Recaps

After Yuan Feng and several soldiers were killed, Yang Wu gathered the deputy commanders of the Ten Thousand Mirrors Ore Vein to discuss who was responsible. The miners remained trapped under the Mining Army’s abuse as the commanders considered confronting the Heavenly Derivation Sect.

• Myriad Mirrors Mining Army soldiers blamed the Heavenly Derivation Sect for Yuan Feng’s death and disparaged ascenders.
• An immortal soldier whipped an ascender miner for looking up, and the miner returned to digging without protest.
• Yang Wu dismissed the dancers and asked the deputy commanders what they thought had happened.
• Jing Shaowu reported that investigators sent to the reception hall had not replied and said the Heavenly Derivation Sect might be responsible, though other attackers could not be ruled out.
• A burly deputy commander urged Yang Wu to go to the Heavenly Derivation Sect and demand an explanation.

Yang Wu sent Jing Shaowu and Li Yuanba to investigate the deaths near a Reception Hall while ordering the Ten Thousand Mirrors Ore Vein commanders to capture more ascenders and force mine slaves to meet their ore quota. Jing Shaowu and Li Yuanba reached their destination at sunrise and found an enormous palace beside the Reception Hall that had not been there before.

• Yuan He advised Yang Wu to investigate the scene and warned that the people Zhao had sent might also be in danger.
• Yang Wu ordered Jing Shaowu and Li Yuanba to take their mining army squads and search for clues.
• Yang Wu learned the ore vein was ten million cubic units short of its quota and ordered the deputy commanders to capture more ascenders and drive the mine slaves harder.
• Jing Shaowu and Li Yuanba traveled toward Reception Hall No. 13,756 while speculating about who had attacked Yuan Feng and the others.
• At sunrise, Jing Shaowu and Li Yuanba arrived near the Reception Hall and spotted a huge palace that had appeared beside it.

The Source of All Spirits confronted Jing Shaowu, Li Yuanba, and the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army after they discovered the Eternal Imperial Palace and the bodies of their dead comrades. He gave them ten breaths to leave, then attacked when time ran out, prompting Jing Shaowu to call for a battle formation.

• Jing Shaowu and Li Yuanba found the bodies of Yuan Feng, Huang Qiang, and their men near the newly appeared palace.
• Jing Shaowu recorded the palace and its Eternal Imperial Palace plaque, then sensed a powerful figure emerge.
• The Source of All Spirits knocked Jing Shaowu, Li Yuanba, and the mining soldiers to the ground and ordered them to leave within ten breaths.
• Jing Shaowu asked whether the Source of All Spirits had killed the Five Dragons Mountain people, and he admitted that he had.
• When the Source of All Spirits declared time was up, Jing Shaowu ordered the soldiers to form the Wind and Thunder Violet Eagle Battle Formation.

Jing Shaowu and the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army formed the Wind and Thunder Violet Eagle Battle Formation and attacked the Source of All Spirits. He blocked their strongest strike without injury and prepared to retaliate.

• Jing Shaowu led Li Yuanba and more than two hundred members of the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army in forming the Wind and Thunder Violet Eagle Battle Formation.
• Jing Shaowu commanded the formation to unleash its strongest attack, a beam of wind and lightning aimed at the Source of All Spirits.
• Li Yuanba and the other soldiers wondered whether the Source of All Spirits had been killed or injured by the blast.
• The Source of All Spirits emerged unharmed behind a faint white barrier, leaving the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army terrified.
• The Source of All Spirits dismissed their attack and said it was his turn.

The Source of All Spirits destroyed Jing Shaowu’s battle formation and killed the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army. A concealed observer fled toward the Heavenly Derivation Sect after realizing the white-robed man had seen through his concealment and threatened him.

• Jing Shaowu activated the Wind and Thunder Immortal Shield, but the Source of All Spirits shattered it with a palm of power.
• The Source of All Spirits destroyed the Wind and Thunder Violet Eagle, breaking the formation and leaving Jing Shaowu and the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army gravely injured.
• The Source of All Spirits struck again and killed Jing Shaowu and the two hundred members of the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army.
• A concealed observer considered recruiting the Source of All Spirits for the Heavenly Derivation Sect, but the Source of All Spirits spotted him and made a throat-slitting gesture.
• The observer fled toward the Heavenly Derivation Sect, shaken by the Source of All Spirits’ strength and perception.

Yang Wu concluded that an unknown force behind the immortal palace had wiped out Jing Shaowu, Li Yuanba, and over two hundred soldiers, so he contacted the chief commander and ordered the mining army to continue production. A month later, Su Ting and the others emerged from cultivation with major advances, while Su Chen summoned Lian Ruyue before she could enter the small space.

• Yang Wu heard Yuan He argue that the immortal palace and the attack likely did not belong to the Heavenly Derivation Sect, and refused to send him to investigate because the enemy might include Peak Human Immortals or an Earth Immortal.
• Yang Wu dismissed the deputy commanders, ordered them to maintain production, and used the losses as a possible excuse to delay the immortal ore delivery.
• Yang Wu contacted the chief commander through a communication stone after the tent emptied.
• A month later, Su Ting emerged at True Immortal Fifth Heaven after advancing from Loose Immortal through cultivation in the Revolving Wheel Secret Realm.
• Su Yun, Su Hao, Su Yi, and Su Shuang'er also emerged near True Immortal Fifth Heaven, while Lian Ruyue reached Seventh Heaven Loose Immortal and learned that more than a dozen Su Imperial Clan members had become immortals.
• Su Chen called Lian Ruyue as she was about to enter the small space, and she stopped to look toward the depths of the imperial palace.

Su Chen reforged Lian Ruyue and Lianxi’s cultivation technique into the Supreme Infinite Nine Mysterious Yin Scripture, removing the torment caused by Supreme Mysterious Yin Soul. The new scripture gave each woman eight powerful avatars, and they later joined Su Chen at the Little Bamboo Residence.

• Lian Ruyue entered and saw that Lianxi had reached the Loose Immortal realm while serving Su Chen.
• Su Chen offered to improve the women’s cultivation technique, and Lian Ruyue and Lianxi knelt to receive it.
• Su Chen transformed the Supreme Mysterious Yin Scripture into the Supreme Infinite Nine Mysterious Yin Scripture and sent the improved technique into their bodies.
• Lian Ruyue and Lianxi circulated their Immortal Yuan, each manifesting eight avatars with strength nearly equal to her original body.
• Su Chen explained the avatars’ abilities and limits, then told the women to wash before joining him.
• Half an hour later, nineteen figures intertwined inside the Little Bamboo Residence.

At the Ten Thousand Mirrors Ore Vein, Shangguan Yin and Bai Qingqian discussed an unknown expert and the newly appeared immortal palace. The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord arrived and ordered them to lead him there.

• Yang Wu reported that their forces had lost three deputy commanders and more than two hundred immortal soldiers to a likely Earth Immortal expert.
• Bai Qingqian urged Shangguan Yin to investigate the immortal palace, but Shangguan Yin waited for word from his superiors.
• Bai Qingqian prepared to go alone until the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord appeared at the tent entrance.
• Bai Qingqian told the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord that she and Shangguan Yin planned to visit the Reception Hall and identify the palace's owner.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord ordered Shangguan Yin and Bai Qingqian to lead him to the imperial palace, and the three flew off together.

Heavenly Derivation Sect’s Feng Chiyu suspected the master of the imperial palace was beyond Earth Immortal and set out to meet him. Su Chen assigned Su Ting and the others to expand the Su Imperial Clan’s influence across neighboring empires using the palace’s improved teleportation array.

• Bai Zhu reported to Feng Chiyu that the man in white from the immortal palace had effortlessly killed the mining army’s deputies and noticed Bai Zhu’s concealed presence.
• Feng Chiyu examined a recording of the immortal palace and concluded it might be beyond the reach of an Earth Immortal, then decided to visit its master with Bai Zhu.
• Feng Chiyu said a Heavenly Immortal chief examiner would soon arrive for the regular assessment, reassuring Bai Zhu that they could speak with the palace’s master.
• Su Chen told Su Ting and the others to spread the Su Imperial Clan’s name through the surrounding empires and strengthen their cultivation.
• Su Chen explained that he had improved the imperial palace’s array so its subsidiary marks could let clan members teleport between empires for up to a year.

Su Chen noticed visitors approaching the imperial palace and went to meet them with Lian Ruyue. Outside the palace, the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord and his commanders assessed its power and decided to test its owner.

• Su Chen spotted three newcomers near the imperial palace and set out to greet them with Lian Ruyue and her companion.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord, Shangguan Yin, and Bai Qingqian examined the palace and reacted to its name, Eternal Imperial Palace.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord summoned his Extreme Fire Coiling Dragon Staff and judged the palace to be an Immortal Weapon of extraordinary quality.
• Bai Qingqian wondered whether the palace's owner was a powerful Heavenly Immortal, but the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord suspected they were merely wealthy.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord decided to test the palace's owner, confident that a nouveau riche would be easy to deal with.

The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord and Feng Chiyu arrived at the immortal palace, where they clashed over the deaths of the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army and the people inside. The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord advanced to confront them, and four figures emerged from the palace’s protective formation.

• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord headed toward the immortal palace, then noticed Feng Chiyu, Bai Zhu, and Yan Yuxing approaching.
• Feng Chiyu greeted the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord, who explained that he had come to avenge the three vice commanders and more than two hundred members of the Myriad Mirrors Mining Army.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord warned Feng Chiyu not to interfere and moved toward the palace while Feng Chiyu stayed back and planned to contact the divine master.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord admired the palace’s materials as Shangguan Yin called on its occupants to come out and answer for their crimes.
• The palace’s protective formation opened a passage, and four figures stepped outside.

The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord and Feng Chiyu recognized the Source of All Spirits among Su Chen and his companions, and both saw him as a prize. As Feng Chiyu tried to summon a Divine Master, Yan Yuxing pointed out that Lian Ruyue had advanced from Loose Immortal to True Immortal in just over a month, leaving Feng Chiyu stunned.

• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord recognized the Source of All Spirits and grew greedy, while he assessed Su Chen and the two women with him.
• Feng Chiyu and Bai Zhu recognized the Source of All Spirits and feared the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord would seize him for the Heavenly Derivation Sect's disadvantage.
• Feng Chiyu tried to contact a Divine Master for help, but received no response and left a message instead.
• Yan Yuxing told Feng Chiyu and Bai Zhu that Lian Ruyue had risen from First Heaven Loose Immortal to True Immortal in a little over a month.
• Feng Chiyu, stunned by Yan Yuxing's claim, grabbed his shoulder to check whether he was sure.

Feng Chiyu and his companions realized the immortal palace’s newcomers had concealed their strength, while Shangguan Yin confronted the Source of All Spirits over Five Dragons Mountain’s treatment of ascenders. Their fight left Shangguan Yin wounded and shocked by the Source of All Spirits’ power.

• Feng Chiyu and Bai Zhu concluded that the newcomers’ strength might cause the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord to suffer a major loss, and Yan Yuxing explained why they had not been recognized.
• Shangguan Yin accused the Source of All Spirits of killing Five Dragons Mountain’s men, and the Source of All Spirits condemned the mountain for enslaving newly ascended people.
• Shangguan Yin declared that serving Five Dragons Mountain was an honor for ascenders, angering Lian Ruyue, her daughter, and Feng Chiyu’s companions.
• With the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord’s approval, Shangguan Yin challenged the Source of All Spirits to fight.
• The Source of All Spirits dodged Shangguan Yin’s attacks, then struck him hard enough to send him flying and split the web of his sword hand.

The Source of All Spirits overwhelmed Shangguan Yin, a Ninth Heaven Earth Immortal, using his mysterious Power of Origin. When the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord tried to save Shangguan Yin, the Source of All Spirits’ flying sword still killed him, leaving the mountain lord and the witnesses stunned.

• The Source of All Spirits slapped Shangguan Yin twice before Su Chen ordered him to stop wasting time.
• The Source of All Spirits fought barehanded, disarmed Shangguan Yin, and battered him into a crater.
• The Source of All Spirits formed a flying sword from the Power of Origin and sent it toward the wounded Shangguan Yin.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord struck the flying sword with a fire-dragon fist imprint, but it only knocked the blade slightly off course.
• The flying sword pierced Shangguan Yin between the brows and killed him.

After the Source of All Spirits killed Shangguan Yin, the furious Fire Dragon Mountain Lord demanded the Eternal Imperial Palace and attacked. The Source of All Spirits began using the Power of Origin to face the Heavenly Immortal’s full-strength strike.

• The Source of All Spirits killed Shangguan Yin, shocking Feng Chiyu and frightening Bai Qingqian.
• The Source of All Spirits mocked the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord for coveting the Eternal Imperial Palace and pointed out that Five Dragons Mountain had attacked first.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord demanded the palace and ordered Su Chen and the others to become his servants, but the Source of All Spirits, Lian Ruyue, and her daughter laughed at him.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord summoned the Extreme Fire Coiling Dragon Staff and unleashed his signature technique, Fire Dragon Presses Down from Above.
• The Source of All Spirits covered himself in the Power of Origin to fight the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord’s attack.

The Source of All Spirits matched the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord despite their vast cultivation gap, astonishing Feng Chiyu and his companions. The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord transformed into a dragon demon, but the Source of All Spirits dismissed his power and launched another attack.

• The Source of All Spirits and the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord clashed, and both were sent flying back while neither suffered a clear injury.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord questioned the Source of All Spirits’ strength, and Feng Chiyu and the others realized he was in danger.
• The Source of All Spirits explained that the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord’s limited perspective made him underestimate the Source’s power.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord accused the Source of All Spirits of relying on external aid and vowed to refine him.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord unleashed the Blood Flame Dragon Demon Transformation, changing into a powerful dragon-like beast.
• The Source of All Spirits mocked the transformation and thrust his spear at the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord, drawing on the Power of Origin.

The Source of All Spirits overpowered the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord and severed his right hand, leaving him unable to heal. The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord used his dragon horn to escape, abandoning Bai Qingqian and leaving the others stunned.

• The Source of All Spirits fought the transformed Fire Dragon Mountain Lord barehanded and warned that his transformation was no match for his own power.
• The Source of All Spirits formed a blade from the Power of Origin and cut off the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord's right hand, also destroying a mountain with the sword light.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord retreated and realized the Source of All Spirits' unusual power had let him suppress a Heavenly Immortal.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord announced he had one last move, then used his dragon horn to form a blood-colored vortex and flee through space.
• Bai Qingqian was left behind and realized she was doomed, while Feng Chiyu and the others watched in shock.

After the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord escaped with a forbidden technique, Su Chen sealed the surrounding space and pulled him back. The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord realized Su Chen was an overwhelming expert before Su Chen burned him away.

• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord fled, leaving the Source of All Spirits unable to catch him, while Feng Chiyu lamented Five Dragons Mountain’s losses.
• The Source of All Spirits apologized to Su Chen for letting the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord escape and offered to pursue him later.
• Su Chen sealed the space around the Emperor Palace and used his power to draw the escaping Fire Dragon Mountain Lord back.
• The Fire Dragon Mountain Lord recognized that Su Chen had thwarted his escape and suspected he was an Immortal King.
• Su Chen caused the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord’s body to burn away completely.

Su Chen killed the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord and Bai Qingqian, then ordered the Source of All Spirits to recover quickly so they could eliminate their enemies. Feng Chiyu warned the Source of All Spirits that Five Dragons Mountain and its backer, the Three Immortals Pavilion, might retaliate, but the Source of All Spirits refused the Heavenly Derivation Sect’s offer of help.

• Su Chen destroyed the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord and Bai Qingqian, then told the Source of All Spirits to hurry his recovery.
• Su Chen returned to the Emperor Palace with Lian Ruyue and her daughter, leaving Feng Chiyu, Bai Zhu, and Yan Yuxing to speak with the Source of All Spirits.
• Feng Chiyu warned the Source of All Spirits that Five Dragons Mountain controlled the area and would likely seek revenge, offering help from the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• The Source of All Spirits refused the offer, saying he would soon be able to destroy Five Dragons Mountain himself.
• Feng Chiyu revealed that the Three Immortals Pavilion backed Five Dragons Mountain and warned of its powerful Immortal Lords.
• The Source of All Spirits recalled that the Three Immortals Pavilion had once hunted him and told Feng Chiyu that Su Chen and his clan would not join the Heavenly Derivation Sect.

Feng Chiyu and his companions left after concluding that Su Chen was a powerful immortal with a clan. At the Ten Thousand Mirrors Ore Vein, Yang Wu feared that the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord and Grand Commander Shangguan Yin had died, but Grand Commander Bai Taijun arrived before he could report the matter and demanded an explanation.

• Feng Chiyu decided not to question Su Chen further and left with Bai Zhu and their companion.
• Yang Wu and the commanders at the Ten Thousand Mirrors Ore Vein grew alarmed when Shangguan Yin’s communication stone stopped working and no news arrived about the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord and the others.
• Yang Wu told Yuan He that they would go to the southern district to report everything to Bai Taijun, while the other commanders stayed to guard the ore vein.
• Bai Taijun and Yang Xue burst into the tent, knocked everyone down, and demanded to know where Shangguan Yin was.
• Yang Wu knelt before Bai Taijun and confessed that something terrible had happened, while Bai Taijun warned him not to hide anything.

Bai Taijun learned that the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord, Shangguan Yin, and Bai Qingqian had vanished after confronting an unknown force at an immortal palace. He reported the news to the Wood Dragon Mountain Lord, who ordered him to watch the palace, and Bai Taijun made Yang Wu lead him there.

• Bai Taijun discovered from Yang Wu that the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord and Shangguan Yin had disappeared after going to an immortal palace two months earlier.
• Bai Taijun struck Yang Wu and berated him and the others for waiting so long to report the disappearance.
• Bai Taijun contacted the Wood Dragon Mountain Lord and reported the deaths and the immortal palace at Ten Thousand Mirrors Mountain.
• The Wood Dragon Mountain Lord ordered Bai Taijun to keep watch on the palace without approaching and to report any developments.
• Bai Taijun told Yang Wu and the others to lead the way to the immortal palace.

The Wood Dragon Mountain Lord told the Earth Dragon and Water Dragon Mountain Lords that he had learned where the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord died and showed them a recording of the immortal palace. The Water Dragon Mountain Lord ordered them to watch the site and wait until the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord returned before deciding how to act.

• The Wood Dragon Mountain Lord contacted the Earth Dragon and Water Dragon Mountain Lords and told them what Bai Taijun had revealed about the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord's death.
• The Earth Dragon Mountain Lord suspected the killer had been an Immortal Lord, while the Wood Dragon Mountain Lord suggested it might have been a powerful ascender with ties to the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• The Wood Dragon Mountain Lord showed them a recording of the immortal palace, and the Water Dragon Mountain Lord judged it to be at least an Immortal Lord-level Immortal Weapon.
• The Water Dragon Mountain Lord told the Wood Dragon and Earth Dragon Mountain Lords to watch the site and wait for the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord to return from the Three Immortals Pavilion in a month.

Feng Chiyu reported Five Dragons Mountain’s losses to Divine Master Situ after receiving a pill that helped him become a Heavenly Immortal. Situ decided the Heavenly Derivation Sect should not interfere with the immortal palace and warned Feng Chiyu not to approach its people again.

• Feng Chiyu thanked Situ Jiansheng for the pill that had helped him break through to the Heavenly Immortal First Heaven.
• Feng Chiyu told Situ that the immortal palace’s master had killed the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord, a deputy mountain lord, and two grand commanders, and might be an Immortal Lord.
• Situ explained that a former Heavenly Derivation Sect ascender had reached the Heavenly Immortal Ninth Heaven and was close to becoming an Immortal Lord.
• Situ concluded that Five Dragons Mountain would seek revenge but refused to visit the immortal palace, saying it could harm the sect’s relationship with them.
• Situ told Feng Chiyu not to bother the immortal palace’s people unless they approached the Heavenly Derivation Sect, then departed.

The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord returned to Five Dragons Mountain and decided to lead an attack on the immortal palace to avenge the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord. He ordered the Five Dragons Guard to assemble and revealed that a friend from the Three Immortals Pavilion would join them.

• The Earth Dragon Mountain Lord asked when the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord would return, and the Water Dragon Mountain Lord said he would arrive that day.
• The Wood Dragon Mountain Lord reported that his watcher had seen no one enter or leave the immortal palace, leaving its forces and resources unknown.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord ordered the Five Dragons Guard to assemble for an attack on the immortal palace.
• The Water Dragon Mountain Lord said the attack would also warn nearby sects, including the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord revealed that a friend from the Three Immortals Pavilion would accompany them, and Brother Kun emerged from twisted space.

Kun Ling, a commander of the Three Immortals Guard, joined the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord and his companions to back them up before their journey. At a banquet, he offered the Water Dragon Mountain Lord pills in exchange for intimacy, and she accepted his offer.

• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord introduced Kun Ling, an Immortal Lord Sixth Heaven commander, to the other mountain lords and said he would help them confront their enemies.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord postponed their departure until the next morning and held a banquet to welcome Kun Ling.
• Kun Ling approached the Water Dragon Mountain Lord at the banquet and praised her beauty after the others left them alone.
• Kun Ling offered the Water Dragon Mountain Lord pills that might help her advance two minor realms in exchange for intimacy, while saying he would not force her.
• The Water Dragon Mountain Lord undressed as Kun Ling was about to leave, accepting his offer, and he embraced her.