Recaps

Mortal Village’s teacher turned the village’s dispute over isolation and expansion into a contest decided by the third trial. Lu Changsheng refused to represent either faction, but the village chief expected He Zhen’s side to treat him as their opponent, and the trial began with Lu Changsheng responsible for Xing Cheng’s safety.

• The village chief learned that the He Clan had begun acting against the teacher and ordered He Zhen to meet him.
• He Zhen argued that Mortal Village should leave its isolation to gain resources and power, so the teacher made the third trial decide which faction’s views would prevail.
• The teacher suspected He Zhen had allied with outsiders and used the dispute as a chance to uncover who was targeting Mortal Village.
• The village chief asked Lu Changsheng to represent his faction, but Lu Changsheng refused to join or represent either side.
• The village chief said He Zhen’s faction would still assume Lu Changsheng represented the village chief’s side.
• The third trial began at the mountain behind Mortal Village, where Lu Changsheng had to protect Xing Cheng because Xing Cheng’s elimination would eliminate him too.

The third trial required participants to collect and fuse techniques from all nine Heaven-Reaching Stone Walls, while Lu Changsheng had to protect Xing Cheng's jade seal. After they were transported into the forest, Lu Changsheng found Lei Daozi and swiftly overwhelmed him.

• The village chief explained the third trial's requirements, and Duan Chaohe threatened Lu Changsheng after mocking him as a retainer.
• He Zhen challenged the village chief's judgment and revealed his ties to the Northern Underworld Dragon Suppression Hall as the participants were transported into the forest.
• Lu Changsheng gave Xing Cheng formation scrolls and secretly protected him with Sword Dao Law, then used his divine sense to locate another participant.
• Lu Changsheng and Xing Cheng encountered Lei Daozi, whom Lu Changsheng defeated in an instant and demanded his jade seal.

Lu Changsheng easily defeated Lei Daozi, comprehended the jade seal’s cultivation technique in moments, and headed toward a gathering of trial participants. He arrived with Xing Cheng at the Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger, where Ji Qianyao greeted him with unexpected warmth.

• Lu Changsheng dispersed Lei Daozi’s lightning cage, defeated him, and took his jade seal before Lei Daozi was eliminated.
• Lu Changsheng immediately comprehended the technique in the jade seal and sensed another target, while Xing Cheng guarded him.
• Duan Chaohe and Jin Wujin agreed to postpone their duel and rushed toward a distant tiger’s roar.
• Ji Qianyao and the other participants found an ancient Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger, and Jin Wujin claimed its spoils while threatening anyone who objected.
• Duan Chaohe invited Ji Qianyao to join forces, but she searched for Lu Changsheng instead.
• Lu Changsheng arrived with Xing Cheng, and Ji Qianyao greeted him delightedly, leaving him uncomfortable.

Lu Changsheng watched Duan Chaohe and Jin Wujin battle the Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger, which guarded a divine treasure, then stepped in when Duan Chaohe lured the beast toward him. He stopped its unstoppable charge with a single palm, stunning everyone present.

• Ji Qianyao explained that the Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger guarded a cave with powerful Spiritual Qi, while Duan Chaohe mocked Lu Changsheng for wanting a share of the treasure.
• Jin Wujin transformed into a Golden-Winged Peng and attacked the Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger, but the beast overpowered him after a brief clash.
• Duan Chaohe attacked the beast to draw its attention, then fled toward Lu Changsheng, hoping the beast would target him.
• Ji Qianyao tried to shield Lu Changsheng, but he pulled her behind him as the Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger charged.
• Lu Changsheng stopped the Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger’s charge with one outstretched hand, leaving the onlookers stunned.

Lu Changsheng subdued the Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger, let Ji Qianyao claim the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and collected the others’ jade seals. After Duan Chaohe teleported away to escape Lu Changsheng’s attack, Lu Changsheng tore through space to pursue him.

• Lu Changsheng stopped the Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger with one strike, and Duan Chaohe fled while Ji Qianyao noted his escape.
• Lu Changsheng forced the Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger to kneel, then tamed it and told it to follow him.
• Ji Qianyao retrieved the Hongmeng Purple Qi, which Lu Changsheng let her keep, while Jin Wujin secretly sent a message.
• Lu Changsheng demanded everyone’s jade seals, and the group handed them over before green light teleported them away.
• Lu Changsheng found Duan Chaohe with Ji Qianyao and Xing Cheng, but Duan Chaohe teleported away by throwing out his jade seal.
• Lu Changsheng tore open space and charged after Duan Chaohe.

Lu Changsheng confronted Duan Chaohe after the trial, but He Zhen and three powerful outsiders intervened when they learned he possessed the Hongmeng Purple Qi. As the three great powers demanded the treasure, Lu Changsheng prepared to face them all.

• Duan Chaohe emerged from the trial first and warned He Zhen and the village chief that Lu Changsheng was pursuing him.
• Lu Changsheng attacked Duan Chaohe, but He Zhen blocked his strike and invoked Mortal Village's ban on unauthorized killing.
• Lu Changsheng used the Sword Dao Law against He Zhen and Duan Chaohe, while Yun Ziru and a force from Mortal Village intervened to stop the slashes.
• Yun Ziru, Jin Li, and Ji Liuzhi arrived, and Yun Ziru and Jin Li demanded that Lu Changsheng hand over the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Lu Changsheng asked whether the newcomers were stronger than Mortal Village and said that meant he would not have to seek them out one by one.

Lu Changsheng refused to hand over the Hongmeng Purple Qi, then killed Duan Chaohe with a single palm strike despite Mortal Village’s rules. Sir allowed Yun Ziru to settle the matter, and Yun attacked Lu Changsheng with the chains filling the sky.

• Yun Ziru and Jin Li demanded the Hongmeng Purple Qi, but Lu Changsheng refused to surrender it or join their factions.
• Sir warned everyone not to fight in Mortal Village, while the village chief exposed He Zhen’s secret agreement with the Northern Underworld Dragon Suppression Hall.
• Lu Changsheng ignored the warnings and killed Duan Chaohe with a palm strike infused with Sword Intent.
• Sir let Yun Ziru and Lu Changsheng settle their dispute, and Yun sent the darksteel chains crashing down on Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng effortlessly suppressed Yun Ziru’s attack, then overwhelmed him in close combat after revealing power far beyond what the gathered experts expected. He hurled Yun Ziru into the ground and prepared to finish him off with a sky full of giant swords.

• Ji Qianyao asked Ji Liuzhi to help Lu Changsheng, but Jin Li intercepted Ji Liuzhi and fought her.
• Yun Ziru unleashed his chain-and-water suppression attack while He Zhen prevented the village chief from intervening.
• Lu Changsheng formed an array with one hand and instantly suppressed Yun Ziru’s chain dragons.
• Lu Changsheng charged Yun Ziru, pierced his fist with sword fingers, and slammed him into the ground.
• Lu Changsheng summoned giant swords condensed from the Sword Dao Law to finish Yun Ziru off.

Lu Changsheng killed Yun Ziru and He Zhen, then destroyed the Northern Underworld Dragon Suppression Hall before returning to the Mortal Village. As he went to speak privately with the teacher about the object he sought, Ji Qianyao admitted she had fallen for him, and Ji Liuzhi warned that he might not be interested in her.

• Lu Changsheng unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect, breaking Yun Ziru’s Northern Underworld Dragon-Trapping Chain and killing him along with his soul.
• Jin Li withdrew the Golden-Winged Peng Clan from the conflict, while Lu Changsheng killed He Zhen despite the teacher’s warning that they were in the Mortal Village.
• Lu Changsheng asked Ji Qianyao where the Northern Underworld Dragon Suppression Hall was and left to destroy it, returning before even an incense stick’s time had passed.
• Lu Changsheng told the village chief he had taken the trial to obtain an object, but the teacher called him into the bamboo house before he could explain further.
• Ji Qianyao admitted to Ji Liuzhi that she had fallen for Lu Changsheng, and Ji Liuzhi urged her to pursue him while doubting he would be interested.

Lu Changsheng secured a wisp of Black-Yellow Qi from Mortal Village and agreed to take Xiao Shitou as his disciple. As he carried Xiao Shitou away through space, he discovered the child could withstand spatial storms without protection.

• Lu Changsheng negotiated with the teacher for a wisp of Black-Yellow Qi, agreeing to help Mortal Village if it faced trouble.
• The teacher asked Lu Changsheng to take Xiao Shitou, and Lu Changsheng agreed after the system showed the child's abilities and aptitude as unknown.
• Xiao Shitou accepted Lu Changsheng as his master in exchange for candy, and the teacher led Lu Changsheng to the secret chamber to collect the Black-Yellow Qi.
• Lu Changsheng left the Heavenly River Star Region with Xiao Shitou, while Ji Qianyao resolved to cultivate until she could catch up to him.
• The teacher told the village chief that the fate of the Heavenly River Star Region and the High-Latitude Realm depended on Lu Changsheng and Xiao Shitou.
• As Lu Changsheng carried Xiao Shitou through space, Xiao Shitou reached into a spatial storm and remained unharmed.

Lu Changsheng brought Xiao Shitou back to the Cottage and introduced him as his youngest disciple, then created a world using Black-Yellow Qi. He moved the mountain peak containing the Cottage into that world, leaving Qin Tiannan stunned by its sudden disappearance.

• Lu Changsheng returned to the Cottage with Xiao Shitou, whose mysterious ability to withstand a spatial storm left him curious.
• Ye Qiubai and the other disciples welcomed Xiao Shitou, while Mu Wan'er gave him candied hawthorn.
• Lu Changsheng merged Black-Yellow Qi with his Spiritual Qi and created a world governed by the Dao Laws of life and death.
• Lu Changsheng used a branch from Willow Tree, rain, lightning, and his powers to shape the world’s vegetation, mountains, rivers, and early life.
• Lu Changsheng transferred the Cottage’s entire mountain peak into his new world, and Qin Tiannan discovered that the mountain had vanished.

Lu Changsheng sent his disciples toward the Mid-Latitude Realm after Xie Nan captured Mu Libei, Mu Zhengting, Jian Wufeng, and other leaders of the Boundless Realm. A spatial storm destroyed their ship after they crossed the Latitude Barrier, scattering them across different places.

• Lu Changsheng trained Xiao Shitou in spatial turbulence, where Xiao Shitou rapidly advanced to the Void God Realm, while the other disciples also strengthened their cultivation over forty days.
• Mu Ziqing arrived and told Ye Qiubai that Xie Nan had captured her father, Sovereign Mu Zhengting, Jian Wufeng, and other Boundless Realm leaders, taking them to the Evil Domain.
• Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng agreed to go to the Mid-Latitude Realm, while Hong Ying offered to manage the Boundless Realm and take Liu Ziru to help keep it under control.
• Xiao Hei and Shi Sheng set out separately to pursue their own goals in the Mid-Latitude Realm, while Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Mu Ziqing prepared to rescue the captives.
• Liu Ziru opened the Latitude Barrier, but a spatial storm destroyed the disciples' ship and swept them to different locations.

After being rescued from a spatial storm by Kang Haiqiong, Ye Qiubai learned that the Kang Lineage was fighting the Yang Lineage over control of its waters. He went to repay his debt just as Kang Haiqiong was outmatched, and stepped in front of her.

• Kang Haiqiong found the gravely injured Ye Qiubai on the beach and ordered her guards to take him to the Kang residence.
• After waking, Ye Qiubai learned he had reached the Mid-Latitude Realm and that the Kang and Yang Lineages were fighting over their waters.
• Kang Cheng told Ye Qiubai to leave because his depleted Spiritual Qi made him unable to help the Kang Lineage.
• Ye Qiubai learned that Kang Haiqiong had gone to reinforce the Kang Lineage's waters, recovered his Spiritual Qi with pills, and headed there.
• Yang Ming defeated Kang Haiqiong in their clash and ordered his people to attack, but Ye Qiubai appeared before her with his longsword.

Ye Qiubai repaid Kang Haiqiong for saving him by defeating the Yang Lineage attackers on the beach. After he killed Yang Ming and his strongest guard, Kang Cheng arrived to check on his sister.

• Kang Haiqiong urged Ye Qiubai to leave, but he said he had come to repay her kindness.
• Ye Qiubai killed a late-stage Emperor realm guard with one slash, then used his Sword Domain to destroy the Yang Lineage's other Emperor realm guards.
• Ye Qiubai overcame the middle Spirit Division realm expert's Sea-Splitting Slash and killed him with the Starfall Sword Technique.
• Yang Ming tried to flee, but Ye Qiubai caught and killed him.
• Kang Haiqiong asked Ye Qiubai who he was, and he explained that helping her was his duty because she had saved him.
• Kang Cheng arrived with the Kang Lineage reinforcements and checked that Kang Haiqiong was unharmed.

Ye Qiubai agreed to represent the Kang Lineage in its contest against the Yang Lineage, despite the elders doubting his chances against a late-stage Spirit Division Realm opponent. After seven days of cultivation, he arrived at the contest grounds with Kang Haiqiong, where the city lord called for both sides to send out their contestants.

• Ye Qiubai admitted he had defeated the Yang Lineage attackers, and Kang Cheng thanked him before asking for help with the Kang Lineage’s contest.
• Kang Cheng and Kang Haiqiong explained that the contest would decide ownership of the sea territory, and that the Yang Lineage had recruited a late-stage Spirit Division Realm inner disciple from the Cloud-Gazing Sect.
• Kang Yao entrusted Ye Qiubai with the contest despite his elders’ doubts, while rejecting their suggestion to marry Kang Haiqiong into the City Lord’s Manor for help.
• Ye Qiubai spent the next seven days cultivating but did not break through, then reassured the worried Kang Haiqiong before they went to the contest grounds.
• The Yang Lineage head mocked the Kang Lineage’s prospects, and Tian Yijian called for both sides to send out their contestants.

The Kang and Yang Lineages fought for control of Azure City, and Ye Qiubai stepped in after Yang Hong tried to kill Kang Haiqiong despite her surrender. After Kang Cheng won the second match, Ye Qiubai faced Ren Yinhai and opened the decisive battle with Primordial Sword Intent.

• Yang Hong attacked Kang Haiqiong with a full-powered spear strike after she surrendered, but Ye Qiubai blocked it and escorted her from the arena.
• The City Lord's Manor awarded the first match to the Yang Lineage, while Ren Yinhai and the Yang Lineage patriarch dismissed Ye Qiubai's strength.
• Kang Cheng attacked Yang Chao without defending himself, badly injured him, and won the second match.
• Ye Qiubai stepped onto the arena, revealed his Sword Domain and rising Sword Intent, and faced Ren Yinhai.
• Ye Qiubai answered Ren Yinhai's taunt by slashing at him with Primordial Sword Intent as his Battle Intent rose.

Ye Qiubai fought Ren Yinhai despite the vast difference in their realms, using each clash to strengthen his Sword Intent. As Ren Yinhai unleashed a massive sandstorm that engulfed Ye Qiubai, a profound Sword Intent spread across the platform, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Ren Yinhai dismissed Ye Qiubai’s chances, but Ye Qiubai attacked as soon as the referee began the match.
• Ye Qiubai’s Sword Domain and opening strikes were overwhelmed by Ren Yinhai’s sandstorms, which combined Wind Conception and Earth Concept.
• Ye Qiubai repeatedly charged through the sandstorms with the Starfall Sword Technique, enduring injuries as his strikes grew stronger.
• Ren Yinhai realized Ye Qiubai was using their battle to break through and combined his four sandstorms into one filled with enormous boulders.
• Ye Qiubai’s tenth strike collided with the massive storm, and Ren Yinhai intensified it until the sandstorm engulfed Ye Qiubai.
• A profound Sword Intent spread across the platform from within the sandstorm.

Ye Qiubai survived Ren Yinhai’s attack, broke through to the Supreme Realm of the Sword Dao, and defeated him, securing the Kang Lineage’s victory over the Yang Lineage. As the Yang Lineage departed after threatening him, Kang Yao began to reveal that an unknown divine object lay in the Kang Lineage’s waters.

• Ye Qiubai burst from beneath the boulders after breaking through to the Supreme Realm of the Sword Dao.
• Ye Qiubai shattered Ren Yinhai’s attacks, broke through his wind barrier, and severed his arm, sending him off the combat platform.
• The referee announced Ye Qiubai’s victory, giving the Kang Lineage two wins against the Yang Lineage’s one.
• Ye Qiubai challenged Yang Hong, who admitted he was no match, while the Yang Lineage’s patriarch threatened Ye Qiubai before leaving.
• Kang Yao thanked Ye Qiubai, who said he was repaying a kindness, and Kang Yao began to describe an unknown divine object in the Kang Lineage’s waters.

Ye Qiubai joined the Kang Lineage in investigating a divine object beneath their waters, but the Yang Lineage and the City Lord's Estate challenged their claim. After the groups fought off an Orca Devil Shark, they reached a huge vortex guarding the object, and Ye Qiubai proposed sending someone down to scout.

• Kang Yao told Ye Qiubai that a fading barrier had concealed a divine object in the Kang Lineage's waters, and Ye Qiubai agreed to investigate.
• Seven days later, Patriarch Yang and the City Lord's Estate arrived to claim a share of the discovery, and all three powers sailed toward the Spiritual Qi's source.
• Ye Qiubai stopped Kang Haiqiong and Kang Cheng from entering the water until they understood the changed conditions below.
• An Orca Devil Shark at the Blood Transformation Realm attacked, so the city lord, Patriarch Yang, and Kang Yao joined forces against it.
• Ye Qiubai and the others reached a huge vortex with a faint glimmer at its depths, and Ye Qiubai suggested that Yang Hong scout the way down.

Ye Qiubai forced Yang Hong into the vortex and discovered that its pressure suppressed Spiritual Qi as well as flight. Elsewhere, Lu Changsheng sought the Void Clan to save Xiao Shitou, while a woman in the Vast Sea Star Domain awaited Ye Qiubai as the Vast Sea Sect demanded her.

• Ye Qiubai defeated Yang Hong and threw him into the vortex, where a suppressive force rendered Yang Hong's Spiritual Qi useless.
• Ye Qiubai entered the vortex, adapted to its pressure faster than the others, and stopped after descending a hundred feet to adjust to the stronger force.
• Lu Changsheng learned that Xiao Shitou's surging spatial power could kill him, and Liu Ziru explained that Void Crystals contained the Void Clan's spatial power.
• Little Bird said the Void Clan had last appeared during the Dragon-Phoenix War, and Lu Changsheng rode with Xiao Shitou toward that battlefield.
• In Vast Sea City, a Lü Lineage man said they had to surrender a sealed woman to the Vast Sea Sect, and she silently called out for Qiubai.
• Ye Qiubai reached the deepest point of the Azure Sea.

Ye Qiubai obtained the Heaven-Suppressing Domain in Azure Sea, protected the Kang Lineage from the Yang Lineage, and hurried off after sensing a faint signal from Mu Ziqing's jade pendant. Meanwhile, Xiao Hei began body training in a village on Immortal Ape Mountain and was shown the trials awaiting him.

• Ye Qiubai absorbed the Heaven-Suppressing Domain, and its disappearance lifted the suppression and flight restriction across Azure Sea.
• Ye Qiubai promised Kang Yao he would give the Kang Lineage a copy, rejected the city lord's offer, and warned the Yang Lineage head not to threaten them.
• Ye Qiubai escaped the Yang Lineage head with a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman and asked the city lord to protect the Kang Lineage.
• Ye Qiubai sensed faint fluctuations from Mu Ziqing's jade pendant and rushed in the direction they indicated.
• Xiao Hei, rescued by Yuan Ling after a spatial storm, met the village's firewood-chopping standard and followed the village chief to the training grounds.
• Yuan Ling showed Xiao Hei the waterfall and stone-pillar trials, then warned him not to risk hidden injuries.

Xiao Hei entered Immortal Ape Village’s waterfall trial to strengthen his body and quickly surpassed the village’s record. Though the village chief warned that continuing could leave lasting injuries, Xiao Hei refused to stop, determined to become strong enough to protect his master and fellow disciples.

• Yuan Han told Xiao Hei that Yuan Shou had lasted one incense stick on his first attempt, while the village chief predicted Xiao Hei would break the record.
• Xiao Hei entered the waterfall, endured its immense gravity, and awakened the fifth marking of his Eternal Devil Body as he moved forward.
• Xiao Hei suffered severe injuries, but Devil Qi repaired his body as he continued through the waterfall and passed half an incense stick and then one incense stick.
• Yuan Shou arrived and accepted that Xiao Hei had surpassed his record, while other Ape Devils watched Xiao Hei endure for two incense sticks.
• The village chief told Xiao Hei to stop before he suffered hidden damage, but Xiao Hei insisted that he needed greater strength to protect his master and senior and junior brothers.

After enduring a day and night beneath the waterfall, Xiao Hei awakened stronger and advanced to the Eternal Devil Body’s fifth layer. He defeated a young Ape Devil in a body-only challenge at the Immortal Ape Platform, earning the village’s respect, and the village chief invited him somewhere.

• Xiao Hei emerged from beneath the waterfall after a day and night, then woke three days later with his body greatly strengthened and his Eternal Devil Body at its fifth layer.
• Yuan Han brought Xiao Hei a meal of hunted beasts and birds, then told him about the sacrificial ceremony’s body-only challenge.
• Xiao Hei joined the challenge at the Immortal Ape Platform and exchanged powerful punches with a young Ape Devil.
• Xiao Hei’s opponent grew tired, and Xiao Hei broke through his defenses and knocked him off the platform.
• The Ape Devils accepted Xiao Hei as one of their own, and the village chief called him over to take him somewhere.

Xiao Hei learned that the Ape Devil Race recognized him as the Devil Master and trained for the trials ahead. Meanwhile, Ye Qiubai reached Vast Sea City and prepared an ambush to rescue Mu Ziqing from the Lü Lineage before they delivered her to the Vast Sea Sect.

• Yuan Shou defeated Xiao Hei on the Immortal Ape Platform, then praised his potential.
• Yuan Xiao revealed that Xiao Hei was the Devil Master and that the Ape Devil Race had awaited his return; he promised to share news of Xiao Hei’s memory fragments after he passed two trials.
• Xiao Hei trained relentlessly while Ye Qiubai arrived in Vast Sea City and learned Mu Ziqing was being held by the Lü Lineage for the Vast Sea Sect.
• Ye Qiubai discovered the Lü Lineage’s route and prepared a valley ambush, planting scrolls containing Lu Changsheng’s sword intent and planning an escape using the Heavenly Thunder Escape Technique.
• After completing his preparations, Ye Qiubai concealed himself in the valley and waited for sunrise.

Ye Qiubai rescued Mu Ziqing from the Vast Sea Sect’s escort by overwhelming the caravan with Sword Intent and fleeing east with her. He misled their pursuers and escaped with Mu Ziqing, but the Vast Sea Sect issued a blood decree to hunt them down.

• Mu Ziqing rejected the escort’s assurances that serving Su Mingshui would guarantee her safety, while a Vast Sea Sect elder warned her not to attempt escape.
• Ye Qiubai ambushed the caravan in the valley with powerful Sword Intent, incapacitated its guards, and carried Mu Ziqing away.
• Ye Qiubai used Sword Intent and Heavenly Lightning Escape Talismans to mislead the pursuing elder and conceal his and Mu Ziqing’s trail.
• The elder reported that the Lü Lineage’s tribute had been taken and ordered a search for the Sword Saint who had rescued Mu Ziqing.
• The Vast Sea Sect issued a blood decree offering rewards to anyone who found Ye Qiubai or Mu Ziqing, shocking the Vast Sea Star Domain.