Recaps

Di Chen defied the Heavenly Moon Dao Domain and fought its Head Protector, a sixth-level Quasi-Emperor, in the tournament arena. Their clash left the Head Protector shocked by Di Chen’s strength, while Li Yunxiao took hope from Zhang Yu’s promise that a Sword Sect senior was coming.

• The Head Protector drove off the three protectors, then confronted Di Chen for disrupting the tournament and insulting the Heavenly Moon Dao Domain.
• Di Chen declared that Li Yunxiao would die and that he did not care if the entire Heavenly Moon Dao Domain opposed him, impressing Zi Yan and Zhang Yu.
• The Head Protector released his killing aura, but Di Chen countered it with sword intent, and their clash shook the arena and injured weaker spectators.
• Di Chen’s sword slash collided with the Head Protector’s golden palm; Di Chen staggered briefly, while the Head Protector was forced back three steps and wondered about Di Chen’s background.
• Zhang Yu reassured the frightened Li Yunxiao that a Sword Sect senior was on the way, while Elder Wang mocked the Head Protector and expressed confidence in Di Chen.

Di Chen overwhelmed the Domain Lord's Manor's protectors and killed Gu Li and the Fourth Protector in front of Li Yunxiao. As he moved to kill the two remaining protectors, an imposing newcomer appeared and ordered him to stop.

• The Head Protector's punch failed to withstand Di Chen's Sword Breaks Heaven and Earth, and the clash left the Head Protector injured.
• Di Chen killed the wounded Gu Li and threatened to kill the Domain Lord's Manor's people in front of Li Yunxiao.
• The Fourth Protector challenged Di Chen, who rushed forward and killed him with a single blow.
• Di Chen advanced on the two remaining protectors, who begged him to spare them.
• An imposing figure appeared above Di Chen and declared that the confrontation would end there.

Di Chen confronted Heavenly Moon Dao Domain Lord Li Xinghe, who revealed himself to be a half-step Great Emperor. As Di Chen prepared to challenge him, the heads of three Immortal Aristocratic Lineages arrived with a formidable group of cultivators.

• Li Xinghe pressured Di Chen for failing to salute, but Di Chen resisted and struck back with his sword before being driven backward and wounded.
• Elder Wang attacked Li Xinghe to protect Di Chen, and their clash destroyed the great hall.
• Li Xinghe revealed his half-step Great Emperor strength, while Zi Yan recognized the danger and saw that Di Chen remained calm.
• Di Chen told Elder Wang to stand down and said he had a move that Li Xinghe might not withstand.
• The heads of the Ye, Chen, and Situ Lineages arrived with nine other Quasi-Emperors, alarming Zhang Yu.

Di Chen confronted Li Xinghe and the three clan heads, revealing overwhelming sword power before clashing with the Half-Emperor Domain Lord. As Di Chen healed from his wounds, two imposing vessels appeared on the horizon, prompting Zhang Yu and Zi Yan to celebrate their arrival.

• Situ Lei, Ye Tianlong, and Chen Tianhao arrived to help Li Xinghe, then summoned and reprimanded their clan disciples.
• Li Xinghe dismissed Li Feng and Murong Fengchen, then demanded that Di Chen give his last words.
• Di Chen unleashed Sword Shatters Sun and Moon, killing or injuring the forces behind the clan heads and leaving the three clan heads gravely wounded.
• Li Xinghe attacked Di Chen with a punch carrying the Law of Force, and their clash wounded Di Chen but left Li Xinghe battered.
• Di Chen healed with his Undying Sword Physique as two magnificent vessels emerged from a vortex, exciting Zhang Yu and Zi Yan.

The Sword Sect and Misty Rain Pavilion arrived and tried to recruit Di Chen, but he refused both offers before agreeing to visit the Sword Sect’s Sword Stele. He then killed Li Yunxiao, leaving the gathered crowd stunned.

• Jian Wuya and Fang Qingya arrived with powerful entourages, and Zhang Yu told Jian Wuya what had happened.
• Fang Qingya invited Di Chen to join the Misty Rain Pavilion, but he refused; after briefly threatening him, she was restrained by the old woman and urged him again.
• Jian Wuya offered Di Chen a place in the Sword Sect, and Di Chen agreed to visit its Sword Stele after dealing with Li Yunxiao.
• Di Chen walked up to Li Yunxiao, who begged for mercy, and killed him with a palm strike.

Di Chen left the ruined contest grounds with Jian Wuya and the Sword Sect after defeating their enemies, while the surviving powers withdrew. Aboard the Sword Sect’s ship, Jian Wuya learned that Di Chen was the son of Di Yuan of the Dark Forbidden Zone and ordered the sect to protect his identity and treat him with utmost care.

• Di Chen warned Li Xinghe that he would return, then left with Jian Wuya and the others after Fang Qingya offered him help.
• Fang Qingya left with her people as her old affliction flared up, while Li Xinghe and the Grand Protector departed after the devastating battle.
• The competition ended, and the battle’s unprecedented killing of a Quasi-Emperor by a Great Saint was expected to shake the Canglan Immortal Domain.
• Jian Wuya asked Di Chen’s name aboard the Sword Sect’s ship and invited him to rest until they arrived.
• Jian Wuya learned Di Chen came from the Dark Forbidden Zone and was Di Yuan’s son, then ordered Zhang Yu to ensure no disciple offended him or revealed his name.

Di Chen arrived at the Sword Sect but declined to reveal his identity or join, leaving its disciples confused. He entered the Sword Graveyard at Jian Wuya’s invitation, where the Sword Sect’s silver-robed elder recognized him as a formidable prodigy from a forbidden zone.

• Jian Wuya introduced Di Chen to the gathered Sword Sect disciples as a monstrously talented sword prodigy, but Di Chen interrupted him and refused to reveal his identity or join the sect.
• Di Chen left to explore with Elder Wang, while Jian Wuya stopped the disciples from taking offense and sent Zhang Yu to invite Di Chen to the Sword Graveyard.
• Di Chen spoke briefly with an old sweeper outside the library, who privately noted that Di Chen was a thirteen-year-old Great Saint who had killed a Quasi-Emperor with one sword strike.
• Zhang Yu guided Di Chen to the forbidden Sword Graveyard, and Elder Wang waited outside as Di Chen entered alone.
• Di Chen walked unharmed through the raging Sword Qi and met the silver-robed elder on the altar, who praised him as a prodigy from a forbidden zone.

Di Chen refused the Sword Sect’s invitation to join, showed its elder his companion divine artifact, and began comprehending the Sword Stele. As his sword intent emerged, chief disciples gathered at the square to see what he would do.

• Di Chen turned down the elder’s request to reconsider joining the Sword Sect, then showed him his companion divine artifact, astonishing him.
• The elder explained the Sword Stele’s contents and asked Di Chen to show mercy to any disciples who challenged him; Di Chen agreed.
• Jian Wuya brought Di Chen to the Sword Stele, where he sat down to comprehend it as a golden light and formation covered the square.
• Sword Sect disciples objected to an outsider using the stele, but Zhang Yu sent them away and waited as Di Chen’s terrifying sword intent emerged.
• Xu Hao, Qin Lan, and Liu Yixue arrived at the square, and Xu Hao looked toward Di Chen with an unusual expression.

Di Chen continued comprehending the Sword Stele while powerful figures across the Immortal Domain reacted to reports of his strength and tried to uncover his identity. The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s three ancestors found their divination blocked and were confronted by a voice from a coffin before their vision shattered.

• Xu Hao, Qin Lan, and Liu Yixue questioned Zhang Yu about Di Chen, doubted his account of the battle in the Heavenly Moon Dao Domain, and left after Xu Hao said he wanted to spar with Di Chen.
• Di Chen remained immersed in the Sword Stele’s sword intent, refining its Sword Qi as he tried to integrate the insights he had gained.
• Fang Qingya realized the black man from the Foreign Domain’s divine ability still lingered in her soul and feared it would turn her into a bloodthirsty killer.
• A black-clad youth in the Primordial Chaos Holy Land ordered a recording of the reported battle retrieved and demanded an investigation into the mysterious boy’s identity.
• The three ancestors of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion tried to divine whether the prodigy was connected to the upheaval thirteen years earlier, but a voice from a coffin rebuked them and shattered their vision.

After the mysterious youth’s power spread through the Canglan Immortal Domain, major factions tried to learn his identity and recruit him. Li Xinghe warned the other Dao Domain lords that the youth could match a half-emperor and had a peak quasi-emperor companion, and they began preparing to help when he made a comeback.

• Three elders recognized a terrifying voice, then ordered their pavilion to befriend the youth at any cost.
• Rumors about the youth spread across the Canglan Immortal Domain, while secluded powers quietly considered his possible origins.
• The Holy Palace’s third elder and the Chaos Holy Land’s second elder asked the Sword School’s sect master to meet the youth, but left after he warned them against disturbing him.
• Li Xinghe told nine other Dao Domain lords that the youth had half-emperor-level strength and a peak quasi-emperor companion.
• The Cangnan Dao Domain’s lord agreed to help Li Xinghe when the youth made a comeback.

After two years meditating before the Sword Stele, Di Chen awakened having comprehended the Law of the Sword and accepted Bai Mu’s challenge. Their duel began with Di Chen gaining the upper hand, leaving Bai Mu wondering whether he could even make Di Chen draw his sword.

• After two years without moving, Di Chen released a wave of sword force that injured Zhang Yu and the disciples gathered in the square.
• Di Chen opened his eyes, and Fifth Senior Brother Qin Lan realized that he had comprehended the Law of the Sword while still a Great Saint.
• Bai Mu, the Sword Sect’s Third Senior Brother, arrived and challenged Di Chen to fight in the arena.
• Di Chen accepted, and hundreds of disciples gathered to watch as Bai Mu attacked him with his sword.
• Di Chen countered Bai Mu’s first attack with a punch, then met his second slash with a palm strike that forced Bai Mu to stumble backward.

Di Chen overwhelmed Bai Mu in a Sword Sect duel, revealing his mastery of the Law of the Sword, but Jian Wuya intervened before the final blow could kill Bai Mu. After leaving the arena, Di Chen told Elder Wang they would head to the Heavenly Moon Dao Domain once he had consolidated his cultivation.

• Jian Wuya watched Di Chen and Bai Mu fight and was shocked by Di Chen's strength.
• Bai Mu unleashed Meteor Art, but Di Chen's Sword Qi destroyed the attack.
• Di Chen invoked his Sword Domain and Sword Moves Mountains and Rivers, crushing Bai Mu with his Sword Intent.
• Di Chen sent a sword strike toward Bai Mu, but Jian Wuya intercepted it; Bai Mu was injured by the shock waves.
• Di Chen left the arena, and Jian Wuya ordered the Sword Sect disciples to cultivate in seclusion while Bai Mu recovered.
• Di Chen told Elder Wang that they would go to the Heavenly Moon Dao Domain after he consolidated his cultivation.

After stabilizing his cultivation, Di Chen left the Sword Sect and gave it a parting gift before heading to Heavenly Moon Domain City. There, he heard people discussing his rumored return and witnessed a Lion Clan youth cause trouble at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

• Di Chen reached peak Great Saint after two years of cultivation and decided to seek opportunities after finishing his business in the Heavenly Moon Dao Domain.
• Di Chen displayed his Sword Intent above the Sword Sect, carved a mountain range with a sword strike, and disappeared with Elder Wang; Jian Wuya let disciples use contribution points to study the Sword Intent.
• Di Chen and Elder Wang visited the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, where diners discussed Di Chen’s supposed comeback and the many masked youths imitating him.
• A red-haired man mocked Di Chen and fought a masked man, but a Pavilion enforcer struck him down for breaking the no-fighting rule.
• The red-haired man roared in anger and damaged nearby buildings before leaving, and Elder Wang identified him as a Lion Clan genius; Di Chen chose to eat before handling their business.

Di Chen brought Elder Wang to the Domain Lord's Manor, where Elder Wang challenged Li Xinghe and revealed that he was a Half-Emperor. After defeating two peak Quasi-Emperors, Elder Wang fought the Cangnan Domain Lord, the State Preceptor, and Li Xinghe, but the State Preceptor's attack wounded him.

• Di Chen and Elder Wang arrived at the Domain Lord's Manor, where Elder Wang attacked the gates and Li Xinghe destroyed his golden characters.
• Elder Wang overwhelmed Li Xinghe in close combat, forcing him to realize that Elder Wang was a Half-Emperor.
• The Cangnan Domain Lord, the State Preceptor, and two other powerful cultivators appeared, and the five opponents charged Elder Wang.
• Elder Wang knocked out the two peak Quasi-Emperors with a single kick and continued fighting the other three.
• The battle shattered the manor's protective barrier and damaged the surrounding buildings as the State Preceptor struck Elder Wang, sending him back and drawing blood.

Di Chen arrived to rescue Elder Wang and demanded that Li Xinghe and the others surrender, but the Cangnan Domain Lord’s faction chose to fight. Di Chen overwhelmed them with his sword techniques, and the chapter ended with the Cangnan Domain Lord unleashing a Quasi-Emperor Artifact against him.

• Di Chen told Elder Wang to rest, then demanded that the attacker kneel and apologize and that Li Xinghe be handed over.
• The red-haired freak attacked Di Chen, who killed him instantly with a shout.
• The imperial preceptor attacked with a flood dragon, but Di Chen shattered it with his sword and sent the imperial preceptor flying.
• The imperial preceptor and Li Xinghe joined the Cangnan Domain Lord in attacking Di Chen, but Di Chen blocked their combined strike and used his Sword Domain to counterattack.
• Di Chen wounded the Cangnan Domain Lord and injured Li Xinghe, forcing the three Half-Emperors onto the defensive.
• The Cangnan Domain Lord summoned the Great Seal of the Firmament, a Quasi-Emperor Artifact, as Elder Wang warned Di Chen to be careful.

Di Chen shattered the Cangnan Domain Lord's Firmament Pagoda and wounded Li Xinghe, but the three Half-Emperors joined forces and left him severely injured. As they moved to finish him, Elder Wang arrived and stood between them and Di Chen.

• Di Chen was thrown back and bloodied when his first strike hit the Firmament Pagoda, then vowed to show the three Half-Emperors his true strength.
• Di Chen used Sword Shatters Sun and Moon to destroy the Firmament Pagoda and sent Li Xinghe crashing to the ground with a sword strike.
• The Cangnan Domain Lord, Li Xinghe, and the Imperial Preceptor joined their laws to the Firmament Pagoda and attacked Di Chen together, severely injuring him.
• Li Xinghe and the Imperial Preceptor believed Di Chen was defeated and approached to kill him, while onlookers assumed he had fallen.
• Elder Wang teleported to Di Chen's side, exchanged a blow with the Imperial Preceptor, and refused to surrender Di Chen.

Di Chen recovered from his injuries and unleashed the Law of the Sword, overwhelming the Cangnan Domain Lord and his allies. Just as he moved to finish the wounded Domain Lord, a powerful, mysterious figure emerged from a spatial rift and stopped his strike.

• Di Chen revealed that his Undying Sword Physique had healed his injuries, then stepped forward to confront Li Xinghe and the others.
• Di Chen’s Sword Intent manifested as the Law of the Sword, and his Sword Slays All Living Beings technique shattered the Firmament Pagoda.
• Di Chen’s sword gravely wounded the Cangnan Domain Lord and killed the Imperial Preceptor, while Li Xinghe’s dantian was destroyed and his cultivation was lost.
• Di Chen raised another sword strike against the Cangnan Domain Lord, but a massive black hand emerged from a spatial rift and dispersed it.
• A mysterious figure stepped out of the rift, rebuked Di Chen for trying to kill them all, and forced everyone present to their knees.

Di Chen faced a Great Emperor’s clone until his grandfather Di Ku arrived and overwhelmed the attacker. The Cangnan Domain Lord escaped in a burst of blood, and Di Ku offered to catch him.

• A Great Emperor’s clone struck Di Chen and summoned Cangxuan City to suppress him.
• Di Chen crushed the jade talisman given to him by the Tenth Ancestor, summoning his grandfather, Di Ku.
• Di Ku slapped the Great Emperor’s clone aside and stopped its halberd before destroying it.
• The Cangnan Domain Lord used Blood Escape to flee, and Di Ku asked Di Chen if he wanted him to pursue the man.

Di Ku appeared to protect Di Chen, destroyed a Great Emperor’s clone, and gave his grandson a ring before leaving. Di Chen killed Li Xinghe, ordered Elder Wang to punish those involved in the earlier attack, and later cultivated in a cave as rumors of his power spread throughout the Nine Heavens.

• Di Ku reunited with Wang Wu, then praised Di Chen and gave him a ring filled with jade talismans before departing.
• A middle-aged man discovered that his Great Emperor clone had been destroyed and set out to find the culprit.
• Di Chen killed Li Xinghe after revealing that he was from the Dark Forbidden Zone.
• Di Chen ordered Elder Wang to punish everyone who had attacked him two years earlier and instructed him to leave most of the Domain Lord's Manor's resources behind.
• Stories about Di Chen spread throughout the Nine Heavens, and he cultivated in a cave while attempting another breakthrough.

Di Chen and Elder Wang traveled toward the Cangnan Dao Domain, crossing a dangerous gorge and entering the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. After spotting Fang Jiang and Yang Linna in a city, they continued into the mountains, where they encountered a wounded group pursued by three men.

• Di Chen gave Elder Wang precious heavenly treasures and chose to travel through the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains rather than detour to the Misty Rain Pavilion.
• Di Chen and Elder Wang crossed a deep gorge, fought off demonic beasts, and entered a small city near the mountains.
• Di Chen recognized Fang Jiang and Yang Linna at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, while an unseen observer watched him and a red-haired man vowed revenge for his slain clansman.
• Di Chen and Elder Wang entered the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains despite warnings about powerful demonic beasts.
• Di Chen and Elder Wang encountered three wounded people being pursued by three fierce-looking men, and Di Chen asked Elder Wang why the pursuers ran like beasts.

Di Chen and Elder Wang rescued a woman from black monkeys and uncovered that someone had removed the marks once used to control them. After a group of black-robed cultivators attacked, Elder Wang killed them and learned through further soul searches that the events were part of a conspiracy by the previous Cangnan Domain Lord.

• Elder Wang struck down three black monkeys who had attacked a woman, and Di Chen told her to take her companions and leave.
• Di Chen ordered Elder Wang to search a black monkey’s soul, revealing that the black monkeys descended from slaves and had once been marked for remote control.
• Elder Wang suspected someone had removed the marks, while the black monkeys begged for mercy.
• Ten black-robed cultivators arrived, and Di Chen ordered Elder Wang to kill them.
• Elder Wang trapped the ten cultivators in a runic cage and destroyed them, then searched the souls of the two remaining black monkeys and discovered a conspiracy by the previous Cangnan Domain Lord.

Di Chen learned of the black monkeys’ history in the Cangnan Dao Domain and used a Location Space-Breaking Talisman to travel there with Elder Wang. After arriving in Cang City, he ordered Elder Wang to kill a black monkey and the woman who mourned him, then continued exploring the city.

• Elder Wang told Di Chen how the former Cangnan Domain Lord had enslaved black monkeys and how a mysterious woman later secured their equality, possibly with ties to the Holy Mother Sect.
• Elder Wang gave Di Chen three Location Space-Breaking Talismans, and Di Chen crushed one to travel with him to the Cangnan Dao Domain.
• Di Chen and Elder Wang arrived in Cang City and walked through its busy streets, where Di Chen admired the ordinary bustle.
• Di Chen ordered Elder Wang to kill a black monkey who threatened a kneeling woman, and Elder Wang pierced the black monkey with a streak of light.
• When the woman cursed the killer, Di Chen ordered Elder Wang to kill her too, and they left as the onlookers reacted.

Di Chen rejected Zi Yan’s invitation, then joined Elder Wang in attacking the Cangnan Domain Manor over its ties to the black monkeys. Elder Wang crippled a Quasi-Emperor and pursued the fleeing black monkey guards.

• Di Chen listened to diners discuss the black monkeys and missing girls in Cang City before refusing Zi Yan’s invitation to lunch.
• Di Chen and Elder Wang went to the Cangnan Domain Manor and unleashed an attack that shattered its formation and buildings.
• A thousand black monkey guards appeared, and onlookers recognized Di Chen and speculated about his ties to the Sword Sect.
• Elder Wang defeated a charging Quasi-Emperor with one punch and crippled him after Di Chen ordered him kept alive.
• Black monkey guards fled, and Elder Wang called them beasts as he prepared to pursue them.

Elder Wang destroyed the Black Gou Clan’s monkey army and tortured a surviving peak Quasi-Emperor for information, but an unknown powerful figure killed the captive before he could finish speaking. Di Chen confronted the mysterious figure, then left with Elder Wang as the conflict threatened to spread.

• At Di Chen’s order, Elder Wang killed all one thousand black monkeys and defeated their black-robed leader.
• Elder Wang revealed his Half-Emperor strength, captured the peak Quasi-Emperor, and tormented him until he agreed to share the Black Gou Clan’s secrets.
• The captive began explaining that the clan had members across multiple Dao Domains and the Immortal Domain, but an unseen attacker killed him.
• The unseen attacker killed another Quasi-Emperor before Di Chen detected him and shattered his attack with a sword strike.
• A golden-mist-shrouded figure mocked Di Chen and warned that someone would come to kill him, then vanished.
• Di Chen and Elder Wang departed, and the next day a shriek rang out across the heavens.

A treasure’s appearance drew powerful figures to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, including Di Chen and Lin Yuyu. After Di Chen entered the mountains with Elder Wang, the crowd recognized him as the feared Baleful God, while Lin Yuyu also headed toward the depths.

• Auspicious clouds appeared over the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, and Di Chen and Elder Wang set out from Cang City to investigate.
• Powerful figures from across the domains rushed toward the mountains as a dense, mysterious presence suggested an immortal treasure had emerged.
• Lin Yuyu arrived in a golden war chariot, dismissed Zhao Yang and the other young geniuses, and looked toward the mountains’ depths.
• A young man recognized Di Chen as the Baleful God, and the crowd gave him a wide berth as he entered the mountains with Elder Wang.
• Lin Yuyu flew toward the depths, while many onlookers followed and others stayed behind, afraid to enter.