Recaps

Ye Zichen awakened Long Han’s Ancestral Dragon Bloodline with a drop of Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood, transforming him into a true dragon and advancing him to the Late-Stage Half-Immortal realm. After dealing with those who tried to investigate or seize the treasure, Ye Zichen returned to the apothecary and resumed his ordinary days.

• Ye Zichen decided to help Mu Lingxi and protect her last surviving family member in her hundredth life.
• Ye Zichen gave Long Han a drop of Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood, awakening his bloodline and causing a radiant phenomenon across the Central Continent.
• Ruan Yifeng tried to uncover the phenomenon’s secrets, but Ye Zichen warned him, and Ruan Yifeng died after suffering a devastating backlash.
• Ye Zichen killed the people flying toward the phenomenon to seize its treasure and noticed something unusual north of the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty.
• Long Han completed his transformation into a true dragon, reached the Late-Stage Half-Immortal realm, and carried Ye Zichen back to Chu Imperial City.
• Ye Zichen punished Liao Yunxiao with a spanking and a hundred copies of a book, then sent Long Han to gather herbs as patients continued visiting the apothecary.

Ye Zichen visited Mu Lingxi, accepted the flower wreath she had woven for him, and went with her to her new home, where they found her grandmother murdered. After Mu Lingxi collapsed from grief, memories of her hundred lives awakened and urged her to live happily in this one.

• Ye Zichen visited Mu Lingxi as she finished selling flowers, and she gave him a wreath she had woven especially for him.
• Mu Lingxi invited Ye Zichen to her family’s new home, and he agreed to go with her.
• Ye Zichen and Mu Lingxi found her grandmother dead in a pool of blood, and Mu Lingxi begged him to save her.
• Ye Zichen comforted Mu Lingxi and waited after she passed out from grief, knowing this was a tribulation he intended to help her overcome.
• Mu Lingxi dreamed of her hundred lives and their repeated tragedies, until their memories joined into a plea for her to live happily in this life.

Ye Zichen comforted Mu Lingxi after her hundred reincarnations and used an Immortal Emperor’s Imperial Decree to resurrect her grandma. After Mu Lingxi returned home, Ye Zichen confronted the Heavenly Dao, who asked for help recovering from his injuries.

• Ye Zichen took Mu Lingxi and her grandma’s body to his hidden domain and told Mu Lingxi he had known about her reincarnations.
• Mu Lingxi broke down in tears as Ye Zichen comforted her and promised to bring her grandma back.
• Ye Zichen summoned Grandma’s soul with his Imperial Decree, resurrecting her and protecting her as she began the immortal path.
• Ye Zichen gave Mu Lingxi a cultivation method, and she returned home after thanking him and wishing him a happy New Year.
• Ye Zichen called out the Heavenly Dao, who appeared and asked him to restore its strength.
• Ye Zichen refused to help the Heavenly Dao, which accepted that it would have to recover on its own.

Ye Zichen let Mu Lingxi reunite with her grandmother and continued his quiet life at the medicine shop while mysterious killings spread through Chu Imperial City. After Chu Muyang came to seek his help, Ye Zichen said he had already made plans to resolve the crisis.

• The Heavenly Dao asked why Ye Zichen had interfered with Mu Lingxi’s path, and Ye Zichen sent it away without further explanation.
• Mu Lingxi reassured her grandmother that she had only fainted, then chose to spend time with her instead of pursuing cultivation.
• Ye Zichen returned to the medicine shop and sent Long Han and Liao Yunxiao out to gather herbs.
• Over the next month, several cultivators, including Void Refinement cultivators and a Venerable, were killed in Chu Imperial City’s outer city, and Chu Muyang gave his officials three days to find a lead.
• Chu Muyang visited Ye Zichen’s medicine shop in disguise and asked for help, and Ye Zichen told him the matter was already in hand.

Ye Zichen killed the two devils responsible for Mu Lingxi’s grandmother’s death, then visited the Northern Region’s imperial palace and empowered Devil Venerable Mo Lintian. He left Mo Lintian preparing for war against the Central Continent, intending to watch the coming conflict.

• Ye Zichen intercepted and killed the two devils returning from Chu Imperial City, avenging Mu Lingxi’s grandmother.
• Mo Lintian sensed Mo Yihuan’s death and resolved to wait until the Devil Race was ready to attack the Central Continent.
• Ye Zichen appeared before Mo Lintian, forced him to kneel, and increased his strength with spiritual power.
• Mo Lintian mistook Ye Zichen’s help as support for the Devil Race and decided to strengthen his army.
• Ye Zichen surveyed the desolate Northern Region and returned, looking forward to watching the coming war.

Ye Zichen agreed to attend the Sword Inquiry Grand Competition with Chu Muyang’s party, hoping to find interesting sword cultivators and perhaps encounter people from the Dao Heaven Holy Land. After arriving at the Heavenly Sword Holy Land, he took his place among the honored guests as the competition began.

• Chu Muyang invited Ye Zichen to accompany the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty to the Sword Inquiry Grand Competition, and Ye Zichen accepted.
• A month later, Chu Muyang, Chu Yunxi, and Qingfeng escorted Ye Zichen from the pharmacy aboard a great flying boat.
• After half a month of travel, the group arrived at the Heavenly Sword Holy Land, where Jian Wuxin welcomed them and introduced Ye Zichen to the gathered powers.
• The next day, Jian Wuxin declared the Sword Inquiry Grand Competition open before a packed audience.

The Sword Inquiry Grand Competition showcased sword cultivators’ understanding, Sword Intent, and swordsmanship as participants performed on the sword-dancing platform. Jian Changqing’s ordinary-looking mortal sword astonished the audience and left Jian Wuxin proud of the Heavenly Sword Holy Land’s Holy Son.

• Hao Xuan of the Sword Sacrifice Sect performed his Heaven-Sacrificing Sword, earning praise for his decisive moves and swordsmanship.
• Qingqing of the Alluring Sword Sect performed the Alluring Dance Swordsmanship, and Jian Wuxin and Chu Muyang praised her Sword Intent and potential.
• Chu Yunxi performed the Chu Clan's Eighteen Swords, impressing the judges with major accomplishment in Sword Intent and splendid swordsmanship.
• Chu Muyang asked the Dao Heaven Holy Land elder why the Holy Land had remained secluded, but the elder said he could not explain the Holy Lord’s intentions.
• Jian Changqing performed ordinary basic sword moves with a mortal heart, displaying a terrifying killing aura that astonished the audience and earned Jian Wuxin’s praise.

Ye Zichen awakened Chu Qingfeng’s Azure Lotus Immortal Dao Sword Physique, drawing the Heavenly Dao’s blessing. Jian Wuxin asked Ye Zichen for the greatest sword under heaven, and, despite the danger, received his agreement to guide him.

• Ye Zichen called Chu Qingfeng forward and guided him into an enlightenment that awakened his Azure Lotus Immortal Dao Sword Physique.
• Chu Qingfeng’s sword strike drew a blessing from the Heavenly Dao, astonishing Chu Muyang and the gathered cultivators.
• A Dao Heaven Holy Land elder congratulated Chu Muyang and hurried away to report the awakening to the Holy Lord.
• Jian Wuxin knelt before Ye Zichen and asked for the greatest sword under heaven, revealing that he had lost his sword heart after Tingya died.
• Ye Zichen warned Jian Wuxin that he would die, but Jian Wuxin insisted he feared only being unable to take up or put down the sword, and Ye Zichen agreed to guide him.

Jian Wuxin asked Ye Zichen for one final sword stroke so he could fulfill his dream and reunite with Tingya. Ye Zichen’s stroke blessed the entire Weiyang Realm, and the competition resumed with Chu Qingfeng declared the winner.

• Jian Wuxin stepped down as Heavenly Sword Holy Lord, named Jian Changqing his successor, and asked Ye Zichen for one sword stroke before he died.
• Ye Zichen swung Jian Wuxin’s Elegant Heart Sword, sending Jian Wuxin into a vision where he reunited with Tingya and regained his sword heart.
• Jian Wuxin thanked Ye Zichen, who arranged his reincarnation so that he and Tingya could be together in their next life.
• Ye Zichen’s sword stroke formed a million-li-long dragon of Sword Qi, whose dispersal became a blessing across the Weiyang Realm.
• Ye Zichen gave the broken Elegant Heart Sword to Jian Changqing, and Chu Muyang declared Chu Qingfeng the winner of the Sword Inquiry Grand Competition.

After the Immortal’s sword strike became a celebrated event across the Weiyang Realm, Ye Zichen spent a warm evening at the market with Mu Lingxi, Liao Yunxiao, and Long Han. He returned the children safely home and reflected that this peaceful life was not bad.

• Liao Yunxiao excitedly asked Ye Zichen about the Immortal and wondered if he could become one.
• Mu Lingxi visited Ye Zichen’s medicine shop, where she and Liao Yunxiao introduced themselves and learned to write their names.
• Ye Zichen took Mu Lingxi, Liao Yunxiao, and Long Han to the market, where the children ate treats and folded wishing boats.
• Long Han carried the tired Liao Yunxiao back to the shop while Ye Zichen carried the sleeping Mu Lingxi home to her grandmother.
• Ye Zichen walked through the brightly lit Chu Imperial City and reflected that this kind of life was not bad.

Ye Zichen and Long Han entered the poison-ravaged Western Continent, where they met Zhao Qianxue, the Poison Fairy, and learned she might one day be responsible for its fate. Zhao Qianxue hinted that the two visitors could help her obtain something she had long wanted.

• Chu Muyang found that another group sent to investigate the Western Continent had disappeared and went to seek advice from Ye Zichen, but Ye Zichen was away.
• Ye Zichen protected Long Han from the poisonous gas as they entered the Western Continent and found corpses of Great Chu Imperial Dynasty investigators, one of which revived and attacked.
• Zhao Qianxue used Poison Separation to rescue Ye Zichen and Long Han from a horde of corpses, then led them to Poison Control City.
• Zhao Qianxue introduced herself as the Poison Fairy and revealed that she was considered half a city lord, while Ye Zichen identified her Myriad Poison Immortal Physique and her mother's connection to the disaster.
• Zhao Qianxue said she did not know whether she could dispel the poison within a hundred years, then hinted that Ye Zichen and Long Han might help her obtain something she wanted.

Long Han helped Poison Fairy enter a secret realm and seize the Hundred Poison Fruit, which she refined to strengthen her Poison Control Technique. Ye Zichen and Long Han later discussed the Corpse King, and Ye Zichen said they would act, but not yet, as the real show was just beginning.

• Long Han accompanied Poison Fairy into a secret realm and lured away the black bear Corpse Beast guarding the cave.
• Poison Fairy entered the cave, fought off its poisonous vines, and took the Hundred Poison Fruit.
• Long Han defeated the Corpse Beast and met Poison Fairy at the secret realm's entrance.
• Poison Fairy refined the Hundred Poison Fruit and told Ye Zichen and Long Han she planned to clear poison gas around Poison Control City before confronting the Corpse King.
• After Poison Fairy fell asleep, Ye Zichen told Long Han they would still slay the Corpse King, but not yet, and hinted that someone more interesting was coming.

The Poison Fairy remembered how her mother sacrificed herself to save her from the destruction of the Poison Control Holy Land, then resolved to protect the children of Poison Control City. She left the city with Long Han to dispel the poisonous gas and establish a barrier, hoping to buy time to defeat the Corpse King and liberate the Western Continent.

• The Poison Fairy dreamed of her mother fleeing the Poison Control Holy Land with her before returning to contain the poisonous gas, then woke after absorbing the Hundred Poison Fruit.
• The Poison Fairy comforted four children in the city and promised they could play without fear of the coming monsters.
• The Poison Fairy vowed to liberate the Western Continent so children could see the world beyond it, and Ye Zichen encouraged her resolve.
• The Poison Fairy decided to dispel the poisonous gas around Poison Control City and establish a barrier, and Long Han agreed to accompany her.
• The Poison Fairy and Long Han left the city to begin clearing the gas within a hundred li and setting up the outer barrier.

Poison Fairy and Long Han dispersed the poison gas around the city, but Poison Fairy sensed it had changed and feared the Corpse King was preparing to attack. After Ye Zichen warned that trouble was coming, Poison Fairy reinforced the city's shelter and organized an orderly evacuation.

• Long Han rescued Poison Fairy from a lunging zombie as they cleared poison gas around the city.
• Poison Fairy raised a barrier around the city center, then told Ye Zichen she had noticed a subtle change in the poison gas.
• Ye Zichen warned Poison Fairy that trouble was coming, while she suspected the Corpse King might finally be making a move.
• Poison Fairy reinforced the city's shelter barriers and ordered residents to evacuate there.
• The city's residents packed and moved toward the shelters in an orderly manner as Poison Fairy watched over them.

Poison Fairy, Long Han, and the Venerables fought the enormous corpse tide outside Poison Control City. The second elder Du Mingzi appeared and attacked Poison Fairy, but Long Han rescued her.

• Poison Fairy gathered Long Han and more than a dozen Venerables to defend Poison Control City from the millions-strong corpse tide.
• Ye Zichen watched from above as the defenders prepared to face the horde, while the Heavenly Dao worried about Poison Fairy.
• The barrier shattered, and Poison Fairy and Long Han fought the Half-Immortals while the Venerables attacked the other corpses.
• Du Mingzi, the second elder of the Poison Control Holy Land, appeared and praised Poison Fairy before she recognized him as the man who had killed her mother.
• Poison Fairy charged Du Mingzi, who attacked her with poison needles, but Long Han saved her; Du Mingzi then invited him to join his conquest of the Western Continent.

Poison Fairy fought Du Mingzi after learning that he had killed her mother and spread the rumors that had disgraced her. When Du Mingzi gained the upper hand with the Corpse King’s Corrosion Qi, her mother’s keepsake awakened, fusing the Extreme Yin Immortal Poison with her Myriad Poison Immortal Physique and raising her to the Peak Half-Immortal realm.

• Long Han refused Du Mingzi’s offer to join the Corpse King, so Du Mingzi attacked him with a poison formation.
• Poison Fairy learned that Du Mingzi had killed her mother and spread the false rumors about her, then ordered Long Han to let her fight him herself.
• Du Mingzi released Corrosion Qi that strengthened him and helped the corpse horde overwhelm the defenders, leaving Poison Fairy badly injured.
• Poison Fairy’s mother appeared through the keepsake and entrusted the future of the Western Continent to her before fading away.
• Poison Fairy awakened the Extreme Yin Immortal Poison, fused it with her Myriad Poison Immortal Physique, reached the Peak Half-Immortal realm, and dispersed the poison gas across tens of thousands of li.

Poison Fairy avenged her mother by killing Du Mingzi, but the Corpse King appeared and tried to capture her for her Myriad Poison Immortal Physique. Ye Zichen arrived to protect Poison Fairy and Long Han, and prepared to end the fight.

• Long Han revealed his true dragon form and destroyed the zombies across the area.
• Poison Fairy killed Du Mingzi with her mother's dagger, and Du Mingzi called out to the Corpse King before he died.
• The Corpse King attacked Poison Fairy and Long Han, killed the Venerables, and shattered the barrier that had contained his Corpse Qi.
• The Corpse King used the Myriad Poison Immortal Physique he had refined as a Law Treasure to bind Poison Fairy and spread Corpse Qi toward the other continents.
• Ye Zichen appeared from the clouds, stopped the Corpse King's attack on Long Han, and called Long Han and Poison Fairy to his side.

Ye Zichen effortlessly killed the Corpse King, then used his power to clear the Corpse Qi and restore life to the Western Continent. The Poison Fairy watched the land flourish again and wondered whether her mother could see it.

• The Corpse King attacked Ye Zichen with Corpse Dissolution Under Heaven, but Ye Zichen emerged unharmed.
• Ye Zichen killed the Corpse King with a golden spear and kept the corpse pill.
• Ye Zichen gave the spear to Long Han, and the spear spirit agreed to remain with him.
• Ye Zichen summoned the Heavenly Dao and claimed the corpse pill, then promised to help it in return.
• Ye Zichen cleared the Corpse Qi, restored the Western Continent, and sent its dead living beings into reincarnation.
• The Poison Fairy wept at the restored landscape and wondered whether her mother could see its beauty.

The Poison Fairy accepted that Ye Zichen could not bring back her mother and led the Western Continent into a new era as its first empress, Empress First Snow. Two and a half years later, Ye Zichen encountered old acquaintances while treating patients in a village near Chu Imperial City.

• The Poison Fairy begged Ye Zichen to resurrect her mother, but he explained that she had been dead for five hundred years and could not be brought back without an impossible price.
• The Heavenly Dao and Long Han comforted the Poison Fairy, and Ye Zichen named her the Western Continent's first empress.
• The Poison Fairy announced the Western Continent's victory to the city, and its people celebrated her liberation of the continent.
• Ye Zichen and Long Han returned to the Central Continent, and news spread that Zhao Qianxue had defeated the Corpse King and taken the title Empress First Snow.
• Two and a half years later, Ye Zichen treated patients in a village as Zhang Lingyao, Jian Ningshuang, Xiao Feng, and Xie Lingyun arrived on their way to Chu Imperial City.
• The four entered Ye Zichen's cottage and recognized him, exclaiming, "M-my lord!"

Ye Zichen reunited with four visitors from the Eastern Continent and brought them to Chu Imperial City, where three reported to Chu Muyang and Xiao Feng headed to the Heavenly Sword Holy Land. Chu Muyang learned of Ye Zichen’s deeds and welcomed the Eastern Continent representatives, seeing promise in their continent’s future.

• After finishing his village consultations, Ye Zichen greeted Xie Lingyun, Zhang Lingyao, Jian Ningshuang, and Xiao Feng, who explained their visit for Chu Muyang’s birthday and Xiao Feng’s plans to study sword cultivation.
• Ye Zichen escorted the group to Chu Imperial City, then sent Xiao Feng to the Heavenly Sword Holy Land to pursue its unclaimed immortal sword and improve his strength.
• Xie Lingyun, Zhang Lingyao, and Jian Ningshuang reported to Chu Muyang that the Eastern Continent’s holy lords were in seclusion after receiving Ye Zichen’s blessing.
• Jian Ningshuang and Zhang Lingyao told Chu Muyang about Ye Zichen’s destruction of Danyang and his role in awakening Zhang Lingyao’s Ice Spirit Physique.
• Chu Muyang welcomed the three representatives to stay at the imperial palace and concluded that the Eastern Continent’s young cultivators had strong potential.

Chu Yunxi invited Ye Zichen to Chu Muyang’s birthday celebration, and Ye Zichen agreed after Liao Yunxiao and Mu Lingxi begged to go. Half a month later, Chu Muyang celebrated his birthday at the imperial palace as he reached Peak Half-Immortal, welcoming guests from across the Central and Eastern Continents and the Demon Race.

• Chu Yunxi invited Ye Zichen to Chu Muyang’s birthday celebration, and Ye Zichen accepted after Liao Yunxiao and Mu Lingxi asked to come along.
• Ye Zichen punished Liao Yunxiao for his behavior and concealed Mu Lingxi’s cultivation until she turned sixteen.
• Mu Lingxi told Ye Zichen that she and her grandmother would soon move nearby, and Ye Zichen sent Long Han to escort her home.
• Half a month later, Chu Muyang celebrated his birthday at the imperial palace after reaching Peak Half-Immortal.
• Chu Muyang welcomed the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion’s grand elder, Jian Changqing and the Heavenly Sword Holy Land’s grand elder, Xuanxiao, and guests from the Sword Origin Holy Land.

Empress First Snow and representatives from the four continents gathered at Chu Muyang’s birthday banquet, where they awaited Ye Zichen’s arrival. Ye Zichen arrived with Mu Lingxi, Liao Yunxiao, and Long Han, and the guests welcomed him before Chu Muyang began the celebrations.

• Zhao Qianxue arrived as Empress First Snow, and Chu Muyang praised her liberation of the Western Continent.
• Xie Lingyun, Xuanxiao, Jian Changqing, and other guests greeted Zhao Qianxue, bringing representatives of all four continents together.
• Chu Muyang eagerly welcomed Ye Zichen when the Longevity Hall was announced, and Ye Zichen entered with Mu Lingxi, Liao Yunxiao, and Long Han.
• Ye Zichen introduced himself as Young Master Ye, and the assembled guests greeted him in unison.
• Chu Muyang toasted the guests for attending his five-thousandth birthday, and the four continents and Central Continent factions congratulated him on reaching Peak Half-Immortal.

During Chu Muyang’s birthday banquet, Mo Qianren arrived and declared that the Devil Race would go to war against the Central Continent in three months. With Ye Zichen’s permission, Jian Ying challenged Mo Qianren to a duel, and the two faced off in the plaza.

• Chu Muyang hosted the feast, and guests including Zhao Qianxue toasted Ye Zichen for his help.
• Mo Qianren entered the banquet and announced that the Devil Race would attack the Central Continent in three months, threatening everyone allied with it.
• Xuanxiao and Chu Yunxi rebuked Mo Qianren, who boasted of the Devil Race’s strength and its plan to claim the Weiyang Realm.
• Jian Ying challenged Mo Qianren to a duel, and Ye Zichen granted permission for the match.
• Jian Ying and Mo Qianren went to the plaza and prepared to fight as the first Half-Immortal-level duel in the Central Continent.

Jian Ying defeated Mo Qianren in a brutal battle at the banquet, and the representatives of the four continents gathered to discuss the Human Race’s war against the Devil Race. The chapter ended with Zhao Qianxue asking why the Dao Heaven Holy Land’s holy lord had never appeared and whether the sect would join the war.

• Jian Ying unleashed the Peerless Shadow Slaying Sword Formation and killed Mo Qianren, then collapsed from his wounds and exhausted Spiritual Qi.
• Ye Zichen lifted the barrier as Jian Changqing rushed to Jian Ying, and the crowd celebrated the victory.
• Zhao Qianxue asked Ye Zichen about the war between the Human Race and the Devil Race, but he said it had nothing to do with him.
• Chu Muyang convened representatives of the four continents, who pledged to help fight the Devil Race; Zhao Qianxue said she would represent the weakened Western Continent alone.
• Zhao Qianxue asked whether the Dao Heaven Holy Land would join the war and why its holy lord had never appeared publicly, prompting Chu Muyang to respond.

The Central Continent’s leaders learned that the Dao Heaven Holy Land had concealed its fate, while Holy Lord Murong Guanhai prepared to join the coming war and carry out his plan to refine every cultivator in Weiyang. Ye Zichen watched Murong’s scheme unfold and continued his quiet life at the pharmacy as the war approached.

• Lin Suantian said his divination of the Dao Heaven Holy Land had been obscured, and Zhao Qianxuan asked the three powers to investigate it again.
• Jian Changqing and the other representatives agreed to return to their powers and send people to visit the Dao Heaven Holy Land.
• Zhao Qianxue stayed in the Central Continent, while Chu Muyang and Chu Yunxi worried about the approaching war.
• Murong Guanhai told an elder that the Dao Heaven Holy Land would join the war, then ordered Wang Batian to lead its disciples to the border and merely pretend to fight.
• Murong Guanhai revealed his plan to activate an Immortal’s formation and refine Weiyang’s cultivators to seize the Heavenly Dao and become a true immortal.
• Ye Zichen watched Murong Guanhai’s preparations, then let Zhao Qianxue and Liao Yunxiao help pound herbs at his pharmacy.