Recaps

Yang Zhen and the others tried to open a coffin in the Heavenly Secret Lock, but a flood of bugs brought the Mara Sect’s Twin Shadows of Yin and Yang to them. As Death Shadow prepared to face the pair, Yang Zhen stepped forward and challenged them for ignoring him.

• Yang Zhen, Gong Sanhe, Ding Chun, and Wen Yuning agreed to open the coffin despite the danger of bugs inside it.
• A vast swarm of bugs poured from a stone doorway, and Death Shadow recognized that they had found him.
• The bugs gathered into Yin Shadow, who revealed that he was one of the Mara Sect’s Twin Shadows of Yin and Yang and was joined by Yang Shadow.
• Death Shadow confronted the pair, who claimed the coffin concealed the Heavenly Secret Lock, one of the Nine Heavenly Secret Sites.
• Yin Shadow and Yang Shadow threatened Yang Zhen, but Death Shadow vowed to protect him and threatened to detonate his Technique Talisman.
• Yang Zhen stepped forward and rebuked the Twin Shadows for treating him as if he were not there.

Yang Zhen removed the Technique Talisman from Death Shadow, allowing him to turn the tables on Yin Shadow as the battle erupted in the Heavenly Secret Lock. Yang Zhen revealed Netherworld Karmic Fire to Yin Shadow, whose face changed in alarm.

• Yang Zhen stopped Death Shadow from sacrificing himself and secretly removed the Technique Talisman from his body.
• Death Shadow struck Yin Shadow with a slap, while Yin Shadow and Yang Shadow realized Yang Zhen had removed the talisman.
• Gong Sanhe and the other two fought the death warriors who rushed into the hall, and Yang Zhen faced Yin Shadow as Death Shadow engaged Yang Shadow.
• Yang Zhen and Yin Shadow exchanged threats and flames, and Yin Shadow recognized Yang Zhen's white fire as Netherworld Karmic Fire.

Yang Zhen used Netherworld Karmic Fire to fight Yin Shadow while Death Shadow and Gong Sanhe battled Yang Shadow. After Yang Shadow’s death triggered the awakening of the being inside the coffin, Yang Zhen fled as the Heavenly Secret Lock hall exploded, carrying off a mysterious bead.

• Yang Zhen wrapped himself in Netherworld Karmic Fire, grew fiery wings, and charged into Yin Shadow’s swarm of black insects.
• Death Shadow struck Yang Shadow, who crashed into the coffin and died, while Yin Shadow tried to absorb her True Essence to reach the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Yang Shadow’s True Essence flowed back through her body and into the coffin, and Gong Sanhe realized that the thing inside it was alive.
• Gong Sanhe, Yang Zhen, and Death Shadow ran for the exit as a transparent bead hit Yang Zhen, who picked it up and tucked it into his robes.
• The being inside the coffin erupted with overwhelming power, destroyed the hall, and chased Yang Zhen as he fled.

Yang Zhen and his companions fought an insect puppet made from a dead Great Saint, which chased Yang Zhen because he had taken its glass egg. The puppet pursued the glass bead containing Qi of One Purity, suffered heavenly punishment after absorbing it, and then came charging back at Yang Zhen nearly at the Ninth Heaven of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

• A swarm of white bugs controlled a corpse and chased Yang Zhen while Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow attacked it.
• Gong Sanhe identified the creature as a dead Great Saint controlled by Southern Frontier Insect Witchcraft, and the bugs spoke with the Great Saint’s lingering will.
• Yang Zhen realized the puppet wanted the transparent glass egg and threw it away, causing the puppet to chase it.
• Gong Sanhe sensed Qi of One Purity in the glass bead, and Death Shadow ran after the puppet as it pursued the bead.
• The puppet absorbed the Qi of One Purity, endured heavenly punishment, and returned nearly at the Ninth Heaven of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• The glass bead struck Yang Zhen on the head, and he grabbed it and fled as the stronger puppet charged after him.

Yang Zhen fled the insect puppet through the High Antiquity Ruins and found Hua Youyue and the others facing the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land. Seeing Hua Youyue injured, he attacked Li Cangxu and then charged Duan Sihai, leaving everyone stunned by his challenge to a Spirit Transformation Realm expert.

• Yang Zhen outran the pursuing insect puppet, while Gong Sanhe, Death Shadow, Ding Chun, and Wen Yuning followed behind.
• Ding Chun and Wen Yuning discussed Yang Decao's talent and the possibility that Senior Brother Gu would challenge him after reaching the Mahayana Realm Ninth Heaven.
• Yang Zhen spotted the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain facing off, then rushed toward them, hoping to find his companions.
• Yang Zhen found Hua Youyue injured beside the people of the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain and suspected Li Cangxu had wounded her.
• Yang Zhen erupted with power, threatened Li Cangxu, and charged him, prompting Duan Sihai to intercept.
• Yang Zhen ignored warnings from Gong Sanhe and attacked Duan Sihai with One Sword as Though Deficient.

Yang Zhen furiously attacked Duan Sihai with the Great Deficiency Sword, forcing the Spirit Transformation Realm expert back despite Yang Zhen remaining at Peak Mahayana Realm. As Li Cangxu fought the insect puppet and more companions arrived, Hua Youyue joined the battle against Duan Sihai.

• Yang Zhen drove Duan Sihai back with successive sword strikes, astonishing the onlookers with his strength.
• The crowd discussed Yang Zhen’s history with Li Cangxu, including how Li Cangxu had entered the Dao through him.
• The insect puppet charged into the fight, and Li Cangxu leaped forward to challenge it.
• Shameless Cat realized the insect puppet was not human, though he could not identify what it was.
• Ding Chun and Wen Yuning arrived and were stunned by Yang Zhen’s battle with Duan Sihai.
• Hua Youyue raised her Moon Shadow sword and leaped toward Duan Sihai.

Yang Zhen reunited with Hua Youyue and revealed himself to Death Shadow and Gong Sanhe as the famed cultivator who could unravel the Heavenly Secrets Bridge. As he prepared to leave and search for Han Yan'er and Flirtatious Chicken, Duan Sihai became trapped in a desperate fight with an insect puppet, and a tremendous boom shook the High Antiquity ruins.

• Hua Youyue charged Duan Sihai, while onlookers discussed her fight with Li Cangxu and her connection to Yang Zhen.
• Death Shadow and Gong Sanhe learned that Yang Zhen could unravel the Heavenly Secrets Bridge, then realized the Yang Decao who had been with them was Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen blasted Duan Sihai away, joined Hua Youyue, and warned Duan Sihai that Li Cangxu was in danger.
• The insect puppet engulfed Li Cangxu in a swarm, and Duan Sihai launched a fiery attack to save his disciple.
• Yang Zhen left with Hua Youyue and the others, asking where Han Yan'er and Flirtatious Chicken were and urging them to continue toward the Heavenly Secrets Bridge.
• A tremendous boom shook the High Antiquity ruins as the insect puppet kept Duan Sihai occupied.

Yang Zhen and his companions hurried toward the newly opened central restriction while Duan Sihai fought the insect puppet. After the battle’s shock wave struck the ruins, Death Shadow and Gong Sanhe confronted Yang Zhen about his identity, and the group continued toward the center.

• The insect puppet’s Great Saint will drove it to keep attacking Duan Sihai, and the two Spirit Transformation Realm fighters unleashed a fierce battle.
• Yang Zhen grabbed Hua Youyue and ran more than a thousand zhang ahead of the others to escape the fighters’ collision.
• Duan Sihai and the insect puppet collided, and their shock wave injured cultivators who had not fled the battlefield in time.
• Death Shadow recognized Yang Zhen, and Gong Sanhe joined him in teasing Yang Zhen for hiding his real name.
• Yang Zhen explained what had happened at the Heavenly Secret Lock, then led the group onward toward the center of the ancient ruin.

Yang Zhen examined the Heavenly Secrets Bridge, the only route across an abyss guarded by a devastating restriction, and declared he would try to break it. He valued the bridge’s alchemy techniques above the ruins’ other treasures and left Shameless Cat stunned by suggesting he might comprehend the Great Dao himself.

• Yang Zhen and the others reached the Heavenly Secrets Bridge, where pill fragrance and flowing Pill Markings sent weaker cultivators into a deep sleep.
• The Heavenly Snow Holy Lord explained that a Pill Saint had crafted the bridge and that it was the only way into the High Antiquity ruins.
• Elder Huo dropped a feather into the abyss, where a violent blast destroyed it and showed Yang Zhen how dangerous the restriction was.
• Yang Zhen walked toward the bridge and told the crowd he could break its restriction, while Shameless Cat questioned his confidence.
• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat that the bridge’s alchemy techniques were more valuable to him than the Qi of One Purity and asked whether the Great Dao had only one path.
• Shameless Cat realized Yang Zhen might try to comprehend the Great Dao himself.

Yang Zhen stepped onto the Heavenly Secrets Bridge and endured its overwhelming flood of information to learn the techniques encoded within it. After the crowd pressured him to explain himself, he promised to finish in a cup of tea and activated the bridge, which burst into light and rang with the Heavenly Dao’s chanting.

• Yang Zhen stepped onto the Heavenly Secrets Bridge and discovered that it was a colossal treasure pouring vast amounts of information into his mind.
• Yang Zhen endured the bridge’s terrifying presence while Hua Youyue worried and Shameless Cat guessed that he meant to learn everything on it.
• The gathered cultivators argued that deciphering the bridge could take decades, while Yang Zhen ignored their demands for an explanation.
• The Heavenly Snow Holy Lord asked Yang Zhen how confident he was, and Yang Zhen said he needed only a cup of tea.
• Yang Zhen pressed both hands against the bridge, causing it to radiate light and resound with the Heavenly Dao’s chanting.

Yang Zhen absorbed the Heavenly Secrets Bridge’s terrifying runes and used the Marking Fusion Technique to refine them, astonishing the gathered cultivators. The chapter left the crowd believing he might survive and master the bridge’s alchemical methods, while Duan Sihai ordered the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land to befriend him.

• The crowd panicked as Yang Zhen activated the entire Heavenly Secrets Bridge, and Duan Sihai arrived with Li Cangxu and the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land group.
• Duan Sihai tried to pull Yang Zhen out with a giant hand of True Essence, but Yang Zhen’s roar and a storm of runes shattered it.
• Yang Zhen drew the bridge’s rune fluctuations into his body, leading the crowd to believe he had doomed himself.
• Hua Youyue worried about how Yang Zhen would face the Heavenly Secrets Technique, while the Shameless Cat announced that it was time for him to show off.
• An Alchemy Grandmaster identified Yang Zhen’s method as the Marking Fusion Technique and said he might survive and learn all the bridge’s alchemical methods.
• Duan Sihai told the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord that the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land should do everything it could to befriend Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen endured the Heavenly Secrets Bridge’s alchemy inheritance and accepted a strand of Heavenly Secrets, risking the destruction of his soul. As a terrifying pressure gathered over him, Hua Youyue tried to reach him and faced off against Duan Sihai.

• Yang Zhen used the Marking Fusion Technique and the Fifth Dragon Elephant to withstand the torrent of alchemy inheritance surging into his Divine Sense space.
• A strand of Heavenly Secrets entered Yang Zhen, and he dropped his mental defenses to accept it despite the danger.
• Duan Sihai warned Li Cangxu that his mind was at risk, but Li Cangxu began cultivating the Heart-Concealing Instruction and said Yang Zhen faced even greater danger.
• Yang Zhen opened his eyes in pain as a terrifying surge of Qi gathered above him and the pressure of heaven and earth bore down on him.
• Hua Youyue charged toward the Heavenly Secrets Bridge, but Duan Sihai blocked her; Yang Zhen warned her not to come closer, and she again demanded that Duan Sihai move aside as snowflakes fell around them.

Hua Youyue recognized Great Saint Lingdan’s Nine Transformations of Heavenly Secrets and stood guard as Yang Zhen faced the Heavenly Secrets Bridge. Yang Zhen mastered the bridge’s transformations and crossed with Hua Youyue, leaving the gathered cultivators envious as the pair returned together.

• Hua Youyue warned that Yang Zhen was in danger and identified the bridge’s trial as Great Saint Lingdan’s Nine Transformations of Heavenly Secrets.
• Yang Zhen revealed that he had mastered the Heavenly Secrets Technique and activated the bridge, beginning its first transformation.
• As the bridge’s transformations unfolded, Yang Zhen used the Heavenly Secrets Technique to bring Hua Youyue beside him and carried her across.
• Yang Zhen explained that the Nine Transformations would suit Hua Youyue and help conceal the changes in heavenly destiny caused by defying heaven and changing fate.
• Yang Zhen and Hua Youyue returned together, and Yang Zhen apologized to the waiting crowd for taking two cups of tea while they crossed.

Yang Zhen broke the restriction on the Heavenly Secrets Bridge, allowing the gathered cultivators to cross into the High Antiquity ruins. Hua Youyue and Shameless Cat warned that the ruins held a massive seal and Heaven and Earth Shackles, leaving Yang Zhen concerned that the two sacred lands intended to tamper with them.

• The Heavenly Snow Holy Lord and the others praised Yang Zhen after he broke the restriction on the Heavenly Secrets Bridge.
• Yang Zhen noticed Li Cangxu had advanced to Mahayana Realm Ninth Heaven and said the presence beyond the bridge felt strange.
• Duan Sihai and Li Cangxu crossed the bridge, followed by the two sacred lands and the rest of the crowd.
• Hua Youyue sensed that the other side felt like another world and suspected a massive seal lay within the ruins.
• Shameless Cat remembered that the ruins contained a Great Restriction of Heaven and Earth, called the Heaven and Earth Shackles, and warned that touching them meant death.
• Yang Zhen recalled destroying Heaven and Earth Shackles in the East Sea and wondered why the two sacred lands wanted to tamper with North Isle's shackles.

Yang Zhen entered a strange world beneath a blood moon and learned from Shameless Cat that it was an ancient battlefield where Great Emperors had left the Principles incomplete. As mist cleared to reveal a primordial mountain range, Yang Zhen wondered if this was a world that had once been destroyed.

• Yang Zhen gave Hua Youyue two paper balls and joked that he could outrun fate.
• After stepping off the stone bridge, Yang Zhen saw a blood moon hanging in the daytime sky.
• Shameless Cat remembered that the area was an ancient battlefield where several Great Emperors had fought and shattered heaven and earth.
• Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that the world’s reconstruction shielded his era from the dangers of High Antiquity, when slaughter could engulf the cultivation world.
• The mist dispersed and revealed a vast mountain range filled with dense Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, prompting Yang Zhen to wonder if the place had once been destroyed.

Yang Zhen explored the primordial mountains in the High Antiquity ruins with Hua Youyue and Shameless Cat while Death Shadow and Gong Sanhe followed, hoping to find the Heaven and Earth Shackles. Gong Sanhe revealed a legend that opening all five shackles would bring the cultivation world true heaven and earth, leaving Yang Zhen wondering whether the world and its vanished races were not what they seemed.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat rushed into the primordial mountains with the crowd, then Yang Zhen and Hua Youyue slipped away to explore on their own.
• Death Shadow and Gong Sanhe followed Yang Zhen, betting that his fortune would lead them to a great restriction of heaven and earth.
• Yang Zhen told the two elders he was not searching for the Heaven and Earth Shackles, but his remark made them realize he knew they were there.
• Gong Sanhe explained that legend spoke of five Heaven and Earth Shackles and that opening them all would bring the cultivation world true heaven and earth.
• Yang Zhen wondered whether the world was fake and where the other races of the High Antiquity era had gone.

Yang Zhen and his companions discovered that a strange mountain formation might mark the location of the Heaven and Earth Shackles, then entered an area without True Essence. A fast-moving black shadow appeared, and Yang Zhen caught it with a rope.

• Hua Youyue shared the Three Flowers Holy Maiden's memories, and Yang Zhen promised to protect her before he and Shameless Cat decided to stir up trouble.
• Yang Zhen pointed out a mountain beneath the blood moon, and Gong Sanhe recognized it as the Heavenly Gateway Land of the mountain range.
• Death Shadow understood that the Nine Dragons Gateway Flower formation might conceal the Heaven and Earth Shackles, then joked about having a talent for geomancy.
• Yang Zhen, Death Shadow, Gong Sanhe, Hua Youyue, and Shameless Cat entered the strange area, where there was no True Essence of heaven and earth.
• A black shadow sped toward the group, and Yang Zhen caught it with a rope before swinging it through the air.

Yang Zhen reunited with Han Yan'er in the Land of Nine Dragons Quehua and learned she possessed the Heavenly Number: Star Technique Chapter. After Han Yan'er befriended a clever snow fox, Shameless Cat recognized something alarming and spoke to it in beast language, making Yang Zhen suspect it belonged to the Demon Race.

• Yang Zhen caught a white creature with a rope, and Han Yan'er arrived after being trapped in the land's illusion formation.
• Han Yan'er explained that she had appeared there without crossing the Heavenly Secrets Bridge and had been unable to escape.
• Gong Sanhe asked Han Yan'er about the Star Technique, and she confirmed that she possessed the Heavenly Number: Star Technique Chapter.
• Han Yan'er recognized the creature as a snow fox that had stolen her fruit, then fed it and saw it grow affectionate toward her.
• Shameless Cat exchanged words with the intelligent snow fox in beast language, and Yang Zhen suspected it was connected to the Demon Race.

Yang Zhen learned that the snow fox was a member of the Demon Race, whose ancient war with humanity had begun with human enslavement of the Demon Race. As Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow debated the danger of the fox’s kind, a booming sound from deep in the mountains made the fox flee into the forest.

• Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow attacked the snow fox, but Yang Zhen blocked them and demanded to know why they were attacking Han Yan'er’s companion.
• Gong Sanhe accused the snow fox of being a Demon Race remnant, and Hua Youyue explained that humanity and the Demon Race had fought a devastating war in the High Antiquity period.
• Gong Sanhe warned that the old grudge remained, while Death Shadow suggested the war had begun because humans enslaved the Demon Race.
• Death Shadow wondered whether the Demon Race was connected to the great change in heaven and earth, but an earth-shaking boom sounded from the mountains before Yang Zhen could respond.
• The snow fox shrieked, sprang away from Han Yan'er, and vanished into the forest.

Yang Zhen and the others followed a fleeing snow fox into the mountains, where they discussed a legendary swordsman who had defied heaven before the Ancient Spirit Clan appeared. The chapter left them facing the clan’s arrival and learning that its power had surged in recent months.

• Han Yan'er chased after the snow fox, and Yang Zhen carried her on his Somersault Cloud as the group followed its trail into the mountains.
• Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow described a legendary man who had stood against heaven and furiously slashed down 360 heavenly tribulations.
• Yang Zhen tested whether he could say the number aloud, repeatedly provoking thunder from the clouds.
• Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow said the swordsman vanished after a 361st tribulation and warned that speaking his name could bring heavenly punishment.
• A vessel bearing the words “Ancient Spirit” emerged from the mist, and Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow discussed the Ancient Spirit Clan’s recent rise in power.

Yang Zhen chased the little fox with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, while Shameless Cat explained the Demon Race’s innate gifts and Yang Zhen joked about the bonds between people. Their pursuit was interrupted when the Ancient Spirit Clan’s enormous flying boat began plunging nose-first toward the mountains, leaving Wang Zhenyu bewildered.

• Yang Zhen caught up with the little fox on his Somersault Cloud, and she sped away using True Essence.
• Shameless Cat explained that the Demon Race could command heaven and earth and make powerful mounts.
• Yang Zhen described love, family, friendship, and shared interests as the strongest bonds, leaving Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er impressed.
• Shameless Cat spotted the little fox disappearing behind a rock and urged Yang Zhen to hurry after her.
• Yang Zhen and his companions saw the Ancient Spirit Clan’s flying boat plunge toward the mountains, while Wang Zhenyu wondered who had brought it down.

Yang Zhen rushed to stop the Ancient Spirit Clan's runaway flying ship from destroying the altar at the heart of the Land of Nine Dragons Quehua. He split the ship in two with physical strength alone, leaving everyone stunned.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat realized the Ancient Spirit Clan's flying ship had run out of crystals and was plunging toward a glowing altar.
• Yang Zhen recognized the danger and charged toward the ship, while Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat followed.
• Gong Sanhe warned Yang Zhen not to use True Essence, and Death Shadow told Qianhe that the altar stood within the Land of Nine Dragons Quehua, a Great Restriction of Heaven and Earth.
• Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits confirmed the danger, and Elder Qian ordered the Ancient Spirit Clan to destroy the ship before it hit the altar.
• The flying ship shattered as Yang Zhen struck it with the Great Deficiency Sword, splitting it in two without using True Essence.

Yang Zhen destroyed the Ancient Spirit Clan’s enormous flying boat after it nearly caused a disaster at the Land of Nine Dragons Quehua. He then warned Elder Qian that a powerful Demon Race being, possibly even a Great Emperor, might be sealed beneath the altar.

• Yang Zhen smashed the flying boat apart with the Great Deficiency Sword, stunning the gathered cultivators.
• Yang Zhen approached Elder Qian and demanded wages for preventing the clan’s accident from causing trouble.
• Yang Zhen claimed that a terrifying being was sealed beneath the altar and let the crowd believe he had killed a Great Saint’s incarnation.
• Yang Zhen told Elder Qian that the Ancient Spirit Clan had nearly become sinners against humanity by risking the release of a Great Saint or Great Emperor of the Demon Race.

Yang Zhen accepted Thousand Flower Brew as compensation after helping the Ancient Spirit Clan, then faced the arrival of two sacred lands and other cultivators at the altar believed to conceal a Demon Race expert. As the gathered groups considered spreading word and investigating the altar, an Ancient Life Sect elder challenged Yang Zhen's standing with Gong Sanhe.

• Yang Zhen asked Elder Qian for his wages and received a jar of Thousand Flower Brew from Qianhe.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat discussed finding Flirtatious Chicken before cultivators from the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain arrived.
• Qianhe warned the holy lords that the altar was the key to the Land of Nine Dragons Quehua and might suppress a mighty Demon Race expert, while Death Shadow said they had encountered a member of the Demon Race.
• The Heavenly Snow Holy Lord called for the Demon Race's reappearance to be reported, and the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord sent disciples away to spread the news.
• Gong Sanhe asked Yang Zhen what to do, but a white-bearded Ancient Life Sect elder questioned why an unknown young man should represent the sect.

Duan Xingzhi rejected Yang Zhen’s advice and challenged the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord and the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord, turning the disagreement into a confrontation with Gong Sanhe’s faction. After Death Shadow provoked him, Duan Xingzhi attacked Yang Zhen but was blasted away by Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, and Gong Sanhe warned him that he should be glad Yang Zhen had not struck.

• Duan Xingzhi declared that the Ancient Life Sect would not follow Yang Zhen and questioned whether the two holy lords would trust Yang Zhen with their sacred lands’ fate.
• The Heavenly Snow Holy Lord supported Yang Zhen’s decision, while the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord told Duan Xingzhi that the Ancient Life Sect could leave if it would not listen to him.
• Death Shadow mocked Duan Xingzhi, who flew into a rage and charged at him before abruptly turning toward Yang Zhen.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er struck Duan Xingzhi with blue and dark dragon-like waves of Qi, blasting him away.
• Duan Xingzhi ordered the Ancient Life Sect’s disciples to kill Yang Zhen, but Gong Sanhe stopped him and said he should be glad Yang Zhen had not struck.