Recaps

Chen Tian escaped his chains and used an attack on the two black-robed deacons to create chaos, while Su Chengfen slipped away to pursue him. Chen Tian fled through the gorge but was surrounded by Devil Race lackeys and neared collapse.

• Chen Tian secretly freed himself from his chains and ambushed the two black-robed deacons, whose counterattack destroyed the inn.
• Qin Yuan searched the rubble for Su Chengfen, while she escaped unnoticed and followed Chen Tian.
• The two black-robed deacons pursued Chen Tian through the gorge as he fled toward its outskirts.
• Devil Race lackeys appeared from every direction and blocked Chen Tian’s escape routes.
• Chen Tian lost hope and strength as he faced capture in Black Gorge.

Su Chengfen rescued Chen Tian from the searching demonic figures, and Chen Tian vowed to repay her life-saving kindness. After she nearly fell into his arms, Chen Tian asked about the man he had seen with her at the inn, and Su Chengfen said they were merely acquaintances.

• Su Chengfen pulled Chen Tian into a hidden corner and shielded him as demonic figures swept past.
• After the danger passed, Chen Tian thanked Su Chengfen and swore he would repay her kindness.
• Su Chengfen explained that she had risked helping him because she could not bear to watch him trapped and wounded.
• Su Chengfen stumbled as she tried to leave, and Chen Tian caught her before she hit the ground.
• Chen Tian asked about the man he had seen beside Su Chengfen at the inn, and she said they were merely acquaintances.

Chen Tian learned that Su Chengfen and Qin Yuan were merely acquainted, then grew convinced that Su Chengfen returned his feelings. Su Chengfen offered to conceal his traces by keeping him close, and Chen Tian held her hand before she left him to prepare to travel with her.

• Chen Tian heard Su Chengfen say she and Qin Yuan were merely acquainted and rejoiced at the chance to pursue her.
• Chen Tian urged Su Chengfen to leave for her safety, but she warned that the Devil Race could track his lingering presence and wounds.
• Su Chengfen offered to keep Chen Tian beside her and use her unusual presence to conceal his traces while he disguised himself as her attendant or companion.
• Overcome with gratitude and affection, Chen Tian clasped Su Chengfen's hand, and she pulled away and turned aside in apparent embarrassment.
• Chen Tian apologized, and Su Chengfen told him to get ready and come with her before hurrying outside.

Chen Tian escorted Su Chengfen back to the ruins while Qin Yuan searched for her in despair, believing she had died. When Qin Yuan joyfully rushed to embrace her, Chen Tian stepped between them, but Su Chengfen told him she could handle Qin Yuan herself.

• Chen Tian disguised his scarred face and walked back to the ruins beside Su Chengfen.
• Jiang Yantian received notifications that Chen Tian had taken the bait and Qin Yuan was grieving, then continued strolling with Ji Chu.
• Qin Yuan searched the wreckage for Su Chengfen, broke down in grief, and realized he had fallen in love with her.
• Beardy and Liu Mang tried to comfort Qin Yuan and questioned his overwhelming grief.
• Chen Tian and Su Chengfen arrived together, and Qin Yuan rushed toward her in joy.
• Chen Tian blocked Qin Yuan from reaching Su Chengfen, but she told Chen Tian not to expose himself and said she could handle Qin Yuan.

Su Chengfen told Qin Yuan that Chen Tian had saved her after the explosion, while concealing Chen Tian’s identity and keeping Qin Yuan’s suspicions at bay. Qin Yuan recommitted himself to winning Su Chengfen and grew jealous as he wondered whether Chen Tian had touched her while rescuing her.

• Qin Yuan glared at Chen Tian and reluctantly followed Su Chengfen aside when she signaled him to talk.
• Su Chengfen warned Chen Tian to keep his identity secret and said she would explain his presence to Qin Yuan.
• Qin Yuan anxiously asked Su Chengfen where she had gone, and she claimed the explosion had blasted her away before Chen Tian saved her.
• Qin Yuan seized Su Chengfen’s hand and blamed himself for failing to protect her, while she comforted him and allowed him to keep holding it.
• Qin Yuan vowed to marry Su Chengfen and threatened Chen Tian if he pursued her, then grew jealous as he imagined how Chen Tian had rescued her.

Qin Yuan reluctantly agreed to let Chen Tian travel with his group after learning that Chen Tian had saved Su Chengfen and she had promised to repay him. Su Chengfen's argument with Qin Yuan ended with Chen Tian mistaking Qin Yuan's attempt to hold her back for harassment.

• Qin Yuan questioned Su Chengfen about Chen Tian holding her waist when he rescued her, and she confirmed that he had caught her to save her.
• Qin Yuan proposed thanking Chen Tian with resources and sending him away, but Su Chengfen revealed that she had already agreed to travel with him.
• Su Chengfen offered to travel with Chen Tian alone if Qin Yuan objected, so Qin Yuan reluctantly agreed to let Chen Tian join the group.
• Qin Yuan asked whether Su Chengfen had feelings for Chen Tian, and she accused him of thinking she was an unfaithful woman.
• Su Chengfen tried to leave, and Qin Yuan grabbed her hand to stop her while insisting she had misunderstood him.
• Chen Tian saw them struggling and believed Qin Yuan was harassing Su Chengfen.

Chen Tian and Qin Yuan fought over Su Chengfen after each accused the other of getting too close to her. Their clash began as a contest of strength and turned into a humiliating hair-pulling match.

• Chen Tian charged at Qin Yuan after seeing him touch Su Chengfen, and Qin Yuan stepped forward to meet him.
• Chen Tian and Qin Yuan collided without using Qi and traded insults while Su Chengfen pretended to be alarmed as she watched them fight.
• Qin Yuan suddenly grabbed Chen Tian's hair and yanked, making Chen Tian stumble in pain.
• Chen Tian grabbed Qin Yuan's loose hair and pulled hard, causing Qin Yuan to cry out in pain.

Qin Yuan and Chen Tian fought over Su Chengfen, turning their brawl into a spectacle while Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu watched. Jiang Yantian then took Ji Chu to the Star-Picking Tower for their long-awaited night together.

• Qin Yuan and Chen Tian, both badly injured, chose to trade punches, kicks, bites, and insults instead of using cultivation techniques.
• Su Chengfen tried to stop the men, while the bearded man and Liu Mang watched without intervening.
• Jiang Yantian returned with Ji Chu and watched Qin Yuan and Chen Tian continue fighting over Su Chengfen.
• Jiang Yantian told Ji Chu that the men were fighting for love, then left with her for the Star-Picking Tower.
• Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu arrived at the Star-Picking Tower, where they planned to spend the night together.

Jiang Yantian brought Ji Chu into the Star-Picking Tower, where the crowd's leering stares made her uncomfortable. He attacked everyone who had looked at her, leaving the hall in chaos as the surviving guests feared him.

• Jiang Yantian reassured Ji Chu that they would find a room and led her into the Star-Picking Tower.
• The crowded tower drew attention to Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu, and many guests stared greedily at Ji Chu.
• Jiang Yantian released devil mist that struck the eyes of everyone who had stared at Ji Chu.
• The victims' eyes burst as their companions cried for help, while the surviving guests stood frozen in terror at Jiang Yantian.

Jiang Yantian revealed his overwhelming power at the Star-Picking Tower, where Devil Race experts obeyed his command and cleared the place of everyone else. He then told Ji Chu that he was the Imperishable Devil Emperor, leaving her stunned.

• Jiang Yantian caused the eyes of the onlookers to burst, and Ji Chu wondered at his terrifying strength.
• Devil Race experts arrived, recognized Jiang Yantian, and killed a woman who accused him.
• Jiang Yantian ordered the Star-Picking Tower cleared, and the Devil Race experts wiped out everyone present before vanishing.
• Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu sat down to eat, and Ji Chu pressed him to reveal his real name and identity.
• Jiang Yantian told Ji Chu his name was Jiang Yantian and revealed that the world called him the Imperishable Devil Emperor, shocking her.

Ji Chu overcame her awe of Jiang Yantian’s status and enjoyed a private date with him at Star-Picking Tower. Their conversation about the World-Destruction War drew the attention of Ye Chen, a powerful Reborn Immortal Emperor and Child of Fortune.

• Jiang Yantian reassured Ji Chu that she could treat him as her husband rather than fear his identity as the Imperishable Devil Emperor.
• Ji Chu admitted that she secretly admired the Devil Emperor, and Jiang Yantian teased her about being a fake fan.
• The couple discussed the World-Destruction War and the Heavenly Dao at Star-Picking Tower.
• A voice interrupted their conversation, and Jiang Yantian received a notification identifying the newcomer as Ye Chen, a peak Daluo Divine Immortal whose true strength was Dao Ancestor.
• Ji Chu saw Ye Chen and privately wondered why he had interrupted a conversation between her and her husband.

Ye Chen defended the Heavenly Dao’s role in the World-Destruction War, while Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu argued that it had used the war to purge those who resisted its rule. The debate ended with Ye Chen recalling the devastation he witnessed and Ji Chu dismissing the victims as people who had provoked the Devil Emperor.

• Ye Chen approached Ji Chu and argued that the Heavenly Dao had saved the myriad worlds by suppressing the Imperishable Devil Emperor.
• Ji Chu brushed off Ye Chen’s argument and cursed at him, while Jiang Yantian praised her response.
• Jiang Yantian accused the Heavenly Dao of using the war to consolidate its authority, and Ye Chen countered that the Imperishable Devil Emperor had sought power rather than freedom.
• Ye Chen became agitated, earning Jiang Yantian Humiliation Points, and Ji Chu claimed the Heavenly Dao had used the Devil Emperor as an excuse to purge its enemies.
• Ye Chen described seeing stars shattered and living beings burned, but Ji Chu replied that those who provoked the Devil Emperor had brought it on themselves.

Ye Chen tried to convince the Star-Picking Tower crowd that the Heavenly Dao had sacrificed itself to stop the Imperishable Devil Emperor, but they countered with ancient records portraying the Heavenly Dao as a tyrant. Unable to answer their accusations, Ye Chen faced a crowd increasingly convinced that the Devil Emperor had fought for freedom.

• Ye Chen projected images of the World-Destruction War and argued that the Heavenly Dao had damaged itself to save ordinary people and seal the Devil Emperor.
• The crowd defended the Devil Emperor, and Ye Chen accused them of envying his slaughter and disguising their desire for freedom from the Heavenly Dao.
• People challenged Ye Chen with claims that the Heavenly Dao had concealed the truth, provoked the war, and branded the Devil Emperor a sinner.
• A bald man showed Ye Chen an ancient book and argued that the Heavenly Dao had attacked the Devil Emperor to protect its supremacy and used the conflict to eliminate threats.
• The crowd overwhelmed Ye Chen with accusations, and even some people who had supported him began to hesitate.
• Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu watched the argument while Jiang admired the bald man's boldness.

Jiang Yantian’s arguments turned the crowd against the Heavenly Dao, prompting Ye Chen to unleash his overwhelming pressure. Jiang casually erased it and struck Ye Chen through his defenses, leaving him screaming in agony as his lower body was hit.

• Guangtou Qiang accused Ye Chen of defending the Heavenly Dao’s hypocrisy, and Jiang Yantian argued that the truth could not be hidden.
• The crowd condemned the Heavenly Dao and loudly declared support for the Devil Emperor, humiliating Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen roared at the crowd and released a terrifying pressure that forced them down and left them unable to resist.
• Jiang Yantian snapped his fingers without turning around, erasing Ye Chen’s pressure and directing an invisible force at him.
• Ye Chen raised a golden defensive barrier, but the force shattered it and struck his lower body, making him scream about his balls.

Jiang Yantian crippled Ye Chen during their confrontation at the Star-Picking Tower, prompting Ye Chen to unleash a devastating attack. A chained demonic soul intercepted the strike and declared its arrival to the Devil Emperor.

• Jiang Yantian damaged Ye Chen's balls, and Ye Chen demanded to know who had attacked him.
• Ye Chen revealed his purple-and-gold true form and unleashed his Half-Step Dao Ancestor power, while Jiang Yantian shielded the Star-Picking Tower with dark mist.
• Ye Chen left the tower and launched the All-Heavens World-Suppressing Immortal Seal at Jiang Yantian, driving the onlookers to flee.
• A chained demonic shadow emerged from a void rift and met Ye Chen's strike head-on, tearing open a vast fissure in Black Gorge's sky.
• Ye Chen recoiled from the shadow, which introduced itself as Protector World Defier and begged the Devil Emperor's forgiveness for arriving late.

Protector World Defier, still sealed beneath Black Gorge, fought Ye Chen with the strength of his fragmented soul and used the battle to strain his bonds. Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu watched as Ye Chen’s attacks failed to defeat him.

• World Defier declared his eternal oath to protect the Devil Emperor and attacked Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen struck World Defier with the All-Heavens World-Suppressing Immortal Seal, but World Defier used his sealing chains to block it and turn the purifying attack against his seal.
• Ye Chen burned his Immortal Essence and unleashed the All-Heavens Stars Annihilation Art, but World Defier evaded the attack and struck back with the Eight Wastelands Killing Array.
• World Defier shattered Ye Chen’s Myriad Dharma Cauldron and damaged his immortal sword, then mocked him for disappointing expectations.
• Jiang Yantian brought Ji Chu to watch and realized World Defier had grown stronger by absorbing Killing Qi beneath Black Gorge for countless ages.

Ye Chen gained the upper hand against World Defier, whose soul was weakening under the Wangu Seal, but Jiang Yantian unleashed ghost hands that began tearing the seal apart. Realizing World Defier was being freed rather than devoured, Ye Chen gathered all his strength for a desperate sword strike.

• Ye Chen exploited World Defier’s fading strength and launched a vast storm of sword shadows, confident he could kill him.
• Jiang Yantian raised his hand and summoned a Devil Emperor manifestation that burst into countless ghost hands rushing toward World Defier.
• The ghost hands tore at World Defier while a demonic barrier swallowed Ye Chen’s sword shadows, leaving him unable to interfere.
• Ye Chen mistook World Defier’s screams for signs that he was being devoured, then realized the ghost hands were breaking the Wangu Seal.
• Ye Chen poured all his immortal essence and natal essence into his sword and unleashed his strongest strike at World Defier and the ghost hands.

Ye Chen's all-out sword strike failed to harm World Defier or stop the seal from breaking. World Defier returned to his full power, and Ye Chen realized the Imperishable Devil Emperor's presence had caused his awakening.

• Ye Chen's sword shadow struck the barrier around World Defier, but the ghost hands, sealing chains, and soul body remained unharmed.
• The ghost hands tore apart the ancient seal, and World Defier manifested in black devil armor with long blood-colored hair.
• World Defier roared, released overwhelming pressure, and summoned his lifebound treasure, the World Defier Thorn Chain.
• The beings present bowed and welcomed World Defier's return while Ye Chen recognized him as the complete Guardian World Defier.
• Ye Chen looked toward the silver-haired figure in a black dragon-patterned robe and realized the Imperishable Devil Emperor had caused World Defier to appear.

World Defier brutally overwhelmed Ye Chen after breaking his seal, while Jiang Yantian watched without intervening. Ye Chen was left bound and near death as Jiang Yantian remained silent, apparently waiting for something.

• World Defier attacked Ye Chen, who fortified himself and fought back after seeing that Jiang Yantian was not intervening.
• World Defier shattered Ye Chen’s defenses, struck him in the chest, and pierced his abdomen with the Thorn Chain.
• World Defier dragged Ye Chen close, choked him, and bound his limbs with the thorned chain, torturing him as he screamed.
• Jiang Yantian watched from the Star-Picking Tower while Ji Chu fed him fruit, showing no intention of stopping World Defier.
• The distant cultivators hid in fear and watched the Devil Emperor’s arrival and World Defier’s assault.

World Defier nearly killed Ye Chen, but a Heavenly Dao treasure awakened and let him escape until Jiang Yantian dragged him back with a chain. After Ye Chen threatened revenge, Jiang Yantian ordered World Defier to sever his hands and feet, then chose to leave him alive.

• World Defier tortured Ye Chen and began devouring his Immortal Essence and soul as the onlookers speculated about the Demon Domain opening.
• Jiang Yantian predicted Ye Chen would reveal a trump card and ordered World Defier to leave him an escape route.
• A Heavenly Dao treasure awakened between Ye Chen’s brows, broke World Defier’s restraints, and let Ye Chen flee into the chaos.
• Jiang Yantian caught the fleeing Ye Chen with a Nine Nether Fine Steel Chain and dragged him back before World Defier.
• Ye Chen threatened to return and destroy his enemies, so World Defier severed his hands and feet on Jiang Yantian’s orders.
• Jiang Yantian told World Defier to throw Ye Chen away and keep him alive.

Jiang Yantian had World Defier cast Ye Chen toward the outskirts of the Demon Domain, then restored World Defier’s strength and ordered him to gather old forces for another war against the Heavenly Dao. Ye Chen remained gravely injured as he plunged into the Demon Domain, unable to tell where he had landed.

• World Defier hurled the battered Ye Chen into the void, sending him toward the outskirts of the Demon Domain.
• Jiang Yantian noted Ye Chen’s humiliation and decided to keep him alive because he could still be useful.
• World Defier knelt before Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu, thanking Jiang Yantian for freeing him from his seal.
• Jiang Yantian infused World Defier with Demonic Qi, restoring his cultivation and pushing it beyond its former peak.
• Jiang Yantian ordered World Defier to gather his old forces and prepare for a new battle against the Heavenly Dao.
• Ye Chen plunged into the Demon Domain, where the desolate landscape and demonic mist surrounded him as he struggled to stay conscious.

Ye Chen collapsed at the outskirts of the Demon Domain while Jiang Yantian brought Ji Chu to the Star-Picking Tower and shared a passionate, teasing moment with her. The chapter ended with Ji Chu agreeing to act out the story they had joked about.

• Ye Chen lost consciousness beside the divine bones near the Demon Domain.
• Jiang Yantian led Ji Chu up to the Star-Picking Tower’s prepared top-floor room and viewing platform.
• Jiang Yantian embraced Ji Chu as they admired the scenery, and she kissed him.
• Jiang Yantian told Ji Chu a suggestive story about perseverance, and she realized his teasing meaning.
• Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu kissed passionately, then agreed to act out the story together.

Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu enjoyed an intimate night in the Star-Picking Tower and promised to return there together. Meanwhile, Ye Chen remained unconscious and badly wounded on the outskirts of the Demon Domain, where the Evil Venerable of Indulgence approached him.

• Jiang Yantian and Ji Chu teased each other about their intimate encounter and agreed that the room in the Star-Picking Tower would be theirs alone.
• Jiang Yantian promised to bring Ji Chu back to the tower even when he went to war or reshaped the Heavenly Dao.
• Qin Yuan, Chen Tian, and Su Chengfen continued their romantic struggle while Big Beard and Liu Mang endured the spectacle.
• Ye Chen lay unconscious on a rocky shoal as his providence slowly repaired his severed limbs, hindered by the baleful forces of the Demon Domain.
• The Evil Venerable of Indulgence approached Ye Chen, drawn by the chance to prey on a vulnerable cultivator.

The Evil Lord of Indulgence found the unconscious, badly injured Ye Chen and took him to a jungle, intending to exploit his powerful immortal aura. Ye Chen regained a sliver of awareness but remained unable to move as the Evil Lord assaulted him, leaving him furious and despairing.

• The Evil Venerable of Indulgence mistook Ye Chen's healing golden light for a treasure before realizing it came from an unconscious cultivator.
• The Evil Lord of Indulgence carried Ye Chen out of the Demon Domain and laid him on a rock in a gloomy jungle.
• The Evil Lord of Indulgence recognized Ye Chen's refined immortal essence and began taking advantage of his unconscious state.
• Ye Chen partially woke but could neither move nor call for help, and he raged inwardly as the Evil Lord continued.
• Ye Chen's Dao heart suffered as he struggled to survive and seek revenge, while his body remained unresponsive.

The Evil Lord of Indulgence tried to claim Ye Chen as his cultivation furnace, but three powerful righteous figures arrived and intervened. The Evil Lord was left badly wounded after attacking Ye Chen and being struck down by their leader.

• The Evil Lord of Indulgence declared that Ye Chen would be his wife and that he would use him to cultivate.
• Ye Chen pleaded to the Supreme Heavenly Dao for help as he lay unable to resist.
• Three powerful figures appeared, and their presence restrained the Evil Lord of Indulgence.
• The leader accused the Evil Lord of imprisoning Ye Chen and harming countless cultivators, then declared that he would die that day.
• The Evil Lord lunged toward Ye Chen, but the leader struck him with golden light and blasted him to the ground, weakening him.