Recaps

Duan Lang discovered Nie Ying’s writings and the Six Secrets of Aohan in Lingyun Cave, then destroyed the records and took every Blood Bodhi so no one else could benefit. Meanwhile, Jue Wushen arrived in the Central Plains with Po Jun, who revealed that Wuming’s personal disciple might provide a way to draw Wuming out.

• Duan Lang found Nie Ying’s writings and learned that the Qilin and Qilin Mad Blood were real, then discovered the Six Secrets of Aohan carved into a cave wall.
• Duan Lang memorized the Six Secrets of Aohan, destroyed the writings and carvings, and picked every Blood Bodhi before continuing his search for the Fire Qilin.
• A hidden hole opened beneath the Blood Bodhi vine, and pieces of the vine with roots fell inside.
• Po Jun waited on the eastern coast as Jue Wushen arrived from Dongying with several ships and asked about Wuming.
• Po Jun said he had found no trace of Wuming, who had gone into seclusion, but offered information about Wuming’s personal disciple.
• Jue Wushen dropped his threat against Po Jun and decided the disciple could help draw Wuming out.

Jue Wushen learned that Wuming’s disciple Jian Chen had rapidly become a formidable hero and suspected that Jian Chen possessed a system like his own. He ordered the Godless Palace to suspend its invasion and investigate Jian Chen and Duan Lang, while Xu Xiao watched the growing disruption from his hidden manor.

• Po Jun told Jue Wushen that Jian Chen had defeated renowned jianghu elders, killed five of the Twelve Freaks of Heavenly Lake, and fought Duan Lang to a draw.
• Jue Wushen suspected Jian Chen had received a system and ordered the Godless Palace to gather information on Jian Chen and Duan Lang instead of proceeding with its invasion.
• Jian Chen traveled north toward Mount Tian to investigate a mysterious organization as part of a high-difficulty mission from his Myriad Worlds Righteous Hero System.
• An old immortal, a time-traveling middle-aged man, and a future existence reacted to changes in events, while the future existence failed to find the concealed Xu Xiao.
• Xu Xiao sensed the future existence’s gaze and watched four chosen ones, including Jian Chen and Duan Lang, to see whether powerful beings would interfere with karmic destiny.

Duan Lang battled the Fire Qilin in Lingyun Cave, forced it to flee, and lost track of it in the maze. He then discovered Wu Wudi’s Black Tortoise True Skill and began studying it.

• Duan Lang used the Fire Qilin Sword, martial arts, and a fire spirit spell to counter the Fire Qilin’s flames and pry off one of its scales.
• Duan Lang pressed his attack until the wounded Fire Qilin fled through a passage it blasted into a stone wall.
• Duan Lang chased the Fire Qilin through Lingyun Cave for most of the day but lost it at a fork in the passages.
• Duan Lang explored the deepest part of Lingyun Cave and found a wall covered in profound martial arts carvings.
• Duan Lang recognized the carvings as Wu Wudi’s Black Tortoise True Skill and began practicing it.

Duan Lang returned to the Tianxia Society after the martial world was shaken by Wuming’s death and the threat of a Dongying invasion. He challenged Xiongba over the unresolved conflict with Peerless City, and their fight left Xiongba at a clear disadvantage.

• Jian Chen discovered Heaven’s Gate on Mount Tian, fought Di Shitian, and escaped after wounding him.
• Jue Wushen defeated Wuming, who died after grievously wounding him and sending Jian Chen into the Sword Realm.
• Xiongba tried to summon Duan Lang to the Tianxia Society as the martial world prepared for a possible Dongying invasion.
• Duan Lang returned, mocked Xiongba, and announced that he would decide how to deal with Peerless City.
• Duan Lang and Xiongba fought, and after more than fifty moves Xiongba showed clear signs of defeat.

Duan Lang defeated Xiongba and took control of the Tianxia Society. Though Xiongba surrendered and was allowed to leave, Duan Lang killed him as he turned away.

• Xiongba accused Duan Lang of betraying him, but Duan Lang said he had earned his power and challenged Xiongba's leadership.
• Duan Lang used a surprise sword move to shave off Xiongba's beard, then overwhelmed him until Xiongba surrendered.
• Xiongba pleaded for his life and asked to leave, and Duan Lang pretended to let him go.
• As Xiongba turned away, Duan Lang stabbed him through the heart with the Fire Qilin Sword and killed him.

Xiao Sanxiao came to Peerless City to prevent a conflict between the Tianxia Society and Peerless City, worried that the upheaval in the Central Plains signaled the coming Millennial Great Calamity. Duan Lang arrived as promised to challenge Sword Saint Dugu, leaving the two powers on the brink of battle.

• Xiao Sanxiao entered Peerless City and wondered who had disrupted the course of events after Dongying's invasion, Di Shitian's return, and Wuming's death.
• Xiao Sanxiao resolved to stop the Tianxia Society and Peerless City from fighting as the Millennial Great Calamity approached.
• Jianghu onlookers gathered in Peerless City and debated whether Duan Lang or Sword Saint Dugu would prevail.
• Duan Lang announced his arrival and landed on Peerless City's walls with the Fire Qilin Sword at his waist.

Duan Lang arrived at Peerless City and challenged Sword Saint Dugu, who judged that evil Qi had corrupted him. Their argument over righteousness and evil erupted into a fight that began destroying the city, while Xiao Sanxiao watched from below.

• Dugu Yifang hoped Sword Saint Dugu would defeat Duan Lang and help the Dugu Clan claim leadership of the martial world.
• Sword Saint Dugu left the hall to meet Duan Lang, drawn by reports that the young fighter had defeated Xiongba.
• Sword Saint Dugu warned Duan Lang that evil Qi had entered his body, and Duan Lang mocked his claims about righteousness and evil.
• Duan Lang drew the Fire Qilin Sword and attacked, and Sword Saint Dugu countered with Sword Qi from his fingers.
• The two fighters exchanged blows, collapsing Peerless City's gate tower and nearby buildings while Xiao Sanxiao watched below.

Duan Lang and the Sword Saint escalated their duel, unleashing mental and evil sword attacks that harmed the people of Peerless City. Xiao Sanxiao intervened to stop them, and the chapter ended with the two masters demanding to know who he was.

• Xiao Sanxiao watched Duan Lang and the Sword Saint fight near Peerless City and delayed intervening to avoid revealing himself too soon.
• The Sword Saint unleashed Sword Twenty-Three, a mental Intent Sword attack, and Duan Lang countered with his evil-Qi-based Evil Flame Slash.
• The clash between their attacks struck nearby onlookers, killing some and driving others mad.
• Xiao Sanxiao stepped between the fighters and used Myriad Dao Senluo to withstand their attacks, then asked them to stop.
• Duan Lang and the Sword Saint paused their attacks and demanded Xiao Sanxiao identify himself, and he proposed moving somewhere else to talk.

Duan Lang and the Sword Saint fought Xiao Sanxiao, reducing Peerless City to ruins and worsening the conflict between the Tianxia Society and Peerless City. As Dongying unleashed Blood Corpses on the Central Plains, Jian Chen returned from the Sword Realm corrupted by the Demon Chief.

• Duan Lang and the Sword Saint rejected Xiao Sanxiao's attempt to stop their fight and demanded that he reveal his identity.
• Duan Lang and the Sword Saint attacked Xiao Sanxiao, and their battle razed Peerless City within half an hour.
• Dongying warriors released Blood Corpses along the Central Plains coast while the martial world was distracted by its internal conflicts.
• Xu Xiao used Jue Wushen to test whether a hidden power would intervene in the altered Wind and Cloud World.
• Jian Chen returned from the Sword Realm carrying the Peerless Demon Sword, influenced by the Demon Chief and driven by demonic thoughts.

Jian Chen chased Di Shitian across Mount Tian and into a Central Plains city overrun by walking corpses. He killed Di Shitian and drained his Phoenix Blood, then set out to refine it as the calamity spread.

• Jian Chen pursued Di Shitian across Mount Tian, seeking revenge and the Phoenix Blood in his body.
• Jian Chen and Di Shitian reached a Central Plains city where more than a hundred thousand residents had become walking corpses.
• Jian Chen and Di Shitian discussed the dense death Qi and speculated that the creatures came from beyond the mortal world.
• Jian Chen struck Di Shitian through the heart, and Di Shitian accepted his death amid the spreading calamity.
• Jian Chen drained Di Shitian's blood and went to prepare to refine the Phoenix Blood.

Xu Xiao studied the Dao of Cause and Effect and wondered whether higher beings controlled the fates of entire worlds, while a white piece appeared on his Chess of Fate. At Shaolin Temple, a divinely guided novice named Huixian gained great power and a cure for corpse poison, but the monks tried to stop him from descending the mountain.

• Xu Xiao reflected on how the worlds’ fates seemed to unfold without correction and worried that higher beings might be manipulating his own cause and effect.
• A white piece appeared on Xu Xiao’s Chess of Fate, signaling that certain beings were showing themselves.
• At Shaolin Temple, the Tathagata statue shone, and young novice Huixian fainted before waking with greatly increased martial arts and a prescription for corpse poison.
• Huixian decided to descend the mountain to aid civilians suffering from the corpse tides and Dongying’s invasion.
• Shaolin’s monks tried to dissuade Huixian, arguing that he should let other powers fight first and that Shaolin could emerge afterward.

Huixian left Shaolin to spread the Dharma, created an antidote to the biological virus, and saved people while protecting them from Dongying’s experts. Xu Xiao’s chosen ones accepted a quest to eliminate him for a reward promising physical immortality, and the chapter ended as Duan Lang attacked Huixian.

• Huixian refused the monks’ pleas to stay and vanished from Shaolin, while the abbot ordered the others to return to their duties.
• Huixian gathered medicinal herbs, created an antidote, and traveled around preaching, distributing porridge, and fighting Dongying’s experts to protect people.
• Xu Xiao saw that the Great Sun Tathagata had intervened through Huixian and placed a black stone to encircle the growing white stones on his board.
• Jue Wushen, the Sword Saint, and two other chosen ones accepted the quest to eliminate the Buddha’s chosen after seeing its Dao of Physical Immortality reward, then began searching for Huixian.
• Duan Lang found Huixian in a small Jiangnan city, recognized him as the Buddha’s chosen, and attacked him with the Fire Qilin Sword.

Duan Lang fought Huixian, whose Ten Thousand Buddhas Golden Body withstood his sword attacks until Duan Lang’s Evil Flame Slash damaged it. After Huixian struck back with a giant golden palm, Duan Lang’s evil qi and the Seed of Desire drove him into a more powerful, fully demonized state, and Huixian prepared to kill him.

• Duan Lang attacked Huixian with the Heavenly Destiny Sword Dao, but Huixian’s Ten Thousand Buddhas Golden Body shattered the sword qi and blocked his blows.
• Duan Lang unleashed Evil Flame Slash, using evil qi to make Huixian’s golden body sway and cause the devout figures within it to dissipate.
• Huixian changed his mudra and struck Duan Lang with a giant golden palm, triggering a massive explosion.
• Duan Lang emerged from the dust wounded and disheveled as evil qi spread through his body and the Seed of Desire converted his killing intent into Internal Energy.
• Huixian recognized that Duan Lang had fallen to the world’s tribulation qi and declared he would kill him, while Duan Lang challenged him to try.

Monk Huixian tried to escape after Duan Lang and Sword Saint Dugu came to capture him for the Dao of Physical Immortality, but demonized Jian Chen blocked his path. Surrounded by all three fighters, Huixian resolved to unleash his full strength and fulfill his Buddha’s task.

• Duan Lang and Sword Saint Dugu both admitted they sought Huixian for the Dao of Physical Immortality and prepared to fight him.
• Huixian used Divine Foot Power to flee, but Jian Chen intercepted him with a demonic sword strike.
• Jian Chen attacked Huixian, who defended himself with the Ten Thousand Buddhas Golden Body and countered with the Demon-Subduing Great Mudra.
• Duan Lang and Sword Saint Dugu caught up, closing off Huixian’s escape while Jian Chen watched them warily.
• Huixian accepted that he could not escape and began revealing a power greater than before.

Huixian revealed overwhelming power and attacked Jian Chen, Duan Lang, and the Sword Saint, who joined forces against him. As they wore down his defenses, Huixian summoned the Buddha’s True Body, awakening another consciousness inside him.

• Jian Chen recognized Huixian as the Buddha’s son, and Huixian erupted into a killing frenzy.
• Huixian struck Jian Chen, Duan Lang, and the Sword Saint with powerful punches, sending each of them flying.
• Jian Chen turned demonic and fought Huixian while declaring that he would not let the monk investigate his system.
• Duan Lang and the Sword Saint agreed to join forces with Jian Chen and attacked Huixian, rapidly wearing away his Sanskrit defenses.
• Huixian invoked the Buddha’s True Body, and a separate consciousness awakened within him and addressed the three men.

Xu Xiao noticed the Great Sun Tathagata’s power entering the game through Huixian and sent Xu Xuanpin to confront it. After the possessed Huixian overwhelmed the martial artists and found an alien power inside Duan Lang, Xu Xiao judged that the being was likely not the Great Sun Tathagata he had imagined.

• Xu Xiao saw a golden stone break through his black stones’ formation and decided to test the being behind Huixian with an avatar.
• The Great Sun Tathagata’s divine thought possessed Huixian and quickly defeated Duan Lang, Sword Saint, and Jian Chen.
• Huixian searched Duan Lang for foreign powers and suffered a backlash that he identified as the work of an extraterrestrial heavenly demon.
• Xu Xuanpin took control of Duan Lang’s body and challenged Huixian’s accusation that the power was demonic.
• Xu Xiao sensed that Huixian’s possessor lacked the overwhelming presence of the true Great Sun Tathagata and began considering what kind of being it was.

Xu Xiao, appearing as Duan Lang, confronted the Great Sun Tathagata over their presence in the world of Wind and Cloud and learned that both feared attracting its creator, Lady Nüwa. The Great Sun Tathagata relented and asked what Xu Xiao wanted, but Xu Xiao instead pressed him about his true identity.

• The Great Sun Tathagata accused Xu Xuanpin of being an extraterrestrial fiend trying to take over the world, while Xu Xuanpin claimed he had come to study the Dao of Cause and Effect.
• Xu Xiao challenged the Great Sun Tathagata’s claim to protect the world and suggested that he was secretly trying to gain influence there himself.
• The Great Sun Tathagata threatened Xu Xiao, but Xu Xiao refused to leave and inferred that the other God feared drawing Lady Nüwa’s attention.
• After the two Gods remained at an impasse, the Great Sun Tathagata relented and asked whether Xu Xiao wanted to spread faith or claim authority.
• Xu Xiao asked what kind of being the Great Sun Tathagata was and why he used that title, but the Great Sun Tathagata refused to reveal his secrets.

Xu Xiao questioned the Great Sun Tathagata about fate, world evolution, and transmigrators, then admitted that he was one himself. After Xu Xiao eliminated the Wind and Cloud variables, the Great Sun Tathagata crossed into his world to discuss their interests, though he remained wary of Xu Xiao’s concealed origins.

• Xu Xiao pressed the Great Sun Tathagata about how he predicted the world’s course and whether he could see through his own fate.
• The Great Sun Tathagata recognized Xu Xiao as a transmigrator, and Xu Xiao admitted he counted as one too.
• The Great Sun Tathagata offered to share what he knew about transmigrators if Xu Xiao showed sincerity by dealing with Duan Lang, the Sword Saint, Jian Chen, and Jue Wushen.
• Xu Xiao drained the four men with their Seeds of Desire, while Jue Wushen’s death caused the Blood Corpses to lose control and begin dying.
• The Great Sun Tathagata gathered and suppressed the scattered Calamity Qi, and Xu Xuanpin opened a spatial rift for him.
• The Great Sun Tathagata crossed into Xu Xiao’s world, failed to divine Xu Xiao’s origins, and sat with him to discuss the Dao.

Xu Xiao made Great Sun Tathagata swear to reveal what he knew about transmigrators, then learned how they were connected to the Real Universe and why mighty beings feared pursuing them. Great Sun Tathagata began explaining that the Transmigrators' Alliance had forced some powerful beings to abandon their efforts.

• Xu Xiao and Great Sun Tathagata swore Great Dao Oaths, with Xu Xiao agreeing to leave after hearing the information and take Azure Dragon and Qilin.
• Great Sun Tathagata explained that transmigrators were known to powerful beings and linked their unusual familiarity with worlds to the Real Universe.
• Great Sun Tathagata said that even gods and Buddhas could not fully know a world's evolution, while transmigrators had an advantage in understanding it.
• Xu Xiao asked why powerful beings did not capture or study transmigrators, and Great Sun Tathagata explained that transmigrators had retaliated against persecution and their world-crossing ability could not be seized.
• Great Sun Tathagata began to reveal that the founding of the Transmigrators' Alliance had truly forced powerful beings to stop targeting transmigrators.

Xu Xiao learned about the Transmigrators' Alliance and the limits transmigrators were expected to respect, then set out to capture the Fire Qilin and Azure Dragon before leaving the Wind and Cloud World. After Xu Xiao entered Lingyun Cave, Nüwa appeared and began watching his movements.

• The Great Sun Tathagata explained the Transmigrators' Alliance and warned Xu Xiao that Nüwa might punish him for bringing misery to a world's inhabitants.
• Xu Xiao thanked the Great Sun Tathagata, ended their karmic ties, and left to capture the Fire Qilin and Azure Dragon.
• Nüwa appeared in the courtyard and forgave the Great Sun Tathagata for intervening in Xu Xiao's plans.
• Nüwa restored the traces Xu Xiao had erased from the Go board and used it to locate him in Lingyun Cave.
• Xu Xiao entered Lingyun Cave to capture the Fire Qilin, unaware that Nüwa was watching him.

Xu Xiao stole the Fire Qilin from Lingyun Cave, but Nüwa caught him and brought him back to his courtyard. After questioning him, she said she would let the theft go and offered him a stroke of fortune, leaving Xu Xiao unsure how to respond.

• Xu Xiao found the sleeping Fire Qilin in Lingyun Cave, suppressed it with Telekinesis, and sent it to his Divine Kingdom of Desire.
• As Xu Xiao escaped through a spatial rift, an unseen being disrupted his coordinates and pulled him back to his courtyard.
• Nüwa revealed herself and stopped Xu Xiao from using the World-Crossing Gate to flee.
• Nüwa questioned Xu Xiao about manipulating karma and destiny, and he admitted he enjoyed the experience but had not grasped their principles.
• Nüwa praised Xu Xiao’s honesty and character, then said she would overlook his theft and offer him a stroke of fortune.

Lady Nüwa forced Xu Xiao to accept her insights into uniting timelines and breaking through to Daluo, binding him to repay her with help in the future. She warned him to cultivate quietly and offered him divine beasts, while Xu Xiao asked for Phoenixes and Black Tortoises as well.

• Xu Xiao refused Nüwa’s offer of a fortune because he feared the karmic debt, but she sent golden light into his Sea of Consciousness anyway.
• Xu Xiao received Nüwa’s insights into bringing timelines together and advancing to Daluo, then thanked her and accepted that he owed her a debt.
• Nüwa told Xu Xiao to cultivate diligently, keep a low profile, and remember that she might need his help several epochs later.
• Nüwa offered to give Xu Xiao divine beasts, and he admitted he wanted to raise them for meat.
• Nüwa offered him long worms and Qilins but refused to give him Phoenixes and Black Tortoises, so Xu Xiao asked for two of each anyway.

Xu Xiao arrived in Gotham and planned to connect the DC and Marvel Universes by turning Gotham villains into anchors. Unable to find Bane and unwilling to attract attention at Arkham, he chose the Court of Owls as his next target.

• Xu Xiao surveyed Gotham, sensed its unusual powers, and reflected on the influential figures who shaped the DC Universe.
• Xu Xiao decided to open a passage between the Marvel and DC Universes wide enough to encourage both sides to fight and let him profit.
• Xu Xiao searched for Bane as his first anchor but found that Bane had not yet come to Gotham.
• Xu Xiao considered the villains imprisoned in Arkham but avoided them because powerful beings were watching, especially Joker.
• Xu Xiao turned his attention to the Court of Owls and planned to exploit its members' desires by offering them another god to worship.

Jones Howard awoke after dreaming of the Heavenly Venerable of Ten Thousand Desires and received a mysterious potion from a voice claiming to be a God. He tested the potion on the young woman beside him, and she began to transform as the blue liquid spread through her body.

• Jones Howard woke in a sweat after dreaming of the Heavenly Venerable of Ten Thousand Desires, though he doubted Gods existed.
• A voice spoke in Jones's mind and promised to grant his wish if he drank the potion beneath his pillow.
• Jones found a pale blue injector instead of his pistol, then discovered the gun on the bedside table and searched the room for an intruder.
• The voice insisted that it sought Jones alone and told him to test its blessing on the young woman beside him.
• Jones threatened the woman with his gun and ordered her to inject herself with the potion.
• The woman injected less than a third of the potion, and her veins turned blue as her skin grew radiant and her body filled with vitality.

Jones gained renewed youth and strength after injecting the drug and pledged to spread the Heavenly Venerable of Ten Thousand Desires’ teachings. Days later, Bane arrived in Gotham with his mercenaries and learned that local power brokers wanted to meet him.

• The girl praised the drug’s effects, and Jones injected himself, experiencing a dramatic physical rejuvenation before the transformation stopped.
• Jones prayed to the Heavenly Venerable of Ten Thousand Desires, who instructed him to spread his glory and gave him two more syringes.
• Xu Xiao reflected on winning over wavering Court of Owls members with rewards and planned to use them to distract Batman while Bane built strength.
• Bane arrived in Gotham with his mercenaries and accepted his henchman’s sewer hideout map and report.
• Bane’s henchman told him that local big shots wanted to work with him, and Bane dismissed them as Gotham’s usual underworld power brokers.