Recaps

Yang Zhen defeated Ding Dian, met Ling Feng, and revived Flirtatious Chicken by defying Heavenly Punishment. The Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang then cast them into the Desolate Forbidden Zone, where Yang Zhen encountered an ancient bronze tree and glimpsed a mysterious hall.

• Yang Zhen defeated Ding Dian with the Lin and Bing Character Instructions, though the Fighting Character Instruction’s backlash left him unconscious as the Jade Pool Holy Land routed the Heavenly Pivot forces.
• After recovering, Yang Zhen met Ling Feng, who let him use the Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang, then vanished after briefly appearing young again.
• Yang Zhen built the Samsara Heaven Formation and used Nine Heavens Golden Crow Essence Blood to turn Flirtatious Chicken into an egg, then defied Heavenly Punishment to protect the rebirth.
• Yang Zhen fought the tribulation’s beasts and lightning with Shadow Clones and Hundred Radiances Heavenly Instant until the Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang erupted.
• Yang Zhen entered the upheaval and found Flirtatious Chicken hatching as a Golden Crow, then reunited with him before a tremendous force scattered the group into the Desolate Forbidden Zone.
• Yang Zhen discovered that mysterious Qi could remove Desolation Qi from his body, then followed cries to a bronze tree where cultivators impaled themselves on its branches.
• The bronze tree’s patterns drew Yang Zhen into a strange realm where he saw golden-armored Demon Emperor Guards enter a hall, but he awoke to find the others believed he had been trapped in an illusion.
• Yang Zhen warned the arriving Jade Pool Holy Lord and Hua Youyue not to stare at the tree, and Hua Youyue identified it as the Demon God Tree.

Yang Zhen entered the Demon God Territory, refined the Heavenly Palace True Rune, and uncovered signs of dangerous experiments tied to its cultivation methods. At the Grand Dao Assembly, he healed Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels and joined the Dao platform with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, while sensing that corpse puppets were tied to a hidden purpose.

• Yang Zhen opened the ancient bronze hall and refined the Heavenly Palace True Rune after its power swept him into a dark space where the runes inside him battled.
• Yue Ling welcomed Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and the others to the Demon God Territory, and Yang Zhen learned that visitors could seek its cultivation methods and disciple positions.
• Yang Zhen suspected the Demon God Territory was conducting dangerous experiments into immortality, then humiliated Yuan Hao by striking him with condensed Dao Rhyme.
• The Central Emperor prepared for the Grand Dao Assembly and discussed the evolving danger of Demon Puppets with Old Man Leaping Dragon and Heavenly Venerable Shangwu.
• At the assembly, Yang Zhen sensed corpse puppets and diagnosed Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels, then used a Yin-Yang Diagram to restore his cultivation and earn a promise of a hundred years of service.
• The Central Emperor invited Yang Zhen onto the Dao platform, and Yang Zhen brought Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er with him despite objections from the crowd.
• Yang Zhen sensed a corpse puppet's presence at the Dao grounds, while Yuan Hao planned to challenge Han Yan'er and disgrace Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen disrupted the Demon Sect’s scheme at the Grand Dao Assembly, endured Heavenly Punishment, and helped repel its attack on the Jade Pool Holy Land. He then raced to the Holy Tomb at Demon Wind Cliff, where Xin Hai began corrupting the World-Ending Heavenly Lotus.

• Yang Zhen exposed the Demon Sect’s plan to use the assembly’s Thought Power and Ten Thunder Heavenly Punishment, then used the Tao Te Ching to break its hold over the cultivators.
• Yang Zhen fought Mo Wu and the Demon Puppets while breaking through to the Heavenly Cycle Realm, drawing Heavenly Punishment onto himself and surviving its assault.
• Yang Zhen’s tribulation devastated much of the Demon God Territory, and Feng Wuya explained that the Demon Puppets had been refined by the Demon Sect.
• After learning that the Demon Sect had attacked the Jade Pool Holy Land and slaughtered thousands while seeking a holy tomb, Yang Zhen rushed there with his companions.
• Xin Hai revealed that his Spirit Transformation body was confronting Yang Zhen while his real body entered the Holy Tomb, and Yao Lianxing traced the tomb to Demon Wind Cliff.
• Yang Zhen raced through the Demon Puppets toward the Holy Tomb, demonstrating his self-created Skyward Cannon cultivation method as the group followed.
• Yang Zhen’s group reached the Holy Tomb and found Xin Hai attempting to corrupt the World-Ending Heavenly Lotus while Demon Guards held off their allies.
• Yang Zhen approached Xin Hai as the lotus turned nearly half black and demanded that he hand it over.

Yang Zhen uncovered schemes in the Holy Tomb, then raced to the Heaven and Earth Chasm after White Cloud Mountain vanished into it. He reunited with the surviving Shangyuan Sect disciples, defeated the Sword Attendant Sect’s challenge, and led his companions to confront the Great Spring Holy Land, where the fight began.

• Yang Zhen restored Demon Wind Cliff and the World-Ending Heavenly Lotus, then entered the Holy Tomb and was swept into a starry realm with Han Yan’er.
• Yang Zhen encountered a woman on a giant Kun whose glance shattered his Divine Sense space, but a seed and drop of water restored it and greatly strengthened him.
• Yang Zhen escaped Xin Hai’s assault in the Holy Tomb, where Xin Hai tried to seize the tomb’s power, then learned that the Demon God Territory planned to open a holy land.
• The Heaven and Earth Chasm swallowed White Cloud Mountain, and Yang Zhen flew toward it while other cultivators mistook his mission for heartbreak-driven suicide.
• Yang Zhen found Yang Chen and Li Ruxue near the chasm, defeated the Sword Attendant Sect’s challengers, and learned that White Cloud Mountain had been split apart rather than destroyed.
• Yang Zhen gave Yang Chen, Li Ruxue, and Gou Shengtian cultivation resources, then defeated Wan Quan and drove off seven Heavenly Cycle Realm experts with help from his allies.
• Yang Zhen learned that people might be inside the chasm and that the Great Spring Holy Land had attacked the Shangyuan Sect, so he led his companions there with Yue Yingying, Han Yan’er, and Hua Youyue.
• Yang Zhen charged the Great Spring Holy Land’s elders, broke their fourteen-sword net, and faced Senior Wang after the Holy Lord ordered him suppressed and killed.