Recaps

Ming Xin entered the world of Battle Through the Heavens and concealed his immense power so he could observe Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement with the Misty Cloud Sect. He studied the world’s Dou Qi system and found Xiao Yan and Yao Lao, then waited unseen for the confrontation to begin.

• Ming Xin recognized the world of Battle Through the Heavens and realized Xiao Yan was on his way to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement.
• Ming Xin sealed his aura, entered the world, and traveled toward the Misty Cloud Sect without disturbing anyone.
• Ming Xin examined the Dou Qi cultivation system and considered how its blend of energy and physical training might inform his own path.
• Ming Xin spotted Xiao Yan approaching Misty Cloud Mountain with a black ruler and sensed Yao Lao’s weakened soul inside Xiao Yan’s ring.
• Ming Xin concealed himself at the Cloud Summit and waited to watch the Three-Year Agreement unfold.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to fulfill his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, while Ming Xin watched as an amused spectator. Nalan Yanran faced Xiao Yan at the gate, and their duel began as he launched Eight Extreme Collapse.

• Xiao Yan climbed to the Misty Cloud Sect gates, encouraged by Yao Lao to reclaim his lost dignity.
• Xiao Yan called for Nalan Yanran and announced that he had come to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement, stirring the sect into an uproar.
• Nalan Yanran arrived, faced Xiao Yan, and accepted his challenge to settle their grievances.
• Xiao Yan dropped his Heavy Black Ruler and launched Eight Extreme Collapse at Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached the Dou Shi realm and fought Nalan Yanran, a Da Dou Shi, at the Misty Cloud Sect. He injured her with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, but Nalan Yanran prepared to use her true strength.

• Xiao Yan's Dou Shi cultivation shocked the Misty Cloud Sect disciples and elders, while Nalan Yanran remained determined to defeat him.
• Nalan Yanran attacked with Wind Extreme: Sunset Radiance and Wind Spirit Dividing Sword, forcing Xiao Yan to defend with Eight Extreme Collapse, his movement technique, and the Heavy Black Ruler.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to use Flame Splitting Wave Ruler when Nalan Yanran transitioned between techniques, and Xiao Yan struck her with the Earth-tier Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan's attack shattered Nalan Yanran's wind barriers and left her injured, silencing the arena before the crowd erupted in shock.
• Nalan Yanran acknowledged that she had underestimated Xiao Yan and raised her sword as she gathered a stronger sword intent.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran after her injuries left her unable to continue, and she admitted defeat when the Stiff Elder warned that fighting on could damage her cultivation foundation. Xiao Yan reclaimed his dignity before the stunned Misty Cloud Sect, but he wondered whether they would let him leave easily.

• Nalan Yanran tried to gather her Dou Qi for another technique, but her injuries worsened and she faltered.
• Xiao Yan seized the opening and struck Nalan Yanran with Eight Extreme Collapse, leaving her barely able to stand.
• Ming Xin praised Xiao Yan for exploiting the opening and noted that Nalan Yanran lacked experience in life-and-death battles.
• Nalan Yanran insisted she could still fight, but the Stiff Elder stopped her and warned that further effort could damage her cultivation foundation.
• Nalan Yanran admitted that Xiao Yan had won, prompting shock and uproar among the Misty Cloud Sect disciples.
• Xiao Yan savored reclaiming his dignity but wondered whether the Misty Cloud Sect would let him leave easily.

After Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Agreement, Elder Ge Ye tried to punish him for supposedly insulting the Misty Cloud Sect. Hai Bodong arrived and stood up for Xiao Yan, leaving the sect elders cowed and the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Xiao Yan won the Three-Year Agreement, and Yao Lao praised his perseverance.
• Elder Ge Ye used his Dou Emperor pressure to accuse Xiao Yan of humiliating the Misty Cloud Sect and raised his hand to strike him.
• Nalan Yanran stepped between Ge Ye and Xiao Yan, insisting that her loss was not Xiao Yan's fault.
• Yao Lao prepared to possess Xiao Yan, but Hai Bodong arrived first and shielded him from the Misty Cloud Sect elders.
• Hai Bodong revealed his restored peak Dou Emperor strength and declared that anyone who attacked Xiao Yan would become his mortal enemy.
• Ming Xin watched the standoff and wondered whether Yun Shan would emerge from secluded cultivation.

Yun Yun intervened to let Xiao Yan leave after his victory over Nalan Yanran, but Yun Shan emerged from seclusion and attacked him. As Yun Shan prepared to kill Xiao Yan, Ming Xin decided to intervene.

• Yun Yun arrived at the plaza and ordered Ge Ye and the Misty Cloud Sect to let Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong leave.
• Ge Ye objected, but Yun Yun silenced him with a look and reaffirmed her decision.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong began leaving, while Ming Xin recognized Yun Yun and reflected on the conflict ahead.
• Yun Shan unleashed his Dou Zong pressure from the Forbidden Land and attacked Xiao Yan, shattering Hai Bodong’s ice defenses and injuring him.
• Yun Yun rushed to protect Xiao Yan, and Yun Shan appeared before her, dismissing Hai Bodong and preparing another attack.
• Ming Xin decided to help Xiao Yan for Yao Lao’s sake.

Yun Shan tried to kill Xiao Yan despite Yun Yun’s pleas, and his punishment of her exposed her identity as the woman Xiao Yan had known as Yun Zhi. Just as Yun Shan prepared another attack, the mysterious Ming Xin appeared and asked him to let Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong leave, leaving the sect square waiting for Yun Shan’s response.

• Yun Yun argued that the Misty Cloud Sect had to honor the Three-Year Agreement, but Yun Shan declared he would kill Xiao Yan and rewrite the truth.
• Yun Shan immobilized Yun Yun, stripped her of her sect master position, and accidentally blew away her veil.
• Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun as Yun Zhi, the woman who had traveled and shared a cave with him in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Yun Shan prepared to strike Xiao Yan, but Ming Xin suddenly appeared between them without being detected.
• Ming Xin asked Yun Shan to let Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong leave safely, and Yun Shan hesitated as everyone awaited his decision.

Ming Xin challenged Yun Shan to try taking Xiao Yan from him, then left the Misty Cloud Sect stunned by severely injuring Yun Shan with a single glance. Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong watched in awe as the sect’s Dou Zong was left near death.

• Ming Xin calmly told Yun Shan he would protect Xiao Yan and dared him to try taking Xiao Yan away.
• Yun Shan erupted in fury and unleashed a powerful attack at Ming Xin.
• Ming Xin glanced at Yun Shan, collapsing his battle aura and inflicting grievous injuries without raising a hand.
• Yun Shan flew into a crater at the edge of the square, barely clinging to life.
• The Misty Cloud Sect disciples, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong stared at Ming Xin in terror and astonishment.

Ming Xin overwhelmed the Misty Cloud Sect, freed Xiao Yan, and rewarded Yun Yun and Hai Bodong by raising them to peak Dou Zong. He then took Xiao Yan away to a mountain forest, leaving him wondering why Ming Xin wanted to speak with him alone.

• Ming Xin crippled Yun Shan with a glance, and the Misty Cloud Sect elders let him take Xiao Yan without resistance.
• Ming Xin freed Yun Yun and raised her cultivation to peak Dou Zong, praising her principles and calling the favor repayment for Yun Shan.
• Ming Xin and Xiao Yan left the Misty Cloud Sect with Hai Bodong, and Ming Xin raised Hai Bodong to peak Dou Zong in recognition of his loyalty.
• Ming Xin took Xiao Yan to an unfamiliar mountain forest, where Xiao Yan wondered why the senior had sought him out alone.

After rescuing Xiao Yan from the Misty Cloud Sect, Ming Xin revealed that he knew Yao Lao was hidden in Xiao Yan’s ring and identified himself as a foremost disciple of the Two Sages of the West from the Primordial World. Xiao Yan recognized the name and was terrified that Ming Xin might also know he was a transmigrator, ending by cautiously asking whether Ming Xin truly came from that world.

• Xiao Yan thanked Ming Xin for saving him and offered to repay the favor.
• Ming Xin revealed that he knew Yao Lao was inside Xiao Yan’s ring, and Yao Lao emerged to question Ming Xin about his origins.
• Ming Xin introduced himself as Ming Xin of the Primordial World and the foremost disciple of the Two Sages of the West.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Primordial World from his prior knowledge and panicked over Ming Xin’s immense status and the possibility that his transmigrator secret had been exposed.
• Xiao Yan regained his composure enough to ask Ming Xin whether he truly came from the Primordial World.

Xiao Yan mistook Ming Xin’s visit for a threat and explained the Primordial World’s terrifying power to Yao Lao, but Ming Xin assured them he meant no harm. Ming Xin then told Xiao Yan exciting tales of the Primordial World, leaving him captivated and yearning to visit it.

• Xiao Yan described the Primordial World and its powerful beings to a horrified Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan gave up resisting, but Ming Xin flicked his forehead and explained that he had no intention of harming him.
• Xiao Yan peppered Ming Xin with questions about the Primordial World’s Sages until Ming Xin sealed his mouth and threatened him.
• Ming Xin recounted tales of the Witch-Demon War, the establishment of the Underworld, and conflicts among the Sages.
• Xiao Yan listened eagerly to Ming Xin’s stories and longed to enter the Primordial World.

Xiao Yan realized Ming Xin was a Sage and tried to cling to him for protection and favors. Ming Xin beat him off and warned him to keep his distance, while Xiao Yan still hoped to get a treasure or become his disciple.

• Xiao Yan realized Ming Xin had said he was a Sage and asked if it was true.
• Xiao Yan decided Ming Xin could protect him from his troubles and grabbed his thigh, asking to become his godfather and servant.
• Yao Lao was stunned by Xiao Yan’s shameless behavior and denied having taught him such manners.
• Ming Xin ordered Xiao Yan to let go, then rapped him on the head until he released his grip.
• Ming Xin threatened to throw Xiao Yan to the Chaos Demon Gods if he came within thirty feet, and Xiao Yan muttered about becoming a disciple or receiving an Innate Supreme Treasure.

Ming Xin healed Yao Lao’s damaged soul and restored his body, and the remaining life energy raised Yao Lao to Five-Star Dou Sheng. Yao Lao vowed to repay Ming Xin’s kindness, while Xiao Yan watched in awe.

• Ming Xin told Yao Lao and Xiao Yan that he could heal Yao Lao without external treasures.
• Ming Xin used his Wood Dao life energy to repair Yao Lao’s soul and reshape his body.
• The remaining life energy drove Yao Lao’s cultivation to Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Lao tested that his rebirth was real by kicking Xiao Yan, then tried to kneel before Ming Xin in gratitude.
• Ming Xin stopped Yao Lao from kneeling, and Yao Lao vowed to repay him whenever called upon.

Ming Xin studied Xiao Yan’s Fen Jue and used his Dao laws to create the Myriad Transformations Returning to Void Flame Emperor Art. He gave the new technique to Xiao Yan and Yao Lao before leaving the Dou Qi Continent to continue his travels.

• Ming Xin explained that he wanted to study the Fen Jue to advance his understanding of energy, and Xiao Yan freely shared the technique with him.
• Ming Xin secluded himself on a distant mountain and used the system and his mastered Great Dao laws to transform the Fen Jue into the Myriad Transformations Returning to Void Flame Emperor Art.
• Ming Xin completed the new technique, whose Myriad Transformation Fire Seed could absorb and refine varied energies, evolve, and undergo nirvana rebirth.
• Ming Xin returned to Xiao Yan and Yao Lao and transmitted the new technique to both of them.
• Ming Xin said he would continue exploring the Myriad Worlds and vanished, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao bowed in gratitude.

Ming Xin gave Xiao Yan a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir and urged him to build his cultivation through his own effort rather than use it to advance directly. He then gathered sources of fire from across the Dou Po World and the Primordial World to forge the Myriad Transformations Returning to Void Flame Emperor Seed.

• Ming Xin tossed Xiao Yan a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir and explained that he should use it to aid his cultivation, not to become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal immediately.
• Xiao Yan vowed to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm through his own strength and stored the elixir in his Storage Ring.
• Ming Xin concealed himself nearby and collected small traces of the Heavenly Flames scattered throughout the Dou Po World.
• Ming Xin contacted his Past Self in the Primordial World, who sent him a source of the Great Sun Golden Flame.
• Ming Xin combined the Heavenly Flame sources with the Great Sun Golden Flame to create the Myriad Transformations Returning to Void Flame Emperor Seed.

Ming Xin refined the Myriad Transformations Returning to Void Flame Emperor Seed, comprehended the Great Dao of Fire, and broke through to Primordial Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Fourth Heaven. After traveling through Chaos for a thousand years, he followed a powerful Light of Belief to the Gods Tomb Great World, where he recognized the signs of an ancient struggle against the Heavenly Dao.

• Ming Xin used the flame seed to comprehend the origins of fire and its connections to many Great Daos.
• Ming Xin broke through to Primordial Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Fourth Heaven, and integrated the flame seed into his Dao Fruit.
• Ming Xin left the Dou Po World and traveled through Chaos for more than a thousand years, deepening his Dao Cultivation.
• Ming Xin sensed a Light of Belief formed by countless beings' despair, sorrow, and resolve to resist.
• Ming Xin followed the light to a world smothered in Calamity Qi and Sinful Power, sensed its history, and identified it as the Gods Tomb Great World.

Ming Xin entered the doomed Gods Tomb Great World and discovered that its fallen Heavenly Dao was draining the world toward destruction. After sensing the resolve of the Heaven Defiers and the Great Dao laws sharpened by the world’s approaching end, he headed for the Gods and Demons Cemetery to meet them and pursue the final elevation of his Great Dao of Killing.

• Ming Xin entered the Gods Tomb Great World and determined that its Evil Heavenly Dao would drain the world completely within a hundred years.
• Ming Xin sensed Chen Nan, the Purple Gold Divine Dragon, the Demon Lord, Dugu Baitian, and the other Heaven Defiers preparing for their final battle at the Gods and Demons Cemetery.
• Ming Xin observed that the world’s impending destruction made the Great Daos of Destruction, Fate, and Karma unusually clear to him.
• Ming Xin realized that the coming battle and the world’s destruction could help elevate his Great Dao of Killing.
• Ming Xin set out for the Gods and Demons Cemetery, intending both to aid the Heaven Defiers and to attain the Dao.

Ming Xin traveled to the Gods and Demons Cemetery, where the ruined realm deepened his understanding of destruction, fate, karma, and killing. He revealed himself to Chen Nan and the others, declared that he would become The Escaped One and join their fight against the Evil Heavenly Dao, and began binding his Dao to the realm’s struggle.

• Ming Xin crossed the devastated land and comprehended its laws of destruction, fate, and karma, sensing a new meaning in his Great Dao of Killing.
• Ming Xin arrived at the Gods and Demons Cemetery and revealed his aura, alerting Chen Nan, Rascally Dragon, the Demon Lord, and Dugu Baitian.
• Ming Xin introduced himself as a traveler from the Primordial World and told the group that their realm would perish within a hundred years unless something changed.
• Ming Xin denounced the Evil Heavenly Dao and declared that he would become The Escaped One and support the war against it.
• Ming Xin revealed the Myriad Transformations Returning to Void Flame Emperor Seed and pledged to walk alongside Chen Nan and the others.
• Ming Xin’s Cause and Effect with the realm grew stronger, and the forces of Slaughter and Destruction began gathering toward him.

Ming Xin persuaded Demon Lord and Gu Du Bai Tian that he would join the War Against Heaven, both to aid the world and to advance his Great Dao of Killing. His arrival strengthened the cemetery’s resolve, and his stagnant Dao began to transform as he prepared for the decisive battle.

• Ming Xin declared that he would fight alongside the others against the Evil Heavenly Dao, stirring Chen Nan and drawing Demon Lord’s attention.
• Demon Lord and Gu Du Bai Tian questioned why Ming Xin would enter the calamity, and he explained his motives of karmic fate and attaining the Dao.
• Ming Xin called the Evil Heavenly Dao powerful but flawed, provoking its fury and enduring its pressure without difficulty.
• Demon Lord and Gu Du Bai Tian welcomed Ming Xin as an ally, and Ming Xin joined Chen Nan and named him the vanguard blade for the War Against Heaven.
• Ming Xin urged the heroic spirits to gather strength, then meditated in the cemetery as his Great Dao of Killing began to transform.

Ming Xin comprehended the Great Dao of Fate within the Gods and Demons Cemetery and carved a narrow path to victory into the world’s doomed future. His Great Dao of Killing then sublimated, advancing him to the Fifth Heaven and leaving him confident and eager to face the Evil Heavenly Dao.

• Ming Xin traced Fate’s currents and discovered faint possibilities for victory involving Chen Nan, the Demon Lord, and other variables.
• Ming Xin used his Dao power to strengthen and weave the weak Threads of Life into a real, though difficult, path to victory.
• The laws and killing intent accumulated in the Gods and Demons Cemetery surged into Ming Xin, allowing his Great Dao of Killing to sublimate into a supreme killing Dao that contained Creation.
• Ming Xin’s perfected Great Dao of Fate and sublimated Great Dao of Killing pushed him through a breakthrough to the Fifth Heaven of the Primordial Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Ming Xin looked toward the Ninth Heaven, confident that he could face the Evil Heavenly Dao as the final War Against Heaven approached.

After reaching the Fifth Heaven of the Primordial Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Ming Xin judged that he could defeat the Evil Heavenly Dao and announced a more direct counterattack. He strengthened Chen Nan and promised support to the Demon Lord and Gu Du Bai Tian, then headed alone for the Heavenly Dao Origin Space to confront the Evil Heavenly Dao.

• Ming Xin assessed the strength of the world's experts and concluded that the corrupted Evil Heavenly Dao was weaker than his newly advanced cultivation.
• Ming Xin told Chen Nan and the other experts that the Evil Heavenly Dao no longer posed a threat to him and that they could take a more direct approach.
• Ming Xin gave Chen Nan Origin Dao Rhyme to stabilize his foundation and accelerate his cultivation.
• Ming Xin promised to shield the Demon Lord and Gu Du Bai Tian from the Heavenly Dao's scrutiny and help them complete their plans.
• Ming Xin transformed into an invisible Dao mark and charged toward the Heavenly Dao Origin Space to confront the Evil Heavenly Dao.
• Chen Nan and the others gained hope as Ming Xin's departure signaled that the counterattack could begin soon.

After eighty years of preparation under Ming Xin, the Heaven-Smiting Faction gathered to attack the Evil Heavenly Dao while its seal was weakening. Ming Xin led them across a Chaos Divine Bridge into the Heavenly Dao Origin Space, beginning the final battle.

• During eighty years of training, Chen Nan, the Demon Lord, Gu Du Bai Tian, Chen Zhan, and the other Heaven-Smiting warriors greatly increased their strength and completed their preparations.
• Ming Xin sensed that the seal on the Heavenly Dao Origin Space had developed dense cracks and declared that the time to fight had come.
• Ming Xin explained that the trapped Evil Heavenly Dao was weakened and urged the faction to attack before it broke free and returned to full strength.
• The Heaven-Smiting warriors vowed to defy Heaven, and Ming Xin extended a Chaos Divine Bridge from the Gods and Demons Cemetery into the Heavenly Dao Origin Space.
• Ming Xin led the faction across the bridge, officially beginning the final battle against the Evil Heavenly Dao.

Ming Xin led the Heaven-Smiting Faction into the Heavenly Dao Origin Space and broke the seal on the Evil Heavenly Dao. Their combined attack nearly destroyed it, but Crimson Qi transformed it into a far stronger Madness Aggregate, leaving the true crisis just beginning.

• Ming Xin led the Divine Tomb forces through the Chaos Divine Bridge into the Heavenly Dao Origin Space, where they confronted the sealed Evil Heavenly Dao.
• Ming Xin shattered the seal, and Chen Nan, the Demon Lord, Gu Du Bai Tian, Chen Zhan, and the heroic spirits launched a combined attack.
• The attack made the Evil Heavenly Dao collapse, and its enormous eyes began to fade.
• Crimson Qi erupted from the Evil Heavenly Dao's eyes and enveloped its body, transforming it into a more powerful and frenzied being.
• Ming Xin identified the transformed Evil Heavenly Dao as a Madness Aggregate formed from the extreme negative emotions and mad wills of living beings.

Ming Xin and the Heaven Defiance warriors fought the Evil Heavenly Dao after it unleashed a barrage of dark red tentacles, but its Spirits of Dao Annihilation overwhelmed their combined assault. The battle ended with Ming Xin searching for a way to counter the annihilating tide as the war grew more desperate.

• The Evil Heavenly Dao transformed and sent over a hundred dark red tentacles at the Heaven Defiance warriors, and Ming Xin shielded them with his Buddha-Demon Dharma Form.
• The Demon Lord used Ming Xin's Great Dao of Killing to empower the Blade of Ten Thousand Demons and sever several tentacles.
• Dugu Baitian, Chen Nan, Chen Zhan, and the other warriors launched their strongest attacks against the Evil Heavenly Dao.
• The Evil Heavenly Dao summoned Spirits of Dao Annihilation, which devoured and corroded the warriors' combined attack.
• Ming Xin considered how to counter the Spirits of Dao Annihilation as the Heaven Defiance warriors were forced back.

Ming Xin and his Future Self destroyed the Spirit of Dao Annihilation with the Five Elements Emperor Fist and Cause and Effect Severance. Evil Heavenly Dao then unleashed the forbidden Ashes of Dao Tribulation, leaving Ming Xin and the others bracing for a threat that could endanger worlds.

• Ming Xin summoned five imperial phantoms with the Five Elements Emperor Fist and used them to grind down the Spirit of Dao Annihilation.
• Ming Xin's Future Self severed the Spirits' causal connection to their origin, erasing the remaining tide and restoring the defenders' morale.
• Evil Heavenly Dao gathered its power and shrouded itself in a Black Cocoon made from the Ashes of Dao Tribulation.
• Ming Xin explained that the ashes came from the destruction of a top-tier Great Thousand World and could contaminate and destroy other worlds.
• Ming Xin suspected Evil Heavenly Dao had already devoured another great world and warned everyone to avoid the ashes as the cocoon's contents transformed.