Recaps

Jiang Yantian and Su Ruoqing visited Chen Yao, whose hopes of winning over his junior sister crumbled when Jiang introduced her as his Dao companion. Chen Yao’s mother, Tang Shan, recognized Jiang as the Imperishable Devil Emperor and became attracted to him, while Chen Yao was left bewildered and repeatedly slapped by his mother.

• Su Ruoqing and Jiang Yantian arrived to visit Chen Yao, who mistook her gentle question for a sign of affection.
• Jiang Yantian introduced Su Ruoqing as his Dao companion and gave Chen Yao a gift, leaving Chen Yao shocked and privately convinced she had been forced.
• Tang Shan appeared, recognized Jiang Yantian as the Imperishable Devil Emperor, and secretly became intensely attracted to him.
• Jiang Yantian pretended Chen Yao did not welcome them and prepared to leave, prompting Tang Shan to slap Chen Yao and invite the visitors to stay.

Jiang Yantian visited Tang Shan with Su Ruoqing and deliberately provoked Tang Shan and Chen Yao, then left after Su Ruoqing fell asleep in his arms. Tang Shan punished Chen Yao for disrespecting the Imperishable Devil Emperor, and Chen Yao discovered Jiang Yantian’s gift was only ordinary stones.

• Tang Shan served Jiang Yantian osmanthus pastries while Chen Yao watched resentfully and was denied one.
• Jiang Yantian held Su Ruoqing in his lap as Tang Shan admired him and Chen Yao seethed.
• After Su Ruoqing fell asleep, Jiang Yantian carried her away and told Tang Shan he would visit again.
• Tang Shan ordered Chen Yao to kneel and slapped him for showing disrespect to Jiang Yantian.
• Chen Yao opened Jiang Yantian’s gift and found a few ordinary roadside stones.

Jiang Yantian carried Su Ruoqing home and the two shared an intimate night together, while Luo Biling repeatedly mistook their sounds for signs of danger. Afterward, Su Ruoqing worried that Luo Biling might get cold in her room without bedding.

• Jiang Yantian carried the pretending-to-sleep Su Ruoqing back to her private courtyard, where Luo Biling welcomed them and told them to make lots of nephews.
• Jiang Yantian laid Su Ruoqing on the bed, embraced and kissed her, and the two became intimate.
• Luo Biling heard noises from the next room, and Jiang Yantian told her that Su Ruoqing was practicing survival as part of cultivation.
• Luo Biling rushed to the door after hearing Su Ruoqing scream, but Jiang Yantian reassured her that he was treating Su Ruoqing.
• Su Ruoqing worried that Luo Biling might catch cold in her room without bedding.

Jiang Yantian told Su Ruoqing that he would spare the Lower Realm while waging war on the Upper Realm and opening the Ancient Demon Domain. The next morning, Luo Biling pointed out a one-armed man outside who was covered in a hazy golden light.

• Jiang Yantian explained that the Lower Realm worshipped him as the Heaven-Serving Divine Lord, and that his coming war would target the Upper Realm, the Nine Heavens, and beyond the domain.
• Jiang Yantian and Su Ruoqing recited competing verses about the coming conflict, and Jiang Yantian vowed to rewrite history after defeating his enemies.
• Jiang Yantian and Su Ruoqing rested together, then woke the next morning when Luo Biling pounded on their door asking to hold their baby.
• Jiang Yantian told Luo Biling there was no baby yet and warned her against swearing, but she said he had taught her the words.
• Luo Biling said she had seen a one-armed man outside with a hazy golden light around him and asked why they did not have one.

Jiang Yantian realized that Chen Yao’s golden Heavenly Dao Fortune meant Wang Poxu was probably not his father, and ordered Wang Poxu to destroy Chen Yao’s pride by making him witness Tang Shan with his respected teacher. The chapter left Wang Poxu carrying out the order while Jiang Yantian headed off to watch the resulting confrontation.

• Jiang Yantian realized Chen Yao’s golden presence could not have come from Wang Poxu and the Human Race, and sent Luo Biling to find Su Ruoqing.
• Luo Biling climbed into bed with Su Ruoqing, peppered her with questions, and eventually fell asleep in her arms.
• Jiang Yantian asked Wang Poxu whether he valued Chen Yao and whether Chen Yao was truly his son.
• Jiang Yantian concluded that someone else had fathered Chen Yao and ordered Wang Poxu to make Chen Yao see Tang Shan engaging in illicit relations with his respected teacher.
• Wang Poxu accepted the order and vanished, while Jiang Yantian set off to watch Chen Yao’s reaction.

After discovering that Su Ruoqing had spent the night with Jiang Yantian, Chen Yao resolved to join the Venerable Alliance and give up on love. He returned home with renewed purpose, only to hear his mother making intimate sounds with a man and stop outside her open room, filled with killing intent.

• Chen Yao grieved over Su Ruoqing and blamed Jiang Yantian for taking her and ruining his life.
• Chen Yao decided to apply to the Venerable Alliance and vowed to devote himself to cultivation instead of love.
• Wang Poxu visited Chen Yao's residence and began an affair with Tang Shan, who imagined him as Jiang Yantian.
• Jiang Yantian watched from above as Chen Yao returned home, intending to apologize to his mother and bring food to his teacher.
• Chen Yao heard intimate sounds from his mother's open room, realized a man was with her, and froze outside with murderous intent.

Chen Yao discovered his mother Tang Shan in bed with his teacher Wang Poxu and tried to flee after believing they had betrayed his father. Tang Shan and Wang Poxu revealed that his biological father was Quan Buyue, the leader of the Venerable Alliance, whom Chen Yao had been hoping to join.

• Chen Yao burst into Tang Shan's room with his sword and confronted the man hiding beneath the bedding.
• Wang Poxu revealed himself, shocking Chen Yao, who ran toward the exit in despair.
• Tang Shan stopped Chen Yao and claimed Wang Poxu was his biological father, but Wang Poxu denied it.
• Wang Poxu pressed Tang Shan to remember another man she had been with, and she recalled a stranger named Quan Buyue.
• Wang Poxu identified Quan Buyue as the leader of the Venerable Alliance and Chen Yao's real father.

Chen Yao learned that Tang Shan could not be sure who his father was and fled the Blood Gu Sect, while Jiang Yantian prepared to destroy the Divine Sword Sect. At the Divine Sword Sect, injured Ye Xuan sent Ouyang Yan to seek help from the Venerable Alliance as the Devil Emperor approached.

• Wang Poxu told Chen Yao to ask Tang Shan how many people she had been involved with, and Tang Shan admitted she could not be sure who his father was.
• Chen Yao broke down and fled the Blood Gu Sect, while Jiang Yantian let him go and planned to make father and son reunite in battle.
• Jiang Yantian returned to Su Ruoqing, kissed her, and told her to wait with Ling'er while he went to the Divine Sword Sect.
• Jiang Yantian arrived at the Divine Sword Sect, where injured Ye Xuan and Ouyang Yan faced the Devil cultivators gathered outside the sect's barrier.
• Ye Xuan urged Ouyang Yan to escape through a secret passage and ask the Venerable Alliance for help, then gave her a letter written in his blood.

Ye Xuan sent Ouyang Yan through a teleportation passage to seek help from the Venerable Alliance while he stayed behind to heal. Ouyang Yan unknowingly traveled with Jiang Yantian, who was secretly the Imperishable Devil Emperor and planned to exploit her.

• Ye Xuan told Ouyang Yan to reach the Venerable Alliance, and she left through the passage as he resumed healing.
• Ouyang Yan emerged near Jiang Yantian and explained that she was heading to the Venerable Alliance for help.
• Jiang Yantian claimed to belong to the Sacred Ruins Sect and offered to accompany Ouyang Yan, pretending he wanted to support the Divine Sword Sect.
• Ouyang Yan revealed that she was Ye Xuan's wife and described the Imperishable Devil Emperor as an enemy who could be sealed again.
• Jiang Yantian concealed that he was the Imperishable Devil Emperor and decided to use Ouyang Yan for his own pleasure.

Jiang Yantian staged a beast attack and used its supposed aphrodisiac venom to assault Ouyang Yan while she was rushing to help Fuqing. The chapter ended with Ouyang Yan’s resistance and sense of loyalty to Ye Xuan collapsing after the encounter.

• Jiang Yantian secretly arranged for a Crimson Flame Golden Ni to attack him and Ouyang Yan as they flew toward Fuqing.
• Ouyang Yan helped Jiang Yantian fight the beast, and the Crimson Flame Golden Ni released pink Qi that Jiang Yantian pretended had poisoned him.
• Ouyang Yan caught Jiang Yantian as he fell, but he grabbed her and pulled them both down onto a grassy field.
• Jiang Yantian pinned and kissed Ouyang Yan while she struggled and found she could not mobilize her Qi.
• After four hours, Ouyang Yan felt her resistance and devotion to Ye Xuan crumble.

After Jiang Yantian pretended not to remember what happened between them, Ouyang Yan resolved to deliver her warning to the Venerable Alliance before ending her life. As they traveled, she discovered they were trapped in an illusion realm created by Jiang Yantian, who stayed close while she searched for a way out.

• Jiang Yantian feigned confusion about what had happened, while Ouyang Yan grieved over betraying Brother Xuan and demanded that he kill her.
• Jiang Yantian held Ouyang Yan and promised to accept whatever punishment she chose, and she decided to reach the Venerable Alliance before taking her own life.
• Jiang Yantian deliberately let Ouyang Yan's robe fall as she stood, and she quickly covered herself and dressed before they continued their journey in silence.
• Ouyang Yan noticed that the scenery kept repeating and stopped to question Jiang Yantian about traveling in circles.
• Jiang Yantian led Ouyang Yan into the mist below and declared that they had entered an illusion realm.
• Ouyang Yan searched for a way out but found nothing, and Jiang Yantian wiped sweat from her forehead and urged her not to rush.

Jiang Yantian drugged Ouyang Yan, then kissed her while she was conscious, leaving her convinced she had betrayed Ye Xuan. As they continued toward the Venerable Alliance, Ouyang Yan struggled with guilt and confusion while Ye Xuan remained unaware and focused on healing.

• Jiang Yantian gave Ouyang Yan drugged spiritual liquid, and she fell asleep before he returned and held her beside the campfire.
• Ouyang Yan woke in Jiang Yantian's arms, and he falsely claimed she had asked him to hold her and had groped him while asleep.
• At the Divine Sword Sect, Ye Xuan felt a sharp pain in his chest but assumed his injury had worsened and continued healing.
• After the illusion disappeared, Jiang Yantian kissed Ouyang Yan while fully conscious, and she responded before he let her go.
• Ouyang Yan flew away, then continued toward the Venerable Alliance with Jiang Yantian while vowing to kill him and herself and feeling overwhelmed by guilt toward Ye Xuan.

Ouyang Yan delivered Ye Xuan’s blood-written plea for help to the Venerable Alliance, where the news that the Imperishable Devil Emperor was besieging the Divine Sword Sect alarmed the gathered experts. As the alliance leaders debated their response, Jiang Yantian kissed Ouyang Yan while the others were distracted.

• Jiang Yantian and Ouyang Yan reached the Venerable Alliance, and Ouyang Yan hurried into the great hall to request an audience.
• Ouyang Yan presented Ye Xuan’s blood-written letter and told Quan Buyue that the Imperishable Devil Emperor was besieging the Divine Sword Sect.
• Quan Buyue and the assembled experts reacted with fear and discussed the threat, while Jiang Yantian sat back and watched.
• Jiang Yantian put an arm around Ouyang Yan and kissed her as she tried to keep the gathered experts from noticing.
• When the discussion seemed about to break up, Jiang Yantian moved away, and Ouyang Yan sat down to eat fruit.

Quan Buyue rallied the Venerable Alliance to prepare for a campaign against the Imperishable Devil Emperor while Jiang Yantian deceived him with a story about his friend Chen Yao. After Quan Buyue left, Jiang Yantian forced himself on Ouyang Yan, and the alliance assembled its forces to march against the Devil Emperor.

• Quan Buyue ordered the Venerable Alliance to gather its elites and prepare to slay the Imperishable Devil Emperor.
• Jiang Yantian told Quan Buyue that his friend Chen Yao was seeking revenge on his father, a high-ranking Venerable Alliance member, and Quan Buyue promised to investigate.
• After Quan Buyue left, Jiang Yantian teleported Ouyang Yan onto the alliance leader’s seat and forced himself on her.
• The Venerable Alliance gathered its forces and Quan Buyue led them in a declaration that they would kill the Imperishable Devil Emperor.

Jiang Yantian sent Ouyang Yan back to rescue Ye Xuan, then looted and destroyed the Venerable Alliance before setting out toward the Divine Sword Sect. As the alliance fleet neared its destination, Ouyang Yan worried that Ye Xuan would discover what had happened between her and Jiang Yantian.

• Jiang Yantian taunted Ouyang Yan, revealed his overwhelming power, and sent her to join the Venerable Alliance's rescue mission for Ye Xuan.
• Ouyang Yan boarded the flying boat fleet and hid the loss of her chastity mark as she hurried to save Ye Xuan.
• Jiang Yantian broke into the Venerable Alliance's treasury and pill and manual pavilions, taking their treasures and leaving mocking arrangements behind.
• When a Taiyi Realm expert confronted him, Jiang Yantian killed him and crushed the Venerable Alliance's disciples and buildings into ruins.
• Jiang Yantian walked toward the Divine Sword Sect, while Ouyang Yan grew anxious aboard the fleet about facing Ye Xuan and concealing her betrayal.

The Venerable Alliance secretly reached the Divine Sword Sect to coordinate against the Imperishable Devil Emperor, while Ouyang Yan avoided Ye Xuan out of shame over what had happened with Jiang Yantian. Ye Xuan went to visit her, but Jiang Yantian appeared in her bedchamber and pressured her to spend the night with him.

• Quan Buyue reassured Ouyang Yan during the journey and told her that Ye Xuan would be fine, while she recalled her passionate encounter with Jiang Yantian and resolved to leave after the crisis.
• Quan Buyue led the Venerable Alliance's experts into the Divine Sword Sect, and Ouyang Yan returned to her bedchamber and put away the gifts Ye Xuan had made for her.
• Ye Xuan met with Quan Buyue and the elders to discuss the Imperishable Devil Emperor, then learned that Ouyang Yan had worried about him throughout the journey.
• Ye Xuan went to encourage the disciples guarding the sect and then headed to Ouyang Yan's bedchamber to see her.
• Jiang Yantian appeared behind Ouyang Yan, kissed her to silence her, and urged her to share his bed while warning that Ye Xuan might discover their relationship.

Jiang Yantian forced Ouyang Yan to comply while Ye Xuan was away, then staged a discovery when Ye Xuan entered her quarters. Ye Xuan believed Ouyang Yan had betrayed him, and she admitted what had happened but could not identify Jiang Yantian.

• Jiang Yantian ordered Ouyang Yan to resist and call for Ye Xuan while he assaulted her.
• Ye Xuan visited Ouyang Yan's quarters, but she followed Jiang Yantian's instructions and told him she had gone to bed.
• Jiang Yantian waited until Ye Xuan seemed to leave, then arranged for him to enter and see his retreating back.
• Ye Xuan found Ouyang Yan in the bedding, broke down, and accused her of betraying him.
• Ouyang Yan said it had happened that day and that Jiang Yantian had taken her body three times, but she did not know his real identity.

Ye Xuan accused Ouyang Yan of betraying him, then left her sealed in her bedchamber. Ouyang Yan embraced Jiang Yantian and agreed to approach him in front of everyone the next day, while Ye Xuan returned and discovered that he could not break the seal he had placed on the chamber.

• Ye Xuan argued with Ouyang Yan and called her a betrayer, while she explained how she had been forced into what happened and confronted him about his own female confidantes.
• Ye Xuan sealed Ouyang Yan inside her bedchamber and left, and Jiang Yantian returned to her.
• Ouyang Yan told Jiang Yantian that she wanted to die in his arms and agreed to throw herself into his arms in front of everyone the next day.
• Ye Xuan reconsidered Ouyang Yan's explanation, decided to return to her bedchamber, and intended to sleep with her before they parted.
• Ye Xuan heard Jiang Yantian and Ouyang Yan together inside the chamber and struck the seal with his sword, but the attack rebounded and left him shocked.

Ye Xuan failed to break into the bedchamber while Jiang Yantian and Ouyang Yan stayed inside, and his humiliation drove him to abandon Ouyang Yan before he fled in anguish. As the Divine Sword Sect braced for the Imperishable Devil Emperor, Jiang Yantian reassured Ouyang Yan and prepared to leave.

• Ye Xuan attacked the bedchamber with his divine swords and other abilities, but its defenses repelled every assault as Jiang Yantian and Ouyang Yan’s sounds enraged him.
• Ye Xuan’s mental state collapsed, and after declaring that he would sever ties with Ouyang Yan and seal away his love, he heard them continue and ran off crying.
• The Divine Sword Sect’s disciples worried about the approaching Imperishable Devil Emperor and wondered whether Ye Xuan’s reclusive Dao protector would emerge to help.
• Jiang Yantian told Ouyang Yan he would keep his promise to let her die in his arms, then prepared to leave after she asked him for one more gentle kiss.

Ouyang Yan accepted that her relationship with Ye Xuan could not be restored and wished for death after parting from Jiang Yantian. Meanwhile, Jiang Yantian planted a teleporting banner in the Divine Sword Sect and watched the Venerable Alliance prepare for the Imperishable Devil Emperor’s arrival.

• Ouyang Yan kissed Jiang Yantian, then lay down alone and hoped Ye Xuan would hate her and eventually forget her.
• Jiang Yantian offered a Divine Sword Sect disciple a way to escape and hid the Ten Thousand Demons Banner as an Anywhere Door for others to use.
• Jiang Yantian visited the plains where tens of thousands of Venerable Alliance experts gathered to prepare a formation against the Imperishable Devil Emperor.
• The Venerable Alliance experts argued about the Devil Emperor’s strength until Quan Buyue ordered them to unite and await his arrival.

Jiang Yantian arrived at the Divine Sword Sect in the guise of the Imperishable Devil Emperor and overwhelmed its defenders with his demonic presence. He revealed himself as Ouyang Yan’s former lover, then summoned a black net as the Venerable Alliance prepared to confront him.

• Jiang Yantian returned to the Divine Sword Sect, surrounding it with black mist that terrified its disciples and drew the demonic cultivators into a reverent greeting.
• Ye Xuan challenged the Imperishable Devil Emperor, but Jiang Yantian’s laughter pierced the sect’s protective formation and killed weaker disciples.
• Jiang Yantian mocked Ye Xuan and the Venerable Alliance before striding through the air toward the sect.
• Jiang Yantian appeared in his true form, and his overwhelming pressure made people collapse while Ouyang Yan recognized him as the man who had been intimate with her.
• Jiang Yantian declared his dominance and raised an enormous black net as the sky turned blood-red and a dragon roared from within it.

Jiang Yantian appeared atop the World-Destroying Black Dragon and confronted the Venerable Alliance, killing its white-haired elder without an apparent move. He then called Ouyang Yan to him, and she publicly kissed him passionately while Ye Xuan watched in devastation.

• The World-Destroying Black Dragon emerged from the void and carried Jiang Yantian above the assembled Venerable Alliance experts.
• A white-haired Venerable Alliance elder threatened Jiang Yantian, then suddenly exploded along with his Primordial Spirit.
• Jiang Yantian spotted Ouyang Yan and called her to him, leaving Ye Xuan and the surrounding experts stunned.
• Ouyang Yan ignored Ye Xuan’s pleas and flew to Jiang Yantian atop the black dragon’s head.
• Ouyang Yan agreed when Jiang Yantian asked if she wanted to kiss him, then kissed him passionately in front of everyone.
• Ye Xuan stood trembling and devastated as the onlookers watched the kiss and waited for him to react.

Jiang Yantian absorbed Ouyang Yan’s soul after she asked him to kill her, while Ye Xuan’s Dao heart shattered from her words and death. Ye Xuan then led the attack as the Demon-Sealing Grand Formation activated against Jiang Yantian.

• Jiang Yantian and Ouyang Yan kissed in front of Ye Xuan and the assembled cultivators.
• Ouyang Yan told Ye Xuan that their relationship had been nominal and that the past two days with Jiang Yantian had brought her more pleasure than their thousands of years together.
• Ye Xuan spat blood as cracks appeared in his Dao heart, and Ouyang Yan asked Jiang Yantian to kill her.
• Jiang Yantian absorbed Ouyang Yan’s soul and vital Qi, sending her into reincarnation as her body vanished.
• Ye Xuan broke down over Ouyang Yan’s death, then attacked Jiang Yantian as the others activated the Demon-Sealing Grand Formation.

Jiang Yantian effortlessly broke the Demon-Sealing Grand Formation and overwhelmed the Venerable Alliance and Divine Sword Sect’s attacks. As his God-Slaying Spear slaughtered the enemy forces, Ye Xuan’s resolve collapsed, though he clung to hope in a secret art.

• Jiang Yantian shattered the Demon-Sealing Grand Formation, and its backlash killed or wounded the experts who had maintained it.
• Quan Buyue summoned the Devil-Subduing Stele and rallied the Venerable Alliance while Ye Xuan and the Divine Sword Sect launched a sword attack.
• Jiang Yantian casually broke the sword net and overpowered the Devil-Subduing Stele before hurling the God-Slaying Spear into the enemy ranks.
• The God-Slaying Spear slaughtered half of the Venerable Alliance’s tens of thousands, while the devil sects stopped those attempting to flee.
• Jiang Yantian taunted Ye Xuan about Ouyang Yan, leaving Ye Xuan broken and on one knee before he resolved to use a secret art.

Ye Xuan called on Senior Star-Breaking to save the Divine Sword Sect, and the Star-Breaking Dao Ancestor appeared to face Jiang Yantian. The Dao Ancestor unleashed a river of stars at Jiang Yantian, who answered with surging devil flames and a terrifying beam from his eyes.

• Ye Xuan, battered by Jiang Yantian, shouted for Senior Star-Breaking to save his sect.
• The Star-Breaking Dao Ancestor emerged from beneath the rear mountain cliff and revealed the presence of a Dao Ancestor.
• Quan Buyue of the Venerable Alliance paid his respects as the Star-Breaking Dao Ancestor moved to confront Jiang Yantian.
• The Star-Breaking Dao Ancestor and Jiang Yantian exchanged taunts, and Jiang Yantian promised to defeat him in one move.
• The Star-Breaking Dao Ancestor sent a torrent of stellar power toward Jiang Yantian, who raised devil flames and fired a terrifying beam from his eyes.