Recaps

Ye Qiubai and his companions entered the Kunlun Ruins and helped reveal the treasures hidden beneath its suppression formation. The Supervisory Sacred Hall claimed the right to the treasures and threatened anyone who competed with them.

• Xiao Hei failed to find his lost souls in the eerily quiet Kunlun Ruins, while Ning Chenxin sensed a faint presence like a formation or magnetic field.
• Fang Qiong discovered that a special magnetic field was preventing his formation spirits from communicating with the ruins, and the group inferred that Song Ci and his companions knew how to alter it.
• A sandstorm swept through the ruins, changing the magnetic field and allowing Fang Qiong's formation spirits to pass through the white light of the exposed formation.
• Fang Qiong recognized the formation as a suppression barrier, and the group saw mysterious objects hidden inside the broken walls and ramparts.
• Song Xiao suggested the Kunlun Ruins were a treasure trove, prompting Xiao Hei to wonder why one of his souls might be there despite the ruins' great age.
• Song Ci told Ye Qiubai's group they could take any treasure they wanted but threatened to make them the Supervisory Sacred Hall's enemies if they competed with it.

Xiao Hei began fusing with a black soul in the Kunlun Ruins as Song Ci and his companions activated a stone pillar, unleashing molten earthfire across the ruins and the Kunlun Region. With the flames threatening to destroy the ruins and interrupt Xiao Hei’s fusion, Shi Sheng heard that the emperor’s star power could protect him if he later replenished the tenth Star Core.

• Ye Qiubai questioned Song Ci about the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s objective, but Song Ci warned them not to interfere and left with Wang Jingzhou and Su Cheng.
• Guided by his bloodline, Xiao Hei found a black-tinted soul trapped inside a wall, and Fang Qiong broke the suppression array so Xiao Hei could begin absorbing it.
• Song Ci, Wang Jingzhou, and Su Cheng inserted three Kunlun Divine Stones into the preserved stone pillar, causing it to rotate and unleash molten earthfire that spread through the Kunlun Ruins and the Kunlun Region.
• Ye Qiubai ordered the others to protect Xiao Hei while Mu Fusheng used talismans to hold back the flames as Xiao Hei underwent soul fusion.
• As the barrier weakened and the group struggled to escape, a voice within Shi Sheng said the emperor’s star power could protect him from the earthfire, though he would need to replenish the tenth Star Core afterward.

Shi Sheng learned that the Star God Emperor survived within his tenth Star Core and had to stop the Kunlun Ruins’ central pillar before its remaining power ran out. He entered the lava protected by the Star Core’s power, found Song Ci, Wang Jingzhou, and Su Cheng guarding the pillar, and attacked Wang Jingzhou.

• The Star God Emperor explained that his remnant soul lived within Shi Sheng’s tenth Star Core and warned that the Kunlun Ruins would collapse unless Shi Sheng stopped the central stone pillar.
• Shi Sheng covered himself with the tenth Star Core’s Power of the Stars and left Ye Qiubai and the others to protect Little Senior Brother Hei while he entered the lava and earthfire.
• The Star God Emperor directed Shi Sheng east to the spinning stone pillar, where Shi Sheng found Song Ci, Wang Jingzhou, and Su Cheng waiting behind barriers.
• Shi Sheng demanded that the three men move and attacked Wang Jingzhou with the Minghuang Mystic Axe, infusing the blow with a star.
• Wang Jingzhou met Shi Sheng’s axe with his staff but realized the blow was unexpectedly heavy and the Power of the Stars disrupted his Spiritual Qi.

Shi Sheng killed Wang Jingzhou and Su Cheng in quick succession, despite taking Su Cheng’s sword strike, then confronted Song Ci as the latter revealed his hidden strength. Shi Sheng brought out the Falling Star Divine Axe and prepared to test it against Song Ci.

• Shi Sheng used Starfall to shatter Wang Jingzhou’s staff and split him in two, while Su Cheng stabbed Shi Sheng in the ribs.
• Shi Sheng restrained Su Cheng’s sword with the power of the stars and crushed his head with Indestructible Star Claw, after which molten earthfire consumed his body.
• Shi Sheng demanded that Song Ci stop the stone pillars, but Song Ci revealed his middle God Emperor cultivation and said he had concealed his strength.
• Shi Sheng replaced the Minghuang Mystic Axe with the Falling Star Divine Axe, and Song Ci and the Star God Emperor were struck by its unfathomable presence.
• Shi Sheng told Song Ci he would test the axe on him, though he could not yet unleash its full power.

Shi Sheng used the Falling Star Divine Axe against Song Ci, and their first clash left Song Ci injured while severely straining Shi Sheng. Song Ci summoned an eight-armed dharma body and prepared to unleash his full power.

• Shi Sheng brought out the Falling Star Divine Axe, and the Star God Emperor warned that Shi Sheng could swing it only three times before his power of the stars was drained.
• Song Ci formed two annihilation spheres and attacked Shi Sheng, who met them with a strike from the Falling Star Divine Axe.
• The Falling Star Divine Axe shattered Song Ci's spheres and forced him back, while the clash left Shi Sheng badly injured.
• Song Ci acknowledged Shi Sheng's strength, then declared he would kill him for the glory of the Supervisory Sacred Hall.
• Song Ci formed mysterious marks on his hands, summoned an eight-armed dharma body, and called it Annihilation... Asura!

Shi Sheng and Song Ci unleashed their strongest attacks in a forced head-on clash, with Shi Sheng’s Star Explosion meeting Song Ci’s Wrath of Shura. Their powers remained evenly matched as space and the ground began to break apart.

• The Star God Emperor told Shi Sheng that Song Ci had inherited the Dao of Asura and warned him that defeating Song Ci would come at a cost.
• Shi Sheng merged three Star Cores into the Falling Star Divine Axe, while Song Ci planned to evade the all-out strike.
• Shi Sheng used the stars’ suppressive force to pin Song Ci in place and force him into a direct clash.
• Shi Sheng struck with Star Explosion as Song Ci countered with Wrath of Shura from his Annihilation Asura Dharma Body.
• The attacks collided, their powers held in balance, and fragments of space and earth began crumbling away.

Shi Sheng defeated Song Ci with a lightning talisman after exhausting the power of his stars, then learned that the Star God Emperor would fall asleep after slowing the stone pillar. Shi Sheng promised to find pure power of the stars within thirty days to save the emperor’s soul and the tenth Star Core.

• Shi Sheng unleashed the Star Explosion, and Song Ci escaped its force only after sacrificing all eight hands of his Annihilation Asura Dharma Body.
• Song Ci survived the blast and approached the exhausted Shi Sheng, intending to kill him with a wisp of annihilation power.
• Shi Sheng used a lightning talisman Mu Fusheng had given him, and the lightning struck Song Ci down.
• Shi Sheng found Song Ci’s charred corpse, then asked the Star God Emperor how to stop the spinning stone pillar.
• The Star God Emperor said he could only slow the pillar and would fall asleep afterward, warning Shi Sheng to find pure power of the stars within thirty days or his soul and the tenth Star Core would disappear.
• The Star God Emperor merged his remnant soul’s power into the stone pillar, and Shi Sheng promised to save him.

Shi Sheng returned after defeating Song Ci, while Xiao Hei completed the soul merger and learned the truth about his little sister and the mysterious box. Xiao Hei gained a new bloodline ability, then awoke to find the Kunlun Ruins had disappeared.

• Ye Qiubai and Hong Ying stopped Fang Qiong from leaving the barrier to search for Shi Sheng, and the lava earthfire began to weaken.
• Shi Sheng returned to the barrier, exhausted, and told everyone what had happened with Song Ci.
• Xiao Hei’s memories revealed that his little sister had warned him to hide a black wooden box that could change the realm’s balance and required his fully awakened Demon God Bloodline to open.
• Xiao Hei resolved to go to the Demon King Domain to rescue his little sister, and his soul merger strengthened his cultivation and bloodline.
• Xiao Hei gained Bloodline Entanglement, which could empower and restore weapons, then woke to find the Kunlun Ruins had vanished.

Mu Fusheng erased the traces of Shi Sheng’s battle while Ye Qiubai negotiated with Liu Ziru for information about the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s plans in the Azure Firmament and Ancestral Emperor Regions. The group split up, and Hong Ying’s team entered Azure Firmament Academy, where they reached a lake filled with skeletons and weapons and spotted a hall-covered island at its center.

• Mu Fusheng destroyed the remaining traces of Shi Sheng’s fight with the Supervisory Sacred Hall prodigies and purified the area.
• Liu Ziru told Ye Qiubai that three Supervisory Sacred Hall members planned to open the Azure Firmament Region and obtain something in the Ancestral Emperor Region, then bargained with him over the price of gathering information.
• Ye Qiubai divided the group, leading one team toward the Ancestral Emperor Region while Hong Ying led Ning Chenxin, Mu Fusheng, and Mu Wan'er toward the Azure Firmament Region.
• Hong Ying’s team reached Azure Firmament Academy and found that the Supervisory Sacred Hall members had already entered.
• Hong Ying’s team explored the academy’s teaching halls and found a lake filled with skeletons and weapons, with many halls standing on an island at its center.

Hong Ying and her companions crossed the dangerous lake toward Azure Firmament Academy’s inner court after Mu Fusheng detected an immense, active presence beneath it. Meanwhile, Liu Ziru secretly followed a woman in red who might be connected to the Evil Devil Domain.

• Liu Ziru explained Azure Firmament Academy’s courts to Hong Ying and assigned the group to split between the Imperial Heaven Court and the Heaven-Shaking Court.
• Mu Fusheng searched the lake with his soul power and found no restrictions, but detected an immense, lifeless presence moving beneath the water.
• Hong Ying decided to cross the lake despite the possible danger, and Ning Chenxin and Mu Wan'er followed her.
• Mu Fusheng gave up resisting, checked the talismans hidden under his clothes, and followed the others.
• Liu Ziru followed a woman in red near the Ancestral Emperor Region and suspected she might be a remnant of the Evil Devil Domain.

Liu Ziru followed the woman in red to the Ancestral Emperor Region, where she confronted the skeletal guardians of the Ancestral Emperor Palace and revealed how much she knew about its defenses. Fearing the Evil Devil Domain had deeply infiltrated the Mortal Realm, Liu Ziru resolved to uncover the forces behind her, while Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Mu Fusheng, and Mu Wan'er crossed a blood-soaked lake at Azure Firmament Academy.

• Liu Ziru followed the woman in red across the scarred land and wondered why she was trying to obstruct the Supervisory Sacred Hall.
• The woman in red reached the canyon before the Ancestral Emperor Palace, where two skeletal God Emperor experts warned her to leave.
• The woman in red explained that the skeletons could not cross the line without their remnant souls scattering and said they could not stop entry once the other three great regions opened.
• The skeletons returned to their posts as the woman in red went to hide, while Liu Ziru realized the Evil Devil Domain had deeply infiltrated the Mortal Realm.
• Liu Ziru decided he had to uncover the forces behind the woman in red to prevent an attack from within and without.
• Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Mu Fusheng, and Mu Wan'er walked across the lake at Azure Firmament Academy, with Mu Fusheng keeping his talismans ready for danger.

Hong Ying, Mu Wan'er, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Fusheng were attacked by a blood-colored giant python while crossing the lake toward Azure Firmament Academy's inner court. Mu Fusheng followed the wounded python underwater, where he discovered that countless more pythons were watching him.

• Hong Ying and the others noticed the ripples beneath them growing stronger and scattered as a blood-colored giant python erupted from the lake.
• Mu Wan'er used the Nine Dragons Spirit Transformation Cauldron to pour corrosive purple gas into the python's mouth, driving it back underwater.
• The python trapped the four inside blood-colored waterspouts, but Mu Fusheng shielded his companions and struck it with a spear formed from five types of ancient lightning.
• Mu Fusheng pursued the wounded python underwater as the waterspouts dissipated, risking detection of his power.
• Mu Fusheng used his soul power beneath the blackened lake water and found countless pairs of serpentine eyes staring at him.

Mu Fusheng fought off the blood-colored pythons beneath the lake while Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Wan'er tried to break through the blood scabs sealing the surface. After noticing that the pythons were identical in every way, Mu Fusheng formed a conjecture and prepared to test it.

• The blood-colored pythons sealed the lake surface with blood scabs and attacked Mu Fusheng with beams of blood-colored light.
• Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Wan'er attacked the blood scabs, but managed to open only a moderate-sized hole.
• Mu Fusheng used Ancient Divine Lightning and talismans to kill several pythons that charged at him.
• Mu Fusheng noticed that every attacking python matched the first one in strength, speed, attacks, and toughness.
• Mu Fusheng formed a conjecture and surrounded himself with layers of lightning shields while holding a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman to test it.

Mu Fusheng reached the bottom of the lake and used Eight Peaks Thunder Prison to restrain the blood-colored giant pythons, revealing the blood serpent hidden among them. The serpent let him pass after asking him to protect Azure Firmament Academy’s remaining inheritance, and Mu Fusheng left with a Blood Serpent Condensed Pill.

• Mu Fusheng dove to the lakebed and used Soul Fire to search the countless blood-colored giant pythons for their original body or a divine object.
• Mu Fusheng deployed Eight Peaks Thunder Prison, trapping the pythons in a sea of lightning as he searched among them.
• A blood serpent in a small cave revealed that it guarded Azure Firmament Academy’s final inheritance for the Human Ancestor and had tested Mu Fusheng to ensure he was not from the Evil Devil Domain.
• The blood serpent allowed Mu Fusheng to proceed after he promised to protect the inheritance and pass on Azure Firmament Academy’s will.
• The blood serpent gave Mu Fusheng a Blood Serpent Condensed Pill, then the pythons disappeared and Mu Fusheng flew back up, regretting that he had not used his trump card sooner.

Hong Ying and Mu Fusheng entered Imperial Heaven Court, while Ning Chenxin and Mu Wan'er went to Heaven-Shaking Court to investigate the Supervisory Sacred Hall. After confronting White-Robed Inspector Xu Tongyuan, Ning Chenxin asked whether the Hall’s mission would bring calamity to the Mortal Realm and warned that he would pay it a visit if it did.

• Hong Ying and Mu Fusheng split from Ning Chenxin and Mu Wan'er, and Mu Fusheng gave the others talismans for communication, defense, and escape.
• Hong Ying and Mu Fusheng sensed recent traces in Imperial Heaven Court and decided to find the Supervisory Sacred Hall members and ask about their mission.
• Ning Chenxin and Mu Wan'er met Xu Tongyuan, who threatened them and unleashed his early-stage God Emperor Realm pressure.
• Ning Chenxin stood firm against Xu Tongyuan’s pressure and asked whether the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s objective would harm the Mortal Realm.
• Xu Tongyuan dismissed concern for the weak and claimed the Hall acted for a greater cause, while Ning Chenxin said he might pay the Hall a visit if its mission would bring calamity.

Ning Chenxin accused Xu Tongyuan of serving the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s hidden ambition and demanded that he reveal its purpose. When Xu Tongyuan attacked, Ning Chenxin summoned a Divine General with the Nine-Character Mantra, and Xu Tongyuan struck at its Golden Scale Divine Spear.

• Ning Chenxin said the Supervisory Sacred Hall was concealing the Endless Sea’s secrets and warned that its ambition could bring calamity.
• Xu Tongyuan mocked Ning Chenxin’s ideals and questioned whether he could avoid killing and plundering for resources.
• Mu Wan’er defended Ning Chenxin’s conduct and recalled how he had restrained the Cloud Phoenix Empire’s conquests and won the people’s support.
• Ning Chenxin asked Xu Tongyuan to disclose the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s purpose, but Xu Tongyuan dismissed him and charged.
• Ning Chenxin pulled Mu Wan’er behind him and invoked the Nine-Character Mantra, summoning an armored Divine General.
• Xu Tongyuan gritted his teeth and punched the Golden Scale Divine Spear.

Ning Chenxin defeated and imprisoned Xu Tongyuan after the White-Robed Inspector donned his armor and attacked. Ning Chenxin and Mu Wan'er continued toward a presence he sensed, hoping it would lead them to something.

• Ning Chenxin offered Xu Tongyuan a chance to reveal his purpose, but Xu Tongyuan refused and transformed his formation into white armor.
• Xu Tongyuan attacked Ning Chenxin, but Ning Chenxin used the Divine General to form a shield that withstood his blows.
• Ning Chenxin commanded the Divine General to become a tower and suppress Xu Tongyuan, crushing his arm and pinning him down.
• Ning Chenxin left Xu Tongyuan behind and told Mu Wan'er he had sensed a presence drawing him in a direction that might reveal something.

Ning Chenxin accepted the Heaven-Shaking Court’s legacy and the task of rebuilding the Azure Firmament Academy, which the tower’s mysterious guardian said could help him spread his ideals. The guardian identified himself as Heaven-Shaking and revealed that he knew Ning Chenxin’s master before vanishing; meanwhile, Hong Ying and the others encountered two more members of the Supervisory Sacred Hall.

• Ning Chenxin and Mu Wan'er entered the Heaven-Shaking Tower after its ancient presence opened the doors for them.
• The tower’s guardian explained that the Heaven-Shaking Court gathered talented rogue cultivators and those from humble backgrounds to preserve its ideals and support the Mortal Realm.
• Ning Chenxin agreed to inherit the court’s will and rebuild the Azure Firmament Academy, eventually returning it to the Six Realms Academy Competition.
• The guardian said the tower’s candles held legacies, that it could help Ning Chenxin in battle, and that the Mortal Realm had once ranked second in the competition.
• The guardian named himself Heaven-Shaking, said Ning Chenxin’s master should know him, and then vanished.
• Hong Ying and the others encountered the other two members of the Supervisory Sacred Hall.

Hong Ying and Mu Fusheng reached the palace gate with Ai Xue and Qing, where Hong Ying’s Imperial Intent opened a gate that Ai Xue’s flames could not. The group entered the palace, while Ai Xue was left shaken by Hong Ying’s overwhelming imperial power.

• Hong Ying and Mu Fusheng met Ai Xue and Qing at the palace gate, and Hong Ying and Ai Xue exchanged suspicious, confrontational remarks.
• Ai Xue tried to open the gate by pouring her flames into its golden patterns, but the roaming dragon absorbed her power without opening it.
• Mu Fusheng suggested the trial had been prepared for Hong Ying, and Hong Ying agreed before placing her palm on the gate.
• The golden dragon absorbed Hong Ying’s Imperial Intent, turned scarlet, and grew until the gate opened.
• Hong Ying entered the palace with Mu Fusheng following, while Ai Xue wondered whose successor Hong Ying was.

Hong Ying and her companions entered the Imperial Heaven Court and faced an old man who demanded that they kneel. Hong Ying refused, defending her right to call herself an empress, and the old man declared her qualified to inherit the court’s will.

• Hong Ying and her companions explored the opulent hall and discovered a throne occupied by a powerful old man.
• The old man’s imperial intent forced the wooden-faced man to the floor, while Ai Xue and Hong Ying struggled to remain standing.
• Mu Fusheng pretended to be crushed and injured himself to avoid being judged for kneeling.
• Hong Ying resisted the old man’s pressure and said that an empress could not kneel before another, even if that person was stronger.
• The old man ended the pressure, praised Hong Ying’s emperor’s heart, and declared her qualified to inherit the will of the Imperial Heaven Court.

Hong Ying demonstrated her imperial heart and accepted the Imperial Heaven Court’s inheritance from Huang Tian, who recognized her as his master’s disciple. After Huang Tian vanished, an ancient presence erupted nearby, and Ai Xue and the wooden-faced man rushed toward it.

• Huang Tian praised Hong Ying’s talent and resolve, then offered her the Imperial Heaven Court’s inheritance.
• Hong Ying declared that she would lead the Cloud Phoenix Empire beyond the Mortal Realm’s summit, and Huang Tian said he believed she could reach the Human Ancestor realm.
• Huang Tian gave Hong Ying the Imperial Divine Throne, which she caught and transformed into a necklace.
• Huang Tian recognized Hong Ying as his master’s disciple, gave his name, and vanished.
• The earth shook as an immense ancient presence rose nearby, and Ai Xue and the wooden-faced man rushed toward it while Hong Ying and Mu Fusheng followed.

After learning that Huang Tian and Heaven-Shaking knew Lu Changsheng, Hong Ying and the others consulted their master, who went to seek information from the elders in the Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda. At the Ancestral Emperor Region, Ai Xue entered the canyon to pursue the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s mission, while Ye Qiubai’s group followed and a red-clad figure slipped in behind them; meanwhile, the Immortal Realm Passage faced worsening corruption.

• Hong Ying, Mu Fusheng, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Wan'er told Lu Changsheng that two remnant wills of Human Ancestors had claimed to know him, and he confirmed they had met before.
• Lu Changsheng told Huang Qian to watch the house and the dragon egg, then vanished to handle a few things.
• Ai Xue brought her group to the Ancestral Emperor Region, where Ye Qiubai said Song Ci and the others were dead.
• Ai Xue entered the canyon to complete the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s mission, and Ye Qiubai’s group followed her to learn what she was after.
• A red-clad figure entered the canyon after them, while the two skeletons worried that the Mortal Realm could not endure more upheaval.
• Lu Changsheng arrived above the Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda as evil Qi had corroded nearly forty percent of the Immortal Realm Passage.

Lu Changsheng asked the four Human Ancestors in the Heaven-Suppressing Pagoda about the Evil Devil Domain and learned that its armies were formidable, with no useful weaknesses and no way to reinforce the seal. He left to face the crisis, while the Human Ancestors discussed the potential of his disciples and placed the Mortal Realm’s future in his hands.

• Lu Changsheng asked the four Human Ancestors for a way to stop the Evil Devil Domain, but they said they had no solution.
• The deep-voiced Human Ancestor described the Evil Devil Domain’s seven armies, including its land and aerial forces, imperial guards, and Purgatory’s 250 God Emperor Realm members.
• A Human Ancestor explained that the armies specialized in different battlefields, but Lu Changsheng dismissed this as no meaningful weakness.
• Lu Changsheng asked whether the Human Ancestors could strengthen the seal, and they told him it was already at its limit.
• Lu Changsheng asked which Human Ancestors were Huang Tian and Heaven-Shaking, then tore open space and left.
• Huang Tian and Heaven-Shaking praised Lu Changsheng’s disciples but said the Mortal Realm’s prosperity would depend on Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng worried over how to counter the Evil Devil Domain before the dragon egg began hatching. After he infused it with a bottle of powerful beast blood, a Torch Dragon emerged, able to turn day to night by closing its eyes and restore daylight by opening them.

• Lu Changsheng told Huang Qian about the ineffective advice he received for dealing with the Evil Devil Domain, and Huang Qian encouraged him to find a way to exploit its weakness.
• The dragon egg began cracking as multicolored clouds and immense rule-based power appeared above the Cottage.
• The hatching dragon exerted bloodline suppression over Xiangliu and the Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger, and Lu Changsheng poured a bottle of collected beast blood into the egg to strengthen its body.
• After a powerful heartbeat and surge of blood vitality, the eggshell shattered and revealed a crimson, human-faced serpent with golden scales and characteristics of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.
• The dragon closed its eyes and plunged the Changsheng Realm into darkness, then opened them and restored daylight, leading Lu Changsheng to recognize it as a Torch Dragon.

Lu Changsheng and Huang Qian’s bloodlines shaped the newly hatched Torch Dragon, who bonded with them and was named Zhu Jiuyin. Xiao Shitou returned from the Void Behemoth clan, but Lu Changsheng dragged him away for punishment after changing the cultivation goal he had set.

• The Torch Dragon hatched with five golden claws, golden-patterned scales, and nine kinds of Power of Rules, then ran to Huang Qian and called her “Mama.”
• The Torch Dragon knocked Lu Changsheng down, licked his face, and called him “Daddy,” while the Willow Tree explained his affinity with Lu Changsheng and Huang Qian’s bloodlines.
• Lu Changsheng named the Torch Dragon Zhu Jiuyin and tried to teach him rules, but Zhu Jiuyin pounced on him and licked him again.
• Xiao Shitou returned from the Void Behemoth clan, reporting that he had reached the early-stage God Emperor Realm and awakened his Void Sacred Body further.
• Lu Changsheng claimed Xiao Shitou’s target had been the late God Emperor Realm, stopped him from escaping through space, and dragged him into the forest for training.