Recaps

Ren Dongju explained to Huang Xiao the Demon God Sect’s flawed sixth-layer formation and the eighth-layer formation created by Longevity Daoist’s spirit lands. He urged Huang Xiao to cultivate and use the Wild Ox Sect’s current weakness to find a future formation site, and Huang Xiao began cultivating for the spirit land opportunity.

• Ren Dongju told Huang Xiao that the Demon God Sect had built a sixth-layer Spirit-Gathering Divine Formation by adding four auxiliary formation sites, though their placement left flaws.
• Ren Dongju explained that Longevity Daoist’s Eight Great Spirit Lands and a ninth unknown spirit land formed a vast eighth-layer formation spanning almost the entire Immortal Spirit Domain.
• Ren Dongju offered to help Huang Xiao pursue a fifth-layer formation in the future and advised him to find a suitable site while relocating the Wild Ox Sect remained inexpensive.
• Ren Dongju told Huang Xiao that two others had a chance to enter the spirit land, and Huang Xiao entered the formation to cultivate.
• Half a year passed.

Ren Dongju sent Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhi Da to the Slaughter Domain to enter its Spirit Land and collect Spirit Land Cold Jade. Grand Elder Fang Qian escorted them despite his resentment at being excluded, and the group continued toward the domain with Huang Xiao asking him about past yields.

• Ren Dongju told Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhi Da to prepare to leave for the Slaughter Domain, and stressed that the Wood Demon Sect needed Spirit Land Cold Jade.
• Huang Xiao and the others set out the next day under Grand Elder Fang Qian's lead, while Huang Xiao wondered about Leng Guhan and the others.
• Fang Qian's bad mood made the journey tense, as Chen De and Liu Zhi Da worried Huang Xiao might provoke him.
• Huang Xiao asked Fang Qian how much Spirit Land Cold Jade visitors had obtained before, and Fang Qian replied that it depended on their abilities.

Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhi Da discussed their prospects for obtaining Spirit Land Cold Jade with Fang Qian, who began to hope their efforts could earn him credit. After they reached the Holy City of the Slaughter Domain, they sensed something unusual in the city, and Fang Qian summoned them after receiving new information.

• Fang Qian told Huang Xiao that people obtained around three pieces of Spirit Land Cold Jade on average, and warned the group that they would have to rely on themselves inside.
• Huang Xiao and Chen De expressed confidence that they would obtain more jade, while Fang Qian explained that the strongest entrants usually claimed most of it and that killing inside went unpunished.
• Fang Qian said he would gather information about the other entrants and warned the group not to fight in the Holy City of the Slaughter Domain.
• After settling into their residence, Huang Xiao asked about the city's strange atmosphere, and Fang Qian agreed something seemed amiss.
• Two hours later, Fang Qian summoned Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhi Da to the hall after receiving information from the Wood Demon Sect's intelligence network.

Fang Qian briefed Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhida on the powerful competitors entering the Spirit Land and told them of an assault on the Slaughter Evil Lord’s place of seclusion. As the four went out to explore the city, Huang Xiao searched for news of Leng Guhan, while two disguised old men discussed hiding from the Wood Demon Sect.

• Fang Qian gave Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhida information about the Spirit Land entrants, including several experts at the Barbarian Desolate Realm Peak.
• Fang Qian said someone had likely assaulted the Slaughter Evil Lord’s place of seclusion, and he and Huang Xiao reasoned that the attack was unrelated to the struggle for Spirit Land Cold Jade.
• Fang Qian invited Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhida to relax in the city, and the four set out to find a restaurant.
• Huang Xiao looked around for news of Leng Guhan, then concealed his disappointment and pointed the others toward a restaurant.
• After the four left, two old men in tattered clothes discussed avoiding discovery by the Wood Demon Sect.

Huo Lian pressed the old man about his dealings with the Slaughter Evil Lord and learned they planned to obtain Spirit Land Cold Jade from the other Spirit Lands. After seeing Huang Xiao, Huo Lian stayed with the old man, who promised to help him grow stronger.

• Huo Lian told the old man that Slaughter Domain experts had appeared in the city and suspected he had sought out the Slaughter Evil Lord.
• The old man admitted the Slaughter Evil Lord had confirmed his suspicions and said Huo Lian would have to keep following him because his Longevity True Qi helped heal the old man's injuries.
• The old man revealed that the Slaughter Evil Lord wanted Spirit Land Cold Jade and that he planned to plunder it from Spirit Lands linked to the Bronze Keys.
• Huo Lian kept Huang Xiao's identity and circumstances from the old man, wary that the man might try to exploit Huang Xiao.
• The old man recognized Huang Xiao as Kui Yong's successor and told Huo Lian that following him would make Huo Lian stronger.

Huang Xiao and his companions joined the other Spirit Land entrants, learning that their site was dominated by the Slaughter Domain and could be especially deadly. As they approached the great canyon, Fang Qian urged Huang Xiao to use his formation skills to explore its dangerous areas for Spirit Land Cold Jade, and Huang Xiao accepted despite recognizing the risk.

• Huang Xiao thought he had glimpsed someone resembling the Patriarch in the Holy City but could not confirm it before the figure disappeared.
• After five days, 220 entrants gathered, including Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhi Da among the Demon Domain's 21 participants.
• Fang Qian explained that the Slaughter Domain's dominance made this Spirit Land more lethal than the other one, though avoiding its experts could bring greater rewards of Spirit Land Cold Jade.
• The Slaughter Domain guide led the group to a great canyon and explained that only a small area inside its formations was safe, while the dangerous areas offered better opportunities.
• Fang Qian encouraged Huang Xiao to use his formation skills to explore the dangerous areas, and Huang Xiao agreed despite Chen De and Liu Zhi Da's misgivings.

Huang Xiao and the others entered a holding area before being transported into the formation to compete for Spirit Land Cold Jade. There, they learned that Meng Li was a candidate to become the Slaughter Evil Lord’s personal disciple and heard the Slaughter Domain’s experts boast about helping him win.

• Fang Qian warned Huang Xiao and his companions to observe the other powers, and Huang Xiao noticed Wang Dongchao’s hostility toward him.
• A Slaughter Domain expert explained the dangers of the holding area and warned everyone to stay together after transport.
• Huang Xiao, Chen De, and their companion entered the holding area and kept to the edge of the Demon Domain’s group to avoid Wang Dongchao.
• Meng Li, Xu Guang, and Yang Zhongge taunted the other powers and said they would help Meng Li obtain Spirit Land Cold Jade.
• Huang Xiao learned that Meng Li was competing to become the Slaughter Evil Lord’s personal disciple against an older candidate who had not reached the Barbarian Desolate Realm.

Huang Xiao recognized that Meng Li’s rival for the Slaughter Evil Lord’s personal disciple was Leng Guhan and changed his plans to help him earn merit. After the group entered the Spirit Land, they found themselves separated from most of the Demon Domain participants, and five nearby opponents chose to leave rather than attack.

• Meng Li dismissed Leng Guhan as unworthy and insulted Huang Xiao and the Wood Demon Sect, while Huang Xiao concealed his strength.
• Huang Xiao concluded that Leng Guhan was the candidate competing with Meng Li and decided to prevent Meng Li’s group from taking too much Spirit Land Cold Jade.
• Huang Xiao considered whether Eldest Senior Brother, Dugu Sheng, Hong Yi, or Li Bai might also be able to compete, but he did not know if any of them had reached the Spirit Land.
• The darkness brightened into a blinding white light, and Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhi Da found themselves separated from the other Demon Domain participants.
• Five Demon Domain fighters nearby hesitated and left without attacking, and Chen De explained that they generally avoided fights while Liu Zhi Da said their group’s affiliation deterred enemies.

Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhi Da headed toward the Central Region to watch the struggle for Spirit Land Cold Jade, while Huang Xiao waited for a chance to thwart Meng Li's group. After a bloody first wave of fighting ended, another batch of jade appeared overhead, and Huang Xiao suspected a formation had transported it there.

• Huang Xiao persuaded Chen De and Liu Zhi Da to stay in the Safe Area and head toward the Central Region rather than leave for the outskirts.
• The three saw the Slaughter Domain seize much of the Spirit Land Cold Jade by attacking its holders, and Huang Xiao chose to wait for the next wave.
• Meng Li, Xu Guang, and Yang Zhongge withdrew from the fighting rather than challenge stronger opponents for a few pieces of jade.
• Huang Xiao and his companions watched from an inconspicuous spot as the first wave left dozens dead and the Slaughter Domain holding most of the jade.
• A new batch of Spirit Land Cold Jade appeared in midair, and Huang Xiao suspected a formation had transported it there.

Huang Xiao held back from the fighting over Spirit Land Cold Jade, hoping to strike when the jade gathered in a few hands. After Meng Li displayed overwhelming strength and Huang Xiao assured Chen De and Liu Zhi Da he could survive against him, Huang Xiao seized three pieces of jade before Wang Dongchao blocked him from taking two more.

• Huang Xiao guessed that the mysterious source of Spirit Land Cold Jade might be the final Spirit Land, then retreated with Chen De and Liu Zhi Da to watch the battle and wait for an opening.
• Meng Li killed a barbarian desolate realm peak expert in a few moves, leading Huang Xiao to judge that Meng Li had primordial desolate realm strength.
• Chen De asked whether Huang Xiao could stay alive against Meng Li, and Huang Xiao reassured him that he would not gamble with his own life.
• Several pieces of Spirit Land Cold Jade appeared nearby, and Huang Xiao rushed over and grabbed three of them.
• Wang Dongchao seized two other pieces and struck at Huang Xiao, forcing him to dodge, while Chen De confronted Wang Dongchao on Huang Xiao's behalf.

After Wang Dongchao tried to claim Huang Xiao’s Spirit Land Cold Jade in exchange for protection, the Slaughter Domain attacked Huang Xiao and his companions. Huang Xiao revealed his strength to kill their pursuers, then planned to target the Slaughter Domain’s jade bearer.

• Wang Dongchao offered to protect Huang Xiao’s group in exchange for two of their three pieces of Spirit Land Cold Jade, but Huang Xiao refused.
• Three Slaughter Domain cultivators pursued Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhi Da, who initially fled toward the outskirts.
• Huang Xiao turned back and killed two late-stage pursuers, while Chen De killed the remaining mid-stage cultivator.
• Chen De explained that the Slaughter Domain gathered all its Spirit Land Cold Jade under the Slaughter Evil Lord, with one late-stage cultivator carrying it.
• Huang Xiao proposed observing the Slaughter Domain from farther away and targeting the cultivator carrying its Spirit Land Cold Jade.

Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhi Da postponed their plan to attack the Slaughter Domain and went to scout the dangerous areas around the Safe Area. They entered one, where Huang Xiao could perceive people hidden by the formations, and the chapter ended as the strange, soft ground made it difficult for the three to walk.

• Chen De warned Huang Xiao and Liu Zhi Da that attacking their enemies could leave them trapped, so Huang Xiao proposed waiting for an opportunity and finding a way to evade pursuit.
• Huang Xiao chose to explore the dangerous areas first because the fighting over Spirit Land Cold Jade was still underway and the time to strike had not yet come.
• Huang Xiao reflected that his Cold Jade Key was made from Spirit Land Cold Jade and that its formation gave it even stronger mind-clearing effects.
• At the edge of the Safe Area, Huang Xiao spotted two Alliance Domain men hidden inside a dangerous area and led his companions in another direction to avoid provoking the formations.
• Huang Xiao, Chen De, and Liu Zhi Da entered the dangerous area, where Liu Zhi Da nearly fell and Chen De remarked on the strangely soft, obstructive ground.

Huang Xiao guided Chen De and Liu Zhi Da through a concealed swamp and its dangerous miasma, collecting Spirit Land Cold Jade as they ventured deeper. After stopping at a point he considered safe enough, Huang Xiao left the others there and headed out to interfere with Meng Li’s group.

• Huang Xiao revealed that the apparent ground concealed a swamp and used his formation knowledge to clear their way through it.
• Huang Xiao warned Chen De and Liu Zhi Da about the colorless miasma, and they used true qi to keep it from eroding them.
• The three collected two pieces of Spirit Land Cold Jade, and Huang Xiao proposed hiding deeper in the dangerous area after an ambush.
• Huang Xiao led the group farther in, where they gathered about a dozen more pieces and brought his total to twenty-two.
• Huang Xiao stopped when he could no longer guarantee their safety, told Chen De and Liu Zhi Da to stay, and left to disrupt Meng Li’s group.

Huang Xiao hid near the central fighting, waiting for an opening while assessing the surviving peak experts and the Slaughter Domain’s battle with Wang Dongchao’s group. As Meng Li charged Wang Dongchao and his companion, his aura suddenly surged, shocking both opponents.

• Huang Xiao returned to the safe zone’s center alone and hid while observing the fierce battle over the Spirit Land Cold Jade.
• Huang Xiao noticed that Wang Dongchao and three other peak experts were struggling against Meng Li, Xu Guang, and Yang Zhongge, and suspected another peak expert from the Demon Domain was still missing.
• Wang Dongchao and his allies demanded half of the Slaughter Domain’s Spirit Land Cold Jade, but Meng Li refused and threatened to kill Wang Dongchao.
• Wang Dongchao and another peak expert joined forces against Meng Li and believed they had begun to suppress him.
• Meng Li charged at Wang Dongchao and his companion, and his aura abruptly surged, leaving both men shocked.

Meng Li and the Slaughter Domain fighters hunted down Wang Dongchao and the fleeing experts while protecting their Spirit Land Cold Jade. Huang Xiao revealed his strength, killed the Slaughter Domain’s hidden Peak Expert, and escaped with the jade as the Demon Domain expert attacked.

• Meng Li killed Wang Dongchao after their sword fight, and a Slaughter Domain expert retrieved the Spirit Land Cold Jade from his body.
• Four late-stage experts tried to steal the Slaughter Domain’s jade, but its supposed late-stage guardian revealed himself as a Peak Expert, killed three, and drove off the last.
• The Demon Domain’s Peak Expert attacked the Slaughter Domain guardian, who repeatedly blocked his strikes while retreating.
• Huang Xiao ambushed the Slaughter Domain guardian, revealed his speed, beheaded him, and took the pouch of Spirit Land Cold Jade.
• Huang Xiao fled while the Demon Domain expert remained behind.

Huang Xiao fled with the Slaughter Domain’s Spirit Land Cold Jade while Meng Li and other peak experts pursued him. When the other pursuers demanded a share or offered deals, Huang Xiao refused to hand over any jade before they helped him, and the six peak experts surrounded him to attack.

• Meng Li returned after killing his opponent and joined Xu Guang and Yang Zhongge in pursuing Huang Xiao, who had taken the Spirit Land Cold Jade.
• Three other peak experts offered to help Huang Xiao in exchange for twenty pieces each, but he insisted they stop the Slaughter Domain pursuers before he paid them.
• The three experts demanded jade up front, and Huang Xiao refused, accusing them of abandoning him once they got their share.
• Meng Li offered the three experts fifty pieces each to join forces with him, and they accepted after Huang Xiao again refused to pay them first.
• Huang Xiao rejected Meng Li’s offer to let him keep a hundred pieces, and Meng Li ordered the six peak experts to surround and attack him.

Huang Xiao escaped Meng Li and the others by entering the dangerous area, but a formation expert helped them pursue him faster than expected. He hid the Spirit Land Cold Jade with Chen De and Liu Zhi Da, then left to draw the pursuers away.

• Meng Li and the others cornered Huang Xiao at the edge of the Safe Area, but he charged into the dangerous area and forced his pursuers to follow or leave.
• A Barbarian Desolate Realm mid-stage expert began breaking the formations, allowing Meng Li's group to close the distance.
• Huang Xiao spotted the formation expert and hurried to Chen De and Liu Zhi Da's hiding place, using small formations to obscure his trail.
• Huang Xiao gave Chen De and Liu Zhi Da the Spirit Land Cold Jade, then filled the cloth bag with stones and a few jade pieces to disguise it.
• After Chen De urged him to stay alive, Huang Xiao left to lure Meng Li and the others away.

Huang Xiao fled from Meng Li’s group into the Dangerous Area, using formations to hide his movements but failing to shake his pursuers. When Meng Li cornered him, Huang Xiao revealed that the group had followed him too deep into unfamiliar formations, leaving their escape uncertain.

• Huang Xiao returned from visiting Chen De and his companion, but Meng Li’s formation breaker saw through his concealment and the group resumed their pursuit.
• Unable to outrun Meng Li without exposing the secret of the Longevity Chapter, Huang Xiao charged deeper into the Dangerous Area without carefully breaking the formations ahead.
• Meng Li caught up with Huang Xiao, who stopped and offered to return all but a hundred pieces of Spirit Land Cold Jade.
• Huang Xiao pointed out that their surroundings were his leverage, prompting the formation master to admit that Meng Li’s group had entered unfamiliar formations and become trapped within them.

Huang Xiao tried to trigger the formation to deter Meng Li and the others, but it remained stable, so the group attacked him. After Huang Xiao killed their formation master and found himself outmatched, he swallowed three Violent Origin Pills and challenged Meng Li to use his full strength.

• Huang Xiao slashed at the formation, but nothing happened, and the formation master urged Meng Li to kill him quickly.
• Meng Li, Yang Zhongge, Xu Guang, and two late-stage fighters pursued Huang Xiao while the formation master stayed back to study the formation.
• Huang Xiao changed direction and killed the formation master, then clashed with Xu Guang as Meng Li and the others closed in.
• Huang Xiao swallowed three Violent Origin Pills after realizing the stable formation would not help him escape the fight.
• Huang Xiao taunted Meng Li about suppressing his strength, but Meng Li insisted his current power was enough.

Huang Xiao used three Violent Origin Pills to fight Meng Li and his allies, but the pills rapidly drained his vitality. After realizing he could not win a prolonged head-on fight, he killed two of Meng Li’s men at great cost and was left badly wounded, needing to defeat the remaining opponents before his strength ran out.

• Huang Xiao killed Yang Zhongge with a swift saber strike, making Xu Guang hesitate and prompting Meng Li to reveal his heightened strength.
• Huang Xiao and Meng Li exchanged over a hundred moves, and Huang Xiao realized Meng Li was stronger than he had expected while the pills’ aftereffects drained his vitality.
• Xu Guang and his allies helped restrict Huang Xiao’s movements, forcing him to take Meng Li’s attack head-on and cough up blood.
• Huang Xiao pursued Xu Guang, then changed direction toward two late-stage barbarian desolate realm experts when Xu Guang fled toward Meng Li.
• Huang Xiao endured Meng Li’s sword qi to kill the two experts, but the damage and vitality he spent left him needing to finish the remaining fighters quickly.

Huang Xiao used the Cold Jade Key to unleash a freezing chill that killed Xu Guang and wounded Meng Li. With Meng Li alone and Huang Xiao considering escape, the fight over the Spirit Land Cold Jade remained unresolved.

• Meng Li and Xu Guang pressed their attack as Huang Xiao grew increasingly wounded, while Meng Li claimed he could maintain his strength until the fight ended.
• Meng Li and Xu Guang charged together, and Huang Xiao drew on the Cold Jade Key to release a chill that stiffened them.
• Huang Xiao struck Meng Li and knocked his sword away, then killed Xu Guang with a sweep of the Minghong Saber.
• Meng Li recovered, retrieved his sword, and said he would kill Huang Xiao and take his treasure.
• Huang Xiao asked whether Meng Li could stop him from leaving, and Meng Li warned that the formations would keep him from escaping.

Huang Xiao and Meng Li fought inside the Dangerous Area while Huang Xiao’s Heavenly Demon Disintegration aftereffects left him nearly powerless. A sudden change in the formation let Huang Xiao ambush and kill Meng Li, but two newcomers then found him in his weakened state.

• Meng Li pressed Huang Xiao, whose vitality was nearly exhausted and who believed he could manage only one more full-strength saber strike.
• The formation shifted, widening the apparent distance between the two and trapping Meng Li while Huang Xiao realized he could move nearby.
• Huang Xiao approached Meng Li, but Meng Li sensed him and guarded against an ambush.
• Huang Xiao used the Cold Jade Key’s chilling effect to stiffen Meng Li’s sword arm, then struck him down with the Minghong Saber.
• Huang Xiao’s aftereffects left him pale and nearly out of vitality, and two newcomers arrived asking whether the formation had broken before recognizing him.

Huang Xiao was separated from two Alliance Domain men when a formation erupted, and he slowly regained consciousness somewhere else. He sensed that the Cold Jade Key had affected the formation and heard a familiar voice calling him “Junior Junior Brother,” but he could not open his eyes.

• Two Alliance Domain men found Huang Xiao beside the Slaughter Domain corpses and decided not to attack him after realizing he had killed Meng Li and the others.
• Huang Xiao turned to leave, but a violent formation eruption swept him away from the two men.
• The two men assumed Huang Xiao had been teleported elsewhere and waited, pleased with the Spirit Land Cold Jade they had collected.
• Huang Xiao regained consciousness in a state of deep comfort and suspected the Cold Jade Key had caused the formation’s unusual change.
• Huang Xiao heard a familiar voice call him “Junior Junior Brother,” but he remained unable to open his eyes.

Huang Xiao reunited with Qingfeng in a wondrous land where neither could escape, and learned that its rare plants were helping the Soaring Immortal Fruit grow stronger. The fruit had developed a human face and the ability to speak, and Huang Xiao saw that it still resented him for draining its aura in the Martial World.

• Huang Xiao woke beside Qingfeng in a strange place filled with extraordinary flowers and plants, and Qingfeng said he and the Soaring Immortal Fruit had been trapped there for years.
• Huang Xiao examined the surrounding formations but could not break them, then told Qingfeng how he had arrived and learned more about the place from him.
• Huang Xiao showed Qingfeng the Cold Jade Key, whose chill made Qingfeng uncomfortable, and Qingfeng explained that his realm had advanced through years of meditation.
• Qingfeng told Huang Xiao that the land's rare plants and fruits were helping the Soaring Immortal Fruit improve, and that the fruit had found another way to advance.
• Huang Xiao and Qingfeng approached the Soaring Immortal Fruit, which spoke in a child's voice and showed a faint human face; Huang Xiao realized it still held a grudge against him.

Huang Xiao reunited with Qingfeng and the Soaring Immortal Fruit, opened the Cold Jade Key, and learned that it might offer a way out. As the Soaring Immortal Fruit sensed powerful vitality beneath the ground, a broken stem appeared where a formation had been.

• The Soaring Immortal Fruit reminded Huang Xiao that he had saved him twice, and Huang Xiao thanked him.
• Qingfeng explained how Huang Xiao entered with the Cold Jade Key, prompting the Soaring Immortal Fruit to ask to inspect it.
• Huang Xiao opened the key’s box, and the Soaring Immortal Fruit shielded the surrounding plants from its intense chill with his vitality.
• The Soaring Immortal Fruit said the Cold Jade Key might let them escape and urged Huang Xiao to study how to activate it.
• The Soaring Immortal Fruit sensed powerful vitality beneath the ground and said a formation had prevented him from digging there.
• Huang Xiao noticed something appearing on the ground, and a broken stem emerged before them.