Recaps

Chu Kuangren decided to leave the Mystic Heaven Sect and travel to the Ancient Battlefield to gain experience, appointing Elder Ruyan to manage the sect in his absence. The ancestors agreed he needed no Dao Protector and looked forward to seeing what trouble he would stir up.

• Lan Yu woke Chu Kuangren and reminded him about the monthly meeting at Longevity Hall, where he gave Saint Qingshuang answers to her alchemy questions and spirit medicine seeds.
• At the meeting, Elder Ruyan reported that the Heavenly Feather Sect had sought help against baleful spirits near the Ancient Battlefield.
• Chu Kuangren recalled that the Ancient Battlefield was where the Saint War had taken place and announced that he would go there to gain experience.
• Chu Kuangren put Elder Ruyan in charge of the Mystic Heaven Sect while he was away, then told Lan Yu to prepare for their journey.
• The Second Ancestor and Third Ancestor decided not to send a Dao Protector, and Venerable Xuanqi joked that Chu Kuangren would stir up trouble again.

After staying inside the Mystic Heaven Sect for a year, Chu Kuangren walked out with Lan Yu and announced he wanted to go for a stroll. News of his return to the world spread across the Azure Dragon Domain, alarming sects, temples, the Qingyun Dynasty, and the demonic factions.

• Chu Kuangren appeared at the teahouses outside the Mystic Heaven Sect with Lan Yu, startling the spies who had watched the sect for a year.
• Chu Kuangren ordered the spies to withdraw, then said he was leaving the sect to go for a stroll.
• The spies notified their Daoist Traditions that Chu Kuangren had entered the world, and the news reached the Taixu Temple, Thunderclap Temple, and Qingyun Dynasty.
• The master of Taixu Temple and Wuchenzi reacted with unease, while the Thunderclap Temple abbot snapped his prayer beads and the Qingyun Ruler welcomed Chu Kuangren as his son-in-law.
• At a meeting of the Three Demonic Sects, the Corpse Refining Sect's disciples warned that Chu Kuangren had emerged, prompting the demonic experts to abandon their territory negotiations and order their followers to hide.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu traveled to Tuyang City on the outskirts of the Ancient Battlefield, where Chu Kuangren reunited with Qian Fugui and learned about a dispute between two adventuring teams. The chapter left Chu Kuangren deciding whether to intervene because the Heavenly Feather Team belonged to a subordinate force of the Mystic Heaven Sect.

• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu reached the Ancient Battlefield and headed for Tuyang City to find lodging and information.
• Chu Kuangren recognized Qian Fugui at a restaurant, and Qian Fugui admitted he had come to Tuyang City hoping to meet him.
• Qian Fugui explained that he wanted to be friends with Chu Kuangren, and Chu Kuangren accepted his explanation before preparing to leave.
• Chu Kuangren and Qian Fugui noticed the Heavenly Feather Team and the Baleful Tiger Team preparing to fight over a Supreme Artifact.
• Qian Fugui told Chu Kuangren that the Heavenly Feather Team's leader was the Heavenly Feather Sect's Daoist Seed and that the sect was subordinate to the Mystic Heaven Sect.

Chu Kuangren secretly helped Leng Changkong defeat Wang Hu, then agreed to explore the Ancient Battlefield with the Heavenly Feather Team. The next day, he drew and mastered the Buddhist Emperor Technique Tathagata Rebirth Mantra before setting out to meet Leng Changkong.

• Wang Hu attacked Leng Changkong and the Heavenly Feather Team over a Supreme Artifact, but Chu Kuangren secretly empowered Leng Changkong’s sword strike and left Wang Hu badly wounded.
• Leng Changkong thanked the hidden expert, and Chu Kuangren invited him and his teammates to a private room, where he revealed his connection to the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Chu Kuangren learned that Leng Changkong’s Dao Protector had died saving him from a high-level baleful spirit.
• Leng Changkong invited Chu Kuangren to join the Heavenly Feather Team’s planned trip into the Ancient Battlefield, and Chu Kuangren accepted.
• Chu Kuangren drew and mastered the Tathagata Rebirth Mantra, a Buddhist Emperor Technique.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu went to Tuyang City’s gate to meet Leng Changkong and the others.

Chu Kuangren used his treasure-seeking ability to help Leng Changkong’s group find valuable artifacts in the Ancient Battlefield. As they rested after defeating a Baleful Spirit, a young man told them the legend of the White-Robed General, and the sky suddenly darkened.

• Leng Changkong led Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu into the Ancient Battlefield.
• Chu Kuangren found an iron armor and guided the group to several Supreme Artifacts, agreeing to divide the gains with Leng Changkong after their trip.
• A Baleful Spirit approached the group, and one of Leng Changkong’s companions quickly destroyed it.
• A young man told the group that the White-Robed General was one of the cultivation world’s Seven Great Strange Tales, describing conflicting stories about the figure’s origin.
• The sky suddenly darkened as the group listened to the legend.

After a sandstorm drove Chu Kuangren, Lan Yu, and Leng Changkong’s team into the Ancient Battlefield’s inner ring, Lan Yu killed a high-level baleful spirit with one punch. Chu Kuangren planned to explore deeper, and Leng Changkong chose to lead his team back rather than risk holding him back.

• Leng Changkong led everyone fleeing a deadly sandstorm, and they realized afterward that it had swept them into the inner ring.
• A high-level baleful spirit attacked the group, and Lan Yu destroyed it with one punch.
• Chu Kuangren sensed that the inner ring held many treasures, while Leng Changkong explained its dangers and the ten strongest baleful spirits.
• Chu Kuangren said he intended to explore the inner ring and possibly venture into the core region.
• Leng Changkong decided his team would leave Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu and return to safety.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu explored the Ancient Battlefield, where they drove off a would-be robber before the Cloudsoar Battle Team decided to prioritize its search for Lou Kingdom Ancient City. The team followed Shang Han, who believed an ancient sword would lead them to the city and its legendary treasure.

• Chu Kuangren gave Leng Changkong a strand of Sword Qi in his sword before he and Lan Yu continued into the Ancient Battlefield.
• Chu Kuangren collected a damaged Sage Artifact from a skeleton, and Lan Yu shattered an attack launched by a scar-faced man trying to rob them.
• The scar-faced man returned to the Cloudsoar Battle Team and urged Fourth Brother to help him seize the artifact, but warned that Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu were formidable.
• Li Xiaoyun rejected the robbery plan and told the team to continue its commission for Shang Han.
• Shang Han used a Lou Clan Ancient Sword to confirm that Lou Kingdom Ancient City lay ahead, while privately planning to claim its treasure for himself and challenge Chu Kuangren.

Shang Han vowed to defeat Chu Kuangren, while Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu discovered the vanished Lou City and looted its royal treasury. The chapter left them searching the palace for a Quasi-Emperor Weapon.

• Shang Han remembered his past defeats by Chu Kuangren and vowed to beat him after obtaining something in the Lou Kingdom.
• Chu Kuangren followed his Treasure-Seeking Art with Lan Yu and discovered Lou City hidden among the sand dunes.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu entered the ruined city and found the Lou Kingdom's royal treasury.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu spent over an hour collecting the treasury's Sage Artifacts, Supreme Artifacts, and other treasures.
• Chu Kuangren carved his name into a treasury pillar, then told Lan Yu that a Quasi-Emperor Weapon lay elsewhere in the palace.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu learned that An Kingdom’s million Baleful Spirits had destroyed both kingdoms and remained sealed beneath Lou Kingdom’s palace, so they left the Heaven-Suppressing Halberd untouched. Shang Han and the Cloudsoar Battle Team then found the ancient city, but Baleful Spirits attacked as Shang Han opened its barrier.

• Lou Kingdom’s ruler’s recording revealed that An Kingdom had sacrificed a million soldiers to create Baleful Spirits, and that he had sealed them beneath the palace using the Heaven-Suppressing Halberd and a Spirit-Locking Grand Formation.
• Chu Kuangren recognized that the million Baleful Spirits could endanger nearby people, so he and Lan Yu left the halberd and departed with Lou Kingdom’s treasure.
• Shang Han used the Lou Clan Ancient Sword to locate Lou Kingdom’s hidden ancient city and began opening its barrier.
• Blade Baleful Intent and a horde of Baleful Spirits attacked Shang Han’s group, and Li Xiaoyun and the Cloudsoar Battle Team fought to hold them off.
• Shang Han opened a crack in the barrier, revealing Lou Kingdom’s ancient city as the battle continued.

After enduring heavy losses to reach Lou City, Li Xiaoyun and the Cloudsoar Battle Team discovered Chu Kuangren had already taken the Lou Kingdom’s treasures. They found the Heaven-Suppressing Halberd and learned it was sealing a million Baleful Spirits, but Shang Han seized it anyway, causing the palace and city to shake as the seal began to break.

• Shang Han and the others entered Lou City after escaping the Baleful Spirits, then counted their heavy casualties.
• Li Xiaoyun and the team searched the palace treasury but found it empty, except for Chu Kuangren’s inscription and its terrifying Sword Dao Rhythm.
• Shang Han erupted in rage upon learning Chu Kuangren had beaten him to the Lou Kingdom’s treasure.
• The team found the Lou Kingdom’s ruler and the Heaven-Suppressing Halberd in the main hall, and a recording warned that a million Baleful Spirits were sealed beneath the palace.
• Shang Han ignored the warning and pulled the Heaven-Suppressing Halberd free, causing the palace and Lou City to quake as the golden Runes shattered.
• Li Xiaoyun and the others fled the palace as the seal began to break.

Shang Han took the Heaven-Suppressing Halberd and escaped as the palace collapsed, unleashing an ancient baleful spirit army that surged toward Tuyang City. As Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu reached the Ancient Battlefield’s core region, Chu Kuangren glimpsed the White-Robed General and then recognized the army rising behind them.

• Shang Han seized the Heaven-Suppressing Halberd and fled the collapsing palace while Li Xiaoyun and the others escaped Loucheng.
• The baleful spirit army burst from beneath the palace, killed members of Li Xiaoyun’s team, and headed toward Tuyang City.
• Cultivators fled Tuyang City, while Qian Fugui prepared to leave his restaurant and the Heavenly Feather Sect rallied to resist the army.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu reached the core region, where Chu Kuangren briefly saw the White-Robed General.
• Chu Kuangren spotted the baleful spirit army rising from Loucheng and recognized it as the An Kingdom’s army.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu reached Lou Kingdom Ancient City after the Baleful Spirits had left, where the Cloudsoar Battle Team attacked them. After Chu Kuangren overwhelmed the team and learned Shang Han had released the spirits, he headed for Tuyang City.

• Li Xiaoyun and the survivors escaped the Baleful Spirits and blamed Shang Han for breaking the seal with a quasi-Emperor Weapon.
• The scar-faced man attacked Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu, but Chu Kuangren killed him with one strike.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed his Sword Dao Rhythm, pinning the Cloudsoar Battle Team down, and Li Xiaoyun recognized him.
• Li Xiaoyun told Chu Kuangren that Shang Han had released the Baleful Spirits while searching for Lou Kingdom Ancient City.
• Lan Yu reminded Chu Kuangren that Shang Han had lost to him at the Qingyun Dynasty's royal palace four years earlier.
• Chu Kuangren left with Lan Yu for Tuyang City, delaying their exploration of the Core Region.

The Heavenly Feather Sect and Buddhist Disciple Wuye prepared to defend Tuyang City from a devastating army of Baleful Spirits. Wuye found the Baleful Spirits Commander with his Heavenly Eye, and the Heavenly Feather Sect Master launched an arrow at it.

• People fled Tuyang City as the Baleful Spirits army swept toward it, while the Heavenly Feather Sect headed there to protect the millions living beyond the city.
• Leng Changkong and the Heavenly Feather Team refused to abandon the fight and joined the sect cultivators at the city walls.
• Wuye arrived to help defend Tuyang City, and the defenders agreed that killing the army's commander might break its formation.
• Wuye used the Heavenly Eye to locate a black-armored Baleful Spirits Commander surrounded by other spirits.
• The Heavenly Feather Sect Master drew his golden bow and fired an arrow toward the commander.

Leng Changkong used the strand of Sword Qi Chu Kuangren had left in his sword to destroy the baleful spirit commander and scatter its army. After learning that the mysterious fellow Daoist was Chu Kuangren, the defenders of Tuyang City were left stunned.

• The baleful spirit commander caught and crushed the Heavenly Feather Sect Master's arrow, while other attacks failed to break through the spirits protecting it.
• Leng Changkong activated the Sword Qi Chu Kuangren had placed in his sword, unleashing a purple strike that destroyed the commander and shattered countless baleful spirits.
• The sword broke apart after releasing the Sword Qi, and Leng Changkong told the Heavenly Feather Sect Master that a fellow Daoist surnamed Chu had given it to him.
• Wu Ye asked whether a silver-haired woman surnamed Lan had accompanied Chu, and Leng Changkong confirmed it.
• Wu Ye and the Heavenly Feather Sect Master identified the mysterious fellow Daoist as Chu Kuangren, shocking Leng Changkong and the others.

The Heavenly Feather Sect and returning cultivators fought to defend Tuyang City from a million Baleful Spirits, suffering heavy casualties. Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu arrived, and Chu Kuangren’s single slash destroyed tens of thousands of spirits, turning the desperate battle around.

• The Heavenly Feather Sect’s leader learned Chu Kuangren was exploring the Ancient Battlefield and feared he could not reach Tuyang City in time.
• The Heavenly Feather Sect and Wu Ye battled the million Baleful Spirits while cultivators inspired by their resolve returned to fight, but the defenders suffered mounting losses.
• As Leng Changkong and the Heavenly Feather Team faced defeat, Chu Kuangren’s sword landed and destroyed the spirits around them.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu arrived and began killing the Baleful Spirits with their Sword Dao and Light Daoist Rhyme.
• Chu Kuangren swung Kunwu once and annihilated tens of thousands of Baleful Spirits, stunning the defenders.

Chu Kuangren used the Tathagata Rebirth Mantra to purify a million Baleful Spirits and astonished cultivators across Firmament Star with his immense Buddha light. After the spirits vanished, he collected a strange mass of black energy that he suspected was the Source of Killing Intent, then healed the nearby cultivators.

• Chu Kuangren stopped attacking the Baleful Spirits with his sword and invoked the Tathagata Rebirth Mantra to protect the Heavenly Feather Sect's people from further casualties.
• Chu Kuangren's Buddha light formed a thousand-foot golden Buddha that purified the million Baleful Spirits, while Wu Ye and Saints across Firmament Star watched in shock.
• Chu Kuangren bid the Baleful Spirits rest in peace as they dissolved into specks of light after bowing to him.
• Chu Kuangren seized a mass of black energy left behind by the spirits, suspected it was the Source of Killing Intent, and stored it in his Heaven and Earth Ring.
• Chu Kuangren released Daoist Rhyme over the surrounding cultivators, easing their exhaustion and healing their injuries.

After Chu Kuangren healed the survivors of the battle, Wu Ye mistook his Buddhist light for profound Buddhist attainment and begged him for guidance. Chu Kuangren’s six words sent Wu Ye into a dangerous state of contemplation, leaving the Heavenly Feather Sect Leader asking Chu Kuangren what to do.

• Chu Kuangren spotted the White-Robed General in the Ancient Battlefield, who bowed to him before vanishing into the sandstorm.
• The Heavenly Feather Sect Leader, Wu Ye, and Leng Changkong greeted Chu Kuangren, then helped clear the battlefield and mourn the fallen.
• Wu Ye asked Chu Kuangren to guide him past his Buddhist cultivation bottleneck, convinced Chu Kuangren’s Buddhist light showed exceptional attainment.
• Chu Kuangren told Wu Ye, “See through, let go, be free,” and Wu Ye began contemplating the words so intensely that his Spiritual Power fluctuated dangerously.
• The Heavenly Feather Sect Leader warned that Wu Ye was nearing cultivation deviation and anxiously asked Chu Kuangren what they should do.

Chu Kuangren bluffed Wu Ye through a Buddhist crisis, and Wu Ye accepted him as a teacher. Chu Kuangren returned to the Ancient Battlefield, where he seized the Lou Kingdom Lord's Saint Bone from cultivators fighting over it.

• Chu Kuangren recited Buddhist sayings until Wu Ye attained enlightenment and knelt to acknowledge him as his teacher.
• After clearing the battlefield, Chu Kuangren left Lan Yu in Tuyang City and entered the Ancient Battlefield's Core Region alone.
• Chu Kuangren passed through Lou Kingdom Ancient City and resolved to grow strong enough to surpass the Great Emperors and protect the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• At Lou Kingdom Palace, Chu Kuangren found cultivators fighting a wounded young man for the Saint Bone.
• Chu Kuangren caught the young man's severed arm, took the Heaven and Earth Ring containing the Lou Kingdom Lord's remains, and drew attacks from the other cultivators.

Chu Kuangren claimed the Saint's remains and entered the Ancient Battlefield's Core Region, where he collected powerful artifacts and fought a Saint-level Baleful Spirit. The spirit's Source of Killing Intent revealed the Heavenly Baleful Indestructible Body, which could grant him a fully mastered Dao Body capable of easily killing Saints.

• Chu Kuangren killed the young cultivator who demanded the Heaven and Earth Ring, then drove off the other cultivators and left the ancient city.
• Chu Kuangren entered the Core Region, used the Treasure-Seeking Art to find the Saint Sword Blood Execution, and collected several more artifacts.
• A violent fluctuation from the Source of Killing Intent in Chu Kuangren's ring drew a Saint-level Baleful Spirit to attack him.
• Chu Kuangren defeated the Baleful Spirit with the Four Seasons Sword Formation and collected its Source of Killing Intent.
• The Sources of Killing Intent merged and entered Chu Kuangren, revealing that the Heavenly Baleful Qi could grant him the fully mastered Heavenly Baleful Indestructible Body.

Chu Kuangren searched the Ancient Battlefield's Core Region for heavenly baleful qi, then attacked and killed an intelligent black-robed baleful spirit to claim its qi. As he prepared to leave, a far stronger enemy struck, forcing him to brace himself with a Great Teleportation Talisman at hand.

• Chu Kuangren collected strands of heavenly baleful qi for three days, raising his Heavenly Baleful Indestructible Body's progress to five percent.
• Chu Kuangren found an old man in black robes fighting a black-furred ape and realized the old man was an intelligent baleful spirit.
• After the old man killed the ape and claimed its heavenly baleful qi, Chu Kuangren attacked him with the Four Seasons Sword Formation.
• Chu Kuangren killed the black-robed old man with the sword formation and collected the concentrated heavenly baleful qi he left behind.
• A terrifying black finger attacked Chu Kuangren, who countered with Kunwu and prepared to use his Great Teleportation Talisman.

Chu Kuangren faced the Giant Baleful Saint King, but the White-Robed General intervened and gave him a Heavenly Baleful Crystal. After Chu Kuangren escaped the Core Region, he discovered that its Baleful Spirits were bound there by their connection to the Earth Qi.

• The Giant Baleful Saint King confronted Chu Kuangren and prepared to kill him for slaying his subordinates and taking Heavenly Baleful Qi.
• The White-Robed General blocked the Giant Baleful Saint King's attack and explained that Chu Kuangren had earned his gratitude by delivering the general's soldiers.
• The White-Robed General gave Chu Kuangren a Heavenly Baleful Crystal and told him to wait outside the Core Region for one day.
• Chu Kuangren fled the Core Region as the White-Robed General and the Giant Baleful Saint King clashed behind him.
• Chu Kuangren observed that the Core Region's Baleful Spirits could not cross its boundary and deduced that their Killing Intent tied them to its Earth Qi.

Chu Kuangren drew a horde of Baleful Spirits by carrying a Heavenly Baleful Crystal, then calmly fought them while waiting for the White-Robed General. The chapter ended with him still seated as a Divine Mountain crashed down on the inner circle’s Ten Fiends.

• Chu Kuangren realized the Heavenly Baleful Crystal had attracted the inner circle’s Baleful Spirits and put it away as they converged on him.
• Adventurers followed the Baleful Spirits and found Chu Kuangren facing the horde alone.
• Chu Kuangren formed a sand chair and sat down, then sent two hundred Sword Qi Clones to fight the Baleful Spirits.
• Chu Kuangren brought out swords from the Azure Spirit Sword Box to strengthen his clones as the cultivators watched in astonishment.
• Blade Baleful Intent and several other Ten Fiends broke through the clones’ defensive line and charged Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren stayed seated and summoned a Divine Mountain that crashed down on the Ten Fiends.

Chu Kuangren destroyed the Baleful Spirits and met the White-Robed General, who explained how he came to be and asked Chu Kuangren to find his descendants. The General gave him a jade pendant to help identify them, then returned to the Core Region.

• Chu Kuangren wiped out the Inner Circle Ten Fiends with a single slap and used the Tathagata Rebirth Mantra to destroy the Baleful Spirits.
• The White-Robed General emerged from the Core Region, and Chu Kuangren invited him to sit and asked why he had saved him.
• The White-Robed General recounted how the An Kingdom's ruler turned an army of a million into Baleful Spirits and how the Lou Kingdom princess, his beloved, brought his corpse to the Core Region to resurrect him.
• The White-Robed General gave Chu Kuangren the Heavenly Baleful Crystal and asked him to find and protect his descendants, promising to gather Heavenly Baleful Qi in return.
• The White-Robed General gave Chu Kuangren a jade pendant that could react to his descendants, then returned to the Core Region.

After refining the Heavenly Baleful Crystal, Chu Kuangren advanced his heavenly baleful indestructible body to sixty percent and traveled with Lan Yu and Wu Ye to Thunderclap Temple. Abbot Hui Xin welcomed him and revealed that he had invited Chu Kuangren to exchange insights on Buddhist teachings.

• Chu Kuangren finished refining the Heavenly Baleful Crystal, unleashing a wave of killing intent across Tuyang City and raising his heavenly baleful indestructible body to sixty percent.
• Chu Kuangren drew and learned the Buddhist technique Demon-Subduing Great Hand Seal.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu prepared to leave, but Wu Ye invited them to Thunderclap Temple at Abbot Hui Xin's request, and Chu Kuangren agreed.
• Chu Kuangren, Lan Yu, and Wu Ye traveled to Thunderclap Temple in the Mirage Tower and arrived at its rear mountain.
• Hui Xin welcomed Chu Kuangren, hosted him and Lan Yu for a vegetarian meal, then explained that he had invited Chu Kuangren to discuss Buddhist teachings.

Chu Kuangren discussed Buddhist teachings with Hui Xin and guided the abbot to a sudden enlightenment with a few words. Hui Xin opened Thunderclap Temple’s Scripture Repository to Chu Kuangren, leaving him free to study its texts.

• Hui Xin invited Chu Kuangren to discuss Buddhist teachings and offered him unrestricted access to Thunderclap Temple’s Scripture Repository.
• Chu Kuangren accepted the invitation and followed Hui Xin to a great hall, where monks and Buddha Saints watched through Spirit Thought.
• Chu Kuangren declared that he was Buddha and explained that all living beings possessed Buddha-nature.
• Hui Xin attained sudden enlightenment, thanked Chu Kuangren, and ended their discussion.
• Hui Xin granted Chu Kuangren permission to browse every text in the Scripture Repository.