Recaps

After Pan Xie escaped, Xiao Hei saved Su Muyou and learned that the skeleton in the inheritance cave was Qu Sheng, patriarch of the Black Flame Devil Lion Race and one of the Eight Great Generals. Qu Sheng revealed that the rebels had destroyed his race and urged Xiao Hei to seek answers and his soul fragment in Severed Soul City's center.

• Pan Xie fled with a spatial escape talisman, ending the pressure on Su Muyou and the others, and the other five challengers left the cave.
• Su Muyou thanked Xiao Hei, who said he had helped because she was connected to his eldest senior brother, prompting a misunderstanding about her relationship with Ye Qiubai.
• Su Muyou asked to recover in the cave, and Xiao Hei agreed before noticing the skeleton watching him from the throne.
• The skeleton rose and knelt before Xiao Hei, identifying himself as Qu Sheng, patriarch of the Black Flame Devil Lion Race and one of the Eight Great Generals under Xiao Hei's command.
• Qu Sheng said three of the Eight Great Generals' forces, including his own, had been annihilated by the rebels, and told Xiao Hei that answers and one of his soul fragments awaited at Severed Soul City's center.
• Qu Sheng asked Xiao Hei to avenge the Black Flame Devil Lion Race once he regained his strength.

Pan Xie returned to the Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall after escaping Xiao Hei, and he and Qiu Genyin discussed gathering souls to awaken Avici Purgatory’s ancestor and using Xiao Hei’s body for it. Meanwhile, Xiao Hei received the Earth Core Black Flame from Qu Sheng, whose power strengthened Xiao Hei’s Eternal Devil Body, and the cave’s flames finally subsided.

• Pan Xie arrived at the mountain hollow in a sorry state and told Qiu Genyin that Xiao Hei had grown stronger and obtained an inheritance.
• Qiu Genyin told Pan Xie to obtain an inheritance so he could enter Severed Soul City’s center, while Pan Xie proposed trapping Xiao Hei in a death zone and using his body for Avici Purgatory’s ancestor.
• Qu Sheng gave Xiao Hei the Earth Core Black Flame and asked him to reclaim the Devil Domain and avenge the Black Flame Devil Lion clan.
• Xiao Hei endured the flame’s pain as his Eternal Devil Body absorbed its power and grew stronger.
• Su Muyou reached her limit resisting the cave’s flames, then the fire and magma suddenly calmed and the barrier disappeared, revealing Xiao Hei while the skeleton remained lifeless on its throne.

Ye Qiubai received the inheritance palace elder’s help to complete his second dantian and learned it could aid his rebirth if his soul survived. As he headed toward central Severed Soul City, he found cultivators drained of their souls, while the diviner from the Dark Domain arrived to meet Lu Changsheng at the former Cottage site.

• Ye Qiubai woke in the inheritance palace at the late stage of the Blood Transformation Realm, and the elder explained that he had filled Ye Qiubai’s second dantian with his remaining strength.
• The elder told Ye Qiubai that cultivating his Sword Dao-based second dantian could eventually grant him greater Spiritual Qi reserves and help him rebuild his body if a remnant of his soul survived.
• After the elder’s soul dissipated, Ye Qiubai bowed, took a token engraved with the character for “soul,” and left the palace.
• As Ye Qiubai traveled toward central Severed Soul City, he found corpses along the route, including a Spirit Immortal Palace disciple, with their souls drained dry.
• Members of Avici Purgatory absorbed soul forms in the outer city and extracted the souls of cultivators while gathering inheritances and tokens.
• In the Wilderness Realm, the Dark Domain diviner arrived at the former Cottage site, where Lu Changsheng asked why he wanted to meet.

Lu Changsheng learned from Dong Yi that the seal holding back the Evil and Demon Realms was close to breaking and that the Mortal Realm’s fate was closely bound to him. After returning to the Changsheng Realm, he discussed the danger with Willow Tree, and a feather wreathed in Nirvana Fire appeared between them.

• Dong Yi told Lu Changsheng that he knew Lu Changsheng had entered the Immortal Realm and explained that the seal would break in ten days, leaving the Mortal Realm unable to resist the Evil and Demon Realms.
• Dong Yi revealed that his divination with Lu Changsheng’s All-Heavens Divination Grand Array showed the Mortal Realm’s fate was closely bound to Lu Changsheng, and he asked Lu Changsheng for help.
• Lu Changsheng said he would act if the threat endangered him, then left Dong Yi and returned to the Changsheng Realm.
• Willow Tree told Lu Changsheng that his path would not end with this danger and that worse karma awaited him later.
• A feather burning with Nirvana Fire appeared between Lu Changsheng and Willow Tree.

Lu Changsheng received Little Bird's distress signal and hurried to the ruined Dragon-Phoenix battlefield. He found her gravely wounded and cornered by four powerful cultivators seeking her Phoenix bloodline, just as they prepared to attack.

• Lu Changsheng recognized Little Bird's presence in a burning feather and left the Changsheng Realm to answer her plea for help.
• Lu Changsheng reached the fallen beasts' battlefield and followed Little Bird's presence through its lightning and nirvana fire.
• Lu Changsheng discovered four cultivators searching for Little Bird and learned they had wounded her while trying to seize her bloodline.
• After searching for a day, the four cultivators found Little Bird hiding in a cave, badly wounded and unable to flee.
• The four cultivators demanded that Little Bird come with them, and she prepared to resist as they threatened to show no mercy.

Little Bird unleashed her Divine Phoenix Bloodline and shattered the combined attack of Sect Master Hu and the other three, but the effort left her powerless and back in her small-bird form. As the four prepared to kill her, a white-robed figure appeared in front of her.

• Sect Master Hu and the other three explained that they had ambushed Little Bird while she refined the Dragon Emperor's and Phoenix ruler's bloodlines, leaving her gravely injured.
• The four sect masters attacked Little Bird with their full strength, and she resolved to die rather than submit to them.
• Little Bird transformed into a Divine Phoenix and struck the four with a powerful blow that shattered their combined palm imprint and drove them back.
• Little Bird's strength ran out, and she returned to her small-bird form as Sect Master Hu and the others prepared to kill her.
• A white-robed figure appeared in front of Little Bird.

Lu Changsheng rescued the wounded Little Bird and confronted the four men who had tried to capture her, refusing to let them leave with knowledge of his presence. He killed Sect Master Hu and the other three, then burned their bodies to ashes to ensure their silence.

• Lu Changsheng used his Life Dao Law to stabilize Little Bird's injuries, and she resumed healing while unconscious.
• Lu Changsheng threatened to reveal the Phoenix Clan bloodline to powerful factions and announced that he would take Little Bird in exchange for keeping their secret.
• Sect Master Hu attacked Lu Changsheng, but Lu Changsheng blocked his strike and pierced his palm with Sword Dao Law.
• Lu Changsheng killed Sect Master Hu with a strike between his brows, then cut down the other three men despite their pleas and promises.
• Lu Changsheng burned all four bodies to ashes so no one could reveal what had happened.

Lu Changsheng finished erasing the attackers’ traces, then discovered that Little Bird’s dragon emperor and divine phoenix bloodlines were tearing her apart. He decided to risk adding his own bloodline and using Grand Primordium to fuse all three, and began the procedure as Little Bird struggled to hold on.

• Lu Changsheng sealed the area, burned the corpses, and erased every trace of the attackers.
• Little Bird asked Lu Changsheng to help her as the clashing bloodlines and her injuries continued to damage her body and soul.
• Lu Changsheng realized he needed to reconcile the two bloodlines before healing Little Bird, and chose to use his own bloodline and Grand Primordium to fuse them.
• Lu Changsheng formed an array filled with life Dao law and told Little Bird to hold on.
• Lu Changsheng bit his finger and pressed it against Little Bird to begin the risky fusion.

Lu Changsheng’s bloodline interrupted Little Bird’s warring Dragon Emperor and Divine Phoenix bloodlines, drawing a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and a Divine Phoenix into his sea of consciousness. The two rulers treated him as a senior and explained that the Dragon and Phoenix clans’ feud stemmed from their mutual disdain for each other’s bloodlines.

• Lu Changsheng attacked the Dragon Emperor Bloodline and Divine Phoenix Bloodline inside Little Bird, strengthening his formation as her injuries worsened.
• When both bloodlines encountered Lu Changsheng’s, they stopped fighting and retreated into his sea of consciousness.
• A Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and a Divine Phoenix greeted Lu Changsheng as a senior and asked whether he wanted their bloodline power.
• The Divine Phoenix explained that incorporating a weaker bloodline could dilute a stronger one, then insulted the Dragon Clan’s bloodline.
• The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and Divine Phoenix resumed bickering, revealing the childish source of their clans’ feud.

Lu Changsheng persuaded the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and Divine Phoenix to fuse their bloodlines and preserve both clans through Little Bird. He used Grand Primordium to combine their blood, leaving the fused essence ready to merge into her.

• Lu Changsheng stopped the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and Divine Phoenix from fighting in his sea of consciousness.
• Lu Changsheng proposed that they pass on their bloodlines through Little Bird, and the Divine Phoenix agreed while the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon worried his clan would be lost.
• Lu Changsheng promised to preserve a wisp of the dragon's bloodline and persuaded him to accept the plan.
• Lu Changsheng used Grand Primordium to turn the two sovereigns into drops of blood and fuse their bloodlines together.

Lu Changsheng fused the golden-red blood essence with Little Bird’s bloodline, using his own blood essence to stop the three powers from destroying her. Seven days later, Little Bird awakened with greatly increased power and soared into the sky, while Lu Changsheng planned to recover from giving up two drops of blood essence.

• Lu Changsheng pressed the golden-red blood essence into Little Bird’s heart, causing her to cry out in agony as the three bloodlines violently resisted one another.
• Lu Changsheng used Life Dao Law and Grand Primordium to protect Little Bird, then added a drop of his own blood essence to suppress and harmonize the other bloodlines.
• Little Bird’s bleeding and trembling stopped as Lu Changsheng continued channeling Life Dao Law and Grand Primordium while the bloodlines fused.
• After seven days, Little Bird opened her eyes and flew into the clouds with crimson wings bearing golden lightning, Divine Phoenix Nirvana Fire, and Lu Changsheng’s presence.
• Lu Changsheng saw that the fusion had succeeded and resolved to replenish himself after giving up two drops of blood essence.

Little Bird transformed into a Divine Phoenix after Lu Changsheng gave her two drops of his blood essence, reaching the peak of the God Lord Realm. Lu Changsheng revealed that his Grand Primordium Cultivation Technique let his own bloodline absorb other bloodlines without being weakened, and Little Bird agreed to discuss repayment back at the Cottage.

• Little Bird's transformation gave her golden dragon-scaled wings, golden lightning fused with Nirvana Fire, and a presence that embraced the essence of heaven and earth.
• Little Bird told Lu Changsheng that she had reached the peak of the God Lord Realm and explained the cultivation realms above Heaven Immortal Realm.
• Lu Changsheng complained about giving up two drops of blood essence and demanded compensation, and Little Bird promised to repay him later.
• Little Bird warned that absorbing the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and Divine Phoenix bloodlines might weaken Lu Changsheng's own bloodline.
• Lu Changsheng displayed his bloodline power and explained that his Grand Primordium Cultivation Technique incorporated other bloodlines as support rather than letting them dilute his own.
• Little Bird shrank down, landed on Lu Changsheng's shoulder, and agreed to talk about his favor when they returned to the Cottage.

On the way back to Changsheng Realm, Little Bird’s power drew the attention of major High-Latitude Realm forces, and she later transformed into a human named Huang Qian. Lu Changsheng discovered Xiao Shitou had secretly visited the Southern Region and warned him not to claim Lu Changsheng as his master when he went out.

• Little Bird carried Lu Changsheng back to Changsheng Realm, and her divine presence alerted powerhouses in the Silver Frost Sword Manor, Glazed Divine Hall, and Guanqing Pill Sect.
• Liu Ziru sensed Little Bird’s strength, while Willow Tree said she would lead the Divine Phoenix Clan to new heights because her bloodlines included Lu Changsheng’s blood essence.
• Little Bird surrounded herself with Nirvana Fire and transformed into a beautiful woman, revealing that her name was Huang Qian.
• Xiao Shitou clung to Huang Qian, prompting Lu Changsheng to toss him away and scold him for behaving improperly.
• Lu Changsheng learned Xiao Shitou had been the amorous thief in the Southern Region and told him not to say Lu Changsheng was his master when he went out.

Lu Changsheng reluctantly let Huang Qian go shopping with Xiao Shitou, who had become familiar with the Wilderness Realm through his escapades. The chapter showed the Cottage’s growing influence across the realm and ended with Qin Tiannan realizing Lu Changsheng was likely safer than anyone around him.

• Huang Qian asked Lu Changsheng to take her shopping, but he refused, so Xiao Shitou volunteered to guide her.
• Lu Changsheng suspected Xiao Shitou wanted to cause trouble, and Liu Ziru pointed out that Xiao Shitou knew the area well from his exploits as the Amorous Thief.
• Huang Qian took Xiao Shitou out of the Changsheng Realm despite Lu Changsheng’s objections.
• The Southern Region and Hidden Dao Academy had grown prosperous as cultivators from other realms sought connections to the Cottage.
• Qin Tiannan mistook Huang Qian for someone Xiao Shitou had targeted, then learned she was the former Cottage bird who had taken human form.
• Qin Tiannan worried about Lu Changsheng’s safety before realizing that Lu Changsheng was probably the safest person in the world.

Qin Tiannan gave Xiao Shitou money after learning that he and Huang Qian had come to shop, and they went to an extravagant clothing pavilion in the Southern Region. When Huang Qian admired an expensive robe, Jin Dan offered to buy it in exchange for a drink, but Xiao Shitou insulted him, provoking Jin Dan.

• Xiao Shitou told Qin Tiannan that he and Huang Qian had come to buy clothes and had forgotten to ask their master for travel money, so Qin Tiannan gave him a storage ring.
• Xiao Shitou and Huang Qian explored the transformed streets of the Southern Region and entered a pavilion known for its expensive clothes with defensive abilities.
• The attendant led them to the immortal-grade floor, where Huang Qian stopped to admire a fiery red Brocade Fire Phoenix Robe.
• The attendant said the robe cost five hundred thousand Origin Crystals, more than the two hundred thousand Qin Tiannan had given them.
• Jin Dan offered to buy Huang Qian the robe if she would join him for a drink, but Xiao Shitou stepped in and insulted him.
• Jin Dan became angry and said he would discipline Xiao Shitou in place of his family.

Huang Qian killed Jin Dan and the Jin Family experts who came to avenge him, revealing that she was from the Cottage. She stayed behind after the fight, while Xiao Shitou reconsidered who needed a refresher.

• Jin Dan attacked Xiao Shitou, but Huang Qian’s Nirvana Fire burned Jin Dan’s body and soul to nothing.
• An old man from the Jin Family threatened Huang Qian and summoned the family’s experts.
• Huang Qian told Xiao Shitou that threats should be eliminated and waited for the Jin Family reinforcements.
• Seven Jin Family experts arrived, and Huang Qian killed one with a single fiery strike.
• Huang Qian identified herself as being from the Cottage, then killed the remaining six experts with her Nirvana Fire.
• Xiao Shitou gave Huang Qian a thumbs-up and thought that she was the one who needed a refresher.

Huang Qian and Xiao Shitou returned from the Wilderness Realm after dealing with the Jin Family, prompting Lu Changsheng to destroy the family and disguise the evidence. Meanwhile, Ye Qiubai reached Severed Soul City’s central gathering place, where survivors waited behind an impenetrable barrier.

• Huang Qian and Xiao Shitou took the Jin Family’s storage rings and left after Huang Qian bought clothes, including a robe she chose for Lu Changsheng.
• Huang Qian told Lu Changsheng what had happened, and he went to the Wilderness Realm to eliminate the Jin Family and leave traces of evil cultivator Qi to conceal the Cottage’s involvement.
• Huang Qian gave Lu Changsheng the robe, and he assigned Xiao Shitou a cultivation plan with candied hawthorn as his reward.
• Ye Qiubai reached Severed Soul City’s central area and reunited with Mu Fusheng and Xiao Hei, who explained that an invisible barrier prevented anyone from advancing until everyone arrived.
• Ye Qiubai saw that only a little over a hundred cultivators remained, and Pan Xie approached with the other three members of Avici Purgatory.

Pan Xie proposed an alliance with Ye Qiubai and his companions, but Ye Qiubai refused and Pan Xie left threatening revenge. The gathered factions continued preparing against Avici Purgatory, and Yuezheng Chi arrived with two others as the barrier trembled, while Chu Lan was still missing.

• Pan Xie offered Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei an alliance, promising them other inheritances and treasures in exchange for helping Avici Purgatory obtain one target.
• Ye Qiubai refused Pan Xie's offer, and Xiao Hei challenged Pan Xie before Pan Xie left with Jiang Chen and the others, vowing to deal with them later.
• Jiang Chen asked why Pan Xie had tried to ally with the three, and Pan Xie explained that he had wanted to recruit them before killing them.
• Lin Zhinan, Gu Xi, Su Muyou, Chi Bing, and Yuan Han's group gathered with Ye Qiubai, and Su Muyou said factions were secretly joining forces to attack Avici Purgatory after Severed Soul City ended.
• Ye Qiubai and Chi Bing realized that Chu Lan was still missing, and Ye Qiubai recounted what had happened to Senior Brother Zhuang.
• Three people approached after another half day, causing the barrier to tremble; one was Yuezheng Chi, and neither of the other two was Chu Lan.

After the barrier vanished, Ye Qiubai and the other cultivators entered Ghost Gate Pass and learned that they had to choose one of three cities for a battle whose winner would claim Severed Soul City’s final reward. Xiao Hei chose Demon King City, and Ye Qiubai’s group joined him.

• Ye Qiubai comforted Chi Bing over the deaths of Zhuang Zidong and Chu Lan, and said he would not take over Heavenly Sword Peak.
• The cultivators passed through the ghost-carved gate after hearing its warning, and each received a skull-shaped mark on the back of their hand.
• Beyond a dark passage, the group found three roads leading to Purgatory City, Nebula City, and Demon King City, and learned that the cities would fight until only one remained.
• Yuezheng Chi led rogue cultivators toward Nebula City, while Pan Xie’s Avici Purgatory and Qiu Genyin’s Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall had already entered the route to Purgatory City.
• Xiao Hei chose Demon King City, and Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and their allies followed him.

Ye Qiubai’s group entered Demon King City, chose Ye Qiubai as their leader, and began organizing its defenses for the coming city battle. Xiao Hei discovered that a soul fragment of his was sealed beneath three stone pillars, but Ye Qiubai suggested the seal might lift after they conquered the other two cities.

• Lin Zhinan, Mu Fusheng, and Ye Qiubai reasoned that Severed Soul City might compensate the smaller alliances with supplies or other advantages.
• Ye Qiubai’s group entered Demon King City and saw that the mark on their hands had changed to identify their chosen city.
• Lin Zhinan proposed choosing a leader, and the group agreed that Ye Qiubai should lead them.
• Ye Qiubai assigned Lin Zhinan as strategist, Mu Fusheng to prepare talismans and defenses, and Su Muyou to inspect the eastern gate.
• Xiao Hei sensed a soul fragment beneath the three suppressive stone pillars and found a cavern leaking Demonic Qi.
• Ye Qiubai told Xiao Hei not to rush, suggesting the seal might dissipate after they conquered the other two cities.

Demon King City prepared its defenses under the battle’s restrictions, with Mu Fusheng gathering materials to create defensive talismans and guard against aerial attacks. Chi Bing discovered Purgatory City and returned with the news, prompting Gu Xi to propose striking first while Ye Qiubai and Lin Zhinan remained wary.

• Mu Fusheng explained that he could suppress the strength of flyers near Demon King City, and the others supplied materials for his talismans and the city’s defenses.
• The group assigned defenders to the four gates, placed Ye Qiubai and Lin Zhinan in command of the center, and tasked Mu Fusheng with aerial defense and later scouting.
• Chi Bing explored a mountain range, hid when he spotted Han Hua and Yu Huang, and secretly followed them through the terrain.
• Chi Bing saw Han Hua and Yu Huang enter a city filled with killing intent, then returned to Demon King City with the location of Purgatory City.
• Gu Xi proposed attacking Purgatory City first, but Ye Qiubai and Lin Zhinan suspected the plan would not be simple.

Lin Zhinan and Mu Fusheng realized Chi Bing had likely been lured by an illusion, but Gu Xi and Chi Bing were already trapped by Avici Purgatory and Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall. With Qiu Genyin’s compass blocking their escape talismans, the two prepared to fight rather than surrender.

• Lin Zhinan judged that the city Chi Bing saw was probably bait and sent Gu Xi and Chi Bing to continue reconnaissance around its gates.
• Mu Fusheng told Ye Qiubai that a Mirage Talisman could create an illusion from a dead person’s soul memories, making Chi Bing’s sighting potentially false.
• Ye Qiubai gathered the others and hurried to reinforce Gu Xi and Chi Bing after realizing they might be in danger.
• Pan Xie, Jiang Chen, Han Hua, Yu Huang, Qiu Genyin, and the others surrounded Gu Xi and Chi Bing in a forest where no city stood.
• Pan Xie revealed that his banner had manifested the memories of a dead person, while Qiu Genyin used a compass to suppress escape talismans.
• Gu Xi and Chi Bing drew their swords and refused to surrender, declaring that sword cultivators would not give up without a fight.

Pan Xie and the others killed Gu Xi and Chi Bing to harvest their souls, then used the collected soul power and Qiu Genyin’s pagoda to open a sealed box in Purgatory City. As the box began to open, Ye Qiubai’s group prepared to search for Purgatory City and fight back.

• Pan Xie defeated Gu Xi and Chi Bing, extracted their souls, and left their bodies behind.
• Ye Qiubai’s group concluded that Gu Xi and Chi Bing had been killed and planned to search for traces of Avici Purgatory after Mu Fusheng finished inscribing talismans.
• Ye Qiubai warned that the war had begun and rallied the group to destroy Purgatory City.
• Pan Xie and the other Avici Purgatory members used harvested soul power and blood talismans to activate the box beneath the three stone pillars.
• Qiu Genyin used the Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall’s pagoda to draw away some of the pillars’ sealing power, and the box began opening.

Purgatory Ancestor awakened in Purgatory City and demanded Xiao Hei’s body so he could escape the suppression of the stone pillars. Pan Xie and the others received the Ancestor’s power and planned to wait for their enemies to come to them.

• Yuezheng Chi and the rogue cultivators saw the blood-red pillar and decided to seek an alliance with Demon King City.
• Ye Qiubai and the others saw the pillar and suspected it marked Purgatory City and the source of the soul-extraction ritual.
• Purgatory Ancestor emerged from the box as a soul, praised Pan Xie and the others for freeing him, and demanded a physical body strong enough to contain him.
• Pan Xie showed Purgatory Ancestor an image of Xiao Hei, and the Ancestor chose Xiao Hei’s body as the one he wanted.
• Purgatory Ancestor gave Pan Xie and the other three soul power that could raise them to the Earth Immortal Realm temporarily, and told them to lure their enemies into Purgatory City if needed.
• Pan Xie decided to wait for Ye Qiubai’s group and the rogue cultivators to arrive, while Qiu Genyin warned him that Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall would hold Avici Purgatory to its promise.

Mu Fusheng fortified Demon King City with talismans as Nebula City arrived to propose an alliance against Avici Purgatory. Ye Qiubai let Yuezheng Chi enter to negotiate, and Yuezheng Chi proposed an immediate attack.

• Mu Fusheng placed defensive and offensive talismans on Demon King City's walls and linked four flight-restriction talismans to suppress enemies within ten miles.
• Su Muyou reported that three people from Nebula City had arrived, and Ye Qiubai ordered the other guards to hold their positions.
• Chen Hui proposed an alliance against Purgatory City, while Ye Qiubai questioned whether Nebula City was sincere.
• Yuezheng Chi stopped Chen Hui from confronting Ye Qiubai and offered to enter Demon King City alone to negotiate.
• Ye Qiubai opened the eastern gate for Yuezheng Chi, who proposed moving out immediately to wipe out Avici Purgatory.