Recaps

Long Wanning received a system mission to descend to the lower realm and find a husband named Tian, while Jiang Yantian remained unaware and went fishing at the Prince Teng Pavilion. The chapter left Jiang Yantian cursing at the fish beside the pavilion’s private lake.

• The system ordered Long Wanning to find her husband within a month, describing him as silver-haired, handsome, and dressed in black, and threatened to strip away her cultivation if she failed.
• The system gave Long Wanning the phrase “Lemme see dem titties” as a clue, and she arranged for the Prince Teng Pavilion to search before she descended to the lower realm.
• Jiang Yantian reassured Diao Mao that she would not be implicated for his stay in the pavilion, then gave her pills and promised to help her reach Nascent Soul.
• Jiang Yantian asked Diao Mao to take him fishing at the pavilion master’s private lake, where he began cursing because the fish would not bite.

Jiang Yantian used his speaker controller to humiliate Qin Xuan during Prince Teng Pavilion’s welcoming banquet, causing Qin Xuan’s voice to blurt out increasingly outrageous lines. The banquet descended into shock and suspicion as Jiang Yantian prepared to escalate the prank with electronic music mode.

• Jiang Yantian brought Diao Mao to the lavish welcoming banquet, where she nervously sat beside him while the pavilion’s influential figures gathered.
• Nan Tongyu welcomed Jiang Yantian, and the guests toasted him as dancers performed; Jiang Yantian decided to use his controller to embarrass Qin Xuan.
• When Qin Xuan toasted Elder Huang, a voice identical to his shouted at the elder to drink, leaving the hall silent and earning Jiang Yantian 5,000 humiliation points.
• Qin Xuan denied speaking, but another outburst addressed Nan Tongyu with crude complaints about defecating, shocking the guests and earning Jiang Yantian 10,000 humiliation points.
• Jiang Yantian switched the controller to electronic music mode, ready to make Qin Xuan’s humiliation even more absurd.

At the welcome banquet, Jiang Yantian’s strange talent humiliated Qin Xuan, who fled to the rear mountains to collect himself. When Qin Xuan nearly fell from a ridge, he discovered a cave beneath it.

• A strange voice made Qin Xuan convulse and rap an obscene song, earning him 30,000 Humiliation Points and leaving the banquet guests stunned.
• Jiang Yantian laughed at Qin Xuan and invited him to work for him, but Qin Xuan made an excuse and left the banquet.
• Liu Tingyu tried to approach Jiang Yantian, but the Yin-Yang Twins interrupted her to offer him a toast.
• Qin Xuan went to a desolate ridge in the rear mountains to calm down, then stumbled and discovered a cave beneath it.

Qin Xuan discovered the Coagulated Blood Divine Edge and the Blood Saber Ancestor’s inheritance in a cave, then returned home convinced he could become powerful enough to defeat Jiang Yantian. Elsewhere, Jiang Yantian exposed Madam Hong’s ambush and shattered her spirit sword.

• Qin Xuan entered a cave, broke through a runic stone door with his profound saber, and found a golden skeleton holding a wooden box.
• Qin Xuan opened the box and learned that the Blood Saber Ancestor had sealed his cultivation into the Coagulated Blood Divine Edge for a compatible successor.
• Qin Xuan bonded with the divine artifact, grasped its basic mysteries, and returned to his residence determined to claim the Blood Saber Ancestor’s inheritance and defeat Jiang Yantian.
• Jiang Yantian went to Elder Hong’s former residence with Diao Mao and dismissed her for the night.
• Jiang Yantian detected Madam Hong’s concealment, caught her sword between his fingers, shattered it, and dispersed her attack with a palm strike.

Jiang Yantian defeated Madam Hong and arranged to frame Qin Xuan by making it appear they had been together. Later, he questioned the System about the unavoidable conflict between villains and protagonists and realized his own path resembled that of the Devil Ancestor.

• Jiang Yantian killed Madam Hong’s husband, then defeated her assassination attempt and wrapped her in a curtain.
• Jiang Yantian carried Madam Hong to Qin Xuan’s room, staged her being in his bed, and recorded the scene.
• Jiang Yantian went to Long Wanning’s room and asked the System whether protagonists would seek him out if he avoided them.
• The System explained that villains and protagonists were destined to clash, though some protagonists could be brought under Jiang Yantian’s command.
• Jiang Yantian connected his God-Slaying Spear Fragment and Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus to the path of the Devil Ancestor.

Jiang Yantian rejected choosing a single Dao, tried to cultivate, and went back to sleep when ordinary primordial Qi failed to nourish his devil physique. The next morning, Qin Xuan found Madam Hong dead in his bed, hid her body, and went to seek Nan Tongyu as Jiang Yantian began probing Ding Dingda about Qin Xuan.

• Jiang Yantian said he wanted to pursue every Dao and valued living freely more than choosing between the Dao and demonic paths.
• Jiang Yantian attempted to cultivate but found that primordial Qi was useless for nourishing his devil physique, so he wrapped himself in the fragrant bedding and went to sleep.
• Qin Xuan woke to find himself naked beside Madam Hong's corpse and realized his phlegm had landed in her mouth.
• Qin Xuan panicked, wondered whether Jiang Yantian had framed him, covered Madam Hong with the bedding, and went to find Nan Tongyu.
• Jiang Yantian met Ding Dingda and remarked that he had noticed Ding Dingda did not get along with Qin Xuan.

Ding Dingda tried to win Jiang Yantian's favor by targeting Qin Xuan, then found Madam Hong's corpse in Qin Xuan's room and accused him before Nan Tongyu. Qin Xuan denied harming her and said he had come to report the same discovery, while Ding Dingda presented supposed evidence that left Nan Tongyu demanding an explanation.

• Ding Dingda told Jiang Yantian that Qin Xuan had often beaten him, then decided to provoke Qin Xuan to prove his usefulness as Jiang Yantian's ally.
• Ding Dingda kicked open Qin Xuan's door, found Madam Hong's corpse under the covers, recorded it, and sent people to spread the news.
• Qin Xuan went to Nan Tongyu to report finding Madam Hong in his room, but Ding Dingda arrived and accused him of violating her and causing her death.
• Qin Xuan denied touching Madam Hong and said he had passed out the previous night and feared being framed.
• Nan Tongyu demanded to know what had happened, and Ding Dingda claimed the corpse's mouth contained evidence linking Qin Xuan to her.

Nan Tongyu dismissed Qin Xuan’s complaint about being framed, while Ding Dingda mocked him with the recording stone still in hand. Jiang Yantian then clashed with Nan Xu'er, the pavilion master's daughter, and sent her flying with a single blow.

• Nan Tongyu declined to pursue Qin Xuan’s claim and told him he would have someone handle the matter, while Ding Dingda left after mocking Qin Xuan outside.
• Qin Xuan suspected Jiang Yantian had arranged the incident with Madam Hong and chose not to waste time pursuing it.
• Nan Xu'er confronted Jiang Yantian, insulted his manners, and challenged him to prove his strength as the newly appointed supreme elder.
• Nan Xu'er invoked the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, but Jiang Yantian struck her down and sent her crashing into a distant building.
• Jiang Yantian mocked Nan Xu'er's grasp of the pagoda’s laws and walked away while she tried to free herself.

Nan Xu'er recovered from Jiang Yantian’s beating and discovered an unexpected effect that left her furious and determined to challenge him again. The Upper Realm’s Guidance Path appeared at Prince Teng Pavilion, and Jiang Yantian learned that entering it required carving a matching couplet onto a stele that resisted everyone’s attempts.

• Jiang Yantian left Nan Xu'er injured, and she ran off crying to complain before discovering an unusual effect of the beating.
• Nan Xu'er grew angry and vowed to challenge Jiang Yantian again, even if he beat her once more.
• An enormous stele and a suspended bridge appeared at Prince Teng Pavilion, and Nan Tongyu received the Secluded Immortal Palace’s decree announcing the young palace master’s arrival and opening the Guidance Path to the disciples.
• Qian Liexian explained to Jiang Yantian that no one had entered the Guidance Path because the stele’s laws prevented them from carving the matching couplet onto it.
• Jiang Yantian decided to watch Qin Xuan try first, while Qin Xuan began considering how to inscribe a couplet and enter the Guidance Path.

Qin Xuan watched repeated attempts to enter the Guidance Path fail, then stepped forward, confident he had figured out how to work with the stele’s power of laws. He left off facing mockery from Ding Dingda and the crowd as he prepared to try.

• Qin Xuan observed disciples and elders fail to carve lasting marks into the stele, while some attempts even caused people to die.
• Nan Xu'er tried to write on the stele, was knocked back, and was caught and flung aside by Jiang Yantian.
• Nan Xu'er got up without making a fuss and stood docilely near Jiang Yantian, surprising Nan Tongyu.
• Nan Tongyu told the disciples that no one had entered the Guidance Path in thousands of years and encouraged them to try without feeling dejected.
• Qin Xuan stepped forward, believing previous cultivators had failed because they fought the stele’s laws instead of following their flow.
• Ding Dingda and others mocked Qin Xuan when he confidently claimed he might succeed.

Qin Xuan wagered his resources and five years of rewards against Ding Dingda, then nearly completed an inscription on the stone stele before Jiang Yantian secretly sabotaged it. The stele rejected Qin Xuan and blasted him into a tree, leaving him injured and humiliated while Ding Dingda mocked him.

• Qin Xuan challenged Ding Dingda to a bet, and they wagered their resources, stipends, and pavilion rewards for the next five years on whether Qin Xuan could inscribe the stone stele.
• Qin Xuan began writing on the stele, and his inscription appeared to succeed as the disciples and elders watched in amazement.
• Jiang Yantian secretly sent demonic Qi into the stele, causing its law to reject Qin Xuan's inscription.
• The stele blasted Qin Xuan into a tree, erased his writing, and left him injured and bewildered.
• Ding Dingda mocked Qin Xuan after he was rescued, while Jiang Yantian gained 20,000 Humiliation Points.

Jiang Yantian used brute force to overcome the Guidance Path’s self-restoring stone stele, then carved a couplet that opened the entrance. As the crowd celebrated, he prepared to enter and see what lay inside.

• After Qin Xuan’s failed attempt, Nan Tongyu invited Jiang Yantian to try opening the Guidance Path.
• Jiang Yantian transformed his arm using the Hand of the Fallen Angel and smashed a chunk off the stone stele.
• While the stele’s laws focused on restoring the broken section, Jiang Yantian carved a couplet into it.
• The couplet’s light opened the Guidance Path entrance, prompting the crowd to cheer for Jiang Yantian.
• Jiang Yantian agreed to enter the Guidance Path, while Qin Xuan seethed over his success.

Jiang Yantian entered the small world behind the Guidance Path, used the system to find and collect treasures, and fused a pair of bells into the Illusory Labyrinth. He returned after less than ten minutes outside and opened Jiang's convenience store, offering his haul for sale.

• Jiang Yantian entered the small world and asked the system to locate its fortuitous opportunities.
• He retrieved one Dream-Entering Twin Bell from an oasis pool, and the system supplied the second so he could fuse them into the Illusory Labyrinth.
• Jiang Yantian declined to enter the Illusory Labyrinth and continued gathering martial skills, pill formulas, spirit artifacts, and spirit herbs.
• He left the small world, where less than ten minutes had passed, and scattered his collected treasures before everyone outside.
• Jiang Yantian announced that Jiang's convenience store was open for limited-time purchases.

Jiang Yantian sold the treasures he brought out from the Guidance Path, killing Liu Laizi for trying to take items without paying and leaving Diao Mao in charge of sales. Qin Xuan failed to enter the path again, then grew jealous when Liu Tingyu accepted another disciple’s gift and realized he could not afford the Beauty Pill she wanted.

• Jiang Yantian let the disciples buy his treasures, then killed Liu Laizi when he tried to take a weapon and a manual without paying.
• Nan Tongyu declined to intervene, and Jiang Yantian left Diao Mao to handle the sales before returning to rest.
• Qin Xuan tried to touch the stone stele again, but its repelling force sent him flying.
• Qin Xuan confronted Fei Yangyang for buying Liu Tingyu a gift, and Liu Tingyu returned it to appease him.
• Qin Xuan took Liu Tingyu shopping but could not afford the Beauty Pill she wanted.

Qin Xuan argued with Liu Tingyu after he could not buy her a Beauty Pill, while Fei Yangyang pursued her and she set her sights on Jiang Yantian. Later, Jiang Yantian rewarded Diao Mao for selling his goods and told her he planned to free her from the slave register so she could live for herself.

• Qin Xuan told Liu Tingyu he would buy her a Beauty Pill after earning mission rewards, but she accused him of lacking sincerity and walked away with Fei Yangyang following.
• Liu Tingyu blamed Qin Xuan for not spending money on her and became more determined to win Jiang Yantian's affection.
• Qin Xuan blamed Jiang Yantian and Fei Yangyang for his troubles but continued to trust Liu Tingyu's character.
• Diao Mao reported the sale proceeds to Jiang Yantian, who gave her some high-grade spirit stones and told her to use them for herself and bring back treats from the mortal world.
• Jiang Yantian challenged Diao Mao's belief that her past suffering had been worthwhile and said he planned to remove her from the slave register so she could live peacefully for herself.

Qin Xuan encountered Ao Xue at Prince Teng Pavilion and mistakenly believed she had come to see him, despite her being Jiang Yantian’s wife. Ao Xue attacked him for claiming he would rescue her, leaving Qin Xuan injured and facing another powerful strike.

• Qin Xuan failed again to enter the Guidance Path and endured disciples mocking him on his way back.
• Qin Xuan saw Ao Xue arrive at Prince Teng Pavilion and eagerly asked if she had come to see him.
• Ao Xue and the disciples told Qin Xuan she was Jiang Yantian’s wife, but Qin Xuan insisted she was trapped and promised to help her escape.
• Ao Xue summoned her sacred artifact and attacked Qin Xuan with illusory clones and a blade strike, injuring him and breaking his mystic saber.
• Ao Xue launched a powerful Qi blade at Qin Xuan, who took out the Coagulated Blood Divine Edge to defend himself.

Ao Xue defeated Qin Xuan, but Jiang Yantian intervened and punished him before leaving with her. Liu Tingyu tried to approach Jiang Yantian afterward, but he rejected her and walked away with Ao Xue.

• Qin Xuan could not withstand Ao Xue's attack until Nan Tongyu intervened, but Ao Xue broke through his protection and left Qin Xuan gravely wounded and unconscious.
• Jiang Yantian arrived, declared Ao Xue was his woman, and dismissed Nan Tongyu's request to end the matter without further punishment.
• Jiang Yantian hurled Qin Xuan into a crater, stepped on him as he left with Ao Xue, and allowed Nan Tongyu to arrange his treatment.
• Liu Tingyu followed Jiang Yantian and tried to comfort him, but he said he did not know her and walked away holding Ao Xue's hand.
• Liu Tingyu left in humiliation and vowed to make Jiang Yantian desire her.

Jiang Yantian reunited with Ao Xue at his residence, where they shared affectionate moments and discussed visiting the Blazing Sun Imperial Dynasty to investigate the missing Blazing Yang Ancestor. He revealed that he had killed the ancestor, then carried Ao Xue to bed.

• Jiang Yantian dismissed Ao Xue's suspicions about another woman and brought her to his residence, explaining that the woman was Qin Xuan's unfaithful Dao companion.
• Diao Mao welcomed Ao Xue as Jiang Yantian's wife, served them tea and refreshments, then left them alone.
• Jiang Yantian and Ao Xue agreed to visit the Blazing Sun Imperial Dynasty after he explained that the Prince Teng Pavilion had been invited to investigate the missing Blazing Yang Ancestor.
• Jiang Yantian told Ao Xue that he had killed the Blazing Yang Ancestor and destroyed his body and soul, leaving no evidence to find.
• Jiang Yantian carried Ao Xue to his room, and the two kissed passionately.

After Jiang Yantian left him gravely injured and seemingly crippled, Qin Xuan used the Coagulated Blood Divine Edge to obtain Blood Saber Ancestor’s inheritance and break through to Nascent Soul. As Qin Xuan consolidated his cultivation, Nan Tongyu decided to visit him and investigate the Dragon Transformation Heavenly Pool, the vanished imperial ancestor, and the rising Heaven-Serving Divine Sect.

• After the healers warned that Qin Xuan might never recover, he dragged himself to the Coagulated Blood Divine Edge and swore to take revenge on Jiang Yantian.
• Qin Xuan fed his blood into the divine artifact, received its power, and broke through to Nascent Soul while inheriting Blood Saber Ancestor’s legacy.
• Qin Xuan read the advice in Gold Medal Mentor to relinquish worldly desires but decided to keep pursuing cultivation his own way.
• Nan Tongyu learned of Qin Xuan’s recovery and planned to visit him, while questioning the vanished imperial ancestor, the faint dragon Qi, and the Heaven-Serving Divine Sect’s rise.

Nan Tongyu discovered that Qin Xuan’s trip to the Dragon Transformation Heavenly Pool had gone far off plan and sent him to the Blazing Sun Imperial Dynasty with Elder Huang. Qin Xuan planned to leave the Prince Teng Pavilion after the trip to escape Jiang Yantian, but Jiang Yantian and Ao Xue appeared just as he was preparing to depart.

• Nan Tongyu examined Qin Xuan, confirmed he had recovered and broken through to Nascent Soul, then asked him to recount his visit to the Dragon Transformation Heavenly Pool.
• Qin Xuan described receiving guidance from an old fisherman, and Nan Tongyu realized the golden carp ritual had failed and suspected the Heaven-Serving Divine Sect was plotting against the imperial dynasty and Prince Teng Pavilion.
• Nan Tongyu ordered Qin Xuan to accompany Elder Huang to the Blazing Sun Imperial Dynasty and told him visitors from the Upper Realm would soon select talented disciples for the Secluded Immortal Palace.
• Qin Xuan asked to travel the Nine Continents after the imperial mission to grow stronger and avoid Jiang Yantian, and Nan Tongyu agreed.
• As Qin Xuan prepared to leave with Elder Huang the next day, Jiang Yantian and Ao Xue appeared before him.

Jiang Yantian joined the trip to the imperial dynasty and tormented Qin Xuan by making him pull a carriage like a horse. The group continued on their journey as Qin Xuan endured the humiliation and earned Humiliation Points.

• Jiang Yantian congratulated Qin Xuan on reaching Nascent Soul, then joined the delegation traveling to the imperial dynasty with Ao Xue, Elder Huang, and two others.
• After leaving Prince Teng Pavilion, Jiang Yantian insisted the group walk for half a day and strolled with Ao Xue while Qin Xuan fumed.
• Jiang Yantian cut a carriage horse loose and ordered Qin Xuan to pull the carriage; Qin Xuan obeyed after Jiang Yantian threatened him with the Yang-Extinguishing Saber.
• Jiang Yantian whipped Qin Xuan and mocked his carriage-pulling ability while Ao Xue suggested letting him rest and eat grass.
• Jiang Yantian played a song from a controller as Qin Xuan ran on, pulling the carriage and enduring the humiliation.

Jiang Yantian and Ao Xue reached the Blazing Sun Imperial Dynasty and confronted its weak emperor, Zhang Huonian, in the throne hall. The court watched as Jiang Yantian insulted the emperor and his ancestor, while the officials hesitated to intervene.

• Ao Xue became motion-sick, so Jiang Yantian slapped Qin Xuan twice more before allowing him to stop pulling the carriage.
• Jiang Yantian and Ao Xue arrived above the imperial palace, where Jiang Yantian assessed the failing dynasty and its incompetent emperor, Zhang Huonian.
• Jiang Yantian and Ao Xue entered the throne hall despite the guards surrounding them.
• Jiang Yantian mocked Zhang Huonian and compared him to Zhang Huowang, leaving the court officials shocked and wary.

Jiang Yantian took the state-guarding imperial jade seal and seized the dragon throne, humiliating Zhang Huonian and his officials while claiming to be emperor. When the dynasty’s five state-protecting powerhouses arrived to confront him, Elder Huang stopped them and revealed Jiang Yantian was the Supreme Elder of Prince Teng Pavilion.

• Jiang Yantian took the imperial jade seal and denied having it when Zhang Huonian asked for it back, with Ao Xue backing him up.
• Jiang Yantian sat on the dragon throne, called Ao Xue his beloved consort, and ordered Zhang Huonian to serve them as Little Nianzi.
• After the remonstrance counselor protested, Jiang Yantian ordered the minister of justice to confiscate the counselor’s household property and punish his relatives.
• Jiang Yantian declared himself emperor and forced the officials in the hall to their knees with his terrifying presence.
• The dynasty’s five state-protecting powerhouses arrived and prepared to attack Jiang Yantian, but Elder Huang intervened and identified him as the Supreme Elder of Prince Teng Pavilion.

Jiang Yantian used his authority on the dragon throne to punish the remonstrance official and Qin Xuan, then returned the imperial seal to Zhang Huonian. After Qin endured a brutal beating, Jiang gave up the throne, but Zhang Huonian still did not dare sit on it and dismissed court.

• Elder Huang and the ministers bowed to Jiang Yantian after learning he was a supreme elder, but Jiang ordered the remonstrance official's three clans exterminated for insulting him.
• Jiang let Zhang Huonian decide the official's fate, and Zhang ordered him beaten to death; Jiang then returned the imperial seal to Zhang.
• Qin Xuan arrived and, believing Jiang had provoked the court, failed to kneel before him; Jiang ordered him given 250 strokes and threatened death if he used spiritual power to defend himself.
• The soldiers restrained Qin Xuan and beat him with the rod and leg clamps while he screamed and gained Humiliation Points.
• Jiang Yantian left the dragon throne to Little Nian, while Zhang Huonian dared neither to sit on it nor challenge Jiang and instead dismissed court.

After Jiang Yantian humiliated Qin Xuan, he arranged for a disguised guard to trick him into swallowing a Great Return Pill. Qin Xuan realized the pill was made from shit and understood that Jiang Yantian had fooled him again.

• As he left, Jiang Yantian flung damp yellow mud onto Qin Xuan’s backside, and the officials departed while Qin Xuan endured the humiliation.
• Elder Huang checked on Qin Xuan, reflected on how much he had changed, and left without offering comfort.
• A shifty guard gave Qin Xuan a supreme-quality Great Return Pill and promised that someone would avenge him.
• Qin Xuan swallowed the pill, then heard the message that youth had no price and shit melted in his mouth.
• Qin Xuan burped, realized the pill was foul, and vomited as he recognized Jiang Yantian’s trick.