Recaps

Great Xia’s upgraded army used coordinated legion skills and the Divine Beasts White Tiger and Black Tortoise to push back the Demon Emperor’s tide at Dingcheng. Wan Jiang rushed into battle and killed a Malice Lord, but three Evil Gods surrounded him as he drew the Eternal Spear.

• Xiao Ziyan watched the East China Army deploy powerful combined spells, and the Fire Dragon Corps and Wood Puppet Corps tore through the demon tide.
• A Horror Giant attacked Dingcheng, but White Tiger drove it back with a Soul-Quelling Roar, and Black Tortoise split the demon tide with a massive wave.
• A Malice Lord emerged from the Horror Giant, and Wan Jiang ignored the legion commander’s warning to attack it himself.
• Wan Jiang pierced and instantly killed the Malice Lord, drawing three Evil Gods out of the demon tide to surround him.
• As Bai Qiuli prepared to help Wan Jiang, he produced the god-slaying Eternal Spear.

Wan Jiang used the Eternal Spear to kill an Evil God, while Yi Tian confronted Demon Emperor Turbid Heart as he emerged through the rift. Yi Tian dragged Turbid Heart into his Netherworld Domain, where the Demon Emperor found his power being devoured and his escape blocked.

• Wan Jiang wielded the Eternal Spear and killed an Evil God with a lightning-charged strike, unlocking the Demon-Sealing Tower’s seventh floor.
• Wei Yuan and Jiang Yuan Shuang praised the younger generation as a violent tremor announced that the figure at the rift was moving.
• Xiao Ziyan offered Yi Tian and the Vermilion Bird’s help against Demon Emperor Turbid Heart, but Yi Tian refused and flew toward the rift.
• Yi Tian seized Demon Emperor Turbid Heart’s arm and forcibly dragged the black-ape Demon Emperor out of the rift.
• Yi Tian flung Turbid Heart into the sky and trapped him inside the Netherworld Domain, where Netherworld Power devoured his Demon Energy and prevented his escape.

After Yi Tian killed Demon Emperor Turbid Heart and Great Xia survived the Demon Tide, Wan Jiang learned that his father Wan Ming was being blamed for the Wan Family’s military defeats in the Radiant Stars Nation. Wan Jiang feared his father was about to leave for the front lines again, as he had when Wan Jiang was a child.

• Yi Tian killed Demon Emperor Turbid Heart, whose corpse formed a Secret Realm entrance, and Xiao Ziyan explained that Demon Emperors left such realms when they died.
• The remaining evil demons attacked Great Xia more fiercely, but Wan Jiang and his allies killed the five Evil Gods attacking Wan Jiang, and Great Xia defeated the Demon Tide.
• Xiao Ziyan told Yi Tian she would help dispel the rumors Mills had spread, then explained that Wan Ming had lost the Demon-Sealing Tower and was facing renewed accusations after the Wan Family’s defeats.
• Wan Jiang asked Xiao Ziyan about Wan Ming and learned that the Wan Family had likely punished him, though she did not know what the punishment was.
• Wan Jiang privately told Yi Tian that his father’s message from the Demon-Sealing Tower warned of war and urged him to care for his mother, just as Wan Ming had before leaving for the front when Wan Jiang was young.

Yi Tian reassured Wan Jiang that his father, Wan Ming, was likely safe and learned from Xiao Ziyan about ruins in the Radiant Stars Nation that might offer a way to save Vermilion Bird. Xiao Ziyan revealed that Azure Dragon might still be alive inside the ruins, leaving Yi Tian stunned.

• Yi Tian told Wan Jiang that Wan Ming was likely not in danger and sent him to ask Lu Xinghe for reassurance.
• Xiao Ziyan offered to take Yi Tian to the Radiant Stars Nation if he helped her save Vermilion Bird.
• Xiao Ziyan explained that ancient war ruins were believed to be where Divine Beast Kirin Venerable fell and where Kirin Venerable and Azure Dragon fought the Abyss.
• Yi Tian realized that Kirin Venerable's power might relate to his Divine Beast Egg and asked whether the ruins could help Vermilion Bird.
• Xiao Ziyan said Azure Dragon's wood law could restore Vermilion Bird's vitality and revealed that the Qi Family's findings suggested Azure Dragon was still alive inside the Secret Realm.

Yi Tian agreed to accompany Xiao Ziyan to the ruins where Azure Dragon might be found, hoping to save Vermilion Bird and claim whatever they discovered. After preparing Blue Star and departing with Xiao Ziyan, he traveled toward the Radiant Stars Nation as the Abyss threatened the Nebula Race’s Starsea Empire.

• Xiao Ziyan asked Yi Tian to help find Azure Dragon in the dangerous ruins and offered to contract with him if he saved Vermilion Bird.
• Yi Tian agreed to go, provided Xiao Ziyan cleared up the rumors about Mills and let him keep everything they found in the ruins.
• Yi Tian placed a divine barrier around Blue Star and left instructions for Wei Yuan and 007 before departing with Xiao Ziyan and Vermilion Bird.
• Sichen watched Yi Tian leave from near apartment 502 in Green Mountain Apartments.
• As Vermilion Bird flew through the stars, Xiao Ziyan told Yi Tian that the Abyss had consumed over seventy percent of the Starsea Empire.
• Xiao Ziyan began to answer Yi Tian's question about how she had met Vermilion Bird, then pointed out the Radiant Stars Nation ahead.

Yi Tian and Xiao Ziyan entered the Radiant Stars Nation, where Xiao sent word to undermine Mills's rumors before they continued toward the Endless Soul Prison to save the Vermilion Bird. Wan Xiong intercepted them and joined their expedition after Yi Tian persuaded Xiao Ziyan to accept his help, leaving Wan Xiong wondering who Yi Tian really was.

• Xiao Ziyan showed Yi Tian the Radiant Stars Nation and explained its three great families, auxiliary stars, and guarded outer planets.
• Xiao Ziyan sent a Vermilion Sand Secret Letter to her family's Intelligence Bureau to confirm the truth about the Life Divine Core and counter Mills's rumors.
• As Yi Tian and Xiao Ziyan headed for the Endless Soul Prison, Wan Xiong intercepted them and offered to help, but Xiao Ziyan rejected him after he mocked Yi Tian.
• Yi Tian learned that Wan Xiong was a contender for head of the Wan Family who wanted Xiao Ziyan's support, then argued that his strength could help save the Vermilion Bird.
• Xiao Ziyan agreed to let Wan Xiong join them on the condition that he follow their instructions, and Wan Xiong wondered who Yi Tian was.

Yi Tian, Xiao Ziyan, and Wan Xiong entered the Endless Soul Prison to search for Azure Dragon and encountered a demon corpse. Yi Tian summoned his Undead Army to draw the Ruins’ demon corpses into battle, then led the others onward while the forces clashed.

• Wan Xiong followed Yi Tian and wondered about his identity as the group traveled to the Ruins outside the Radiant Stars Nation.
• Xiao Ziyan explained that the Ruins contained the remains of a battle between the Abyss and Kirin Venerable, and that explorers paid to enter them.
• Yi Tian, Xiao Ziyan, Wan Xiong, and the two Divine Beasts entered the Endless Soul Prison and headed deeper to find Azure Dragon.
• The group spotted a demon corpse, and Xiao Ziyan warned that fighting it could attract more powerful demon corpses from the Ruins.
• Yi Tian summoned tens of thousands of undead to kill the demon corpse, drawing over a hundred more demon corpses into battle.
• Yi Tian led Xiao Ziyan and Wan Xiong onward, leaving his Undead Army to hold off the demon corpses.

Yi Tian, Xiao Ziyan, and Wan Xiong found Azure Dragon in the ruins, where three Demon Emperor-level Demon Corpses were crawling over his darkened body. Wan Xiong attacked them by injecting himself with enhancements, while Xiao Ziyan urged Yi Tian to rescue Azure Dragon.

• Yi Tian, Xiao Ziyan, and Wan Xiong crossed the canyon and searched the ruins for Azure Dragon using a photograph Xiao Ziyan had obtained.
• The group spotted Azure Dragon lying in a misty ravine with three Demon Emperor-level Demon Corpses on his body.
• Wan Xiong charged the Demon Corpses, injected himself with a drug created through his [Medicine] law, and struck one corpse hard enough to send it flying.
• Xiao Ziyan explained how Wan Xiong's law-enhancing drugs boosted his physique and warned that they could have side effects.
• Xiao Ziyan urged Yi Tian to focus on getting Azure Dragon out of the ruins.

Yi Tian and Xiao Ziyan found the Azure Dragon corrupted by the Abyss, but when he awoke, he revealed that he had willingly accepted its power and attacked them. Yi Tian struck him with a Demon-Subduing Pestle and challenged him about surviving when other divine beasts died.

• Yi Tian discovered that his [Profile] skill would not work on the Azure Dragon and told Xiao Ziyan to wake him while he kept watch.
• A Demon Emperor-level Demon Corpse charged Xiao Ziyan, and Yi Tian blasted it away with War God's Power.
• The Azure Dragon awoke with lifeless eyes and overwhelming demonic might, then attacked Yi Tian and Wan Xiong with black lightning.
• The Azure Dragon struck Wan Xiong, who was rescued by his Azure-Feather Giant Eagle, and admitted that he had willingly accepted the Abyss's power.
• Yi Tian teleported behind the Azure Dragon with [Lightning Flash] and drove a Demon-Subduing Pestle into him, knocking him to the ground.
• Yi Tian called the Azure Dragon a coward and asked why he alone had survived after the Abyss killed the Kirin Venerable and countless divine beasts.

Yi Tian used Dragon God's Power and the Demon-Subduing Pestle to overpower Azure Dragon, who admitted he had accepted the Abyss's power before the Sacred Beasts' war. After Azure Dragon transformed into a demon approaching True God strength, Vermilion Bird rejected Xiao Ziyan's plea to spare him, and Yi Tian engulfed him with the Nether King Domain.

• Yi Tian suppressed Azure Dragon with Dragon God's Power and struck him with the Demon-Subduing Pestle as Demon Emperor-level Demon Corpses charged.
• Azure Dragon revealed that the Abyss had invited him to accept its power long before the war, and Yi Tian attacked him more fiercely.
• Xiao Ziyan and Vermilion Bird fought the charging Demon Corpses, while Wan Xiong recovered and moved to help Xiao Ziyan.
• Azure Dragon unleashed a complete abyssal transformation that brought his power close to True God level and flung Yi Tian away.
• Xiao Ziyan asked Yi Tian to spare Azure Dragon because his Wood Law could heal Vermilion Bird, but Vermilion Bird demanded that he kill Azure Dragon.
• Yi Tian activated the Nether King Domain and engulfed Azure Dragon.

Yi Tian killed the completely abyss-transformed Azure Dragon and found the Azure Dragon Soul Pearl and Abyss Demon Heart, which offered opposing paths to gain power. Considering the threat of the abyss, he wondered whether he could have someone accept the Abyss Demon Heart and recruit them as an employee.

• The Vermilion Bird refused to let Yi Tian spare the traitorous Azure Dragon to save her, and Xiao Ziyan accepted her decision.
• Yi Tian defeated and killed the completely abyss-transformed Azure Dragon inside the Nether King Domain without suffering any real injuries.
• The Azure Dragon's body disintegrated, leaving behind an Azure Dragon Soul Pearl and an Abyss Demon Heart.
• Yi Tian discovered that using one treasure to devour the other could strengthen either the Azure Dragon's origin essence or the abyss's power.
• Concerned about unknown threats from the abyss, Yi Tian considered having someone accept its power and then recruiting them as an employee.

Yi Tian weighed whether to use the Azure Dragon Soul Pearl or the Abyss Demon Heart, then prepared to leave the Ruins with Xiao Ziyan, Wan Xiong, and Vermilion Bird. A mysterious ancient aura emerged from the depths, and Vermilion Bird recognized it as Kirin Venerable’s.

• Yi Tian considered using Alice to infiltrate the Abyss, but put the Azure Dragon Soul Pearl and Abyss Demon Heart away until he could decide.
• Wan Xiong reacted to Azure Dragon’s death, while Xiao Ziyan grieved and Vermilion Bird felt relieved.
• Yi Tian and the others prepared to leave the Ruins before Demon Corpses surrounded them.
• A faint, familiar vibration came from deep within the Ruins, and Vermilion Bird identified its aura as Kirin Venerable’s.
• Xiao Ziyan wondered whether Kirin Venerable had survived the great war of the Primordial Era.

Yi Tian and the others found Kirin Venerable alive but imprisoned in the depths of the Endless Soul Prison. After Wan Xiong used Nine Dragons Power to help defeat a horde of Demon Corpses, the group turned back to face the badly weakened Sacred Beast.

• Wan Xiong, Xiao Ziyan, and Yi Tian followed Kirin Venerable’s aura to a chained gate, which Xiao Ziyan opened with her lifire.
• The group found Kirin Venerable imprisoned in a vast web of Abyssal chains, and Vermilion Bird recognized him and confirmed he was still alive.
• Kirin Venerable warned the group as more than ten Demon Corpses rushed into the tunnel.
• Wan Xiong injected himself with nine syringes and unleashed Nine Dragons Power, charging into the Demon Corpses.
• Yi Tian and Xiao Ziyan joined the fight and helped defeat the Demon Corpses, while Wan Xiong suffered apparent side effects.
• Wan Xiong asked whether Kirin Venerable would be all right, then reconsidered as the group faced his condition.

Kirin Venerable claimed the Abyss had imprisoned him to prevent another Sacred Beast from being born, and he urged Yi Tian and the others to break his chains before the seal failed. Yi Tian exposed the story as an act and confronted Xiao Ziyan about how she knew Blue Star’s location.

• Kirin Venerable explained that the Abyss had captured him after Azure Dragon’s betrayal because his death would cause a new Sacred Beast to appear.
• Kirin Venerable said the ruins were a hidden plane whose weakening seal had finally let him reach the group, and he urged them to break his chains before the Abyss found him.
• Xiao Ziyan urged Yi Tian to save Kirin Venerable, but Yi Tian stopped her and the others, calling her and ‘Kirin Venerable’ convincing actors.
• Yi Tian questioned why the Abyss had left so little protection around a Sacred Beast and why Xiao Ziyan had sought help from him despite her standing in the Radiant Stars Nation.
• Yi Tian challenged Xiao Ziyan to explain how she knew where Blue Star was.

Yi Tian exposed Xiao Ziyan as an Abyssal Evil Demon and identified Demon Emperor Gu Yue, who had possessed her body, and Demon Emperor Guimie, who had taken over the Kirin Venerable. As Vermilion Bird and Wan Xiong faced the two, Dark Star Demon Emperor Lux arrived and sealed off their escape.

• Yi Tian challenged Xiao Ziyan's story and concluded that she was not the real Xiao Ziyan.
• Yi Tian connected the fake Kirin Venerable to a possession ability and accused Xiao Ziyan of being an Abyssal Evil Demon who knew him and Great Xia.
• Demon Emperor Gu Yue emerged from Xiao Ziyan's body, and Demon Emperor Guimie emerged from the Kirin Venerable's body.
• Vermilion Bird realized Xiao Ziyan's consciousness had likely been trapped, while Yi Tian reassured them that her body was still alive.
• Wan Xiong warned Yi Tian about Guimie's strength, but Dark Star Demon Emperor Lux arrived and cut off their escape routes.

Yi Tian and his companions faced three Demon Emperors in a deadly trap, and Sichen appeared just as the battle was about to begin. The chapter ended with the Celestial Time Goddess materializing from Yi Tian’s jade pendant.

• Yi Tian learned that the Demon Emperors had targeted him as the first victim in a larger plan, and he suspected a stronger demon stood behind them.
• Lux trapped everyone in an Endless Soul Prison, preventing Wan Xiong from teleporting away.
• Wan Xiong asked why Yi Tian had brought him along, and Yi Tian admitted that he had originally intended to kill him to help Wan Ming.
• The three Demon Emperors unleashed their power as Yi Tian prepared to fight alongside the Vermilion Bird and Wan Xiong.
• Yi Tian’s jade pendant blazed with golden light, and Sichen appeared as the God King's Maid, the Celestial Time Goddess.

Sichen arrived to rescue Yi Tian and explained the danger of the Abyss Demon Artifact God Prison. After she took on Lux, Yi Tian faced Gu Yue and Guimie, broke their illusion, and prepared to fight at full strength.

• Sichen reached Yi Tian and revealed that Xiao Ziyan's consciousness had been trapped by God Prison, explaining how the artifact let a demon take control of its victim's body.
• Sichen blocked Lux's attack, then pulled the Dark Star Demon Emperor into her domain to fight alone while Yi Tian refused to retreat before Gu Yue.
• Guimie knocked Wan Xiong unconscious before Yi Tian could join the fight, and Yi Tian tried to attack him with Nether God Power.
• Vermilion Bird warned Yi Tian that Guimie's Deceptive Art created false perceptions, and Yi Tian used his Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Force to shatter an illusion shared by Gu Yue and Guimie.
• Yi Tian saw that Wan Xiong, Vermilion Bird, and the Azure-Feather Giant Eagle had been knocked unconscious, then grinned and thanked Gu Yue and Guimie for giving him room to go all out.

Yi Tian overwhelmed the Abyss Demon Emperors with stacked buffs, crushing Demon Emperor Guimie's clones and turning their explosions into strength. Demon Emperor Gu Yue trapped him in an illusion realm with an Abyss Demon Artifact, but Yi Tian prepared to use [Exile the Venerable King] against her.

• Yi Tian stacked several abilities to boost his strength, then transformed into the Dark War God and destroyed Demon Emperor Guimie's attacking clones with [Final Judgment].
• Yi Tian survived the clones' destructive explosions by swallowing them with [Devouring Heaven Ghost God] and absorbing their power.
• Yi Tian seized Demon Emperor Gu Yue and summoned [Hungry Ghost Path - Soul Howl] to crush Demon Emperor Guimie's chains.
• Demon Emperor Gu Yue activated the Abyss Demon Artifact and cast [Heavenly Demon Soul Crossing], trapping Yi Tian in an illusion realm where copies of her attacked him.
• Yi Tian declared that he was done playing and asked Gu Yue whether she knew [Exile the Venerable King].

Yi Tian escaped Gu Yue’s illusion, destroyed Heavenly Demon Soul Crossing, and killed her. He trapped the fleeing Guimie in a second domain, revealing the Dragon God Domain.

• Yi Tian used Exile the Venerable King to break Heavenly Demon Soul Crossing’s illusion realm and shatter the artifact.
• Yi Tian seized Gu Yue, crushed her neck, and obliterated her body with tribulation-annihilating lightning.
• Guimie fled to seek passage back to the Abyss, but Yi Tian appeared and trapped him in a domain.
• Yi Tian revealed that he could use two domains and identified his new domain as the Dragon God Domain, acquired after Nidhogg ascended to the Dragon God throne.

Yi Tian used his Dragon God domain and a new soul-control move to kill Demon Emperor Guimie. Afterward, he reflected on the danger of Abyss Demon Artifacts and became even more determined to plant a spy in the Abyss.

• Yi Tian’s Dragon God domain suppressed Demon Emperor Guimie, who planned to survive until the domain ended and escape to the Abyss.
• As Demon Emperor Guimie prepared to use Deceptive Art, Yi Tian sent his soul into Guimie’s body with [Descent], briefly preventing him from controlling it.
• Yi Tian’s Demon Longsword continued its slash while Guimie was helpless, cleaving him in two and killing him.
• Yi Tian returned his soul to his body and decided to reserve Soul-Ejection Slash for use inside his domain.
• Yi Tian thought about the power of Abyss Demon Artifacts and grew more determined to plant a spy in the Abyss.

Yi Tian killed the three Abyss Demon Emperors with Sichen’s help, ending the danger in the Endless Soul Prison. The Kirin Venerable’s body then formed a legacy orb that required Sacred Beast blood to unlock.

• Sichen’s domain faded, and she and Lux discovered that Yi Tian had killed Guimie and Gu Yue and shattered Heavenly Demon Soul Crossing.
• Yi Tian attacked Lux while Sichen sealed the cave in a space that prevented escape, allowing Yi Tian to destroy Lux’s shadow form and kill her for good.
• With all three Demon Emperors dead, the black mist over the Endless Soul Prison dissipated, and Sichen explained how the Kirin Venerable had fallen and been imprisoned by the Abyss.
• The Kirin Venerable’s chained body transformed into a golden orb, which Sichen recognized as his legacy.
• Yi Tian learned that the legacy orb required a drop of Sacred Beast blood to unlock, and Sichen worried that finding a Sacred Beast would be difficult.

After defeating three Demon Emperors, Yi Tian learned more about the danger of the Abyss’s God Prison and discovered that the real Xiao Ziyan had awakened. He sent the others away and asked whether she had witnessed every ability he used in battle.

• Sichen warned Yi Tian that the Abyss would target him for killing three Demon Emperors and taking the Kirin Venerable’s legacy, and cautioned him about God Prison’s ability to control three people.
• Wan Xiong, the Vermilion Bird, and the Azure-Feather Giant Eagle woke to find the Demon Emperors gone, and Wan Xiong asked Yi Tian whether he had defeated all three.
• Wan Xiong told Yi Tian that he was Wan Ming’s younger cousin, and Yi Tian described Wan Ming as his comrade-in-arms.
• Xiao Ziyan awakened, reunited with the Vermilion Bird, and confirmed that she was the real Xiao Ziyan after Yi Tian checked her profile.
• Xiao Ziyan thanked Yi Tian for saving her, and Yi Tian asked the others to leave so he could speak with her alone.
• Yi Tian asked Xiao Ziyan whether she had seen the battle and every ability he used.

Yi Tian confronted Xiao Ziyan after she witnessed the power of his God King-tier artifact, Exile the Venerable King. Rather than kill her, he offered her a Recruitment Contract, and Xiao Ziyan agreed to sign it.

• Xiao Ziyan admitted she had seen Yi Tian use Exile the Venerable King and understood that he might kill her to protect his secret.
• Xiao Ziyan accepted the possibility of death and asked Yi Tian to save the Vermilion Bird from the Turbid Heart Seal if she died.
• Yi Tian told Xiao Ziyan he had not decided to kill her and offered her a Recruitment Contract that let him erase her abilities if she became suspicious.
• Xiao Ziyan signed the contract, giving Yi Tian the chance to recruit a Greater God and gain fire law divine power.

Xiao Ziyan signed Yi Tian’s contract and gained a powerful new fire ability, while Yi Tian shared her divine power and abilities. Xiao Ziyan then persuaded Vermilion Bird to accept a contract that could cure her Turbid Heart Seal, leaving Yi Tian with two contracted Greater God-level companions.

• Xiao Ziyan signed Yi Tian’s recruitment contract, transforming her fire divine power and granting Yi Tian her attributes, abilities, and talents.
• Xiao Ziyan realized Yi Tian could grant new abilities and suggested contracting Vermilion Bird so she could heal from the Turbid Heart Seal.
• Yi Tian examined Vermilion Bird’s profile, confirmed he could remove the seal, and offered her a recruitment contract.
• Vermilion Bird suspected Yi Tian had controlled Xiao Ziyan until Xiao Ziyan explained that they had signed contracts to balance their leverage and listed the benefits.
• Vermilion Bird pressed her claw print onto the contract, becoming Yi Tian’s second contracted Greater God-level companion.

Vermilion Bird overcame the Turbid Heart Seal and joined Yi Tian, giving him three of the Primordial Four Symbols. After learning that the Abyss was preparing an assault on the Radiant Stars Nation and that Wan Ming had been condemned to the Vanguard Squad, Yi Tian heard Xiao Ziyan predict the nation was about to face upheaval.

• Vermilion Bird burned away the Turbid Heart Seal, awakened greater Lifire Power, and joined Yi Tian.
• Xiao Ziyan told Yi Tian that the Abyss had gathered troops to exploit the Radiant Stars Nation’s losses and internal conflict, then hurried back to rally the families.
• Yi Tian asked Wan Xiong about Wan Ming and learned that Wan Ming had been accused of colluding with the enemy after losing the Demon-Sealing Tower.
• Wan Xiong explained that a Truthspeaker had exposed Wan Ming’s claim as a lie, but Wan Ming refused to reveal who had received the tower to protect his son, Wan Jiang.
• Wan Xiong said Wan Ming had been assigned to the Vanguard Squad and could not be visited, but Xiao Ziyan said the coming upheaval might break the Wan Family’s old rules.