Recaps

Nie Li repaired ancient summoning scrolls and refined three throwing knives while explaining dimensional worlds to Duan Jian, then encountered a powerful mad old man he recognized as one of Emperor Kongming's inheritors. The chapter left Nie Li determined not to return to the Black Prison World until he reached Black Gold Rank.

• Li Heng celebrated his family’s move to Glory City and planned to give Nie Li three throwing knives as a gift.
• Nie Li reactivated an ancient Legend Rank summoning scroll and explained the Saint Spirit Continent, dimensional worlds, and summoning scrolls to Duan Jian.
• Nie Li refined the three throwing knives, naming them Red Flame, Red Cold, and Red Void, and then cultivated while Duan Jian prepared to approach the black gold realm.
• After ten days, Nie Li and Duan Jian left the inn to meet Xiao Ning'er and the others, but Nie Li spotted a mad old man with intense killing intent in the marketplace.
• Nie Li recognized the old man as one of Emperor Kongming's inheritors and decided not to return to the Black Prison World until he reached Black Gold Rank.

Nie Li and Duan Jian launched a series of explosions across the Silverwing Family’s grounds, destroying the Treetop Palace and throwing its guards into chaos. Sikong Yi went to the family treasury to arm himself, while Nie Li continued forward and blasted the guards blocking his path.

• Sikong Yi killed a maid who accidentally dropped a wine bottle, then met with Sikong Red Moon as they discussed whether Nie Li would bring the antidote.
• Nie Li and Duan Jian set off timed explosions throughout the Silverwing Family’s grounds, destroying the Treetop Palace and igniting chaos.
• Nie Li explained to Duan Jian that he had used flame burst inscriptions rather than Explosive Talismans to create the blasts.
• Sikong Yi raged at Nie Li’s attack and went to the family treasury to find treasures he could use against him.
• Nie Li held Duan Jian back and blasted the Silver-Armored Guards who tried to block their way.

Nie Li helped his companions escape the Silverwing Family after triggering devastating explosions, then hid with them in the Jungle to evade Sikong Yi. He set out alone to free the miners and reached the watchtower where the slave marks were controlled.

• Nie Li and Duan Jian met Du Ze, Lu Piao, Xiao Ning'er, and the others outside the Silverwing Family, and they escaped its grounds together.
• Sikong Yi sent Sikong Red Moon to pursue Nie Li while he stayed behind to defend the Silverwing Family from its hostile neighbors.
• Nie Li led his companions to a secluded cave in the Jungle, where he explained that he had anticipated Sikong Yi would search the Wasteland.
• Nie Li left Duan Jian to protect the group and went alone to the Mine, where the miners were rebelling against Sikong Shou.
• Nie Li merged with the Shadow Demon, entered the watchtower, silently dispatched its guards, and reached the top floor where three Inscription Masters were discussing the Silverwing Family's fate.

Nie Li destroyed the Watchtower, freeing the miners from their slave marks and triggering a revolt against the Silverwing Family’s overseers. Sikong Red Moon arrived to crush the rebellion but pursued Nie Li, leaving Sikong Shou and the guards to face the miners.

• Nie Li lured the three Inscription Masters inside the Watchtower, escaped, and detonated the Flame Burst Inscriptions, destroying the tower and killing them.
• With the Inscription Masters dead, the miners’ slave marks lost their power and their cultivation returned.
• The miners fought the overseers, then gained the advantage by absorbing unrefined crimson blood crystals.
• Sikong Red Moon arrived with reinforcements and killed several miners, turning the battle against them.
• Nie Li revealed himself to Sikong Red Moon and fled, drawing her away as she ordered Sikong Shou to keep the miners under control.
• The miners attacked again while Sikong Red Moon chased Nie Li, leaving Sikong Shou fearing the overseers would be defeated.

Nie Li lured Sikong Red Moon away from the Mine, where Duan Jian joined him and fought her. After she provoked Duan Jian into reckless attacks, he turned her opening against her, shattered her sword, and struck her down.

• Nie Li drew Sikong Red Moon away from the Mine and blocked her attack with the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword.
• Duan Jian arrived, and Sikong Red Moon recognized him as he prepared to settle his grievance with the Silverwing Family.
• Duan Jian attacked Sikong Red Moon with the Flame-Rage Sword and knocked her from the sky with two powerful strikes.
• Sikong Red Moon insulted Duan Jian's mother to enrage him, then used his reckless attacks to manipulate the fight.
• Duan Jian caught Sikong Red Moon's sword as she slashed at his chest, shattered it, and punched her several dozen meters away.

Duan Jian nearly killed Sikong Red Moon, but two Silverwing Family elders rescued her, and Nie Li stopped Duan Jian from pursuing them. After the group left the Tree Hollow, they encountered the crazed old man again, while the old man also appeared among the Red Ghosts and sent them fleeing.

• Duan Jian set Sikong Red Moon’s wings on fire, but two Silverwing Family elders intercepted his sword and rescued her after Nie Li’s throwing knife warned them of danger.
• Nie Li stopped Duan Jian from chasing the elders, and Sikong Red Moon returned to Sikong Yi with news that Nie Li had caused the explosion and Duan Jian had reached Legendary Rank.
• After three more days outside, Nie Li and the others returned to the Tree Hollow and set out to escape while the Silverwing Family faced attacks from other families.
• At the Stone Stele, Nie Li and his companions encountered the crazed old man, who repeated the Cross True Formula and asked Nie Li whether it was ridiculous.
• The crazed old man found the Red Ghosts, frightened them into fleeing, and hurled one toward the horizon.

The group returned from the Black Prison World to Glory City, while Sikong Yi prepared the Silverwing Family for a final fight. Three days later, Duan Jian emerged with his Black Dragon Bloodline awakened, and Nie Li gave him a God-Tier dragon Demon Spirit before they set out.

• Nie Li and the others activated the Myriad Forms Space Array and returned to Glory City, where Ye Zong and Ye Xiu welcomed their return.
• Ye Ziyun arrived at the City Lord's hall, blushed when she found Nie Li talking with Xiao Ning'er, and tried to leave before Nie Li stopped her.
• As the Sky Screen faded, Nie Li said Duan Jian would emerge from seclusion in three days and that they would then destroy the Silverwing Family.
• Sikong Yi opened the Silverwing Family treasury, distributed its usable treasures, and vowed to fight to the death rather than wait for defeat.
• Duan Jian emerged with his Black Dragon Bloodline awakened, knelt before Nie Li, and received the Red Flame Black Dragon King Demon Spirit.

After Duan Jian became a powerful Black Gold Rank Demon Spirit Master, Nie Li led Bright Village’s forces to destroy the Silverwing Family. They defeated the family’s forces and reached the Treetop Palace, where Sikong Yi awaited them.

• Duan Jian absorbed the Red Flame Black Dragon King demon spirit, and Nie Li gathered an army to attack the Silverwing Family while Ye Ming stayed behind to guard Bright Village.
• Sikong Yi learned the army was coming and ordered the Silverwing Family to prepare for battle, leaving its members to fight rather than surrender.
• Duan Jian charged the Silver-Armored Soldiers and shattered their formation, while Nie Li’s experts helped annihilate the enemy force.
• Nie Li noticed that many Silverwing Family fighters were stronger than expected and suspected a secret technique had raised their ranks.
• Nie Li’s forces fought their way through the family’s territory and gathered outside the Treetop Palace, where Nie Li and Duan Jian went to confront Sikong Yi.

Duan Jian fought Sikong Yi, who used a Space Teleportation Bracelet to escape with Nie Li and Duan Jian. The bracelet brought all three to Bright Village, where Sikong Yi found himself facing a powerful Demon Spirit Master.

• Duan Jian fused with his Red Flame Black Dragon King demon spirit and challenged Sikong Yi to repay his family’s blood debt.
• Duan Jian fought Sikong Yi and gained the advantage with his dragon strength and the Black Dragon Heaven-Burning Sword.
• Sikong Yi activated a Space Teleportation Bracelet and charged at Nie Li, forcing Duan Jian to rush after them.
• The bracelet teleported Sikong Yi, Nie Li, and Duan Jian to Bright Village.
• Sikong Yi saw a Legendary Rank Demon Spirit Master approaching and realized he was trapped.

Nie Li trapped Sikong Yi in the Thunderfire Killing Array and weakened him with its powerful Demon Beasts. Duan Jian killed Sikong Yi to avenge his parents, then pledged himself to Nie Li as the group prepared to return to Glory City.

• Nie Li activated the Thunderfire Killing Array and summoned Duan Jian to fight Sikong Yi while the others guarded the perimeter.
• Nie Li's lightning- and fire-type Demon Beasts overwhelmed Sikong Yi, shattered his Guardian Ring, and left him gravely wounded.
• Duan Jian killed Sikong Yi with the Black Dragon Heaven-Burning Sword and declared that he had avenged his parents.
• Duan Jian bowed to Nie Li and pledged to serve him, and the group later returned to Glory City.

After returning from the Black Prison World, Nie Li enjoyed a brief rest in Glory City while Ye Mo built the Glory Guild into a powerful force in Blackstone City. The Sky Screen then showed Nie Li giving Ye Ziyun the Wind Snow Spirit Pearl and deepening the awkward romantic tension among him, Ye Ziyun, and Xiao Ning'er.

• Nie Li returned to Glory City, where Ye Zong urged him to rest because the city was safe and the Black Prison World offered a fallback stronghold.
• Ye Mo led the renamed Glory Guild in Blackstone City, allied with the Jade Seal Family, and drew new members with its Demigod Rank expert and skilled Inscription Masters.
• The Sky Screen showed Nie Li taking Ye Ziyun's hand and giving her the Wind Snow Spirit Pearl to aid her cultivation.
• Xiao Ning'er felt dejected as she watched Nie Li and Ye Ziyun together, while Ye Ziyun innocently approached her and asked if she was all right.
• Lu Piao teased Nie Li about his romantic entanglements, and Xiao Xue chased Lu Piao after he joked about learning to woo girls.
• Ye Zong considered arranging engagements for the youngsters, while Nie Li told Ye Ziyun about the places they had visited through Glory City's Magic Array.

Nie Li reunited with Ye Ziyun and Duan Jian in the City Lord's Mansion, then told Ye Zong about their trip to the Black Prison World and the Ancient Magic Array. Ye Zong's anger gave way to delight when Nie Li showered him with crimson blood crystals, while the Sky Screen audience watched his reactions.

• Duan Jian showed Ye Ziyun his Black Dragon Wings, and Nie Li called him a companion before greeting Ye Zong as his father-in-law and enraging him.
• Ye Xiu redirected the conversation to serious business, and Xiao Ning'er and Du Ze's group left before Nie Li gave Ye Zong the seal controlling the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array.
• Nie Li explained that he had activated the Ancient Magic Array and reached the Black Prison World, prompting Ye Zong to scold him for risking everyone's lives.
• Nie Li gave Ye Zong two refined crimson blood crystals, then revealed two bags more, which Ye Zong ordered Ye Xiu to send to the Family Treasury.
• After the Sky Screen showed Ye Zong's reaction, Nie Li offered him ten more bags of crimson blood crystals, leaving Ye Zong speechless.

Ye Zong told Nie Li the Demon Lord’s history, leading Nie Li to realize the masked man he had met was the Dark Guild’s leader. Nie Li then helped Ye Zong plan a strike against the Dark Guild and Sacred Family, while the chapter ended with the group joking together at the City Lord’s Mansion.

• Ye Zong explained that the Demon Lord had once been an orphan adopted by a Red Jade Family retainer, and that the young man later destroyed the family before disappearing.
• Nie Li realized the man who had appeared before the Ancient Stele was the Demon Lord and suspected he had gone to the Black Prison World.
• Duan Jian told Ye Zong that he came from the Black Prison World and served Nie Li, who corrected him to say he was a subordinate.
• Ye Zong revealed that he had evidence of the Sacred Family’s collusion with the Dark Guild and asked Nie Li how to capture them both.
• Nie Li proposed summoning the families’ experts to the City Lord’s Mansion while forces attacked the Dark Guild branch and surrounded the Sacred Family.
• Ye Zong told Nie Li to focus on his classes and keep his distance from Ye Ziyun, while Nie Li, Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, and the others ended the gathering laughing together.

Shen Hong planned to divert suspicion from the Sacred Family as a millions-strong beast tide approached Glory City. Nie Li organized the southern defenses with ordinary warriors and began preparing trenches and traps, while Ye Zong kept Shen Hong under watch.

• Shen Hong ordered the Sacred Family to remain in place and considered how to distract the Wind Snow Family from its plans with the Dark Guild.
• A beast tide of several million creatures was reported less than ten hours from Glory City, and Ye Zong ordered the city put on alert.
• Nie Li told his companions to stay together, then asked Ye Xiu for five hundred ordinary warriors to defend the South City Wall.
• Shen Hong arrived with the Sacred Family's experts and declared his support for Glory City, so Ye Zong assigned him to the South City Wall under supervision.
• Nie Li led ordinary warriors in digging pits and trenches outside the walls, while Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun helped prepare potion-filled bamboo.

As the million-strong beast tide neared Glory City, Nie Li’s preparations caught the Demon Beasts in a massive fire trap and destroyed thousands of attackers. The tide continued toward the city walls, while the experts watched in amazement at the first line of defense.

• Shen Hong criticized the preparations, while Ye Xiu warned that earlier beast tides had exacted a devastating cost from Glory City.
• After the ground shook and distant roars confirmed the beast tide was approaching, Ye Zong ordered everyone to take defensive positions.
• Nie Li told Ye Xiu to ask Ye Zong to wait until the beasts struck the walls, and Ye Zong held the family experts back despite Shen Hong urging them to act.
• As the Wind Snow Demon Beasts advanced, Lu Piao prayed and Xiao Xue kicked him, while Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er resolved to stand firm.
• The leading Demon Beasts ran into Nie Li’s pits of red oil and other flammable materials, and the resulting wall of fire burned thousands of them to ash.

Nie Li’s defensive plans stopped the beast tide before it reached Glory City’s walls, using explosives and poisoned Bright Bamboo to devastate and confuse the beasts. The chapter ended with the crowd recognizing Nie Li’s role while Shen Hong remained confident that the vast remainder of the horde would still attack.

• Ye Xiu and Ye Zong praised Nie Li as fire turned the beast tide aside and drove it toward the next defenses.
• Flaming arrows ignited liquid explosives, destroying tens of thousands of demon beasts and shocking Ye Zong, Shen Hong, and Huyan Xiong.
• Nie Li ordered the Third Line of Defense prepared, and guards threw poisoned Bright Bamboo into the charging horde.
• The poison made the beasts attack one another, plunging the tide into chaos before it reached the walls.
• Ye Xiu told Ye Zong that Nie Li had devised and implemented the defenses, while Shen Hong dismissed the losses because nearly a million beasts remained.

As Glory City’s defenses held back the beast tide, Ye Han grew resentful as Nie Li’s achievements pushed him farther from the City Lord position. The beasts reached the city wall, where Nie Li’s oil-and-fire defenses slowed them, but as Nie Li joined the fighting, the dead beasts’ soul force began surging into him.

• Ye Zong recognized that Nie Li’s accomplishments made him the ideal support for Ye Ziyun, while Ye Han watched his prospects of becoming City Lord fade and recalled Shen Xiu’s offer of help from the Sacred Family and Dark Guild.
• Lu Piao boasted after using Bright Bamboo to make demon beasts attack one another, but Xiao Xue twisted his ear, and Du Ze warned that the beast tide had only been reduced by a tenth.
• Nie Li ordered oil poured down the city wall, and Xiao Ning’er ignited it to create a sea of fire that stopped many climbing beasts.
• Duan Jian and the city’s experts killed the Gold Rank beasts that reached the wall as Huyan Xiong, Chen Zhenglong, and others arranged for more red oil to be brought in.
• Ye Zong focused on the Black Gold Rank beasts directing the assault, while Nie Li fought on the wall and began to feel unwell as soul force from the fallen beasts surged toward him.

Nie Li struggled to refine an overwhelming surge of Soul Force while Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun fought to protect him from Demon Beasts. Xiao Ning'er stopped a Wind Snow Demon Beast from striking Nie Li, but her lightning chain failed and she was left exhausted as the beast prepared to attack again.

• Duan Jian, Du Ze, and Lu Piao fought the Demon Beasts while Nie Li struggled to absorb the Soul Force flooding his Soul Sea.
• Xiao Ning'er tackled Nie Li out of a Wind Snow Giant Ape's path, and Ye Ziyun held back two apes with an ice wall.
• Nie Li collapsed while trying to refine his Soul Force, and Xiao Ning'er stayed to guard him as a Wind Snow Demon Beast attacked.
• Xiao Ning'er endured the beast's freezing breath and was struck into the city wall, while Ye Ziyun was kept from reaching her by a Giant Ape.
• Xiao Ning'er bound the Wind Snow Demon Beast's claw with a lightning chain to protect Nie Li, but the chain dissolved as her strength gave out.

Nie Li saved Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun during the Beast Tide, then helped Glory City repel Wind Snow Giant Apes with Bloodburst Demon Bottles. The beasts withdrew after a mysterious roar, but the city still faced a threat from an unusually intelligent Black Gold Rank demon beast.

• Nie Li reached Gold 2-Star cultivation, saved Ye Ziyun from demon beasts, and treated Xiao Ning'er, who had exhausted herself protecting him.
• Ye Ziyun helped Xiao Ning'er leave the battlefield while Nie Li returned to fight, and the defenders learned that at least a third of the million-strong Beast Tide had been killed.
• A powerful roar caused the Beast Tide to retreat, and Ye Zong and Nie Li suspected that a Black Gold Rank demon beast had awakened its intelligence.
• Wind Snow Giant Apes prepared to bombard Glory City with boulders, so Nie Li asked Ye Xiu to use giant crossbows to launch Bloodburst Demon Bottles.
• Ye Xiu fired a Bloodburst Demon Bottle into the apes, setting off chain explosions that killed many of them, and Nie Li warned that the bottles were dangerous at close range.

Nie Li used a Legendary Scroll to save Ye Zong from Shen Hong’s scheme and strike the Wind Snow Giant Ape with a devastating fire attack. The beast survived but was badly burned, while Shen Hong feared an unknown Legendary Rank expert was nearby.

• The Wind Snow Demon Beasts retreated after Nie Li thwarted their boulder attack, but Black Gold Rank beasts broke through the city wall and flooded into Glory City.
• Ye Zong and the family patriarchs battled the invading beasts, and Ye Zong tried to lure the intelligent Wind Snow Giant Ape toward the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array.
• The Wind Snow Giant Ape refused the bait and knocked Ye Zong hundreds of meters away, while Shen Hong approached him with ill-intentioned concern.
• Nie Li activated a Legendary Scroll, sending a blazing fireball after the Wind Snow Giant Ape and blasting it through its ice wall.
• Shen Hong watched the charred Giant Ape and suspected an unknown Legendary Rank expert had unleashed the fire attack.

Ye Zong defeated the Wind Snow Giant Ape and Glory City survived the Beast Tide, though tens of thousands died and much of the city was destroyed. Afterward, Ye Zong thanked Nie Li and offered the ape’s Demon Spirit to Nie Li’s supposedly unseen master, leaving Nie Li awkwardly coughing.

• Ye Zong killed the Wind Snow Giant Ape, and Shen Hong restrained himself from trying to take its Demon Spirit.
• The surviving Demon Beasts fled, the guards celebrated the end of the Beast Tide, and Glory City began counting casualties and rebuilding.
• Nie Li reflected on how the devastated streets recalled the ruined Glory City of his previous life, then urged his companions to cultivate diligently.
• Ye Zong thanked Nie Li for helping defend Glory City and said he trusted Nie Li’s character more than Ye Han’s.
• Ye Zong credited Nie Li’s master with the Legendary Forbidden Technique and offered the awakened Black Gold Rank Demon Spirit to him, prompting Nie Li to cough awkwardly.

Nie Li persuaded Ye Zong to accept the Wind Snow Giant Ape demon spirit and approve his engagement to Ye Ziyun, while the Sky Screen revealed Shen Hong had poisoned Ye Zong’s first wife. Ye Ziyun fainted from the revelation, and the chapter left her considering Xiao Ning’er’s love for Nie Li and wondering whether to encourage them.

• Nie Li offered Ye Zong the Wind Snow Giant Ape demon spirit as a betrothal gift, and Ye Zong agreed to the engagement on the condition that Ye Ziyun wanted it.
• Ye Zong fused with the demon spirit as Shen Hong, furious at Ye Zong and Nie Li, learned that the City Lord’s Mansion had summoned the family experts.
• The Sky Screen revealed that Shen Hong had poisoned Ye Zong’s first wife, and Ye Zong’s fury awakened his legendary-level power.
• Ye Ziyun fainted after learning how her mother died, and Nie Li assured Ye Zong that she would recover after resting.
• On the Sky Screen, Ye Ziyun admitted she could not love Nie Li as Xiao Ning’er did, then drove Nie Li from her room when he barged in.
• Ye Ziyun teased Xiao Ning’er for defending Nie Li and considered encouraging their relationship.

Nie Li was driven out of Ye Ziyun’s courtyard after she accused him of seeking power through her, leaving him hurt and determined to leave the City Lord’s Mansion. In the present, Ye Ziyun watched the Sky Screen and tearfully insisted she had never said those words, while Nie Li prepared to send Nie Yu back to the Heavenly Marks Family.

• Ye Ziyun told Nie Li to leave her courtyard and said she believed he wanted to marry her to gain power in Glory City.
• Nie Li argued that he did not care about becoming City Lord, but Ye Ziyun insisted they came from different worlds and ordered him to take his belongings and go.
• People across Glory City and the Wind Snow Family reacted in shock as they watched the exchange on the Sky Screen.
• In the City Lord’s Mansion, Ye Ziyun woke and tearfully told Nie Li she had not said those things, while Nie Li and Xiao Ning'er comforted her.
• Nie Li asked Duan Jian to take Nie Yu back to the Heavenly Marks Family and deliver a letter to his father, and Duan Jian guessed Ye Ziyun was the reason Nie Li was upset.

Nie Li arranged for the Alchemist Association to stockpile potions, then shared a drink and a tender farewell with Yang Xin. At the City Lord's Mansion, Ye Han raised concerns about the people staying with Ye Ziyun, while Ye Zong increasingly favored Nie Li as her match.

• Nie Li asked Yang Xin to have the Alchemist Association stockpile several hundred thousand jin of potions within a year.
• Nie Li and Yang Xin drank together and spoke about the wider world and their lives; Yang Xin kissed his cheek before leaving him to sleep.
• After Yang Xin left, Nie Li revealed he was not drunk and began cultivating.
• Ye Han told Ye Zong that outsiders had been staying in Ye Ziyun's courtyard, and Ye Zong explained they were her classmates and friends.
• Ye Zong suspected Ye Han still cared for Ye Ziyun but found himself more inclined to marry her to Nie Li, while Ye Han clenched his fists behind his back.

Ye Han stabbed Ye Zong with a Dragon Tongue Grass-poisoned dagger and revealed his alliance with the Dark Guild, hoping to seize the City Lord position. Ye Zong defeated him, but the poison spread, and he summoned Ye Ziyun and Nie Li to make his final arrangements.

• Ye Han pretended to despair over losing his chance to become City Lord and marry Ye Ziyun, then stabbed Ye Zong in the back.
• Ye Han told Ye Zong he planned to blame the assassination on Nie Li and seize power with the Dark Guild’s help.
• Ye Han revealed that his dagger was poisoned with Dragon Tongue Grass and prepared to kill Ye Zong, but Ye Zong fused with the Wind Snow Giant Ape and struck him down.
• Ye Han escaped after ordering the guards to protect Ye Zong and pursue the supposed assassin.
• Ye Xiu found Ye Zong poisoned, and Ye Zong ordered him to bring Ye Ziyun and Nie Li so he could make his final arrangements.