Recaps

Jiang Fei arrived on Flame Island and killed the remaining Asura Island deputy masters, then reunited with Xie Feng. After discussing their journeys and her inheritance, she gave him a golden book.

• Jiang Fei introduced herself as Heavenly Emperor Jiang and beheaded C when he mocked her.
• A and B combined Heaven-Scraping, Ghost Remains, and Heaven-Scorching into a massive emperor sword, but Jiang Fei destroyed it with Crimson Moon and killed them both.
• Xie Feng sent Ge Kuangwo and Sushang to help deal with Asura Island’s remaining assassins.
• Jiang Fei told Xie Feng about gaining her power from an inheritance and reflected on how their paths had diverged.
• Jiang Fei handed Xie Feng a glittering golden book.

Jiang Fei bribed Xie Feng with the long-lost Literary Dao Sacred Canon to learn about his senior brother, while Ge Ya watched and reacted jealously before leaving to investigate a stolen mine. After the battle on Flame Island ended, Ge Kuangwo led Xie Feng and Sushang to the island’s secret storehouse, where Sushang guessed it held flames.

• Jiang Fei gave Xie Feng the Literary Dao Sacred Canon and a spacetime sound transmission talisman, asking him to tell her if he encountered his senior brother.
• Ge Ya watched Jiang Fei and Xie Feng through binoculars, lamented that Xie Feng had accepted the bribe, and learned that one of his Extreme Cloud Star mines in the Origin Realm had been robbed.
• Ge Ya decided to personally investigate the theft and set out to punish whoever had taken his ore.
• The Holy Cannon Army and five hundred thousand Dust Clan troops helped Xie Feng wipe out the Asura Island assassins on Flame Island.
• Ge Kuangwo brought Xie Feng and Sushang to Flame Island’s secret storehouse, and Sushang guessed that it contained flames.

Xie Feng, Sushang, and Ge Kuangwo entered Flame Island’s underground warehouse and discovered its thousands of Emperor Fire seeds. Ge Kuangwo offered them their choice of seeds in gratitude for saving Flame Island.

• Ge Kuangwo opened the great door after it recognized him, and the three entered a cavern lined with ancient Star Ice.
• Ge Kuangwo explained that a hundred thousand people had died building the cavern and described how the Star Ice kept the flames’ heat in check.
• The three reached Flame Island’s vast warehouse, where Xie Feng recognized the thousands of stored flames as Emperor Fire seeds.
• Ge Kuangwo explained the seeds’ stages and uses, while Xie Feng identified one seed that would mature within six months.
• Ge Kuangwo thanked Xie Feng and Sushang for helping Flame Island and invited them to take whichever fire seeds they wanted.

Xie Feng and Sushang received two hundred high-quality fire seeds from Ge Kuangwo as the Heavenly Ranking changed, raising Yu Xuan to third place after he refined Heavenly Mortal Jade Ginseng. Yu Xuan became determined to meet Xie Feng, rushed to Wuyou Academy, and demanded to know where he was.

• Ge Kuangwo selected and gave Sushang two hundred exceptional growth-phase fire seeds for Xie Feng.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Yu Xuan in third place with SSSS potential and an overall assessment of 90.
• Yu Xuan credited two roots of Heavenly Mortal Jade Ginseng and the Ghost Clan's secret art for his improved ranking, then resolved to surpass everyone.
• The Ghost Emperor told Yu Xuan that Xie Feng and a mysterious woman in red had helped defeat Asura Island and destroyed several powerful weapons.
• Yu Xuan hurried to Wuyou Academy and demanded that Gu Xuan reveal Xie Feng's location, while Gu Xuan calmly offered him tea.

Yu Xuan attacked Gu Xuan at Wuyou Academy while demanding Xie Feng and the Heavenly Mortal Jade Ginseng, but Chen Ling drove him off and defended the Dust Clan. On Flame Island, Xie Feng prepared to upgrade his sacred items with flame seeds and discovered writing on the Spirit Thunder Emperor Fire.

• Yu Xuan threatened Gu Xuan and tried to choke him when Gu Xuan refused to reveal Xie Feng’s whereabouts or hand over the Heavenly Mortal Jade Ginseng.
• Chen Ling arrived, knocked Yu Xuan down, and forced him to leave Wuyou Academy.
• Gu Xuan told Chen Ling that Yu Xuan had been looking for Xie Feng and demanding the Heavenly Mortal Jade Ginseng.
• Xie Feng laid out six sacred items on Flame Island and chose the Spirit Thunder Emperor Fire to upgrade the Cherished Wine Cup Sword.
• Xie Feng noticed two lines of writing on the flame seed: “Mo Yang emerged from Heavenly Pass, amid water and clouds.”

Xie Feng refined flame seeds into six Emperor Grade treasures and comprehended the Eternal Sword Dao, while Sushang advanced to the Dao Venerable Realm and learned the Mortal World Sword Dao. The chapter ended as Sushang began sparring with Xie Feng using her first Mortal World Sword Dao form.

• Xie Feng refined the Northern Nether Illusory Emperor Flame and comprehended the Eternal Sword Dao from the flame seed’s power of longing.
• A mysterious woman sensed the flame seed’s return and recognized it as one she had once lost.
• Xie Feng used five more flame seeds to upgrade the Azure Profound Fan, Radiant Sun Sword, Water Dragon Chant, Supreme Dream Robe, and Immortal-Slaying Furnace into Emperor Grade treasures.
• Sushang comprehended the Mortal World Sword Dao from the Mortal World Emperor Flame and broke through to the first stage of the Dao Venerable Realm.
• Xie Feng revealed his Eternal Sword Dao and raised his cultivation to the fourth stage of the Dao Venerable Realm before agreeing to spar with Sushang.
• Sushang attacked Xie Feng with the Radiant Sun Sword, using the first form of the Mortal World Sword Dao, Mortal World Meets Joy.

Xie Feng tested Sushang’s sword skills, learned that Changying was drinking with Long Yinyu in the Nether Clan, and arranged supplies for Flame Island. After hearing that Yu Xuan had attacked Wuyou College, Xie Feng dismissed him as weak and learned that Chen Ling had intervened to protect Dean Gu Xuan.

• Xie Feng defeated Sushang’s three sword moves with a palm strike, then advised her to remain humble and keep training.
• Sushang told Xie Feng that Zhou Jin had been crowned king in Dawn Forest and was inheriting his ancestral abilities.
• Xie Feng learned from Changying’s voice transmission that she was drinking and trading storybooks with Long Yinyu at the Jade Qilin Workshop.
• Luo Ling delivered supplies funded by Xie Feng to Ge Kuangwo on Flame Island, and Ge Kuangwo accepted them.
• Luo Ling told Xie Feng that Yu Xuan had gone to Wuyou College, destroyed property, and fought Dean Gu Xuan before Chen Ling arrived to protect the dean.

Xie Feng lured Yu Xuan to Green Pine Pavilion and had him beaten by a silver dragon before discussing the heavenly mortal jade ginseng. He left Yu Xuan waiting for an answer by telling him to return in ten years.

• Xie Feng told Luo Ling to summon Yu Xuan to Green Pine Pavilion, then prepared to meet him.
• Yu Xuan arrived with Luo Ling and climbed the mountain, but Luo Ling stopped before the pavilion.
• A silver dragon attacked Yu Xuan and battered him despite his counterattack with the Ten Thousand Nether Ghost Art and Cold Wasteland Wrath Palm.
• Xie Feng appeared, feigned ignorance about the attack, and invited Yu Xuan to discuss the jade ginseng over tea.
• Yu Xuan offered 150 million Dao Crystals per root, but Xie Feng said he would consider the offer for ten years.

Xie Feng drove a hard bargain with Yu Xuan, trading two Heavenly Mortal Jade Ginsengs for his treasures and 1.4 billion in cash before confronting him about the Ghost Clan's role in the attack on Flame Island. After revealing that his Heavenly Ranking strength had surged to the fourth stage of the Dao Venerable Realm, Xie Feng left Yu Xuan alarmed and trying to flee.

• Xie Feng raised the price of each Heavenly Mortal Jade Ginseng from five hundred million to eight hundred million after Yu Xuan hesitated.
• Yu Xuan paid 1.4 billion and surrendered his Xuanran Sword, cultivation techniques, a spatial ring, monster cores, and gold belt for two ginsengs.
• Xie Feng confronted Yu Xuan about the Ghost Clan's involvement in the war on Flame Island, and Yu Xuan revealed the Ghost Clan wanted its weapons.
• Xie Feng showed Yu Xuan that the Heavenly Ranking listed him at the fourth stage of the Dao Venerable Realm, alongside advances for Changying and Sushang.
• Yu Xuan suspected he had been lured to Flame Island and tore open space in an attempt to escape.

Xie Feng trapped and captured Yu Xuan, then kept him alive for his value to the Ghost Clan. In the Star Clan, Pei Jue clashed with his uncle Pei Shanhe over his guard Xiao Tian and the ideals Pei Jue intends to pursue if he takes power.

• Xie Feng ordered Ge Kuangwo, Feng Qing, and Yue Lang to capture Yu Xuan alive after sealing off Flame Island.
• Yue Lang knocked Yu Xuan unconscious, and Xie Feng took the heavenly mortal jade ginseng and ordered Yu Xuan locked up.
• Pei Jue met with his uncle Pei Shanhe in Star City and learned that the Nether Passage Secret Realm would soon open, giving him a chance to inherit the Star Ancestor's power and formally take charge of the Star Clan.
• Pei Shanhe criticized Pei Jue for keeping Xiao Tian as his guard, but Pei Jue refused to replace his childhood companion.
• Pei Shanhe questioned whether Pei Jue would enact his ideals if he took power and accused Pei Jue's master of teaching them, upsetting Pei Jue.

Pei Jue confronted Pei Shanhe over his suspicions, while Pei Shanhe warned him about speaking too bluntly and struck him as a lesson. On Buddha Island, Buddha Emperor Ye Zhu heard of Xie Feng’s victory at Flame Island, then tended to his young disciple Xiao Mo and asked him about the changing seasons.

• Pei Jue accused Pei Shanhe of waiting to depose him, and Pei Shanhe warned him that careless words could invite danger before striking his shoulder.
• Buddha Venerable Lingdu reported that Xie Feng and a powerful woman in red had saved Flame Island and destroyed three Emperor Swords.
• Ye Zhu said Xie Feng would not become his enemy, describing him as a man beyond the control of heaven, earth, and humanity.
• Xiao Mo brought Ye Zhu blooming orchids, drank his bitter medicine, and was told to wash the bowl as a form of cultivation.
• Ye Zhu asked Xiao Mo how flowers and plants differed through the four seasons.

Ye Zhu asked Xiao Mo about his ideals while the Ghost Lords rescued Yu Xuan from Flame Island, only to be attacked by a Great Dao Beast resembling a black sun. Ming Mi saved Yu Xuan, and Xie Feng arrived after Solar Zhuzhao advanced into a Great Dao Beast.

• Ye Zhu spoke to Xiao Mo about the changing flowers and asked whether he had an ideal; Xiao Mo said he only wanted to stay by his master's side and tend the flowers.
• Fan Jian and Lin Xin broke Yu Xuan out of the Flame Island prison using the Heaven-Slaying Ruler and escaped with him across the Corpse-Burying Sea.
• A black sun rose from the sea and swallowed Lin Xin and Fan Jian, while Yu Xuan fled from the Great Dao Beast.
• Ming Mi appeared, rescued Yu Xuan, and struck the black sphere with a massive palm imprint, forcing it back.
• Xie Feng arrived over the sea after Solar Zhuzhao advanced from a sacred beast to a Great Dao Beast.

Xie Feng fought Ming Mi, the Ghost Clan’s powerful deputy clan leader, until Changying trapped her in the Vast Sea Dao Scroll. Ming Mi broke free, leaving the battle unresolved as Changying admitted her weak mental power might not hold the Dao Emperor for long.

• Xie Feng confronted Ming Mi after she arrived to avenge the Ghost Clan and struck him with a palm that forced him back.
• Ming Mi dismissed Xie Feng’s strength and attacked with tens of thousands of swords, while Xie Feng prepared to draw the Extreme Dao Sword.
• Changying appeared with the Vast Sea Dao Scroll and trapped Ming Mi inside its uncanny space.
• Ming Mi shattered the scroll’s space and returned to the Corpse-Burying Sea, while Changying restored the scroll and worried about her limited mental power.
• Yu Xuan mocked Changying’s poor cultivation, and Xie Feng told her that Yu Xuan was someone who wanted to kill him.

Changying killed Yu Xuan, and Xie Feng used the Extreme Dao Sword to kill Ming Mi after she attacked. After the Ghost Emperor escaped with Ming Mi’s remains, Xie Feng recognized his new acquaintance as Lü Yan, the Cloud Clan’s princess, and Ge Kuangwo learned that Flame Island’s attackers were dead.

• Changying drowned Yu Xuan in the Corpse-Burying Sea, and the sea’s pressure made his body explode.
• Ming Mi attacked Changying, but Xie Feng drew the Extreme Dao Sword and killed her with a single strike.
• The Ghost Emperor appeared, gathered Ming Mi’s remains, and escaped after warning Xie Feng that he would remember him.
• Xie Feng identified Long Yinyu as Lü Yan, the Cloud Clan’s princess, and she revealed her face and agreed to his offer of friendship.
• Ge Kuangwo arrived to report Yu Xuan’s escape, and Changying told him that Yu Xuan, Fan Jian, Lin Xin, and Ming Mi were dead.

After Flame Island’s allies gathered, Xie Feng quietly cultivated and broke through to the fifth stage of the Dao Venerable Realm. Lü Yan then visited him and revealed that she was the workshop master of the Jade Qilin Workshop, asking him to verify his identity with the black card Demon Emperor Chu Kuang had given him.

• Xie Feng asked Ge Kuangwo to repay his guilt with fire seeds or Dao Crystals, and Ge Kuangwo discovered that Lü Yan was the Cloud Clan’s princess and Changying’s friend.
• Ge Kuangwo planned to strengthen the defenses around the Corpse-Burying Sea, while Xie Feng and the others returned to Flame Island.
• Xie Feng meditated through the night, advanced to the fifth stage of the Dao Venerable Realm, and reviewed his cultivation resources and treasures.
• Lü Yan entered Xie Feng’s room and began removing her cloak, prompting him to misunderstand her intentions before she explained that it obstructed her card.
• Lü Yan told Xie Feng that she ran the Jade Qilin Workshop, whose owner was Demon Emperor Chu Kuang, and asked him to show the Jade Qilin Black Card; Xie Feng took out Ge Ya’s key ring instead.

Xie Feng showed Lü Yan the many rare faction tokens his Second Senior Brother had given him, including a Jade Qilin Black Card, and she realized how powerful his connection to Demon Emperor Chu Kuang was. He asked Lü Yan to fund an academy where ten Literary Dao grandmasters would teach him alone, then grew interested when she mentioned the Dao Realm’s number one bank.

• Xie Feng found another genuine Jade Qilin Black Card among the tokens and let Lü Yan inspect the key ring.
• Lü Yan recognized tokens from powerful Dao Realm factions and concluded that Xie Feng’s status as Demon Emperor Chu Kuang’s junior brother made him their honored guest.
• Xie Feng asked Lü Yan whether his Jade Qilin Black Card let him take anything from the Jade Qilin Workshop, and she confirmed that it did.
• Xie Feng asked Lü Yan to establish an academy and hire ten Literary Dao grandmasters to teach him alone, and she agreed.
• Xie Feng asked whether the Jade Qilin Workshop had enough money to support his future plans, and Lü Yan assured him that it did.
• Xie Feng became interested when Lü Yan mentioned the Dao Realm’s number one bank.

Xie Feng spent Dao Crystals to reveal and learn the Vast Righteous Qi Cultivation Method from the Literary Dao Sacred Canon, then advanced two major realms. He also received five billion Dao Crystals from Lü Yan and requested information about Asura Island.

• Xie Feng read the Literary Dao Sacred Canon through the night, opening nearly a hundred literary meridians and reaching the late Literary Constitution Realm.
• Xie Feng discovered that burning Dao Crystals revealed the blank pages of the sacred canon and spent nearly all his funds uncovering the Vast Righteous Qi Cultivation Method.
• Xie Feng contacted Lü Yan for money, and she transferred five billion Dao Crystals to his Jade Qilin Black Card.
• Xie Feng asked Lü Yan for detailed information on Asura Island, and she sent him a scroll through the spacetime transfer talisman.
• Xie Feng spent more Dao Crystals to reveal the method's remaining text and learned Vast as Wrath, reaching the late Literary Spirit Realm with 2,300 literary meridians.

Changying fought off Asura Island assassins at the Corpse-Burying Sea and heard a mysterious chime that empowered them before she killed them. On Flame Island, Xie Feng’s poetry unleashed a spectacular Talent Qi phenomenon, and Gu Weiyu confronted him with an unclear purpose.

• Changying rode her Kun on patrol and ambushed Asura Island assassins with the Emperor Sword, Great Cluster, killing half of them.
• A faint chime rang, and the surviving assassins abruptly gained strength and charged Changying, who destroyed them all with another sword strike.
• Changying sensed an unseen gaze from the heavens before leaving the misty sea.
• Xie Feng recited Wang Wei’s poem and felt his Literary Dao power being consumed as he spoke.
• Xie Feng’s Talent Qi surged into the sky and formed a vast cloud dragon.
• Gu Weiyu appeared, and Xie Feng recognized her as the Spirit Clan princess and Asura Island’s island lord.

Xie Feng resisted Gu Weiyu’s deadly poisons and overpowered her, but she suddenly advanced to the Dao Master Realm and attacked without regard for her wounds. As Asura Island launched an invasion of Flame Island, two figures appeared in the sky, stopping both sides’ fighting.

• Xie Feng mocked Gu Weiyu, caught her poisonous whip, and dispelled its poison with his Dao Power.
• Gu Weiyu unleashed Heavenly Rain Butterfly Poison, but the butterflies withered against Xie Feng’s Supreme Dream Robe.
• Xie Feng attacked with the Cherished Wine Cup as Gu Weiyu abruptly advanced from the Dao Venerable Realm to the Dao Master Realm and continued charging despite being pierced through the heart.
• Xie Feng seized Gu Weiyu by the throat as three million Asura Island assassins appeared and attacked Flame Island.
• Ge Kuangwo mobilized one million defenders while the battle raged across the Corpse-Burying Sea.
• Two figures appeared amid ten thousand rays of silver light, and the fighters from both islands stopped.

Xie Feng killed Gu Weiyu and led Flame Island to destroy Asura Island’s million-strong army. He then sought out the secluded Elder Juhua, who learned that Asura Island had fallen and demanded to know where Xie Feng was.

• Xie Feng tested Asura Island’s assassins by threatening Gu Weiyu, then burned her to death when they refused to surrender.
• Ge Kuangwo led Flame Island’s counterattack while Xie Feng’s Northern Nether Illusory Emperor Flame swept through Asura Island’s forces, destroying its million-strong army.
• Xie Feng asked Ge Kuangwo about Buddha Island and decided that Flame Island should leave it alone for now.
• Ge Kuangwo warned that Asura Island’s elders remained in seclusion, and Xie Feng said they should strike first.
• Elder Juhua emerged from seclusion in the Spirit Clan’s bamboo forest, and Xie Feng told him that Gu Weiyu and Asura Island had fallen.
• Elder Juhua believed Xie Feng’s news and demanded to know who had destroyed Asura Island and where Xie Feng was.

Xie Feng annihilated Asura Island by killing Elder Ju Hua, a hidden Dao Lord, and an old woman with the Extreme Dao Sword, reaching the sixth stage of the Dao Venerable Realm. The Ghost Clan, Blaze Clan, and Spirit Clan leaders learned of the destruction and began planning how to deal with him.

• Xie Feng killed Elder Ju Hua with the Extreme Dao Sword after revealing himself as Asura Island's enemy.
• Xie Feng found a man hiding in a submerged cave and killed him with one sword strike, leaving him unaware of his killer's identity.
• Xie Feng killed the old woman waiting for him in a swamp, then advanced to the sixth stage of the Dao Venerable Realm and completed Asura Island's annihilation.
• Ghost Emperor, Yan Ming, and Gu Tao met secretly and discussed their losses and their orders to expand their forces across the Dao Realm.
• Ghost Emperor warned the others that Xie Feng was ruthless and wielded the Extreme Dao Sword, and the three leaders began devising a plan against him.

Xie Feng demonstrated his alchemy and agreed to teach Cheng Liu's sword students for a large fee before visiting the newly completed Pill Maple Academy. He met Lü Yan at the gates and learned that all ten invited Literary Dao grandmasters had arrived.

• Xie Feng used the Northern Nether Illusory Emperor Flame to perfect the students' pills and urged them to practice diligently.
• Cheng Liu raised his offer to ten million before Xie Feng agreed to give a lesson at his weapons class.
• Ten days later, Lü Yan told Xie Feng that Pill Maple Academy had been completed on Dark Ink Mountain.
• Xie Feng arrived at the academy, learned the ten Literary Dao grandmasters were waiting, and asked Lü Yan to take him to meet them.

Xie Feng challenged the ten Literary Dao grandmasters Lü Yan had brought to teach him, rejecting their expected deference and basic lecture. After he demanded a sparring match, he summoned Literary Qi, leaving the masters to face his challenge.

• Lü Yan introduced Xie Feng to the ten grandmasters, who doubted that he deserved their instruction because his Literary Dao realm was only late Literary Spirit Realm.
• Xie Feng demanded that the grandmasters introduce themselves and argued that they had to demonstrate their abilities before earning his respect.
• Grandmaster Zhang began explaining basic Literary Dao theory, but Xie Feng stopped him and demanded practical instruction instead.
• Xie Feng challenged the grandmasters to spar, and Grandmaster Ye questioned whether he had combat experience.
• Xie Feng summoned streams of Literary Qi around himself.

Xie Feng defeated the grandmasters with Vast as Wrath, drove three away, and learned that one of them had died from shame. After recognizing Han Yu and studying Grandmaster Ye’s Golden Mouth and Jade Words technique, Xie Feng claimed he had mastered it and challenged Ye to a fight.

• Xie Feng unleashed Vast as Wrath, destroying Pill Maple Academy and forcing the grandmasters into a fierce battle before Grandmaster Ye countered his attack with Golden Mouth and Jade Words.
• Xie Feng rebuilt the academy and ordered the three grandmasters who had retreated to leave; a servant reported that Grandmaster Mo had died after ramming his head into a wall in shame.
• Grandmaster Han recited ideas from “On Teachers,” and Xie Feng recognized him as Han Yu and greeted him respectfully.
• Xie Feng asked Grandmaster Ye to teach him Golden Mouth and Jade Words, then claimed he had mastered the technique after reading its scroll for a few seconds.
• Xie Feng challenged Grandmaster Ye to fight and told him to prepare his defenses; Ye confidently agreed to let Xie Feng strike first.

Xie Feng used Golden Mouth and Jade Words to overpower Grandmaster Ye, then forced the remaining grandmasters to demonstrate their skills. After learning Lip Spears and Tongue Swords almost instantly, Xie Feng insisted that Grandmaster Han Yu test him.

• Xie Feng made Grandmaster Ye kneel with one word and shattered his Literary Law Barrier with another.
• Grandmaster Ye admitted he had nothing to teach Xie Feng and left after insisting he would not bash his head against a wall.
• Xie Feng attacked the remaining grandmasters with lightning storms, and two fled after being knocked away.
• Grandmaster Han Yu used Return of Ten Thousand Swords to destroy the storms and explained Lip Spears and Tongue Swords to Xie Feng.
• Xie Feng read Han Yu's scroll and claimed he had learned the technique, shocking Han Yu and the other grandmasters.
• Xie Feng asked Han Yu to test his new skill, but Han Yu nervously refused.