Recaps

Lin Fei destroyed Hanging Mountain and crushed the Buddhist Sect’s resistance after they tried to seize his Immortal-Slaying Sword. Namo Wisdom-Supreme King Buddha recognized him as Heavenly Emperor Lin, admitted guilt, and warned that he would defend the sect if Lin tried to destroy it.

• The Buddhist Sect celebrated as Hanging Mountain manifested, but Lin Fei ignored the sect master’s demand for his sword and cleaved the mountain in two with a single strike.
• Lin Fei used his words to seal the ruined mountain, then shattered the sect master’s golden body with a casual finger and demanded no answers from him.
• Namo Wisdom-Supreme King Buddha appeared from the great hall, dismissed his Dharma manifestation, and bowed to Lin Fei as Heavenly Emperor Lin.
• Wisdom-Absolute admitted guilt and said the sect had sealed Nüba on Haotian Shangdi’s orders, asking Lin Fei to spare the sect for Tathagata’s sake.
• Wisdom-Absolute warned that he would defend the Buddhist Sect if Lin Fei tried to destroy its lineage, and Lin Fei replied that Dipankara would know not to oppose him.

Lin Fei destroyed the Buddhist Sect on Hanging Mountain, uprooted its bodhi tree, and broke into the forbidden grounds of Hell. He continued through the levels with ease, leaving the deeper Hells ahead.

• Namo Wisdom-Supreme King Buddha attacked Lin Fei with the Demon-Subduing Seal and Mahavairocana Tathagata Palm, but Lin Fei’s new laws of the Great Dao annihilated the Buddhist Sect and its king Buddha.
• Lin Fei uprooted the ancient bodhi tree and stored it in his spatial ring.
• Lin Fei kicked apart the Cliff of Reflection and entered the forbidden grounds of Hell.
• Lin Fei swept away the ghosts in Tongue-Pulling Hell, shattered the scissors in Scissors Hell, and blasted apart the iron trees in Iron Tree Hell.
• Lin Fei smashed the mountain of blades in Blade Mountain Hell and extinguished the flames in Sea of Fire Hell.

Lin Fei fought through Hell’s final levels to reach Nüba, whom Haotian had tortured for three thousand years. He healed and comforted her, and the two were reunited in an embrace.

• An ice demon begged Lin Fei to kill it, but after Lin Fei extinguished the sea of fire, it panicked and pleaded to live; Lin Fei struck it dead anyway.
• Lin Fei shattered Stone Mill Hell and condemned Haotian as he continued toward the final level.
• Lin Fei found Nüba being sawn apart, destroyed her restraints, and healed her with emerald-green light.
• Lin Fei washed Nüba clean and gave her clothes, and she changed before asking whether she looked good.
• Lin Fei embraced Nüba, who clung to him and sobbed that she had thought she would never see him again.

After leaving Hell, Lin Fei destroyed the remains of Hanging Mountain, while Wu Moling defended Flying Cloud Mountain Villa from Zhang Lan and the Celestial Master's Mansion. Wu Moling used the Nine Li Staff to kill the attackers, but Zhang Lan broke free with a Divine Strength Talisman and severed her arm.

• Nüba regained her composure, and Lin Fei destroyed Hanging Mountain with a palm strike.
• Zhang Lan and the Celestial Master's Mansion arrived at Flying Cloud Mountain Villa seeking Wu Moling and Ji Yaoguang.
• Wu Moling fought Zhang Lan and immobilized the Daoists with the Nine Li Staff.
• The Nine Li Staff crushed the Golden Core Daoists, while Wu Moling called for help against Zhang Lan.
• Zhang Lan used a Divine Strength Talisman to repel Wu Moling's allies and cut off one of Wu Moling's arms.

Wu Moling was badly wounded by Zhang Lan after fighting without her Barrier Talisman, but Lin Fei and Nüba arrived in time to save her. Nüba killed Zhang Lan, and Lin Fei restored Wu Moling’s severed arm.

• Zhang Lan severed Wu Moling’s arm and kicked her away when she tried to reclaim the Nine Li Staff and Emperor Shun’s Enci Bracelet.
• Zhang Lan attacked Ji Yaoguang, but Lin Fei’s Barrier Talisman blocked his strike and Ji Yaoguang warned him that Lin Fei would return.
• Zhang Lan tried to take Ji Yaoguang and Wu Moling away, but Lin Fei and Nüba appeared behind him.
• Lin Fei ordered Nüba to kill Zhang Lan, and she shattered his arms before kicking his head apart.
• Lin Fei reattached Wu Moling’s arm without leaving a scar and told the women not to be nervous.

Lin Fei introduced Nüba to Ji Yaoguang and the others, gave them access to a bodhi tree, and learned that the Kunlun Mirror was in the Western Hell. The chapter ended with Jiang Qingyue arriving in an outfit that made Lin Fei disown him as a grand-disciple.

• Nüba knelt to greet Ji Yaoguang as Empress Yaoguang, and Ji Yaoguang told her to use her current name instead.
• Lin Fei planted the bodhi tree he had taken from the Buddhist Sect on Hanging Mountain and invited the women to gather its seeds and cultivate beneath it.
• Nüba told Lin Fei that the Kunlun Mirror had fallen into the hands of Satan, lord of the Western Hell, and Lin Fei said he would wait for Hell’s power to reach the mortal world.
• A dragon carried Xiayue and Jiang Qingyue toward Lin Fei, who saw Jiang Qingyue’s outfit and said he had no grand-disciple like him.

Jiang Qingyue endured Xiayue dressing him in a maid outfit and photographing him before Lin Fei ordered him to leave. Meanwhile, Japanese supernatural lineages pledged themselves to the Shadow Death Gods after hearing that Hell would soon descend.

• Xiayue showed everyone Jiang Qingyue in a maid dress, and the maids crowded around to admire him.
• Xiayue persuaded Jiang Qingyue to pose for photos, while Lin Fei eventually stopped her and sent Jiang Qingyue away.
• Ji Yaoguang and Wu Moling questioned the future of the Heavenly Demon Palace after witnessing Jiang Qingyue's behavior.
• At the Shadow Death Gods' backup base in Rice Nation, Davian told Abe Shinmura that Hell would descend soon.
• The Abe onmyoji, Asaka-no-miya Sword Saint, and Shimada Ninja lineages prostrated themselves and pledged allegiance to Davian and the Shadow Death Gods.

Lin Fei visited Zhang Xiaoling on Mount Qingcheng, gave him bodhi seeds, and tested his views on punishing evil within a Daoist sect. He left Zhang Xiaoling with a warning to remember his principles and discovered that the young patriarch had been sneaking down the mountain to meet a little girl.

• Lin Fei found Zhang Xiaoling cultivating at a pond and praised his spiritual power for reaching the Golden Core Realm.
• Lin Fei gave Zhang Xiaoling a dozen bodhi seeds, which Zhang Xiaoling carefully accepted.
• Lin Fei asked how Zhang Xiaoling would deal with evildoers within a Daoist sect, and Zhang Xiaoling said he would kill those who committed evil, even if they claimed they had no choice.
• Lin Fei told Zhang Xiaoling to remember his words and privately worried that the Celestial Master's Mansion might be corrupted, including its current Celestial Master.
• Lin Fei confronted Zhang Xiaoling about getting close to a little girl, and Zhang Xiaoling admitted he feared Ye Qiu would punish him for sneaking down the mountain.

After Lin Fei left Mount Qingcheng, Zhang Xiaoling tried to give Ye Qiu four bodhi seeds, then made him catch them after throwing them down the mountain. Zhang Xiaoling displayed an extraordinary ability to control the air and later shared a bodhi seed with Bu Ding and her grandmother, while Lin Fei secretly watched.

• Zhang Xiaoling gave Ye Qiu four bodhi seeds, but Ye Qiu refused to accept them because he wanted Zhang Xiaoling to use them to restore his cultivation.
• Zhang Xiaoling threw the seeds down the mountain, forcing Ye Qiu to use Seven Steps to Catch a Cicada to retrieve them.
• Zhang Xiaoling rose on the wind and told Ye Qiu he could likely restrain cultivators below Golden Core by controlling the air.
• Zhang Xiaoling visited Bu Ding and her grandmother, ground a bodhi seed into powder for them, and instructed Bu Ding to practice the cultivation method he had taught her.
• Lin Fei watched Zhang Xiaoling with Bu Ding and her grandmother from outside the window.

Zhang Xiaoling gave Little Pudding a bodhi seed and received Lin Fei’s help to improve her and her granny’s living conditions. Two days later, Abe Shinmura arrived in Mingzhu City with the Asakanomiya Family and boasted that he could defeat Lin Fei.

• Zhang Xiaoling forced Little Pudding and her granny to accept the bodhi seed, then took Little Pudding out for ice cream.
• Lin Fei gave Zhang Xiaoling a bank card with a PIN of six ones to help Little Pudding and her granny, then vanished.
• Two days later, Abe Shinmura and the Asakanomiya Family arrived in Mingzhu City after the Shimada Lineage left to inherit the dragon souls.
• Abe Shinmura taunted Asakanomiya Buntai about the Asakanomiya Clan’s past defeat, then used his paper fan to intimidate the warriors.
• Abe Shinmura declared that he could slaughter them and defeat Lin Fei, leaving the Asakanomiya warriors humiliated and enraged.

Asakanomiya Buntai planned to strike Zhong Tianya from the shadows while his men searched for him. After picking up Zhong Yuting at school, Zhong Tianya sensed danger and told her that someone wanted him dead.

• Asakanomiya Buntai told his samurai to find Zhong Tianya and wait for a chance to attack him by surprise.
• Zhong Tianya waited outside Huangpu No. 7 Middle School in his Unforgiven outfit, joking with students and annoying the security guards.
• Zhong Yuting denied knowing Zhong Tianya in front of her classmates, but he insisted she get into his car and drove away with her.
• Zhong Tianya noticed something was wrong, told Zhong Yuting to buckle up, and said someone wanted him dead.

Zhong Tianya rescued Zhong Yuting from Japanese warriors who attacked them on a busy road, then brought them to the Huangpu River to face their pursuers. He promised to protect his daughter and unleashed his sword techniques, leaving the warriors dead and their bodies scattered behind him.

• Zhong Tianya escaped the attackers’ assault on their car by carrying Zhong Yuting into the air on Bond of the Drawn Wind.
• He flew to a deserted stretch of the Huangpu River, where he stopped to keep the Japanese warriors from using Zhong Yuting against him.
• Zhong Tianya blocked the warriors’ sword qi with a Wind Wall and promised Zhong Yuting no one would harm her unless he died.
• With Zhong Yuting on his back, Zhong Tianya summoned a huge tornado that swept the warriors into its path.
• Zhong Tianya dashed among the warriors with Last Breath and left a swath of dismembered corpses behind him.

Zhong Tianya faced Japan’s Sword Saint Asakanomiya Buntai while protecting Zhong Yuting, and his attempt to shield her left him severely injured. Zhong Yuting called him “Dad” as he explained that he had chosen her safety over winning the duel.

• After Zhong Tianya defeated the Japanese warriors, he joked with Zhong Yuting until Asakanomiya Buntai arrived.
• Asakanomiya Buntai challenged Zhong Tianya, who hid his panic and prepared to fight while protecting Zhong Yuting with his gang qi.
• Asakanomiya Buntai targeted Zhong Yuting to disrupt Zhong Tianya’s Battōjutsu stance, then attacked with Muramasa.
• Zhong Tianya blocked the strike aimed at Zhong Yuting but was sent flying and badly injured.
• Asakanomiya Buntai mocked Zhong Tianya for not drawing his sword, and Zhong Tianya said he would not gamble his daughter’s life; Zhong Yuting clutched his clothes and cried, “Dad.”

Zhong Tianya used the Blood Escape Technique to send Zhong Yuting to Flying Cloud Mountain Villa, then stayed behind to face Asakanomiya Buntai and his warriors. After Lin Fei traced the technique and arrived at the Huangpu River, he drove off the attackers and destroyed their cultivation.

• Zhong Tianya refused to put Zhong Yuting down and, when Asakanomiya Buntai threatened her, used the Blood Escape Technique to send her away at the cost of his cultivation and lifespan.
• Zhong Tianya told Asakanomiya Buntai that the warriors were about to die, but Asakanomiya Buntai cut off Zhong Tianya's right arm and continued attacking him.
• Zhong Yuting arrived at Flying Cloud Mountain Villa, where Lin Fei used his Chaos Eye to trace the blood-red light and see what had happened.
• Lin Fei took Zhong Yuting to the Huangpu River, where Zhong Tianya was kneeling with shattered kneecaps and twelve katanas piercing his body.
• Lin Fei ordered the six warriors to leave and hurled them away, destroying their cultivation.

Lin Fei rescued Zhong Tianya, healed him, and faced down Japan's Sword Saint, Asakanomiya Buntai. After dismissing Buntai's threats and swordsmanship, Lin Fei caught and snapped Muramasa, leaving Buntai stunned.

• Lin Fei pulled twelve katanas from Zhong Tianya and used them to pin the six warriors to the ground, then healed Zhong Tianya.
• Zhong Tianya thanked Lin Fei and reunited with his daughter, Zhong Yuting.
• Asakanomiya Buntai recognized Lin Fei, threatened him with the Shadow Death Gods, and attacked after Lin Fei mocked his lineage.
• Lin Fei caught Asakanomiya Buntai's Muramasa between two fingers and broke the famed blade.

Lin Fei crushed Asakanomiya Buntai and faced the summoned spirit of Asaka no Miya Sai, who recognized him as the Celestial Venerable of Ten Thousand Sages. Lin Fei destroyed Sai, and Buntai died of terror.

• Lin Fei blasted Asakanomiya Buntai away, shattering his Protective Gang Qi and nearly crushing his chest.
• Asakanomiya Buntai burned his life to summon his ancestor, Asaka no Miya Sai, and ordered him to kill Lin Fei and the others.
• Asaka no Miya Sai recognized Lin Fei, fell to his knees, and called himself Lin Fei’s grand-disciple.
• Asaka no Miya Sai explained that the Asakanomiya Lineage traced its teachings to Lin Fei’s disciple Duan Sangtian.
• Lin Fei seized Asaka no Miya Sai by the neck and crushed him into specks of light.
• Asakanomiya Buntai died from terror, while Zhong Yuting stared at Lin Fei in shock.

Lin Fei saved Zhong Tianya, gave him bodhi fruits, and left Zhong Yuting and her father to bicker. After Lin Fei returned to Flying Cloud Mountain Villa, Abe Shinmura attacked, and Nüba rose to meet him.

• Zhong Yuting and Zhong Tianya thanked Lin Fei for saving Zhong Tianya, but Lin Fei scolded Zhong Tianya for neglecting his cultivation and kicked him into the Huangpu River.
• Lin Fei gave Zhong Tianya six bodhi fruits, then kicked him back into the river when he tried to flatter him.
• After Lin Fei left, Zhong Tianya warned Zhong Yuting not to fall for Lin Fei, and the two argued before joking about going out to eat.
• Abe Shinmura arrived at Flying Cloud Mountain Villa and threatened to kill Lin Fei and everyone there unless Lin Fei came out.
• Lin Fei allowed Nüba to confront Abe Shinmura, who summoned a chilling illusory hand from his fan and struck toward the mountaintop.
• Nüba soared up to meet Abe Shinmura's attack, and the extreme cold vanished as soon as it touched her.

Nüba fought Abe Shinmura at Flying Cloud Mountain Villa despite her weakened body, managing to injure him before he unleashed the power of his fully opened fan. Lin Fei caught Nüba as she fell, and Abe Shinmura mocked the villa’s fighters without recognizing Lin Fei as a threat.

• Abe Shinmura blocked Nüba’s strike and drove her back, while the villa’s onlookers realized how formidable she was despite her injuries.
• Nüba charged Abe Shinmura again, deflected his sword of light, and let the next blade destroy her right arm so she could strike his temple with her left elbow.
• Abe Shinmura was hurled a thousand meters away, but his purple shikigami aura endured, and Nüba began slowly regenerating her arm.
• Abe Shinmura opened his fan fully and blasted Nüba into the air with a purple shock wave.
• Lin Fei caught Nüba and absorbed the force without damaging the ground, while Abe Shinmura mocked Flying Cloud Mountain Villa’s fighters.

Abe Shinmura sent his shikigami, forged from forty-nine souls and centered on Asakanomiya Sakuramai, to kill Lin Fei. Lin Fei remained unharmed while the shikigami froze mid-attack, leaving Abe Shinmura and his onmyoji stunned.

• Abe Shinmura explained that his shikigami combined forty-nine souls and challenged Lin Fei to take his own life.
• Lin Fei dismissed the shikigami and the Japanese figures whose souls composed it as worthless.
• Abe Shinmura ordered the shikigami to attack, and it unleashed a powerful iaijutsu strike that blocked Divine Sense and frightened Wu Moling.
• Abe Shinmura assumed Lin Fei had been killed and began boasting to the women of Flying Cloud Mountain Villa.
• Lin Fei appeared unharmed and mocked Abe Shinmura, while the shikigami stood frozen mid-attack.

Lin Fei destroyed Abe Shinmura's shikigami, freed Asakanomiya Sakuramai, and sent her to reunite with the person she had long missed. Zhong Tianya later told Zhong Yuting how a Japanese Sword Saint he loved chose death to end her country's advance against Huaxia.

• Lin Fei destroyed the shikigami and killed the onmyoji, then let Nüba punish Abe Shinmura.
• Lin Fei freed Asakanomiya Sakuramai's soul and sent her to meet the person who had remembered her for three hundred years.
• Wu Moling teased Ji Yaoguang about showing her affection for Lin Fei, leaving Ji Yaoguang blushing and thoughtful.
• At a repair shop, Zhong Yuting asked Zhong Tianya about the Japanese female Sword Saint he had killed.
• Zhong Tianya explained that the Sword Saint had loved him but chose death to spare him and prevent Japan's strongest blade from continuing the war.

Zhong Tianya recounted how he and Asakanomiya Sakuramai fell in love during a war, only for her to sacrifice herself to end it. Reunited after her spirit was freed, the two embraced and kissed, while Zhong Tianya vowed to find her again in another life.

• Zhong Tianya told Zhong Yuting how he and Asakanomiya Sakuramai met, became friends and lovers, and were forced apart by the war between Japan and Huaxia.
• Zhong Yuting blamed Zhong Tianya for Sakuramai's death, and he explained that he had faced the war without the Heavenly Venerable's help.
• Asakanomiya Sakuramai's spirit appeared before Zhong Tianya, and they embraced and wept together.
• Zhong Tianya explained that Zhong Yuting was his adopted daughter, and Zhong Yuting called Sakuramai Mom.
• Zhong Tianya showed Sakuramai the Bond of the Drawn Wind, which he had kept by his side since her death.
• Sakuramai urged Zhong Tianya to forget her, but he vowed to find her in her next life, and she kissed him passionately.

After Nüba killed Abe Shinmura, Lin Fei learned that the Celestial Master's Mansion had captured a Hanba and decided to visit them with Zhang Xiaoling. Meanwhile, Lin Xinyu found the hidden yang tomb and confirmed that the Earthly Destruction Sword was still there.

• Nüba beat Abe Shinmura nearly to death, then kicked him into a bloody mist after Lin Fei told her not to damage the mountain.
• Lin Fei told Ji Yaoguang that the Japanese had probably come to curry favor with the Shadow Death Gods, while Wu Moling and Ji Yaoguang left to shop on Chunxi Road.
• Nüba sensed a Hanba whose aura was fading, and Lin Fei suspected the Celestial Master's Mansion had captured it instead of killing it.
• Lin Fei said he would take Zhang Xiaoling to visit the Celestial Master's Mansion the next day.
• In the Western Desert, Lin Xinyu used Heavenly Punishment to locate the yang tomb and confirmed that the Earthly Destruction Sword remained inside.

Lin Xinyu used Wangliang’s power to enter the Yang Tomb and defeat its trials, reaching the Earthly Destruction Sword. Knowing that taking the sword would strengthen Wangliang and threaten their coexistence, she asked whether he would help her get revenge, then chose to trust him and grasped its hilt.

• Lin Xinyu teased Wangliang into lending her his power, which she used to smash open the Yang Tomb’s stone doors.
• Lin Xinyu passed the tomb’s flame trial without using Swift Flash, then destroyed its illusory burial spirits with her sword.
• Lin Xinyu reached the final burial chamber and found the Earthly Destruction Sword, while Wangliang urged her to take it.
• Lin Xinyu asked Wangliang if he would help her get revenge, and he promised that he would.
• Wangliang asked whether Lin Xinyu truly trusted him despite knowing his past, and she said yes before gripping the Earthly Destruction Sword.

Wangliang emerged after three thousand years by taking control of Lin Xinyu’s body, while Lin Fei brought the Celestial Master’s Mansion founding patriarch Zhang Xiaoling to the present. The chapter ended with Zhang Xiaoling awake and bowing to Lin Fei, who planned to take him to the Celestial Master’s Mansion.

• Wangliang used Heavenly Punishment and Earthly Destruction to break free from the underground yang tomb and reclaim Lin Xinyu’s body, but Lin Xinyu remained alive because the body had not reached its limit.
• Lin Xinyu teased Wangliang after he discovered her body was menstruating, and he angrily told her to be quiet.
• Ji Yaoguang returned to Flying Cloud Mountain Villa in a qipao, received Lin Fei’s praise, and spent the night with him.
• The next morning, Lin Fei opened a spatial portal to Zhang Xiaoling’s room and pulled the sleeping founding patriarch through to the villa.
• Nüba was astonished to learn Zhang Xiaoling’s identity, and Lin Fei woke him before preparing to bring him to the Celestial Master’s Mansion.

Zhang Yun used the Hanba formed from Qiongchan’s corpse to drain the blood of the Celestial Master's Mansion Daoists, revealing his plan to seize power and his role in Zhang Ling’s qi deviation. Zhao Jianghe resisted, but Ren Chongxiao betrayed him, and Zhang Yun unleashed sword qi against the remaining opposition.

• Zhang Yun ordered the Celestial Master's Mansion Daoists to nurture the Hanba with their blood despite Zhao Jianghe’s warning.
• Zhang Yun kicked over the lotus lamps, allowing the Hanba to drain and devour the blood of Daoists below the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Zhang Yun admitted that he had caused Zhang Ling’s qi deviation and explained that he wanted to lead the Celestial Master's Mansion to power.
• Zhao Jianghe and the other loyal Daoists moved to attack Zhang Yun, but Ren Chongxiao stabbed Zhao Jianghe with an Essence-Breaking Talisman sword and joined Zhang Yun.
• Zhang Yun declared that the remaining opponents should die, and sword qi erupted through the mansion, demolishing its buildings.