Recaps

Lu Changsheng refined four pills to help Hong Ying withstand the condensed Power of the Latitude, while Mu Wan'er watched and learned. The pills’ lightning tribulations were driven away by Lu Changsheng’s Nine Nether Yellow Springs Grand Array, and he handed the pills to Hong Ying, asking her to cook for him afterward.

• Willow Tree helped Hong Ying stabilize the Power of the Realm while Lu Changsheng prepared to refine pills.
• Lu Changsheng chose pills to strengthen Hong Ying’s body and meridians, and to stabilize her soul and state of mind.
• Mu Wan'er watched Lu Changsheng refine the pills and marveled at his techniques.
• Dark clouds gathered over the Changsheng Realm as the pill tribulations formed, and Lu Changsheng used the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Grand Array to make them vanish.
• Lu Changsheng gave Hong Ying four pills and asked her to make him soup once she succeeded; Hong Ying agreed and mentioned the dishes she had learned during her campaigns.

Lu Changsheng guided Hong Ying through a dangerous process to condense the power of her realm into the power of the latitude, using pills, arrays, Grand Primordium, and Willow Tree’s protection. The power of the latitude formed, but Hong Ying could not absorb it all at once, so Willow Tree suggested sealing it temporarily.

• Lu Changsheng prepared pill-powered arrays and asked Willow Tree to protect Hong Ying’s heart meridians during the process.
• Lu Changsheng used Grand Primordium to gather the power scattered through Hong Ying’s body toward her dantian, while she took the Heavenly Mystic Meridian-Expanding Pill.
• After half a day, Lu Changsheng had Hong Ying take the Clear Spirit Mystic Pill and began condensing the gathered power into the power of the latitude.
• Three days later, the power of the latitude formed and surged through the Low-Latitude Realm.
• Willow Tree suggested temporarily sealing the power of the latitude so Hong Ying could absorb it slowly.

Hong Ying condensed the heart of the latitude, drawing in immense origin power that nearly destroyed her despite Lu Changsheng’s protections. After Lu Changsheng contained the heart and guided her cultivation, Hong Ying broke through to the early Earth Immortal realm, though her advancement continued.

• Origin power gathered across the Low-Latitude Realm, and an enormous eye watching from the Immortal Realm passage sensed the phenomenon but could not penetrate Lu Changsheng’s arrays.
• Six elders of the Supervisory Sacred Hall discussed bringing the person condensing the heart of the latitude under their oversight and decided to report the matter upward.
• As origin power flooded Hong Ying’s body, Lu Changsheng used the power of primordial beginning and Willow Tree’s branch to seal the heart of the latitude inside her dantian.
• Lu Changsheng instructed Hong Ying to circulate her cultivation technique and guide the remaining origin power through her body.
• Hong Ying completed one circuit, broke through to the early Earth Immortal realm, and continued advancing.

Hong Ying absorbed the Latitude’s Origin Power and reached the Earth Immortal Realm Late Stage, while Lu Changsheng prepared to take his disciples to the Immortal Realm together once they were all ready. After discovering eight traces of divine sense in his formation—including one far stronger than the others—he erased them, moved the formation core, and resolved to strengthen his defenses.

• With Lu Changsheng’s help, Hong Ying absorbed the Latitude’s remaining Origin Power and broke through to the Earth Immortal Realm Late Stage.
• Lu Changsheng gave Hong Ying a cultivation route for drawing power from the seal and told her to catch fish for soup; he then beat Liu Ziru for muttering about his laziness.
• Willow Tree asked whether Lu Changsheng would take Hong Ying to the Immortal Realm, and Lu Changsheng said he would wait until his other disciples reached the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Lu Changsheng examined his formation and found eight traces of divine sense, including one from the enormous eye in the Immortal Realm passage and an unfamiliar trace stronger than all the others.
• Lu Changsheng erased the traces, moved the formation core, and decided to refine and strengthen his formations.

Hong Ying and the others secretly left the Changsheng Realm to gain experience, while Lu Changsheng allowed them to go despite his earlier warning. In Severed Soul City, Mu Fusheng absorbed most of a vast soul body, and he and his companions emerged to find powerful factions gathering outside.

• Hong Ying, Shi Sheng, and the other disciples asked to venture out, and Lu Changsheng agreed to let them go after they slipped away; he kept Xiao Shitou behind to cultivate.
• Mu Fusheng absorbed more of the enormous soul body than the others, raising his soul realm above his cultivation realm and transforming his Soul Fire into Cold Soul White Flame.
• Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng decided to leave Severed Soul City and return later with Shi Sheng to see whether he could subdue the river of stars.
• Lin Zhinan assured Mu Fusheng that she and Su Muyou would keep what happened in the city secret because they had sworn a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• The factions outside Severed Soul City gathered around Ye Qiubai and the others as they emerged, seeking to protect them and their unknown reward from anyone who might try to seize it.

After the major forces tried to pressure Ye Qiubai and the others into revealing Severed Soul City's final reward, the Holy Talisman Sect and its allies helped them escape with a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman. Meanwhile, Qi Shadao announced that Avici Purgatory could begin emerging into the world.

• Yu Qingyan, Lie Xiao, and Jing Zhitan joined the major forces in surrounding Ye Qiubai and the others and demanding to know about Severed Soul City's final reward.
• The Spirit Immortal Palace's grand elder and the Su Clan elder warned that revealing too much could provoke the forces to kill and plunder, while Huo Zhengheng prepared to send the youngsters away.
• The Holy Talisman Sect's supreme elder and the other protectors distracted the encircling forces as Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, Mu Fusheng, and the others escaped with a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman.
• The Su Clan elder and the Spirit Immortal Palace's grand elder urged the remaining forces to focus on Avici Purgatory and attend a future alliance conference.
• At Avici Purgatory's base, Qi Shadao told its sect master, elders, and disciples that Avici Purgatory could begin gradually emerging into the world.

Qi Shadao returned to Avici Purgatory and instructed its followers to help restore his strength while concealing their resurgence. He planned to exploit rival factions’ interest in reaching the High-Latitude Realm to provoke conflict and prepare for revenge.

• At Purgatory Island, Sect Master Tao Mo and Avici Purgatory’s followers welcomed Qi Shadao and asked him to lead them in conquering the Mid-Latitude Realm.
• Qi Shadao refused to announce Avici Purgatory’s return, explaining that his strength had not fully recovered and that their enemies might unite against them.
• Qi Shadao gave everyone a portrait of Xiao Hei and ordered them to bring him Xiao Hei’s physical body, dead or alive.
• Qi Shadao said Avici Purgatory would delay its revenge and take advantage of rival factions’ reluctance to unite against it.
• Qi Shadao ordered Tao Mo to spread a claim that Severed Soul City’s final rewards contained crucial information about reaching the High-Latitude Realm, hoping to spur factions into conflict.

After Severed Soul City, the allied sects prepared to discuss Avici Purgatory’s resurgence, while Ye Qiubai, Su Muyou, Lin Zhinan, and Mu Fusheng dealt with the aftermath and their discoveries. The chapter ended with Mu Fusheng worrying that the next day’s meeting would bring trouble.

• Ye Qiubai told Huo Zhengheng how Chu Lan, Zhuang Zidong, and Chi Bing had died, and Huo Zhengheng lamented that Heavenly Sword Peak could not yet avenge them.
• Su Muyou told Huan Shun that Severed Soul City had been a conspiracy and that a Heavenly Dao Oath prevented her from revealing more.
• Lin Zhinan warned Zhang Guan that Spirit Immortal Palace should befriend Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei without making its intentions too obvious.
• Mu Fusheng showed the Holy Talisman Sect’s three Supreme Elders his progress in the Soul Nourishing Technique, and they offered him access to the Talisman Repository Hall.
• Mu Fusheng worried that there would be no peace at the following day’s gathering.

News that Severed Soul City's final reward contained a way to enter the High-Latitude Realm spread across the Mid-Latitude Realm, drawing powerful factions toward the Holy Talisman Sect. As the leaders debated whether to hold the Evil-Slaying Conference, Ye Qiubai and Lin Zhinan urged them to proceed so they would not fall into Avici Purgatory's trap.

• The Holy Talisman Sect, Spirit Immortal Palace, Su Clan, and Heavenly Sword Peak announced that they would reconvene the Evil-Slaying Conference to oppose Avici Purgatory and Qi Shadao.
• News spread that Severed Soul City's final reward contained a method of entering the High-Latitude Realm, prompting major powers and reclusive experts to head for the Holy Talisman Sect.
• The four powers gathered early at the Holy Talisman Sect, where Su Muyou and Lin Zhinan denied knowing about the High-Latitude Realm information and Lin Zhinan suspected Avici Purgatory had leaked it to disrupt the conference.
• The leaders considered postponing the conference because of the influx of outsiders, but Ye Qiubai and Lin Zhinan argued that it had to proceed or Avici Purgatory would appear to have exposed their guilty conscience.

Ye Qiubai proposed holding the Evil-Slaying Conference as scheduled and gambling on a way to turn Qi Shadao’s scheme to their advantage. After the meeting, the Holy Talisman Sect, Su Clan, and Spirit Immortal Palace leaders recognized Ye Qiubai’s abilities and placed even greater trust in their younger allies.

• Ye Qiubai told the gathered experts that the Evil-Slaying Conference had to proceed on schedule, then proposed a gamble that might draw sideline forces and long-secluded Heavenly Immortal Realm experts into the Evil-Slaying Alliance.
• Huan Shun praised Ye Qiubai to Su Muyou and said he understood why she had urged the Su Clan to win him over.
• The Holy Talisman Sect Master told the Supreme Elders about the meeting, and a white-bearded elder decided Mu Fusheng could enter the fifth floor of the Talisman Repository Hall after the crisis ended.
• Zhang Guan told Lin Zhinan that Spirit Immortal Palace should spare no effort to befriend Ye Qiubai, while Lin Zhinan joked that Ye Qiubai might take over his role as strategist.

The Holy Talisman Sect prepared for the Evil-Slaying Conference as factions across the Mid-Latitude Realm gathered around it. After four Heaven Immortal Realm experts completed a vast talisman table, powerful arrivals descended, including Yu Qingyan, Lie Xiao, and Jing Zhitan.

• Factions and rogue cultivators turned their attention to the Holy Talisman Sect, which greatly strengthened its defenses and recalled its disciples and elders.
• As the first bell rang, the Holy Talisman Sect's sect master, Huan Shun, Zhang Guan, and Huo Zhengheng combined their powers to build a huge round table from distant boulders and ancient trees.
• The sect master inscribed ancient patterns onto the table, drawing in Spiritual Qi and the concepts in the sect's seven-colored radiance.
• At the third bell, powerful presences arrived, and the three supreme elders helped shield the sect's disciples from their pressure.
• Yu Qingyan, Lie Xiao, and Jing Zhitan arrived and questioned or confronted the gathering, while other Heaven Immortal Realm and Earth Immortal Realm experts remained nearby.

Heaven Immortal Realm experts gathered at the Holy Talisman Sect's Evil-Slaying Conference, demanding information about the High-Latitude Realm while resisting calls to confront Avici Purgatory. Ye Qiubai arrived with Mu Fusheng, Su Muyou, and Lin Zhinan and agreed to tell them what they had learned in Severed Soul City.

• The Holy Talisman Sect's sect master sensed numerous Heaven and Earth Immortal Realm experts arriving, including two at the peak of the Heaven Immortal Realm, and welcomed them to the conference.
• Lie Xiao, Yu Qingyan, and Jing Zhitan demanded that the young cultivators reveal what they knew about the High-Latitude Realm, while Zhang Guan, Huan Shun, and the Holy Talisman Sect's sect master urged the gathering to address Avici Purgatory and Qi Shadao.
• Jing Zhitan openly threatened the Holy Talisman Sect, making its sect master, Zhang Guan, Huan Shun, and Huo Zhengheng tense.
• Ye Qiubai arrived with Mu Fusheng, Su Muyou, and Lin Zhinan and asked whether the experts wanted confirmation that they had obtained the information in Severed Soul City.
• Ye Qiubai endured the Heaven Immortal Realm experts' pressure with his Sword Domain and half-step immortal sword intent, then said they intended to tell the gathering what they knew.

Ye Qiubai told the Heaven Immortal Realm experts that he had no information about entering the High-Latitude Realm, prompting Jing Zhitan to attack him and Mu Fusheng. The two resisted his Saber Intent until Huo Zhengheng and another figure intervened, leaving Jing Zhitan impressed by their potential.

• Lie Xiao demanded that Ye Qiubai reveal how to enter the High-Latitude Realm and offered him a favor and a reward from the Limitless Primordial Yang Sect.
• Ye Qiubai said he did not possess the information, and Jing Zhitan interpreted his answer as a refusal to reveal it.
• Jing Zhitan's Saber Intent immobilized Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng and sent two blades toward them.
• Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng summoned their powers and stepped forward to resist the attack.
• Two figures appeared and dissipated the Saber Intent, while Huan Shun condemned Jing Zhitan for attacking the juniors.
• Jing Zhitan challenged Huan Shun to a spar, then sat down and privately acknowledged Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng's promise.

Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng convinced the Heaven Immortal Realm experts that the High-Latitude Realm rumor was a scheme by Qi Shadao to disrupt the Evil-Slaying Conference. As the experts prepared to leave, blood-red clouds and Chi Bing appeared above the Holy Talisman Sect, revealing Qi Shadao’s next move.

• Jing Zhitan challenged the Holy Talisman Sect’s sect master after blocking a wisp of Saber Intent, but Zhang Guan urged them not to start a war that would benefit Qi Shadao.
• Ye Qiubai argued that the suspiciously timed rumor about reaching the High-Latitude Realm was meant to divide the sects and weaken them.
• Mu Fusheng, Ye Qiubai, Lin Zhinan, and Su Muyou swore Heavenly Dao Oaths that they had received no such information among Severed Soul City’s final rewards.
• The Heaven Immortal Realm experts accepted that Qi Shadao had orchestrated the rumor, and Lie Xiao and Jing Zhitan offered to take Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng as disciples.
• As the experts prepared to leave, blood-red clouds filled the sky above the Holy Talisman Sect, and Huo Zhengheng recognized the young man standing among them as Chi Bing.

Qi Shadao appeared in Chi Bing’s body and clashed with Huo Zhengheng, then revealed that the Evil-Slaying Conference was part of a deeper scheme. Mu Fusheng realized the conference may have been bait, and Qi Shadao urged Huo Zhengheng to return to Heavenly Sword Peak.

• Qi Shadao emerged in Chi Bing’s body, and Huo Zhengheng attacked him with a storm of swords to avenge the Heavenly Sword Peak disciple.
• Qi Shadao evaded Huo Zhengheng’s attack and said he had come to share news rather than fight.
• Qi Shadao accused the gathered sects of using the Evil-Slaying Conference to obtain information about the High-Latitude Realm, and Lie Xiao demanded to know whether Qi Shadao had spread the news.
• Qi Shadao praised Ye Qiubai and the others for seeing through his plan, then asked what a perfect plan would look like.
• Mu Fusheng realized the conference’s apparent scheme might have been bait for a second layer of the plan.
• Qi Shadao told Huo Zhengheng to return to Heavenly Sword Peak, and Huo Zhengheng’s expression changed drastically.

Qi Shadao’s layered schemes crippled the Evil-Slaying Conference and left the Mid-Latitude Realm’s factions weighing whether to oppose, avoid, or join Avici Purgatory. As the storm gathered, a group arrived in the Firmament Domain, where a red-robed woman said Junior Brother Mu should be there.

• Qi Shadao revealed that he had used his body’s former identity to attack Heavenly Sword Peak while blocking transmissions, and Huo Zhengheng rushed back to the sect.
• Three elders at the late stage of the Heaven Immortal Realm appeared and struck Qi Shadao’s external incarnation with Sword Intent.
• Before vanishing, Qi Shadao threatened to destroy the sects of factions that continued to join the Evil-Slaying Conference and promised to spare those that stayed out of it.
• Ye Qiubai returned to Heavenly Sword Peak with the three elders, while the other factions departed and the failed conference’s news spread throughout the Mid-Latitude Realm.
• Several figures appeared in the Firmament Domain, where a red-robed woman said Junior Brother Mu should be there.

Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Shi Sheng, and Mu Wan'er learned that Avici Purgatory was returning and headed to the Holy Talisman Sect to find someone. Mu Wan'er used her Anti-Molester Spray on a young man who tried to grab her wrist.

• Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Shi Sheng, and Mu Wan'er found the people of the Firmament Domain frightened and unable to discuss what had happened.
• A young man from the Hehuan Sect told Mu Wan'er that Avici Purgatory was making a comeback and that the major factions had not yet chosen sides.
• Mu Wan'er asked the young man where the Holy Talisman Sect was so she could find someone.
• The young man tried to lure Mu Wan'er to his sect and grabbed for her wrist.
• Mu Wan'er threw her Anti-Molester Spray at the young man, who collapsed screaming as Shi Sheng asked what it was.

Mu Wan'er used her modified wolf-repellent spray to punish Xie Hongyi after he made advances toward her, and the disciples went to an inn to eat while joking about blaming Ye Qiubai. Xie Hongyi returned to the Hehuan Sect, where its sect master examined him and flew into a rage.

• Mu Wan'er explained that her wolf-repellent spray caused temporary blindness and pain before devastating damage to a man's private parts, making Shi Sheng and Ning Chenxin recoil.
• Mu Wan'er attacked Xie Hongyi, the Hehuan Sect sect master's personal disciple, after he harbored filthy intentions toward her, and he fled after threatening that the sect would retaliate.
• Hong Ying suggested that they blame Ye Qiubai for killing Xie Hongyi, and the group headed to an inn to eat and seek information.
• At the inn, Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Shi Sheng, and Mu Wan'er compared the food and wine unfavorably with what their fellow disciples and master made.
• Xie Hongyi returned to the Hehuan Sect with his private parts still abnormal, recounted the incident to the sect master, and watched her become furious after examining him.

Lu Changsheng assigned Mu Fusheng to keep Hong Ying and the others out of trouble in the Mid-Latitude Realm. Meanwhile, Ke Mei learned that Xie Hongyi's injuries had ruined his cultivation prospects and ordered the Law Enforcement Hall to find whoever had harmed him.

• Lu Changsheng told Mu Fusheng that Hong Ying and the others were heading to the Mid-Latitude Realm and ordered him to watch over them.
• Mu Fusheng reluctantly promised to complete the mission and left the Holy Talisman Sect, lamenting that he had to manage his troublemaking fellow disciples.
• Ke Mei confirmed that Xie Hongyi's injuries could not be healed and that he would have to abandon the Yin-Yang Hehuan Art to keep cultivating.
• Xie Hongyi gave Ke Mei a strand of his assailant's hair, which she placed in the Scent-Seeking Sachet to track the person.
• Ke Mei summoned the Law Enforcement Hall elders and ordered them to find the target and bring them back alive at any cost.

Hong Ying and her companions were attacked by the Hehuan Sect’s four enforcement elders after escaping a tavern destroyed in their assault. Hong Ying revealed her combined powers and challenged all four elders alone.

• Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Shi Sheng, and Mu Wan'er discussed finding Mu Fusheng and investigating Avici Purgatory.
• Hong Ying sensed an imminent attack and used the Power of Rules to move everyone outside the tavern before four palm strikes destroyed it.
• Yuan Xianzhi and three other Peak Earth Immortal Realm elders from the Hehuan Sect ordered Hong Ying and her companions to come with them.
• Hong Ying faced Yuan Xianzhi and unleashed the Intent of Samsara, the Power of Rules, and Imperial Qi, alarming the elders and onlookers.
• Hong Ying flew upward with her spear and attacked all four elders alone.

Mu Fusheng sensed a familiar battle and rushed toward it as Hong Ying fought four peak Earth Immortal Realm elders of the Hehuan Sect. Hong Ying’s spear pierced through their combined palm strike, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Mu Fusheng sensed familiar presences and hurried toward the fight.
• Ning Chenxin stopped Shi Sheng from joining Hong Ying, and Mu Wan'er put away the pill she had prepared.
• Yuan Xianzhi and the other three enforcement elders confronted Hong Ying together rather than fight her one-on-one.
• Hong Ying unleashed Divine Spear Pierces the Sun, striking the four elders’ combined palm imprints.
• Hong Ying’s spear broke through the attack, and the four elders were surprised that they had failed to suppress her.

Hong Ying fought Yuan Xianzhi and three other Hehuan Sect law enforcement elders, forcing them to seek a truce. She refused to let them off for harming her junior sister and declared they were not worthy of her master’s intervention, just as Mu Fusheng arrived.

• Hong Ying used her spear and Power of the Latitude to withstand the four elders’ combined attacks, though the shock wave sent her flying back hundreds of meters.
• Two Earth Immortal Realm observers marveled at Hong Ying’s strength and debated whether she belonged to a secluded force, then concluded she did not.
• Yuan Xianzhi proposed a truce to avoid a sect war amid Avici Purgatory’s return and Qi Shadao’s rebirth.
• Hong Ying accused the Hehuan Sect of seeking peace only because they feared the force behind her, after their disciple harassed and tried to force her junior sister into becoming a cultivation furnace.
• Hong Ying rejected peace, said the Hehuan Sect was not worthy of her master’s intervention, and Mu Fusheng arrived in time to hear her words.

Mu Fusheng secretly prepared an ambush while Hong Ying battled Yuan Xianzhi and the Hehuan Sect elders. Hong Ying’s strength and control kept growing, and she charged back into the fight as Mu Fusheng wondered whether even their eldest senior brother could stop her.

• Mu Fusheng learned that Xie Hongyi had harassed Wan'er and secretly placed talismans behind Yuan Xianzhi and the others to block their retreat.
• Yuan Xianzhi warned Hong Ying that a sect war would cost even a stronger faction dearly, but Hong Ying dismissed him.
• Hong Ying struck Yuan Xianzhi with her Samsara Long Spear, wielding the Power of the Latitude, Intent of Samsara, and Imperial Qi.
• Yuan Xianzhi realized Hong Ying’s control and strength had improved during the fight, then called on the other three law enforcement elders to attack without killing her.
• The four elders drove Hong Ying back, but she immediately charged at them again, while Mu Fusheng remarked that even their eldest senior brother might not be able to resist her.

Hong Ying overpowered Yuan Xianzhi and the three other Hehuan Sect law enforcement elders while Mu Fusheng prepared a talisman trap for their escape. After Hong Ying seriously injured the four, they fled toward the Hehuan Sect, leaving her unable to stop them.

• Mu Fusheng finished linking dozens of talismans into a net to trap Yuan Xianzhi and the others as they fled.
• News of Hong Ying fighting four peak Earth Immortal Realm cultivators reached factions across the Firmament Domain, and the Holy Talisman Sect’s leaders discussed the era’s emerging geniuses.
• Hong Ying gathered the Power of the Latitude, Intent of Samsara, and Imperial Qi into her Samsara Long Spear and charged Yuan Xianzhi and the other elders.
• Hong Ying pierced through the elders’ peach blossom attack, destroyed it, and sent all four elders flying with serious injuries.
• Yuan Xianzhi ordered the elders to flee toward the Hehuan Sect, and Hong Ying stopped pursuing them.

Hong Ying defeated and severely injured four Hehuan Sect Law Enforcement Hall elders, who decided the sect should accept the loss rather than risk a war. As they fled home, Mu Fusheng ambushed and bound them with Earth Immortal Realm talismans, while an unseen attacker declared they had provoked someone they should not have.

• Hong Ying mastered her strength during a two-hour fight and drove back Yuan Xianzhi and the three other Hehuan Sect elders.
• Yuan Xianzhi urged the elders to persuade the sect master to make Xie Hongyi accept the insult and preserve the Hehuan Sect.
• Mu Fusheng concealed hundreds of talismans around the injured elders and launched an ambush as they fled toward the sect.
• Lightning chains bound all four elders, and a formation of talismans attacked them as their injuries worsened.
• Yuan Xianzhi suspected the attacker belonged to the Holy Talisman Sect, but the hidden voice denied it and said they had provoked someone they should not have.