Recaps

Chu Kuangren defeated the Purple Blood Void Immortal in the Spirit Illusion Realm, absorbed his soul energy, and completed the fifth turn of the Nine-Turn Three-Origin Soul Refining Art. He left the Purple Blood Dao Palace with the Spirit Illusion Realm and its treasures, while the other Immortal Seeds debated stopping him.

• Chu Kuangren and his three souls overwhelmed the Purple Blood Void Immortal, who revealed his failed attempt to possess Chu Kuangren and tried to escape.
• Chu Kuangren bound the Purple Blood Void Immortal with World Locks, shattered his soul, and absorbed its energy to complete the fifth turn of his soul-refining art.
• Chu Kuangren tore open a rift in the Spirit Illusion Realm, and Jian Sanjue, Shui Qianhua, and the other Immortal Seeds escaped with him.
• Chu Kuangren awoke in the Purple Blood Dao Palace, took the diamond-shaped crystal containing the Spirit Illusion Realm, and left with the treasures.
• Zi Feng told the other Immortal Seeds that the inheritance was fake and Chu Kuangren had taken the treasures, prompting some to insist that he should not be allowed to leave.

After Chu Kuangren took the treasures from Purple Blood Star, the forces gathered to demand them and threaten his home world. He killed a Great Dao Lord in one strike and warned everyone that he would avenge any attack on Firmament Star for as long as he lived.

• The forces learned that Purple Blood Void Immortal's inheritance was fake, and a Purple Star expert shattered more than half of Purple Blood Star.
• The Black Wind Ape Clan and other forces found Chu Kuangren as he prepared to leave and demanded the treasures from his Heaven and Earth Ring.
• A Black Wind Ape expert threatened to destroy Firmament Star, and Chu Kuangren activated the Nine Dragons Divine Transformation Talisman to raise his cultivation to the Great Dao Lord realm.
• Chu Kuangren killed the Black Wind Ape expert with one sword strike and vowed to destroy anyone who attacked Firmament Star or its civilization.
• The gathered experts feared Chu Kuangren's strength and recognized that attacking Firmament Star could invite his future revenge.

Shenyue Dao Lord protected Chu Kuangren from the Black Wind Ape Clan and invited him to Shenyue Ancient City, where he met Shenyue Dao Lord’s daughter, Tang Haitang. Xiao Ai analyzed her and identified her as having an unawakened Immortal Physique.

• The Black Wind Ape Clan threatened to kill Chu Kuangren, but Shenyue Dao Lord arrived and declared he would protect him because Dust Heaven Void Immortal had once helped him.
• The Black Wind Apes withdrew, and the other forces left after issuing threats about Purple Star’s and Gold Star’s First Sequences.
• Shenyue Dao Lord invited Chu Kuangren to Shenyue Ancient City and told him that its Lunar Wheel Secret Realm was about to open.
• Tang Haitang entered the city lord’s residence, met Chu Kuangren, and recognized him as the Immortal Seed who had defeated several Immortal Seeds on Dust Heaven Star.
• Chu Kuangren noticed the Book of Physiques react to Tang Haitang, and Xiao Ai identified her as having an unawakened Immortal Physique.

Chu Kuangren offered to awaken Tang Haitang’s unawakened Immortal Physique, and Shenyue Dao Lord agreed to trust him after consulting Dust Heaven Void Immortal. While waiting for the Lunar Wheel Secret Realm, Chu refined his gains, reached Minor Dao Lord Peak, and trained his souls in the Spirit Illusion Realm; after leaving seclusion, he met Tang Haitang, who invited him to a trading gathering.

• Chu Kuangren recognized Tang Haitang’s unawakened Immortal Physique and offered to help awaken it.
• Shenyue Dao Lord consulted Dust Heaven Void Immortal, who vouched for Chu Kuangren, and agreed to leave Tang Haitang’s awakening to him.
• Chu Kuangren refined his gains from Purple Blood Star and advanced to Minor Dao Lord Peak.
• Chu Kuangren refined the crystal containing the Spirit Illusion Realm and used it to make his Earth Soul and Human Soul battle repeatedly.
• Chu Kuangren realized A Thought Arises and the Invincible Law could improve further, then left seclusion and met Tang Haitang.
• Tang Haitang invited Chu Kuangren to join a trading gathering.

Chu Kuangren accompanied Tang Haitang to a trading market, where he exchanged several Dao Weapons for an upcoming auction through the Three Thousand Trade Company. At the auction, Tang Haitang introduced him to representatives of Shenyue Ancient City, who admired his appearance but did not recognize him.

• Tang Haitang explained the trading market to Chu Kuangren, and they went there together.
• Chu Kuangren found the market stalls unimpressive, so Tang Haitang led him to the Three Thousand Trade Company.
• Shopkeeper Li offered two billion catties of Spiritual Marrow for Chu Kuangren's Dao Weapons but advised him to auction them instead, and Chu Kuangren agreed.
• Tang Haitang and Chu Kuangren joined the company's auction, where Tang Haitang greeted the representatives of prominent powers.
• Fellow Daoist Wang addressed Tang Haitang familiarly, so she asked him to use a more formal name and introduced Chu Kuangren as her friend.

Chu Kuangren and Tang Haitang attended an auction, where Wang Hang repeatedly tried to outbid and provoke Chu. Wang Hang spent 3.2 billion Spiritual Marrow on a Great Dao Weapon before learning it was the armor Chu Kuangren had consigned for auction.

• Wang Hang introduced himself to Chu Kuangren and grew resentful as Chu sat and chatted with Tang Haitang.
• Wang Hang outbid Chu for Heaven and Earth Purple Gold, then taunted him after Tang Haitang offered to pay for Chu's purchases.
• Wang Hang tried to deter the other bidders from competing for a black defensive Great Dao Weapon by invoking the Wang Family's influence.
• Chu Kuangren raised the bids, and Tang Haitang said the City Lord's Manor would cover his purchases.
• Wang Hang bid 3.2 billion Spiritual Marrow for the armor, and Elder Li declared the Wang Family the winner.
• Tang Haitang recognized the armor as the one Chu Kuangren had consigned, leaving Wang Hang to realize Chu had made him buy it.

At the auction, Chu Kuangren outmaneuvered Wang Hang and bought a seemingly worthless stone that Xiao Ai had identified as containing Heaven and Earth Purple Gold Source. He planned to refine it into the Kunwu Sword, while Wang Hang regretted missing the treasure.

• Wang Hang seethed after realizing Chu Kuangren had made him pay 3.2 billion Spiritual Marrow for the Black Armor.
• Chu Kuangren and Wang Hang bid on a mysterious black stone, and Chu Kuangren finally bought it for 210 million Spiritual Marrow.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the stone with Emperor Qi, revealing a palm-sized piece of Heaven and Earth Purple Gold Source.
• Elder Li and the auction attendees recognized the crystal as an extraordinarily valuable weapon-forging material, and Wang Hang regretted not securing it.
• Chu Kuangren accepted the auction proceeds and returned to the city lord's residence, where he said he would use the purple gold source to improve the Kunwu Sword.

As the Lunar Wheel Gathering began, the Cold Fairy and Purple Star's Fourth Seat, Ziying, drew attention with their literary reputations. Chu Kuangren arrived with Tang Haitang, and Wang Hang pointed him out to Ziying as the man who had obtained the Purple Gold Source.

• Tang Haitang told Chu Kuangren that the Lunar Wheel Secret Realm's spirit favored poetry composed on the spot, and he said he could recite poems from memory.
• The Lunar Wheel Gathering began at the Moon-Watching Platform, where the Cold Fairy of the Moon Palace arrived and received praise for her cultivation and poetry.
• Wang Hang arrived with Ziying, Purple Star's Fourth Seat, and introduced him to the Cold Fairy, whose literary talent impressed him.
• Chu Kuangren arrived alongside Tang Haitang, drawing attention from the crowd and admiration from the Cold Fairy.
• Wang Hang told Ziying that Chu Kuangren had obtained the Purple Gold Source, and Ziying's gaze sharpened.

Chu Kuangren rebuffed Ziying’s attempt to buy his Purple Gold Source and revealed his overwhelming strength, prompting Ziying to recognize him. At the Lunar Wheel Gathering, cultivators drew moonlight by reciting poetry, and Chu Kuangren began a poem after Ziying challenged him to compete.

• Ziying offered Chu Kuangren twice the purchase price for his Purple Gold Source, but Chu Kuangren mocked him for expecting to buy it cheaply.
• Ziying tried to intimidate Tang Haitang, but Chu Kuangren shielded her and overwhelmed Ziying with his pressure.
• Ziying recognized Chu Kuangren, and the gathered cultivators reacted with surprise at the identity of the supreme Immortal Seed.
• The Lunar Wheel Secret Realm appeared, and cultivators drew moonlight by reciting poems; Fairy Leng, Wang Hang, Tang Haitang, and Ziying formed pillars of light of varying heights.
• Ziying and Wang Hang challenged Chu Kuangren to recite a poem, and Chu Kuangren rose into the air and began, “When did the bright moon first appear...”

Chu Kuangren’s poem drew all the moonlight in the Lunar Wheel Secret Realm, helping him break through to the Great Dao Lord realm and bringing him the legendary Moonlight Essence. Ziying attacked to seize the treasure, while Wang Hang hesitated over whether to help him.

• Chu Kuangren recited a poem that resonated across the Lunar Wheel Secret Realm and drew its moonlight into a vast pillar around him.
• Chu Kuangren absorbed the moonlight, broke through to the Great Dao Lord realm, and stored the remaining moonlight in his body.
• The moon representing the Lunar Wheel Secret Realm shattered, and Chu Kuangren caught the Moonlight Essence that flew from it.
• Ziying demanded the Moonlight Essence, attacked Chu Kuangren, and was sent flying when Chu Kuangren shattered his sword with Sword Qi.
• Ziying called on Wang Hang to help seize the Moonlight Essence, but Wang Hang hesitated because he feared Chu Kuangren’s strength.

Chu Kuangren killed Wang Hang and defeated the Wang Family’s Great Dao Lords at the Moon-Watching Platform. After Shenyue Dao Lord suppressed the Wang Family patriarch, Chu Kuangren turned his attention to Ziying, the last one remaining.

• Wang Hang attacked Chu Kuangren with his black saber, but Chu Kuangren revealed his defensive Heavenly Dao Weapon, shattered Wang Hang’s armor, and killed him.
• The Wang Family’s Great Dao Lords arrived and attacked Chu Kuangren, but he killed one with Heaven and Earth Reversed.
• The Wang Family patriarch intervened from afar, but Shenyue Dao Lord’s Sword Shadow suppressed him in a single clash.
• Chu Kuangren used A Thought Arises to wound the Wang Family’s Great Dao Lords, then drew Kunwu and killed them one by one.
• Chu Kuangren faced the pale Ziying and said that only she remained.

Chu Kuangren killed Ziying after the Lunar Wheel Gathering, then became famous as the Poet Sword Immortal for his poem and swordsmanship. He upgraded Kunwu to a Heavenly Dao Weapon and began awakening Tang Haitang’s Immortal Physique on an icy star, where she was sealed inside ice as the formation gathered cold qi.

• Chu Kuangren killed Ziying with a strike of Sword Qi despite Ziying threatening him with Purple Star’s retaliation.
• News of Chu Kuangren’s poem and his swordsmanship spread through Shenyue Ancient City and the Purple-Gold Star System, earning him the title Poet Sword Immortal.
• Chu Kuangren infused Purple Gold Source into Kunwu, advancing it into a Heavenly Dao Weapon.
• Shenyue Dao Lord told Chu Kuangren that the materials for awakening Tang Haitang’s Immortal Physique were ready.
• Chu Kuangren, Tang Haitang, and Shenyue Dao Lord traveled to an icy star, where Dust Heaven Void Immortal activated a formation and Tang Haitang was frozen into an ice sculpture.

Chu Kuangren helped Tang Haitang awaken her Guanghan Immortal Body, then absorbed its mysteries into his Book of Physiques. While they cultivated after returning to Shenyue Ancient City, Purple Star's Second Sequence Zi Tianhen challenged Chu Kuangren.

• Chu Kuangren used Phoenix Fire and other methods to awaken Tang Haitang's Immortal Body while Dust Heaven Void Immortal shielded Ice and Snow Star from its power.
• Tang Haitang awakened the Guanghan Immortal Body and instantly advanced to the Upper Heavenly Venerable Realm.
• Chu Kuangren analyzed the Immortal Body's Dao Patterns and added the Guanghan Immortal Body to his Book of Physiques.
• Chu Kuangren and Tang Haitang returned to Shenyue Ancient City and entered closed-door cultivation.
• After Zi Tianhen lost his challenge against Purple Star's First Sequence, he challenged Chu Kuangren, stirring an uproar.

Chu Kuangren refined the Moonlight Essence, entered the Origin Realm, and comprehended a wisp of moon origin while advancing to the late-stage Great Dao Lord realm. After emerging from closed-door cultivation in Shenyue Ancient City, he learned of Zi Tianhen’s challenge, and Zi Tianhen was informed that he had appeared.

• Zi Tianhen challenged Chu Kuangren and waited outside Shenyue Ancient City, ordering his people to watch the City Lord’s Manor.
• Chu Kuangren refined the Moonlight Essence, entered the Origin Realm, and followed it to a vision of a bright moon rising over the sea.
• Chu Kuangren comprehended a wisp of moon origin and absorbed the moonlight within him, reaching the late-stage Great Dao Lord realm.
• Chu Kuangren sensed his increased strength, learned that Zi Tianhen had challenged him, and walked out of his room.
• The cultivators watching Chu Kuangren reported his emergence, and Zi Tianhen received the news.

After emerging from seclusion, Chu Kuangren ignored Zi Tianhen’s challenge and spent his days relaxing while secretly training his souls. At the Wind and Moon House, he played the zither to accompany a sword dance, leaving the gathered audience captivated.

• Zi Tianhen learned Chu Kuangren had emerged and waited outside Shenyue Ancient City, intent on fighting him.
• Chu Kuangren told Shenyue Dao Lord he would ignore Zi Tianhen, while secretly training his Human Soul and Earth Soul in the Spirit Illusion Realm.
• As Chu Kuangren continued to avoid the challenge, rumors spread that he was afraid to face Zi Tianhen.
• At the Wind and Moon House, Chu Kuangren drank Boundless Wind and Moon and rewarded the dancers with spiritual marrow.
• Chu Kuangren played the zither to accompany the dancers’ sword routine, then praised them and raised a toast as the audience watched in awe.

Chu Kuangren entertained the Wind and Moon House with a masterful zither performance before Zi Tianhen confronted him over refusing a challenge. Chu Kuangren rejected Zi Tianhen as unworthy and released an overwhelming aura, leaving Shenyue Dao Lord expecting him to make his move.

• Chu Kuangren played a dazzling zither piece, named it for the Wind and Moon House, and accepted a toast from Xiaoyue and the dancers.
• Cultivators insulted Chu Kuangren for avoiding Zi Tianhen's challenge, so the Fengyue Workshop Mistress drove them out and apologized to Chu Kuangren.
• Zi Tianhen appeared as an Emperor Thought projection and demanded that Chu Kuangren accept his challenge to settle their grievances.
• Chu Kuangren declared Zi Tianhen unworthy of being his opponent and unleashed such immense pressure that Zi Tianhen's projection collapsed.
• Chu Kuangren rose into the air with a flask of Boundless Wind and Moon as his aura continued to climb, and Shenyue Dao Lord said he was finally going to act.

At the Wind and Moon House, Chu Kuangren revealed that he had advanced to the late Great Dao Lord Realm and killed Zi Tianhen with a sword attack launched from tens of millions of miles away. His victory spread the name of the Poet Sword Immortal throughout the Star System.

• Powerful cultivators sensed Chu Kuangren’s aura and realized he had advanced to the late Great Dao Lord Realm in just a few months.
• After locating Zi Tianhen on a distant planet, Chu Kuangren drank Boundless Wind and Moon, recited a poem, and unleashed a stream of Sword Qi from his mouth.
• Zi Tianhen used his Immortal Art, Star River Annihilates the World, but Chu Kuangren’s Sword Qi shattered the star river and continued toward him.
• Zi Tianhen summoned the Shenluo Tiangang Shield, but the Sword Qi broke through it, killed him, and destroyed the planet.
• Chu Kuangren dismissed Zi Tianhen as trash, while witnesses praised him as the Poet Sword Immortal and spread news of his victory across the Star System.

After declining offers from the major powers, Chu Kuangren drew Divine Enlightenment Wine, whose fragrance intoxicated cultivators across Shenyue Ancient City. He and Shenyue Dao Lord drank it and improved their understanding of the Dao, and Chu Kuangren arranged to source ingredients for making more.

• Chu Kuangren examined the Moon Origin that had helped him kill Zi Tianhen and withdrew it into his body.
• Chu Kuangren drew the God-tier prize Divine Enlightenment Wine and opened its jar, intoxicating people for hundreds of miles around the City Lord's Manor.
• Chu Kuangren tasted the wine, experienced a surge of insight, and asked Xiao Ai to analyze its ingredients.
• Chu Kuangren shared cups of Divine Enlightenment Wine with Shenyue Dao Lord, and both passed out before waking with improved understanding of the Dao.
• Chu Kuangren took the analyzed recipe to the Three Thousand Trade Company and asked Elder Li to find as many rare ingredients as possible.

The Violet Star Temple Lord resolved to kill Chu Kuangren and destroy Firmament Star, assigning the Yellow Dharma Protector to lead the destruction while Zixiao joined the hunt. As Chu Kuangren entered deep enlightenment in Shenyue Ancient City, the Yellow Dharma Protector arrived at Firmament Star and prepared to attack.

• The Violet Star Temple Lord and the four Dharma Protectors agreed to kill Chu Kuangren and destroy Firmament Star, with the Purple Star Ancestor tasked to hold off Dust Heaven Void Immortal.
• The Violet Star Temple Lord ordered the Yellow Dharma Protector to investigate Zi Wuhen’s disappearance on Firmament Star, and Zixiao volunteered to join the expedition against Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren drank more than half a jar of Divine Enlightenment Wine in his room at Shenyue Ancient City and used it to pursue higher levels of A Thought Arises and the Invincible Law.
• The Yellow Dharma Protector reached Firmament Star, vowed to destroy it, and transformed into a streak of light heading toward the planet.

A battle puppet left behind by Chu Kuangren confronted Purple Star’s Yellow Dharma Protector, who attacked Firmament Star. The puppet summoned Firmament Star’s Heavenly Dao to help defend the planet, leaving Yellow Dharma Protector shocked by Chu Kuangren’s status as its Star Lord.

• Lan Yu, Gu Linglong, Myriad Laws Dao Lord, Sword Dao Master, and the others sensed powerful Demon Qi approaching Firmament Star.
• Chu Kuangren’s Heavenly Dao Lord Battle Puppet emerged from the Emperor Palace, took his likeness, and flew to confront the threat with the Human King Seal.
• Yellow Dharma Protector attacked Firmament Star’s Hate Separation Heaven Formation, but the Human King Seal destroyed his blood-wolf strike.
• Yellow Dharma Protector recognized Chu Kuangren’s figure as a battle puppet and fought it with his true form and starlight-powered attacks.
• Chu Kuangren’s battle puppet used the Invincible Law to repel Yellow Dharma Protector’s attacks, but Yellow Dharma Protector targeted Firmament Star with many more orbs.
• Chu Kuangren summoned Firmament Star’s Heavenly Dao, and Yellow Dharma Protector realized Chu Kuangren was the planet’s Star Lord.

Chu Kuangren merged with Firmament Star's Heavenly Dao and killed the Purple Star Dharma Protector who threatened the planet. Meanwhile, Purple Star's army arrived at Shenyue Ancient City, where Shenyue Dao Lord chose to defend Chu Kuangren and the Wang Family forefather left hoping to ally with Purple Star.

• Chu Kuangren merged with Firmament Star's Heavenly Dao, blocked the blood-colored giant wolf's attacks with the Human King Seal, and killed him.
• Shenyue Dao Lord sensed tens of thousands of Purple Star warships approaching Shenyue Ancient City and raised the city's defensive formation.
• Zixiao demanded that Shenyue Dao Lord hand over Chu Kuangren, while residents and factions began leaving the city.
• The Wang Family forefather and other powerful cultivators urged Shenyue Dao Lord to surrender Chu Kuangren, but Shenyue Dao Lord refused and pledged to protect him.
• The Wang Family forefather left Shenyue Ancient City, considering an alliance with Purple Star.

Dust Heaven Void Immortal fought a withered old man on Dust Heaven Star while Purple Star attacked Shenyue Ancient City. Experts from across the Purple-Gold Star System arrived to repay Dust Heaven Void Immortal’s favors, but Zixiao ordered Purple Star’s forces to fight on, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Dust Heaven Void Immortal received Shenyue Dao Lord’s message, and a withered old man arrived in a purple-gold coffin to stop him from going to Shenyue Ancient City; the two Void Immortals began fighting.
• Shenyue Dao Lord thanked the Dao Lords who chose to defend the city, while Zixiao ordered Purple Star’s warships to bombard its defensive formation.
• The Wang Family’s forefather joined Purple Star’s army, and Shenyue Dao Lord prepared the city for battle as its barrier began to weaken.
• Yang Xiao arrived and destroyed dozens of warships, declaring that he had come alone to repay Dust Heaven Void Immortal’s favor.
• Lion Ridge Dao Lord, Cloud Sky, An Tian, and other powerful figures arrived to aid Shenyue Ancient City and protect Chu Kuangren in repayment of Dust Heaven Void Immortal’s kindness.
• Zixiao rejected Yang Xiao’s challenge and ordered Purple Star’s experts to attack, and Yang Xiao prepared to fight.

Purple Star and Shenyue Ancient City’s forces fought as their Heavenly Dao Lords engaged one another and Zixiao attacked the city’s defenses. After the grand formation and most of the City Lord’s Manor were destroyed, one protected room remained intact, revealing where Chu Kuangren was hiding.

• Yang Xiao volunteered to fight the Black and White Twin Stars, while Shenyue Dao Lord and the other Heavenly Dao Lords took on Purple Star’s remaining opponents.
• Shenyue Dao Lord trapped the Wang Family Ancestor in a Prison Cage Sword Qi, preventing him from reaching the City Lord’s Manor.
• Zixiao blocked a late Great Dao Lord’s attack, killed him with a single strike, and taunted Chu Kuangren for refusing to emerge.
• Zixiao’s warships shattered Shenyue Ancient City’s grand formation and bombarded the City Lord’s Manor, reducing it to ruins.
• Zixiao noticed that one room had survived the bombardment, protected by mysterious Dao patterns.

While Zixiao’s forces attacked the restrictions around the City Lord’s Manor, Chu Kuangren slept through the assault and awakened after his Emperor Qi shattered the incoming beams. He had created two Immortal Arts, A Thought Arises and the Invincible Law, and left the assembled experts stunned.

• Zixiao ordered the warships to bombard the restrictions protecting Chu Kuangren’s room, destroying most of them.
• Zixiao taunted Chu Kuangren, but the room answered with a soft snore, infuriating him.
• As the warships fired their final attack, Chu Kuangren’s Emperor Qi shattered the room’s remaining restrictions and crushed the energy beams.
• The experts found Chu Kuangren asleep on his bed as Immortal Art fluctuations and a seal of Dharma verification appeared around him.
• A second seal of Dharma verification formed, revealing that Chu Kuangren had created two Immortal Arts.
• Chu Kuangren woke and recalled using the Divine Enlightenment Wine to develop A Thought Arises and the Invincible Law into Immortal Arts.

Chu Kuangren woke to find Purple Star’s army attacking him and slaughtered their cultivators while reciting poetry. He left the surviving troops terrified as the Shenyue Dao Lord and his allies kept Purple Star’s Heavenly Dao Lords from reaching him.

• Chu Kuangren used his newly formed Immortal Art, the Heavenly Vortex, to absorb the Dao Lords’ attacks and turn them back, killing several of them.
• Chu Kuangren dressed, fastened Kunwu at his waist, and beheaded a Dao Lord who had ordered the army to engage.
• Chu Kuangren charged into the Purple Star troops, reciting poetry as he cut down cultivators without suffering a scratch.
• The Purple Star army recoiled from Chu Kuangren, who drank Boundless Wind and Moon while the watching cultivators praised the Poet Sword Immortal.
• The Purple Star Heavenly Guardian moved to attack Chu Kuangren, but the Shenyue Dao Lord, Yang Xiao, the Lord of the Moon Palace, and an unnamed old man held him and the other Heavenly Dao Lords back.