Recaps

Yang Zhen sealed the golden dragon inside a Demon Puppet Token and learned that the token belonged to an ancient demon puppet master tradition. After the group discussed the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, the restrictions around the enormous coffin began to change.

• Yang Zhen sealed the golden dragon inside a small token, which the Azure Lotus Sect master identified as a Demon Puppet Token.
• The Azure Lotus Sect master explained the ancient demon puppet masters, and Yang Zhen wondered how their methods related to the Heavenly Book: Life Assault Chapter.
• The Azure Lotus Sect master told Yang Zhen he would not demand the token back, while Zhou Tong reassured him that the sect would not act dishonorably.
• Yang Zhen asked what caused the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth and the black Heavenly Punishment lightning, prompting Zhou Tong to warn him against speaking so casually.
• The restrictions around the enormous coffin seemed to activate after the golden dragon was taken into the token, and Zhou Tong hoped another Demon Puppet Token would appear.

Yang Zhen and the others fled into the training ground as the Samsara World Within a World collapsed into chaos, where they witnessed an apparition of the Azure Lotus Sect Patriarch fighting several Half-Step Great Emperors. The vision ended with the Patriarch wounded and his enemies closing in.

• Yang Zhen and the Azure Lotus Sect Master led the group into the training ground to escape the Void Power sweeping through the world within a world.
• The enormous coffin and surrounding landscape vanished, leaving only the training ground amid an expanding domain of chaos.
• Lin Miaoyi collapsed under a gathering force, then recovered as a figure appeared where the coffin had been.
• The Azure Lotus Sect Master recognized the figure as the Azure Lotus Sect Patriarch, but Zhou Tong warned that it was only an apparition of the past.
• Several Half-Step Great Emperors attacked the Azure Lotus Sect Patriarch, and one shattered his mountain attack with a sword strike that wounded him.
• The Azure Lotus Sect Patriarch formed an enormous azure lotus behind himself as the remaining Half-Step Great Emperors charged.

Yang Zhen witnessed the Azure Lotus Patriarch die in a battle against five mysterious Half-Step Great Emperors, leaving a curse and a shattered object sealed in a coffin. He learned that the young man who appeared afterward was the legendary figure who had cut down three hundred and sixty Heavenly Tribulations, and began to suspect he was nearing the Great Wilderness era’s hidden secrets.

• The Azure Lotus Patriarch summoned the Heaven and Earth Azure Lotus and fought the five Half-Step Great Emperors, killing two before he died and his lotus burst apart.
• The dying Azure Lotus Patriarch cursed the surviving attackers, declared that Samsara would return in thirty thousand years, and saw a golden dragon charge at them.
• A young man appeared, drove the remaining attackers away, and sealed the coffin’s presence before deciding to leave its contents for those who came later.
• The Azure Lotus Sect Master vowed revenge, while Zhou Tong told Yang Zhen that the attackers were hidden people connected to the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth.
• Yang Zhen learned that the young man was the legendary figure who had cut down three hundred and sixty Heavenly Tribulations, and deduced that he had gathered the shattered object into the coffin.

Yang Zhen and the others investigated the enormous coffin left in the Realm within a Realm, which seemed to be sealed by powerful restrictions. Yang Zhen felt something inside was affecting his State of Mind, so he decided to approach it himself.

• The Azure Lotus Sect master warned Yang Zhen that the Realm within a Realm could trap people in their emotions, then explained that the Azure Lotus Patriarch had vanished in a burst of light and fragments.
• The Azure Lotus Sect master prepared to inspect the coffin, but Fake Old Daoist offered to go because the master's emotions and Qi and Blood were unsettled.
• Yang Zhen sensed that the coffin might be a Heaven and Earth Shackle and warned Fake Old Daoist to circle it rather than approach it directly.
• Fake Old Daoist circled the coffin and returned, saying it was covered in restrictions he could not understand.
• Yang Zhen said his State of Mind had been disturbed since the mysterious person appeared and volunteered to inspect the coffin, while the others suspected it contained a treasure from the Savage Wilderness era.

Yang Zhen approached the enormous coffin and triggered a powerful presence and a Heaven and Earth Baleful Devil. He summoned the Evil Shadow Black Taotie to swallow it, and the creature’s eerie laughter made the devil try to flee.

• Yang Zhen leaped toward the coffin and placed both hands on it while the others watched.
• The coffin’s power blasted Yang Zhen backward, but he recovered and charged at it again.
• A Heaven and Earth Baleful Devil appeared, prompting Zhou Tong to warn Yang Zhen about its Sha Qi.
• Yang Zhen summoned the Evil Shadow Black Taotie and ordered it to swallow the Baleful Devil.
• The Evil Shadow Black Taotie laughed menacingly, and the Heaven and Earth Baleful Devil turned and tried to run.

Yang Zhen and Evil Shadow Black Taotie subdued the Heaven and Earth Baleful Devil, which opened the enormous coffin for them. Yang Zhen entered and found a Dao Seed and a seed of the Heaven and Earth Azure Lotus as the coffin unfolded into a Dao platform.

• Evil Shadow Black Taotie chased down the Heaven and Earth Baleful Devil, beat it until it was drained of Sha Qi, and devoured the Sha Qi.
• The Heaven and Earth Baleful Devil shrank, barked like a dog, and merged into the enormous coffin, causing it to open.
• Yang Zhen leaped into the coffin with Evil Shadow Black Taotie, and the coffin closed behind them.
• Zhou Tong and the others rushed toward the coffin, but it unfolded into a vast Dao platform before they reached it.
• Yang Zhen found a Dao Seed and a seed of the Heaven and Earth Azure Lotus, while the Azure Lotus Sect Master and the others cried out in alarm.

Yang Zhen left the world within a world with the Azure Lotus Sect Master and the others, who learned he had rejected the Dao seed and believed the missing beam of light had been taken by those who defied heaven. After hearing about the Great Wilderness Emperor Road and its formidable Dao cultivators, Yang Zhen looked forward to going there, especially when he learned the Three Flowers Holy Maiden was already on her way.

• Yang Zhen told the others the beam of light was no longer inside, and the Azure Lotus Sect Master believed he had not taken it.
• The Azure Lotus Sect Master led everyone out of the world within a world, where the world of Samsara had stopped cycling and the plants had withered.
• The Azure Lotus Sect Master and Zhou Tong explained the Dao seed and the Great Wilderness Emperor Road, while Yang Zhen said he cultivated his own Dao.
• Zhou Tong and the Azure Lotus Sect Master told Yang Zhen about Dao Venerable Feng Boqi and his final disciple, the Dao Fanatic, who was a closely watched figure on the Emperor Road.
• Yang Zhen learned that the Three Flowers Holy Maiden and her companions had set out for the Great Wilderness Emperor Road, and he eagerly anticipated going there.

Yang Zhen nurtured the Heaven and Earth Azure Lotus seed while the Upper Three Sects arrived at the Azure Lotus Sect ahead of the Great Wilderness Emperor Road. Their visit ended with a Southern Heavenly Gate elder asking where Yang Zhen was, leaving the assembled sects awaiting an answer.

• Yang Zhen placed the Heaven and Earth Azure Lotus seed beside the World-Ending Heavenly Lotus and watched it begin to sprout after two days.
• Yang Zhen examined the powerful Dao Seed left by the Great Emperor but chose not to refine it, determined to keep his Dao heart his own.
• Representatives of the Upper Three Sects arrived at the Azure Lotus Sect, led by Dong Tianming, with the Purple Star Holy Maiden among them.
• Tu Mieyang berated Zhou Tong, and Zhou Tong mocked him in front of the gathered disciples and elders.
• A middle-aged woman from the Southern Heavenly Gate asked the Azure Lotus Sect Master where Yang Zhen was, silencing the training ground.

Zhou Tong faced Tu Mieyang and the other sect elders over his claim that Yang Zhen was his master. Yang Zhen accepted Dong Tianming’s challenge to test whether he could withstand a Great Saint without being defeated.

• Elder Fang asked to meet Yang Zhen, while Tu Mieyang mocked Zhou Tong for taking a young man as his master.
• Dong Tianming asked to meet Yang Zhen, and Zhou Tong rebuked him for speaking Yang Zhen’s name casually before arguing with Tu Mieyang.
• Yang Zhen emerged and asked what was happening, and Zhou Tong told him to knock Tu Mieyang’s head crooked.
• Dong Tianming challenged Yang Zhen to withstand his Great Saint Realm attacks without being defeated, and Yang Zhen accepted.
• The gathered disciples watched as Yang Zhen and Dong Tianming prepared to fight.

Dong Tianming launched a devastating attack against Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen vanished and reappeared on Dong Tianming’s back. He struck Dong Tianming on the head, then complained that it was too hard.

• Dong Tianming gathered his Dao Intent and charged Yang Zhen with a powerful dragon-shaped attack.
• Yang Zhen disappeared, leaving the onlookers unable to sense him.
• Yang Zhen reappeared on Dong Tianming’s back as Dong Tianming flew across the training ground.
• Yang Zhen called Dong Tianming’s attack all flash and no substance, then punched him in the head.
• Dong Tianming roared in anger, and Yang Zhen wondered aloud why his head was so hard, making the Purple Star Holy Maiden laugh.

Yang Zhen effortlessly overwhelmed Dong Tianming, then conceded before Tu Mieyang stopped Dong Tianming from attacking again. Tu Mieyang challenged Yang Zhen over Zhou Tong, and Yang Zhen claimed he had revised the Heavenly Severance Dragon Elephant Sword to help Zhou Tong defeat him.

• Yang Zhen battered Dong Tianming, then declared his own loss and leaped away; Dong Tianming crashed into a stone pillar.
• Dong Tianming charged Yang Zhen again, but Tu Mieyang pulled him back and told him he was no match for Yang Zhen.
• Tu Mieyang warned Yang Zhen that the Three Palaces would not tolerate his claim to become Zhou Tong’s master, then challenged Zhou Tong over Yang Zhen’s boast that he could teach him to win.
• Yang Zhen said he had made major changes to the Heavenly Severance Dragon Elephant Sword and jokingly renamed it Heavenly Severance Dragon Elephant Sword Version 1.0.

Yang Zhen passed Zhou Tong an altered version of the Heavenly Severance Dragon Elephant Sword while the gathered experts doubted his claim. Zhou Tong unleashed a terrifying dragon-elephant manifestation, and Yang Zhen judged the result barely passable.

• Tu Mieyang and the Azure Lotus Sect master mocked Yang Zhen's claim that he had altered the Heavenly Severance Dragon Elephant Sword.
• Zhou Tong threatened Tu Mieyang after he ridiculed Yang Zhen, and Yang Zhen stepped in to pass Zhou Tong the technique.
• Zhou Tong focused on Yang Zhen's transmission as the training ground watched in silence.
• Zhou Tong opened his eyes with dragon-elephant Qi flickering in them, and strange phenomena appeared above the training ground.
• Yang Zhen withdrew his hand as Zhou Tong leaped into the air and released a violent presence, taking the form of a terrifying giant elephant.
• Yang Zhen called the result barely passable, leaving Tu Mieyang and the others trembling.

Zhou Tong unleashed the Heavenly Severance Dragon Elephant Sword Version 1.0, which Yang Zhen had modified, and challenged Tu Mieyang to fight. Their battle devastated the training grounds as the Six Sects’ disciples and elders fled, while Yang Zhen watched from safety.

• Zhou Tong reappeared with the enhanced sword technique and taunted Tu Mieyang, who asked whether it was truly the Heavenly Severance Dragon Elephant Sword.
• Zhou Tong confirmed it was Version 1.0, then charged at Tu Mieyang before he could respond.
• Tu Mieyang fought back, and the Azure Lotus Sect master and other experts joined forces to contain the battle’s destructive power.
• Yang Zhen and the disciples escaped the training grounds as the fighters shattered space and exchanged blows.
• Zhou Tong drove Tu Mieyang into the ground with the sword technique, and the onlookers stared at Yang Zhen in amazement.

Yang Zhen’s risky modifications to Zhou Tong’s sword technique succeeded, settling the Six Sects’ leadership dispute and leaving Zhou Tong stronger than the Azure Lotus Sect master. As the group prepared to travel to the Great Wilderness Emperor Road, Yang Zhen learned the Three Palaces might challenge him and asked whether he could take their leader’s position.

• Tu Mieyang and the others backed down from fighting Zhou Tong after his modified Heavenly Severance Dragon Elephant Sword proved overwhelmingly powerful.
• Yang Zhen admitted the sword technique had had less than a ten percent chance of success and revealed Zhou Tong would have died if the experiment had failed.
• Yang Zhen declined to modify the others’ cultivation methods, while Zhou Tong and Tu Mieyang resumed their argument.
• The Six Sects’ leadership matter was settled, and the group set a departure date for the Great Wilderness Emperor Road.
• The Purple Star Holy Maiden greeted Yang Zhen, and Dong Tianming warned him that the Three Palaces would not readily accept him.
• Yang Zhen asked whether he could seize the position of the Three Palaces’ leader.

Yang Zhen learned that the Three Palaces would likely seek trouble with him after he defeated Zhou Tong, so he decided to stir up trouble first. At the Great Wilderness Emperor Road, Three Palaces disciples planned how to deal with the arriving Six Sects and expressed interest in Yang Zhen.

• Zhou Tong told Yang Zhen that powerful Three Palaces disciples could already be Great Saints and that their people would come after him for defeating Zhou Tong.
• Yang Zhen decided he would reluctantly stir up trouble before the Three Palaces could cause trouble for him.
• Three Palaces disciples gathered at the entrance to the Land of Sacrifice and Desolation as the Great Wilderness Emperor Road neared opening.
• Yan Zixu discussed Yang Zhen’s defeat of Zhou Tong with Shi Feifei and the others, while Shi Feifei said she was interested in testing Yang Zhen’s talent.
• Yan Zixu proposed taking control of the Six Sects’ leader and leaving the rest behind, while Shi Feifei asked to take Yang Zhen with her.

Yang Zhen met Yan Zixu and the Three Palaces' group on the Great Wilderness Emperor Road and provoked them with his irreverent flirting and demands to lead their group. Yan Zixu became furious, while Shi Feifei offered to test Yang Zhen, and Yang challenged everyone to attack him together.

• Yan Zixu led the Three Palaces' group toward Yang Zhen and the others, and Lin Miaoyi and Dong Tianming identified Yan Zixu and Shi Feifei for Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen winked and puckered his lips at Shi Feifei, provoking Yan Zixu's group while making Shi Feifei giggle.
• Yang Zhen traded taunts with Yan Zixu and asked him to hand over leadership of the Three Palaces' group.
• Shi Feifei offered to test Yang Zhen, but Yang told the entire group to attack him together.
• Yan Zixu angrily asked if Yang Zhen was courting death, and Yang nodded in response.

Yang Zhen faced Yan Zixu and Shi Feifei, then imitated Yan Zixu’s dragon-like presence with his own Despicable Demon Instruction. The fight paused when Yan Zixu recognized the Qiongqi Heavenly Void surrounding Yang Zhen.

• Yang Zhen agreed to fight Yan Zixu and Shi Feifei, while Lin Miaoyi worried about him.
• Yang Zhen closed his eyes to study Yan Zixu’s presence, then provoked Yan Zixu by announcing he would conduct an experiment.
• Yan Zixu unleashed dragon-shaped attacks at Yang Zhen as Dong Tianming, the Purple Star Holy Maiden, and Lin Miaoyi rushed to intervene.
• Yang Zhen shook his hands and summoned a presence resembling Yan Zixu’s, which he called the Despicable Demon Instruction.
• Yan Zixu staggered back and identified the black shadows around Yang Zhen as the Qiongqi Heavenly Void.

Yang Zhen bewildered the crowd by producing lifelike Qiongqi Heavenly Void illusions, then fought Yan Zixu while Shi Feifei joined the battle. He used Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement and Shadow Clone to fill the sky with copies that transformed into Qiongqi, and a divine soul storm began forming inside Shi Feifei’s pink dome.

• The crowd recognized the Qiongqi Heavenly Void around Yang Zhen and feared the impossible sight, while Yan Zixu asked how he had done it.
• Yan Zixu asked Shi Feifei to join him and acknowledged Yang Zhen as the best choice to lead the Six Sects, but Yang Zhen attacked with a powerful punch.
• Yan Zixu summoned a golden dragon that clashed with Yang Zhen’s punch, and the shockwaves destroyed much of the mountaintop.
• Shi Feifei created a pink dome around the battlefield as Yang Zhen filled the sky with apparent copies of himself and teased her from their midst.
• Yang Zhen’s copies turned into Qiongqi Heavenly Void as he used Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement with Shadow Clone, and a divine soul storm formed inside the dome.

Yang Zhen’s divine soul storm overwhelmed Shi Feifei and Yan Zixu, leaving the crowd stunned by the aftermath. Yan Zixu surrendered his leadership of the Three Palaces to Yang Zhen, while Shi Feifei hinted that she liked the idea of him as their leader.

• A violent divine soul storm engulfed the mountaintop, and Shi Feifei emerged in torn clothes before changing into a fresh robe and accusing Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen denied responsibility for Shi Feifei’s distress, and she teased him by asking him to take responsibility for her.
• Yang Zhen joked that he had too many women to remember, leaving Shi Feifei speechless and the crowd astonished.
• Yan Zixu crawled out of the devastated mountaintop, battered and terrified, while Yang Zhen claimed he had forgotten about him during practice.
• Yan Zixu yielded leadership of the Three Palaces to Yang Zhen, and Shi Feifei said that having him as their leader might not be so bad.

Yang Zhen and the others waited for the Great Wilderness Emperor Road to open while he pondered the Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement and worried about his friends. Dao Devil arrived in a storm of black clouds, and a shabby old man revealed himself as Sword Devil, leaving Yang Zhen stunned.

• Yan Zixu and Lu Yan discussed following Yang Zhen and letting him face the powerful enemies ahead.
• Yang Zhen pondered the limits of the Heavenly Nether Divine Cloud Movement and wondered whether Mei Wuhua, Nine Dragons Great Saint, Shameless Cat, and Flirtatious Chicken were safe.
• Terrifying black clouds swept in from the southeast, and Yan Zixu identified the arriving figure as Dao Devil.
• Dao Devil arrived with only one companion, an old man in black leaning on a cane, and remarked on Yang Zhen's dense divine soul power.
• A sloppy old man stood up and greeted Dao Devil as a brother, and Yan Zixu identified him as Senior Sword Devil.

Yang Zhen debated whether to enter the Great Wilderness Emperor Road as the Sacrificial Severance Heavenly Mist appeared. He advised waiting a day, and Sword Devil unexpectedly encouraged him to explain his reasoning.

• Sword Devil and Dao Devil arrived, and Yang Zhen realized Sword Devil had been glancing at him because of the Sword Spirit in his Divine Sense space.
• The Sacrificial Severance Heavenly Mist rose from the valley, signaling that the Great Wilderness Emperor Road was opening.
• Yang Zhen worried about entering without the little girl and the others, while Yan Zixu urged the group to go in immediately.
• Yang Zhen claimed they should wait a day and invented a warning about the mountain and valley disrupting the stars.
• Sword Devil appeared behind Yang Zhen and said he believed him, making Yang Zhen jolt and nearly kick him.

Yang Zhen impressed the Sword Devil and Dao Devil by discussing the altered pattern of heaven and earth around the Great Wilderness Emperor Road. After examining the terrain from above, he declared that someone had tampered with the place, shocking everyone gathered there.

• The Sword Devil praised Yang Zhen's understanding of the Earth Treasury Art, and the Dao Devil asked whether he had refined the Dao Seed; Yang Zhen said he preferred his own Dao.
• The Dao Fanatic greeted Yang Zhen, and he asked the Sword Devil whether he could see the changes in the local pattern of heaven and earth.
• The Sword Devil admitted he had little experience studying such matters and invited Yang Zhen to explain what he had noticed.
• Yang Zhen rose into the air and studied the surrounding terrain while the Sword Devil, the Dao Devil, and others waited.
• Yang Zhen announced that someone had tampered with the Great Wilderness Emperor Road, leaving the gathered crowd shocked.

Yang Zhen explained that someone had tampered with the Great Wilderness Emperor Road and connected its strange order to the Karmic Dao Source. Dao Devil and Sword Devil realized that someone might be close to claiming the source, which could provide the chance to enter the Emperor Realm.

• Yang Zhen told Dao Devil, Sword Devil, and the others that the Great Wilderness Emperor Road had been tampered with, prompting disbelief and alarm.
• Dao Devil recalled surviving the Land of Three Desolations in his youth, and Yang Zhen learned that the Road of Sacrifice and Desolation rewarded young cultivators who ventured deeper.
• Dao Devil revealed that only one person since the Savage Wilderness had passed through the Land of Five Desolations, but that swordsman's fate had been tragic.
• Yang Zhen explained that the land's strange order was linked to the heaven's hearing beyond the Land of Five Desolations and pointed to the Karmic Dao Source as another contested place on the Great Wilderness Emperor Road.
• Sword Devil and Dao Devil identified the Karmic Dao Source as the key to breaking through karma and entering the Emperor Realm, and Yang Zhen warned that someone might succeed in obtaining it.

Yang Zhen warned that someone had tampered with the Great Wilderness Emperor Road to refine the Karmic Dao Source, then entered the road with the Dao Devil and Sword Devil. Inside, the group found the Star Spring Sword, which flew past everyone and chose Yang Zhen.

• Yang Zhen insisted that someone had altered the Great Wilderness Emperor Road as part of a vast scheme involving the Karmic Dao Source.
• The Dao Devil and Sword Devil decided to enter the road, and Yang Zhen and the others followed them into the white mist.
• After a disorienting passage, Yang Zhen found the Dao Devil missing while the Sword Devil and Dao Fanatic examined a starry longsword.
• The Sword Devil identified the weapon as the Star Spring Sword, and it suddenly flew past the crowd into Yang Zhen's hand.
• Yang Zhen stared at the sword as everyone, including the Sword Devil, fixed their eyes on him.

Yang Zhen accidentally acquired the Star Spring Sword and fled from the furious cultivators chasing him and his companions. With the Land of One Severance ahead and thousands close behind, he laid out formation plates and prepared to deceive the pursuers.

• The Star Spring Sword flew into Yang Zhen's hand, prompting the surrounding cultivators to charge after him.
• Yang Zhen ran with Yan Zixu, Shi Feifei, and the others, insisting they stay together as the pursuers closed in.
• The Sword Devil appeared above Yang Zhen and warned him that he was heading toward the Land of One Severance.
• Yang Zhen refused to enter the Land of One Severance blindly and placed several formation plates within a hundred zhang of himself.
• Yang Zhen announced that he would use his Divine Ability to cross the sea by deceiving the heavens.