Recaps

After the divine-sword phenomenon drew powerful cultivators to Cloud Saint City, Ye Xuan and Han Bingning fled to avoid the Saint sent by the Great Cang Dynasty. They encountered two Saints on the way, and Han Bingning spotted a group of Half-Saints approaching, asking Ye Xuan whether he wanted to fight them.

• Cultivators flocked to Cloud Saint City after a brief divine-sword phenomenon, while rumors spread that Ye Xuan and Han Bingning had taken the sword.
• Han Bingning warned Ye Xuan that a Saint would come after him for killing Cang Yunhai, and Ye Xuan decided to flee before wiping out the Great Cang Dynasty and pursuing the Yin Lineage's vengeance.
• Han Bingning carried Ye Xuan out of Cloud Saint City and hid them from a Saint rushing toward the city in search of the divine sword.
• Han Bingning and Ye Xuan concealed themselves again as a second Saint passed nearby, leaving Ye Xuan alarmed by the power of his enemies.
• After more than two hours of flight, Han Bingning detected Half-Saints from the Great Cang Dynasty, the Tyrant Gate, and the Xu Clan, and asked Ye Xuan whether he wanted to deal with them.

Ye Xuan ambushed the peak Half-Saints racing toward Cloud Saint City, suppressing their cultivation before killing all eighteen. He collected their resources and escaped with Han Bingning.

• Ye Xuan activated his rule power and charged out to confront the approaching experts.
• Half-Saint Cang and the other peak Half-Saints realized Ye Xuan's rule power had suppressed their cultivation to the Origin Mansion Realm seventh layer.
• Ye Xuan appeared before them with his cultivation enhanced to the Divine Emperor Realm and rejected their pleas and threats.
• Ye Xuan summoned eighteen Thunder Emperor Seals and killed Half-Saint Cang and the other seventeen peak Half-Saints.
• Ye Xuan collected the fallen experts' resources and fled with Han Bingning.

Ye Xuan killed eighteen peak Half-Saints, prompting the remaining Half-Saints to abandon their journey to Cloud Saint City. There, Pang Qing discovered that Ye Xuan and his master had already left, and he and Xia Yuan realized they were responsible for the deaths.

• Nearby cultivators found the remains of Half-Saint Cang, Xu Qingyun, Ba Wudi, and fifteen other Half-Saints, then gathered the valuable flesh and blood.
• More than twenty Half-Saints learned that eighteen Half-Saints had died and fled rather than continue toward Cloud Saint City.
• Pang Qing searched Cloud Saint City for the divine sword but found no trace of it.
• A cultivator told Pang Qing that Ye Xuan and his master had been in the city; when another cultivator could not say when they left, Pang Qing killed him with holy light.
• Pang Qing and Xia Yuan saw eighteen stars perish and realized Ye Xuan and his master had killed the Half-Saints; Pang Qing departed, while Xia Yuan raged at Ye Xuan.

Xia Yuan pursued Ye Xuan and Han Bingning after they escaped, while Ye Xuan cultivated during their flight to seek a way to survive the Saints. He broke through to the Origin Mansion Realm Eighth Layer, but Han Bingning sensed that a Saint had caught up with them again.

• Xia Yuan vowed to kill Ye Xuan and pursued him into the void, stirring thunder with his Saint's power.
• Han Bingning changed direction after Ye Xuan sensed Saints following them, then withdrew her protection so she could fly faster.
• Ye Xuan endured the astral winds and cultivated with the energy he had absorbed from eighteen peak Half-Saints, hoping to refresh his system check-ins.
• Ye Xuan broke through to the Origin Mansion Realm Eighth Layer in less than an hour, and Han Bingning sensed a Saint drawing near again.

Ye Xuan used a system check-in reward to transfer the Ice Sacred Body to Han Bingning as Pang Qing pursued them. Han Bingning began fusing with it, while Pang Qing stopped in shock at her sudden awakening.

• Ye Xuan received the transferable Ice Sacred Body from his refreshed system check-in.
• Pang Qing caught up and threatened Ye Xuan and Han Bingning, so Han Bingning stopped and prepared to hold him off.
• Ye Xuan told Han Bingning not to resist and used the Ice Sacred Body on her.
• Ice-type phenomena filled the surrounding area as Han Bingning recognized the gift and began comprehending the ice rules.
• Ye Xuan heard that Han Bingning's fusion had reached 80%, while Pang Qing halted in disbelief at her Sacred Body awakening.

Han Bingning used her Ice Domain to hinder Pang Qing while merging with her Ice Sacred Body, and Ye Xuan charged out to hold the Saint off. Pang Qing was shocked by Ye Xuan’s cultivation-raising divine ability and sword technique, and his greed grew.

• Pang Qing attacked Han Bingning before her Ice Sacred Body could awaken, but she raised walls of ice to block his strike.
• Han Bingning told Ye Xuan to flee and warned that her defenses would not last, then confirmed that her Ice Domain could suppress part of Pang Qing’s cultivation.
• Ye Xuan told Han Bingning to focus on merging with her Ice Sacred Body and charged at Pang Qing to buy her time.
• Ye Xuan used the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Art to reach the Divine Emperor Realm third layer, manifested his Sacred Armor, and attacked Pang Qing with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and Primordial Unity Second Form.
• Pang Qing recognized Ye Xuan’s cultivation-raising divine ability and divine ability sword technique, then became consumed by greed for Ye Xuan’s and Han Bingning’s powers.

Ye Xuan discovered that his sword could drain Pang Qing’s cultivation even before killing him, while Pang Qing became obsessed with Ye Xuan’s treasures and attacked again. The chapter left Ye Xuan eager to keep farming cultivation from the Saint.

• Pang Qing shattered Ye Xuan’s sword strike with a punch, but Ye Xuan’s Sacred Armor protected him, and the punch’s Dao resonance was devoured by the black-clad woman in his consciousness.
• Pang Qing recognized Ye Xuan’s Sacred Armor and resolved to kill him for his treasures before Xia Yuan arrived.
• Ye Xuan attacked Pang Qing with Slay an Immortal with One Sword, cutting deeply into his arm.
• Pang Qing rejoiced at the power of Ye Xuan’s sword, but failed to react seriously when his Dao resonance and cultivation began to drain away.
• Ye Xuan realized his sword could devour Pang Qing’s cultivation without physical contact or a killing blow and saw him as an EXP mob to farm.

Ye Xuan relentlessly attacked Pang Qing, draining his cultivation and Dao resonance while his Sacred Armor let him withstand the Saint’s blows. Han Bingning completed her Ice Sacred Body fusion, and as her lightning tribulation descended, she charged at Xia Yuan, threatening to drag him into it.

• Ye Xuan used Pang Qing as a source of cultivation while testing and refining his sword techniques, then stopped dodging and attacked him without restraint.
• Xia Yuan arrived and watched in shock as Pang Qing struggled against Ye Xuan, but Pang Qing demanded that he join the fight.
• Ye Xuan pierced Pang Qing with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and attacked again with Thunder Emperor Seal and Deadly Sword Strike, further weakening him.
• Xia Yuan unleashed his Saint domain and charged at Ye Xuan to help Pang Qing.
• Ye Xuan received confirmation that Han Bingning’s Ice Sacred Body fusion had reached 100 percent as her lightning tribulation descended.
• Han Bingning rose and charged at Xia Yuan, apparently intending to pull him into her tribulation.

Han Bingning and Xia Yuan were caught in her Sacred Body lightning tribulation while Ye Xuan fought Pang Qing. Ye Xuan killed Pang Qing with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger and devoured his Dao resonance, while Xia Yuan remained under the tribulation’s assault.

• Han Bingning attacked Xia Yuan with her Ice Fist as her Sacred Body lightning tribulation began, and the lightning struck them both.
• Xia Yuan was badly wounded by the tribulation lightning, while Han Bingning focused on resisting it.
• Ye Xuan wounded Pang Qing, who grew fearful and tried to flee as his cultivation and Dao resonance were devoured.
• Ye Xuan pursued Pang Qing and mocked him as Pang Qing vowed revenge without turning to fight.
• Ye Xuan killed Pang Qing with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger and devoured his Dao resonance as a brilliant star fell.

An old man and young man from the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain arrived in the Azure Cloud Realm as Han Bingning’s Ice Sacred Body emerged and a Saint fell. Ye Xuan killed the weakened Xia Yuan with True Solar Fire, then Han Bingning whisked him away just before the visitors arrived.

• Kun Hai welcomed the two visitors from the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain, and the young man dismissed him while the old man told him not to worry about their visit.
• Kun Hai witnessed the Ice Sacred Body’s emergence and a Saint’s star fall, then fled without investigating.
• The old man and young man recognized Han Bingning’s Ice Sacred Body and went to find it.
• After the lightning tribulation ended, Xia Yuan demanded that Ye Xuan kneel and tried to strike him.
• Ye Xuan used True Solar Fire to kill Xia Yuan and absorb his cultivation.
• Han Bingning carried Ye Xuan away, and the visitors arrived as the old man recognized the True Solar Fire.

After Han Bingning merged with the Ice Sacred Body, she fled with Ye Xuan until they stopped to face their pursuers. Li Tian and Gai Nie recognized her as their young mistress and demanded she return to the Lineage, while Gai Nie threatened Ye Xuan.

• Li Tian sensed that True Solar Fire had appeared and pursued Han Bingning and Ye Xuan with Gai Nie.
• Cultivators from the Azure Cloud Domain arrived at the ruined battlefield but found no trace of the Ice Sacred Body.
• Ye Xuan told Han Bingning to stop running, and she kissed his cheek before urging him to stay alive.
• Li Tian and Gai Nie caught up and bowed to Han Bingning as their young mistress.
• Han Bingning denied her identity and used her blood essence to warn the two men not to act against her.
• Li Tian ordered Han Bingning to return to the Lineage, while Gai Nie pressed his Venerable Domain against Ye Xuan and threatened to kill him.

Ye Xuan struck Gai Nie down after Gai Nie threatened him, crippling his cultivation and forcing Li Tian to stand aside. Han Bingning left with Li Tian and Gai Nie, while Ye Xuan told Han Bingning to wait for him before preparing to leave; then someone appeared before him.

• Ye Xuan kissed Han Bingning’s cheek to provoke Gai Nie, and Han Bingning warned Gai Nie that she would kill him if he touched Ye Xuan.
• Gai Nie threatened Ye Xuan as he prepared to leave, but Ye Xuan attacked with the Thunder Emperor Seal and defeated him with one palm.
• Ye Xuan stomped Gai Nie into the ground, destroyed his Dao foundation, and kicked him toward Li Tian.
• Li Tian recognized the Thunder Emperor Seal and asked whether Ye Xuan was Sage Xuanyuan’s successor, while Ye Xuan told Han Bingning to wait for him.
• Han Bingning warned Li Tian not to harm Ye Xuan and left with him and the crippled Gai Nie; a figure then appeared before Ye Xuan.

Kun Hai urged Ye Xuan to leave the Azure Cloud Domain for the Upper Realm and gave him a token to join the Great Saint Sect as an outer disciple. He prepared to send Ye Xuan away, while Ye Xuan grew suspicious after Kun Hai assured him that the Ancient Desolate Holy Land was safe.

• Ye Xuan tried to flee from Kun Hai, but Kun Hai remained exactly one thousand meters away, so Ye Xuan stopped and asked who he was.
• Kun Hai urged Ye Xuan to leave for the Upper Realm, citing his Chaos Sacred Body, the dangers of remaining in the Azure Cloud Domain, and the need to find his master and Yin Tianjiao.
• Kun Hai gave Ye Xuan a token that would let him bypass assessments and join the Great Saint Sect as an outer disciple, and Ye Xuan accepted it.
• Kun Hai warned that the forces behind Pang Qing and Xia Yuan would investigate their deaths and said he would send Ye Xuan away.
• Ye Xuan asked whether the Ancient Desolate Holy Land in the Eastern Wasteland would be safe, and Kun Hai assured him it would be before abruptly stopping himself from saying more.

Ye Xuan crossed the dangerous passage into the Yuanqing Realm, where the dense Spiritual Qi triggered an uncontrollable breakthrough. After enduring a lightning tribulation, he teleported away before nearby cultivators could reach him.

• Ye Xuan entered the vortex passage after asking Kun Hai to look after the Eastern Wasteland, and his body absorbed the laws that struck him.
• Ye Xuan emerged at the passage’s far side, spotted the barrier formation and its spirit-stone grooves, then hurried toward the Yuanqing Realm to avoid pursuit.
• Ye Xuan crossed the Yuanqing Realm marker and struggled to suppress his cultivation as its dense Spiritual Qi poured into him.
• Ye Xuan reached a valley, broke through to the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Origin Mansion Realm, and endured a lightning tribulation as nearby cultivators rushed toward him.
• After more than two hours, Ye Xuan survived the tribulation, teleported twenty thousand meters away, and fled using Wandering Dragon Steps.

After arriving in Bright Moon City, Ye Xuan saw how powerful the Yuanqing Domain’s cultivators were and decided to buy maps to learn about the region and find the Great Saint Sect. He left the shop attendant stunned by readily agreeing to pay twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones.

• Cultivators arrived at the valley where Ye Xuan had undergone his lightning tribulation; sect-backed cultivators left to report their discovery, while rogue cultivators stayed to cultivate amid the lingering resonance.
• Ye Xuan reached Bright Moon City and was startled by the strength of its cultivators, including a Saint Realm expert entering the city.
• Ye Xuan concealed his presence with his Supreme Mortal Bone and entered Bright Moon City to find a map of the Yuanqing Domain and the major powers.
• A shop attendant offered Ye Xuan detailed maps and warned him that traveling to the Great Saint Sect would be dangerous with his cultivation.
• The attendant quoted a price of twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones, and Ye Xuan immediately handed over a storage ring and said he would buy it.

Ye Xuan bought maps in Bright Moon City, drawing the attention of Yan Gao and Yuan Long, two notorious cultivators who targeted him for murder and plunder. After they followed him outside the city and blocked his path, Yuan Long launched an attack, leaving Ye Xuan facing the pair.

• Ye Xuan paid twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones for three maps and left the shop.
• Yan Gao and Yuan Long bribed the shop attendant for information, then pursued Ye Xuan to rob him.
• Ye Xuan left Bright Moon City so he could deal with his pursuers without breaking the city's rules.
• Yan Gao and Yuan Long confronted Ye Xuan outside the city and questioned his calmness.
• Yuan Long released his Spiritual Qi and charged at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan killed Yuan Long and Yan Gao after they tried to attack him, then continued traveling, unaware that Bright Moon City had been sealed off in a search for him. Two months later, he finally felt safer far from the realm entrance.

• Yuan Long attacked Ye Xuan, who overwhelmed him with a punch and killed him with an ordinary finger strike.
• Yan Gao activated a grade-three talisman to flee, but Ye Xuan used Absolute Domain's Teleportation and killed him with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger.
• Ye Xuan took the two men’s spatial rings and left, dismissing them as too weak to be useful as EXP mobs.
• Fei Kai received holy decrees from major powers, sealed Bright Moon City, and began searching for a peak Divine King Realm cultivator after learning the man had survived the Divine King Supreme Extreme Realm lightning tribulation in Lethe Valley.
• Unaware of the search and city lockdown, Ye Xuan traveled for two months and felt safer once he was far from the realm entrance.

The Mountain and Sea Sect sent Luo Han and Fei Lie to investigate Pang Qing and Xia Yuan’s deaths, but Kun Hai warned them that Li Tian from the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain had killed the pair. They left without pursuing the matter, while Ye Xuan studied a map that showed the daunting journey to the Great Saint Sect.

• The Mountain and Sea Sect’s sect master ordered peak Saint Realm cultivators Luo Han and Fei Lie to investigate Pang Qing and Xia Yuan’s deaths in the lower realm.
• Luo Han and Fei Lie confronted Kun Hai at the Azure Cloud Domain entrance and demanded to know how the two Saints had died.
• Kun Hai claimed that Li Tian from the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain had killed Pang Qing and Xia Yuan, and the pair departed in alarm rather than seek revenge.
• Kun Hai believed Li Tian had taken the blame for Ye Xuan, who remained unaware of the investigation and continued studying his map.
• Ye Xuan learned that reaching the Great Saint Sect required crossing three continents, a sea, and many mountain ranges, a journey likely safe only for Saint Realm cultivators.

Ye Xuan studied the Yuanqing Domain maps and decided to travel to Kunyu City to seek transportation toward the Great Saint Sect and a temporary backer. As he cultivated on the way, he heard Chu Xue being threatened by Jing Jun.

• Ye Xuan learned that the Yuanqing Domain was vast and dangerous, with ten great powers ruling its territories and forbidden regions feared even by them.
• Ye Xuan decided to head to Kunyu City to look for a teleportation array or flying ship, while avoiding the Mountain and Sea Sect and refusing to truly join another power.
• Ye Xuan cultivated and fought demonic beasts along the way, bringing his Origin Mansion cultivation close to its peak.
• Ye Xuan heard Jing Jun threaten Chu Xue, who warned that her Chu Clan would not forgive him.

Ye Xuan came across Jing Jun and two lackeys threatening Chu Xue, but refused to play the hero and said he would not interfere. Jing Jun and his men realized they could not let Ye Xuan leave after witnessing them.

• Ye Xuan heard a commotion and went to watch, finding Jing Jun and two lackeys cornering Chu Xue.
• Jing Jun taunted Chu Xue and revealed that her father, Chu Xiong, was gravely poisoned and her sister, Chu Yu, was missing after the Chu Clan’s enemies acted against them.
• Jing Jun lunged at Chu Xue, but a twig snapped beneath Ye Xuan’s foot and alerted everyone to his presence.
• Chu Xue begged Ye Xuan to save her, while Jing Jun and his lackeys dismissed him as a weak cultivator.
• Ye Xuan said he was only passing through and would not interfere, leaving Chu Xue stunned and prompting Jing Jun’s group to decide they could not let him go.

Jing Jun ordered his lackeys to cripple Ye Xuan, then tried to seize Chu Xue, but Ye Xuan quickly defeated the men and incinerated Jing Jun. Chu Xue mistook Ye Xuan's impatience for a threat and pleaded for her life.

• Jing Jun ordered his two lackeys to attack Ye Xuan while he grabbed Chu Xue.
• Jing Jun struck Chu Xue and sent her flying as his lackeys tried to seize and cripple Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan caught the lackeys' arms, broke their limbs, and tossed them to the ground.
• Jing Jun realized Ye Xuan had defeated his men and begged for mercy, offering Chu Xue in exchange.
• Ye Xuan flicked a finger and burned Jing Jun to ash with a fire dragon.
• Chu Xue closed her eyes and told Ye Xuan she would not resist, believing he meant to harm her.

Ye Xuan reached Kunyu City seeking a route to the Great Saint Sect and learned that merchant ships could take him toward the Hundred Leaves Kingdom, but their service had paused. Meanwhile, Chu Xue returned to find the Chu Clan destroyed and fled from a pursuer, while Ye Xuan left the Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower without buying a ticket.

• Chu Xue followed Ye Xuan toward Kunyu City and explained that he could travel to the Great Saint Sect's territory via the Hundred Leaves Kingdom's imperial capital.
• Chu Xue told Ye Xuan that Kunyu City had eight Saints, including the Jing Family's ancestor, and Ye Xuan escorted her to the city's outskirts before entering alone in disguise.
• Chu Xue returned to the Chu Clan estate, found it razed and its members slaughtered, and fled when a pursuer appeared beside her.
• Ye Xuan sensed the bloodshed and tension in Kunyu City, then went to the Thousand Leaves Merchant Tower to seek passage.
• Ye Xuan learned that the flying ships had stopped running for at least three days and that a ticket cost one million high-grade spirit stones, so he left without buying one.

Ye Xuan watched Wang Ran and Jing Hao abuse Chu Xue and Chu Qing, then killed both men with sword strikes and rescued Chu Xue. He left the crowd wondering who had wielded the sword as he vanished with her.

• Jing Hao humiliated Chu Qing and crushed his dantian while demanding to know where his brother Jing Jun was.
• Wang Ran brought the injured Chu Xue to Jing Hao and demanded ten thousand high-grade spirit stones to reveal what had happened to Jing Jun.
• Chu Xue announced that Jing Jun was dead but refused to reveal who had killed him, even as Wang Ran threatened and assaulted her.
• Ye Xuan killed Wang Ran and Jing Hao with sudden sword strikes.
• Ye Xuan took Chu Xue away, leaving the gathered cultivators terrified and searching for the attacker.

Ye Xuan rescued Chu Xue from Kunyu City after an unknown sword cultivator killed Jing Hao and Wang Ran, prompting the Jing Family to launch an investigation. Outside the city, Chu Xue told Ye Xuan about a way to buy a merchant-ship ticket and asked him to take her to the imperial capital of the Hundred Leaves Kingdom.

• Cultivators fled after Jing Hao and Wang Ran were killed, while the wounded Chu Qing struggled away, resentful that the rescuer had saved Chu Xue but not him.
• Jing Huacai arrived with Jing Family reinforcements, learned that an unseen sword cultivator had killed Jing Hao and Wang Ran, and ordered the Lineages to investigate.
• Outside Kunyu City, Chu Xue thanked Ye Xuan for rescuing her and explained that she had no safe place left in the city.
• Chu Xue told Ye Xuan that people in Kunyu City resold dangerous bottom-hold tickets for merchant ships bound for the imperial capital of the Hundred Leaves Kingdom.
• Chu Xue asked Ye Xuan to take her along, offering to part ways with him once they reached the capital.

Ye Xuan witnessed the Lineage factions cruelly punishing people connected to the fallen Chu Clan and decided to intervene because they had been implicated in his killing of Jing Hao and Wang Ran. His resolve strengthened his Dao heart and revealed that he could break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, while his gift of a Supreme Azure Pill drew the attention of the mounted cultivators.

• Ye Xuan saw cultivators linked to the Chu Clan crippled, bound, and dragged through Kunyu City as the Lineage factions searched for the killer of Jing Hao and Wang Ran.
• A mounted cultivator whipped a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator for standing too close to the street, and Ye Xuan grew angry at the abuse of the powerless.
• Ye Xuan resolved to act as a guardian and cut down the injustice, causing his Dao heart to strengthen and revealing his barrier to the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Ye Xuan gave the injured cultivator a high-grade Supreme Azure Pill, and the mounted cultivators stopped after sensing it.