Recaps

Xie Feng and his companions left the Upper Realm for the Dao Realm, traveling aboard Ge Ya’s black dragon. After arriving, they headed toward a nearby city to settle in and explore.

• Xie Feng returned to the Xuanji Sect, left Anping and Qi Wuyan in charge, and took Sushang, Changying, and Zhou Jin to the kings' graveyard.
• Ge Ya summoned his black dragon to carry the group across the river of stars toward the Dao Realm.
• Ge Ya gave Xie Feng a demonic talisman and a ring of tokens for territories he had conquered, then stayed behind as the others continued onward.
• Xie Feng and the others arrived in the Dao Realm and found its energy and Dao laws far greater than those of the Upper Realm.
• Xie Feng led the group toward a city beyond the forest, while Sushang eagerly looked forward to trying the local food.

Xie Feng and his companions encountered a purple-robed man in the Dao Realm, who attacked Xie Feng and revealed that Wuyou College might be connected to the Extreme Dao Sword. Xie Feng killed him, and the group found a Wuyou College badge, leaving the sword’s forgotten connection to the college unresolved.

• Sushang spotted a purple-robed man approaching in the forest and challenged him when he stared at Xie Feng.
• The purple-robed man attacked Xie Feng, who stopped him and snapped his finger before learning that Wuyou Academy was recruiting students in Mountain City and had ties to the Extreme Dao Sword.
• The purple-robed man admitted he wanted the Extreme Dao Sword and tried to leave, so Xie Feng killed him with a single sword strike.
• Xie Feng asked the Extreme Dao Sword about its connection to Wuyou College, and it recalled that it had left something important in the Dao Realm and suggested visiting the college.
• Zhou Jin searched the purple-robed man and found cultivation methods, a badge, and a booklet; Sushang read the badge and identified it as belonging to Wuyou College.

Xie Feng and his companions learned about the Dao Realm, converted their cultivation into Dao Qi, and headed toward Wuyou College after hearing it was recruiting. Xie Feng disguised himself as the dead elder Qi Yuan so the group could enter the college.

• Sushang identified Qi Yuan’s elder certificate and confirmed his connection to Wuyou College and the Extreme Dao Sword, so the group decided to use his identity.
• In Mountain City, Sushang gathered books and explained the Dao Realm’s language, currency, cultivation system, and the Dust Clan’s influence.
• Xie Feng converted his Spiritual Qi into Dao Qi and reached the tenth stage of Dao Heaven; Changying, Sushang, and Zhou Jin converted their power into Dao Emptiness as well.
• The group studied the Star Language Spell and learned that Wuyou College was recruiting students at the eastern city gate.
• Xie Feng used Dao Qi to transform his face and clothes into Qi Yuan’s appearance, preparing to pass himself off as the elder.

Xie Feng disguised himself as Qi Yuan as he and his companions headed to Wuyou College’s recruitment site, where they learned about Dust Mote Academy’s free education for poor children. Their arrival drew everyone’s attention, and Xie Feng’s group left the crowd buzzing with speculation.

• Xie Feng transformed his appearance to resemble Qi Yuan, and Sushang, Changying, and Zhou Jin teased him about his unsettling smile.
• Zhou Jin asked a passerby why Dust Mote Academy was popular, and the man explained that its free schools gave poor children access to cultivation and a chance to rise.
• Xie Feng and his companions reached Wuyou College’s recruitment site, where Su Wan and Qin Yi boasted about their talents and inner college connections.
• Someone called out to look at the beautiful newcomers, and the candidates turned to watch Xie Feng’s group arrive at the city gate.

Xie Feng, posing as Qi Yuan, arrived at the admissions office with Sushang, Changying, and Zhou Jin, attracting attention and choosing to recruit only the three companions. Fang Tianxing confronted him over their rivalry and mocked him for having no disciples, unaware of who the newcomers were.

• Xie Feng and his companions drew attention at the admissions office, while Qin Yi grew jealous of Zhou Jin and angrily shoved a boy who called him handsome.
• Sushang warned Zhou Jin about Qin Yi's glare, and Zhou Jin dismissed Qin Yi as a child while praising Xie Feng as the sect master's most noteworthy figure.
• Li Hao mistook Xie Feng for Qi Yuan and explained that Fang Tianxing had been competing with and provoking Qi Yuan; Xie Feng said he would recruit only Sushang, Changying, and Zhou Jin.
• Xie Feng checked the admissions handbook and thought about plundering Qi Yuan's money after returning to the college.
• Fang Tianxing mocked Xie Feng for leaving recruitment and threatened him with a complaint, then bragged that he had taken all the talented candidates and ridiculed Xie Feng's three companions.

Xie Feng made Sushang, Changying, and Zhou Jin inner court disciples, openly invoking his connection to the vice dean and provoking Fang Tianxing. Su Wan challenged Sushang to impress Fang Tianxing, but Sushang defeated her with a slap and a punch that left her gravely injured and unconscious.

• Xie Feng told Fang Tianxing that Sushang, Changying, and Zhou Jin were inner court disciples under his supervision, citing his uncle, the vice dean, as his authority.
• Fang Tianxing retaliated by taking Su Wan and Qin Yi as disciples, and Su Wan challenged Sushang to prove herself.
• Sushang warned Su Wan that she might not be able to take a beating, then struck her after Su Wan mocked her background.
• Su Wan lunged at Sushang, who sent her flying with a physical-strength punch that severed her meridians and left her unconscious.
• Qin Yi cried out in terror, asking whether Sushang had crippled Su Wan.

Sushang crippled Su Wan with one punch, and Xie Feng brought her and the others to Wuyou College in Xuan City. After finding little wealth in Qi Yuan’s residence, Xie Feng went to Treasure Mirror Workshop to pawn two Heavenly mortal jade ginseng, whose cold Qi froze and shattered the hall’s displayed treasures.

• Sushang crippled Su Wan’s meridians, while Qin Yi fell to his knees and Fang Tianxing threatened to report Xie Feng to the dean.
• Zhou Jin tripped Fang Tianxing, mocked him, and watched him storm away before Li Hao resumed the recruitment.
• The college took the recruited youths to Wuyou College in Xuan City, where Sushang and the other two were guided around the inner court.
• Xie Feng explored Qi Yuan’s residence, found only a few Dao crystals, and put on Qi Yuan’s golden cloak to preserve his disguise.
• Xie Feng brought two Heavenly mortal jade ginseng to Treasure Mirror Workshop, and their cold Qi froze the hall’s treasures until they shattered.

Xie Feng took two roots of Heavenly Mortal Jade Ginseng to Treasure Mirror Workshop to pawn them, where mistress Luo Ling tried to buy them for far less than their value. After Xie Feng rejected her rising offers, he left with the ginseng, leaving Luo Ling unsure whether to let the rare treasure go.

• The Heavenly Mortal Jade Ginseng overwhelmed weaker treasures at the counter, prompting the purple-dressed woman to summon Luo Ling.
• Luo Ling welcomed Xie Feng, but he avoided her attempt to lift his hood and insisted he had come to pawn the ginseng.
• In a secluded room, Luo Ling confirmed the ginseng’s identity and offered five million Dao Crystals per root.
• Xie Feng used his Void Heaven Spirit Eyes to learn that Luo Ling valued each root at thirty million Dao Crystals, then challenged her low offer.
• Luo Ling raised her offer to twenty million, but Xie Feng shut the box and left while Luo Ling hesitated over whether to let the treasure go.

Xie Feng sold two jade ginsengs to Luo Ling, rejected her offer to spend a night with him, and rebuked her for using her looks to make money before leaving her shaken. At Wuyou College, Sushang and her companions encountered Liu Yi, who demanded an explanation because Sushang had injured his cousin Su Wan.

• Luo Ling raised her offer to ninety million Dao Crystals for each jade ginseng, and Xie Feng agreed to sell them for a total of one hundred and eighty million.
• Luo Ling offered Xie Feng a night at the Treasure Mirror Workshop for sixty million Dao Crystals, but he refused and condemned her conduct before leaving.
• Luo Ling sank to the floor and silently reflected on Xie Feng's words.
• Sushang, Changying, and Zhou Jin collected their supplies at Wuyou College and set off to find their sect master.
• Liu Yi and his two lackeys stopped the three disciples, and Liu Yi demanded an explanation from Sushang for injuring Su Wan.

Sushang and Zhou Jin crippled Liu Yi after he threatened them, and Liu Yi summoned Elder Fang to punish them for fighting. Fang threatened to expel the three new students, but Zhou Jin challenged his one-sided judgment as the crowd watched.

• Liu Yi demanded that Zhou Jin fight in Sushang's place, but Zhou Jin and Changying refused and warned him they might kill him.
• Sushang severed both of Liu Yi's legs with a single strike after he chose to have them broken.
• When Liu Yi ordered his lackeys to attack, Zhou Jin crippled his right arm, and the lackeys fled to fetch reinforcements.
• Liu Yi claimed that Wuyou College forbade student fighting and accused Sushang, Changying, and Zhou Jin of attacking him first.
• Fang Tianxing arrived and threatened to report the trio and expel them, while Zhou Jin and Changying argued that Liu Yi had provoked them.
• Changying stared down Liu Yi, who felt a sudden trace of fear.

Xie Feng defended Sushang and Zhou Jin after they injured Liu Yi, showering Liu Yi with Dao Crystals and challenging the academy’s ruling as unfair. The Grand Elder canceled the disciples’ punishment, while Fang Tianxing and Liu Yi remained furious and plotted revenge.

• Fang Tianxing accused Sushang and the others of brutally attacking Liu Yi and demanded that Qi Yuan answer for it.
• Xie Feng arrived, heard the accusations, and threw two hundred thousand Dao Crystals at Liu Yi to pay for his treatment.
• Grand Elder Liang Qian proposed that Sushang and Zhou Jin reflect behind closed doors for three days, but Xie Feng rejected the punishment and questioned the academy’s rules.
• Liang Qian canceled the punishment and said he would consider Xie Feng’s argument, then dismissed the crowd.
• Liu Yi panicked about being crippled, while Fang Tianxing angrily vowed to get revenge on Xie Feng.

Xie Feng broke through to the sixth stage of the Dao God Realm while cultivating, then found Sushang waiting beside his bed and taught her sword might in a space of consciousness. The chapter ended with Sushang practicing and Xie Feng promising to find her a sacred fire.

• Xie Feng cultivated with his chaos sacred demon body and advanced from the tenth stage of the Dao Heaven Realm to the sixth stage of the Dao God Realm.
• Sushang waited for Xie Feng to finish cultivating because she did not want to sleep alone and had missed talking with him.
• Xie Feng brought Sushang into a space of consciousness and taught her about sword might, and she demonstrated fourth-grade sword might with the Radiant Sun Sword.
• Xie Feng told Sushang that her Silken Immortal Fire could no longer keep up with her cultivation and promised to look for a sacred fire.
• Sushang returned the Azure Profound Fan to Xie Feng, and he accepted it before telling her to keep practicing her sword might.

Xie Feng met with Gu Xuan, who admired his newfound bluntness, and learned that Shadow-Veiling College disciples had killed ten Wuyou College students. Gu Xuan directed him to Azure Bird Mountain to claim rare martial dao source, where the Extreme Dao Sword sensed something unusual.

• An elder summoned Xie Feng to meet Gu Xuan, who raised Fang Tianxing’s repeated complaints about him.
• Xie Feng openly criticized Fang Tianxing and threatened to shut him up if the harassment continued, earning Gu Xuan’s admiration.
• A disciple reported that Shadow-Veiling College had attacked Wuyou College disciples during training and devoured ten of their souls, prompting Gu Xuan to order the vice dean to handle the matter.
• Xie Feng asked where martial dao source was stored, and Gu Xuan sent him to the Eight-Foot Land on Azure Bird Mountain to claim three drops.
• Xie Feng searched Azure Bird Mountain for the source, and the Extreme Dao Sword told him to wait when he reached a certain spot.

Xie Feng found a hidden cave beneath Wuyou College and discovered an icebound sphere linked to the Extreme Dao Sword. As he and Changying worked to melt it, the sphere’s contents remained unknown, and Changying persuaded Xie Feng to give her the Void Heaven Spirit Eyes scroll.

• The Extreme Dao Sword sensed its lost presence beneath Wuyou College, opened a concealed passage, and led Xie Feng into a sealed, ice-filled cave.
• Xie Feng found a vast icebound sphere that the Extreme Dao Sword recognized as something it had lost, though it could not remember what it was.
• Xie Feng used the Northern Nether Illusory Emperor Flame to melt the sphere and destroyed a signal trying to escape with his Dao laws.
• Changying arrived and added the waters of Guixu to the attack, accelerating the sphere’s melting; Xie Feng noticed that her cultivation had risen to the Dao God Realm First Stage.
• Changying asked Xie Feng to teach her the Void Heaven Spirit Eyes, and he gave her the scroll.

Xie Feng killed Fang Tianxing after Fang Tianxing realized he was impersonating Qi Yuan, then encountered Vice Dean Qi Feng, who noticed his changes and offered to retrieve his Martial Dao Source. The chapter ended with Qi Feng watching Xie Feng with predatory interest and an introduction to the soul-devouring Nether Clan.

• Fang Tianxing accused Xie Feng of impersonating Qi Yuan and attacked him, but Xie Feng silenced him with pressure and burned him to nothing with Emperor Fire.
• Changying left Xie Feng to return to cultivation, and Xie Feng encountered Vice Dean Qi Feng on the way back to his residence.
• Qi Feng asked Xie Feng about recruiting disciples and praised him after learning he had trained the three disciples who crippled Liu Yi.
• Xie Feng asked where to collect his three drops of Martial Dao Source, and Qi Feng offered to bring them to his residence.
• Qi Feng watched Xie Feng leave with a predatory gaze, and the narration described the Nether Clan as ghostly evil cultivators who grew stronger by devouring souls.

Xie Feng reached the Corpse-Burying Sea seeking a suitable flame, but two vice deans of Shadow-Veiling College ambushed him on the way to Flame Island. Elsewhere, Jiang Fei confessed her determination to pursue Ge Ya, who heard her words while hiding from her.

• Xie Feng traveled across the Corpse-Burying Sea toward Flame Island and discovered Bai Lin and Shu Jiu tracking him.
• Bai Lin and Shu Jiu identified themselves as Shadow-Veiling College vice deans and prepared to fight Xie Feng.
• Xie Feng invoked Demon Emperor Ge Ya, but Bai Lin and Shu Jiu did not recognize the name.
• Ge Ya sneezed, noticed Jiang Fei approaching, and fled into a crevice in the starry sky.
• Jiang Fei declared that she would pursue Ge Ya, and Ge Ya heard her confession and reacted with a cold laugh.

Xie Feng defeated Bai Lin and Shu Jiu, then demanded to see Flame Island’s lord, dismissing the island’s protectors as too low in status. His token failed to impress Lin Sui, who attacked him, and an enraged blue-robed figure appeared.

• Xie Feng crushed Bai Lin and killed Shu Jiu with his supreme Sword Intent.
• Flame Island’s protectors, including Cheng Liu and Lin Sui, confronted Xie Feng after he restored the damaged land.
• Xie Feng asked to see the island lord and told the protectors their status was not enough.
• Xie Feng showed the protectors a token bearing the same symbols as their badges, but Lin Sui dismissed it and attacked him with a fire dragon.
• An enormous palm knocked Lin Sui and the fire dragon to the ground, and a powerful blue-robed figure appeared, leaving Cheng Liu alarmed.

Xie Feng revealed the Flame Emperor Token, and Ge Kuangwo recognized him as the junior brother of the Demon Emperor Chu Kuang, whom he revered. After welcoming Xie Feng to Flame Island, Ge Kuangwo hosted him, while Xie Feng noticed the island’s unusual reliance on Dao Power for healing.

• Ge Kuangwo arrived, identified Xie Feng’s token as the Flame Emperor Token, and punished Lin Sui for attacking its bearer.
• Ge Kuangwo explained that Chu Kuang had once saved Flame Island and made the token for him.
• Xie Feng said Chu Kuang was his senior brother, leaving Ge Kuangwo, Lin Sui, and the others shocked.
• Ge Kuangwo treated Xie Feng with deference and invited him onto Flame Island.
• Xie Feng observed a child’s wound being treated with Dao Power rather than medicine and considered the practice.
• Ge Kuangwo brought Xie Feng to the finest reception hall and had a lavish spread of food served.

Xie Feng visited Flame Island to find a powerful flame, and Ge Kuangwo showed him the island’s two Emperor Fires. The Northern Nether Illusory Emperor Flame within Xie Feng subdued them, and he revealed it to an astonished Ge Kuangwo.

• Ge Kuangwo enthusiastically offered Xie Feng wine and a feast, but Xie Feng declined the food and asked to discuss business.
• Xie Feng told Ge Kuangwo he had come to find a flame, and Ge Kuangwo said the Flame Emperor Token let him take anything from Flame Island.
• Ge Kuangwo led Xie Feng to a secret lava chamber and showed him a pale blue Emperor Fire and a golden yellow Emperor Fire.
• The Northern Nether Illusory Emperor Flame stirred within Xie Feng, causing both Emperor Fires to shrink back into their lotus bases.
• Xie Feng revealed a wisp of the Northern Nether Illusory Emperor Flame, and Ge Kuangwo recognized its immense power and asked its name.

Xie Feng obtained the Void Mysterious Emperor Flame for Sushang and repaid Flame Island with a large supply of pills. Back at Wuyou College, Qi Feng revealed that he was an evil cultivator and lunged at Xie Feng to make him his cultivation furnace.

• Ge Kuangwo explained the qualities of Flame Island’s two Emperor Fires, and Xie Feng chose the Void Mysterious Emperor Flame for Sushang.
• Xie Feng gave Ge Kuangwo three thousand bottles of pills, and Ge Kuangwo accepted them with gratitude.
• Xie Feng returned to Wuyou College, asked Zhou Jin to send Sushang to see him, and found Qi Feng waiting in his residence with his Martial Dao Source.
• Qi Feng admitted he was an evil cultivator and demanded to harvest Xie Feng as his cultivation furnace.
• Xie Feng noted that Qi Feng was only at the Seventh Stage of the Dao God Realm, and Qi Feng transformed and lunged at him.

Xie Feng killed Qi Feng, gave Sushang the Void Mysterious Emperor Flame, and absorbed Qi Feng’s Martial Dao Source. He advanced from the sixth to the seventh stage of the Dao God Realm.

• Xie Feng trapped Qi Feng in a domain, beheaded him with Cherished Wine Cup, and burned his remains to nothing with Emperor Fire.
• Sushang came to Xie Feng’s courtyard, and he gave her the Void Mysterious Emperor Flame to refine.
• Sushang accepted the Emperor Fire and kissed Xie Feng’s cheek before running away.
• Xie Feng examined Qi Feng’s three drops of Martial Dao Source and absorbed their power without finding any tampering.
• Xie Feng advanced to the seventh stage of the Dao God Realm, and the Extreme Dao Sword said the source was power it had shed, like hair or fingernails.

Shadow King confronted Wuyou College over Qi Yuan killing two Shadow-Veiling College vice deans and demanded that Qi Yuan be handed over. Gu Xuan refused and declared war, prompting Shadow King to summon the Nether Clan’s elite army.

• Xie Feng heard that Shadow-Veiling College had attacked Wuyou College and went to a high cliff to watch the confrontation.
• Shadow King accused Qi Yuan of killing Bai Lin and Shu Jiu in the Corpse-Burying Sea, and he showed their extinguished soul plaques as proof of their deaths.
• Gu Xuan and Liang Qian rejected Shadow King's accusation and defended Qi Yuan, while Shadow King admitted his vice deans had died pursuing him.
• Shadow King demanded that Wuyou College hand Qi Yuan over for execution, but Gu Xuan refused and said the colleges would go to war.
• Shadow King summoned an immense Nether Clan army that filled the sky and shook the land.

Xie Feng revealed his identity to Wuyou College and fought the Shadow King as Shadow-Veiling College and the Nether Clan attacked. He blasted the Shadow King away with the Northern Nether Illusory Emperor Flame while the Extreme Dao Sword sensed a summons from the frozen sphere.

• Xie Feng appeared beside Gu Xuan and revealed that he was not Qi Yuan but Xie Feng.
• The Shadow King accused Xie Feng of killing Bai Lin and Shu Jiu, then ordered the Nether Clan army and Shadow-Veiling College to attack Wuyou College.
• Gu Xuan ordered Wuyou College to fight, while Liang Qian led the charge and other elders organized the disciples' evacuation.
• The Extreme Dao Sword sensed a familiar summons from the sphere of ice in the hidden space and said a memory was forming.
• Xie Feng warned the Shadow King to leave, then struck him with a palm of Northern Nether Illusory Emperor Flame, shattering his sword and engulfing him in fire.

Xie Feng awakened the Extreme Dao Sword’s restored edge and used its silver dragon to destroy the Shadow King, the Nether Clan’s army, and Shadow-Veiling College’s forces. After the victory, Gu Xuan thanked him and offered him the position of vice dean at Wuyou College.

• The Extreme Dao Sword recalled the edge it had left in the Dao Realm and summoned a vast silver dragon of Sword Qi that submitted to Xie Feng.
• Xie Feng sent the silver dragon through the Shadow King, annihilating him so completely that he could not reform.
• The silver dragon swept through the Nether Clan’s elites and Shadow-Veiling College’s elders, wiping them out while Wuyou College suffered little damage.
• The Extreme Dao Sword returned to Xie Feng’s cuff, having recovered its edge, and Xie Feng recognized that its revealed power could attract covetous attention.
• Gu Xuan thanked Xie Feng for saving Wuyou College, then privately acknowledged his claim to the Sword Qi and offered him the vice dean position.

Xie Feng negotiated compensation with Gu Xuan for the Extreme Dao Sword Qi and received the Extreme Dao Sword Art instead of Dao Crystals. After Gu Xuan warned him about the Nether Clan, Xie Feng agreed to represent the Dust Clan in its coming duel, and they prepared to return to the imperial city.

• Xie Feng demanded interest for the forty thousand years the Extreme Dao Sword Qi had sheltered Wuyou College, and Gu Xuan offered him the Extreme Dao Sword Art in exchange.
• Gu Xuan warned Xie Feng that the Nether Clan would retaliate for the deaths of its elites, but Xie Feng said his senior brother was the Demon Emperor, Chu Kuang.
• Gu Xuan believed Xie Feng was Chu Kuang’s junior brother and asked him to help the Dust Clan win its duel against the Nether Clan.
• Xie Feng agreed to help after asking what the Dust Clan could offer, and Gu Xuan said they would return to the imperial city to meet the clan leader.