Recaps

Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei attacked Master Tie and Luoluo, but the Italian Cannon failed when Fang tried to fire it. Yang Zhen revealed himself as Lu Tianwei prepared to test the weapon again, while eyeing Fang's Wuque Sword and considering fusing it with the Great Deficiency Sword.

• Yang Zhen's Great Deficiency Sword reacted eagerly to Fang Zhongjian's Wuque Sword as Master Tie's Literary Talent Qi clashed with Fang's weapon.
• Lu Tianwei joined Fang in fighting Master Tie, and Luoluo charged at them to protect her grandfather.
• Fang aimed the Italian Cannon at Luoluo, but it only gave a tiny puff and failed to fire.
• Luoluo recognized the Italian Cannon as Yang Zhen's invention, and Fang accused Lu Tianwei of being fooled before threatening Master Tie and Luoluo.
• Lu Tianwei raised the cannon to test it again, but Yang Zhen stood up and called out to the two men while eyeing the Wuque Sword.

Yang Zhen knocked Fang Zhongjian unconscious, took the Wuque Sword, and began refining it with the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire. The teahouse watched in disbelief as he attempted to turn it into the Great Deficiency Sword.

• Lu Tianwei recognized Yang Zhen as the person who had tampered with the Italian Cannon, but Fang Zhongjian attacked him before Lu Tianwei could explain.
• Yang Zhen vanished from Fang Zhongjian's sight, struck him unconscious with one slap, and took the Wuque Sword.
• Yang Zhen returned to his seat and brought out a mortal blacksmith's furnace while Lu Tianwei guarded Fang Zhongjian and Master Tie watched.
• Yang Zhen summoned the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire and tossed the Wuque Sword onto the furnace to refine it into the Great Deficiency Sword.

Yang Zhen focused on reforging the Wuque Sword despite warnings that the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land would retaliate. When Master Tie explained that the sword’s ancient material might resist the fire, Yang Zhen brought out the Great Deficiency Sword and revealed an even more astonishing weapon.

• Yang Zhen began heating the Wuque Sword with Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire and dismissed Master Tie’s warning about offending the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land.
• Master Tie explained that the Wuque Sword had been refined for over ten thousand years in a land of extreme cold and might resist ordinary Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire.
• Yang Zhen placed the Great Deficiency Sword on the table and asked Master Tie how long it had been refined.
• Luoluo recognized the Great Deficiency Sword and confirmed her suspicion about Yang Zhen’s identity, though she did not say it aloud.
• Master Tie determined that the Great Deficiency Sword had been refined for at least ten thousand years, and Yang Zhen sent Star Literary Talent Qi toward the fire beneath the Wuque Sword.

Yang Zhen melted down the Wuque Sword and used its material to refine his Great Deficiency Sword, stunning the teahouse crowd with his unconventional methods. His hammering triggered powerful heavenly phenomena and the Heavenly Sound Grand Chant, while Master Tie realized Yang Zhen was at least a great grandmaster of weapon refinement.

• Yang Zhen fused Star Literary Talent Qi into the Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire and melted the Wuque Sword, triggering the divine soul imprint within it.
• Yang Zhen placed the Great Deficiency Sword on the smithing table and coated it with material from the melted Wuque Sword.
• Yang Zhen hammered the Great Deficiency Sword, unleashing golden light, surging Qi, thunder, and heavenly phenomena that drew people from across the city.
• Yang Zhen's hammering produced the Heavenly Sound Grand Chant, and Master Tie recognized that he was at least a great grandmaster of weapon refinement.
• Master Tie looked at Lu Tianwei with mockery as he considered how Lu Tianwei and Fang Zhongjian had offended Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen forged the Great Deficiency Sword into a sacred weapon before a stunned crowd, while onlookers mistook him for a grandmaster’s disciple. Fang Zhongjian woke and demanded his missing Wuque Sword, only to find it gone.

• Master Tie laughed when he realized Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei had offended a grandmaster artifact refiner, and Lu Tianwei questioned his luck in crossing Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen hammered the Great Deficiency Sword as violent celestial phenomena gathered over the teahouse.
• A cultivator identified Yang Zhen’s technique as the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, and the crowd speculated that he was a grandmaster’s disciple.
• Yang Zhen’s final blow transformed the Great Deficiency Sword into a sacred weapon, whose seven-colored radiance and Taotie-shaped celestial phenomena astonished the crowd.
• Fang Zhongjian woke, shouted for his Wuque Sword, and discovered that it was missing.

Fang Zhongjian learned that Yang Dianfeng was Yang Zhen and attacked him over the destruction of Li Cangxu’s Wuque Sword. As Fang Zhongjian unleashed his Blood-Eyed Heavenly Ox, Yang Zhen lit a cigarette, and the Evil Shadow Black Taotie descended to meet it.

• Lu Tianwei told Fang Zhongjian that Yang Dianfeng was actually Yang Zhen, shocking the teahouse crowd.
• Yang Zhen challenged Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei, while Lu Tianwei warned that Li Cangxu would seek revenge for the Wuque Sword.
• Fang Zhongjian denounced Lu Tianwei, then confronted Yang Zhen and summoned his Blood-Eyed Heavenly Ox.
• Fang Zhongjian sent the Blood-Eyed Heavenly Ox charging at Yang Zhen, who lit a homemade cigarette instead of attacking directly.
• The Evil Shadow Black Taotie burst through the teahouse roof and charged at the Blood-Eyed Heavenly Ox.

Yang Zhen’s Great Deficiency Sword gained a Saint Spirit and drove Fang Zhongjian to retreat, while a mysterious female enchantress arrived at the teahouse. Yang Zhen hurried away, leaving Master Tie and the enchantress to discuss the upheaval facing the world.

• The Evil Shadow Black Taotie overpowered Fang Zhongjian’s Blood-Eyed Heavenly Ox, merged into the Great Deficiency Sword, and revealed itself as a Saint Spirit.
• Fang Zhongjian challenged Yang Zhen to fight again at the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain, then paid the teahouse owner for the damage before leaving with Lu Tianwei.
• A Peak Mahayana Realm female enchantress arrived and teased Yang Zhen about his reputation for stinginess.
• Yang Zhen abruptly left on the Great Deficiency Sword, and the enchantress asked Master Tie whether he still objected to Yang Zhen.
• Master Tie said the ancient powers were emerging and he would not leave Zhongxu Mountain easily, while the enchantress worried that the coming age might bring disaster.

Master Tie and the enchantress reflected on Yang Zhen’s potential and their own uncertain future. Yang Zhen followed a dangerous signal to the Mountain and River Court, where he joined Guo Jing’s group while searching for Shameless Cat.

• Luoluo asked Master Tie whether Yang Zhen could unravel the secrets of heaven and earth, and Master Tie said living beings’ actions were futile before heaven and earth.
• The enchantress warned Master Tie not to get involved in too many things and pleaded with him not to waste the time she had left to wait for him; he promised Luoluo he would not die.
• Yang Zhen followed a dangerous mark from Shameless Cat to a vast ruin, where he could no longer sense the cat.
• Yang Zhen met Guo Jing and four companions, who explained that the ruins were the Mountain and River Court and invited him to travel with them.
• Yang Zhen described his childhood dream of roaming the world with a sword, then introduced himself as Yang Zhaxin, surprising Guo Jing and the others.

Yang Zhen learned that the Mountain and River Court ruins were a dangerous relic from the Ancient Continuum era, especially during black sandstorms, and continued searching for Shameless Cat there. The chapter ended as over a thousand cultivators from several factions, including Fang Zhongjian and Ji Yourong, rushed toward the ruins.

• Yang Zhen learned from Guo Jing that the Mountain and River Court was an ancient sect’s abandoned home in the Zhongxu Mountain Range.
• Guo Jing and the female cultivator explained that black sand was valuable but black sandstorms could kill even powerful cultivators.
• Yang Zhen resolved to search the ruins for Shameless Cat despite the danger.
• Yang Zhen noticed a huge crowd approaching, and Guo Jing and the others saw more than a thousand cultivators heading for the ruins.
• Fang Zhongjian led cultivators from the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land, while Ji Yourong led people from the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain.

Yang Zhen stayed with Feng Lingqiao after the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land ordered everyone to leave the Mountain and River Academy Ruins, where she sought black sand to treat her grandfather’s injuries. As they continued searching, Feng Lingqiao promised to protect Yang Zhen if the major sects attacked.

• Disciples of the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land ordered Yang Zhen, Guo Jing, Feng Lingqiao, and the others to leave the ruins.
• Guo Jing urged Feng Lingqiao to leave with them, but she refused because her grandfather urgently needed black sand.
• Guo Jing and the other four departed to look for black sand elsewhere, leaving Feng Lingqiao behind.
• Yang Zhen chose to stay with Feng Lingqiao and said he had come to find a friend, not to help her.
• Feng Lingqiao offered to hold off the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain so Yang Zhen could escape.

Yang Zhen persuaded Feng Lingqiao to keep living and invited her to help find the Shameless Cat, then followed a faint mark north while searching with his powerful Divine Sense. In the northern part of the Mountain and River Ruins, Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei discussed whether Yang Zhen was nearby, while Senior Brother Qi offered to test him if they met.

• Yang Zhen urged Feng Lingqiao not to throw her life away, reminding her that her grandfather still needed her, and she reconsidered her desire to die.
• Feng Lingqiao explained that black sand could appear anywhere and agreed to accompany Yang Zhen toward the direction taken by the traitors.
• Yang Zhen followed the black mark in search of the Shameless Cat and expanded his search with Divine Sense, startling Feng Lingqiao with its strength.
• In the northern Mountain and River Ruins, Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei wondered whether they had seen Yang Zhen, and Fang vowed to settle his grudge over Li Cangxu's Wuque Sword.
• Senior Brother Qi dismissed the rumors about Yang Zhen, then said he wanted to test him if he appeared; Fang Zhongjian agreed to stay out of the fight.

Yang Zhen followed a strange scent north through the Mountain and River Ruins, while Master Tie and Aunt Ya entered the ruins to confront the two great sects over the Mountains and Rivers Painting. Yang Zhen and Feng Lingqiao found them facing a huge crowd of Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain disciples.

• Yang Zhen sensed a corpse-like scent coming from the north and headed toward it with Feng Lingqiao, suspecting it would lead him to Shameless Cat.
• Master Tie told Luoluo to wait three days before activating the ruins’ restrictions, and Aunt Ya joined him, promising to help break the seal.
• Aunt Ya told Luoluo to seek Yang Zhen’s help if they failed, and Master Tie revealed that the two sects coveted the Mountains and Rivers Painting.
• Master Tie and Aunt Ya set off together for the Mountain and River Ruins, accepting the danger of facing the sects side by side.
• Yang Zhen and Feng Lingqiao followed them and saw Master Tie and Aunt Ya land before a vast crowd that included Fang Zhongjian, Lu Tianwei, and Ji Yourong.

Yang Zhen watched Master Tie confront the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain over the Mountains and Rivers Painting. Master Tie revealed that it lay inside the sealed Mustard Seed World alongside a ten-thousand-year Dao Source Fruit, leaving the gathered sects stunned.

• Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei demanded that Master Tie hand over the Mountains and Rivers Painting so they could enter the Mountain and River Court.
• Yang Zhen and Feng Lingqiao watched from hiding as Yang Zhen set out a table and fruit rather than worry about the confrontation.
• Senior Brother Qi urged the gathered cultivators to attack Master Tie and seize the painting, but Master Tie said it was not in his hands.
• Master Tie pointed to the mountain and explained that the Mountain and River Court was sealed inside a Mustard Seed World.
• Master Tie said breaking the seal would take a full day and revealed that the first layer held a ten-thousand-year Dao Source Fruit.

Master Tie opened the Mountain and River Court’s seal, revealing the small world and the treasures everyone sought. The cultivators rushed in, but Yang Zhen was stunned to see Shameless Cat inside, holding a black fruit.

• Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei agreed to claim the Mountains and Rivers Painting and the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit before deciding how to divide them.
• Yang Zhen told Feng Lingqiao he planned to look for his good brother, and she agreed to wait for him.
• Master Tie used a judge’s brush to split the mountain and open the Mountain and River Court’s sealed small world.
• Fang Zhongjian accused Master Tie of deceiving them and led the cultivators in a charge toward him.
• The cultivators stopped when they saw Shameless Cat sitting in the small world with a black fruit, and Yang Zhen recognized him.

Yang Zhen rescued Shameless Cat after the cat was accused of eating all the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit. Shameless Cat insisted the fruit was treasure he had buried long ago, leaving Yang Zhen questioning its connection to the Mountain and River Court.

• The crowd discovered a fattened Shameless Cat inside the broken seal and accused him of eating all the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit.
• Fang Zhongjian and Lu Tianwei surrounded Shameless Cat and demanded to know about the fruit and the Mountains and Rivers Painting.
• Yang Zhen hid with Feng Lingqiao, then emerged from beneath Shameless Cat and dragged him underground as Fang Zhongjian attacked.
• Fang Zhongjian vowed to kill Yang Zhen, while the crowd hurried back to wait for Master Tie to continue breaking the seal.
• Yang Zhen reunited with Shameless Cat and questioned him about the fruit, but Shameless Cat claimed he had buried it himself long ago.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat realized the black fruits were Black Flame Fruits and suspected Shameless Cat had buried a treasure beneath the Mountain and River Court’s seal. The chapter ended with Yang Zhen offering to help Shameless Cat recover the rest of it from the Mountain and River Court, the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land, and the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain.

• Shameless Cat recognized the black fruit as something he might have buried long ago, and Yang Zhen suspected the Mountain and River Court had taken his treasure and sealed it away.
• Shameless Cat admitted he could not remember what he buried, but said North Isle felt familiar and that he had marked the spot with his urine.
• Yang Zhen realized Shameless Cat’s treasure might predate the Mountain and River Court’s ten-thousand-year seal, but Shameless Cat said he had no sense of time.
• Shameless Cat identified the fruit as a Black Flame Fruit, which had the same effects Yang Zhen associated with a Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit.
• Shameless Cat revealed that he had eaten two of the five fruits, leaving three, and Yang Zhen offered to help him reclaim the rest of his buried treasure.
• Shameless Cat praised Yang Zhen as a loyal friend and jumped to his feet.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat arrived at the Mountain and River Court’s ring small world, claiming they had come to retrieve a buried treasure while the others worked on the restriction. After the crowd dismissed his explanation, Yang Zhen entered the restriction beside Master Tie and caused the seal to turn violently unstable.

• Fang Zhongjian warned Yang Zhen not to cause trouble, but Yang Zhen insisted he had only come because Shameless Cat had urgent business.
• Shameless Cat claimed he had buried a treasure nearby and wanted to retrieve it, prompting Fang Zhongjian, Lu Tianwei, and the others to surround and mock them.
• Yang Zhen tried to reason with the crowd while Shameless Cat climbed onto his shoulder and waited for a chance to fight.
• After the crowd ridiculed him, Yang Zhen said he had only wanted to be a good person and walked toward Master Tie.
• Yang Zhen entered the restriction beside Master Tie, triggering fierce fluctuations that made the entire seal violent.

Yang Zhen used his mastery of the Power of the Void and seals to enter the miniature world with Shameless Cat, leaving Master Tie struggling to break the disrupted seal. They reached the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit tree, and Yang Zhen prepared to take it back to plant in the ice palace.

• Yang Zhen walked through the seal with Shameless Cat, shocking Fang Zhongjian, Master Tie, and everyone watching.
• The seal erupted with void power, and Master Tie realized Yang Zhen had disturbed it; Fang Zhongjian demanded that he break it faster.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat exchanged jokes as they crossed the restriction, while Yang Zhen complained about the pain of cultivating the Power of the Void.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat reached the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit tree, and Yang Zhen said they should take it to the ice palace and share its fruit with the little girl and Little Dao Addict.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat dug up the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit Tree, triggering a violent eruption in the Mountain and River Court’s restriction. Shameless Cat realized the True Essence Heavenly Vein had been suppressing High Antiquity Demonic Runes, and a deadly Black Sandstorm erupted before anyone could escape.

• Yang Zhen taunted Fang Zhongjian, then used iron shovels with Shameless Cat to dig up and seal the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit Tree.
• The restriction began to shake violently, and Master Tie urged Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat to escape as Fang Zhongjian blamed them for disturbing the seal.
• Shameless Cat recognized that the Mountain and River Court’s True Essence Heavenly Vein had suppressed High Antiquity Demonic Runes and warned everyone to flee.
• Yang Zhen ran toward Feng Lingqiao and shouted for her to escape, but a towering Black Sandstorm erupted from the restriction.
• Shameless Cat identified the oncoming storm as High Antiquity Demonic Runes as Yang Zhen realized how dangerous it was.

Yang Zhen protected himself from the black sandstorm with the Heaven and Earth True Runes, but Fang Zhongjian escaped with Feng Lingqiao and demanded the Mountains and Rivers Painting and Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit Tree. Despite the danger, Yang Zhen turned back toward the sealed grounds to investigate the High Antiquity Demonic Runes, where he spotted Master Tie and the enchantress.

• The High Antiquity Demonic Runes unleashed a black sandstorm, and Yang Zhen used the Gen Metal True Rune, Desolate Heaven True Rune, and Golden Lotus Heavenly Fire to shield himself and Shameless Cat.
• Yang Zhen searched for Feng Lingqiao with his Divine Sense, which the demonic runes began to corrode.
• Fang Zhongjian took Feng Lingqiao away on the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land's sacred boat and demanded that Yang Zhen bring the Mountains and Rivers Painting and Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit Tree to the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain Grand Assembly.
• Yang Zhen saw the ruined Mountain and River Court figures wandering through the storm and decided to return to the sealed grounds to see whether the demonic runes could be sealed again.
• Yang Zhen encountered Master Tie and the enchantress staggering through the storm.

Yang Zhen entered the seal to help Master Tie and the demoness break its restrictions. After rescuing the demoness and reopening the Mountain and River Restriction, he turned to face the violent black Qi.

• Master Tie struggled to drive the Judge's Brush while the demoness urged him to stop, and he insisted that the Mountain and River Court had to appear before the world.
• The demoness asked Yang Zhen to save Master Tie, and Yang Zhen said she could do so by entering the seal and standing by the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Source Fruit Tree.
• Yang Zhen sent the demoness into the restriction, where black sand engulfed her, while Master Tie used the Judge's Brush to break the Mountain and River Restriction.
• Yang Zhen and Master Tie opened the seal, and Yang Zhen pulled the weakened demoness out and gave her heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
• After the demoness began recovering, Yang Zhen faced the violent black waves of Qi and declared that it was his turn to play with them.

Yang Zhen fought the High Antiquity Demonic Runes after the Mountain and River Seal broke, and used the Desolate Heaven Technique to empower the Evil Shadow Black Taotie. The Taotie grew large enough to battle the runes, but then went berserk as it devoured them.

• Yang Zhen attacked the beast formed from the High Antiquity Demonic Runes and was blasted into a pit by its roar.
• Shameless Cat told Yang Zhen that a black spot below the beast's ribs could seal it again.
• Yang Zhen summoned the Evil Shadow Black Taotie, which began drawing True Essence from him and tried to devour the runes.
• Shameless Cat realized Yang Zhen could seal the runes inside the Taotie, and Yang Zhen used the Desolate Heaven Technique to feed it natural Qi.
• Yang Zhen collapsed from the strain as the enlarged Taotie grappled with and devoured the beast; black sand fell, and the Taotie suddenly went berserk.

Yang Zhen used the Desolate Heaven Technique and his Heaven and Earth True Runes to seal the High Antiquity Demonic Runes inside the Evil Shadow Black Taotie. After he collapsed from exhaustion, the group’s attempt to catch him ended in a crash and laughter, before a rumble revealed that the Mountains and Rivers Painting had opened.

• The Shameless Cat urged Yang Zhen to seal the origin of the High Antiquity Demonic Runes inside the Evil Shadow Black Taotie, despite Yang Zhen’s severe exhaustion.
• Yang Zhen used the Desolate Heaven Technique and the Gen Metal True Rune and Desolate Heaven True Rune to bind the High Antiquity Demonic Runes.
• The Evil Shadow Black Taotie swallowed the High Antiquity Demonic Runes, and Yang Zhen completed the seal with a strike to its forehead.
• Yang Zhen fell from the air, and the Shameless Cat and demoness failed to catch him before he and the demoness hit the ground.
• A rumble startled Yang Zhen, and Master Tie identified it as the opening of the Mountains and Rivers Painting, not the Mountain and River Seal.

Yang Zhen entered the Mountains and Rivers Painting and refined the supreme treasure after recovering his strength and reaching a new understanding of life. He left holding the painting and vowed to confront Fang Zhongjian.

• Master Tie told Yang Zhen that the Mountains and Rivers Painting remained inside the opened Mountain and River Seal, but he could not refine it himself.
• Yang Zhen summoned his strength, entered the erupting mountains and rivers, and faced their overwhelming power.
• The Evil Shadow Black Taotie roared at heaven and earth, helping Yang Zhen understand that living meant asserting one's existence rather than simply following or opposing heaven's will.
• Yang Zhen and the Evil Shadow Black Taotie ran wild through the painting's world, and Yang Zhen's injuries nearly healed.
• Yang Zhen called the Mountains and Rivers Painting to fold into a scroll, successfully refining it as Master Tie and the female demon watched.
• Yang Zhen looked toward the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain and warned Fang Zhongjian to wait for him.

After Fang Zhongjian abducted Feng Lingqiao, Yang Zhen set out to save her but first helped Master Tie conceal a seal that might shelter surviving members of the Mountain and River Court. The formation hid the seal, leaving the Court’s fate uncertain as Yang Zhen prepared to continue on.

• Yang Zhen vowed to rescue Feng Lingqiao after Fang Zhongjian abducted her.
• Master Tie told Yang Zhen that the Mountain and River Court might still have people sleeping behind a third seal that could not safely be opened.
• Master Tie asked Yang Zhen to create an illusion formation to hide the seal, and Yang Zhen agreed.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat produced Saint-grade formation disks, and Yang Zhen used them to activate the concealment formation.
• The seal vanished from sight, astonishing Master Tie and the female demon.