Recaps

Ye Chen defeated God Emperor Qinghao, then entered the Central Continent with Youruo and Xie Purou and destroyed the Situ Household after its members attacked them. The arc ended as Ancestor Situ arrived at Cloud Crane Tower with Young Master Shangguan and demanded Ye Chen come out.

• Ye Chen stopped God Emperor Qinghao's attacks, turned the Azure Nether Spear's explosion into a sphere, and killed Qinghao beyond the world.
• After the void rift healed, Ye Chen entered the Central Continent with Youruo and Xie Purou and booked a cave abode at Cloud Crane Tower.
• Young Master Situ assaulted the group, and Xie Purou blasted him away, prompting the Situ Household to send its forces after them.
• Ye Chen killed the Heavenly Severance Army soldiers and Situ Household officials who attacked, then waited at Cloud Crane Tower as the lineage mobilized against him.
• Situ Xiong led ten thousand soldiers and allied guests against Ye Chen, who shattered their formations, turned their crossbow bolts back on them, and killed most of their forces.
• Ye Chen killed the remaining Situ Household members and allied guests with wine droplets, while Ancestor Situ was absent and the Central Continent's powers considered taking the lineage's holdings.
• Ancestor Situ returned with Young Master Shangguan, learned that Situ Xiaoqin had been killed, and set out to confront Ye Chen at Cloud Crane Tower.
• Ancestor Situ demanded that Ye Chen come out and accept death, and Youruo flew out to tell him that he had come to court death.

Ye Chen crushed the Shangguan Household’s first attempts to kill him and defeated the Beast God Hall assassins sent after him. The Shangguan Household raised the price for a new assassination as Ye Chen and his disciples arrived in its core territory.

• Ye Chen defeated Ancestor Situ, Young Master Shangguan, and Shangguan Yan’s soul fragment, killing his enemies and forcing Shangguan Yan’s true body to reconsider confronting him.
• Shangguan Qing and his relatives discussed Ye Chen’s power, then sent Shangguan Jing to hire the Beast God Hall to assassinate him.
• The Beast God Hall accepted the contract, assigning Chi Jue and Kuang Xiao to hunt Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen and his disciples encountered Chi Jue and Kuang Xiao in space, and he killed both despite their strongest attacks.
• Kuang Xiao revealed that the Shangguan Household had arranged the assassination, and Ye Chen decided to target its businesses rather than attack its headquarters directly.
• The Beast God Hall learned that Chi Jue and Kuang Xiao had died, then assigned the Poison Emperor, Heavenly Prison Devil Master, and Starry Firmament Sword Emperor to the mission.
• Shangguan Yan and Shangguan Jing accepted the Beast God Hall Master’s increased fee of one million Hundun origin crystals and paid four hundred thousand upfront.
• Ye Chen, Youruo, and Xie Purou reached Ashen Annihilation City, where a wealthy-looking man noticed their complaints about the strict gate questioning.

Ye Chen, Xie Purou, and Youruo fought their way through Ashen Annihilation City, where Ye Chen killed its lord and took the mansion’s treasures. They left through a spatial gate as the Starry Firmament Sword Emperor, Poison Emperor, and Heavenly Prison Devil Master pursued them on the Beast God Hall Master’s orders.

• At Ashen Annihilation City’s north gate, Xie Purou and Youruo fought off the guards and reinforcements, killing several generals as their armor and techniques overwhelmed the attackers.
• General Black Viper struck Youruo and Xie Purou, but their armor protected them, and Ye Chen revealed himself as their master after Black Viper challenged him.
• Ye Chen killed Black Viper with a Sword-Ray, then defeated the city lord and his two companions when they attacked together.
• The city’s soldiers and spectators knelt before Ye Chen, who took the City Lord’s Mansion’s treasury after Youruo suggested claiming its resources.
• As Ye Chen prepared a spatial gate, Fu Shou’er was exposed as a White-Haired Demon Boar and beaten to death by the male cultivators she had deceived.
• Ye Chen led Xie Purou and Youruo through the gate, while the Starry Firmament Sword Emperor, Poison Emperor, and Heavenly Prison Devil Master raced after him to capture him.

Ye Chen killed the Beast God Hall assassins, learned the Shangguan Household had hired them, and went to confront the Beast God Hall. He battled the Hall Master and the remaining Saint Emperors while the fight drew witnesses from across the universe.

• Ye Chen defeated the Poison Emperor, the Starry Firmament Sword Emperor, and the Heavenly Prison Devil Master, then learned the Shangguan Household had paid the Beast God Hall to target him.
• Ye Chen decided to destroy the Beast God Hall before the Shangguan Household, while Shangguan Jing and Shangguan Yan investigated the battle and killed Ashen Annihilation City’s survivors and hundreds of millions outside it.
• The Beast God Hall Master learned that three more of his members had died and gathered the ten survivors at headquarters.
• Ye Chen arrived at the Beast God Hall with Youruo and Xie Purou, confronted its members, and fought the Hall Master in close combat.
• Ye Chen repelled the Azure Dragon Saint Emperor and the other Beast God Hall members, then cut apart their coordinated attacks with a sword-light.
• Saint Emperors gathered to watch the battle, while General Xiang formed a vast army formation to shield the border from its shock waves.
• Ye Chen struck the Beast God Hall’s immortal palace with a square Law Seal, sending it flying and caving in its underside.
• The Azure Dragon Saint Emperor, Beauty Snake, Divine Crocodile, and the other Beast God Hall members launched another attack, determined to fight Ye Chen to the death.