Recaps

After Jiang Yan perfected Abnormal Fire Alchemy, he and Ji Jiuwu received Chu Feng’s permission and Sword Jades to descend the mountain and visit their homes. They agreed to unite their rival tribes, and Ji Jiuwu arrived at the Long River Tribe’s gates after dark, where he waited for morning.

• Jiang Yan perfected Abnormal Fire Alchemy, established the Dao of Alchemy, and received the Heavenly Dao’s recognition.
• Jiang Yan asked to visit his family, and Ji Jiuwu asked to go home as well; Chu Feng agreed to give them protection before they left.
• Three days later, Ji Jiuwu and Jiang Yan descended the mountain together with Sword Jades while Lu Ming and Chu Yan stayed behind.
• On the road, Ji Jiuwu and Jiang Yan discovered they came from rival tribes and agreed to build their influence and form an alliance.
• Ji Jiuwu reached the Long River Tribe after dark and waited outside its closed gates until morning.

After returning to the Long River Tribe, Ji Jiuwu reassured the priest and his family that he was himself, though his sudden change raised suspicions. He learned that his elder brother Heng'er had been gravely injured and hurried with Father Ji to see him.

• The city guards found Ji Jiuwu cultivating outside the walls, and Grandfather Jiu confirmed that his True Qi made him safe from demonic possession.
• Ji Jiuwu told Grandfather Jiu that he had become an immortal’s disciple, then learned that his father’s branch of the family had encountered trouble.
• Uncle Yuan welcomed Ji Jiuwu home, where his mother rejoiced and Father Ji questioned whether he was really their son.
• Father Ji took Ji Jiuwu to see his grandfather and revealed that Heng'er had been gravely injured a month earlier and remained unconscious.
• Ji Jiuwu asked about his elder brother’s injuries and hurried with Father Ji toward the city lord’s residence.

Ji Jiuwu told the Long River Tribe’s leaders that a Shaman God had taught him a new cultivation method, then returned home and promised to save his poisoned elder brother, Ji Qinheng. The chapter ended as Ji Jiuwu prepared to treat him.

• The High Priest, chief, Ninth Priest, and city guard captain heard Ji Jiuwu recount his three-year encounter with a Shaman God and agreed to keep the matter secret.
• Ji Yuantao and Ji Jiuwu returned home, where Madam Ji welcomed her son and Ji Jiuwu asked to see his unconscious elder brother, Ji Qinheng.
• The shaman physician warned that Ji Qinheng was poisoned by a Venomous Jiao and might die within three months despite more than a hundred detoxifying herbs.
• Ji Jiuwu examined his brother and told the others to sit Ji Qinheng up because he knew how to save him.

Ji Jiuwu used a pill refined by Jiang Yan to cure Ji Qinheng’s flood dragon poison, then promised the shaman physician an improved pill-refinement method. The patriarch learned that Ji Jiuwu had cured Ji Qinheng and treated the feat as unsurprising.

• Ji Jiuwu gave Ji Qinheng a Hundred Spirit Pill, and Ji Qinheng woke later that day as the poison left his body.
• The shaman physician said Ji Qinheng needed three months to recover, and Ji Qinheng worried that he would miss the grand competition.
• Ji Jiuwu explained that Jiang Yan had refined the pill and promised to bring the shaman physician an improved pill-refinement method on his next return.
• Ji Yuantao celebrated Ji Jiuwu’s return and his recovery of Ji Qinheng by inviting him to share wine from their master.
• The shaman physician told the patriarch that Ji Jiuwu had cured Ji Qinheng, and the patriarch said the feat was hardly surprising.

Ji Jiuwu attended the Long River Tribe’s decennial tournament, where his family encouraged Ji Qinheng and he studied the competitors. After drawing number one, Ji Jiuwu faced Quanya and challenged him to land even a single blow as the crowd watched.

• Ji Yuantao encouraged Ji Qinheng after the injured young man appeared discouraged about missing the tournament.
• Ji Jiuwu shared what he had learned from watching the contestants, reassuring his parents that he and Ji Qinheng were on good terms.
• After three days of preliminaries, Ji Jiuwu drew number one and heard spectators dismiss him as an easy opponent.
• Quanya entered the arena, pleased to be matched against Ji Jiuwu, and warned that his axe came from an organ-refining warrior.
• Ji Jiuwu told Quanya that he would count it as a loss if Quanya touched even the hem of his clothes, provoking an uproar among the spectators.

Ji Jiuwu dominated the Long River Tribe grand competition and became a young patriarch candidate, while the Water God Tribe cultivation place went to Ji Jinwu because Ji Jiuwu already cultivated under a Shaman God. Later, Ji Jiuwu accepted Quanya as a follower but rejected seven other youths for lacking resolve.

• Ji Jiuwu defeated Quanya by releasing his blood Qi, then went on to win every match and claim the grand competition championship.
• The patriarch awarded the Water God Tribe cultivation place to Ji Jinwu, explaining that Ji Jiuwu already cultivated under a Shaman God.
• After the competition, Ji Jiuwu left the arrangements for his young patriarch candidacy to Mother Ji.
• Ji Jiuwu agreed to take Quanya as a follower when he recognized him among eight youths selected by Mother Ji.
• Ji Jiuwu tested the remaining seven youths with a punch and rejected them because they hesitated.

Ji Jiuwu went fishing with Quanya while the Heavenly Fire Tribe struggled to contain a deadly plague. Jiang Yan returned to the tribe, treated two infected relatives, and the chapter ended as an emergency signal distracted a siege at the young chieftain's residence.

• Ji Jiuwu told Madam Ji that he needed only one follower, then asked Quanya to take him fishing on the Long River.
• Jiang Yan arrived at the Heavenly Fire Tribe and learned that Sixth Madam and Thirteenth Miss were being sent to Red Maple Valley because they had caught the plague.
• Jiang Yan overpowered the gate guards with his True Blood pressure, entered the carriage, and gave both women half of a plague-curing pill.
• Jiang Qi's younger brother surrounded the young chieftain's residence with more than a thousand soldiers and demanded that the household leave the city.
• An emergency signal exploded above the south gate, drawing attention away from the standoff.

Jiang Yan used his Jade Purity Divine Light to cure the plague in Sixth Aunt and Little Thirteen, revealing a possible solution to the Heavenly Fire Tribe’s crisis. The tribe celebrated, but Second Master Jiang questioned whether Jiang Yan had truly found a cure.

• Second Master Jiang rushed to the city gate after Hu Huo sent an emergency distress signal and learned that Jiang Yan had entered the carriage with plague victims.
• Jiang Yan used his Jade Purity Divine Light to remove the plague from himself and began treating Sixth Aunt and Little Thirteen.
• Second Master Jiang urged the Second Priest to burn the carriage, but Jiang Yan answered that he had not caught the plague and promised to cure his aunt and sister.
• The chieftain, the High Priest, and other leaders arrived as Jiang Yan continued treating the two women.
• Jiang Yan emerged with Sixth Aunt and Little Thirteen, and the chieftain confirmed that the plague had been eliminated from Little Thirteen.
• The crowd cheered for Jiang Yan, but Second Master Jiang challenged the claim that he had found a cure.

Jiang Yan agreed to treat the plague in Red Maple Valley, defeating Jiang Lie’s attempt to undermine him and earning his family’s support. At the valley, he discovered a demon was behind the plague and proposed curing the patients to draw it out.

• Jiang Lie challenged Jiang Yan to prove he could purge the plague, hoping to damage his reputation whether he acted or refused.
• Jiang Yan agreed to treat the patients in Red Maple Valley, and the chief promised to accompany him and protect him.
• Jiang Yan gave his father pills to help protect the household from infection and sent Sixth Madam and Little Thirteen back to the city.
• Jiang Yan arrived outside Red Maple Valley with the chief, priests, and Jiang Lie, then sensed departed souls being carried away by black smoke.
• Jiang Yan told the group a demon had caused the plague and suggested curing the patients to draw it out and suppress it.

Jiang Yan entered Maple Leaf Valley to treat the plague-stricken members of the Heavenly Fire Tribe, using his divine light and medicinal liquid to halt the disease and save thousands. Three days later, most had recovered, but Jiang Yan still had to confront the mastermind behind the outbreak.

• The patriarch entrusted Jiang Yan with caring for the people in the valley and told Jiang Lie that Jiang Yan had been chosen as his successor because he cared about the tribe.
• Jiang Yan ordered the surviving slaves to boil water and promised them medicine and commoner status if they followed his instructions.
• Jiang Yan released divine light across Red Maple Valley, dispersing the plague’s black smoke and halting its spread among the survivors.
• The slaves boiled water, and Jiang Yan mixed pills into it so they could distribute medicinal liquid to the thousands of people still alive.
• Over three days, Jiang Yan eliminated the plague from most of the valley’s residents, leaving Jiang Lie shocked by his defeat.
• Jiang Yan felt relieved that the tribe had survived, but recognized that he still needed to deal with the mastermind behind the plague.

A Flood Dragon Emperor attacked the Heavenly Fire Tribe, revealing that the Black Dragon God planned to turn its territory into a hunting ground. The chief and high priest tried to protect the tribe, while Jiang Yan prepared to use his master’s Sword Jade, and the flood dragon emerged unhurt from the chief’s first attack.

• A Flood Dragon Emperor flew toward Red Maple Valley after noticing that no departed souls had appeared and resolved to devour the Heavenly Fire Tribe.
• The demonic clouds darkened the valley, and the chief and high priest warned Jiang Lie to help Jiang Yan escape because they could not defeat the approaching demon.
• The flood dragon revealed itself and knocked Jiang Lie from the sky with its roar, while Jiang Yan readied the Sword Jade his master had given him.
• The flood dragon told the tribe that the Black Dragon God intended to claim its territory as a hunting ground and called the humans livestock.
• The chief attacked with Heavenly Fire Descends, but the flood dragon emerged from the smoke completely unharmed.

Jiang Yan faced the Flood Dragon Emperor and summoned his master through the Sword Jade, allowing a sword strike to pin the demon to Red Maple Valley. The Heavenly Fire Tribe survived, but its leaders worried about the Black Dragon God and agreed to keep Jiang Yan’s power secret.

• The high priest and chieftain prepared to fight the Flood Dragon Emperor until Jiang Yan stepped forward and told them he could handle it.
• The Flood Dragon Emperor attacked Jiang Yan with poisonous smoke, but the Sword Jade’s light stopped it and summoned a towering figure.
• Jiang Yan’s master struck the Flood Dragon Emperor with a sword that pierced its body and pinned it to Red Maple Valley.
• The high priest and chieftain realized Jiang Yan had a master who rivaled the Dragon Ancestor, then discussed the threat of the Black Dragon God.
• The chieftain ordered everyone present to keep the events secret, and they agreed to obey.

Xiao Chen reached the Great Sage Realm and sent Jian Yi and Jian Sheng out to temper themselves after their Sword Intents reached perfection. Meanwhile, Chu Feng welcomed the pine tree spirit Qing Song into the Dao-Seeking Sect and learned that Cao Youqian had reached the Half-Saint Realm.

• Xiao Chen became a Great Sage after the spiritual rain, then received 99 True Essence of Sword Dao when Jian Yi and Jian Sheng demonstrated their perfected Sword Intents.
• Xiao Chen told Jian Yi and Jian Sheng to leave the mountain to temper themselves, named the Dao-Seeking Sect as their ancestral home, and promised them self-defense treasures.
• Chu Feng received a system reward of 990 True Essence of the Great Dao because Xiao Chen had guided his disciples in establishing Sword Dao.
• Xiao He told Chu Feng that the pine tree had become a spirit, and Chu Feng accepted the young tree spirit as his disciple.
• Chu Feng named the new disciple Qing Song at his discipleship ceremony, then received a notification that Cao Youqian had reached the Half-Saint Realm.

After surviving his tribulation, Cao Youqian used the spirit rain to help the Tyrant Fist Holy Land’s cultivators advance and watched Xia Kang perfect his Extreme Dao Fist Intent. Cao Youqian rejected a Heavenly Dao reward he considered insufficient, then learned the Devil Pool’s giant hand had been misled about the benefits of guiding local cultivators, while Chu Feng received a reward through Cao Youqian’s achievement.

• Cao Youqian survived the lightning tribulation and invited the cultivators of the Tyrant Fist Holy Land to cultivate in the spirit rain.
• Seven days later, Xia Kang broke through to the Spirit Nurturing Realm and perfected his Extreme Dao Fist Intent, and Cao Youqian praised his progress.
• Cao Youqian told Xia Kang about Great Sage Qiankun and rejected the Heavenly Dao’s reward of 99 True Essence of Fist Dao by shattering the forming Law of the Great Dao.
• Xia Kang asked to visit home, and Cao Youqian agreed to provide him with protective treasures before he left.
• Cao Youqian told the giant hand that guiding natives onto a new cultivation path earned Heavenly Dao rewards, then warned that his master could defeat it.
• Chu Feng received 990 True Essence of the Great Dao as a reward for Cao Youqian guiding Xia Kang in establishing the Fist Dao.

Xia Kang and Ying Li left Five Elements Mountain with protective jade pendants, but a Black Dragon God’s son arrived at the Great Xia Tribe demanding to find Hei Mo. Xia Kang revealed that his master had suppressed Hei Mo, provoking the dragon to threaten the tribe and Cao Youqian.

• Cao Youqian gave Xia Kang and Ying Li jade pendants before they left Five Elements Mountain, and promised his other disciples pendants when they went down the mountain.
• Cao Youqian sensed that Da Lei had broken through and was facing a lightning tribulation.
• Xia Kang and Ying Li approached the Great Xia Tribe, where a terrifying pressure forced Ying Li to fall from the sky.
• The five-clawed black dragon revealed himself as the Black Dragon God’s ninth son and demanded that the tribe take him to Hei Mo.
• Xia Kang refused to kneel and told the dragon that his master had suppressed Hei Mo.
• The five-clawed black dragon threatened to slaughter the Great Xia Tribe and kill Xia Kang’s master.

Xia Kang used Cao Youqian’s jade pendant to summon his master’s manifestation, which killed the five-clawed black dragon threatening the Great Xia Tribe. After Xia Kang and Ying Li returned to the Tyrant Fist Holy Land, the Thunder Qilin revealed that the Qilin, Dragon, and Phoenix clans were nearing war and asked Cao Youqian to help take down an old woman.

• Xia Kang activated his jade pendant, and Cao Youqian’s manifestation destroyed the five-clawed black dragon with a single punch.
• Xia Kang reflected on Cao Youqian’s Unrivaled Tyrant Fist, then returned to the Great Xia Tribe and reassured his grandfather and the high priest.
• Xia Kang and Ying Li returned to the Tyrant Fist Holy Land the next morning and told Cao Youqian what had happened.
• The Thunder Qilin explained that the Qilin, Dragon, and Phoenix clans were preparing to fight for supremacy over the continent.
• The Thunder Qilin asked Cao Youqian to help take down an old woman.

Cao Youqian led Thunder Qilin and the Tyrant Fist Holy Land disciples to challenge the Thunder Phoenix, while a Vermilion Bird Demon God secretly prepared to bring the region under Phoenix Clan control. The expedition ended with the Vermilion Bird emerging in fury, and Cao Youqian taunted him about being interrupted by Da Lei.

• Cao Youqian agreed to help Thunder Qilin challenge the Thunder Phoenix and set out with Xia Kang, Ying Li, and the Tyrant Fist Holy Land disciples.
• The Vermilion Bird reunited with the Thunder Phoenix in Wind Thunder Valley and revealed that he had come to conquer the region as part of the Phoenix Clan's war against the Dragon and Qilin clans.
• The Thunder Phoenix gave the Vermilion Bird a map of nearby forces, and the two embraced in the valley.
• Cao Youqian arrived outside Wind Thunder Valley, told Thunder Qilin to challenge the Thunder Phoenix, and sent him to kick at the valley.
• A furious Vermilion Bird Demon God emerged from the valley, and Cao Youqian asked whether Da Lei had interrupted him in the middle of something good.

Cao Youqian fought and killed the Vermilion Bird Demon God after it attacked him and challenged his strength. As Cao Youqian prepared to drag the Thunder Phoenix out of Wind Thunder Valley, a woman inside the valley called for him to wait.

• The Thunder Qilin blamed Cao Youqian for the trouble at Wind Thunder Valley, and the Vermilion Bird attacked them in a rage.
• Cao Youqian survived the Vermilion Bird's flames unharmed, revealed himself as the Ancestor of Body Cultivation, and met its power with his own manifestation.
• Cao Youqian and the Vermilion Bird clashed, and Cao Youqian broke through its Heaven-Burning Raging Fire with his True Essence of the Great Dao.
• Cao Youqian used Extreme Dao Divine Fist to shatter the Vermilion Bird's manifestation and body, then caught and crushed its fleeing soul.
• Cao Youqian praised the Thunder Qilin and ordered him to drag the Thunder Phoenix out, but a woman in Wind Thunder Valley told them to wait.

Cao Youqian spared Lei Ruoxi and left her in charge of Wind Thunder Valley, secretly hoping to lure Phoenix Clan members into a fight. After refining a Demon God Core and gaining 99 True Essences of the Great Dao, he returned to find Lei Ruoxi and Thunder Qilin waiting outside his cave abode.

• Lei Ruoxi surrendered to Cao Youqian, who spared her and ordered her to remain in charge of Wind Thunder Valley while reporting to the Tyrant Fist Holy Land.
• Cao Youqian reassured Thunder Qilin that he had kept Lei Ruoxi as bait to draw out Phoenix Clan members and claim their cores.
• Back at the Tyrant Fist Holy Land, Cao Youqian refined a Demon God Core and gained 99 True Essences of the Great Dao.
• After months in seclusion, Cao Youqian let Lei Ruoxi and Thunder Qilin into his cave abode and revealed his increased strength.
• Lei Ruoxi trembled when she heard Cao Youqian say he could fight his eldest senior brother, and Cao Youqian asked what was wrong.

Cao Youqian dealt with Lei Ruoxi and teased Thunder Qilin before Xiao Chen faced an earth Qilin leading a demonic host toward the Famous Sword Holy Land. Xiao Chen stood against the Demon God’s pressure, and their battle began with the earth Qilin’s attack meeting Xiao Chen’s sword technique.

• Cao Youqian sent Thunder Qilin away, then promised to spare Lei Ruoxi if she satisfied him and began dual cultivation with her.
• The next day, Cao Youqian teased Thunder Qilin about being a virgin and promised to find him a mate.
• Xiao Chen sensed an uninvited guest, reassured his disciples and the people of the Famous Sword Holy Land, then went to meet the approaching demonic host.
• An earth Qilin demanded that Xiao Chen kneel and surrender his territory, but Xiao Chen mocked the Demon God’s strength.
• The earth Qilin enlarged himself and attacked with Mount Tai Bears Down, while Xiao Chen summoned his Divine Sword Faxiang, activated his Immortal Physique, and answered with Ten Thousand Swords Return to One.

Xiao Chen killed Earth Qilin and the demons who invaded the Famous Sword Holy Land, then refined Earth Qilin’s Demon God Core and gained 99 points of True Essence of Sword Dao. At the Dao-Seeking Sect, Chu Feng sent Ji Jiuwu and Jiang Yan home with protective statues as war among the three races threatened their tribes.

• Xiao Chen slew Earth Qilin with a sword strike, then killed the demons who had accompanied him after refusing their pleas for mercy.
• Xiao Chen stored the higher-level demon corpses and sent his disciples to collect the remaining spoils before entering seclusion to refine Earth Qilin’s Demon God Core.
• After eighty-one days, Xiao Chen gained 99 points of True Essence of Sword Dao and judged that sainthood was near.
• Chu Feng gave Ji Jiuwu and Jiang Yan statues that could summon his intervention three times, then sent them to their tribes to protect their people.
• Chu Feng assured Lu Ming and the other disciples that he could suppress the three great Demon Ancestors, then began teaching them about realms beyond Demon Ancestor and ascension.
• Ji Jiuwu kept his master’s statue at home rather than placing it beside the Long River Tribe’s Water God, while Jiang Yan enshrined his statue in his family’s ancestral hall; both returned to the Dao-Seeking Sect the next day.

As the Three Ancestors’ war threatened the Hongyuan Continent, Chu Feng gave his disciples the Heaven-Observing Mirror so they could watch events unfold. When the Black Dragon God attacked the Heavenly Fire Tribe, a mysterious figure protected it and killed him with a single sword strike.

• Chu Yan worried the Three Ancestors’ war would destroy too many people, so Chu Feng brought out the Heaven-Observing Mirror and left his disciples to watch the continent.
• Ji Jiuwu activated the mirror, and the disciples took turns viewing tribes across the Hongyuan Continent.
• The disciples watched the Black Dragon God destroy the Fire God Tribe and then approach the Heavenly Fire Tribe with his flood dragons.
• The Heavenly Fire Tribe’s leader and high priest prepared to resist while the Black Dragon God demanded their deaths and attacked with black flames.
• A towering figure appeared, scattered the flames with a sword strike, and killed the Black Dragon God.

After the Heavenly Fire Tribe’s statue of Chu Feng subdued the Black Dragon God, the tribe began worshipping Chu Feng as the Dao Ancestor and offered him the dragon. Chu Feng accepted the offering, rewarded his disciples with portions of the dragon, and prepared to refine pills with Jiang Yan watching.

• The Heavenly Fire Tribe celebrated the Black Dragon God’s defeat, and Jiang Yan’s father explained that he had prayed to the statue of Jiang Yan’s master for help.
• The chieftain, high priest, and elders recognized the statue as belonging to the Dao Ancestor and decided to honor him by moving it to the ancestral hall and offering him the Black Dragon God.
• Chu Feng sensed the tribe’s worship, accepted the black dragon’s body, and restored the power used by his statue.
• Chu Feng took the Demon God Core and divided the dragon’s body among his disciples, allotting Jiang Yan a quarter of it.
• Chu Feng announced that he would refine pills in seclusion, then allowed Jiang Yan to accompany him to the pill-refining chamber.

Chu Feng completed a batch of Great Dao Pills and encouraged his disciples to cultivate until they could safely consume them. Mo Yi finally reached the Dao-Seeking Sect, where Qing Song revived him and learned that he had come seeking a divine weapon to protect his tribe.

• Chu Feng refined eleven Great Dao Pills, and Jiang Yan advanced to the great perfection of Abnormal Fire Alchemy under his guidance.
• Chu Feng showed Ji Jiuwu and the other disciples a Great Dao Pill and told them they could receive one after comprehending the True Essence of the Great Dao.
• Lu Ming told Chu Feng that someone had entered the Immortal Stairway, and Chu Feng instructed the disciples to receive and settle the newcomer.
• Three days later, Mo Yi reached the end of the Immortal Stairway and collapsed before the Dao-Seeking Sect's immortal palace.
• Qing Song revived Mo Yi with spiritual dew, and Mo Yi explained that he was the young chief of the Mo Clan Tribe, seeking a divine weapon to protect his people from the three races' war.

Mo Yi joined the Dao-Seeking Sect to learn artifact refinement, and Chu Feng taught him a method to develop and pass down to the human race. Three years later, Mo Yi forged a supreme-grade spirit weapon, earning Chu Feng a system reward.

• Qing Song brought Mo Yi to meet Chu Feng, who agreed to teach him artifact refinement after hearing his ambition to protect the human race.
• Mo Yi became Chu Feng’s disciple, received a complete artifact-refinement method, and settled into life at the Dao-Seeking Sect.
• Over the next three years, the Long River Tribe survived a phoenix attack with the protection of Chu Feng’s divine statue and offered the phoenix to him as a sacrifice.
• A thunderbolt struck the artifact-refining room, and Mo Yi emerged holding a flaming hammer, announcing that he had forged a supreme-grade spirit weapon.
• Chu Feng received a system notification rewarding him with 99 Dao Resonance for guiding Mo Yi to open the great Dao of artifact refinement, then went back to sleep.