Recaps

Lin Mo left Bluestone Ghost City to find Venerable Buyi, but in the Illusory Void Forest he encountered Gongsun Qian and his granddaughter Fu'er, whose Alluring Desire Physique was causing her unbearable pain. After Gongsun Qian’s attempt to suppress her condition with the pool’s cold energy failed, he asked Lin Mo to save her and revealed he led the Hundred Spirits Alliance on the Kunlun Continent.

• Lin Mo left Bluestone Ghost City alone for the Illusory Void Forest while Xue Qingcheng, Feng Xu, and Mo Qing stayed behind to gather intelligence.
• Lin Mo entered the forest to search for Venerable Buyi’s underground palace and discovered two unfamiliar clusters of Dharma Power near a chilly pool.
• Lin Mo saw Gongsun Qian try to use the pool’s cold energy to suppress Fu’er’s Alluring Desire Physique, but the treatment intensified her suffering.
• Lin Mo explained that external cold energy could not suppress Fu’er’s internal flames without adjustments, and Gongsun Qian asked him to save her.
• Gongsun Qian introduced himself as the Alliance Leader of the Hundred Spirits Alliance on the Kunlun Continent.

Lin Mo agreed to treat Gongsun Fu’s Alluring Desire Body in exchange for rare treasures from her grandfather, Gongsun Qian. Inside Lin Mo’s Gourd Space, Gongsun Fu misunderstood his request to undress, and Lin Mo explained that the spirit spring was only the first stage of her treatment.

• Lin Mo offered to cure Gongsun Fu’s Alluring Desire Body in exchange for ten stalks of great wilderness spirit-void grass, ten drops of a Primordial Calamity Beast’s essence blood, and a sixth-grade-or-higher furnace cauldron.
• Gongsun Qian accepted Lin Mo’s terms and agreed not to interfere or question his treatment before it was complete.
• Lin Mo took Gongsun Fu into the Gourd Space and brought her to the spirit spring.
• Lin Mo told Gongsun Fu to take off her clothes, and she accused him of luring her there to assault her.
• Lin Mo explained that she needed to bathe in the spirit spring to purify her meridians, then said further steps were necessary to eradicate her condition completely.

Lin Mo used the Spirit Spring to calm Gongsun Fu’s Alluring Desire Body, then began cleansing it with the Dragon Clan’s Dragon Soul Rebirth Art. Gongsun Fu endured overwhelming pain as the process continued.

• Lin Mo reassured Gongsun Fu that he could permanently remove the trouble caused by her Alluring Desire Body if she followed his instructions.
• Gongsun Fu undressed and entered the Spirit Spring, where its water soothed the flames of desire within her.
• Lin Mo massaged Gongsun Fu until fine white smoke began to rise from her skin, showing that the Spirit Spring was drawing out the flames of desire.
• Lin Mo summoned the Four Sages Immortal Spirit Tree and used Senior Azure Dragon’s power to begin the Dragon Soul Rebirth Art on Gongsun Fu.
• Lin Mo warned Gongsun Fu that the cleansing would last about an hour and grow more painful, while she struggled through the agony of the Dragon Clan’s divine power.

Lin Mo completed dragon soul rebirth for Gongsun Fu by sustaining the spiritual power infusion until she was freed from her alluring desire body. Afterward, Gongsun Fu thanked him and began to feel her heart stir toward him, while Lin Mo prepared to tell her grandfather the good news.

• Lin Mo held Gongsun Fu through the painful dragon soul rebirth infusion in the Gourd Space, while she clung to him and bit and scratched him.
• When Gongsun Fu began to lose consciousness just before the cleansing was complete, Lin Mo kissed her to keep her conscious and finished the infusion.
• Lin Mo collapsed from exhaustion, and the Spirit Plant Altar helped him recover while Gongsun Fu regained her strength.
• Lin Mo told Gongsun Fu that she had gained a new lease on life and was free of the alluring desire body, and she hugged him joyfully before realizing she was naked.
• Gongsun Fu saw Lin Mo's injuries and felt grateful for his kindness, then found herself developing unfamiliar feelings for him.

Lin Mo cured Gongsun Fu’s Alluring Desire Body, and she chose to stay by his side to repay him. As they searched the Illusory Void Forest for Venerable Buyi, Lin Mo sensed that the man he sought was nearby.

• Lin Mo led Gongsun Fu out of the Gourd Space and assured Gongsun Qian that her Alluring Desire Body had been cured.
• Gongsun Qian promised to deliver the requested treasures within three days, while Gongsun Fu asked to stay with Lin Mo and repay his kindness.
• Gongsun Qian entrusted Gongsun Fu to Lin Mo and flew away, leaving her to accompany him as he searched for the underground palace.
• Gongsun Fu told Lin Mo that the Five Paths Heavenly King had driven the unknown invaders from the Kunlun Continent a year earlier.
• Lin Mo explained the Netherworld’s invasion of the lower planes and why he had come to find Venerable Buyi.
• Lin Mo suddenly sensed that Venerable Buyi was nearby and called Gongsun Fu his lucky star.

Lin Mo confronted Venerable Buyi’s three disciples, who refused to let him enter the underground palace. He defeated and restrained them, leaving the way to Venerable Buyi open.

• Lin Mo met Zhi Cang, Zhi Meng, and Zhi Wu, who explained that they guarded Venerable Buyi and would not let anyone enter.
• Lin Mo told the disciples about his plan to rescue Venerable Buyi and oppose the Saint King, but Zhi Cang refused to change their orders.
• The three disciples removed their shackles, unleashing their suppressed power and raising their strength to the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Lin Mo trapped the disciples in the Big Dipper Sword Prison, but they broke free and prepared to attack.
• Lin Mo used Wood Dragon Advent to swallow and pin Zhi Cang, Zhi Meng, and Zhi Wu against three trees, then walked toward them.

Lin Mo cured Zhi Cang, Zhi Meng, and Zhi Wu of the Netherworld’s evil soul seals, earning permission to enter the Underground Palace with Gongsun Fu. There, he met the imprisoned Venerable Buyi, who revealed that the Saint King had colluded with the Netherworld.

• Lin Mo gave Zhi Cang, Zhi Meng, and Zhi Wu Nine-Turn Demon-Cleansing Pills, freeing them from the evil soul seals.
• Zhi Cang hesitated to let Lin Mo enter the Underground Palace because Venerable Buyi had forbidden anyone from entering, but Venerable Buyi ordered him to let Lin Mo in.
• Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu traveled through the Underground Palace and found Venerable Buyi chained to a cross and pierced by hundreds of stone spears.
• Venerable Buyi confirmed that Lin Mo’s pill could break the Netherworld’s control but said freeing him would require more than one pill.
• Venerable Buyi told Lin Mo that he had foreseen the calamity and warned the Saint King, but the Saint King had chosen to collude with the Netherworld.

Lin Mo used the Nirvana Chain and his sword to force the Soul-Devouring Demon Child out of Venerable Buyi, then faced the demon child’s attack in the Underground Palace. The demon child’s black-mist bats struck Lin Mo’s Yin-Yang Sacred Ward, leaving him ready to counterattack.

• Venerable Buyi explained that the Netherworld had planted the Soul-Devouring Demon Child in his soul and that he had imprisoned himself to resist its control.
• Venerable Buyi directed Lin Mo to retrieve the Nirvana Chain from a hidden stone brick, which could protect his body and soul during the attack.
• Lin Mo placed the Nirvana Chain around Venerable Buyi’s neck and struck him with Greenwood Sword Rain, forcing the Soul-Devouring Demon Child out as black mist.
• The Soul-Devouring Demon Child formed above Venerable Buyi and sent bats of black mist toward Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu.
• Lin Mo summoned the four sages immortal spirit tree and used Yin-Yang Sacred Ward to block the bats, then prepared to counterattack.

Lin Mo used the Heavenly Pivot Sword Puppet to fight the Soul-Devouring Demon Child, while Gongsun Fu shared her life force and power to help him endure the strain. Lin Mo’s decisive slash severed the demon child, but the absorbed yin souls made its two halves swell toward an explosion, forcing him to pull Gongsun Fu close.

• Lin Mo discovered that the Soul-Devouring Demon Child’s surrounding yin souls deflected his fire phoenixes, so he summoned the Heavenly Pivot Sword Puppet and fought at close range.
• Lin Mo coughed blood as the puppet’s strain overwhelmed his body, and Gongsun Fu used the Hundred Spirits Alliance’s Life-Spirit Symbiosis to share his pain and replenish his power.
• Lin Mo unleashed the Yin-Yang Soul-Slaying Slash, splitting the vine sphere and severing the Soul-Devouring Demon Child at the waist.
• Lin Mo saw the demon child’s two halves absorb the surrounding yin souls and swell like bombs, then grabbed Gongsun Fu and pulled her into his arms.

Lin Mo survived the Soul-Devouring Demon Child’s explosion and discovered that Venerable Buyi had been revived by the Nirvana Chain. Venerable Buyi revealed the treasure’s power and offered to answer Lin Mo’s questions, leaving Lin Mo ready to ask how to save the Dry Jade Continent.

• The Soul-Devouring Demon Child exploded, shattering the Heavenly Pivot Sword Puppet and burying Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu beneath the collapsing Underground Palace.
• Lin Mo dug himself and Gongsun Fu out of the ruins, treated her injuries, and mourned Venerable Buyi, whom he believed had died.
• A white lotus appeared in the rubble, and Venerable Buyi emerged alive and healed.
• Venerable Buyi explained that the Nirvana Chain held Sixth Patriarch Huineng’s power and could revive its wearer once every eighty-one days.
• Venerable Buyi told Lin Mo that he had waited for someone to destroy the Soul-Devouring Demon Child and offered to answer his questions.
• Lin Mo asked Venerable Buyi for guidance on saving the Dry Jade Continent.

Venerable Buyi explained that the Saint King split his nine souls and twenty-one spirits into three equally powerful manifestations, while revealing that the Saint King was a woman. He entrusted Lin Mo with the Nirvana Chain and the duty of protecting the Dry Jade Continent, and Lin Mo vowed to defeat the Saint King.

• Lin Mo asked Venerable Buyi which of the White-Clad Youth and Giant-Axe Orc was the true Saint King.
• Venerable Buyi explained that the Saint King had nine souls and twenty-one spirits and divided them into three manifestations, including the White-Clad Youth and Giant-Axe Orc.
• Venerable Buyi said he could not reveal the Saint King's present abilities, but told Lin Mo that the Saint King was a woman.
• Lin Mo prepared to return to Bluestone Ghost City, but Venerable Buyi gave him the Nirvana Chain and entrusted him with defending the Dry Jade Continent.
• Lin Mo accepted the responsibility and vowed to kill the Saint King and save the Dry Jade Continent.

Lin Mo returned to Bluestone Ghost City after rescuing Venerable Buyi and learning the Saint King's secrets, bringing Gongsun Fu with him. The group discovered that the Heavenly Nether Sacred Tower was a war weapon, though its purpose remained unknown.

• Lin Mo thanked Zhi Cang and the others, then traveled back toward Bluestone Ghost City with Gongsun Fu.
• Lin Mo urged Gongsun Fu to return to the Kunlun Continent, but she insisted on staying by his side; she asked for the Nirvana Chain, and he declined, offering his Spirit Tortoise Shell Armor instead.
• Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu slipped into the Divine Temple, where Xue Qingcheng told them the Saint King and his elite soul slaves had moved into the completed Heavenly Nether Sacred Tower.
• Lin Mo revealed that the Saint King had innate nine souls and twenty-seven po, meaning three powerful versions of him existed at once.
• Xue Qingcheng told Lin Mo that the Heavenly Nether Sacred Tower was not a building but a war weapon.

Lin Mo learned that the Saint King could use the Nether Baleful Ghost Cannon to bombard lower planes and struggled to devise a plan to free the Dry Jade Continent. When the Void Suppression Demon-Sealing Record revealed a new golden light, Lin Mo vanished into a stormy sea, leaving his allies to wait for his return.

• Xue Qingcheng explained that the Nether Baleful Ghost Cannon could absorb planetary energy and strike lower planes, including the Divine Land.
• Lin Mo reassured Qin Baochuan and the others, then resolved to fight the Saint King while minimizing casualties.
• Lin Mo spent ten days in the Gourd Space trying to plan against the enemy’s overwhelming forces, while Qin Baochuan and the others delayed construction of a second tower.
• Lin Mo found golden light on the second page of the Void Suppression Demon-Sealing Record, touched it, and vanished from the Gourd Space.
• Xue Qingcheng stopped Gongsun Fu from touching the record and told everyone to wait for Lin Mo.
• Lin Mo awoke on a wooden raft in a raging sea, and a deafening thunderclap sounded overhead.

Lin Mo comprehended the Heaven-Slaying Sword Intent from a vision of an old man piercing the Heavenly Dao, giving him a move that could resist the power of rules and slay the Saint King. As he prepared to summon allies for the final battle, Xue Qingcheng warned him not to underestimate Gongsun Fu.

• Lin Mo witnessed an old man atop a black eagle use the Heaven-Slaying Sword Strike to pierce the storm clouds before collapsing with his eagle.
• The old man tossed his cane to Lin Mo, who returned to the Gourd Space and found a new sword intent in his sea of consciousness.
• Lin Mo realized that unwavering devotion could overcome the power of rules and named his move the Heaven-Slaying Sword Intent.
• Lin Mo told Xue Qingcheng he would summon the seniors to plan an assault on the Heavenly Nether Sacred Tower and the Saint King.
• Xue Qingcheng warned Lin Mo to keep his guard up around Gongsun Fu, who stood nearby with a dark expression.

Lin Mo and his allies prepared to attack the Heavenly Nether Sacred Tower, aiming to kill the Saint King and destroy the Nether Baleful Ghost Cannon. Xue Qingcheng used Soul-Calming Dew to put Bluestone Ghost City’s soul slaves to sleep, clearing the way for the assault.

• Qin Baochuan and the others revealed that they had found Soul-Calming Dew, which could put beings below the Nascent Soul Realm to sleep for three days.
• Lin Mo announced that he had mastered a sword move capable of severing the power of rules and killing the Saint King, then divided the allied forces between attacking the tower and destroying the Nether Baleful Ghost Cannon.
• Lin Mo planned to use Soul-Calming Dew mixed into Xue Qingcheng’s snowfall to incapacitate the soul slaves throughout Bluestone Ghost City.
• Late at night, Xue Qingcheng spread azure snow across Bluestone Ghost City, and the snowflakes put tens of thousands of soul slaves to sleep.

Lin Mo and the allied cultivators launched their assault on the Heavenly Nether Sacred Tower, fighting upward while saving Lin Mo’s strength for the Saint King. On the tower’s fourteenth floor, Yu Chengzong and Song Xianren transformed with the Black Aura Soul Spirit, and Luo Lan trapped them to begin the next battle.

• Xue Qingcheng stopped the snowfall across Bluestone Ghost City and signaled Lin Mo that the plan had gone smoothly.
• Lin Mo led over a thousand allied cultivators through the tower gates while Xue Qingcheng carried Feng Xu and his group toward the tower’s top.
• Qin Baochuan, Luo Lan, and the other cultivators fought through the Soul Slaves and escorted Lin Mo up to the fourteenth floor.
• Yu Chengzong and Song Xianren emerged from the darkness, swallowed the Black Aura Soul Spirit, and greatly increased their power.
• Luo Lan restrained Yu Chengzong and Song Xianren with Water God Prison and called for the others to attack.

Luo Lan, Qin Baochuan, Shen Changqing, and the allied forces restrained Yu Chengzong and Song Xianren, but their combined evil flame seemed to overwhelm them. Lin Mo emerged from behind the Four Sages Immortal Spirit Tree, shielded the allies, and killed both enemies with his Dragon Clan techniques, though he nearly collapsed afterward.

• Luo Lan, Qin Baochuan, and Shen Changqing restrained Yu Chengzong and Song Xianren while the allied forces attacked them.
• Yu Chengzong and Song Xianren broke free and unleashed a combined evil flame that engulfed the allied forces.
• The Four Sages Immortal Spirit Tree protected the allied forces as Lin Mo emerged and struck Yu Chengzong and Song Xianren with Annihilating Dragon Breath.
• Lin Mo used True Dragon Shattering Art to reduce Yu Chengzong and Song Xianren to dust.
• Gongsun Fu rushed to Lin Mo and healed his dharma power as Qin Baochuan and the others apologized for relying on him.

Lin Mo led the allied forces to the fifteenth floor of the Heavenly Nether Sacred Tower, where they confronted the Saint King. After Luo Lan resisted his attempt to turn them against Lin Mo, the allies united to fight him.

• Lin Mo reassured Qin Baochuan, Luo Lan, and the others, replenished his Dharma Power with Gongsun Fu's help, and led the allied forces toward the fifteenth floor.
• The allied forces entered the brightly lit fifteenth floor and found the Saint King waiting on his throne with his Great Axe beside him.
• The Saint King offered to pardon the allies if they helped execute Lin Mo, causing them to hesitate.
• Luo Lan attacked the Saint King and urged the allies not to believe his psychological manipulation, but he shattered her sword and hurled her away.
• Lin Mo caught Luo Lan, and Qin Baochuan, Shen Changqing, and the others resolved to fight the Saint King.
• The Saint King rose from his throne and declared that he would play with the allied forces to his heart's content.

Lin Mo used the Heavenly Pivot Soul-Guarding Sword to shield the allied army while he prepared the Heaven-Slaying Sword Intent, asking them to hold off the Saint King for an incense stick. The Saint King attacked Lin Mo, but Luo Lan’s strengthened Sea Spirit Shield blocked the strike.

• Lin Mo asked the allied cultivators to buy him an incense stick while he prepared his ultimate move.
• Qin Baochuan charged the Ironclad Orc, and Lin Mo’s white sword armor protected him from the Great Axe’s blow.
• Lin Mo split the Heavenly Pivot Sword Puppet’s power among the allied army, covering them in protective armor that strengthened their cultivation.
• The Ironclad Orc hurled a pitch-black orb at Lin Mo, and Luo Lan blocked it with her Sea Spirit Shield.

Lin Mo awakened the power of the World Tree and unleashed Lotus Annihilation against the Saint King. The Saint King’s rule power failed, and white light engulfed him.

• Qin Baochuan, Shen Changqing, and the others fought the Saint King to buy Lin Mo time, but their Heavenly Pivot Sword Armor shattered and they were gravely wounded.
• Gongsun Fu stood between the Saint King and Lin Mo, and Lin Mo’s Spirit Plant Altar shielded her from his crushing blow.
• Lin Mo leaped above the Saint King and gathered the World Tree’s vitality into his Heavenly Pivot Soul-Guarding Sword.
• Lin Mo formed an emerald lotus and three red lotuses, then absorbed the Saint King’s rule-powered axe strike.
• Lin Mo named his attack Lotus Annihilation and engulfed the Saint King in white light.

Lin Mo defeated the Saint King with Lotus Annihilation, then recovered as the Jianmu Sapling within him transformed into a World Tree Sapling. A second Saint King appeared and revealed that Lin Mo’s ally had also lost a helper, making Lin Mo fear for Miss Qingcheng.

• Lin Mo collapsed after using Lotus Annihilation to slay the Saint King, and Gongsun Fu tried to heal him.
• Lin Mo explained that the technique had exhausted his vitality rather than his lifespan, and the Jianmu Sapling restored him.
• Lin Mo discovered that his Jianmu Sapling had become a World Tree Sapling, producing and converting vitality essence far more quickly.
• A voice revealed that the White-Clad Youth, the first Saint King, had appeared and claimed Lin Mo’s rebellion would end.
• The White-Clad Youth said his opponent had also lost a helper, and Lin Mo realized Miss Qingcheng might be in danger.

Lin Mo arrived at the rooftop to find the Coalition Army devastated and Xue Qingcheng, Feng Xu, and Mo Qing gravely wounded, then confronted the Saint King in a furious battle. As Lin Mo fought to keep the Saint King from summoning meteors, Luo Lan noticed the Nether Baleful Ghost Cannon and realized the others could still help.

• Lin Mo and his companions reached the rooftop and found the Coalition Army’s five hundred members dead or incapacitated, with Xue Qingcheng unconscious and Feng Xu and Mo Qing pinned by Spirit Swords.
• The Saint King taunted Lin Mo, while the exhausted Coalition Army members could barely move and Lin Mo vowed to face him alone.
• Lin Mo summoned the Four Sages Immortal Spirits and used Water Spirit Ward to block three fireballs from the Flame God Furnace.
• Lin Mo charged the Saint King with Hundredfold Fist Dance, using close combat to prevent him from summoning meteors.
• Luo Lan spotted the Nether Baleful Ghost Cannon and told the others there was still something they could do.

The Saint King captured Lin Mo and began draining his life force, but Gongsun Fu used Life-Spirit Symbiosis to share his suffering. The World Tree Sapling bloomed and its green light shackled the Saint King, leaving Lin Mo holding him by the throat.

• Qin Baochuan rallied Luo Lan and the others to attack the Nether Baleful Ghost Cannon while Lin Mo fought the Saint King.
• Lin Mo summoned wood dragons to protect Luo Lan and the others from the Saint King’s flame dragons, but the Saint King caught him and confined his power and soul.
• Gongsun Fu used Life-Spirit Symbiosis to take on half of Lin Mo’s pain and pressure, collapsing to her knees and bleeding.
• The Saint King drained Lin Mo’s life force and began devouring the World Tree Sapling’s vitality, causing it to wither.
• The World Tree Sapling recovered, blossomed, and released green light that immobilized the Saint King and suppressed his power of rules.
• Lin Mo seized the Saint King by the throat, and the Saint King recognized him as the World Tree Descendant Lord Nether Venerable had spoken of.

Lin Mo awakened after meeting the enormous Divine Tree and learned that he had advanced the World Tree within him to the Blossoming Stage. He discovered that he had killed the second Saint King, while Xue Qingcheng and the others had survived, but he and Xue Qingcheng suspected the Saint King's true body might still be hiding.

• Lin Mo met the Divine Tree in an ethereal space, where it explained the World Tree's stages and gave him a Spirit Seed to plant and water with Spirit Spring Water.
• Lin Mo returned to the Heavenly Nether Sacred Tower and learned that he had killed the second Saint King, whose body had become a wooden statue, while the Flame God Furnace had turned to stone.
• Xue Qingcheng, Feng Xu, Mo Qing, and the other Coalition Army members recovered, and Xue Qingcheng said she had thought she would die but had returned from the brink of death.
• Luo Lan, Qin Baochuan, and the others began forming an Origin-Shattering Formation to destroy the Nether Baleful Ghost Cannon.
• Xue Qingcheng doubted the war was truly over because the Saint King's true body had not appeared, while Lin Mo speculated that she had gone into hiding after realizing the battle was lost.

After helping Lin Mo defeat the Saint King's clones, Gongsun Fu stabbed him and revealed herself as the Saint King's hidden vessel. The Saint King's True Form emerged and seized Lin Mo just as an even greater evil presence gathered in the sky.

• Gongsun Fu secretly stabbed Lin Mo through the chest, then knocked Xue Qingcheng aside when she attacked.
• Gongsun Fu revealed that she had forced the heroes to drive the Saint King into her current state.
• Black mist erupted from Gongsun Fu and formed the Saint King's True Form, leaving Gongsun Fu near death.
• The Saint King's True Form lifted Lin Mo by the neck while Qin Baochuan, Luo Lan, and the others stood helpless.
• Black clouds and a distorted vortex formed overhead, and Qin Baochuan sensed that something even more terrifying was coming.