Recaps

Ren Ye killed Situ Ye, seized his Star Source, secret method, Boundary-Space Stone, and Blood Mark, then defeated a succession of Nine Li prodigies before fleeing Western Liang City under pursuit. He reached the ruins of Yanggu County, where the legendary path to emperorship began and a Fourth Grade Secret Realm awaited.

• Ren Ye killed Situ Ye with the Reincarnation Finger, then used Forced Recruitment to claim more than 3.6 million Star Source and the Heaven-Shrouding Saber manual.
• Ren Ye took the Boundary-Space Stone from Situ Ye's corpse and absorbed Situ Ye's Blood Mark, concealing the Emperor Character on his brow with purple fortune.
• The king's younger brother moved to attack Ren Ye, but Kou Zhen challenged him instead and was defeated; He Yunqi, Li Xiuning, and three more prodigies also failed to bring Ren Ye down.
• Liao Ting, the Little Commandery Princess of the Nine Routes of Feng Province, and other experts joined the assault, forcing Ren Ye to flee while mocking the gathered clans and sects.
• The elders and prodigies pursued Ren Ye beyond Western Liang City, and he used Ground-Shrinking Talismans to reach the abandoned ruins of Yanggu County.
• Ren Ye arrived at the legendary site where the future Great Emperor had defeated sixteen challengers, and where a Fourth Grade Secret Realm could be entered by finding its Remnant Soul.

Ren Ye hid in Yanggu County after escaping the Heavenly Prodigy Grand Gathering, learned that the Immortal Wave Sect and Western Liang had attacked his companions and captured Little One, and prepared to face the pursuers. As the Boundary-Space Stone began reacting to him, Xing Wu revealed to Wuchen that he bore the Immortal Wave Five Cities’ Blood Mark and offered himself in exchange for his younger brother.

• Ren Ye concealed himself and Xu Bangzi in an inn in Yanggu County, then learned from Xu Bangzi that the Immortal Wave Sect and Western Liang had slaughtered civilians during their search and captured Little One.
• Ren Ye resolved to recover his companions and Little One, while warning that he would destroy the legacies of the Immortal Wave Sect and Western Liang for targeting his allies.
• Liao Ting led dozens of prodigies into Yanggu County to hunt Ren Ye as Situ Ang and the gathered cultivators watched outside.
• The Boundary-Space Stone broke through Ren Ye’s purple-fortune suppression and began resonating with his Emperor Character Blood Mark, seeming eager for him to refine it.
• Xing Wu met Wuchen at the Seeking Dao Palace and offered to exchange himself for his younger brother, revealing that the Immortal Wave Five Cities’ Blood Mark was between his own brows.

Xing Wu revealed a peach blossom Blood Mark with a unique right to enter Xingshan, and Sect Master Wu Chen examined him before letting him go to his brother. In Yanggu County, Ren Ye struggled to refine the Boundary-Space Stone as sect forces closed in, until the Heir of Fengdu’s guardian intervened and revealed the Biluohuangquan road.

• Xing Wu activated his golden peach blossom Blood Mark, and the hall learned that the Heavenly Dao had given him a special task and protected his mark from being seized.
• Wu Chen confirmed that Xing Wu had not attained Understanding and could not be stripped of his Blood Mark, then offered him a place in the Immortal Wave Sect and led him to see his brother.
• Ren Ye tried to suppress the Boundary-Space Stone as it shook the void, while Xu Bangzi jumped into the Phoenix Fire Furnace for safety.
• Liao Ting and other prodigies arrived at the ruined inn and watched Ren Ye struggle to refine the Boundary-Space Stone as more Fifth Grade experts gathered to capture him.
• The sect elders prepared to attack Ren Ye, but the burly guardian seated on a coffin challenged them and caused the Biluohuangquan road to appear across the sky.

King Qin Guang answered Ren Ye’s summons and defended him from the Nine Li Continent’s experts with the Yin-Yang Brush and Mirror of Sin Platform. After defeating the attackers and sending seven Fifth Grade elders to the Yellow Springs, he warned Situ Ang not to enter the Secret Realm.

• King Qin Guang appeared along the Yellow Springs road, and Ren Ye addressed him as his senior brother while asking him to protect him as he refined the Boundary-Space Stone.
• King Qin Guang declared that the experts who attacked Fengdu’s successor would be sent to the Yellow Springs, and thirteen Fifth Grade cultivators attacked him together.
• King Qin Guang used the Yin-Yang Brush to mark Kou Hua with sin and drain his lifespan, then summoned the Mirror of Sin Platform to expose and burn the cultivators’ karmic burdens.
• Situ Ang intervened with Western Liang’s purple fortune and a golden war saber, but King Qin Guang’s karmic fire overcame his attack and forced the nine flying dragons to retreat.
• Qu Yang and five other cultivators escaped, while King Qin Guang dragged Kou Hua and five other elders away as Yin Souls and warned Situ Ang to stay out of the Secret Realm.

Ren Ye refined the Boundary-Space Stone and escaped Yanggu County with the King of Hell, while Situ Ang watched helplessly. In Tide Dragon City, Long Yuqing discovered that Bao Cheng'an had poisoned himself to help him escape and accepted his own impending death rather than betray his family.

• The King of Hell explained that Ren Ye could return from the Yellow Springs after seven days, and Ren Ye refined the Boundary-Space Stone despite its cost of lifespan.
• Ren Ye used the Boundary-Space Stone to vanish through the void with the King of Hell and escape five hundred li; Situ Ang and the spectators watched them disappear.
• Long Yuqing remained under house arrest in Tide Dragon City as unfamiliar soldiers guarded the City Lord's Residence and blocked him from seeing Yang Ling'er.
• Long Yuqing found Bao Cheng'an waiting with food and wine, and Bao declared his loyalty before drinking the poisoned wine and dying.
• Long Yuqing thanked his father-in-law for granting him death, refused to write a confession, and drank as he faced his own fate.

Ren Ye learned that Long Yuqing had reportedly died after the Immortal Wave Sect and the Yang Family forced him to drink poison, and he resolved to retaliate against the sect. He joined forces with the Demoness, then sought information about the younger-generation prodigies and the Three Golden Flowers, who were hunting Yin Jiu.

• The Demoness arrived in Stele Forest City and told Ren Ye and Xu Bangzi that Long Yuqing had supposedly died by poisoned wine after the Immortal Wave Sect pressured him for helping Ren Ye escape.
• Ren Ye suspected something was wrong with Long Yuqing’s death, but the Demoness said Soul-Devouring Gu Poison had destroyed his souls and spirits and that his body had already been buried.
• Ren Ye asked the Demoness to help him lure out Chu Jin so he could kill him, and he vowed to slaughter the Immortal Wave Sect’s outstanding disciples and the men who had hunted him in Western Liang.
• The Demoness agreed to help Ren Ye in exchange for a fair transaction, and Ren Ye confirmed that he had obtained the Boundary-Space Stone.
• Ren Ye met the information broker Daoist Lai Cai, who described the prodigies’ exploits and said the Three Golden Flowers were pursuing Yin Jiu after he stole a Blood Mark from a defeated clan successor.
• Ren Ye asked Daoist Lai Cai for more information about the Three Golden Flowers’ whereabouts.

The Three Golden Flowers captured Yin Jiu and imprisoned him in Luanping, while Du Yuer devised a plan to use him to provoke the Ancient Emperor Successor and unleash the Mad Daoist. The chapter ended when Liu Daniu, secretly disguised among the inn servants, emerged from the Little Commandery Princess’s bath and startled her.

• The Three Golden Flowers defeated and captured Yin Jiu at the Zhuma River market, then brought him to the Heavenly Pavilion Tower under guard.
• The Little Commandery Princess tormented Yin Jiu, while he taunted her and warned that she did not dare kill or seriously injure him.
• Liu Daniu disguised himself as an inn servant and entered the Heavenly Pavilion Tower with the workers carrying bathing supplies.
• Du Yuer proposed secretly controlling Yin Jiu and making him challenge the Ancient Emperor Successor, hoping his death would provoke the Mad Daoist; the Little Commandery Princess and Bai Ling agreed.
• After the Little Commandery Princess entered her bath, Liu Daniu suddenly rose from the water and spoke to her.

Ren Ye used Liu Daniu as bait to draw the Three Golden Flowers together, then revealed himself and attacked them in Heavenly Pavilion Tower. As the city’s fifth-grade experts arrived, the King of Hell emerged to deal with the Path Protectors.

• Wen Ninger attacked Liu Daniu with the Soul-Swaying Sword, and Du Yuer and Bai Ling'er joined the fight.
• Ren Ye emerged from the bathtub, revealed himself as the Ancient Emperor Successor, and turned the battle against the Three Golden Flowers.
• Ren Ye summoned the Human Emperor Sword while Du Yuer called for her Senior Martial Uncle, but no Path Protector answered.
• Daoist Lai Cai recorded the fight as dark clouds gathered over Luanping City and five fifth-grade experts rushed toward Heavenly Pavilion Tower.
• Ren Ye confronted Du Yuer and declared that he would take revenge, while the King of Hell emerged from the Jiang Character Token and decided to kill the eight Path Protectors.

Ren Ye captured the Three Golden Flowers and freed Yin Jiu while the King of Hell killed all eight Path Protectors at the Heavenly Pavilion tower. The massacre drove the Nine Li factions into a gathering at the Immortal Wave Sect, while Lu Wenfeng learned that his son Lu Tou had been captured by Ren Ye.

• The King of Hell attacked the Three Golden Flowers' eight Path Protectors and killed them all, hanging their bodies from the Heavenly Pavilion tower.
• Ren Ye subdued and captured the Little Commandery Princess, Bai Ling, and Du Yuer, then freed Yin Jiu after charging him three million Star Source.
• Ren Ye, Xu Bangzi, the Demoness, and Yin Jiu escaped as the spectators saw the eight corpses and the King of Hell returned to the Jiang Character Token.
• Sect leaders and Nation Lords gathered at the Immortal Wave Sect as rumors spread, and factions recalled their outstanding disciples ahead of the Xingshan Emperor's Tomb opening.
• Lu Wenfeng learned that his son Lu Tou had been captured after he joined Liao Ting in challenging Ren Ye, and he hurried to leave for the Immortal Wave Sect.
• An extravagantly dressed middle-aged man and a veiled young woman arrived at the Qingliang Prefectural Yamen, where Brother Huang recognized the woman as familiar.

Ren Ye captured the Three Golden Flowers and tried to make them surrender their Star Sources, Blood Marks, and treasures, while Yin Jiu refused to join the struggle for the Emperor’s Dao because he rejected its bloody competition. Ren Ye invited Yin Jiu to travel with him, and the chapter ended with Xing Wu ordered to return to Xingshan while Little One remained captive.

• Ren Ye threatened the captive Three Golden Flowers, and they refused to hand over their Blood Marks despite his warnings and Du Yuer’s attempt to negotiate.
• Ren Ye sent Yin Jiu, Xu Bangzi, and the Black Dog to frighten the Three Golden Flowers, but Yin Jiu used Heavenly Bee Honey to let the dog lick their feet instead of assaulting them.
• Yin Jiu explained that he would not attack other Blood Mark Bearers because he opposed the Heavenly Dao’s slaughter, and Ren Ye invited him to travel together as a spectator.
• Yin Jiu agreed to accompany Ren Ye but regretted paying an extra million Star Source, while Ren Ye said the Black Dog had already enjoyed the treat.
• Xun Immortal Master ordered Xing Wu to enter Xingshan again the next day, and Xing Wu asked when his little brother would be released.
• Little One remained in Sect Master Wu Chen’s Dao Palace, repeating that he would keep his secret and listen to big brother.

Xing Wu was coerced into entering Xingshan with his brother, while Immortal Master Xun and Sect Master Wu Chen planned to use the hostages and Xing Wu’s blood mark for the Immortal Wave Sect’s advantage. Ren Ye’s group celebrated a huge haul from captured prodigies before learning that the Immortal Wave Sect wanted an exchange and that someone else was seeking Ren Ye.

• Immortal Master Xun forced Xing Wu to agree to enter Xingshan with his brother, threatened him with the brother’s safety, and made him drink a medicinal broth prepared by Sect Master Wu Chen.
• Outside the cultivation room, Xing Wu steadied himself and resolved to face Xingshan again despite the Immortal Wave Sect’s threats.
• Immortal Master Xun proposed taking both children to Xingshan, then exchanging them for captured prodigies or using one hostage to lure out the Ancient Emperor Successor; Sect Master Wu Chen approved the plan.
• Ren Ye and his companions collected more than eighteen million star source and sixteen blood marks from the captured Three Golden Flowers, Lu Tou, and Situ Ye.
• Sister Demoness told Ren Ye that the Immortal Wave Sect had proposed exchanging its Xing family hostage for the Three Golden Flowers and Lu Tou, and that another party was trying to find him; Ren Ye excitedly wondered if someone had arrived.

Ren Ye prepared for a possible hostage exchange while Xing Wu secretly instructed Little One before leading him and nine Immortal Wave Sect experts into Xingshan’s Emperor’s Tomb. Ren Ye was reunited with a bedraggled Daoist and three companions, while Senior White-Striped Chicken sent Jiang Yu through the void toward a secluded Unranked Land.

• Ren Ye agreed to answer the Vengeful Ghost Sect’s search for him but postponed deciding whether to accept the Immortal Wave Sect’s hostage exchange, as Sister Demoness offered to track its experts.
• Xing Wu carved figures of his family, told Little One how to survive inside the Emperor’s Tomb, and concealed the mark between his brother’s brows.
• Xun Immortal Master led Xing Wu, Little One, and eight other fifth-grade experts into Xingshan, where Xing Wu guided them to a dark tunnel as the Emperor’s dao pressure threatened them.
• Chu Jin told Wuchen he wanted to face Ren Ye in a fair fight during the hostage exchange, and Wuchen invited him to walk to Seeking Dao Peak.
• Sister Demoness brought Ren Ye four people, including a fat Daoist who complained about caring for a widow and two children; Ren Ye offered him a job involving a tongue and pretty feet.
• Senior White-Striped Chicken opened a path into the void with his sword, and Jiang Yu departed through it to seek news of an old acquaintance.

Wuchen urged Chu Jin to seize the Great Emperor’s opportunity and carry their generation toward power, while Chu Jin hid his fear behind a grateful vow. In the Emperor’s Tomb, Xing Wu opened an ancient gate, endured the Peachwood Blade’s inheritance, and lured the nine Immortal Masters inside before declaring his willingness to accept it.

• Wuchen told Chu Jin that refining his bead depended on defeating the Ancient Emperor Successor and retrieving the Great Emperor’s relic, then urged him to take responsibility for their generation.
• Xing Wu led the nine Immortal Masters to an ancient gate in the Emperor’s Tomb, where they read an inscription describing three Gods kneeling and a broken peach branch.
• Xing Wu opened the gate, received a Heavenly Dao task to find a peach branch and retrieve a treasure, and entered the purple-lit corridor alone while the Immortal Masters waited outside.
• Peach branches engulfed Xing Wu as he screamed for help, but Xun Immortal Master and Wu Immortal Master refused to intervene and waited for the opportunity to claim the treasure.
• The Peachwood Blade emerged and flew toward the Immortal Masters, prompting all nine to rush into the corridor and attack it.
• Xing Wu revealed that he had feigned his distress, then said he was willing to receive the inheritance and never return to the Human World.

Xing Wu revealed that he had inherited the Peachwood Blade and used its devouring power to kill the Immortal Masters trapped in the cave. After Little One was protected by the Great Emperor's Dao Pressure, Xing Wu spared Xun Celestial Master temporarily to learn where and when the sects planned to trade for their captives.

• Xing Wu explained how he had found the Peachwood Blade, refused the Unfeeling Dao's price of forgetting his family, and secretly gained its inheritance.
• Xing Wu took up the Peachwood Blade and devoured Wu Immortal Master, then killed three more Immortal Masters as the others struggled to escape.
• Xun Immortal Master tried to seize Little One, but the Stone Stele's Emperor Dao Pressure repelled him and the other Immortal Masters back into the cave.
• Xing Wu killed the remaining Immortal Masters except Xun Celestial Master, who knelt and begged to become Xing Wu's Path Guardian.
• Xing Wu forced Xun Celestial Master to reveal when and where the Fourteen Ancient Sects and Clans planned to exchange his younger brother for the four captured Heavenly Pride.
• Ren Ye asked the Demoness whether the Immortal Wave Sect had chosen a trading place, and she confirmed that it had.

Xing Wu learned that the Immortal Wave Sect planned to exchange him and his brother for four Heavenly Prides at Haoyang Summer Resort in five days, then used the Peachwood Blade to kill Xun Celestial Master and escaped Xingshan. As the Immortal Wave Sect’s Dragon Beam cracked and its purple fortune surged skyward, Ren Ye prepared for the exchange with Chu Jin; five days later, Yang Ling’er secretly brought food to someone behind a locked door.

• Xun Celestial Master revealed that the Immortal Wave Sect planned to take Xing Wu and his brother to Haoyang Summer Resort in five days and exchange them for four Heavenly Prides, while experts waited in Western Liang to capture the Ancient Emperor Successor.
• Xing Wu hurled the Peachwood Blade at Xun Celestial Master, and its devouring power killed him despite Xun’s protests that Xing Wu had sworn not to kill him inside the Emperor’s Tomb.
• Xing Wu prostrated himself in thanks, carried his younger brother out of Xingshan, and looked back toward Great Marsh Township as he left.
• The Immortal Wave Sect’s Dragon Beam cracked, and purple fortune poured into the sky; Wuchen secretly gathered the fortune again, while the sect’s disciples mistook the sign for a display of prosperity.
• Ren Ye learned that Chu Jin would attend the hostage exchange and decided to plan the route to Western Liang, while Demoness Sister agreed that the exchange could be dangerous.
• Five days later, Yang Ling’er carried steamed rice cake and smoked chicken to a locked room and told the person inside that she had come alone.

After learning that Xun Immortal Master and eight other Immortal Masters might have died in Xingshan, Chu Jin went ahead alone to lure out Ren Ye and secure a Great Emperor blood mark. Ren Ye’s side redirected him through a series of costly secret-realm errands, while Western Liang’s experts waited in the wrong place.

• Chu Jin read Wuchen’s letter, learned that the hostages and nine Immortal Masters might be lost, and decided to draw out the Ancient Emperor Successor himself.
• Chu Jin persuaded Situ Bin and the Immortal Wave Sect elders to let him attend the meeting alone as bait, then left Haoyang Summer Resort.
• Ren Ye learned that Chu Jin had arrived without hostages or escorts and told Demoness Sister to lead him into a trap without revealing himself.
• A black-robed Vengeful Ghost Sect agent sent Chu Jin to the Cauliflower River Secret Realm and charged him five hundred thousand star source for its route pass.
• Chu Jin’s contact demanded a Treasure Gourd to reach the next meeting point and charged him one million, while Situ Bin’s hidden experts waited outside the secret realm and lost track of him.

Xing Wu escaped toward Western Liang with Little One as his awakening began draining vitality from everything around him, while Chu Jin followed a series of costly contacts to meet the Ancient Emperor Successor. Chu Jin saw through the trap and identified Ren Ye, and the two prepared to fight as powerful allies gathered elsewhere.

• Xing Wu found Little One near Haoyang Manor, learned that Western Liang experts had left to ambush their benefactor, and fled with him toward the mountains.
• As Xing Wu carried Little One away, his awakening absorbed spiritual qi from the grass and insects, and he urged his brother to grow strong enough to protect their family.
• Chu Jin spent over four million star source following five contacts into Western Liang City, where he entered the abandoned Ye Residence alone.
• At the final meeting point, Ren Ye's masked contact offered Chu Jin wine or a Ghost Bronze Statue for another three million star source, but Chu Jin refused and played the zither while deducing the trap.
• Chu Jin recognized the masked man as Ren Ye, and Ren Ye removed his mask, released his purple fortune, and challenged Chu Jin to a fight.
• The King of Hell opened his eyes above the residence, while fifteen sixth-grade leaders gathered at the Seeking Dao Palace and a middle-aged man brought reinforcements into an unknown world.

Chu Jin warned Ren Ye that Western Liang City was a trap and urged him to leave Nine Li, then revealed that Xing Wu had gone with Xun Immortal Master into Xingshan. Ren Ye learned that Xing Wu and Little One had returned, but Xing Wu was critically afflicted by an anomalous devouring force as Situ Bin’s forces searched for Chu Jin.

• Ren Ye and Chu Jin prepared to fight, but Chu Jin dispersed his aura and explained that both of them were being used as pawns by the sects and clans of Nine Li.
• Chu Jin urged Ren Ye to leave the continent and warned him that Xing Wu and Little One had been taken into Xingshan with Xun Immortal Master and had not returned on schedule.
• After Chu Jin departed, Demoness Sister told Ren Ye that Xing Wu and Xing Tian had found the Vengeful Ghost Sect’s contact and were staying at an inn, so Ren Ye hurried there with his companions.
• Little One told Ren Ye that Xing Wu had killed all nine Fifth Grades from the Immortal Wave Sect, then begged him to help his brother, whose aura was dangerously disordered.
• Wu Meng used the Divine Punishment Bow to suppress the devouring force coming from Xing Wu, while Xing Wu pleaded to see his family before time ran out.
• At Haoyang Manor, Situ Bin cursed his men for losing track of Chu Jin while many Fifth Grades watched the Cauliflower River.

Ren Ye learned that Xing Wu had inherited Female Emperor Ping Tian’s power and killed nine Fifth-Grade Immortal Masters to rescue Little One, who bore the Great Emperor’s fate-mark. When Xing Wu faced an imminent departure through a Secret Realm gate, Ren Ye risked exposing himself to bring him home to his family; the chapter ended with enemies racing toward Lin County and the King of Hell preparing to hide Ren Ye’s Purple Fortune.

• Xing Wu revealed that the devouring power within him was consuming Wu Meng’s Divine Punishment Bow, and the King of Hell used the Jiang Character Token to suppress it temporarily.
• Ren Ye carried Xing Wu toward Lin County as Xing Wu explained his inheritance, his secret protection of Little One, and his decision to infiltrate the Immortal Wave Sect and rescue his brother.
• Xing Wu told Ren Ye that he might soon be taken away and asked him to protect Chunniang and the family; Ren Ye promised to see him home despite the danger.
• The King of Hell warned that opening Yellow Springs Road would expose them to powerful pursuers, but Ren Ye insisted on bringing Xing Wu to his family, so the King of Hell opened the road to Lin County.
• Situ Bin and the Fifth-Grade Immortal Masters saw the Yellow Springs Road and hurried toward Lin County, while Daoist Hui kept a talisman ready to monitor events.
• Ren Ye reunited Xing Wu with Chunniang and Little One, and the King of Hell asked to borrow Ren Ye’s Purple Fortune to shield them from the Immortal Wave Sect’s detection.

The King of Hell established the Nine Netherworlds Void-Suppressing Grand Formation and fought fifteen sixth-grade cultivators across the void while Western Liang’s forces attacked Ren Ye. Just as Ren Ye was surrounded, his little sister Qingning appeared and vowed to protect him, announcing that she would kill Western Liang’s fifth-grade elders.

• The King of Hell planted the Eighteen Prison Lords’ Command Flags and used the Mirror of Sin Platform to establish the Nine Netherworlds Void-Suppressing Grand Formation around Lin County.
• Situ Bin and the other Western Liang cultivators sensed the formation, while Wuchen and fourteen other sixth-grade rulers prepared to use the Dao-Sundering Shuttle to break through it.
• The King of Hell repeatedly suppressed the growing starlight as the fifteen sixth-grade cultivators attacked across the void, and Situ Bin led Western Liang’s forces into Lin County.
• The Demoness, Wu Meng, and Daoist Chu fought the invading cultivators while Ren Ye was surrounded by fourth-grade enemies near the wilderness house.
• Qingning appeared, killed a fourth-grade cultivator with her Shadow Blade, and charged toward a fifth-grade as she declared she would protect Ren Ye and bury Western Liang’s fifth-grade elders.

Ren Qingning arrived in the Nine Li Continent to help Ren Ye and killed Daoist Yuyang after Candle Shadow’s fight with him turned against her. Reunited with her brother, she offered her help as Li Yan sensed a large force of Sixth Grade cultivators approaching and ordered his attendants to attack.

• Ren Qingning and Li Yan entered the Nine Li Continent after learning that Ren Ye was in danger, and Qingning sent her Candle Shadow to challenge Daoist Yuyang.
• Daoist Yuyang’s Soul-Annihilating Nails failed to harm Candle Shadow, but he trapped her in his Lightfire Shield with Pure Yang Qi.
• Ren Ye prepared to break the shield, but Qingning arrived and used the Zhuyin Reverse Scale Blade to free Candle Shadow and kill Daoist Yuyang with one slash.
• Qingning reunited with Ren Ye and told him she could help him now.
• Li Yan sensed Sixth Grade cultivators approaching Western Liang and ordered his attendants to kill.

Li Yan arrived in Western Liang with six fifth-grade Wealth Protectors and revealed that he had reached fifth grade in both body and soul while creating his own cultivation system. He broke through the attackers’ blockade with his Primordial Golden Dipper and killed a fifth-grade Immortal Master with a single punch.

• Situ Bin sent Daoist Hui and nine fifth grades to intercept Li Yan’s six attendants while he continued attacking the King of Hell’s formation.
• Ren Ye recognized Li Yan’s aura and welcomed his friend’s unexpected arrival.
• Li Yan assessed the battle, entered the dark clouds to aid the King of Hell, and was intercepted by Daoist Hui and two other fifth grades.
• Daoist Hui and the other two attacked Li Yan, but his Primordial Golden Dipper absorbed and shattered their Life-Bound Treasures.
• Li Yan used his self-created Dharma Scripture to devour the broken treasures and draw their power into his body.
• Li Yan transformed into the Seven-Colored War God and killed a fifth-grade Western Liang Immortal Master with one punch.

Li Yan overwhelmed the Fifth Grade fighters while the King of Hell’s formation faltered under the assault of fifteen Sixth Grade experts. Ren Ye and the King of Hell opened a Heavenly Gate for Xing Wu, who was carried away just as two familiar figures arrived from the north.

• Li Yan killed Daoist Hui and joined the fight as his allies helped turn the battle against the remaining Fifth Grade Immortal Masters.
• The King of Hell warned Ren Ye that the fifteen Nation Lords and Sect Masters were about to break through and that they would have to flee to the Yellow Springs Underworld.
• Xing Wu said goodbye to Chunniang and his family, and Ren Ye took him to the King of Hell to attempt another way out.
• The King of Hell dismantled the Grand Formation, and Ren Ye used the Human Emperor Seal and his Destiny to help Xing Wu awaken his devouring power and open a Heavenly Gate.
• The Heavenly Gate swallowed the Dragon Fang Dao-Silencing Shuttle’s power and blocked the fifteen Sixth Grade experts from entering Western Liang.
• Xing Wu rose toward the Heavenly Gate in immortal light as two familiar figures arrived from the north with a youth.

Xing Wu entered the heavenly gate and departed for an unknown road, while Ren Ye’s allies routed Western Liang’s forces and left twelve Fifth Grade corpses hanging outside the city. With the Emperor’s Tomb opening in three days and his expected protector still absent, Ren Ye considered asking the King of Hell to seek help from the Underworld.

• Xing Wu remembered his brother Xing Qian, received a strand of immortal light for him, and passed through the heavenly gate before it closed.
• Ren Ye and his allies attacked the Western Liang Fifth Grade experts after the heavenly gate destroyed the Dragon Fang and cut off the fifteen sect masters’ route into the battlefield.
• The fifteen sect masters arrived too late and found twelve Western Liang Fifth Grade corpses hanging outside the city; a message challenged Situ Ang to meet the Ancient Emperor Successor at the Emperor’s Tomb, and Situ Ang swore revenge.
• Ren Ye, worried that Senior White-Striped Chicken had not arrived before the Emperor’s Tomb opened, discussed with the King of Hell whether he could return to the Underworld for reinforcements.
• Ren Qingning bluntly asked Xu Qingzhao when she and Ren Ye would have children, and Xu Qingzhao jokingly claimed Ren Ye had an embarrassing ailment.
• A white-clad figure crossed the void and flew toward a distant star.

Li Yan examined Old Liu and concluded that, although his soul appeared completely dispersed, his headless body might have become a corpse puppet and could be tied to the Great Emperor’s own beheading. Ren Ye decided he had to enter the Emperor’s Tomb to seek answers, while the Demoness offered a covert route through the guarded Immortal Wave Five Cities; suspecting her motives, Ren Ye demanded she explain her fixation on killing Chu Jin.

• Ren Ye asked Li Yan to examine Old Liu, and Li Yan found no sign of a soul but observed that blood still circulated through his headless corpse.
• Li Yan and Ren Ye connected Old Liu’s beheading to the legend that the Great Emperor had also been beheaded, and they suspected the Emperor’s Tomb held the key to Old Liu’s condition.
• The Demoness warned Ren Ye that the Immortal Wave Five Cities were heavily guarded and offered a hidden route that required the group to suppress their senses.
• Li Yan misunderstood Qingning’s request for virility medicine, then learned she wanted it for Ren Ye and laughed at him.
• Ren Ye reconsidered the Demoness’s past actions and possible ties to the Yang Family, then demanded she explain why she was determined to kill Chu Jin.