Recaps

Thousand Poison Venerable defeated Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping, and Ji Wuchang trapped their Primordial Spirits in the Myriad Souls Banner. Outside the barrier, Ji Jingxi struggled against eight Supreme Realm cultivators whose strength had mysteriously weakened.

• Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping attacked Thousand Poison Venerable, but he crushed their attacks and struck them down while they were weakened by poison and earlier injuries.
• Thousand Poison Venerable's poison prevented Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping from rebuilding their bodies, and Ji Wuchang appeared with the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Ji Wuchang used the banner to draw in Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping's Primordial Spirits, strengthening the banner with the two Supreme Realm sixth level experts.
• Thousand Poison Venerable and the concealed Xiao Xueguang reacted with shock to Ji Wuchang possessing the Myriad Souls Banner's auxiliary banner, while Xiao Xueguang realized he had also been exposed to the poison.
• Eight Supreme Realm first level cultivators attacked Ji Jingxi, who struggled to hold them off as their attacks and her own strength seemed greatly reduced.

Ji Jingxi fought off Supreme Realm cultivators while Ji Liangliang tried to open the building's doors, but Ji Wuchang slaughtered the attackers at the entrance and was pulled inside by a vortex. The doors then opened, drawing the remaining cultivators toward the building.

• Ji Jingxi sent out her five Soul Division clones to defend Ji Liangliang and fought the Supreme Realm First Level cultivators, losing clones and suffering injuries while killing one enemy.
• Half-Step Supreme cultivators broke past Ji Jingxi and attacked Ji Liangliang as he struggled to open the doors.
• Ji Wuchang approached the building, killed the cultivators at its entrance, and took their storage rings.
• A vortex pulled Ji Wuchang through the doors and into the building.
• The Supreme Realm cultivators stopped fighting Ji Jingxi, and the doors lit with runes before slowly opening.

Ji Wuchang confronted Ji Yaoguang’s remnant soul in the Black Tower and learned that an evil presence inside a small black tower had caused Ji Yaoguang’s death. Ji Yaoguang entrusted the sealed tower to Ji Wuchang, warning that its seal would last only ten more years.

• Ji Wuchang sensed that Ji Yaoguang’s remnant soul remained in the hall and threatened to destroy the skeleton, prompting Ji Yaoguang to appear and absorb his attack.
• Ji Yaoguang asked how Ji Wuchang had found him, and Ji Wuchang said he had acted on intuition and suspected Ji Yaoguang had brought him there deliberately.
• Ji Wuchang relaxed after Thousand Poison Venerable offered to destroy the weakened remnant soul, then introduced himself and removed his human-skin mask at Ji Yaoguang’s request.
• Ji Yaoguang revealed that a strange, evil presence in a small black tower had tainted him and caused his death despite his attempts to destroy it.
• Ji Yaoguang warned that the seal around the tower would last at most ten more years and entrusted it to Ji Wuchang, asking whether he dared accept it.

Ji Wuchang saw visions of the Nine Nether Tower fighting several legendary treasures, then learned from Ji Yaoguang how the tower had destroyed him and why it threatened the Ji Family. He accepted that he could not let the tower fall into enemy hands, though its seal might fail sooner than expected.

• Ji Wuchang’s Thousand Illusion Spirit Pupil revealed visions of the Nine Nether Tower battling the World-Destroying Millstone, Heavenly Chen Cauldron, Heaven-Devouring Jar, and Myriad Souls Banner.
• The Divine Soul Dao Platform swallowed a wisp of black presence from the tower and transformed it into pure divine soul power, which Ji Wuchang’s Primordial Spirit devoured.
• Ji Yaoguang explained that he had taken the Nine Nether Tower from an old battlefield, endured its black mist for a century, and ultimately sacrificed his flesh to seal it underground.
• Ji Yaoguang warned Ji Wuchang that the tower was growing stronger and entrusted it to him, fearing it might fall into the hands of the Ji Family’s enemies.
• Ji Wuchang decided he had no choice but to keep the dangerous Nine Nether Tower from the Myriad Souls Hall or the Zhan Clan.

Ji Wuchang agreed to take the Nine Nether Tower back to the Ji Family, and Ji Yaoguang gave him his supreme bone marrow before sacrificing his remnant soul to reinforce the tower's seal. Ji Wuchang stored the tower and escaped as black mist began to break free, only to be confronted by two supreme realm cultivators.

• Ji Wuchang agreed to take the Nine Nether Tower back to the Ji Family, and Ji Yaoguang promised to strengthen its seal for ten years by sacrificing his remnant soul.
• Ji Yaoguang gave Ji Wuchang two drops of his supreme bone marrow and asked him to consider supporting the Seventh Lineage in the future.
• Ji Yaoguang warned Ji Wuchang to leave immediately, avoid touching his remains, and beware of the black mist that would turn the area into a death zone.
• Ji Yaoguang became a rune and merged with the barrier, reinforcing the seal as the Nine Nether Tower grew indistinct.
• Ji Wuchang stored the Nine Nether Tower in his System Space and fled the hall as black Qi broke through the weakening barrier around Ji Yaoguang's remains.
• Two supreme realm first level cultivators spotted Ji Wuchang outside the hall, and one reached out to seize him.

Ji Wuchang killed a Supreme Realm First Level cultivator in the secret realm, then left as black mist destroyed the realm and killed nearly everyone inside. Unable to find Zhou Xiaoxiao, he went to Heavenly Chen Academy, completed another mission, and returned to the inner academy.

• Ji Wuchang used Heaven-Treading Steps to kill a Supreme Realm First Level cultivator, destroyed the man's blood mist, and took his storage ring.
• The cultivator entered the hall after Ji Wuchang left, but black wisps drained his vitality and spread into a deadly mist.
• Xiao Xueguang warned everyone to leave the secret realm, but the hall exploded and the black mist overwhelmed the realm.
• Ji Jingxi escaped the spreading mist, while Ji Liangliang and many others died; only five people escaped in the end.
• Ji Wuchang searched for Zhou Xiaoxiao, found no trace of her, and traveled to Five Plains City before heading to Heavenly Chen Academy.
• Ji Wuchang accepted a mission to kill a ferocious beast near the eighth rank, completed it without trouble, and returned to the inner academy three days later.

Ji Wuchang perfected Grinding the Five Elements and cultivated Grinding Life and Death while the academy’s leaders discussed testing his strength by sending him with Xiao Xueguang to help the embattled Xiao Family. The chapter left the Xiao Family on the brink of annihilation and the academy preparing for a critical matter involving the Heavenly Chen Cauldron.

• Ji Wuchang used nine years of cultivation to perfect Grinding the Five Elements, then spent fifteen years cultivating Grinding Life and Death.
• Leng Si shielded Ji Wuchang’s courtyard while he cultivated, and later joined Chu Tianheng, Qin Longhai, and Yu Shixiong by a lake to discuss the academy’s plans.
• Xiao Xueguang reported that Ji Wuchang could instantly kill a Supreme Realm First Level opponent and estimated his strength was at least that of a Supreme Realm Third Level cultivator.
• Qin Longhai and Chu Tianheng proposed that Xiao Xueguang take Ji Wuchang to help the Xiao Family and assess his full combat strength.
• Chu Tianheng recalled how the Xiao Family had stolen Xiao Xueguang’s Supreme Bone, and how Xiao Xueguang later defeated the family’s prodigy and destroyed the bone he recovered.
• The Xiao Family faced annihilation after years of worsening fortunes and renewed attacks from its enemies.

Xiao Xueguang refused to help the Xiao Family and suggested sending Ji Wuchang to Illusory Sea City, while the deans discussed the Nine Nether Tower and their coming mission in the Heavenly Chen Cauldron. At the academy library, Ji Wuchang met Zhou Xiaoxiao again and refused to tell her what had happened between Cai'er and Lingling.

• Xiao Xueguang refused to intervene in the Xiao Family's destruction and recommended that the deans send Ji Wuchang to Illusory Sea City to test his strength.
• Chu Tianheng agreed to send Ji Wuchang to Illusory Sea City, while Qin Longhai worried about the danger to the Ji Family heir.
• Leng Si revealed that she had sensed the Nine Nether Tower at the Five Origins Peak Abyss, and the deans discussed whether Ji Wuchang might have it and prepared to enter the Heavenly Chen Cauldron.
• Ji Wuchang visited the academy library, where Li Guorui explained the reading fees and rules for its two floors.
• Zhou Xiaoxiao asked Ji Wuchang what had happened between Cai'er and Lingling at the Five Origins Peak Abyss, but he refused to answer and told her not to approach him again.

Ji Wuchang studied the library scrolls and learned about the Nan Family’s split from the Nangong Family, the secretive Myriad Souls Hall, the Ji Family’s origins, and the histories of other lineages. When he left after nightfall, he encountered Nan Cai'er and coldly walked away, while she watched him and considered his suspicions.

• Ji Wuchang read that the Nan Family had split from the Nangong Family after two brothers fought over succession and the elder brother left with his supporters.
• Ji Wuchang found the Myriad Souls Hall’s history sparse and grew more suspicious of its secretive soul collecting and unclear origins.
• Ji Wuchang learned that the Ji Family was not native to the Heavenly Chen Continent and had risen to power with the World-Destroying Millstone.
• Ji Wuchang read about the Yu Clan’s ancient history and its Great Emperor’s battle with a Great Emperor of the Nine Nether Lineage, then studied other lineages before leaving the library.
• Ji Wuchang encountered Nan Cai'er outside the library and walked away coldly; Nan Cai'er watched him, suspecting that he had begun to doubt her and her companion.

Xiao Xueguang explained that the damaged Heavenly Chen Cauldron still contained surviving members of the Nine Nether Lineage, and that the academy planned another purge when the hundred-year mark arrived. He told Ji Wuchang to go to Illusory Sea City with three others for a trial to decide who would enter the cauldron, and Ji Wuchang saw a chance to obtain the academy’s five aggregates precious blood.

• Ji Wuchang returned from the library pavilion and found Xiao Xueguang waiting to tell him to prepare for a trip to Illusory Sea City.
• Xiao Xueguang explained that the Nine Nether Lineage had survived inside the damaged Heavenly Chen Cauldron and attacked it every hundred years in an effort to escape.
• Xiao Xueguang said the academy planned to send teams into the cauldron to kill the Nine Nether Lineage, but some areas could only be entered by younger people.
• Xiao Xueguang told Ji Wuchang that he would travel to Illusory Sea City with Yu Qinghe, Cai Jianfeng, and Ling Yun, accompanied by Teacher Zhen Xian as their Dao protector.
• Xiao Xueguang said the two strongest performers would be chosen to enter the cauldron and could each make one request of the academy.
• Ji Wuchang realized he could request the academy’s drop of five aggregates precious blood and decided he needed to make the trip.

Ji Wuchang asked the academy for five aggregates precious blood, and the dean made him accept three conditions before they would discuss giving it to him. After agreeing to travel to Illusory Sea City, Ji Wuchang learned how dangerous it was and prepared a deadly poison for the journey.

• Ji Wuchang asked Xiao Xueguang to help him obtain the academy’s five aggregates precious blood, and Xiao returned with three conditions set by the deans.
• Xiao Xueguang told Ji Wuchang he had to earn approval in Illusory Sea City, place in the top three of the inner court competition, and eliminate every member of the Nine Nether Lineage in his area of the Heavenly Chen Cauldron.
• Ji Wuchang accepted the conditions, and Xiao Xueguang said Master Zhen would take him to Illusory Sea City the day after tomorrow.
• Ji Wuchang asked Thousand Poison Venerable about Illusory Sea City, and Thousand Poison Venerable warned him that it was lawless, dangerous, and filled with assassins and poison experts.
• Ji Wuchang requested two soul-targeting poisons from Thousand Poison Venerable and mixed them with supreme resentful demon blood, corpse poison, and Qianji Poison to create a deadly poison.

Ji Wuchang completed his cultivation of the Mysterious Heaven Vajra Finger and joined Ling Yun, Yu Qinghe, and Cai Jianfeng for the journey to Illusory Sea City. He boarded Zhen Xian’s flying boat with Xiao Xueguang, who had arranged for Zhen Xian to teach him the Law of Time along the way.

• Ji Wuchang mixed a deadly poison from Myriad Souls Hall into his toxins, then discussed poison-making with the Thousand Poison Venerable before returning to cultivation.
• After two days, Ji Wuchang completed the Mysterious Heaven Vajra Finger and saved the five years of cultivation he had left.
• Ji Wuchang waited in the inner courtyard square and met Ling Yun, who praised his strength and postponed their planned sparring match.
• Yu Qinghe and Cai Jianfeng arrived and greeted Ji Wuchang before joining him and Ling Yun.
• Zhen Xian summoned the four disciples aboard his flying boat, where Ji Wuchang discovered Xiao Xueguang had arranged for Zhen Xian to teach him the Law of Time during the journey.

Ji Wuchang and the other academy disciples began their six-month assessment near Illusory Sea City, where strength ruled and danger awaited at every turn. Disguised as an old man, Ji Wuchang killed a cultivator who attacked him, while scavengers rushed toward the corpse.

• Zhen Xian and Xiao Xueguang sent Ji Wuchang, Ling Yun, Yu Qinghe, and Cai Jianfeng to Illusory Sea City for a six-month assessment and warned them to enter separately.
• Cai Jianfeng and Yu Qinghe urged the others to stay alert and use their jade slips if they faced overwhelming danger.
• Ji Wuchang put on an aged-face mask, changed clothes, and approached the city while displaying Celestial Phenomenon Realm third-level cultivation.
• A middle-aged man at the sixth level attacked Ji Wuchang, then crushed a jade slip and fled after Ji Wuchang dodged his strike and killed the summoned beast.
• Ji Wuchang caught up with the middle-aged man, immobilized him with the Demonic Dao Law-Disrupting Immobilization Art, and crushed his head and primordial spirit.
• Several cultivators rushed toward the middle-aged man's corpse to seize his storage ring, and a burly man attacked them with an iron staff.

Ji Wuchang seized a storage ring and used his spatial powers and Thousand Illusions Soul-Shattering Eye to kill the three Celestial Phenomenon Realm Eighth Level men who attacked him. After warning off the onlookers, he grew even more eager to enter Illusory Sea City and test himself.

• The burly man and two swordsmen fought over a storage ring until Ji Wuchang caught it.
• The three men attacked Ji Wuchang, who trapped them in separate spaces and used his Thousand Illusions Soul-Shattering Eye to destroy the burly man's soul and body.
• Ji Wuchang took the burly man's storage ring and iron staff, then used the staff to kill the other two men as they emerged from their separate spaces.
• Ji Wuchang warned the surrounding onlookers not to try to seize the storage rings, and they held back despite their greed.
• Ji Wuchang surveyed the dangerous outskirts and looked forward to entering Illusory Sea City to temper himself.

Ji Wuchang reached Illusory Sea City and killed a scrawny old man who tried to extort him at the entrance. He left the other wall guards facing his display of power, with the old man’s Primordial Spirit in his grasp.

• Zhen Xian and Xiao Xueguang watched Ji Wuchang head for Illusory Sea City and praised his ruthlessness and hidden abilities.
• Ji Wuchang reached the open city entrance and saw corpses being tortured while powerful guards watched from the walls.
• Ji Wuchang paid a hundred low-grade spirit stones to enter, but the scrawny old man demanded one of his storage rings and blocked his path with an attacking corpse.
• Ji Wuchang resisted the old man’s pressure and used the Demonic Dao Law-Disrupting Immobilization Art and Mysterious Heaven Vajra Finger to strike him.
• A Supreme Realm second layer guard tried to intervene, but Ji Wuchang vanished with the old man and reappeared holding his severed head and Primordial Spirit.

Ji Wuchang killed two cultivators who attacked him at Illusory Sea City’s gates, using lightning, a black iron chain, and deadly poison. After taking their storage rings and the gate’s Spirit Stones, he entered the city.

• Ji Wuchang crushed the thin old man's Primordial Spirit after the old man attacked him.
• Ji Wuchang trapped the Supreme Realm Second Layer man in Thunder Purgatory, then beheaded him with a black iron chain.
• Ji Wuchang poisoned the man's body with a throwing needle, and the poison destroyed his flesh, bones, and Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang took both storage rings, destroyed the thin old man's puppet, and warned the onlookers not to challenge him.
• Ji Wuchang collected the Spirit Stones at the gate and entered Illusory Sea City.

Ji Wuchang entered Illusory Sea City, where he saw signs of strict rules alongside grim displays of human skulls. He rejected the Duandao Association’s invitation and intimidated its representative into backing down.

• Ji Wuchang entered Illusory Sea City and saw a blood-written warning that anyone who killed ordinary people would die.
• Ji Wuchang noticed that the streets were clean despite the city’s lawless reputation, while poles bearing strings of human skulls lined the roads.
• A man holding a broken saber invited Ji Wuchang to join the Duandao Association and described its members and leader.
• Ji Wuchang dismissed the association, saying it was too small to contain someone like him.
• The man holding the broken saber protested, but Ji Wuchang threatened to kill him if he spoke again, and the man retreated in silence.

Ji Wuchang went to the Illusory Sea Flowing Cloud Trading Company to find lodging and learned about Illusory Sea City’s deadly nights, exorbitant housing costs, and mandatory sea demon hunts. He questioned who enforced the city’s rules, leaving the mystery of Illusory Sea City’s order unresolved.

• Ji Wuchang examined the skulls displayed on pillars and read the boasts carved into them by their killers.
• Ji Wuchang entered the Illusory Sea Flowing Cloud Trading Company and met its steward, Guan Ping.
• Guan Ping explained the prices and protections for temporary lodging and fixed residences, including luxury residences with a female cultivator.
• Guan Ping warned Ji Wuchang that white fog brought dangerous demon beasts at night and that long-term residents had to hunt sea demons monthly.
• Ji Wuchang questioned who established Illusory Sea City’s rules despite the city having no dominant power.

Guan Ping explained Illusory Sea City's rules and rented Ji Wuchang a courtyard residence, where hostile neighbors threatened him after his three-day protection period. Ji Wuchang rejected the protection and challenged the one-eyed man to a fight.

• Guan Ping explained that Illusory Sea City was governed by cultivators' votes and permitted fighting, robbery, and killing.
• Ji Wuchang paid Guan Ping one million eight hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones to rent a permanent residence.
• Guan Ping brought Ji Wuchang to a courtyard residence and warned nearby residents not to attack him during his three-day protection period.
• The one-eyed man and his companions mocked Ji Wuchang and said they would target him after the protection period ended.
• Ji Wuchang asked whether he could kill someone who provoked him, then challenged the one-eyed man to come out and die.
• The one-eyed man erupted in rage and threatened to twist off Ji Wuchang's head.

Ji Wuchang faced the one-eyed man's gang in Illusory Sea City and revealed overwhelming strength, killing three of them in succession. The onlookers were left stunned by the power of a cultivator they had thought was an easy target.

• The skinny man volunteered to kill Ji Wuchang, and the one-eyed man ordered him to bring back Ji Wuchang's Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang severed the skinny man's arm and leg, then killed him and shattered his Primordial Spirit after the one-eyed man and two companions joined the fight.
• Ji Wuchang evaded the three men's attacks and sent Soul Annihilation Spikes into their brows, then killed one companion with his iron chain.
• Ji Wuchang stomped the Half-Step Supreme man into blood mist and skewered his Primordial Spirit with the chain.
• The surrounding spectators stared in disbelief as Ji Wuchang killed two Celestial Phenomenon Realm ninth level cultivators and one Half-Step Supreme in succession.

Ji Wuchang killed One-Eye after refusing Senior Lin’s offer to intervene, then entered the small courtyard Guan Ping had arranged for him. He accepted the residence token, though the costly courtyard might still have to be defended from others.

• Ji Wuchang faced the last surviving One-Eye after killing his companions, while One-Eye called on Senior Lin to save him.
• Ji Wuchang rejected Senior Lin’s plea and killed One-Eye, then destroyed the three Primordial Spirits and took their storage rings.
• Ji Wuchang challenged anyone who wanted to seize his residence, but no one dared step forward.
• Guan Ping removed his temporary barrier and showed Ji Wuchang the courtyard, its three-room house, and cultivation chamber with a Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Ji Wuchang accepted the residence token, and Guan Ping left after giving him a few instructions.

Ji Wuchang broke through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Fourth Level as Illusory Sea City was engulfed by a sea demon assault. He watched a golden arrow and a flaming palm devastate the swarms, revealing the city's immense hidden power.

• Ji Wuchang activated his courtyard's defensive barrier, prompting people outside to fight over the courtyard left by One-Eye and his companions.
• Ji Wuchang checked in, received ten years of cultivation, and broke through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Fourth Level.
• After night fell, white mist covered Illusory Sea City, barriers appeared, and countless sea demons began attacking.
• A golden arrow tore through the sea demon swarm and killed several eighth-tier sea demons.
• A huge palm wreathed in flames descended, burning countless sea demons and killing two eighth-tier sea demons.

Ji Wuchang witnessed sea demons massacre the cultivators behind two breached barriers before the mist retreated at dawn. After encountering a bloodied boy with Supreme Realm Fourth Level cultivation, he learned that Illusory Sea City would hold a Sea Demon Fight, where people could challenge captured sea demons to avoid their monthly hunt assignment.

• The sea demons shattered a defensive barrier and slaughtered nearly all the cultivators who charged out, including several Supreme Realm experts.
• The sea demons breached another barrier and killed its defenders before the white mist and sea demons retreated around midnight.
• Ji Wuchang spent the night meditating, then left his barrier at dawn as nearby tenants regarded him with awe after seeing his strength.
• Ji Wuchang visited the battlefield and found it cleared of corpses, then encountered a bloodied boy whose cultivation was at Supreme Realm Fourth Level.
• An old man told Ji Wuchang that the monthly Sea Demon Fight let people challenge captured sea demons for exemption from the monthly sea hunt.

Ji Wuchang visited Illusory Sea City’s Grand Plaza, where Du Weiwei and the Duandao Association confronted him and invited him to join. He rejected them bluntly, and Du Weiwei made a final appeal, offering to meet his conditions.

• Ji Wuchang arrived at the Grand Plaza and examined the enormous chained sea demons and the cultivators gathered around them.
• A group of nine Duandao Association members surrounded Ji Wuchang, and the man with the broken saber identified him to Du Weiwei as the person who had rejected their invitation.
• Du Weiwei questioned Ji Wuchang about his cultivation and sensed that he was more dangerous than his Celestial Phenomenon Realm fourth level suggested.
• Ji Wuchang refused to join and called the association’s members deadweights, provoking their anger.
• Du Weiwei explained that she wanted Ji Wuchang because of his strength and the association’s need for powerful, trustworthy allies, then offered to meet his conditions.

Ji Wuchang refused to join the Duandao Association unless he could lead it, then demonstrated his strength by swiftly overpowering Du Beibei. Du Weiwei considered letting him take charge because her group faced threats from the Swift Blade Sect and the Zhan Clan, but Ji Wuchang walked away without answering her proposal.

• Ji Wuchang demanded that the Duandao Association accept him as its leader or leave him alone, drawing angry objections from its members.
• Du Weiwei offered to make Ji Wuchang leader if he defeated her, expecting her Supreme Realm strength to prevail.
• Ji Wuchang used the Demonic Dao Law-Disrupting Immobilization Art to seize Du Beibei by the neck, then warned the group not to provoke him and left.
• Du Beibei wanted to attack Ji Wuchang, but Du Weiwei stopped her and acknowledged that his methods were formidable.
• Du Weiwei told the group that the Swift Blade Sect threatened them and the Zhan Clan was pursuing them, leaving the Duandao Association desperate for outside help.