Recaps

Jiang Yantian took Blood Sea Fu Ling on a date after she rested from their day together, and they explored the mortal world's lively streets. As her Tribulation Qi grew stronger and her Dao Ancestor breakthrough neared, Jiang Yantian planned to make the lightning tribulation a public spectacle and use it to gain the Power of Faith.

• Blood Sea Fu Ling warned Jiang Yantian not to tease her about their intimacy, and he joked that she could lock him up before agreeing to take her out.
• Jiang Yantian and Blood Sea Fu Ling left the Netherworld Blood Sea and walked through a bustling street at dusk, where Fu Ling learned that their outing was a date.
• Jiang Yantian bought Fu Ling a phoenix-shaped sugar figure and told the startled vendor to keep his identity as the Divine Lord quiet.
• Blood Sea Fu Ling told Jiang Yantian that her Tribulation Qi was growing stronger and that she would likely attempt her Dao Ancestor breakthrough within days.
• Jiang Yantian proposed protecting the onlookers while broadcasting Fu Ling's lightning tribulation through the All-Heavens Projection to gain the Power of Faith.

Blood Sea Fu Ling and Jiang Yantian spent the evening enjoying the capital’s street stalls before checking into an inn. There, Fu Ling pointed out a beautiful woman, and Jiang Yantian’s agreement drew her jealous pinch.

• Blood Sea Fu Ling asked a dough figurine maker to make likenesses of her and Jiang Yantian, and Jiang Yantian paid him with high-grade spirit stones.
• Blood Sea Fu Ling and Jiang Yantian shared candied hawthorns and watched the sunset together on a mountaintop.
• Blood Sea Fu Ling refused to rest in a magical house, so Jiang Yantian booked them a large room at an inn in the capital.
• Blood Sea Fu Ling pointed out a beautiful woman at the inn’s entrance, and Jiang Yantian admitted she was beautiful.
• Blood Sea Fu Ling pinched Jiang Yantian’s waist and teased him about wanting to approach the woman.

Jiang Yantian reunited with Zhongli Qingwan, a junior sister from his early days at the Mysterious Spirit Sect, while he was with his wife, Blood Sea Fu Ling. Zhongli Qingwan learned that Jiang Yantian had become the Heaven-Serving Divine Lord, and the two began catching up.

• Jiang Yantian reassured Blood Sea Fu Ling that Zhongli Qingwan was beautiful but could not compare to her.
• Zhongli Qingwan recognized Jiang Yantian as her senior brother, though he initially did not remember her.
• Zhongli Qingwan recalled that Jiang Yantian had helped her handle people teasing her about her body odor by giving her a fox to hold under her arm.
• Zhongli Qingwan explained that her lineage had taken her away a year after she entered the inner sect, and Blood Sea Fu Ling left them to talk.
• Zhongli Qingwan praised Jiang Yantian for becoming the Heaven-Serving Divine Lord and said his use of the word "fuck" had confirmed his identity.

Jiang Yantian reunited with Zhongli Qingwan and invited her to join him and Fu Ling at the inn. He learned that Qingwan had come to break off her engagement with a fallen genius, and his uncanny guesses left her astonished.

• Jiang Yantian encountered Zhongli Qingwan in the inn and invited her upstairs to meet Fu Ling.
• Fu Ling welcomed Zhongli Qingwan, shared her flower tea, and invited her to stay for a meal.
• Jiang Yantian asked why Zhongli Qingwan had come to the city, and she revealed she was there to break off an engagement.
• Zhongli Qingwan explained that her fiancé had lost his cultivation and that she had brought an Origin Heart Spirit-Restoring Pill as compensation.
• Jiang Yantian guessed that the fiancé was a fallen genius and then guessed his surname was Xiao, leaving Zhongli Qingwan shocked.

Jiang Yantian joined Zhongli Qingwan as she prepared to break off her engagement with Xiao Jue, while their meal revealed embarrassing stories from their past together. The Zhongli elders arrived with news about the visit to the Xiao Lineage and recognized Jiang Yantian as the Imperishable Devil Emperor, leaving them stunned.

• Jiang Yantian agreed to accompany Zhongli Qingwan to the Xiao Lineage when she broke off her engagement with Xiao Jue.
• Zhongli Qingwan thanked Jiang Yantian over dinner and recalled how he had made her eat chicken butts and chicken feet when they were younger.
• Zhongli Qingwan recounted how Jiang Yantian retaliated against a girl who bullied her by smearing poop on her face.
• Zhongli Qingwan began to reveal Jiang Yantian's scheme to enter the female disciples' bathhouse, and he tried to silence her.
• Two Zhongli elders arrived with news about the next day's matter at the Xiao Lineage, recognized Jiang Yantian, and withdrew without asking questions.

Jiang Yantian, Blood Sea Fu Ling, and Zhongli Qingwan traveled to the Xiao Lineage so Zhongli Qingwan could handle her broken engagement. After Jiang Yantian detected Xiao Jue’s Heavenly Dao Qi, Blood Sea Fu Ling attacked him, and Jiang Yantian realized she had also targeted a Child of Fortune.

• Zhongli Qingwan asked Jiang Yantian to visit her family after their business was done, and he agreed while teasing her about eating chicken butts.
• Blood Sea Fu Ling invited Zhongli Qingwan to share their bed, and Jiang Yantian and the two women spent the night together.
• The next day, Jiang Yantian and the others flew toward the Xiao Lineage, where a notification identified Xiao Jue as a Child of Fortune with Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation.
• Jiang Yantian sensed Heavenly Dao Qi from Xiao Jue, who was training in the Xiao Lineage’s martial grounds.
• Blood Sea Fu Ling recognized Xiao Jue as a valuable target, announced she was going to kill someone, and charged toward him.
• Jiang Yantian was startled by her sudden attack and remembered that Blood Sea Fu Ling hunted Children of Fortune too.

Jiang Yantian stopped Blood Sea Fu Ling from attacking someone with Heavenly Dao Qi, then brought her to visit the Xiao Lineage. Their clash injured Xiao Jue, who returned to his courtyard and reflected on how he had fallen from a celebrated genius to a mocked Foundation Establishment cultivator.

• Blood Sea Fu Ling charged toward the Heavenly Dao Qi, but Jiang Yantian intercepted her attack and persuaded her not to refine its bearer into pills.
• Jiang Yantian and Blood Sea Fu Ling returned to their flying boat and continued toward the Xiao Lineage, while Zhongli Qingwan and the elders reacted to the couple's overwhelming power.
• The flying boat arrived at the Xiao Lineage as the earlier clash left part of the estate damaged and Xiao Jue badly hurt by the pressure.
• Xiao Jue endured the other disciples' taunts, then went back to his secluded courtyard and used a pill to heal his chest.
• Xiao Jue remembered how he had fallen overnight from a Nascent Soul Late Stage genius to Foundation Establishment Early Stage and resented the people who now mocked him.

Zhongli Qingwan arrived at the Xiao estate with two elders and Jiang Yantian and Blood Sea Fu Ling to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Jue. As the visitors approached the patriarch, Xiao Jue sat despondently in a secluded courtyard until his childhood sweetheart Xiao Xiang'er came to find him.

• Zhongli Qingwan entered the Xiao estate with Elder Kumu, Elder Fengchun, Jiang Yantian, and Blood Sea Fu Ling to meet Patriarch Xiao Zhang.
• Xiao Lineage disciples recognized Zhongli Qingwan and speculated that she had come to break off her engagement to Xiao Jue.
• Zhongli Qingwan planned to explain the dissolution politely, while Elder Kumu and Elder Fengchun doubted Xiao Zhang would accept it easily.
• Jiang Yantian and Blood Sea Fu Ling joked that they were nervous about the engagement discussion as the group proceeded through the estate.
• Xiao Jue sat alone in a secluded courtyard, despairing over his ruined cultivation and inability to advance.
• Xiao Xiang'er hurried into the courtyard and called out to Xiao Jue.

Zhongli Qingwan visited the Xiao Lineage and announced that she had come to break off her engagement to Xiao Jue. Xiao Zhang and the Xiao Lineage members reacted with shock and anger, while Xiao Jue had not yet heard the news.

• Xiao Xiang'er told Xiao Jue that Zhongli Qingwan had arrived with two elders to visit the Xiao Lineage.
• Xiao Zhang welcomed Zhongli Qingwan and her companions, expecting her to discuss a wedding date.
• Zhongli Qingwan told Xiao Zhang that she had come to end her engagement to Xiao Jue.
• Xiao Zhang and the Xiao Lineage members protested the broken engagement and accused the Zhongli Lineage of humiliating them.
• Xiao Zhang suppressed his anger and demanded to know whether Zhongli Qingwan understood what she was saying.

Zhongli Qingwan tried to end her engagement to Xiao Jue, but Xiao Zhang accused her of abandoning his son because he had become a cripple and refused to agree. The Zhongli elders threatened the Xiao Lineage into accepting the breakup, until Xiao Jue suddenly declared that he would repudiate her instead.

• Zhongli Qingwan told Xiao Zhang that she had never wanted her arranged engagement to Xiao Jue and wanted to end it regardless of his talent.
• Xiao Zhang accused the Zhongli Lineage of humiliating the Xiao Lineage and insisted Qingwan was abandoning Xiao Jue because he could no longer cultivate.
• Qingwan rebuked Xiao Zhang for letting his own people insult Xiao Jue, while Xiao Zhang refused to break the engagement and released his presence against her party.
• Elder Kumu suppressed Xiao Zhang, and Elder Fengchun threatened the Xiao Lineage, declaring that the engagement would be broken whether they agreed or not.
• Qingwan offered compensation if Xiao Zhang accepted the breakup calmly, but Xiao Jue's voice rang through the hall as he declared that he would repudiate her.

Xiao Jue interrupted Zhongli Qingwan’s attempt to break their engagement and insisted on issuing her a letter of divorce, but Jiang Yantian repeatedly sabotaged his writing. The chapter ended with Xiao Jue still determined to divorce her despite his worsening blood loss and Zhongli Qingwan’s impatience.

• Xiao Jue arrived at the hall and declared that he would give Zhongli Qingwan a letter of divorce, then kowtowed to Xiao Zhang and asked for paper and a brush.
• Jiang Yantian corrected Xiao Jue’s writing, turning his intended letter of divorce into a series of nonsensical letters that Elder Kumu returned each time.
• Xiao Jue repeatedly cut his hand to stamp the letters with blood, growing pale and weak as the onlookers watched.
• Xiao Xiang'er offered to write the letter for Xiao Jue, but he insisted on doing it himself.
• Zhongli Qingwan demanded that they simply exchange their marriage contracts and end the matter, while Xiao Jue insisted he would write the letter of divorce.

Xiao Jue tried to humiliate Zhongli Qingwan after she came to break off their engagement, then challenged her to a duel. Zhongli Qingwan struck him down, leaving him badly injured as he protested that he had not finished speaking.

• Xiao Jue failed to write a divorce letter and told Zhongli Qingwan that his Xiao Lineage would one day rise above her Zhongli Lineage.
• Xiao Jue repeated his declaration after Zhongli Qingwan admitted she had not been listening, while Jiang Yantian secretly tossed powder into his mouth.
• Zhongli Qingwan asked Xiao Jue to return the marriage contract so they could end their engagement, and Xiao Jue challenged her to a duel.
• Zhongli Qingwan unleashed a blast that broke Xiao Jue's bones and hurled him into a row of chairs.
• Xiao Zhang and Xiao Xiang'er rushed to Xiao Jue's side, and Xiao Jue complained that Zhongli Qingwan had attacked before he finished speaking.

After the engagement was broken and the marriage contract destroyed, Xiao Xiang'er threatened that the Zhongli Lineage head would apologize within two days. Xiao Jue then erupted into a bizarre, uncontrolled rant and attacked Xiao Zhang, leaving the gathered family watching the fight.

• Xiao Zhang agreed to end the engagement, and Zhongli Qingwan tore up the returned marriage contract.
• Xiao Xiang'er vowed that the Zhongli Lineage head would come apologize within two days, provoking Elder Kumu and shocking Xiao Jue.
• Xiao Jue suddenly shouted a string of incoherent insults and boasts, then challenged the Xiao Lineage members to fight.
• Xiao Jue attacked Xiao Zhang while Xiao Xiang'er tried to pull him away, and Zhongli Qingwan and Jiang Yantian stayed to watch.
• Xiao Jue accused Xiao Zhang of allowing years of mockery and demanded compensation for his suffering after becoming crippled.

After eating something that released his pent-up anger, Xiao Jue lashed out at his father, Xiao Xiang'er, and the Xiao elders, then lost his memory of the outburst. Xiao Xiang'er apologized and summoned her lineage and the Ancient Xiao Clan after Zhongli Qingwan refused to apologize.

• Xiao Jue fought Xiao Zhang and accused him of leaving him to endure mockery, while Xiao Zhang realized his son had misunderstood his attempt to toughen him up.
• Xiao Jue turned on Xiao Xiang'er, berating her for repeatedly promising to defend him without taking action.
• Xiao Jue spat on the grand elder and exposed alleged scandals involving the grand elder and second elder before insulting the Xiao Lineage.
• Xiao Jue regained his composure and seemed confused as Xiao Zhang and the elders condemned him and ordered him to leave the Xiao Lineage.
• Xiao Xiang'er apologized to Xiao Jue, took out her lineage's jade pendant, and demanded that Zhongli Qingwan apologize to him.
• Zhongli Qingwan refused, so Xiao Xiang'er invoked the jade pendant and called for the Blue Enchantress Chelsea and the Ancient Xiao Clan.

Xiao Xiang'er summoned three powerful cultivators from the Ancient Xiao Clan to witness her demand that the Xiao Lineage apologize to Xiao Jue, but Jiang Yantian unleashed the Sea-Rending Mystic Dragon Whale and it swallowed them. The Xiao Lineage was left stunned, while Xiao Jue mistakenly thought the three had simply gone away.

• Xiao Xiang'er opened her communication jade pendant, causing a spatial rift to form above the Xiao residence.
• Three Taiyi Golden Immortals emerged from the rift, and Xiao Xiang'er asked them to witness her demand for an apology to Xiao Jue, especially from Zhongli Qingwan.
• Jiang Yantian summoned the Sea-Rending Mystic Dragon Whale and ordered it to swallow the three cultivators.
• The Sea-Rending Mystic Dragon Whale swallowed all three before they could escape, leaving Xiao Xiang'er and the Xiao Lineage horrified.
• Xiao Jue asked Xiao Xiang'er whether the three cultivators would return for dinner.

After Xiao Xiang'er failed to summon her lineage’s experts, Jiang Yantian forced the Xiao Lineage to host him and the Zhongli Lineage overnight. His advice to Xiao Jue convinced him to leave the Xiao Lineage and temper himself alone.

• Xiao Xiang'er repeatedly tried to summon her lineage’s experts, but received no response and worried that three hall-master-level figures had vanished.
• Jiang Yantian proposed that his group stay overnight at the Xiao Lineage, and Xiao Zhang initially refused.
• Jiang Yantian intimidated Xiao Zhang into agreeing to host them.
• Jiang Yantian urged Xiao Jue to endure hardship and treat losses as blessings, while secretly taking the ring on his finger.
• Xiao Xiang'er warned Xiao Jue that Jiang Yantian was trying to harm him, but Xiao Jue said he would leave the Xiao Lineage and temper himself alone.

Jiang Yantian subdued the Xiao Lineage and bound Xiao Xiang'er, claiming he would test her eloquence and might take her as a disciple. Xiao Jue believed him and let Jiang Yantian take her inside, while Xiao Xiang'er feared the consequences.

• Jiang Yantian's overwhelming pressure forced everyone in the Xiao Lineage estate to kneel, and Xiao Xiang'er suspected he had caused her Lineage's experts to die.
• Jiang Yantian said he would take Xiao Xiang'er away to test her eloquence, then bound her with a Nine Nether Fine Steel Chain.
• Jiang Yantian ordered Xiao Zhang to arrange guest rooms, and Xiao Zhang hurried to comply.
• Jiang Yantian told Xiao Jue he might take Xiao Xiang'er as his disciple, and Xiao Jue encouraged her to show off her eloquence.
• Jiang Yantian took Blood Sea Fu Ling and Zhongli Qingwan inside with him, while Xiao Xiang'er remained bound and worried about what awaited her.

Jiang Yantian entered the storage ring’s hidden realm and met Yun Xiu, the remnant soul inside it. Yun Xiu revealed that she had secretly absorbed Xiao Jue’s cultivation for years, causing his stagnation and hardship.

• Xiao Jue resolved to endure hardship in silence and prove himself through labor.
• Jiang Yantian brought Xiao Xiang'er into a room, where Blood Sea Fu Ling restrained her and warned her not to move.
• Jiang Yantian sensed the remnant soul in his storage ring awakening and concealed his true strength.
• A pale mist transported Jiang Yantian into the ring’s expansive secret realm, where Yun Xiu appeared.
• Yun Xiu apologized and explained that she had absorbed Xiao Jue’s spiritual power and cultivation to restore her weakened soul.

Jiang Yantian learned that Yun Xiu had unknowingly drained his cultivation for years and accepted her compensation and offer of guidance. Yun Xiu recounted her unlucky past and desire to avenge herself on the Imperishable Devil Emperor, while Jiang Yantian offered to rebuild her soul and followed her toward a spiritual spring.

• Yun Xiu admitted that her remnant soul had drawn on Jiang Yantian's cultivation and offered him a Spirit-Concentrating Pill, resources, and cultivation guidance as compensation.
• Jiang Yantian took the pill and asked how Yun Xiu had ended up trapped in the storage ring.
• Yun Xiu explained that Illusory Heart had once sought to take her as a consort for the Imperishable Devil Emperor, but let her go after a misunderstanding; Yun Xiu later reached the Daluo Divine Immortal realm.
• Yun Xiu said a wisp of the Imperishable Devil Emperor's presence destroyed her body and soul during the World-Destruction War, leaving her trapped as a remnant soul in the ring.
• Yun Xiu declared that she still wanted revenge but did not know what the Imperishable Devil Emperor looked like or how to defeat him, and promised to teach Jiang Yantian if he helped restore her soul.
• Jiang Yantian offered to rebuild Yun Xiu's soul immediately, and Yun Xiu took him to see the spiritual spring in the ring's space.

Jiang Yantian took Yun Xiu to the spirit spring, where his mysterious power drew her soul form to him and he kissed her. As Yun Xiu responded, his presence began repairing and solidifying her damaged soul.

• Jiang Yantian arrived at the spirit spring and treated its cultivation-rich water as a place to bathe.
• Jiang Yantian undressed and entered the spring while Yun Xiu turned away, flustered by his nudity.
• Jiang Yantian's invisible suction pulled Yun Xiu into his arms, and neither of them could explain why she could not escape.
• Jiang Yantian kissed Yun Xiu, and she gradually stopped resisting and returned the kiss.
• Yun Xiu's soul form began to solidify as Jiang Yantian's presence replenished her lost power and repaired its damage.

Jiang Yantian strengthened Yun Xiu’s remnant soul with his Hundun Origin and revealed that he wanted her to become his woman in exchange for rebuilding her body. Yun Xiu realized he was far more powerful than he claimed, and the chapter ended with him threatening to refine her unless she kissed him.

• Jiang Yantian held Yun Xiu and used his presence to make her soul more solid, while a strange resonance stirred within her.
• Jiang Yantian explained that his ancient Hundun Origin could reshape Yun Xiu’s soul, then teased her about giving her a final injection of “gold leaf.”
• Yun Xiu recognized the Hundun Origin and accused Jiang Yantian of lying about his identity and strength.
• Jiang Yantian told Yun Xiu he wanted her to stay by his side as his woman in exchange for restoring her body and strength.
• Jiang Yantian demanded that Yun Xiu kiss him and threatened to refine her when she hesitated.

Jiang Yantian revealed that he was the Imperishable Devil Emperor who had nearly destroyed Yun Xiu, then asked her to massage his shoulders. Yun Xiu began the massage despite her embarrassment, leaving them pressed close beside the spirit spring.

• Yun Xiu refused Jiang Yantian’s request to let him examine her, and he said he would help reconstruct her body without forcing her.
• Yun Xiu thanked Jiang Yantian for strengthening her soul, and he teased her about their earlier kiss.
• Jiang Yantian revealed that he was the Imperishable Devil Emperor who had nearly annihilated Yun Xiu, and asked whether she still wanted revenge.
• Jiang Yantian asked Yun Xiu to massage his shoulders, and she eventually agreed despite her discomfort.
• Yun Xiu leaned close to Jiang Yantian and gently kneaded his shoulders beside the spirit spring.

Yun Xiu felt humiliated when Jiang Yantian questioned whether she would massage just anyone, and she broke down as she recounted how his people and his Qi had repeatedly ruined her life. Jiang Yantian held her while she cried, and the chapter ended with her still leaning against his chest.

• Jiang Yantian asked Yun Xiu whether she would massage just anyone, and she continued massaging him with hurt, subdued movements.
• Jiang Yantian asked if she felt hurt, and Yun Xiu accused him of thinking she was fickle and loose.
• Jiang Yantian dismissed her grievance, then held her hands as she began to cry.
• Yun Xiu told Jiang Yantian how she had spent tens of millions of years trying to escape being made his consort, only to be killed by his Qi and fall into his hands again.
• Jiang Yantian embraced Yun Xiu and silently patted her back while she sobbed until her crying began to quiet.

Yun Xiu refused Jiang Yantian’s offer to become his consort, and he angrily left her in the spirit spring. Alone in the ring, she wondered whether she could keep rejecting him and where she could go if he let her leave.

• Yun Xiu told Jiang Yantian she would never become his consort, even if she could choose again.
• Jiang Yantian asked whether she would agree now, and when she refused, he pushed her into the spirit spring.
• Jiang Yantian said he would take Yun Xiu out the next time he came if she still refused, and told her that keeping her around disgusted him.
• Jiang Yantian dressed himself in a black robe and left the ring’s space without looking back.
• Yun Xiu noticed she had changed from a spirit body into a physical one and wondered whether she could refuse Jiang Yantian again or find a place to go.

Jiang Yantian returned to the room and found Xiao Xiang'er cowering in a corner, where she mistook his presence for a threat of sexual assault. He denied having any interest in her and sat at the table, leaving her confused about his intentions.

• Jiang Yantian returned to the room after failing to get Yun Xiu, deciding that he would keep her captive and spend time with Blood Sea Fu Ling and his junior sister instead.
• Xiao Xiang'er recognized Blood Sea Fu Ling and realized Jiang Yantian was the Imperishable Devil Emperor, then panicked as she imagined him forcing himself on her and betraying Xiao Jue.
• Xiao Xiang'er cried and trembled while Jiang Yantian watched, baffled by her shifting expressions and gestures.
• Jiang Yantian asked whether Xiao Xiang'er was sick, and she replied that she did not want him to force her.
• Jiang Yantian told Xiao Xiang'er to move, then sat at the table as she remained frozen and wondered why he had not acted.