Recaps

Yun Che returned from the void rift with his Divine Flame Creator subclass at its maximum level and used a lucky Mystery Gift Box to obtain the last material needed to upgrade Mechanical Puppet Zero. As Zero began upgrading, Yuezheng Xiangling and the others prepared for Yun Che’s return, while Xia Yimian stopped approaching them after Feng Chu rejected her.

• Yun Che reached level 29 in Divine Flame Creator, checked his rankings, and received a 500% constitution blessing and a 35% stamina bonus.
• Yun Che found a Dragon-Scale Heart-Guard Mirror and a Void Heaven Source Crystal in the Reputation Shop, but lacked enough points to buy the crystal.
• Yun Che opened Mystery Gift Boxes, obtained the Abyss Underwear Cultivation Method, and then won a free Reputation Shop item, which he used to claim the Void Heaven Source Crystal.
• Yun Che combined the four required materials and began upgrading Mechanical Puppet Zero in his Domain Space.
• Yuezheng Xiangling, Feng Chu, Lin Duo, Qin Yelan, and Eunuch Cao reached the Position God Realm, while Xia Yimian repeatedly failed to recruit the group.
• Feng Chu called Xia Yimian too weak and drove her away, and the group learned that Yun Che would soon return.

Yun Che returned from the Void Rift with the Void Heart, completed Xu Xian’s assessment mission, and received his promised appointment as a Void Judge. After refusing Xia Yimian’s invitation to join his team, he reunited with his companions and prepared them for the Void Tower Divine Trial, while Xia Yimian sought other teammates.

• Yun Che returned to the Void God Tower after nearly half a year in the Void Rift and presented Xu Xian with the Void Heart.
• Xu Xian confirmed the Void Heart was genuine, gave Yun Che his mission rewards, and appointed him a Void Judge.
• Yun Che declined Xu Xian’s suggestion that he team up with Xia Yimian, leaving her hurt and disappointed.
• Yun Che reunited with his companions, praised their progress, and proposed that they attempt the Void Tower Divine Trial before the ranking competition.
• Xia Yimian approached Shu Miaoyin, Tong Xizi, and Bei Ling and invited them to team up for a Divine Trial mission.

Shu Miaoyin joined Xia Yimian for the Divine Trial after Tong Xizi and Bei Ling urged her to go without them. In the Void Tower, Ruan Caocao won the chance to team up with Yun Che, drew a hell-level hidden mission, and began fighting Soul-Devouring Miasma puppets with him.

• Shu Miaoyin asked Xia Yimian if Tong Xizi and Bei Ling could join their team, but Xia Yimian refused because they were only in the Great Emperor Realm.
• Tong Xizi and Bei Ling urged Shu Miaoyin to team up with Xia Yimian, and Shu Miaoyin agreed while asking to return to them when she could.
• Yun Che and his companions entered the Void Tower, and rock-paper-scissors selected Ruan Caocao to undertake the Divine Trial with Yun Che.
• Ruan Caocao drew the hidden hell-level mission to purify an Abyss Soul-Devouring Beast nest, with rewards including 120 billion Experience Points.
• Yun Che shielded Ruan Caocao from the soul-eroding miasma as they entered the wasteland and headed toward the nest.
• Soul-miasma puppets attacked, and Ruan Caocao used deep-blue water swords to freeze them, showing improved combat skill.

Ruan Caocao defeated a swarm of Soul-Devouring Beasts with powerful water magic, and Yun Che praised her growing strength. In the black mountain lair, they met a suspicious old man who asked them to rescue his grandson, so they followed his directions toward the dangerous Myriad Souls Cavern while remaining wary of a trap.

• Yun Che watched Ruan Caocao destroy the attacking puppets and gather strength without intervening.
• Ruan Caocao summoned a Water Phoenix that defeated the Soul-Devouring Beasts, including a Position God Realm beast.
• Yun Che praised Ruan Caocao after she said she could now kill a Position God.
• Yun Che and Ruan Caocao encountered a corrupted old man who said the Soul Devouring Lord had taken his grandson, whose Heavenly Soul Constitution would be used at the full moon.
• The old man told Yun Che that his grandson was held in the Myriad Souls Cavern, and a side-mission notification appeared.
• Yun Che led Ruan Caocao deeper into the lair to investigate, while secretly watching for a trap.

Yun Che and Ruan Caocao fought through the Myriad Souls Cavern, where Ruan Caocao killed the Soul Devouring Beast Lord and broke through to the late spirit god realm. After they found an unconscious boy, Yun Che triggered the beast lord’s curse, and the Haggard Old Man appeared to boast that it was undetectable and inescapable.

• Yun Che guided Ruan Caocao through the cavern and helped her kill numerous Soul-Devouring Beasts with her water-element attacks.
• The Soul Devouring Beast Lord attacked, and Yun Che defended Ruan Caocao while she wounded it with a powerful water dragon.
• Yun Che weakened the Soul Devouring Beast Lord, and Ruan Caocao delivered the finishing blow, earning experience and advancing to the late spirit god realm.
• Yun Che and Ruan Caocao found an unconscious little boy deep in the cave, and Yun Che picked him up to take him outside.
• Yun Che triggered the Abyssal Soul Devouring Beast Lord’s curse, which drained 10,000 health per second, and the Haggard Old Man appeared to claim no one could detect or remove it.

Yun Che killed the Haggard Old Man, completed the Soul Devouring Beast quests, and gained powerful rewards, including a new divine ability. After returning to the Hall, he gathered his companions to distribute the rewards and agreed to help Ye Qingshuang.

• Yun Che pinned the Haggard Old Man down and killed him, completing the Soul Devouring Beast Purification Quest.
• Yun Che earned the Loan Medal, while the Soul Devouring Beast side quest awarded him the Lucky Necklace and 50,000 Goodwill Points that unlocked Hand of Rebirth.
• Yun Che declined to draw another divine quest and summoned Xiangling, Feng Chu, and the others to the Hall to distribute his rewards.
• Ye Qingshuang told Yun Che she was struggling despite gaining an opportunity, and he agreed to team up with her.

Yun Che distributed loan medals and a Lucky Necklace before setting out with Ye Qingshuang on a nightmare-level mission to purify a temple’s sacred spring. They discovered how to defeat the temple’s Fallen Ones and advanced toward a ominous stone door.

• Yun Che gave loan sub-medals to Xiangling, Ruan Caocao, Qin Yelan, Lin Duo, and Ye Qingshuang, and gave Feng Chu the Lucky Necklace.
• Yun Che and Ye Qingshuang realized they had forgotten Fu Qing; Fu Qing read Yun Che’s message, grew furious, and waited in the Void Tower hall for him to return.
• Yun Che and Ye Qingshuang drew the nightmare-level mission “Whispers of the Lost Temple,” whose objective was to find the temple core and purify the sacred spring within three days.
• Yun Che and Ye Qingshuang entered the ruined temple and fought the Fallen Ones, learning that concentrated divine power aimed at the densest black mist destroyed them.
• Yun Che and Ye Qingshuang cleared the first group of Fallen Ones and headed toward the ominous stone door where they believed the sacred spring lay.

Yun Che and Ye Qingshuang broke into the Divine Temple’s passage and defeated a Corrupted Soul Giant-Ring Octopus guarding the way. Yun Che explained that he was delaying his breakthrough because it would trigger a mandatory quest, just before an even larger octopus appeared seeking revenge.

• Yun Che shattered the rune-covered stone door with a punch, and he and Ye Qingshuang entered the passage leading toward the polluted Holy Spring.
• A Corrupted Soul Giant-Ring Octopus attacked them from a fissure, and Yun Che wounded it while discovering its strong defenses and rapid regeneration.
• Ye Qingshuang struck the octopus’s eye, and Yun Che broke its bronze ring before the two destroyed it with a purifying lightning attack.
• Yun Che told Ye Qingshuang he was postponing his breakthrough to the Heavenly God Realm because it would trigger a mandatory quest he was not ready to face.
• A larger Corrupted Soul Giant-Ring Octopus emerged and vowed to avenge its younger brother.

Yun Che and Ye Qingshuang fought their way through a temple passage, defeating a succession of Corrupted Soul Giant-Ring Octopuses before breaking through a barrier. They found a fox-tailed woman draining a sacred spring and captive heroic souls, and Yun Che sent her flying with a slap as Ye Qingshuang prepared to fight her.

• Yun Che restrained a Corrupted Soul Giant-Ring Octopus with his Silver Chains while Ye Qingshuang shattered its bronze ring with Skyvault Moment, killing it.
• Yun Che and Ye Qingshuang killed several more octopuses whose relatives repeatedly came seeking revenge, until the survivors learned to retreat.
• Yun Che smashed a powerful formation barrier and revealed a fox-tailed woman absorbing power from a sacred spring and bound heroic souls.
• The fox-tailed woman declared that she would use Yun Che and Ye Qingshuang as stepping stones to the Heavenly God Realm, then attacked Yun Che.
• Yun Che slapped the fox-tailed woman across the face and hurled her into a stone wall, then told Ye Qingshuang he would protect her from fatal attacks.

Ye Qingshuang and Yun Che defeated the fox-tailed woman and purified the Holy Spring, earning mission rewards and a Mission Completion Card. They returned to the Void Tower, where they waited for the others and were joined by Xia Yimian and Shu Miaoyin.

• Ye Qingshuang used Body Sword Force to wound the fox-tailed woman while Yun Che shattered her defense with Seal Art: All Things Reduced to Ash.
• Yun Che trapped the transformed fox-tailed woman with Time Prison, allowing Ye Qingshuang to pierce her heart with Battle Sword Force and kill her.
• Yun Che received the Purify the Holy Spring mission rewards, including a Mission Completion Card, and Ye Qingshuang broke through to the early stage of the Lower Position God realm.
• Yun Che gave Ye Qingshuang Sacred Spring Divine Water and the Temple Guardian Ring before they returned to the Void Tower's first-floor hall.
• Xia Yimian and Shu Miaoyin emerged after abandoning their Nightmare difficulty mission, and Shu Miaoyin hurried over to greet Yun Che.

Yun Che met Shu Miaoyin and Xia Yimian after their failed nightmare-level Divine Trial, then helped his companions prepare for more trials before the Void Post Station Ranking Tournament began. As the tournament opened, he spotted Zhu Qi and Qi Tianjun watching him from afar.

• Shu Miaoyin and Xia Yimian told Yun Che they had barely escaped an Abyssal Demon Beast during a nightmare-level Divine Trial.
• Ye Qingshuang revealed she had become a lower position god, silencing Xia Yimian, and Yun Che gave Shu Miaoyin two protective Special Treasures.
• Fu Qing confronted Yun Che for leaving without her, and he gave her Sacred Spring Divine Water as an apology.
• Yun Che offered his group a Mission Completion Card for hell-level Divine Trials, and they continued taking trials during the next half month.
• The Void Post Station Ranking Tournament began, and Yun Che saw Zhu Qi and Qi Tianjun watching him from a distant building.

Yun Che confronted Knight Commander Zhu Qi and Qi Tianjun, but Deng Xuhe intervened and warned him to leave the Void Post Station before the Ranking Tournament. After learning that the tournament overseer was Great Main God Xia Qin, Xia Yimian’s aunt, Yun Che took his group to register.

• Yun Che attacked Zhu Qi and Qi Tianjun, but Deng Xuhe appeared and stopped his Great Yin Nether Heaven-Rending Claw.
• Deng Xuhe warned Yun Che to leave the Void Post Station, then vanished with Zhu Qi and Qi Tianjun when Yun Che refused.
• Yun Che asked Xu Xian about the tournament overseer and learned that Xia Qin, Xia Yimian’s aunt, was a Great Main God who wielded the Law of Snow.
• Yun Che gathered his companions and went to the central square to register for the Ranking Tournament.
• At the registration queue, Qin Yelan spotted Li Xuanfeng and Li Muling, who greeted Yun Che’s group.

Yun Che and the other contestants gathered at the Void Post Station as Xia Qin explained the ranking tournament’s lethal rules and Xu Xian began the draw. The first match was revealed to be a ten-person battle royale.

• Xue Wushang of the Demon Hall threatened Yun Che and vowed to collect a blood debt during the ranking tournament.
• Top powers, including the Bright Holy Temple, the Barbarian Tribe, and the Shadow Pavilion, gathered at the Void Post Station.
• Xia Qin announced that contestants earned points by killing or defeating opponents, while survivors who lost could compete in a losers’ round.
• Xu Xian released the paper cranes, and Mu Feilin caught one before drawing a jade token; he and a burly contestant exchanged threats.
• The contestants took all the paper cranes, and Xu Xian called for those assigned number one, whose tokens revealed that ten people would fight in the first match.

Yun Che watched the ten-person melee and recognized Asa and Luo Ran among the contestants. After Luo Ran defeated Asa with a decisive shadow attack, Asa conceded and left the platform.

• Yun Che recognized Asa and the female Thief Luo Ran among the ten contestants entering the arena.
• Xu Xian started the match, and the contestants scattered to fight as Asa summoned her Firewing Ice Lion and Luo Ran hid in the shadows.
• Luo Ran and Asa each defeated an opponent, then became the two survivors of the melee.
• Luo Ran and Asa fought using their respective shadow and ice-and-fire powers, with Luo Ran eventually striking Asa from behind and wounding her badly.
• Luo Ran declared Asa defeated, and Asa crushed her teleportation Jade Talisman and left the platform.

Situ Xue entered the second arena match and overwhelmed all nine opponents with her invincible divine domain, defeating Hong Zimo with a devastating attack. Xu Xian declared that she had the potential to become a Main God.

• Situ Xue joined the contestants who drew number two, while Ye Feng warned her not to hurt anyone and Hong Zimo boasted that he could defeat even an Intermediate Position God.
• When Xu Xian started the match, Situ Xue released her dark green divine domain, which corroded the contestants’ divine souls and spread through the arena’s defensive formation.
• The other contestants collapsed or surrendered, leaving Hong Zimo as the only one still resisting.
• Situ Xue struck Hong Zimo with a powerful attack that shattered his golden shield and dissolved him into black smoke.
• Xu Xian reacted in shock to Situ Xue’s overwhelming divine domain and said she had the potential to become a Main God.

Situ Xue’s victory revealed her immense talent, and Yun Che’s companions advanced during the tournament’s first days. As the matches continued, Cao Taichun faced Joesena, whose powerful sacred-tome attack left their battle unresolved.

• Situ Xue defeated Hong Zimo with her Divine Domain, then returned to Ye Feng as the Bright Holy Temple’s representatives plotted against her and other factions considered recruiting her.
• Ye Feng, Ruan Caocao, Jiang Renhua, Ning Yi, and Situ Kong earned points and advanced, while Ye Feng used his newly elevated Divine Combat Technique.
• After three days without a major move from the Land of Shells or the Demon Hall, Yun Che warned his companions to stay cautious and suggested trouble might come during the final Ranking Tournament.
• Cao Taichun and Joesena entered the arena for match 345, and Joesena launched holy swords at him as the battle began.
• Joesena invoked the Book of Holiness to unleash a spinning wheel of light and golden rays, and Cao Taichun answered with No Sorrow, No Joy Sword, Enter the Mortal World.

Cao Taichun defeated Joesena in the Ranking Tournament and killed her despite the Bright Holy Temple’s attempt to concede, revealing that his god-level Sunflower Manual could destroy divine souls. Maideli vowed that the Bright Holy Temple would remember the blood debt, but Xu Xian continued the competition.

• Cao Taichun shattered Joesena’s light attack and wounded her with his sword intent.
• A gaunt contestant ambushed Cao Taichun, who crushed his vital parts, killed him, and earned a point.
• Joesena summoned a holy dragon, but Cao Taichun destroyed it with the No Sorrow, No Joy Sword.
• Cao Taichun pierced Joesena’s brow and tore apart her divine soul before she could concede.
• Maideli threatened Yun Che and the others, while rival factions mocked him and Xu Xian called the next contestant into the arena.

Yuezheng Xiangling and Ye Qingshuang earned perfect tournament scores, drawing attention to the group from the Divine Martial Lost Land. As Allen gained the upper hand against Qin Yelan, her unusual ice-attribute spirit plant pet blocked his killing strike, and he prepared to stop holding back.

• Yuezheng Xiangling overwhelmed her opponents with fused scarlet-gold and violet flames, while Ye Qingshuang swept through hers with powerful lightning techniques; both earned perfect scores of nine.
• Factions learned that Ye Qingshuang and her companions came from the impoverished Divine Martial Lost Land, and Xia Qin told Xia Yimian to learn from their fighting.
• Xia Yimian recalled being defeated and insulted by Lin Yunli, while Xia Qin promised to take her to the family's Divine Source Pool after the tournament.
• Allen pierced Qin Yelan's defenses during their duel, but her ice-colored spirit plant vines blocked his attack.
• Allen revealed he had used only thirty percent of his strength and announced he would no longer hold back, while Feng Chu admired Qin Yelan's unusual pet.

Qin Yelan used her Ice Crystal Spirit Plant to fight Allen despite their difference in cultivation, nearly defeating him before his barrier knocked her down. She activated the Secondary Loan Medal and received 10% of Yun Che’s attributes, blasting Allen away as the battle continued.

• Ye Qingshuang envied Qin Yelan’s new ice pet, while Yuezheng Xiangling suggested ending the match after Qin Yelan had earned four points.
• Qin Yelan strengthened her Ice Crystal Spirit Plant’s defenses, then used its underground vines to disrupt Allen and strike back with ice sword energy.
• Allen unleashed golden feathers, but Qin Yelan concealed herself in ice mist and appeared behind him with an ice sword.
• Allen’s sacred barrier repelled Qin Yelan’s attack, leaving her badly injured as he approached with killing intent.
• Qin Yelan activated the Secondary Loan Medal and manifested 10% of Yun Che’s attributes, blasting Allen away.

Qin Yelan awakened ultimate light divine power through the Loan Medal and defeated Allen, then killed him after his godhead shattered. Yun Che’s jade token lit up for the next match, along with Maideli’s and Xue Wushang’s.

• Qin Yelan’s powers of light and ice merged, manifesting the Divine Light Radiance Battle Skirt and a dual-attribute sword.
• Qin Yelan overwhelmed Allen with a sword strike that shattered his godhead, and Maideli refused to call for his surrender.
• Qin Yelan used Ten Rays of Dim Light, Divine Light Sky Flash to kill Allen, while the ice-crystal spirit plant comforted her afterward.
• Xu Xian called for contestant number 999, and Yun Che’s token lit up alongside Maideli’s and Xue Wushang’s.

Yun Che faced Xue Wushang and Maideli in the Arena and overwhelmed their opening attacks with his sword techniques. He left Xue Wushang with his Divine Blood power decaying under That One Sword: Twilight Years.

• Maideli challenged Yun Che, and Xue Wushang announced that he intended to take Yun Che's corpse back with him.
• Xue Wushang and Maideli released their peak Heavenly God Realm auras, knocking the other contestants out of the Arena while Yun Che remained unaffected.
• Xue Wushang and Maideli attacked Yun Che from opposite sides, but he deflected the spear and broke Maideli's God-Level Great Sword before kicking Maideli away.
• Yun Che used That One Sword: Autumn Sun to destroy Xue Wushang's Blood Beast phantom and wound his hand.
• Yun Che struck Xue Wushang with That One Sword: Twilight Years, crumbling his Rule Shield and causing his hair and skin to visibly age as his Divine Blood power withered.

Yun Che fought Xue Wushang inside his Blood Divine Domain while hiding the full extent of his power from Deng Xuhe. As Yun Che overpowered Maideli, Xue Wushang unleashed a controlled Main God Realm Demon, escalating the battle.

• Xue Wushang spread his Blood Divine Domain and tried to drain Yun Che’s vitality, but Yun Che resisted with a silver barrier and a fused golden and gray-white sword strike.
• Yun Che broke through Xue Wushang’s defenses and wounded him, while the domain healed Xue Wushang; Yun Che chose not to reveal his Undying Kingdom domain as Deng Xuhe watched.
• Deng Xuhe told Zhu Qi and Qi Tianjun to wait until the finals before launching the Extermination Plan, since he wanted another chance to recruit Yun Che.
• Maideli ambushed Yun Che from behind, but Yun Che shattered his greatsword and used Pioneer to kick him, breaking his divine bones and cracking his Godhead.
• Xue Wushang summoned a blood-colored beast Soul Guard and opened the black coffin behind him, releasing an Early-Stage Main God Realm Demon.

Yun Che revealed the second-stage form of his Soul Guard and killed Xue Wushang and a rampaging main god realm demon in the arena. His victory stunned the spectators and intensified Deng Xuhe's desire to fight him.

• Yun Che activated his second-stage Soul Guard form, surprising Xue Wushang, Deng Xuhe, and Xia Qin.
• Xue Wushang unleashed Blood Law, Bloodline Limit, while Yun Che kicked Maideli away and struck with That One Sword, Morning and Evening.
• Yun Che's sword cut Xue Wushang in two, killing him and advancing Yun Che to the late upper position god stage.
• Yun Che transformed his sword into an axe and beheaded the rampaging main god realm demon.
• Zhu Qi and Qi Tianjun grew pale as the arena reacted in shock, while Deng Xuhe smiled and welcomed the chance to fight Yun Che at full strength.

The second elimination round forced 3,514 cultivators to fight over 1,000 jade tokens, and Yun Che secured a gold token before the remaining places were claimed. The finals began with Xia Yimian facing Ye Feng after advancing through the losers' bracket.

• Xu Xian announced that only cultivators who obtained one of 1,000 jade tokens could advance, with different colors awarding different points.
• The cultivators battled for the tokens, and Yun Che used Time Prison to delay Deng Xuhe long enough to take a gold jade token and leave the platform.
• Deng Xuhe seized another gold token from a Heavenly God Realm expert, while the remaining tokens were claimed within five minutes.
• Xu Xian began the finals, where winners could take half the points in their opponents' tokens and losers could compete in a losers' bracket.
• Xia Yimian, who had advanced through the losers' bracket and obtained a black jade token, was matched against Ye Feng and stepped onto the platform.

Ye Feng defeated Xia Yimian in their arena match by overwhelming her snow divine domain with his chrysanthemum sword art. Xia Yimian’s confidence faltered afterward, but Xu Xian steadied her and urged her to keep cultivating.

• Ye Feng countered Xia Yimian’s sword techniques with his Chrysanthemum-Sky Sunset Sword Art and chrysanthemum rule.
• Ye Feng’s chrysanthemum divine domain clashed with Xia Yimian’s snow divine domain, cracking its defenses and forcing her to retreat.
• Ye Feng unleashed Heavenly Chrysanthemum Annihilation, dispelling Xia Yimian’s Soulguard Armament and knocking her out of the fight.
• Xu Xian declared Ye Feng the winner, awarding him half the points in Xia Yimian’s jade token.
• Xia Yimian questioned her cultivation and showed signs of a collapsing Dao heart, but Xu Xian comforted her and encouraged her to continue cultivating under the Snow God.