Recaps

Ye Qiubai and his companions reinforced the western city wall and unleashed powerful attacks against the beast tide, while Zhongchang Gong plotted to use them as bait. Zhongchang Gong covered Ye Qiubai with Demon-Luring Powder and drew a Divine General-level Devil Beast toward him, leaving Ye Qiubai facing its charge.

• Ye Qiubai strengthened the western wall with his Sword Domain and talismans despite Zhongchang Gong's objections, and Mu Fusheng estimated the defenses could last at most one day.
• Ye Qiubai, Fang Qiong, and Mu Fusheng coordinated their attacks to tear a gap in the beast tide and raise the soldiers' morale.
• Zhongchang Gong realized the trio might survive until the beast tide receded, so he told Zhong Yan and Qi Wen to prepare and crushed a sachet of Demon-Luring Powder beside Ye Qiubai.
• Zhongchang Gong scattered more Demon-Luring Powder over a tiger-shaped Divine General-level Devil Beast, which charged toward Ye Qiubai as Zhongchang Gong predicted he would not survive.

Ye Qiubai and Fang Qiong drew an enraged Divine General-level Devil Beast away from Xingning City's western wall and severely wounded it. The beast was still alive in the lightning cage, while Zhongchang Gong and his companions went to fight another Divine General-level Devil Beast.

• Ye Qiubai used the Sword Domain to cut a path through the beast tide, and Mu Fusheng raised a lightning cage to keep other Devil Beasts from closing the gap.
• Ye Qiubai lured the tiger-shaped Devil Beast into the cage, while Zhongchang Gong, Zhong Yan, and Qi Wen moved to attack another Divine General-level Devil Beast.
• Ye Qiubai struck the tiger-shaped beast's head with the Primordial Immortal Sword, opening a deep wound, and Fang Qiong followed with a punch that crushed its chin.
• The defending general watched Ye Qiubai and Fang Qiong severely injure the beast and marveled at their strength.

Ye Qiubai and Fang Qiong fought the dark-qi-enhanced tiger Devil Beast inside Mu Fusheng’s lightning cage, but its sudden burst of strength knocked them into the ground. They reappeared above its head and prepared another combined attack as Mu Fusheng restrained it with lightning chains.

• The defending general rallied the city soldiers after Ye Qiubai and Fang Qiong wounded the tiger Devil Beast.
• The tiger Devil Beast healed, grew larger, and struck Ye Qiubai and Fang Qiong with a paw, sending them crashing into the ground.
• Mu Fusheng used lightning chains to halt the tiger Devil Beast, while Xiao Hei held back from intervening.
• The tiger Devil Beast broke free and smashed the ground again as Zhong Yan and Qi Wen assumed Ye Qiubai and Fang Qiong were dead.
• Mu Fusheng restrained the tiger Devil Beast once more, and Ye Qiubai and Fang Qiong appeared above its head to launch a coordinated attack.

Ye Qiubai, Fang Qiong, and Mu Fusheng coordinated their attacks to kill a Divine General-level tiger-shaped Devil Beast and wipe out much of the beast tide. After the defense continued, Zhongchang Gong returned and tried to restore their cooperation by offering information.

• Mu Fusheng bound the tiger-shaped Devil Beast with lightning chains while Ye Qiubai and Fang Qiong prepared a coordinated attack.
• Ye Qiubai struck the beast with the Primordial Immortal Sword as Fang Qiong's Annihilation Killing Formation erupted inside its body.
• Mu Fusheng unleashed a pillar of lightning and detonated the lightning cage, killing the beast and sweeping away nearly forty percent of the beast tide.
• The defending soldiers' morale surged, while Zhongchang Gong, Zhong Yan, and Qi Wen watched in shock as the three God Soldier Realm disciples surpassed them.
• Half a day later, Zhongchang Gong and the others killed their own Devil Beast and returned to find Ye Qiubai and his companions still defending the city.
• When Ye Qiubai threatened to join Lan Hai's side, Zhongchang Gong asked what information he wanted.

Zhongchang Gong secured Ye Qiubai and his companions’ cooperation by offering them information, while Mo Li’s expedition into the dark Demon Qi suffered heavy losses and could not reach its source. Mo Li reported his theory that the phenomenon was connected to the former Devil Master to Mo Ji, who ordered him to keep investigating and identify everyone entering the area.

• Zhongchang Gong recognized Ye Qiubai and his companions needed information and rewards, so he offered to provide information to keep them on the team until the mission ended.
• A God King Realm expert from the Demon King Domain was overwhelmed by the dark Demon Qi and exploded, prompting Mo Li to learn that more than seventy people had died.
• Mo Li concluded the dark Demon Qi was far more powerful than the Demon King Domain’s and might be connected to the former Devil Master, who could have reached the High-Latitude Realm.
• Mo Li withdrew from the central area and sent his conjecture to Mo Ji, who ordered him to station people there, keep trying to break through, and report every new development.
• Mo Li instructed the Divine Array Sect and Divine Body Sect to provide images of everyone who had entered, then warned that the former Devil Master would face a deadly trap if his theory proved true.

Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, Mu Fusheng, and Fang Qiong helped the defenders hold Xingning City’s western wall, then questioned Zhongchang Gong about the dark Demonic Qi and received a map and regional intelligence. As the Demon King Domain increased surveillance of outsiders, Lan Hai’s group learned of the four’s feat and looked grim.

• After two days of fighting, the beast tide receded, and the battered defenders thanked Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, Mu Fusheng, and Fang Qiong for saving the western wall.
• Zhongchang Gong promised to honor his deal, and Mu Fusheng asked what lay within the dark Demonic Qi; Zhongchang Gong said nobody knew.
• Zhongchang Gong revealed that the Demon King Domain had sent reinforcements and ordered increased surveillance of outsiders, including Ye Qiubai’s group.
• Mu Fusheng requested a map and intelligence on the Divine Descent Star Region, and Zhongchang Gong gave him a detailed scroll.
• Xiao Hei worried that the Demon King Domain might know he was there, but Ye Qiubai reassured him that the increased surveillance suggested otherwise.
• The city lord praised the group’s defense, while Lan Hai’s group looked grim after hearing that the outsiders had killed a Divine General-level Devil Beast.

Ye Qiubai and his companions rejected Lan Hai’s offer to join his team and continued gathering intelligence about the Demon King Domain. When Mo Ge arrived carrying a black-and-gold wooden box, Xiao Hei’s bloodline reacted and the dark demonic Qi surged, triggering an early beast tide; facing three enhanced Divine General-level Devil Beasts, Ye Qiubai offered to take one on himself.

• Lan Hai tried to recruit Ye Qiubai and his companions by promising double the rewards, but Ye Qiubai refused and Zhongchang Gong promised to share intelligence with them.
• During the next three days, Ye Qiubai’s group learned that Mo Ge had entered the Divine Descent Star Region carrying a concealed black-and-gold wooden box.
• Xiao Hei reacted violently to the box, and the resulting surge in dark demonic Qi caused beast tides to attack cities ahead of schedule.
• The three remaining Divine General-level Devil Beasts gathered at Xingning City’s northern wall with stronger, altered forms, while Lan Hai and Zhongchang Gong each prepared to fight one.
• Ye Qiubai warned that the city lord might not be able to hold off the third beast and said his group would deal with it.

Ye Qiubai and his companions chose to protect Xingning City rather than help Lan Hai and Zhongchang Gong attack the other Devil Beasts. Ye Qiubai killed a Divine General-level Devil Beast with one strike of the Azure Cloud Sword, leaving both groups shocked.

• Ye Qiubai refused to join Lan Hai and Zhongchang Gong, explaining that the city walls could not withstand an unrestrained Divine General-level Devil Beast.
• Lan Hai and his companions charged toward one Devil Beast while Zhongchang Gong, Qi Wen, and Zhong Yan attacked another; Ye Qiubai waited for the third to approach the city.
• Mu Fusheng bound the approaching Devil Beast with lightning chains, and Fang Qiong struck it with the Annihilation Array.
• Ye Qiubai drew the Azure Cloud Sword and unleashed a massive sword strike that killed the trapped Devil Beast instantly.
• Lan Hai, Zhongchang Gong, Zhong Yan, and Qi Wen watched in shock as Ye Qiubai put away his sword.

Ye Qiubai’s single sword strike killed a Divine General-level Devil Beast and helped Xingning City survive the beast tide, but it also drew Zhongchang Gong and Lan Hai’s attention to the Azure Cloud Sword. Suspecting they planned to seize it, Ye Qiubai and his companions still set out for the Assembly Hall to obtain a map of the dark Demonic Qi and the Demon King Domain’s movements.

• Ye Qiubai used the Azure Cloud Sword to kill a Divine General-level Devil Beast with one strike, winning Zhongchang Gong’s wager against Lan Hai.
• Zhongchang Gong and Lan Hai killed the other Divine General-level Devil Beasts, and the beast tide retreated from Xingning City.
• At the victory banquet, Zhongchang Gong questioned Ye Qiubai about his sword, while Ye Qiubai asked for maps of the dark Demonic Qi and the Demon King Domain’s search areas.
• Back in their courtyard, Mu Fusheng and Fang Qiong noticed Zhongchang Gong and Lan Hai exchanging glances, and the group suspected they intended to rob them for the Azure Cloud Sword.
• Ye Qiubai decided to go to the Assembly Hall for the maps despite the danger, while Mu Fusheng prepared more talismans.
• The next day, Ye Qiubai’s group traveled with Zhongchang Gong and Lan Hai toward the Assembly Hall, keeping up friendly conversation as suspicion simmered beneath it.

Ye Qiubai’s group collected the mission reward and map information, but Elder Zhong accused them of stealing a Divine Body Sect supreme treasure and demanded its return. The sect trapped them inside the Assembly Hall, but Fang Qiong then cast a powerful illusion formation, leaving the confrontation poised to turn against their attackers.

• Zhongchang Gong invited Ye Qiubai’s group to visit the Divine Body Sect, but Ye Qiubai declined and asked for their mission reward and map information.
• Xiao Hei sensed powerful cultivators surrounding the Assembly Hall, while Fang Qiong detected a formation sealing the space outside.
• Elder Zhong gave Ye Qiubai the map information, then demanded that he return the sword Zhongchang Gong had supposedly lent him.
• Ye Qiubai called the accusation a flimsy excuse, and Elder Zhong ordered the Assembly Hall sealed as powerful Divine Body Sect cultivators surrounded the group.
• Ye Qiubai revealed that his group had anticipated the ambush, and Fang Qiong enveloped the Assembly Hall in an enormous illusion formation.

Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Fang Qiong, and Xiao Hei escaped the Divine Body Sect’s ambush and fled toward the region of dark demonic Qi. Elder Zhong pursued them until they reached the region’s edge, where he stopped.

• Fang Qiong used the Immortal Affinity Illusion Array to delay Elder Zhong while the four escaped the sealed area.
• The Hao Tian Divine Sect’s grand elder watched the escape and decided not to intervene.
• The four fled west across a ruined wasteland toward the dark demonic Qi, and Mu Fusheng erased the soul imprint from their spatial ring.
• Elder Zhong caught up and attacked, but the four used directional Heavenly Lightning Escape Talismans to escape several times.
• Elder Zhong stopped when the four reached the area of dark demonic Qi.

Ye Qiubai and the others used Xiao Hei’s bloodline to withstand the Dark Demon Qi and lured Elder Zhong deep into the dangerous area. They trapped him with two formations, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Elder Zhong entered the Dark Demon Qi after Ye Qiubai and the others, while the Divine Body Sect waited at the edge for them to emerge.
• Xiao Hei gave Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Fang Qiong drops of his blood essence, which expelled the Dark Demon Qi from their bodies.
• Ye Qiubai and the others led Elder Zhong deeper into the area, intending to exploit the danger and make him reveal what he knew.
• Elder Zhong followed them to a hundred and fifty li in, where he found the four seemingly unaffected and realized he might have fallen into a trap.
• Fang Qiong activated the Immortal Affinity Illusion Array and Annihilation Killing Formation around Elder Zhong.

Fang Qiong tested his ability to use two formations at once and overwhelmed Elder Zhong inside the dark demonic Qi. Elder Zhong realized the group were the outsiders sought by the Demon King Domain, but Mu Fusheng had sealed the space with dozens of talismans, trapping him.

• Outside the dark demonic Qi, Lan Hai and Zhongchang Gong dismissed the possibility that anything could happen to Elder Zhong.
• Fang Qiong activated the Annihilation Killing Formation and Immortal Affinity Illusion Array together, using them to attack Elder Zhong.
• Elder Zhong broke free of the illusion and survived Fang Qiong's assault, but he was weakened and recognized the group had concealed their identities.
• Elder Zhong deduced that the Demon King Domain was searching for Ye Qiubai and the others and threatened to report them.
• Mu Fusheng revealed that at least fifty talismans had sealed the surrounding space, preventing Elder Zhong from escaping with his talisman.

Fang Qiong merged the Annihilation Killing Formation with the Immortal Affinity Illusion Array and killed Elder Zhong inside the resulting illusion. The Divine Body Sect learned that Elder Zhong’s soul tablet had shattered, leaving Zhongchang Gong stunned.

• Fang Qiong activated the Annihilation Killing Formation and Immortal Affinity Illusion Array against Elder Zhong.
• Elder Zhong used the Blood Prohibition Secret Art to restore his strength, while Fang Qiong refused Ye Qiubai’s offer of help and attempted to merge the formations.
• Fang Qiong combined the formations into the Annihilation Illusion Killing Formation, trapping Elder Zhong in an illusion of destruction.
• Fang Qiong’s world-destroying spear pierced Elder Zhong and annihilated his soul within the illusion.
• The Divine Body Sect discovered Elder Zhong’s shattered soul tablet, and Zhongchang Gong reacted with disbelief.

Fang Qiong killed Elder Zhong inside the dark Devil Qi, while the Divine Body Sect gathered outside to trap the survivors. At the center, Mo Li and Mo Ge found the Devil God Dark Armor, but its power overwhelmed Mo Ge and they could not take it by ordinary means.

• Zhongchang Gong learned that Elder Zhong had died and that one of the four juniors had killed him, but Lan Hai and the other elders stopped him from entering the dark Devil Qi.
• The grand elder of the Hao Tian Divine Domain watched from nearby and marveled that Fang Qiong had killed a late God King Realm cultivator.
• Mo Li and Mo Ge reached the center of the dark Devil Qi and found Xiao Hei's Devil God Dark Armor embedded in the ground.
• Mo Ge stepped onto a crack, triggering a violent eruption of dark Devil Qi that engulfed him and sent the beast tide charging toward nearby cities.
• Mo Ge opened the wooden box and used its token to escape the dark Devil Qi, then told Mo Li that the armor suppressed his bloodline and could not be taken by ordinary means.

Xiao Hei and his companions reached the Devil God Dark Armor, which responded to his bloodline, but Mo Ge and Mo Li ambushed them with experts from the Demon King Domain. The armor flew toward Xiao Hei as the two sides prepared to clash.

• Mo Ge and Mo Li decided to wait for Xiao Hei, believing he could gain the Devil God Dark Armor's recognition, and summoned their subordinates as backup.
• Xiao Hei, Ye Qiubai, Fang Qiong, and Mu Fusheng advanced through the dark demonic Qi, while Mu Fusheng warned that their enemies might have prepared an ambush and said someone would help them.
• Xiao Hei's bloodline surged near the clearing, awakening the Devil God Dark Armor and drawing it out of the ground toward him.
• Mo Ge, Mo Li, and their Demon King Domain experts surrounded the group, and Mo Li demanded that Xiao Hei come with them.

Xiao Hei faced Mo Ge and Mo Li over the Devil God Dark Armor until Dongcheng Wan intervened on the Hao Tian Divine Domain’s orders. After the Devil Qi receded and the Devil Beasts returned to their territories, Mo Li summoned a figure with a jade pendant to bring pressure from the other Divine Lord-level forces.

• Xiao Hei rejected Mo Ge and Mo Li’s offer to take him back, insisting that his senior and junior brothers were not like his former allies.
• Mo Li ordered the Demon King Domain experts to attack, but Mu Fusheng told Ye Qiubai and the others to stay out of it.
• Dongcheng Wan appeared and drove back the attackers, then declared that the Hao Tian Divine Domain would protect Xiao Hei on Divine Lord Hao Tian’s orders.
• The Devil God Dark Armor absorbed the surrounding Devil Qi, restoring the sky over the Divine Descent Star Region and causing the Devil Beasts to return to their territories.
• Mo Li activated a jade pendant to summon a figure, threatening that the other two Divine Lord-level forces would pressure the Hao Tian Divine Domain.

Mo Ji summoned the Yin-Yang Divine Lord and the Desolation Lord to take Xiao Hei, but Divine Lord Hao Tian intervened and defeated the Desolation Lord. Divine Lord Hao Tian agreed to protect Xiao Hei from opponents more than one major realm above him, leaving him free to face other challengers.

• Mo Ji learned from Mo Ge that Xiao Hei and his companions were under the protection of the Hao Tian Divine Domain, and he summoned allies while Dongcheng Wan sent a soul transmission to Divine Lord Hao Tian.
• The Yin-Yang Divine Lord and the Desolation Lord descended, followed by Divine Lord Hao Tian, who refused to let them take Xiao Hei.
• The Desolation Lord attacked Divine Lord Hao Tian, but Divine Lord Hao Tian shattered his strike and sent him flying with a powerful blow.
• The Yin-Yang Divine Lord asked whether Divine Lord Hao Tian would intervene against opponents closer to Xiao Hei's realm, and he said he would only stop those more than one major realm above Xiao Hei.

Divine Lord Hao Tian allowed God King Realm cultivators to challenge Xiao Hei, one at a time, despite the two-realm gap. Xiao Hei fought an early God King Realm expert without using the Devil God Dark Armor, and the battle showed that his bloodline was strengthening and healing him.

• Divine Lord Hao Tian permitted God King Realm experts to fight the group but limited them to one opponent at a time.
• Mo Ji sent an early God King Realm cultivator to face Xiao Hei, who activated his Eternal Devil Body and unleashed his bloodline power without using the Devil God Dark Armor.
• Xiao Hei's first punch sent him crashing into the ground, but it also injured the God King Realm cultivator's arm.
• Xiao Hei burst back from the collapsed ground with stronger Demon God Qi and struck the cultivator again.
• Xiao Hei's wounds rapidly healed as golden Qi flowed through his blood, and his physical strength grew during the fight.

Xiao Hei’s bloodline power erupted as he fought a God King Realm expert, growing stronger through his injuries and eventually defeating him. Divine Lord Hao Tian then told the Divine Body Sect and Divine Array Sect leaders to return to their sects.

• Xiao Hei traded punches with a God King Realm expert, and his bloodline healed his injuries while steadily increasing his strength.
• Mo Ji urged the expert to stop holding back, so the man unleashed his Demonic Qi and attacked Xiao Hei with full force.
• Xiao Hei linked his blood Qi to the Demon God phantom and punched back, overwhelming the expert with the suppression of his bloodline.
• Fang Qiong worried about Xiao Hei, while Ye Qiubai reassured her and Mu Fusheng prepared to intervene if needed.
• Xiao Hei broke the expert’s arms and smashed him into the ground, leaving him alive but too weak to fight.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian told the leaders of the Divine Body Sect and Divine Array Sect to return to their sects.

Xiao Hei defeated an Early God King Realm expert and revealed that his strength and talent had returned, while Divine Lord Hao Tian forced Mo Ji and the Demon King Domain to retreat. The Divine Body Sect sought forgiveness with most of its reserves, but Xiao Hei refused, and Divine Lord Hao Tian ordered the sect wiped out.

• Xiao Hei overcame the Early God King Realm expert, and his physical strength broke through to the Early God General Realm during the fight.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian drove away the Yin-Yang Divine Lord and the Desolation Lord, then mocked Mo Ji until Mo Ji suppressed his fury so violently that he coughed blood.
• Mo Ji ordered Mo Ge and Mo Li to return, and Xiao Hei warned them he would reclaim everything in the Demon King Domain.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian praised Dongcheng Wan and spoke warmly with Xiao Hei, Ye Qiubai, and the others, revealing that their master, Senior Lu, had guided him.
• The Divine Body Sect's sect master offered Xiao Hei a ring containing seventy percent of the sect's reserves, but Xiao Hei refused it.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian ordered Dongcheng Wan to wipe out the Divine Body Sect.

Mo Ji summoned the God King Realm cultivators in the Demon King Domain while a chained woman reacted to his call. In the Divine Descent Star Region, Ye Qiubai and his companions accepted the Divine Body Sect’s reserves, and Xiao Hei began reconnecting with the Devil God Dark Armor.

• Mo Ji, furious after being injured, summoned every God King Realm cultivator in the Demon King Domain to the Demon King Palace.
• A chained woman in a dark prison heard Mo Ji’s call, laughed weakly, and said that he had finally come.
• Dongcheng Wan offered Ye Qiubai the Divine Body Sect’s reserves, and Mu Fusheng accepted the spatial ring on the group’s behalf.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian asked whether the Divine Array Sect had attacked Ye Qiubai, and Xiao Hei confirmed that it had not.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian departed after warning Xiao Hei to contact him if anyone above the God King Realm came after them.
• Xiao Hei asked Ye Qiubai and the others to stand guard while he worked to reconnect with the Devil God Dark Armor.

News of the Divine Descent Star Region incident spread, and powerful factions suspected that Lu Changsheng was the master behind Ye Qiubai and the others. Xiao Hei reunited with the Devil God Dark Armor and learned that one of his lost souls, Taiguang, was somewhere in the High-Latitude Realm; Mu Fusheng then revealed a map and token pointing to a dragon vein.

• The Golden-Winged Peng Clan and other factions wondered who had prompted Divine Lord Hao Tian to support Ye Qiubai and the others, while Jin Wujin suspected the man in white from Mortal Village.
• Ji Qianyao guessed that Senior Lu was behind the incident, but Ji Liuzhi urged her to focus on cultivation and grow strong enough to pursue him.
• God Lord-level factions sent informants to watch Ye Qiubai and the others in the Divine Descent Star Region, while the Primordial Sword Sect made no move.
• Xiao Hei used his blood essence to reconnect with the Devil God Dark Armor, which merged into his body and raised his physical strength to the middle God General Realm.
• Xiao Hei told Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Fang Qiong that the Devil God Dark Armor had revealed a clue to Taiguang, one of his lost souls, and that he needed to reach the peak God General Realm to absorb it.
• Mu Fusheng said that the Divine Body Sect's resources included an ancient token and a map pointing to the site of a dragon vein.

Ye Qiubai and his companions traveled to the Heavenly River Star Region to seek the dragon vein, but found it guarded by powerful forces. They decided to join separate sects as core disciples to gain entry, then made a cooking wager that Fang Qiong would later regret.

• Ye Qiubai and his companions traveled for fifteen days to the Heavenly River Star Region, where rival first-rate forces had carved up the Jade Lake Immortal Palace and Golden-Winged Peng Clan’s influence.
• Mu Fusheng scouted the dragon vein and found it surrounded by sentries, God King and God Emperor experts, arrays, and talismans, leaving him unable to enter.
• Ye Qiubai proposed that the four join different forces as core disciples so they could qualify to train inside the dragon vein.
• The group agreed to compete to earn entry first, and Xiao Hei wagered that the others would take turns teaching him to cook.
• Fang Qiong promised to teach Xiao Hei, a decision that he later remembered as the greatest regret of his life.

Xiao Hei went to the Golden-Winged Peng Clan to join as a body cultivator and fought Jin Hong to prove his strength. After Jin Hong accepted his qualification, he escorted Xiao Hei to the Golden Feather Army's commander, who asked why someone from the Demon King Domain wanted to join the clan.

• Ye Qiubai chose the Silver Dragon Mountain Manor, Xiao Hei the Golden-Winged Peng Clan, Mu Fusheng the Heavenly Firmament Sect, and Fang Qiong the Crimson Flame Hall.
• Xiao Hei arrived at the Golden Feather Mountain Range and told sentry Jin Hong he wanted to join the Golden-Winged Peng Clan.
• Xiao Hei activated the Eternal Devil Body and overwhelmed Jin Hong in a fight, leaving him badly injured.
• Jin Hong accepted Xiao Hei's strength, reported the encounter, and escorted him through the clan's checkpoints to the Golden Feather Army camp.
• The commander asked Xiao Hei why someone from the Demon King Domain wanted to join the Golden-Winged Peng Clan.