Recaps

Gu Yuan explained the Xuanji Sect’s leadership and introduced the Devil Emperor’s junior brother, Xie Feng, to Lu Yinjian and the Seven Heroes. After the group entered the sect to pay their respects, Ge Ya opened the door and asked who they were and why they were awake in the middle of the night.

• Gu Yuan told the group that Xie Feng was the Xuanji Sect’s sect master and a Chaos Physique who had reached the Indestructible Realm in his thirties.
• Lu Yinjian noticed Sushang on the Heavenly Ranking, and Gu Yuan warned Ziyun not to say anything outrageous to her.
• Gu Yuan warned the group about Yue Heng, a ninth-tier Indestructible Saint who had once been the domain lord of the Longevity Domain.
• Lu Yinjian, Shuangyan, Ziyun, and Huo Xiaoyan followed Gu Yuan to Ge Ya’s courtyard and saluted the Devil Emperor outside the closed door.
• Ge Ya opened the door, looked at the visitors, and asked who they were and why they were not asleep in the middle of the night.

Lu Yinjian and his companions met the injured Devil Emperor Ge Ya at the Xuanji Sect, where Sushang arrived after reaching the Indestructible Realm Fifth Stage. Lu Yinjian tried to court her and gave her a Dao Grade pill furnace, but Ge Ya took it, while Gu Yuan reminded everyone that she was Xie Feng’s sworn sister; Xie Feng continued cultivating as visitors appeared in his courtyard.

• Lu Yinjian asked Gu Yuan about the mysterious person who had injured Ge Ya in the Fourth Universe, then refused to delay his plan despite the Devil Emperor’s condition.
• Ge Ya demanded food and threatened the group until Sushang brought him a roast goose leg; everyone learned she had broken through to the Indestructible Realm Fifth Stage.
• Lu Yinjian introduced himself to Sushang and offered her a Dao Grade pill furnace, but Ge Ya took the gift for safekeeping.
• Gu Yuan warned Lu Yinjian and the others that Sushang was Xie Feng’s sworn sister, while Lu Yinjian insisted Xie Feng must know they had arrived.
• Xie Feng continued absorbing the Emperor Beginning Sword’s energy beneath a maple tree as four people appeared in front of him.

Xie Feng finished refining the Long-lasting Eternal Grass and revealed that he had reached the Indestructible Saint realm, astonishing Lu Yinjian and his companions. After reaffirming that he would not become Lu Yinjian’s enemy unless the ruler betrayed the Devil Emperor, Xie Feng asked to speak with him alone.

• Xie Feng recognized Lu Yinjian and his companions as people from the Imperial Evil Realm, then teased them while stalling to finish refining the Long-lasting Eternal Grass.
• Lu Yinjian offered Xie Feng ten Dao Grade cultivation techniques as a meeting gift, and Xie Feng accepted them.
• Xie Feng rose and revealed his breakthrough to the third stage of Indestructible Saint, reclaiming first place on the Heavenly Ranking and causing a sensation across the Origin Realm.
• Lu Yinjian said he hoped they would not become enemies and asked Xie Feng to care for the Devil Emperor, offering to fulfill any request.
• Xie Feng asked Lu Yinjian to speak with him alone, and after the others left, he invited Lu Yinjian to share tea.

Xie Feng drew a boundary between himself and the Devil Race, learned Lu Yinjian planned to attack the Illusory Void Feilian Race, and began questioning whether he loved Xiao Shang. He returned to the Feilian territory with Ge Ya, where Su Jin told him that Nan Mingli was furious over the Long-lasting Eternal Grass being moved.

• Xie Feng told Lu Yinjian to keep the Devil Race away from him and his friends, and Lu Yinjian agreed to spare the Illusory Void Feilian Race after revealing it had been his intended target.
• Lu Yinjian praised Xiao Shang before leaving, prompting Little Sword to suggest that he had fallen for her and to guide Xie Feng through his jealousy.
• Kong Qiusu challenged Little Sword's romantic advice and knocked him unconscious during their argument.
• Xie Feng gave Yue Heng Lu Yinjian's cultivation technique to teach the disciples, then took Ge Ya back to the Illusory Void Feilian Race for safety.
• Su Jin told Xie Feng that Nan Mingli was enraged after learning he had moved the Long-lasting Eternal Grass, and Ge Ya confronted Su Jin after overhearing his complaint.

Nan Mingli confronted Su Jin over the Long-lasting Eternal Grass and his father, then attacked Xie Feng after learning he had killed her elder. Xie Feng forced her to retreat and explained that provoking her would make her act rashly, giving them a chance to bring her down and secure Su Jin’s succession.

• Fang Chong accused Su Jin of uprooting Nan Mingli’s Long-lasting Eternal Grass, but his subordinates refused to attack Su Jin.
• Nan Mingli arrived, announced that the Illusory Void Tournament was the next day, and told Su Jin that his father’s health was worsening.
• Xie Feng revealed that he was from Eastern Dawn Valley and had killed Nan Mingli’s elder, prompting Nan Mingli to attack him.
• Xie Feng stopped Nan Mingli with the Extreme Dao Sword and cut off Fang Chong’s right thumb when Fang Chong’s group moved.
• Nan Mingli retreated and left in a rage, and Xie Feng told Su Jin he had provoked her so her anger would make her plans easier to exploit.

Cong Yun resolved the Illusory Void Feilian Race’s dispute over the Dao Crystal mountain range, then threatened Nan Mingli when she asked for help against Xie Feng, whom Cong Yun called her friend. The Illusory Void Tournament began the next day, and Su Jin entered the glacier alone to hunt flood dragons.

• Cong Yun told Nan Mingli that Cheng Hao would return the Dao Crystal mountain range in three days in exchange for one billion Origin Coins, and accepted a third of the range as thanks.
• Nan Mingli asked Cong Yun to help her deal with Xie Feng, but Cong Yun warned that the Illusory Void Feilian Race would be destroyed if anyone harmed her friend.
• At the tournament gathering, Su Jin traded barbs with Fang Chong, Fang Liu, Su Song, and Su Bo while he stood apart from the other contestants.
• The Illusory Void Tournament began, with contestants entering the glacier to capture ten Golden Flood Dragons or one hundred White Flood Dragons.
• Su Jin avoided the crowd and headed alone into a secluded area of the glacier.

Su Jin joined Xie Feng and Ge Ya in hunting flood dragons during the Illusory Void Tournament, then tried to rob Fang Chong of a golden flood dragon pearl. Fang Chong revealed five powerful hidden experts, and Su Jin recognized the ambush as Nan Mingli’s attempt to kill him.

• Su Jin killed a white flood dragon and collected its life-energy pearl before Xie Feng and Ge Ya arrived.
• Xie Feng and Ge Ya joined Su Jin, who explained the tournament’s flood-dragon rules and agreed to hunt golden flood dragons with them.
• The group encountered Fang Chong after he killed a young golden flood dragon and claimed its pearl.
• At Xie Feng’s urging, Su Jin tried to rob Fang Chong, who accused the outsiders of entering the tournament illegally.
• Fang Chong summoned five sixth- or seventh-stage Indestructible Realm experts, and Su Jin suspected Nan Mingli had arranged the ambush.

Xie Feng rescued Su Jin from Fang Chong and his elders, then continued hunting flood dragons with Su Jin and Ge Ya. At an ice mountain, Ge Ya awakened the Golden Flood Dragon King, whose summons drew countless golden lights from across the glacier.

• Xie Feng killed two Indestructible Realm elders and used sword Qi to destroy Fang Chong and the remaining elders as they fled.
• Su Jin told Xie Feng that more golden flood dragons remained, and the three continued hunting until Su Jin had collected ten white pearls and one golden pearl.
• Xie Feng sensed powerful presences inside an ice mountain, but Ge Ya charged forward and cracked the ice, releasing golden light.
• The Golden Flood Dragon King recognized Ge Ya and accused him of slaughtering the Golden Jiao Clan two hundred years earlier.
• The Golden Flood Dragon King burst through the ice, roared a summons, and drew countless pillars of golden light from all four directions.

Xie Feng defeated the Golden Flood Dragon King and hundreds of golden flood dragons, helping Su Jin collect enough golden beads to secure first place in the tournament. A powerful visitor named Feng Changyan arrived and challenged Ge Ya, while Su Jin warned Xie Feng that Feng Changyan belonged to a supreme Earthborn Devil Creature race.

• The Golden Flood Dragon King led five hundred golden flood dragons against Xie Feng, Su Jin, and Ge Ya.
• Xie Feng used his Eternal Sword Dao and northern nether extreme dao fire to rout the dragons and kill the Golden Flood Dragon King.
• Xie Feng told Su Jin to collect the golden beads, and Su Jin gathered enough to secure first place in the tournament.
• Ge Ya noticed a black-clad man approaching, and the man identified him as Devil Emperor Ge Ya.
• Xie Feng demanded the stranger's name, and Su Jin revealed he was Feng Changyan, one of the three Phoenix Lords of the Nine Netherworld Phoenix race.
• Su Jin said the Illusory Void Feilian Race could not afford to offend Feng Changyan, but Xie Feng told him to stand aside if he was scared.

Feng Changyan tried to take Ge Ya to the Nine Netherworld Phoenix Race, and Xie Feng fought to stop him. Great Emperor Cong Yun intervened and drove Feng Changyan away, leaving Nan Mingli stunned to see her protecting Xie Feng.

• Xie Feng confronted Feng Changyan over his attempt to take Ge Ya, then fought him and was injured by his claws.
• Feng Changyan unleashed an Extreme Dao Arrow and advanced to the first tier of Indestructible Saint Venerable as he attacked Xie Feng.
• Great Emperor Cong Yun appeared, struck Feng Changyan away, and revealed her friendship with Xie Feng, Ge Ya, and Su Jin's mother.
• Cong Yun ordered Feng Changyan to leave, and he departed rather than risk his life.
• Nan Mingli appeared and asked why Cong Yun was on Xie Feng's side.

Xie Feng took Nan Mingli to a hidden space in the Golden Devil Emperor Silkworm Race’s territory and asked her to use her illusion arts to recreate what had happened at Kong Qiusu’s tombstone. Nan Mingli claimed she could not, and Xie Feng threatened to kill her if she kept refusing.

• Nan Mingli tried to kill Su Jin, but Xie Feng knocked her unconscious and then stopped her when she attacked Su Jin again after waking.
• Xie Feng asked Nan Mingli to accompany him to the Golden Devil Emperor Silkworm Race, and she agreed after he guaranteed her safety.
• Xie Feng left Su Jin behind on the glacier and traveled through a spatial tunnel with Ge Ya and Nan Mingli to Spirit Silence Swamp.
• Xie Feng entered a mysterious dark forest and brought Nan Mingli to the spot where he had previously seen Kong Qiusu’s tombstone.
• Xie Feng ordered Nan Mingli to use her power of retracing to recreate the scenes from the site, but she claimed she had never learned the art.
• Xie Feng gave Nan Mingli three seconds to reconsider and threatened to make the ground beneath her feet her grave if she still refused.

Xie Feng forced Nan Mingli to recreate a projected gravestone, and the ring left by the gravekeeper transported him to a strange grassland beneath a black mist barrier. There, he encountered ten masked men who recognized the ring and accused him of killing their youngest.

• Xie Feng threatened Nan Mingli until she agreed to use her Illusion Saint Lineage art to recreate the gravestone.
• Nan Mingli summoned a bare stone stele from the ground, and Xie Feng touched it as the gravekeeper’s ring began to glow.
• The ring engulfed Xie Feng and carried him to a vast grassland with unfamiliar energy and a distant snowy peak.
• Ten black-clad men wearing tooth-like masks flew from the mountain and confronted Xie Feng.
• The central masked man recognized the ring and accused Xie Feng of killing their youngest, prompting all ten to prepare to attack.

Xie Feng and his companions fought the guardians of a mysterious snowy peak, then became trapped in the sealed space after Nan Mingli disappeared. Qianying broke through the barrier and rescued them, leaving her surprised to recognize Ge Ya as the Devil Emperor from historical records.

• Xie Feng attacked the ten guardians with the Emperor Beginning Sword, but they overwhelmed him until Ge Ya arrived and unleashed Jiang Fei's Crimson Moon.
• Crimson Moon killed nine guardians and pierced their leader, allowing Xie Feng to destroy the leader's body and capture his soul.
• Xie Feng and his companions found the exit gone and realized Nan Mingli had likely escaped, leaving them trapped as the snowy peak's threat loomed.
• Little Sword failed to break through the space, but Qianying appeared and opened a hole in the barrier.
• Xie Feng, Ge Ya, and Little Sword returned with Qianying to Spirit Silence Swamp, where Qianying warned that the forbidden ground was dangerous.
• Qianying recognized Ge Ya as the Devil Emperor of the Imperial Evil Realm from historical records.

After Qianying learned Nan Mingli was still inside the Golden Devil Emperor Silkworm Race, she ordered a search while Xie Feng and Little Sword warned her about Nan Mingli’s role in trapping them. Sushang and Yue Heng intercepted Nan Mingli at the border and forced her to sign a contract surrendering resources, but someone called her back just as she was allowed to leave.

• Qianying told Xie Feng that Gu Yuan had stolen her race’s queen cocoon and that Lu Yinjian had fought her race, but said she held no grudge against her teacher.
• Little Sword reminded Xie Feng and Qianying that Nan Mingli had trapped them, so Qianying ordered her forces to search for Nan Mingli and prevent her escape.
• Sushang and Yue Heng blocked Nan Mingli at the Golden Devil Emperor Silkworm Race’s border, and Yue Heng sealed the surrounding space.
• Sushang demanded a ransom, and Nan Mingli agreed to surrender a Dao Realm mineral vein, ten thousand Dao Grade weapons, and a million li of land with dark iron deposits.
• Sushang made Nan Mingli sign the terms in blood before letting her go, but a voice called out to Nan Mingli as she turned to leave.

Xie Feng reunited with Su Jin after Su Jin became the new ruler of the Illusory Void Feilian Race, and arranged for him to deal with Nan Mingli. Xie Feng then presented Su Jin with Nan Mingli's cession agreement, leaving Su Jin protesting that he could not surrender a million li of land.

• Yue Heng knocked Nan Mingli unconscious and dragged her to Sushang, then Xie Feng arrived and crippled most of Nan Mingli's cultivation before leaving her fate to Su Jin.
• Little Sword told Qianying that Sushang was Xie Feng's future wife, and Qianying admitted her feelings for her teacher would go unblessed.
• Xie Feng and Ge Ya traveled to Wind and Waves City, where they heard that Su Jin had become the new ruler after the old patriarch's death and had won the tournament by catching five hundred Golden Flood Dragons.
• Xie Feng met Su Jin in the palace and gave him the blue-gold stone containing Nan Mingli, whom Su Jin crushed after learning she could not be allowed to live.
• Xie Feng presented Su Jin with Nan Mingli's cession agreement, and Su Jin protested that honoring its million-li land transfer would turn the people against him.

After securing half of Su Jin’s benefits, Xie Feng returned to the Xuanji Sect and gave Sushang weapons, cultivation methods, and land-use rights. They interrogated the snowy peak’s captured guardian, who revealed that the Peak of Heaven was in the Fifth Universe and that its entrance was the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road, but he knew little else.

• Xie Feng negotiated with Su Jin and took half of the benefits they had discussed.
• Xie Feng gave Sushang five thousand Dao Grade weapons, five thousand Dao Grade cultivation methods, and rights to Dao Crystal veins and five hundred thousand in land.
• Xie Feng released the snowy peak’s guardian’s soul and questioned him with Sushang while Little Sword watched.
• The guardian said the Peak of Heaven was in the Fifth Universe and named the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road as its entrance.
• The guardian denied knowing Kong Qiusu or how to reach the entrance, and Xie Feng concluded that the soul had no further value to him.

Xie Feng killed a soul entity and helped Sushang break through, while Jiang Fei pursued the silver lightning that had injured Ge Ya and was nearly killed by a stronger one. She reached the Xuanji Sect for shelter and treatment, where she revealed that two silver lightning beings were involved.

• Xie Feng killed the soul entity with Eternity Sword Qi and gave its refined power to Sushang, who advanced to the first stage of Indestructible Saint.
• Jiang Fei killed a streak of lightning in the Third Universe, but a stronger silver lightning attacked her and blasted her into the depths of the universe.
• Jiang Fei arrived at the Xuanji Sect gravely injured, and Ge Ya let her enter and sit with him while she recovered.
• Xie Feng, Sushang, and Yue Heng found Jiang Fei in Ge Ya's courtyard, and Xie Feng gave her healing pills.
• Jiang Fei told Xie Feng and the others that one silver lightning had injured Ge Ya and a second, stronger one had attacked them both.

Xie Feng learned that Mu Bingxing wanted him to grow stronger before revealing his origins, then was struck by a meteorite that introduced itself as the Nether Dao. The Nether Dao claimed it had accidentally attached its Cross-Dimensional Converter to Xie Feng, leaving him to deal with the strange visitor and its stolen device.

• Xie Feng called for Mu Bingxing, but Mu Bingxing ignored him while fishing, and Long Cangxue explained that he needed three years to recover.
• Mu Bingxing admitted he feared sending Xie Feng further into danger, but agreed not to give up and decided to wait until Xie Feng reached the Fifth Universe before revealing his origins.
• Long Cangxue said the Empress had survived because of her extraordinary fate, and Mu Bingxing joked about passing his power to Xie Feng before catching a silver fish.
• A blazing black meteorite struck Xie Feng outside the Xuanji Sect, but his defensive barrier stopped it from seriously injuring him.
• The meteorite identified itself as the Nether Dao, said the Dao of Time was hunting it for its Cross-Dimensional Converter, and claimed it had accidentally attached the converter to Xie Feng.

Xie Feng and the Nether Dao fled across universes from the pursuing Dao of Time using the Cross-Dimensional Converter, which had fused with Xie Feng and drained his energy. They reached the Second Universe and hid on a remote planet, but the Nether Dao warned that the Dao of Time could still sense them.

• Xie Feng discovered the Cross-Dimensional Converter inside his mind, learned it had fused with him, and angrily confronted the Nether Dao for bringing it to him.
• The Dao of Time appeared above Eastern Dawn Valley and pursued Xie Feng and the Nether Dao, draining the vitality of everything in his path.
• Xie Feng activated the converter and escaped with the Nether Dao to the Third Universe, where they realized the Dao of Time could still track them.
• After the Dao of Time caught up again, Xie Feng used the converter to flee with the Nether Dao to the Second Universe.
• Xie Feng chose a desolate, red-soiled planet as a hiding place, but the Nether Dao warned that their strong presence would still reveal them.

Xie Feng used the Double Pupils Ye Yuan had given him to cultivate the power of space, hoping to counter the Dao of Time’s pursuit. He mastered the Double Pupils of the Nine Heavens and broke through from the third to the eighth tier of Indestructible Saint.

• Xie Feng decided that spatial power was his only possible way to resist the Dao of Time, and Kong Qiusu reminded him that he had the Double Pupils.
• The Nether Dao told Xie Feng to sit and comprehend the Double Pupils, while Kong Qiusu confirmed that understanding them was essential to mastering them.
• Xie Feng accidentally sent the pupil into his eye socket, received its cultivation method, and began practicing its manifestations and skills.
• The Double Pupils formed a world within Xie Feng as spatial tremors and powerful energy spread through the surroundings.
• The Nether Dao realized Xie Feng had reached the Double Pupils of the Nine Heavens, and Xie Feng opened one black eye and one purple eye.
• Xie Feng’s cultivation surged from the third tier of Indestructible Saint to the eighth tier.

Xie Feng used the Double Pupils to trap the Dao of Time across nine worlds, then set out for the Fifth Universe despite the Nether Dao’s warning. At Xuanji Sect, Feng Changyan abducted Ge Ya into a domain, but Jiang Fei killed him and Ge Ya absorbed his Netherworld Qi before Leng Ruoshuang arrived and noticed their joined hands.

• Xie Feng trapped the Dao of Time with the Double Pupils and announced he was going to the Fifth Universe.
• Feng Changyan isolated Ge Ya inside a domain at Xuanji Sect and tried to capture him.
• Ge Ya used smoke bombs to flee, but Feng Changyan’s energy spikes overwhelmed his Devil Qi.
• Jiang Fei broke through the domain and killed Feng Changyan with Crimson Moon.
• Ge Ya absorbed Feng Changyan’s Netherworld Qi, then took Jiang Fei’s hand and said he was sleepy.
• Leng Ruoshuang arrived by starship, handed Jiang Fei an object, and noticed her holding Ge Ya’s hand.

Jiang Fei healed herself with Leng Ruoshuang’s medicine, but Ge Ya’s dose unleashed dangerous poison, forcing her to take him away from Eastern Dawn Valley. Meanwhile, Cheng Hao investigated the Xuanji Sect’s unusual physiques, and Ze Ling awakened a golden dragon phantom that revealed another part of her mysterious identity.

• Leng Ruoshuang gave Jiang Fei two healing pills from the lord, and Jiang Fei healed herself with one.
• Jiang Fei gave the other pill to Ge Ya, whose body released a devastating poison after he absorbed its power; she carried him away from Eastern Dawn Valley.
• Cheng Hao and Chiyu identified Sushang and another mysterious Earthborn Devil Creature within the Xuanji Sect as the physiques they sought.
• Chiyu reported that the Imperial Evil Realm had defeated the Blazing Devil Dragon Clan, and Cheng Hao refused to answer Yan Ze’s distress signal.
• Ze Ling cultivated with a Dao Grade technique, and a golden dragon phantom formed in her dantian, revealing a mysterious aspect of her identity.

Cong Yun sensed the Taiyin Imperial Dragon’s presence near the Xuanji Sect and hurried toward it, while Xie Feng and Nether Dao entered the Fifth Universe to escape the pursuing Dao of Time. They reached Falling Snow City, but Xie Feng began doubting whether Nether Dao truly knew the universe at all.

• Cong Yun detected the Taiyin Imperial Dragon’s presence near the Xuanji Sect and set off toward it to find the Taiyin Profound Butterfly.
• Xie Feng and Nether Dao forced their way past the Fifth Universe’s gatekeeper with the Emperor Beginning Sword, and the Dao of Time followed after intimidating the gatekeeper into giving a false direction.
• Silver guides transported Xie Feng and Nether Dao to Falling Snow City, where Nether Dao stole food and Xie Feng suggested seeking refuge in the city.
• Xie Feng confronted Nether Dao about seeming unfamiliar with the Fifth Universe, while Nether Dao blamed its lack of knowledge on social anxiety.

Xie Feng and Nether Dao tried to enter Falling Snow City for refuge, but the gate guards challenged them and a fight broke out. The city lord, Ye Die, stopped Xie Feng's attack and began questioning the pair, leaving them to explain why they needed shelter.

• Xie Feng bluffed the gate guards, but Nether Dao's name failed to convince them to let the pair see the city lord.
• Nether Dao attacked the guards, and Xie Feng unleashed Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire, killing most of them.
• Ye Die appeared and stopped Xie Feng's flames before they could kill the two remaining guards.
• Ye Die rejected Nether Dao's claim to its name and showed a portrait that Nether Dao angrily denied depicting it.
• Xie Feng complimented Ye Die, then said he and Nether Dao needed somewhere to take refuge, and Ye Die questioned whether they were truly homeless.

The Dao of Time pursued Xie Feng over the Cross-Dimensional Converter, but Long Cangxue intervened and forced Heavenly Soul Venerable to stop his subordinate. Long Cangxue left after inviting Heavenly Soul Venerable to Moon River, and he feared what that invitation implied.

• Ye Die helped Xie Feng and the Nether Dao escape, then used poisonous butterflies to trap the Dao of Time.
• The Dao of Time broke free of Ye Die’s formation and prepared to pursue Xie Feng.
• Long Cangxue confronted the Dao of Time and demanded that he stop hunting Xie Feng.
• Heavenly Soul Venerable arrived, bowed to Long Cangxue, and rebuked the Dao of Time for defying her.
• Long Cangxue shook Heavenly Soul Venerable by the neck and told him to control his subordinate.
• Heavenly Soul Venerable confined the Dao of Time for one hundred years, and Long Cangxue invited him to Moon River before leaving.