Recaps

Taiyi agreed to travel to Licheng with Yao Xi to investigate clues about the Nine Secrets, but first planned to undergo another tribulation. He reviewed the progress of Yao Xi, Lin Jia, and An Miaoyi and prepared to pursue the Primordial Royal Clans and Primordial Imperial Clans for their bloodlines.

• Yao Xi told Taiyi that Miaoyi had found traces of the Nine Secrets near Licheng, and Taiyi agreed to go after completing another tribulation.
• Taiyi said he expected to advance two or three minor steps, leaving Yao Xi astonished at his cultivation speed.
• Yao Xi reported that Lin Jia had reached the Dao Palace Fourth Heaven and An Miaoyi had suppressed her breakthrough to build a deeper foundation.
• Taiyi explained that the Heavenly Emperor's Son had an exceptionally powerful bloodline and said he planned to investigate the Primordial Royal Clans and Primordial Imperial Clans.
• Taiyi met Lin Jia and An Miaoyi, praised their progress, and said they would discuss the Nine Secrets after his tribulation.

Taiyi underwent a terrifying lightning tribulation near the Yaoguang Holy Land and advanced three minor steps to the sixth minor step of the First Heaven of the Immortal Platform. Afterward, he reunited with Danyangzi, the Yaoguang Holy Lord, and the others, while Li Yao vowed to catch up to him.

• Taiyi faced a massive lightning tribulation as nearby cultivators and experts watched from a distance.
• Taiyi passed three tribulations in succession and advanced to the sixth minor step of the First Heaven of the Immortal Platform.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint watched Taiyi's breakthrough, while Li Yao was stunned and Gu Yuan urged his disciple not to lose heart.
• Li Yao vowed to catch up to and surpass Taiyi.
• Danyangzi, the Yaoguang Holy Lord, Li Xuan, Wang Zheng, and the others greeted Taiyi after he completed his tribulations.
• Taiyi said he had no interest in becoming Holy Lord, and Danyangzi proudly praised his disciple's rapid progress.

After Taiyi broke through, he arranged for Granny Yu to accept Lin Jia as her personal disciple and set out with the Yaoguang Holy Land’s group for Licheng, where news of the Nine Secrets had drawn many powers. Upon arriving, Taiyi sensed that Jiang Tingting was nearby.

• Taiyi smiled off praise for his breakthrough and said he still had a long way to go before severing the Dao.
• Taiyi introduced Lin Jia’s unusual foundation to Granny Yu, who examined her and accepted her as a personal disciple.
• Taiyi proposed taking the group to Licheng to seek experience at the ancient tomb, and Granny Yu agreed to postpone Lin Jia’s discipleship ceremony.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord explained that he had planned to bring the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron because rival powers were pursuing the Nine Secrets.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord arrived in Licheng with Taiyi, Yao Xi, Lin Jia, An Miaoyi, Li Yao, and other members of the Holy Land.
• Taiyi sensed Jiang Tingting’s Taiyin Physique, and Wang Peng explained that the Nine Secrets rumor began when an antique shop found the words on a damaged bronze bell.

Taiyi arrived in Licheng, where news of a Nine Secrets inheritance had drawn powerful factions and young cultivators. He said he would not compete unless the great figures acted, then met Duan De, Ji Haoyue, Ji Ziyue, and the disguised Ye Fan and Pang Bo.

• The factions welcomed Taiyi and praised his strength, and he told the Holy Lords that he had come only to join the excitement and would not intervene unless they did.
• Taiyi left the Holy Lords with Li Daoqing and strolled through Licheng with Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi.
• Taiyi encountered Duan De, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Ji Haoyue, then reassured Ji Haoyue that he would not act in the younger generation's contests.
• Ji Ziyue greeted Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, and Lin Jia, while Ye Fan and Pang Bo remained disguised as Daoists.
• Taiyi learned through voice transmission that Ye Fan and Pang Bo were hiding because of trouble with the Ji Family, and he praised Ye Fan's progress to the Dao Palace third heaven.

Taiyi reunited with Jiang Tingting and Jiang Yifei as Xiaobai fought the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, while Li Yao was ambushed outside Licheng by Dragon Transformation cultivators. Li Yao killed two attackers and faced three more, standing firm beneath the blazing Holy Light.

• Duan De complained that Taiyi’s map had led him into danger at Purple Mountain, and Taiyi reminded him that he had warned him.
• Jiang Tingting reunited with Taiyi and revealed that she had reached the Dao Palace realm; Jiang Yifei thanked Taiyi for saving her and teaching her the Taiyin True Scripture.
• Xiaobai fought the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, surprising the gathered cultivators with its strength.
• Li Yao was besieged outside Licheng by powerful late-stage Dragon Transformation cultivators seeking to prevent him from growing stronger.
• Li Yao slew two attackers with Holy Light as three more charged him, and he declared that they overestimated themselves.

Li Yao effortlessly killed five Dragon Transformation experts, drawing awe from the crowd and the attention of Taiyi and other young prodigies. Ji Haoyue considered challenging Li Yao, while Ji Ziyue tried to stop him, and Duan De remarked that the competing prodigies would eventually fight for the Great Emperor’s path.

• Li Yao destroyed the attackers’ weapons and killed all five Dragon Transformation experts with his holy light and a roar.
• Li Yao sensed Taiyi, looked toward him, and restrained his desire to fight until he had strengthened his cultivation.
• Taiyi judged Li Yao’s talent impressive but still far short of being able to challenge him.
• Ji Haoyue’s fighting spirit rose after watching Li Yao, but Ji Ziyue grabbed him and urged him not to fight.
• Yao Xi reflected on Li Yao’s strength and resolved to surpass him through the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art.
• Duan De praised the Yaoguang Holy Land’s prodigies and remarked that their shared ambition to become Great Emperor would lead to bloodshed.

Taiyi reassured Jiang Tingting that Little White Tiger could contend with the Golden-Winged Little Peng King despite his cultivation advantage. Little White Tiger revealed its Heavenly Demon Physique and began to gain the upper hand, leaving the roc badly wounded.

• Pang Bo and Ye Fan watched Taiyi defeat Former Yaoguang Holy Son Li Yao and discussed Little White Tiger's battle with the Golden-Winged Little Peng King.
• Ye Fan resolved to break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm and surpass the other prodigies.
• Jiang Tingting worried about Little White Tiger, and Taiyi explained that it had the Heavenly Demon Physique and was using the fight to hone its skills.
• Ji Haoyue, Ji Ziyue, Jiang Yifei, and the others were surprised to learn Little White Tiger possessed the Heavenly Demon Physique.
• Little White Tiger dodged the Golden-Winged Roc's attacks and raked his belly, forcing him to retreat while bleeding.

Little White Tiger continued its battle with Golden-Winged Little Peng King, who revealed that it possessed the Heavenly Demon Physique. The chapter left the fight escalating as Little White Tiger blocked the Peng King’s 108,000 swords with the Yaoguang Holy Land’s Holy Light Technique.

• Golden-Winged Little Peng King pulled back after Little White Tiger nearly gutted him, then mocked it for serving a human master.
• Little White Tiger defended its choice to follow the Eastern Emperor and dismissed the Peng King’s insults.
• Golden-Winged Little Peng King identified Little White Tiger as the legendary Heavenly Demon Physique, astonishing the watching cultivators.
• Golden-Winged Little Peng King unleashed the Heavenly Peng Clan’s One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords divine art against Little White Tiger.
• Little White Tiger summoned brilliant holy light and blocked the sword storm, revealing its mastery of the Yaoguang Holy Land’s Primordial Origin Holy Light Technique.

Little White Tiger used the Holy Light Technique to break the Golden-Winged Little Peng King’s One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords, then faced his opponent’s Heavenly Peng Dragon-Subduing Art with the Heavenly Demon Slaughtering World Diagram. The two visions collided as the battle continued.

• Little White Tiger unleashed the Holy Light Technique and destroyed the Golden-Winged Little Peng King’s golden heavenly pengs.
• The spectators learned that Little White Tiger had mastered the Holy Light Technique after studying Yaoguang Holy Land’s scriptures.
• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King attacked Bai Yu with the Great Wilderness Halberd, but Bai Yu blocked the strike with his Treasure Seal.
• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King unleashed the Heavenly Peng Dragon-Subduing Art and manifested a giant golden heavenly peng.
• Bai Yu summoned the Heavenly Demon Slaughtering World Diagram, whose blood-soaked corpses surged out to clash with the heavenly peng.

Little White Tiger defeated the Golden-Winged Little Peng King in a brutal battle, leaving him humiliated and badly injured. Little White Tiger returned to Licheng while the defeated Peng King fled and the spectators recognized its formidable talent.

• Little White Tiger merged with its Demon God manifestation and fought the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, overwhelming his techniques and tearing open his abdomen.
• Little White Tiger defeated the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, who returned to human form and begged to be killed.
• Little White Tiger dismissed the defeated Peng King as unworthy and flew back toward Licheng.
• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King cried out and fled into the distance as the spectators watched Little White Tiger with wariness and awe.
• Former Yaoguang Holy Son Li Yao recognized the legendary Heavenly Demon Physique and briefly showed concern.

The little white tiger returned to Taiyi after defeating the Golden-Winged Little Peng King and traded challenges with Jiang Yifei and Ji Haoyue. When Ye Fan accidentally revealed that the tiger had received the Demon Emperor's essence blood and the Demon God Flower's baptism, the others turned their attention to him.

• The little white tiger returned to Taiyi, who praised it for winning against the Golden-Winged Little Peng King.
• The little white tiger challenged Jiang Yifei, who declined because his cultivation level was higher, and then challenged Ji Haoyue, who promised to fight after it entered the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.
• Ji Ziyue argued with the little white tiger about Ji Haoyue's strength and the Void Scripture, until Taiyi stopped them.
• Taiyi asked Duan De whether he had found any clues, but Ye Fan's Divine Sense suddenly revealed the little white tiger's connection to the Demon Emperor's essence blood and the Demon God Flower.
• Duan De, Yao Xi, Jiang Yifei, Ji Haoyue, and the others confronted Ye Fan, who denied the revelation and silently blamed the black dog for exposing the secret.

Taiyi’s companions watched Black Emperor and Little White Tiger clash after Black Emperor coveted the tiger’s Demon Emperor essence blood. Taiyi subdued Black Emperor and explained that his own supply of essence blood had already been used up.

• Black Emperor burst out of Ye Fan and attacked Little White Tiger, but their equally tough bodies made their clash inconclusive.
• Little White Tiger revealed that its body had been tempered with Demon Emperor essence blood and the Demon God Flower, astonishing the onlookers and making Black Emperor envious.
• Black Emperor asked Taiyi for eight or ten drops of Demon Emperor essence blood in exchange for help finding an emperor scripture and an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
• Little White Tiger attacked Black Emperor, who retreated and prepared to counter with a formation.
• Taiyi pinned Black Emperor beneath him, rapped his head, and said the Demon Emperor essence blood he had obtained was long gone.

Taiyi revealed his immense constitution while dealing with the Black Emperor, then gave Jiang Tingting the Immortal Platform Volume of the Taiyin True Scripture. Ye Fan reunited with Jiang Tingting and learned how Taiyi had helped her, then began to suspect Taiyi’s constitution was more than a sun sacred body.

• The Black Emperor identified Taiyi as an innate sacred body dao embryo, and Taiyi released him after warning him not to cause trouble.
• Duan De led the group in searching for ancient tomb ruins and clues to the Nine Secrets while Taiyi left with Jiang Tingting.
• Taiyi passed Jiang Tingting the Immortal Platform Volume of the Taiyin True Scripture and urged her to cultivate diligently.
• Ye Fan caught up with Taiyi and Jiang Tingting, revealed his true appearance, and learned that Jiang Yichen had told her family he was dead.
• Jiang Tingting explained how she met Taiyi and how he helped her, and Ye Fan began questioning what Taiyi’s sun sacred body really was.

Taiyi revealed that he possessed a Sun Sacred Body, which combined the Sun Physique and Desolate Ancient Sacred Body without its curse, and exchanged secret techniques with Ye Fan for the Source Heaven Book. After Ye Fan and Jiang Tingting left, Taiyi began studying the book aboard the Yaoguang warship.

• Taiyi explained to Ye Fan and Jiang Tingting that his Sun Sacred Body combined the traits of the Sun Physique and Desolate Ancient Sacred Body and was unaffected by the Sacred Body Lineage's curse.
• Taiyi revealed that he knew Ye Fan and Pang Bo had found Purple Mountain and asked to borrow the Source Heaven Book.
• Ye Fan lent Taiyi the Source Heaven Book, and Taiyi taught him the Heaven, Earth, and Human Seals and other secret techniques.
• Ye Fan thanked Taiyi, then took Jiang Tingting to rejoin Duan De, Jiang Yifei, and the others.
• Taiyi returned to the Yaoguang warship, secured his room against probing, and began reading the Source Heaven Book.

Taiyi emerged from seclusion after mastering the Source Heaven Book and learned that Duan De and the others had uncovered the Underground Palace. As cultivators gathered beneath Licheng, a vast army of Yin Soldiers poured out and attacked them.

• Taiyi studied the Source Heaven Book for seven days, using enlightenment treasures and unusual stones to advance his Source Arts.
• Duan De and the others found the ancient tomb, triggering a surge of yin energy and baleful energy beneath Licheng.
• Taiyi left seclusion and learned from Wang Peng that the younger generation would enter the Underground Palace first, with older powerhouses intervening if necessary.
• Thousands of Yin Soldiers riding savage beasts charged out of the Underground Palace, alarming the arriving cultivators.
• Cultivators attacked the Yin Soldiers with magical treasures, but the spectral army struck back and trampled many people to death.

Taiyi prepared Source Heaven Formation Patterns around Licheng to face powerful Holy Lord-level opponents while other factions entered the Underground Palace. Inside, the Little White Tiger purified Yin Soldiers and provoked the Big Black Dog, who angrily mocked it in return.

• The Dao Yi Saintess purified the Yin Soldiers outside the tomb, but they soon emerged again as the Great Evolution Holy Son split the earth and exposed the Underground Palace.
• Taiyi watched from a distance, then left Yaoguang Holy Land's warship and planted Source Heaven Formation Patterns around Licheng to prepare for future battles with powerful Great Powers.
• Duan De, Ye Fan, Yao Xi, Ji Haoyue, Jiang Yifei, and other young successors entered the Underground Palace and soon separated to act on their own.
• The Little White Tiger charged at the Yin Soldiers and purified them with its Holy Light Technique, drawing admiration from Lin Jia and other cultivators.
• The Little White Tiger called the Big Black Dog a useless, bald-tailed stray, and the Black Emperor retaliated by calling it a sickly cat.

Taiyi completed a vast Source Arts grand formation around Licheng to strengthen his combat power as the Underground Palace battle continued. He reflected on his rare progress in triggering the Divine Forbidden Domain while preparing for what lay ahead.

• Little White Tiger and Black Emperor traded threats after days of fighting, but Yao Xi called Little White Tiger away to focus on the Underground Palace.
• Ye Fan restrained Black Emperor as Little White Tiger charged toward the Yin Soldiers and the palace depths.
• Taiyi finished laying Source Heaven Patterns across the terrain around Licheng, encompassing the ancient tomb in a grand formation.
• Taiyi considered how the formation could amplify his combat strength enough to face Peak Great Powers.
• Taiyi reflected on his cultivation in the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda, including his repeated brief entries into the Divine Forbidden Domain and his work on a Third Divine Form.

Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, Little White Tiger, and Lin Jia fought through the Underground Palace as blood-soaked Yin Spirits attacked the gathered cultivators. Lin Jia’s strength and Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Saint Spirit Sword stunned onlookers, while Yao Xi also demonstrated her power.

• The Underground Palace shook as Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, Little White Tiger, and Lin Jia advanced through its corridors, with Lin Jia taking the lead against the Yin Soldiers.
• A boiling lake of blood released powerful Yin Spirits, forcing Ji Haoyue, Jiang Yifei, the Great Evolution Holy Son, and the others to fight back.
• A blood-red Yin Body killed a Ji Family cultivator and charged at Lin Jia, but she cut it down with the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Saint Spirit Sword.
• Cultivators recognized Lin Jia’s sword as the one Taiyi had cut from the Dao Yi Stone Workshop, while Ye Fan and Pang Bo marveled at her combat strength.
• Yao Xi blocked a massive scaled monster and pierced its skull with a streak of black light.

Yao Xi and An Miaoyi revealed formidable divine weapons and defeated a giant serpent as the group advanced through the Underground Palace. Ye Fan, Pang Bo, the Black Emperor, and others reached a radiant complex of jade palaces, where the chapter left them facing an unexpectedly sacred scene.

• Yao Xi wielded a black jade sword containing dragon-patterned black gold, while An Miaoyi used her phoenix-blood zither and Nine Tribulations Phoenix Melody to destroy a giant serpent.
• The onlookers recognized the rare materials in the women's weapons and suspected the Eastern Emperor had given them the divine materials.
• The Black Emperor admired the weapons but rejected the idea of stealing from Yao Xi and An Miaoyi, wary of the Eastern Emperor's power and potential.
• Ye Fan kept quiet as the Black Emperor speculated that the Eastern Emperor might possess a sacred body, and Duan De wondered what the Eastern Emperor had gained from the Bronze Immortal Palace.
• The group continued through the Underground Palace and found a brilliantly lit complex of crystalline golden jade palaces surrounded by greenery and exotic plants.

Yan Ruyu warned Little White Tiger that Demon Kings might try to take it from Yaoguang Holy Land, then joined the young heirs exploring the underground palace. In the Hall of Light, Yan Ruyu was trapped by a powerful guardian as the others converged on an ancient beast-skin scroll and a mysterious platform, while a battle erupted outside.

• Yan Ruyu approached Little White Tiger, accepted its choice to follow the Eastern Emperor, and warned that Demon Kings might try to seize it.
• Lin Jia, Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, and Little White Tiger fought through the underground palaces, while Yan Ruyu used the Demon Emperor's Saint Weapon to kill three yin spirits possessing Great Power corpses.
• The group reached the Hall of Light and found three enormous black coffins and Yan Ruyu trapped inside a seven-level Ancient Pagoda by the hall's guardian.
• The Holy Sons and others eyed the ancient beast-skin scroll on a black divine platform, which might contain one of the Nine Secrets; the Black Emperor recognized the platform as a Great Emperor's bed made of Chaos stone.
• A major disturbance outside announced that powerful figures were fighting.

Taiyi arrived as the Peacock King faced the Ji and Yaoguang Holy Lords, and the Jiang Family Holy Lord joined the confrontation. Onlookers questioned whether Taiyi, despite his rapid cultivation and peerless talent, could challenge the Demon Race’s Peak Great Powers, while the Holy Lords urged him not to act rashly.

• The Peacock King confronted Li Daoqing, and the Ji Family Holy Lord joined him, threatening to kill the Peacock King.
• The Peacock King warned that he could use the Demon Emperor’s weapon against the heirs inside the Underground Palace if the Holy Lords used their own weapons.
• The Azure Flood Dragon King and Old Peng King arrived to support the Peacock King, and the Jiang Family Holy Lord joined the opposing side.
• Taiyi arrived, revealing his original appearance and powerful aura, and offered to join the battle.
• Cultivators and the Peacock King questioned whether Taiyi could face the Peak Great Powers, while the Yaoguang, Ji Family, and Jiang Family Holy Lords urged him not to be impulsive.

Taiyi challenged the Peacock King, relying on a Source Arts Grand Formation he had prepared to boost his strength. Their battle began with both unleashing the same ancient vision, Stars Illuminate the Azure Heavens, and the clash sent devastating shockwaves across the battlefield.

• Taiyi told Li Daoqing that his Source Arts Grand Formation could raise his fighting strength by a major realm, then persuaded the Holy Lord to let him face the Peacock King.
• The Peacock King agreed to fight Taiyi while the Old Peng King, the Azure Flood Dragon King, and the other Holy Lords withdrew to clear the battlefield.
• Taiyi and the Peacock King unleashed terrifying killing intent, alarming the cultivators and Holy Lords watching them.
• Taiyi and the Peacock King each manifested Stars Illuminate the Azure Heavens, astonishing the onlookers by displaying the same vision.
• Stars shot from both visions and collided, sending violent aftershocks across the battlefield that injured and felled many cultivators.

Taiyi used a Source Arts Grand Formation around Licheng to strengthen himself and battle the Peacock King, whose attacks he met with the Sun Emperor Fist. The Peacock King was driven back with an injured hand, and Taiyi challenged him to reveal his full strength before beginning to evolve the Nine Secrets: Dou.

• Taiyi revealed that Source Heaven Patterns across the region formed a Grand Formation that raised his combat strength by a major realm.
• The Peacock King charged Taiyi, and the two fought while moving their battle away from the surrounding region to spare it from destruction.
• Taiyi used his holy-light worlds and Sun Emperor Fist against the Peacock King's Stars Illuminate the Azure Heavens manifestation and Innate Five Elements attacks.
• Taiyi's fists injured the Peacock King's palms and drove him backward, astonishing the watching Holy Lords and Demon Race Colossi.
• The Peacock King recognized that Taiyi's physical body rivaled a Dao-Slaying King's, and Taiyi urged him to show his true strength before evolving the Nine Secrets: Dou.

Taiyi used the Battle Saint Method to transform the stars in his manifestation into colossal Dao weapons and break the Peacock King’s Stars Illuminate the Azure Heavens manifestation. The Peacock King was badly injured and sent crashing into the ground as onlookers debated whether Taiyi had used the Ruthless Great Emperor’s secret art.

• The Eastern Emperor unleashed the Holy Light Technique combined with Nine Secrets: Dou, and the Peacock King escaped the sword assault with his five-colored Treasure Garment damaged.
• Taiyi used Stars Illuminate the Azure Heavens against the Peacock King’s manifestation, then transformed the falling stars into enormous weapons.
• The Star Dao Weapons shattered the Peacock King’s manifestation and inflicted a backlash that made him bleed.
• The Peacock King retreated and attacked the Star Dao Weapons with Five Elements Divine Light and other Secret Techniques, but the bombardment sent him crashing into the ground.
• Watching cultivators wondered whether Taiyi had used Scattering Stars to Form Weapons, then concluded he had manifested the effect through Nine Secrets: Dou.

The Eastern Emperor battled the Peacock King with the aid of a Source Heaven Great Array, while Ye Fan used the Cauldron of All-Things Mother Qi to reach a Chaos Stone and obtain a scroll containing a map of Purple Mountain and clues to the Nine Secrets. The powerful young successors discovered Ye Fan’s treasure and coveted it, as the battle outside continued to shake the heavens.

• The Eastern Emperor’s Source Heaven Great Array and reproduced Scattering Stars to Form Weapons secret technique badly wounded the Peacock King, who then unleashed his full strength and attacked with the Heavenly Demon Eight Forms.
• The Eastern Emperor met the Peacock King’s nine-dragon strike with the Sun Emperor Fist, and their clash engulfed the battlefield in scorching light.
• Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, Ji Haoyue, Jiang Yifei, Li Yao, and the other prodigies were immobilized by the Chaos Stone’s force field as they tried to seize it and the ancient scroll.
• Ye Fan advanced through the force field with the Cauldron of All-Things Mother Qi above his head, revealing the precious treasure to the trapped prodigies.
• Ye Fan took the ancient scroll, discovering that it contained a map of Purple Mountain and a hidden piece of silk with clues to the Nine Secrets; Black Emperor suggested using the map to lure others into the mountain.
• Pang Bo and Black Emperor urged Ye Fan to leave before the powerful figures outside arrived, while Ye Fan considered informing the Jiang Family that Jiang Taixu was trapped in Purple Mountain.