Recaps

Xie Purou confronted Ancestor Situ, who attacked her to avenge the Situ Household, but Ye Chen effortlessly neutralized his strike and appeared before him. Ancestor Situ recognized Ye Chen as the killer of his clan and launched another attack.

• Ancestor Situ tried to kill Xie Purou with Immortal Power after learning her master had destroyed most of the Situ Household.
• Ye Chen spoke from the void and instantly nullified Ancestor Situ's attack without disturbing Xie Purou.
• The Master of Cloud Crane Tower withdrew from the scene, deciding the conflict no longer concerned him.
• Ancestor Situ realized Ye Chen's strength matched his own and eagerly challenged him.
• Ye Chen appeared before Xie Purou, and Ancestor Situ immediately attacked him with greater force.

Ye Chen effortlessly neutralized Ancestor Situ’s Eight Desolations Wind-Sweeping Kill with a breath, shocking the watching cultivators. Enraged, Ancestor Situ summoned a half-finished Hundun Saint Emperor-level purple gourd, leaving Ancestor White Feather and Ancestor Divine Wind wary of its power.

• Ancestor Situ’s probing Immortal Power vanished before reaching Ye Chen, and the crowd’s mockery and Young Master Shangguan’s threat pushed Ancestor Situ to attack seriously.
• Ancestor Situ unleashed Eight Desolations Wind-Sweeping Kill, forming a gigantic blue-black palm that descended toward Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen blew a breath that shattered the palm, stunning Ancestor Situ, the Master of Cloud Crane Tower, and the watching cultivators.
• Ancestor Situ summoned a purple-gold gourd, which Ancestor White Feather and Ancestor Divine Wind recognized as a half-finished Hundun Saint Emperor-level treasure.

Ancestor Situ unleashed the purple gourd, a half-finished Hundun Saint Emperor weapon, against Ye Chen, but Ye Chen effortlessly erased its storm with sound waves. Ancestor Situ launched an even stronger beam, draining much of his power, while Ye Chen remained calm as the attack raced toward him.

• Ancestor Situ summoned the purple gourd and unleashed a vast purple storm at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen spoke, forming golden sound waves that overwhelmed and completely dispersed the storm without making him move.
• The crowd and Ancestor Divine Wind and Ancestor White Feather learned the gourd had been forged by a Hundun Saint Emperor and wondered whether Ye Chen had reached that realm.
• Ancestor Situ rejected the defeat, poured more than half his Immortal Power into the gourd, and fired a purple beam three times thicker than before at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen calmly watched as the deadly beam approached, while onlookers retreated in fear.

Ye Chen seized Ancestor Situ’s half-finished Saint Emperor weapon and prepared to kill him, but Young Master Shangguan intervened and demanded that Ye Chen serve him. After learning Shangguan belonged to a powerful clan tied to the Formless Divine Kingdom’s imperial court, Ye Chen remained unimpressed, while the onlookers grew wary of Shangguan’s influence.

• Ye Chen blocked Ancestor Situ’s purple beam, took the purple gourd, and left Ancestor Situ badly injured.
• Ancestor Situ pleaded for his life and invoked Young Master Shangguan, his powerful backer.
• Young Master Shangguan emerged from his flying warship with four formidable guards and ordered Ye Chen to spare Ancestor Situ and serve him.
• Ye Chen withdrew his killing attack, then mocked Shangguan’s offer to take him as an underling.
• Young Master Shangguan revealed that his clan held offices in the Formless Divine Kingdom’s court, including a second-rank official, alarming the assembled factions.

Young Master Shangguan tried to recruit Ye Chen, but Ye Chen openly declared that even the Formless Saint Emperor would not dare speak to him that way. Young Master Shangguan ordered his guards to kill Ye Chen, and they surrounded him with a barrage of sabers.

• Young Master Shangguan invoked his household’s ties to the Formless Divine Kingdom and demanded that Ye Chen join his camp.
• Ye Chen mocked the Shangguan Household and declared that even the Formless Saint Emperor would not dare speak to him that way.
• Young Master Shangguan abandoned his attempt to recruit Ye Chen and said he would kill him for his treasonous words.
• Ancestor Situ urged Young Master Shangguan to execute Ye Chen, hoping to avenge the destruction of his lineage.
• Young Master Shangguan ordered his guards to kill Ye Chen, and the guards surrounded him and brought their sabers down.

Ye Chen endured the combined assault of Ancestor Situ and the guards without a scratch, then killed them all with a snap of his fingers. Ancestor Divine Wind, Ancestor White Feather, and the other witnesses wondered if Ye Chen had reached the Hundun Saint Emperor level.

• Ancestor Situ joined the guards’ attack on Ye Chen with his Lunar Eclipse Severs Vitality technique as distant ancestors and the city’s commoners watched.
• The attackers exhausted most of their Immortal Power, but Ye Chen remained silent and showed no signs of injury.
• Ye Chen emerged from the dissipating smoke completely unharmed and said he had enjoyed the fight.
• Ye Chen snapped his fingers, and the guards and Ancestor Situ vanished into vapor before they could beg for mercy.
• Ancestor Divine Wind, Ancestor White Feather, the Master of Cloud Crane Tower, and the commoners reacted in shock as they considered Ye Chen’s immense strength.

After Ye Chen killed Ancestor Situ and Young Master Shangguan’s guards, Young Master Shangguan relied on a protective Saint Emperor Armament and challenged him to break through its barrier. Ye Chen calmly pointed at him, and a tremendous force suddenly shook the city and surrounding land.

• Ye Chen killed Ancestor Situ’s guards, leaving Young Master Shangguan and the watching crowd stunned.
• Young Master Shangguan invoked the Shangguan Household Clan’s name, but Ye Chen dismissed the threat and prepared to kill him.
• Young Master Shangguan activated a golden ring that formed a protective barrier, which Ancestor White Feather, Ancestor Divine Wind, and the Master of Cloud Crane Tower identified as a genuine Saint Emperor Armament.
• Young Master Shangguan taunted Ye Chen from behind the barrier while the crowd doubted that Ye Chen could break it with a casual point.
• Ye Chen raised a finger toward Young Master Shangguan, and a deafening force suddenly shook the city, cracked the ground, and sent rocks tumbling from distant mountains.

Ye Chen shattered Young Master Shangguan’s protective treasure with a touch and erased its devastating shock wave before it could harm the onlookers. As Ye Chen prepared to kill the helpless Young Master Shangguan, an ancient presence began emerging from the cracked ring on his finger.

• Young Master Shangguan’s golden barrier cracked under Ye Chen’s power, then shattered in a blast that sent nearby experts fleeing.
• Ye Chen quelled the golden shock wave with a pale blue-green halo, saving the trapped cultivators.
• Young Master Shangguan was left trembling and helpless after his treasure broke and his Immortal Power was depleted.
• Ye Chen gathered Immortal Power to kill Young Master Shangguan, but sensed an ancient presence appearing beside him.
• Golden wisps began drifting from the cracked ring on Young Master Shangguan’s finger.

Shangguan Yan emerged from Young Master Shangguan’s protective ring and recognized that Ye Chen was likely a Hundun Saint Emperor. He tried to settle the dispute peacefully, but Ye Chen dismissed his offer and refused to let Shangguan Yan interfere.

• Shangguan Yan appeared from the cracked ring, and Young Master Shangguan clung to him and begged him for protection.
• Shangguan Yan inspected the broken ring and realized Ye Chen had the strength of a Hundun Saint Emperor.
• Shangguan Yan rebuked Young Master Shangguan for crying and silenced him when he accused Ye Chen.
• Shangguan Yan scrutinized Ye Chen, failed to recognize him, and offered to discuss their grievance rather than fight.
• Ye Chen rejected Shangguan Yan’s attempt at peace and told him he could kill whoever he wanted.

Ye Chen rejected Shangguan Yan’s peace offer and challenged him to attack, prompting Shangguan Yan to reveal that he had manifested only a wisp of his divine soul. Ye Chen shattered Shangguan Yan’s divine soul spear, and Shangguan Yan responded by summoning a massive talisman to suppress him.

• Ye Chen rejected Shangguan Yan’s goodwill, and Shangguan Yan declared the Shangguan Household Clan his mortal enemy.
• Ye Chen challenged Shangguan Yan to kill him directly, exposing that Shangguan Yan was only a divine soul wisp rather than his true body.
• Shangguan Yan formed a divine soul spear and attacked Ye Chen, while the pressure forced the surrounding God Emperors to the ground.
• Ye Chen summoned a pale-golden divine soul sword that broke Shangguan Yan’s spear and injured his true body.
• Shangguan Yan gathered his remaining divine soul power into a massive talisman and sent it crashing down toward Ye Chen.

Ye Chen overpowered Shangguan Yan’s soul fragment, froze him and Young Master Shangguan with a word, and killed them both. Shangguan Yan’s true body sensed the fragment’s destruction and awakened in the Shangguan Household Clan, filled with fury and dread.

• Shangguan Yan unleashed a suppressive talisman and fled with Young Master Shangguan toward a spatial gate.
• Ye Chen said “Freeze,” taking control of the laws and immobilizing Shangguan Yan, Young Master Shangguan, the talisman, and the gate.
• Shangguan Yan recognized Ye Chen’s overwhelming command of the Principles as Ye Chen approached him.
• Ye Chen touched Shangguan Yan’s head and destroyed his soul fragment, then killed Young Master Shangguan with his presence.
• Shangguan Yan’s true body opened his eyes in the clan’s grand hall and rose from his lotus throne, sensing the fragment’s destruction.

After Ye Chen destroyed Shangguan Yan’s soul fragment, Shangguan Yan feared that even his true body could not defeat him. Shangguan Qing learned of the threat and, believing Ye Chen might be an outsider in the Formless Divine Kingdom, urged the clan to investigate before acting.

• Shangguan Yan realized Ye Chen had effortlessly immobilized and destroyed his Hundun Saint Emperor-level soul fragment, and he decided not to confront Ye Chen with his true body.
• Shangguan Yan’s agitation disturbed the Shangguan Household Clan, awakening Shangguan Qing from secluded cultivation in his Pill Furnace.
• Shangguan Qing confronted Shangguan Yan, who recounted the killing of Young Master Shangguan and the destruction of his soul fragment by an unknown expert.
• Shangguan Qing was shocked by Ye Chen’s use of Words Become Law and worried that the Shangguan Household could face retaliation from a superior enemy.
• Shangguan Yan said he had never seen or heard of Ye Chen, and Shangguan Qing suggested he might be an outsider before deciding to investigate his identity and purpose.

Shangguan Qing, Shangguan Yan, Shangguan Lian, and Shangguan Jing decided to hire Beast God Hall to test Ye Chen’s strength. Shangguan Jing traveled to the organization’s remote base, where a gigantic beastlike figure emerged from a dead star.

• Shangguan Yan told Shangguan Lian and Shangguan Jing how Ye Chen had killed a Shangguan member and dispersed Shangguan Yan’s soul fragment with a single word.
• Shangguan Lian urged the household to avoid provoking Ye Chen, but Shangguan Jing proposed hiring outsiders to kill him.
• Shangguan Jing suggested Beast God Hall, and Shangguan Qing agreed to have them probe Ye Chen while the Shangguan Household prepared further plans.
• Shangguan Jing took responsibility for contacting Beast God Hall and left the Shangguan Household through a spatial rift.
• Shangguan Jing reached Beast God Hall’s base among lifeless stars, where a colossal, crawling creature emerged from the shadows.

Shangguan Jing arrived at the Beast God Hall and hired it to kill a target for a large payment. The Hall accepted the mission and assigned the Thousand-Eyed Witch renegade to work with Chi Jue, whose name frightened him.

• Shangguan Jing clashed with a Thousand-Eyed Witch renegade guarding the Beast God Hall until the Hall Master ordered them to stand down.
• Shangguan Jing offered the Beast God Hall thirty thousand Hundun origin crystals upfront and another seventy thousand upon completing the assassination.
• The Hall Master accepted the mission and promised to send hunters within three days.
• After Shangguan Jing left, the renegade asked who would be assigned to the hunt.
• The Hall Master ordered the renegade to partner with Chi Jue, and the renegade protested that she was even fiercer than he was.

Ye Chen killed Shangguan Yan and warned the Shangguan Household Clan against provoking him again, then continued traveling through the sea of stars with Youruo and Xie Purou. Their journey was interrupted by a gang of God Emperor bandits, just as a gigantic fugitive from the Thousand-Eyed Witch Lineage appeared.

• Ye Chen's power left the witnesses stunned after he suppressed and destroyed Shangguan Yan's divine soul while protecting the city from harm.
• Youruo and Xie Purou praised Ye Chen, and he said he would destroy the Shangguan Household Clan if it continued making trouble.
• Ye Chen and his disciples resumed their travels, spending about half a month crossing the sea of stars aboard a flying pleasure boat.
• More than a dozen God Emperor bandits surrounded the boat and prepared to attack Ye Chen and his disciples.
• The bandit leader recognized a gigantic figure approaching as a fugitive from the Thousand-Eyed Witch Lineage in Beast God Hall, a Hundun Saint Emperor.

Chi Jue and Kuang Xiao approached Ye Chen’s pleasure boat while the pirates fled in terror after spotting the Beast God Hall defector. The chapter revealed Chi Jue’s betrayal by the Scarlet Flame Phoenix Clan and the murder of her family, leaving her driven by vengeance.

• The one-eyed pirate recognized Kuang Xiao as a Beast God Hall defector and ordered the pirates to flee, abandoning their attempt to rob Ye Chen’s party.
• After escaping to another galaxy, the pirates feared that Kuang Xiao would reach the pleasure boat and kill the beautiful women aboard.
• Kuang Xiao told Chi Jue to deal with Ye Chen’s party, but she rebuked him and he shrank down and submitted to her.
• Chi Jue’s clan recalled her from the frontier battlefield, where conspirators ambushed her upon her return because they feared she might become the clan’s ruler.
• Chi Jue learned that the conspirators had murdered her parents and other family members, and she abandoned her loyalty to the clan for vengeance.

The chapter recounts how Chi Jue slaughtered the Scarlet Flame Phoenix Clan and became a ruthless Beast God Hall member, then shows her and Kuang Xiao attacking Ye Chen. Kuang Xiao’s Myriad Devil Pupils fail against Ye Chen’s golden immortal sword, which turns on him.

• Chi Jue’s hatred drove her to destroy the Scarlet Flame Phoenix Clan, and even its ancestor could not stop her.
• Chi Jue and Kuang Xiao confronted Ye Chen, who calmly sent Youruo and the other woman inside the flying pleasure boat before protecting it with a golden shield.
• Kuang Xiao unleashed his Thousand-Eyed Witch Lineage technique, Myriad Devil Pupils, and fired eerie green beams at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen exhaled Hundun Qi that formed a golden immortal sword, which cut through the beams and charged at Kuang Xiao.
• Kuang Xiao’s confidence turned to shock as the sword’s Sword Qi locked onto him and forced him onto the defensive.

Ye Chen easily pierced Kuang Xiao’s defenses and then withstood Chi Jue’s powerful flame attacks without apparent effort. As Chi Jue realized he was far stronger than she was, she called on the badly wounded Kuang Xiao for help.

• Kuang Xiao formed a powerful shield, but Ye Chen’s golden immortal sword shattered it and pierced his body.
• Kuang Xiao called for Chi Jue to attack, and she launched her Crimson Phoenix Break at Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen crushed Chi Jue’s flame totem and dispersed her phoenix attacks with ease.
• Chi Jue pressed Ye Chen with repeated flame attacks, but he remained unharmed while using the battle to demonstrate combat to his disciples.
• Recognizing Ye Chen’s overwhelming strength, Chi Jue shouted at Kuang Xiao to stop slacking off and help her.

Kuang Xiao and Chi Jue unleashed their strongest attacks against Ye Chen, but he effortlessly destroyed their first assault and then struck Kuang Xiao’s summoned eye with overwhelming force. Kuang Xiao was left grievously wounded as Chi Jue’s fireballs closed in on Ye Chen.

• Kuang Xiao emerged from hiding in his enormous true form and fired over a thousand death rays at Ye Chen with his Thousand-Eye Slaughter technique.
• Chi Jue formed a massive flaming fist and joined Kuang Xiao’s attack, but Ye Chen swept it and the death rays away with his chaotic presence.
• Kuang Xiao summoned and empowered the eye from his forehead while Chi Jue prepared enormous Hundun fireballs for a desperate pincer attack.
• Ye Chen unleashed golden fist radiance that pierced Kuang Xiao’s chaotic currents and shattered the summoned eye.
• Kuang Xiao screamed and staggered back with a bleeding forehead and severe internal injuries.

Ye Chen overwhelmed Chi Jue in battle and killed her after piercing her phoenix form with a golden punch. Kuang Xiao witnessed her death and prepared to flee as Ye Chen turned toward him.

• Ye Chen suppressed and exploded Chi Jue’s fireballs, sending her crashing through a galaxy.
• Chi Jue transformed into her Scarlet Flame Divine Phoenix form and engulfed Ye Chen in a sea of fire.
• Ye Chen walked unharmed through Chi Jue’s flames and pierced her chest with a golden punch.
• Chi Jue’s wound drained her Hundun Origin Power until her body exploded, killing her.
• Kuang Xiao saw Chi Jue die, blamed the Shangguan Household, and began trying to escape when Ye Chen looked at him.

Ye Chen forced Kuang Xiao to reveal that the Shangguan Household Clan had hired the Beast God Hall to kill him, then pursued and killed Kuang Xiao after he fled across galaxies. Back aboard the flying vessel, Ye Chen left Youruo shaken by the terrifying gap between her strength and that of a Hundun Saint Emperor.

• Kuang Xiao begged Ye Chen for mercy and revealed that the Shangguan Household Clan had commissioned the assassination through the Beast God Hall.
• Ye Chen showed no intention of sparing Kuang Xiao, who attacked with his scales and blood before escaping through a spatial rift.
• After Kuang Xiao fled across more than a dozen galaxies, Ye Chen's golden Sword-Ray caught up with him and pierced his defenses.
• The Sword Qi ravaged Kuang Xiao from within and killed him, after which Ye Chen returned to the undamaged flying vessel.
• Youruo and Xie Purou discussed the battle, and Youruo lamented how far she was from the Hundun Saint Emperor realm.

Ye Chen reassured Youruo and Xie Purou that he would deal with the Shangguan Household by targeting its businesses, then playfully punished both girls for teasing and gloating. Far away, the bandits who had fled the earlier battle assumed Ye Chen and the girls had died, until their flying vessel suddenly appeared above them.

• Xie Purou encouraged Youruo to keep striving toward the Hundun Saint Emperor realm, and the two girls vowed to cultivate harder.
• Xie Purou and Youruo urged Ye Chen to punish the Shangguan Household, but he said they would target its businesses rather than attack its headquarters directly.
• Xie Purou called Ye Chen a shameless old thing, so he pulled her over and spanked her; when Youruo cheered him on and tried to flee, Ye Chen bound and spanked her too.
• The one-eyed bandit and his men hid on a rocky planet as distant Saint Emperor-level shock waves shook them, then celebrated when the tremors stopped.
• The one-eyed bandit lamented that Youruo and Xie Purou must have died, but Ye Chen's flying vessel appeared above the bandits, leaving them stunned.

After Ye Chen killed the bandits who threatened Youruo and Xie Purou, the Beast God Hall learned that Kuang Xiao and Chi Jue had died on their mission against the Shangguan Household. The Hall Master assigned the mission to three powerful members: Poison Emperor, Heavenly Prison Devil Master, and Starry Firmament Sword Emperor.

• The one-eyed bandit fled when he sensed danger, but Ye Chen snapped his fingers and killed him and every other bandit.
• Youruo and Xie Purou returned to Ye Chen after condemning the bandits.
• Kuang Xiao's and Chi Jue's thrones vanished at the Beast God Hall, revealing that both had died.
• The Beast God Hall members discussed the deaths and worried that their target was far stronger than expected.
• The Hall Master ordered Poison Emperor, Heavenly Prison Devil Master, and Starry Firmament Sword Emperor to take over the mission.

The Beast God Hall Master ordered the Poison Emperor, Heavenly Prison Devil Master, and Starry Firmament Sword Emperor to work together against Ye Chen. He then told Shangguan Jing and Shangguan Yan that the assassination had failed and that Chi Jue and Kuang Xiao had both died, leaving Shangguan Yan to defend the possibility that Ye Chen had killed them.

• The Poison Emperor, Heavenly Prison Devil Master, and Starry Firmament Sword Emperor each claimed he could kill Ye Chen alone until the Beast God Hall Master forced them to accept the mission together.
• Shangguan Jing and Shangguan Yan arrived at a dead star to meet the Beast God Hall Master, and his immense pressure left them shaken.
• Shangguan Jing asked whether the mission was complete, and the Beast God Hall Master said it had failed.
• The Beast God Hall Master revealed that Chi Jue and Kuang Xiao had both fallen, shocking Shangguan Jing and Shangguan Yan.
• Shangguan Jing suspected the Beast God Hall Master was exaggerating to demand extra payment, and Shangguan Yan shielded him and said Ye Chen might truly have slain two Saint Emperors.

Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Jing agreed to pay the Beast God Hall one million Hundun origin crystals to continue its assassination of Ye Chen. Meanwhile, Ye Chen and his disciples reached Ashen Annihilation City, where a wealthy-looking man took notice of them as they waited to enter.

• Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Jing protested the Beast God Hall Master's rising fee, but he raised the price to one million Hundun origin crystals.
• Unable to abandon their feud with Ye Chen or find a better assassin, Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Jing accepted the price and paid four hundred thousand crystals upfront.
• The Beast God Hall Master took the payment and disappeared, leaving Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Jing hoping the assassination would succeed.
• Ye Chen and his two disciples traveled to the Ashen Annihilation Realm, the Shangguan Household Clan's core territory, and arrived at Ashen Annihilation City.
• Youruo and Xie Purou complained about the strict questioning at the city gate, drawing the attention of a wealthy-looking man in the queue behind them.