Recaps

Dongfang Yueming traveled toward the Central Domain with Su Wurao, whose playful seductions gradually drew him closer to her. After they reached a city on the domain’s outskirts and spent a happy day together, Su Wurao worried that she had delayed his journey to Dragon Firmament Academy and asked whether he hated her.

• Dongfang Yueming allowed Su Wurao to accompany him on his journey to the Central Domain, and she tried to charm him along the way.
• Su Wurao received a mocking message warning that she might be forced to become a sect elder’s cultivation furnace if she failed the holy maiden selection, but she hid her distress from Dongfang Yueming.
• Dongfang Yueming and Su Wurao entered a city, where they browsed stalls and he bought her a phoenix-carved jade hairpin.
• Dongfang Yueming took Su Wurao’s hand, and she held on as they wandered the streets together until nightfall.
• As a ball-catching event began, Su Wurao asked Dongfang Yueming whether she had delayed his trip to Dragon Firmament Academy and whether he hated her, slowly loosening her grip on his hand.

Dongfang Yueming took Su Wurao into the air and won the main lucky ball after instantly mastering Liu Chengfeng’s Cloud-Treading Steps. He then repelled Liu Chengfeng’s attack, but Liu Chengfeng’s Innate Eighth Level gray-robed servant appeared and confronted him.

• Dongfang Yueming carried Su Wurao into the air to compete with Liu Chengfeng for the main lucky ball.
• Dongfang Yueming observed Liu Chengfeng’s Cloud-Treading Steps, comprehended the technique, and overtook him to seize the ball.
• Liu Chengfeng attacked Dongfang Yueming with Heart-Crushing Palm, but Dongfang Yueming dismissed the technique as full of holes and shattered it.
• Liu Chengfeng threatened Dongfang Yueming and declared that he would take Su Wurao.
• Liu Chengfeng’s gray-robed servant revealed his Innate Eighth Level cultivation and fixed his gaze on Dongfang Yueming.

Dongfang Yueming killed Liu Chengfeng’s Innate Eighth Level bodyguard with one finger, then erased Liu Chengfeng despite Manager Li’s attempt to intervene. Manager Li was left stunned by his power as he turned his calm gaze on her.

• Liu Chengfeng threatened Dongfang Yueming and demanded that he hand over Su Wurao, but Dongfang Yueming killed Uncle Fu with a single finger.
• Liu Chengfeng panicked and invoked his father and the Wind and Moon Pavilion, while Su Wurao dismissed the faction as insignificant.
• Manager Li emerged and asked Dongfang Yueming to spare Liu Chengfeng for the Rainbow Skirt Pavilion’s sake.
• Liu Chengfeng mistook Dongfang Yueming’s restraint for fear and demanded that Su Wurao be handed over.
• Dongfang Yueming used Metal Wind Annihilation Slash to erase Liu Chengfeng, leaving Manager Li unable to react.
• Dongfang Yueming asked Manager Li whether she objected.

Dongfang Yueming intimidated Manager Li into honoring his prize from the Rainbow Skirt Pavilion and let Su Wurao choose special requirements for the Rainbow Skirt and Feather Robe. As they walked away hand in hand, he told her he had challenged the Wind and Moon Pavilion for her sake, leaving her stunned and overwhelmed.

• Manager Li backed down after Dongfang Yueming asked whether she objected, and he collected Liu Chengfeng and his servant’s storage bags.
• Dongfang Yueming reminded Manager Li to provide his reward, and she agreed to arrange the Rainbow Skirt and Feather Robe.
• Su Wurao requested special clothing requirements, and Manager Li secretly completed the arrangement with her.
• Dongfang Yueming and Su Wurao left the pavilion holding hands, and he told her he had acted for her sake.
• Su Wurao stopped in shock at Dongfang Yueming’s admission.

Dongfang Yueming and Su Wurao spent the night together, and their dual cultivation transformed her cultivation and physique. The chapter ended with Su Wurao breaking through to Foundation Establishment and forming an Earth-Grade Dao Foundation.

• Su Wurao revealed her Rainbow Skirt and Feather Robe and asked Dongfang Yueming to answer her with actions.
• Dongfang Yueming embraced Su Wurao, and they spent the night together.
• By dawn, Su Wurao's Treasure-Grade Innate Physique had risen to Saint Grade, and her Jade Maiden Spirit Seal had become a new seal bearing traces of Dongfang Yueming's Great Dao Spirit Seal.
• Su Wurao felt an imminent breakthrough as a vast spiritual-energy phenomenon erupted over the city.
• Su Wurao broke through to Foundation Establishment and formed a translucent Earth-Grade Dao Foundation.

Su Wurao formed a legendary Earth-Grade Dao Foundation and decided she had to return to the Pleasure Sect, despite her love for Dongfang Yueming. After they parted, Dongfang Yueming resolved to find a top-tier Foundation Establishment cultivation technique, while Su Wurao vowed to become strong enough to stay with him.

• Su Wurao awakened with an Earth-Grade Dao Foundation and realized it could make her a holy land heir.
• Su Wurao and Dongfang Yueming reaffirmed their love, but she said she had to return to the Pleasure Sect.
• Su Wurao explained that her new foundation would make the sect protect and train her, then spent several days with Dongfang Yueming before leaving.
• Su Wurao gave Dongfang Yueming a fragrant pink Love Thread Knot and departed.
• Dongfang Yueming resolved to seek a top-tier Foundation Establishment cultivation technique at Dragon Firmament Academy, while Su Wurao vowed to grow strong enough to remain by his side.

Su Wurao sent word that she had forged an earth-grade dao foundation and demanded that the Pleasure Sect’s master receive her personally. Zhao Yuji doubted her claim and chose to delay reporting it, while the sect master reacted with overwhelming excitement.

• At the Pleasure Sect, disciples discussed the upcoming holy maiden selection and expected Zhao Yuji to win because Su Wurao had not returned.
• Zhao Yuji received Su Wurao’s message saying she would not attend the selection and wanted the sect master to receive her personally.
• Zhao Yuji suspected Su Wurao might have forged a high-grade dao foundation, but decided not to report the possibility and threatened Su Wurao instead.
• Su Wurao dismissed Zhao Yuji’s threat as she continued traveling toward the Central Domain.
• The Pleasure Sect’s master read Su Wurao’s message revealing an earth-grade dao foundation and rejoiced at what it could mean for the sect.

The grand elder discovered that Su Wurao had formed an Earth-Grade Dao Foundation and advanced to Foundation Establishment’s third layer, then promised her the Pleasure Sect’s full support. Su Wurao asked the sect to gather Foundation Establishment cultivation techniques, and the grand elder guessed her mysterious Dao companion was behind her transformation before rushing her back to the sect.

• The grand elder arrived and confirmed that Su Wurao had an Earth-Grade Dao Foundation.
• The grand elder noticed Su Wurao had reached Foundation Establishment’s third layer and questioned how she had advanced so quickly.
• Su Wurao hinted that her progress came from being beautiful, kindhearted, and pure.
• The grand elder announced that the Pleasure Sect would prioritize all its resources for Su Wurao.
• Su Wurao requested that the sect gather as many Foundation Establishment cultivation techniques as possible.
• The grand elder guessed Su Wurao’s Dao companion had helped her transform and immediately took her back to the sect.

Dongfang Yueming mastered the spirit arts he had acquired, fused several first-order arts into three new top-tier techniques, and learned a powerful second-order spear art. He continued toward the Central Domain, intending to find a Foundation Establishment method.

• Dongfang Yueming used All Techniques Return to the Origin to master Shui Ling'er and her sister’s Fire Phoenix Scorches the Plains and Profound Ice Dragon Soars.
• Dongfang Yueming fused techniques from the Black Wind Stronghold into Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light, Wind and Cloud Formless Step, and Myriad Phenomena.
• Dongfang Yueming recycled four thousand low-grade spirit stones for points while keeping his mid-grade stones.
• Dongfang Yueming spent points to perfect the second-order Ice Prison Dragon Spear and used it to destroy a distant mountain peak.
• Dongfang Yueming suppressed his aura and continued toward the Central Domain to seek a Foundation Establishment method.

After Liu Chengfeng was killed, his mother demanded revenge, and Liu Qingcang agreed despite fearing the killer’s unknown backing. He issued the Wind and Moon Pursuit Order and sent four elders to find the young man, alive or dead.

• Liu Qingcang stood over the bodies of his son Liu Chengfeng and Uncle Fu in the Wind and Moon Pavilion’s great hall.
• Liu Chengfeng’s mother arrived, mourned him, and accused Liu Qingcang of failing to protect or avenge their son.
• Liu Qingcang explained that Manager Li of the Rainbow Skirt Pavilion had been unable to stop the killer and warned that the Pavilion was a second-tier force backed by a Golden Core patriarch.
• Liu Chengfeng’s mother threatened to seek help from her master, a Golden Core elder of the Pleasure Sect, so Liu Qingcang promised to avenge their son.
• Liu Qingcang ordered the Wind and Moon Pursuit Order issued and dispatched the four great elders of Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon to find the killer.

Qin Rushuang appeared at the Cloudwater Sect and killed Zhao Wutian after discovering that Dongfang Ri was Dongfang Yueming's assumed name. Learning that he might be headed to the City of Chaos, she went after him, leaving the Cloudwater Sect patriarch alive.

• Zhao Wutian tortured the Cloudwater Sect patriarch and demanded the name of the killer of his brothers.
• The patriarch told Zhao Wutian that Dongfang Ri had killed them, and Zhao Wutian produced a portrait of his target.
• Qin Rushuang appeared behind Zhao Wutian, took the portrait, and recognized Dongfang Yueming as Dongfang Ri.
• Qin Rushuang overwhelmed Zhao Wutian with her divine sense and destroyed him with a casual palm strike.
• Qin Rushuang asked where Dongfang Yueming had gone, and the patriarch guessed that he was headed to the City of Chaos.
• Qin Rushuang tore open the void and left for the City of Chaos, while the patriarch breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Rushuang and Shui Yan'er arrived in the City of Chaos seeking Dongfang Ri, whom they learned was Dongfang Yueming and had defeated an Ice Evil Sect cultivator. They clashed over who would claim him as the Ice Evil Sect’s Golden Core expert watched in growing dread.

• Qin Rushuang arrived in the City of Chaos and met Shui Yan'er, who revealed that her clones had reported a possible Saint-Grade Innate genius named Dongfang Ri.
• Shui Yan'er said Dongfang Ri had defeated Shui Ling'er and Huo Ling'er, and Qin Rushuang reacted with shock before insisting he was hers.
• An Ice Evil Sect Golden Core expert appeared and demanded to know who had killed the sect’s Foundation Establishment deacon.
• Shui Yan'er summoned Hei Xiong, who recounted how Dongfang Yueming had defeated the Black Wind Stronghold and Red Flower Society before killing Su Mohan with one finger.
• Qin Rushuang and Shui Yan'er faced off over Dongfang Yueming while the Ice Evil Sect expert watched in fear.

Zhao Wujiang backed down after recognizing Shui Yan'er and Qin Rushuang, while Dongfang Yueming arrived at Dragon Firmament City and learned that Dragon Firmament Academy faced a takeover plot. He bypassed the crowded admissions line and approached the academy’s guest-instructor passage.

• Zhao Wujiang apologized to Shui Yan'er and Qin Rushuang and declared that his sect’s slain deacon had deserved to die.
• Dongfang Yueming entered Dragon Firmament City and heard that Shi Tianxiong planned to merge Dragon Firmament Academy into the Heavenly Star Sect while the academy master remained in seclusion.
• Dongfang Yueming worried about Shi Qing and hurried toward Dragon Firmament Academy.
• A young applicant told Dongfang Yueming that Shi Tianxiong’s takeover would make the students members of a second-tier power.
• Dongfang Yueming skipped the admissions queue and walked toward the guest-instructor passage as onlookers protested.

Dongfang Yueming applied to become a guest instructor at Dragon Firmament Academy, while Zhou Hai mistook his restrained fireball for a parlor trick and sent him to the vice dean. Meanwhile, Grand Elder Shi Tianxiong pushed to merge the academy with the Heavenly Star Sect, and Shi Hao turned his hostility toward the newly enrolled Yun Qian, Yun Han, and Qu Yutang.

• Zhou Hai welcomed Dongfang Yueming as a potential Innate instructor, but dismissed his fireball demonstration as unimpressive and gave him a jade token to report to the vice dean.
• Dongfang Yueming asked Zhou Hai where to find Shi Qing, and Zhou Hai began to suspect that Shi Hao might know the name.
• Lin Bo'an accused Shi Tianxiong of planning to surrender the academy's Foundation Establishment method to the Heavenly Star Sect, and Shi Tianxiong overpowered him with his Foundation Establishment pressure.
• Shi Hao recalled his grudge against Shi Qing and assumed she had died or been tormented in the Nine Nether Secret Realm.
• Shi Hao confronted Yun Qian, Yun Han, and Qu Yutang after they enrolled, then ordered Instructor Zhang to take special care of them.

Instructor Zhang sent Qu Yutang to the vice dean’s faction, where she rejected Shi Hao’s offer and walked away. Dongfang Yueming arrived at the faction’s shabby headquarters and agreed to teach a basic class while waiting to speak with the vice dean about Shi Qing and a Foundation Establishment method.

• Instructor Zhang used his authority to assign Qu Yutang to the vice dean’s side, prompting snickers from the students.
• Shi Hao offered Qu Yutang a place in the Heaven Character Class if she agreed to be his, but she refused and left for the vice dean’s quarters.
• Yun Qian and Yun Han praised Shi Hao, while Yun Qian privately dismissed Qu Yutang’s hopes and felt pleased she had cut ties with Dongfang Yueming.
• Dongfang Yueming followed his jade token to the remote, dilapidated headquarters and met Wu Qing, who welcomed him as a new instructor.
• Wu Qing asked Dongfang Yueming to teach a basic class that afternoon, and Dongfang Yueming agreed while planning to ask the vice dean about Shi Qing and a Foundation Establishment method.

Dongfang Yueming gave his first public lecture to the vice dean’s students, who doubted his abilities until he diagnosed Qu Yutang’s cultivation flaw and guided her through a breakthrough. The students and Wu Qing were left stunned by his insight and power.

• Wu Qing arranged a public lecture for the newly appointed instructor Dongfang Ri, while students expected little from him.
• Qu Yutang recognized Dongfang Yueming as the powerful man she had seen at Yunshui Capital and worried that siding with the vice dean would put him in danger.
• Dongfang Yueming called Qu Yutang forward and explained that she had strayed from the domineering intent of her cultivation method.
• Dongfang Yueming used Myriad Phenomena to reveal the true intent of water and gave Qu Yutang precise cultivation guidance.
• Qu Yutang broke through her bottleneck and reached Inner Force Perfection, leaving the audience and Wu Qing astonished.

Dongfang Yueming used the Myriad Phenomena spirit art to enlighten the students in one lesson, causing many of them to break through. After learning that Shi Qing had vanished in an ancient ruin after Shi Hao targeted her, Dongfang Yueming erupted with fury as Shi Tianxiong arrived and questioned him about his Natal Spirit Seal.

• Dongfang Yueming invited all the students to receive guidance together and used the Myriad Phenomena spirit art to reveal the principles of their cultivation and martial arts.
• More than a dozen students broke through, including one who attained Martial Dao True Intent, and their surging auras drew Lin Bo'an to the classroom.
• Wu Qing told Lin Bo'an that Dongfang Yueming had enlightened the students in a single lesson.
• Dongfang Yueming asked Lin Bo'an about his friend Shi Qing, and Lin Bo'an revealed that Shi Hao had lured her into an ancient ruin half a month earlier and she had not returned.
• Dongfang Yueming erupted with terrifying fury as Shi Tianxiong and Zhou Hai arrived; Shi Tianxiong praised his methods and asked what grade of Natal Spirit Seal he had formed.

Dongfang Yueming killed Shi Tianxiong and Shi Hao after they tried to recruit him and refused to answer his question about Shi Qing. As Lin Bo'an led him toward the Nine Nether Secret Realm, Dongfang asked for a Foundation Establishment method, and Lin Bo'an realized he might still be in the Innate realm.

• Zhou Hai saw the students transformed by Dongfang Yueming's teaching and regretted rejecting him, while Shi Tianxiong praised Dongfang and tried to recruit him.
• Dongfang Yueming demanded to know where Shi Qing was, but Shi Tianxiong dismissed her and threatened him with his Foundation Establishment power.
• Dongfang Yueming killed Shi Tianxiong with the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light and turned Shi Hao to blood mist with a punch.
• Lin Bo'an ordered everyone to keep silent, bowed to Dongfang Yueming, and led him toward the ruins as Dongfang collected the two storage rings.
• Lin Bo'an warned Dongfang about the dangers of the Nine Nether Secret Realm, then realized Dongfang's request for a Foundation Establishment method could mean he had not reached that realm.

Dongfang Yueming obtained Dragon Firmament Academy’s Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell Art and learned that the Nine Nether Secret Realm was extraordinarily dangerous. As Wind and Moon Pavilion’s elders arrived seeking the man who killed Young Master Liu, Dongfang Yueming began cultivating the art while rushing toward the secret realm.

• Lin Bo'an gave Dongfang Yueming the academy’s treasured Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell Art and told him what he knew about the Nine Nether Secret Realm.
• Dongfang Yueming left Dragon Firmament Academy, while Lin Bo'an worried about the Heavenly Star Sect’s coming wrath.
• Four Foundation Establishment elders from Wind and Moon Pavilion arrived in Dragon Firmament City to hunt for the killer of Young Master Liu.
• Dongfang Yueming learned that the Nine Nether Secret Realm was filled with yin fiendish energy and vengeful spirits, and feared for Shi Qing.
• Dongfang Yueming spent 50,000 points to initiate the Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell Art, which transformed his energy and awakened Divine Sense as the sky darkened.

Dongfang Yueming forged a heaven-grade Dao Foundation and gained the Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell divine ability. He spent his points to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection, leaving him wondering how to strengthen his Martial Dao ability.

• Dongfang Yueming formed a heaven-grade Dao Foundation and comprehended the Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell divine ability.
• Shui Yan'er and Qin Rushuang sensed the phenomenon; Shui Yan'er headed toward Dragon Firmament Academy while Qin Rushuang went to find Dongfang Ri.
• Dongfang Yueming recycled spirit stones and spent points to raise his cultivation to Foundation Establishment Perfection and perfect the Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell Art.
• Dongfang Yueming's new divine ability rose to minor mastery, and he wondered whether he could similarly strengthen Martial Dao.

Dongfang Yueming completed Foundation Establishment and rushed to the Nine Nether Secret Realm to find Shi Qing. He learned that the realm had vanished three days earlier, leaving him uncertain whether Shi Qing had survived.

• Dongfang Yueming reached Foundation Establishment, transforming his spiritual power, Divine Sense, body, and lifespan.
• Dongfang Yueming flew to the Nine Nether Secret Realm’s location and found only a barren wasteland with no trace of the realm or its inhabitants.
• Dongfang Yueming found a temporary market and questioned Senior Brother Li about the secret realm.
• Senior Brother Li told Dongfang Yueming that the secret realm had vanished three days earlier after its unstable spatial fragment collapsed.
• Dongfang Yueming wondered whether Shi Qing was still alive.

In the Heaven-Opening Divine Hall, Shi Qing was revered as the Heaven-Opening Divine Maiden and learned she had to reach Golden Core to leave. Her path began with forging a Saint-Grade Innate foundation and striving for the unique Dao-Grade Foundation Establishment.

• Shi Qing appeared before the people of the Heaven-Opening Divine Hall, who hailed her as the Heaven-Opening Divine Maiden.
• Shi Qing wondered how Dongfang Yueming was doing and when she might see him again.
• The veiled woman explained that Shi Qing had to reach at least Golden Core to leave the secret realm.
• The veiled woman told Shi Qing to forge a Saint-Grade Innate foundation and pursue Dao-Grade Foundation Establishment.
• The veiled woman reflected that Dao-Grade had become open to cultivators beyond the Immortal-Abandoned Continent, and that only one person could attain it.

Dongfang Yueming encountered Shui Yan'er, the original body of Shui Ling'er and Huo Ling'er, and discovered that she was a Golden Core expert who wanted him to return with her to the Water and Fire Sect. The chapter ended with him weighing his chances of escaping her overwhelming strength.

• Dongfang Yueming decided to return to Dragon Firmament Academy after killing Shi Tianxiong and set off toward Dragon Firmament City.
• Shui Yan'er appeared beside Dongfang Yueming, recognized him as the man who had defeated Shui Ling'er and Huo Ling'er, and was astonished by his rapid progress.
• Dongfang Yueming tried to drive Shui Yan'er away with the Ice Prison Dragon Spear, but she froze and shattered the attack with one finger.
• Dongfang Yueming used the Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell divine ability, briefly slowing Shui Yan'er's magical power and shocking her.
• Shui Yan'er revealed that she was Shui Ling'er and Huo Ling'er's original body and ordered Dongfang Yueming to come with her to the Water and Fire Sect, offering herself as an inducement.
• Dongfang Yueming recognized Shui Yan'er as a Golden Core expert and considered whether he had any chance of defeating her.

Su Wurao became the Pleasure Sect’s first candidate for sect master and sent Dongfang Yueming a cache of cultivation methods. After refusing to choose between the Pleasure Sect and Water and Fire Sect, Dongfang Yueming resolved to reach Golden Core and find the woman lost in a vanished secret realm, then acquired two supreme arts.

• The Pleasure Sect’s sect master promoted Su Wurao to first candidate for sect master, while Zhao Yuji seethed with resentment.
• Su Wurao gave the grand elder jade slips of Foundation Establishment methods and second-tier spirit arts to deliver to Dongfang Yueming.
• The grand elder interrupted Shui Yan’er as she tried to win Dongfang Yueming over, then gave him Su Wurao’s storage ring; Shui Yan’er offered him the Water-Fire Mutual Aid Art.
• Dongfang Yueming asked how to enter a vanished secret realm, learned that finding it might require reaching Golden Core, and vowed to cultivate until he could bring back the woman trapped there.
• Shui Yan’er withdrew her pursuit but left her sect’s art behind, and Dongfang Yueming learned the Yin-Yang Foundation Establishment Method and the Water-Fire Mutual Aid Art.

Dongfang Yueming perfected the Yin-Yang Foundation Establishment Method and the Water-Fire Mutual Aid Art, fusing them with his Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell Art to form a Dao-Grade Dao Foundation. With his points nearly depleted, he set his sights on Dragon Firmament Academy and the Heavenly Star Sect.

• Dongfang Yueming spent points to raise the Yin-Yang Foundation Establishment Method and Water-Fire Mutual Aid Art to perfection.
• Dongfang Yueming fused the Yin-Yang Millstone and Water-Fire Lotus divine abilities into Two Aspects Annihilation.
• Dongfang Yueming fused his three perfected cultivation arts into the Great Dao Return to Origin Art and formed a Dao-Grade Dao Foundation.
• Dongfang Yueming found that he had only 62,000 points left and considered selling a spirit artifact or robbing someone for resources.
• Dongfang Yueming turned his attention toward Dragon Firmament Academy and headed for the Heavenly Star Sect.