Recaps

The seven major factions overwhelmed the Boundless Realm’s allied army, while despair and blame spread among its people. As Ye Qiubai prepared to ask Lu Changsheng for help, a terrifying phoenix presence appeared in the sky and suppressed even the Human Immortal experts.

• He Wuwei, the master of Blazing Sun Valley, and the Hehuan Sect woman unleashed attacks that routed the Boundless Realm’s allied army and killed or incapacitated its weaker cultivators.
• Some allied soldiers blamed Ye Qiubai for provoking the seven major factions, while Ye Qiubai stayed calm and urged everyone to focus on surviving.
• Mu Fusheng and the other Cottage disciples agreed they might have to ask their Master to intervene, and Ye Qiubai took out his voice transmission jade pendant.
• A phoenix cried across the Boundless Realm as Nirvana Fire lit the sky and released a presence powerful enough to make the Human Immortal experts struggle to breathe.
• Xie Nan felt his Ghost Race bloodline suppressed by the newcomer’s power, leaving everyone wondering who had arrived.

Little Bird revealed herself as a Divine Phoenix and came to Ye Qiubai’s aid when He Wuwei and the six major forces attacked the Cottage. She killed He Wuwei and the others, then returned to her small form on Ye Qiubai’s shoulder.

• A terrifying presence and flames spread across Boundary Mountain, leaving He Wuwei and the others searching for its source.
• Little Bird appeared in the form of a phoenix, and Ye Qiubai and his companions recognized her while the assembled forces realized she was a legendary divine beast.
• A middle-aged man watching from outside the Boundless Realm abandoned his plan to test Ye Qiubai and left with the old man.
• Little Bird asked Ye Qiubai who had bullied him, and he pointed out He Wuwei and the others.
• Little Bird overwhelmed He Wuwei and the six others with her bloodline presence and divine phoenix fire, destroying their bodies and souls.
• Little Bird shrank back to her small bird form and settled on Ye Qiubai’s shoulder.

A divine phoenix saved Ye Qiubai and the others, then offered to deal with the forces behind their enemies, but they chose to face those threats themselves. As Chu Guidao departed and the Boundless Realm prepared to reward them, Ye Qiubai reminded everyone that the Evil Race still remained at Boundary Mountain.

• The divine phoenix explained that she had come to retrieve something left behind by the Phoenix Clan, and Mu Zhengting and the others thanked her for saving them.
• Jian Wufeng teased Mu Libei about Ye Qiubai and Mu Ziqing, and Mu Libei accepted Ye Qiubai as his son-in-law without objecting.
• The divine phoenix offered to destroy the forces behind the enemy, but Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, and the others declined her help.
• The divine phoenix agreed to wait a few days for Ye Qiubai, while Chu Guidao departed for the Mid-Latitude Realm.
• Mu Zhengting offered to reward Ye Qiubai and his companions, but Ye Qiubai reminded everyone that the Evil Race at Boundary Mountain was still an enemy.

After the Boundless Realm defeated the Extraterrestrial Evil Race, Xie Nan fled and searched the Low-Latitude Realm for something valuable. Ye Qiubai and the others returned to the Cottage, where Lu Changsheng immediately put them to work cooking, before they explained that they had come to check on their factions.

• Little Bird’s bloodline pressure immobilized the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s leaders, allowing the allied forces to slaughter them as Xie Nan escaped alone.
• Xie Nan sent the Evil Race a report about the Divine Phoenix, then searched the Low-Latitude Realm for an undiscovered treasure land.
• Mu Zhengting held an awards ceremony in the Boundless Imperial City, but Ye Qiubai and the Cottage group had already left.
• Ye Qiubai and the others returned to the Cottage, where Liu Ziru warned them to stay quiet while Lu Changsheng slept.
• Lu Changsheng greeted the returning disciples by ordering them to prepare food, and the group learned Xiao Hei was forbidden from entering the kitchen.
• Ye Qiubai told Lu Changsheng that he and Ning Chenxin had returned to check on the Azure Cloud Sword Sect and the Study.

Ye Qiubai and the Cottage disciples returned to the Wilderness Realm, where Qin Tiannan asked them to lecture at the Hidden Dao Academy. Their return drew eager crowds and brought old acquaintances rushing to see them as the lectures began.

• Qin Tiannan welcomed Ye Qiubai and the others at the Cottage, then asked them to lecture at the Hidden Dao Academy; they agreed while Lu Changsheng refused to teach.
• News of the disciples’ return spread, and cultivators across the Wilderness Realm headed for the Southern Region to see how strong they had become.
• Liang Feng left the Hidden Sword Sect to visit Ye Qiubai, while Jian Chaomian hurried away from the Azure Cloud Sword Sect after Yun Jing offered to handle his work.
• Xin Hongyi learned that Ye Qiubai had returned and flew off to see him, while a woman at a northern nunnery quietly welcomed the news.
• Crowds packed the Hidden Dao Academy and its surroundings to attend the Cottage disciples’ lectures, which officially began.

Ye Qiubai and the Cottage disciples arrived at the Hidden Dao Academy to share their insights through sparring, and Ye Qiubai’s swordsmanship and guidance astonished the crowd. After the disciples finished preaching the Dao, Liang Feng and Jian Chaomian came to challenge the Cottage’s sect master.

• Ye Qiubai and the other Cottage disciples appeared above the packed square, where Xin Hongyi, Liang Feng, Jian Chaomian, Qin Tiannan, and the Main Academy's head watched them arrive.
• Ye Qiubai invited anyone who wished to challenge the Cottage disciples to come forward, and Zhang Yi rose to face him.
• Ye Qiubai demonstrated sword intent with a finger, then dispelled Zhang Yi's flashy attack and taught him to focus his sword intent into a single strike.
• Zhang Yi followed Ye Qiubai's advice, broke through to the Sword Ancestor realm, and asked Ye Qiubai to accept him as a disciple, but Ye Qiubai declined.
• Ye Qiubai guided several more sword cultivators, and the gathered students and sect masters benefited from the demonstrations.
• After the Cottage disciples finished preaching the Dao, Liang Feng and Jian Chaomian approached the Cottage and asked its sect master to spar.

Ye Qiubai sparred with Jian Chaomian and Liang Feng, then realized he had forgotten the Azure Cloud Sword Sect's first disciple recruitment. As the recruitment began, Ning Chenxin was absent, investigating a crooked-hearted person whose cultivation deviation and Demonization had caused massacres in the Central Region.

• Jian Chaomian and Liang Feng challenged Ye Qiubai, but he defeated them with an ordinary wooden sword while suppressing his cultivation and using no Sword Intent.
• Liang Feng reminded Ye Qiubai that he had set the sect's recruitment for every three years, and Ye Qiubai admitted he had forgotten the date.
• Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Lu Changsheng, and the others arrived for the Azure Cloud Sword Sect's first recruitment, drawing crowds of sword cultivators and curious visitors.
• Ning Chenxin stayed away from the recruitment because he had gone to the Central Region to deal with a person's cultivation deviation and Demonization, which had caused several massacres.

Ye Qiubai oversaw the Azure Cloud Sword Sect’s recruitment trials, where Xin Hongyi and the exceptionally talented Hao Tian passed the first test. Hao Tian declared that he wanted Ye Qiubai as his master, while Ning Chenxin arrived at the Study to investigate the cause of panic among its Confucian cultivators.

• Ye Qiubai, Liang Feng, and Jian Chaomian began the sect’s recruitment, which tested candidates’ talent, perseverance, and character.
• Most applicants failed the sword-stone test, but Xin Hongyi carved a mark on the fourth tier and passed.
• Hao Tian carved a mark on the sixth tier, surpassing Liang Feng and Jian Chaomian’s results and impressing Ye Qiubai.
• After passing the first trial, Hao Tian said he wanted Ye Qiubai as his master, though the elders told him the sect master did not take disciples.
• Ning Chenxin arrived at the Study, calmed the panicked Confucian cultivators with white light, and asked them to explain what had happened.

Ning Chenxin investigated the crimes of Zuo Xuan, Niu Heng, and Zhong Kuo, three Study disciples who had murdered people to advance their Confucian cultivation. His inquiry pointed toward the Buddhist Sect, but he found a massacre blamed on Study cultivators, leaving him facing public anger and uncertain evidence.

• The Study's grand elder told Ning Chenxin that Zuo Xuan, Niu Heng, and Zhong Kuo had forced people to cultivate Confucianism and extracted their souls, then disappeared after the elders tried to capture them.
• Ning Chenxin learned the three had last appeared at the Buddhist Sect and decided to investigate, warning the grand elder to maintain order at the Study.
• Ning Chenxin questioned the Buddhist Son, who denied knowing about the three; Ning Chenxin detected that the Buddhist Son was hiding something but could not confirm his involvement.
• Ning Chenxin found a bloodied manor near Buddha Mountain, where the victims' killers had been identified as Study Confucian cultivators.
• Onlookers criticized Ning Chenxin and the Study, arguing that the Buddhist Sect was better despite the Study's disciples' crimes.

Ning Chenxin uncovered evidence that the Buddhist Sect had manipulated the killings to discredit the Confucian Dao, then confronted the Sect at Buddha Mountain. As its Grand Array shielded the mountain, his Cottage companions trusted him to handle the matter alone.

• Ning Chenxin examined the slaughtered estate and found clues confirming that the Buddhist Sect had stirred up the crimes to ruin the Study and the Confucian Dao.
• Ning Chenxin flew back to the Buddhist Sect, furious and resolved to demand an explanation or destroy the Sect if necessary.
• The Buddhist Sect activated its strengthened Grand Array as Ning Chenxin arrived, and onlookers speculated about his motives and condemned him.
• At the Cottage, Hong Ying, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng reassured Mu Fusheng that Ning Chenxin could handle the Buddhist Sect on his own.
• At the Azure Cloud Sword Sect, Liang Feng told Ye Qiubai about Ning Chenxin, but Ye Qiubai said his junior brother needed no help.

Ning Chenxin confronted the Buddhist Sect over its alleged role in corrupting three Study disciples, then attacked after the Buddha Son denied the accusation. His spear overwhelmed the Sect’s defenses and struck its grand array, leaving Buddha Mountain on the verge of destruction.

• Ning Chenxin accused the Buddhist Sect of manipulating three Study disciples into committing evil deeds, while the Buddha Son denied it and claimed the Sect acted honorably.
• The Buddha Son’s denial persuaded onlookers to blame Ning Chenxin and the Study, and the Buddhist Sect’s members expected him to lose public support if he attacked.
• Ning Chenxin invoked the Nine-Character Mantra and summoned a divine general wielding the Golden Scale Divine Spear, whose presence nearly collapsed the Buddhist Sect Grand Array.
• The Buddha Son, blue-robed bodhisattvas, and great Buddhas combined their strength to stop the spear, but it pierced the Buddha Son’s golden palm and the Asura phantom.
• Ning Chenxin commanded the divine general to break through, and the spear struck the Buddhist Sect Grand Array with a rumble that seemed to shake the entire Wilderness Realm.

Ning Chenxin destroyed the Buddhist Sect after uncovering its plot to replace the Study as the Wilderness Realm’s Dao orthodoxy. He captured the three conspirators and began establishing laws for the realm in his own name.

• Ning Chenxin’s divine general pierced the Buddhist Sect Grand Array, while his nine-story pagoda crushed the Sect’s defenses and killed or incapacitated its defenders.
• The Buddhist Son summoned five past Buddha Lords, but Ning Chenxin’s pagoda and divine general annihilated their manifestations.
• Ning Chenxin restrained the Buddhist Son and used Soul Search to reveal the Buddhist Sect’s scheme to replace the Study as the Wilderness Realm’s Dao orthodoxy.
• Ning Chenxin learned where the three conspirators were, seized them, and brought them above the Study.
• Ning Chenxin declared that he would establish laws for the realm in his own name.

Ning Chenxin established laws with the Heavenly Dao’s approval, making the Study responsible for overseeing the realm. At the Azure Cloud Sword Sect, Hao Tian passed the recruitment trials and asked Ye Qiubai to take him as a disciple, so Ye Qiubai set three more trials for him.

• Ning Chenxin declared that the Study would oversee the realm, forbade large-scale slaughter over personal gain and unauthorized warfare, and vowed that the Study would face destruction if it broke those laws.
• Ning Chenxin offered a strand of his soul power to the Heavenly Dao, which recognized his laws.
• At the Azure Cloud Sword Sect, Hao Tian emerged from the illusion trial, and Ye Qiubai and the elders praised his talent and disposition.
• Only sixteen of the thousand sword cultivators passed all three recruitment trials, and fifteen chose elders as their masters.
• Hao Tian refused to choose an elder and asked Ye Qiubai to teach him the Sword Dao.
• Ye Qiubai offered Hao Tian three additional trials, promising to accept him as an in-name disciple if he passed.

Ye Qiubai trapped Hao Tian in a Sword Domain as the first of three trials to test his talent. Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng learned that Mortal Village held the Black-Yellow Qi he wanted and traveled to the Heavenly River Star Region, where a man with an invitation offered to take him to his lineage.

• Ye Qiubai confined Hao Tian in a Sword Domain for a month and challenged him to break out.
• Ye Qiubai explained to Jian Chaomian and Liang Feng that Hao Tian had to reach Great Sword Master within a month to pass the trial.
• Lu Changsheng asked the Willow Tree where to find Black-Yellow Qi, and it pointed him toward Mortal Village.
• Lu Changsheng left Hong Ying in charge of the Cottage and traveled to the Heavenly River Star Region.
• Liu Ziru told Hong Ying and Mu Fusheng that Mortal Village was a feared place whose mortal residents possessed the Black-Yellow Physique.
• After failing to get directions, Lu Changsheng met a man who said he had an invitation to Mortal Village and offered to take him to his lineage.

Lu Changsheng joined Xing Cheng’s group to enter Mortal Village, where the Source Pool Immortal Realm promised a powerful blessing. As they set out, Xing Yun and his outside help, He Ran, threatened Lu Changsheng, who quietly prepared for possible attacks.

• Xing Cheng brought Lu Changsheng to the Xing Lineage and privately explained that his position as heir depended on what he gained in Mortal Village.
• Lu Changsheng overheard Xing Cheng’s father warn him to choose his outside help carefully, while Xing Yun mocked Lu Changsheng and threatened Xing Cheng’s chances.
• Xing Cheng explained that Mortal Village opened to invited lineages once every thousand years and that its Source Pool Immortal Realm could greatly improve a person’s talent and strength.
• Lu Changsheng concealed the courtyard with barriers and inscribed formation scrolls during the three days before their departure.
• Lu Changsheng, Xing Cheng, Xing Yun, and He Ran set out on One-Horned Heavenly Horses, while Xing Yun warned Lu Changsheng and ordered He Ran to deal with him.

Lu Changsheng and Xing Cheng arrived at Mortal Valley, where the strongest prodigies of the Heavenly River Star Region gathered to enter Mortal Village. After Duan Chaohe, Ji Qianyao, Jin Wujin, Xing Yun, and He Ran went inside, Lu Changsheng and Xing Cheng followed.

• Xing Cheng explained the major factions and warned Lu Changsheng that He Ran was powerful, while Lu Changsheng remained confident.
• At Mortal Valley, Xing Yun threatened Xing Cheng, and He Ran warned Lu Changsheng to leave before they entered Mortal Village.
• Duan Chaohe arrived aboard the Dragon Suppression Ship, followed by Ji Qianyao, who declined to enter with him.
• Jin Wujin arrived and provoked Duan Chaohe before the valley barrier opened and a child invited those with invitations to enter.
• Duan Chaohe, Ji Qianyao, Jin Wujin, Xing Yun, and He Ran entered Mortal Village, then Lu Changsheng and Xing Cheng followed.

Teacher sent Xiao Shitou to identify notable outsiders visiting Mortal Village, where nine stone walls held cultivation techniques for the second trial. Lu Changsheng and Xing Cheng found one wall, and after Ji Qianyao and He Ran drew out azure light from it, Xing Cheng failed to comprehend it and Lu Changsheng prepared to try.

• Teacher warned that a hidden-fate visitor was linked to the coming calamity and sent Xiao Shitou to inspect the outsiders.
• Xiao Ju offered clues to visitors who gave him gifts, but a little girl stopped him and revealed the stone walls lay near the village’s outskirts.
• Lu Changsheng gave Xiao Ju candied hawthorns, then joined Xing Cheng in searching for a stone wall.
• At a wall where Ji Qianyao, Xing Yun, and He Ran had been trying to comprehend the technique for seven days, Ji Qianyao drew out azure light and identified an incomplete movement technique.
• He Ran and Xing Yun also drew out azure light, but Xing Cheng failed to comprehend the wall, so Lu Changsheng agreed to try.

Lu Changsheng quickly comprehended the Roaming Dragon Movement Technique hidden in the Heaven-Reaching Stone wall, shocking the others before the green light around him faded. After identifying a flaw in the technique’s first stage, he asked his system to perfect it.

• Xing Yun mocked Xing Cheng and Lu Changsheng for failing to show talent, while Ji Qianyao suspected Lu Changsheng was confident rather than inexperienced.
• Lu Changsheng connected with the Heaven-Reaching Stone wall in only a few breaths, and the spreading green light appeared to surpass Ji Qianyao’s progress.
• Lu Changsheng’s green light faded, prompting Xing Yun to dismiss his achievement, though Ji Qianyao continued to wonder what had happened.
• Lu Changsheng recognized the wall’s technique as Roaming Dragon and noticed that its Playing Dragon stage emphasized straight-line speed instead of evasion.
• Lu Changsheng asked his system to perfect the Roaming Dragon Movement Technique.

Lu Changsheng completely comprehended the Roaming Dragon Movement Technique and reached the Heaven-Reaching Stone Wall’s legendary ultimate form, drawing a dragon spirit into his body. After witnessing his talent, Xing Yun apologized, and He Ran withdrew from the visit to Mortal Village.

• Ji Qianyao rebuked Xing Yun and He Ran for disturbing Lu Changsheng while he comprehended the stone wall.
• The green light spread across the entire stone wall, and Ji Qianyao explained that Lu Changsheng had completely comprehended the Roaming Dragon Movement Technique in less than half an incense stick.
• A green dragon appeared on the stone wall, roared through Mortal Village, and broke free to merge with Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng opened his eyes and asked Xing Yun to recall what he had said earlier.
• Xing Yun knelt to apologize to Lu Changsheng, then rose and withdrew after Lu Changsheng accepted.
• He Ran apologized and voluntarily gave up his visit to Mortal Village.

After passing the first trial in Mortal Village, Lu Changsheng and the others reached a lake where scattered droplets carried crushing weight. Ji Qianyao began crossing the stone platforms with the first level of the Roaming Dragon Movement Technique, while Lu Changsheng watched.

• Ji Qianyao offered to lead Lu Changsheng to the second trial, and he kept his distance despite the crowd's surprise.
• Ji Qianyao explained that the second trial tested comprehension of the technique in the Heaven-Reaching Stone Wall and could take up to seven days.
• The cultivators reached a lake with nine stone platforms and discovered that they could not fly above it.
• A prodigy was struck down when droplets from the lake's water columns weighed as much as mountains, and several others also failed to reach the second platform.
• Ji Qianyao crossed toward the second platform using the first level of the Roaming Dragon Movement Technique, Playing Dragon.

Lu Changsheng crossed the lake trial’s stone platforms using the Roaming Dragon Movement Technique, surpassing Ji Qianyao and reaching the final wave. As he charged into it, Xing Yun launched a poisoned sword at his back, but Lu Changsheng’s Sword Intent destroyed the blade and pierced Xing Yun’s brow.

• Ji Qianyao crossed four platforms but was knocked into the lake by a swarm of fish and shrimp near the fifth.
• Lu Changsheng stepped onto the platforms and used the first level of the Roaming Dragon Movement Technique to reach the fifth.
• Lu Changsheng used the second level, Dragon Transformation, to pass the fish and shrimp and reach the sixth platform.
• Lu Changsheng continued to the eighth platform, where towering waves blocked the final crossing.
• Xing Yun attacked Lu Changsheng from behind with a poisoned silver sword as he charged toward the waves.
• Lu Changsheng’s Sword Intent shattered Xing Yun’s sword and pierced his brow.

Lu Changsheng killed Xing Yun’s attacker and crossed all nine stone platforms with ease, while Ji Qianyao continued struggling to pass the trial. Elsewhere, a fair-skinned man entered the black mist in search of a Ghost Race inheritance, and the chapter left Ji asking Lu Changsheng for guidance.

• Xing Yun attacked Lu Changsheng, who killed him with Sword Intent and crossed the waves to reach the opposite shore.
• Lu Changsheng returned to destroy Xing Yun’s corpse, and Xing Cheng promised to prevent the Xing Lineage from seeking revenge.
• Teacher told three villagers that Xing Yun had started the trouble and Lu Changsheng had acted in self-defense.
• A fair-skinned man entered the black mist to seek a Ghost Race inheritance and saw a chained colossal throne deeper within.
• With two days left in the trial, Ji Qianyao reached the eighth stone platform but failed again and asked Lu Changsheng for guidance.

Lu Changsheng taught Ji Qianyao an improved Roaming Dragon Movement Technique, allowing her to pass the stone-platform trial. Only the two of them qualified for the third trial, and a boy came to lead them to Sir.

• Lu Changsheng gave Ji Qianyao pointers on the Roaming Dragon Movement Technique and passed his complete insights to her by touching her forehead.
• After half a day of cultivation, Ji Qianyao crossed all nine stone platforms without getting wet and passed the trial.
• The other participants offered Lu Changsheng treasures and favors in exchange for guidance, but he refused and Ji Qianyao sent them away.
• No one else in the group passed, leaving Lu Changsheng and Ji Qianyao as the only ones qualified for the third trial.
• A boy with candied hawthorn told Lu Changsheng and Ji Qianyao to follow him, and said Lu Changsheng would come with him to see Sir.

Lu Changsheng and Ji Qianyao entered Mortal Village after learning that only two people had ever passed its third trial and met the master. Their stroll through the village ended abruptly when a runaway cow charged toward a little girl.

• Ji Qianyao told Lu Changsheng that the master could summon those who passed the third trial, and Xiao Shitou said no one knew when the master would meet them.
• Lu Changsheng and Ji Qianyao entered Mortal Village and encountered Duan Chaohe and Jin Wujin from rival supreme factions.
• Duan Chaohe questioned Ji Qianyao's association with Lu Changsheng, but Lu Changsheng agreed that he was unworthy and tried to leave.
• Ji Qianyao followed Lu Changsheng, while Duan Chaohe vowed to show him his place in the trials ahead.
• As Lu Changsheng and Ji Qianyao walked through the village, a cow broke through a fence and charged toward a little girl.

Lu Changsheng saved Tuantuan from a rampaging Dragon Ox and learned that Mortal Village was bound by a rule forbidding its people from leaving. After the village chief revealed that the He Clan had tampered with the ox’s rope, Lu Changsheng realized he had been drawn into another conflict.

• Lu Changsheng stopped the Dragon Ox with one finger before it could hit Tuantuan, and the villagers thanked him.
• The village chief invited Lu Changsheng and Ji Qianyao to stay, then explained that the teacher and the village’s ancestral rules kept the villagers from leaving.
• Tuantuan gave Lu Changsheng a twig that villagers offered to people they liked, and the village chief reacted with a knowing glance.
• A middle-aged man reported that someone had tampered with the Dragon-Suppressing Rope, and the village chief learned the clues pointed to the He Clan.
• The village chief said the He Clan wanted his position and planned to take Mortal Village out of its mortal existence, while Lu Changsheng anticipated more trouble.