Recaps

Young Master Feng tried to summon a dark-colored Heavenly Might Waterfall by licking the power of heavenly might, but burned the tip of his tongue and could only summon an ordinary waterfall. As he raged at the unfairness, Spirit Maiden Hongluan and Xiu'er wondered about the coming battle between Spirit Maiden Hua and Lin Tianli, and whether Yang Zhen had changed Hua.

• Young Master Feng licked the power of heavenly might, howled in pain, and burned off the tip of his tongue.
• Huang Mao pretended to console Young Master Feng, while Xiu'er, Spirit Maiden Hongluan, and the onlookers laughed at his misfortune.
• A black Heavenly Might Waterfall descended, but Young Master Feng could not make it dark-colored and shouted at the sky in frustration.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan and Xiu'er discussed the coming battle between Spirit Maiden Hua and Lin Tianli, and wondered whether Yang Zhen was connected to Hua's changes.
• Young Master Feng repeatedly pointed his middle finger at the sky while the waterfall remained unchanged.

Young Master Feng broke down after failing to surpass Yang Zhen, while Mo Tianya entered the Spirit Road seeking Lin Tianli. Yang Zhen left the golden Spirit Road after killing nearly five hundred beasts, only to be confronted by a scar-faced youth.

• Young Master Feng failed to turn the Heavenly Might Waterfall black or gold and was blasted into the Spirit Road, his heart demon taking the form of Yang Zhen.
• Mo Tianya arrived with a scar-faced youth, announced his intention to confront Lin Tianli, and entered the Supreme Mandate of Heaven.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan warned Xiu'er that Mo Tianya had reached the Spirit Wandering State and mastered the dangerous Mara Heavenly Law.
• Yang Zhen killed nearly five hundred ferocious beasts on the golden Spirit Road, and Shameless Cat roused him from his killing intent.
• Yang Zhen left the golden Spirit Road after comprehending more than half its runes, but a scar-faced youth appeared and addressed him with killing intent.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat met a scarred young man who demanded their Golden Life Orbs, but Yang Zhen easily defeated him and pinned him down. Yang Zhen began interrogating the captive, leaving him terrified when he tore away most of his clothes.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat revealed that they had encountered golden beasts and collected many Golden Life Orbs, which the scarred young man recognized and coveted.
• The scarred young man attacked Yang Zhen to seize the orbs, but Yang Zhen knocked him into the ground with a slap.
• The scarred young man attacked again with a sword and beast phantom, but Yang Zhen slapped him down a second time.
• The scarred young man tried to flee, but Yang Zhen used Traversing the Void in Midair to catch him and knock him into the ground a third time.
• Yang Zhen threatened to bury the scarred young man upside down unless he answered questions, then ripped away most of his clothes, prompting the captive to cry out in fear.

Yang Zhen learned that Golden Life Orbs could grant access to the Heavenly Mandate Spring, then continued along the Spirit Road with Shameless Cat. After three days without meeting any living travelers, they spotted a powerful beam of light and went to investigate what Yang Zhen suspected was the spring.

• Yang Zhen questioned a scarred young man, who explained that Golden Life Orbs opened the Heavenly Mandate Spring and were obtained by killing Golden Life Ferocious Beasts.
• Yang Zhen robbed the scarred young man, buried him headfirst in a hole, and realized he had forgotten to ask where the Heavenly Mandate Spring was.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat traveled past gruesome corpses, and Shameless Cat recalled a mountain path paved with bare bones but could not remember where he had seen it.
• On the evening of the third day, Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat sensed many cultivators nearby and saw a beam of light rising into the sky.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat crept toward the powerful fluctuations, which Yang Zhen suspected came from the Heavenly Mandate Spring.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat found the Heavenly Mandate Spring but delayed entering it to look for Hua Youyue and Lin Tianli, then reunited with Xiu'er, Spirit Maiden Hongluan, Bai Xuan, and Ye Zhiming. After they gave Yang Zhen the Golden Life Orbs he needed to enter, a sinister man in azure robes insulted him as Void Refinement Realm trash.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat reached the Heavenly Mandate Spring, saw Spirit Maiden Hongluan and the others, and went to find Hua Youyue and Lin Tianli instead of entering.
• Xiu'er called Yang Zhen over, and he joked that he had stopped to relieve himself on the way.
• Bai Xuan explained that cultivators needed Golden Life Orbs to enter the spring and that the orbs came from Golden Life Ferocious Beasts.
• Xiu'er, Spirit Maiden Hongluan, Bai Xuan, and Ye Zhiming each gave Yang Zhen an orb, leaving him with five.
• Xiu'er explained that the lack of killing intent around Yang Zhen showed he had not fought the Golden Life Ferocious Beasts.
• The azure-robed man mocked Spirit Maiden Hongluan for giving Golden Life Orbs to a Void Refinement Realm cultivator.

Yang Zhen learned that Spirit Maiden Hongluan had given up her chance to enter the second Heavenly Mandate by giving him Golden Life Orbs. Young Master Feng then attacked him after succumbing to a heart devil, wielding the final strike of the Earth Wheel Yin-Yang Sword, and Yang Zhen challenged whether it truly counted as a Yin-Yang Diagram.

• Mo Tianya revealed that Spirit Maiden Hongluan had given Yang Zhen two Golden Life Orbs and could no longer enter the second Heavenly Mandate.
• Young Master Feng charged at Yang Zhen, and Mo Tianya recognized that he had succumbed to a heart devil and formed a Void Life Skeleton.
• Young Master Feng thanked Yang Zhen for helping him comprehend the final strike of the Earth Wheel Yin-Yang Sword.
• Young Master Feng unleashed the Earth Wheel Yin-Yang Diagram at Yang Zhen, who laughed and said it was not a real Yin-Yang Diagram.

Yang Zhen dismissed Young Master Feng’s Earth Wheel Yin-Yang Sword and demonstrated a more stable Yin-Yang Diagram, astonishing everyone present. He offered to teach Young Master Feng its principles, then whispered that mastering it required castration.

• Yang Zhen challenged Young Master Feng to strike him with the Earth Wheel Yin-Yang Diagram, insisting the technique was flawed.
• Yang Zhen claimed he would teach Young Master Feng the true Dao of Yin and Yang, drawing laughter and scorn from Mo Tianya and the onlookers.
• Yang Zhen recited a boastful poem and manifested a harmonious black-and-white Yin-Yang Diagram from his True Essence.
• Young Master Feng recognized Yang Zhen’s diagram as more stable than his own, while Mo Tianya and Spirit Maiden Hongluan reacted with shock and admiration.
• Yang Zhen offered to teach Young Master Feng the technique, then whispered that he first had to castrate himself.

Yang Zhen tricked Young Master Feng into believing that castration was necessary to cultivate Taiji, then accepted his Golden Life Orbs as repayment. The crowd grew curious about whether Yang Zhen had castrated himself, but he dodged the question and prepared to soak in the hot spring.

• Yang Zhen told Young Master Feng that the Great Dao could not be spoken of and claimed a white-haired senior had taught him about it.
• Yang Zhen explained Taiji and falsely claimed Young Master Feng would need to castrate himself to balance yin and yang.
• Yang Zhen warned Young Master Feng to do good deeds and repay favors, prompting him to hand over a dozen Golden Life Orbs.
• The Shameless Cat and Xiu'er asked Yang Zhen whether he had castrated himself, and he avoided answering.
• Yang Zhen returned the crowd's Golden Life Orbs, began taking off his clothes, and said he would soak in the hot spring.

Yang Zhen entered the Heavenly Mandate Spring and mocked Mo Tianya when he deliberately claimed the space beside him. The chapter ended with Mo Tianya forming an enormous energy vortex that deprived Yang Zhen of the spring’s energy.

• Yang Zhen stripped down, kicked Shameless Cat into the spring, and entered with a Golden Life Orb to bathe and cultivate.
• Yang Zhen told Bai Xuan and Ye Zhiming to move away, and Spirit Maiden Hongluan explained that faster cultivators would hold them back.
• Mo Tianya deliberately chose to cultivate beside Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen welcomed him and joked that he had come to scrub his back.
• Mo Tianya activated a vast energy vortex that absorbed almost all the energy near the spring, leaving Yang Zhen unable to cultivate there.

Yang Zhen stayed at Mo Tianya’s side in the Heavenly Mandate Spring and used the Desolate Heaven Technique to seize its energy. His enormous vortex left Mo Tianya stunned and without even water around him.

• Yang Zhen told Spirit Maiden Hongluan and Xiu'er to move elsewhere, then sat down beside Mo Tianya and splashed water into his face.
• Yang Zhen refused Xiu'er’s attempt to pull him away, declaring that he would rather die standing than live on his knees.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan and Xiu'er accepted Yang Zhen’s choice and sat at a distance while Mo Tianya mocked him.
• Yang Zhen invoked the Desolate Heaven Technique, making the Heavenly Mandate Spring boil and creating a vortex nearly ten times larger than Mo Tianya’s.
• Mo Tianya found himself without energy or even water around him and stared at Yang Zhen in disbelief.

Yang Zhen stunned the cultivators in the Heavenly Mandate Spring by absorbing its energy at an extraordinary rate and finishing the tempering of his divine soul and Divine Sense. After Spirit Maiden Hongluan explained that holding more Golden Life Orbs made the spring’s energy easier to control, Yang Zhen hinted he had a plan to challenge Mo Tianya again.

• Yang Zhen’s cultivation caused the Heavenly Mandate Spring to surge with energy, leaving Mo Tianya and the other cultivators stunned.
• Yang Zhen and Mo Tianya each used ten Golden Life Orbs, and Yang Zhen’s cultivation speed began to slow.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan, Xiu'er, Bai Xuan, and Ye Zhiming warned Yang Zhen not to risk a backlash, but Yang Zhen revealed he had finished tempering his divine soul and stabilizing his Divine Sense.
• Mo Tianya suggested Yang Zhen had finished quickly only because he was at the Void Refinement Realm, and Yang Zhen chose not to explain his true capabilities.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan explained that holding two Golden Life Orbs made it easier to control the Heavenly Mandate Spring’s energy, prompting Yang Zhen to ask whether more orbs improved control.
• Yang Zhen turned to Mo Tianya with a grin and asked whether he thought Yang Zhen could break him.

Yang Zhen revealed that he had gathered more than three hundred Golden Life Orbs and offered to help Xiu'er, Spirit Maiden Hongluan, Bai Xuan, and Ye Zhiming challenge Mo Tianya. The chapter left Mo Tianya stunned and disbelieving as Yang Zhen’s treasure turned the tables in the Heavenly Mandate Spring.

• Yang Zhen dismissed Mo Tianya’s confidence and called Shameless Cat over while recalling how Xiu'er and Spirit Maiden Hongluan had shared their Golden Life Orbs with him.
• Xiu'er offered to help Yang Zhen, and he promised to make anyone who threatened his friends leave the Spirit Road crying.
• Yang Zhen called Xiu'er, Spirit Maiden Hongluan, Bai Xuan, and Ye Zhiming over, then told Shameless Cat to keep Mo Tianya away from the water.
• Yang Zhen asked whether fifty Golden Life Orbs each would let them make Mo Tianya cry, then revealed three hundred Golden Life Orbs floating around him.
• Mo Tianya turned pale and wondered whether Yang Zhen had stirred up a Golden Life Ferocious Beast nest.

Yang Zhen’s three hundred Golden Life Orbs triggered a dramatic change in the Heavenly Mandate Spring, drawing the cultivators into what Mo Tianya identified as the Supreme Mandate of Heaven. As the spring began consuming their orbs, Mo Tianya appeared poised to claim its fortune, but a mysterious golden inscription appeared in his palm.

• Yang Zhen revealed three hundred Golden Life Orbs, and Mo Tianya guessed that he had taken the Golden Spirit Road.
• Mo Tianya tried to seize Yang Zhen’s orbs, but Spirit Maiden Hongluan and Xiu’er fought him off.
• The Golden Life Orbs scattered across the Heavenly Mandate Spring, piercing the hands of cultivators who tried to grab them.
• The Heavenly Mandate Spring erupted with strange power, and its changes forced the remaining cultivators to hold at least five Golden Life Orbs each.
• Mo Tianya celebrated the Supreme Mandate of Heaven and believed Yang Zhen had used up his orbs, then noticed a golden inscription shining in his palm.

Yang Zhen used a strange inscription to take Mo Tianya’s Golden Life Orbs and gave them to Spirit Maiden Hongluan and the others, then mocked Mo Tianya until he spat blood. As Yang Zhen tossed the group another hundred orbs, a tremendous heavenly phenomenon erupted above the Heavenly Mandate Spring, drawing people toward it.

• Yang Zhen used the inscription on his palm to collect Mo Tianya’s ten Golden Life Orbs, and Spirit Maiden Hongluan and Xiu'er fought Mo Tianya as he tried to reclaim them.
• Mo Tianya was thrown out of the Heavenly Mandate Spring, where Yang Zhen taunted him while the barrier kept him from getting back inside.
• Shameless Cat swam through the spring with the ten Golden Life Orbs and mocked Mo Tianya until he spat blood.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan, Xiu'er, Bai Xuan, and Ye Zhiming divided the orbs, and Yang Zhen tossed them another hundred when Xiu'er said they needed more.
• A tremendous burst of light and thunder erupted overhead, and people rushed toward the Heavenly Mandate Spring despite lacking Golden Life Orbs.

Yang Zhen dismissed the Gen Metal True Rune as ordinary, then became absorbed in a sudden enlightenment after Spirit Maiden Hongluan asked what he wanted. As Mo Tianya threatened him and others studied the descending rune, Yang Zhen walked into it, leaving everyone unsure whether his enlightenment had been genuine.

• Spirit Maiden Hongluan explained that the Gen Metal True Rune was one of the Nine Runes of Heaven and Earth, while people outside the Heavenly Mandate Spring frantically tried to reach it.
• Yang Zhen casually reproduced the Gen Metal True Rune, revealing that he had comprehended it on the way to the spring, but complained that it was disappointing.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan asked Yang Zhen what he wanted, and he suddenly stood motionless as the Shameless Cat suspected he had entered another sudden enlightenment.
• Mo Tianya stopped ramming the barrier and vowed to kill Yang Zhen, while Spirit Maiden Hongluan, Xiu'er, Bai Xuan, the others, and the Shameless Cat began comprehending the descending rune.
• Yang Zhen walked blankly into the Gen Metal True Rune, prompting onlookers to wonder whether he had been pretending not to care about it.

Yang Zhen entered the Gen Metal True Rune and discovered a new goal in exploring its mysteries, but he sensed that something was missing. After strolling through the rune, he began producing miniature inscriptions, and Shameless Cat realized he had found the origin of the Geng Gold True Pattern.

• Yang Zhen reflected on what he wanted and decided he wanted everything and nothing, then entered the Gen Metal True Rune with Spirit Maiden Hongluan and the others.
• Yang Zhen felt the rune’s presence move like heaven and earth breathing, and he grew excited to explore its mysteries.
• Yang Zhen sensed that something was missing and strolled through the rune while the others continued comprehending it.
• Yang Zhen sat beside Spirit Maiden Hongluan and began emanating miniature Gen Metal True Runes, shocking Mo Tianya and the onlookers.
• Yang Zhen’s runes burst apart, and Shameless Cat realized he had found the origin of the Geng Gold True Pattern.

Yang Zhen awakened the Gen Metal True Rune Origin hidden within the Heavenly Mandate Spring and took the spring into his hand, provoking Mo Tianya into a deadly attack. As Mo Tianya struck, Yang Zhen's figure turned ethereal.

• Yang Zhen unleashed a surge of Qi that shook the Heavenly Mandate Spring and made its water rise into the air.
• Mo Tianya threatened Yang Zhen and swore to kill him if he destroyed the spring, while Spirit Maiden Hongluan and the others prepared to protect Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen revealed that he had found the Gen Metal True Rune Origin, and Shameless Cat recognized what he had discovered.
• Yang Zhen used hand seals to compress the Heavenly Mandate Spring into a small, rotating pattern in his hand.
• Mo Tianya charged Yang Zhen to seize the Gen Metal True Rune Origin, but Yang Zhen's body suddenly became ethereal.

Yang Zhen defeated Mo Tianya in two punches, killing the Spirit Wandering Realm expert and taking his storage ring. The destruction of the Heavenly Mandate Spring then stirred Spirit Peak, where Spirit Maiden Hongluan sensed that someone had awakened.

• Yang Zhen used Traversing the Void in Midair to evade Mo Tianya's defenses and strike him with a punch.
• Yang Zhen charged again as Mo Tianya unleashed the Colossus Sword, but Yang Zhen's fist shone with golden inscriptions and broke Mo Tianya's sword.
• Yang Zhen left Mo Tianya with a fatal wound, took his storage ring, and watched him die.
• A powerful fluctuation rose from the site of the destroyed Heavenly Mandate Spring as a roar came from Spirit Peak.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan recognized the disturbance as heavenly might and said that someone had awakened.

Yang Zhen sensed Hua Youyue on Spirit Peak and rushed to find her, discovering her struggling against the mountain’s restrictions while Lin Tianli blocked her path to a Golden Crow. Hua Youyue revealed that she wanted the Golden Crow only to give it to someone, leaving Yang Zhen and Lin Tianli stunned.

• Yang Zhen sensed the young lady on Spirit Peak and hurried there with Shameless Cat as cultivators across the Spirit Road followed.
• Spirit Maiden Hongluan and Xiu'er discussed the danger posed by the mysterious person who might awaken and prevent anyone from reaching the peak.
• Yang Zhen felt Hua Youyue unleash tremendous power and reached the mountainside, where he saw her climbing toward an enormous ancient gate.
• Lin Tianli challenged Hua Youyue over the Golden Crow at the top of the steps, while she struggled against the mountain’s restrictions.
• After Hua Youyue spat blood, she told Lin Tianli that she wanted the Golden Crow to give it to someone, shocking him, Yang Zhen, and Shameless Cat.

Yang Zhen arrived as Hua Youyue confronted Lin Tianli and challenged him to fight on the restricted stone steps. He charged at Lin Tianli with a rock he called a brick as Lin Tianli unleashed his strange swordsmanship.

• Hua Youyue told Lin Tianli she had no intention of contesting Spirit Peak and warned him not to harm the Golden Crow, but Lin Tianli insisted on confronting her over the power within her.
• Yang Zhen stopped Hua Youyue and Lin Tianli from fighting, then challenged Lin Tianli to battle on the stone steps where True Essence could not be used.
• Hua Youyue said she believed in Yang Zhen, while Xiu'er and Spirit Maiden Hongluan recognized his confidence and mocked Lin Tianli's anger.
• Yang Zhen scolded Hua Youyue for trying to give him the Golden Crow, then picked up a rock and challenged Lin Tianli to test his swordsmanship.
• Yang Zhen charged at Lin Tianli with the rock, calling it a Divine Artifact called a brick, as Lin Tianli sent countless sword shadows toward him.

Yang Zhen fought Lin Tianli with a bluestone slab, deliberately taking sword wounds so he could batter Lin Tianli into submission and avenge Hua Youyue. After Lin Tianli died, Yang Zhen climbed the stone steps toward the gift Hua Youyue had left for him, despite her warning that she had failed to reach it.

• Yang Zhen charged Lin Tianli with a bluestone slab and let Lin Tianli's sword pierce his shoulder so he could strike Lin Tianli on the head and punch him.
• Lin Tianli drew spare swords and repeatedly wounded Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen kept smashing him with the slab and crushing his swords.
• Hua Youyue started to help, but Yang Zhen reminded her to stand aside, and she watched as he continued fighting alone.
• Yang Zhen forced Lin Tianli to admit how many times he had wounded Hua Youyue five years earlier and to apologize to her, then struck him until he died.
• Yang Zhen told Hua Youyue he had avenged her and headed up the stone steps; Hua Youyue warned him that she had failed to climb them, but he told her to rest and continued.

Yang Zhen recovered from his wounds and climbed the mountain gate’s stone steps, where he discovered the Golden Crow was a talking rooster. He and Shameless Cat chased the fleeing rooster up the steps, leaving the onlookers stunned by their strength.

• Yang Zhen’s wounds stopped bleeding, and the crowd grew afraid to provoke him after he defeated Lin Tianli.
• Hua Youyue agreed to go with Yang Zhen and warned him that the Golden Crow’s thunderfire might transform his Spirit Root.
• Yang Zhen climbed the stone steps against waves of suppressive force and absorbed the powerful thunderfire surrounding him.
• Lightning struck the Golden Crow repeatedly until it exploded, revealing a gaudy rooster that spoke and declared itself not tasty.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat talked about cooking the rooster, then chased it up the steps as the crowd watched in shock.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat caught the rooster, who claimed to know how to reach Spirit Peak, but Hua Youyue and Spirit Maiden Hongluan warned that Celestial Venerable Ziwei blocked the only route through Ghost Crossing Ravine. Meanwhile, a group of young people arrived at the Heavenly Mandate Spring, and a foreign woman sent Aleida to investigate its disappearance.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat chased the rooster across the restricted stone steps until the rooster offered to reveal a way to Spirit Peak.
• Hua Youyue warned Yang Zhen that someone had awakened, and Spirit Maiden Hongluan explained that Celestial Venerable Ziwei, sealed in a cabin at Ghost Crossing Ravine, prevented travelers from passing.
• Yang Zhen learned that Ziwei's roar had sent Lin Tianli flying and that Ziwei was only a wisp of Divine Sense, then demanded that the rooster explain how to deal with him.
• A group of young people arrived beside the Heavenly Mandate Spring, where a foreign woman asked where it was and ordered Aleida to investigate its disappearance and discover who destroyed it.

Yang Zhen studied the deadly restrictions on Snake Road and tried to treat the crossing as a math problem, but he could not solve it. As he struggled, a group of powerful cultivators from an ancient lineage sect arrived at Ghost Crossing Ravine.

• The rooster revealed ancient counting terms, and Spirit Maiden Hongluan explained that Snake Road’s activated restrictions allowed only one safe route across.
• Yang Zhen refused to cross Snake Road, but Hua Youyue recognized the ancient numbers and prompted him to realize the restrictions might form a math problem.
• Yang Zhen drew the road and its walls in the dirt, confidently promised to solve the problem, then admitted he could not work it out.
• A group of young cultivators in white furs arrived, and onlookers identified them as disciples of an ancient lineage sect from the outer domain.

Yang Zhen met Mo Xueling and the Ink Pool Peak disciples, who asked whether he had obtained the Gen Metal True Rune from the Heavenly Mandate Spring. After Mo Xueling mentioned the Desolate Heaven True Rune, Yang Zhen suddenly claimed the rune had entered his body, but she withheld further information.

• Yang Zhen ignored Mo Xueling's greeting while working on a geometry problem, and Hua Youyue identified her group as disciples of Ink Pool Peak.
• Mo Xueling introduced herself and asked whether Yang Zhen had obtained the Gen Metal True Rune when he took the Heavenly Mandate Spring.
• Yang Zhen denied knowing about the rune, claiming he had taken the spring water only because it tasted sweet.
• Mo Xueling hinted that she could tell someone else about the Desolate Heaven True Rune, prompting the Shameless Cat to urge Yang Zhen to reconsider.
• Yang Zhen suddenly remembered that the Gen Metal True Rune had burrowed into his body, then asked Mo Xueling about the Desolate Heaven True Rune.
• Mo Xueling said she had forgotten, leaving Yang Zhen and the others without an answer.