Recaps

The Nether Lord of the Six Realms sent Xiao Hei’s soul into samsara’s millstone so he could experience its agony and strengthen his soul. After Xiao Hei endured far longer than expected, a mysterious golden light protected him, leaving the Nether Lord shocked by the power behind him.

• The Nether Lord of the Six Realms explained how secret arts could preserve memories or talents through samsara, then struck Xiao Hei and sent his soul into the Nine Nether Underworld’s millstone.
• Xiao Hei realized he would remain conscious as samsara ground his soul apart and re-formed it, and he resolved to endure the pain.
• The Nether Lord of the Six Realms watched Xiao Hei survive beyond half a cup of tea and decided to let him endure longer to strengthen his soul.
• After a full cup of tea, the Nether Lord of the Six Realms prepared to pull Xiao Hei out, but a golden light burst from the millstone and restored Xiao Hei’s awareness.
• The Nether Lord of the Six Realms sensed that an unknown, immensely powerful being was protecting Xiao Hei’s soul.

Xiao Hei endured the Reincarnation Millstone’s trials, mastered reincarnation, and received the Nether Lord of the Six Realms’ inheritance. The Nether Lord also gave him a body-refining method called Nether King Baleful Shadow.

• The Nether Lord of the Six Realms watched as Lu Changsheng’s golden light helped Xiao Hei endure two hours of the Reincarnation Millstone’s soul-crushing trial.
• After three days, Xiao Hei regained consciousness, then comprehended reincarnation in seven days and mastered its power of origin.
• Xiao Hei embodied reincarnation, restored his shattered soul with green life-bearing light, controlled the Reincarnation Millstone, and raised his physical strength to the Demigod Realm.
• The Nether Lord of the Six Realms asked about Xiao Hei’s master, then gave Xiao Hei the Reincarnation Necklace and the Reincarnation Heavenly Art.
• Xiao Hei persuaded the Nether Lord to also give him the cultivation method for his senior sister, and the Nether Lord handed him a body-refining method called Nether King Baleful Shadow.

Gu Sheng tried to save the gravely wounded Xiao Hei from the Nether Lord of the Six Realms, who had declared that Xiao Hei must die after seeing the inheritance. After Gu Sheng took a blast of purple netherflame meant for Xiao Hei, the flames began repairing and strengthening his body.

• Gu Sheng spoke with Zong Yun about Xiao Hei and the others' standing in the Mortal Realm.
• Xiao Hei was thrown from a spatial rift, badly wounded, and the Nether Lord of the Six Realms said he would kill him for seeing the inheritance.
• Gu Sheng tried to send Xiao Hei and Zong Yun toward the passage to the Human Realm, but the Nether Lord trapped them with Nether Qi.
• When the Nether Lord fired purple netherflame at Xiao Hei, Gu Sheng rushed in front of him and was engulfed by the flames.
• The Nether Lord clapped, and the purple netherflame seeped into Gu Sheng, repairing and strengthening his body instead of hurting him.

Gu Sheng survived his Divine Realm lightning tribulation and accepted the role of Xiao Hei’s Nether Lord’s Attendant, forming a master-servant bond with him. The Nether Lord of the Six Realms departed, and Gu Sheng and Xiao Hei set out to continue their journey.

• The Nether Lord of the Six Realms healed Gu Sheng through his tribulation, and Gu Sheng emerged in the Divine Realm with greatly increased strength.
• The Nether Lord revived Xiao Hei and explained that Gu Sheng had been tested for the position of Nether Lord’s Attendant after standing up for him.
• Gu Sheng accepted the role, and Xiao Hei pierced his heart with a spear to create their master-servant bond and share some of his bloodline power.
• Three days later, the bond was complete, and Gu Sheng knelt to greet Xiao Hei as the Nether Lord’s heir.
• The Nether Lord of the Six Realms vanished, and Xiao Hei and Gu Sheng prepared to move on.

Xiao Shitou defeated An He in the Human Realm region, sealed him in a spatial cage, and claimed the damaged page from the secret realm. The page contained an image and information about a Devil Beast, along with the words “Classic of Mountains and Seas,” which Xiao Shitou thought Lu Changsheng had mentioned before.

• An He, wounded and unable to land a hit, watched Xiao Shitou emerge from a spatial vortex after An He severed his arm to escape its pull.
• Xiao Shitou confronted An He over his insults toward the Mortal Realm, Azure Firmament Academy, and Hong Ying, then dismissed the Cangxuan Ranking as unimpressive.
• An He attacked with a saber formation, but Xiao Shitou collapsed the surrounding space and swallowed the attack.
• Xiao Shitou sealed An He inside a spatial cage so he could not interfere with their progress, then went to the stone platform.
• Xiao Shitou picked up a damaged sheet depicting a Devil Beast and bearing the words “Classic of Mountains and Seas,” which he thought Lu Changsheng had mentioned.

Fragments of the Classic of Mountains and Seas appeared across several regions as powerful competitors headed toward the center. In the far south, Ye Qiubai challenged Ning Zhou over a mysterious divine treasure and was struck down by the Divine Realm demigod.

• Xiao Shitou collected a fragment depicting Dijiang and tore open space to follow its clue, while An He remained trapped in the Space Cage.
• A red-scaled man in the far west and a divine-light-wreathed man in the far north each took a fragment and headed toward the center; the latter defeated Shi Sheng and dismissed the Mortal Realm as weak.
• Ye Qiubai recognized the far-south plaza’s day-and-night dragon statues as Torch Dragons and noticed Ning Zhou’s interest in the paper on the stone platform.
• Ning Zhou claimed the paper for the Divine Realm, but Ye Qiubai continued toward it, followed by Tan Zongzhao and Mu Ziqing.
• Ning Zhou attacked Ye Qiubai from behind, and his strike sent Ye Qiubai flying.

Ye Qiubai challenged Ning Zhou, a Divine Realm sword cultivator, after deciding to fight for the divine object despite the gap in their cultivation. He revealed his Sword Domain and suppressed Ning Zhou’s Sword Intent, but Ning Zhou charged at him, forcing Ye Qiubai to meet his attack head-on.

• Ning Zhou attacked Ye Qiubai, and Tan Zongzhao and Mu Ziqing moved to defend him.
• Ye Qiubai refused to back down, while Mu Ziqing and Tan Zongzhao retreated so they would not hinder his fight.
• Ning Zhou formed a greatsword from divine light and unleashed domineering Sword Intent that forced weaker students to their knees.
• Ye Qiubai activated his Sword Domain, slowing Ning Zhou’s Sword Intent and movements.
• Ning Zhou charged at Ye Qiubai despite the suppression, and Ye Qiubai answered with Ashen Fire Pierces the Sun.

Ye Qiubai fought Ning Zhou despite the vast gap between their cultivation realms, using his sword intent and ashen fire to injure Ning Zhou and withstand his attacks. When Ning Zhou dismissed his other swords, Ye Qiubai revealed the Azure Cloud Sword, leaving Ning Zhou visibly shaken.

• Ye Qiubai clashed with Ning Zhou’s greatsword, nearly getting driven into the fractured ground before his ashen fire burned Ning Zhou’s hands.
• Ye Qiubai sent a torrent of sword intent at Ning Zhou, then used the clash to circle behind him and strike, but Ning Zhou blocked the attack with a finger.
• Ning Zhou offered to recommend Ye Qiubai to Divine Miracle Academy, but Ye Qiubai rejected the offer and retreated.
• Ye Qiubai opened the Geng Metal Sword Case and sent its swords flying at Ning Zhou, who easily fended them off.
• Ye Qiubai drew the sheathed Azure Cloud Sword, and Ning Zhou’s expression changed when he sensed the fundamental power of the Sword Dao around it.

Ye Qiubai defeated Ning Zhou by drawing two-thirds of the Azure Cloud Sword, though the effort left him badly weakened. After Ning Zhou’s divine light escaped to carry a warning, Ye Qiubai claimed the Torch Dragon fragment of the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

• Ning Zhou summoned a blood-colored giant with his blood essence and unleashed a powerful sword attack against Ye Qiubai.
• Ye Qiubai drew half of the Azure Cloud Sword and stopped the giant’s descending greatsword with his Sword Intent.
• Ye Qiubai drew two-thirds of the blade, shattering Ning Zhou’s weapon and destroying the blood-colored giant.
• Ning Zhou’s body and divine soul were destroyed, but a streak of divine light escaped to transmit his threat against the Mortal Realm.
• Weakened and supported by Mu Ziqing and Tan Zongzhao, Ye Qiubai picked up the fragment depicting the Torch Dragon.

Hong Ying learned that the God Ascension Ruins might contain a divine object from the Mortal Realm, while Ye Qiubai and his companions pursued the Classic of Mountains and Seas. The group reached a set of four stone pillars, where Shi Sheng revealed that a divine-lit opponent had taken a torn page.

• Vice Dean Lin explained that the God Ascension Ruins had been cut from the Mortal Realm, the Divine Realm, and the Underworld, leading Hong Ying and Ning Chenxin to suspect it held a threatened Mortal Realm treasure.
• Hong Ying warned Huang Qian that the group might clash with the Divine Realm, and Huang Qian agreed to prepare Mu Fusheng and Fang Qiong's teleportation array.
• Ye Qiubai concluded that Divine Miracle Academy would target anyone carrying a torn page of the Classic of Mountains and Seas and vowed not to let the pages fall into the Divine Realm's hands.
• Ye Qiubai's group followed clues to the center of the Human Realm and found four stone pillars surrounding an ice-crystal box containing a single scroll rod.
• Xiao Shitou and Shi Sheng met Ye Qiubai, and Shi Sheng said he had fought a divine-lit opponent who took a torn page.

At the Human Realm’s central region, Ye Qiubai and the others joined Zhan Qing and Qi Wu in opening the barrier around an ice-crystal box. After the heavenly rod was revealed as the prize, Zhan Qing attacked Ye Qiubai, but Xiao Shitou saved him and challenged Zhan Qing instead.

• Tan Zongzhao identified Zhan Qing as Divine Miracle Academy’s second-ranked cultivator, who had survived his first lightning tribulation, and Xiao Shitou tried to provoke him.
• Zhan Qing attacked Xiao Shitou with divine light, but Xiao Shitou used his Dao Body’s spatial power to absorb the strike.
• Qi Wu placed a fragment into a stone pillar, revealing Bifang, and Zhan Qing, Ye Qiubai, and Xiao Shitou placed the remaining fragments to summon Qiongqi, Torch Dragon, and Dijiang.
• The four beasts absorbed the pillars’ power, removing the barrier around the ice-crystal box; the group recognized the painting rod inside as the prize and agreed to settle the matter through combat.
• Zhan Qing attacked Ye Qiubai, but Xiao Shitou pulled him away through space and stepped forward to fight in his place.
• Zhan Qing drew a dagger and accepted Xiao Shitou’s challenge, declaring that he would kill him first.

Xiao Shitou faced Zhan Qing, whose dagger domain let him track anyone wounded inside it. Xiao Shitou overcame the domain with spatial turbulence and shattered Zhan Qing’s finger, leaving the battle continuing with Zhan Qing injured.

• Ye Qiubai and Shi Sheng observed that Xiao Shitou’s powerful control of spatial power was offset by his lack of life-and-death combat experience.
• Zhan Qing unleashed a domain of invisible daggers and revealed that he could track Xiao Shitou through the blood from his wounds.
• Xiao Shitou used a decoy behind Zhan Qing to create an opening on the opposite side, then struck through the gathered daggers with spatial turbulence.
• Xiao Shitou’s punch shattered Zhan Qing’s finger and forced him back four steps, surprising the spectators and impressing Qi Wu.
• Shi Sheng teased Ye Qiubai for doubting Xiao Shitou’s combat ability, and Ye Qiubai denied having said it.

Xiao Shitou’s unruly adventures had honed his combat skills, but Zhan Qing turned the fight against him by countering his spatial escape and wounding him. Zhan Qing trapped Xiao Shitou in a blood mist after locking onto his presence, while Qi Wu explained the move to Ye Qiubai.

• Lu Changsheng had repeatedly cleaned up after Xiao Shitou, whose mischief and evasions had also given him practical combat experience.
• Xiao Shitou broke one of Zhan Qing’s fingers, and Qi Wu mocked Zhan Qing and the Divine Realm.
• Zhan Qing made blood-red daggers cut through space, dragged Xiao Shitou out of hiding, and stabbed him in the chest.
• Zhan Qing used Xiao Shitou’s blood to lock onto his presence and filled the domain with blood mist, disappearing inside it.
• Qi Wu criticized Zhan Qing for using the move against a lower-realm opponent and told Ye Qiubai that Zhan Qing fought primarily as an assassin.

Xiao Shitou was driven into a desperate defense when Zhan Qing used his assassin techniques to track and attack him through space. Xiao Shitou hid his blood Qi by vibrating a deeper spatial layer, then realized he might be able to locate Zhan Qing by sensing disturbances in space.

• Xiao Shitou failed to sense Zhan Qing through the blood mist and was repeatedly attacked by daggers that pierced through space.
• Zhan Qing sealed Xiao Shitou's escape routes, wounded his leg and abdomen, and cornered him with a dagger at his neck.
• Xiao Shitou slipped into space faster than before and vibrated a deeper layer of space, destroying Zhan Qing's ability to sense his blood Qi.
• Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and the others felt relieved as Xiao Shitou announced that it was his turn to find Zhan Qing.
• Xiao Shitou realized that movement could disturb space and considered sensing those disturbances to pinpoint Zhan Qing.

Xiao Shitou used the third layer of space to maim and kill Zhan Qing, who warned that the Divine Realm would investigate the Mortal Realm for a mysterious powerhouse. As the others considered the danger, an unidentified speaker reminded them that they had forgotten about someone.

• Xiao Shitou sensed Zhan Qing through subtle spatial vibrations and attacked him with the third layer of space.
• Zhan Qing's pressure held back the spatial attack briefly, but the vibrations shattered it and tore off several of his limbs.
• Zhan Qing detonated his domain to escape the spatial vibrations, then recognized Xiao Shitou's power as evidence of a Dao Body and suspected a mysterious powerhouse had appeared in the Mortal Realm.
• Ye Qiubai stopped Xiao Shitou from revealing that the suspected powerhouse was his master, but Zhan Qing said the Divine Realm would investigate and threaten the Mortal Realm.
• Xiao Shitou closed his hand and let the third layer of space tear Zhan Qing apart; Tan Zongzhao worried about the Mortal Realm, while Ye Qiubai and the others trusted their master to handle any threat.
• A powerful voice asked the group whether they had forgotten about him.

Qi Wu challenged the gathered cultivators for the painted shaft, but Xiao Hei stepped forward to fight him. After two hours of evenly matched combat, Xiao Hei healed his mangled hands and charged at Qi Wu again.

• Qi Wu said he would claim the object because no one seemed able to challenge him, and Ye Qiubai asked what it was.
• Gu Sheng offered to fight Qi Wu, but Qi Wu chose Xiao Hei after sensing his exceptional physical strength and bloodline power.
• Qi Wu suppressed his physical strength to the early Demigod Realm, and he and Xiao Hei exchanged punches without backing down.
• After two hours, Qi Wu and Xiao Hei paused; Xiao Hei's hands were badly injured, while Qi Wu had only minor signs of blood congestion.
• Xiao Hei healed his hands within three breaths and charged at Qi Wu again.

Xiao Hei and Qi Wu pushed their spar beyond the agreed cultivation limit, trading increasingly powerful blows until Xiao Hei won with his Nether King Baleful Shadow technique. Qi Wu admitted defeat and suggested they fight again when Xiao Hei’s cultivation caught up to his.

• Xiao Hei strengthened his Eternal Devil Body and Bloodline Entanglement, while Qi Wu raised his strength to the mid-stage Demigod Realm.
• Xiao Hei used Nether King Baleful Shadow to create two phantoms that replicated his abilities and merged with him for a powerful punch.
• Qi Wu met Xiao Hei’s punch with his own, but was forced to unleash late-stage Demigod Realm strength to steady himself.
• Qi Wu acknowledged that Xiao Hei had won and praised their fight, while the onlookers watched in shock.
• Someone asked what the mysterious thing was.

Qi Wu revealed the Heaven Rod’s purpose and allied with Xiao Hei’s group, hoping they would help him become the Qilin Clan patriarch. After they entered the teleportation array to the Divine Realm section, a Cangxuan Academy spy reported their alliance and Zhan Qing’s death to an unknown contact.

• Qi Wu explained that the Heaven Rod connected the Classic of Mountains and Seas remnant pages and warned that Divine Realm forces would pursue the group for it.
• Qi Wu admitted he wanted Xiao Hei and the others to help him challenge his elder brother for the Qilin Clan patriarch’s position, and promised to give them the Bifang remnant page if they obtained the Earth Rod.
• Xiao Hei accepted Qi Wu’s proposal after Ye Qiubai nodded, and the two sealed their alliance with a fist bump.
• Removing the scroll rod caused the ice-crystal box to sink and revealed a teleportation array leading to the Divine Realm section.
• Qi Wu urged the group to enter the array together and practice fighting as allies, and Xiao Hei agreed.
• After the others left, a green-robed Cangxuan Academy student reported that the Mortal Realm group had the scroll rod, Zhan Qing had been killed, and Qi Wu had joined them; an unknown contact replied that they knew.

Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu remained trapped in a fogbound forest where they kept encountering a hostile puppet idol. Mu Fusheng covered the area around it with talismans and sent in a puppet, triggering the idol’s attack and bringing it into the blast zone.

• Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu found that they had returned to their red-cord marker for the seventh time and concluded that defeating the puppet idol might reveal how to escape.
• Mu Fusheng prepared for the fight by covering the surrounding trees and ground with layers of talismans, then covering himself with defensive talismans.
• Mu Fusheng discovered that he could see through the puppet he controlled despite the fog blocking divine soul perception.
• Mu Fusheng sent the puppet into the idol’s range, and the idol drew a longsword and shield before swiftly splitting the puppet in two.
• The puppet idol entered the center of Mu Fusheng’s talisman blast zone.

Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu discovered that the foggy forest followed the rules of Chinese chess, with a pawn restricting their movement. After crossing the Chu River and Han Border, they encountered Chu Xiang, whose opposing pawn made a battle inevitable.

• Mu Fusheng used a puppet to safely investigate the statue after detonating his talismans, and found it had become a Chinese chess pawn.
• Jiu Bailu and Mu Fusheng realized the foggy forest was governed by Chinese chess rules and followed a path they could not avoid.
• Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu crossed the Chu River and Han Border, then found they could move sideways but not retreat and that their speed was restricted.
• Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu met Chu Xiang, who held a red pawn and challenged Mu Fusheng to prove himself worthy of Jiu Bailu.

Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu avoided a confrontation with Chu Xiang by exploiting the forest’s chess-piece rules, then used puppets to scout the opposing side. They found the enemy general and advisors, and ended with Mu Fusheng recognizing Eldest Senior Brother among six approaching people.

• Mu Fusheng explained that Chu Xiang could only move forward while he and Jiu Bailu could move freely, then left Chu Xiang stranded beyond the Chu River-Han Border.
• Jiu Bailu taunted Chu Xiang by clinging to Mu Fusheng’s arm, and Chu Xiang vowed to kill him.
• Mu Fusheng told Jiu Bailu that they needed to find and eliminate the two advisors before checking the enemy general, while also guarding their own general.
• Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu sent puppets to scout and discovered three Divine Realm opponents who were likely the advisors and general.
• Jiu Bailu spotted six people approaching, and Mu Fusheng recognized Eldest Senior Brother among them.

Mu Fusheng and his allies regrouped, exchanged chess pieces to adapt their strategy, and advanced toward the opposing general. They discovered the figures guarding Shen Han were decoys, while the real enemy’s plan remained unclear.

• Mu Fusheng and the others exchanged pieces, gaining their new pieces’ movement abilities and characteristics.
• Mu Fusheng assigned Qi Wu to guard their general with a chariot and kept his trump cards hidden from him.
• Mu Fusheng’s group defeated the opposing cannon, elephant, and horse holders and approached the enemy general, Shen Han, guarded by two Divine Miracle Academy students.
• Mu Fusheng realized the opposing chariots’ absence was suspicious, and Jiu Bailu’s golden light revealed the three apparent opponents had no karmic presence.
• The three figures vanished and left behind cloth puppets, exposing the enemy’s earlier scouting reports as a trap.

Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu rushed to aid their general after Jiu Bailu used a costly karmic technique to locate him. They found Qi Wu badly wounded and facing Shen Han and Chu Xiang, and Mu Fusheng prepared to confront Shen Han while Qi Wu held Chu Xiang back.

• Mu Fusheng realized Shen Han had likely switched identities with a chariot and was heading to attack their general, so he took a chariot and returned with Jiu Bailu.
• Jiu Bailu used her sealed karmic sight to locate their general, suffering severe backlash that left her pale and bleeding from the eyes.
• Mu Fusheng carried Jiu Bailu to the clearing, where they found Qi Wu in flaming qilin form, badly wounded by Shen Han and Chu Xiang.
• Mu Fusheng told Qi Wu to hold Chu Xiang in place and warned him not to let Chu Xiang escape.
• Mu Fusheng set Jiu Bailu somewhere safe and faced Shen Han, declaring that he intended to make sure Shen Han could never speak again.

Mu Fusheng broke the seal on his body and used a talisman to raise his cultivation to the second lightning tribulation, revealing his strength to Shen Han. He attacked Shen Han with six ancient divine lightnings, but the first strike only burned away Shen Han’s shoulder clothing, leaving their fight poised to escalate.

• Chu Xiang tried to attack Mu Fusheng, but the injured Qi Wu blocked him.
• Jiu Bailu told the Cangxuan Academy students that Mu Fusheng would win if he believed he could make a move.
• Mu Fusheng smeared blood essence over the golden markings on his body, breaking the seal and rising to the first lightning tribulation of the Divine Realm.
• Mu Fusheng activated a talisman that raised his cultivation to the second lightning tribulation, and Shen Han said he would report the Mortal Realm’s hidden expert.
• Mu Fusheng summoned six ancient divine lightning dragons and sent a profound yin purple lightning dragon at Shen Han, burning the clothing on Shen Han’s left shoulder.

Mu Fusheng realized Shen Han’s movement followed the rules of a horse rather than a chariot, exposing the double trap that threatened Ye Qiubai and the others. Enraged and desperate to end the fight quickly, Mu Fusheng overwhelmed Shen Han with startling speed and left him trapped beneath a lightning dragon.

• Shen Han cut through one of Mu Fusheng’s lightning dragons with Divine Light Iai, God Ascension Slash, then charged straight at him.
• Mu Fusheng inferred that Shen Han moved like a horse and realized the two enemy chariots remained on the other side of the board, where Ye Qiubai and the others were likely caught in an encirclement.
• Shen Han taunted Mu Fusheng for worrying about his companions and claimed he would keep him from escaping.
• Mu Fusheng suddenly struck Shen Han twice with overwhelming speed, breaking his bones and sending him crashing forward.
• Mu Fusheng merged six lightning dragons into one and sent it at Shen Han, whose talismans flashed on his chest and back.