Recaps

Jiang Yantian prepared to leave for Mount Meng and Black Gorge the next day, then took Ling Ruowei aside after Long Wanning and the others tactfully left them alone. He led Ling Ruowei toward a towering structure to admire the night scenery, and she followed with growing shyness and willingness.

• Jiang Yantian told Long Wanning and the others that he would return to Mount Meng the next day, sweep through Black Gorge, and then head back to the Demon Domain.
• Long Wanning and the others noticed Jiang Yantian's interest in Ling Ruowei and pretended to be tired so they could leave the pair alone.
• Ling Ruowei tried to follow the others, but Jiang Yantian caught her hand and invited her to admire the night scenery atop the tower.
• Ling Ruowei accepted Jiang Yantian's invitation, and he led her toward the tower beneath the stars.

Jiang Yantian brought Ling Ruowei to the summit of the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda to admire the night sky, where she reflected on her past and found comfort in his embrace. Ling Ruowei asked whether he wanted her, and Jiang Yantian teased her before urging her to show him a little more.

• Jiang Yantian carried Ling Ruowei to the pagoda summit and spread fox fur across the roof for them to lie on.
• Ling Ruowei nestled against Jiang Yantian and recalled her lonely life, her revenge, and the destruction of the Pure Mysterious Realm.
• Ling Ruowei asked Jiang Yantian whether he wanted her and admitted that she had worked up the courage to ask.
• Jiang Yantian teased Ling Ruowei about desiring his body and kept her in his embrace as she protested.
• Jiang Yantian told Ling Ruowei to move up and let him have a look, leaving her embarrassed and unsure how to take the initiative.

Jiang Yantian and Ling Ruowei grew closer during a passionate night, and the next day he opened the Chaos Realm for his five wives to enter. The chapter ended with each wife kissing him before they set off.

• Ling Ruowei let Jiang Yantian draw her into an intimate encounter and gradually became more confident with him.
• The next day, Jiang Yantian carried the sleeping Ling Ruowei back to the others, who prepared to enter the Chaos Realm.
• Jiang Yantian opened a portal to the Chaos Realm and invited his wives to go inside and meet their sisters.
• Long Wanning, Long Qingfei, Blood Sea Fu Ling, Zhongli Qingwan, and Ling Ruowei each kissed Jiang Yantian goodbye.

Jiang Yantian left the Secluded Immortal Palace to wage war against the Heavenly Dao, but stopped at a city whose inhabitants devoted all their faith to it. He disguised himself as the Heavenly Dao and prepared to crush the city with a false blessing.

• Jiang Yantian watched his five wives enter the Chaos Realm, closed the portal, and departed for Mount Meng.
• As Jiang Yantian traveled, he sensed growing power of faith from people who worshipped him and resented those who remained devoted to the Heavenly Dao.
• Jiang Yantian discovered a vast city whose people directed all their faith toward the Heavenly Dao.
• Jiang Yantian imitated the Heavenly Dao's presence and appeared before the believers, who celebrated his arrival as a divine manifestation.
• Jiang Yantian formed a giant golden Dharma manifestation and launched a supposed blessing at the kneeling city, while its powerful inhabitants sensed the attack's destructive force.

Jiang Yantian used the Heavenly Dao’s golden light to destroy a city and demanded daily human sacrifices, exposing the Heavenly Dao as a false god to its believers. The survivors’ faith turned to hatred as they resisted, but the golden light erased the entire region and left a vast abyss.

• Jiang Yantian let the destructive golden light descend on the city, killing people and dissolving buildings as believers pleaded for mercy.
• Jiang Yantian accused the believers of offering too little and ordered them to sacrifice one hundred men and one hundred women each day for their soul essence and vital Qi.
• An old Daoist and other cultivators denounced the Heavenly Dao as a hypocritical false god, and the crowd’s faith collapsed into fury.
• The city’s cultivators charged the golden light in desperation, but their attacks vanished without affecting it.
• Jiang Yantian unleashed the golden light’s full power, erasing the city and its inhabitants and leaving an enormous black abyss.

Jiang Yantian terrorized the survivors of a devastated land, demanding daily human offerings while posing as a servant of the Heavenly Dao, and left them furious enough to spread their resentment. He then returned to Mount Meng and reunited with Luo Biling and Leng Ning, while Liu Ye and Shi Jin'er watched from nearby.

• Jiang Yantian ordered the survivors to offer one hundred men and one hundred women each day and claimed the sacrifices upheld the Heavenly Dao.
• The survivors cursed Jiang Yantian and the Heavenly Dao and called on the Imperishable Devil Emperor; Jiang Yantian killed one loud protester before departing.
• Jiang Yantian traveled to Mount Meng and noted that Green Hill Town remained in ruins while humanoid demonic beasts rebuilt it.
• Jiang Yantian found Luo Biling and Leng Ning at their dwelling and embraced them as they welcomed him.
• Liu Ye and Shi Jin'er came out to greet Jiang Yantian but stayed back as he led Luo Biling and Leng Ning into the courtyard.

Jiang Yantian left his companions behind and traveled alone to Black Gorge, a forbidden-zone trading hub where he hoped to find World Defier. He entered the crowded canyon in disguise and reached its guarded entrance, where travelers had to pay a fee.

• Luo Biling and Leng Ning questioned Jiang Yantian about the women he had brought back, and he told them the women had gone to the Chaos Realm.
• After spending the night with Luo Biling and Leng Ning, Jiang Yantian set out alone for Black Gorge.
• Jiang Yantian approached Black Gorge and saw its vast canyon, crowded trading entrance, and imposing demonic barrier.
• Jiang Yantian opened a passage through the barrier, hid his Devil Emperor pressure, and entered Black Gorge like an ordinary traveler.
• Jiang Yantian reached the canyon's main entrance, where demonic figures enforced Black Gorge's entrance fee.

Jiang Yantian entered Black Gorge after a devil-marked guard inexplicably knelt before him, then watched a group dispute an increased entrance fee. He detected Qin Yuan, a hidden child of fortune rushing toward the entrance, and recognized him as a potential target.

• Jiang Yantian entered Black Gorge without paying after a devil-marked guard fell to his knees in terror, and he stopped the guard from bowing.
• Jiang Yantian overheard a bearded cultivator argue that the guards were demanding an extra hundred thousand spirit stones because someone had sneaked inside.
• The veiled woman advised her senior brother to pay the difference, and the bearded cultivator prepared to comply.
• Qin Yuan rushed toward the entrance, and Jiang Yantian's devil eyes revealed his fortune and the system identified him as a child of fortune and core disciple of the Jade Moon Sect.
• Jiang Yantian stopped and smiled coldly as he recognized Qin Yuan as the fortune-blessed target he had hoped to find.

Jiang Yantian ordered a Black Gorge guard to humiliate Qin Yuan after Qin Yuan tried to evade the entrance fee. Surrounded by jeering onlookers, Qin Yuan swallowed his anger and signaled his companions to leave.

• Qin Yuan admitted his mistake and offered a pouch containing a hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones to the guard.
• Jiang Yantian told the guard to demand a million spirit stones and disgrace Qin Yuan if he refused.
• The guard struck the pouch from Qin Yuan's hand, scattering the spirit stones, then demanded payment or that Qin Yuan kneel and kowtow a hundred times.
• The guard and onlookers mocked Qin Yuan and his companions as Qin Yuan fought to restrain his anger.
• Qin Yuan exchanged a look with the bearded man and his other companions, and they agreed to leave rather than provoke a conflict at Black Gorge.

Qin Yuan and his companions tried to leave Black Gorge, but the guard crushed Qin Yuan’s spirit stones and demanded that he kneel and kowtow or face death. Surrounded by powerful demonic cultivators, Qin Yuan refused to back down, and the guard ordered them to attack.

• Qin Yuan decided to leave with his fellow disciples, but the guard destroyed the spirit stones he had been collecting.
• The guard demanded that Qin Yuan kneel, kowtow a hundred times, and call him Grandpa, while dozens of demonic cultivators surrounded the group.
• Qin Yuan and his three companions readied their weapons as onlookers mocked and threatened them.
• Jiang Yantian watched the confrontation and planned to intervene later so he could take the group into Black Gorge.
• Qin Yuan offered a hundred thousand spirit stones to settle the dispute, but the guard refused and began a countdown.
• The guard reached one and ordered the demonic cultivators to attack.

Qin Yuan surrendered to the Devil Race experts to spare his fellow disciples, but the guard forced him to kneel, kowtow, and call him Grandpa. As Qin Yuan was beaten for refusing to say the word, Jiang Yantian watched, intending to intervene only after pushing him to his breaking point.

• Qin Yuan admitted the trouble was his fault and offered to take the punishment alone if the Devil Race experts let his fellow disciples go.
• A hidden command halted the experts' attack, and the guard ordered Qin Yuan to kneel, kowtow a hundred times, and call him Grandpa.
• The bearded senior brother warned Qin Yuan that the devil cultivators would not keep their word, but Qin Yuan pulled free and insisted on sacrificing himself.
• Qin Yuan knelt before the guard and struck his forehead against the ground as the onlookers mocked him.
• When Qin Yuan could not say Grandpa, the guard stamped on his head and drove it into the ground, drawing blood.
• Jiang Yantian watched without intervening, planning to step in after Qin Yuan reached his breaking point.

Jiang Yantian, disguised as Fuqing, intervened when a Devil Race guard abused Qin Yuan and paid four million high-grade spirit stones to secure the group’s release. After leading them into Black Gorge, he stopped at a tea stall and apologized to Ji Chu for taking her hand.

• Jiang Yantian rebuked the guard as he was about to trample Qin Yuan again.
• The guard demanded four million high-grade spirit stones from Jiang Yantian to release Qin Yuan and his companions.
• Jiang Yantian handed over a storage pouch containing more than ten million high-grade spirit stones and a message praising the guard from the Devil Emperor.
• The guard kicked Qin Yuan once more, then let him and the others leave.
• Jiang Yantian led Ji Chu by the hand and took the group into Black Gorge, where he apologized for the contact.

Jiang Yantian, calling himself Fu Qing with the courtesy name Gan Die, won the admiration of Ji Chu and her companions after rescuing them and refusing repayment. As Qin Yuan struggled with jealousy, Jiang Yantian took Ji Chu’s hand again, claiming it was a custom from his homeland.

• Ji Chu thanked Jiang Yantian and admired his handsome appearance and selfless protection, while Qin Yuan caught up and felt jealous seeing her blush.
• Qin Yuan thanked Jiang Yantian for paying four million high-grade spirit stones and vowed to repay the debt, but Jiang Yantian refused repayment and said he had acted from a sense of righteousness.
• Big Beard, Ji Chu, and the other man praised Jiang Yantian, while Qin Yuan suspected that Jiang Yantian’s noble words made him look bad by comparison.
• Jiang Yantian introduced himself as Fu Qing, courtesy name Gan Die, and Ji Chu introduced herself and thanked him.
• Jiang Yantian praised Ji Chu, then took her hand and said he was observing the customs of his homeland, leaving the others bewildered.

Jiang Yantian won over Qin Yuan’s companions with his charm, then claimed he had come to Black Gorge to search for his supposedly dead wife. He revealed a portrait that looked exactly like Ji Chu, leaving everyone stunned.

• Jiang Yantian kissed Ji Chu’s hand, introduced himself and Liu Mang, and invited the group to the Cliff Inn.
• At the inn, Jiang Yantian humbly dismissed the bearded man’s thanks, and the group shared wine and food.
• The bearded man asked why Jiang Yantian had come to Black Gorge, and Jiang Yantian said he was searching for his wife, whom a friend claimed to have seen there.
• After the bearded man offered to help find her, Jiang Yantian used the system to create a portrait with Ji Chu’s appearance.
• Jiang Yantian unfurled the portrait, and the others recognized that it looked exactly like Ji Chu.

Ji Chu and the others discovered that Fuqing’s deceased wife looked exactly like Ji Chu, including her beauty mark. Jiang Yantian claimed his wife was Long Wanning and said they had been apart for eight million seven hundred and sixty thousand two-hour periods, leaving Ji Chu more unsettled by the resemblance.

• Ji Chu, Qin Yuan, Liu Mang, and the bearded man compared Ji Chu with the woman in Jiang Yantian’s painting and found them identical.
• Jiang Yantian acted confused when the others questioned whether the painted woman was really his wife, then described his grief and longing for her.
• Ji Chu asked Jiang Yantian what his wife’s name was, and he answered that she was Long Wanning.
• Ji Chu asked how long they had been apart, and Jiang Yantian replied that he remembered eight million seven hundred and sixty thousand two-hour periods.

Jiang Yantian revealed that he had searched for his missing wife Long Wanning for nineteen hundred years after she disappeared for a hundred, leading Ji Chu's fellow disciples to suspect she was Long Wanning reincarnated. As Qin Yuan tried to interrupt their growing connection by faking a cultivation injury, Jiang Yantian stepped on his foot and broke it.

• Jiang Yantian said Long Wanning had been missing for a hundred years and that he had searched for her for nineteen hundred years.
• The bearded man and Liu Mang realized Ji Chu's age and missing century matched Long Wanning's reincarnation, while Qin Yuan feared losing Ji Chu to Jiang Yantian.
• Qin Yuan deliberately injured a meridian to fake a dangerous backlash and draw everyone's attention away from Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu.
• Jiang Yantian recognized Qin Yuan's self-injury ploy and decided to make the injury real.
• Jiang Yantian stepped on Qin Yuan's foot while pretending to rush over to help, breaking it.

Jiang Yantian warned Qin Yuan’s companions that forcing Qi into him could kill him, then offered a painful alternative that would wake him. Qin Yuan realized Jiang Yantian might be targeting his junior sister and resolved to keep pretending to be unconscious as Jiang moved closer.

• Qin Yuan endured his broken ankle while pretending to be unconscious and hoped his senior brother would stabilize his Qi.
• Jiang Yantian stopped the bearded man, Ji Chu, and Liu Mang from channeling Qi into Qin Yuan, claiming it could destroy his dantian or kill him.
• Jiang Yantian said he could save Qin Yuan with a brutally painful technique that would likely wake him, and Qin Yuan suspected he was tormenting him to gain favor with his junior sister.
• The bearded man, Liu Mang, and Ji Chu urged Jiang Yantian to proceed, insisting Qin Yuan could endure the pain.
• Qin Yuan decided not to reveal that he was conscious, while Jiang Yantian stepped closer and placed his foot on Qin Yuan’s 0.

Jiang Yantian secretly inflicted severe damage on Qin Yuan while pretending to treat him, then claimed Qin’s primal yang Qi was out of control and proposed a shocking method to save him. He left the others believing that a woman must provide pure Yin immortal essence through intimate contact.

• Jiang Yantian used a death-Qi needle to reverse Qin Yuan’s immortal essence and torture him while Qin pretended to remain unconscious.
• Qin endured the pain without opening his eyes, even as he spat blood and his life signs weakened.
• Jiang Yantian told the bearded man, Liu Mang, and Ji Chu that Qin’s primal yang Qi was dangerously abundant and that continued treatment could destroy his body and Primordial Spirit.
• Jiang Yantian claimed the only way to save Qin was to borrow the power of harmonization from a woman, who would need to transfer her pure Yin immortal essence through skin-to-skin intimacy.

Jiang Yantian said that Ji Chu had to press against him and channel her pure Yin Qi to save Qin Yuan, leaving her to choose between her reputation and her senior brother’s life. With Qin Yuan close to death, Ji Chu faced mounting pressure to accept Jiang Yantian’s intimate instructions.

• Jiang Yantian explained that he would use his body and silver needles to guide Ji Chu’s pure Yin Qi into Qin Yuan and neutralize the violent primal Yang Qi.
• Ji Chu agreed to help save Qin Yuan, and Jiang Yantian reassured her that the procedure would cause no serious harm and that he would disappear afterward.
• Jiang Yantian instructed Ji Chu to hold him tightly from behind and press her body against his without leaving a gap.
• Qin Yuan, conscious but unable to speak, raged inwardly as the bearded man and Liu Mang stared in shock.
• Jiang Yantian warned that Qin Yuan would die within ten breaths unless Ji Chu acted, and Ji Chu considered whether accepting the embrace might be all right.

Jiang Yantian pretended to save Qin Yuan by drawing Qi from Ji Chu, first embracing her and then kissing her under the pretext that it was the only way to save Qin Yuan. After Jiang Yantian left, Qin Yuan recovered and accused him of staging the crisis to deceive Ji Chu.

• Ji Chu hugged Jiang Yantian from behind and transferred her Qi to help him save Qin Yuan, but Qin Yuan's body began swelling as the danger worsened.
• Jiang Yantian claimed Ji Chu's Qi was insufficient, pulled her against him, and kissed her to draw out more Qi while Qin Yuan watched helplessly.
• Qin Yuan's swelling subsided, and Jiang Yantian released Ji Chu, apologized, and left the inn before she could respond.
• The bearded man praised Jiang Yantian's righteousness and urged Ji Chu not to blame him, while Liu Mang helped Qin Yuan recover.
• Qin Yuan angrily accused Jiang Yantian of faking the crisis to deceive Ji Chu.

Qin Yuan accused Fuqing of staging his injuries and deceiving everyone, but Ji Chu, Big Beard, and Liu Mang dismissed his claims as jealous slander. Qin Yuan swore a Demon Domain Forbidden Oath that confirmed his words were true, while Jiang Yantian sensed the oath nearby.

• Qin Yuan claimed Fuqing had faked his crisis and caused his injuries to get close to Ji Chu.
• Big Beard and Liu Mang defended Fuqing, and Ji Chu condemned Qin Yuan for repaying kindness with slander.
• Qin Yuan insisted that his companions believe him, but they suspected jealousy had driven him to attack Fuqing.
• Qin Yuan swore a Demon Domain Forbidden Oath that every accusation he had made was true.
• The oath sealed itself upon Qin Yuan's soul, and Jiang Yantian sensed it less than a hundred zhang away.

Qin Yuan was struck by the Forbidden Oath’s demon lightning, which nearly killed him and appeared to prove his accusations against Fellow Daoist Fuqing false. As Beardy and Liu Mang condemned him and Ji Chu looked for Fuqing, she noticed he had left behind a painting of himself with his wife, who resembled her.

• Qin Yuan’s oath summoned demon lightning, which struck only him and left him gravely injured, with his cultivation and soul essence damaged.
• Beardy, Liu Mang, and Ji Chu concluded that Qin Yuan had slandered Fellow Daoist Fuqing and reacted with anger and disgust.
• Qin Yuan insisted that he had told the truth and could not understand why the lightning had struck him.
• Beardy and Liu Mang rebuked Qin Yuan for his jealousy and for refusing to admit his wrongdoing, while Ji Chu ignored him.
• Ji Chu searched the crowd for Fellow Daoist Fuqing, then noticed that he had left behind a painting of himself with his wife, who looked exactly like her.

Ji Chu suspected that Jiang Yantian was her husband from a previous life, while Qin Yuan's companions rejected his warnings about Fuqing and left the inn. They met Jiang Yantian again at a canyon wine stall, where his injured, withdrawn appearance convinced Ji Chu he had heard Qin Yuan's slander.

• Ji Chu studied Jiang Yantian's portrait and wondered if she was his wife from a previous life, then rolled it up to return it to him.
• Qin Yuan begged his companions not to meet Fuqing again, but the bearded man warned him that their relationship would end if he acted that way again.
• The group left the inn and walked into the canyon, with the badly injured Qin Yuan struggling behind them.
• At a wine stall, the bearded man recognized Jiang Yantian, who greeted them weakly and returned to drinking alone.
• Ji Chu asked whether Jiang Yantian had heard Qin Yuan's accusations, and the bearded man and Liu Mang apologized for Qin Yuan's words.

Jiang Yantian left Qin Yuan and his companions after making Qin Yuan look like an ungrateful slanderer, then searched Black Gorge for his dormant protector, World Defier. He spotted a young man offering a mere hundred spirit stones for a peculiar stone worth millions, just as a notification sounded.

• Jiang Yantian feigned exhaustion and left, while Ji Chu and the others blamed Qin Yuan for his accusations against Fuqing.
• The bearded man and Liu Mang berated Qin Yuan for betraying Fuqing, and Ji Chu kept staring after Fuqing without speaking.
• Qin Yuan resolved to expose Fuqing and followed the others, convinced that justice would eventually vindicate him.
• Jiang Yantian searched Black Gorge for World Defier and noticed a young man offering a seller a hundred spirit stones for a valuable peculiar stone.
• A notification suddenly sounded as Jiang Yantian looked at the stone.

Jiang Yantian interrupted Chen Tian’s attempt to buy a peculiar stone and purchased it himself. After discovering it was a valuable Dao bone, he refused Chen Tian’s attempt to reclaim it and insisted he liked it too.

• Chen Tian tried to buy a peculiar stone for a hundred spirit stones, but Jiang Yantian offered a hundred and fifty before the deal was completed.
• Jiang Yantian bought the stone, and Chen Tian realized it contained energy that could purify energy and negate a fatal attack.
• Jiang Yantian examined the stone and identified it as a Dao bone left by an ancient mighty figure, though he considered it of little use to himself.
• Chen Tian followed Jiang Yantian and claimed his father wanted the stone for a banquet, asking Jiang Yantian to sell it.
• Jiang Yantian refused, saying he liked the stone and collected unusual things.