Recaps

Xiang Yun urged Yi Taiqing to investigate the Yuan Sect’s suspected ties to the Yimo and proposed an alliance with the Dao Sect and Primordial Hall. Yi Taiqing agreed to investigate, while Xiang Yun raised the possibility that Zhou Tong was still alive.

• Xiang Yun argued that the Yuan Sect might target the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace if its leaders gained a path to the Reincarnation Stage.
• Xiang Yun claimed the Yuan Sect was secretly collecting Yimo corpses to build an army, and Ling Qingzhu stood by him despite Yi Taiqing’s demand for evidence.
• Xiang Yun invoked the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace’s secret duty as successor to the Supreme Palace, prompting Yi Taiqing to agree to investigate and ally with the Primordial Hall if the accusation proved true.
• Yi Taiqing asked whether Xiang Yun belonged to the Supreme Palace and learned he had modified the Supreme Induction Art himself as a gift to Ling Qingzhu.
• Xiang Yun suggested Ying Xuanzi might agree to an alliance if Zhou Tong was still alive, leaving Ling Qingzhu stunned.

Yi Taiqing investigated Xiang Yun’s claims about the Yuan Sect and learned that Ling Qingzhu’s cultivation treasure could not be borrowed, while Xiang Yun reviewed the rules for the Great Desolation Tablet trial. Xiang Yun suspected Ying Xuanzi was using the trial to draw the Yuan Sect’s attention, and decided to force Ying Xuanzi into action by exposing Ying Huanhuan’s identity as the Ice Master’s reincarnation.

• Yi Taiqing agreed to investigate Xiang Yun’s claims about the Yuan Sect and took Ling Qingzhu back with her.
• Yi Taiqing noticed Ling Qingzhu’s progress toward Four Yuan Nirvana and ordered her to defeat Ying Xiaoxiao.
• Ling Qingzhu privately told Yi Taiqing about her cultivation method, and Yi Taiqing urged her to focus on cultivation.
• Hong Wuji gave Xiang Yun the exchange rules, including his requirement to defeat Nirvana Realm fighters and the Desolate Hall’s leaders before joining the trial.
• Xiang Yun and Hong Wuji concluded that Ying Xuanzi’s rules might shift the Yuan Sect’s attention toward the Primordial Hall.
• Xiang Yun decided to expose Ying Huanhuan as the Ice Master’s reincarnation so Ying Xuanzi would have no choice but to act.

Xiang Yun used Supreme Power to nourish the World Tree and discovered it could draw energy from across the Tianxuan Continent and provide a way to escape. The influx rapidly strengthened him, leaving him with a Yuan Spirit Cuticle ahead of his expected fight against Chen Zhen and Wu Dao.

• Xiang Yun refused to tell Hong Wuji the secret he planned to share with Ying Xuanzi, then urged Hong Wuji to cultivate harder.
• Xiang Yun sealed himself in a cultivation room to study how Supreme Power affected the World Tree.
• The World Tree absorbed Xiang Yun's Supreme Power and formed natural formations across its roots, trunk, and leaves.
• The World Tree pierced the Tianxuan Continent's Plane Embryo and drew Nirvana Qi, heaven and earth Qi, demonic Qi, Primordial Qi, thunder Qi, and World Power from across the continent.
• Xiang Yun realized he could use the World Tree's roots to travel to other places on the continent and escape danger.
• The World Tree's energy rapidly strengthened Xiang Yun, who condensed a Yuan Spirit Cuticle usually formed at Nine Yuan Nirvana and anticipated trouble for Chen Zhen and Wu Dao.

Xiang Yun disrupted the Desolate Hall disciples’ cultivation in the Pill River to pressure Wu Dao into letting him study the Desolate Stone. After Wu Dao agreed, Xiang Yun headed for it, while Wu Dao worried he might master Desolate Energy and the Great Desolation Scripture.

• Xiang Yun’s cultivation created a vortex that drained Nirvana Qi from the Desolate Hall disciples around the Pill River.
• Wu Dao confronted Xiang Yun, who argued that he was only a Six Yuan Nirvana cultivator and offered to stop if he could study the Desolate Stone.
• Wu Dao allowed Xiang Yun alone to comprehend the Desolate Stone, and Xiang Yun left for it after taunting the Desolate Hall disciples.
• The Desolate Hall disciples followed Xiang Yun to watch him, while Wu Dao changed direction to see for himself, fearing Xiang Yun might master the Great Desolation Scripture.

Xiang Yun entered the Desolate Hall’s Martial Arts Hall to test himself against the Desolate Stone and its Desolate Energy. He absorbed the energy with his black hole dantian and then repelled the Stone’s stronger surge with his blood and Qi, leaving the watching disciples astonished.

• Xiang Yun entered the Desolate Stone platform after saying the deputy hall master had approved his visit.
• Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu watched Xiang Yun, and Ling Qingzhu challenged Ying Huanhuan’s hostility toward him.
• Xiang Yun studied the Desolate Art and decided to see whether he could derive a martial art from it without relying on the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Xiang Yun used his black hole dantian to devour the Desolate Energy and swiftly approached within fifty zhang of the Desolate Stone.
• Xiang Yun leaped closer, and when the Desolate Stone unleashed a surge of energy, his blood and Qi forced it back.

Xiang Yun sat atop the Desolate Stone and absorbed its Desolate Energy, rapidly condensing a Desolation Seed as the stone fought back. He summoned the World Tree to crush its attack and continued devouring its power.

• Xiang Yun reached the Desolate Stone and resisted its petrifying Desolate Energy with his Qi and blood.
• Xiang Yun climbed onto the stone and endured its furious surge of Desolate Energy, while Pang Feng and the other disciples retreated.
• Xiang Yun absorbed the Desolate Energy and compressed it into a Desolation Seed, astonishing Pang Feng and Ying Huanhuan with his speed.
• The Desolate Stone attacked Xiang Yun with a beam of gray light, but Xiang Yun summoned the World Tree to crush the attack and absorb its energy.
• Xiang Yun taunted the Desolate Stone as it tried to resist his absorption.

Xiang Yun absorbed the Desolate Stone’s power until the World Tree pulled him into the Great Desolation Tablet’s hidden space. He called for the Tablet to appear, and the desolate world collapsed around him.

• Xiang Yun used the World Tree to suppress the Desolate Stone and absorb its Desolate Energy, raising his Desolation Seed’s level.
• Wu Dao and Gu Mo realized Xiang Yun had subdued the Desolate Stone, then saw the Great Desolation Tablet’s power envelop him and summoned the sect master.
• Wu Dao sent the Desolate Hall disciples away, while Pang Feng told Ying Huanhuan that Xiang Yun might have entered the Great Desolation Tablet.
• Xiang Yun found himself in a barren space and realized the World Tree had broken through a boundary to bring him there.
• Xiang Yun called for the Great Desolation Tablet to appear, and the sky and land shattered before darkness engulfed him.

Ying Xuanzi and the others watched Xiang Yun get drawn into the Great Desolation Tablet, where he met its Tablet Spirit and offered to help deal with the Yimo Kings. Xiang Yun used the World Tree to devour a fragment of Yimo power, leaving the Yimo furious but still trapped inside the tablet.

• Ying Xuanzi and Hong Wuji learned from Wu Dao that Xiang Yun had entered the Great Desolation Tablet unexpectedly.
• The pillar of light around Xiang Yun intensified, reminding Ying Xuanzi, Wu Dao, Chen Zhen, and Gu Mo of the sign that had accompanied Zhou Tong's comprehension of the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Xiang Yun met the Tablet Spirit, which offered to pass on the Great Desolation Scripture if he tried to help suppress the Yimo Kings.
• Xiang Yun sent a World Tree root into the tablet and devoured a fragment of Yimo power, strengthening himself.
• The Yimo within the tablet threatened Xiang Yun, who dismissed them as fertilizer and told them to make their threats after escaping.

Xiang Yun absorbed Yimo power through the World Tree, strengthening his essence, Qi, spirit, and cultivation until he broke through to Seven Yuan Nirvana while comprehending the Great Desolation Scripture. His sudden Nirvana Tribulation vanished when he absorbed the surrounding Nirvana Fire, leaving the onlookers waiting for him to emerge and explain what happened.

• Xiang Yun used the World Tree to draw Yimo power into himself, rapidly nourishing his essence, Qi, spirit, and Mental Energy.
• Xiang Yun broke through to Seven Yuan Nirvana while still comprehending the Great Desolation Scripture, and Nirvana Fire engulfed him.
• Ying Xuanzi, Hong Wuji, Yi Taiqing, Ying Huanhuan, and Ling Qingzhu worried that Xiang Yun would not survive the tribulation while unconscious.
• Ying Huanhuan and the others watched in surprise as Xiang Yun absorbed the Nirvana Fire and his presence surged.
• Ying Xuanzi said they would have to wait for Xiang Yun to come out before learning what had happened.

Xiang Yun received and mastered the Great Desolation Scripture from the Tablet Spirit, then returned to the Desolate Hall with news about the Yimo threat. He left Ying Xuanzi and the others curious about what he knew, while using that information to bargain with them.

• The Tablet Spirit gave Xiang Yun the Great Desolation Scripture after Xiang Yun helped suppress the Yimo King.
• Xiang Yun learned that the Yimo had stopped eroding the Tablet Spirit, and he agreed to return after the Tablet Spirit recovered so they could go deeper.
• Xiang Yun left the World Tree and revealed his mastery of true desolation to Wu Dao, Ying Xuanzi, Ying Huanhuan, and the others.
• Xiang Yun said he had learned secrets about the Dao Sect’s safety and hinted that Ying Xuanzi would have to pay a price to hear them.
• Ying Huanhuan challenged Xiang Yun over the Great Desolation Tablet, and Ling Qingzhu came over to straighten his robes.

Xiang Yun used his knowledge of the Great Desolation Tablet to negotiate with Ying Xuanzi, then helped Ling Qingzhu deepen her understanding of the Supreme Induction Art. He left her preparing to take the lead in their cultivation together.

• Xiang Yun told Ying Xuanzi that he knew why Zhou Tong comprehended the Great Desolation Scripture and what made Ying Huanhuan special, then agreed to discuss terms after the exchange.
• Word spread through the Dao Sect about Xiang Yun's Desolation Seed and talent, drawing more disciples to seek out the Primordial Hall.
• Xiang Yun told Ling Qingzhu to delay her breakthrough and study the Desolation Art, promising to help her master the Great Desolation Scripture after she won her exchange tier.
• Xiang Yun explained that the Great Desolation Tablet's approval, rather than talent alone, had become the main obstacle to mastering the Great Desolation Scripture.
• Ling Qingzhu said that their intimate cultivation sessions strengthened her Supreme Induction Art and asked to take the lead this time.

Xiang Yun kept Ling Qingzhu in the cultivation room to recover, then took Ying Huanhuan outside when she pressed him about a secret concerning her. Their argument escalated until he slapped her, and the chapter ended with her apparently crying as he tried to stop her.

• Ling Qingzhu recovered after Xiang Yun overwhelmed her again, then stayed behind so Ying Huanhuan would not see her flushed and disheveled.
• Xiang Yun met Ying Huanhuan, who asked what he had meant about her when speaking to Ying Xuanzi, and led her away from the Dao Sect hall.
• Xiang Yun refused to reveal the secret, and Ying Huanhuan threatened to expose his affair with Ling Qingzhu and accuse him of molesting her.
• Xiang Yun slapped Ying Huanhuan and challenged her to tell Ying Xuanzi he had molested her.
• Ying Huanhuan prepared to attack Xiang Yun, but he took her guzheng away and then noticed her shoulders shaking as she sobbed.

Xiang Yun traded with Ying Xuanzi for the Tablet of Stillness and revealed that Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Master’s reincarnation. After refining the tablet, he had the World Tree absorb its power of stillness and time.

• Ying Huanhuan stopped Xiang Yun from leaving and agreed to his demand for a suitable treasure in exchange for telling her what he knew.
• Xiang Yun told Ying Xuanzi that Ying Huanhuan would learn the truth sooner or later, and Ying Xuanzi offered him four treasures to choose from.
• Xiang Yun selected the Tablet of Stillness, then revealed that Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Master’s reincarnation.
• Xiang Yun refined the Tablet of Stillness with his purple blood, and the World Tree absorbed its power of time.

Xiang Yun revealed that Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Master’s reincarnation and that three Reincarnation Stage Yimo Kings were sealed beneath the Great Desolation Tablet. He also told Ying Xuanzi that Zhou Tong was alive in the Yuan Sect, then left them with the revelations and the Nine Heavens Heavy Peak.

• Xiang Yun told Ying Xuanzi that Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Master reincarnated, while reassuring Ying Huanhuan that awakening her past would not erase her personality.
• When Ying Huanhuan asked why the Dao Sect would be destroyed, Xiang Yun demanded the Nine Heavens Heavy Peak in exchange for explaining.
• Xiang Yun revealed that three Reincarnation Stage Yimo Kings were suppressed beneath the Great Desolation Tablet and that Zhou Tong had been taught the Great Desolation Scripture because he carried the Space Ancestral Talisman.
• Xiang Yun told Ying Xuanzi and Ying Huanhuan that Zhou Tong was still alive in the Yuan Sect, though finding and rescuing him would be difficult.
• Ying Huanhuan wondered whether Xiang Yun possessed the Primordial Ancestral Symbol, but Xiang Yun declined to explain his own circumstances before leaving.

Xiang Yun warned Ying Xuanzi that the Yuan Sect might be connected to the Yimo and urged him to investigate with the Taiqing Palace. During the three-sect exchange, Xun Wu revealed a ferocious Battle Body technique and defeated Pang Feng, leaving the Dao Sect disciples stunned.

• Xiang Yun refused Ying Xuanzi’s offered treasures and told him the Yuan Sect might be aiding the Yimo.
• Ying Xuanzi agreed to discuss Xiang Yun’s claims with Hall Master Hong and the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace after the exchange.
• The three-sect exchange began, drawing particular attention to the Three Yuan Nirvana and seven-yuan-and-above divisions.
• Xun Wu fought Pang Feng, who used Desolate Energy to drain Xun Wu’s vitality and force him toward the arena’s edge.
• Xun Wu activated the Heavenly Demon Tiger Claw, tore through Pang Feng’s defenses, and struck him with wounds deep enough to expose bone.

The Primordial Hall’s disciples surprised the Dao Sect and Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace with powerful ranged abilities and Battle Body Totems, which Hong Wuji credited to Xiang Yun. As Ying Huanhuan prepared to compete, Xiang Yun revealed to Ling Qingzhu that she was the Ice Master reincarnated, while boasting that even the Symbol Ancestor reincarnated would have to think twice before him.

• Xun Wu defeated Pang Feng in one blow with a Battle Body Totem, shocking the spectators and the Dao Sect Hall Masters.
• Hong Wuji announced that Xiang Yun had devised the Battle Body Totem to bridge the Divine Ability and Body Refinement factions.
• Ying Huanhuan questioned Xiang Yun about the new technique, while he explained that he had adapted existing methods for the Primordial Hall.
• Ling Qingzhu criticized the Dao Sect’s generation and praised Ying Xiaoxiao as its only notable competitor, angering Ying Huanhuan.
• Xiang Yun told Ling Qingzhu that Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Master reincarnated, and Ying Huanhuan flew off for her turn in the trials.
• Xiang Yun told Ling Qingzhu that Ying Huanhuan’s memories would take time to awaken and boasted that even the Symbol Ancestor reincarnated would have to think twice before him.

Xiang Yun explained his theories about Ying Huanhuan’s constitution and the possibility that she, the Symbol Ancestor, and even he came from beyond the Tianxuan Continent. After Ying Huanhuan won her match, Ling Qingzhu took the platform to face her, and both sides’ disciples cheered as the duel began.

• Xiang Yun told Ling Qingzhu that Ying Huanhuan had not awakened her ice powers and might possess a special constitution that could let her surpass her previous limits.
• Xiang Yun reasoned that the Symbol Ancestor and the Ice Master may have come from beyond the Tianxuan Continent, and suggested he might have originated elsewhere too.
• Ling Qingzhu comforted Xiang Yun by placing her hand over his, and Ying Huanhuan won her match.
• Ling Qingzhu descended to the platform as Primordial Hall disciples cheered for her, while Dao Sect disciples rallied behind Ying Huanhuan.
• Ying Huanhuan acknowledged Ling Qingzhu’s reputation and prepared to test her opponent’s strength.

Ling Qingzhu defeated Ying Huanhuan with ease, then began fighting Ying Xiaoxiao. Xiang Yun predicted Ling Qingzhu would win as she tested Ying Xiaoxiao’s abilities.

• Ying Huanhuan challenged Ling Qingzhu, but Ling Qingzhu broke through her sound attacks and defeated her in two moves.
• Ying Huanhuan asked how Ling Qingzhu had cultivated so quickly, and Ling Qingzhu refused to answer.
• Ying Xiaoxiao entered the arena and attacked Ling Qingzhu with the Heavenly Dipper Three-Flower Sword.
• Ling Qingzhu countered with the Green Lotus Sword Song, and the two women exchanged fierce sword strikes that damaged the arena.
• Hong Wuji asked Xiang Yun who would win, and Xiang Yun said Ling Qingzhu was testing Ying Xiaoxiao’s full capabilities.

Ling Qingzhu defeated Ying Xiaoxiao in the tournament, while Primordial Hall fighters also won the other two tiers. Xiang Yun’s influence over the emerging alliance worried Ying Xuanzi, and Primordial Hall claimed two of the three first-place spots.

• Xiang Yun explained that Ling Qingzhu had been testing Ying Xiaoxiao with the Green Lotus Sword Song, and Ying Xuanzi realized Xiang Yun had helped Ling Qingzhu advance her cultivation.
• Ling Qingzhu unleashed Green Lotus Blossoms, breaking through Ying Xiaoxiao’s sword techniques and wounding her with a storm of sword beams.
• Ying Xiaoxiao admitted defeat, and the deacon declared Ling Qingzhu the winner as Primordial Hall and Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace disciples cheered.
• Ning Chen defeated Yuan Fang with a punch powered by his Primordial Battle Body and Battle Body Totem to win the seven-yuan-and-above tier.
• Hong Bin used his Battle Body Totem and close-range strength to defeat a Six Yuan Nirvana disciple of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace in three moves, giving Primordial Hall two of the three tier victories.

After the Primordial Hall swept the three-sect exchange, Xiang Yun stepped forward to challenge every Dao Sect Nirvana disciple with one punch. He revealed that he had mastered the Great Desolation Scripture and unleashed its power, leaving the Dao Sect disciples stunned.

• Ying Xuanzi announced that the winners at each level could enter the Great Desolation Tablet in seven days.
• Xiang Yun volunteered to fight the Dao Sect's Nirvana disciples and said he would defeat them with a single punch.
• Pang Feng, Ying Huanhuan, and other Dao Sect disciples called Xiang Yun arrogant and challenged his claim.
• Xiang Yun transformed into his Tyrant Body Ancestral Form and released a crushing pressure over the peaks.
• Xiang Yun invoked the Great Desolation Scripture, draining vitality from the surrounding land and confirming to the Dao Sect disciples that he had mastered it.

Xiang Yun overwhelmed thousands of Dao Sect disciples with his Heavenly Tyrant Fist, then challenged the Dao Sect’s eight Hall Masters to fight him. The Hall Masters erupted in anger when he invoked Zhou Tong to provoke them.

• Ying Xiaoxiao urged the Dao Sect disciples to attack, but Xiang Yun unleashed his Heavenly Tyrant Fist and pinned them all to the ground.
• Ying Xuanzi diverted Xiang Yun’s punch, but it struck the Dao Sect’s protective barrier and cracked it.
• Ying Xuanzi called off the confrontation, but Xiang Yun demanded to fight the Desolate Hall’s two Hall Masters or all eight Hall Masters.
• Hong Wuji warned Xiang Yun that provoking the Dao Sect could keep him from leaving, but Xiang Yun taunted the Hall Masters by comparing them to Zhou Tong.
• All eight Hall Masters shouted angrily at Xiang Yun, while Yi Taiqing asked Hong Wuji what was wrong with his disciple.

Xiang Yun rebuked the Dao Sect’s disciples for lacking fighting spirit and challenged its eight Hall Masters to attack him together. After revealing that he could leave the sect’s protective formation with ease, he faced them outside and launched his opening attack.

• Xiang Yun criticized Qi Lei and the other Dao Sect disciples for hesitating in battle and relying too heavily on their old tactics against the Primordial Hall.
• Qi Lei challenged Xiang Yun, and Wu Dao and the other Hall Masters joined him until eight Life Profound Realm experts stood ready to fight.
• Chen Zhen suggested they fight outside the sect’s protective formation, and Xiang Yun shrank the Nine Heavens Heavy Peak before stepping through the formation with ease.
• Ying Xuanzi and the others wondered how Xiang Yun had traversed the sealed space, while the Hall Masters used a teleportation array to follow him outside.
• Ying Huanhuan asked Ling Qingzhu about Xiang Yun’s strange movement technique, and Ling Qingzhu told her to ask him herself.
• Xiang Yun faced the eight Hall Masters in the void and charged at Qi Lei with Heavenly Tyrant Fist.

Xiang Yun overwhelmed the Dao Sect Hall Masters with his speed, defense, and strength, then declared that Life Profound Realm opponents no longer threatened him. As Nirvana Fire surged around him, he began breaking through after the World Tree supplied him with power.

• Xiang Yun struck Qi Lei before he could react and sent him crashing through a mountain, prompting Dao Sect disciples to accuse him of a sneak attack.
• Chen Zhen and the other six Hall Masters attacked Xiang Yun, but his Heavenly Armor devoured and neutralized their assaults.
• Xiang Yun charged through the seven Hall Masters’ defenses and punched them hundreds of miles away.
• Qi Lei returned battered but able to keep fighting, and Xiang Yun acknowledged his resilience before declaring the fight over.
• Xiang Yun’s Nirvana Fire erupted as the World Tree’s power enabled him to break through.

Xiang Yun broke through to Eight Yuan Nirvana during his fight with the Dao Sect’s eight Hall Masters and defeated them, forcing them to admit defeat. The Dao Sect witnessed the Primordial Hall’s strength, while Ying Xuanzi considered an alliance and Ying Huanhuan stared at Xiang Yun in a daze.

• Xiang Yun broke through to Eight Yuan Nirvana and knocked Qi Lei and Chen Zhen unconscious with a punch each.
• Xia Yan and the other Hall Masters admitted defeat after realizing they could neither match Xiang Yun’s speed nor harm his defenses.
• The Primordial Hall disciples celebrated Xiang Yun’s victory while the Dao Sect disciples fell silent, and Ying Huanhuan began to see Xiang Yun differently from Zhou Tong.
• Xiang Yun returned to the sect-protecting formation, put on a robe after Hong Wuji pointed out his torn shirt, and drew admiring gazes from the women present.
• Ying Xuanzi decided the Dao Sect needed an alliance with the rising Primordial Hall and noticed Ying Huanhuan staring at Xiang Yun.

As the Dao Sect prepared to open the Great Desolation Tablet, its disciples learned that Xiang Yun had sat on the Desolate Stone and likely mastered the Great Desolation Scripture. Ying Huanhuan asked Xiang Yun to help her comprehend it, while he continued testing his powers and teased her about the Ice Master.

• Talk of Xiang Yun’s strength and his use of the Great Desolation Scripture spread through the Dao Sect ahead of the Great Desolation Tablet’s opening.
• Pang Feng told Mu Yun, Ling Kun, and the other personal disciples that Xiang Yun had sat on the Desolate Stone, and they resolved to work harder to protect the Dao Sect’s reputation.
• Ying Huanhuan pressed Xiang Yun to help her comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture, but he questioned why she wanted it so badly.
• While speaking with Ying Huanhuan, Xiang Yun tested his power over time on a butterfly and reflected on how the World Tree was nourishing his Heavenly Tyrant Body.
• Xiang Yun told Ying Huanhuan he was more interested in the Ice Master of the past, and he questioned whether the Great Desolation Scripture suited her frail build.