Recaps

Ji Wuchang entered the Purgatory Mystic Realm and discovered that its blood-red moon suppressed his Primordial Spirit while swarms of creatures devoured his soul power. After escaping the swarms, he was ambushed by a giant python of Supreme Realm Eighth Layer strength.

• Ji Yuan warned the Ji Family that the Purgatory Mystic Realm was preparation for the coming war with the Nine Nether Lineage, and Ji Wuchang stepped through the passage.
• Ji Wuchang found himself in a pitch-black forest beneath a blood-red moon, which painfully weakened his Primordial Spirit and limited his soul sense.
• A swarm of tiny black creatures attacked Ji Wuchang and rapidly devoured his soul power, so he used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to escape.
• Ji Wuchang discovered that withdrawing his soul power stopped the creatures from pursuing him, but a giant python suddenly lunged from the darkness.
• Ji Wuchang punched the giant python and was thrown into trees, while the python recovered and charged at him again.

Ji Wuchang discovered that the Purgatory Mystic Realm’s devil beasts held pure soul power, which strengthened his Primordial Spirit as he hunted them. After spotting two powerful members of the Giant Clan of the Nine Nether Lineage, he concealed himself and approached to learn why they had come.

• Ji Wuchang killed a giant python with his broken sword and absorbed its beast soul, replenishing and strengthening his Primordial Spirit.
• He killed an eight-legged devil beast and confirmed that its inner core also contained pure soul power that his Primordial Spirit could absorb.
• Over the next half month, Ji Wuchang hunted devil beasts and fled from a massive beast horde and a valley filled with countless little creatures.
• He sensed a Ji Family cultivator nearby but could not locate them, then spotted two giants of the Nine Nether Lineage in the distance.
• Ji Wuchang hid himself with the Great Void Phantom Technique and approached the giants, intending to learn why they were there and ensure they did not leave alive.

Ji Wuchang rescued Ji Yanfeng from two Nine Nether Lineage giants and watched them become embroiled in a battle with two Devil Beasts. Ji Yanfeng then told him about the dangerous area where he had entered the Purgatory Mystic Realm, leaving Ji Wuchang with a clearer understanding of the realm.

• Ji Wuchang overheard Ajimu and Ajirong discussing their hunt for human cultivators and saw them attack Ji Yanfeng.
• Ji Yanfeng fled from the two giants, then was cornered by two Devil Beasts before Ji Wuchang pulled him into the void.
• The Devil Beasts attacked Ajimu and Ajirong, and the four powerful fighters began battling as Ji Wuchang and Ji Yanfeng watched from a distance.
• Ji Yanfeng thanked Ji Wuchang, who advised him to use his jade token rather than risk his life if he faced danger again.
• Ji Yanfeng told Ji Wuchang that his spiritual power had been sealed at his entry point and that he had survived several days of Devil Beast attacks using only his physical strength and soul power.

Ajirong and Ajimu were overwhelmed by seven Devil Beasts, and Ajimu sacrificed himself to injure their attackers. Ji Wuchang killed Ajirong and began fighting the remaining Devil Beasts, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Ajirong and Ajimu fought two Devil Beasts, then tried to flee when more arrived, but Ji Wuchang trapped them in a spatial barrier.
• Seven Devil Beasts surrounded Ajirong and Ajimu, badly wounding both and forcing Ajimu to detonate himself to damage the beasts.
• Ajirong tried to escape, but Ji Wuchang immobilized and killed him with a sword strike, then captured his Primordial Spirit in the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Ji Wuchang attacked the remaining Devil Beasts, using the Law of Time to hold them still long enough to kill one and collect its devil core.
• Ji Wuchang struck at another charging Devil Beast with the Seven Sha Cloud-Severing Palm.

Ji Wuchang slaughtered Devil Beasts to gather their devil cores and used their soul power to advance his Primordial Spirit. After the Three Flowers Gather at the Crown formed, his Primordial Spirit began transforming toward Saint King level, and he left to find a new place to temper himself and break through.

• Ji Wuchang killed the remaining Devil Beasts and absorbed the soul power from their devil cores, forming a second flaming lotus above his Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang warned Ji Yanfeng to flee, then drew a pack of several hundred Devil Beasts away from him.
• Ji Wuchang used the Heaven-Devouring Jar to devour dozens of the beasts, then continued hunting the packs that pursued him over several days.
• Ji Wuchang collected and refined several hundred devil cores for seven days, forming a third flaming lotus and completing Three Flowers Gather at the Crown.
• The three flaming lotuses entered Ji Wuchang's Primordial Spirit and set off its transformation, after which he left to seek a new place to temper himself and break through.

Ji Wuchang left the spiritual-power-restricting region, broke through to the Supreme Realm seventh layer, and continued searching the Purgatory Mystic Realm. After learning that the Lord of the Nine Nether had entered the realm, he set out to discover the Lord’s purpose and stop him.

• Ji Wuchang collected demonic cores and had Black Eagle Number One and Black Eagle Number Three devour devil beast corpses, strengthening them to the peak of the Supreme Realm seventh layer.
• After leaving the region that restricted spiritual power, Ji Wuchang’s cultivation rose to the Supreme Realm sixth level, and swallowing the Supreme Glazed Pill pushed him through a painful breakthrough to the Supreme Realm seventh layer.
• Ji Wuchang replenished his spiritual power with spirit stones and kept several thousand demonic cores for a future breakthrough.
• Ji Wuchang spent half a month searching the Purgatory Mystic Realm, encountered members of the Nine Nether Lineage, and killed them.
• Ji Wuchang learned from a group of Barbarian Clan members that the Lord of the Nine Nether had entered the Purgatory Mystic Realm, then killed and searched their souls for more information.
• Ji Wuchang resolved to find the Lord of the Nine Nether and thwart his purpose.

Ji Wuchang discovered that the Lord of the Nine Nether had broken through to the Saint King Realm and realized the Heavenly Chen Continent faced an imminent invasion. After surviving the Lord’s attack with the Heaven-Devouring Jar, Ji Wuchang fled as the Saint King continued pursuing him.

• Ji Wuchang searched for the Lord of the Nine Nether and killed members of the Nine Nether Lineage without learning the Lord’s goal.
• Ji Wuchang trained in a land of chaotic Principles for several months, advancing toward the Supreme Realm Seventh Layer Peak and transforming his Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang spotted the Lord of the Nine Nether and recognized that he had reached the Saint King Realm, threatening the Heavenly Chen Continent.
• The Lord of the Nine Nether attacked Ji Wuchang with a palm, and Ji Wuchang used the Heaven-Devouring Jar to break it apart at the cost of most of his spiritual power.
• Ji Wuchang fled thousands of li using Shrinking the Ground to an Inch and tried to disrupt the pursuer with Space Annihilation, but another palm struck at him from the sky.

Ji Wuchang escaped the Lord of the Nine Nether’s attack and returned injured to the Ji Family, bringing news that the Lord had attained sainthood. Ji Yuan estimated that the Nine Nether Lineage would march south within two years and ordered the family to prepare for war.

• Ji Wuchang destroyed the Saint-Breaking Arrow to break the Lord of the Nine Nether’s palm attack, then escaped through a void passage despite being injured.
• Ji Yuan stabilized the passage, treated Ji Wuchang, and learned that the Lord of the Nine Nether had attained sainthood.
• Ji Wuchang recounted what happened in the Purgatory Mystic Realm to the Ji Family elders and lineage elders.
• Ji Yuan estimated that the Lord of the Nine Nether would need two years to merge his power with the Heavenly Chen Continent’s principles, and warned that the Nine Nether Lineage would march south within that time.
• Ji Yuan lifted restrictions on lineage resources, ordered Ji Wuchang to enter seclusion with him, and told the elders to notify Ji Shen and prepare for war.

Ji Wuchang reunited with Ji Zhiyi and Ji Qinglan before entering seclusion at the World-Destroying Millstone to prepare for the Lord of the Nine Nether. As the Nine Nether Lineage marched south and seized Illusory Sea City, Heavenly Chen Academy gained a Half-Saint when Chu Tianheng emerged from seclusion.

• Ji Yuan told Ji Wuchang to cultivate at the World-Destroying Millstone and reach Half-Saint if possible, and Ji Wuchang reunited with Ji Zhiyi and Ji Qinglan.
• Ji Zhiyi told Ji Wuchang that fewer than eight hundred of the 1,063 people who entered the Purgatory Mystic Realm had survived, and Ji Wuchang gave her demon cores to aid her cultivation.
• Ji Wuchang followed Ji Yuan into separate spaces within the World-Destroying Millstone to begin seclusion.
• The Nine Nether Lineage attacked Illusory Sea City, defeated its defenders despite the sea demons' interference, and took control before expanding into dozens of cities.
• Chu Tianheng emerged from seclusion at Heavenly Chen Academy after breaking through to Half-Saint, while other academy cultivators continued their own breakthrough attempts.

Chu Tianheng began gathering allies against the Nine Nether Lineage, while Yu Ling took control of the Yu Clan and prepared to claim its Great Emperor’s inheritance. Ji Wuchang advanced to the Supreme Realm Ninth Level and left his cultivation space to temper himself.

• Chu Tianheng left the Heavenly Chen Academy after reaching Half-Saint to seek an alliance among the major factions against the Nine Nether Lineage.
• Yu Ling returned to the Yu Clan with the Primordial Spirits of her would-be assassins, and the ancestor crippled and expelled her father and elder brother before purging the conspirators.
• Yu Ling formally became head of the Yu Clan, ordered preparations for war, and sent Yu Gang to deliver the Heaven-Devouring Jar to Ji Wuchang.
• Yu Ling prepared to enter the dangerous inheritance left by the Yu Clan’s Great Emperor, which only someone who had mastered the Rain Fist could receive.
• Ji Wuchang broke through to the Supreme Realm Eighth Layer, swallowed the Supreme Realm-Breaking Pill, and reached the Supreme Realm Ninth Level after enduring its painful effects.
• Ji Wuchang absorbed spiritual power from High-Grade Spirit Stones, left the World-Destroying Millstone’s cultivation space, and headed for his small courtyard.

Ji Wuchang met Yu Gang, received the completed Heaven-Devouring Jar, and learned more about Yu Ling’s circumstances. Seeking a place to temper himself, he chose to return to the dangerous Purgatory Mystic Realm.

• Ji Boshang discovered that Ji Wuchang had reached the supreme realm ninth level and told him Yu Gang was waiting to meet him.
• Yu Gang delivered the Heaven-Devouring Jar on behalf of Yu Ling, and Ji Wuchang sent two hundred demon cores back to her.
• Ji Wuchang asked Ji Boshang about challenging places to train and learned that the Purgatory Mystic Realm remained open for two years despite its sealed entrance.
• Ji Wuchang spent two days with Ji Qinglan, then decided to return to the Purgatory Mystic Realm.

Ji Wuchang entered a valley filled with corrosive blood-colored mist and endless blood-red snakes, using his spatial power and flames to press onward. He reached a plaza containing three eerie altars arranged around something hidden.

• Ji Wuchang finished slaughtering Devil Beasts, and Black Eagle Number One, Black Eagle Number Three, and the other Black Hawks devoured their corpses.
• Ji Wuchang approached the valley of blood-colored mist and entered despite the dread and the piles of Devil Beast bones at its entrance.
• Ji Wuchang protected his Supreme Dharma Aspect with layers of spatial barriers as the mist corroded it and the valley's space shattered.
• Blood-red snakes attacked Ji Wuchang's barriers, and he used flames to destroy them as more snakes poured from the mist.
• Ji Wuchang emerged from the thinning mist at a plaza where three eerie altars stood in a triangular formation around something they appeared to guard.

Ji Wuchang was trapped in the heart of the Purgatory Mystic Realm as four Half-Saint ferocious beasts attacked him. He unsealed his broken sword and struck back, but the clash sent him crashing into the barrier.

• Ji Wuchang saw a red flood dragon emerge from the pond and watched the silver serpent, black centipede, and white bird awaken with Half-Saint presences.
• The red flood dragon sealed the plaza inside a world of its own, preventing Ji Wuchang from escaping.
• Ji Wuchang drew his broken sword and began unsealing it as all four beasts fixed their bloodthirsty eyes on him.
• The red flood dragon, silver snake, black centipede, and white bird attacked together, and Ji Wuchang sent the Black Mountain Seal toward the white flame before slashing at the other three beasts.
• Ji Wuchang wounded the silver snake, knocked back the black centipede, and struck the flood dragon's claw, but the ensuing force hurled him into the barrier.

Ji Wuchang fought the four fierce beasts with his Soul Division clones and focused his true body on the dangerous white giant bird. After destroying the altars and sensing a foreboding change, he killed the bird with the Heaven-Devouring Jar and broken sword, but its final flames scorched him and destroyed three of his clones.

• Ji Wuchang sent nine Soul Division clones to engage the red flood dragon, silver snake, and black centipede while he attacked the white giant bird.
• Ji Wuchang’s sword strike and Tyrant Dragon Triple Wave failed to defeat the white giant bird, so he detonated two Supreme Weapons and shattered all three altars.
• The white giant bird unleashed flames, but Ji Wuchang absorbed them with the Heaven-Devouring Jar and answered with lightning.
• Ji Wuchang immobilized the white giant bird, severed its head with the broken sword, and drew the head into the Heaven-Devouring Jar.
• Ji Wuchang stabbed and destroyed the headless bird, whose spreading flames killed three of his Soul Division clones and badly scorched his hand.
• Ji Wuchang used the Thousand Star Flame and Glacial Glazed Fire to devour the flames threatening his charred arm.

Ji Wuchang defeated the white bird and black centipede, then fought the silver snake and red flood dragon to temper himself and advance his cultivation. He unleashed a powerful sword technique at the red flood dragon, and the strike reached its head.

• Ji Wuchang used the Heaven-Devouring Jar to swallow the white flames, then restored his charred arm after the giant white bird died.
• Ji Wuchang attacked the black centipede with his Seven Sha Cloud-Severing Palm, World-Destroying Millstone Technique, and broken sword, then the jar swallowed it.
• Ji Wuchang fought the silver snake and red flood dragon after his Soul Division clones were destroyed, discovering that the red-mist seal had vanished.
• Ji Wuchang grew stronger as he fought, while the Heaven-Devouring Jar transformed the black centipede into a pitch-black bead.
• Ji Wuchang charged the red flood dragon with Yellow Springs Ashen Annihilation Slash, pouring forty percent of his Dantian’s spiritual power into the broken sword.

Ji Wuchang killed the red flood dragon and silver snake, broke the formation beneath the plaza, and absorbed a mysterious white light before escaping the valley. The hall master of Myriad Souls Hall arrived too late, recognized the Ji Family’s presence, and vowed revenge.

• Ji Wuchang severed the red flood dragon and silver snake, absorbed their bodies into the Heaven-Devouring Jar, and collected four beads containing powerful principles.
• Ji Wuchang shattered the plaza’s formation with the Yellow Springs Ashen Annihilation Slash and seized a mysterious white light that merged into his body.
• Sensing a powerful presence approaching, Ji Wuchang escaped the valley and used a jade token to enter a spatial passage.
• The hall master of Myriad Souls Hall arrived in the valley, discovered that the hidden treasure had been taken, and followed Ji Wuchang’s trail.
• The hall master recognized the Ji Family’s presence and swore to kill the person who had taken the treasure; he was an avatar of the Lord of the Nine Nether.

Ji Wuchang returned from the Purgatory Mystic Realm far stronger than before and reunited with Ji Zhiyi, who had advanced her cultivation and was carrying their child. Their time together was interrupted by news that the Myriad Souls Hall and Nine Nether Lineage had allied and begun slaughtering cultivators across three provinces.

• Ji Wuchang emerged from the Purgatory Mystic Realm, and his overwhelming Sha Qi shocked Ji Boshang and the Ji Family elders.
• Ji Wuchang reunited with Ji Zhiyi, who had reached the Supreme Realm fifth level peak and gained more than a hundred devil cores from him to strengthen her bloodline.
• Ji Wuchang checked on Ji Qinglan and learned that she was asleep while awakening her bloodline power.
• Ji Wuchang spent several days with Ji Zhiyi before an old woman reported that the Myriad Souls Hall and Nine Nether Lineage had joined forces and seized Long River Province, White Ape Province, and Azure Sea Province.
• The old woman said the allied forces had massacred cultivators in the three provinces and were collecting remnant souls and Primordial Spirits.

Ji Wuchang learned of the Nine Nether Lineage’s growing threat and the latest dangers facing his allies and the Ji Clan. In seclusion, he fused the white flame from the Purgatory Mystic Realm with his two Divergent Flames and began refining Principles in pursuit of Half-Saint.

• Ji Zhaojin told Ji Wuchang that Chu Tianheng had reached Half-Saint and led an alliance against the Nine Nether Lineage, while Yu Ling entered her clan’s secret realm and Zhan Wuyuan announced his plan to destroy the Ji Clan.
• Ji Wuchang went into seclusion after Ji Zhiyi prepared to test the new demonic cores.
• Ji Wuchang swallowed the white pearl from the great white bird, and its flame devoured the Thousand Star Flame and Glacial Glazed Fire.
• Ji Wuchang imprinted his soul on the resulting icy-blue flame, which held specks of starlight and surpassed the power of the three original flames.
• Ji Wuchang began merging streams of Power of Principle into his body to pursue a breakthrough to Half-Saint.

As the Nine Nether Lineage ravaged the Heavenly Chen Continent, Chu Tianheng warned Heavenly Chen Academy that the Myriad Souls Hall might be gathering spirits to create a Great Emperor. He sent Zhen Xian and Xiao Xueguang to alert the Ji Family, leaving the academy to brace for the danger.

• The Myriad Souls Hall and the Nine Nether Lineage attacked across the continent, and Chu Tianheng’s forces withdrew to defend Heavenly Chen Academy after the Myriad Souls Hall master wounded him.
• The Myriad Souls Hall master failed to breach the academy’s defenses, which were protected by the Heavenly Chen Cauldron.
• Chu Tianheng told the academy’s leaders that the Nine Nether Lineage was collecting remnant souls and primordial spirits to create a Great Emperor.
• Chu Tianheng reasoned that the absent Lord of the Nine Nether and the Myriad Souls Hall master’s rapid rise supported his suspicions, and urged the factions to unite against them.
• Xiao Xueguang and Zhen Xian volunteered to warn the Ji Family, and Chu Tianheng gave each a jade slip containing one of his full-power strikes.
• Zhen Xian asked Zhen Qingqing to remain with Leng Si, then departed with Xiao Xueguang for the Ji Family.

Ji Zhiyi emerged from seclusion as a Supreme Realm Seventh Layer cultivator, while the First Ancestor and Ji Wuchang each underwent Half-Saint Lightning Tribulations. Ji Wuchang’s tribulation lasted five days and nights, leaving the Ji Family in awe of his strength.

• Ji Zhiyi emerged from a month and a half of seclusion after two demon cores helped her advance from the Supreme Realm Fifth Level to the Seventh Layer.
• Thunderclouds gathered over the Ji Family, and the First Ancestor flew away from the family to undergo a Half-Saint Lightning Tribulation.
• Ji Wuchang appeared from the rear mountain and used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to move far from the Ji Family before his own tribulation began.
• The First Ancestor’s tribulation ended after two days and nights, and he returned to the Ji Family with a rejuvenated appearance and the strength of a Half-Saint.
• Ji Wuchang’s more powerful Lightning Tribulation lasted five days and nights before dispersing, deepening the Ji Family’s reverence for him.

Ji Wuchang arrived in the Heavenly Chen Imperial Dynasty to deal with a rebellion backed by the Nine Nether Lineage and Myriad Souls Hall. After planning to let the enemy gather in the Capital so the Ji Family could eliminate them at once, he went to Heavenly Secrets Hall to confront the Imperial Preceptor, who had refused to see him.

• Ji Wuchang arrived in the Capital with Ji Boshang and other Ji Family members after four lineages rebelled and escaped the Ji Family's attack.
• Ji Shen told Ji Wuchang that the Wang, Cao, Bai, and He Families had joined the rebellion, and that traces of the Nine Nether Lineage and Myriad Souls Hall had been found.
• Ji Boshang argued that the rebellion was meant to tie down the Ji Family while the Nine Nether Lineage pursued a larger plan, and Ji Wuchang agreed.
• Ji Wuchang ordered Ji Boshang to reveal his presence and let the enemy bring more forces into the Capital so the Ji Family could destroy them together, while keeping Ji Wuchang's own arrival secret.
• Ji Wuchang went to Heavenly Secrets Hall to question the Imperial Preceptor about his lost days and sudden breakthrough, but two maids told him she would not see him.
• Ji Wuchang threatened the maids, and his pressure made them tremble as he demanded they move aside.

Ji Wuchang confronted Qing Shiwei about conceiving his child, and the two reconciled as he named their unborn son Ji Yuezheng. Qing Shiwei then revealed the Lord of the Nine Nether's plan to gather souls and Primordial Spirits to reach Great Emperor, leaving Ji Wuchang weighing how to stop him.

• Ji Wuchang entered Qing Shiwei's tower room and accused her of knocking him unconscious to conceive his child.
• Qing Shiwei admitted her actions, and Ji Wuchang embraced and kissed her before she fell asleep in his arms.
• The next morning, Ji Wuchang named their unborn son Ji Yuezheng, and the child kicked in response.
• Qing Shiwei revealed that the Myriad Souls Hall Master was a clone of the Lord of the Nine Nether, who planned to use hundreds of millions of souls to become a Great Emperor.
• Qing Shiwei explained that destroying the clone would require two ultimate Dao emperor weapons, while destroying the gathered souls and Primordial Spirits would be even harder because most had already been delivered.

Qing Shiwei revealed the Lord of the Nine Nether’s origins and the hidden history behind the Heavenly Chen Continent’s Great Emperors and Nine Nether Lineage. Ji Wuchang was left weighing the danger of confronting the Lord and the significance of the Nine Nether Tower in his possession.

• Ji Wuchang considered Qing Shiwei’s revelation that the master of Myriad Souls Hall was an avatar of the Lord of the Nine Nether and weighed the difficulty of stopping him.
• Qing Shiwei described a last-resort formation that could let a Saint King contest the Lord of the Nine Nether for remnant souls and Primordial Spirits, though the attempt would provoke a destructive Lightning Tribulation and the Lord would survive.
• Qing Shiwei explained that the Lord of the Nine Nether came from chaos and recounted the origins and histories of the five Ultimate Dao Emperor Weapons and their associated Great Emperors.
• Qing Shiwei said that Great Emperor Tianchen had summoned later Great Emperors to wage war in the universe and explained how the Nine Nether Clan and the true Nine Nether Lineage became one.
• Ji Wuchang realized the Nine Nether Tower’s presence in his hands might be fate and resolved to preserve a legacy for the Nine Nether Great Emperor.

Ji Wuchang responded as rebellious Capital families activated a teleportation formation to summon the Nine Nether Lineage. As the Capital erupted into battle, Shadow Guards struck the rebels’ hidden escape site outside the city.

• Cao Household’s ancestor rallied more than forty families and began activating a teleportation formation to bring Nine Nether Lineage cultivators into the Capital.
• Ji Wuchang assigned White Tiger to defend the imperial palace and went to confront the formation as Ji Boshang and others fought the rebels.
• Ji Wuchang ordered Vermilion Bird and Divine Martial to mobilize the Shadow Guards and leave no one alive among the rebellious families’ forces.
• At a valley outside the Capital, a figure destroyed the formation prepared for nearly twenty thousand younger members of the rebellious families.

Ji Wuchang and the Ji Family crushed the forces attacking the Capital, while Qing Shiwei killed a Supreme Realm ninth layer cultivator at the imperial palace. Ji Wuchang slaughtered the invading army with the Myriad Souls Banner and ordered Ji Boshang to hunt down the remaining looters.

• Black-clad figures slaughtered nearly twenty thousand people in the valley and collected their storage rings.
• Ji Shen’s allies fought the palace invaders, and Qing Shiwei killed a Supreme Realm ninth layer cultivator with a massive sword strike.
• Ji Wuchang sealed the courtyard in spatial barriers as more than ten thousand cultivators emerged from a teleportation formation, including human cultivators who had joined the Nine Nether Lineage.
• The Cao Household’s ancestor and other trapped cultivators broke through a barrier, but Ji Wuchang’s Myriad Souls Banner killed them and absorbed their Primordial Spirits.
• Ji Wuchang collected the storage rings and told Ji Boshang to exterminate the remaining looters.