Recaps

After the Supreme Clarity Demon-Refining Formation collapsed, Liu Yu and the others escaped the disintegrating Moving Mountains Legacy Abode through a spatial storm. Liu Yu and Mo Mei emerged on the plain, where he decided to return to the Seven Kingdoms Alliance with her, but then sensed a familiar spirit pressure nearby.

• As the sealed space began to collapse, True Lord Sky Lotus explained that removing the four treasures had destroyed the formation sustaining it, and the five cultivators stopped fighting to seek an escape.
• Formation patterns appeared where the Demon-Refining Pagoda imitation had stood, and Liu Yu recognized the resulting spatial storm as possible teleportation and told Mo Mei not to resist.
• The spatial storm transported Liu Yu and Mo Mei outside the plain; Liu Yu recovered quickly while Mo Mei treated her injuries.
• Liu Yu realized the Moving Mountains Legacy Abode had been destroyed and feared the damaged ancient seal might eventually let the being inside escape.
• After Mo Mei recovered enough to travel, she urged Liu Yu to return to the Seven Kingdoms Alliance, and he flew off with her rather than claim all the treasures for himself.
• While flying through Demonic Path territory, Liu Yu sensed a familiar spirit pressure nearby.

Liu Yu discovered that True Lord Sky Lotus had been separated from Evil Eye and attacked her to seize the spirit herbs in her Storage Ring. With Mo Mei’s help, he overcame Sky Lotus’s defenses and killed her, leaving the herbs to be claimed.

• Liu Yu sensed True Lord Sky Lotus hiding near a hill and decided to attack after realizing she was alone and carried the harvested spirit herbs.
• Liu Yu struck the hill with his Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, forcing Sky Lotus to reveal herself and flee.
• Liu Yu pursued Sky Lotus with Azure Yang Starcloud, while Mo Mei joined the attack with her Golden Greatsword.
• Sky Lotus used A Thought, Flowers Bloom to block their attacks, but Liu Yu weakened her with Wither.
• Liu Yu struck Sky Lotus with Spirit-Shocking Thorn, leaving her defenses vulnerable to his and Mo Mei’s attacks.
• Liu Yu’s final attack killed Sky Lotus before she could destroy her Storage Ring.

Liu Yu killed True Lord Sky Lotus and took her storage ring, but Blood Sea Devil Lord ambushed him and Mo Mei soon afterward. Unable to defeat the stronger Great Cultivator, Liu Yu fled with Mo Mei, while Blood Sea Devil Lord pursued them.

• Liu Yu killed True Lord Sky Lotus with Nebula Flash and collected her storage ring after Mo Mei cleaned up the battlefield.
• Liu Yu sensed a sudden danger and blocked Blood Sea Devil Lord's concealed blood-colored sword strike with the Scarlet Flame Shield.
• Blood Sea Devil Lord revealed himself and attacked Liu Yu and Mo Mei, seeking their Spirit Herb Garden spoils and a chance at spirit transformation.
• Liu Yu countered with the Starcloud Body, the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, and Wither, but Blood Sea Devil Lord's attacks gained the upper hand.
• Liu Yu used Spirit-Shocking Thorn and two Nebula Flashes to cover his escape with Mo Mei, and Blood Sea Devil Lord recovered and pursued them.

Liu Yu and Mo Mei fled the Blood Sea Devil Lord, whose blood dragon and river overwhelmed Mo Mei’s Golden Greatsword. Liu Yu’s Solar Power-enhanced attacks and escape techniques bought enough time for them to get beyond Blood Sea’s reach, while the Devil Lord left with his spoils and regret over losing an opportunity to reach Spirit Transformation.

• The Blood Sea Devil Lord unleashed the Blood River Sword Art, and his blood dragon and river defeated Mo Mei’s Golden Greatsword, injuring her through their connection.
• Liu Yu gathered Heaven and Earth spiritual energy into the Starcloud Body and used Solar Power to turn Double Nebula Flash against Blood Sea’s attacks, temporarily holding them off.
• Liu Yu burned nine drops of essence blood, used Wither and Spirit-Shocking Thorn, and fled while the Starcloud Body continued to attack.
• Liu Yu widened the distance to eight hundred li, vanishing from Blood Sea’s Divine Sense and escaping toward the Seven Kingdoms Alliance.
• Blood Sea regretted losing an opportunity to reach Spirit Transformation, concealed himself with a Secret Art, and quietly departed with his gains.

After escaping the Blood Sea Devil Lord, Liu Yu returned to the Primordial Yang Sect with Mo Mei and inventoried their spoils. They divided the Creation Green Lotus and the other spirit herbs according to their agreement, leaving Liu Yu with most of the haul and Mo Mei satisfied with her share.

• Liu Yu carried Mo Mei out of Demonic Path territory at full speed after they escaped the Blood Sea Devil Lord’s pursuit.
• Liu Yu returned to Heaven-Reaching Peak with Mo Mei and dismissed his maids before proposing they divide their spoils according to their contract.
• Liu Yu and Mo Mei refined the Storage Rings belonging to True Lord Sky Lotus and Ghost Nether Ancestor, revealing more than seventy jade boxes of spirit herbs and many other treasures.
• Liu Yu offered Mo Mei two of the Creation Green Lotus’s seven seeds and kept the seedpod, leaves, and rhizome for himself; Mo Mei accepted.
• Liu Yu and Mo Mei divided the remaining spirit herbs, with Liu Yu receiving over fifty and Mo Mei receiving twenty, including enough illusory heart flowers for one person.

Liu Yu and Mo Mei divided the treasures from the Moving Mountains Legacy Abode and exchanged spirit herbs and other resources. Mo Mei stayed with Liu Yu for seven days to recover before leaving to prepare for a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul late stage.

• Liu Yu and Mo Mei copied the manuals and cultivation methods, then divided the spirit materials and spirit stones without dispute.
• Liu Yu exchanged pills, treasures, and other resources for a dozen of Mo Mei's spirit herbs from the Moving Mountains Legacy Abode.
• Mo Mei hinted that she wanted to stay and recover at Liu Yu's cave abode, and Liu Yu agreed after his cultivation method's side effects flared.
• After seven days, Mo Mei said she would prepare for a late-stage Nascent Soul breakthrough and might enter sealed seclusion in about twenty years.
• Mo Mei left Liu Yu's cave abode, and Liu Yu watched her go before looking at his storage ring.

Liu Yu tested whether the Immortal Mansion could revive and mature the rare spirit herbs he brought back, and confirmed the Creation Green Lotus and other plants responded to its spirit field. A month later, newly ascended nascent soul cultivator Yan Kai visited Liu Yu, pledged his loyalty, and accepted an assignment to guard the former Hehuan Sect territory.

• Liu Yu entered the Immortal Mansion with rare spirit herbs and found that the spirit field revived the Creation Green Lotus, dragon-transforming grass, and other plants.
• Liu Yu returned to his body, rested after his recent battles, and summoned Gu Yueying to help him wash and sleep.
• Yan Kai arrived at Heaven-Reaching Peak after surviving his nascent soul tribulation and asked to see Liu Yu.
• Yan Kai thanked Liu Yu for supporting his breakthrough and promised to follow his senior brother's lead.
• Liu Yu assigned Yan Kai to guard the former Hehuan Sect territory, and Yan Kai accepted without objection.

Liu Yu assigned Yan Kai to help guard the Primordial Yang Sect’s expanded territory after Yan Kai stabilized his new Nascent Soul, and entrusted him with the sect’s Legacy Jade Slips. He then took a drop of essence blood from Little Green and entered the Immortal Mansion World to test it on the Dragon-Transforming Grass.

• Liu Yu told Yan Kai to stabilize his Nascent Soul before taking on duties, then answered his questions about cultivation in the Nascent Soul realm.
• Liu Yu passed Yan Kai the sect’s Legacy Jade Slips and warned him never to reveal their contents; Yan Kai vowed to protect the knowledge.
• Liu Yu considered Yan Kai’s loyalty but decided to watch him over time before fully trusting him as a Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Liu Yu visited Little Green, took a drop of essence blood with the White Bone Sky-Splitting Saber, and promised extra food and Spirit-Nourishing Pellets to calm him.
• Liu Yu entered the Immortal Mansion World to test the flood dragon essence blood on the Dragon-Transforming Grass, whose seedlings had stopped growing.

Liu Yu discovered that flood dragon essence blood could restart the accelerated growth of Dragon-Transforming Grass, then tested the Creation Green Lotus Seeds and found that they greatly strengthened his primordial spirit. His divine sense reached 680 li after one session, bringing his plans to advance toward Spirit Transformation closer.

• Liu Yu poured Little Green's essence blood onto the new Dragon-Transforming Grass, which grew to about nine hundred years old before the blood was exhausted.
• Liu Yu decided to wait until Little Green advanced to the fourth tier before using his essence blood to mature the grass further, and he stored rare herbs and Green Lotus Seeds in the Immortal Mansion.
• Liu Yu returned to his body, confirmed the Creation Green Lotus matured without extra resources, and swallowed one Green Lotus Seed.
• Liu Yu cultivated the Divine Preservation Art for five hours while the seed eased his pain and strengthened his primordial spirit.
• Liu Yu tested his divine sense and found its range had increased from 640 li to 680 li, then considered how further growth could improve his chances of reaching Spirit Transformation.

Liu Yu used dragon-transforming grass to greatly strengthen and cleanse his body, then spent ten years cultivating and trading for resources. The chapter ended with him at the fifth layer of Nascent Soul cultivation, receiving a report from White Tiger at his cave abode.

• Liu Yu ground a portion of the dragon-transforming grass into liquid and spread it over his body while cultivating the Astral True Form.
• Liu Yu emerged from the cocoon formed by the herb’s medicinal power with a greatly improved physique and decided to focus on helping Little Green reach the Demon King realm.
• Liu Yu spent ten years cultivating within Primordial Yang Sect and attending exchange gatherings, where he acquired demon-beast resources including a true spirit fruit.
• Liu Yu advanced to the fifth layer of Nascent Soul cultivation as his essence and spirit improvements aided his qi cultivation.
• White Tiger, the surviving foremost Death Soldier who had reached the peak of the Golden Core middle stage, knelt before Liu Yu in his Heaven-Reaching Peak cave abode.

Liu Yu learned that the Heavenly Mountain Secret Realm had appeared after the Supreme Clarity Demon-Refining Formation was destroyed, raising fears that the ancient seal was failing. He traveled to the Heavenly Mountain Sect for a True Lord exchange gathering, where True Lord Qianyang welcomed him.

• White Tiger reported that cultivators had explored the Heavenly Mountain Secret Realm and divided its treasures among themselves.
• Liu Yu suspected the new secret realm was part of a chain reaction caused by the destruction of the Supreme Clarity Demon-Refining Formation and worried the sealed being might escape.
• Liu Yu assessed Little Green's prospects for reaching the fourth tier and considered gathering more treasures to help Little Green and Zhuo Mengzhen advance.
• Liu Yu flew to the Heavenly Mountain Sect after receiving an invitation to True Lord Qianyang's exchange gathering.
• True Lord Qianyang greeted Liu Yu and led him toward a snowy mountain within the sect.

Liu Yu attended the Heavenly Mountain Sect’s exchange gathering, where forty-four Nascent Soul cultivators assembled to trade treasures from the Heavenly Mountain Secret Realm. The gathering began with True Lord Qianyang offering two rare Immortal Source Fruits, while Liu Yu continued to consider the sealed threat facing the Cultivation World.

• True Lord Qianyang welcomed Liu Yu to the Heavenly Mountain Sect and led him into its ice palace.
• Liu Yu sensed thirty-one Nascent Soul cultivators inside and joined the gathering, where other True Lords treated him as a Great Cultivator because of his combat strength.
• Liu Yu exchanged discreet remarks with Huang Mei about their gains from the Heavenly Mountain and Moving Mountains secret realms, without revealing details.
• Liu Yu considered whether the ancient seal extended across the other regions and worried about what might happen when it collapsed, then set the thought aside.
• Forty-four True Lords gathered as the palace doors closed and the fourth-tier formation activated; Qianyang opened the exchange by offering a Gold Source Fruit and a Wood Source Fruit for space-anchoring stone or treasures that could help him break through his bottleneck.

At the exchange gathering, Liu Yu tried to trade for an Immortal Source Fruit but withdrew when the offers rose too high. He then offered a Truth-Restoring Pill for Xiahou Ying’s fifth-grade Death Spirit Flame, hoping to advance the Azure Yang Demonic Flame.

• True Lord Rosy Cloud and several other cultivators offered rare treasures for the two Immortal Source Fruits, and Liu Yu bid one Truth-Restoring Pill.
• Two cultivators offered space-anchoring stones, while Liu Yu raised his bid to one Truth-Restoring Pill and seven True-Congealing Pills before withdrawing.
• True Lord Qianyang traded the Immortal Source Fruits for the space-anchoring stones, and the gathering continued with more rare treasures.
• Xiahou Ying offered her fifth-grade Death Spirit Flame in exchange for a bottleneck-breaking treasure or pill.
• Liu Yu offered Xiahou Ying one Truth-Restoring Pill for the Death Spirit Flame.

Liu Yu exchanged a Truth-Restoring Pill with Xiahou Ying for the Death Spirit Flame, securing the fifth-grade flame for the advancement of his Azure Yang Demonic Flame. As the exchange gathering continued, True Lord Rosy Cloud offered Heavenly Demon Grass for pills that could aid cultivation or break through a bottleneck.

• Liu Yu offered Xiahou Ying a Truth-Restoring Pill for the Death Spirit Flame, and the other True Lords declined to compete.
• Xiahou Ying accepted the offer, and she and Liu Yu exchanged the sealed flame and pill.
• Liu Yu examined and stored the Death Spirit Flame, while Xiahou Ying considered how the pill might help her challenge the Golden Light Daoist and protect the Xiahou Household.
• The exchange gathering continued as cultivators traded treasures, and Huang Mei exchanged Nine Heavens Profound Spirit Water for Soul-Eroding Lingzhi.
• True Lord Rosy Cloud offered a stalk of Heavenly Demon Grass in exchange for pills that could aid cultivation or break a bottleneck, prioritizing those effective for the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

Liu Yu traded a Creation Green Lotus seed to True Lord Rosy Cloud for Heavenly Demon Grass, hoping to improve Little Green’s chances of reaching the fourth tier. The exchange succeeded, leaving Liu Yu with the treasure he needed to nurture his flood dragon spirit beast.

• True Lord Rosy Cloud offered Heavenly Demon Grass, and Liu Yu decided he needed it to help Little Green advance and strengthen his body refining.
• Huang Mei warned Liu Yu to keep Little Green away from the flood dragon race and the formidable Black Flood Dragon King.
• True Lord Myriad Transformations offered a nine-pattern bodhi fruit for the herb, while Old Devil Bliss proposed three golden core cultivation cauldrons.
• When True Lord Rosy Cloud appeared dissatisfied with the offers, Liu Yu presented a Creation Green Lotus seed.
• True Lord Rosy Cloud recognized the seed and immediately exchanged it for the Heavenly Demon Grass, which Liu Yu verified before storing.

At the Heavenly Mountain Sect exchange gathering, Liu Yu traded for Heavenly Demon Grass to aid Little Green’s advancement and acquired red sun gold essence to improve his life-bound treasure. As he flew away afterward, Soul-Snatching Demonic Music struck him and began to cloud his reason.

• Liu Yu exchanged a Green Lotus Seed for Heavenly Demon Grass, while the gathered Nascent Soul cultivators reacted with shock at the rare spirit treasure.
• Liu Yu traded the Wild Sand Ring and a Flying Immortal Pill for red sun gold essence to reforge the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear.
• True Lord Qianyang concluded the gathering, and Liu Yu and Huang Mei departed from the Heavenly Mountain Sect.
• Liu Yu reflected that the Heavenly Mountain Secret Realm’s emergence might signal weakening seals and a coming catastrophe tied to the Primordial Final War.
• While flying through the snow, Liu Yu heard Soul-Snatching Demonic Music, lost clarity of reason, and saw seductive female cultivators appear before him.

Old Devil Bliss ambushed Liu Yu with the Immortal-Slaying Sword, but Liu Yu survived the attack and prepared to fight back using Azure Yang Starcloud. The chapter ended as Liu Yu launched an Azure Fireball at Old Devil Bliss and his six nascent soul refined corpses.

• Liu Yu broke free of Old Devil Bliss's soul-snatching demonic voice with the Sitting in Oblivion Scripture and his powerful primordial spirit.
• Liu Yu blocked the Immortal-Slaying Sword with the Scarlet Flame Shield and Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, then used Meteor Fist to stop its weakened strike at close range.
• Old Devil Bliss arrived and saw that Liu Yu had suffered only minor injuries.
• Liu Yu formed Azure Yang Starcloud while Old Devil Bliss enlarged the Immortal-Slaying Sword and summoned six nascent soul refined corpses to trap him.
• Liu Yu expanded Azure Yang Starcloud to three hundred and sixty zhang and launched an Azure Fireball at Old Devil Bliss.

Liu Yu fought Old Devil Bliss while concealing much of his strength, then used Nebula Flash to break free of the Six Saints Immortal-Slaying Formation and appear to flee. He judged that defeating Old Devil Bliss was possible, but killing him would be nearly impossible without using an undisclosed method.

• Liu Yu repelled Old Devil Bliss's Immortal-Slaying Sword with azure fireballs while deliberately making his strength appear limited.
• Old Devil Bliss launched the Six Saints Immortal-Slaying Formation, sending six refined corpses to surround Liu Yu through poisonous corpse qi.
• Liu Yu burned away the corpse qi and used his Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, White Bone Sky-Splitting Saber, and Wither divine ability against Old Devil Bliss and the refined corpses.
• A refined corpse in the formation grew to Great Cultivator strength and blocked Liu Yu's spear, while the other corpses pressed closer.
• Liu Yu unleashed Nebula Flash, forcing Old Devil Bliss's refined corpses to retreat, then broke out of the formation and sped away as if fleeing.
• Liu Yu concluded that he could defeat Old Devil Bliss but would likely be unable to kill him unless he used another means.

Liu Yu lured Old Devil Bliss into a sparsely inhabited desert, where he revealed his hidden strength and unleashed the Ruined Sword. The Spirit Treasure killed Old Devil Bliss, but its power also devastated the desert and nearly wiped out its inhabitants.

• Liu Yu led Old Devil Bliss away from populated areas while pretending to be weakened by the pursuit.
• Liu Yu stopped in the desert and struck Old Devil Bliss's black dragon and twelve-armed refined corpse with Nebula Flash, exposing his concealed strength.
• Old Devil Bliss recognized the danger and tried to retreat as Liu Yu drew the Ruined Sword.
• The Ruined Sword locked Old Devil Bliss in place and passed through him, killing him instantly.
• The Ruined Sword's released power devastated the desert, killing nearly all the hundreds of thousands of beings there.

After killing Old Devil Bliss, Liu Yu erased the battle’s traces and returned to the Primordial Yang Sect to refine his spoils. He discovered the Bliss Scripture among Old Devil Bliss’s possessions and began reading it.

• Liu Yu collected Old Devil Bliss’s Immortal-Slaying Sword, storage ring, and six refined corpses, then killed the remaining witnesses and restored the spiritual energy around the battlefield.
• Liu Yu returned to Heaven-Reaching Peak and spent three days refining the Immortal-Slaying Sword, testing its power before putting it away.
• Liu Yu placed the six refined corpses in a Yin Ghost Bag and refined Old Devil Bliss’s storage ring.
• Liu Yu found abundant spirit stones, seven true treasures, fourth-tier materials, and twenty-eight female corpses in Old Devil Bliss’s storage ring.
• Liu Yu discovered a pink book titled Bliss Scripture and began leafing through it.

Liu Yu tested whether the Immortal Mansion’s Red Spirit Field could cultivate Heavenly Demon Grass, then gave the herb to Little Green to aid his coming breakthrough. After resting, Liu Yu began refining red sun gold essence into the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, leaving the weapon’s upgrade underway.

• Liu Yu studied Old Devil Bliss’s cultivation methods and corpse-control art, deciding to use divine sense imprints rather than split his soul to control refined corpses.
• Liu Yu planted Heavenly Demon Grass in the Red Spirit Field and confirmed that it could produce seeds and grow there.
• Liu Yu gave the original Heavenly Demon Grass to Little Green, who was preparing to break through to the fourth tier after his transformation.
• Liu Yu relaxed for seven days, then brought out red sun gold essence to strengthen the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear.
• Liu Yu melted the red sun gold essence with the Azure Yang Demonic Flame and summoned the spear to begin refining it.

Liu Yu reforged the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear with red sun gold essence, then absorbed the Death Spirit Flame to advance the Azure Yang Demonic Flame to the fifth grade. With both treasures strengthened, he summoned the Golden Core Elders to gather fuel and headed to celebrate with his concubines.

• Liu Yu endured the pain of damaging and melting his life-bound Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear as he removed its outdated materials over three days.
• Liu Yu merged red sun gold essence into the spear and reshaped it, producing a stronger dark-gold weapon marked with glowing red patterns.
• Liu Yu opened the jade box containing the Death Spirit Flame and used the Nine Demonic Flame Transformations to extract its origin for the Azure Yang Demonic Flame.
• After ten more days, the Death Spirit Flame dispersed, and the Azure Yang Demonic Flame advanced to the fifth grade, gaining the Resurrection of the Dead and Life Burning traits.
• Liu Yu ordered the Golden Core Elders to gather fuel, then left to celebrate with his concubines and discuss the Bliss Scripture.

The Primordial Yang Sect’s grand competition ended with Li Guanjie defeating Wei Yunying, while the elders debated which six cultivators would receive Golden Core Condensation Pills. Li Buyu invoked Patriarch Qing Yang’s praise of Liu An to secure him sixth place, leaving Liu with a chance to pursue core formation.

• Li Guanjie used his superior spirit artifact and reserves of magic power to defeat Wei Yunying and claim sixth place in combat.
• The sect’s disciples reacted with mixed feelings as they awaited the elders’ decision on the six Golden Core Condensation Pills, and Liu An feared he had no chance after placing ninth in the scholarly contest and tenth in combat.
• Li Buyu and the other four Golden Core elders agreed on the first five recipients, then debated whether Li Guanjie should receive the final pill.
• Li Buyu nominated Liu An, citing Patriarch Qing Yang’s praise of him, and the other elders voted to give Liu sixth place and the pill.

The Primordial Yang Sect announced the grand competition results, placing Liu An sixth and awarding him a Golden Core Condensation Pill voucher. As the cultivators prepared to leave, Little Green survived his fourth-tier transformation tribulation and became a Demon King, then reunited with Liu Yu.

• Li Buyu announced Pang Wanli, Mo Kunyu, and four others among the top six, with Liu An taking sixth place and surprising Li Guanjie and the assembled disciples.
• The sect competition ended, and the six winners received vouchers to exchange for Golden Core Condensation Pills.
• A Nascent Soul phenomenon erupted above Heaven-Reaching Peak as Little Green absorbed spiritual energy and prepared to undergo his fourth-tier tribulation.
• Liu Yu watched as Little Green faced nine increasingly powerful lightning bolts, using his demonic body and tribulation-transcending treasures to survive.
• Little Green transformed into a white-haired boy, declared his success to Liu Yu, and entered the cave abode with him.

Liu Yu used Little Green’s essence blood to cultivate four-thousand-year-old Dragon-Transforming Grass and confirmed that it greatly advanced his body-refining cultivation. After Liu An formed a Golden Core, Liu Yu’s maids escorted him into the cave abode for a private audience with the Azure Yang Ancestor.

• Liu Yu sent Little Green away to stabilize his fourth-tier cultivation while reflecting on the scarce treasures needed to help his four concubines form nascent souls.
• Three years later, Liu Yu used Little Green’s essence blood to grow Dragon-Transforming Grass and found that it could reach roughly four thousand years of medicinal age.
• Liu Yu tested the Dragon-Transforming Grass and rapidly advanced his Astral True Form cultivation toward the peak of the fourth-tier early stage.
• Liu An, who had recently formed a fourth-grade Golden Core and received the Daoist name Xuancheng, arrived to request an audience with the Azure Yang Ancestor.
• A maid told Liu An he could enter directly, then led him into Liu Yu’s cave abode.