Recaps

After an Origin Source Life Pill nearly killed Li Yang, he dismissed Tu Shan Jiaojiao from his group despite Lin He’s defense of her. Still weakened from battle, Li Yang opened Ten Thousand Sword Mountain to the Sword Cultivators and asked Wang Dabao to turn the Evil Monsters’ remains into spiritual cuisine.

• Li Yang questioned Tu Shan Jiaojiao about the Origin Source Life Pill, and Lin He defended her while the Sword Cultivators accused her of being a threat.
• Li Yang decided Tu Shan Jiaojiao could no longer remain with the group, and she burned her race’s expedition resources before leaving for the Peace Faction.
• Lin He refused to leave with Tu Shan Jiaojiao, told her they must walk separate roads until the truth was known, and turned away as she departed.
• Li Yang opened the Minor World so the Sword Cultivators could enter Ten Thousand Sword Mountain and seek inheritances.
• Li Yang summoned the wounded Xuanyou and had it release the injured survivors from the Black Tortoise Space.
• Li Yang brought out piles of Evil Monsters’ remains and asked Wang Dabao to make spiritual cuisine for the exhausted fighters.

After the battle, Wang Dabao and the Sword Cultivators cooked a huge pot of nourishing soup from the Evil Monster corpses, helping Li Yang and the exhausted fighters recover. As Li Yang continued eating to resist Xiangliu's poison, he overheard Shen Yaoyin and Jiang Xingzhou arguing over her choice to support him.

• Wang Dabao recruited Sword Cultivators to forge an enormous pot and prepare the Evil Monster corpses for soup.
• Wang Dabao had Spirit Veins, spirit herbs, and water added to the pot, while Li Yang and other cultivators heated it with their flames.
• Wang Dabao served the soup and reserved the meat of the Ancestor-Blood Rank Evil Monsters for Li Yang, who ate ten bowls to strengthen his life origin against Xiangliu's poison.
• The soup restored the Sword Cultivators' strength and eased their injuries, though Li Yang stopped eating to let his body digest.
• Li Yang overheard Jiang Xingzhou rebuke Shen Yaoyin for backing him and warn that she could face the wrath of the traditions behind their merchant associations.

After Li Yang repaid Shen Yaoyin’s aid by agreeing to publicly show his support for her, he rested with the surviving Sword Cultivators and allies. When they asked where he would lead them next, Li Yang chose revenge.

• Li Yang asked Shen Yaoyin how he could help, and she asked him to show the Nine Cauldron Merchant Association’s leaders that they were on good terms.
• Li Yang returned to the great pot, where Black Tortoise and Black Serpent finished eating and fell dormant as totems on his arms.
• Li Yang discovered that Wang Dabao had been eating beast penises to address a private insecurity about his body.
• Li Yang invited the demonic beasts from the Xun Province Demon Race and the Demon Savage Continent’s Peace Faction to share the feast.
• Xuanyao, Ning Xiwу, the Moonlit Holy Land’s two holy maidens, Feng Wangshu, and other Sword Cultivators asked Li Yang where they would go next, and he answered, “Revenge!”

Li Yang rallied the Sword Cultivators and their allies to hunt the Sun-Slaying Alliance, the Demonic Path, and the Demon Savage Continent's War Faction, promising to seize their inheritances and divide the spoils by contribution. Meanwhile, Mu Ningxue and the Langya Ice Palace faced an advancing force of more than five hundred led by an Evil Immortal who sought their inheritance.

• Li Yang declared that his allies would keep killing their enemies and take their inheritances, dividing the spoils according to everyone's contributions.
• Li Yang led the Sword Cultivators, Kun Cultivators, and demonic beasts out to hunt their enemies.
• An Evil Immortal gathered more than five hundred cultivators and demonic beasts in the Langya Ice Palace's frozen inheritance grounds, using the excuse of killing Li Yang to rally them.
• Mu Ningxue gathered the Langya Ice Palace disciples and their helpers to fight the Ice-Snow Spirits after the weakened Restrictive Seal drew the spirits together.
• The Evil Immortal's force advanced on Mu Ningxue's group, which was outnumbered more than three to one.

Mu Ningxue seized the Langya Ice Palace inheritance while fleeing the Demon Venerable of Evil Ice, who pursued her to claim it. She crashed into a blood-red streak and was kicked aside by someone rushing to attack a group of enemies.

• The Demon Venerable of Evil Ice arrived with more than five hundred cultivators and forced Mu Ningxue and the Langya Ice Palace disciples to flee.
• The invaders killed the five Ice-Snow Spirits guarding the mountain, and the Demon Venerable of Evil Ice broke the inheritance seal.
• Mu Ningxue returned in secret, collected the icy mountain into her Minor World, and escaped after the Demon Venerable of Evil Ice let her go so he could pursue her.
• The Demon Venerable of Evil Ice caught up with Mu Ningxue, but she used an ice-blue talisman to flee through the snow.
• Mu Ningxue collided with a figure wrapped in blood-red light, who kicked her aside and told her to get out of the way.

Li Yang led nearly two thousand Sword Cultivators into the Icefield Continent after learning that the Sun-Slaying Alliance had seized the Langya Ice Palace's inheritance. He resolved to punish the orthodoxies backing the alliance and raced toward an evil immortal, only to find Mu Ningxue in his way.

• Li Yang used the refined Broken Sword Token to locate the Icefield Continent and led his Sword Cultivators there.
• Ning Xiwу identified fleeing disciples as members of the Langya Ice Palace, and one told Li Yang that the Sun-Slaying Alliance had seized their inheritance and their eldest senior sister was missing.
• Li Yang decided to seize the alliance's inheritances as well as kill its cultivators, then rallied the Sword Cultivators to reclaim the Langya Ice Palace's property.
• Ning Xiwу reassured the Langya Ice Palace disciples that Li Yang would not take their cultivation-method inheritance, and they followed the group into the Icefield Continent.
• Li Yang tracked an evil immortal with the Immortal Identification Sword and encountered Mu Ningxue standing between him and his target.

Li Yang fought the Demon Venerable of Evil Ice, whose Nirvana Profound Ice True Body made him nearly impossible to kill on the Icefield Continent. As the Demon Venerable gathered more than five hundred cultivators into his ice giant, Li Yang revealed that his own allies had arrived too.

• Li Yang struck the Demon Venerable of Evil Ice with Stunning Sword Strike, shattering his iceberg and piercing his body with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• The Demon Venerable transformed into his Nirvana Profound Ice True Body and regenerated from Li Yang’s attacks using the Icefield Continent’s ice and snow.
• Mu Ningxue warned Li Yang that the Demon Venerable could not be killed on the icefield and urged him to retreat.
• The Demon Venerable summoned more than five hundred cultivators and told them to enter his ice body to lend him their strength.
• Li Yang refused to retreat and said his own people had arrived too.

Ye Xiao and Li Yang led nearly two thousand sword cultivators against the Demon Venerable of Evil Ice and the Sun-Slaying Alliance. After Holy Son Burning Heaven destroyed the Demon Venerable with a Fire Spirit Pearl and claimed to be an ally, Li Yang spared him temporarily, but the Taiyin Demon Rabbit exposed his last-minute betrayal, and Li Yang prepared to kill him.

• Ye Xiao brought nearly two thousand sword cultivators to Li Yang, who formed them into the Pseudo-Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and split the ice giant with a devastating strike.
• Li Yang tracked down and attacked the Demon Venerable of Evil Ice as he tried to reform elsewhere, killing more cultivators inside the ice giant.
• Holy Son Burning Heaven revealed a Fire Spirit Pearl and evaporated the ice giant and the surrounding ice and snow, preventing the Demon Venerable of Evil Ice from being reborn.
• Li Yang's sword formation killed most of the fleeing Sun-Slaying Alliance cultivators, while Holy Son Burning Heaven claimed he had helped Li Yang as an ally.
• Feng Wangshu and the Taiyin Demon Rabbit arrived, and the rabbit revealed that Holy Son Burning Heaven had switched sides to save himself.
• Li Yang rejected Holy Son Burning Heaven's excuses and pointed his Xuanyuan Sword at him, declaring him an evil fiend's accomplice.

Li Yang defeated Holy Son Burning Heaven after killing the Demon Venerable of Evil Ice and the Sun-Slaying Alliance cultivators, then learned the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land’s inheritance grounds were nearby. When Sword Cultivators eyed the Langya Ice Palace’s inheritance with murderous intent, Li Yang wounded them and warned his allies to seek resources from enemies rather than prey on the weak.

• Li Yang killed the old man's phantom, and Holy Son Burning Heaven detonated himself rather than surrender as Li Yang's prisoner.
• Li Yang collected Burning Heaven's treasures and inheritances, kept the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land's Holy Lord's Token, and sensed that its inheritance grounds were less than ten thousand li from the Langya Ice Palace.
• Mu Ningxue thanked Li Yang and presented the Langya Ice Palace's inheritance iceberg to show her gratitude.
• Some Sword Cultivators considered attacking the Langya Ice Palace for its immortal vein and materials, so Li Yang turned the sword formation inward and wounded them.
• Li Yang rebuked the Sword Cultivators and declared that they should fight evil fiends and other enemies for resources, never betray their principles by preying on their own people or the weak.

Li Yang rejected Mu Ningxue’s offer of the Langya Ice Palace’s inheritance, insisting that the Sword Cultivators had acted from duty rather than greed. He led two thousand Sword Cultivators toward the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land’s Inheritance Grounds, urging them to kill the fiends and claim their treasures.

• Mu Ningxue saw that Li Yang had wounded the Sword Cultivators who had considered plundering the inheritance, but they knelt to thank him for his lesson.
• Li Yang refused Mu Ningxue’s offer of the immortal vein and inheritance, explaining that the Sword Cultivators had fought to vanquish fiends and uphold the Dao.
• Mu Ningxue apologized for misjudging Li Yang and asked the Langya Ice Palace to join his effort to protect threatened inheritances.
• Li Yang ordered the forces to depart for the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land’s Inheritance Grounds, where he planned to confront the Sun-Slaying Alliance, the War Faction, and their Evil Immortal allies.
• Li Yang told the Sword Cultivators to plunder their enemies’ treasures and kill only those who deserved death, and two thousand Sword Cultivators roared their assent.

Female sword cultivators from the Heavenly Profound Sword Sect fought native immortal beasts for access to a vital-essence lake in the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land’s Inheritance Grounds. As Yan Zhaoxi turned away the beasts seeking her as master, an approaching flying boat demanded that the sword cultivators leave.

• Cultivators entered the Vast Heaven World, where abundant treasures and gentle immortal beasts filled the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land’s Inheritance Grounds.
• Heavenly Profound Sword Sect disciples clashed with native immortal beasts while trying to reach a lake rich in vital essence.
• A disciple captured a White Jade Immortal Turtle, while many other beasts gathered around Yan Zhaoxi and sought to become her companions.
• The disciples discussed Yan Zhaoxi’s Supreme Ruthless Dao and learned that Senior Sister Liu was nearing spirit transformation.
• Senior Sister Liu urged the disciples to enter the lake quickly, but a flying boat arrived and demanded that they leave the Holy Land’s Inheritance Grounds.

Yan Zhaoxi distrusted the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land cultivators, but Senior Sister Liu accepted Dongfang Hua’s invitation to share the lake of life. When Sun-Slaying Alliance forces arrived, Dongfang Hua revealed his betrayal by trapping the Sword Cultivators in a Binding Formation.

• Senior Sister Liu negotiated with Senior Brother Yan for the Heavenly Profound Sword Sect’s Kun Cultivators to use the lake, but he refused and ordered them to leave.
• Dongfang Hua soothed tensions, introduced himself as the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Lord’s son, and invited the Sword Cultivators to share the lake.
• Senior Sister Liu and the other Sword Cultivators entered the lake while Yan Zhaoxi stayed alert, suspecting they could be targeted as Senior Brother Li’s allies.
• Cultivators wearing Broken Sword Tokens converged on the lake, and Yan Zhaoxi recognized them as the Sun-Slaying Alliance and warned the others to flee.
• Dongfang Hua activated a white Formation Plate that absorbed the surrounding yang energy and trapped everyone at the lake in a Binding Formation.

Yan Zhaoxi and the female Sword Cultivators of the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect were trapped by the Sun-Slaying Alliance and fought desperately against overwhelming numbers. As Dongfang Hua pressed the attack, Li Yang arrived in disguise and struck at him.

• Dongfang Hua exposed the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect's identities and called on the Sun-Slaying Alliance to kill them before they could ally with Li Yang.
• Yan Zhaoxi killed dozens of attackers, then joined Senior Sister Liu's Green Lotus Sword Formation as the Sun-Slaying Alliance's numbers began to overwhelm the sect's women.
• Senior Brother Yan and more than twenty Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land cultivators withdrew from the battle, while other alliance members continued attacking the formation.
• Yan Zhaoxi targeted Dongfang Hua, who evaded her and urged the attackers to kill the Sword Cultivators and claim the Life Essence.
• A newly arrived Sun-Slaying Alliance cultivator revealed himself as Li Yang and launched a devastating red sword strike at Dongfang Hua.

Li Yang arrived as the Green Lotus Sword Sect faced annihilation, killed Dongfang Hua, and led the sword cultivators to wipe out the Sun-Slaying Alliance. After sparing the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land disciples who had stayed out of the attack, he turned to the lake’s rich life essence.

• Li Yang killed Dongfang Hua before the Old Man Phantom could fully appear, seized the Binding Formation’s flag, and joined the battle against the Sun-Slaying Alliance.
• Li Yang entered the Green Lotus Sword Formation and led the sword cultivators in slaughtering the attacking alliance members.
• Ye Xiao arrived with reinforcements after the fighting ended, and Li Yang dismantled the Binding Formation.
• Senior Brother Yan explained that his group had avoided the battle, and Li Yang let those Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land disciples leave.
• Li Yang asked whether the lake was the great opportunity they had found as the Black Serpent Totem transformed into a snake and eyed its life essence.

Li Yang and the sword cultivators recovered in a lake filled with a potent life elixir, which cured his Xiangliu poison and helped him break through to the seventh level of Nascent Soul. The Taiyin Demon Rabbit revealed that the elixir was fluid released by the immortal-veined exotic beast Brilliant Dawn.

• Li Yang brought the sword cultivators to the lake, where the Black Serpent’s treasure-hunting ability had led them to a supreme opportunity.
• The sword cultivators bathed in the life-rich elixir while Wang Dabao prepared food, and Li Yang used the liquid to dissolve the Xiangliu poison in his body and temper his flesh.
• The elixir healed scars and enhanced the women’s appearances, while its penetrating effects left clothes clinging to their bodies and drew attention from the male cultivators.
• Liu Ruyan teased Yan Zhaoxi about her feelings for Li Yang, and Yan Zhaoxi explained that her Ruthless Dao allowed her to love without betraying her path.
• Li Yang ate meat and broth prepared with the elixir, then broke through to the seventh level of Nascent Soul as the others digested the life energy.
• When Feng Wangshu asked about the lake’s elixir, the Taiyin Demon Rabbit revealed that it was fluid released by Brilliant Dawn.

Li Yang learned the lake’s water came from a Brilliant Dawn, then led his group to the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land’s inheritance site, where he killed the Sun-Slaying Alliance members gathered there. The inheritance lay in a flight-restricting abyss that only body cultivators could enter.

• Xuanyou explained that a Brilliant Dawn was a sentient spirit-vein-like beast whose fluid matched the lake water, and Li Yang let the female Kun Cultivators collect some.
• Ye Xiao led the group to the deepest part of the Vast Heaven Minor World, where they found a pitch-black abyss and crowds of cultivators waiting outside.
• Li Yang used the Sun-Slaying Alliance Tokens to identify members among the crowd, then led ten sword cultivators to kill them while the other sword cultivators blocked their escape.
• Li Yang confirmed with the Holy Lord’s Token that the inheritance was inside the abyss and learned that restrictive seals prevented flight.
• A cultivator told Li Yang that only body cultivators could enter and that a Crown Champion from the Giant Strength Gods and Devils Sect had jumped in and screamed.

Li Yang entered the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land’s inheritance grounds after learning that an evil immortal had gone in before him. The Holy Lord’s Token slowed his fall, but as he pressed deeper through the abyss’s extreme pure yang energy, the environment began to injure him.

• Li Yang learned that a Body Cultivator Crown Champion had apparently died after jumping into the abyss, while a Fire Qilin had entered after reaching half-step Spirit Transformation.
• Li Yang recognized the disguised second entrant as an evil immortal and decided to pursue him before he could claim the inheritance.
• Su Hen and Qin Feng offered to accompany Li Yang, but he refused and leaped into the abyss alone.
• Li Yang activated the Holy Lord’s Token to stop his descent from accelerating, yet shattered the bones in his feet when he struck the ground.
• Li Yang found blood and flesh likely belonging to the fallen Crown Champion and continued toward the source of the dense pure yang immortal energy.
• The pure yang energy helped Li Yang break through to the nascent soul eighth layer, but it soon cracked his skin and began burning his lungs and organs.

Li Yang endured the overwhelming pure yang power of the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land’s trial, tempering his body as he pressed on to find and kill the Evil Immortal. Elsewhere, the Fusang Divine Tree sapling responded to an unseen force, while Xuanyao began transforming toward her yin nature to balance the surrounding solar power.

• Li Yang used the Nirvana Thousand-Forging Art, Solar True Fire, and Qianyang Emperor Body to withstand the dense pure yang immortal energy and strengthen his body.
• Li Yang crossed into a more concentrated layer of golden power, enduring crushing pressure and repeated damage as he took five steps forward.
• Li Yang’s body transformed through repeated forging, and a sun-shaped divine marking appeared between the brows of the giant Nascent Soul in his Purple Mansion.
• The Fusang Divine Tree sapling swayed in the Blazing Continent and sent rays of light toward the netherworld.
• Xuanyao began shifting toward a yin nature and formed a cocoon; the Taiyin Demon Rabbit explained that the change would balance the overwhelming solar power.

Li Yang emerged from the Yangyuan Body-Burning Path with greatly strengthened cultivation and a flawless body, then hurried off to find the Evil Immortal. At the inheritance trial, Hao Tianyang, the Fire Qilin, and another cultivator faced the Heart-Questioning Stone until Li Yang arrived, shouting that he had finally found the Evil Immortal.

• Li Yang left the path at Nascent Soul Great Perfection, relieved to breathe normally and confident in his newfound strength.
• Li Yang sensed others nearby and rushed toward the jade palaces to find the Evil Immortal before searching for treasures.
• Hao Tianyang stood with a Fire Qilin and a Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land cultivator before the inheritance trial’s Heart-Questioning Stone.
• Hao Tianyang asked the enormous divine dragon to kill the outsiders, but it explained that the trial’s protections prevented anyone from harming another.
• The divine dragon began explaining the trial when Li Yang leaped into the plaza and called out to the Evil Immortal.

Li Yang confronted the flame-haired young man, who denied being an Evil Immortal, but Hao Tianyang revealed that he had sacrificed members of his own clan to rebuild his body. After verifying Hao Tianyang’s memories, Li Yang prepared to kill the red-haired ancestor of the Sang Clan.

• Li Yang attacked the flame-haired young man, but restrictive seal runes stopped his sword and held him back.
• The young man swore that he had never practiced fiendish arts or committed fiendish deeds, and Li Yang lowered his sword.
• Hao Tianyang accused the young man of murdering his clansmen and opened his sea of consciousness so Li Yang could inspect his memories.
• Li Yang saw that the young man had used a sacrificial formation to drain dozens of Sang Clan members and forge his new body.
• Li Yang identified the young man as an ancestor of the Sang Clan and challenged him to put his head beneath Li Yang’s sword.

Li Yang and the others reached the inheritance trial of the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land, where Hao Tianyang answered the Heart-Questioning Stone’s questions. After scoring well on the first three, Hao Tianyang received only three points for promising to hand the immortal vein to the sect, and the fifth question challenged his confidence in protecting it.

• Li Yang confronted Hao Tianyang and the Fire Qilin, while the group examined the statue holding the inheritance.
• Hao Tianyang used his blood essence to begin the five-question trial and promised to sacrifice himself for the sect, earning eight points.
• Hao Tianyang said he would oppose his father if he plotted against the sect’s treasure and inherit his master’s Dao, earning nine and ten points.
• Hao Tianyang promised to turn an unguarded supreme-grade pure yang immortal vein over to the sect, but the phantom awarded him only three points.
• The phantom asked whether Hao Tianyang could protect the immortal vein from countless powerful rivals and lead it back to the Upper Realm.

Li Yang tested the Heart-Questioning Stone after the Fire Qilin and the flame-haired young man scored highly, and confirmed that it detected conviction as well as lies. He answered the first two questions honestly and earned high marks, then declared he would kill his master for attempting to possess his body.

• The Fire Qilin answered the five questions and scored 39 points, while the flame-haired young man scored 42.
• Li Yang tested the Heart-Questioning Stone by declaring contradictory convictions about evil fiends, confirming that it reacted to his beliefs.
• Li Yang answered that he would sacrifice himself to protect the Dao but would oppose the sect if it harmed others, earning 9 points.
• Li Yang refused to help his father steal the sect's treasure and earned 10 points.
• Li Yang said he would kill his master for raising him in order to possess his body.

Li Yang answered the Heart-Questioning Stone’s questions about the Great Sun Vast Heaven Holy Land’s Immortal Vein and his own potential, earning a perfect score on one answer. He tested increasingly lofty Upper Realm destinations, culminating in his claim that he could become an immortal emperor, and the Heart-Questioning Stone exploded.

• Li Yang said he would keep the supreme-grade pure yang Immortal Vein for himself, but would free Brilliant Dawn because he was disgusted by it, earning ten points.
• Li Yang admitted he could not confidently protect Brilliant Dawn from his enemies, but believed his potential exceeded ordinary ascension; Hao Tianyang revealed that a Human Immortal Realm ancestor had suffered a backlash divining Li Yang’s future.
• The platinum dragon explained the Upper Realm’s cultivation realms, and Li Yang asked the Heart-Questioning Stone whether he could reach each one in turn.
• The Heart-Questioning Stone stayed still as Li Yang claimed he could become a true immortal, mystic immortal, great encompassing golden immortal, an Immortal King, and an immortal venerable, alarming the fire-haired young man.
• Li Yang said he could become an immortal emperor, and the Heart-Questioning Stone exploded.

Li Yang’s answers caused the Heart-Questioning Stone to explode, revealing that he might have the potential to become an Immortal Emperor. The inheritance trial began on the Heavenly Stairway, where Li Yang started near the summit while his rivals began lower down.

• The Heart-Questioning Stone exploded after Li Yang’s answers, and the platinum dragon and fire-haired young man realized the terrifying significance of his potential.
• The old man’s phantom announced that the candidates’ scores determined their starting steps on the fifty-step Heavenly Stairway.
• The platinum dragon favored Li Yang by letting him ride on its head while carrying the fire-haired young man, Fire Qilin, and Hao Tianyang on its claws.
• The platinum dragon brought the group to the inheritance altar in the statue’s palm, where they saw pure yang immortal energy cascading over the stairway.
• The old man’s phantom placed Li Yang on the forty-seventh step and Hao Tianyang, Fire Qilin, and the fire-haired young man on the thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth, and forty-first steps.

Li Yang endured the Dao-Seeking Stairway’s pure yang immortal energy with his perfected physical body while the others struggled or relied on outside help. He reached the altar first and claimed the inheritance, leaving the fire-haired young man furious and disappointed.

• Hao Tianyang and the Fire Qilin found that their magic treasures and abilities were sealed, then struggled against the pure yang immortal energy as the restrictive seals vanished.
• Li Yang steadily climbed the stairs, while the fire-haired young man retreated to the twenty-third stair and found the Stair of Escape One.
• The fire-haired young man used a Pure Yang Supreme Treasure to return to the upper stairs, but the growing scouring force slowed him down.
• Li Yang struck at the fire-haired young man to test his strength and revealed that his perfected physical body could withstand the pure yang torrent.
• Li Yang tore apart the torrent blocking the final stairs, reached the altar, and declared that he had crossed the first trial in the flesh before reaching into the light.