Recaps

Zhao Yanlin agreed to secure the formation foundation from Fire Dragon Mouth in exchange for Li Xuancang helping Endless Sea Pavilion once, and he told Li Xuancang that the Rain Clan might be able to treat qi deviation. A Demonic Plague then swept across Human Race territory, and the major factions sought pills from the Hundred Herbs Sect, whose Dan Xuanzi demanded protection from Li Xuancang before refining them.

• Zhao Yanlin offered to obtain the formation foundation from Fire Dragon Mouth, and Li Xuancang agreed to help Endless Sea Pavilion once in return.
• Zhao Yanlin told Li Xuancang that the Rain Clan in the Snow Region might be able to treat qi deviation, and Li Xuancang decided to visit them after completing the grand formation.
• The Demonic Plague spread across Human Race territory, and the Imperial Court sealed off Yang Prefecture as the Giant Whale Gang fled.
• Lu Tianchen identified the plague as the Corpse Demon Sect's work, and the major factions agreed to send the Hundred Herbs Sect and other alchemy sects to make pills.
• Dan Xuanzi said the Hundred Herbs Sect could not refine pills while fearing Li Xuancang, so Shen Tianyi offered five years of protection and Lu Tianchen raised the guarantee to seven years.

After securing a seven-year reprieve for the Hundred Herbs Sect, Li Xuancang agreed to spare it in exchange for resources. As enemy forces invaded Great Yan and Xu Zinian lured Li Xuancang away with a threat against Yu Prefecture City, the Human Race faced attacks on multiple fronts.

• Dan Xuanzi accepted the major powers' offer of seven years of protection for the Hundred Herbs Sect.
• Lu Tianchen and the other powers persuaded Li Xuancang to spare the sect for seven years, and he demanded resources in return.
• The Hundred Herbs Sect refined pills to suppress the Demonic Plague, but Barbarians and Grassland forces invaded Great Yan while the Blood Race, Demon Race, and Corpse Demon Sect infiltrated Human Race territory.
• The emperor sent an envoy to summon Li Xuancang to the Imperial City, while Xiong Yuan slowed the Barbarian advance because he distrusted Xu Zinian.
• Xu Zinian appeared with two Divine Repository Realm experts and threatened to destroy Yu Prefecture City if Li Xuancang left; when Li Xuancang attacked, Xu Zinian escaped aboard a swift warship.

Li Xuancang refused the Emperor’s decree to leave Yu Prefecture City, fearing Xu Zinian’s scheme, while the Corpse Demon Sect, Blood Race, and Demon Race attacked the Profound Heart Sect. Grand Elder Zhang emerged to confront Li Tian Old Devil, but he saw that the sect faced overwhelming odds.

• Xu Zinian repeatedly released his aura and fled whenever Li Xuancang moved, keeping Li Xuancang confined to Yu Prefecture City.
• Li Xuancang refused Liu Jin’s order to reinforce the Imperial City, choosing to stay and protect his family and complete the grand formation.
• The Corpse Demon Sect attacked the Profound Heart Sect with five puppets, and Zhou Zhiyuan and two other experts fought them off.
• A Blood Race fighter and several powerful enemies joined the assault, leading tens of thousands of fighters to attack the sect.
• The Profound Heart Sect’s grand formation blocked the attackers, but Li Tian Old Devil struck it with the Netherworld Demon Claw.
• Grand Elder Zhang emerged to face Li Tian Old Devil, then recognized that the Profound Heart Sect was in grave danger.

The Profound Heart Sect fought desperately against the Corpse Demon Sect, the Demon Race, and the Blood Race as its grand formation faltered. Li Ling'er and Zhang Cuier fought side by side, while reinforcements rushed to the sect, but Blood Race warriors broke through the barrier on ferocious birds.

• Li Tian Old Devil attacked the grand formation while fighting Grand Elder Zhang, and the enemy forces corroded breaches in its barrier.
• Li Ling'er saved the wounded Zhang Cuier, and the two fought together before retreating to recover.
• The Profound Heart Sect spent spirit stones to repair the formation as its disciples held the enemy back through three days and nights of battle.
• Human Race factions dispatched reinforcements, while Li Xuancang resolved to kill Xu Zinian and Shen Tianyi rushed back to his sect.
• Blood Race members rode ferocious birds through gaps in the barrier, and Profound Heart Sect elders and disciples rushed to stop them.

The Profound Heart Sect faced destruction until Zhou Zhiyuan activated the Divine Tower, a top-grade Heaven-rank divine weapon, to drive back the attackers. After Grand Elder Li destroyed five puppets and the sect’s formation was restored, Xue Liuyun’s forces retreated, leaving the sect to tend its wounded and mourn its dead.

• The Blood Race and Demon Race armies broke through the Profound Heart Sect’s defenses, and Grand Elder Yuan fell gravely wounded as Zhou Zhiyuan and his allies were pushed toward defeat.
• Zhou Zhiyuan summoned the Divine Tower, trapping Xue Liuyun and the other attackers in its divine light and gravely injuring them in their counterattack.
• Unable to fight further, Zhou Zhiyuan handed control of the Divine Tower to another Divine Repository Realm expert, while Xue Liuyun refused to risk another clash.
• Elder Wang sent five damaged puppets against the Divine Tower, but Grand Elder Li used its power to crush them into dust.
• The Profound Heart Sect’s grand formation was restored, forcing Xue Liuyun and the enemy armies to retreat as the sect’s elders began treating the wounded.

Li Xuancang overwhelmed Xu Zinian in Yu Prefecture City, forcing him to spend his puppets and final escape talisman to survive. Xu Zinian fled wounded while Li Xuancang claimed and refined the Bronze Warship.

• Elder Zhang returned to the sect and vowed vengeance for the disciples killed by the Blood Race, Demon Race, and Corpse Demon Sect.
• Xu Zinian appeared in Yu Prefecture City to provoke Li Xuancang, but Li Xuancang struck him with a devastating punch.
• Xu Zinian escaped the punch aboard the Bronze Warship, but Li Xuancang trapped the vessel in a giant hand and crushed his two puppets as they opened a path out.
• Li Xuancang blocked Xu Zinian with a towering crimson Dharma form, forcing Xu Zinian to use his final life-saving talisman to flee.
• Li Xuancang seized the Bronze Warship, erased Xu Zinian's soul imprint, and refined it, while Xu Zinian suffered backlash and lamented his losses.

After the Profound Heart Sect was devastated, Li Xuancang secured formation foundations to strengthen his defenses while the Blood Race and its allies attacked Northern Liang Pass. A Blood Race Late-Stage Divine Repository Realm titan annihilated Human Race forces, openly escalating the conflict with Li Xuancang.

• Human Race factions reached the ruined Profound Heart Sect and demanded retaliation, but their weakness and internal divisions prevented an immediate counterattack.
• Li Xuancang learned Li Ling'er was safe and arranged for treasures to protect her.
• Zhao Yanlin delivered formation foundations from the Endless Sea Pavilion, and Li Xuancang ordered Zheng Feng and the others to begin building the grand formation.
• The Blood Race, Demon Race, Corpse Demon Sect, and Evil Cultivators assaulted Northern Liang Pass as the Barbarians and Grassland cavalry intensified their attacks.
• A Blood Race Late-Stage Divine Repository Realm titan crushed Human Race experts and devastated the army at Northern Liang Pass, declaring war on Li Xuancang.

After the Human Race was annihilated at Northern Liang Pass, the Imperial Clan decided it could not defend the Imperial City and prepared to retreat to Qing Prefecture. The emperor stayed behind to die with Great Yan, while Zhu Xuanye left to protect the clan; the Grassland cavalry later found the Imperial City abandoned.

• News that the Blood Race had destroyed the Human Race's army at Northern Liang Pass sparked fury and despair, and many forces fled Great Yan.
• The emperor told the Imperial Clan that the Imperial City could not hold and ordered the clan to retreat to Qing Prefecture.
• The emperor refused to leave, but told Zhu Xuanye that the Imperial Clan needed him to survive and set their departure for three days later.
• After the Imperial Clan publicly announced its retreat, allied forces abandoned the defense, and the emperor opened the city gates for the people to flee.
• Hundreds of thousands of Grassland cavalry reached the empty Imperial City, sent scouts inside, and learned that its people and resources had been removed.

The Great Yan Emperor detonated the Imperial City Grand Formation, killing hundreds of thousands of Grassland troops and three Divine Repository Realm experts. As the Otherworldly Races advanced into Great Yan, Li Xuancang reinforced Yu Prefecture’s border and ordered officials to shelter the growing flood of civilians.

• The Grassland army occupied the Imperial City and spent three days plundering it before the Emperor activated the grand formation.
• The Emperor detonated the formation, destroying the Imperial City and killing the Grassland army, including its three Divine Repository Realm experts.
• Zhu Xuanye paid his respects to the Emperor, while news of the blast spread and the Barbarians turned their attention to occupying Great Yan’s territory.
• The Barbarians advanced toward Cool Prefecture, while the Blood Race, Demon Race, Corpse Demon Sect, and Evil Cultivators pressed deeper into Northern Liang.
• Li Xuancang ordered Bai Meng to lead twenty thousand Blacksteel Camp soldiers to the Yu Prefecture border.
• Li Xuancang told Liu Yun'an to accommodate civilians fleeing into Yu Prefecture, where tens of millions had already arrived.

Li Xuancang completed Yu Prefecture’s linked city-protecting array and left the city to join Bai Meng at the border, where the Barbarians had paused to await powerful reinforcements. He arrived at the Blacksteel Camp undetected and listened to Bai Meng’s report.

• Li Xuancang ordered the Blackbird Merchant Association to bulk-purchase supplies for Yu Prefecture as the Human Race’s situation worsened and its forces retreated across Great Li and Great Yan.
• Zheng Feng and the Array Origin Sect completed the grand array, linking the city’s defenses to Li Xuancang’s residence array.
• Li Xuancang tested the array, confirmed it could withstand attacks from a Late-Stage Divine Repository Realm expert, and thanked Zheng Feng and his companions before they departed.
• Li Xuancang left Zhang Tianlong and his brothers in Yu Prefecture City and traveled to the border, where Bai Meng’s Blacksteel Camp faced the Barbarian and Grassland armies.
• Xiong Yuan told the Barbarian commanders to wait for a Late-Stage Divine Repository Realm reinforcement and seek a matching Grassland ally before attacking Yu Prefecture.
• Li Xuancang arrived at the Blacksteel Camp without alerting nearby observers and listened as Bai Meng reported to him.

Li Xuancang set out to deal with the Barbarian and Grassland armies before traveling to the Snow Region, then confronted their combined forces alone. As Chahar and the other Divine Repository Realm cultivators prepared to attack him, Zhao Chongwu and Lin Fengxian’s army hurried toward Yu Prefecture to seek refuge with him.

• The Grassland People joined the Barbarian army and agreed to confront Li Xuancang as their forces advanced toward Yu Prefecture.
• Zhao Chongwu, Lin Fengxian, and seven other Profound Connection Realm cultivators led more than a hundred thousand men toward Yu Prefecture to seek Li Xuancang’s protection.
• Li Xuancang intercepted the invading armies and crushed soldiers with the force of his aura.
• Chahar and the other Divine Repository Realm cultivators attacked Li Xuancang’s momentum, but they could not overcome him.
• Li Xuancang descended before the armies alone, and Chahar and the others prepared to kill him.

Li Xuancang overwhelmed Chahar with two punches, exposing the vast gap between them despite their equal cultivation. Chahar called on Xiong Yuan and the others to attack together, and they charged Li Xuancang.

• Chahar attacked Li Xuancang with his Giant Axe, but Li Xuancang's fist shattered the axe light and blasted Chahar backward.
• Li Xuancang struck Chahar again, crushing his chest and forcing him to retreat in terror.
• Chahar admitted that he could not defeat Li Xuancang alone and ordered Xiong Yuan and the others to attack together.
• Xiong Yuan and the others joined Chahar in charging Li Xuancang, while Chahar chose to fight rather than flee.

Li Xuancang revealed a towering Dharma Avatar and destroyed the Grassland and Barbarians forces that had attacked him. Murong Yuntian escaped and resolved to report Li Xuancang's power to the Venerable while turning toward the Grassland with a plan to make the Blood Race and others suffer too.

• More than a dozen Divine Repository Realm experts attacked Li Xuancang, who merged with his Dharma Avatar and killed many of them with a single strike.
• Li Xuancang crushed Chahar and the remaining experts as they tried to flee, leaving the onlookers stunned.
• Li Xuancang slaughtered the Grassland and Barbarians armies, wiping out several hundred thousand soldiers.
• Li Xuancang discovered Murong Yuntian hiding in a Void rift, but Murong Yuntian escaped with a Teleportation Talisman.
• Murong Yuntian decided to report Li Xuancang's strength to the Venerable and, after recovering, headed toward the Grassland to make the Blood Race and others pay.

Li Xuancang traveled to the Snow Region, where the Rain Clan was at war with the Nine Nether Demon Cult over the stolen Nine Heavens Frost. As the Rain Clan neared defeat in a battle, Li Xuancang watched from hiding and waited for the right moment to intervene.

• Li Xuancang reached the Snow Region and learned that the Rain Clan and the Nine Nether Demon Cult were at war.
• The Rain Clan's High Priestess revealed that Nine Heavens Frost was held by the Nine Nether Demon Cult alongside the former High Priestesses Yu Linling and Yu Qingling.
• The High Priestess ordered the Rain Clan to draw the enemy's attention while she infiltrated the Nine Nether Demon Cult to recover Nine Heavens Frost.
• The Rain Clan and the Nine Nether Demon Cult's war escalated, and Li Xuancang found a battle where the Rain Clan was outnumbered and ambushed.
• Li Xuancang concealed his aura and watched as the Nine Nether Demon Cult forced the Rain Clan into a desperate position.

Li Xuancang saved the Rain Clan from the Nine Nether Demon Cult and learned that their supreme treasure, Nine Heavens Frost, was needed to treat Su Xinghai and Shen Qingshan. After hearing that the Demon Cult had stolen it, he decided to help the Rain Clan recover it.

• Li Xuancang arrived at the Rain Clan’s battlefield and killed more than ten thousand Nine Nether Demon Cult members with one punch.
• Shui Wulan invited Li Xuancang to the Rain Clan, where he was welcomed and spent several days with them.
• Shui Wulan explained that Nine Heavens Frost could treat cultivation deviation and remove Corpse Demon Poison, but the Nine Nether Demon Cult possessed the treasure.
• Li Xuancang asked whether the Rain Clan could treat his friends if Nine Heavens Frost was recovered, then indicated that he wanted to reclaim it.

Li Xuancang joined forces with the Rain Clan to reclaim the Nine Heavens Frost, which could treat Su Xinghai and another injured man. As the Rain Clan marched against the Nine Nether Demon Cult, Li Xuancang secretly traveled with an ally while the war between the Human Race and the Otherworldly Races worsened.

• Li Xuancang insisted on entering the Nine Nether Demon Cult to obtain the Nine Heavens Frost, and Shui Wulan brought him to meet the Rain Clan Grand Elder.
• The Grand Elder promised to treat Su Xinghai and the other man if Li Xuancang helped recover the Nine Heavens Frost, then ordered Shui Wulan to conceal Li Xuancang's presence.
• Half a month later, the Rain Clan sent an army of more than a million troops toward the Nine Nether Demon Cult, while Li Xuancang and another figure traveled secretly from the Snow Region.
• The Nine Nether Demon Cult summoned nearby demonic and Evil Cultivator forces to join the fight, and they eagerly set out to attack the Rain Clan.
• The Human Race suffered repeated defeats against the allied Otherworldly Races as the war reached its most intense stage.

While the Human Race struggled against the Otherworldly Races, Li Xuancang infiltrated the Nine Nether Demon Cult's territory with the High Priestess to obtain Nine Heavens Frost. She used a secret art to contact two High Priestesses inside the barrier, leaving Li Xuancang to guard her as the imprisoned flood dragons reacted to the communication.

• After three days of battle, the Otherworldly Races retreated, and Human Race leaders worried that Li Xuancang had vanished and was not joining the war.
• The High Priestess warned Li Xuancang that infiltrating the Nine Nether Demon Cult was deadly, but he insisted on seeking Nine Heavens Frost.
• The High Priestess used Rain Escape Technique to bring herself and Li Xuancang near the Demon Cult's mountain barrier, but could not pass through it.
• The High Priestess sensed two High Priestesses inside the barrier and began a secret communication technique, asking Li Xuancang to protect her while she sat defenseless.
• Inside the barrier, two chained black flood dragons reacted excitedly as a blue crystal radiated cold between the pillars.

Li Xuancang and the Rain Clan High Priestess entered the barrier and found Nine Heavens Frost and the imprisoned Yu Qingling. As the High Priestess fought three Nine Nether Demon Cult experts, Li Xuancang freed Yu Qingling from her chains.

• The High Priestess opened a gap in the barrier, and she and Li Xuancang entered to find Nine Heavens Frost and two trapped Flood Dragons.
• The Flood Dragons warned that a killing formation protected Nine Heavens Frost and that the Demon Cult had been alerted, so the High Priestess began freeing Yu Qingling.
• The chains unleashed violent lightning, but Li Xuancang endured it and tore them apart while the High Priestess restrained the thunder.
• Three Dharma Body Realm experts arrived, and the High Priestess attacked them while Li Xuancang continued breaking Yu Qingling's chains.
• The Demon Cult experts joined forces against the High Priestess, and Li Xuancang finally tore apart all three chains binding Yu Qingling.

Yu Qingling sacrificed herself to help Li Xuancang seize Nine Heavens Frost, then the High Priestess battled the three devils while Li Xuancang fought the Grand Elder. After hours of combat, a formation activated around them, leaving Li Xuancang and the High Priestess trapped in the Demon Sect stronghold.

• Yu Qingling endured Nine Heavens Frost's killing formation long enough for Li Xuancang to seize the artifact, then her soul faded after entrusting him with returning it to the Rain Clan.
• The High Priestess urged Li Xuancang to flee, but he charged into battle and revealed a Dharma Avatar formed from Blood Qi Force.
• Li Xuancang struck the Grand Elder hard enough to send his Dharma Avatar flying and injure him, while the High Priestess held off the other two devils.
• Li Xuancang fought the Grand Elder for hours, gradually gaining the advantage as the Grand Elder's power waned.
• A sect-protecting grand formation spread across the realm and trapped Li Xuancang and the High Priestess.

Li Xuancang and the High Priestess escaped the Demon Sect after she used Nine Heavens Frost to break its formation, though she was left gravely injured. Back in the Snow Region, the Rain Clan withdrew from its bloody battle after recovering the sacred weapon, but only half its million members survived.

• The High Priestess used Nine Heavens Frost to freeze part of the Demon Sect's grand formation, and she and Li Xuancang escaped while the three great fiends were occupied.
• The High Priestess collapsed from her injuries, so Li Xuancang stabilized her and carried her back to Rain Clan territory aboard the Bronze Warship.
• Li Xuancang brought the High Priestess to the Priestess Temple's life-filled pool, where she was placed inside to recover.
• Li Xuancang told Shui Xingyun that Nine Heavens Frost had been recovered and urged him to withdraw the Rain Clan troops.
• Shui Xingyun ordered the Rain Clan to end the battle, and its warriors retreated to the Snow Region as the Demon Sect stopped short of pursuing them inside.
• Only half of the Rain Clan's more than a million members returned alive, and grief settled over the survivors.

After the Human Race’s defensive line collapsed, Li Xuancang obtained Nine Heavens Frost Crystals to treat Su Xinghai and another man, then returned to Yu Prefecture amid the invasion. The Human Race’s battered leaders retreated toward the Profound Heart Sect, while Li Xuancang went to check on Su Xinghai and Shen Qingshan.

• The High Priest gave Li Xuancang two Nine Heavens Frost Crystals that could suppress qi deviation and absorb Corpse Demon Poison, and Li Xuancang left to save Su Xinghai and another man.
• The Human Race’s defensive line collapsed, and the Otherworldly Races invaded Great Li as factions and civilians fled.
• Supreme Elder Zhou told the Human Race’s leaders that Supreme Elder Liu could not leave the Prison Tiger Bureau’s seal and that Dharma Body Realm cultivators generally did not attack Divine Repository Realm cultivators.
• The Human Race’s leaders decided to retreat to the Profound Heart Sect and hoped Li Xuancang would defend it because his younger sister was there.
• The Grassland and Barbarians invaded other Human Race regions while avoiding Yu Prefecture, where Li Xuancang was stationed.
• Li Xuancang returned to Yu Prefecture City and headed to the courtyard where Su Xinghai and Shen Qingshan were being held.

Li Xuancang used the Nine Heavens Ice Crystal to remove the Corpse Demon Poison from Shen Qingshan and restore Su Xinghai’s consciousness. After learning how badly the Human Race’s situation had deteriorated during his absence, he accepted Lin Fengxian and the others into his command and welcomed Governor Liu Yun'an back to his side.

• Li Xuancang froze and absorbed the demonic poison in Shen Qingshan and Su Xinghai, fully curing Shen and temporarily suppressing Su’s bloodlust.
• Shen Qingshan thanked Li Xuancang, while Su Xinghai mistook the scene for hell until Bai Meng and the others told him what had happened.
• Zhang Tianlong reported the events of Li Xuancang’s absence, including recent breakthroughs among their allies and the worsening state of the Human Race.
• Li Xuancang accepted Lin Fengxian, Zhao Chongwu, and the other generals after they pledged unconditional obedience, then ordered them to follow Wang Xiaoniu’s arrangements.
• Liu Yun'an met Li Xuancang upon his return and was relieved to have him back after bearing the burden of governing alone.

Li Xuancang ordered the settlement of refugees across nearby territories and arranged for his followers to secure them while he headed to the Profound Heart Sect. There, Li Ling'er rescued Zhang Cuier amid the desperate battle, while observers wondered why Li Xuancang had not yet joined the fight.

• Liu Yun'an warned Li Xuancang that Yu Prefecture was overwhelmed by refugees, and Li Xuancang ordered the army to take nearby territories and settle the people there.
• Shen Qingshan asked to join the battle at the Profound Heart Sect, and Li Xuancang agreed to go with him while assigning his followers to guard the residence, assist Liu Yun'an, and secure surrounding territories.
• Li Xuancang spent three days with his family, then traveled toward the Profound Heart Sect aboard the Bronze Warship.
• Zhang Cuier was gravely wounded by a Demonic Beast and then attacked by a Blood Race warrior and an Evil Cultivator, but Li Ling'er killed the attackers, gave her a pill, and carried her to safety.
• The Human Race struggled against the Otherworldly Races at the Profound Heart Sect, and spectators questioned why Li Xuancang had not yet entered the battle.

With Great Li's defenders on the verge of defeat, Li Xuancang descended onto the battlefield and faced the invading Otherworldly Races. He erased the combined attack of six Divine Repository Realm experts with a single palm, leaving the battle's outcome poised to change.

• Supreme Elder Zhou and his allies prepared to make a final stand as Li Tian Old Devil and the invading forces closed in.
• A terrifying pressure descended, and a Bronze Warship emerged from a crack in the heavens.
• Li Xuancang stepped from the warship, and the Human Race cheered as he reunited with his unharmed sister, Li Ling'er.
• Li Tian Old Devil and five other experts launched their strongest attacks at Li Xuancang while Supreme Elder Zhou's group rushed to protect him.
• Li Xuancang calmly raised his hand and erased all six attacks with a single palm.

Li Xuancang revealed overwhelming strength, killed the Otherworldly Races’ Divine Repository Realm experts, and turned the battle in the Human Race’s favor. After the fighting resumed, he reunited with Li Ling'er.

• Li Xuancang crushed six Late-Stage Divine Repository Realm experts with a giant palm, and the crowd realized he had reached the Dharma Body Realm.
• Li Xuancang erased the fleeing Otherworldly Race experts despite Supreme Elder Zhou's warning about the factions' rules, arguing that the Blood Race and Demon Race had colluded with Evil Cultivators and demonic cultivators.
• Supreme Elder Zhou and the others attacked the remaining Otherworldly Race army as its soldiers fled in panic.
• Li Xuancang regretted destroying the Demon Race experts before Bai Meng could devour their corpses, then decided he could hunt demons later.
• Li Xuancang descended and embraced Li Ling'er, who told him how much she had missed him.