Recaps

Ten concealed attackers ambushed the Yang Lineage's temporary camp with three killing formations, and Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei revealed their power to defend it. The ambush began with the Yang guards slaughtered and the Scale Armor Mercenary Group taking casualties.

• A group of twelve black-clad attackers prepared to bypass the Scale Armor Mercenary Group's lookouts and strike the camp in secret.
• He Lin checked on the camp while Yang Qi warned his sister to stay inside the carriage, and Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei readied their senses and power.
• Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei detected the approaching attackers, but Yang Qi doubted them when no enemies appeared.
• Three killing formations suddenly attacked the guards, killing every Yang Lineage guard and wounding two members of the Scale Armor Mercenary Group.
• Ye Qiubai unleashed his Sword Ancestor Sword Intent to block the formations, while Shi Sheng released the Power of the Stars and Xiao Hei shattered one formation with a punch.

Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei destroyed the three killing arrays and then intercepted twelve black-clad cultivators targeting the carriage. They killed all twelve in less than ten breaths, leaving Yang Qi to rely on Ye Qiubai to protect his younger sister.

• Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei shattered the three killing arrays with their attacks.
• Yang Qi asked Ye Qiubai to protect his younger sister, and Ye Qiubai agreed to do what the mission required.
• Twelve black-clad cultivators ambushed the carriage, including one in the late Void God Realm, but Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei rushed to stop them.
• Xiao Hei killed the late Void God Realm attacker with a punch that drove his head into the ground.
• Shi Sheng cleaved apart four early Void God Realm attackers with his axe, while Ye Qiubai swept the remaining seven into his river of swords.
• The three Cottage fighters killed all twelve attackers in less than ten breaths.

After Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng defeated the assassins, the Scale Armor Mercenary Group and Yang Qi recognized their strength and continued escorting the Yang Lineage toward Dragonrise City. When Xiao Hei questioned why the Yang Lineage’s daughter had to accept a political marriage, Ye Qiubai began to understand his master’s way of thinking.

• Ye Qiubai and his companions searched the area after defeating the twelve Void God Realm assassins, while the Scale Armor Mercenary Group and Yang Qi’s men checked for further threats.
• He Lin apologized to Ye Qiubai and offered the Scale Armor Mercenary Group’s mission payment to the Cottage Mercenary Group, hoping to build a relationship with the three young cultivators.
• Yang Qi spoke with his sister in the carriage, and she confirmed that the danger had passed; they discussed reaching Dragonrise City and her impending marriage to strengthen the Yang Lineage.
• The Yang Lineage continued toward Dragonrise City with the Scale Armor and Cottage Mercenary Groups guarding the party, while Yang Qi treated Ye Qiubai and his companions with new respect.
• When Xiao Hei asked why the Yang Lineage’s daughter had to be sacrificed for a political marriage, Ye Qiubai and Shi Sheng reacted with embarrassment, and Ye Qiubai thought he was beginning to understand Lu Changsheng.

Yang Zhenhuai confronted Li Man and Kang Shicheng after Yang Qi’s party survived an assassination attempt, while Yang Yuwan’s convoy continued toward Dragonrise City. As the travelers neared the city, Ye Qiubai sensed a powerful cultivator approaching, leaving the group on alert.

• Yang Zhenhuai accused Li Man and Kang Shicheng of fearing the Yang–Long marriage alliance, but both men denied involvement in the attack and offered to investigate.
• Yang Zhenhuai warned that the Yang Lineage would fight to the bitter end if Yuwan were harmed.
• Yang Yuwan asked Xiao Hei about his companions’ home, and he told her they came from the Wilderness Realm.
• Yang Yuwan and Xiao Hei discussed her impending marriage as the convoy drew within a day of Dragonrise City.
• Ye Qiubai and Shi Sheng sensed a powerful cultivator approaching, and Ye Qiubai warned the group to prepare as the cultivator arrived.

A Half-Emperor blocked Yang Qi’s group and demanded Yang Yuwan, the target of the favor he had agreed to repay. Though the Scale Armor Mercenary Group withdrew, Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei stayed to protect her, and the old man began attacking them.

• The old man stopped the carriage and demanded that Yang Yuwan be handed over or take her own life, explaining that he had to repay a debt of gratitude.
• Yang Qi warned that the Long Lineage might retaliate, but the old man said he could escape them; He Lin then withdrew the Scale Armor Mercenary Group from the mission.
• Yang Yuwan urged Yang Qi and Ye Qiubai to leave, but Yang Qi drew his sword to protect her, and the old man immobilized him with his power.
• Ye Qiubai blocked the old man’s attack with Sword Ancestor-level Sword Intent and refused to abandon the mission; Shi Sheng and Xiao Hei prepared to fight beside him.
• The old man unleashed his Half-Emperor pressure and sent two enormous palm imprints crashing down on Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei.

Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei joined forces to shatter a Half-Emperor expert’s palm imprints, then pressed their attack despite his warning. The old man launched a far stronger Spiritual Qi boulder, and Ye Qiubai drew an ancient sheathed sword radiating Sword Dao Law to face it.

• Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei unleashed their strongest attacks and stopped the old man’s two palm imprints.
• The three companions shattered the palm imprints, prompting the old man to question their origins and strength.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions charged again, and the old man promised to leave if they could break his next attack.
• The old man sent a huge Spiritual Qi boulder toward them, and Ye Qiubai put away the Dark Demon Sword and drew an ancient sheathed longsword.

Ye Qiubai tried to draw the Azure Cloud Sword, unleashing its Sword Dao Law as the old man targeted Yang Yuwan. Xiao Hei shielded her and summoned a demonic phantom to face the old man’s attack.

• Ye Qiubai gripped the Azure Cloud Sword and tried to draw it, enduring the Sword Dao Law’s backlash as the sword responded to him.
• The old man sensed the Azure Cloud Sword’s danger and aimed a deadly attack at Yang Yuwan.
• Xiao Hei rushed in front of Yang Yuwan and told Shi Sheng to help Ye Qiubai instead.
• The old man fired a concentrated beam of Spiritual Qi at Xiao Hei and Yang Yuwan.
• Xiao Hei entered Demonization while keeping his senses, summoning a gigantic demonic phantom marked with flame, ice, and killing intent.

Ye Qiubai drew a sliver of the Azure Cloud Sword and killed a powerful Half-Emperor, while Xiao Hei and Shi Sheng held back the old man's attack. After the battle, Lu Changsheng and Mu Wan'er set off through a newly built Space Traversal Grand Array to visit Hong Ying in the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

• Shi Sheng stopped the advancing Spiritual Qi boulder with the Minghuang Mystic Axe, while Xiao Hei blocked a beam of Spiritual Qi with his demon god phantom.
• Ye Qiubai endured the Azure Cloud Sword's backlash and drew a small portion of its blade, unleashing Sword Dao Law that split the Spiritual Qi boulder and killed the old man.
• Ye Qiubai sheathed the Azure Cloud Sword, took recovery pills, and remained conscious with the help of his Sword Dantian.
• Yang Qi was stunned by Ye Qiubai's victory, while Yang Yuwan realized she had fallen for Xiao Hei and lamented their ill-fated timing.
• Lu Changsheng finished setting up the Space Traversal Grand Array, then entered it with Mu Wan'er to visit Hong Ying in the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

Hong Ying and her advisers concluded that restoring the Wilderness Realm’s Spiritual Qi required repairing its collapsed Heavenly Dao. Lu Changsheng arrived with Mu Wan’er, set aside the discussion for fish soup, and Hong Ying stopped him from leaving after he finished eating.

• Kong Jianghan told Hong Ying that connecting the Wilderness Realm to the Heavenly Spirit Realm would not restore its Spiritual Qi, and the imperial preceptor identified the incomplete Heavenly Dao as the underlying cause.
• Hong Ying asked how to repair the Heavenly Dao, but the imperial preceptor and Kong Jianghan had no solution.
• Lu Changsheng and Mu Wan’er appeared in Cloud Phoenix Palace, where Hong Ying welcomed her master and Mu Wan’er.
• Kong Jianghan learned that Lu Changsheng had built a cross-realm traversal array alone in two days without spatial nodes.
• Hong Ying personally made fish soup for Lu Changsheng, then asked him to resolve a problem before he could leave for his afternoon nap.

Lu Changsheng accepted the task of restoring the Wilderness Realm’s damaged Heavenly Dao so Hong Ying could become its ruler. He devised a plan for her to gain strength, master the Five Elements Concept, and cultivate the Power of Rules.

• Lu Changsheng initially refused to help repair the Heavenly Dao, but accepted the system’s quest after learning it would reward him with the Primordial Hongmeng Physique.
• Lu Changsheng returned to the Wilderness Realm with Hong Ying, the Imperial Preceptor, and Kong Jianghan.
• At the Cottage, Lu Changsheng consulted the Heart of the Realm and learned Hong Ying was not yet strong enough to become the Heavenly Dao.
• Lu Changsheng concluded Hong Ying needed to raise her cultivation, master the Five Elements Concept, and cultivate the Power of Rules.
• Hong Ying agreed to pursue the first two goals, while the Power of Rules remained a challenge.

Hong Ying returned to the Emperor Realm with Lu Changsheng’s pills and began comprehending the Dao Law of Samsara under his guidance. Meanwhile, Yang Qi’s convoy neared Dragonrise City, where Yang Yuwan faced the consequences of breaking her agreement with the Long Lineage and watched Xiao Hei with sorrow.

• Hong Ying comprehended all five Concepts at Dao-Seeking Mountain, while Lu Changsheng refined a furnace of tribulation-tempered pills to speed her cultivation.
• Hong Ying took several pills and cultivated until she officially returned to the Emperor Realm, to the excitement of Kong Jianghan and the Nine Heavens Division.
• Lu Changsheng showed Hong Ying the Dao Law of Samsara, and she entered the Celestial Person State to comprehend it.
• Five hundred li from Dragonrise City, Yang Qi urged Yang Yuwan to abandon their journey, but she explained that breaking their agreement would bring the Long Lineage down on the Yang Lineage.
• Yang Yuwan pulled back the carriage curtain, sighed, and watched Xiao Hei cultivate, believing they were fated to meet but not to be together.

After completing their escort mission in Dragonrise City, Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng learned about the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce's auction and sought to qualify through a talent test. A woman from the chamber of commerce brought them a purple crystal ball, preparing to assess their talent.

• Yang Qi paid Ye Qiubai two hundred origin crystals, and the Cottage Mercenary Group parted ways with the Yang Lineage in Dragonrise City.
• Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng explored Dragonrise City and heard that the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce auction admitted members of first-rate powers, talented cultivators, or holders of a Holy Hidden Token.
• Ye Qiubai said the three belonged to the Cottage, then decided they would try to attend the auction through its talent test.
• A chamber of commerce attendant led the three to a room, where a woman in a purple-and-gold robe arrived and offered them a glowing crystal ball for the test.

Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei each made the crystal ball shine purple-gold, earning Purple Gold Tokens from Dong Xiaoqin and access to the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce's auction. Ye Qiubai submitted a bottle of pills for auction, and Elder Yi sensed their powerful life-preserving Intent as Dong Xiaoqin considered the force behind the trio.

• Shi Sheng circulated his Power of the Stars, making the crystal ball blaze purple-gold.
• Xiao Hei revealed three markings on his body, and the crystal ball again emitted purple-gold light.
• Ye Qiubai also earned a purple-gold assessment, and Dong Xiaoqin gave all three Purple Gold Tokens while explaining their privileges.
• Ye Qiubai handed Dong Xiaoqin a jade bottle of pills to auction, then left for the auction venue with Xiao Hei and Shi Sheng.
• Dong Xiaoqin asked Elder Yi to appraise the pills, and he found four azure pills imbued with an Intent of Unending Life.

Ye Qiubai and his companions brought Lu Changsheng’s Spiritual Qi-restoring pills to the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce, where Elder Yi recognized their extraordinary power and urged Dong Xiaoqin to find their creator. The auction began with Ye Qiubai’s group seated in a Purple Gold private box, as rumors spread that the sale included a divine object and a Dao Integration Realm expert’s inherited cultivation technique.

• Ye Qiubai told Shi Sheng and Xiao Hei that the pills were the ones Master had given them and instructed them not to tell Master they were selling them.
• Elder Yi examined the four pills and discovered they could instantly restore all Spiritual Qi, even for Emperor Realm and Spirit Division Realm experts.
• Elder Yi urged Dong Xiaoqin to identify the alchemist and win them over or become their friend, and Dong Xiaoqin grew more impressed with Ye Qiubai and his companions.
• Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng presented their Purple Gold Tokens and were escorted to a luxurious Purple Gold private box.
• Auction attendees discussed rumors that the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce had found a divine object and a Dao Integration Realm expert’s inherited cultivation technique in Boundary Mountain.
• The auction venue dimmed, Dong Xiaoqin appeared on stage, and the auction began.

At the Holy Hidden Auction, Dong Xiaoqin introduced a pill that could instantly replenish all Spiritual Qi, even for a Dao Integration Realm expert, and the major powers prepared to compete for it. The first bid reached five hundred thousand essence crystals, while Ye Qiubai and his companions watched from the Purple Gold private room.

• Dong Xiaoqin appeared as the auction host, and the attendees noticed the Purple Gold private room was occupied.
• Dong Xiaoqin explained that the chamber had moved the Dao Integration Realm inheritance later in the auction to feature a rare pill first.
• Shi Sheng and Ye Qiubai recognized that the chamber valued the pill refined by their master and had passed their test.
• Dong Xiaoqin announced that the pill could instantly restore all depleted Spiritual Qi, even for a Dao Integration Realm expert, and major powers ordered their people to bid for it.
• Dong Xiaoqin revealed there were four pills and set a starting bid of zero with minimum increases of one hundred thousand essence crystals.
• A bidder in a second-floor private room opened at five hundred thousand essence crystals.

Fortune Gate won the four Spiritual Qi-restoring pills for five million three hundred thousand Origin Crystals after outbidding the Cold Spirit Sect and Scarlet Flame Sect. Ye Qiubai then received a Purple Gold Card containing the full winning amount, given by Dong Xiaoqin as a first-meeting gift.

• The Cold Spirit Sect, Scarlet Flame Sect, and Fortune Gate drove the bidding for the four pills past five million Origin Crystals.
• The Cold Spirit Sect withdrew, and the Scarlet Flame Sect stopped bidding after Fortune Gate offered five million three hundred thousand Origin Crystals.
• Dong Xiaoqin awarded the pills to Fortune Gate after striking the hammer three times.
• A maid delivered Ye Qiubai a Purple Gold Card containing five million three hundred thousand Origin Crystals and said Dong Xiaoqin had waived the commission as a first-meeting gift.
• Ye Qiubai accepted the card and praised the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce for its business sense.

Shi Sheng recognized the Stone of the Stars as a source of the Power of the Stars, and Ye Qiubai bought it for him at the auction. The auction then began bidding on the inheritance of a Dao Integration Realm expert.

• Dong Xiaoqin presented the Stone of the Stars and explained that it contained the Power of the Stars, whose cultivation methods had been lost.
• Fortune Gate opened bidding at fifty thousand essence crystals, but Ye Qiubai bid sixty thousand after Shi Sheng said the stone would let him cultivate during the day.
• Fortune Gate withdrew from the bidding and invited the Purple Gold private room's guest to visit, but Ye Qiubai declined.
• Dong Xiaoqin awarded the Stone of the Stars to Ye Qiubai after the hammer fell three times.
• After half a day of auctioning other items, Dong Xiaoqin presented a Dao Integration Realm expert's inheritance and opened bidding.

The auction revealed a mysterious token from the Demon Abyss, whose Demon Qi resonated with Xiao Hei. As the factions began bidding, Xiao Hei and Ye Qiubai prepared to win the token.

• The Scarlet Flame Sect won the Dao Integration Realm sword cultivator's inheritance after the Cold Spirit Sect stopped bidding at two million five hundred thousand origin crystals.
• Ye Qiubai declined to bid for the inheritance, telling Xiao Hei and Shi Sheng that he trusted the techniques their Master had given them and needed to focus on mastering what he already knew.
• Jian Liancheng appeared onstage as Dong Xiaoqin unveiled the final auction item, a black token that released overwhelming Demon Qi.
• Xiao Hei sensed that the token's Demon Qi shared his origin, and Ye Qiubai told him they would win it at auction.
• Dong Xiaoqin explained that the token came from the Demon Abyss, and Fortune Gate opened the bidding at five million origin crystals.

At the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce auction, Ye Qiubai and the interior factions competed for a key to the Demon Abyss. Ye Qiubai borrowed Origin Crystals to keep bidding, while Fortune Gate declared the token essential and raised the price to eleven million.

• Dong Xiaoqin revealed that the Demon Abyss token was a key to unlocking something important, and the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce auctioned it.
• Ye Qiubai bid three million Origin Crystals, prompting the Cold Spirit Sect, Scarlet Flame Sect, and Fortune Gate to raise the price in turn.
• Seeing Xiao Hei's grave expression, Ye Qiubai asked Dong Xiaoqin to lend him Origin Crystals, and she approved a credit of twenty million.
• Ye Qiubai bid ten million Origin Crystals, startling the other bidders.
• Fortune Gate declared that it must obtain the token and bid eleven million Origin Crystals, while the Cold Spirit Sect withdrew.

Ye Qiubai outbid the Scarlet Flame Sect and Fortune Gate for the Demon Abyss Token, then collected his auction purchases through the Purple Gold room’s private lounge. The black-robed man ordered the Scarlet Flame Sect to prepare to take the token by any means, while Ye Qiubai offered Dong Xiaoqin a jade vial toward his fourteen-million-crystal bill.

• The black-robed man told the Scarlet Flame Sect’s expert to secure the Demon Abyss Token at any cost, and the expert bid twelve million Origin Crystals.
• Ye Qiubai bid fourteen million, using his confident bidding to make other factions believe he had vast resources, and the Fortune Gate withdrew.
• The black-robed man accepted that the Scarlet Flame Sect could not afford the token at auction and said they would obtain it by other means.
• Dong Xiaoqin declared Ye Qiubai the winner and warned that the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce would blacklist anyone who killed and robbed others under its watch.
• Ye Qiubai and his two companions collected their purchases from Dong Xiaoqin in the private lounge, where Jian Liancheng recognized Ye Qiubai’s potential as a sword cultivator.
• Ye Qiubai asked whether he could barter toward the fourteen-million bill and produced a jade vial before Dong Xiaoqin could finish answering.

Ye Qiubai used a Red Dragon Vajra Pill to settle his debt with the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce, revealing its powerful defensive and body-tempering effects. As he and his companions left Dragonrise City for Cloudrise City, they realized they were being followed and reached a deserted stretch of Boundary Mountain as night fell.

• Ye Qiubai showed Dong Xiaoqin and Jian Liancheng a Red Dragon Vajra Pill that could withstand a Dao Integration Realm cultivator's full-strength strike and temper the user's body, sinews, and bones.
• Dong Xiaoqin accepted the pill as payment and said she would maintain ties with Ye Qiubai and his companions; she asked Jian Liancheng to protect them on their journey.
• After leaving the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce, Ye Qiubai told Shi Sheng and Xiao Hei that the pill had also been meant to show the chamber their strength, and he noticed cultivators following them.
• Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei left Dragonrise City for Cloudrise City to turn in their mission.
• At night in Boundary Mountain, Shi Sheng sensed their pursuers were ready to attack, and Ye Qiubai noted the limited escape routes without intending to flee.

Ye Qiubai and his companions were ambushed by eight masked experts seeking the Demon Abyss Token, including an Emperor Realm cultivator. As the three fought back and were overwhelmed by the Emperor Realm expert, an old man appeared and blocked the attackers’ strikes with a single sword.

• Shi Sheng sensed eight attackers approaching: seven were in the Half-Emperor Realm, and one was above it.
• The eight surrounded Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng and demanded the Demon Abyss Token, threatening to kill them regardless of their answer.
• Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng unleashed their sword, physical, and star-powered attacks against the seven Half-Emperor experts.
• The Emperor Realm expert neutralized the trio’s attacks and left them vulnerable to the seven attackers’ counterattack.
• A sword descended and stopped all seven attacks, and an old man appeared to confront the Emperor Realm expert.

Jian Liancheng, a Dao Integration Realm attendant of the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce, intervened when an Emperor Realm expert and seven Half-Emperor experts attacked Ye Qiubai and his companions. Jian killed seven attackers, while the Emperor Realm expert tried to escape and Shi Sheng moved to stop him.

• Jian Liancheng blocked the eight attackers' assault with his heavy sword and revealed his overwhelming Sword Intent.
• Jian told the attackers that Ye Qiubai and his two companions held Purple Gold Tokens and were honored guests of the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce.
• Jian rejected the Emperor Realm expert's promises and offers, then unleashed his Spiritual Qi.
• Jian's Spiritual Qi crushed two Half-Emperor experts into blood mist and his Sword Intent killed five more.
• The Emperor Realm expert burned his blood essence and Spiritual Qi, crushed a jade pendant to escape, and Shi Sheng surrounded him with the Power of the Stars.

Shi Sheng delayed an Emperor Realm expert’s escape, allowing Jian Liancheng to destroy his teleportation jade pendant and kill him. Jian Liancheng then left Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng to pursue their own cultivation, while Hong Ying’s prolonged Celestial Person State ended with her concept power beginning to resonate with Lu Changsheng’s Dao Law.

• Shi Sheng used the power of the stars to stall the Emperor Realm expert’s spatial teleportation, and Jian Liancheng shattered the expert’s jade pendant.
• The Emperor Realm expert refused to identify his faction, so Jian Liancheng killed him with a strand of sword intent.
• Jian Liancheng recognized Ye Qiubai’s backing and advised him to keep a pure sword cultivator’s heart, then remarked on Xiao Hei’s demonic Qi and Shi Sheng’s star power.
• Jian Liancheng told Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng to rely on themselves, and they decided to enter seclusion to study their gains.
• At the Cottage, Hong Ying continued comprehending Lu Changsheng’s Dao Law of Samsara during her half-month Celestial Person State.
• Hong Ying opened her eyes as her concept power began to transform and resonate more closely with Lu Changsheng’s Dao Law.

Hong Ying mastered the Dao Law of Samsara, used the Heart of the Realm to restore the Wilderness Realm's Heavenly Dao, and became its controller. Lu Changsheng received the primordial Hongmeng physique from the system, while Hong Ying prepared to spread the Dao and travel to the Boundless Realm.

• Lu Changsheng guided Hong Ying as she connected her intent of samsara with the rules of heaven and earth, and she mastered the Dao Law of Samsara.
• Hong Ying activated the Heart of the Realm, increasing Spiritual Qi throughout the Wilderness Realm and taking control of its Heavenly Dao.
• Dean Yan and Lin Rufeng celebrated Hong Ying's success and discussed finding successors so they could leave the Wilderness Realm.
• Hong Ying's cultivation advanced to the middle Emperor Realm, and she returned to the Cottage to make fish soup for Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng received the primordial Hongmeng physique as a reward from the system and wondered about the small amount of Hongmeng Qi.
• Hong Ying told Lu Changsheng she would spread the Dao in the Wilderness Realm and then travel to the Boundless Realm, and he urged her to avoid causing trouble.