Recaps

Yang Zhen fought the Evil Shadow Black Taotie on the ancient bronze tree and forced it to retreat. He then began cutting bronze from the tree to forge a weapon that could trap the beast inside.

• Yang Zhen charged the Evil Shadow Black Taotie while Hua Youyue and the others watched, and his soul-powered punch struck the beast but sent him crashing into a bronze branch.
• Yang Zhen summoned eighteen golden dragons and combined them with eighteen Shadow Clones, driving the Evil Shadow Black Taotie back into the bronze tree.
• Yang Zhen crafted a chainsaw from Star Iron, and Shameless Cat offered him a collection of storage rings in exchange for it.
• Yang Zhen used the chainsaw to cut a piece from the bronze tree, explaining that he wanted to seal the Evil Shadow Black Taotie inside it and use it as a weapon.

Yang Zhen forged the Great Deficiency Sword from Blood Illusion Bronze and attracted the Evil Shadow Black Taotie into it as its sword spirit. As the group set out toward a bone mountain and a strange swamp, Yang Zhen recognized the swamp as a place filled with Earth Treasury Roots, where Medicine Madman might also be.

• Yang Zhen explained that the cross-eyed black iron caused the ancient bronze tree’s illusions, then decided to forge a sword from its Blood Illusion Bronze.
• Yang Zhen spent four hours forging the massive Great Deficiency Sword, covered it with Gen Metal True Runes, and struck the ancient bronze tree with his chainsaw.
• The Evil Shadow Black Taotie emerged from the tree and darted into the Great Deficiency Sword, while Shameless Cat refused to let Yang Zhen test the weapon on him.
• Yang Zhen, Hua Youyue, and Mo Xueling considered how the area might have escaped the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, then decided to investigate the bone mountain.
• Mo Xueling asked where Medicine Madman had sent his message about the Earth Treasury Root, and Yang Zhen said he had seen countless Earth Treasury Roots in the swamp ahead.

Yang Zhen and his companions reached the blood-red swamp, where the Shanggen Secret Clan ambushed them. Yang Zhen discovered that the Great Deficiency Sword could stagger its targets as the group fought the clan in a place where True Essence could not be used.

• Yang Zhen led the group to the blood-red swamp and silently warned Hua Youyue that someone was nearby.
• Yang Zhen's sword exposed an invisible Shanggen Secret Clan member, and Mo Xueling identified the ambushers.
• The Shanggen leader threatened Yang Zhen, who charged the clan with the Great Deficiency Sword.
• The leader attacked Yang Zhen while invisible, but the Great Deficiency Sword struck and staggered him.
• Yang Zhen realized the sword had a passive stagger effect and chased the leader while Mo Xueling, Hua Youyue, and the others fought the remaining clan members.

Yang Zhen used the Great Deficiency Sword to overwhelm the Shanggen Secret Clan, whose members could vanish and whose leader he captured. He demanded to learn their invisibility talent, and the leader finally admitted it might be possible to teach him.

• Yang Zhen charged the Shanggen Secret Clan leader and told Hua Youyue and the others to leave the fight to him.
• The Shanggen Secret Clan members attacked Yang Zhen, but the Great Deficiency Sword sent them flying and left them dazed by its daydream effect.
• The Shanggen Secret Clan vanished into mist and tried to find an opening to kill Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen used Multiple Shadow Clones to flush out the clan, then caught and interrogated its leader while his other clones fought the rest.
• Yang Zhen demanded to know how to learn the clan's invisibility talent, and the leader pleaded with him to stop hitting him before conceding that it was possible.

Yang Zhen learned that the Sin Clan was searching the Sea of Sin Swamp for the Shanggen Secret Clan’s inheritance, while Hua Youyue displayed mysterious knowledge and a connection to the rare epiphyllum. As the group stood by the swamp, a black shadow burst from the water and attacked the Shameless Cat.

• Yang Zhen questioned the Sin Clan leader about the Shanggen Secret Clan’s inheritance and learned that the leader’s small branch had not found it.
• Hua Youyue unexpectedly identified the Sin Clan and warned Yang Zhen that its inheritance could have dangerous aftereffects.
• Thunder cracked after Yang Zhen challenged the heavens, and Hua Youyue urged him not to question the dignity of heaven’s Principles.
• Mo Xueling recognized Hua Youyue’s fragrance as that of an epiphyllum, leaving Yang Zhen unsettled by the flower’s rarity and his own place in the world.
• Yang Zhen drove the Sin Clan away, then kicked the Shameless Cat after it retched at the swamp’s bloody water.
• The Shameless Cat cried out about a ghost as a black shadow shot from the Sea of Sin Swamp and charged at him.

Yang Zhen chased Shameless Cat into the Sea of Sin Swamp and found a route to Medicine Madman's hidden inheritance. He entered a separate world with Hua Youyue and Mo Xueling, then began receiving Medicine Madman's alchemy memories.

• Yang Zhen plunged into the swamp after a dark figure dragged Shameless Cat underwater, then escaped a swarm of sea monkeys with Shameless Cat.
• Yang Zhen told Hua Youyue and Mo Xueling to follow him to another exit, and the group swam through a cavern beneath the swamp.
• Hua Youyue, Mo Xueling, Yang Zhen, and Shameless Cat emerged into a lush world where True Essence worked freely.
• Yang Zhen identified Medicine Madman's dried corpse and used the old man's handwritten notes to activate his inheritance.
• Yang Zhen copied Medicine Madman's pose, and countless alchemy memories entered his mind.

Yang Zhen received Medicine Madman’s inheritance and discovered another, stronger inheritance in the Forbidden Zone of Life. After he comprehended a forbidden technique, the hidden world began collapsing, but his command sent the attacking sea monkeys fleeing.

• Yang Zhen buried Medicine Madman, carved a gravestone, and received his inheritance, greatly advancing his alchemy skills.
• Hua Youyue sensed another inheritance more powerful than the Shanggen Secret Clan’s, though she could not locate or identify it.
• Yang Zhen copied Medicine Madman’s strange posture and began comprehending a forbidden technique, causing the hidden world to collapse and its restrictions to break.
• Yang Zhen led the group toward the exit as a flood of sea monkeys charged through the tunnel.
• Yang Zhen shouted “Scram!” and an invisible wave of Qi drove the sea monkeys away, leaving him and Mo Xueling astonished.

Yang Zhen and his companions escaped the flooded Sea of Sin Swamp, where greedy cultivators were attacked by frenzied sea monkeys. They identified the mysterious token Yang Zhen had absorbed as a legendary Nine-Step Heaven-Ascending Token, though its secrets remained unclear.

• A towering flood swept through the small world, and Yang Zhen, Hua Youyue, Mo Xueling, Shameless Cat, and Flirtatious Chicken struggled through it before escaping.
• Cultivators rushed toward the transformed Sea of Sin Swamp, where waves and vicious sea monkeys killed many of those who entered.
• Yang Zhen explained that he had absorbed a gray token marked with the character for nine, but he could no longer sense or remove it from his Divine Sense space.
• Hua Youyue recognized the token as a Heaven-Ascending Token after seeing Yang Zhen's drawing, though she did not know how she knew its name.
• Shameless Cat identified it as a Nine-Step Heaven-Ascending Token, a legendary secret treasure, and Flirtatious Chicken recalled that Holy Maiden Tianxuan had once possessed two.

Yang Zhen and his companions learned that they were trapped in the Forbidden Zone of Life, the realm Holy Maiden Tianxuan had destroyed. As they set out for Bone Mountain, Hua Youyue hinted at a sorrowful connection to Yang Zhen and an inheritance waiting for her there.

• Flirtatious Chicken revealed that Holy Maiden Tianxuan once possessed two Heaven-Ascending Tokens, and Hua Youyue warned Yang Zhen not to comprehend his token before he had passed his tribulation.
• Hua Youyue remembered a legacy that belonged to her and said it lay in the direction of Bone Mountain.
• Shameless Cat recalled that Holy Maiden Tianxuan had used the tokens’ sixth step to destroy a realm, creating the Forbidden Zone of Life where the group now stood.
• Yang Zhen realized they likely could not escape and decided to explore Bone Mountain while keeping the other cultivators from learning the danger.
• Hua Youyue asked whether Yang Zhen would remember her, then walked toward Bone Mountain; Yang Zhen reassured her that he would defy heaven for her.

Yang Zhen and his companions discussed the Saint Law guarding Hua Youyue’s inheritance and continued toward the mountain of bones. They reached the valley where Hua Youyue sensed her inheritance, as a Saint-level phenomenon erupted around them.

• Yang Zhen learned from Hua Youyue that the power he had encountered was Saint Law, and she insisted she could obtain the inheritance despite its powerful guardian.
• Yang Zhen and the others traveled past numerous corpses, including cultivators who had died without visible wounds, and saw injured people ahead on the path.
• A thunderous blast shook the ground, and flower petals filled the sky as people rushed toward the valley, calling the eruption a Saint-level inheritance.
• Yang Zhen recognized the valley as the place with the wooden house and asked Hua Youyue if this was her inheritance.
• Hua Youyue confirmed that she could feel its presence as more petals fell and the Heavenly Sound Grand Chant filled the valley.

A terrifying celestial phenomenon erupted around the valley where Hua Youyue’s inheritance awaited, drawing cultivators from across the Forbidden Zone of Life. As Yang Zhen waited with Hua Youyue and Mo Xueling, Su Yunlan and Tian Rou arrived and told him that Little Dao Addict had come looking for him; then someone roared his name.

• A celestial phenomenon filled the Forbidden Zone of Life with heavenly sounds and flower petals, while Hua Youyue and Yang Zhen watched the energy surge around the valley.
• Cultivators gathered near the wooden house and discussed the phenomenon, Ning Wuque’s tribulation, and Yang Zhen’s fight with him.
• Yang Zhen set out a table and chairs to wait with Hua Youyue and Mo Xueling, drawing the crowd’s attention.
• Su Yunlan and Tian Rou arrived and told Yang Zhen that Little Dao Addict had come to find him for a sparring match.
• Someone roared Yang Zhen’s name, and he shouted back, asking who was yelling.

Ning Wuque confronted Yang Zhen and challenged him, but Han Yan'er stepped in to fight Ning Wuque instead. As the duel began, Hua Youyue predicted Han Yan'er would win, telling Yang Zhen he would understand once she drew her sword.

• Ning Wuque arrived and challenged Yang Zhen, while Yang Zhen teased Hua Youyue and claimed she had confessed her love for him.
• Ning Wuque drew his sword and threatened to kill Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen dismissed him to keep joking with Hua Youyue.
• Han Yan'er arrived, identified herself as the Dao Fanatic, and challenged Ning Wuque to fight.
• Han Yan'er told Ning Wuque he was no match for Yang Zhen, then drew her sword as Ning Wuque prepared to face her.
• Yang Zhen asked Hua Youyue who would win, and she said Han Yan'er would prevail once she drew her sword.

Han Yan'er revealed the Heavenly Book: Star Technique Chapter and defeated Ning Wuque in a sword exchange, while Yang Zhen recognized her Heavenly Book and told her he possessed two chapters. The force gathering in the valley then exploded, sweeping everyone away.

• Ning Wuque challenged Han Yan'er, and she said he was her opponent before drawing her sword.
• Han Yan'er’s sword summoned invisible forces and profound symbols, while Yang Zhen recognized the presence of a Heavenly Book.
• Han Yan'er and Ning Wuque exchanged a single rapid strike, leaving Ning Wuque injured and fleeing.
• Yang Zhen identified Han Yan’er’s technique as the Heavenly Book: Star Technique Chapter and told her he had two Heavenly Book chapters.
• A powerful wave of force erupted in the valley, scattering everyone and hurling Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken into a mountainside.

Bone Mountain emerged, and a Great Saint’s voice summoned Hua Youyue alone to its summit. Yang Zhen watched her climb until she met an identical Hua Youyue at the top.

• Bone Mountain appeared, and cultivators rushed toward its flower-covered summit, but a Great Saint’s blast hurled them back down.
• Yang Zhen recognized the Great Saint’s voice as Hua Youyue’s and offered to accompany her, but she chose to climb alone.
• A path of petals appeared for Hua Youyue, and Yang Zhen encouraged her to continue despite the overwhelming pressure.
• Ning Wuque watched Hua Youyue climb with envy and hatred while Yang Zhen and Mo Xueling worried about her safety.
• At the summit, Hua Youyue faced a snow-white figure identical to herself, whose presence was vast as an ocean.

Hua Youyue met an identical woman on Bone Mountain, who revealed they were one being divided ten thousand years ago and that their inheritance would make Hua Youyue a Saint Venerable. As the two began to merge, Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that Hua Youyue might disappear as the Three Flowers Holy Maiden returned to her place.

• Hua Youyue and the Bone Mountain woman confronted each other, and the woman insisted that she was Hua Youyue and that Hua Youyue was her.
• The Bone Mountain woman unleashed heaven-shaking power and said the inheritance belonged to both of them and would make Hua Youyue a Saint Venerable.
• The woman explained that they had separated ten thousand years earlier and that the time had come for the three flowers to return to their places.
• As the Bone Mountain woman approached, Hua Youyue asked whether she would still be herself after they reunited, then said they would become only the Three Flowers Holy Maiden.
• Shameless Cat identified Hua Youyue as the Three Flowers Holy Maiden and urged Yang Zhen to stop the merging before she disappeared.

Yang Zhen learned that Hua Youyue was a vessel for the Three Flowers Holy Maiden’s souls and might be erased when they reunited, so he risked using his power in the Forbidden Zone of Life to try to wake her. After killing Ning Wuque and being struck down by the Saint-level soul, Yang Zhen briefly reached Hua Youyue, who called out for him to save her.

• Shameless Cat explained that Hua Youyue was an epiphyllum planted as a vessel for the Three Flowers Holy Maiden’s souls, and that her consciousness could be erased when the souls reunited.
• Yang Zhen unleashed his power in the Forbidden Zone of Life and shouted for Hua Youyue to wake up, despite warnings from Shameless Cat, Flirtatious Chicken, and the others.
• Ning Wuque mocked Yang Zhen, who threw the Great Deficiency Sword and killed him.
• The Saint-level soul shattered Yang Zhen’s gathered power and declared that it was too late, while Yang Zhen asked Hua Youyue if she planned to leave him.
• Hua Youyue briefly regained clarity, looked at Yang Zhen, and cried, “Yang Zhen... save me!”

Yang Zhen defied the saint-level divine soul and the Bone Mountain Great Restriction to reach Hua Youyue, enduring crushing attacks as he climbed. He revealed a Nine-Step Heaven-Ascending Token and declared that his story was a wish-fulfillment tale, leaving Shameless Cat screaming at him to stop.

• Hua Youyue briefly awakened and begged Yang Zhen to save her before falling back into a daze.
• Yang Zhen took up the Great Deficiency Sword and began climbing Bone Mountain, declaring that he would protect Hua Youyue even against heaven itself.
• The saint-level divine soul struck Yang Zhen with overwhelming force, but he continued climbing despite being bloodied and battered.
• Hua Youyue awakened again and pleaded with Yang Zhen not to come farther as the Bone Mountain Great Restriction pressed him down.
• Yang Zhen unleashed a blazing golden presence, resumed his climb, and declared that his story was a wish-fulfillment tale.
• The Nine-Step Heaven-Ascending Token appeared above Bone Mountain, and Shameless Cat shrieked at Yang Zhen to stop.

Yang Zhen activated the Nine-Step Heaven-Ascending Token to break through the Bone Mountain Great Restriction and reach Hua Youyue, despite the danger to his divine soul and the threat to all living beings. After the Saint-level divine soul warned that the restriction was one of the Heaven and Earth Shackles, Yang Zhen raised his sword and challenged the cost of saving her.

• The Nine-Step Heaven-Ascending Token unleashed a terrifying presence, and Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken tried but failed to reach Yang Zhen.
• The Saint-level divine soul and Shameless Cat warned that using the token could irreparably damage Yang Zhen's divine soul, while Hua Youyue begged him to stop.
• Yang Zhen activated the token and advanced toward the summit, declaring that the Saint-level divine soul could not fully wield a Saint's power and controlled only part of the restriction.
• The Saint-level divine soul revealed that the Bone Mountain Great Restriction was one of the Heaven and Earth Shackles and warned that damaging it would bring calamity upon the world.
• Hua Youyue urged Yang Zhen to give up, but he raised his sword and asked what would happen if he turned his back on all living beings.

Yang Zhen destroyed Bone Mountain and its Great Restriction to stop the Saint-level divine soul from completing her return, though she warned that Hua Youyue’s main soul would come eventually. Hua Youyue began to bloom as an epiphyllum, declaring herself the only Hua Youyue, while Yang Zhen recovered and watched.

• Yang Zhen used the Heaven-Ascending Token and Great Deficiency Sword to destroy Bone Mountain and the Bone Mountain Great Restriction.
• The Saint-level divine soul admitted defeat but warned Yang Zhen that Hua Youyue’s main soul would return and that this was only the beginning.
• Yang Zhen told Hua Youyue they would handle the rest later, and she promised to take care of it herself.
• Hua Youyue began blooming as an epiphyllum, saying its brief bloom would be for Yang Zhen and that she would not return afterward.
• Yang Zhen abruptly recovered from his injuries and rose as Hua Youyue’s epiphyllum bloomed; she declared that she was herself and the only Hua Youyue.

Yang Zhen learned that Hua Youyue had only ten years to live and that his own damaged soul left him with three, but he used the Ageless Tree to restore her life. The chapter ended with the Saint-level soul warning that Yang Zhen had sacrificed himself, while he insisted he did not want to talk to a single dog.

• Hua Youyue broke free of the Three Flowers Ancient Scripture’s restriction, and the Saint-level soul revealed she had ten years to live unless she reached the Great Saint realm or found a supreme life treasure.
• The Saint-level soul told Yang Zhen that damage from comprehending the Heaven-Ascending Token left him only three years to live unless he reached the Great Saint realm within that time.
• Yang Zhen confirmed that Hua Youyue’s life was linked to his and asked whether a supreme life treasure could restore her lifespan.
• Yang Zhen summoned the Ageless Tree, injuring himself as he separated it, and pressed it between Hua Youyue’s brows to give her its life force.
• The Saint-level soul questioned Yang Zhen’s sacrifice, and he replied that he did not want to talk to a single dog.

Yang Zhen gave Hua Youyue the Ageless Tree, then learned there was a way to restore her damaged divine soul. The Forbidden Zone of Life began collapsing, scattering its inhabitants, and Yang Zhen raced to escape as others blamed him for destroying the Heaven and Earth Shackles.

• Yang Zhen gave Hua Youyue the Ageless Tree and asked Shameless Cat how her divine soul could be restored.
• Shameless Cat confirmed a way existed, though it was beyond Yang Zhen's current abilities.
• The Forbidden Zone of Life shook violently as the ground split and blasts hurled cultivators through the air.
• Yang Zhen searched for Hua Youyue, found her with Mo Xueling, and heard Mo Xueling direct him to Ink Pool Peak before they were swept away.
• Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts learned that Yang Zhen had shattered the Heaven and Earth Shackles and that the region was collapsing.
• Yang Zhen ran through the chaos with a cat and a chicken on his shoulders, shouting for everyone to flee.

Yang Zhen fled the pursuit of Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts and met Rogue Person Lu You, founder of the Immortal Sui Training Association. He gave Lu You a plan to advertise the association by claiming Yang Zhen was recovering there, then continued on to restore his damaged divine soul.

• Yang Zhen escaped with Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken while pretending to be someone else.
• Yang Zhen met Rogue Person Lu You and bargained over helping his struggling training association.
• Yang Zhen persuaded Lu You to bet on an idea that could greatly increase the association’s earnings.
• Yang Zhen told Lu You to use the celebrity effect by claiming the famous Yang Zhen was recovering at the Zhansui training class.
• Yang Zhen revealed to Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken that he had also told Lu You about his damaged divine soul and planned to have him spread the story.
• Yang Zhen said he would restore his divine soul before his pursuers could blockade Ink Pool Peak.

Yang Zhen discovered that his damaged divine soul had shrunk rather than disappeared, leaving him hopeful that it could be restored. As he fled the collapsing Forbidden Zone of Life, Shameless Cat postponed explaining how to repair it and asked what Yang Zhen thought of the Dao Fanatic.

• Yang Zhen demanded a way to restore his divine soul, and Shameless Cat said Saint Law could make it whole if Yang Zhen reached the Great Saint level within three years.
• Shameless Cat warned that the Three Flowers Holy Maiden might seek revenge because Yang Zhen had changed her cause and effect, while Flirtatious Chicken hinted that Yang Zhen had only three years to live.
• Yang Zhen sensed that his divine soul had shrunk and was drifting inside his body instead of disappearing, and he celebrated the discovery.
• Yang Zhen, Shameless Cat, and Flirtatious Chicken ran from the collapsing Forbidden Zone of Life as nearby cultivators blamed Yang Zhen for breaking the Heaven and Earth Shackles.
• Shameless Cat delayed explaining what Yang Zhen could eat to restore his soul and instead asked what he thought of the Dao Fanatic.

Yang Zhen learned that Dao Fanatic had entered the Dao because of him, making him the foundation of her cultivation and requiring him to stay ahead of her. As heaven and earth trembled after he broke the Heaven and Earth Shackles, Dao Fanatic defended his name near Flower Countenance Mountain and revealed who she was.

• Shameless Cat told Yang Zhen that Dao Fanatic had entered the Dao because of him and would need him to advance, leaving Yang Zhen stunned and doubtful.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat discussed the upheaval caused by Yang Zhen breaking the Heaven and Earth Shackles and the danger of eating the Fortune Stalagmite before surviving a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Two cultivators said people were searching for Yang Zhen because of his Nine-Step Heaven-Ascending Token and inheritances, and Shameless Cat angrily objected to being ignored.
• Near Flower Countenance Mountain, a young woman defeated Spirit Wandering Realm cultivators who spoke against Yang Zhen and explained that he had helped everyone escape the Forbidden Zone of Life.
• The young woman left and said they could call her Dao Fanatic.

Han Yan'er punished cultivators who spoke against Yang Zhen and headed for Flower Countenance Mountain, where powerful experts had gathered over the Nine-Step Heaven-Ascending Token. Yang Zhen arrived behind her, robbed the injured cultivators, and then agreed to go to Flower Countenance Mountain after the Shameless Cat promised to help him undergo tribulation.

• Han Yan'er cut off a cultivator's lips for insulting her and warned the others to watch their mouths.
• Han Yan'er flew toward Flower Countenance Mountain as the cultivators discussed Yang Zhen, the Nine-Step Heaven-Ascending Token, and the experts demanding answers from Rogue Person Lu You.
• Yang Zhen, the Shameless Cat, and the Flirtatious Chicken came upon the injured cultivators and declared that they were robbing them.
• Yang Zhen collected the cultivators' storage rings after they recognized him and learned that Han Yan'er, Spirit Maiden Hua, and Spirit Maiden Mo had gone to Flower Countenance Mountain.
• The Shameless Cat offered to help Yang Zhen undergo tribulation, and Yang Zhen set off to raise hell at Flower Countenance Mountain.