Recaps

Ye Xuan registered to challenge the Half-Emperor Rankings after deciding the arena battles held little interest for him. Meanwhile, Xiao Hanyi of the Xiao Clan investigated Xiao Sheng’s killer as Gale defeated Zi Yi and earned the right to challenge the rankings’ hundredth-ranked cultivator.

• Ye Xuan watched Zi Yi enter the arena and judged that he could not defeat Gale.
• Ye Xuan asked Zhang Yuan where to register, then headed to the registration area despite warnings about the danger.
• Ye Xuan paid two thousand low-grade immortal stones to register and resolved to rob the Half-Emperor Pavilion when he left.
• Xiao Hanyi asked the Half-Emperor Pavilion’s steward whether there was news of Xiao Sheng’s killer or suspicious newcomers.
• Gale defeated Zi Yi, secured his tenth consecutive victory, and qualified to challenge the hundredth-ranked cultivator on the Half-Emperor Rankings.

Ye Xuan entered the ten-consecutive-win challenge as Mad Saber and faced the Black-Robed Swordsman in his first match. He killed his opponent with one punch, leaving the venue stunned.

• Ye Xuan told Zhang Yuan that he had signed up for the challenge, while spectators wondered whether he had real strength.
• After Gale left for another venue, the seductive woman announced Mad Saber as the next challenger, and Ye Xuan leaped onto the battlefield.
• Xiao Hanyi and the beautiful woman found Ye Xuan unusual, while Ye Xuan sensed someone powerful spying on him.
• The Black-Robed Swordsman appeared as Ye Xuan’s first opponent, prompting spectators to predict Ye Xuan’s defeat.
• Ye Xuan rushed forward and exploded the Black-Robed Swordsman’s head with a single punch.

Ye Xuan, fighting as Mad Saber in the Half-Emperor Pavilion, defeated opponent after opponent with overwhelming ease. After winning his first two matches, he continued his streak through nine consecutive victories, leaving the arena roaring with excitement.

• Ye Xuan killed the black-robed swordsman with one punch and won his first match as Mad Saber.
• A seven-win Half-Emperor challenged Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan broke through his Ten Thousand Layers of Mountains and killed him with a slap.
• The arena crowd cheered as Ye Xuan waited for his third opponent and absorbed the cultivation of his defeated foes.
• Ye Xuan defeated his third opponent with one punch and continued winning until he had nine consecutive victories.

Ye Xuan, fighting as Mad Saber, faced his tenth opponent, the returning Ghost-Eyed Divine Emperor Du Shan, whose illusion made Ye Xuan appear helpless. Du Shan reached for Ye Xuan’s throat, confident he had already won.

• The crowd celebrated Mad Saber’s strength, while Zhang Yuan claimed him as a friend and was not believed.
• Du Shan appeared as Mad Saber’s tenth opponent, and the crowd recognized him as a former number-one-hundred Half-Emperor ranked expert.
• Du Shan met Ye Xuan’s gaze and trapped him in an illusion of enchanting fairies.
• Du Shan approached Ye Xuan and reached to pinch his throat, declaring that dying in his illusion was an honor.

Ye Xuan revealed that Du Shan’s illusion had failed and killed him, earning ten consecutive victories and the right to challenge an expert on the Half-Emperor Rankings. As he was escorted to the next battlefield, Xiao Hanyi became curious about Ye Xuan’s unreadable cultivation, and Ye Xuan received his reward while waiting for the challenge.

• Ye Xuan escaped Du Shan’s illusion, crushed his neck, and burned his soul with True Solar Fire.
• The host announced Ye Xuan’s tenth victory, and the crowd celebrated his qualification to challenge an expert on the Half-Emperor Rankings.
• The alluring female host escorted Ye Xuan toward another battlefield while Xiao Hanyi wondered why he could not discern Ye Xuan’s cultivation.
• Xiao Hanyi decided to go see Ye Xuan for himself, despite the beautiful woman’s insistence that Mad Saber was a peak half-emperor.
• The alluring female cultivator brought Ye Xuan to a luxurious room and presented him with his reward as he waited for the next challenge.

Ye Xuan collected his reward at the Half-Emperor Pavilion while Gale defeated the hundredth- and ninetieth-ranked experts. Hearing that a challenger called Mad Saber had also won ten matches, Devil Moon suspected he might be Ye Xuan and hurried to the pavilion to check.

• Ye Xuan accepted ten thousand low-grade immortal stones and let a seductive cultivator serve him, while keeping his identity and thoughts to himself.
• Gale defeated the hundredth-ranked expert in three moves and then beat the ninetieth-ranked female sword cultivator in five, earning the crowd's admiration.
• Ye Xuan learned he would have to challenge an expert ranked below ninetieth because Gale had already claimed the hundredth-ranked opponent.
• Devil Moon heard that Gale was challenging the eightieth-ranked expert and that Mad Saber had achieved ten consecutive victories at the Half-Emperor Pavilion.
• Devil Moon suspected Mad Saber might be Ye Xuan and left her residence to investigate, worried about what would happen to her Slave Mark if he died.

Ye Xuan fought Yang Yue, a celebrated Blood Baleful Intent Sect prodigy, and killed him with a single punch. Xiao Hanyi grew suspicious of Ye Xuan’s strength and ordered him to fight Gale next, followed by a challenger from the top ten if he won.

• Ye Xuan learned that his next opponent was Yang Yue, ranked ninety-sixth on the Half-Emperor Rankings.
• Yang Yue appeared to a crowd of adoring female cultivators and ignored Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan struck Yang Yue with the Emperor Formula, destroying his body and killing him moments later.
• Ye Xuan absorbed Yang Yue’s cultivation as the venue fell silent.
• Xiao Hanyi ordered Ye Xuan to fight Gale next and arranged for a top-ten ranked cultivator to challenge him if he won.

After Mad Saber defeated Yang Yue, Xiao Hanyi arranged for him to face Gale and summoned the top three Half-Emperor-ranked experts to watch. The fight began with Gale charging at Mad Saber after Mad Saber refused to draw his saber.

• Xiao Hanyi told the beautiful woman to arrange a match between Mad Saber and Gale and summon Wu Qingyang, Devil Moon, and Yue Wushuang.
• Mad Saber’s victory over Yang Yue won him the crowd’s cheers, while Devil Moon watched him and hoped he was not the person she feared.
• The presiding expert announced that Mad Saber would fight Gale, surprising both Mad Saber and the crowd.
• Gale entered the platform and told Mad Saber to draw his saber, but Mad Saber said Gale was not worthy of it.
• Gale erupted with Spiritual Qi, took on the appearance of a Golden-Winged Great Peng, and charged at Mad Saber.

Ye Xuan defeated Gale and drew the attention of the Half-Emperor Pavilion and the Xiao Clan. As the Pavilion arranged for him to face the Demon Emperor, Devil Moon warned him that an Xiao Clan expert was investigating him.

• Ye Xuan destroyed Gale’s fire dragon, caught his flaming fist, and slammed him into the battle platform, winning the match.
• Devil Moon suspected that Mad Saber was Ye Xuan, while a maid told her to prepare for battle on the orders of an important Xiao Clan figure.
• Xiao Hanyi ordered the three great powers to investigate Ye Xuan, suspecting he had killed Xiao Sheng.
• The host announced that Ye Xuan would face the twentieth-ranked Demon Emperor under changed Pavilion rules.
• Devil Moon sent Ye Xuan an urgent voice transmission warning him to leave because a powerful Xiao Clan expert was investigating him.

Ye Xuan, fighting under the alias Mad Saber, faced the Human Immortal Sect expert Demon Emperor in the Half-Emperor Pavilion. As the battle began, Demon Emperor summoned a horde of peak half-emperor beasts to attack Ye Xuan.

• Devil Moon warned Mad Saber and tried to determine whether he was Ye Xuan, but he did not respond.
• Demon Emperor arrived on the platform, prompting spectators to worry that Mad Saber faced an unfair and potentially fatal matchup.
• Devil Moon watched from a window, while Xiao Hanyi sealed off the Half-Emperor Pavilion and prepared to capture Mad Saber if he survived.
• The presiding expert started the match, and Ye Xuan rushed to attack as Demon Emperor spread mist across the platform.
• Demon Emperor conjured peak half-emperor demonic beasts from the mist, and they charged at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan crushed the Demon Emperor’s demonic beasts and conjured dragon, then killed him despite an order to stop. The furious Human Immortal Sect expert confronted Ye Xuan, leaving the conflict on the verge of escalating.

• Ye Xuan charged through the Demon Emperor’s demonic beasts with his fists and shattered them.
• The Demon Emperor conjured a powerful true dragon, but Ye Xuan destroyed it with a punch.
• The Demon Emperor tried to retreat, but Ye Xuan caught up and killed him with a crushing blow.
• The Human Immortal Sect expert shouted for Ye Xuan to stop, then confronted him in fury after the Demon Emperor died.

Ye Xuan defended his killing of Demon Emperor and was protected from the Human Immortal Sect expert by the Half-Emperor Pavilion’s rules. As Huang Tianyun prepared to challenge him, Devil Moon learned that the Pavilion and Xiao Hanyi wanted Ye Xuan dead, while a seductive presider tried to influence him to show mercy.

• Ye Xuan challenged the Human Immortal Sect expert’s outrage, arguing that the Half-Emperor Rankings allowed challengers and ranked cultivators alike to die, and a woman ordered the expert to obey the Pavilion’s rules.
• The presiding expert declared Mad Saber the winner over Demon Emperor and announced that Huang Tianyun, ranked fifth, would challenge him next.
• Devil Moon was summoned to meet the Half-Emperor Pavilion master and Xiao Hanyi with the other top-ranked cultivators, and Xiao Hanyi gave them talismans and ordered them to kill Ye Xuan at any cost.
• The seductive female presider used a bewitching power on Ye Xuan and asked him to spare the ranked geniuses, and he pretended to agree while resisting her influence.
• Huang Tianyun landed on the battle platform with a powerful air of slaughter as the spectators watched the impending fight.

Ye Xuan killed Huang Tianyun in a swift battle, then demanded to face Wu Qingyang for the top spot on the Half-Emperor Rankings. As Wu Qingyang entered the platform, Ye Xuan secured the black-robed queen’s promise to protect him from a suspected ambush, and the final battle was about to begin.

• Ye Xuan dodged Huang Tianyun’s attacks, struck him with his Emperor Art, and killed him with a sword strike.
• The crowd reacted to Huang Tianyun’s death, while the Half-Emperor Pavilion’s leader and Xiao Hanyi suspected Ye Xuan was exceptionally dangerous; Devil Moon recognized him as her master and warned him through the Slave Mark about the talisman.
• Ye Xuan challenged first-ranked Wu Qingyang directly, and Xiao Hanyi told Wu Qingyang to use the talisman as soon as he entered the platform.
• Ye Xuan asked the black-robed queen to protect him, and she agreed before dismissing his spiritual sense from her divine palace.
• Wu Qingyang leaped onto the battle platform, and the crowd focused on the two fighters as their final battle approached.

Ye Xuan sensed danger from Wu Qingyang’s talisman and struck first, killing the Half-Emperor Rankings’ top cultivator with one slash. With Xiao Hanyi sealing the Half-Emperor Tower and powerful figures turning against him, Ye Xuan teleported away and hid his presence.

• Wu Qingyang hesitated over whether to obey Xiao Hanyi and use the talisman or fight Ye Xuan himself.
• Ye Xuan sensed danger, opened all 108 spiritual meridians, and charged at Wu Qingyang with Wandering Dragon Steps.
• Ye Xuan’s saber slash cut Wu Qingyang in two and killed him before he could use the talisman.
• Xiao Hanyi sealed off the Half-Emperor Tower, while the Rogue Cultivator Alliance powerhouse erupted with killing intent and Devil Moon feared for Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan used Teleportation to vanish from the platform and concealed his presence.

Xiao Hanyi tracked Ye Xuan despite his presence-concealing ability and nearly killed him, but Ye Xuan escaped and disguised himself among Zhang Yuan’s group. Devil Moon recognized Mad Saber’s identity after seeing him use Draw the Ground as a Prison.

• Xiao Hanyi spotted Ye Xuan with his penetrating vision and pursued him as Ye Xuan repeatedly teleported away.
• Xiao Hanyi struck Ye Xuan and tore flesh from his back, but True Solar Fire burned the flesh before Xiao Hanyi could use it to track him.
• Ye Xuan noticed Zhang Yuan being humiliated by another cultivator and decided to avenge him.
• Ye Xuan trapped the surrounding cultivators, devoured their spiritual sense, killed Zhang Yuan’s tormentor, and took his appearance.
• Xiao Hanyi broke through the prison and found that Ye Xuan had disappeared, while Devil Moon recognized him from the divine ability.

Xiao Hanyi used his overwhelming power to pressure the Half-Emperor Pavilion and force Ye Xuan to reveal himself. Ye Xuan resisted the command after the queen within his divine palace broke its influence, but Xiao Hanyi identified him and prepared to act.

• Devil Moon panicked as Xiao Hanyi approached, fearing Ye Xuan's capture could cause her Slave Mark to kill her.
• Xiao Hanyi's presence terrified the pavilion's occupants, and he demanded that Ye Xuan come out or be dragged out.
• Xiao Hanyi's words nearly compelled Ye Xuan to reveal himself, but a light from the divine palace restored his senses.
• Ye Xuan realized he had underestimated the experts around him and silently sought advice from the queen, who did not respond.
• Xiao Hanyi declared that he had already locked onto Ye Xuan, then fixed his gaze on him.

Ye Xuan tried to escape Xiao Hanyi, who had failed to identify him among the crowd and decided to kill everyone. Xiao Hanyi caught Ye Xuan and crushed his body, while the queen remained silent, leaving Ye Xuan believing he was doomed.

• Xiao Hanyi threatened to kill everyone because no one stepped forward, while Ye Xuan prepared to escape with Teleportation.
• Ye Xuan vanished toward the pavilion entrance but was repelled by its formation, exposing himself to Xiao Hanyi.
• Xiao Hanyi struck Ye Xuan and sent him flying before pursuing him as Ye Xuan tried to call for the queen's help.
• Xiao Hanyi caught Ye Xuan, and a cloud of bloody mist burst from Ye Xuan's body as the queen gave no response.

The queen rescued Ye Xuan from Xiao Hanyi, killed the Xiao Clan expert, and warned the gathered factions not to attack her disciple. After the queen fell into dormancy, Ye Xuan asked Devil Moon when they could leave, and she said they could depart in three days.

• Xiao Hanyi seized Ye Xuan, but the queen sent the Heaven-Ascending Steps crashing into him and freed Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan used Teleportation to escape the Half-Emperor Pavilion after the Heaven-Ascending Steps shattered its entrance restriction.
• The queen appeared beside Xiao Hanyi, crushed his body, and warned everyone that she would kill anyone who attacked Ye Xuan.
• The queen told Ye Xuan that killing Xiao Hanyi had exhausted her strength and that she had to enter dormancy.
• Ye Xuan returned to Devil Moon's residence and asked when they could leave, and Devil Moon said they could go in three days.

The Xiao Clan discussed the deaths of Xiao Sheng and Xiao Hanyi in Starry Sky City and learned that Ye Xuan, a young cultivator with extraordinary combat strength, had killed Xiao Sheng and taken the Heaven-Ascending Steps. Xiao Qingxuan resolved to avenge the clan and reclaim the treasure, leaving the Xiao Clan’s elders alarmed by Ye Xuan’s power and the prize in his possession.

• Xiao Qingxuan told the Xiao Clan’s senior members that Xiao Sheng and Xiao Hanyi had both died in the Outer Heavenly Domain.
• Xiao Qingxuan explained that Ye Xuan had defeated the Half-Emperor Rankings’ experts and claimed first place despite his low cultivation.
• Xiao Qingxuan revealed that Ye Xuan’s master had appeared and killed Xiao Hanyi.
• Xiao Tianyuan asked whether Ye Xuan came from the Immortal Domain, but Xiao Qingxuan said he thought that unlikely.
• Xiao Qingxuan declared that the clan would kill Ye Xuan to avenge its dead and reclaim the Heaven-Ascending Steps.

The Xiao Clan plotted to ambush the person who took the Heaven-Ascending Steps, while Ye Xuan prepared to enter the Heavenly Domain disguised as Xue Tong. He arrived at Starry Sky Square with Devil Moon, uncertain whether he could stay hidden without the queen's protection.

• Xiao Qingxuan ordered the Xiao Clan to prepare a grand formation in Heavenly Domain City and kill anyone suspected of being Ye Xuan.
• News spread through Heavenly Domain City that Ye Xuan had killed Xiao Sheng and his master had killed Xiao Hanyi, stirring curiosity and fear of the Xiao Clan.
• Ye Xuan stayed at Devil Moon's residence for three days as the three major factions stopped searching for him, and he credited the queen with intimidating their leaders.
• Ye Xuan disguised himself as Xue Tong and followed Devil Moon to Starry Sky Square, where cultivators gathered to enter Heavenly Domain City.
• Devil Moon brought Ye Xuan and five others before Emperor Venerable Mingyao, while both she and Ye Xuan worried that his disguise would fail.

Ye Xuan entered the Heavenly Domain with Emperor Venerable Mingyao and the others, then attacked Devil Moon and escaped. Xiao Tianyuan prepared an ambush as the group arrived near Heavenly Domain City.

• The Human Immortal Sect master opened the gateway to the Heavenly Domain with the other two faction leaders, and the cultivators entered.
• After arriving in the wilderness, Ye Xuan removed Devil Moon's Slave Mark, struck her, and escaped with Teleportation.
• Emperor Venerable Mingyao rushed to Devil Moon's side as a guard reported that Xue Tong had ambushed their master.
• Xiao Tianyuan watched the newcomers from Heavenly Domain City's gate and ordered his forces to prepare to act.

Emperor Venerable Mingyao warned Devil Moon that the Xiao Clan might have arranged an ambush in the Heavenly Domain, while Devil Moon concealed her connection to the missing Xue Tong. Xiao Yucheng gathered the Outer Heavenly Domain cultivators, discovered one person was unaccounted for, and confronted Devil Moon about helping Xue Tong escape.

• Emperor Venerable Mingyao asked about Devil Moon's injuries and warned her that Xue Tong might have been the disguised man and that the Xiao Clan could be waiting in the Heavenly Domain.
• Emperor Venerable Mingyao sensed approaching powerhouses and told Devil Moon they had arrived.
• Xiao Yucheng ordered the Outer Heavenly Domain cultivators to gather, and his forces killed those who tried to flee.
• Xiao Yucheng learned that 103 cultivators had come, but only 102 were accounted for, and Emperor Venerable Mingyao identified the missing person as Xue Tong.
• Xiao Yucheng questioned Devil Moon about her relationship with Xue Tong and why she had helped him escape, leaving her trembling and pale.

Ye Xuan rescued Devil Moon from Xiao Yucheng’s interrogation, then fled with her as the Xiao Clan pursued them. With their pursuers closing in, Ye Xuan entered the Forest of Taboos despite Devil Moon warning that it was a deadly forbidden zone.

• Xiao Yucheng pressured Devil Moon to answer, but three sword rays struck a Xiao Clan cultivator before she could speak.
• Ye Xuan appeared, grievously wounded the Xiao Clan cultivator, and teleported away with Devil Moon.
• Xiao Yucheng led the Xiao Clan in pursuit, while Emperor Venerable Mingyao decided to flee.
• Ye Xuan asked Devil Moon about the area as he sped away, and she admitted she knew Heavenly Domain City only slightly.
• Ye Xuan spotted the Forest of Taboos, ignored Devil Moon’s warning, and charged into it with her.

Ye Xuan and Devil Moon entered the Forest of Taboos, while the Xiao Clan gave up pursuit, believing he would die there. In the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain, Han Bingning learned of his danger but was imprisoned when she tried to go to the Heavenly Domain; inside the forest, Ye Xuan and Devil Moon lost their cultivation and access to their abilities.

• Xiao Yucheng reported that Ye Xuan had entered the Forest of Taboos, and Xiao Qingxuan ordered the Xiao Clan to abandon the matter.
• A woman in green told Han Bingning that Ye Xuan had entered the Forest of Taboos, and Han Bingning decided to go to the Heavenly Domain.
• An icy voice forbade Han Bingning from leaving, ordered her to prepare for Dao Yan's visit, and sealed her inside the hall.
• Ye Xuan and Devil Moon fell onto the grass after entering the Forest of Taboos.
• Devil Moon discovered that she had lost her cultivation, and Ye Xuan found that his cultivation, Spiritual Qi, spiritual sense, and access to the System Space were gone.

Ye Xuan and Devil Moon explored the Forest of the Forbidden Land after losing their cultivation and discovered that neither could sense Spiritual Qi. When a demonic wolf attacked, Ye Xuan killed it, but the howls of an approaching wolf pack left them in danger.

• Ye Xuan asked Devil Moon what she knew about the forest, but she said no one had returned to describe it.
• Ye Xuan and Devil Moon spent an hour searching the forest without finding danger or a way out.
• A demonic wolf appeared, and Ye Xuan realized it had no Spiritual Qi.
• Ye Xuan pushed Devil Moon aside, fought the wolf with his bare hands, and beat it to death.
• Ye Xuan told Devil Moon they needed food, but more wolf howls sounded and the ground began to tremble.