Recaps

After Jiang Yantian beat Wang Yan with a strand of divine sense, Qingli Yingyue joined in and left him battered on the road to Qiankun Capital. Wang Yan reached the capital and hid in a tavern, convinced his attackers feared he would break the stone at the assembly the next day.

• Wang Yan recovered from Jiang Yantian’s attack and hurried toward Qiankun Capital, determined to attend the Stone-Breaking Assembly.
• Jiang Yantian told Qingli Yingyue he had beaten the Child of Fortune, so she used her divine sense to attack Wang Yan as well.
• Qingli Yingyue’s assault battered Wang Yan until her divine sense dissipated, and he got up and ran toward the capital.
• Wang Yan reached Qiankun Capital on foot, reasoning that powerful people had attacked him to stop him from breaking the stone.
• Wang Yan checked into a tavern and resolved to stay hidden until the assembly, expecting to gain protection if he became the eleventh elder.

Wang Yan checked into an inn to rest and prepare for the Stone-Breaking Assembly, unaware that Jiang Yantian and Qingli Yingyue had recognized him and arranged a strange meal for him. Jiang Yantian secretly added a special powder to the food and wine, and the waiter carried it upstairs to Wang Yan.

• Wang Yan ordered plenty of wine and meat after checking into the inn, then reflected on his damaged sword and his plan to win the eleventh elder position at the Stone-Breaking Assembly.
• Jiang Yantian and Qingli Yingyue sensed Wang Yan in the inn and asked the innkeeper about the bedraggled cultivator staying upstairs.
• Jiang Yantian ordered several disgusting dishes for Wang Yan, intending to steer him toward the ordinary food without making him suspicious.
• Jiang Yantian sprinkled a special powder over the dishes and wine, then sent the waiter to deliver them to Wang Yan.

Wang Yan tried to relax before the Stone-Breaking Assembly, but a disgusting signature dish and the restaurant’s irregular food left him acting bizarrely in public. The chapter ended with a crowd gathering beneath his window as he shouted and wept, while Jiang Yantian and Qingli Yingyue watched.

• Wang Yan told the waiter he would compete in the Stone-Breaking Assembly and joked that the waiter would owe him a meal if he succeeded.
• Wang Yan ate a dish of large intestine ends, discovered it deliberately retained some poop, and demanded a refund before throwing it away.
• Wang Yan sampled the other dishes and drank heavily, unaware that Jiang Yantian had given him food in an irregular sequence.
• Wang Yan became woozy and overheated, leaned out the window, and shouted strange phrases and lyrics at the street.
• Jiang Yantian went outside to watch as people gathered, and Qingli Yingyue watched beside him.

Wang Yan made a spectacular public scene at his coming-of-age ceremony, turning Jiang Yantian’s drugged prank into an increasingly outrageous performance. As the crowd watched and recorded him, Wang Yan continued to follow suggestions and bask in his newfound fame.

• Wang Yan announced his coming-of-age ceremony to the gathered cultivators and invited someone to help him complete it.
• A cultivator volunteered, and Wang Yan tricked him into turning around and closing his eyes before grabbing him and exposing himself.
• Jiang Yantian shielded Qingli Yingyue from the scene and wondered why his drug had produced such unexpected effects.
• Wang Yan performed the Big Brother Disappearing Trick on the trapped cultivator while spectators watched and recorded them.
• Wang Yan followed the crowd’s suggestions to spin and fly with the cultivator, becoming famous across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Jiang Yantian’s encouragement led Wang Yan to sever his own manhood while pursuing unity with his broken sword, and the shock unexpectedly helped him break through. After fleeing the crowd in humiliation, Wang Yan drank again and began behaving wildly once more.

• Jiang Yantian praised Wang Yan’s performance and urged him to make a choice about his burdensome appendage, and Wang Yan agreed to sell it for a high-grade spirit stone.
• Wang Yan explained his understanding of unity of man and sword, then swung his broken sword and severed his manhood.
• Wang Yan’s sword intent and spiritual power surged, allowing him to break through the middle stage of Daluo Divine Immortal and reach a level capable of fighting a peak Daluo Divine Immortal.
• Wang Yan regained clarity, remembered what he had done before thousands of spectators, and ran into the inn in despair as the innkeeper praised his technique.
• Jiang Yantian joked that the innkeeper should make soup from what Wang Yan had cut off, then left with Qingli Yingyue as Wang Yan hid and cried.
• Wang Yan drank to drown his sorrow, became hot and disoriented, and began shouting and bouncing wildly outside.

Wang Yan repeatedly drank, blacked out, and reenacted his humiliating coming-of-age ceremony, tormenting the same injured cultivator each time. He became convinced he was trapped in the ancient Great Reincarnation technique, while the cycle continued.

• Wang Yan charged into the crowd and pounced on the injured cultivator, then sobered up and fled to his room in shame.
• Wang Yan blamed the black mist for his behavior, vowed revenge, and drank wine to calm himself.
• Wang Yan blacked out again, repeated the ceremony, and returned to the inn after realizing the pattern might be a loop.
• Wang Yan repeated the cycle once more as the crowd watched, then decided an ancient Great Reincarnation technique had trapped him.
• Wang Yan drank again, and the repeated cycle began anew with his cry, “Your salt, my vinegar... stay up late!”

Wang Yan arrived at the Stone-Breaking Assembly determined to prove himself, while Jiang Yantian and Qingli Yingyue opened the event before the gathered cultivators. After brute force failed to break the giant stone, a fairy copied Wang Yan’s attention-grabbing tactic and accused her senior brother of harassment.

• Wang Yan drank the innkeeper’s nourishing soup and convinced himself that dark matter was trying to stop him from attending the assembly.
• Jiang Yantian spent the night with Qingli Yingyue in the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, but she refused to let him cross the final barrier until after the assembly.
• Wang Yan joined the crowds gathered beneath the giant stone and endured their mockery about his antics from the previous day.
• Qingli Yingyue declared the Stone-Breaking Assembly open and warned that the giant stone contained both opportunity and unknown dangers.
• A cultivator struck the giant stone and was blasted away by its rebounding Qi, while a fairy’s sword attacks failed to affect it.
• The fairy copied Wang Yan’s method and accused Yang Dawei of harassment, prompting the crowd to suspect she was seeking attention.

At the Stone-Breaking Assembly, Wang Yan recognized Jiang Yantian as the person who had beaten him and waited for a chance to approach the giant stone. As contestants failed to break it, Wang Yan grew anxious that someone else might uncover its secret before he could act.

• Jiang Yantian killed Zhu Zhanli with a blast of black Qi after she tried to plead her case at the assembly.
• Wang Yan recognized Jiang Yantian’s presence and resolved to wait until the assembly ended before seeking revenge.
• A burly man insulted Wang Yan for being rootless and blocked him from approaching the giant stone, then failed to break it with a powerful punch.
• A white-haired old man used an eight-trigram diagram to make the giant stone hum briefly, but it soon fell still again.
• Jiang Yantian and Qingli Yingyue watched as the old man’s attempt failed.

Wang Yan was publicly humiliated and restrained by Jiang Yantian, then wagered that he could break open the assembly’s boulder. As he touched it, the boulder resonated with him, leaving his next move poised to prove his claim.

• Wang Yan erupted with imposing presence after the crowd insulted him, but Jiang Yantian’s voice struck him down and accused him of disrupting the Stone-Breaking Assembly.
• Wang Yan knelt and apologized to Jiang Yantian, who mocked him as a good girl while allowing him to remain.
• A man in beast hides challenged Wang Yan to prove he could break open the boulder, and Wang Yan wagered that the loser would kowtow and apologize.
• The man in beast hides expanded the wager to include everyone present, and Wang Yan accepted before walking toward the boulder with his broken sword.
• Wang Yan hovered before the boulder and touched it, triggering fierce winds as he sensed its resonance.

Wang Yan used a precise Qi technique to weaken the boulder and struck it with his broken sword, but Jiang Yantian secretly shielded it so it would not break. Wang Yan’s failed attempt left him confused and humiliated as the crowd mocked him.

• Wang Yan guided Qi through his body and connected with the boulder’s spiritual power, making it tremble and crack faintly.
• Wang Yan thrust Qi into the boulder’s weak points and prepared to shatter it with his broken sword.
• Jiang Yantian secretly enveloped the boulder in concealed Qi, blocking Wang Yan’s strike.
• Wang Yan’s sword attack failed, and the crowd laughed at him as the boulder remained intact.
• Wang Yan tried attacking and sensing the boulder again, but got no response while the crowd urged him to stop.

Wang Yan failed to break the boulder as others tried and failed to copy his technique, until Jiang Yantian shattered it with the God-Slaying Spear and revealed the Hongmeng Sword Embryo. Convinced Jiang Yantian had stolen the treasure that should have been his, Wang Yan charged to seize it, giving Jiang Yantian the chance to punish him.

• Wang Yan stepped aside, and the other participants tried to imitate his Qi technique but failed to break their boulders.
• Jiang Yantian rose and summoned the God-Slaying Spear, then destroyed the boulder with one strike.
• A Hongmeng Sword Embryo appeared inside the shattered stone, and Jiang Yantian claimed the opportunity as his own.
• Wang Yan recognized the treasure and decided Jiang Yantian had stolen the chance that belonged to him.
• Wang Yan charged toward the Hongmeng Sword Embryo before Jiang Yantian could take it, and Jiang Yantian prepared to punish him.

Jiang Yantian stopped Wang Yan from claiming the Hongmeng Sword Embryo and gave the treasure to Qingli Yingyue. After Jiang Yantian helped it acknowledge her as its master, Qingli Yingyue embraced him in front of the gathered onlookers.

• Wang Yan tried to seize the Hongmeng Sword Embryo, but Jiang Yantian froze him, struck him into a crater, and ordered him captured.
• Jiang Yantian took the Hongmeng Sword Embryo and tossed it to Qingli Yingyue, who caught it.
• Qingli Yingyue swung the sword embryo and released a streak of pale purple Sword Qi as the onlookers congratulated her.
• Jiang Yantian attacked Qingli Yingyue with the God-Slaying Spear, and their clash helped the Hongmeng Sword Embryo fuse with her and acknowledge her as its master.
• Qingli Yingyue rushed into Jiang Yantian's arms while the onlookers lowered their heads.

Qingli Yingyue killed Wang Yan after Jiang Yantian casually dispelled his strongest attack, and Jiang Yantian captured Wang Yan’s soul in the Ten Thousand Demons Banner. After the Stone-Breaking Assembly ended, Jiang Yantian learned that the Nether Baleful Intent Heaven would arrive in three days and planned to go to the Ancient Demon Domain.

• Wang Yan attacked Jiang Yantian and Qingli Yingyue in a rage over losing the Hongmeng Sword Embryo, but Jiang Yantian effortlessly dispersed his strike.
• Qingli Yingyue pierced Wang Yan with the Hongmeng Sword Embryo, leaving him on the verge of death.
• Jiang Yantian saved Wang Yan’s soul from dissipating, then trapped it in the Ten Thousand Demons Banner as Wang Yan’s body crumbled away.
• Jiang Yantian received a reward for killing Wang Yan and learned the Nether Baleful Intent Heaven would arrive in three days, offering a chance to seek the Ancient Demon Domain.
• Qingli Yingyue dismissed the assembly’s attendees, then agreed to rest with Jiang Yantian and let him kiss her.

Jiang Yantian spent his final two days in the Qiankun Realm with Qingli Yingyue before preparing to search for the Ancient Demon Domain during Nether Baleful Intent Heaven. He left her waiting for his return as ominous fiery clouds gathered in the sky.

• Jiang Yantian told Qingli Yingyue he would leave soon to search for the Ancient Demon Domain before Nether Baleful Intent Heaven ended.
• Jiang Yantian and Qingli Yingyue spent their remaining days together at the Illusory Dream Waterfall and elsewhere in the Qiankun Realm.
• Jiang Yantian and Qingli Yingyue said goodbye, and he promised they would explore more places together when he returned.
• Jiang Yantian set out as the sky grew gloomy and unusual fiery clouds appeared.

Jiang Yantian left Qingli Yingyue and traveled to the Outer Domain Forbidden Zone, where he found a crying girl in a ruined temple. He learned that she was the eldest princess of the Ancient Demon Domain, his little sister who had died in battle and waited for her elder brother to return.

• Qingli Yingyue told Jiang Yantian she would wait for him and hoped they could have children before he left for the coming war.
• Jiang Yantian crossed into the Upper Realm and headed toward the Outer Domain Forbidden Zone as Nether Baleful Intent Heaven approached.
• Jiang Yantian saw the deathly mist surrounding the forbidden zone and followed the sound of crying to a ruined temple.
• The evil entities outside the temple bowed to Jiang Yantian as he opened its doors and found a frightened little girl hiding beneath a broken statue.
• Jiang Yantian's system identified the girl as the eldest princess of the Ancient Demon Domain, who had died in battle and remained there waiting for her elder brother.

Jiang Yantian discovered that Luo Biling was his little sister, the Devil Spirit Princess, and brought her with him into the Outer Domain Forbidden Zone. There, a powerful figure recognized them and called out to the Imperishable Devil Emperor, while Luo Biling responded with a curse that startled Jiang Yantian.

• Jiang Yantian learned from the system that Luo Biling was the Devil Spirit Princess, his younger sister who had died in the World-Destruction War and waited for him near the forbidden zone.
• Jiang Yantian took Luo Biling in as his sister, and she told him she had killed and eaten the three-headed armored beast sent to attack her.
• Jiang Yantian promised to help Luo Biling get revenge on the old man who had barred her from entering the forbidden zone, and the two headed there together.
• A powerful figure in a magical dwelling called out that the Imperishable Devil Emperor had finally returned and identified Luo Biling as the Devil Spirit Princess.
• Jiang Yantian allowed Luo Biling to swear at the figure, and she raised her middle finger and cursed him, leaving Jiang Yantian astonished.

Luo Biling and Jiang Yantian confronted Dao Ancestor Xuanji, who barred the Imperishable Devil Emperor from entering the forbidden zone. Jiang Yantian challenged him, and their battle began, devastating the surrounding land and throwing the heavens into chaos.

• Luo Biling cursed the old man blocking her way, and Jiang Yantian sent her to play on the Crimson Flame Golden Ni.
• Jiang Yantian insulted the old man, prompting Dao Ancestor Xuanji to appear and identify himself.
• Dao Ancestor Xuanji refused to let Jiang Yantian enter the forbidden zone, but Jiang Yantian declared that he would enter and defeat him.
• Jiang Yantian attacked Xuanji with the God-Slaying Spear, while Xuanji defended himself with Dao resonance and an ancient hourglass.
• Jiang Yantian and Xuanji clashed in the sky, shattering space and causing the stars, earth, and surrounding landscape to fall into disorder.

Jiang Yantian defeated Dao Ancestor Xuanji in a devastating battle, then reprimanded him for blocking his way home. Luo Biling reunited with Jiang Yantian and joined in mocking the defeated Dao Ancestor.

• Luo Biling watched from afar as Jiang Yantian and Dao Ancestor Xuanji exchanged devastating attacks that shattered the void and ravaged the land.
• Jiang Yantian unleashed a destructive black vortex against Xuanji’s expanding halo of Dao resonance, and the powers collided in a blinding blast.
• After the battle, Jiang Yantian stood over the defeated Xuanji, who knelt on the ground clutching his chest, and scolded him for refusing to let him into his own territory.
• Luo Biling ran into Jiang Yantian’s arms and praised him, then tried to stab Xuanji with her sword but could not reach him.
• Jiang Yantian suggested making Xuanji their dog, and Luo Biling eagerly agreed, prompting Jiang Yantian to resolve to teach her to behave more elegantly.

Jiang Yantian subdued Dao Ancestor Xuanji, took his treasures, and imprisoned him in the Sun and Moon in the Gourd. He and Luo Biling rode toward the forbidden zone, planning to find their home and put Xuanji in a pigsty.

• Luo Biling insulted and struck Dao Ancestor Xuanji while Jiang Yantian backed her and rebuked her for speaking impolitely.
• Jiang Yantian placed a curse mark on Xuanji and used demonic sounds to make him surrender his four treasures.
• Luo Biling chose the Spirit Heart Dao Comprehension Pearl and immediately entered a state of enlightenment, astonishing Xuanji.
• Jiang Yantian used the Sun and Moon in the Gourd to suck Xuanji inside and imprison him.
• Jiang Yantian and Luo Biling rode the Crimson Flame Golden Ni toward the forbidden zone as living beings prostrated themselves before them.
• Luo Biling asked when they would lock Xuanji in a pigsty, and Jiang Yantian said they would do so after finding their home.

Jiang Yantian and Luo Biling entered a nameless inn in the restricted zone, where they encountered Chen Yao and a group of cultivators searching for medicine to treat their teacher. Luo Biling befriended the beautiful Su Ruoqing, while the group prepared for the dangerous Nether Baleful Intent Heaven.

• Jiang Yantian and Luo Biling found a bone-built city and entered its brightly lit inn for food.
• The innkeeper seated them among a lone burly man and five Mahayana cultivators, and Jiang Yantian’s system identified Chen Yao as a fated protagonist.
• Jiang Yantian overheard the five cultivators discuss gathering medicinal ingredients for their teacher before Nether Baleful Intent Heaven arrived.
• Luo Biling called Su Ruoqing beautiful, approached her, and introduced herself.
• Su Ruoqing picked Luo Biling up, and the two exchanged names.

Luo Biling brought Su Ruoqing to eat with Jiang Yantian, helping the two become acquainted while Chen Yao watched suspiciously and jealously. When Jiang Yantian learned Su Ruoqing needed medicinal ingredients for her ill elder, he revealed he was a ninth-grade alchemist and offered to help.

• Luo Biling invited Su Ruoqing to join her and Jiang Yantian for a meal, and Su Ruoqing agreed after Jiang welcomed her.
• Chen Yao stayed wary of Jiang Yantian and grew jealous as Su Ruoqing chatted with him.
• Jiang Yantian offered Su Ruoqing fruit wine, and she accepted a crate while giving Luo Biling a hairpin.
• Jiang Yantian learned Su Ruoqing needed medicinal ingredients for an ill elder and said he was a ninth-grade alchemist with nearly every ingredient she might need.

Jiang Yantian gave Su Ruoqing and the Blood Gu Sect disciples Clear Spirit Purple Lingzhi and explained how it could help cure their teacher’s death Qi poison. A late-stage True Immortal then robbed the group, and though Jiang Yantian secretly protected Su Ruoqing during the fight, the others were defeated and lost their treasures.

• Jiang Yantian identified the group’s need for Clear Spirit Purple Lingzhi and explained how to use it to treat their teacher’s death Qi poison.
• Jiang Yantian gave Su Ruoqing one portion of Clear Spirit Purple Lingzhi, while Chen Yao suspected he had ulterior motives.
• Luo Biling jokingly suggested Su Ruoqing marry Jiang Yantian, and Su Ruoqing warned her not to reveal that they carried many treasures.
• A burly late-stage True Immortal demanded the group’s treasures, and Chen Yao confronted him despite the threat of violating the Forbidden Zone Venerable Alliance’s rules.
• Chen Yao and the others fought the robber above the inn, but all five were defeated; Jiang Yantian secretly prevented Su Ruoqing from being hurt.
• The robber took the group’s belongings, leaving the defeated cultivators unable to resist.

Jiang Yantian captured the robber who threatened the group and recovered the others’ treasures, though Chen Yao got back only one of his. That night, Luo Biling tried to match Su Ruoqing with Jiang Yantian and insisted they would accompany Su Ruoqing on her herb search the next day.

• Jiang Yantian trapped the robber in the Ten Thousand Demons Banner and returned the group’s belongings, but he put away the remaining treasures before Chen Yao could collect them.
• Luo Biling asked to sleep with Su Ruoqing, and Jiang Yantian agreed to let them share a room.
• Su Ruoqing wondered why the robber’s attacks had not reached her while her fellow disciples had been injured.
• Luo Biling urged Su Ruoqing to become Jiang Yantian’s wife and said a powerful person had predicted he would meet his destined match at the inn.
• Luo Biling declared that Jiang Yantian would accompany Su Ruoqing on her herb search the next day, while Su Ruoqing doubted he would agree.

Su Ruoqing grew closer to Luo Biling while Chen Yao worried that Jiang Yantian was becoming a rival for her affection. As Nether Baleful Intent Heaven began, Jiang Yantian and Luo Biling prepared to accompany Su Ruoqing and her fellow disciples to gather medicinal herbs.

• Su Ruoqing soothed Luo Biling to sleep, while Chen Yao brooded over her drinking with Jiang Yantian and worried she might like him.
• At dawn, the group gathered to leave as Nether Baleful Intent Heaven turned the fog dark red.
• Su Ruoqing carried Luo Biling downstairs, and the girl called her "Sister-in-law Ruoqing," startling the fellow disciples and embarrassing Su Ruoqing.
• Jiang Yantian came downstairs and asked Su Ruoqing whether Luo Biling had behaved, then reached for his sister and accidentally touched Su Ruoqing.
• Luo Biling clung to Su Ruoqing and asked her brother to accompany the group while they searched for medicinal herbs.

Jiang Yantian agreed to accompany Su Ruoqing and the disciples to their destination after Luo Biling pleaded with him. Their journey brought them to the Great Rift Valley, where Jiang warned that the strange substance filling it was not ordinary miasma.

• Luo Biling persuaded Jiang Yantian to join the group, while Chen Yao resented seeing Su Ruoqing beside him.
• Jiang Yantian, Su Ruoqing, Luo Biling, and the four disciples traveled cautiously through the fog toward their gathering site.
• Su Ruoqing grew fond of Luo Biling and accidentally called herself the girl’s sister-in-law, upsetting Chen Yao.
• The party reached the Great Rift Valley, a vast chasm filled with eerie gray-black fog.
• Chen Yao handed out herbs to protect the group from miasma, but Jiang Yantian pointed out that the substance was something else and that jade leaf grass could not stop evil spirits.