Recaps

Ye Qiubai learned that Mu Ziqing was undergoing a perilous trial and that the Ice God Hall would seek her in marriage in five days. He vowed to prepare to face the Ice God Hall and visited Mu Ziqing, leaving her to focus on passing the trial while he handled the rest.

• After waking, Ye Qiubai learned from Mu Fusheng that the Drifting Snow Sect wanted to discuss what to do about their situation.
• Jiang Qingluan told Ye Qiubai that Mu Ziqing’s soul was sealed in the Ice Crystal Trial and warned him not to let the Ice God Hall take her.
• The Drifting Snow Sect’s sect master said the sect would not hand Mu Ziqing over, but the Ice God Hall’s young prodigy was an early-stage God Emperor and would arrive to propose marriage in five days.
• Ye Qiubai declared that five days was enough to prepare, and the grand elder agreed to build momentum around him to buy the sect time.
• The sect master took Ye Qiubai to see Mu Ziqing, and he held her hand and urged her to focus on passing the trial.

Mu Ziqing faced the final stage of the Ice Crystal Trial, where she refused to kill illusions of Ye Qiubai and was buried beneath the snow. Five days later, the Ice God Hall arrived to force a marriage engagement, and the Drifting Snow Sect prepared to use Ye Qiubai to challenge its envoy and rally allies.

• Mu Ziqing realized the white cranes transformed into Ye Qiubai and that killing them would sever her emotions, so she chose not to strike and was buried by the snow.
• The Ice God Hall announced that Chen Yuning would visit the Drifting Snow Sect to establish a marriage engagement with the Holy Maiden, inviting cultivators with the promise of Cold Spirit Pills.
• The Drifting Snow Sect Master and elders condemned the Ice God Hall's ultimatum and refused to surrender the Holy Maiden.
• The Drifting Snow Sect Master proposed having Ye Qiubai provoke and defeat Chen Yuning, then using the Ice God Hall's response to enlist the other two major forces.
• The Ice God Hall arrived above the Drifting Snow Sect and called for its people to come out and greet them.

Ye Qiubai joined the Drifting Snow Sect Master to face the Ice God Hall, which had arrived to demand Ziqing’s marriage to Chen Yuning. After Chen Yuning challenged Ziqing’s Dao companion to prove his worth, Ye Qiubai stood against him and predicted that Chen Yuning would suffer the worse injuries.

• Jiang Qingluan found Ye Qiubai cultivating and was shocked by the power of his Sword God's intent before he agreed to go with her.
• Shen Funian presented the Heavenly Ice Extraordinary Vein as a betrothal gift and pressed the Drifting Snow Sect Master to approve Chen Yuning’s marriage to Ziqing.
• The Drifting Snow Sect Master refused, saying Ziqing already had a Dao companion and her heart belonged to him.
• Chen Yuning challenged Ziqing’s Dao companion to appear and prove his talent, and Ye Qiubai rose to face him before the gathered crowd.
• Chen Yuning told Ye Qiubai to withdraw, but Ye Qiubai defended his bond with Ziqing and warned Chen Yuning he would suffer worse injuries.

Ye Qiubai challenged Chen Yuning and revealed that he had reached the Sword God realm, overpowering Chen Yuning despite their difference in cultivation. Chen Yuning then unleashed the Ice God Bloodline and froze Ye Qiubai, who prepared the Fifth Sword of the Primordial Sword Scripture as a deadly attack came for him.

• Chen Yuning agreed to duel Ye Qiubai, and Ye Qiubai mocked him before accepting the challenge.
• Ye Qiubai revealed his Sword Domain and used it to suppress Chen Yuning's Sword Dao, knock away his sword, and force him back.
• Chen Yuning activated the Ice God Bloodline, freezing the surrounding space and trapping Ye Qiubai in ice.
• Ye Qiubai broke free with his Sword God intent as Chen Yuning launched an icicle toward his brow.
• Ye Qiubai invoked the Primordial Sword Scripture's Fifth Sword, Heavenly Slaughter.

Ye Qiubai defeated Chen Yuning with the fifth sword of the Primordial Sword Scripture, but Shen Funian refused to honor the promised withdrawal of Ice God Hall. He offered the Heavenly Ice Extraordinary Vein to the Drifting Snow Sect’s sect master and demanded that she choose between a marriage alliance and becoming Ice God Hall’s enemy.

• Ye Qiubai unleashed Heavenly Slaughter and held off Chen Yuning’s Ice God Descends attack.
• Chen Yuning expanded the Ice Realm with countless destructive ice flowers, but Ye Qiubai annihilated them with the Sword of Heaven’s Slaughter.
• Ye Qiubai asked Chen Yuning whether he still wanted to fight, then struck again; Shen Funian intervened and declared the contest over.
• Ye Qiubai asked Shen Funian whether Ice God Hall would withdraw as agreed, but Shen Funian denied making any agreement and said Chen Yuning had spoken on his own.
• The Drifting Snow Sect’s sect master condemned Shen Funian for breaking his word, and he presented her with the Heavenly Ice Extraordinary Vein while demanding a marriage alliance or hostility.

Shen Funian used the Ice God Hall’s strength and alliances with Glacier Valley and the Extreme Ice Prison to demand a marriage alliance with the Drifting Snow Sect. The Drifting Snow Sect Master chose to resist rather than sacrifice Mu Ziqing, and the sect prepared to fight.

• Shen Funian threatened to destroy the Drifting Snow Sect unless it accepted the Ice God Hall’s betrothal, while the Drifting Snow Sect Master warned that the other great factions would oppose him.
• The leaders of Glacier Valley and the Extreme Ice Prison appeared and sided with Shen Funian, revealing that he had secured their support with promises and a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Shen Funian explained that Chen Yuning’s bloodline would complete his son’s Ice God Bloodline and help him reach the Divine Lord realm.
• The Drifting Snow Sect Master recalled her predecessor’s lesson about protecting disciples and refused to sacrifice Mu Ziqing to save the sect.
• The Drifting Snow Sect’s elders and disciples joined their sect master in roaring that they would fight.

As the three rival factions prepared to destroy the Drifting Snow Sect, Mu Ziqing returned after passing the Ice Crystal Trial and reunited with Ye Qiubai. With Mu Ziqing able to control the Drifting Snow Grand Array, the sect’s chances of survival rose from none to one as the battle loomed.

• Shen Funian gathered the full forces of the Ice God Hall, Extreme Ice Prison, and Glacier Valley to attack the Drifting Snow Sect, whose members vowed to fight.
• As the Drifting Snow Sect Master prepared to activate the Drifting Snow Grand Array, Mu Ziqing arrived and offered to serve as its core, delighting Ye Qiubai.
• Mu Ziqing explained that she had passed the Ice Crystal Trial’s Severing Emotion Trial by refusing to cut down the feelings tied to Ye Qiubai, and a soul in the trial had allowed her to cultivate through the Dao of Emotion.
• The Drifting Snow Sect Master entrusted the grand array to Mu Ziqing, whose late God King Realm cultivation gave the sect a chance of victory.
• Ye Qiubai told Mu Ziqing that the Drifting Snow Sect would not fall because Junior Brother Mu was there, while Mu Fusheng and Fang Qiong appeared confident in his strength.

The Drifting Snow Sect activated the Drifting Snow Grand Array to defend against Ice God Hall, Extreme Ice Prison, and Glacier Valley, but two Half-Step Divine Lord experts began overwhelming it. Mu Fusheng appeared to help the Sect Master and revealed that he, too, had reached the Half-Step Divine Lord Realm.

• The Drifting Snow Sect Master gave Mu Ziqing the token needed to activate the Drifting Snow Grand Array.
• Mu Ziqing and the Drifting Snow Sect’s elders and disciples powered the array, unleashing deadly snowflakes against the invading sects.
• The Glacier Valley Master and Extreme Ice Prison Sect Master attacked the array, while Shen Funian joined forces with the Extreme Ice Prison Sect Master against the Drifting Snow Sect Master.
• Mu Fusheng appeared beside the Sect Master and said he had come at his eldest senior brother’s order.
• Mu Fusheng summoned five kinds of lightning and revealed his Half-Step Divine Lord presence, stunning Jiang Qingluan and the assembled fighters.

Mu Fusheng revealed his Half-Step Divine Lord Realm strength and fought the Extreme Ice Prison Master with Ancient Divine Lightning and talisman techniques. The Extreme Ice Prison Master unleashed the Extreme Ice Prison Jail to suppress Mu Fusheng’s lightning dragon, leaving the fight at a critical point.

• Mu Fusheng revealed his strength and urged the Extreme Ice Prison and Glacier Valley leaders to join the Drifting Snow Sect, but the Extreme Ice Prison Master challenged him.
• Mu Fusheng and the Extreme Ice Prison Master exchanged attacks, with Mu Fusheng blocking an icy strike using his Ninefold Lightning Shield Divine Talisman and counterattacking.
• Mu Fusheng summoned the Holy Talisman Mystic Thunder Brush and used it to merge five kinds of Ancient Divine Lightning into a devastating attack.
• The Extreme Ice Prison Master formed the Extreme Ice Prison Jail to seal and suppress Mu Fusheng’s lightning dragon, and Shen Funian declared that the tide had turned against Mu Fusheng.

Mu Fusheng defeated the Extreme Ice Prison sect master with a five-colored lightning dragon empowered by Soul Fire, but suspected the enemy had kept more strength in reserve. Shen Funian revealed three more Half-Step Divine Lord experts, leaving Mu Fusheng to face a new threat.

• Mu Fusheng used Soul Fire to strengthen his five-colored lightning dragon, which shattered the Extreme Ice Prison Jail and overwhelmed the Extreme Ice Prison sect master.
• Mu Fusheng bombarded the sect master’s hiding place with divine lightning until the ancestor’s soul shield was spent and the sect master could no longer fight.
• Mu Fusheng’s allies realized he had not used the Divine Talisman of Creation, and Ye Qiubai and Fang Qiong understood that he had held back because he expected another hidden force.
• Mu Fusheng reasoned that Shen Funian must have kept other Half-Step Divine Lord experts in reserve, and Shen Funian admitted he was interfering in the affairs of Ice God Hall.
• Shen Funian summoned three old men, all in the Half-Step Divine Lord Realm.

Mu Fusheng revealed the Divine Talisman of Creation and reached the God Lord Realm, overwhelming the Ice God Hall and Glacier Valley. After the Ice God Hall summoned its ancestor’s remnant soul to block his attack, Mu Fusheng refused to spare its disciples, and the ancestor prepared to make a final stand.

• Mu Fusheng used the Divine Talisman of Creation to break through to the God Lord Realm, shocking the Drifting Snow Sect, the Ice God Hall, and Glacier Valley.
• Mu Fusheng struck Shen Funian and the other Ice God Hall experts with a massive lightning attack.
• Shen Funian and three Ice God Hall experts summoned their ancestor, whose remnant soul blocked Mu Fusheng’s attack at the cost of growing faint.
• The Ice God Hall ancestor asked Mu Fusheng to spare the disciples, but Mu Fusheng refused, saying he would eliminate the threat completely.
• The Ice God Hall ancestor accepted Mu Fusheng’s decision and vowed to make one last stand for the sect.

Mu Fusheng killed the Ice God Hall ancestor and its leaders after defeating them, leaving the Drifting Snow Sect in control of the Extreme Cold Star Region. He explained to Fang Qiong that his ruthless choices came from the lessons of growing up in royalty.

• Mu Fusheng used the Divinity Three Feet Above talisman to strengthen his five-colored lightning dragon and overwhelm the Ice God Hall ancestor’s ice mirrors.
• The ancestor’s remnant soul dissipated after warning Mu Fusheng that calamity would return to the Mortal Realm and urging him to resist outsiders.
• Shen Funian admitted Ice God Hall’s defeat and asked Mu Fusheng to spare its disciples, but Mu Fusheng’s lightning dragon killed the expedition members.
• The Glacier Valley master and Extreme Ice Prison sect master took their own lives, and the Rogue Cultivators recognized that the Drifting Snow Sect would rule the Extreme Cold Star Region.
• Fang Qiong asked Mu Fusheng why he had been so ruthless, and Mu Fusheng said cold-bloodedness was a compulsory lesson for someone born into royalty.

Mu Fusheng explained how he secretly stored Spiritual Qi in talismans so he could break through when danger arose, while Ye Qiubai, Fang Qiong, and Mu Ziqing trained after the battles. Mu Ziqing and Ye Qiubai prepared to leave the Drifting Snow Sect, but the Supervisory Sacred Hall arrived and summoned the sect to receive its orders.

• Mu Fusheng told Ye Qiubai, Fang Qiong, and Mu Ziqing that he had stored Spiritual Qi in talismans and later converted it into Immortal Qi to break through to the half-step Divine Lord realm.
• Ye Qiubai, Fang Qiong, and Mu Fusheng cultivated to consolidate their gains while the Drifting Snow Sect collected resources and grew its influence.
• Mu Ziqing and Ye Qiubai thanked the Drifting Snow Sect Master and elders as they prepared to leave, and the sect master promised the sect would remain Mu Ziqing's shield.
• The Drifting Snow Sect Master warned Ye Qiubai not to hurt Mu Ziqing, and Ye Qiubai promised he would not.
• The Supervisory Sacred Hall arrived in the sky and ordered the Drifting Snow Sect to await its orders.

The Supervisory Sacred Hall ordered the Extreme Cold Star Region to send at least five qualified cultivators to its headquarters, so Ye Qiubai and his companions traveled there to register. After they arrived, several men approached Mu Ziqing and Jiang Qingluan, while a burly man in black watched from nearby.

• White-Robed Inspectors announced that the Extreme Cold Star Region had to send at least five people under fifty with God King Realm cultivation to a recruitment summons in seven days.
• Ye Qiubai, Mu Ziqing, Mu Fusheng, Fang Qiong, and Jiang Qingluan agreed to represent the region and traveled to the Supervisory Sacred Hall.
• The group reached the headquarters after four days of travel and registered their star region and qualifications with a Black-Robed Inspector.
• Several men approached Mu Ziqing and Jiang Qingluan, and a burly man in black stopped before joining them.

Ye Qiubai defended Mu Ziqing from Zhang Shuming’s advances and defeated him, severing his left arm and right hand. A Yin Yang Dark Nether Sect elder then confronted Ye Qiubai, but a familiar voice intervened before Mu Fusheng could act.

• Jiang Qingluan shielded Mu Ziqing as Zhang Shuming invited them for a drink and made an insulting proposal.
• Ye Qiubai took Mu Ziqing’s hand, rejected Zhang Shuming’s wager, and challenged him to fight.
• Ye Qiubai revealed his Sword God Sword Domain and severed Zhang Shuming’s left arm and right hand with his Fourth Sword, Demon Breaking.
• A Yin Yang Dark Nether Sect elder arrived, unleashed his half-step Divine Lord Realm pressure on Ye Qiubai, and demanded to know why an outsider had disciplined their disciple.
• Mu Fusheng prepared to intervene, but a familiar voice asked why Ye Qiubai’s eldest senior brother needed the elder’s discipline.

Xiao Hei reunited with Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Fang Qiong, then had a middle-aged protector dismember the Yin Yang Dark Nether Sect's supreme elder. As the first round of the Nether Lord candidates' bouts began, Xiao Hei arrived at the Yellow Springs Platform, where the other candidates questioned his abilities.

• Xiao Hei reunited with Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Fang Qiong, and Mu Ziqing, revealing that his physical strength had reached the Half-Step God Emperor Realm.
• A middle-aged man neutralized the Yin Yang Dark Nether Sect supreme elder's pressure and cut off his left arm and right hand at Xiao Hei's request.
• The middle-aged man told Xiao Hei that he had been ordered to guard him against assassinations during the Nether Lord succession competition.
• Xiao Hei explained that he had trained by entering a tributary of the Yellow Springs River and enduring the dead souls gnawing at his body.
• When the first round began, Xiao Hei arrived at the Yellow Springs Platform, where the other candidates watched him and questioned his ability.

Xiao Hei faced the other candidates on the Yellow Springs Platform after joining the succession competition midway, and his savagery emerged under their assault. He defeated the strongest challengers and invited everyone else to attack him together.

• The candidates resented Xiao Hei's special entry and agreed to target him, while Cui Fu watched from a distant hall and anticipated seeing his limits.
• When the Yellow Springs Bell rang, Xiao Hei stepped onto the platform and endured the candidates' combined pressure without moving.
• Xiao Hei took a half-step God Emperor Realm cultivator's punch without injury, then slapped him off the platform and sent several others tumbling with him.
• Xiao Hei charged Su Fan, endured his dagger piercing his palm, and overwhelmed him with a relentless assault.
• Xiao Hei's Devil God Dark Armor appeared, and he knocked Su Fan off the platform with a punch before challenging everyone else to attack him together.

Xiao Hei fought off the Nine Nether Underworld cultivators and was chosen as its representative heir to the Nether Lord. He later told Ye Qiubai and the others that he must defeat the other two heirs, with He Ming assigned to help him.

• Xiao Hei taunted the Nine Nether Underworld cultivators until they attacked him together on the Yellow Springs Platform.
• Xiao Hei defeated the attackers while his vicious Qi consumed his consciousness, then charged at the elder.
• Cui Fu stopped Xiao Hei, declared him the Nine Nether Underworld's candidate, and took him away.
• After Xiao Hei awoke, Cui Fu explained that a Yellow Springs Spirit Pearl would absorb much of his vicious Qi and revealed that he had become the representative heir to the Nether Lord.
• Cui Fu told Xiao Hei to defeat or kill the other two heirs and assigned He Ming to stay by his side.
• Xiao Hei finished recounting the events, and Ye Qiubai asked why he had appeared there.

Xiao Hei revealed that the Supervisory Sacred Hall was gathering young God Kings to enter an ancient battlefield in the depths of the Endless Sea, where the Kunlun Ruins and a coveted divine object lay. As Ye Qiubai’s group prepared to face the dangerous expedition, seven Divine Lord forces agreed to cooperate and investigate the Hall’s intentions.

• Xiao Hei told Ye Qiubai’s group that the depths of the Endless Sea held an ancient battlefield known as the Twilight of the Gods, where the Kunlun Ruins were located.
• Xiao Hei explained that the Supervisory Sacred Hall had been sending prodigies into the battlefield and was now summoning outsiders because its own candidates could not pass the trials.
• Xiao Hei revealed that the Supervisory Sacred Hall had at least four God Lord Realm experts, including one at the peak, and Ye Qiubai urged the group to prepare cautiously.
• Mu Fusheng left to prepare more trump cards, while Jiang Qingluan departed after Mu Fusheng accepted her offer to leave during their private discussion.
• The external avatars of seven Divine Lords debated the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s plans, and the Primordial Sword Master proposed sharing information until the matter was resolved.

Nan Congyin, a God Lord Realm expert from the Supervisory Sacred Hall, gathered the High-Latitude Realm’s young talents and claimed the Hall would share an ancient battlefield for the sake of cultivation. Ye Qiubai and his companions suspected his stated purpose was false, and the group set out for the Endless Sea in the Mid-Latitude Realm.

• A calm voice summoned the young talents to the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s main entrance, where Ye Qiubai and the others saw Nan Congyin, a God Lord Realm expert.
• Nan Congyin praised the gathered prodigies and promised that the operation could help them advance toward the God Lord Realm.
• Jin Wujin and Ji Qianyao questioned why the Supervisory Sacred Hall had summoned them and asked about their destination and purpose.
• Nan Congyin said the Hall had discovered an ancient battlefield and was sharing access to support the High-Latitude Realm’s cultivation civilization.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions suspected Nan Congyin was passing a false purpose off as truth, while Jin Wujin, Ji Qianyao, and others grew wary.
• Nan Congyin used a jade seal to lead the group toward the Endless Sea in the Mid-Latitude Realm, surprising them that the battlefield lay there.

After the Cloud Phoenix Empire conquered the Mid-Latitude Realm, Hong Ying absorbed its Heart of the Latitude and rose to the early-stage God Emperor Realm. A rift then opened above the Endless Sea, bringing figures from the High-Latitude Realm, and Hong Ying went to investigate as Nan Congyin led young prodigies toward the Ancient Battlefield.

• The Cloud Phoenix Empire brought the Firmament Domain under its rule, completing its conquest of the Mid-Latitude Realm.
• Hong Ying absorbed the Heart of the Latitude and broke through to the early-stage God Emperor Realm, while the power also helped cultivators across the Firmament Domain advance.
• The Cloud Phoenix Empire's ministers, soldiers, and generals congratulated Hong Ying, and Mu Wan'er, Shi Sheng, and Ning Chenxin joined her.
• A massive rift opened in the sky, and figures from the High-Latitude Realm rushed toward the Endless Sea.
• Hong Ying set out for the Endless Sea with Mu Wan'er and the others, followed by the Mid-Latitude Realm's top experts.
• Nan Congyin led the young prodigies through the sea storm to the depths of the Endless Sea, where they would pass through to the Ancient Battlefield.

Hong Ying confronted Nan Congyin and the Supervisory Sacred Hall delegation at the deadly waterspouts leading to the ancient battlefield, declaring that the Cloud Phoenix Empire ruled the Mid-Latitude Realm. She left no room for retreat, defending her authority and Imperial Intent against Nan Congyin’s pressure.

• Nan Congyin explained that only cultivators under fifty with God King Realm cultivation could attempt to pass through the waterspouts, where sea Devil Beasts would kill anyone swept inside.
• Nan Congyin offered the prodigies a chance to leave, but none of them departed.
• Hong Ying arrived with three companions, and the gathered cultivators sensed that she was stronger than they were.
• Hong Ying told Nan Congyin that the Cloud Phoenix Empire had unified the Mid-Latitude Realm and challenged the Supervisory Sacred Hall for arriving without acknowledging her rule.
• Hong Ying spread her imperial declaration throughout the Mid-Latitude Realm, inspiring its cultivators as she stood firm against Nan Congyin.

Hong Ying arrived with her fellow disciples and resisted Nan Congyin’s Divine Lord pressure, establishing herself as the ruler of the Mid-Latitude Realm. After Mu Fusheng secretly informed her of the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s scheme to gather forces for the Ancient Battlefield, she agreed to join the crossing, where the Hall’s people prepared to go first.

• Hong Ying appeared with her disciples, leaving Jiang Qingluan and the others astonished by the range of geniuses from their school.
• Nan Congyin tested Hong Ying with his Divine Lord pressure, but her Imperial Intent and the Heart of the Latitude let her stand firm and push back.
• Nan Congyin offered Hong Ying a place in the journey to the Ancient Battlefield, and Mu Fusheng secretly told her what the Supervisory Sacred Hall was planning.
• Hong Ying accepted the invitation and listened as Nan Congyin explained the dangers of the waterspouts, giant phantoms, and deep-sea Devil Beasts.
• Nan Congyin said the Supervisory Sacred Hall would lead the way, and one of its late God King realm men charged into the waterspouts.

The group watched a Supervisory Sacred Hall prodigy attempt to pass through the shifting waterspouts, whose spatial distortions and water-droplet swords attacked him. Ning Chenxin identified the concealed killing intent behind the hazards, and the man broke through the first obstacles only to face a wall of nine waterspouts.

• Nan Congyin sent a tall, thin prodigy from the Supervisory Sacred Hall into the waterspouts to demonstrate their dangers.
• Mu Fusheng explained that the waterspouts distorted space and slowed the man as two of them converged on his path.
• Ning Chenxin sensed killing intent and described how distorted space and water droplets could trap and cut apart anyone who entered.
• The man used his staff to shatter the closing spatial net, then dodged or struck down the water-droplet swords as he passed through the converging waterspouts.
• The man found a wall formed by nine waterspouts ahead, and someone in the watching group shouted that there was no way through.

Nan Congyin revealed the deadly second trial and pressured the gathered prodigies into staying, after which Hong Ying led Ye Qiubai and the others toward the waterspouts. As they studied the passage, the oddball Song Xiao introduced himself and proposed joining their group.

• Nan Congyin explained that the second trial required passing through a fleeting fissure between nine waterspouts, and that a final aptitude test awaited beyond it.
• Nan Congyin offered the prodigies a chance to leave, but Jin Wujin and Ye Qiubai recognized that his words would burden anyone who retreated with an inner demon.
• Hong Ying charged toward the waterspouts, and Ye Qiubai, Ning Chenxin, Mu Wan'er, Xiao Hei, Jin Wujin, and Ji Qianyao followed her.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions quickly passed the first trial, then paused before the waterspouts to assess the second.
• Song Xiao approached Ye Qiubai, revealed that he was an early-stage God Emperor, and eagerly asked to join their group; Mu Fusheng and Ning Chenxin noticed a man and woman in the crowd looking away.