Recaps

The Yin Son of Heaven and Hua Wuai fought over control of the Underworld as he used the Three Lives Stele to restore the reincarnation vortex and drain her authority. Just as Hua Wuai was about to be swallowed, a colossal face appeared in the sky and demanded that the Yin Son of Heaven admit his guilt.

• The High Priest ordered everyone to evacuate as Hua Wuai and the Yin Son of Heaven clashed over the Three Lives River.
• Hua Wuai attacked with Other Shore Flowers, and the Yin Son of Heaven countered with his Reincarnation Immortal Physique’s Six Paths Reincarnation Great World.
• The Kings of Hell and Ghost Emperors used the Three Lives Stele to recreate the reincarnation vortex above the Three Lives River.
• The Yin Son of Heaven revealed that he had stolen the stele and used the vortex to restrain Hua Wuai while extracting her Underworld authority.
• As Hua Wuai was pulled toward the vortex, a huge face formed above the Underworld and asked the Yin Son of Heaven if he admitted his guilt.

Chu Kuangren returned to the Underworld and confronted the Yin Son of Heaven, who claimed that the Underworld Authority made him invincible. Chu Kuangren effortlessly broke the Yin Son of Heaven’s attacks, leaving him stunned after destroying all eighteen Reincarnation Halls with one slash.

• Chu Kuangren’s return restored Hua Wuai’s soul, and he demanded that the Yin Son of Heaven admit his guilt.
• The Yin Son of Heaven used the Underworld Authority to break Chu Kuangren’s chains and gather Yin Qi, but Chu Kuangren blocked his efforts and bound him again.
• The Yin Son of Heaven broke free with the Six Paths Reincarnation Great World, and Chu Kuangren descended as the departed souls and Netherworld forces welcomed him as Ghost Emperor.
• The Yin Son of Heaven attacked with the Six Paths Reincarnation Great World, but Chu Kuangren destroyed it with a single finger and dismissed him as too weak.
• The Yin Son of Heaven summoned the Eighteen Reincarnation Halls, and Chu Kuangren cleaved all eighteen apart with one slash.

Chu Kuangren defeated Yin Son of Heaven and ended his rebellion in the Underworld, then tried to give Hua Wuai the Underworld's authority. Hua Wuai refused and told him to manage the Underworld himself.

• Chu Kuangren repelled Yin Son of Heaven's Three Lives Stele and overwhelmed him with the Six Paths Reincarnation Great World.
• Chu Kuangren stripped Yin Son of Heaven of the Underworld's authority, bound him, and scattered his soul.
• Chu Kuangren crushed the Ghost Emperors and Kings of Hell who had served Yin Son of Heaven.
• Hua Wuai kept the Three Lives Stele, saying it was only an artifact and had done nothing wrong.
• Chu Kuangren offered Hua Wuai the Underworld's authority, but she refused and accused him of trying to slack off.

Chu Kuangren handed the Underworld Authority to the High Priest, then visited Hua Wuai and asked about a mysterious willow branch with spatial power. Years later, he visited Nuwa to discuss the Dao and revealed that he sought to command the Three Thousand Daos.

• Chu Kuangren gave the Underworld Authority to the High Priest and ordered him to send Ancestor Styx to the Eighteen Levels of Hell for eternal punishment.
• Chu Kuangren visited Hua Wuai at the Other Shore Flower Sea and told her about his travels through other universes.
• Chu Kuangren asked Hua Wuai about a willow branch that wielded powerful spatial energy, but she did not know its origins.
• Several years later, Chu Kuangren took Gu Linglong and Lan Yu to Wa Huang Palace to visit Nuwa.
• Chu Kuangren and Nuwa discussed the Dao, and he said he had not broken through because he sought to command the Three Thousand Daos.

Chu Kuangren visited the Immortal Ancient powers to discuss the Dao and learn about the Hollow Willow Branch, discovering that its owner was Immortal Yangmei. At Penglai, he tested himself against Tongtian Jiaozhu and shattered the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.

• Nuwa told Chu Kuangren that she and the Three Purities were waiting for an opportunity to break the Great Dao's restrictions and reach Primordial Chaos.
• Chu Kuangren visited the Queen Mother of the West in Kunlun, where he met Yuzhi, now her disciple, and learned that the Queen Mother had mastered many Daos to their ultimate realms.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerable identified the Hollow Willow Branch's owner as Immortal Yangmei, an ancient Hollow Willow Demon God who had survived Pangu's creation of heaven.
• Chu Kuangren traveled to Penglai and discussed the Dao with Tongtian Jiaozhu, who then challenged him to fight.
• Tongtian Jiaozhu deployed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, but Chu Kuangren shattered it with a single slash of Zhu Xian Sword Qi.

Chu Kuangren visited Li Jun, the reincarnated Taiqing Daode Heavenly Venerable, and discussed the fundamental Dao with him for eighty-one days before continuing his visits across the Immortal Realm. At Vulture Peak, he asked about Zhunti and Jieyin, then picked every lotus from Buddhism’s Merit Pond, leaving ten thousand Buddhas silent.

• Chu Kuangren found Li Jun working as a librarian at the Hundred Schools Academy and began discussing the fundamental Dao with him.
• Chu Kuangren and Li Jun discussed the Dao for eighty-one days, benefiting the Academy’s students and impressing Lü Zi.
• Chu Kuangren gave Lü Zi a Heaven and Earth Ring filled with books, delighting Li Jun with its vast collection.
• Chu Kuangren visited powerful beings across the Immortal Realm and asked Tathagata where Zhunti and Jieyin had gone.
• Guanyin said Zhunti and Jieyin had left to wander, while Chu Kuangren picked every lotus from Vulture Peak’s Merit Pond without opposition.

Chu Kuangren tracked Great Immortal Yangmei to Yingzhou Island and confronted him over his aid to Luohou. Their battle left Chu Kuangren adapting Yangmei’s spatial techniques into his swordsmanship and driving him back.

• Chu Kuangren sent Lan Yu and Gu Linglong back to the Empire, then traveled east across the sea in search of Yangmei.
• A tornado threatened the ship, but white immortal mist swept in and calmed the storm; Chu Kuangren recognized that Yangmei was likely inside it and entered alone.
• Chu Kuangren found Yingzhou, one of the three overseas islands, and called out to Yangmei, who appeared and greeted him.
• Chu Kuangren asked whether Yangmei had helped Luohou and attacked when Yangmei confirmed he had been pressured into doing so.
• Chu Kuangren and Yangmei exchanged dozens of blows, and Chu Kuangren began incorporating spatial techniques into his swordsmanship, forcing Yangmei back hundreds of meters.

Chu Kuangren defeated Yangmei, who offered his Spatial Dao insights and Pangu’s Heart to settle their conflict over Luohou. When the Great Dao sent a tribulation cloud after the heart, Chu Kuangren met it with the power of his Personal Universe and asked the Great Dao for a favor.

• Chu Kuangren forced Yangmei onto the defensive, and Yangmei conceded and offered compensation for helping Luohou.
• Yangmei offered to share his insights into the Spatial Dao, then revealed Pangu’s Heart, which provoked the Great Dao.
• Chu Kuangren took Pangu’s Heart and accepted it as settlement for Yangmei’s help to Luohou.
• Chu Kuangren rose to face the Great Dao’s tribulation cloud and unleashed the power of his Personal Universe, matching its force.
• Chu Kuangren rested his hand on the Kunwu Sword and asked the Great Dao to do him a favor.

Chu Kuangren forced the Great Dao to withdraw, then improved his Spatial Dao through discussions with Yangmei before entering seclusion to refine Pangu’s Heart. Meanwhile, Weapon Calamity rejected the path of ruling the Three Thousand Daos, comprehended his own Dao beyond the ultimate, and faced a Primordial Chaos tribulation.

• Chu Kuangren made the Great Dao withdraw its tribulation clouds, then returned to Yingzhou Island and discussed the Spatial Dao with Yangmei.
• After several dozen days, Chu Kuangren reached the ultimate level in the Spatial Dao, returned to the Empire, and entered seclusion to refine Pangu’s Heart.
• Weapon Calamity reflected on his identity and chose to follow his own path instead of imitating Chu Kuangren or ruling the Three Thousand Daos.
• Weapon Calamity abandoned the dozens of Daos he had fused, absorbed their Dao Law energy into his weapon calamity Dao, and raised it beyond the ultimate level.
• The Primordial Immortals sensed Weapon Calamity’s unprecedented single Dao, and the Great Dao summoned a Primordial Chaos tribulation over him.

Weapon Calamity challenged the Primordial Chaos Tribulation after reaching Primordial Chaos through his own single-Dao cultivation path, and shattered it with his strongest attack. As the tribulation seemed to end, Chu Kuangren descended from a dark vortex, his overwhelming presence shaking the universe.

• Weapon Calamity faced the Primordial Chaos Tribulation and countered its first lightning strikes with his Weapon Calamity Eight Desolations Art.
• Weapon Calamity attacked the Great Dao barrier with Ten Thousand Blades Slash, breaking through it before a lightning dragon blasted him into the stars.
• Weapon Calamity emerged from the wreckage and shattered the tribulation clouds with Heaven-Destroying Slash.
• A dark vortex appeared after the tribulation broke, and Chu Kuangren descended from it amid overwhelming immortal radiance.

Weapon Calamity overcame the Inner Demon Tribulation by rejecting an illusion of Chu Kuangren, then forged his own path with the Dao of Infinite Advancement. Chu Kuangren began facing a Primordial Chaos Tribulation of his own, revealing a transformed body that startled Li Jun and Yangmei.

• During Weapon Calamity's final trial, an inner demon shaped like Chu Kuangren challenged him to a three-day battle and urged him to take Chu Kuangren's place.
• Weapon Calamity recognized that the figure was not the real Chu Kuangren and destroyed the inner demon, passing the Primordial Chaos Tribulation.
• Weapon Calamity's power rose to a new level, and he named his path the Dao of Infinite Advancement before resolving to compete with Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren sensed Weapon Calamity's breakthrough and began undergoing a Primordial Chaos Tribulation despite observers' doubts about his timing.
• A pillar of Qi-Blood Power rose from the Emperor Palace, revealing Chu Kuangren in a transformed state that made Li Jun and Yangmei react in shock.

Chu Kuangren endured the Primordial Chaos Tribulation and absorbed its power, strengthening his Ultimate Physical Body. He summoned Pangu’s dharma form and used the Great Dao of Strength to cleave the tribulation apart.

• Yangmei and Li Jun recognized that Chu Kuangren had attained the Ultimate Physical Body.
• Chu Kuangren stood firm against the Primordial Chaos Tribulation and absorbed its lightning, wind, and fire to strengthen his body.
• The tribulation intensified, but Chu Kuangren’s body continued to withstand its attacks unharmed.
• Chu Kuangren summoned Pangu’s dharma form, causing beings across the Pangu Universe to prostrate themselves.
• Chu Kuangren wielded an imitation of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe and cleaved the Primordial Chaos Tribulation in two.

After refining Pangu’s Heart, Chu Kuangren reached the peak of the First Tribulation of the primordial chaos nine tribulations body, while Heavenly Shadow sensed that the Hongmeng Gate was about to open. The gate opened across the universes, and Li Jun entered on an azure ox, but the jade slip he left behind remained silent for several dozen days.

• Chu Kuangren celebrated his new strength and congratulated Weapon Calamity on finding his own Dao.
• Decades later, Heavenly Shadow emerged from seclusion and told Chu Kuangren he had sensed an unseen change in the spiritual energy.
• Chu Kuangren said the changes in both the Pangu and Tianyuan Universes meant the Hongmeng Gate was about to open.
• The Hongmeng Gate appeared across the universes and later opened a narrow crack, releasing a torrent of spiritual energy.
• Li Jun gave Tongtian Jiaozhu a jade slip for contact, then rode an azure ox into the Hongmeng Gate.
• After several dozen days passed without a response from Li Jun’s jade slip, the cultivators wondered whether the worlds could communicate.

The Hongmeng Gate opened, drawing cultivators and armies from across the universes into the Great World of Hongmeng, where they sought opportunities and supremacy. Chu Kuangren prepared to leave the Empire, while Lan Yu, Chu Hong, and the others chose to make their own way there and grow independently.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerable entered the Hongmeng Gate after leaving a linked clone behind, and the clone later advanced to Dao Integration when power flowed to it.
• Li Jun, the Three Purities, Yangmei, Zhunti, Jieyin, Nuwa, Luohou, and other Pangu Universe cultivators entered the gate to seek opportunities.
• Luo Xue, Heavenly Maiden You, Long Shuijing, and the Round Heaven Society entered from the Tianyuan Universe, while other universes sent worshippers, prodigies, and armies toward the Great World of Hongmeng.
• Transcendence-ers watched the gate reopen, and the Darkness Devil Lord wondered what Chu Kuangren, the new master of the Temple of Destiny, would do next.
• Chu Kuangren arranged for the Empire's care and departed for the Great World of Hongmeng.
• Lan Yu, Yin Honghua, Chu Hong, and the others decided to go to the Great World of Hongmeng separately so they could temper themselves without relying on Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren entered the Great World of Hongmeng, where its abundant spiritual energy and different rules offered a chance to surpass the Great Dao’s restrictions. After escaping Yan Xu, a priest who tried to recruit him and coveted his treasure, Chu Kuangren reached Thousand Sun City to adapt to the world and learn about its dangers and opportunities.

• Chu Kuangren entered the Great World of Hongmeng and found its rules made Dao comprehension smoother, though he needed time to adapt.
• Yan Xu introduced himself as a priest of the Light Church and repeatedly tried to recruit Chu Kuangren, who refused and left.
• Chu Kuangren used the Time-Space Treasure Mirror to escape Yan Xu, who recognized the Chaos Supreme Treasure and began coveting it.
• Chu Kuangren reached Thousand Sun City and gathered information about the Great World of Hongmeng’s many resets, domains, opportunities, and dangers.

In Thousand Sun City, Senior Priest Yan Xu sealed the city with a light barrier and confronted Chu Kuangren over his Chaos Supreme Treasure. When Yan Xu tried to seize it by force, Chu Kuangren struck him through the barrier and openly challenged the Light Church.

• Yan Xu arrived in Thousand Sun City and ordered its church branch to raise a light barrier that sealed the city.
• Yan Xu found Chu Kuangren in a tavern and tried to recruit him, but Chu Kuangren refused.
• Yan Xu demanded to inspect Chu Kuangren's Chaos Supreme Treasure, claiming it resembled a treasure lost by the church.
• Yan Xu surrounded the tavern with church cultivators and attacked Chu Kuangren when he refused to hand over the treasure.
• Chu Kuangren barely moved under Yan Xu's blow, then slapped him through the tavern and into the light barrier.

Chu Kuangren defeated Yan Xu and the Church cultivators of Thousand Sun City by relying on his ultimate physical body while his Dao Laws remained suppressed. After surviving Yan Xu’s Light Judgment, he killed him with a final punch, leaving the crowd stunned by his power.

• Yan Xu ordered the Church cultivators to attack Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren unleashed his physical-body qi and blood and scattered them.
• Yan Xu attacked Chu Kuangren with the Church of Light’s Divine Art, but Chu Kuangren shattered his spear with a punch and endured his barrage unharmed.
• Chu Kuangren struck Yan Xu and sent him crashing into the light barrier, while Yan Xu invoked the Goddess of Light’s power.
• Yan Xu unleashed Light Judgment and formed the Sword of Judgment, but Chu Kuangren’s qi-and-blood punch shattered it and killed Yan Xu.

After Yan Xu’s death, Chu Kuangren and the other cultivators were trapped in Thousand Sun City as the Darkness Clan unleashed a sealed Darkness Evil Dragon, one of the Eight Great Heresies. The dragon targeted Chu Kuangren for his powerful blood qi, but Chu Kuangren produced a token and asked whether it recognized it.

• After Chu Kuangren killed Yan Xu, an underground palace emerged beneath Thousand Sun City, and black-robed members of the Darkness Clan appeared.
• A wave of darkness spread from the palace, a dark barrier sealed the city, and the Light Church’s cultivators sent a distress signal.
• The Darkness Evil Dragon emerged from the darkness, identified himself as one of the Eight Great Heresies, and devoured several Light Church cultivators.
• The Darkness Evil Dragon sensed Chu Kuangren’s rich blood qi, approached him, and declared that he would eat him.
• Chu Kuangren calmly challenged the Darkness Evil Dragon and showed him a token.

Chu Kuangren used the Darkness King Token and his Torch Dragon Power to make Black Dragon back down and agree to stay by his side as muscle. They prepared to leave Thousand Sun City before the Light Church's main force arrived, while the Darkness Clan cultivators outside waited anxiously for Black Dragon to emerge.

• Chu Kuangren showed Black Dragon the King Token, then used his Torch Dragon Power to suppress him when Black Dragon threatened to eat him.
• Black Dragon recognized the King Token and Torch Dragon Power, and agreed to obey Chu Kuangren after Chu Kuangren threatened to report his defiance to the Darkness Devil Lord.
• Chu Kuangren asked Black Dragon to be his mount, but Black Dragon refused; Black Dragon then agreed to serve as Chu Kuangren's muscle instead.
• Black Dragon wanted to eat the trapped cultivators in Thousand Sun City to restore his strength, but Chu Kuangren urged him to leave before the Light Church's forces arrived.
• The Darkness Clan cultivators waiting outside Thousand Sun City worried that Black Dragon was taking too long and lamented his reckless temperament.

The Light Church’s Grand Priest Feima and the Left Heavenly King of Light attacked Black Dragon and Chu Kuangren with the Light Heavenly King Formation. As Feima prepared a killing blow against Chu Kuangren, an unknown voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

• The Light Church fleet arrived above Thousand Sun City, and Feima ordered its cultivators to form the Light Heavenly King Formation.
• Chu Kuangren and Black Dragon withdrew the darkness barrier, only to find the Light Church waiting; Feima demanded that Black Dragon face judgment and condemned Chu Kuangren for aiding him.
• The Left Heavenly King of Light appeared through the formation and overpowered Black Dragon in their clash.
• Chu Kuangren tried to break the formation barrier but failed, then fought off Feima’s spear attack with his Ultimate Physical Body.
• Feima formed a golden sword to kill Chu Kuangren, who prepared to fight back before a voice suddenly spoke in his mind.

After Xiao Ai completed her evolution and adapted Chu Kuangren’s Dao Laws to the Great World of Hongmeng, Chu Kuangren fought off the Church of Light’s attacks and protected the Black Dragon. He ended the chapter by wagering that the Black Dragon should become his mount if he could get him out of danger.

• Xiao Ai completed her evolution, adjusted Chu Kuangren’s Dao Laws to the world’s rules, and began analyzing the situation.
• Chu Kuangren blocked the Pegasus Priest’s attacks, while the Left Heavenly King of Light ordered the priest to kill him.
• The Left Heavenly King of Light overwhelmed the Black Dragon and fired a Sacred Arrow of Light that threatened Thousand Sun City.
• Chu Kuangren stepped in front of the Black Dragon and stopped the arrow with his Green Lotus Art and hundreds of Dao Laws.
• Chu Kuangren asked the Black Dragon to become his mount if he could get him out of danger.

Chu Kuangren used Xiao Ai’s combat predictions to evade the Left Heavenly King of Light and exploit the Light Heavenly King Formation’s weakness. After breaking the formation, he escaped with Black Dragon as the Left Heavenly King launched his unfinished attack.

• Chu Kuangren agreed to rescue Black Dragon in exchange for making him his mount.
• Chu Kuangren dodged the Left Heavenly King of Light’s attacks with Xiao Ai’s predictions and slipped through a tiny weakness in the Sacred Heavenly Net.
• The Left Heavenly King of Light prepared the Great Judgment of Light, but Chu Kuangren redirected his Pangu Dharma Form’s axe strike into the formation’s weakest point and cracked it.
• The Pegasus Priest and the Left Heavenly King of Light realized Chu Kuangren had used the battle to weaken the formation before striking its weakness.
• Chu Kuangren activated the Time-Space Treasure Mirror and vanished with Black Dragon before the damaged formation could hold them.

After escaping Thousand Sun City, Chu Kuangren and Hei Xuan sought refuge while Hei Xuan recovered and Chu Kuangren learned about the Great Dao realms. Xiao Ai revealed that the Darkness King Token was a supreme-grade Chaos Supreme Treasure that could give Chu Kuangren an advantage against the Church of Light.

• The Left Heavenly King of Light ordered the churches to hunt down Chu Kuangren and the Darkness Evil Dragon after they escaped Thousand Sun City.
• Chu Kuangren reminded Hei Xuan of their wager, and Hei Xuan accepted becoming Chu Kuangren's mount.
• Chu Kuangren and Hei Xuan traveled out of the Bright Domain and settled in a mountain range, where they laid restrictions and began recovering.
• Xiao Ai explained the realms above Dao Integration, including Primordial Chaos and Great Dao, and told Chu Kuangren she could now operate independently within his body.
• Xiao Ai revealed that the Darkness King Token was a supreme-grade Chaos Supreme Treasure whose power countered the Way of Light.

Chu Kuangren refined the Darkness King Token and gained a power that could counter the Church of Light, which had branded him a heretic and issued a pursuit warrant. After drawing Blood Qi Divine Aura, he prepared to face future threats while figures across the Great World of Hongmeng watched his progress.

• Chu Kuangren used Xiao Ai's help to remove the restrictions on the Darkness King Token while Hei Xuan recovered with spirit medicine.
• The Goddess of Light failed to divine Chu Kuangren's fate chart, and her crystal ball shattered; she vowed to destroy anyone allied with darkness.
• Zhunti and Jieyin discussed the Church of Light's pursuit of Chu Kuangren and focused instead on preparing for the Dharma Debate Assembly.
• Luohou studied an eight-armed Demonic Dao dharma form as he pursued the power to establish a Supreme Demon Kingdom.
• The Queen Mother of the West told Yuzhi that Chu Kuangren had arrived in Hongmeng, and Yuzhi resolved to cultivate so she could help him.
• After several years of seclusion, Chu Kuangren refined the Darkness King Token, drew Blood Qi Divine Aura, and gained a new way to wield his physical qi and blood.

After mastering the Blood Qi Divine Aura, Chu Kuangren met Darkness Clan cultivators who recognized him through the King Token and joined Hei Xuan on the way to meet Yu Yan. Meanwhile, Lan Palace, said to be connected to King Lan, emerged and drew the attention of cultivators and major powers.

• Chu Kuangren spent several more years in seclusion mastering the Blood Qi Divine Aura, then worried that his path to commanding the Three Thousand Daos would take too long.
• Darkness Clan cultivators arrived at Chu Kuangren and Hei Xuan’s mountain retreat, and Hei Xuan recognized them as the ones who had helped break his seal.
• The cultivators felt an urge to submit to Chu Kuangren, and Hei Xuan learned they served Yu Yan, who was fighting the Church of Light in other major domains.
• Chu Kuangren showed the King Token, prompting the Darkness Clan cultivators to kneel before him and accompany him and Hei Xuan to find Yu Yan.
• Lan Palace emerged in a mountain range, and cultivators identified it as possibly connected to King Lan, whose treasures they hoped to claim despite the palace’s powerful restrictions.
• News of Lan Palace spread across many major domains, prompting several top powers to act.