Recaps

Han Shuo led Donna and her companions toward the entrance to the Underground World after learning the Black Dragon Clan guarded its secret route. They arrived too late to save the clan, and Han Shuo used Gilges's lingering soul to reveal the massacre and identify Caesar and Erickson as the killers.

• Han Shuo met Gilbert near the former site of the Death Cemetery, learned the Black Dragon Clan's secret, and sent Gilbert to safety.
• Donna warned that the Black Dragon Clan could be targeted, and Borton suggested wiping it out before Han Shuo objected.
• Han Shuo and the others hurried to the Black Dragon Clan's territory and found Gilges and the clan members dead.
• Han Shuo used Gilges's remaining soul to reproduce images of the massacre, revealing Caesar and Erickson as the attackers.
• Donna cautioned Han Shuo not to confront Caesar and Erickson rashly, and Han Shuo acknowledged that he knew his limits.

Han Shuo led Donna's group toward the entrance to the Underground World's Third Layer, where they carefully avoided traps set by Caesar and Erickson. In the pitch-black cave, Han Shuo secretly tripped Livy and the others, until Donna returned the prank and left him stumbling too.

• Han Shuo guided Donna, Livy, Borton, Bowen, and Cobert through the dangerous second layer toward the hidden passage.
• Donna detected traps in a narrow gorge with her Crystal Compass and took the lead, helping the group avoid several barriers.
• Han Shuo found the concealed cave entrance, and the group entered after Cobert restored the vines behind them.
• Donna warned the group not to use lights near Caesar's Light Barrier, and Han Shuo secretly placed rocks in Livy's path, making her and the others stumble.
• Borton noticed Han Shuo seemed unaffected, but Han Shuo also tripped and realized Donna had played a prank on him.

Han Shuo led Donna and the others into the third level of the Underground World, where he discovered Profound Yin Qi and encountered Xuan Demons attacking a group of deities. As his Spirit Demon reached the energy’s source, Han Shuo realized the supposed natural treasure ground was actually an enormous Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation.

• Han Shuo guided the group through the hidden paths and down a vast pit to the third level of the Underground World.
• Han Shuo sensed Profound Yin Qi and became excited by the prospect of cultivating Demonic Essence there.
• Livy consulted her grandfather’s notebook and led the group toward the densest Profound Yin Qi.
• Han Shuo and the others found Erickson, Caesar, and their companions under attack by Xuan Demons.
• The Xuan Demons attacked Han Shuo’s group, and Han Shuo secretly sent a Spirit Demon toward the energy’s source.
• Han Shuo discovered through the Spirit Demon that the Profound Yin Qi gathered in an enormous Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation.

Han Shuo and the others resisted the Xuan Demons near the Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation, while Han Shuo wondered who had created it and secretly weakened the demon attacking him. When the Xuan Demons withdrew, Donna ordered her group to seize the chance and attack Caesar and Erickson’s exhausted companions.

• Han Shuo examined the vast Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation and ruled out Chu Canglan as its creator, while his Spirit Demon watched from outside it.
• Livy panicked when a Xuan Demon invaded her body, but Cobert told her to use soul attacks, and she drove it out.
• Han Shuo, Donna, and the brothers Borton and Bowen each found ways to resist the Xuan Demons, while Livy and the others held their attackers off.
• Erickson charged at Han Shuo, but Donna spread Absolute Darkness and deterred Erickson and Caesar from attacking; they withdrew to conserve strength.
• Donna noticed the Xuan Demon attacking Han Shuo had grown weaker, but Han Shuo concealed the reason as Donna suspected he was hiding a secret.
• The Xuan Demons suddenly fled back toward the formation, and Donna ordered her group to attack Caesar and Erickson’s companions while she held off the two Middle Gods.

Han Shuo watched Donna’s group battle Caesar and Erickson while searching the nearby formations for a way to kill them. When new arrivals appeared, the opposing sides paused, and Han Shuo recognized Kaili accompanying a middle-aged man whose arrival unnerved Donna and drew bitter greetings from Caesar and Erickson.

• Donna attacked Caesar and Erickson while Borton, Livy, Bowen, and Cobert engaged their four Lower God companions, and Han Shuo stayed back to watch.
• Han Shuo spotted the Five Directions Poison Cloud Miasma and Yin Wind Black Sha Gang formations and considered luring his enemies into them.
• Han Shuo sensed danger and warned Donna that more people were approaching from behind.
• Donna halted the fighting and confirmed Han Shuo’s warning, while Borton accused Han Shuo of lying about destroying the teleportation array.
• Kaili arrived beside a smiling middle-aged man, whose presence made Donna wary and Caesar and Erickson greet him with bitter apologies.

Han Shuo joined Donna's group as they encountered Alder, a powerful Life Law cultivator searching for his ancestor's remains, and learned that they came from the Continent of the Gods. At the Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation, the group hesitated to enter its dangerous depths, but Han Shuo led the way.

• Han Shuo recognized Kaili and realized that Donna's group might be forced into conflict with him and Alder.
• Alder explained that he had come to find his ancestor's remains, prompting Han Shuo to suspect they were connected to the World Tree he had buried near the Death Cemetery.
• Alder warned Donna that he would oppose anyone seeking to destroy life, then showed interest in Han Shuo because he cultivated Death Element power.
• Donna cautioned her companions not to provoke Alder and told Han Shuo that they came from the Continent of the Gods.
• The groups reached the Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation and marveled at its immense, seemingly artificial design.
• When everyone hesitated to enter the formation's dangerous depths, Han Shuo went ahead and urged Donna to follow.

Han Shuo led Donna’s group into the Five Directions Poison Cloud Miasma, where his Body-Protecting Astral Shield proved immune to the corrosive poison. As Livy and Donna took shelter beside him, Han Shuo revealed that the group had been trapped in a looping illusion and could not retreat, leaving them to search for the way out.

• Han Shuo entered the Five Directions Poison Cloud Miasma, and Donna followed with Borton, Livy, Bowen, and the others.
• The poisonous miasma attacked the group, but Han Shuo’s Body-Protecting Astral Shield remained unharmed while the others’ protections began to corrode.
• Livy asked to shelter inside Han Shuo’s shield, and Donna joined her after pleading with him; Han Shuo refused to admit Borton, Bowen, and Cobert.
• After the group failed to escape the seemingly small area, Donna suggested that Borton, Bowen, and Cobert turn back, but Han Shuo warned that retreat would trap them too.
• Han Shuo explained that they had been circling the same area and said they needed to discover the miasma’s pattern to escape.

Han Shuo led Donna, Livy, Borton, Cobert, and Bowen out of the Five Directions Poison Cloud Miasma by following its flow pattern. The group recovered at the junction before the Yin Wind Black Sha Gang, where a distant scream suggested someone else had died.

• Han Shuo recognized a pattern in the Five-Color Miasma and told the group to follow his movements.
• Han Shuo guided everyone through the shifting miasma, and Borton, Cobert, and Bowen emerged safely with the others.
• Borton apologized to Han Shuo and invited him to visit his family, while Livy also invited him to visit hers.
• The group rested at the junction between the two Magic Arrays, and Han Shuo observed Borton and Bowen cultivating the Law of Destruction.
• A bloodcurdling scream sounded in the distance, and Han Shuo and Donna concluded that someone had met a disastrous end.

Han Shuo discovered that his Demonic Essence protected him from the Yin Wind Black Sha Gang and used his unobstructed Divine Sense to locate Donna’s group, whose members were trapped in deadly illusions. He carried Livy, Borton, Bowen, and Cobert out, then found Donna overcome by grief and kissing him as he approached.

• After two more explorers screamed in the distance, Donna warned her party that the next obstacle could kill them and invited anyone who wished to retreat to turn back.
• Borton, Livy, Bowen, and Cobert chose to press on, and Donna led them into the Yin Wind Black Sha Gang after Han Shuo advised them to raise their defenses.
• Han Shuo found that the winds and astral gales turned aside from his Demonic Essence, while his death External Incarnation remained vulnerable without it.
• Han Shuo realized that the formation also trapped intruders in illusions and used his Divine Sense to locate the unstable souls of Donna’s party.
• Han Shuo knocked out Livy, Borton, Bowen, and Cobert in turn and carried them out of the formation.
• Han Shuo approached Donna and saw her overwhelmed by grief; she embraced him and kissed him wildly.

Han Shuo led Donna’s party through the dangers surrounding the Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation, earning their trust and advising them not to attack Alder’s wounded group. After both parties entered the formation, Han Shuo discovered that Alder and the others could not see them and announced that they had a chance to strike.

• Han Shuo knocked Donna unconscious to free her from the illusions, carried her out of the formation, and explained the kiss she gave him while bewitched.
• Donna’s party recognized Han Shuo’s repeated rescues and asked for his advice; he recommended pressing onward into the Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation.
• Alder, Kaili, Caesar, and Erickson emerged badly wounded, but Han Shuo warned Donna that Alder remained dangerous, so she ordered her party not to attack.
• Han Shuo urged Donna’s party to enter the formation before their opponents could recover, prompting Alder’s group to follow them inside.
• The formation transported Donna’s party to a stone forest where Alder’s group could not see them, and Han Shuo called for them to prepare an attack.

Han Shuo explained how the Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation concealed his group, then guided Donna and the others in ambushing Alder’s party from their safe position. As Caesar and Erickson struggled under the attacks, Han Shuo urged the group to focus on killing Erickson, leaving them ready to follow his advice.

• Han Shuo showed Donna, Livy, Borton, and the others how patterns in the formation kept Alder’s group from seeing them, then baffled them with a deliberately nonsensical explanation.
• Donna, Livy, Borton, Cobert, and Bowen launched ranged attacks from the blind spot at Caesar and Erickson, while Alder stopped the brothers’ attacks against him.
• Donna’s assaults opened gaps in Caesar and Erickson’s defenses, allowing the others to wound them until they were close to retreating.
• Han Shuo said he had held back because he was weak, and Borton praised him for keeping watch instead of fighting.
• Han Shuo told the group to concentrate on Erickson because Alder might protect Caesar but had no reason to save Erickson, and Livy teased him for claiming he disliked killing.

Han Shuo left Donna and the others in the Stone Forest to explore the Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation, whose arrays did not harm him because he practiced the Demonic Cultivation Art. Drawn by a mysterious call to his divine sense, he reached the formation’s core, where a force pulled him into an opening beneath it.

• Donna and the others concentrated their attacks on the exhausted Erickson while Alder ignored Caesar’s plea for help.
• Han Shuo told Donna’s group to stay in the Stone Forest, then slipped into the formation to investigate its mysteries alone.
• Alder spotted Han Shuo and pursued him, but a space-twisting array widened the distance between them as Han Shuo walked safely deeper into the formation.
• Han Shuo discovered remains suggesting a battle had taken place there five thousand years earlier and that many deities had died in the arrays.
• A strong call led Han Shuo to the formation’s core, where more than a dozen Xuan Demons emerged and then cleared a path for him.
• As Han Shuo approached the core’s opening, a force burst out and sucked him inside.

Han Shuo discovered that he was inside the Myriad Demon Cauldron and learned that Demon Venerable Gu Tianxie had arranged for his soul to be brought to this universe as a successor. The Cauldron Spirit began passing him stored Profound Yin Qi and Gu Tianxie’s demonic insights, leaving Han Shuo poised to gain power.

• Han Shuo realized that he had shrunk and was inside an object filled with Profound Yin Qi and glowing runes.
• The Cauldron Spirit identified itself as the spirit of the Myriad Demon Cauldron and named Demon Venerable Gu Tianxie as its former master.
• The Cauldron Spirit explained that Gu Tianxie had arranged the Five Elements Extreme Lands and brought Han Shuo’s soul to this Plane to inherit his legacy.
• Han Shuo accepted that he was the Myriad Demon Cauldron’s new master and asked what Gu Tianxie had left for him.
• The Cauldron Spirit gathered and refined the stored Profound Yin Qi, then urged Han Shuo to accept the power and some of Gu Tianxie’s demonic insights.

Han Shuo absorbed the Profound Yin Qi in the Myriad Demon Cauldron, comprehended Gu Tianxie's insights, and broke through to the Heavenly Demon Realm. The cauldron spirit warned that the site must be destroyed and helped Han Shuo conceal his Demonic Cultivation Art while preparing to redirect impure energies into his Spirit Demons.

• Under the cauldron spirit's guidance, Han Shuo absorbed the Profound Yin Qi while his body and Demonic Nascent Soul transformed.
• Han Shuo endured the pain and comprehended the insights Gu Tianxie had placed in his Divine Sense.
• After the Profound Yin Qi was exhausted, Han Shuo awoke having broken through to the Heavenly Demon Realm and recognized that he had surpassed Chu Canglan.
• The cauldron spirit warned Han Shuo that the formation and surrounding site had to be destroyed to deter future investigators from other Planes.
• The cauldron spirit cautioned Han Shuo to conceal his Demonic Cultivation Art from the powerful foe who had fought Gu Tianxie.
• Han Shuo confirmed he could borrow the power of his External Incarnations, and the cauldron spirit offered to transfer their impure energies and weak Death Souls to his three Spirit Demons.

Han Shuo claimed the Myriad Demon Cauldron, learned that its spirit could control the formations and refine powerful souls into demons, and discovered the trapped gods’ locations. He entered the illusion holding Erickson and Caesar and prepared to test his new Heavenly Demon realm by killing Erickson.

• Han Shuo left the Myriad Demon Cauldron, gave it his blood, and became its master as the Cauldron Spirit entered his body.
• The Cauldron Spirit warned Han Shuo that the Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation would be destroyed within two hours and revealed that Han Shuo had spent nine days inside the cauldron.
• The Cauldron Spirit explained that it could control the formation’s prisoners and refine sufficiently powerful souls into demons, then absorbed the nearby Xuan Demons into the cauldron.
• Han Shuo used his connection with the Cauldron Spirit to locate Donna, Livy, Alder, Kaili, Erickson, and Caesar, who remained trapped in different formations.
• Han Shuo appeared before Erickson and Caesar, and Erickson threatened to kill him before Han Shuo declared that he had come to kill Erickson himself.

Han Shuo used his newly attained Heavenly Demon Realm strength to kill Erickson and Caesar, capturing both of their divine souls in the Myriad Demon Cauldron. Afterward, the Cauldron Spirit assessed Han Shuo’s strength and identified Alder as the only person nearby he could not yet reliably defeat.

• Han Shuo approached the exhausted Erickson and pierced his chest with the Heavenly Demon Blade, shattering his ice armor.
• Han Shuo used Erickson to intercept Caesar’s attack, then manipulated Erickson into lunging at Caesar and struck Caesar from behind.
• The Cauldron Spirit drew Erickson’s divine soul into the Myriad Demon Cauldron, killing him permanently.
• Han Shuo used Space Transformation to crush Caesar’s body, and the cauldron captured Caesar’s divine soul.
• The Cauldron Spirit told Han Shuo he could easily defeat either Middle God alone, could overcome them together with help, and still struggled against Alder.

Han Shuo led Donna and the others out of the Stone Forest as the Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation began to collapse, while Alder escaped with Kaili and joined them. Watching the formation’s destruction gave Han Shuo’s purified Destruction Element External Incarnation a new insight, and he sensed that the collapse marked his own rebirth.

• Han Shuo decided to spare Alder so he could report that the formation had been destroyed, then followed the Cauldron Spirit’s directions to rescue Donna, Borton, Livy, and the others.
• Han Shuo guided Donna’s group out of the sealed Stone Forest and warned them that the formation was collapsing.
• The Cauldron Spirit opened Alder’s escape route, and Alder carried Kaili through the collapsing formation while rocks battered and injured him.
• Han Shuo signaled Donna, Borton, and Livy not to attack Alder, and Donna’s group backed away as Alder recovered his Divine Power.
• The Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation crumbled, and Han Shuo’s purified Destruction Element External Incarnation gained an insight into the Law of Destruction.

After the Nine Earth Profound Yin Spirit-Gathering Formation was destroyed, Han Shuo concealed what he knew while his External Incarnation studied the destruction to deepen its understanding of the Law of Destruction. Donna’s group found no clues and prepared to report their findings, while Han Shuo planned to handle matters on the Qio Continent before possibly traveling to the Continent of the Gods.

• Han Shuo stayed behind as Donna, Alder, and the others investigated the ruined formation, while Livy chose to remain beside him and Alder asked him to look after Kaili.
• Han Shuo’s External Incarnation used his Divine Sense to examine the destruction in detail and began to comprehend the Law of Destruction.
• Alder returned without finding anything and departed with Kaili; Donna, Borton, and the others also found no unusual traces.
• Han Shuo told Donna he did not know what had happened, and she decided to report the events to the Calamity Church and said the Qio Continent would likely come under his control.
• Donna, Borton, and Livy invited Han Shuo to visit them on the Continent of the Gods, and he agreed before flying toward Sun Radiance Valley.

Han Shuo told his loved ones he planned to leave Qio Continent for the Continent of the Gods, promising to return for them once he was established there. Alder later informed him that the other churches had agreed to leave Qio Continent to Han Shuo’s side, then left to investigate a site Han Shuo had described.

• Han Shuo spent several days with Jiebier, Haimanna, the third woman, and Blood Spirit before explaining that he would leave them behind until he could establish himself on the Continent of the Gods.
• Han Shuo told Emily, Phoebe, the other woman, and Lisa about his plan, promised to bring them to him later, and shared his insights into becoming a god.
• Alder found Han Shuo in Osen City and explained that the Church of Light and the Ice and Snow God Temple would stop recruiting followers, while the Nature Church and Han Shuo’s side could compete for new ones.
• Alder asked to see Han Shuo’s miraculous power, but Han Shuo denied being able to use it, and Alder’s secret examination revealed nothing.
• Han Shuo told Alder about miraculous bones beneath an island in the Boundless Sea, and Alder hurried away after promising to repay Han Shuo if the information proved true.

Han Shuo settled his affairs in Buleiteer City and visited the Calamity Church headquarters, where Donna confirmed that the Qio Continent belonged to him. He declined to leave with Donna and the others, choosing to cultivate before traveling to the Continent of the Gods.

• Han Shuo told Gilbert that the Black Dragon Clan had been destroyed and left him alone to grieve after explaining that the culprits had died by Han Shuo's hand.
• Han Shuo used a Magic Teleportation Array to reach the Calamity Church headquarters, where Kiron Luo accused him of violating the church's rules.
• Han Shuo attacked Kiron Luo in front of Donna and the other Divine Messengers, and Donna let him kill Kiron Luo.
• Donna declared that the Qio Continent belonged to Han Shuo and ordered the Calamity Church Elders to obey him, while Han Shuo reassured the Pontiff that he would retain control of the church.
• Donna explained the situation and agreements to Han Shuo, and Livy invited him to visit her family and Lizard Progenitor King Daxiaxi.
• Han Shuo declined Donna's offer to leave with them, saying he would cultivate before going to the Continent of the Gods.

Han Shuo refined three Demonic Artifacts, learned that Qio Continent was settling as he had planned, and traveled to the Water-Extreme Land to obtain the final Five Elements Treasure. With the Water Spirit Jade secured and Qio Continent’s affairs handled, he activated the Plane Teleportation Array to travel to the Continent of the Gods.

• Han Shuo completed the Flood Dragon Poison Cloud Net, Green Phosphorus Sand, and Illusion Veil Banner, while his External Incarnation cultivating the Law of Destruction advanced to the Middle Stage Lower God realm.
• Han Shuo learned through the Calamity Church’s informants that the Church of Light and Ice and Snow God Temple had withdrawn, and the Lancelot Empire, Angela Empire, and Barton Trade Alliance were defeating their rivals.
• Han Shuo followed the Cauldron Spirit to the Water-Extreme Land and summoned the Water Armored Corpse to find the Water Spirit Jade.
• The Water Spirit Jade entered the Water Armored Corpse, who absorbed the Water Essence Pearls and gained the last of Qio Continent’s Five Elements Treasures.
• Han Shuo returned to Gourd Island, activated the Plane Teleportation Array, and set off for the Continent of the Gods.

Han Shuo arrived on the Continent of the Gods, where he discovered its dense elemental energy and heavy gravity before seeking a Divine Token. At the reception office, he recognized that the old clerk was overcharging him, just as a badly wounded young deity demanded credit and drew the Divine Guards’ attention.

• Han Shuo emerged from the Plane Teleportation Array, sensed the Continent of the Gods’ dense elemental energies, and adjusted to its much stronger gravity.
• The Darkness Department guards directed Han Shuo to the reception envoy, where he asked the old clerk for a Divine Token.
• The old clerk demanded eighty Blue Crystal Coins instead of the usual fifty, and Han Shuo realized he was trying to fleece a newcomer.
• A badly wounded young man arrived and asked for a Divine Token on credit, but the old clerk refused and mocked him.
• The young man challenged the clerk, who whistled for the Divine Guards; their leader arrived and asked who was causing trouble.

Han Shuo used Donna’s connection to divine guard captain Dolores to secure his divine tablet and help the injured Akelie avoid punishment, then paid for Akelie’s tablet as well. After learning Han Shuo had helped him, Akelie invited him to join a plan to make a fortune, but Han Shuo refused.

• Akelie collapsed while resisting the divine guards, and Dolores ordered his arrest.
• Han Shuo introduced himself as Brian from the Qio Continent and invoked Donna’s name, prompting Dolores to hear his requests.
• Han Shuo asked Dolores to spare Akelie and questioned Jeff about charging eighty blue crystal coins for a divine tablet; Dolores ordered Jeff to waive the fee.
• Han Shuo paid Jeff one purple crystal coin to process both his and Akelie’s divine tablets, and Dolores explained how to reach Shadow City and find Donna.
• Jeff revived Akelie and gave him his divine tablet, while Han Shuo learned Akelie came from the Hailan Continent and cultivated the Law of Destruction.
• Akelie asked Han Shuo to help him make a fortune, but Han Shuo immediately refused.

Han Shuo agreed to help Akelie search for an ancient scroll’s hidden divine crystal mine and promised to protect him while he recovered. When Akelie’s pursuers arrived, Han Shuo dragged him away from the waterfall before he could finish recovering.

• Han Shuo rejected Akelie’s proposal until Akelie showed him an ancient scroll describing a remote divine crystal mine.
• Han Shuo agreed to search for the mine with Akelie, who proposed that they divide any crystals sixty-forty in his favor.
• Han Shuo gave Akelie a Vitality-Recovery Pill, and Akelie began stabilizing his injuries in the pool beneath the waterfall.
• Han Shuo observed Akelie’s use of the Law of Destruction and tried to imitate its circulating vortices.
• Han Shuo sensed a late-stage Lower God and two middle-stage Lower Gods approaching, then grabbed Akelie and fled with him.

Han Shuo fled with the injured Akelie and weighed his prospects amid the Continent of the Gods’ rival factions. A Xuan demon then revealed a godhunter attacking five deities, one of whom was flying toward Han Shuo.

• Han Shuo carried Akelie across remote mountains, then set him down to recover while his Death Element external incarnation cultivated in the Myriad Demon Cauldron.
• Han Shuo considered the Continent of the Gods’ factions and worried that he might not return home before everyone he knew had died.
• The Cauldron Spirit warned Han Shuo that powerful people were approaching, so Han Shuo sent a Xuan demon to scout them.
• The Xuan demon spotted a silver-haired old woman hunting five lower gods, who fled toward a valley with a plane teleportation point.
• Han Shuo recognized the old woman as a godhunter and saw one fleeing death-element deity heading straight toward him.