Recaps

After hunting demons in the Demon Territory, Li Xuancang killed a Dharma Body Realm black tiger Demon King while Bai Meng captured a serpent. With the Demon Race’s powerful figures alerted, they fled aboard the Bronze Warship.

• Bai Meng reached the Mid-Stage Divine Repository Realm after eating four great demons, then fought a Late-Stage Divine Repository Realm azure serpent.
• Li Xuancang caught and crushed the serpent, and Bai Meng took its corpse as a black tiger Demon King arrived to attack.
• Li Xuancang fought the black tiger, shattered its skull with a punch, and destroyed its fleeing Dharma Body.
• Li Xuancang took the black tiger’s corpse and escaped with Bai Meng through the Void Realm aboard the Bronze Warship.

As the Upper Realm merged into the Wild Continent and spiritual energy surged, the Hehuan Sect conquered the Moon Palace and enslaved its disciples. Li Xuancang and Su Xinghai attacked the Hehuan Sect, but Su Xinghai was overwhelmed by Patriarch Mi Huan’s Dharma Body Realm power and faced imminent death.

• Bai Meng and Su Xinghai delivered the Black Tiger’s corpse to Su Xinghai, then entered seclusion while the Upper Realm gradually merged into the Wild Continent and spiritual energy rose.
• Zhang Chiyuan entered seclusion to pursue the Dharma Body Realm, and the Profound Heart Sect activated its protective formation and alerted its allies.
• Patriarch Mi Huan and the Hehuan Sect conquered the Moon Palace, turning its disciples into cultivation cauldrons while other forces watched without intervening.
• After Su Xinghai and Bai Meng emerged from seclusion, Li Xuancang and Su Xinghai set out to destroy the Hehuan Sect, with Bai Meng staying behind to guard their territory.
• Su Xinghai stormed the Hehuan Sect and slaughtered its disciples with his Asura Blood Sea and Devour Heaven and Earth techniques.
• Patriarch Mi Huan unleashed a giant finger that pinned and gravely wounded Su Xinghai, leaving the Hehuan Sect disciples cheering as it descended.

Li Xuancang arrived at the Hehuan Sect and overwhelmed Ancestor Mihuan, leaving him captured and the sect’s forces in despair. After Li Xuancang ordered their extermination, Su Xinghai charged into battle.

• Li Xuancang stopped Ancestor Mihuan’s attack on Su Xinghai and crushed the Yin-Yang Diagram with a single finger.
• Li Xuancang’s finger suppressed Ancestor Mihuan, who fell through a palace and was badly injured.
• Li Xuancang seized Ancestor Mihuan despite the Hehuan Sect disciples’ attempts to protect him.
• The captives and Moon Palace disciples recognized Li Xuancang as Marquis Wu'an, while the Hehuan Sect members lost hope.
• Li Xuancang ordered the Hehuan Sect killed, and Su Xinghai charged into the slaughter.

Li Xuancang destroyed the Hehuan Sect, and his fearsome reputation spread across the Human Race's territories, driving hostile Upper Realm forces to flee. After Flowing Wind Valley backed down from attacking the Array Origin Sect because of its connection to Li Xuancang, Zheng Feng and Dou Lie decided to seek his protection.

• Li Xuancang and Su Xinghai wiped out the Hehuan Sect, and Li Xuancang left with the gravely wounded Ancestor Mihuan.
• Su Xinghai began devouring Ancestor Mihuan, while news of Li Xuancang's victory spread and frightened hostile forces away from Yu Prefecture and Yang Prefecture.
• Flowing Wind Valley demanded that the Array Origin Sect submit, but Zheng Feng invoked his connection to Li Xuancang.
• Flowing Wind Valley withdrew rather than risk provoking Li Xuancang, and the Array Origin Sect celebrated its escape.
• Zheng Feng and Dou Lie agreed to bring gifts to Li Xuancang, inform him of what happened, and seek his protection.

Li Xuancang settled the Hundred Herbs Sect matter through the Heavenly Wolf Sect, while helping the Array Origin Sect and allowing old grudges to fade. With the Human Race’s civil war over, forces prepared for conflict with rival races as the Heaven Origin Grotto-Heaven’s opening drew them toward the Black Heaven Domain.

• After Su Xinghai devoured Ancestor Mihuan and nearly fell into cultivation deviation, Li Xuancang suppressed the crisis and forbade him from devouring anyone else for a time.
• Zheng Feng told Li Xuancang about the Array Origin Sect’s use of his name, and Li Xuancang forgave them and offered them his protection.
• The Heavenly Wolf Sect killed more than a thousand Hundred Herbs Sect leaders, including Dan Chenzi, and Zhao Changkong brought their heads to Li Xuancang.
• Li Xuancang approved of the Heavenly Wolf Sect’s actions, easing their feud and opening the possibility of cooperation.
• After the Human Race’s civil war ended, rival races mobilized along the borders, while forces from across the continent headed to the Black Heaven Domain for the Heaven Origin Grotto-Heaven’s opening.

The Demon Race, Blood Race, Barbarians, and Grassland faction ambushed the Human Race before Heaven Origin Grotto-Heaven opened, nearly wiping out their force. Liu Qingxuan survived to report the massacre, and the Human Race erupted in fury as calls for retaliation spread.

• The four great forces surrounded the Human Race and launched a sudden attack, leaving them trapped and badly outnumbered.
• Jian Yun destroyed his foundation and unleashed his strongest sword strike to create an opening for Liu Qingxuan and the others to escape.
• The four forces pursued the fleeing Human Race, and only a handful escaped; Jian Yun died after his final strike.
• Liu Qingxuan returned to the Prison Tiger Bureau with news of the massacre, then collapsed unconscious.
• The news spread through the Human Race, whose members demanded blood for blood and prepared to respond.

Li Xuancang joined the Human Race’s gathering at the Prison Tiger Bureau to plan a response to the Otherworldly Races. Grieving for Shen Qingshan and the others, he resolved to gain more strength as the assembly debated how to wage the unavoidable war.

• The Prison Tiger Bureau invited the Human Race’s forces to gather and discuss how to respond to the Otherworldly Races.
• Li Xuancang arrived at the Prison Tiger Bureau and learned that Shen Qingshan, Huang Tianyuan, and the others had fallen in battle.
• Li Xuancang paid his respects at their cenotaphs and resolved to build greater strength to protect his family.
• Seven days later, Li Xuancang attended the assembly, where Zhang Chiyuan revealed his breakthrough to the Dharma Body Realm.
• Supreme Elder Liu said war was unavoidable and called for careful discussion of which enemy to attack and how much force to deploy.

Li Xuancang left the Human Race leaders’ indecisive assembly and entered Blood Race territory with Su Xinghai to strike the Blood Spirit Tribe. He began crushing the tribe’s defenses while Xu Zinian hid, hoping the Blood Race would kill him.

• Li Xuancang proposed retaliating against the four major powers in the Heaven Origin Grotto-Heaven, but the other leaders opposed the risk and reached no decision.
• Li Xuancang left the assembly, returned to Yu Prefecture City, and brought Su Xinghai with him on a secret mission into Blood Race territory.
• Li Xuancang and Su Xinghai attacked the Blood Spirit Tribe, their pressure killing many residents and severely wounding more than a dozen Divine Repository Realm experts.
• The Blood Spirit Tribe’s people recognized the attackers’ Dharma Body Realm strength and prepared to summon their ancestor and activate the grand formation.
• Xu Zinian recognized Li Xuancang, hid his aura, and hoped the Blood Race would kill him before his own cultivation recovered.

Li Xuancang and Su Xinghai confronted the Blood Spirit Tribe, where Li Xuancang overwhelmed Xue Cangshan and devastated the city. After capturing Blood Cangyun, Li Xuancang left with Su Xinghai, while the surviving Blood Race members continued to flee in panic.

• Xue Cangshan recognized Li Xuancang and tried to stall him until other Blood Race experts could arrive.
• Li Xuancang crushed Xue Cangshan's blood-cloud attack with a single punch, proving vastly stronger than him.
• Xue Cangshan retreated into the grand formation, but Li Xuancang's giant hand shattered his strongest counterattack and badly wounded him.
• Li Xuancang's clash with Xue Cangshan destroyed a third of the city and killed hundreds of thousands of Blood Race members, sending the survivors fleeing.
• Li Xuancang seized Blood Cangyun and departed with Su Xinghai, while one Blood Race member tried to stop the panicked flight.

Li Xuancang captured Xue Cangshan alive and returned to Yu Prefecture City, where he placed Su Xinghai in seclusion to devour him and pursue a breakthrough. The Blood Race appealed to the Blood God Hall, while the Human Race prepared for war and Li Xuancang’s deed spread across the Wild Continent.

• The Blood Spirit Tribe learned that Li Xuancang had taken Xue Cangshan, and Xue Jinghai told three arriving Blood Race experts how the Ancestor had been defeated and captured.
• Xue Qingyun and the other experts feared they could not match Li Xuancang and decided to report the matter to the Blood God Hall.
• Li Xuancang returned to Yu Prefecture City with Su Xinghai and personally guarded him as he began secluded cultivation to devour Xue Cangshan.
• News of the capture spread, and the Human Race celebrated Li Xuancang while some factions warned that the Blood Race would retaliate.
• Supreme Elder Liu ordered the Human Race factions to muster troops and prepare for war.
• After verifying the reports, the other factions accepted that Li Xuancang had captured a Blood Race Dharma Body Realm expert, and his name resounded across the Wild Continent.

As the Blood Race prepared to attack the Human Race over Li Xuancang’s capture of Xue Cangshan, Su Xinghai broke through to the Dharma Body Realm and Li Xuancang agreed to lead the defense. A million Blood Race troops reached the border while other races waited for the Human Race to weaken.

• The Blood Race demanded that the Human Race return Xue Cangshan and hand over Li Xuancang, but the Human Race refused and gathered its coalition forces in Northern Liang.
• Su Xinghai emerged from seclusion having broken through to the Dharma Body Realm, and Li Xuancang welcomed him as a trusted subordinate.
• Lu Tianchen asked Li Xuancang to join the war, and Li Xuancang agreed to take responsibility for the conflict he had provoked.
• Li Xuancang ordered Bai Meng and Lin Fengxian to take the Blacksteel Camp and one hundred thousand troops to the battlefield, while the others stayed to defend Yu Prefecture City.
• One month later, a million Blood Race troops massed at the border as the Barbarians, the Grassland, and the Demon Race watched for an opportunity to invade; others exploited the upheaval to raid graves and hunt unaffiliated experts.

The Human Race Coalition fought the invading Blood Race army, and Bai Meng revealed overwhelming strength on the battlefield. Li Xuancang explained that Bai Meng had reached the Late-Stage Divine Repository Realm after devouring demons, leaving the gathered experts stunned.

• The Blood Race demanded that the Human Race return its captured experts and hand over Li Xuancang, but Zhao Chun attacked Xue Zhanyun and the two armies began fighting.
• Bai Meng charged into the Blood Race ranks, endured a Divine Repository Realm expert’s sword strike, and killed him with one blow.
• Bai Meng revealed Late-Stage Divine Repository Realm cultivation and killed several Blood Race experts, shocking both armies.
• Zhang Chiyuan, Duanmu Qingsong, and the others questioned Li Xuancang about Bai Meng’s sudden rise in strength.
• Li Xuancang said Bai Meng could grow stronger by devouring Demon Race beings and had reached his current realm after they killed a Dharma Body Realm Demon King and several Divine Repository Realm demons.

Li Xuancang revealed his strength and joined the Human Race’s battle against the Blood Race, but the arrival of the Blood Race War God, Xue Tu, left the Human Race facing overwhelming odds. The chapter ended with the Blood Race emboldened and the Human Race’s morale collapsing.

• Li Xuancang’s revelation that he had slain a Dharma Body Realm Demon King shocked the gathered factions, while Bai Meng fought fiercely and healed from his wounds during the battle.
• The Human Race counterattacked as Bai Meng fought three Blood Race experts, while both sides’ Dharma Body Realm experts initially held back.
• Li Xuancang descended onto the battlefield, crushing weaker Blood Race cultivators with his aura and inspiring the Human Race to surge forward.
• The Blood Race’s Dharma Body Realm forces confronted Li Xuancang’s side, revealing eight experts against the Human Race’s six.
• The Blood Race’s leader was identified as Xue Tu, the War God who had slaughtered nearly a hundred million people, and the watching factions began preparing to exploit the Human Race’s expected defeat.

Li Xuancang faced the Blood Race war god Xue Tu, revealing that he had reached the Mid-Stage Dharma Body Realm and overwhelming the Blood Race experts. The battle ended with Xue Tu and seven other Dharma Body Realm fighters wounded and sent flying.

• Li Xuancang ignored Zhang Chiyuan and the others' pleas to retreat and charged alone at Xue Tu.
• Xue Tu formed a blood-colored claw to crush Li Xuancang, but Li Xuancang smashed through it and struck him with a powerful punch.
• Li Xuancang's strength overwhelmed Xue Tu, who realized that Li Xuancang had reached the Mid-Stage Dharma Body Realm.
• Seven Blood Race experts attacked to support Xue Tu, but Li Xuancang destroyed their attacks with one punch and sent all eight fighters flying, bloodied.

Li Xuancang overwhelmed Xue Tu and seven other Blood Race Dharma Body Realm experts, turning the battle in the Human Race’s favor. He pinned all eight beneath his enormous Dharma Avatar’s foot, and they struggled to hold on as the battlefield awaited their fate.

• Li Xuancang sent Xue Tu and the other Blood Race experts flying, and the Human Race celebrated his victory.
• Li Xuancang summoned a crimson Dharma Avatar over five thousand meters tall, astounding both armies and the spectators.
• Xue Tu and the seven others summoned their Dharma Avatars and briefly blocked Li Xuancang’s descending hand, while Zhang Chiyuan and the others surrounded the battlefield.
• Li Xuancang brought his enormous foot down on the eight Blood Race experts, and Zhang Chiyuan and the others shielded the Human Race army from the shockwave.
• The eight Dharma Avatars cracked beneath Li Xuancang’s foot as Xue Tu urged his companions to keep resisting.

Li Xuancang battled the Blood Race’s Holy Artifact and nearly killed Xue Tu and the seven others, but a giant hand rescued them. The Blood Race army retreated as the Human Race counterattacked, and Zhang Chiyuan suspected the hand belonged to the Blood Race’s late-stage Dharma Body Realm ancestor.

• The Blood God Hall appeared over the battlefield and attacked Li Xuancang, who battered it until it broke apart.
• Xue Tu and the other seven tried to flee, but clashed with Zhang Chiyuan and his four companions before Li Xuancang’s hand threatened to kill them.
• A giant blood-red hand seized Xue Tu’s group and fought Li Xuancang, injuring both before withdrawing with the survivors.
• The Blood God Hall’s divine light distracted Li Xuancang, allowing the giant hand to escape with Xue Tu and the others.
• The Blood Race army fled as the Human Race army pursued, and Zhang Chiyuan identified the rescuer as likely the Blood Race’s late-stage Dharma Body Realm ancestor.

After his victory, Li Xuancang secured a period of peace for the Human Race and arranged to strengthen Yu Prefecture City's defenses. He returned to Youzhou, found it had fallen, and then rejoined the Night Watchers in Chongzhou after learning the Divine Dynasty had cleared his name.

• Li Xuancang's victory deterred the other factions from attacking the Human Race and gave its experts time to cultivate.
• Li Xuancang asked Zheng Feng and the Array Origin Sect to upgrade Yu Prefecture City's grand formation to a high-grade Heaven-tier formation.
• Li Xuancang secretly returned to the Heaven-Abandoned Land and discovered that Youzhou had fallen.
• Li Xuancang learned in Chongzhou that the Divine Dynasty had withdrawn his arrest warrant and now regarded him as a hero who exposed Ye Qingyun's crimes.
• Zhao Tianxiong brought Li Xuancang to the Torch, where Li Xuancang communicated with it and passed the Night Watchers' test.

After Li Xuancang exposed the Torch’s danger and Ye Qingyun’s group, Cui Haoyuan revealed that Li was a Soul-Pure One and invited him to join the Judgment Court. The chapter left Cui suspecting that someone in the Sacred Flame Palace had allied with the Counter-God Cult.

• Zhao Tianxiong believed Li Xuancang’s account and said he would report the matter to the Imperial Court while keeping Li in Chongzhou City.
• Cui Haoyuan arrived, accused Li Xuancang of having entered the Abyss, and prompted the Night Watchers to surround him.
• Cui Haoyuan revealed that he and the Judgment Court members had also entered the Abyss, then took Li aside to speak privately.
• Cui Haoyuan explained the Judgment Court’s authority and invited Li Xuancang to join because he was a Soul-Pure One.
• Li Xuancang described the Torch’s vulnerability and Ye Qingyun’s framing, and Cui Haoyuan suspected someone in the Sacred Flame Palace had joined the Counter-God Cult.

Li Xuancang joined the Judgment Court after its members confirmed he was one of the Soul-Pure Ones, then learned about the court’s rules and mission. As the Judgment Court investigated suspected collusion with the Counter-God Cult, Li Xuancang entered the Abyss to hunt Demonic Beasts, gather resources, and search for Ye Qingyun.

• Judgment Court members arrived in Chongzhou City aboard a Void Battleship, confirmed Li Xuancang was a Soul-Pure One, and made him a member.
• Cui Haoyuan gave Li Xuancang the Judgment Court Scripture, official attire, and a Twin-Sword Medal that contained Eternal Divine Flame.
• After Li Xuancang studied the court’s rules, the Judgment Court placed the Fifth Legion’s War Marshal and high-ranking members of Sacred Flame Palace and the Night Watchers under house arrest for investigation.
• Li Xuancang left Chongzhou City and entered the Abyss, where he disguised himself as a Fallen One and searched for Ye Qingyun and the others.
• After more than a month without finding them, Li Xuancang continued gathering Abyss-specific treasures and hunting powerful experts to obtain resources for Yu Prefecture City’s grand formation.

As war spread across the Wild Continent, the Rain Clan and Endless Sea Pavilion sought help against stronger enemies. After returning from the Abyss, Li Xuancang sent Su Xinghai to aid the Endless Sea Pavilion, confident he would resolve its crisis.

• The High Priestess realized the Rain Clan could not rely on the Nine Heavens Frost alone and ordered the elders to seek aid from the demonic factions' enemies.
• The Azure Abyss Sect gave the Endless Sea Pavilion two months to surrender Mystic Star Island, prompting Zhao Yanlin to travel to Yu Prefecture City for Li Xuancang's help.
• Li Xuancang returned from the Abyss with two Dharma Body Realm Demonic Beast corpses after confirming the Heavenly Dao allowed dead beasts through.
• Su Xinghai told Li Xuancang that Zhao Yanlin had been waiting three days, and Zhao Yanlin explained the Azure Abyss Sect's threat to the Endless Sea Pavilion.
• Li Xuancang ordered Su Xinghai to accompany Zhao Yanlin and resolve the crisis, reassuring Zhao Yanlin that Su Xinghai would succeed.

Li Xuancang refused Shui Wulan’s plea for help, then gave two slain Demonic Beasts to Bai Meng. As the Heaven Origin Grotto-Heaven closed, Pei Qingyuan escaped her pursuers with the remnant soul’s aid, while the Azure Abyss Sect forced the Endless Sea Pavilion to choose between submission and destruction.

• Li Xuancang refused to aid the Rain Clan, and Shui Wulan departed; afterward, Li Xuancang gave Bai Meng the two Demonic Beast corpses to help him break through.
• When the Heaven Origin Grotto-Heaven closed, factions clashed outside as their Dharma Body Realm experts fought, allowing those emerging from the Cave Heaven to flee.
• The factions surrounded Pei Qingyuan, so the remnant soul took control of her body, reached the Dharma Body Realm, and killed her pursuers with one palm strike.
• The remnant soul fell into slumber after warning Pei Qingyuan that the Wild Continent would descend into chaos, leaving Pei Qingyuan badly injured.
• Du Ruofeng demanded that the Endless Sea Pavilion submit to the Azure Abyss Sect, killed more than a hundred disciples, and defeated two elders who attacked him.

Su Xinghai arrived to rescue the Endless Sea Pavilion and pursued Zhao Yanlin to the Azure Abyss Sect, where he battled its leader, Du Lingtian. After devouring Du Lingtian’s water-based attacks, Su Xinghai struck with a blood sword that tore open space toward the Azure Abyss Dharma Avatar.

• A terrifying aura swept across the battlefield, and a massive hand annihilated Du Ruofeng and the Azure Abyss Sect forces attacking the Endless Sea Pavilion.
• Su Xinghai and Zhao Yanlin arrived, and Su Xinghai asked Zhao Yanlin to lead him to the Azure Abyss Sect’s lair.
• Su Xinghai attacked the Azure Abyss Sect’s island, crushing its experts until Du Lingtian emerged to confront him.
• Du Lingtian manifested the Azure Abyss Dharma Avatar and attacked with water blades and eighteen water dragons, but Su Xinghai devoured their power with his Heaven-Devouring Vortex.
• Su Xinghai formed a blood sword from the devoured energy and slashed toward Du Lingtian’s Dharma Avatar, tearing open a spreading fissure in space.

Su Xinghai defeated Du Lingtian’s attack, but Du Lingtian sacrificed his Dharma Avatar and flooded Su Xinghai’s vortex with seawater to escape. After returning to Yu Prefecture City, Su Xinghai reported the battle to Li Xuancang, who offered supreme treasures for information about Misty Rain Pavilion and left for the Abyss.

• Du Lingtian sacrificed his Azure Abyss Dharma Avatar to lift and seal the surrounding sea, then forced the seawater into Su Xinghai’s vortex until it became unstable.
• Su Xinghai abandoned the vortex and fled with Zhao Yanlin before it exploded, destroying the island and killing everyone there; Du Lingtian escaped as well.
• Du Lingtian hid on a desolate island, vowed revenge on Endless Sea Pavilion, and tended to his injuries.
• Su Xinghai returned to Yu Prefecture City and told Li Xuancang that Endless Sea Pavilion wanted to settle disciples there for protection from Du Lingtian.
• Li Xuancang agreed to the arrangement, prepared to hunt Demonic Beasts in the Abyss, and ordered a bounty for Misty Rain Pavilion’s whereabouts.
• Su Xinghai and the others announced the bounty, and the valuable treasures offered by Li Xuancang stirred factions across the Wild Continent to search for Misty Rain Pavilion.

Li Xuancang learned that Great Sage Nanli was preparing to invade the Wild Continent, while Zhang Xuanyang and Ye Qingyun joined his forces after advancing to the Late Stage of the Dharma Body Realm. Meanwhile, the Misty Rain Pavilion repeatedly tried to assassinate Li Xuancang’s family, but Su Xinghai stopped the attacks, and the Pavilion decided to investigate before striking again.

• Li Xuancang heard that Great Sage Nanli had opened a rift to the Wild Continent and was gathering Abyssal forces for an invasion.
• Li Xuancang saw Zhang Xuanyang and Ye Qingyun lead the Fifth Legion into Great Sage Nanli’s domain, and learned that both had reached the Late Stage of the Dharma Body Realm.
• Misty Rain Pavilion assassins attacked Father Li, Mother Li, and Du Ruomei, but Li Xuancang’s protections shielded them and the defenders captured two attackers.
• Misty Rain Pavilion made further attempts on Li Xuancang’s family, but Su Xinghai seized two assassins and killed a third who tried to flee through the Void Realm.
• Misty Rain Pavilion learned that Blood Three had failed and decided to send someone to investigate before attempting another attack.

The Abyssal Will opened a passage into the Wild Continent, beginning an invasion that forced the continent’s factions to unite and prepare to resist. Li Xuancang returned to Yu Prefecture City, strengthened its defenses, and moved to protect his family as the city became a refuge.

• Great Sage Nanli led a ritual that summoned the Abyssal Will, which tore open a passage into the Wild Continent and began spreading its aura.
• The Wild Continent’s Heavenly Dao halted the Abyss’s expansion, while Great Sage Nanli sent low-ranking Demonic Beasts through the passage to test the continent’s strength.
• The five great overlord forces announced the invasion and rallied the Wild Continent’s inhabitants to resist.
• Li Xuancang returned to Yu Prefecture City, gave Bai Meng two Dharma Body Realm corpses for his breakthrough, and learned that the Misty Rain Pavilion had threatened his family.
• Li Xuancang ordered Ouyang De to bring Li Ling'er from the Profound Heart Sect to Yu Prefecture City and reinforced protections for his family.
• Zheng Feng and the others upgraded Yu Prefecture City's grand formation to a top-grade Heaven-level formation, drawing people seeking safety.