Recaps

Evil Shadow Black Taotie’s evolution released a red mist that made cultivators fall into embarrassing fantasies, and it unexpectedly showed signs of intelligence. After it withdrew the mist, Han Yan’er began preparing to undergo tribulation.

• Evil Shadow Black Taotie’s evolved presence spread a red mist that overwhelmed many cultivators, including the Shameless Cat and the Flirtatious Chicken.
• Elder Qian escaped with Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits and asked Yang Zhen to make Black Iron withdraw its Divine Ability.
• Evil Shadow Black Taotie disobeyed Yang Zhen, showed intelligence, and indicated that it wanted to eat the tribulation facing Han Yan’er.
• Evil Shadow Black Taotie returned to the Great Deficiency Sword, which flew away and left Yang Zhen to catch himself in midair.
• Yang Zhen joked with Han Yan’er, who then walked to the training ground and released her suppressed presence as thunder sounded and Evil Shadow Black Taotie bellowed.

Han Yan'er faced a transformed heavenly tribulation with Yang Zhen's Great Deficiency Sword, unleashing the Heavenly Book's Star Technique Chapter to destroy the clouds. She left the Heavenly Tribulation Origin to the Evil Shadow Black Taotie, yet still broke through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, leaving the onlookers baffled.

• Hua Youyue and Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits recognized that Han Yan'er's tribulation was unusual, and Elder Qian explained that Yang Zhen's presence had stirred the workings of heaven because she had entered the Dao through him.
• Han Yan'er and the Evil Shadow Black Taotie charged at the heavenly tribulation, while Yang Zhen warned the Taotie not to look at her star map.
• Elder Qian identified Han Yan'er's technique as the Star Technique Chapter of the Heavenly Book, and Yang Zhen told the Taotie to close its eyes.
• Han Yan'er and the Great Deficiency Sword struck together and scattered the tribulation clouds, leaving the Heavenly Tribulation Origin behind.
• The Evil Shadow Black Taotie devoured the Heavenly Tribulation Origin, while Han Yan'er descended and broke through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm without taking it.

After Han Yan'er broke through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm with Yang Zhen nearby, Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits asked him to protect her during her own dangerous tribulation. Yang Zhen demanded a million crystals for the job, and Elder Qian agreed to pay while warning him to keep her safe.

• Elder Qian told Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits to enter the Ancient Spirit Road after the trip to the Mo North Abyss, saying the heavenly order had changed and a great era was coming.
• The cultivators marveled that Han Yan'er had destroyed the tribulation clouds with one sword strike and then broken through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
• Yang Zhen offered to help others transcend tribulations for five hundred thousand crystals plus the Heavenly Tribulation Origin, and Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits gave him a storage ring with that amount.
• Yang Zhen returned the crystals, explaining that Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits' special tribulation was dangerous and that he would not accept less than a million crystals.
• Elder Qian put another storage ring into Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits' hand and warned Yang Zhen that he would face the Great Deficiency Sword if she lost even one hair during her tribulation.
• Yang Zhen promised Elder Qian that Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits would be safe, declaring himself a veteran driver who was steady as a dog behind the wheel.

Yang Zhen claimed he had smashed Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken’s flying devices to keep them from helping Holy Son Lin draw away the Death Zhi. The group accepted that Lin would go alone, while Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits said she could not risk using her powers; Yang Zhen and his pets knew his story was a lie.

• Elder Qian told the gathering that divination had revealed a destabilizing threat to North Isle within the Mo North Abyss, so they agreed they had to enter.
• Holy Son Lin agreed to draw away the Death Zhi with the Iron Armor and asked Yang Zhen to send Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken with him.
• Yang Zhen claimed his OCD had led him to smash both pets’ flying devices, leaving Lin without their help.
• Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken pretended to confirm the devices were destroyed, though both were intact in their storage rings.
• Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits said using her powers might trigger her tribulation in the abyss, so the Second Clan Elder accepted that Lin would go alone.
• Yang Zhen winked at the blushing Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits, while his pets realized he had fooled everyone about their devices.

Yang Zhen gave Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er experimental armor that transformed into revealing battle outfits and concealed their presence. Hua Youyue demonstrated the armor’s ability to make her nearly undetectable, while Holy Son Lin remained tasked with leading the expedition against the Death Zhi.

• Elder Qian assigned Holy Son Lin to deal with the Death Zhi, and Holy Son Lin agreed to take on the duty.
• Yang Zhen led Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er to the cultivation grounds and gave each a purple-crystal bracelet made from eternal gold.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er activated the bracelets, which transformed their clothes into ornate leather armor.
• Yang Zhen told Hua Youyue to demonstrate the armor’s abilities, and she used its Heavenly Robe of World Avoidance to vanish from sight.
• Palace Master Liu praised the concealment, and Yang Zhen explained that it worked through light refraction.

Yang Zhen equipped Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er with battle armor that concealed them and demonstrated its power before the group prepared to enter the Mo North Abyss. When the Abyss opened, the flying boats surged toward it, and Yang Zhen and his companions readied themselves to follow.

• Hua Youyue explained that the Heavenly Robe of World Avoidance came from a fragment of memory and credited its creation to the Three Flowers Holy Maiden, while Yang Zhen described his armor’s imitation as a formation-powered trick.
• Han Yan’er used her battle armor to kick apart a massive boulder without releasing True Essence, astonishing Palace Master Liu, Peak Master Mo, and the others.
• Mo Xueling asked Yang Zhen to make her battle armor, but Yang Zhen refused despite her offer to agree to any condition.
• During the following two days, Yang Zhen installed the Heavenly Robe of World Avoidance on the Spirit Learning Palace’s flying boat, then boarded Ink Pool Peak’s Heavenly Peak with the others.
• As the Mo North Abyss opened, countless flying boats charged toward it, and Holy Son Lin raced ahead while Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken shouted that they would stir things up.

Yang Zhen and the others approached the Mo North Abyss after its Death Zhi fell unusually quiet, while Holy Son Lin volunteered to lure them away. The moment Lin entered the abyss, the Death Zhi swarmed after him, and he fled with a vast cloud of enormous mosquitoes in pursuit.

• Yang Zhen mocked Holy Son Lin for hesitating to enter the Mo North Abyss, and the crowd laughed.
• Peak Master Mo said the Death Zhi had quieted before and that fewer of them might be guarding the entrance, though Yang Zhen suspected danger remained inside.
• Shameless Cat said he could smell something delicious, while Flirtatious Chicken warned Yang Zhen that danger was ahead.
• Holy Son Lin announced he would draw the Death Zhi away, then flew toward the Mo North Abyss in his Iron Armor.
• The Death Zhi surged after Holy Son Lin as soon as he entered, and he fled with enormous mosquitoes streaming behind him.

Yang Zhen and the other cultivators entered the Mo North Abyss while Holy Son Lin lured the Death Zhi away. The chapter left the flying boats reaching a new area of the abyss, where the cultivators cried out in alarm.

• Yang Zhen refused to retreat from the Death Zhi and boarded the Heavenly Peak as it entered the Mo North Abyss.
• Shameless Cat put on the Black Panther Geng Gold Battle Armor as the group advanced through the darkness and past piles of bones.
• Yang Zhen revealed that Holy Son Lin's Iron Armor had been tampered with, keeping him from shaking off the Death Zhi as he drew them away.
• Peak Master Mo pointed out the wreckage where a previous expedition had suffered heavy losses, and Yang Zhen thanked Holy Son Lin for clearing the abyss.
• Holy Son Lin flew toward the Heavenly Peak, but the cultivators' threats forced him to lead the Death Zhi away again.
• The Heavenly Peak followed the Spirit Learning Palace's flying boat into a newly opened area, where countless cultivators cried out in alarm.

Yang Zhen and the others entered the Mo North Abyss and discovered vast ruins from the Shanggen era. When the cultivators rushed toward them, a surviving mountain-protecting formation unleashed deadly red light, and Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that their journey might have been for nothing.

• Yang Zhen and the other cultivators found a hellish landscape and immense ancient ruins beneath the Mo North Abyss.
• Holy Son Lin and thousands of cultivators ignored Elder Qian's warning and charged toward the ruins.
• A bloodred beam struck Holy Son Lin, severing his left arm and Iron Armor as the rushing cultivators were caught in further attacks.
• A mountain-protecting formation appeared around the ruins, releasing waves of red Qi and killing or maiming many cultivators.
• Shameless Cat told Yang Zhen that they might have come all that way for nothing.

Yang Zhen and the others learned that the ruins lay inside a Sealed Land created by several Great Saints, and that the Ancient Spirit Clan had been sealed in a separate world for over ten thousand years. When cultivators kept charging toward the ruins despite the danger, Yang Zhen stopped them with a threat to dig up their ancestors’ graves, leaving the crowd halted and alarmed by the bodies around them.

• Shameless Cat identified the ruins as a Sealed Land where several Great Saints had burned their souls to seal off the area.
• Elder Qian and Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits explained that the Ancient Spirit Clan had been sealed in a separate world for over ten thousand years.
• Shameless Cat warned that the Sealed Land could not be entered and urged Elder Qian to call back the cultivators rushing toward the ruins.
• Yang Zhen used the Third Dragon Elephant’s Void Dragon Roar to halt the crowd, then threatened to dig up their ancestral graves if anyone entered before him.
• The halted cultivators challenged Yang Zhen, then noticed the corpses and Holy Son Lin’s missing arm and grew frightened.

Yang Zhen identified a safe route through the sealed-off domain guarding the secret treasure ruins, but Holy Son Lin entered ahead of him after claiming to have deciphered its restrictions. Holy Son Lin then rushed back out of the mist, shouting for everyone to run.

• After the red light killed many cultivators and severed Holy Son Lin's arm, Yang Zhen offered to lead the crowd into the ruins.
• Yang Zhen headed for the sealed-off domain with Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken, confident he had found its gate of life.
• Holy Son Lin claimed he had seen through the restrictions and persuaded the crowd to let him enter first.
• Holy Son Lin crossed the restrictions without being struck by red light, and white mist gradually obscured him.
• As the crowd rushed to follow Holy Son Lin's footsteps, he suddenly spun around and raced back, shouting, "Run!"

Holy Son Lin fled the ruins as a swarm of Death Zhi erupted, forcing the cultivators outside to fight back with fire. Yang Zhen realized the Death Zhi might be edible and flew out in his Iron Armor to catch some, prompting Holy Son Lin to accuse him of breaking his promise.

• Holy Son Lin charged out of the ruins in terror, and a vast swarm of Death Zhi surged from the mist after him.
• Cultivators fled toward their flying boats as the Death Zhi swallowed many of them, until one cultivator discovered that fire could kill the creatures.
• Holy Son Lin and the other fire-wielding cultivators used waves of flame to hold off the Death Zhi while Yang Zhen stayed hidden aboard the Heavenly Peak.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat suspected the Death Zhi could be cooked, so Yang Zhen activated his Iron Armor and flew out to catch them.
• Holy Son Lin saw Yang Zhen’s Iron Armor and shouted that Yang Zhen had promised not to refine any more.

Yang Zhen wore an improved Iron Armor that let him move among the Death Zhi, while Holy Son Lin and the Second Clan Elder charged into the swarm. After discovering the creatures contained energy he could absorb and refine, Yang Zhen rushed to hunt them himself.

• Yang Zhen insisted his Iron Armor Version 1.0 was not really Iron Armor, but Holy Son Lin realized it was an improved version and charged at him.
• Yang Zhen dodged Holy Son Lin, who plunged into the Death Zhi, and the Second Clan Elder followed him into the swarm.
• Yang Zhen accidentally crushed a Death Zhi and sensed a trace of pure energy similar to the Void Power seed in his body.
• Yang Zhen realized he could absorb and refine the energy, then shouted at the cultivators to leave the Death Zhi to him.
• Yang Zhen unleashed his Half-Life Heavenly Fire and chased the startled Death Zhi across the sky, leaving Shameless Cat astonished.

Yang Zhen burned through Death Zhi and absorbed the pure energy containing the Power of the Void, drawing the attention of the crowd and the Ba Clan's Supreme Elder, Lu Qiju. The chapter ended with Lu Qiju confronting Yang Zhen and demanding that he reveal how to refine Death Zhi.

• Yang Zhen burned Death Zhi to ash, releasing pure energy that he absorbed as the crowd suspected it contained the Power of the Void.
• The crowd recalled Yang Zhen's earlier attempt to refine the Power of the Void in the ice palace and debated whether he had succeeded.
• Lu Qiju, the Ba Clan's Mahayana Realm Supreme Elder, flew up to confront Yang Zhen as Elder Qian judged Yang had little chance of surviving against him.
• Hua Youyue stopped Han Yan'er from intervening and assured her that Yang Zhen would be fine.
• Yang Zhen absorbed the last trace of the pure energy, and Lu Qiju demanded that he reveal the method for refining Death Zhi.

Yang Zhen faced pressure from Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi to reveal how he refined Death Zhi and its Power of the Void. He appeared to agree, then challenged Old Ghost Qi by asking who he thought he was.

• Lu Qiju demanded that Yang Zhen reveal the method for refining Death Zhi, then argued that the gathered cultivators deserved a share of the method.
• Han Yan'er bristled at the crowd’s criticism of Yang Zhen, while Hua Youyue watched tensely and Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken wrestled.
• Lu Qiju urged Yang Zhen to share the method with the nearly ten thousand cultivators, but Elder Qian called him shameless and opposed him.
• Old Ghost Qi burned countless Death Zhi with a fire dragon and joined Lu Qiju in asking Yang Zhen to reveal the method.
• Yang Zhen said he had one question for Old Ghost Qi, then asked who the hell he thought he was.

Yang Zhen provoked Old Ghost Qi and offered to reveal the method for absorbing the Power of the Void if Lu Qiju guaranteed his safety. After Yang Zhen whispered to Lu Qiju, he exposed Lu Qiju’s supposed misunderstanding as a shameless act, leaving Lu Qiju furious and attacking him.

• Yang Zhen taunted Old Ghost Qi and challenged him to make his cultivation methods and martial techniques public.
• The crowd joined Yang Zhen in urging Old Ghost Qi to reveal his methods, while Elder Qian asked him to consider it.
• Yang Zhen asked Lu Qiju to guarantee his safety in the Mo North Abyss in exchange for the method, and Lu Qiju agreed.
• Yang Zhen whispered to Lu Qiju, who then claimed he had not heard the method clearly, prompting Yang Zhen to accuse him of acting.
• Lu Qiju accused Yang Zhen of tricking him, and Yang Zhen told the crowd that Lu Qiju planned to kill him and keep the method for himself.
• Lu Qiju blasted fire toward Yang Zhen, who shouted that Lu Qiju was killing him to silence him.

Yang Zhen’s attempt to turn Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi against each other failed, leaving him cornered by the two Mahayana Realm experts. He then claimed he would reveal the method for absorbing the Power of the Void after demonstrating another method he had just comprehended.

• Lu Qiju’s blast struck toward Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen survived behind Elder Qian and Old Ghost Qi and accused Lu Qiju of trying to kill him.
• Old Ghost Qi refused to let Lu Qiju kill Yang Zhen before learning the method for absorbing the Power of the Void, and Lu Qiju proposed they seize and interrogate him together.
• The crowd realized Yang Zhen had not told Lu Qiju the method and cursed him for deceiving them.
• Elder Qian could not protect Yang Zhen from Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi, who agreed to restrain him and demand the method.
• Yang Zhen stepped forward and offered to reveal the method after demonstrating another technique he had comprehended, astonishing Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi.

Yang Zhen revealed that he had another method and used his Divine Sense, infused with the Power of the Void, to connect with the Death Zhi. He succeeded in entering their strange, vast world, leaving Old Ghost Qi and the Sealed Land observers stunned.

• Yang Zhen ignored Old Ghost Qi and Lu Qiju and approached the Death Zhi to demonstrate his other method.
• Inside the Sealed Land, Bai Xian, Hong Qiu, and a blue-scaled man watched Yang Zhen and debated whether he could survive.
• Yang Zhen sent his Divine Sense toward the Void seed, which lent a trace of the Power of the Void to his Divine Sense.
• Yang Zhen used that trace to connect with successive Death Zhi and entered their strange world.
• Old Ghost Qi shouted at Yang Zhen as a wave of air rolled before him, while Bai Xian cried out in surprise.

Yang Zhen used his power over a vast swarm of Death Zhi to challenge Old Ghost Qi and Lu Qiju, forcing the two Mahayana Realm experts to reconsider fighting him. They proposed setting aside their grudge to enter the Sealed Land, and Yang Zhen demanded that they swear not to attack him.

• Yang Zhen revealed that he could control a huge swarm of Death Zhi, astonishing the crowd and the scaled people trapped in the Sealed Land.
• Bai Xian, Qing Lin, and Hong Qiu realized Yang Zhen’s control might help them escape, though Qing Lin stopped Hong Qiu from rushing out to aid him.
• Yang Zhen formed insulting characters from the Death Zhi and launched the swarm at Old Ghost Qi and Lu Qiju, declaring he would fight them both.
• The crowd retreated as Old Ghost Qi and Lu Qiju recognized that the swarm could wear them down, and they asked Yang Zhen to wait.
• Old Ghost Qi and Lu Qiju proposed postponing their feud so they could enter the Sealed Land, while Yang Zhen demanded they swear not to attack him.

Yang Zhen secured oaths from Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi not to attack him in the Mo North Abyss, then announced that he would reveal how to enter the Sealed Land because he sensed danger inside. As he prepared to break the formation with the gathered crowd, Hong Qiu, Bai Xian, and Qing Lin watched from within and anticipated heavy losses.

• Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi swore soul oaths not to attack Yang Zhen in the Mo North Abyss, and thunder confirmed that the oaths had taken effect.
• Yang Zhen recalled the Death Zhi and explained that Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi had accepted the truce because they needed him to reach the Sealed Land.
• Two sneaky figures returned carrying an arm from the Iron Armor while Yang Zhen reunited with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er.
• Yang Zhen said he would show everyone how to enter the Sealed Land, citing his foreboding sense that a great danger awaited inside.
• Elder Qian offered the elders’ help once they entered, and Yang Zhen declared that he would break the formation before privately vowing to scam Lu Qiju and Old Ghost Qi.
• Inside the Sealed Land, Hong Qiu, Bai Xian, and Qing Lin watched the outsiders and predicted that more than half might perish trying to enter.

Yang Zhen examined the Sealed Land and asked Han Yan'er to use her Star Technique Chapter to investigate it. She discovered that anyone leaving the formation would lose one ethereal soul and one corporeal soul, and Yang Zhen prepared to demonstrate how a true genius could break it.

• Yang Zhen studied the Sealed Land and claimed that entering was easy but leaving carried a hidden danger.
• Qing Lin mocked the idea that Yang Zhen could break the formation, while Hong Qiu warned him against trying to gnaw open the emperor's tomb.
• Yang Zhen called Han Yan'er over to examine the formation, and she used her Star Technique Chapter to reveal ghostly souls inside the Sealed Land.
• Han Yan'er explained that the formation stripped one ethereal soul and one corporeal soul from anyone who left, including Holy Son Lin.
• Yang Zhen rose before the crowd and announced that he would show them what a true genius was.

Yang Zhen tried to break the Sealed Land’s restriction by loudly boasting about his looks and cursing at it, and his words caused its formation hubs to explode. The chapter ended as Qing Lin and the others were buried beneath the collapsing mountain while Yang Zhen pointed toward another one.

• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er stood beside Yang Zhen with their Saint Weapons ready as he faced the Sealed Land.
• Yang Zhen shouted insults and boasts at the restriction, startling Shameless Cat, Flirtatious Chicken, and the watching cultivators.
• The restriction revealed countless deadly red beams, and Yang Zhen’s curses caused a distant mountain to explode.
• Yang Zhen pointed at the mountain where Qing Lin and Bai Xian stood, causing it to burst apart as they tried to flee.
• Qing Lin and the others were buried beneath falling rocks while Yang Zhen began taunting another mountain.

Yang Zhen rushed into the newly opened Sealed Land, then ignored a commotion that drew the other cultivators and instead dug a hole with Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken. Qing Lin planned to use the human cultivators to break a dangerous formation, while Yang Zhen hinted that the real treasure was elsewhere.

• Yang Zhen entered the Sealed Land after the red light and its pressure began to fade, then dashed into the ruins and left Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken to follow.
• The cultivators realized Yang Zhen had tricked them and charged into the ruins, where Qing Lin and the others had just emerged from the rubble.
• Hong Qiu wanted to summon the Scale Clan to attack, but Qing Lin told him to notify the clansmen while he lured the humans toward a dangerous place to use their strength against a formation.
• Bai Xian asked where Yang Zhen had gone, and Qing Lin left as a powerful True Essence presence erupted nearby and drew the cultivators toward it.
• Shameless Cat urged Yang Zhen to investigate the commotion, but Yang Zhen kept digging and said he could not enter that place, then hinted that the real good stuff was elsewhere.

Yang Zhen and his companions discovered a purple crystal deposit and began digging furiously. Elsewhere, Qing Lin and Hong Qiu watched human cultivators gather at a glowing altar until a surge of Qi made them collapse and erupted from the structure.

• Yang Zhen found a purple crystal after the Shameless Cat complained that one had hit him, and the Evil Shadow Black Taotie used the Great Deficiency Sword to dig out another.
• The Shameless Cat and the Flirtatious Chicken joined the digging, and Yang Zhen rushed in when they started gathering the crystals.
• Qing Lin met Hong Qiu near the mountaintop ruins, learned that he had alerted their clanspeople, and warned him to prepare to escape the Sealed Land.
• A wave of Qi swept through the altar site, causing human cultivators to fall one after another as Qing Lin watched in alarm.
• The altar unleashed a violent burst of Qi.

Yang Zhen and his companions dug up the purple crystal mine and were transported into a primordial world of chaotic Qi. Recognizing the Qi as connected to the Desolate Heaven Technique, Yang Zhen found the Desolate Heaven True Rune, while his companions were left back in the mine.

• Yang Zhen reassured Shameless Cat that the disturbance near Miss Hua and Little Dao Addict was no cause for concern, then continued digging with his companions.
• Yang Zhen and the others uncovered the entire purple crystal mine, and tapping the last stone caused a force to pull them away.
• Yang Zhen found himself in a chaotic world filled with boundless Qi and recalled encountering the same Qi in the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda and on Ten Thousand Flowers Island.
• Yang Zhen recognized the Qi as that of the Desolate Heaven Technique, and the world transformed into a primeval realm where the Desolate Heaven True Rune appeared.
• Shameless Cat, Flirtatious Chicken, and the Great Deficiency Sword tumbled back into the purple crystal mine and realized Yang Zhen had found the rune.