ancient Web said its Heaven-and-Earth affinity had earned it special favor and indicated that it had borrowed five hundred years of lifespan.

Li Shun learned that damage to the Celestial Array, not the dispute over the skies, had nearly destroyed Great Qian and discussed finding a remote world for experiments against Mingxing Wangyu's corruption. The ancient web proposed searching Chaos for a disordered world that could be destroyed if necessary.

• The ancient web explained that Emperor Gan's arrangements monitored excessive lifespan borrowing and revealed clues about the yin-yang imbalance in Great Qian.
• The ancient web identified the malfunctioning Celestial Array as the true cause of Great Qian's near-collapse and said restoring normal days and nights would only ease the damage.
• Li Shun agreed that he and the ancient web needed to find an isolated world for experimentation and prepare ways to destroy it if Mingxing Wangyu's corruption appeared.
• Li Shun hesitated to destroy a world's inhabitants, but the ancient web suggested choosing a realm so chaotic and vile that destroying it would carry no moral burden.
• The ancient web proposed tracking the paths of Outer Gods through Chaos to locate worlds they had avoided.

Li Shun learned that Heaven-and-Earth Mystic Yellow Qi was a remnant of the Ancient Primordial Vast Wilderness’s Heavenly Dao, with a nature resembling an Outer God, and gave some to Ancient Web to explore Chaos. Back in Great Qian, he learned that students had brought back the Reincarnation and Causality Dao Marks, leaving him to consider how Causality’s return would change cultivation.

• Ancient Web explained that Heaven-and-Earth Mystic Yellow Qi came from the Ancient Primordial Vast Wilderness’s surviving Heavenly Dao and warned that abusing it could bring Karma’s backlash.
• Li Shun considered whether the Qi’s influence on Square Inch could make his idea of using Outer Gods to pave a path to godhood possible.
• Ancient Web swallowed the Mystic Yellow Qi and began gazing beyond Square Inch while it took effect.
• Li Shun returned to reality and learned that two students had brought back the Reincarnation and Causality Dao Marks, prompting Great Qian’s Heaven-Mending Bell to ring.
• Li Shun reflected that restoring the Causality Dao could make cultivation and breakthroughs harder by imposing consequences for cultivators’ actions.