Recaps

Yang Zhen vanished when the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison was sealed, leaving Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er behind as the world changed around them. A year later, people debated the rise of new powers and Yang Zhen's fate, while a strange cat in a teahouse complained that the food was inferior to his cooking.

• Yang Zhen said he would create a Great Dao of his own, but Duan Sihai and Senior Bai doubted anyone could stand above heaven and earth to do so.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er offered to stay and protect Yang Zhen, but he told them to leave and warned that the broken Heaven and Earth Shackles would bring changes.
• The will of heaven and earth enveloped Yang Zhen, and the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison was sealed off as a deadly forbidden zone.
• Over the following year, primordial Qi multiplied and powerful cultivators and ancient sects emerged across the world.
• People in a Cold City tavern discussed Lu Guihai, Li Cangxu, and Yang Zhen, while a strange cat privately criticized the tavern food.

A year after Yang Zhen vanished, Holy Son Yan mocked the idea that he might still be alive while boasting about winning over Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er. Shameless Cat silenced him with a chicken leg and warned him that Yang Zhen could return.

• Cultivators flocked to Cold City, where locals kept indoors to avoid provoking powerful newcomers.
• Holy Son Yan entered a teahouse and asked the patrons to continue discussing Yang Zhen.
• Holy Son Yan dismissed Yang Zhen's ambition to create his own Dao and joked about winning the favor of Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er.
• Shameless Cat launched a chicken leg into Holy Son Yan's mouth, stunning everyone in the teahouse.
• Holy Son Yan confronted Shameless Cat, who warned him that Yang Zhen might return and put him in his place.

Holy Son Yan tried to kill Shameless Cat, but Li Cangxu and fighters from the Beiqi Demon Race intervened, turning the teahouse into a battlefield. As Holy Son Yan fought Li Cangxu, Shameless Cat lamented that Yang Zhen would miss the growing excitement in North Isle.

• Holy Son Yan grew furious at Shameless Cat and ordered his women to kill him, but an old man warned him that Shameless Cat was no ordinary demon.
• After learning Shameless Cat’s identity, Holy Son Yan attacked him, hoping to damage Yang Zhen’s reputation.
• Li Cangxu arrived and challenged Holy Son Yan, recalling that they had not crossed swords at the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land.
• Holy Son Yan sent his women after Shameless Cat while attacking Li Cangxu, but fighters from the Beiqi Demon Race burst in and engaged them.
• Shameless Cat ignored the battle and muttered that Yang Zhen would miss all the excitement if he did not come out soon.

Li Cangxu killed Holy Son Yan in Cold City, while Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er decided to investigate the Gujin Clan’s claim about the Three Flowers Holy Maiden at Beiqi Mountain. They arrived as many powers gathered there, leaving the looming plot against Hua Youyue unresolved.

• Li Cangxu defeated Holy Son Yan with a single sword strike and killed him after learning he had murdered female disciples of the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land.
• Shameless Cat chose to remain in Cold City despite reports that a Gujin Clan expert was emerging from seclusion.
• Hua Youyue told Han Yan'er she would go to Beiqi Mountain to investigate the ancient mystery and whether the Three Flowers Holy Maiden’s soul had been found.
• Han Yan'er agreed to accompany Hua Youyue, and the two discussed the missing Golden Crow and Yang Zhen’s uncertain return from the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er reached Beiqi Mountain as cultivators discussed the Gujin Clan’s claims and the powers gathering against them.

Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat learned that the Ancient Origin Sacred Land and Gujin Clan were pressuring the Beiqi Clan to open the Three Flowers Sacred Hall. As Guo Hu warned that a terrifying evil presence lay within, three more ancient clans arrived to join the confrontation.

• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er found Shameless Cat, who told them the Ancient Origin Sacred Land and Gujin Clan were pressing the Beiqi Clan over the Three Flowers Sacred Hall.
• Hua Youyue insisted they go to the Beiqi Clan's territory, saying she felt the other groups would not succeed.
• Mo Jinyuan and Jian Long urged Guo Hu to let Hua Youyue approach the sacred hall and prove whether she was the Three Flowers Holy Maiden reincarnated.
• Guo Hu refused to decide hastily, explaining that an evil presence inside the sacred hall was more terrifying than the Heavenly Cycle Realm.
• The Yin Kui Clan, Fire Spirit Clan, and Mountain Firmament Clan arrived, leaving Guo Hu pale.

The five clans demanded that Guo Hu hand over Hua Youyue, threatening the Beiqi Clan with destruction. Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er arrived to prevent a battle, and Hua led the clans to the Three Flowers Sacred Hall, where she challenged them to enter.

• Jian Long and the other clan leaders pressured Guo Hu to surrender Hua Youyue, but Guo Hu ordered the Beiqi Clan to defend Beiqi Mountain to the death.
• The five clans prepared to attack, but Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er appeared with Shameless Cat and stopped them.
• Hua Youyue agreed to go to the Three Flowers Sacred Hall if the five clans spared the Beiqi Clan, and Jian Long and Huo Rong accepted.
• Hua Youyue led the clans to the Three Flowers Sacred Hall, whose doors opened as she approached.
• Hua Youyue stopped at the entrance and asked why the others were not going in, suggesting they might be afraid.

Hua Youyue entered the Three Flowers Sacred Hall after its doors opened and its sinister presence frightened the gathered cultivators. As the five clans and Beiqi Clan followed her inside, Yang Zhen arrived and headed toward the hall, furious that the five clans had threatened his woman.

• The Three Flowers Sacred Hall opened when Hua Youyue appeared, releasing a terrifying sinister presence that alarmed the five clans and the gathered cultivators.
• Jian Long questioned whether Hua Youyue was the reincarnation of the Three Flowers Holy Maiden, and Hua Youyue answered, "Guess?"
• Hua Youyue, her companion, Shameless Cat, and the Beiqi Clan entered the hall, followed by Huo Rong, Jian Long, and others from the five clans.
• The cultivators outside decided not to enter, fearing the danger within the sacred hall.
• Yang Zhen arrived disguised as a dusty countryman, learned Hua Youyue had entered the hall, and vowed to punish the five clans for threatening her.

Yang Zhen appeared at the Three Flowers Sacred Hall, where onlookers wondered why they could not sense his cultivation. Inside, Hua Youyue and the others found a vast, chain-filled space holding an unknown sealed being, and the five clans pressured Hua Youyue to investigate it.

• Yang Zhen entered the Three Flowers Sacred Hall after declaring he would beat the five clans, while the cultivators outside questioned his cultivation and chances of survival.
• Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat found themselves in a vast space filled with black vapor, Evil Qi, and rattling iron chains instead of the Three Flowers Sacred Hall they expected.
• Guo Hu and the others recognized that an extraordinary being had likely been sealed there, while Hua Youyue admitted she could not remember the place and feared they could not control what lay within.
• Huo Rong and members of the Yin Kui Clan challenged Hua Youyue to investigate, invoking her previous life’s Great Saint Realm cultivation and her role in suppressing the being.

Yang Zhen arrived as the five clans pressured Hua Youyue to investigate the sealed evil, and he openly challenged Lu Guihai. The chapter ended with Lu Guihai drawing his sword and threatening to kill Yang Zhen.

• The five clans pressured Hua Youyue to investigate the sealed evil, while Lu Guihai offered to accompany her and Han Yan'er denounced their demands.
• Hua Youyue refused to go, saying someone would be unhappy if she investigated, and she smiled toward the crowd behind her.
• Yang Zhen appeared, insulted Lu Guihai, took Hua Youyue's hand, and kissed her as mist concealed them from the crowd.
• Yang Zhen greeted Han Yan'er and taunted Lu Guihai by asking him to guess who he was.
• Lu Guihai erupted with anger, drew his sword, and threatened to kill Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen and Han Yan'er openly provoked Lu Guihai, while Shameless Cat offered Yang Zhen the ancient Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement. Yang Zhen recognized the method’s danger but claimed he had a way to overcome its drawback, leaving the onlookers skeptical.

• Lu Guihai grew furious as people recognized Yang Zhen, and Han Yan'er stepped forward to tell Lu Guihai she had been fed up with him for a long time.
• Shameless Cat boasted about his ancient inheritances, prompting Yang Zhen to demand that he share a cultivation method.
• Shameless Cat taught Yang Zhen Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement and warned that using it left the physical body sluggish and vulnerable.
• Guo Hu identified the method and cautioned Yang Zhen against rushing into it, while Lu Guihai and the crowd watched with amusement.
• Yang Zhen announced that he had a way to handle the method’s drawback.

Yang Zhen claimed he had mastered Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement and used the technique to guide Han Yan'er into sudden enlightenment. Lu Guihai accused him of ruining her cultivation, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Lu Guihai offered to erase his grievances with Yang Zhen and protect Hua Youyue if Yang Zhen mastered Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement.
• Yang Zhen closed his eyes as though cultivating, while Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er guarded him and Lu Guihai grew impatient.
• Yang Zhen opened his eyes and announced that he had already mastered Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement.
• Yang Zhen passed a modified version of the technique to Han Yan'er, who entered a state of sudden enlightenment.
• Lu Guihai laughed at Yang Zhen and accused him of ruining Han Yan'er by teaching her the technique.

Yang Zhen’s technique enabled Han Yan’er to unleash overwhelming divine-soul attacks without slowing down, and she defeated Lu Guihai. After Yang Zhen killed an Ancient Origin Sacred Land elder, he threatened to kill everyone from the five clans before they could leave.

• Yang Zhen revealed that Han Yan’er had mastered the Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement, and her divine-soul Sword-Rays unleashed countless Sun Shadow Radiant Suns.
• Han Yan’er thanked Yang Zhen, embraced and kissed him, then confronted Lu Guihai, who insisted Yang Zhen had ruined her cultivation.
• Han Yan’er fought Lu Guihai, demonstrating that her speed was unaffected and overwhelming him with her Sword-Rays.
• An Ancient Origin Sacred Land elder charged at Han Yan’er, but Yang Zhen appeared and killed him with a single punch.
• Han Yan’er killed Lu Guihai, and Yang Zhen declared that the five clans would not leave alive.

Yang Zhen attacked the five clans after they schemed against Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, revealing a power that let him kill Huo Rong and overwhelm the clans. As the clans charged him, he unleashed a vast Dao Intent that disrupted their True Essence and declared that his Dao followed his will, regardless of the heavens.

• Yang Zhen attacked Huo Rong with the Evil Shadow Black Taotie and dark lightning as the five clans watched.
• Yang Zhen used Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement with Shadow Clone to overwhelm Huo Rong’s divine soul, then killed him with a punch.
• Shameless Cat and Hua Youyue realized Yang Zhen had terrifying killing intent without Sha Qi, and suspected he had created a Dao of his own.
• Elders ordered the five clans to attack Yang Zhen, and their disciples charged him together.
• Yang Zhen unleashed the Heaven and Earth Inscriptions and a vast Dao Intent that stopped the clans from circulating their True Essence, declared that his Dao followed his will, and appeared among them.

Yang Zhen fought the five clans with terrifying Dao Intent as Jian Long tried to bargain for Hua Youyue in exchange for power and opportunity. Yang Zhen rejected the offer and faced the two summoned beasts, declaring that the Ancient Clans were beneath him.

• Yang Zhen vanished amid a sky-filling surge of Dao Intent that left the five clans unable to control their Qi and bodies.
• Yang Zhen reappeared before the Fire Spirit Clan and killed or wounded more than half of its members with the Great Deficiency Sword.
• Elder Fang summoned the Five-Star Earth-Splitting Bull, and Jian Long summoned the Nine-Patterned Falcon to attack Yang Zhen.
• Jian Long offered to spare Yang Zhen and make him his disciple if Hua Youyue unlocked the Three Flowers Sacred Hall's secrets.
• Yang Zhen furiously refused to trade away the woman he loved and advanced toward Jian Long, calling the Ancient Clans not even worth a fart.

Yang Zhen unleashed a devastating sword strike that wiped out most of the five clans’ fighters and killed Jian Long, then revealed that he had formed his own Dao. After Shameless Cat warned him about the sins of killing, Yang Zhen said everyone had been wrong.

• Yang Zhen rejected Jian Long’s threats and displayed terrifying power through the Great Deficiency Sword, while Jian Long was struck by heavenly lightning after cursing the heavens.
• Yang Zhen’s sword strike killed more than half of the five clans’ fighters, and he killed the wounded Jian Long before the remaining survivors fled.
• Yang Zhen returned to Hua Youyue and Han Yan’er, explained that his power came from Dao Entry, and teased Han Yan’er about becoming his woman.
• Shameless Cat asked Yang Zhen about his past year and warned him to avoid the sins of killing.
• Yang Zhen grinned and told Shameless Cat that everyone had been wrong.

Yang Zhen discussed the danger of killing sin and the mysteries surrounding the Principle of Heaven and Earth, then revealed that he had created his own Dao after sensing the Three Thousand Great Daos. Shameless Cat recognized Yang Zhen’s idea as something once said by the swordsman who cut down three hundred and sixty heavenly tribulations.

• Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that those who accumulated too much killing sin met bad ends, and suggested ancient Great Saints and Great Emperors had died within the Principle of Heaven and Earth.
• Hua Youyue said fragmented memories suggested the Three Flowers Holy Maiden’s death was connected to the Principle of Heaven and Earth.
• Shameless Cat asked whether Yang Zhen had created his own Dao, and Yang Zhen explained that he had sensed the Three Thousand Great Daos in the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison but could grasp none of them.
• Yang Zhen said he had created a Dao of his own and that the world’s so-called Dao was more like a set of game rules.
• Shameless Cat revealed that a swordsman who had cut down three hundred and sixty heavenly tribulations had once expressed the same idea.

Yang Zhen dismissed Shameless Cat’s warning about his unconventional Dao and declared that he would face the five clans if they came after him. When a terrifying presence shook the chains above the group, Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat prepared to investigate it.

• Shameless Cat told Yang Zhen that a past cultivator who defied heaven and earth had been annihilated, and warned that Yang Zhen’s solitary Dao would leave him without help.
• Yang Zhen said he would decide whether his Dao was right or wrong after perfecting it, then asked Hua Youyue about the Three Flowers Sacred Hall and its chains.
• Hua Youyue worried about the five clans’ retaliation, but Yang Zhen vowed to face anyone who came to kill him; Hua Youyue and Han Yan’er both chose to stand with him.
• A violent roar shook the chains and released a terrifying evil presence, while Guo Hu warned that Hua Youyue might trigger an upheaval if she approached the restriction.
• Yang Zhen told Hua Youyue and Han Yan’er to wait while he and Shameless Cat went to investigate, and Shameless Cat rushed onto Yang Zhen’s shoulder and urged him upward.

Yang Zhen climbed to the chained platform with Shameless Cat and discovered that he could learn a cultivation method meant only for spirit beasts, leaving Shameless Cat convinced he was not human. A mysterious, suppressed voice recognized Yang Zhen and spoke of a finished mission and a ruined heaven and earth, leaving him baffled and alarmed.

• Yang Zhen climbed the chain with Shameless Cat and said the imprisoned figure had spoken to him, though Shameless Cat had sensed no voice transmission.
• Shameless Cat taught Yang Zhen a method for tempering the five senses, and Yang Zhen learned it immediately, shocking Shameless Cat because neither humans nor the Demon Race could cultivate it.
• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat that the figure had said, "You're here," and decided to climb up to investigate.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat reached a vast platform bound by chains and faced a gale filled with terrifying evil presence.
• The imprisoned voice again addressed Yang Zhen, said he had finally come, and spoke of a mission being over and heaven and earth being finished, leaving Yang Zhen wondering what was happening.

Yang Zhen encountered a mysterious voice and resisted its sinister influence before the speaker vanished and the Three Flowers Sacred Hall transformed. A gray bead appeared, and Yang Zhen realized the voice had said it was returning the object to him.

• Yang Zhen was overwhelmed by the Evil Qi and nearly attacked Shameless Cat, who snapped him out of his trance.
• Yang Zhen cursed at the unseen speaker until it finally spoke, saying that everyone had failed and that the object was there for him to obtain.
• The voice told Yang Zhen he was not the person it resembled, asked him not to let Three Flowers down, and advised him to stay awake.
• The Evil Qi disappeared as the platform and chains disintegrated, and the Three Flowers Sacred Hall changed into a tranquil, beautiful place.
• A gray bead appeared, and Yang Zhen said the speaker had returned it to him while Shameless Cat wondered whether Yang Zhen was reincarnated.

Yang Zhen discovered that the gray bead in the Three Flowers Sacred Hall was a powerful object left by a Saint Venerable, and it burrowed into his body. As the hall began collapsing, everyone fled while Hua Youyue staggered.

• Hua Youyue recalled that the Three Flowers Holy Maiden had left an inheritance in the hall but refused to claim it, and Yang Zhen supported her decision.
• Yang Zhen tried to persuade the crowd that the gray bead was a treasure, then approached it when no one else would take it.
• The bead released the Power of the Void and chased Yang Zhen until it burrowed into his belly.
• Yang Zhen felt the bead somewhere inside his body but could not find it, while Shameless Cat checked on him.
• The Three Flowers Sacred Hall began collapsing, and the crowd fled as Hua Youyue turned pale and staggered.

Yang Zhen used the Earth Treasury Technique to keep the collapsing Three Flowers Sacred Hall intact, while Hua Youyue refined it and drove everyone outside. After the survivors questioned Yang Zhen about the Dao he had entered, a hostile group led by two Heavenly Cycle Realm experts rushed toward them.

• Yang Zhen stabilized the Three Flowers Sacred Hall with the Earth Treasury Technique, despite warnings that his efforts could worsen its destruction.
• Hua Youyue activated the Three Flowers Sacred Hall, sent everyone outside, and kept Patriarch Guo Hu and the Beiqi Clan inside.
• Yang Zhen learned that the Three Flowers Sacred Hall and his ice palace were spirit treasures that could be stored within their owners, and he eagerly speculated about finding abandoned Great Saint residences with Shameless Cat.
• Yang Zhen explained that he had grasped a feeling of Dao Entry but could not yet name his Dao or release Dao Rhyme.
• Patriarch Guo Hu asked Yang Zhen what Dao he had entered in the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison, and Yang Zhen suggested he might discover it by discussing the Dao.
• Two Heavenly Cycle Realm experts led a group with surging Qi and murderous intent toward the North Isle Mountain Range.

Bai Shengbo and Tai Zhongquan joined forces to use Yang Zhen’s defeat to strengthen the Five Clans’ influence, while Fu Kun volunteered to teach Yang Zhen a lesson. Meanwhile, Yang Zhen and the Shameless Cat wondered why people were still waiting for them.

• Bai Shengbo and Tai Zhongquan discussed the Three Flowers Sacred Hall, Yang Zhen, and the threat of Buddhist and Devil Cultivators in the Western Region.
• Bai Shengbo proposed using Yang Zhen’s defeat to demonstrate the Ancient Clans’ strength and rally North Isle’s Rogue Cultivators.
• Bai Shengbo introduced Fu Kun, whose outwardly manifested Dao Rhyme impressed Tai Zhongquan.
• Fu Kun said he would not debate the Dao with Yang Zhen but would teach him how to behave.
• Yang Zhen told the Shameless Cat he would not force anyone into a Dao debate, and the Shameless Cat wondered why people were still waiting there.

Yang Zhen confronted Fu Kun and the powerful elders Bai Shengbo and Tai Zhongquan after they arrived among the crowds outside the Three Flowers Sacred Hall. Fu Kun tried to challenge Yang Zhen to a Dao debate, but Yang's insults and teasing left him struggling to keep his composure.

• Yang Zhen joked with Han Yan'er until Fu Kun arrived and criticized his words as shallow.
• Yang Zhen traded insults with Fu Kun and noticed the formidable Bai Shengbo and Tai Zhongquan behind him.
• Bai Shengbo and Tai Zhongquan questioned Yang Zhen about killing members of their five clans, and Yang invited them to set the terms.
• Fu Kun restrained himself because he had come on a mission from the Gujin Clan to debate Yang Zhen before the watching cultivators.
• Yang Zhen offered Fu Kun fast-acting heart pills, and Fu Kun struggled to suppress his anger and protect his Dao heart.

Bai Shengbo and Tai Zhongquan used their Dao Rhyme to intimidate Yang Zhen, while Fu Kun challenged him to debate the Dao. Yang Zhen accepted and startled Fu Kun with a shouted “Hey!” before saying their argument needed a show of its own.

• Bai Shengbo unleashed his Dao Rhyme over the valley and warned Yang Zhen that strength surpassed schemes.
• Bai Shengbo offered to spare Yang Zhen trouble if Yang Zhen defeated Fu Kun without using force.
• Tai Zhongquan released his own Dao Rhyme and cautioned Yang Zhen that the five clans might not seek revenge for every death.
• Yang Zhen quietly told Shameless Cat to take Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er away if a fight broke out.
• Fu Kun challenged Yang Zhen to debate the Dao, and Yang Zhen accepted before startling him with a shout.

At Beiqi Mountain, Yang Zhen turned his Dao debate with Fu Kun into a lesson about the Dao of not knowing, then guided Fu Kun to a breakthrough by pointing out that even an ordinary cultivator could affect a world. Fu Kun advanced, while Yang Zhen hid behind Hua Youyue and complained about being left alone.

• Fu Kun asked Yang Zhen what Dao he had entered, and Yang Zhen answered that he did not know.
• Yang Zhen asked whether Fu Kun’s Dao was knowing, prompting the crowd to recognize that Yang Zhen’s Dao was beyond words.
• Yang Zhen pointed out a flower and grass, then asked whether they and the tiny things around them could speak.
• Fu Kun realized that his actions could affect a world and began to understand the Dao.
• Fu Kun’s Dao and cultivation advanced, and Yang Zhen hid behind Hua Youyue, protesting the commotion.