Recaps

Lu Changsheng and Du Zhong returned to the Hidden Dao Academy, where Qin Tiannan and the elders welcomed them and arranged for them to lecture. Du Zhong rebuilt the Cottage on its former site and revealed a spatial passage above it, through which Lu Changsheng saw an azure planet.

• Lu Changsheng reunited with Qin Tiannan and the elders, who teased him for avoiding the academy while welcoming Du Zhong back.
• Du Zhong said he would stay at the academy for a while, and he and Lu Changsheng went to inspect the Cottage's former site.
• Du Zhong raised a mountain from the plain, while Lu Changsheng put up a barrier to keep students away from the rebuilding Cottage.
• Qin Tiannan announced that Lu Changsheng and Du Zhong would lecture after recruitment, prompting both Cottage Masters to complain.
• Du Zhong asked Lu Changsheng whether he knew why he had been stationed at the Cottage and how Lu Changsheng had arrived in this world, then opened a spatial passage above the rebuilt mountain.
• Lu Changsheng looked through the passage and saw an azure planet.

Lu Changsheng learned from Du Zhong that the Star Orbit Well connected the Wilderness Realm to Earth, whose roots held secrets coveted by the Holy Court. Months later, eleven presences in the Changsheng Realm began to stir as Liu Ziru watched them approach a breakthrough.

• News spread that Lu Changsheng and Du Zhong had returned, drawing people toward the Southern Region.
• Du Zhong showed Lu Changsheng the Star Orbit Well and explained that Lu Changsheng's Grand Primordium Qi was repairing its broken Star Road to Earth.
• Du Zhong revealed that the Holy Court sought the Tree Heart Lotus's roots on Earth and might discover the planet if the Star Road was restored or all its petals were found.
• Du Zhong told Lu Changsheng to avoid searching for the remaining Tree Heart Lotus petals because his karma could expose Earth, and said his disciples would go to Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Several months later, eleven presences stirred in the Changsheng Realm, and Liu Ziru wondered if they were about to break through.

Lu Changsheng used the Fusheng Diagram to channel the power of the Willow Tree into eleven seclusion sites, where his disciples and allies made dramatic breakthroughs. As Ning Chenxin’s Confucian Dao manifested and Demonic Qi suddenly erupted, the remaining cultivators’ breakthroughs were still unfolding.

• Huang Qian and Zhu Jiuyin completed their seclusion with greatly strengthened powers, and Huang Qian reached the late stage of the Realm God Realm.
• Mu Wan'er broke through to the mid stage of the Domain Divine Realm, while Mo Yu reached its early stage.
• Xu Yeming reached the Half-Step Realm God level, Fang Qiong reached the early stage of the Realm God Realm, and Xiao Shitou reached the late stage of the Domain Divine Realm.
• Hong Ying manifested the Cloud Phoenix Empire’s territory as an imperial seal and reached the Half-Step Realm God level, with her Imperial Intent beginning to influence the rules around her.
• Ning Chenxin manifested golden chains and dense Vast Righteous Qi as Liu Ziru praised his Confucian Dao cultivation, then a surge of Demonic Qi erupted across the sky.

Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, and Ye Qiubai emerged from seclusion with enormous breakthroughs, while Mu Fusheng also revealed that he had advanced. Lu Changsheng summoned everyone back to the Hidden Dao Academy before they could share their gains.

• Xiao Hei awakened the power of his Holy Devil Bloodline, manifesting a colossal Devil God and gaining physical strength comparable to the early stage of the Realm God Realm.
• Mu Fusheng appeared after his own breakthrough, which he said had been overshadowed by Xiao Hei's display.
• Shi Sheng absorbed the power of the stars and reached the early stage of the Realm God Realm.
• Ye Qiubai merged his Sword Dao, sword soul, and sword bone into a Sword Dao dharma form, broke through to the middle stage of the Realm God Realm, and changed the world's Sword Dao rules.
• Lu Changsheng called everyone back to the Hidden Dao Academy.

The Hidden Dao Academy’s admissions ceremony drew a huge crowd hoping to hear Lu Changsheng lecture on the Dao. Eleven visitors met a gray-robed man who offered to sell them front-row access, but they had no Heaven Rank treasures to pay him; the ceremony then began as seven people appeared at the pavilion.

• Crowds gathered at the Hidden Dao Academy for its admissions ceremony and the promised Dao lectures by Lu Changsheng and the former Cottage hall master.
• Eleven visitors discussed the academy’s growth and its role in supplying talent to the Cloud Phoenix Empire.
• A gray-robed man offered to arrange seats near the front of Lu Changsheng’s lecture in exchange for Heaven Rank martial arts manuals or pills.
• The eleven visitors searched their spatial rings but had no such treasures, so the gray-robed man abandoned them and approached another target.
• The blue-robed man promised to discuss the apparent unfairness of connections with the dean, and the ceremony drums sounded as seven people appeared at the pavilion.

Lu Changsheng reluctantly began a Dao lecture at the Hidden Dao Academy, but the crowd interpreted his vague remarks as profound wisdom. He then invited his disciples to teach, leaving the gray-robed man horrified when he realized the people he had mocked were Ye Qiubai and the others.

• Qin Tiannan opened the academy’s entrance trials, and the man in green and his companions waited until the gray-robed man left before approaching him.
• After seven days of testing, a few hundred candidates passed, and factions from across the High-Latitude Realm gathered for Lu Changsheng’s lecture.
• The gray-robed man spotted the man in green and his companions at the lecture and assumed they had entered through the back door.
• Lu Changsheng appeared and said he had not figured out the Dao, but the audience took his words as profound guidance and began seeking enlightenment.
• Lu Changsheng invited his disciples to teach, and Ye Qiubai and the others removed their disguises, leaving the gray-robed man ashamed of how he had treated them.

After Ye Qiubai and the others gave a three-day Dao lecture, Du Zhong explained that they would travel through the Star Orbit Well to reach the crown-tier Soaring Realm and prepare for Heaven Beyond Heaven. Lu Changsheng then took the entire Cottage mountain away, leaving Qin Tiannan and the visiting sect masters staring at an empty plain.

• Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and the others expounded on the Dao for three days, helping listeners gain insight and break through.
• Qin Tiannan and the Sword Hall elder praised Ye Qiubai, while Lu Changsheng joked that he could take Ye Qiubai away.
• Du Zhong told the disciples to prepare to travel to Heaven Beyond Heaven through the Star Orbit Well, explaining that the Soaring Realm was the nearest crown-tier world and warned them to avoid the Holy Court.
• The disciples went to settle their affairs before departing, while Lu Changsheng tried to leave for the Changsheng Realm instead of staying to repair the star orbit.
• Lu Changsheng used spatial power to make the entire Cottage mountain vanish, and Qin Tiannan arrived to find only a plain where it had stood.

With the Six Realms connected, Ye Qiubai returned to the Azure Cloud Sword Sect and reunited with his disciple Hao Tian, while Hong Ying advanced her cultivation by absorbing the Chaos Realm’s World Heart. The chapter ended with news that Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu would marry in seven days.

• The five surviving realms opened spatial tunnels and chose the Mortal Realm as their travel hub, drawing visitors curious about Lu Changsheng’s homeland.
• Ye Qiubai brought Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Xuanyuan Che to the Azure Cloud Sword Sect, where Hao Tian recognized him and guided them inside.
• Hao Tian told Ye Qiubai that Mu Ziqing had come to the sect, and Ye Qiubai chose to spend time with her before traveling to Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao later became an attendant elder of the Azure Cloud Sword Sect.
• Hong Ying absorbed the Chaos Realm’s World Heart and broke through to the late stage of the Realm God Realm.
• The Cottage received news that Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu’s wedding would take place in seven days.

Ye Qiubai and the others returned to Changsheng Realm and found Lu Changsheng scrambling to choose a wedding gift for Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu. In Boundless Imperial City, preparations continued as Mu Fusheng endured outfit fittings and Jiu Bailu explained that the wedding would help them settle their affairs before going to Heaven Beyond Heaven; distinguished guests then began to arrive.

• Ye Qiubai and the others discussed Mu Fusheng's surprise wedding announcement and wondered what to give the couple.
• Huang Qian revealed that Lu Changsheng had been searching through his belongings for a gift, and the group found him surrounded by pills, scrolls, and weapons.
• Lu Changsheng recalled how moved he had been when Mu Fusheng told him about the wedding, then asked Ye Qiubai and the others to help choose a present.
• In Boundless Imperial City, Mu Qingqing and Mu Zhengting made Mu Fusheng try on wedding clothes for three days while preparations filled the city.
• Jiu Xuan asked Jiu Bailu how she and Mu Fusheng had arranged their wedding so quickly, and she said they wanted to settle matters before going to Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• A golden light opened above Boundless Imperial City, and powerful guests descended as the wedding was about to begin.

Leaders from across the Six Realms gathered in the Boundless Dynasty to celebrate Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu’s wedding. The Cottage arrived in a sudden display that turned every guest’s attention to its members, who searched for their absent white-robed master.

• The Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty, Xuanyuan Clan, and other powers from the Chaos, Immortal, Demon, Demon Beast, and Mortal Realms arrived with congratulatory gifts.
• Ji Liuzhi brought Ji Qianyao to the wedding, and Ji Qianyao searched for the senior before following her inside.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao presented Mu Zhengting with the Xuanyuan Clan’s Human Emperor Stone, while other powers offered valuable gifts.
• Mu Fusheng admitted he was nervous, and Jiu Bailu took his hand and teased him about how much he cared for her.
• The twelve members of the Cottage appeared without warning, prompting the gathered powers to search for their white-robed master.

Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu married amid extraordinary signs and blessings from heaven and earth. Lu Changsheng appeared from afar to give them rings and a vow written in the stars, leaving their ceremony complete and witnessed by the Six Realms.

• The wedding began as nine suns rose in the east and a bright moon appeared in the west, while Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu emerged in their wedding robes.
• Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu bowed to heaven and earth, then to Mu Zhengting and the Nine Dragons Divine Lord, joining the fortunes of their nations.
• Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu exchanged bows, and Jiu Bailu promised to protect him.
• Hong Ying used her control of the Heavenly Dao to bestow its blessing on the couple, prompting dragon and phoenix Qi to mingle above the imperial city.
• Lu Changsheng spread red wedding splendor across ten thousand miles, formed rings for Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu, and wrote “Partners on the same path, unwavering for ten thousand lifetimes” among the stars.
• Mu Fusheng placed the ring on Jiu Bailu's finger, and the master of ceremonies declared the wedding complete.

After Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu’s wedding, Chu Yan revealed that he came from the Chu Clan of the Soaring Realm and gave them a map, while He Mengshen shared urgent news about the Holy Court. The group returned to the Changsheng Realm to tell Lu Changsheng that the Holy Court had stationed many people by the Soaring Realm’s Star Orbit.

• Mu Fusheng welcomed He Mengshen and Chu Yan, who arrived at the palace after the wedding celebrations.
• Chu Yan gave Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu a map of the Soaring Realm and revealed that he came from its Chu Clan.
• Chu Yan explained that he and He Mengshen had entered the Six Realms through the Yin-Yang Heavenly Pool and wanted to return to the Soaring Realm with the group.
• He Mengshen privately told Ye Qiubai and the others that many people from the Holy Court were stationed by the Soaring Realm’s Star Orbit.
• Ye Qiubai agreed to let He Mengshen join them, and Chu Yan asked them to contact him when they set out.
• Mu Fusheng and the others returned to the Changsheng Realm, where Lu Changsheng questioned them about He Mengshen’s news.

Lu Changsheng prepared to leave the Six Realms after learning that the Holy Court was waiting beyond the Star Orbit. He entered the Star Orbit alone and approached the Soaring Realm, where he sensed Holy Court forces lying in wait.

• Du Zhong explained that messages could cross the Six Realms through the Star Vein Realm or star vein mystic stones, and described the Hetu Sect's history and its uncertain connection to the Hetu Clan.
• Ye Qiubai asked how they could reach Heaven Beyond Heaven with Holy Court experts guarding the Star Orbit, but Du Zhong refused to intervene because it could expose Earth's Star Orbit.
• Lu Changsheng decided to stay in the Six Realms until Du Zhong warned that Earth could be destroyed, then prepared to act while teasing his disciples over a meal and assigning Ye Qiubai to teach Xiao Hei to cook.
• Lu Changsheng gathered pills, formation scrolls, and his hand cannon before jumping into the Star Orbit Well and traveling toward the Soaring Realm.
• Lu Changsheng concealed himself near the gate of light and sensed Holy Qi and several hidden presences beyond it.

Lu Changsheng bypassed the guarded Star Orbit by traveling through its chaotic outer currents, then prepared a stealthy simultaneous strike against the seven Formless Realm guards at the Soaring Realm gate. The chapter ended as his seven soul-annihilating needles silently appeared around their targets.

• Lu Changsheng watched the seven guards at the Star Orbit entrance and chose not to confront them head-on.
• He entered the chaotic currents outside the Star Orbit, where his Power of Primordial Beginning let him move through the violent Power of Rules unharmed.
• Lu Changsheng circled behind the gate of light and located all seven guards, including the two hidden in void interlayers.
• He prepared seven Annihilation Needles, attached space-distorting talismans, and used an isolation array to conceal his attack.
• Lu Changsheng launched the needles toward all seven guards at once, and they appeared around their targets without a sound or trace.

Lu Changsheng silently killed seven Holy Court guards at the Star Orbit, erased all traces, and scouted the Soaring Realm before returning to the Six Realms. Meanwhile, seven tokens shattered in the Holy Court, alerting it to the guards’ deaths.

• Lu Changsheng used Annihilation Needles to kill the seven guards at the light gate, then destroyed their bodies and purified the scene.
• Lu Changsheng examined the trapping formation and sent a puppet through the gate to scout the Soaring Realm and verify the map Chu Yan had given him.
• Lu Changsheng explored the Soaring Realm’s factions, returned through the Star Orbit, and destroyed the guards’ tracking token and other suspicious items.
• Lu Changsheng told Du Zhong that the path was clear and declined to accompany the others, choosing to rest instead.
• In the Holy Court’s dark hall, the last seven of nine tokens shattered, and seven bell tolls rang throughout the Holy Court.

The Holy Court of the Soaring Realm sought help after seven elders vanished, while Lu Changsheng sent Ye Qiubai and the others to the Soaring Realm through the Star Orbit Well. He remained concerned about He Mengshen’s unclear background as the group departed.

• The hall master concluded that a powerful opponent had killed the seven elders and used his sacred token to request assistance from the Holy Realm's Holy Court.
• Lu Changsheng gave Ye Qiubai and the others a token that would guide them through concealed spatial nodes in the Star Orbit.
• Mu Wan'er and Mo Yu stayed behind, while Du Zhong assigned Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, Xiao Shitou, and Fang Qiong training in the Six Realms.
• Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Mu Fusheng, Xu Yeming, and Jiu Bailu entered the Star Orbit Well to head for the Soaring Realm.
• Lu Changsheng sent Chu Yan and He Mengshen into the Star Orbit Well, then told Du Zhong he still doubted He Mengshen's reported identity.

Ye Qiubai and the others arrived in the Soaring Realm and explored Fish Leap City, where Mu Fusheng found a rare Lightning Annihilation Dragon horn. Members of the Supervisory Sacred Hall then tried to outbid him for it.

• Chu Yan invited Ye Qiubai and the others to visit the Chu Clan, but Ye Qiubai declined, and Hong Ying rejected Chu Yan’s jade pendant.
• The group arrived at Fish Leap City, where Chu Yan and He Mengshen parted from them after offering ways to stay in contact.
• Ye Qiubai and the others explored Fish Leap City and found its treasures and powerful residents far beyond those of the Six Realms.
• Mu Fusheng went with Jiu Bailu to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and offered a lightning-attribute talisman for a Lightning Annihilation Dragon horn.
• A man from the Supervisory Sacred Hall offered a Formless-grade pill for the horn, and the shopkeeper confirmed that the highest bidder would get it.

Mu Fusheng traded a pill containing the Power of Karma for the Extinguishing Thunder Dragon Horn, then drew the attention of Yang Shao, who invited him to join the Supervisory Sacred Hall. The group considered using the invitation to learn about the Soaring Realm and investigate the Hall’s connection to its Mortal Realm namesake, just as Shopkeeper Xie returned with a purple-robed man.

• Jiu Bailu offered a pill containing the Power of Karma, and Shopkeeper Xie judged it more valuable than a Formless-grade pill and gave Mu Fusheng the Extinguishing Thunder Dragon Horn.
• Mu Fusheng introduced himself to Yang Shao as Mu Jiu and explained that he needed the horn as a primary material for his talismans.
• Yang Shao invited Mu Fusheng to join the Supervisory Sacred Hall as a talisman master, offering occasional work and the benefits of membership.
• Yang Shao gave Mu Fusheng his token and left, while Ye Qiubai, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Fusheng discussed visiting the Hall and investigating its connection to the Mortal Realm.
• Shopkeeper Xie returned with a middle-aged man dressed in purple robes.

Ye Qiubai and his companions received Thousand Treasures Cards from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and learned that the Supervisory Sacred Hall was founded by the Holy Court. They left after Hong Ying said they were considering joining the Hall, while the third elder reflected on the great karma carried by those who possessed the Power of Karma.

• The third elder awarded Mu Fusheng and his five companions six Thousand Treasures Cards and offered them another item in exchange for their pill.
• The third elder explained that the Supervisory Sacred Hall was a Holy Court law-enforcement organization with branches across the World Tree.
• Hong Ying said the group was considering joining the Supervisory Sacred Hall, and Mu Fusheng worried they would expose themselves by entering enemy territory.
• Shopkeeper Xie personally saw Ye Qiubai and the others out of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• The third elder told Shopkeeper Xie that an ancient text in the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower said those who possessed the Power of Karma shouldered great karma, and he declared that they must risk rising or perishing.

Mu Fusheng and his companions agreed to join the Supervisory Sacred Hall, and Yang Shao offered them a chance to prove themselves on a mission to purge the Withered Cloud Sect. Ning Chenxin detected Evil Qi in the mission scroll and warned Yang Shao of an infiltrator, and the group arrived at the sect’s ghost-haunted mountains.

• Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and the others advocated joining the Supervisory Sacred Hall, and Mu Fusheng agreed to go along with them.
• Mu Fusheng asked Yang Shao to let his companions join too, but Yang Shao challenged them to prove their strength on a mission before recommending them.
• Ning Chenxin noticed Evil Qi in the mission scroll, and Yang Shao revealed that the outer elder who prepared it was an agent of the Withered Cloud Sect.
• Yang Shao explained that the Withered Cloud Sect had grown by draining cultivators’ Essence Blood and souls and forcing dual cultivation, while people and entire sects disappeared nearby.
• Ye Qiubai and the others traveled with Yang Shao to the Withered Cloud Sect, where Ning Chenxin sensed wronged souls wailing in the cloud-covered mountains.

Ye Qiubai and the others met the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s Grand Elder and Old Daoist Qingcheng near Withered Cloud Mountain after Ning Chenxin detected evil cultivators and wronged souls within the Withered Cloud Sect. Old Daoist Qingcheng sought to recruit Ning Chenxin, while Yang Shao explained why the powerful factions had assembled to investigate the sect.

• Ning Chenxin detected a dense presence of evil cultivators and wronged souls near the Withered Cloud Sect, and Yang Shao revealed that he was the Hall Master’s disciple.
• The Grand Elder and Tao Yi challenged the group’s qualifications, but the Grand Elder recognized Ning Chenxin’s Confucian Dao and vast righteous Qi.
• Old Daoist Qingcheng appeared and invited Ning Chenxin to join Mount Qingcheng, prompting tension with the Grand Elder and Tao Yi.
• Mu Fusheng asked why top factions were deploying such a large force against a second-rate sect, and Yang Shao said the Withered Cloud Sect had grown rapidly and might possess a powerful evil cultivation inheritance and a hidden backer.

The Supervisory Sacred Hall raided the Withered Cloud Sect after uncovering its Evil Cultivator practices and a traitor within its ranks. As the battle began, a blood-colored giant emerged from deep within Withered Cloud Mountain.

• The Withered Cloud Sect's sect master met secretly with a Supervisory Sacred Hall elder, who accepted payment for information about the sect.
• The Supervisory Sacred Hall's grand elder arrived with over a hundred people, exposed the sect master as a blood cultivator, and burned an Evil Cultivator disciple with golden light.
• Ning Chenxin identified the sect master's blood cultivation and estimated that he had killed over ten thousand people.
• The grand elder killed the traitorous outer sect elder and captured his soul, then sent the Supervisory Sacred Hall forces to attack the Withered Cloud Sect.
• Tao Yi, Yang Shao, Mu Fusheng, and the others prepared to fight as Old Daoist Qingcheng and the grand elder confronted the sect master.
• The sect master revealed that the Withered Cloud Sect's elders were still unaccounted for, and a blood-colored giant appeared from deep within Withered Cloud Mountain.

Old Daoist Qingcheng and the Supervisory Sacred Hall confronted the Withered Cloud Sect’s Blood Soul Giant and uncovered a hidden Evil Cultivator behind its creation. As the grand elder hesitated over fighting the giant, Ning Chenxin arrived and offered to suppress it briefly so they could attack together.

• The Withered Cloud Sect summoned a Blood Soul Giant made from the souls and essence blood of more than ten thousand cultivators, and it attacked the Supervisory Sacred Hall disciples.
• Old Daoist Qingcheng trapped the giant with his Celestial Master Demon-Binding Instruction, but the Withered Cloud Sect’s seven elders sacrificed their blood to strengthen it.
• Old Daoist Qingcheng deduced that a powerful Evil Cultivator was hiding within the sect, and a pale, handsome man emerged from Withered Cloud Mountain.
• Old Daoist Qingcheng suppressed the handsome man with Vast Righteous Qi, forcing the Withered Cloud Sect Master to join the fight.
• Ning Chenxin appeared beside the grand elder and offered to suppress the Blood Soul Giant briefly so they could coordinate an attack.

Ning Chenxin used the Dao Scripture and Vast Righteous Qi to purify the Withered Cloud Sect’s Blood Soul Great Array and release more than ten thousand wronged souls. The Grand Elder helped destroy the weakened array, then resolved to recruit Ning Chenxin before Old Daoist Qingcheng could.

• Ning Chenxin stepped forward with the Dao Scripture and revealed his Vast Righteous Qi, drawing Old Daoist Qingcheng’s attention.
• The seven Withered Cloud Sect elders sent the blood-colored giant to attack Ning Chenxin, but he recited verses that formed Words Become Law and cleansed the giant with righteous Qi.
• As the resentful souls were released and the giant weakened, the Grand Elder struck it with Holy Qi and broke the Blood Soul Great Array.
• Ning Chenxin wrote the character for “righteousness” in the air, destroying the giant and freeing the remaining souls.
• Yang Shao apologized to Ning Chenxin, Tao Yi stood stunned, and the Grand Elder decided he must recruit Ning Chenxin before Old Daoist Qingcheng did.

Ye Qiubai and the others helped the Supervisory Sacred Hall defeat the Withered Cloud Sect, while Old Daoist Qingcheng subdued the sect master and the handsome man. After revealing his overwhelming strength, Qingcheng invited Ning Chenxin to Mount Qingcheng to study.

• Ye Qiubai and the others subdued the Withered Cloud Sect’s disciples and attendants, impressing Yang Shao and Tao Yi with their combat strength.
• The Withered Cloud Sect Master appeared weakened, and Old Daoist Qingcheng trapped him and the handsome man in his fly whisk’s green strands.
• The handsome man absorbed the sect master’s soul and blood, then tried to break free and self-destruct, but Qingcheng sealed and suppressed him.
• Old Daoist Qingcheng dispersed the bloody light, captured the handsome man, and invited Ning Chenxin to return to Mount Qingcheng for instruction.