Recaps

Mu Fusheng unleashed the World-Destroying Lightning Array Talisman to prevent Chief God Tianhai and Chief God Xuanxu from escaping and revealing their secrets. Xiao Shitou used Black-Yellow Qi to block Xuanxu’s spatial escape, and both Chief Gods died in the lightning as the Heavenly God Hall witnessed their streams of fortune vanish.

• Mu Fusheng revealed his middle-stage Realm God Realm cultivation and activated the World-Destroying Lightning Array Talisman against the wounded Chief God Tianhai and Chief God Xuanxu.
• Tianhai and Xuanxu swallowed Qianyuan Bone-Growing Pills, but Mu Fusheng’s nine-colored lightning descended before they could recover.
• Tianhai burned his divine soul and Dantian to hold off the lightning while Xuanxu tried to tear open space and escape.
• Xiao Shitou used Black-Yellow Qi to stabilize the surrounding space, preventing Xuanxu from escaping in time.
• The lightning swallowed Tianhai and Xuanxu, and their presences dissipated.
• Azure Heavenly God and the other two watched Tianhai and Xuanxu’s streams of fortune vanish in the Myriad Heavens' Pilgrimage Diagram.

The Divine Realm's leaders investigated the sudden deaths of two Chief Gods and ordered the Chief God of Inspection to use the Heavenly Dao Edict again. At the Qingming Sea castle, Ye Qiubai reported that his squad had killed two Chief Gods, eighty thousand soldiers, and a spatial battleship, leaving the alliance stunned.

• Azure Heavenly God, Xuan Heavenly God, and Pill Heavenly God saw the Myriad Heavens' Pilgrimage Diagram lose countless lights, including two of its twelve brightest points.
• The Chief God of Inspection told the three Heavenly Gods that the lower realms' heavenly secrets had been obscured and that he could not identify who had attacked.
• Azure Heavenly God ordered the Chief God of Inspection to use the Heavenly Dao Edict to locate the attackers and search for traces of the Chaos Divine Dynasty's imperial preceptor.
• The Chief God of Inspection summoned eighteen Soul-Burning Karma Lamps, sending one flame to the deaths of Chief God Tianhai and Chief God Xuanxu and another over the Chaos Realm.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Mo Lin reported their squads' kills and losses after returning to the Qingming Sea castle.
• Ye Qiubai reported that his squad had killed two Chief Gods, eighty thousand Divine Realm soldiers, and one spatial battleship without losing anyone, shocking the alliance.

The Chaos Realm’s leaders prepared a network of formations across the Qingming Sea after the Divine Realm located them. The Realm-Slaying Sword tore open the sky, and the Divine Realm’s army and three Heavenly Gods descended as the barriers began to crack.

• Hong Ying learned from the state preceptor that the Divine Realm had already found their location and ordered the formations fully activated.
• The state preceptor and Shi Sheng activated the Star Chart, while Fang Qiong and formation masters linked the factions’ formations to the Chaos Pagoda.
• Xu Youming, Chu Xinghe, Elder Fen, and the other factions joined the defense and poured their powers into the barriers.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao rallied the defenders by reminding them that they had united to defend the Chaos Realm a million years earlier.
• The Realm-Slaying Sword tore open the sky, and the Divine Realm army, its remaining Divine Envoys, more than twenty Divine Generals, nine Chief Gods, and three Heavenly Gods descended.
• Xuan Heavenly God struck the barriers with the sword’s blood-colored lightning, opening a crack in the defenses.

As the Divine Realm launched its final assault on the Star Grand Array, Hong Ying stepped forward to lead the Lower Five Realms and rallied their forces against despair and surrender. Her battle cry united the cultivators as the enemy pressed their attack.

• Nüwa praised Lu Changsheng’s disciples for their contributions, while Lu Changsheng and Du Ni argued about whether Du Ni deserved credit for teaching him.
• The Divine Realm’s Realm-Slaying Sword cracked the Star Grand Array, leaving the gathered cultivators shaken by the enemy’s overwhelming strength.
• Hong Ying and the imperial preceptor left the deep-sea castle and took positions at the front of the alliance forces.
• The Azure Heavenly God offered the Lower Five Realms a choice between submission and slaughter, and many cultivators began to waver.
• Hong Ying invoked her imperial intent and urged the cultivators to fight rather than accept enslavement.
• The assembled forces, including the imperial preceptor and Xuanyuan Tianzhao, echoed Hong Ying’s cry: “Better to die fighting than live on our knees!”

The Chaos Realm used the State Preceptor, Elder Fen, and their allies to hold back the Divine Realm’s assault and strike back with the World-Burning Flame Domain. As the three Heavenly Gods attacked the array, Xiao Shitou opened passages that brought the Mortal Realm, Immortal Realm, and Evil Demon Realm to the battlefield, uniting the Lower Five Realms.

• The Divine Realm army and its high-ranking fighters attacked the Star Grand Array, but the State Preceptor and Shi Sheng empowered the Chaos Pagoda to repair its cracks and withstand the assault.
• Elder Fen, the array masters, and Huang Qian joined their flames through the Heaven Refining Tower, burning Divine Realm soldiers and throwing the enemy formation into chaos.
• The three Heavenly Gods launched their own attacks against the array’s core and crucial nodes.
• At Hong Ying’s signal, Xiao Shitou used his Void Sacred Body and black-yellow Qi to open three passages between realms.
• The Immortal Emperor, the Devil God, and leaders of the Mortal Realm’s major powers led their forces through the passages to aid the Chaos Realm.

The Lower Five Realms joined the Chaos Realm to defend the Star Grand Array against the Divine Realm’s assault, combining their powers to keep it from breaking. As the array weakened again, the Qingming Sea rose to block the attackers, and the Azure Heavenly God recognized the newcomers as old acquaintances.

• The Immortal Emperor, Devil God, Teacher, and forces from the Immortal, Evil Demon, and Mortal Realms arrived to aid the Chaos Realm.
• The Xuan Heavenly God, Pill Heavenly God, and Azure Heavenly God struck the Star Grand Array together, spreading cracks across its barrier and devastating the surrounding area.
• The State Preceptor and Shi Sheng reinforced the array, while Elder Fen unleashed the Heaven Refining Tower’s heavenly fire against the Azure Heavenly God’s palm.
• The Immortal Emperor used the Hao Tian Seal to channel the Immortal Realm’s fortune into the barrier, and Xiao Hei, Gu Sheng, and the Evil Demon Realm’s cultivators anchored its edges with Demonic Qi.
• Hong Ying, fused with the Mortal Realm’s World Heart, led the Mortal Realm in pouring power into the array, but the Divine Realm intensified its attack and left the barrier close to collapse.
• Mu Fusheng refused Jiu Bailu’s proposal to use the Karmic Heavenly Eye, and the Qingming Sea rose to block the way before the array as the Azure Heavenly God recognized the old acquaintances.

Kunpeng and the Cangxuan Guardian Beast arrived to reinforce the Lower Five Realms against the Divine Realm army. Mu Fusheng used Divine Talismans of Creation to strengthen their fighters, and Hong Ying ordered a counterattack.

• Kunpeng revealed himself and said the Qingming Sea's power would let him hold off Dragon Elephant Chief God.
• The Cangxuan Guardian Beast arrived, suppressed the Divine Realm army with its bloodline, and declared it would face the three Heavenly Gods.
• Mu Fusheng gave the Cangxuan Guardian Beast a Divine Talisman of Creation that raised it to the late stage of the Creation Realm.
• Mu Fusheng distributed Divine Talismans of Creation to the Lower Five Realms, raising everyone's cultivation.
• Hong Ying ordered the Lower Five Realms army to counterattack.

The Lower Five Realms charged the Divine Realm’s army while their leaders engaged the Chief Gods. Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Hong Ying, and their companions took on Dragon Elephant Chief God themselves, leaving the chapter as he prepared to unleash his full Creation Realm strength against them.

• The three Heavenly Gods left Dragon Elephant Chief God to retrieve the World Tree’s branch from Mu Fusheng and moved to fight the Cangxuan Guardian Beast.
• The Lower Five Realms used Divine Talismans of Creation to boost their strength, then charged the Divine Realm’s army under Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Hong Ying’s lead.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao, Xu Youming, Mo Lin, and Dugu Jue intercepted Dragon Elephant Chief God while the other leaders engaged the remaining Chief Gods.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions surrounded Heavenly Gang Chief God, then decided to join the fight against Dragon Elephant Chief God to inflict greater losses on the Divine Realm.
• Hong Ying and Ye Qiubai persuaded Xuanyuan Tianzhao and the other seniors to leave Dragon Elephant Chief God to them, and Dragon Elephant Chief God prepared to show them the full strength of an unsuppressed Creation Realm expert.

Ye Qiubai and his companions confronted Dragon Elephant Chief God, but his full Creation Realm power overwhelmed their attacks and defenses. As they escaped his descending palm, the Black Lord remained confident that they would not die, though their chances of defeating Dragon Elephant Chief God remained uncertain.

• Dragon Elephant Chief God revealed that he was no longer suppressed and explained the gulf between Realm God and Creation Realm power.
• Dragon Elephant Chief God froze the space around Ye Qiubai and his companions, then shattered their counterattacks with golden ripples.
• Mu Fusheng, Ning Chenxin, Xiao Shitou, and Huang Qian combined their defenses to slow Dragon Elephant Chief God’s golden palm, allowing the group to escape with Heavenly Lightning Escape Talismans.
• Dragon Elephant Chief God dismissed the group’s strength, while Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Mo Lin urged their allies to defeat Heavenly Gang Chief God and prevent further danger.
• The Black Lord told Azure Heavenly God that Ye Qiubai and the others would not die, betting on Lu Changsheng’s strength even as he doubted they could defeat Dragon Elephant Chief God.

Ye Qiubai and his companions faced the Creation Realm Dragon Elephant Chief God, using the Azure Cloud Sword Master's Sword Spirit to unleash the ninth sword of the Primordial Sword Scripture. As Mo Yu and the others gathered their powers for a combined assault, the Dragon Elephant Chief God sensed a threat to his life.

• Ye Qiubai and his companions agreed to buy time against the Dragon Elephant Chief God while their junior brothers and sisters prepared their attacks.
• The Azure Cloud Sword Master's Sword Spirit entered the Azure Cloud Sword, injuring the Dragon Elephant Chief God but inflicting severe backlash on Ye Qiubai and draining the Sword Spirit's power.
• Ye Qiubai used the Azure Cloud Sword to unleash the ninth sword of the Primordial Sword Scripture, Grand Primordium.
• Mo Yu summoned a giant puppet and began condensing a destructive white light inside its cylinder.
• Shi Sheng, Ning Chenxin, Xiao Shitou, and Fang Qiong prepared their powers, with Fang Qiong gathering ten thousand arrays into a massive sword as the forces of Hong Ying, Xiao Hei, Mu Fusheng, and Xu Yeming further alarmed the Dragon Elephant Chief God.

Ye Qiubai and his allies combined their strongest attacks to break the Dragon Elephant Chief God's defense and wound him, but Ye Qiubai was left near collapse. As the Dragon Elephant Chief God moved to kill him, a dark figure intervened, and Ye Qiubai entrusted the fight to his junior brother.

• Ye Qiubai's Grand Primordium Sword Qi, supported by Ning Chenxin, Fang Qiong, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Shitou, began cutting through the Dragon Elephant Chief God's barrier.
• Mo Yu fired Lu Changsheng's puppet cannon, and its beam combined with the others' attacks to destroy the barrier and wound the Dragon Elephant Chief God.
• Ye Qiubai broke through to the Domain Divine Realm, while the Azure Cloud Sword Master's Sword Spirit returned to the Cloud Azure Sword to slumber.
• The Dragon Elephant Chief God rushed at the weakened Ye Qiubai and threw a punch, but a figure wreathed in Nether Qi and Demonic Qi struck him away.
• Ye Qiubai recognized the figure as his junior brother and left the rest to him.

The Nether Lord of the Six Realms descended through Xiao Hei to protect Ye Qiubai and fought the Dragon Elephant Chief God, while Mu Fusheng began inscribing a forbidden talisman. As the Dragon Elephant Chief God advanced to stop him, Hong Ying and Xu Yeming stepped in to defend Mu Fusheng.

• The Nether Lord of the Six Realms took control of Xiao Hei and revealed that he had descended to protect his successor.
• The Nether Lord fought the Dragon Elephant Chief God with a Nether King Halberd, matching his attacks despite Xiao Hei's body beginning to crack.
• Mu Fusheng began inscribing the Ten Thousand Dragons God-Slaying Talisman from the Book of Talismans.
• The Dragon Elephant Chief God swallowed two pills, advanced to the middle stage of the Creation Realm, and launched an attack at Mu Fusheng.
• Hong Ying called on the Chaos Realm's imperial will, and Xu Yeming awakened the Classic of Mountains and Seas to help protect Mu Fusheng as he inscribed the talisman.

Mu Fusheng worked to complete a forbidden talisman while Hong Ying, Xu Yeming, and Xiao Hei joined forces to withstand the Dragon Elephant Chief God's attack. Their combined strikes cracked his fist imprint, and Mu Fusheng's blazing talisman appeared ready to unleash its power.

• Mu Fusheng inscribed a forbidden technique talisman as the Dragon Elephant Chief God launched a stronger fist strike, while Xiao Hei warned that his power would only let him block one attack.
• Hong Ying drew on the Chaos Realm's Power of the World and thrust her Samsara Long Spear at the Dragon Elephant fist imprint, while Xu Yeming summoned five ancient beast phantoms.
• Xu Yeming summoned Yinglong, Taowu, and Bai Ze, bringing the total to eight divine beasts, and gathered their bloodlines into his Eight Wastelands Beast Seal.
• Hong Ying, Xu Yeming, and Xiao Hei attacked together, and their combined assault cracked the Dragon Elephant Chief God's fist imprint.
• Mu Fusheng's talisman blazed, its dragon-head pattern seeming to roar as its destructive fluctuations briefly froze time across the battlefield.

Mu Fusheng completed the Ten Thousand Dragons God-Slaying Talisman while his allies fought to hold back the Dragon Elephant Chief God. He activated the talisman, unleashing thousands of destructive lightning dragons, and the battlefield's outcome hung in the balance.

• Hong Ying, Xiao Hei, and Xu Yeming joined forces to crack the Dragon Elephant Chief God's fist imprint, while Mu Fusheng continued completing his talisman.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao, Mo Lin, Xu Youming, Dugu Jue, and He Yun killed the Heavenly Gang Chief God and rushed to help stop the Dragon Elephant Chief God.
• The Dragon Elephant Chief God used his Dragon Elephant Golden Body to charge Mu Fusheng, but both groups of allies combined their attacks to slow him down.
• The Dragon Elephant Chief God burned his origin and gathered power for another punch as Mu Fusheng finished the Ten Thousand Dragons God-Slaying Talisman.
• Mu Fusheng activated the forbidden talisman, which erupted into countless blood-colored lightning dragons that surrounded the Dragon Elephant Chief God.

Mu Fusheng unleashed the Ten Thousand Dragons God-Slaying Talisman against the Dragon Elephant Chief God, gravely injuring him but failing to break through his final shield. As the Dragon Elephant Chief God prepared to counterattack, Mu Fusheng revealed that the talisman had another wave.

• Mu Fusheng activated the Ten Thousand Dragons God-Slaying Talisman and sent thousands of blood-colored lightning dragons toward the Dragon Elephant Chief God.
• The Dragon Elephant Chief God used his Dragon Elephant Golden Body and Dragon Elephant Heaven-Suppressing Shield to defend himself.
• The talisman's dragons shattered the golden barrier and battered the shield, leaving the Dragon Elephant Chief God grievously injured.
• Dugu Jue, Xuanyuan Tianzhao, and Mo Lin noted that Mu Fusheng had nearly killed the Dragon Elephant Chief God, but their own injuries prevented them from finishing him off.
• The Dragon Elephant Chief God prepared to attack Mu Fusheng, who revealed another wisp of lightning and said the talisman had more than one wave.

Mu Fusheng nearly killed the Dragon Elephant Chief God with a second wave of lightning dragons, but the Azure Heavenly God and Pill Heavenly God intervened and rescued him. As the Azure and Pill Heavenly Gods prepared to attack Mu Fusheng, Ye Qiubai, and the others, the Black Lord burned his lifespan to hold off the Xuan Heavenly God and warned that the Divine Realm would not survive if they attacked.

• Mu Fusheng sent a second wave of blood-colored lightning dragons at the Dragon Elephant Chief God, while Xiao Shitou compressed the surrounding space to stop him from escaping.
• The lightning dragons shattered the Dragon Elephant Heaven-Suppressing Shield and left the Dragon Elephant Chief God on the verge of death.
• The Azure Heavenly God froze the remaining lightning dragons, and the Pill Heavenly God healed the Dragon Elephant Chief God enough for the Azure Heavenly God to send him through a spatial passage.
• The Black Lord burned his lifespan to fight the Xuan Heavenly God with the Realm-Slaying Sword and warned that the Divine Realm would have no chance of survival if the others were attacked.
• The Azure Heavenly God and Pill Heavenly God prepared to strike Mu Fusheng, Ye Qiubai, and their companions, dismissing their talents as useless before they matured.

The Azure Heavenly God and Pill Heavenly God overwhelmed the exhausted fighters of the Lower Five Realms, leaving Ye Qiubai and his companions facing death. Just as the Azure Heavenly God struck, a white-robed man arrived with the Hetu and Luoshu to shield them.

• Du Ni praised Ye Qiubai and the others for defeating the Dragon Elephant Chief God, while Lu Changsheng predicted that the older experts would soon appear.
• The Azure Heavenly God and Pill Heavenly God confronted Ye Qiubai and his companions, while Xuanyuan Tianzhao, Xu Youming, Dugu Jue, Mo Lin, and He Yun resolved to protect them.
• The Pill Heavenly God bound Xuanyuan Tianzhao and the others with vines and attacked the Lower Five Realms' fighters with pill-flame vines.
• Elder Fen and Kunpeng joined forces against the Pill Heavenly God as other fighters gathered to help, but the vines burned many people and consumed their souls.
• The Azure Heavenly God rejected Hong Ying's defiance and fired golden swords at Ye Qiubai and his companions, but an ink-wash scroll absorbed the attack.
• A white-robed man appeared with the Hetu and Luoshu, raising a barrier of stars between Ye Qiubai's group and the Azure Heavenly God.

He Mengshen used the Hetu and Luoshu to shield Ye Qiubai and the others from Azure Heavenly God, while the other powerhouses desperately tried to delay Pill Heavenly God. Just as Azure Heavenly God's full-strength attack destroyed the formation, a white-robed man emerged from the void and erased the attack.

• He Mengshen raised the Hetu and Luoshu's constellation formation around Ye Qiubai and the others, promising to hold Azure Heavenly God back for an incense stick.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao urged the powerhouses to protect the younger fighters, and Xu Youming, Dugu Jue, Mo Lin, and He Yun burned their origins to attack Pill Heavenly God again.
• Azure Heavenly God pressed down on He Mengshen's formation, but He Mengshen shifted the constellations and used Yin and Yang to redirect and repair the damage.
• Azure Heavenly God used both hands to crush the formation, leaving He Mengshen bleeding and the Hetu and Luoshu's barrier shattered.
• As Azure Heavenly God's palms closed toward He Mengshen and the others, a sword cry rang out, the attack vanished, and a long-haired man in white stepped from the void.

Lu Changsheng arrived at the Qingming Sea battlefield and effortlessly erased Azure Heavenly God's attacks before reprimanding his injured disciples. After severely wounding Azure Heavenly God with a few words, he faced the three Heavenly Gods and drew out a strand of sword intent against Pill Heavenly God and Xuan Heavenly God.

• Lu Changsheng emerged from a rift and dissolved Azure Heavenly God's full-strength attack.
• Lu Changsheng scolded Ye Qiubai and the others for failing to retreat while the battlefield watched in astonishment.
• Azure Heavenly God attacked Lu Changsheng again, but Lu Changsheng dispersed his golden palm print with a word.
• Lu Changsheng asked whether the Heavenly Gods had laid hands on his disciples and severely wounded Azure Heavenly God with an invisible ripple.
• Pill Heavenly God and Xuan Heavenly God joined Azure Heavenly God, burned their power of origin, and prepared to attack as Lu Changsheng traced out a strand of sword intent.

Lu Changsheng revealed overwhelming sword intent while defending his injured disciples from Azure Heavenly God, Xuan Heavenly God, and Pill Heavenly God. He destroyed their attacks and the Realm-Slaying Sword, then revealed that he was Zhongsheng, Xuan Heavenly God’s former student.

• Lu Changsheng rejected Azure Heavenly God’s offer to join the Holy Court and said he had come to defend his disciples and settle accounts.
• Lu Changsheng shattered Pill Heavenly God’s shield with a finger flick, severely injuring him.
• Azure Heavenly God and Xuan Heavenly God combined their power to unleash the Realm-Slaying Sword, but Lu Changsheng extinguished its power and broke the weapon.
• Lu Changsheng said he had completed the Realm-Slaying Sword’s refinement and tampered with it, then called Xuan Heavenly God his master.
• Xuan Heavenly God recognized Lu Changsheng as Zhongsheng and spat blood in fury.

Lu Changsheng crushed the Divine Realm’s forces at the Qingming Sea and used Soul Search on Azure Heavenly God and Pill Heavenly God to learn about the Holy Court. Their souls shattered when his search touched the gray matter, which also dragged in part of Lu Changsheng’s soul.

• Lu Changsheng revealed that he had destroyed the Realm-Slaying Sword, shocking Xuan Heavenly God, Azure Heavenly God, and Pill Heavenly God.
• Lu Changsheng froze the battlefield with one step, stripped Azure Heavenly God of his power, and burned away Pill Heavenly God’s vitality with a gray flame.
• Lu Changsheng stripped the Divine Realm army of its Principles and sent the God-Slaying Sword Array to destroy the army and burn its members’ bodies and souls.
• Lu Changsheng began searching Azure Heavenly God’s and Pill Heavenly God’s souls for information about the Holy Court.
• Azure Heavenly God’s and Pill Heavenly God’s souls shattered when Lu Changsheng’s search touched the gray matter, and the gray matter dragged in part of Lu Changsheng’s soul.

After defeating the Divine Realm army, Lu Changsheng was pulled into a hidden divine soul space and confronted by the Lord of the Holy Court. An old man emerged from Lu Changsheng’s consciousness and bargained for the Holy Court to leave this world alone, but the Lord warned that the agreement would not apply once they reached Heaven Beyond Heaven.

• Lu Changsheng’s divine soul search triggered a restriction left by the Holy Court, drawing him into a gray space where the Lord of the Holy Court appeared.
• The Lord of the Holy Court tried to recruit Lu Changsheng, but Lu Changsheng refused to accept a restriction and rejected the offer.
• The Lord of the Holy Court declared that Lu Changsheng could only die and threatened to attack the world.
• An old man appeared from Lu Changsheng’s consciousness and offered the Lord of the Holy Court a lotus petal in exchange for sparing the world.
• The Lord of the Holy Court agreed not to act against the world, accepted the lotus petal, and warned Lu Changsheng that the agreement would end in Heaven Beyond Heaven.

Lu Changsheng learned that the Holy Lord had taken a petal of the Tree Heart Lotus, a supreme treasure capable of helping him break through and growing into another World Tree. After returning to his body, Lu Changsheng stopped Xuan Heavenly God from attacking his disciples and erased Azure Heavenly God and Pill Heavenly God's remains and soul imprints.

• Lu Changsheng recognized the white-bearded elder as the Dao Ancestor, who explained that the Holy Lord would leave the Savage Wilderness Realm alone and had taken a Tree Heart Lotus petal.
• The Dao Ancestor described the Tree Heart Lotus's immense power and warned that Lu Changsheng would be drawn into events whether he wanted to be or not, then vanished as Lu Changsheng's soul returned to his body.
• Ye Qiubai and the others stood between Lu Changsheng and the wounded Xuan Heavenly God, warning him not to attack their master.
• Xuan Heavenly God withdrew his aura and told Ye Qiubai and the others that Lu Changsheng had once offered him the chance to call him Grandmaster.
• Lu Changsheng walked over, erased Azure Heavenly God's and Pill Heavenly God's bodies and the soul imprints in their spatial rings, then told Xuan Heavenly God he had not searched his soul because he was kind.

After Lu Changsheng defeated the Divine Realm, he left Xuan Heavenly God alive to serve Azure Firmament Academy and returned to the Great Wall. Hong Ying organized the Lower Five Realms’ recovery and awakened Imperial Intent, while Ye Qiubai and the others went back to the Changsheng Realm to prepare for breakthroughs; Du Zhong then told Lu Changsheng they would return to Hidden Dao Academy before opening the tunnel to Heaven Beyond Heaven.

• Lu Changsheng placed a restriction on Xuan Heavenly God, cleared the gray substance from his soul, and ordered him to serve as an artifact refiner at Azure Firmament Academy.
• Jiang Yiyu arrived, declined Xuan Heavenly God’s offer to stay with him, and said she would make her own way once the passage to Heaven Beyond Heaven opened.
• Lu Changsheng left the Lower Five Realms’ recovery efforts to Hong Ying and the others, and Hong Ying announced memorials and rewards for the fallen and survivors, a Heaven-Patrolling Guard, and the imperial preceptor’s authority during their seclusion.
• Hong Ying’s Imperial Intent surged as Ye Qiubai and the others departed for the Changsheng Realm to prepare for breakthroughs; the Lower Five Realms rebuilt, and Xuan Heavenly God handed the Divine Realm’s treasury to the imperial preceptor.
• Lu Changsheng returned to the Great Wall, where Du Zhong and Nüwa discussed opening the tunnel to Heaven Beyond Heaven, and Du Zhong said they would first return to Hidden Dao Academy.

Ye Qiubai and the others entered seclusion in the Changsheng Realm as the Holy Qi gathered around them and the Willow Tree helped them absorb its power. Meanwhile, the Southern Region Hidden Dao Academy prepared to expand recruitment, until a white-robed man and an old man suddenly appeared in its great hall.

• Huang Qian brought Xiangliu, the Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger, and Zhu Jiuyin to the Willow Tree, where Liu Ziru learned that they were all nearing breakthroughs.
• Holy Qi surged into vortexes above the eleven cave abodes, and the Willow Tree extended branches to help Ye Qiubai and the others absorb the Intent of Unending Life.
• The Southern Region attracted visitors and young prodigies hoping to join its leading powers and the Hidden Dao Academy.
• Qin Tiannan and the hall elders discussed the candidates, their recruitment plans, and how the Azure Cloud Sword Sect and the Study drew applicants away from their halls.
• A white-robed man and an old man appeared in the Hidden Dao Academy's great hall, surprising Qin Tiannan and the elders.