Recaps

After Cangsongzi confessed to colluding with the Devil Dao and accused leaders of several major sects, panic and infighting spread through the Righteous Dao camp. Zhang Jianchen temporarily removed the accused from core affairs and resolved to visit them personally to restore trust.

• Zhou Ziyang rejected the accusation against Cangsongzi, while Ling Yue argued that the evidence made it unlikely to be a Devil Dao ploy.
• After two days of interrogation, Cangsongzi confessed to colluding with the Devil Dao and implicated Zhou Ziyang, Ling Yue, and Elder Ge.
• Rumors about the confession spread through camp, weakening morale and sparking confrontations among the sects.
• At the council meeting, Zhou Ziyang and Ling Yue accused one another, while Zhang Jianchen said the confession could not be trusted but barred those named from core affairs until the suspicions were cleared.
• After Wang Heng warned that the alliance could not continue in turmoil, Zhang Jianchen decided to visit the accused leaders and talk things through.

Zhang Jianchen personally reconciled the leaders of the righteous sects after Cangsongzi’s accusations threatened to divide them. With the sects united, he gathered their leaders and two Loose Immortals to unveil a secret plan to expose the traitors.

• Zhang Jianchen went to Zhou Ziyang’s camp and apologized for asking the Purple Yang Sect to step aside while the accusations were investigated.
• Zhang Jianchen explained that Cangsongzi had tried to exploit the Purple Yang Sect and Heavenly Sword Sect’s rivalry, and Zhou Ziyang agreed to put the greater cause first.
• Zhang Jianchen visited Ling Yue and Ge Changyun, gaining their cooperation and securing the Pill Cauldron Sect’s pills for the army.
• Zhang Jianchen visited the camps of all seven core sects, and the next morning their leaders gathered in the central command tent with their disputes eased.
• Zhang Jianchen dismissed the Law Enforcement Hall from the tent and told the assembled leaders that he had a top-secret plan to catch all the traitors.

Zhang Jianchen gave different secret battle plans to the alliance leaders and elders to identify the demonic faction’s mole by watching how the enemy deployed its defenses. Lu Tianji saw through his assignment as a trap and stayed silent, while Zhang Jianchen remained suspicious of him but had no proof.

• Zhang Jianchen separately assigned Zhou Ziyang, Ling Yue, Ge Changyun, Lu Tianji, and others different secret routes, times, and targets for an attack three days later.
• Zhang Jianchen explained to Xuanjizi and Yunyouzi that whichever route the demonic faction defended most heavily would reveal who had leaked the information.
• Lu Tianji recognized the northern maze forest assignment as a false plan, decided not to pass it on, and prepared to pretend he was following it.
• Zhang Jianchen told Wang Heng that Lu Tianji’s calm response seemed suspicious but could not serve as evidence, then ordered him to monitor everyone closely.

Zhang Jianchen used successive rounds of false plans to identify and capture three devil path spies within the righteous path camp. After the traitors were executed, he ordered the sects to tighten discipline and prepare for the coming battle.

• Yan Tianjin received reports of three planned attacks and strengthened the devil path defenses at all three locations.
• Zhang Jianchen concluded that the leaked plans came from people close to Zhou Ziyang, Ling Yue, and Ge Changyun, then ordered a second round of targeted false information.
• The Law Enforcement Hall captured Wu Changgou, Zhao Ruoxu, and Qian Fu with devil path communication talismans and secret letters.
• Zhang Jianchen ordered Elder Bai to interrogate the three traitors for accomplices and handlers.
• Zhang Jianchen ordered the traitors executed and told the sects to restore discipline, drill their forces, and await the Dao Fruit's maturation.
• The three traitors were beheaded publicly, and the righteous path camp celebrated their capture.

The righteous camp regained its morale, while Zhang Jianchen continued to suspect Lu Tianji and chose to watch him in secret. At Supreme Unity Divine Mountain, the Origin Dao Embryo took form as a youth, whom Zhenyangzi welcomed as the sect's leader.

• Zhang Jianchen told Wang Heng to keep Lu Tianji under secret surveillance until he revealed his intentions.
• Lu Tianji considered sending word that the righteous camp had recovered its morale, but decided to wait for the decisive battle.
• Li Yunjing and the others guarded the Origin Pool as the Origin Dao Embryo neared completion.
• The Origin Pool shook, and the cocoon released a powerful Origin presence as the youth's body formed inside.
• The cocoon burst open, and the newly formed youth asked who the people around him were.
• Zhenyangzi introduced himself and welcomed the youth as the leader of the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

Yuanchu awakened in the Supreme Unity Divine Mountain and agreed to return to the Chaos Abyss to help the righteous path contend for the Dao Fruit. Zhang Jianchen learned of his awakening and secretly sent Xuanjizi and Yunyouzi to escort him.

• Yuanchu remembered his name and his past as the righteous path’s leader, and recognized the Taiyi presence in Li Yunjing and the Five Aggregates Cauldron.
• Yuanchu restored Zhenyangzi with Origin Qi and agreed to help keep the Dao Fruit from the demonic path.
• Li Yunjing informed the Immortal Alliance that Yuanchu had awakened and that they were setting out for the Chaos Abyss.
• Zhenyangzi joined Yuanchu and Li Yunjing as they left the mountain interior.
• Zhang Jianchen learned of Yuanchu’s awakening and decided to keep the news secret because of suspected moles.
• Xuanjizi and Yunyouzi set out to meet Yuanchu’s group discreetly and escort them back to camp.

Li Yunjing and Yuanchu secretly returned to the Immortal Alliance camp, where Zhang Jianchen prepared to use Yuanchu against the demonic forces when the Dao Fruit matured. Three days later, the Dao Fruit began to ripen, and seven-colored light erupted from the origin area.

• Xuanjizi and Yunyouzi escorted Li Yunjing and Yuanchu back to the camp in secret and praised Li Yunjing for protecting Supreme Unity Divine Mountain.
• Zhang Jianchen welcomed Yuanchu, told him the Dao Fruit would mature in three days, and ordered Li Yunjing's group to remain hidden until the decisive battle.
• Zhang Jianchen, Xuanjizi, and Yunyouzi discussed watching Lu Tianji, while Lu Tianji sensed the Loose Immortals' return but chose not to alert the Demon Emperor without confirmation.
• At midnight three days later, Spiritual Qi surged toward the origin area and the seven-colored light around the Dao Fruit blazed brightly.
• The seven-colored radiance burst through the Sha Qi, the Chaos Abyss entrance, and into the ninth heaven.

The Primordial Dao Fruit matured in the Chaos Abyss, sending the righteous and Devil Dao armies racing toward it. Yan Tianjin battled Yunyouzi and Xuanjizi while Zhang Jianchen led the righteous forces into a clash with the Devil Cultivators, as two hidden figures approached the center.

• A seven-colored pillar of light rose from the Chaos Abyss as the Primordial Dao Fruit matured, and Zhang Jianchen and Yan Tianjin ordered their armies to seize it.
• Blood Baleful Intent led Devil Cultivators toward the Dao Fruit until Yunyouzi blocked their advance with the Divine Firmament Divine Sword.
• Yan Tianjin intervened and fought Yunyouzi and Xuanjizi, whose combined attacks failed to stop his Devil Emperor's Seventy-Two Transformations.
• Zhang Jianchen arrived with the righteous path's main force and led the seven great sects into battle against the Devil Cultivators.
• Two unidentified figures secretly moved toward the center of the origin region while the armies clashed.

Li Yunjing and Yuanchu slipped through the battlefield to the Primordial Dao Fruit, and Yuanchu began drawing it toward the righteous faction. Lu Tianji revealed himself and attacked Yuanchu before the Dao Fruit could be secured.

• Ling Yue and Zhou Ziyang fought Old Devil Yin Corpse and Old Devil Bone Spirit while the righteous and devil factions suffered heavy losses across the battlefield.
• Huangfu Chenyin and Zhenyangzi held their position as Zhenyangzi worried that Sect Leader Li and the others had not yet arrived.
• Li Yunjing used Void Divine Treasury and the Five Aggregates Cauldron to conceal himself and Yuanchu as they crossed the battlefield, silently killing Devil Cultivator scouts in their way.
• Yuanchu sensed the Primordial Dao Fruit’s unease and then used his Origin Dao Physique to make it drift toward him.
• Lu Tianji, who had secretly followed Li Yunjing and Yuanchu, revealed his Void Refinement Late Stage cultivation and attacked Yuanchu with his horsetail whisk.

Lu Tianji revealed himself as Yan Xuanye, the Devil Emperor’s son, and attacked Yuanchu, but Li Yunjing protected him and fought back. Li Yunjing broke Yan Xuanye’s formation and wounded him, forcing Yan Xuanye to unleash a forbidden technique that raised his cultivation to Void Refinement Peak Stage.

• Yan Xuanye ambushed Yuanchu, but Li Yunjing shielded him with the Pure Subtlety Spiritual Banner.
• Yan Tianjin revealed that Lu Tianji was his son, Yan Xuanye, and the disclosure shook the righteous forces while rallying the devil path.
• Yan Xuanye attacked Li Yunjing with his fly whisk, but Li Yunjing blocked his techniques and cut his shoulder with Taiyi: Instant Light.
• Li Yunjing broke Yan Xuanye’s God Trapping Formation, then used Seven Stars Fall to force him back and wound his hand.
• Yan Xuanye admitted he had underestimated Li Yunjing and used a forbidden devil-path technique, raising his cultivation to Void Refinement Peak Stage.

Li Yunjing killed Yan Xuanye with one sword strike, turning the tide of the battlefield and enraging Yan Tianjin. After overpowering Xuanjizi and Yunyouzi, the Devil Emperor launched a furious palm strike at Li Yunjing and Yuanchu on the stone platform.

• Yan Xuanye used Blood Moon, but Li Yunjing’s Origin-Returning Sword Strike melted it and killed Yan Xuanye, leaving no trace of him or his possessions.
• The righteous cultivators cheered Yan Xuanye’s death and pressed their advantage, while the Devil Cultivators faltered despite Blood Baleful Intent threatening those who retreated.
• Yan Tianjin saw his son die, burned his origin Essence Blood, and struck Xuanjizi and Yunyouzi hard enough to send them flying.
• Yan Tianjin turned toward Li Yunjing and Yuanchu and sent a massive palm imprint toward the stone platform as the others cried out in alarm.

Li Yunjing blocked Yan Tianjin’s attack, but its shock wave startled the Primordial Dao Fruit and sent it fleeing through a spatial rift. With the prize gone, Yan Tianjin withdrew the devil army and vowed revenge, while the righteous side was left wondering where the Dao Fruit had gone.

• Li Yunjing used the Pure Subtlety Spiritual Banner and Five Aggregates Cauldron to withstand Yan Tianjin’s full-force attack, though he was injured and his banner cracked.
• The impact startled the Primordial Dao Fruit, which shot into a spatial rift and vanished from the battlefield.
• Yan Tianjin blamed Li Yunjing for the Dao Fruit’s escape, but Xuanjizi and Yunyouzi stood between them and threatened to stop him if he attacked again.
• Yan Tianjin abandoned the fight, ordered the devil army to withdraw to the Myriad Devil Abyss, and commanded his followers to search for the Dao Fruit.
• Zhang Jianchen questioned how the Dao Fruit could flee, and Xuanjizi explained that it had instinctively escaped after the impact, though no one knew where it went.

After the Dao Fruit fled, Zhang Jianchen ordered the righteous forces to search for it and praised Li Yunjing for killing Yan Xuanye and protecting Yuanchu. The army returned to Heaven-Soaring City, where the sect leaders agreed they could only wait for the Dao Fruit’s presence to reappear and keep watch across the Five Provinces.

• Zhang Jianchen ordered scouts and provinces to search for the Dao Fruit and promised rewards for reliable leads or its recovery.
• Yuanchu told Li Yunjing that he could no longer sense the Dao Fruit, though he believed its origin presence would eventually leak out again.
• Zhang Jianchen praised Li Yunjing for killing Yan Xuanye and protecting the Origin Dao Physique, then ordered the army to tend to casualties and return to camp.
• The righteous army returned to Heaven-Soaring City three days later, and Zhang Jianchen convened the core sect leaders to discuss finding the Dao Fruit.
• The sect leaders learned that divination and tracking could not locate the Dao Fruit, so Zhang Jianchen ordered the Five Provinces to watch for unusual phenomena and wait for its presence to reappear.

Li Yunjing received rewards for his role in the Chaos Abyss expedition and returned to the Luozhen Sect with Yuanchu and Zhenyangzi. He told Nangong Chengyu and Wang Qianxue about the escaped Dao Fruit and the battle, leaving the sect at home while the Immortal Alliance waited for news.

• Zhang Jianchen promoted the Luozhen Sect to a core sect and appointed Li Yunjing an Immortal Alliance elder, then asked him to take Yuanchu back to the sect.
• Li Yunjing returned to the sect with Zhenyangzi and Yuanchu, and Yuanchu sensed that the Dao Fruit remained near Flying Immortal Prefecture.
• Mo Xuan welcomed Li Yunjing home and reported that the sect was stable and Azure Jiao Marsh's spiritual vitality was growing.
• Li Yunjing visited Nangong Chengyu and Wang Qianxue and recounted the Chaos Abyss battle, Xuanye's betrayal, and the Dao Fruit's escape.
• Li Yunjing told Wang Qianxue that her father was well and hoped to visit her when circumstances allowed.

Li Yunjing learned that a secret realm had appeared in the Myriad Beasts Forbidden Domain just after the Dao Fruit escaped, and decided to investigate. Zhi Qianshu revealed that the realm was the Biyuan People's First Ancestor's burial ground and insisted Li Yunjing was the prophesied Person Who Brings the Dawn needed to awaken him.

• Mo Xuan reported that Sha Qi had dispersed in the Myriad Beasts Forbidden Domain and an ancient secret realm had emerged.
• Li Yunjing decided to visit the realm, despite Wang Qianxue's concern that he had only recently returned from the Chaos Abyss.
• A disciple reported that Zhi Qianshu and a group of Biyuan warriors had come to see Li Yunjing.
• Li Yunjing met Zhi Qianshu, who said the secret realm was the Biyuan People's First Ancestor's burial ground and had opened for his prophesied awakening.
• Zhi Qianshu urged Li Yunjing to enter the burial ground, light the lamp before the First Ancestor's coffin with his Origin Essence Blood, and gather nine bone talismans to complete the resurrection ritual.

Li Yunjing agreed to accompany Zhi Qianshu into the newly opened secret realm to investigate the Biyuan First Ancestor’s burial place and search for the Dao Fruit. Before their planned departure, the Primordial Dao Fruit’s presence erupted from the realm, forcing Li Yunjing to put the Luozhen Sect on alert as powerful factions prepared to converge on the Great Wilderness.

• Li Yunjing agreed to travel with Zhi Qianshu to the secret realm, while warning that he could not promise to resurrect the Biyuan First Ancestor.
• Nangong Chengyu cautioned Li Yunjing about the dangers and advised him to seek Zhenyangzi’s help; Li Yunjing also arranged for Zhenyangzi and Yuanchu to join the expedition.
• A seven-colored pillar of light burst from the Myriad Beasts Forbidden Domain, and Li Yunjing recognized the presence as that of the Primordial Dao Fruit.
• Li Yunjing told Mo Xuan, Shui Yao, Fang Tong, and the others that the Dao Fruit was inside the secret realm, and they realized the Great Wilderness would draw forces from across the Dao Realm.
• Li Yunjing ordered the sect to reinforce its defenses, distribute battle supplies, patrol the mountain gate, and keep disciples inside.

The Primordial Dao Fruit appeared in the Myriad Beasts Forbidden Domain, and Li Yunjing, Zhenyangzi, and Yuanchu prepared to enter the secret realm before rival forces arrived. The Immortal Alliance and Yan Tianjin both learned the Dao Fruit’s location and mobilized toward the Great Wilderness.

• Li Yunjing sent the Immortal Alliance an urgent message that the Dao Fruit was hidden inside the Myriad Beasts Forbidden Domain.
• Zhenyangzi and Li Yunjing agreed to enter the secret realm the next morning, while Yuanchu sensed that the frightened Dao Fruit was hiding deep inside it.
• Cultivators across Flying Immortal Prefecture rushed toward the Great Wilderness after the seven-colored radiance appeared.
• Zhang Jianchen ordered the Immortal Alliance’s leaders and sects to reinforce the secret realm, then set out with Xuanjizi, Yunyouzi, and elite disciples.
• Yan Tianjin saw the Dao Fruit’s location on the devil crystal pillar and prepared to pursue it, blaming Li Yunjing.

Yan Tianjin mobilized the Thirty-Six Devil Sects to seize the Dao Fruit and destroy the Luozhen Sect, while Li Yunjing led his companions to the Myriad Beasts Forbidden Domain. Li Yunjing entered the ancient burial ground with a crowd of cultivators, where they found dense origin Qi and learned the site held the First Ancestor’s tomb.

• Yan Tianjin ordered the Thirty-Six Devil Sects to assemble and march on the Great Wilderness, vowing to reclaim the Dao Fruit and kill Li Yunjing.
• Li Yunjing and his companions prepared to leave the Luozhen Sect as forces from across the Five Provinces converged on the Myriad Beasts Forbidden Domain.
• Zhi Qianshu mistook the seven-colored radiance for the awakening of Biyuan’s First Ancestor, and Li Yunjing led the group toward the forbidden domain.
• At the secret realm entrance, Yuanchu sensed that the Dao Fruit was restless deep inside, and Li Yunjing stepped through the light gate with the others following.
• Inside the burial ground, Fang Hexuan marveled at the dense origin Qi, while Ren Wen identified the statues as fallen generals guarding the tomb.

Li Yunjing's group advanced through the Biyuan burial ground toward the Dao Fruit while the righteous and devil forces entered and divided their armies. The groups converged on routes leading to the main hall, and the chapter ended with Yuanchu sensing the Dao Fruit's presence in bones at a ruined altar.

• Zhi Qianshu sensed the First Ancestor's soul deep in the burial ground, and Li Yunjing led his group onward to reach the Dao Fruit before the other forces.
• Zhi Qianshu calmed the attacking stone guardians with his bloodline, while Zhenyangzi and Ren Wen helped the group pass miasma and illusion formations.
• Luo Chen located the Dao Fruit's origin presence, and Zhang Jianchen split the righteous forces across three paths, leading the main group down the middle route.
• Yan Tianjin split the devil army and sent Yan Xuanjue with younger cultivators around the righteous forces' rear to attack them and kill Li Yunjing.
• Li Yunjing's group reached a square before a side hall and paused to recover; Yuanchu recognized the Dao Fruit's presence in a bone fragment on the ruined altar.

Li Yunjing’s group was ambushed by Yan Xuanjue and his Devil Cultivators in the underground square. After his allies held off the attackers, Li Yunjing blocked Yan Xuanjue’s strongest saber assault with the Pure Subtlety Spiritual Banner and prepared to counterattack with his Nine True Magnetic Light Sword.

• Ouyang Se warned Li Yunjing’s group that a large force of Devil Cultivators was approaching through the left passage.
• Yan Xuanjue arrived with twenty Devil Cultivator experts, identified himself as the eighth prince, and ordered his forces to kill Li Yunjing’s group.
• Liao Xingjian, Fang Hexuan, Han Cang, He Qingsong, Ouyang Se, Zhi Qianshu, and the Rogue Cultivators fought back and gained the advantage against the Devil Cultivators.
• Yan Xuanjue attacked Li Yunjing with the Blood Shadow Devil Saber, but Li Yunjing won their first clash and forced him back.
• Yan Xuanjue unleashed Thousandfold Waves, and Li Yunjing used the Pure Subtlety Spiritual Banner to withstand the assault before beginning his counterattack with Nine True Magnetic Light: Rend Space.

Li Yunjing killed Yan Xuanjue and helped his allies wipe out the Devil Cultivators who had attacked the square. As the group prepared to pursue the Devil Emperor’s main force, an ancient array activated and teleported them to an unknown location.

• Li Yunjing used the Nine True Magnetic Light, Seven Stars Fall, and the Tiger-Shooting Bow to kill Yan Xuanjue.
• Fang Hexuan and Liao Xingjian killed the Devil Cultivators fighting them, while the others helped eliminate the remaining enemies.
• Li Yunjing searched Yan Xuanjue’s Storage Bag and learned that the Devil Emperor’s main force was heading toward the main hall.
• Li Yunjing ordered the group to clean up and set out, but an ancient array activated and teleported everyone away.

Li Yunjing activated an ancient array in the sealed chamber, revealing murals that depicted a great war and Yuanchuzi approaching the Primordial Dao Fruit. The murals showed Yuanchuzi being absorbed into the Dao Fruit, and Zhenyangzi began examining an inscription that might explain what happened.

• Li Yunjing and the others recovered from the teleportation and found themselves trapped in a sealed stone chamber.
• Zhenyangzi identified the floor patterns as a High Antiquity teleportation array triggered by the fighting outside.
• Li Yunjing touched the array with Spiritual Qi, causing hidden murals to appear on the walls.
• The first mural showed the Primordial Dao Fruit absorbing the origins of cultivators killed in a battle between righteous and devil-path forces.
• Yuanchu recognized himself as the white-robed Yuanchuzi in the second mural, who was guiding the Dao Fruit toward himself.
• The third mural showed Yuanchuzi dissolving into the Dao Fruit, and Zhenyangzi recognized the ancient script on the fourth mural.

Zhenyangzi read the murals and revealed that the Primordial Dao Fruit was the Dao Realm’s cyclical cleansing mechanism, consuming fallen cultivators and eventually assimilating whoever obtained it. The murals also showed that Biyuan’s first ancestor, Black Bird, had sacrificed himself to conceal the Dao Fruit, while the crowd began to question whether they were all pawns in the cycle.

• Zhenyangzi explained that every hundred thousand years the Dao Realm caused conflict so the Primordial Dao Fruit could absorb fallen cultivators and later consume its bearer.
• The Rogue Cultivators and a Biyuan warrior argued over whether the murals were trustworthy, while Han Cang asked why the truth was absent from ancient records.
• Zhenyangzi revealed that Black Bird, Biyuan’s first ancestor, had left the murals and built the Burial Ground to hide the Dao Fruit and prevent another war.
• Zhenyangzi showed that Black Bird had sacrificed his body and soul to sustain the concealing array, disproving the belief that he would be resurrected.
• Li Yunjing connected the murals to the past wars and sacrifices, as a Rogue Cultivator wondered whether everyone fighting over the Dao Fruit was merely a pawn of the Dao Realm.

After learning that the Dao Fruit’s cycle of culling had caused war and sacrifice for generations, Li Yunjing rallied the others to stop the tragedy from repeating. They found a hidden passage leading toward the Dao Fruit, while the righteous and demonic armies approached the main hall above.

• Yuanchu remembered that he had taken the Dao Fruit a hundred thousand years ago to prevent the demonic path from claiming it, despite knowing it would kill him.
• Li Yunjing resolved to find the Dao Fruit and break or seal the cycle, and Fang Hexuan, Zhenyangzi, Zhi Qianshu, Han Cang, and the Rogue Cultivators agreed to follow him.
• Li Yunjing identified a mechanism beneath the mural, and Zhi Qianshu opened it with the Essence Blood of the First Ancestor’s bloodline.
• Li Yunjing led the group down the hidden stone steps toward the Dao Fruit, following a seven-colored light.
• The main armies of the righteous and demonic paths drew close to the main hall above the burial ground.

Li Yunjing’s group reached the hall containing the Primordial Dao Fruit, where the righteous and devil paths nearly triggered it to flee before agreeing to hold their attacks. Li Yunjing then told Zhang Jianchen and the righteous leaders that he had discovered a life-threatening truth about the Dao Fruit and asked them to dismiss the others.

• Li Yunjing’s group entered the hall and saw the Primordial Dao Fruit above the coffin of Biyuan’s first ancestor, the Black Bird.
• Zhang Jianchen and the righteous forces entered from the front as Yan Tianjin and the devil forces broke in from the west.
• Yan Tianjin attacked the Dao Fruit, but Xuanjizi and Yunyouzi blocked him, and the collision destabilized the orb.
• Zhang Jianchen and Yan Tianjin agreed that neither side would seize the Dao Fruit or fight at full strength until they found a way to stabilize it.
• Li Yunjing joined the righteous camp and told Zhang Jianchen and the elders that he had learned a dangerous truth about the Dao Fruit, asking them to dismiss those around them.