Recaps

Ye Xuan was captured by the Blood Baleful Intent Sect and learned that he and the other prisoners were being taken to mine pseudo-immortal crystals in the deadly Hei Mo Cave. He recognized his old enemy Ye Wushen among the captives and turned his attention toward him as the chapter ended.

• Ye Xuan woke in a warehouse with more than a dozen captured cultivators and recognized Ye Wushen, the Half-Emperor from the Mountain and Sea Sect who had hunted him.
• A middle-aged cultivator told Ye Xuan that the prisoners were in the Outer Heavenly Domain and that the Blood Baleful Intent Sect would force them to mine pseudo-immortal crystals in Hei Mo Cave.
• Two Blood Baleful Intent Sect cultivators entered, threatened the prisoners with a whip, and dragged away the two female cultivators.
• After the door shut, Ye Xuan greeted Ye Wushen, who warned him not to act recklessly because it would only get him killed faster.

Ye Xuan killed Ye Wushen aboard the flying artifact, while the woman in black secretly extracted Ye Wushen’s devil-devouring divine physique. Two Blood Baleful Intent Sect cultivators arrived, leaving Ye Xuan facing their wrath.

• Ye Xuan rejected Ye Wushen’s attempt to dissuade him and charged at him with a punch.
• Ye Wushen, weakened by an earlier beating, lost the clash and died as Ye Xuan absorbed his cultivation.
• The woman in black secretly extracted Ye Wushen’s devil-devouring divine physique and sent it into Ye Xuan’s divine palace.
• Two furious Blood Baleful Intent Sect cultivators rushed in, and Ye Xuan stepped forward and slashed at them with his sword.

Ye Xuan killed the guards holding him and escaped the Blood Baleful Intent Sect’s flying artifact, while most of the other captives were caught trying to flee. Old Hu learned Ye Xuan had escaped and left to capture him for the girl.

• Ye Xuan killed two cultivators guarding the storeroom, then urged the captives to escape before fleeing himself.
• Several captives rushed to escape, but others stayed behind, afraid of what would happen if they were caught.
• Two Emperor Realm cultivators arrived and pursued the escapees, while the remaining captives were caught and taken back.
• Ye Xuan used Teleportation to leave the flying artifact and fled into the distance with Wandering Dragon Steps, vowing revenge on the Blood Baleful Intent Sect, the girl, and Old Hu.
• Old Hu discovered that Ye Xuan had escaped the artifact’s restrictions, and the furious girl ordered him to bring Ye Xuan back.
• Old Hu left to pursue Ye Xuan and find out how he had bypassed the restrictions.

Ye Xuan doubled back and killed the spider girl before Hu Yan could return, then fled as Hu Yan attacked him. Unable to outrun the Emperor Realm cultivator, Ye Xuan stopped to fight, but his enhanced strength did not move Hu Yan, who charged him again.

• Ye Xuan returned and struck the girl with a punch, killing her and revealing her enormous spider form.
• Hu Yan arrived, saw the girl was dead, and attacked Ye Xuan with a deadly finger strike.
• Ye Xuan used Draw the Ground as a Prison to block Hu Yan's attack, but the barrier shattered and Ye Xuan escaped using Absolute Domain and Teleportation.
• Hu Yan pursued Ye Xuan, whose Teleportation and Wandering Dragon Steps could not match the old man's speed.
• Ye Xuan activated the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Formula and punched Hu Yan, but Hu Yan remained unmoved and charged at him again.

Ye Xuan fought Hu Yan but could not overcome the stronger cultivator and fled after his sword strike failed. An illusory figure killed Hu Yan with the same sword technique and warned Ye Xuan that the Heavenly Domain was dangerous for someone at his cultivation level.

• Hu Yan battered Ye Xuan through nearly a hundred moves, leaving him badly injured.
• Ye Xuan used Slay an Immortal with One Sword, but Hu Yan shattered the sword light with a punch.
• Ye Xuan fled as Hu Yan pursued him, but an illusory figure appeared and challenged Hu Yan for bullying a junior.
• The illusory figure formed a sword from Spiritual Qi and killed Hu Yan with one strike.
• The illusory figure warned Ye Xuan that the Heavenly Domain was dangerous at his current cultivation and then vanished.

Ye Xuan fled from Hu Yan, then felt his cultivation breaking through and stopped in an uninhabited region to advance to the late Saint Realm. His breakthrough drew many powerful beings, including a tiger and a giant ape, who decided they wanted to eat him.

• Ye Xuan escaped Hu Yan, wondered why Hu Yan had not pursued him, and changed direction while searching for a way to Heavenly Domain City.
• Ye Xuan felt his cultivation becoming impossible to suppress, flew to an uninhabited region, and began breaking through.
• Ye Xuan's breakthrough unleashed a powerful presence that attracted countless living beings, who stayed at least a hundred li away.
• A tiger and a giant ape sensed the bloodline suppression around Ye Xuan and agreed that he smelled delicious and eating him could increase their strength.

Ye Xuan’s breakthrough to the Saint Realm Seventh Layer drew a host of powerful creatures, including eight or nine Emperor Realm experts and more than a dozen Half-Emperors. As danger gathered around him, he threatened the creatures to keep them at bay and hurried to complete his breakthrough.

• Cultivators from other factions sensed Ye Xuan’s Chaos Sacred Body and other unusual powers during his breakthrough and speculated about his identity.
• Ye Xuan discovered that numerous Half-Emperors and eight Emperor Realm experts had gathered nearby, leaving him worried that an attack might interrupt his breakthrough.
• The woman in black revealed that she had concealed Ye Xuan’s cultivation and refused to help him handle the approaching creatures.
• Sensing an imminent attack, Ye Xuan warned all creatures not to come within a hundred-mile radius or face death.
• The creatures hesitated after Ye Xuan’s threat, and he continued speeding up his breakthrough toward the Saint Realm Seventh Layer.

Ye Xuan broke through to the seventh layer of the Saint Realm, revealing his low cultivation to the gathered powerhouses and drawing their greed. He escaped after killing several Half-Emperors, but the remaining cultivators pursued him.

• Ye Xuan reached the Saint Realm seventh layer, and the powerhouses surrounding him discovered his cultivation.
• The cultivators rushed to seize Ye Xuan, and he killed three Half-Emperors with sword strikes.
• Ye Xuan unleashed his power, then used Teleportation to escape and cut down several more pursuers as he fled.
• Ye Xuan concealed his presence, but the cultivators reacted and began chasing him.

Ye Xuan fled the Emperor Realm experts pursuing him, then turned back to hunt the Half-Emperors who remained on his trail. In Starry Sky City, Elder Xue Huo learned that his granddaughter had been killed and vowed revenge.

• Ye Xuan used the Devil-Swallowing Divine Canon to devour the pursuers’ spiritual senses, frightening most of the Emperor Realm experts into abandoning the chase.
• Ye Xuan changed direction and pursued the Half-Emperors, intending to kill them and obtain a map to Heavenly Domain City.
• The chapter revealed that the girl Ye Xuan had killed was a direct descendant of Elder Xue Huo of the Blood Baleful Intent Sect.
• Elder Xue Huo stormed out of his shattered hall and demanded to know who had killed his granddaughter.

After killing five Half-Emperors who had hunted him, Ye Xuan headed toward Starry Sky City, unaware that Elder Xue Huo had ordered a search for his granddaughter’s murderer. Near the city, he encountered Blood Baleful Intent Sect cultivators who appeared to be searching for someone and charged at him.

• Elder Xue Huo flew into a rage over his granddaughter’s death, ordered his people to search for her killer, and left Starry Sky City as experts followed his command.
• Ye Xuan killed a lion-like demonic beast, his fifth Half-Emperor victim, and collected its spatial ring.
• Ye Xuan decided to reach Starry Sky City and later find a way to Heavenly Domain City, while resolving to keep a low profile because the girl he had killed was connected to the Blood Baleful Intent Sect.
• After traveling for a day and a half, Ye Xuan encountered more than a dozen Blood Baleful Intent Sect cultivators and wondered if they were searching for him.
• When Ye Xuan tried to go around them, the sect cultivators charged at him and ordered him to halt.

Ye Xuan avoided being recognized by Blood Baleful Intent Sect cultivators and continued to Starry Sky City, where he heard that Elder Xue Huo was hunting his granddaughter’s killer. Elder Xue Huo used time reversal to summon an image of the killer, whose figure began to come into focus.

• Ye Xuan pretended to be a weak wanderer, and the Blood Baleful Intent Sect cultivators dismissed him and left.
• Ye Xuan cursed the cultivators after they departed, then continued toward Starry Sky City.
• Ye Xuan heard people discussing the murder of Elder Xue Huo’s granddaughter and the elder’s killing spree.
• Elder Xue Huo vowed to avenge his granddaughter and punish the killer’s entire family.
• Elder Xue Huo used a drop of blood and a time-reversal technique to reveal a blurry figure on a blood screen.

Elder Xue Huo failed to reveal the face of the person he was hunting, but sent the Blood Baleful Intent Sect to search using portraits. Ye Xuan entered Starry Sky City, rented a premium room for a year, and drew the attention of several cultivators.

• Elder Xue Huo's blood screen exploded before it could reveal the suspect's face, so he distributed portraits and ordered the Blood Baleful Intent Sect to bring back suspicious people.
• Ye Xuan worried that his identity had been exposed, then concealed his cultivation and entered Starry Sky City.
• Ye Xuan surveyed the city's crowded streets and dismissed the vendors' wares as worthless fakes.
• Ye Xuan rented a premium room at an inn for a year and paid ten thousand low-grade immortal crystals.
• Several cultivators watched Ye Xuan from a corner of the inn.

Ye Xuan slept through the night while the Blood Baleful Intent Sect offered a bounty to find him and the Rogue Cultivator Sect watched his inn, hoping to rob him. The next morning, he left the inn and was followed by the waiting cultivators as he approached a notice in a crowded spot.

• Ye Xuan rented a premium room and went to sleep, ignoring the Rogue Cultivator Sect cultivators waiting outside.
• The Blood Baleful Intent Sect posted notices offering a reward for reports of a young man in white and a hundred thousand low-grade immortal crystals for identifying Elder Xue Huo's granddaughter's murderer.
• The Blood Baleful Intent Sect arrested suspected murderers across Starry Sky City, holding those under suspicion and releasing the rest.
• Ye Xuan left the inn the next morning, and the Rogue Cultivator Sect cultivators followed him.
• Ye Xuan reached a crowded spot and looked up at a notice.

Ye Xuan noticed a Blood Baleful Intent Sect wanted notice offering a huge reward for his capture and led three half-emperor cultivators following him into an alley. He ambushed them with Draw the Ground as a Prison, killing one instantly while the other two tried to escape the barrier.

• Ye Xuan saw the Blood Baleful Intent Sect’s wanted notice and left the crowd in disguise, wary of the powerful figures in Starry Sky City.
• Ye Xuan detected three mid-stage half-emperor cultivators following him and sped toward a deserted alley to deal with them discreetly.
• Ye Xuan concealed himself in the alley, then trapped the three pursuers inside Draw the Ground as a Prison and attacked with sword light.
• Ye Xuan killed the cultivator on the left with one strike, while the other two panicked and tried to break through the barrier.

Ye Xuan killed three Rogue Cultivator Alliance half-emperors inside Draw the Ground as a Prison. Outside the barrier, Xue Chen, Wu Qiu, and Devil Moon gathered to watch and discuss what to do when it opened.

• Ye Xuan used Draw the Ground as a Prison to withstand the attacks of two mid-stage half-emperors and revealed that he had killed Xue Huo's granddaughter.
• Ye Xuan killed the first half-emperor with Slay an Immortal with One Sword, then defeated and killed the last one after refusing his offer of protection through the Rogue Cultivator Alliance.
• Ye Xuan collected the three men’s spatial rings and sensed several groups of cultivators gathered outside the alley.
• Xue Chen and Wu Qiu discussed breaking open the golden prison, while Devil Moon suggested waiting for it to open on its own.

Ye Xuan faced three powerful factions after his divine ability drew their experts to him, then escaped before they could discover his identity. Xue Chen, Wu Qiu, and Devil Moon were left wondering where he had gone.

• Ye Xuan sensed Xue Chen, Wu Qiu, Devil Moon, and hidden Emperor Realm experts surrounding his prison and feared they had learned his identity.
• Xue Chen, Wu Qiu, and Devil Moon introduced themselves and tried to coax Ye Xuan into revealing himself.
• Ye Xuan changed his appearance and presence, then Xue Chen ordered an attack after sensing something strange.
• Ye Xuan teleported outside the encirclement, concealed his presence, and escaped through three more teleports.
• Xue Chen, Wu Qiu, and Devil Moon found the prison empty and summoned their protectors to ask what had happened.

Xue Chen, Wu Qiu, and Devil Moon launched a citywide search for Ye Xuan after he vanished, while Ye Xuan disguised himself and asked a teahouse waiter how to reach Heavenly Domain City. The waiter began explaining the three routes, leaving Ye Xuan poised to learn how to continue his journey.

• Xue Chen, Wu Qiu, and Devil Moon learned their Dao protectors had no idea where Ye Xuan had gone.
• Xue Chen, Wu Qiu, and Devil Moon ordered their followers to investigate Ye Xuan and search Starry Sky City.
• Ye Xuan appeared in a teahouse disguised as an ordinary man and offered a waiter a spatial ring for information.
• Ye Xuan asked how to reach the real Heavenly Domain City, and the waiter said there were three ways to get there from Starry Sky City.

Ye Xuan learned about three routes to the Heavenly Domain and heard that the major factions were searching for a mysterious person, apparently him. Concerned that his enemies might be waiting at his inn, he decided to return anyway and kill anyone who tried to stop him.

• Xiao'er told Ye Xuan about the Heaven-Ascending Steps, the Half-Emperor Rankings, and the route controlled by the three major factions, then gave him a jade slip with the steps' location.
• Ye Xuan overheard people say that the Blood Baleful Intent Sect, the Human Immortal Sect, and the Rogue Cultivator Alliance were searching for a mysterious person, and that Devil Moon had taken a fancy to him.
• Ye Xuan left the teahouse and saw cultivators searching the area, prompting him to worry that the factions had found the inn where he was staying.
• Ye Xuan decided to return to the inn despite the danger, resolving to kill anyone who picked a fight and leave Starry Sky City if necessary.

Ye Xuan returned to the inn after killing members of the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, and its cultivators learned he was there. When the inn's staff tried to bring him downstairs, Ye Xuan refused, demanding proof and berating them for their treatment of a guest.

• Ye Xuan entered the inn, and a female cultivator identified him to a Rogue Cultivator Alliance expert as the guest who had arrived the previous day.
• The Rogue Cultivator Alliance expert accused Ye Xuan of killing its members and prepared to arrest him, but the innkeeper persuaded him to wait downstairs.
• The innkeeper sent cultivators to summon Ye Xuan from his room.
• Ye Xuan refused to go downstairs without evidence and scolded the inn's cultivators for acting superior toward him.

Ye Xuan refused the inn’s staff and the Rogue Cultivator Alliance’s demand to come downstairs, insisting they had no authority or evidence against him. The Alliance members went to confront him themselves and broke through his room’s restrictions and door.

• Ye Xuan insulted the inn’s cultivator for siding with outsiders and ordered him to tell the Rogue Cultivator Alliance he had killed no one.
• The inn’s cultivators argued over whether to seize Ye Xuan by force, then went downstairs without him because they feared his strength.
• The fat innkeeper scolded the cultivators, and they explained that Ye Xuan had demanded evidence and called himself the inn’s paying customer.
• The Rogue Cultivator Alliance members decided to confront Ye Xuan themselves and headed upstairs.
• A peak half-emperor from the Rogue Cultivator Alliance kicked down Ye Xuan’s door, shattering the room’s restrictions.

Ye Xuan ambushed the Rogue Cultivator Alliance cultivators at the Peace Inn and slaughtered them, openly provoking the Alliance. He burned the inn to nothing and watched for an Emperor Realm expert so he could escape if one arrived.

• The Rogue Cultivator Alliance cultivators found Ye Xuan's room empty and surrounded the Peace Inn to stop him from escaping.
• Ye Xuan appeared on the second floor and killed the Peak Half-Emperor with a sword strike after his Mountain-Burning Palm failed.
• Ye Xuan unleashed True Solar Fire, engulfing the inn as its occupants fled.
• Ye Xuan killed more Rogue Cultivator Alliance cultivators with his golden palm imprints and the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword.
• Ye Xuan slaughtered every Rogue Cultivator Alliance cultivator there, killed the plump innkeeper, and burned the inn to nothing.

After Ye Xuan destroyed the Peace Inn, its guardian deacons and cultivators from the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, Blood Baleful Intent Alliance, and Human Immortal Alliance closed in on him. Facing five Emperor Realm experts and dozens of peak Half-Emperors, Ye Xuan chose to break through toward Xue Chen, whom he considered the weakest.

• The Peace Inn's guardian deacons arrived, led by Heaven Number 7, an Emperor Realm expert.
• Wu Qiu arrived with cultivators from the Rogue Cultivator Alliance and threatened Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan sensed Xue Chen and Devil Moon approaching with two other groups from different directions.
• Ye Xuan locked onto Xue Chen and used Wandering Dragon Steps to charge toward him, aiming to escape through his side.

Ye Xuan fought off Xue Chen and escaped Devil Moon’s attempt to ensnare him, then struck Wu Qiu while he was distracted. Heaven Number 7 attacked before Ye Xuan could finish Wu Qiu.

• Heaven Number 7 attacked as Ye Xuan charged Xue Chen, but Ye Xuan ignored him and struck Xue Chen with the Thunder Emperor Seal.
• Xue Chen countered with blood-based attacks, shattering the Thunder Emperor Seal and forcing Ye Xuan to retreat.
• Devil Moon tried to charm Ye Xuan, but he burned away her influence and teleported clear of her grasp.
• Ye Xuan appeared before Wu Qiu and wounded him with the Good Fortune Heavenly Dipper Finger while Wu Qiu was briefly distracted by Devil Moon.
• Heaven Number 7 charged Ye Xuan again before he could finish Wu Qiu.

Ye Xuan escaped the Peace Inn after battling Heaven Number 7 and the three major factions, killing several Half-Emperor cultivators on his way out. His actions shook Starry Sky City, while his pursuers called for reinforcements and continued the hunt.

• Heaven Number 7 struck Ye Xuan, who dodged and counterattacked but was blasted away by the Emperor Realm expert.
• Wu Qiu, Xue Chen, and Devil Moon joined the attack, but Ye Xuan used Teleportation and raised his strength to the peak Saint Realm.
• Ye Xuan used Imprison God and the Three Primordial Unity Forms to kill seven or eight Half-Emperor cultivators.
• Ye Xuan teleported into the crowd, concealed his presence, and escaped while Wu Qiu, Xue Chen, Devil Moon, and the Peace Inn guardians pursued him.
• Heaven Number 7 requested support from Heaven Numbers 1 through 3 and reported that Ye Xuan had escaped.
• News of Ye Xuan's attack on the Peace Inn spread through Starry Sky City, where people marveled at his escape and the Half-Emperor cultivators he had killed.

After Ye Xuan slaughtered people at the Peace Inn, the three great factions searched Starry Sky City and watched the routes he might take to reach the Heavenly Domain. Disguised again, Ye Xuan set out for the Heaven-Ascending Steps, where other cultivators also gathered to look for him.

• The three great factions uncovered Ye Xuan's movements, circulated portraits of his disguised appearance, and sent experts to the Emperor Dao Pavilion and the Heaven-Ascending Steps.
• Ye Xuan listened to the city's rumors from a restaurant and realized the factions were monitoring both routes into the Heavenly Domain.
• Ye Xuan decided to try the Heaven-Ascending Steps before considering a challenge at the Emperor Dao Pavilion.
• Ye Xuan left the restaurant and headed toward the Heaven-Ascending Steps as countless cultivators followed, hoping to see the Peace Inn's killer.
• Three cultivators approached Ye Xuan and asked him to join their group on the way to the Heaven-Ascending Steps.