Recaps

The Lord of Nightmares invaded Jiang Hao and Su Ming’s minds with deadly illusions, but Han Xuanji rescued them and traced the attack to the Lord’s hiding place. Han Xuanji then unleashed the Return to Truth Dao-Extinguishing Seal against the Realm of Nightmares, where the Lord of Nightmares sensed imminent danger.

• The Lord of Nightmares sent devil thoughts through karma and trapped Jiang Hao and Su Ming in deadly Heart Devil illusions.
• Li Taiqing alerted Han Xuanji, who broke the illusions with his divine thought and woke Jiang Hao and Su Ming.
• Han Xuanji traced the devil thoughts to the Realm of Nightmares and discovered that the Lord of Nightmares had intended to harm him too.
• Han Xuanji summoned the Return to Truth Dao-Extinguishing Seal and pressed it toward the Realm of Nightmares.
• The Lord of Nightmares felt fear as danger approached.

Han Xuanji used the Return to Truth Dao-Extinguishing Seal to erase the Lord of Nightmares and shatter the Realm of Nightmares. His disciples recovered in the Myriad Phenomena Garden and realized how far they had to go, while the Devil Race learned of the Lord of Nightmares' complete destruction.

• The Return to Truth Dao-Extinguishing Seal ground away the Lord of Nightmares' Great Dao, erasing him and shattering the Realm of Nightmares.
• Han Xuanji withdrew the seal and returned to cultivating, remaining alert to other threats from the Devil Race.
• Jiang Hao, Su Ming, Li Taiqing, Little White, and Little Gold recovered in the Myriad Phenomena Garden and felt renewed awe toward Han Xuanji.
• Su Ming vowed to cultivate harder and thanked Han Xuanji, while Jiang Hao felt ashamed of his past pride and recognized the gulf between his strength and Han Xuanji's.
• The Devil Master and the other Daluo giants sensed the Lord of Nightmares' Dao extinction and reacted with alarm.

Han Xuanji reached the sixth level of Hunyuan One Qi Daluo Golden Immortal after thirty years of cultivation and preached the Great Dao to his disciples. The chapter ended with the disciples’ breakthroughs and the system revealing how many simulation attempts each required.

• After Han Xuanji erased the Lord of Nightmares, the Devil Master ordered the Devil Race to avoid provoking the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace until the Devil Ancestor returned.
• Han Xuanji completed thirty years of seclusion and advanced to the sixth level of Hunyuan One Qi Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Han Xuanji learned from Su Ming that Jiang Hao had returned to the Jiang Household after being summoned by its ancestor, then gathered his disciples to preach the Great Dao.
• Han Xuanji preached for ten years, after which Su Ming stabilized at the Mid-stage Golden Immortal realm, Li Taiqing, Lin Potian, Nangong Wenjian, and Little Gold reached the Golden Immortal realm, and Little White remained a Mystic Immortal.
• Han Xuanji asked the system to calculate the disciples’ required simulation attempts, which ranged from seven for Li Taiqing to twenty for Su Ming.

Han Xuanji used Undying Divine Fruits to cultivate to the seventh layer of the Hunyuan One Qi Daluo Golden Immortal. Meanwhile, Jiang Hao ventured into the Nether Sea seeking a cyan spider lily to save Ancestor Linyuan, and Han Xuanji discovered him battling a Nether Sea creature.

• Han Xuanji set aside thoughts of spending simulation attempts and cultivated with Undying Divine Fruits, strengthening his body and inner universe.
• Jiang Hao overheard clan elders say Ancestor Linyuan’s Dao foundation was failing and that a cyan spider lily from the Nether Sea might save him.
• Jiang Hao secretly left the Jiang Household and entered the Nether Sea to search for the flower.
• Jiang Hao encountered a Nether Crow among the floating skeletons and told it he had come to find something that could save a life.
• Twenty years later, Han Xuanji broke through to the seventh layer of the Hunyuan One Qi Daluo Golden Immortal and sensed Jiang Hao fighting a creature in the Nether Sea.

Han Xuanji divined that Jiang Hao would face a narrow escape in the Nether Sea, while Jiang Hao learned that the cyan spider lily lay in the deadly Land of Returning to the Ruins. The Nether Crow led him toward the forbidden region, and they reached the Wall of Sighs, the barrier they had to cross.

• Han Xuanji observed Jiang Hao's fate and saw that his journey into the Nether Sea would bring him close to death, but decided there was no immediate cause for concern.
• After twenty years of wandering without finding the cyan spider lily, Jiang Hao confronted the Nether Crow and demanded to know what it was plotting.
• Jiang Hao insisted he would risk death to continue, and the Nether Crow revealed that the flower grew beside the Eye of the Nether Sea in the Land of Returning to the Ruins.
• The Nether Crow described the region's dangers, including Reincarnation Sin Spirits, the Wind of Returning to the Ruins, and the threat of having one's lifespan and soul consumed.
• Jiang Hao agreed to proceed, and the Nether Crow led him into the darkness until they reached the Wall of Sighs, which they had to cross to enter the Land of Returning to the Ruins.

Jiang Hao and the Nether Crow encountered the Soul-Devouring Ancestor in the Nether Sea, but Han Xuanji appeared and killed the powerful foe with one finger. The Soul-Devouring Ancestor vanished, leaving Jiang Hao and the Nether Crow stunned.

• Jiang Hao and the Nether Crow searched for a weak point or fissure in the Wall of Sighs to cross it.
• The Soul-Devouring Ancestor confronted them and demanded Jiang Hao’s secret and the Nether Crow.
• The Soul-Devouring Ancestor trapped Jiang Hao and the Nether Crow in a ghostly domain and began to suppress them.
• Han Xuanji appeared, shattered the ghostly domain, and severed the Soul-Devouring Ancestor’s connection to the Nether Sea’s Principles.
• Han Xuanji erased the Soul-Devouring Ancestor with a ray of Chaos Divine Light, leaving Jiang Hao and the Nether Crow aghast.

Han Xuanji annihilated every remnant of the Soul-Devouring Ancestor, then brought Jiang Hao and the Nether Crow to the Wall of Sighs. After checking in there and receiving a Fragmented World Origin, he tore open the wall and led them into the Land of Returning to the Ruins.

• Han Xuanji traced the Soul-Devouring Ancestor's karmic connections and annihilated all of his scattered soul fragments.
• Han Xuanji told Jiang Hao he knew about his situation and led him and the Nether Crow toward the Wall of Sighs.
• The Nether Crow said a good opportunity to pass the wall would come in about a year, but Han Xuanji checked in at the eight-star location and received a Fragmented World Origin.
• Han Xuanji split the Wall of Sighs with a sword-finger slash, opening a rift into the Land of Returning to the Ruins.
• Han Xuanji entered the Ruins with Jiang Hao and the Nether Crow, protecting Jiang Hao from the deadly wind and deathly power.

Han Xuanji discovered that the Land of Returning to the Ruins was a treasure trove for him, using his system to collect Devil God Origins while Jiang Hao searched for the cyan other shore flower. As Ruins Spirits grew hostile to their group, Han Xuanji remained unconcerned and prepared to teach them a lesson.

• Han Xuanji sensed the dangerous Ruins Spirits lurking among the ancient remains and learned the Land of Returning to the Ruins was a graveyard for primordial beings.
• Han Xuanji checked in at the Remains of a Nameless Devil God and received a Devil God Origin.
• Han Xuanji took an indirect route through the remains, collecting fifteen Devil God Origins as Jiang Hao searched for the cyan other shore flower.
• Jiang Hao spotted the cyan other shore flower near the Eye of the Nether Sea and followed Han Xuanji cautiously.
• Nether Crow warned Han Xuanji that something was wrong as hostile Ruins Spirits gathered, but Han Xuanji dismissed the danger.

Han Xuanji defeated a Hunyuan-level Ruins Spirit with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, leaving Jiang Hao awed by the technique. Han Xuanji then led Jiang Hao and the Nether Crow toward the cyan otherworld flowers by the Eye of the Nether Sea, where he spotted a figure beside one.

• A colossal Hunyuan-level Ruins Spirit emerged and attacked Han Xuanji as Jiang Hao and the Nether Crow feared for their safety.
• Han Xuanji erased the Ruins Spirit with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, drawing on the Reincarnation Principle’s True Intention.
• Jiang Hao thanked Han Xuanji for showing him the fist technique, and Han Xuanji told him he could seek to learn it after reaching the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
• Han Xuanji led Jiang Hao and the Nether Crow toward the Eye of the Nether Sea, while the other Ruins Spirits kept their distance.
• Jiang Hao sensed the restrained vitality of the cyan otherworld flowers growing among the black reefs, and Han Xuanji noticed a figure beside the nearest one.

Han Xuanji encountered a newly awakened innate being in the Land of Returning to the Ruins, who mistook him for his father and became his disciple, Han You. After Jiang Hao collected the cyan spider lily, Han Xuanji continued toward the Eye of the Nether Sea.

• Han Xuanji and his companions approached a sleeping youth whose presence resonated with the Eye of the Nether Sea, and their arrival awakened him.
• Han Xuanji learned that the youth was the Son of the Nether Sea, a First-Layer Taiyi Golden Immortal whose newborn mind was like a child's.
• The Son of the Nether Sea called Han Xuanji father, and Han Xuanji named him Han You and told him to call him Master.
• Han Xuanji told Jiang Hao to take the cyan spider lily, and Jiang Hao collected it and stored it in his Law Treasure.
• Han Xuanji continued toward the Eye of the Nether Sea.

Han Xuanji obtained the Nether Sea Origin Power at the Eye of the Nether Sea, then learned that the Nether Crow was the remnant soul of the legendary Nine Nether Dao-Devouring Phoenix. He agreed to visit the Phoenix’s sealed location, leaving its possible release undecided.

• Han Xuanji signed in at the Eye of the Nether Sea and received the Nether Sea Origin Power, a rare force tied to life and death.
• Han Xuanji decided not to risk entering the Land of Reincarnation after signing in.
• Han You sensed a familiar presence in the Nether Crow and said it resembled something vast in the Nether Sea.
• The Nether Crow revealed that it was a remnant soul trapped in its shell and begged Han Xuanji to help it escape.
• Han Xuanji used his Divine Pupils of Fate to examine the Nether Crow, identified it as the Nine Nether Dao-Devouring Phoenix, and agreed to take it to its sealed location.
• Jiang Hao realized the Nether Crow was the legendary primordial fiend and stared at it in disbelief.

Jiang Hao mocked the Nether Crow’s claim to be the Nine Nether Dao-Devouring Phoenix, while Han Xuanji agreed to help it reach its sealed body under strict conditions. They found the island holding the seal and learned that the damaged array had failed to lift as intended, leaving the Nether Crow’s body surrounded by Ruins Spirits.

• Jiang Hao questioned whether the weak-looking Nether Crow could really be the Nine Nether Dao-Devouring Phoenix, and the crow angrily insisted it had once been powerful.
• Han Xuanji agreed to take the Nether Crow to its seal if it swore a Great Dao Oath not to harm people and to obey his commands, and the crow eagerly agreed.
• Han You sensed the sealed location and guided Han Xuanji, Jiang Hao, and the Nether Crow through the Nether Sea to an island in the Land of Returning to the Ruins.
• They found Ruins Spirits clawing at a barrier around the island, and Han Xuanji explained that damage to the array had prevented it from lifting itself as intended.
• Han Xuanji flew toward the island with Han You and Jiang Hao under his protection, while the Nether Crow followed and the Ruins Spirits fled from their approach.

Han Xuanji signed in at Nine Nether Island and received three powerful rewards, including the formation inheritance needed to address the island’s failing seal. After entering the island, he discovered Dao-Devouring Insects were eating away at the formation and had even burrowed into the Nether Crow’s true body.

• The Ruins Spirits fled as Han Xuanji and his companions approached, while the Nether Crow falsely claimed they feared him.
• Han Xuanji signed in three times at Nine Nether Island and obtained the Reincarnation Devil-Refining Grand Formation Diagram, the Nirvana Dao Instruction, and the Life Source Core.
• Han Xuanji used his new understanding of the formation to lead Han You, Jiang Hao, and the Nether Crow through a weak point in the barrier.
• They saw the damaged chains binding the Nine Nether Dao-Devouring Phoenix, and the Nether Crow mourned the poor condition of his seal.
• Han Xuanji identified Dao-Devouring Insects gnawing at the formation’s Great Dao energy, and the Nether Crow realized they had burrowed into his true body.

Han Xuanji used the Life Source Core to draw out the Dao-Devouring Insects and suppressed their fused Hunyuan-level form with the Primordial Beginning Banner. With the infestation cleared, he prepared to restore the Nether Crow’s depleted source, while the Nether Crow reeled at how easily Han Xuanji had dealt with the insects.

• Han Xuanji explained that the Dao-Devouring Insects had eaten most of the Nether Crow’s source and said its remnant souls would need to reunite for it to recover.
• Han Xuanji used the Life Source Core as bait, drawing the insects out of the chains and the Nine Nether Dao-Devouring Phoenix’s true body.
• The Dao-Devouring Insects fused into a Hunyuan-level Dao-Devouring Ancestral Worm and charged at Han Xuanji.
• Han Xuanji summoned the Primordial Beginning Banner and suppressed the Dao-Devouring Ancestral Worm, scattering it back into small insects.
• Han Xuanji said he would next draw the Nether Crow’s source back to it, and the Nether Crow marveled that he had taken down the powerful worm so easily.

Han Xuanji reunited the Nether Crow’s ninety-nine remnant souls and returned its divine soul to its sealed true body, awakening the Nine Nether Dao-Devouring Phoenix. Powerful beings across the Immortal Realm sensed the upheaval but could not divine who had caused it.

• The Nether Crow pledged its loyalty to Han Xuanji, while Jiang Hao and Han You reacted to Han Xuanji’s overwhelming strength.
• Han Xuanji called back the Nether Crow’s ninety-eight scattered remnant souls, completing the gathering of all ninety-nine.
• Han Xuanji sent the Nether Crow’s transformed dark-phoenix soul into its chained true body, awakening the Nine Nether Dao-Devouring Phoenix.
• The phoenix’s cry shook Nine Nether Island and the Nether Sea, and its chains rang under the force.
• Ancient beings across the Immortal Realm and the Land of Reincarnation sensed the upheaval, attempted to divine its cause, and found the heavenly secrets obscured.

Han Xuanji freed the Nine Nether Dao-Devouring Phoenix, whose power had fallen to the Hunyuan One Qi Daluo Golden Immortal level, and the ancient being pledged himself as Han Xuanji’s follower. After Han Xuanji named him Xiao Hong, the group prepared to leave the Land of Returning to the Ruins with their new allies and resources.

• The Nine Nether Dao-Devouring Phoenix broke free of his chains and revealed his immense primordial presence to Jiang Hao and Han You.
• The phoenix shrank to a small form, fawned over Han Xuanji, and declared that he would serve him.
• The phoenix said he had once called himself Devour and asked Han Xuanji to give him a new name.
• Han Xuanji named him Xiao Hong, leaving the phoenix aggrieved and prompting Jiang Hao and Han You to laugh.
• Han Xuanji said their business was finished and led the group to leave the Land of Returning to the Ruins.

Han Xuanji returned to the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace with Han You and Xiao Hong, introducing them as his fifth junior brother and a powerful new ally. After welcoming them, he entered secluded cultivation to assess his gains from the Nether Sea and prepare to advance his Dao.

• Han Xuanji introduced Han You as his fifth junior brother and asked the others to guide him as he learned about the world.
• Xiao Hong declared himself a Nine Nether Dao-Devouring Phoenix, but the others had never heard of him, and Little White dismissed his strength.
• Han Xuanji revealed that Xiao Hong's strength was second only to his own and said the phoenix could help the others if they faced trouble.
• Su Ming questioned Han You about Han Xuanji's journey while Xiao Hong shared embellished stories of his past.
• Han Xuanji entered his secluded cultivation chamber and decided to use the damaged Heavenly Dao origin power to perfect his Dao.

Han Xuanji refined a world origin and broke through to the ninth layer of Hunyuan One Qi Daluo Golden Immortal. After returning to the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace, Jiang Hao asked to become Han Xuanji’s disciple, and Han Xuanji accepted him as his sixth disciple.

• Han Xuanji absorbed the world origin over a hundred years and advanced to the ninth layer of Hunyuan One Qi Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Jiang Hao returned to the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace after the cyan other shore flower healed Ancestor Linyuan’s Dao foundation and his cultivation reached the peak of the Golden Immortal Realm.
• Su Ming told Jiang Hao how the Myriad Phenomena Garden’s residents had grown stronger under Han Xuanji’s guidance, prompting Jiang Hao to consider becoming Han Xuanji’s disciple.
• Jiang Hao visited Han Xuanji and solemnly asked to enter under his tutelage.
• Han Xuanji accepted Jiang Hao as his sixth disciple and began planning for the Devil Race.

Jiang Hao became Han Xuanji’s disciple and broke through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, while Han Xuanji refined the Nether Sea Origin Power and advanced to the Hunyuan Taiji Daluo Golden Immortal realm. The chapter ended with Han Xuanji considering how to reach the Hunyuan Wuji realm as his Divine Pupils of Fate manifested.

• Han Xuanji accepted Jiang Hao as his disciple and told him to stabilize his Golden Immortal cultivation before helping him break through.
• Ten years later, Jiang Hao became a Taiyi Golden Immortal, then lost a sparring match against Han You.
• Jiang Hao’s advancement spurred the other disciples to cultivate, while Han Xuanji focused on his own breakthrough.
• Han Xuanji refined the Nether Sea Origin Power and reached the Hunyuan One Qi Daluo Perfected Golden Immortal realm after a hundred years.
• After another three hundred years of cultivation, Han Xuanji broke through to the Hunyuan Taiji Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Han Xuanji pondered how to reach the Hunyuan Wuji realm as his Divine Pupils of Fate manifested.

Han Xuanji explored the Origin River of Fate, gained a Divine Ability that revealed possible futures, and learned three paths to the Hunyuan Wuji Realm. He chose the Dao Venerable path and cultivated for two hundred years before sensing something in the Devil Domain.

• Han Xuanji looked through the River of Fate and saw the hidden experts and possible futures of the Immortal Realm.
• Han Xuanji immersed his will in the Origin River of Fate and gained the Divine Ability to see a target's short-term future branches and reverse effect into cause.
• Han Xuanji learned three ways to reach the Hunyuan Wuji Realm and decided to pursue the Dao Venerable path.
• Han Xuanji used Devil God Origin to cultivate, and two hundred years later he sensed something in the Devil Domain.

The Nine Lives Imperial Lord awoke after receiving the Devil Ancestor’s order to find and kill an unforeseen variable in the Immortal Realm. After hearing the Devil Master’s intelligence, he prepared to send the Nine Devil Guards, while Han Xuanji realized the Devil Race’s awakening had not appeared in his simulation and feared the war might begin early.

• The Nine Lives Imperial Lord awoke in the Death-Life Devil Abyss and accepted the Devil Ancestor’s command to eliminate an unforeseen variable.
• The Nine Lives Imperial Lord summoned the Devil Master, who identified Yun Wuji, a Human Emperor Candidate, activity in the Nether Sea, and a mysterious protector of the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace as possible threats.
• The Nine Lives Imperial Lord decided to awaken the Nine Devil Guards and search for the variable among the suspects or elsewhere in the Immortal Realm.
• The Nine Lives Imperial Lord’s emergence put the Immortal Domain on alert, and the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace prepared for a possible war.
• Han Xuanji sensed the powerful Devil Race expert’s awakening and worried that his presence might cause the Devil Ancestor, the Heavenly Emperor, and the war between immortals and devils to appear earlier than expected.

Han Xuanji discovered that the Devil Race was investigating the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace, then gave Su Ming the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art and began a simulation to uncover what lay ahead. The simulation started by revealing Su Ming’s origins as a Chaos-born being who took over a dead infant’s body.

• Han Xuanji investigated the Fourth Heavenly Devil and learned he was secretly probing the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace on the Nine Lives Imperial Lord’s instructions.
• The Fourth Heavenly Devil sensed danger, retreated, and told the Devil Master that nothing unusual had happened.
• Han Xuanji suspected the Nine Lives Imperial Lord’s awakening was connected to the Devil Ancestor and decided to simulate the future.
• Han Xuanji taught Su Ming the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art, and Su Ming vowed to study it diligently.
• Han Xuanji spent fifty simulation attempts on Su Ming, included his own influence, and learned that Su Ming had been born in chaos before taking over a dead infant’s body in the Immortal Realm.

Han Xuanji read Su Ming’s simulated future, in which Su Ming’s growing strength and the Devil Seed’s influence brought him to the brink of losing himself to the Chaos Devil God’s primal will. The chapter ended with Su Ming resolving to hold on to his own will, while Han Xuanji concluded that the power could not be removed without harming him.

• Han Xuanji learned that the Chaos Devil God’s soul had merged with Su Ming and that Su Ming’s body needed to grow strong enough to bear its power.
• Su Ming cultivated under his senior brother’s guidance, reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, and became head of a new branch of the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace.
• After absorbing Sha Qi on an ancient battlefield, Su Ming met the Nether Lord, who claimed to be his father and gave him a cultivation method and supreme treasure.
• Su Ming’s power and bloodlust grew as he fought for Lu Fan’s divine dynasty, but he returned to his senior brother and learned to control the influence.
• Su Ming reached the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, defended the Spirit Void Immortal Domain, and killed three of five Daluo opponents before the Chaos Devil God’s primal will nearly overwhelmed him.
• Su Ming rejected the Nether Lord’s invitation, accepted that his power could not be removed, and vowed to preserve his own will.

Su Ming rejected the Nether Lord’s attempt to guide him, but after the Devil Ancestor’s revival devastated the Spirit Void Immortal Domain, he left his refuge to search for meaning amid the war. The Nether Lord found him again and offered to help him control his growing power.

• The Nether Lord revealed that he was the Chaos Devil God of death and threatened Su Ming’s loved ones if Su Ming refused his arrangements.
• Han Xuanji’s radiance protected Su Ming’s consciousness, and the Nether Lord withdrew after telling Su Ming to seek him when he desired greater power.
• A thousand years later, the Devil Ancestor revived, and Su Ming returned to the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace as the immortal domains faced defeat.
• Su Ming’s senior brother helped the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace’s people retreat to a hidden small world as the Spirit Void Immortal Domain fell to the devils.
• Su Ming left the hidden world to wander the war-torn Immortal Realm, where his cultivation grew, and the Nether Lord offered to help him control his power.

Su Ming rejected the Nether Lord’s offer to choose his own path, but later joined the Underworld as Emperor Shuoyuan amid a devastating war between immortals and devils. After the Nether Lord’s attempt to seize reincarnation plunged the Immortal Realm into darkness, Su Ming attained Hunyuan Taiji and sacrificed himself to restore reincarnation and give the world another chance at life.

• Su Ming refused the Nether Lord and spent a thousand years studying chaos and life, reaching Hunyuan One Qi Daluo Golden Immortal.
• The Heavenly Emperor returned and launched a campaign against the Devil Race, while Su Ming’s senior brother left the Immortal Realm and the Nether Lord founded the Underworld.
• Su Ming joined the Underworld as Emperor Shuoyuan, helping it ally with Lu Fan and suppress the Buddhist Order.
• The Heavenly Emperor and Devil Ancestor vanished after their final battle, and the Nether Lord’s attempt to control reincarnation threw life and death into chaos.
• Su Ming fused the Devil God Origin with his cultivation and understanding of life and death, attained Hunyuan Taiji, and defeated the Nether Lord, who yielded his origin of death.
• Su Ming sacrificed himself to restore reincarnation and restart the Heavenly Dao, becoming reincarnation itself.