Recaps

Su Mu was pulled into the Haotian Realm after his Dao Lotus clashed with a collapsing space, while Yu Guyue and the eldest princess could find no trace of him. After hiding and healing in a forest, Su Mu was tracked down by a Mysterious Yin Cult disciple seeking to steal his Dao Lotus.

• Yu Guyue and the eldest princess searched for Su Mu, but Yu Guyue's divination showed that there was no reading for him.
• In the Haotian Realm, the Mysterious Yin Cult leader took the Haotian Mirror and Su Mu's damaged flying sword, while a cult member secretly left with a green jade object.
• Su Mu woke injured in a forest, repaired the Dao Lotus with the Purple-Gold Lotus Flower, and used up his remaining merit to restore one petal.
• Su Mu hid for half a month to recover and study the Dao Scripture, then watched as a streak of sword light shattered his formation.
• A Mysterious Yin Cult disciple used green jade containing a wisp of Dao Lotus power to locate Su Mu and demanded that he hand over the Dao Lotus.

Su Mu killed an undercover Azure Subtlety Sect cultivator, took a treasure that let him disguise himself, and reached Crimson Joy City. After learning about the Water and Land Dharma Assembly and the contest for Devil Son, he planned to exploit the opportunity and mastered Devil Dissolution in case his cover was exposed.

• Su Mu lured the undercover cultivator into taking his Dao Lotus, whose petal erased the man, then looted his Storage Bag and pearl.
• Su Mu refined the pearl, changed his appearance, and traveled cautiously to Crimson Joy City, where he gathered news at a restaurant.
• A waiter told Su Mu that the Haotian Mirror had been destroyed, the Mysterious Yin Cult had obtained his Fallen Star Sword, and Universal Peace Temple would soon hold a Water and Land Dharma Assembly.
• Su Mu learned that Demonic Sect prodigies planned to use the assembly to compete for the title of Devil Son, and he decided to take advantage of that identity.
• Su Mu studied and mastered Devil Dissolution so he could escape capture and prevent anyone from tracing his origins.

After returning to Earth, Su Mu told Zhou Jianhua about the danger from the Immortal Cultivation Realm and promised to gather resources for Earth before he was discovered. He then returned to the Haotian Realm and decided to visit Universal Peace Temple for the approaching Water and Land Dharma Assembly.

• Su Mu woke up on Earth, restored his phone signal, and let Zhou Jianhua enter the formation.
• Su Mu explained that he could travel to the Immortal Cultivation Realm and that trouble there had brought danger to Earth, asking Zhou Jianhua to care for his parents if he had to destroy himself.
• Su Mu rejected opening cultivation to everyone and said he would gather resources for Earth so it could push into the depths of the universe.
• Zhou Jianhua reported that America and Polar Bear were preparing lunar probes, and Su Mu accepted that they might discover the moon base.
• Su Mu called his mother, returned to the Haotian Realm, and decided to go to Universal Peace Temple for the Water and Land Dharma Assembly.

At the Water and Land Dharma Assembly, Devil Cultivators tried to disrupt Huizhi’s Buddhist teachings and unsettle his Buddhist heart, but he calmly resisted their challenges. Just as they gave up, a mysterious voice from the Mahavira Hall recited a verse that cracked a golden Buddha statue, leaving Huizhi demanding to know who had spoken.

• Su Mu arrived at Universal Peace Temple as Devil Cultivators gathered to sabotage the Water and Land Dharma Assembly and gain prestige by debating Huizhi.
• Luo Li of the Mara Sect tried to bewitch the believers with his Devil Cultivation Method, but Huizhi and a great bell broke its influence.
• Luo Li accused Huizhi of carrying a woman at Liupu Mountain, but Huizhi said he had put her down long ago and showed no sign of being shaken.
• A disciple of the Compassionate Ferry Sect challenged Huizhi to debate Zen, but Huizhi declared that all things, including victory and defeat, were empty.
• A voice from the Mahavira Hall recited a verse about kneeling before the Buddha and donating incense money, and cracks spread across the golden Buddha as Huizhi demanded to know who it was.

Su Mu’s challenge shattered the golden Buddha in the Mahavira Hall and triggered a devastating collapse of Buddhist fortune across the temples. Rescued by Devil Lord Ye, Su Mu said he was Han Feiyu and confirmed he intended to compete for the devil disciple position, leaving the other candidates worried they could not match his feat.

• Huizhi attacked Su Mu, but a purple-robed Devil Cultivator Dao protector stepped in and stopped him.
• Su Mu taunted Huizhi as cracks spread across the golden Buddha, then Huizhi failed to answer and the statue shattered.
• The backlash injured Huizhi and Su Mu, while golden Buddhas across major temples cracked and Buddhist fortune poured away.
• The Dao protector carried Su Mu and the talented Devil Cultivators out of the Mahavira Hall as they marveled at what he had done.
• Devil Lord Ye asked Su Mu his name and purpose, and Su Mu introduced himself as Han Feiyu and admitted he was competing for the devil disciple position.
• Luo Li and the other candidates feared Han Feiyu’s feat had made it impossible for them to surpass him.

Su Mu, disguised as Han Feiyu, won Devil Lord Ye’s support for becoming the Devil Son after damaging the Buddhist Sect’s fortune. He then went into hiding as the Buddhist Sect retaliated, and the ensuing battle gave the demonic sects a major victory and made Han Feiyu famous across the Haotian Realm.

• Devil Lord Ye praised Han Feiyu for damaging the Buddhist Sect’s fortune and said he had a strong chance of becoming the Devil Son within ten days.
• Su Mu accepted a voice transmission talisman and left, while Devil Lord Ye warned Luo Li and the other geniuses not to target him.
• After entering the city, Su Mu changed his face and hid, confident that the precious pearl had concealed his identity.
• Three days later, the Buddhist Sect launched attacks against the demonic sects after confirming its fortune had been damaged.
• The demonic sects defeated the Buddhist Sect in a costly battle, and Han Feiyu’s fame spread throughout the Haotian Realm.

Su Mu learned that America’s lunar probe was about to reveal Huaxia’s moon bases, and Zhou Jianhua warned the spokesperson that discovery was imminent. When NASA confirmed that photographs showing the bases and Huaxia flags were genuine, its legislators were left stunned.

• Su Mu saw news that America had launched a lunar-orbiting probe and realized it might soon find the lunar base.
• Zhou Jianhua told the spokesperson that Huaxia had built bases on the moon and that America’s satellite would likely discover them.
• NASA watched its probe enter the moon’s dark side and received photographs showing several bases topped with Huaxia flags.
• People in spacesuits on the moon joked about making peace signs for the satellite and decided to begin building bases on the near side.
• NASA’s chief technical engineer confirmed that the satellite and photographs were genuine, and the legislators slid weakly from their chairs.

After Huaxia’s lunar base was exposed, its citizens celebrated while other countries tried to understand how it had been built. An amateur astronomer then revealed that Huaxia was openly constructing another base on the moon, alarming nations worried about being shut out.

• American reports questioned how Huaxia had built a lunar base, but Huaxia’s netizens focused on verifying the news and celebrated when they saw the evidence.
• People in other countries recognized that Huaxia had advanced technology and hoped to join its lunar development, but Huaxia intended to keep the Teleportation Array secret.
• An amateur astronomer posted telescope photographs and video showing Huaxian astronauts driving vehicles and preparing to build another lunar base.
• Other countries confirmed that Huaxia was expanding its construction on the moon, and some feared Huaxia would monopolize the lunar surface before they could reach it.

Huaxia’s lunar base drew angry condemnation abroad, but its spokesperson confirmed the construction and rejected foreign cooperation while offering to share lunar soil. The spokesperson then announced plans for Huaxia citizens to visit the moon, making clear that foreigners would not be invited to join in.

• Foreign countries condemned Rabbit’s lunar construction, and some blamed America for revealing the secret base with its lunar orbiter.
• Huaxia’s citizens celebrated the base while vehicles carried supplies across the moon and signs marked the base’s different zones, including a visitor zone.
• Huaxia’s spokesperson publicly confirmed the lunar base, argued that it would help protect Earth, rejected requests for cooperation, and offered to share lunar soil for research.
• Some countries considered threatening Rabbit into sharing lunar resources but backed down after recalling its anti-air weapon and aerospace aircraft carrier.
• The spokesperson announced that Huaxia citizens might visit the moon once the visitor zone and the technology were ready, prompting foreign countries to complain that Huaxia was excluding them.

Su Mu, disguised as Han Feiyu, was summoned by Devil Lord Ye and formally appointed the demonic path's holy son after Buddhist Fortune weakened and Demonic Fortune rose. He received the Sacred Devil Token and began examining the rewards offered by the Demonic Sect.

• Su Mu returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm after cultivating in the modern world and received repeated messages from Devil Lord Ye.
• Devil Lord Ye told Su Mu that Buddhist Fortune had weakened, allowing Demonic Fortune and demonic path experts to grow stronger.
• Devil Lord Ye brought Su Mu through several concealed Teleportation Arrays to an altar where demonic path members approved Han Feiyu as their holy son.
• Su Mu accepted the Sacred Devil Token, which represented his identity and carried a strand of the demonic path's fortune.
• Devil Lord Ye presented brocade boxes of rewards, and Su Mu examined the Primordial Devil Cultivation Method and the Mara Cultivation Method.

Su Mu chose the Buddha-Slaying Art and used the Buddha Lotus to overcome the method’s initial cultivation barrier. After consuming two lotus petals, he reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, but realized that merely getting started had cost him dearly.

• Su Mu selected the Buddha-Slaying Art, surprising the surrounding devil path cultivators and drawing concern from Devil Lord Ye.
• Su Mu chose a black flag, a small bamboo tube, and a jade pendant, then learned that he would lead a team into the Land of the Five Elements.
• Su Mu left through the Teleportation Array, changed identities, and rented a cave abode to study the cultivation method.
• Su Mu used two petals of the Golden Lotus to activate the Buddha-Slaying Art, causing his Spiritual Power to change as black Qi rose from his body.
• Su Mu opened his eyes at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and lamented that two lotus petals had only helped him begin cultivating the method.

Su Mu sought more Buddhist Fortune to advance his cultivation, learned about the forces controlling the Jiangxia Kingdom, and heard that the righteous sects' holy maiden had arrived. Meanwhile, a powerful undersea upheaval triggered a massive tsunami in the Indian Ocean, putting nearby countries at risk.

• Su Mu disguised himself as a Confucian scholar and searched for a nearby Buddhist presence, but learned that the closest temple was guarded by Nascent Soul experts.
• Su Mu learned that major sects controlled most resources in the Jiangxia Kingdom and that the Land of the Five Elements was largely kept from outsiders.
• After hearing that the righteous sects' holy maiden had arrived, Su Mu considered killing her for her Fortune but decided he was too weak to act.
• The Spirit of the Dragon Vein sensed an earthquake near the Indian Ocean, dismissed the danger, and returned to absorbing Spiritual Power.
• An undersea force triggered a massive tsunami, and earthquake bureaus and countries near Indonesia received warnings as the waves surged toward their coasts.

After an earthquake triggered a massive tsunami near Indonesia, Su Mu agreed to help at Zhou Jianhua’s request and used the Spirit of the Dragon Vein to send a vast energy beam across the sky. The beam reached the coast and began subduing the tsunami, while witnesses across Huaxia and neighboring countries watched in shock.

• Officials in countries threatened by the tsunami struggled to evacuate people and asked Huaxia for help, noting that Huaxia citizens were among those at risk.
• Su Mu returned to Earth after the emergency signal woke him and called Zhou Jianhua, who explained the disaster and requested assistance.
• Su Mu agreed to help and flew with the Spirit of the Dragon Vein to the floating island, where workers watched him rise into the sky.
• Su Mu directed a powerful energy beam across several provinces and into neighboring countries, astonishing witnesses on the floating island and elsewhere.
• The beam struck the tsunami off Indonesia and caused the seawater to subside wherever it passed, leaving fleeing tourists stunned.

Su Mu quelled the tsunami, then received Devil Lord Ye’s summons and met the Demonic Sect’s Holy Maiden. He openly threatened to kill her and the other sects’ Holy Sons and Holy Maidens, leaving Devil Lord Ye impressed by his ruthlessness.

• Su Mu used the Spirit of the Dragon Vein’s power to stop the tsunami, then told Zhou Jianhua to handle what remained and settled down to cultivate.
• Devil Lord Ye summoned Su Mu to a great hall, where demonic cultivators mocked the unremarkable-looking Holy Son, Han Feiyu.
• The Demonic Sect’s Holy Maiden confronted Su Mu and threatened to kill him if he proved unworthy of standing alongside her.
• Su Mu revealed his killing intent and said he wanted to kill the Holy Maiden, who responded with interest before leaving.
• Devil Lord Ye asked whether Su Mu truly meant to kill her, and Su Mu declared that he wanted to eliminate the other sects’ Holy Sons and Holy Maidens too.

After the tsunami, Huaxia’s growing power prompted neighboring countries to seek closer ties, while Su Mu arrived with the Demonic Sect at the Land of the Five Elements. The Buddhist and righteous sects mocked him and plotted against him, leaving him surrounded by hostile cultivators.

• Devil Lord Ye led the Demonic Sect away with Han Feiyu, while Su Mu noticed the other sects had sent people who were unlikely to obey him.
• Countries around Huaxia announced visa-free entry and sent their supreme leaders to visit after witnessing Huaxia’s power during the tsunami.
• Huaxia’s people celebrated the moon base and new domestic attractions, while some hoped to see all nations pay tribute again.
• Devil Lord Ye and Su Mu arrived at the Land of the Five Elements, where the Buddhist and righteous sects mocked Su Mu for coming as the Demonic Sect’s Holy Son.
• A large Buddhist monk told Jiechen that anyone could kill a person of the devil path, and Jiechen agreed.

Su Mu challenged the Buddhist cultivators’ claim that they would deliver him, and his words cracked their golden Buddha and let him absorb Buddhist fortune. After Devil Lord Ye held off the monks, Su Mu flew into the Land of the Five Elements to refine the fortune and attempt to reach the Core Formation Stage.

• Buddhist and righteous cultivators agreed that they would deliver Su Mu, while the Demon Cultivators watched.
• Su Mu questioned the Buddhist monks’ murderous intent and recited verses criticizing their reliance on gold and donations.
• A thunderclap struck the golden Buddha above the monks, cracking it as Su Mu absorbed the escaping Buddhist fortune.
• The Buddhist cultivators lost their composure and attacked, but Devil Lord Ye exchanged a palm strike with their burly monk and defended Su Mu.
• Su Mu announced that he would enter the Land of the Five Elements, and Devil Lord Ye let him go.

Su Mu entered the Land of the Five Elements, hid beneath a river, and began cultivating toward the Core Formation Stage while righteous cultivators organized a hunt for the devil path. Meanwhile, Duan Shangmu and four allies ambushed Zhu Yu and killed him after trapping him in a formation.

• Su Mu refused to lead the Devil Cultivators and entered the Land of the Five Elements alone, though they followed him inside.
• Buddhist and righteous sect cultivators entered the land and resolved to kill Han Feiyu and other members of the devil path.
• Su Mu concealed himself beneath a river, set up a formation, and began cultivating until he reached the Core Formation Stage.
• Xie Liyuan urged the righteous sect disciples to search for Han Feiyu and kill any devil-path cultivators they encountered.
• Zhu Yu discovered an eight-hundred-year-old Bitter Cold Flower, but Duan Shangmu and four righteous cultivators ambushed and trapped him.
• Duan Shangmu and his allies overwhelmed Zhu Yu, and Duan Shangmu crushed Zhu Yu's golden core.

Duan Shangmu killed Zhu Yu and led the righteous cultivators in hunting the demonic path, while Han Feiyu remained nowhere to be found. After three days of widespread slaughter, demonic path disciples worried they would be overwhelmed when the righteous sects and Buddhist Sect joined forces, and planned to report Han Feiyu when they escaped.

• Duan Shangmu took the Bitter Cold Flower and Zhu Yu’s Storage Bag, then burned Zhu Yu’s corpse.
• Duan Shangmu decided to hunt demonic path cultivators and let Han Feiyu’s continued hiding disgrace the demonic path.
• Demonic path cultivators used traps based on the Soul-Locking Grand Array to kill ten cultivators, including seven Core Formation Cultivators.
• Righteous cultivators mocked Han Feiyu’s absence while Devil Lord Ye worried the demonic path would be defeated if the righteous sects allied with the Buddhist Sect.
• After three days, two hundred cultivators had died, and Mara Sect disciples condemned Han Feiyu and feared the coming fight at the center.

Su Mu emerged from seclusion after reaching Core Formation and discovered that righteous cultivators were hunting down the Devil Cultivators. He revealed the strength of his Buddha-Slaying Art by killing a righteous cultivator, then killed the Devil Cultivator who told him what had happened.

• Righteous cultivators defeated the remaining Devil Cultivators and continued hunting them.
• Su Mu completed Core Formation, left the river, and saw a righteous cultivator pursuing a wounded Devil Cultivator.
• Su Mu struck the righteous cultivator with the Buddha-Slaying Art, resisted his Solar Essence Fire, and killed him with a second palm strike.
• The wounded Devil Cultivator told Su Mu that most cultivators had gone to the center to fight.
• Su Mu pierced the Devil Cultivator's abdomen and crushed his Golden Core.

Su Mu killed a disrespectful Devil Cultivator, then used the Buddha-Slaying Art to defeat a righteous cultivator and flew to join the surviving Devil Cultivators. After forcing several of them to follow him, he set out to lead them into battle against the righteous and Buddhist cultivators.

• Su Mu killed the Devil Cultivator who had disrespected him, took his Storage Bag, and flew away.
• Devil Lord Ye recognized that Han Feiyu had mastered the Buddha-Slaying Art and mocked the Buddhist monks for lending their fortune to a Devil Cultivation Method.
• Su Mu found the remaining Devil Cultivators and announced that he would lead them against the righteous cultivators, prompting them to scoff at him.
• Su Mu struck down several Devil Cultivators who mocked him, shattering their Law Treasures and warning that the next offender would die.
• Su Mu ordered several leading Devil Cultivators to follow him, and they obeyed after realizing he had reached the Core Formation realm.

Su Mu persuaded the Devil Cultivators to strengthen the Hundred Ghosts Soul-Locking Grand Array with sacrifices and set an ambush for the righteous cultivators at Qingshan Peak. As news drew righteous disciples toward the trap, Han Feiyu tried to recruit the Demon Cultivators to join the fight.

• Su Mu proposed sacrificing Devil Cultivators to empower the array, and Zhan Changping and the others agreed after deciding to blame Han Feiyu.
• The Devil Cultivators arranged to lure the righteous cultivators to Qingshan Peak using Han Feiyu's name, while Zhan Changping spread word of his supposed whereabouts.
• Su Mu led the Devil Cultivators to Qingshan Peak, where they collected array flags and pills before hiding around the area.
• Green Wood Sect cultivators received a message claiming Han Feiyu was on Qingshan Peak and flew there alongside righteous cultivators from other areas.
• Han Feiyu approached the Demon Cultivators and urged them to join forces with the Devil Cultivators against the righteous sects in exchange for a share of the Spirit Stones.

Su Mu persuaded the demon cultivators to join him, then lured nearly six hundred righteous and Buddhist cultivators into a trap at Qingshan Peak. He sacrificed devil cultivators to power the Hundred Ghosts Soul-Locking Formation and used the Life-Claiming Brahma Sound to help slaughter the trapped forces, leaving the battle raging in his favor.

• Su Mu convinced the demon cultivators that the righteous cultivators would target them after defeating the devil path, and led them to Qingshan Peak.
• Su Mu waited alone until Dai Changfu and nearly six hundred righteous and Buddhist cultivators surrounded him, then signaled the demon cultivators to surround them in turn.
• Su Mu activated the Hundred Ghosts Soul-Locking Formation, which restricted the righteous cultivators while leaving the demon cultivators unaffected.
• Xia Jing and other devil cultivators took Heavenly Devil Pills to supply the formation with spiritual power, then realized Su Mu had sacrificed them as pawns.
• Su Mu unleashed the Life-Claiming Brahma Sound, disrupting the trapped cultivators’ spiritual power and minds as the demon cultivators attacked.
• The formation grew stronger as the righteous cultivators fell, while Dai Changfu realized Su Mu might bury his entire force; Zhan Changping hoped the massacre would justify the sacrifice of his fellow disciples.

Su Mu left the Land of the Five Elements after the righteous cultivators were wiped out, then learned that both Han Feiyu and his Su Mu identity had huge bounties on them. While searching for a way to restore his Dao Lotus, he spread inflammatory claims about demon cultivators to provoke conflict between them and the righteous sects.

• Su Mu gathered the fallen righteous cultivators' Storage Bags, shared some with the others, and left the Land of the Five Elements with Devil Lord Ye before slipping away.
• The righteous Holy Son dismissed Han Feiyu as an unworthy rival, while righteous sects issued a one-million-spirit-stone bounty for him.
• Disguised in a restaurant, Su Mu learned that his Su Mu identity carried a hundred-million-spirit-stone bounty and that his bare Dao Lotus could not be restored without merit.
• Su Mu discovered his Han Feiyu bounty ranked 1,378th, while the devil path's Holy Maiden ranked 189th and his Su Mu identity ranked first.
• Su Mu claimed demon cultivators had boasted of becoming the foremost beings and urged the righteous cultivators to oppose them, then repeated the story around the city to spread hostility.

Su Mu counted and sorted his spoils, finding valuable spirit herbs and ores as well as a mysterious golden hammer he could not lift. While he stayed in seclusion to avoid the bounty and mounting tensions, clashes between humans and Demon Cultivators escalated toward war.

• Su Mu counted more than seventy million Spirit Stones and organized hundreds of spirit herbs and assorted ores, considering how to take resources back to Earth and Yu Guyue.
• Su Mu discovered a black, urn-headed golden hammer that he could neither lift nor probe with his Divine Sense, so he stored it separately.
• Su Mu decided to lie low rather than risk the bounty mission or get caught in a conflict between humans and Demon Cultivators.
• Cultivators spread Su Mu's remarks about Demon Cultivators, and a furious Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator killed more than a dozen Core Formation Cultivators who repeated them.
• Human cultivators blamed Demon Cultivators for the orthodox faction's destruction in the Land of the Five Elements, and repeated clashes pushed both sides to the brink of war.

Su Mu returned to Earth, heard that America planned military exercises, and considered repairing the concealment formation and completing a Teleportation Array before they began. After Zhou Jianhua learned he had come down from the mountain, he prepared to contact him.

• Su Mu reviewed reports of growing clashes between major sect disciples and Demon Cultivators, then returned from the Immortal Cultivation Realm to Earth.
• Su Mu called his parents, confirmed they were healthy, and went downtown to eat after his personal call handler sent him local snack recommendations.
• At a street stall, Su Mu overheard young men discussing America's upcoming military exercises and considered repairing the concealment formation and setting up a Teleportation Array before they began.
• Su Mu tied back his long hair, finished his meal, and left as the young men wondered why he looked familiar.
• Zhou Jianhua learned that Su Mu had come down the mountain and reached for his phone to call him.