Recaps

Huang Xiao kept Jiang Hengdao occupied while Xuan Yuanjun’s confinement formation held, but their clash intensified the strain on Huang Xiao’s divine sense. Qingfeng revealed that Huang Xiao’s Blood God Conversion Great Method had made it impure and advised him to disperse the added strength.

• Jiang Hengdao tried to break Xuan Yuanjun’s confinement formation, but it held and trapped him for the time being.
• Huang Xiao pursued Jiang Hengdao and prevented him from focusing on breaking the formation.
• Jiang Hengdao and Huang Xiao clashed at the formation’s edge, and Huang Xiao activated Heavenly Demon Disintegration Twenty-third Stage again.
• Qingfeng told Huang Xiao he had been secretly protecting his divine sense and explained that the Blood God Conversion Great Method had left it disordered and impure.
• Qingfeng advised Huang Xiao to disperse the divine sense strength he had added.

Qingfeng guided Huang Xiao to disperse the divine sense strength he had gained from essence blood, then helped him rebuild it by responding to his divine sense aura. Huang Xiao began to consider relying on his own comprehension rather than borrowed power, while Jiang Hengdao and the others mistook his retreat for a collapse.

• Qingfeng told Huang Xiao to disperse his increased divine sense strength, and Huang Xiao stopped activating Heavenly Demon Disintegration and retreated from Jiang Hengdao.
• Jiang Hengdao mistook Huang Xiao's weakened aura for a divine sense collapse, while Ye Nishang, the Demon God, Zuo Qiu Yi, and Xuan Yuanjun worried about what had happened.
• Huang Xiao sensed Qingfeng's aura within his sea of consciousness and felt his own divine sense strengthen as Qingfeng guided it.
• Qingfeng urged Huang Xiao to respond to his aura and seek a breakthrough in the Upper Clarity Heart Scripture through his own comprehension.
• Huang Xiao recognized the difference between Qingfeng's guidance and borrowed strength, then wondered whether he should disperse his Longevity True Qi too.

Huang Xiao strengthened his divine sense by advancing the Upper Clarity Heart Scripture under Eldest Senior Brother’s guidance, then used his new power to stop Jiang Hengdao from escaping to attack the formation. He badly injured Jiang Hengdao, whose chest healed almost immediately.

• Huang Xiao sensed Eldest Senior Brother’s divine sense aura while fighting Jiang Hengdao, and found that Jiang Hengdao’s suppression was losing its effect.
• Jiang Hengdao tried to escape Huang Xiao and repeatedly struck the confinement formation, while Xuan Yuanjun warned that it might break at any moment.
• Qingfeng guided Huang Xiao to a breakthrough in the Upper Clarity Heart Scripture, greatly increasing his divine sense strength.
• Huang Xiao used the twenty-fourth level of Heavenly Demon Disintegration to intercept Jiang Hengdao and land three heavy punches that caved in his chest.
• Jiang Hengdao’s chest injury healed with astonishing speed, leaving Huang Xiao aware that defeating him would not be easy.

Huang Xiao’s breakthrough seemed to give him an advantage over Jiang Hengdao, but Zhao Yunhui sensed that Huang Xiao was in mortal danger. Jiang Hengdao then abandoned his concern for the Ruthlessness Dao’s backlash and unleashed his full strength, leaving Huang Xiao badly outmatched.

• Huang Xiao’s divine sense and internal power surged, reassuring his allies and making the Demon God believe he could threaten Jiang Hengdao.
• Zhao Yunhui sensed Huang Xiao would die, performed a divination, and found only a sliver of hope without learning how he might survive.
• Jiang Hengdao’s wound healed as he warned Huang Xiao that he had held back too many misgivings and would send everyone to the Western Heaven.
• Jiang Hengdao charged Huang Xiao with greatly increased strength and declared that he no longer wanted Huang Xiao’s longevity true qi.
• Zuo Qiu Yi realized Jiang Hengdao was disregarding the Ruthlessness Dao’s backlash, allowing him to unleash enough power to surpass Huang Xiao.

Jiang Hengdao abandoned restraint and poured his longevity true qi into fighting Huang Xiao, hoping to perfect his Ruthlessness Dao and escape its backlash. Huang Xiao pushed his power to its limit, but the observers feared Jiang Hengdao’s breakthrough would leave him with no chance to survive.

• Jiang Hengdao unleashed forbidden arts without restraint, forcing Huang Xiao to activate the Twenty-Fifth Layer of Heavenly Demon Disintegration.
• Jiang Hengdao told Huang Xiao that their fight had given him insights and that he no longer intended to suppress the Ruthlessness Dao’s backlash.
• Zuo Qiu Yi realized Jiang Hengdao was being ruthless toward himself to perfect his Ruthlessness Dao, and explained that it was his only remaining way to avoid the backlash.
• Xuan Yuanjun and Zuo Qiu Yi judged that Jiang Hengdao must be confident of making a breakthrough, while Ji Shidao and the others feared Huang Xiao could not survive the fight.
• Jiang Hengdao praised the observers for understanding his plan, confirming that he was pursuing a breakthrough in the Ruthlessness Dao.

Huang Xiao fought to keep Jiang Hengdao from completing his Ruthlessness Dao breakthrough as the Great Hole in the Sky vanished and the Ancient World's Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth dwindled. With Jiang Hengdao's power unstable but still greater than Huang Xiao's, Xuan Yuanjun and six others joined the battle while Zhao Yunhui organized the others to reinforce the confinement formation.

• Huang Xiao attacked Jiang Hengdao to disrupt his breakthrough, but Jiang Hengdao's strength continued to rise until he overpowered Huang Xiao.
• The Great Hole in the Sky disappeared, and the resulting collapse in Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth weakened everyone and destabilized Jiang Hengdao's internal power.
• Huang Xiao resumed attacking Jiang Hengdao, and Tan Ming warned that Huang Xiao could not hold him off alone.
• Xuan Yuanjun asked the wounded elders to fight, while Zhao Yunhui directed the others to pour their true qi into the confinement formation.
• Xuan Yuanjun, the Demon God, Ji Xuanying, Ao Yuan, Ye Nishang, Ji Shidao, and Zuo Qiu Yi charged into the battle against Jiang Hengdao.

Huang Xiao and the seven others fought Jiang Hengdao, who was using his wounds to advance in the Ruthlessness Dao. After Zuo Qiu Yi, Demon God, and Xuan Yuanjun warned Huang Xiao to target the openings Jiang Hengdao tried to guard, Huang Xiao weakened him and left the battle at a turning point.

• Xuan Yuanjun and the other six joined Huang Xiao in attacking Jiang Hengdao, but his overwhelming strength forced them back and left Huang Xiao under heavy pressure.
• Huang Xiao noticed Jiang Hengdao was allowing his attacks to land while blocking the others, and Zuo Qiu Yi warned that he was using Huang Xiao’s blows to break through in the Ruthlessness Dao.
• Demon God and Xuan Yuanjun urged Huang Xiao to keep attacking while targeting the places Jiang Hengdao would not expose, and Huang Xiao changed his strikes to hit those openings.
• Huang Xiao’s targeted attacks put Jiang Hengdao under greater pressure, and two blows to his chest made Jiang Hengdao retreat as his aura suddenly weakened.

Jiang Hengdao’s Ruthlessness Dao aura weakened before surging as he approached perfection, leaving the trapped group nearly unable to move. Xuan Yuanjun and the others were forced to wait inside the confinement formation as Jiang Hengdao’s power continued to rise.

• Zuo Qiu Yi recognized Jiang Hengdao’s sudden weakening as a sign that his Ruthlessness Dao was nearing perfection, not suffering a backlash.
• Huang Xiao realized Jiang Hengdao may have used his attacks to inflict the injuries that helped bring about this breakthrough, while Ji Xuanying signaled him not to use the aura she had secretly given him.
• The Demon God urged everyone to attack, and Xuan Yuanjun eventually agreed that they should give it their all.
• Jiang Hengdao’s Ruthlessness Dao aura surged through the confinement formation, weighing down everyone and forcing them to retreat to its edge.
• Xuan Yuanjun and the others found themselves barely able to move as Jiang Hengdao’s aura kept intensifying, while the Demon God rebuked Xuan Yuanjun for agreeing to attack too late.

Ji Xuanying used the Soul-Scattering Lock to immobilize Jiang Hengdao and revealed that its true power was to disperse his divine sense and internal power. She focused on his unstable Ruthlessness Dao aura, threatening his attempt to bring the Dao to full fruition.

• Ji Xuanying stepped forward to confront Jiang Hengdao despite Xuan Yuanjun warning her not to act rashly.
• Ji Xuanying charged Jiang Hengdao and locked his hands behind his back with the Soul-Scattering Lock, immobilizing him.
• Ji Xuanying explained that the forbidden art could disperse its target’s divine sense and internal power, and that using it might cost her life.
• Ji Xuanying found Jiang Hengdao’s Ruthlessness Dao aura unstable and concentrated on dispersing it instead of his steadier divine sense.

Jiang Hengdao’s Ruthlessness Dao aura dispersed under Ji Xuanying’s Soul-Scattering Lock, but his breakthrough continued. At Ji Xuanying’s urging, Huang Xiao began dispersing his own true qi, hoping to strengthen his Dantian as the Sea and devour Jiang Hengdao’s aura.

• Jiang Hengdao found that Ji Xuanying’s Soul-Scattering Lock was dispersing his Ruthlessness Dao aura, though he believed he could reclaim it after breaking through.
• Zuo Qiu Yi and Xuan Yuanjun realized Jiang Hengdao’s aura continued to rise despite its dispersal, while Ji Xuanying pressed on and Ji Shidao worried over her.
• Ji Xuanying urged Huang Xiao to devour the escaping aura, explaining that only he could take it beyond Jiang Hengdao’s reach.
• Huang Xiao recalled Senior Immortal Alchemist’s advice and reasoned that dispersing his true qi could increase his Dantian as the Sea’s devouring force.
• Huang Xiao made up his mind and began dispersing his own true qi, startling the Demon God and the others.

Huang Xiao devoured the Ruthlessness Dao aura escaping from Jiang Hengdao while Ji Xuanying used the Soul-Scattering Lock to hold Jiang in place. As Ji Xuanying reached her limit, she urged Huang Xiao to trust himself and use the aura she had given him at the right moment.

• Xuan Yuanjun explained that Huang Xiao needed to disperse what was not truly his, and the others accepted that the attempt was their best chance against Jiang Hengdao.
• Huang Xiao began devouring Jiang Hengdao’s escaped Ruthlessness Dao aura, which Jiang feared Huang Xiao would convert into his own True Qi.
• Huang Xiao intensified his devouring, drawing the aura into his Dantian as a gale formed inside the formation.
• Xuan Yuanjun noticed that Ji Xuanying was weakening as the Soul-Scattering Lock strained under Jiang Hengdao’s growing power.
• Ji Xuanying spat blood and collapsed toward her limit, while Ji Shidao struggled to reach her and Huang Xiao continued devouring the aura.
• Ji Xuanying told Huang Xiao that the rest was up to him and reminded him to activate the aura she had given him at the right moment.

After Ji Xuanying died, Huang Xiao devoured Jiang Hengdao’s Ruthlessness Dao aura while Jiang Hengdao struggled to complete his breakthrough. Xuan Yuanjun and the others regained their ability to move and attacked, but Jiang Hengdao’s concentrated aura stopped them as Huang Xiao prepared to consume it.

• Jiang Hengdao tossed Ji Xuanying’s corpse aside and focused on completing his Ruthlessness Dao breakthrough.
• Huang Xiao noticed Jiang Hengdao was struggling and rapidly devoured the aura he released.
• As the aura weakened, Xuan Yuanjun, the Demon God, and the others regained their mobility and charged at Jiang Hengdao.
• Jiang Hengdao concentrated his aura around himself, blocking Xuan Yuanjun and the others from approaching.
• Huang Xiao told them the concentrated aura would be easier to devour and began pulling it toward himself.

Huang Xiao used Divine Sense as a Sea to devour Jiang Hengdao’s divine sense, disrupting his Ruthlessness Dao breakthrough and allowing the others to attack him. As Jiang Hengdao prepared to strike back, Huang Xiao sent a strange aura into his body.

• Huang Xiao realized Jiang Hengdao was replenishing the Ruthlessness Dao aura he devoured, so he attacked Jiang Hengdao’s divine sense instead.
• Jiang Hengdao screamed as Huang Xiao’s Divine Sense Attack disrupted his concentration and threatened his breakthrough.
• Huang Xiao’s devouring reached the aura and true qi within Jiang Hengdao’s body, leaving him unable to control his breakthrough safely.
• The Demon God, Xuan Yuanjun, and the others struck Jiang Hengdao while he could not dodge, but their attacks only injured him slightly.
• Jiang Hengdao declared he would kill them before completing his Ruthlessness Dao breakthrough, and the Demon God charged at him.
• Huang Xiao shouted that they would not succeed and sent a strange aura into Jiang Hengdao’s body.

Huang Xiao used Ji Xuanying’s aura to make Jiang Hengdao’s body and true qi illusory, preventing him from killing the Demon God but also making him nearly immune to everyone’s attacks. The chapter ended with Huang Xiao revealing that he could still devour Jiang Hengdao’s illusory true qi.

• Jiang Hengdao pierced the Demon God’s chest, but Huang Xiao’s intervention reduced the attack to a superficial wound.
• Huang Xiao explained that Ji Xuanying’s aura, “Only illusory, not real,” could make a person’s body and internal power illusory.
• Xuan Yuanjun and the others realized the aura prevented them from seriously injuring Jiang Hengdao, while Jiang Hengdao used the stalemate to pursue mastery of the Ruthlessness Dao.
• Jiang Hengdao attacked Huang Xiao, but his blow had almost no effect, and Huang Xiao revealed that he could still devour Jiang Hengdao’s true qi.

Huang Xiao used Senior Ji’s aura to keep devouring Jiang Hengdao’s True Qi, then drew on the Treatise on Enlightenment to neutralize its extreme nature. Jiang Hengdao continued pursuing mastery of the Ruthlessness Dao, but his True Qi began growing too slowly for the final breakthrough he needed.

• Huang Xiao’s Devouring continued to affect Jiang Hengdao even after Jiang Hengdao became incorporeal, while the Confinement Formation prevented him from escaping.
• Jiang Hengdao stopped resisting the loss of his True Qi and focused on continuing his breakthrough, though he still guarded his Divine Sense.
• Huang Xiao struggled to contain the immense, extreme True Qi and realized that converting it did not remove its extremity.
• Huang Xiao used insights from the Treatise on Enlightenment to refine the True Qi and diminish its extreme nature.
• Jiang Hengdao sensed Huang Xiao’s transformation of the True Qi but remained committed to mastering the Ruthlessness Dao.
• Jiang Hengdao discovered that his True Qi was growing too slowly to gather enough for his final breakthrough.

Huang Xiao’s gamble to disrupt Jiang Hengdao’s breakthrough failed, and Jiang Hengdao began mastering the ruthlessness Dao. After Qingfeng urged him to keep going, Huang Xiao focused on the Treatise on Attaining the Dao, and an unusual aura appeared around him.

• Jiang Hengdao strengthened his resistance to Huang Xiao’s devouring and prepared to reclaim Huang Xiao’s true qi once Ji Xuanying’s aura faded.
• Huang Xiao dispersed his converted true qi, hoping Jiang Hengdao would be unable to restore its extreme aura quickly enough to prevent turmoil in his breakthrough.
• Jiang Hengdao restored the extreme aura with ease, devoured Huang Xiao’s true qi, and began his breakthrough into full mastery of the ruthlessness Dao.
• Xuan Yuanjun and the others were suppressed by Jiang Hengdao’s growing aura, while Huang Xiao lost hope as his true qi and divine sense failed him.
• Qingfeng reminded Huang Xiao that dispersing his true qi had once led to a breakthrough, and Huang Xiao resumed comprehending the Treatise on Attaining the Dao.
• An unusual aura began radiating from Huang Xiao as the others turned to look at him in surprise.

Huang Xiao sought a breakthrough while Jiang Hengdao pushed toward full mastery of the Ruthlessness Dao. The Confinement Formation collapsed, and Jiang Hengdao resisted Huang Xiao’s final attempt to devour his True Qi as his breakthrough neared completion.

• Huang Xiao gained new insights after dispersing his True Qi but remained unable to complete his breakthrough.
• Jiang Hengdao began his final push, and his rising aura strained the Confinement Formation.
• Zhao Yunhui and the others exhausted themselves trying to reinforce the formation, which eventually collapsed.
• Xuan Yuanjun said he would take his own life rather than fall into Jiang Hengdao’s hands once Jiang Hengdao broke through.
• Jiang Hengdao’s True Qi reached its limit in part, and he stopped Huang Xiao from devouring any of it.

Jiang Hengdao broke through to great perfection in the Ruthlessness Dao, leaving Xuan Yuanjun and the others ready to die. Huang Xiao seized the moment when Jiang Hengdao struggled to control his newly strengthened true qi and began devouring it, though he feared he could not convert the ultimate aura.

• Jiang Hengdao's breakthrough unleashed a blast that destroyed his formation and restored the surrounding spiritual energy, while Xuan Yuanjun and the others resigned themselves to death.
• Xuan Yuanjun prepared to take his own life, but Zuo Qiu Yi urged everyone to look at Jiang Hengdao's unusual aura.
• Huang Xiao realized Jiang Hengdao's true qi had become disordered during his breakthrough and began devouring it.
• Huang Xiao endured the pain as Jiang Hengdao's ruthless true qi battered his dantian and reflected on the ultimate of the Dao.
• Huang Xiao feared Jiang Hengdao would soon regain control and take back the true qi, but he still wondered whether he could convert it.

Huang Xiao comprehended the Treatise on Attaining the Dao and learned to weaken the Ultimate of the Dao aura in Jiang Hengdao’s true qi. When Jiang Hengdao devoured the true qi Huang Xiao dispersed, he realized Huang Xiao had altered it.

• Huang Xiao’s Divine Sense sublimated as he comprehended the Treatise on Attaining the Dao and felt he could look down on even Jiang Hengdao.
• Huang Xiao used his insights into the Remainder of the Dao to weaken the Ultimate of the Dao aura in the true qi inside his dantian.
• Jiang Hengdao adapted to the true qi he had absorbed and charged at Huang Xiao to reclaim the rest.
• Huang Xiao dispersed the true qi, hoping to improve his Dantian as the Sea and create another chance to absorb Jiang Hengdao’s power.
• Jiang Hengdao devoured the dispersed true qi, then roared at Huang Xiao after noticing its Ultimate of the Dao aura had been weakened.

Huang Xiao tried to use Jiang Hengdao’s unstable true qi as leverage, then suspected his new understanding of the Treatise on Attaining the Dao might let him control Jiang Hengdao’s Dantian. He ended the chapter planning to test that idea before Jiang Hengdao’s dispersed true qi vanished and Jiang Hengdao attacked.

• Huang Xiao caused Jiang Hengdao’s aura to destabilize when Jiang Hengdao devoured the weakened true qi, but Jiang Hengdao stopped and expelled it.
• Jiang Hengdao sensed an unusual pressure from Huang Xiao and suspected he had comprehended the Treatise on Attaining the Dao.
• Huang Xiao admitted he was unsure whether he had comprehended the treatise and tried to buy time while Jiang Hengdao hesitated to attack.
• Huang Xiao reasoned that Jiang Hengdao could not safely assimilate the dispersed true qi and began searching for a way to force him to devour it.
• Huang Xiao considered using the Treatise on Attaining the Dao to control Jiang Hengdao’s Dantian, drawing confidence from his earlier resonance with the Great Hole in the Sky.

Huang Xiao used Dantian as the Sea and the Treatise on Attaining the Dao to seize control of Jiang Hengdao’s Dantian, causing its true qi to run wild and absorb more true qi. Jiang Hengdao realized Huang Xiao was responsible and demanded to know what he had done as his life came under threat.

• Huang Xiao sensed Jiang Hengdao’s powerful Dantian and secretly made its true qi begin rotating.
• Jiang Hengdao tried to suppress the unusual movement, but the vortex in his Dantian spun faster and began pulling true qi from his meridians.
• The Demon God, Xuan Yuanjun, and the others noticed Jiang Hengdao’s aura turning chaotic as his Dantian began absorbing true qi from outside his body.
• The incoming true qi clashed with the true qi inside Jiang Hengdao, while Huang Xiao gained control of his Dantian through Dantian as the Sea and the Treatise on Attaining the Dao.
• Jiang Hengdao saw Huang Xiao’s strained expression and confronted him, demanding to know what he had done.

Huang Xiao struggled to maintain control over Jiang Hengdao’s Dantian as Jiang Hengdao attacked his Divine Sense. With Huang Xiao nearing collapse, Qingfeng joined him to combine their Divine Sense and resist Jiang Hengdao.

• Jiang Hengdao realized the Treatise on Attaining the Dao had let Huang Xiao interfere with his Dantian and launched a Divine Sense assault against him.
• Huang Xiao’s control over Jiang Hengdao’s Dantian weakened as the assault strained his Divine Sense.
• Xuan Yuanjun and the others wanted to rush to Huang Xiao’s aid, but Huang Xiao urged them to stay back and escape while they could.
• Xuan Yuanjun agreed not to attack, and Huang Xiao asked the group to let him try again.
• Qingfeng reached Huang Xiao and offered to combine their Divine Sense against Jiang Hengdao.

Huang Xiao and Qingfeng joined forces, with Qingfeng’s divine sense shielding Huang Xiao from Jiang Hengdao’s assault and letting Huang Xiao regain control over Jiang Hengdao’s dantian. Jiang Hengdao threatened to kill the others, but they refused to let Huang Xiao hold back, leaving him urging them to flee so he could fight freely.

• Qingfeng told Huang Xiao that he could lessen Jiang Hengdao’s influence on Huang Xiao’s divine sense, and Huang Xiao agreed to join forces with him.
• Qingfeng’s divine sense eased Huang Xiao’s pain and weakened Jiang Hengdao’s assault, allowing Huang Xiao to strengthen his control over Jiang Hengdao’s dantian.
• Huang Xiao recognized that Qingfeng’s method resembled Ji Xuanying’s Interweaving of Reality and Illusion, while Qingfeng explained that he had cultivated his own calm approach to the Dao.
• Jiang Hengdao realized Qingfeng’s divine sense was shielding Huang Xiao and panicked as his dantian and meridians came under increasing strain.
• Jiang Hengdao threatened to kill the others, but the Demon God and Xuan Yuanjun urged Huang Xiao to continue, and Huang Xiao told everyone to flee so he could fight without restraint.
• You Lian'er and the others refused to leave.

Huang Xiao forced Jiang Hengdao’s True Qi into conflict, but Jiang Hengdao destroyed his own meridians and Dantian to unleash Blood Explosion. As the deadly force spread toward everyone, Qingfeng urged the Heavenly Immortal Fruit to help Huang Xiao.

• Zuo Qiu Yi and Xuan Yuanjun urged everyone to leave, but Jiang Hengdao struck them with a Divine Sense attack and left most of them unconscious.
• Huang Xiao took control of Jiang Hengdao’s Dantian and drew in the surrounding True Qi, making it clash with Jiang Hengdao’s original True Qi.
• Jiang Hengdao destroyed his meridians and Dantian, releasing his True Qi and essence blood aura to begin Blood Explosion.
• Huang Xiao tried to devour the spreading aura and True Qi, but the explosions grew too powerful for him and the others to withstand.
• The Heavenly Immortal Fruit recovered and flew to Qingfeng, who asked it to help Huang Xiao so he might survive and defeat Jiang Hengdao.

Huang Xiao used the Treatise on Attaining the Dao to render Jiang Hengdao’s attacks and healing illusory, saving everyone and leaving Jiang Hengdao unable to survive his injuries. The chapter ended with Jiang Hengdao dead and the author announcing that the story’s final wrap-up would follow.

• Qingfeng persuaded the Heavenly Immortal Fruit to protect Huang Xiao instead of him.
• As Jiang Hengdao’s blood mist engulfed the group, Huang Xiao rendered its force illusory, and everyone survived.
• Huang Xiao stopped Jiang Hengdao’s Divine Sense from harming the group and prevented him from escaping.
• Huang Xiao rendered Jiang Hengdao’s longevity true qi useless, then devoured what remained.
• Jiang Hengdao died from his injuries, and the author posted a note about the upcoming conclusion and other works.