Recaps

Dijiang tried to break free of Hermoz’s Infinite Space, but Hermoz trapped him in vines and flooded him with life energy. Dijiang survived, revealed that he had mastered the mysteries of the top-tier spirit treasure Eternal Ages, and declared that Hermoz’s death sentence had arrived.

• Dijiang’s powerful attack failed to disturb the Infinite Space, and Hermoz told him the space was real and offered to spare him if he betrayed Lin Heng.
• Dijiang refused, and Hermoz used the restored landscape’s vines to bind him and pour in the life energy of the entire Infinite Space.
• The vines shattered in a destructive gale, and Hermoz appeared nearby, shocked to find Dijiang alive.
• Hermoz saw the black light and recognized the divine weapon Eternal Ages in Dijiang’s hands, then wondered how Lin Heng had passed his top-tier spirit treasures to his subordinates.
• Dijiang told Hermoz that if this was all he could do, it was time to pronounce his death sentence.

Dijiang revealed that Mu Chen had mastered the mysteries of top-grade spirit treasures long ago, then used Eternal Ages to unleash Death Space against Hermoz. Hermoz’s Infinite Space was overwhelmed, and its life energy and ability to revive were suppressed.

• Hermoz recognized the black barrier forming around him and questioned when Dijiang had comprehended a top-grade spirit treasure’s mysteries.
• Dijiang said Mu Chen had mastered those mysteries long ago and had taught his followers, though Dijiang understood them only after reaching the Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm.
• Dijiang raised Eternal Ages and activated Death Space, enclosing Hermoz’s Infinite Space within its black barrier.
• Death Space withered the plants and trees, stopped living beings from reviving, and began devouring Hermoz’s life energy.

Dijiang used Death Space to suppress Hermoz and drain his life energy, but Hermoz detonated the Heaven Lock Glazed Staff to unleash the Light of Life. The blast shattered the death storms and forced Dijiang to raise defenses as the chapter ended with the attack breaking through ten of his walls.

• Dijiang told Hermoz that Death Space had been left by Mu Chen and that its full power would have stripped Hermoz down to his bones.
• Hermoz shielded himself with the Light of Life as Death Space’s black storms collided with it and tore open a kilometer-long spatial rift.
• Hermoz decided to detonate the Heaven Lock Glazed Staff, pouring all his energy into it as Dijiang retreated to the edge of Death Space.
• The Heaven Lock Glazed Staff erupted, and its Light of Life broke through the death storms and scattered the surrounding death energy.
• Dijiang drew the death energy into eighteen defensive walls, but the Light of Life swept through ten before slowing at the eleventh.

Hermoz escaped Dijiang’s death space by detonating the Heaven Lock Glazed Staff, conceding the first battle for the Heavenly Ladder. Lin Yue Yao and Dasiwoba entered the battle space for the next match, both resolved to fight to the death.

• Dijiang’s death-energy walls weakened Hermoz’s attack, but Dijiang realized Hermoz had held back the staff’s full power.
• Hermoz sent the Heaven Lock Glazed Staff into the death space’s boundary and detonated it, breaking open the space and escaping.
• Hermoz conceded, and Hongjun ended the fight; Dijiang returned to Lin Heng and said he had not failed him.
• Hongjun sent Lin Yue Yao and Dasiwoba to fight for the right to challenge Dijiang for the Heavenly Ladder.
• Lin Heng predicted the evenly matched rivals might fight until one of the Four Seas’ lord positions became vacant.
• Lin Yue Yao and Dasiwoba drew their top-grade spirit treasures, declared their intent to kill each other, and acknowledged neither could be certain of victory.

Lin Yue Yao and Dasiwoba fought over the sea, with her gaining the upper hand after exploiting his reaction to Mu Chen. Hongjun warned that Dasiwoba might be laying a trap, causing Lin Yue Yao to reconsider diving after him.

• Dasiwoba tried to unsettle Lin Yue Yao by reminding her that Mu Chen had fallen, but she declared her devotion and his words instead stirred Dasiwoba's anger.
• Lin Yue Yao attacked Dasiwoba with a sword storm, then struck him into the sea when he emerged.
• Dasiwoba sent a giant water dragon at Lin Yue Yao, but she trapped it in a spatially charged water wall and shattered it.
• Lin Heng and Dijiang praised Lin Yue Yao's tactics, while Hongjun cautioned them that Dasiwoba was calculating and might be acting deliberately.
• After hearing Hongjun's warning, Lin Yue Yao lowered her weapon instead of pursuing Dasiwoba underwater, and Hermoz accused Hongjun of showing favoritism.

Hongjun faced Hermoz’s accusation that he had favored Lin Yue Yao, then privately asked Lin Heng and Dijiang about the Heavenly Ladder. They suspected Fate was behind it, leaving Hongjun unable to stop the cultivators from pursuing an opportunity that might threaten Primordial Chaos.

• Lin Yue Yao halted her dive after Hongjun warned that Dasiwoba had a dangerous character, and Hermoz accused Hongjun of favoring her.
• Hongjun challenged Hermoz to prove Dasiwoba had a hidden move, then warned him not to accuse the administrator of the Four Seas without evidence.
• Hongjun privately asked Lin Heng and Dijiang what they believed was behind the Heavenly Ladder.
• Lin Heng and Dijiang said Fate might be driving the Heavenly Ladder as part of a plot against Primordial Chaos.
• Hongjun recognized he could neither let the cultivators pursue the ladder without consequences nor stop them without risking their hostility.

Hongjun rejected Lin Heng’s proposal to stop the Four Seas cultivators by force, fearing it would cause a devastating war. Meanwhile, Dasiwoba resumed his duel with Lin Yue Yao and tried to unsettle her, but her resolve to pursue the Heavenly Ladder and find a way to bring back the man she loved left him shaken.

• Lin Heng suggested joining Hongjun and Dijiang to suppress the cultivators by force, but Hongjun refused because the resulting battle could kill most of the Four Seas.
• Dasiwoba emerged from beneath the sea after failing to lure Lin Yue Yao into his hidden killing move, then faced her in midair.
• Dasiwoba declared that he would fight to the death, hoping his words would make Lin Yue Yao hesitate during their duel.
• Lin Yue Yao explained that she wanted to seize the Heavenly Ladder’s opportunity to find answers about bringing back the man she loved, and said she would have no regrets even if she lost.
• Dasiwoba realized that Lin Yue Yao’s willingness to risk her life had turned his psychological tactic against him.

A silver-armored man arrived at the Eternal Ruins with three companions and accused Lin Heng of killing Su Jin. When he attacked Lin Heng, Dijiang intercepted the slash and was gravely injured.

• Dasiwoba weighed whether to challenge Lin Yue Yao but considered retreating to protect his life.
• Three Ancestral Dragons pulled a dragon carriage through a spatial rift, bringing four young people who appeared hostile toward Lin Heng.
• Dijiang warned Lin Heng that the newcomers seemed to be watching him, though he did not know where they came from.
• The silver-armored man asked Lin Heng if he had killed Su Jin, and Lin Heng admitted meeting her twice but denied fighting her.
• The silver-armored man dismissed Dijiang and the others, then attacked Lin Heng with a spear slash.
• Dijiang intercepted the slash, but it sent his weapon flying and hurled him backward while he spat blood.

The silver-armored Mo Chen destroyed the bronze cauldron spirit and the Eternal Ruins, ending the Heavenly Ladder’s opportunity and revealing it had likely been a scheme. He challenged Lin Heng, but became wary when he recognized the pendant Lin Heng held and asked whether he had met its owner.

• Mo Chen struck down the bronze cauldron spirit and razed the Eternal Ruins, causing the Heavenly Ladder to disappear.
• Lin Heng and Dijiang realized the Heavenly Ladder’s promise to let climbers join the mysterious clan had likely been a scam.
• Mo Chen demanded that Lin Heng return to the clan for punishment or be killed, while his three companions mocked Lin Heng and suggested torturing him.
• Lin Heng gave Dijiang pills to heal, then challenged Mo Chen to accept punishment for injuring one of his people.
• Mo Chen noticed the pendant in Lin Heng’s hand, grew apprehensive, and asked where Lin Heng had obtained it and whether he had met its owner.

Lin Heng used Jian Yin’s arrow pendant to deter Mo Chen, who suspected Lin Heng had ties to the Pangu Guardian. After Mo Chen tried to lure Lin Heng back to his clan and Lin Heng demanded that he kowtow, the pendant protected Lin Heng and launched a golden beam at Mo Chen.

• Mo Chen recognized Jian Yin’s arrow pendant and grew wary, while Lin Heng said he had only met Jian Yin once.
• Mo Chen and his three companions discussed Lin Heng’s connection to the Pangu Guardian and the danger posed by the pendant.
• Lu Dingxiang suggested outwitting Lin Heng, so Mo Chen removed his soundproofing restriction and invited Lin Heng to his clan under the pretense of making amends.
• Lin Heng rejected Mo Chen’s invitation and told him to kowtow, provoking Mo Chen into releasing a powerful presence and threatening him.
• The arrow pendant shielded Lin Heng from Mo Chen’s pressure and fired a golden beam at him, forcing Mo Chen to raise a shield.

Lin Heng used the arrowhead pendant to badly injure Mo Chen and demanded that he apologize to Dijiang and kowtow. Hai Qianmo refused Lin Heng’s terms and considered threatening his companions, but Lin Heng anticipated the plan and turned to the Good and Evil Doppelgangers and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

• The arrowhead pendant formed a golden shield around Lin Heng, then blasted Mo Chen into the sea and left him seriously injured.
• Lin Heng demanded that Mo Chen apologize to Dijiang and kowtow three times, or the matter would not be settled.
• Hai Qianmo offered Lin Heng two powerful treasures as an apology, but Lin Heng refused them and insisted on his terms.
• Hongjun urged Lin Heng to avoid escalating the conflict, but Lin Heng left the decision to Hai Qianmo and the others.
• Mo Chen suggested seizing Lin Heng’s companions to force him to submit, and Lin Heng guessed their plan.
• Lin Heng smiled at the Good and Evil Doppelgangers and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, who laughed with him.

Mo Chen and Hai Qianmo tried to use Lin Heng’s followers as leverage, but their willingness to die for their master thwarted the plan. Lin Heng aimed a deadly golden bow at Mo Chen, and Hai Qianmo intervened with an apology to Dijiang in hopes of preventing an irreversible conflict.

• The Good Avatar and Evil Avatar threatened to self-destruct rather than let Mo Chen and Hai Qianmo capture them, while Dijiang declared that Lin Heng’s followers would remain loyal even in death.
• Mo Chen became enraged by Dijiang’s words and raised his spear to attack him again.
• Lin Heng stepped in front of Dijiang, transformed the arrow pendant into a golden bow, and aimed a golden arrow at Mo Chen, paralyzing him with its killing intent.
• Hai Qianmo stepped between Lin Heng and Mo Chen and apologized to Dijiang on Mo Chen’s behalf, hoping to preserve a chance for compromise.

Hai Qianmo apologized to Lin Heng and answered his questions about the Eternal Ruins, Su Jin’s death, and Fate. Lin Heng let Hai Qianmo and his companions leave, warning that he would fight their clan if they attacked him again.

• Hai Qianmo apologized to Lin Heng, who questioned him privately before deciding whether to pursue the conflict.
• Hai Qianmo explained that the Eternal Ruins had been a discarded storeroom belonging to his clan, and that its artifact spirit was connected to a clan traitor.
• Hai Qianmo said he believed the traitor had killed Su Jin and framed Lin Heng, and promised to report the matter to his clan’s elders.
• Hai Qianmo told Lin Heng that Fate was not really fate and might be using Lin Heng to take revenge.
• Lin Heng allowed Hai Qianmo and his companions to leave, but warned that he would fight their clan to the death if they attacked him again.

After the Heavenly Ladder was destroyed, Lin Heng accepted Primordial Chaos’s invitation and went with Hongjun to meet him. Over wine, Lin Heng raised concerns about Hai Qianmo’s clan, and Primordial Chaos admitted that fighting one of its elders might be the limit of his strength.

• Lin Heng warned Hai Qianmo that their conflict would end only when one of them was dead, and Hai Qianmo promised to report the matter to his elders and return with an apology.
• Hai Qianmo and his companions left, while Hongjun told Lin Heng that Primordial Chaos had invited him to visit.
• Lin Heng agreed to go see Primordial Chaos, reassured Hermoz that he would not discuss the affairs of the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands, and instructed Dijiang and the others to return to the Heavenly Star Sea Region.
• Hongjun led Lin Heng to Primordial Chaos’s cottage, where Primordial Chaos offered them Ten Thousand Fruit Wine and asked Lin Heng what he thought of the day’s events.
• Lin Heng said Hai Qianmo’s clan seemed powerful enough that its leader might rival Primordial Chaos, who replied that fighting one of the clan’s elders might be the best he could manage.

Primordial Chaos told Lin Heng that the Ancient Clan had created the Primordial Chaos Universe as an experiment and that the Pangu Remnant Clan might possess a way to counter them. After Lin Heng returned to the Heavenly Star Sea Region to meet Jian Yin, Jian Yin broke their tense silence and remarked that Lin Heng was more composed than he had expected.

• Primordial Chaos explained that memories awakened by Mo Chen's appearance connected him to the Ancient Clan and revealed that the Primordial Chaos Universe had been created as an experiment for a perfect world.
• Primordial Chaos said his memories contained a vague reference to a Pangu Remnant Clan treasure capable of countering the Ancient Clan, and Lin Heng wondered whether it was connected to his Pangu Axe.
• Lin Heng and Primordial Chaos agreed they could not face the Ancient Clan yet, but Lin Heng encouraged Primordial Chaos to see its arrival as a chance to reach a higher realm.
• The Good Avatar told Lin Heng that Jian Yin had arrived in the Heavenly Star Sea Region looking for him, and Primordial Chaos urged Lin Heng to return because Jian Yin's visit might concern the Ancient Clan.
• Lin Heng entered the hall alone to meet Jian Yin, endured a long silence under Jian Yin's gaze, and heard Jian Yin say he had underestimated Lin Heng's composure.

Jian Yin explained the Ancient Clan’s plans and revealed that he had deliberately tampered with Primordial Chaos’s memories. Mu Tong-Fate appeared, and Lin Heng prepared to question him about his connection to the Ancient Clan.

• Jian Yin told Lin Heng that the Ancient Clan had abandoned its duty as guardians and sought to remake or destroy worlds according to its vision of a beautiful new world.
• Jian Yin revealed that Primordial Chaos came from the Ancient Clan and that he had secretly damaged his memories, which led Primordial Chaos to reject the clan’s methods.
• Lin Heng realized the Ancient Clan had intended Primordial Chaos to create a new world and had targeted the Primordial Chaos World because it failed to meet their standards.
• Jian Yin admitted that he had given Lin Heng the pendant deliberately and said he might eventually wipe out the Ancient Clan, prompting Lin Heng to reconsider Jian Yin’s power and allies.
• Jian Yin called Mu Tong-Fate out of distorted space, and Lin Heng moved away until Jian Yin assured him they were not allies.
• Mu Tong-Fate said he had come because of the Ancient Clan and offered to answer Lin Heng’s questions as far as he could.

Lin Heng questioned Mu Tong and Jian Yin about the Eternal Ruins, the Pangu Axe, and why Jian Yin had watched him. He learned that Jian Yin wanted him to challenge the Ancient Clan as part of a contest, but Lin Heng remained unsure how he could do so with his current strength.

• Mu Tong admitted that he had meddled in the Eternal Ruins during Lin Heng's latest visit, while Jian Yin explained that Lin Heng's Pangu Axe held a wisp of the real axe's soul.
• Jian Yin revealed that Lin Heng's system was connected to his clan and that Lin Heng had drawn his attention as someone important to thwarting the Ancient Clan's plans.
• Lin Heng accused Jian Yin of making him a pawn, but Jian Yin said Lin Heng was the one playing chess and that even Jian Yin might be his pawn.
• Mu Tong explained that Jian Yin, the Ancient Clan's overseer, was giving Lin Heng a chance to warn the Ancient Clan rather than destroy it.
• Lin Heng doubted he could challenge the Ancient Clan at his current cultivation, and Jian Yin told him the contest would depend on more than strength.

Lin Heng accepted Mu Tong’s plan to use the Ancient Clan’s pursuit of him to contain them and received a powerful treasure from Jian Yin. After Jian Yin left him to handle the Ancient Clan, Lin Heng questioned Mu Tong about their shifting relationship and whether Mu Tong had planted a heart demon in him.

• Mu Tong explained that the Ancient Clan would pursue him and eventually focus on Lin Heng, giving Lin Heng a chance to respond and rein them in.
• Lin Heng asked Jian Yin for support, and Jian Yin empowered the arrow pendant as a First-Class Acquired Creation Universe Treasure called the Universe-Piercing Arrow.
• Jian Yin said he could rapidly advance Lin Heng’s cultivation but warned that doing so might cost him the chance to achieve a sixth-layer universe, then left Lin Heng to deal with the Ancient Clan.
• Lin Heng concluded Jian Yin was waiting for him to prove himself against the Ancient Clan before revealing more about his potential.
• Lin Heng asked Mu Tong how to define their relationship and whether Mu Tong had planted a heart demon in him.

Mu Tong told Lin Heng that Lin Heng had created his own inner demon as a test tied to Pangu's will, then explained how the Ancient Clan might use Dasiwoba and Hermoz to probe him. After Mu Tong left, Lin Heng resolved to grow stronger and began studying the Universe-Piercing Arrow for clues to the laws of creation.

• Mu Tong told Lin Heng that the inner demon came from Lin Heng's own universe world and would affect how high he could rise.
• Mu Tong explained that the Ancient Clan would likely avoid confronting Lin Heng directly and might use Dasiwoba and Hermoz as proxies.
• Mu Tong said Mu Chen had once followed the path now open to Lin Heng, but had lacked the fortune to reach its end.
• After Mu Tong vanished, Lin Heng decided he needed strength at least equal to Primordial Chaos's.
• Lin Heng took out the Universe-Piercing Arrow and considered whether its creation laws could help him reach the Ancient Clan's level.

Lin Heng prepared to enter seclusion while urging his followers to pursue the sixth-layer universe with him. In the sixth-layer universe, Gu Jianhua heard Hai Qianmo’s report about Lin Heng and the Pangu Remnant Clan, then declared that the Ancient Clan would not abandon its plan for a perfect world.

• Lin Heng warned that Fate was only a temporary ally and said he would cultivate in seclusion to reach the Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm.
• Dijiang, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Good and Evil Doppelgangers swore to follow Lin Heng and explore the sixth-layer world with him.
• Hai Qianmo returned to the sixth-layer universe with three others and reported the events in the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands to the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Jianhua summoned the Ancient Clan’s experts and had Hai Qianmo recount his encounter with Lin Heng, the Eternal Ruins, and the Pangu Remnant Clan’s magic treasure.
• The Ancient Clan’s experts concluded that Jian Yin had used Lin Heng to express the Pangu Remnant Clan’s dissatisfaction, but Gu Jianhua said the Ancient Clan would not back down from its plan for a perfect world.

Gu Jianhua ordered the Ancient Clan to secretly oppose Jian Yin through Hai Qianmo while he continued refining a countering treasure. At the ruins of the Eternal Ruins, Jian Yin told Mu Tong that he had forced Lin Heng into the conflict because time was running out, but revealed that he was bound by shackles.

• Gu Jianhua assured the Ancient Clan's experts that he was refining a treasure to counter Jian Yin and ordered Hai Qianmo to capture Mu Tong and secretly recruit someone in the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands to oppose Jian Yin.
• Gu Jianhua warned Hai Qianmo to remain hidden, offered him access to the clan's treasure vault, and told Longkeduo'er to protect him and investigate Primordial Chaos.
• Gu Jianhua dismissed the meeting and returned to seclusion to continue refining the treasure.
• At the ruins of the Eternal Ruins, Mu Tong poured wine into the sea to apologize to the Spirit of the Bronze Cauldron for deceiving him.
• Jian Yin told Mu Tong that Gu Jianhua was refining a treasure that could free the Ancient Clan from fearing him, and that he had brought Lin Heng into the conflict because he could not wait.
• Mu Tong asked why Jian Yin did not destroy the Ancient Clan before the treasure was completed, and Jian Yin said that shackles bound him.

Jian Yin enlisted Mu Tong to help expose the Ancient Clan so he could act against them, while Lin Heng studied the Universe-Piercing Arrow and repeatedly witnessed a vision of Pangu creating the universe. Mo Chen arrived in the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea to recruit Hermoz against Lin Heng and entered Hermoz’s palace after killing its guards.

• Jian Yin told Mu Tong that the Ancient Clan would target Lin Heng and asked him to help provoke them into revealing themselves through a massacre.
• Lin Heng studied the Universe-Piercing Arrow and saw a vision of a giant splitting chaos with an axe, which he suspected was Pangu creating heaven and earth.
• Lin Heng repeatedly witnessed the creation vision and began simulating his own universe as half a month passed outside.
• Mo Chen arrived in the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea to seek Hermoz’s cooperation against Lin Heng, while avoiding detection by Primordial Chaos.
• Mo Chen sealed off Hermoz’s island, killed the two guards outside the palace, and entered after Hermoz appeared at the door.

Mo Chen tried to recruit Hermoz to help him deal with Lin Heng, offering him a top-grade spirit treasure while treating him with contempt. After hearing that Primordial Chaos protected Lin Heng, Mo Chen realized his plan to kill Lin Heng before Hai Qianmo arrived would be difficult.

• Mo Chen killed Hermoz's two guards, claimed Hermoz's seat, and ordered him to remain standing.
• Mo Chen offered Hermoz a top-grade spirit treasure as a reward for helping him take revenge on Lin Heng, but Hermoz accepted it while hiding his resentment.
• Mo Chen asked Hermoz what he knew about Lin Heng, and Hermoz described Lin Heng's allies and powerful subordinates.
• Hermoz revealed that Primordial Chaos took considerable care of Lin Heng, making Mo Chen reconsider his plan to kill him.
• Mo Chen concluded that Hermoz and Dasiwoba together might still be too weak to threaten Lin Heng.

Mo Chen learned that Primordial Chaos was unlikely to intervene in conflicts within the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands, then asked Hermoz for a way to kill Lin Heng. Hermoz proposed luring Lin Heng into a fake ruin with the promise of a breakthrough, leaving their plot ready to put into motion.

• Hermoz told Mo Chen that Primordial Chaos rarely intervened personally in the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands and had only arranged for Hongjun to watch over Lin Heng.
• Mo Chen decided he could secretly kill Lin Heng to win recognition from the Ancient Clan and gain the Su Clan's support.
• Hermoz suggested exploiting Lin Heng's desire to reach the Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm by baiting him with a supposed opportunity.
• Mo Chen approved the idea and promised Hermoz more top-grade spirit treasures if he helped carry it out.
• Hermoz proposed using spirit treasures to create a fake ruin, spreading rumors about it, and trapping Lin Heng when he entered.

Hermoz convinced Mo Chen to create fake ruins as bait, then rallied the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea cultivators behind a plan to lure in Lin Heng. Mo Chen built a trap-filled imitation ruin and returned to find Hermoz sitting in his seat.

• Mo Chen praised Hermoz's proposal and left to prepare a fake ruin while Hermoz told the gathered cultivators that he intended to avenge their fallen brothers.
• Hermoz secured his subordinates' loyalty and ordered them to spread word that he had found ruins containing a chance to reach the Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm.
• Mo Chen found an uninhabited island in the far north, lifted it, and placed an immortal mansion filled with arrays and top-grade spirit treasures beneath it.
• Mo Chen returned to Hermoz's palace and grew cold when he saw Hermoz sitting in his seat.