Recaps

At Evil Sound Hollow, Xie Feng learned that Cong Yun had visited the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road, then returned to Eastern Dawn Valley and reunited with Sushang. The chapter left Xie Feng preparing to seek Cong Yun, while Sushang revealed she had advanced to the Indestructible Saint Fifth Stage.

• The Dao of Time complained about his confinement, but Heavenly Soul Venerable warned that the powerful woman behind it could destroy the Fifth Universe.
• Ye Die brought Xie Feng and the Nether Dao to Evil Sound Hollow and offered Xie Feng wine steeped with a sinister claw.
• Xie Feng asked Ye Die about the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road, and she said a silver-haired woman with a dragon manifestation from his Origin Realm had been there.
• Xie Feng recognized the woman as Cong Yun and used the Cross-Dimensional Converter to return to his Origin Realm.
• Xie Feng found Sushang meditating at the entrance to Eastern Dawn Valley, and she told him she had reached the Indestructible Saint Fifth Stage.
• Xie Feng and Sushang returned to the Xuanji Sect, where she suggested that Senior Brother and the empress were spending the night together.

Lu Yinjian warned Xie Feng about the Nine Netherworld Phoenix Race and tried to hire Sushang, but Xie Feng refused to let her go. When Lu brought Old Man Pine Gatherer to treat the Devil Emperor, Xie Feng revealed Kong Qiusu instead, and the old man immediately kowtowed to him.

• Lu Yinjian told Xie Feng that the Imperial Evil Realm was preparing to fight the Nine Netherworld Phoenix Race and warned him to stay safe after Feng Changyan's death.
• Lu Yinjian asked to hire Sushang as an alchemist, but Xie Feng offered himself and claimed Sushang was too busy, prompting Lu to drop the request.
• Lu Yinjian said he had found an expert who could treat the Devil Emperor, and Xie Feng asked to vet Old Man Pine Gatherer before taking him to see anyone.
• Xie Feng privately told Old Man Pine Gatherer that the person needing help had lost his body and memories and most of his cultivation, and existed only as a soul.
• Xie Feng revealed Kong Qiusu, and Old Man Pine Gatherer recognized him and hurriedly kowtowed.

Old Man Pine Gatherer revealed that Great Emperor Cong Yun could guide Xie Feng and Kong Qiusu to the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road, which might restore Kong Qiusu’s memories. He gave Xie Feng an iron ruyi scepter containing power to raise his flame to Supreme and agreed to help them find Cong Yun.

• Old Man Pine Gatherer greeted Kong Qiusu as his Lord Phoenix, then told Xie Feng that the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road might help restore Kong Qiusu’s memories.
• Old Man Pine Gatherer said Great Emperor Cong Yun was the only person in the Origin Realm who had visited the Fifth Universe and revealed that she was his younger sister and the clan leader of the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race.
• Old Man Pine Gatherer explained that Xie Feng’s Extreme Dao Fire Flame would make the journey difficult unless it reached Supreme.
• Old Man Pine Gatherer gave Xie Feng an iron ruyi scepter containing violent power that could upgrade his flame to Supreme.
• Xie Feng asked Old Man Pine Gatherer to accompany them to find Great Emperor Cong Yun, and the old man agreed in exchange for payment.

Xie Feng persuaded Old Man Pine Gatherer to stay and treat the Devil Emperor, then later melted the iron ruyi and discovered it contained reborn evil-Qi souls. After his Chaos Qi devoured the souls, the ruyi became a colorless seed that Kong Qiusu identified as a Supreme-level fire seed.

• Old Man Pine Gatherer agreed to stay and prepare to treat the Devil Emperor after Xie Feng and Kong Qiusu talked with him.
• Xie Feng left with Sushang holding his hand, leaving Lu Yinjian jealous as Chi Ling teased him for looking like the other man.
• Xie Feng used Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire to melt the iron ruyi, releasing swarms of purplish-black souls that repeatedly reformed after being burned.
• The souls rushed into Xie Feng, but his Chaos Qi devoured them as though they were a tonic, while the commotion alerted the Xuanji Sect.
• The iron ruyi melted into a colorless seed, and Kong Qiusu urged Xie Feng to refine it, identifying it as a Supreme-level fire seed.

Xie Feng fused Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire with the Flame of Heaven Subjugation and the evil Qi souls, creating Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire. He and Old Man Pine Gatherer set out to find Cong Yun, who recognized the old man as her brother after seeing his Taiyin Imperial Dragon Royal Clan mark.

• Kong Qiusu identified the water-colored flame seed as the Supreme-level Flame of Heaven Subjugation, and Xie Feng had Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire devour it and the evil Qi souls.
• Xie Feng's flame transformed into the golden Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire, and he asked Kong Qiusu to help upgrade the Cherished Wine Cup Sword.
• Little Sword appealed to Kong Qiusu for an upgrade, while Kong Qiusu refused to promise that he could help.
• The next day, Xie Feng and Old Man Pine Gatherer said goodbye to Sushang, who discussed taking new disciples into the Xuanji Sect.
• Xie Feng and Old Man Pine Gatherer encountered Cong Yun at the entrance to Eastern Dawn Valley, and Cong Yun recognized Old Man Pine Gatherer as her brother after he showed the Taiyin Imperial Dragon Royal Clan mark.

Xie Feng agreed to let Cong Yun train Ze Ling in exchange for her guiding him to the deadly Purple Paths and Red Dust Road in the Fifth Universe. Devil Emperor Ge Ya arrived with a starship, and the group set off for the Fifth Universe, where the gatekeeper recognized several of them as they passed through the Heavenly Gate.

• Old Man Pine Gatherer revealed that he was Cong Yun's brother, Cong Song, and Cong Yun marveled at how much his secluded life had changed him.
• Cong Yun explained that Ze Ling might carry Taiyin Imperial Dragon royal blood and offered to take her back to train her as a future successor.
• Xie Feng agreed to let Cong Yun train Ze Ling if she would guide him to the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road, and she warned him that it was a forbidden death zone.
• Cong Yun agreed to lead Xie Feng there, and Old Man Pine Gatherer said they needed a starship.
• Devil Emperor Ge Ya arrived in Leng Ruoshuang's starship, which Old Man Pine Gatherer piloted toward the Fifth Universe.
• At the Heavenly Gate, the gatekeeper welcomed Xie Feng aboard and then recognized Ge Ya and Old Man Pine Gatherer with alarm.

Xie Feng and his companions entered the Fifth Universe and began a three-day journey through a spatial passage, while Cong Yun confessed her feelings to Ge Ya and learned he loved Jiang Fei. Elsewhere, Long Cangxue visited Mu Bingxing out of loneliness, and he suggested she pick a fight with the Crimson Radiance Sword Master.

• The gatekeeper warned his boss that Xie Feng had arrived with Old Man Pine Gatherer and other people from the Peak of Heaven, prompting the boss to notify Lord Heavenly Soul Venerable.
• Cong Yun guided Xie Feng and the others through the Fifth Universe’s barrier aboard their starship, which was damaged by the intense heat and corrosive force.
• Cong Yun told Ge Ya that she liked him, but Ge Ya revealed that Jiang Fei had already confessed to him, so Cong Yun left to nurse her heartbreak.
• Long Cangxue visited Mu Bingxing in the Pavilion in the Snow and complained that she was bored and had no friends.
• Mu Bingxing told Long Cangxue that loneliness was her lot and suggested she pick a fight with the Crimson Radiance Sword Master.

Mu Bingxing warned Long Cangxue to protect Xie Feng in the Fifth Universe, and Xie Feng’s group entered the Illusion Realm seeking the Past Like a Dream Mirror. After Xie Feng killed a mysterious monk guarding a pagoda, the group searched its gloomy hall for a way to the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road.

• Mu Bingxing told Long Cangxue that Xie Feng had reached the Fifth Universe and warned her that they would be through if anything happened to him; Long Cangxue offered to take Xie Feng as her disciple.
• Three days later, Xie Feng and his companions arrived in the Illusion Realm, where Cong Yun warned them that illusions and reality were interwoven.
• Cong Yun explained that the Purple Paths and Red Dust Road was a heavenly river containing the Past Like a Dream Mirror, which could trace the past and heal injuries.
• An old monk appeared at the largest pagoda and took on the appearance of Ye Zhu, but Xie Feng recognized his power as an illusion and demanded that he let them pass.
• Xie Feng beheaded the old monk with the Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire, then entered the pagoda with his companions.
• The group searched the pagoda’s gloomy hall for a passage, finding rows of bronze Buddha statues and a towering golden Buddha.

Xie Feng faced the Past Like a Dream Mirror and saw his master Mu Bingxing being tortured in a prison, but Long Cangxue revealed that the scene was real and had happened twenty years earlier. After passing the mirror’s trial, Xie Feng chose to restore memories, though the chapter ended before he selected how many years.

• Xie Feng exposed the Buddha statue as suspicious, and Ge Ya split it open to reveal the Heavenly River and the island of the Past Like a Dream Mirror.
• Cong Yun warned Xie Feng that the mirror’s illusions could stir inner demons, while she, Old Man Pine Gatherer, and Ge Ya refused to enter the trial.
• Xie Feng lifted the mirror’s water curtain and saw Mu Bingxing being tortured and killed in a prison, then attacked the black-clad men through the illusion.
• Long Cangxue knocked Xie Feng out of the mirror and told him that the scene was real and showed Mu Bingxing twenty years earlier.
• Xie Feng passed the trial, chose to save someone, selected the chrysanthemum platform, and chose to restore memories before facing the options for the number of years.

Xie Feng and his companions stopped a purple python from destroying the Past Like a Dream Mirror by nourishing it with Long-lasting Eternal Grass and arranging for Old Man Pine Gatherer to guard Kong Qiusu. After they left the Illusion Realm, the Dao of Time blocked their starship and demanded his Cross-Dimensional Converter, only for Ge Ya to claim it as his own.

• Kong Qiusu entered the Past Like a Dream Mirror for a three-year recovery, but a purple python attacked the mirror and threatened everyone.
• The purple python revealed that the mirror drained its vitality, and Xie Feng offered it Long-lasting Eternal Grass in exchange for protecting Kong Qiusu.
• The Long-lasting Eternal Grass transformed the Heavenly River and restored the purple python's vitality, and Old Man Pine Gatherer stayed behind to watch over Kong Qiusu.
• Xie Feng and the others left the Illusion Realm aboard their starship, but the Dao of Time blocked their path and demanded the Cross-Dimensional Converter.
• Ge Ya emerged and claimed the converter, startling the Dao of Time, who recognized the Devil Emperor.

Ge Ya forced Heavenly Soul Venerable and Dao of Time to compensate Xie Feng for a fabricated injury, then parted ways with his junior brother to investigate the mysterious lightning. Xie Feng received a thousand starships, while Ge Ya set off alone to seek greater strength.

• Dao of Time demanded that Xie Feng return the Cross-Dimensional Converter, so Ge Ya seized him and ordered him to summon Heavenly Soul Venerable.
• Ge Ya accused Dao of Time of injuring Xie Feng, and Xie Feng and Cong Yun backed up the claim.
• Heavenly Soul Venerable judged that Ge Ya was too strong to oppose and ordered Dao of Time to apologize to Xie Feng.
• Ge Ya demanded compensation, and Dao of Time agreed to give Xie Feng one thousand starships.
• Xie Feng received the starships in a storage inscription, and Ge Ya announced that he would stay behind to investigate the lightning and seek opportunities.
• Ge Ya said goodbye to Xie Feng and the others, then vanished into the darkness.

Xie Feng returned to the Origin Realm and headed back to the Xuanji Sect, where Sushang and the others were recruiting disciples. As Gu Yu provoked Sushang, Xie Feng arrived and challenged him.

• Xie Feng decided to return to the Xuanji Sect to cultivate and traveled to Eastern Dawn Valley.
• Sushang oversaw the sect’s recruitment, where applicants could prove themselves by leaving a mark on the Sword Testing Stele or winning challenges.
• Gu Yu defeated ten applicants in a row, then challenged Cang Tong and beat him in ten moves.
• Gu Yu taunted the crowd and challenged Sushang, learning that she was an Indestructible Saint but refusing to back down.
• Xie Feng arrived, swept the crowd aside with his power, and challenged Gu Yu.

Xie Feng arrived at Eastern Dawn Valley and defeated Gu Yu’s Sword Qi panther with a branch, demonstrating his swordsmanship and revealing himself as the Xuanji Sect’s sect master. Impressed by Xie Feng and accepted into the sect, Gu Yu chose to stay and learn from him.

• Xie Feng entered the combat area as Gu Yu attacked him, but he calmly endured the strikes with protective Gang Qi and criticized Gu Yu’s temperament and swordsmanship.
• Gu Yu unleashed a Sword Qi panther, and Xie Feng used an ordinary branch to destroy it, sending Sword Qi across Eastern Dawn Valley and injuring Gu Yu.
• The spectators recognized Xie Feng as the Xuanji Sect’s sect master and number one on the Heavenly Ranking, then joked that his portrait made him look far uglier than he was.
• Gu Yu admitted defeat and asked to join the Xuanji Sect to learn swordsmanship from Xie Feng.
• Sushang praised Gu Yu’s aptitude, and Xie Feng agreed to let him stay.

Xie Feng spoke with new Xuanji Sect disciple Gu Yu, then broke through to the tenth-stage Indestructible Saint. Sushang brought him chestnut porridge, but their tender moment was interrupted when Bai Mo arrived with an invitation from Lu Yinjian.

• Xie Feng questioned Gu Yu about his background and accepted him as an official Xuanji Sect disciple.
• Fifty candidates passed the first day of the Xuanji Sect's Sword Dao recruitment trials.
• Xie Feng broke through to the tenth-stage Indestructible Saint while meditating in his courtyard.
• Sushang brought Xie Feng chestnut porridge, and the two grew physically affectionate before Bai Mo interrupted them.
• Bai Mo told Xie Feng that Lu Yinjian wanted to share spoils from the battle against the Nine Netherworld Phoenix Race, and Xie Feng asked Sushang what she thought.

Xie Feng joined Bai Mo and Gu Yuan on a battlefield in the northern Origin Realm to investigate a forbidden ground after a recent battle. The search stopped when Bai Mo stepped on an ancient pattern that began pulling him underground.

• Xie Feng accepted Bai Mo's invitation to visit the battlefield, while Sushang left to prepare for Alchemical Dao enrollment and Little Sword ate most of the chestnut porridge.
• Xie Feng praised Bai Mo and invited him to join the Xuanji Sect, but Bai Mo chose to remain loyal to the Imperial Evil Realm.
• Bai Mo led Xie Feng to the northern Origin Realm, where Gu Yuan explained that the battlefield was the territory of the Nine Netherworld Phoenix Race and might contain a forbidden ground and hidden treasures.
• As Xie Feng, Gu Yuan, and Bai Mo explored the battlefield, Bai Mo stepped on a faint ancient pattern that pinned his leg and began pulling him down.
• Xie Feng activated his Double Pupils and studied the pattern as his expression grew grave.

Xie Feng discovered and destroyed an ancient Nine Spirits Nether-Gathering Formation on the battlefield, then shared the condensed power of its evil spirits with Gu Yuan and Bai Mo. As the three traveled deeper into the battlefield, they found a vast black pool that Xie Feng identified as an abyss.

• Xie Feng recognized that Bai Mo had disturbed a Nine Spirits Nether-Gathering Formation containing evil spirits beneath its inscriptions.
• Xie Feng used the Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire to kill the evil spirits and dispel the formation.
• The evil spirits’ blood condensed into a palm-sized energy source, which Xie Feng divided equally among himself, Gu Yuan, and Bai Mo.
• Xie Feng, Gu Yuan, and Bai Mo continued deeper into the battlefield until Gu Yuan stopped them before a vast, light-absorbing black pool.
• Xie Feng identified the black pool as an abyss, while Gu Yuan said he had never noticed it during their previous battle.

Xie Feng descended into the abyss and discovered a chained sword spirit whose history was recorded in a mural. When he tried to approach it, the spirit summoned a red-haired monster, which tore through his Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire net.

• Xie Feng spotted a sword's shadow beneath the abyss and decided to descend after Gu Yuan admitted he feared water and Bai Mo said he could not protect him.
• Xie Feng broke through a natural water barrier at the bottom and found a stone chamber containing a blood-red sword spirit bound by three chains.
• Xie Feng uncovered a mural revealing that the sword had belonged to a powerful figure whose body became the abyss, while the enemy's final sealing power trapped the sword's soul below.
• Xie Feng reached toward the sword spirit, which released thick red smoke that formed a red-haired monster and attacked him.
• Xie Feng trapped the monster and sword spirit in a net of Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire, but the monster tore open the net.

Xie Feng defeated the red-haired monster and absorbed the sword spirit’s power, helping Little Sword advance from an Extreme Dao Sword to a Supreme Sword. After thanking Gu Yuan for the Ring of No Calamity, Xie Feng reunited with Lu Yinjian, who revealed that he had marked a place containing something good.

• The red-haired monster attacked Xie Feng, and Little Sword stabbed it but struggled as it absorbed more power than it could handle.
• Xie Feng summoned the Chaos Dragon Elephant to fight the monster and devour its power, while Gu Yuan cast the Ring of No Calamity into the abyss to suppress the sword spirit.
• The dragon and elephant combined their power with Little Sword, which used part of the sword spirit’s power to upgrade into a Supreme Sword.
• Xie Feng returned to shore and thanked Gu Yuan for the ring, then agreed to help him seek a promotion from his position as Evil Lord.
• Lu Yinjian, Shuangyan, and Liuyi arrived, and Lu Yinjian said he had marked a nearby place where something good could be found.

Xie Feng claimed the ancient sword spirit from Lu Yinjian and silenced him with four arguments. Lu Yinjian then asked for help eliminating six enemy formation masters before the next battle, and Xie Feng began considering the request as a business opportunity.

• Lu Yinjian discovered that the sword spirit he had marked was gone, and Xie Feng admitted he had subdued it.
• Xie Feng argued that the sword spirit belonged to him, leaving Lu Yinjian speechless and prompting him to give it up.
• Lu Yinjian dismissed the others and told Xie Feng that the Nine Netherworld Phoenix Race had allied with other forces and blocked his army with a hundred and fifty formations.
• Lu Yinjian explained that six Indestructible Saint Venerable formation masters were behind the formations and worried that Gu Xinglan might support them.
• Lu Yinjian asked Xie Feng to eliminate the six formation masters within three days, and Xie Feng considered turning the request into a business opportunity.

Xie Feng refused to help Lu Yinjian deal with a formation master unless Lu stopped pursuing Xiao Shang, but Lu instead challenged him to a sword fight. Their battle beneath the moon ended with one sword breaking and its wielder thrown back.

• Xie Feng demanded that Lu Yinjian stop pursuing Xiao Shang as payment for his help, but Lu refused and declared that he had fallen in love with her.
• Lu Yinjian challenged Xie Feng to a fight over Xiao Shang, and the two agreed to compete in swordsmanship despite their difference in cultivation realms.
• Xie Feng and Lu Yinjian clashed with their Supreme swords as Gu Yuan, Shuangyan, Bai Mo, and Liuyi watched from behind a boulder.
• Xie Feng briefly stopped fighting, but Lu Yinjian provoked him into resuming their duel with Cherished Wine Cup and Autumn Duckweed.
• The two swords struck edge to edge, and one sword broke as its wielder was flung to the ground.

Xie Feng defeated Lu Yinjian in a sword fight, slapped him twice, and won his promise to stop pursuing Xiao Shang. The two became friends, then Lu Yinjian assigned Xie Feng two grand formation masters to kill, prompting Xie Feng to demand more pay.

• Xie Feng disarmed Lu Yinjian with Dissipation like Smoke and slapped him, then defeated him again with Heart Slaying and landed a second slap.
• Lu Yinjian withdrew his Origin Power, admitted defeat, and promised not to harbor improper thoughts about Xiao Shang.
• Xie Feng listed his many abilities and promised to catch up to Lu Yinjian in the Martial Dao within three years.
• Xie Feng and Lu Yinjian exchanged a high five and became friends.
• Lu Yinjian assigned Xie Feng to kill Su Ye of Calamity City and Yi Hui of Feather City, and Xie Feng demanded more pay for taking on two targets.

Xie Feng used Lu Yinjian’s map to infiltrate Feather City and kill grand formation master Yi Hui, then traveled to Calamity City to attack another group of formation masters. The chapter ended with a new, murderous figure appearing in the doorway after Xie Feng left the scene.

• Lu Yinjian gave Xie Feng a map to Feather City and agreed to put the payment for Xie Feng’s help on his tab.
• Xie Feng entered Feather City and killed Yi Hui, the city’s grand formation master, with the Emperor Beginning Sword.
• Xie Feng traveled to Calamity City, where Liu Ming, Su Ye, and a woman discussed replacing their formation and the Imperial Evil Lord’s attacks.
• Xie Feng killed Liu Ming by mistake, then struck at Su Ye; Su Ye used the woman as a shield and tried to escape, but Xie Feng’s fire and sword killed him.
• Xie Feng left the room, and a murderous figure appeared in the doorway.

Gu Xinglan tracked Xie Feng after finding the heads of Su Ye, Liu Ming, and the middle-aged woman, then attacked him with the power of her clone. Tao Xue intervened and drove Gu Xinglan away, revealing that she was one of hers.

• Gu Xinglan examined the three heads and sealed the space around her as she pursued the person who had killed them.
• Xie Feng was trapped near the Nine Netherworld Phoenix Race's frontier, where Gu Xinglan confronted him and accused him of arranging the heads as a warning.
• Gu Xinglan revealed she was a clone and shattered Xie Feng's flaming shield with a punch, forcing him to retreat.
• Gu Xinglan attacked again, but Tao Xue arrived and repelled her energy palm with a single strike.
• Tao Xue told Gu Xinglan that Xie Feng was one of hers, and Gu Xinglan warned her before her clone disappeared.
• Tao Xue greeted Xie Feng affectionately, then swung her sandbag-sized fist toward his chest.

Xie Feng and Tao Xue confronted Gu Xinglan to keep her from aiding Calamity City while the Imperial Evil Realm attacked. Gu Xinglan tried to recruit Xie Feng, but their negotiations ended when she unleashed a storm of black lightning.

• Tao Xue revealed that she came from the Longevity Domain, then joined Xie Feng in heading to stop Gu Xinglan from interfering in the battle.
• Xie Feng and Tao Xue found Gu Xinglan on a mountain behind Calamity City as the Imperial Evil Realm's army reached the city walls.
• Gu Xinglan offered Xie Feng a place in the Devil Subduing Realm, and Xie Feng countered by inviting her to join his Xuanji Sect.
• Gu Xinglan realized Xie Feng was stalling for Lu Yinjian and attacked with countless black lightning bolts, while Xie Feng summoned the Emperor Beginning Sword.

Xie Feng and Tao Xue battled Gu Xinglan to keep her from reinforcing Calamity City, but the Imperial Evil Lord arrived and joined their side. As cheers rose from below the mountain, Gu Xinglan realized Calamity City had fallen and the battle was lost.

• Xie Feng learned that Gu Xinglan had reached the tenth tier of the Indestructible Saint Lord realm, and Tao Xue opened a domain to hold her back.
• Tao Xue attacked Gu Xinglan with her Distant Moon Zither while Xie Feng watched for an opening to help.
• The Imperial Evil Lord appeared, declared himself Xie Feng’s friend, and joined the fight against Gu Xinglan.
• Gu Xinglan used an image to send lightning attacks against the Imperial Evil Realm’s demon army in Calamity City, but Tao Xue and the Imperial Evil Lord kept pressing her.
• The Imperial Evil Lord’s clash with Gu Xinglan shattered Tao Xue’s domain, and the fighters returned to the mountaintop.
• Cheers from below the mountain unsettled Gu Xinglan, who realized Calamity City had fallen and the tide could not be turned.