Recaps

Yang Lingrui used Chen Yang’s guidance to collect treasures and reach Mechanism City’s final chamber, where he defeated two Bronze Mechanical Beasts with his newly created Divine Wind Thousand Splits. He found an ancient book whose contents Chen Yang identified, then reunited with Shen Yue’s group as Qiu Ran offered to buy his Lightning Treasure Mirror.

• Yang Lingrui used Chen Yang’s wall-seeing perspective to avoid most challenges, gather several Core Formation-level rewards, and reach the maze’s core ahead of the others.
• Yang Lingrui entered a combat room and destroyed two Bronze Mechanical Beasts with Divine Wind Thousand Splits, though he noted the technique took too long to prepare.
• Yang Lingrui reached the final hall and found an ancient book, which Chen Yang identified as the theoretical work Netherworld Guiding Hub Discourse about Mechanism City and the mechanism Dao.
• Yang Lingrui shared the ancient book with Shen Yue’s group when they arrived, then let Qiu Ran examine his Lightning Treasure Mirror.
• Qiu Ran offered Yang Lingrui sixty thousand Spirit Crystals for the Lightning Treasure Mirror.

Yang Lingrui’s group sold Qiu Ran a Lightning Treasure Mirror, then followed a new treasure signal to a thundercloud where Red Yao was being besieged. They entered the fight to help him, turning the battle into an uncertain standoff.

• Xue Qingluan and Zi He persuaded Qiu Ran to raise his offer for the Lightning Treasure Mirror to seventy thousand Spirit Crystals, and Yang Lingrui accepted.
• The group left the mechanism-art inheritance behind, returned to the surface, and followed He Shenglai’s feather toward a new opportunity.
• Yang Lingrui’s group reached a thundercloud and heard that Red Yao was under attack from Hua Maochen and Wind Thunder Temple cultivators.
• Qiu Ran recognized Red Yao, and the eight Tiger Chasing Cultivators charged into the thundercloud to aid him.
• Red Yao broke away from his attackers and thanked Yang Lingrui’s group, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

Hong Yao and the Tiger Chasing cultivators joined the battle over the treasure, while Shen Yue accepted Lin Hui’s challenge to keep the Wind Thunder Temple prodigy occupied. Hong Yao trapped one Wind Thunder Temple steward in a lightning net, but Hua Maochen revealed a sword-body technique and used Hong Yao’s lightning to temper it, leaving their fight at a stalemate.

• Hong Yao explained that he needed Yang Lingrui and the others to hold back a Wind Thunder Temple cultivator and Lin Hui while he refined part of the treasure.
• Lin Hui recognized Shen Yue and challenged him to a duel, and Shen Yue accepted before they flew aside to fight.
• Hua Maochen feigned an attack on Hong Yao and redirected his sword toward Yang Lingrui, but Hong Yao caught it with a crimson lightning whip.
• Hong Yao unleashed his killing move, forcing Hua Maochen to abandon his sword and trapping the Wind Thunder Temple steward in a contracting lightning net.
• Hua Maochen fought Hong Yao with a sword-body technique and used the lightning to temper his body, creating a stalemate as the trapped steward struggled to resist.

Yang Lingrui and the other Tiger Chasing cultivators killed one Wind Thunder Temple steward, but Lin Hui escaped by sacrificing Steward Li and using a powerful escape art. Lin Hui later joined three Wind Thunder Temple elders and attacked four Murong Clan cultivators in the Waning Moon Realm, confident they were no match for him.

• Yang Lingrui killed the Wind Thunder Temple steward’s junior brother, and the steward broke through the lightning net by damaging his Origin Core to rush to Lin Hui’s aid.
• The steward tried to attack Shen Yue, but Qiu Ran, He Shenglai, Zi He, and the others surrounded him; he escaped their attack with Thunder Dissolution.
• Shen Yue grabbed Lin Hui and fled, but Lin Hui absorbed and refined Steward Li with a secret gourd before escaping with an art.
• Yang Lingrui’s group failed to catch Lin Hui, then returned to help Hong Yao surround Hua Maochen.
• Lin Hui met three Wind Thunder Temple elders, and the four attacked four Murong Clan cultivators in an ancient sect ruin, underestimating the princess among them.

Lin Hui and the Wind Thunder Temple cultivators attacked Murong Qiuhan’s group, but Murong Qiuhan revealed a bizarre golden dragon aura and faced Lin Hui’s strongest killing move. The chapter ended as Lin Hui unleashed his combined lightning attack against her, with his defeat already foreshadowed.

• Lin Hui and two Wind Thunder Temple cultivators attacked the three Murong Clan cultivators, who rose to meet them while Murong Qiuhan remained focused on a stone slab.
• Lin Hui used Lightning Flash to bypass the Murong Clan fighters and rush toward Murong Qiuhan, while the others began battling in midair.
• Murong Qiuhan revealed golden light in her eyes and a crimson-winged golden dragon phantom, stirring fear in Lin Hui.
• Lin Hui abandoned his plan to capture Murong Qiuhan alive and launched Thunderbolt Pierces the Heavens with his lightning spear and a bolt from the sky.

Murong Qiuhan transformed into a dragon-like form and endured Lin Hui’s Golden Profound Thunder, repeatedly reviving within her golden domain. Lin Hui died after exhausting himself with the sect treasure, while the Wind Thunder Temple fighters were left battling the empowered Murong Clan cultivators.

• Murong Qiuhan blocked Lin Hui’s lightning spear with her scaled dragon claw and revealed her dragon transformation.
• Lin Hui summoned Wind Thunder Temple’s Golden Profound Thunder treasure and struck Murong Qiuhan, but she unleashed a golden domain that restored and empowered the three wounded Murong Clan cultivators.
• The three Wind Thunder Temple cultivators were driven back as the Murong Clan fighters’ strength surged, while Lin Hui continued fighting Murong Qiuhan inside the domain.
• Murong Qiuhan repeatedly reconstructed herself after Lin Hui’s hammer blows, and she told him the treasure could kill her but he was too weak to wield it effectively.
• Lin Hui lost control and kept striking Murong Qiuhan until the Golden Profound Thunder consumed his body and soul, killing him and leaving the treasure on the ground.

Murong Qiuhan survived her battle with Lin Hui by using her life-soul reserves, then helped her guards defeat the remaining Wind Thunder Temple cultivators. Elsewhere, Hong Yao prepared a risky plan to break Hua Maochen’s sword body and Sword Heart.

• Murong Qiuhan recovered after Lin Hui’s defeat, discovering that the fight had consumed forty-two of her hundred reserve life souls.
• Murong Qiuhan emerged from the Sole Dominion Domain, and her guards killed two Wind Thunder Temple cultivators while she seized and swallowed the last cultivator’s exploding Origin Core.
• Murong Qiuhan’s three guards revealed that their cultivation-boosting secret art had cost them eight to thirteen years of lifespan each.
• Groups from the Yunchu Dynasty and Yingxian Gate recognized Murong Qiuhan’s party and withdrew rather than fight them.
• Hong Yao decided to force Hua Maochen’s sword body to its limit and have her allies attack together, hoping to create an opening for her Heart Thunder Method.

Hong Yao and Hua Maochen fought a head-on battle in the thunderclouds, each using the other to pursue his own goal. As Hua Maochen began to falter, Yang Lingrui and the others prepared to strike.

• Hong Yao dispelled the lightning net and confronted Hua Maochen, who revealed his newly strengthened sword body and prepared to fight.
• Hong Yao formed a vast scarlet thundercloud and used its lightning to transform into a Lightning Spirit Body.
• Hua Maochen entered Body-Sword Unity, and he and Hong Yao traded powerful attacks without retreating.
• Yang Lingrui gained insight into cultivation while watching the fight, then locked his aura onto Hua Maochen as the sword cultivator began to weaken.
• Yang Lingrui and the others gathered their spells and waited for Hua Maochen to reach his limit.

Hong Yao and his allies discovered that Hua Maochen had let them destroy his sword body so he could reforge it stronger. Chen Yang disrupted Hua Maochen’s consciousness with evil force, leaving him unable to choose whether to risk reforging or retreat to his former sword body.

• Hong Yao realized Hua Maochen had used their attacks to destroy his sword body and prepared a treasure to evacuate Yang Lingrui and the others if the reforging succeeded.
• Xue Qingluan explained Hua Maochen’s plan to Yang Lingrui, while Chen Yang located Hua Maochen’s consciousness among the Sword Qi.
• Chen Yang threw evil force at Hua Maochen’s consciousness, causing the sword intent within him to become turbulent and stir frightening doubts.
• Hua Maochen weighed reforging his sword body against reversing his cultivation, but his indecision clouded his Sword Heart and made him miss his chance to act decisively.

Hua Maochen’s attempt to reforge his sword body went disastrously wrong, while Chen Yang’s use of baleful power drew the ancient-path deity’s attention. The deity opened his “mouth” and lured cultivators toward it, causing factions throughout the Waning Moon Realm to converge on the site.

• Hua Maochen’s Sword Heart resisted his attempt to reverse his cultivation, and his turmoil left him trapped as sword intent ravaged his mind.
• Hong Yao led Yang Lingrui and the others away from the thunderclouds, while Yang Lingrui silently thanked Chen Yang for interfering.
• The ancient-path deity recognized Chen Yang’s baleful power and decided to lure him and the others into its “mouth” before acting.
• After Hua Maochen died and his sword intent scattered, the deity seized a strand, changed its aura, and sent it toward the “mouth.”
• He Shenglai’s Crest Feather detected the altered sword intent, and the group pursued it as cultivators across the Waning Moon Realm received signs of a great opportunity and set out toward the site.

Chen Yang and his companions followed the Ancient Path deity's sword-intent lure to a vast rift filled with resentful power, where the deity planned to gather cultivators and use their fortune to ease its burden. When the Su Family's much larger allied force arrived, He Shenglai's companions rallied around him and prepared to fight.

• Chen Yang accepted the Ancient Path deity's sword Dao inheritance and stored it for Dai Wei, who lacked a suitable sword art.
• He Shenglai's group followed the spiritual plant's guidance for two days and found a vast rift that Chen Yang recognized as the Ancient Path deity's mouth, full of resentful power.
• Chen Yang deduced that the deity had lured multiple factions to the rift so their fortune could help dissolve its burden and reveal the Ancient Path Treasure, the True Intent Formless Manifestation.
• The Su Family arrived with more than thirty cultivators, including allies from the Tianyou Dynasty, the Moliang Dynasty, and vassal families.
• Yang Lingrui, Xiao Yize, and the others reassured He Shenglai and declared their readiness to battle, restoring his confidence.

Hong Yao and Tiger Chasing’s cultivators joined the battle against the Su and He families and their allies. Feng Lan faced six attackers by drawing them into his Mountain River Map.

• Hong Yao charged the cloud mass, struck at the three Perfected Cultivators, and began fighting them with his lightning techniques.
• Su Lingyun and He Shenglai met in battle, using their cloud and wood techniques against each other.
• Qiu Ran and Xiao Yize attacked the Tianyou Dynasty’s cultivators, while Shen Yue confronted the Moliang Dynasty’s force.
• Yang Lingrui, Zi He, and Feng Lan fought the remaining cultivators as Xue Qingluan went to find Su Lixue and capture or kill her.
• Eight enemy cultivators targeted Feng Lan, but his Word Spirit technique brought two of them down and he drew the remaining six into his Mountain River Map.

Tiger Chasing held the advantage across most battlefields as Su Lingyun fought He Shenglai and Xue Qingluan dominated Su Lixue. When Xue Qingluan sensed a familiar aura and rushed to protect Yang Lingrui, a moonlight beam pierced her chest.

• Su Lingyun accused He Shenglai of bringing ruin upon the He Family, and He Shenglai revealed that Su Lingyun had driven his half-brother mad to secure his place as the Su Family's heir.
• Qiu Ran and Xiao Yize broke the opposing eight-man formation, while the green-robed Confucian cultivator trapped the Moliang fighters between mountains, floodwater, and heavenly fire.
• Xue Qingluan overwhelmed Su Lixue with moonlight attacks and prepared a killing move to break her spiritual treasure defense.
• Xue Qingluan sensed a familiar aura, turned, and rushed toward Yang Lingrui to protect him.
• A ribbon-soft beam of moonlight pierced Xue Qingluan's chest, and blood spilled across the sky.

Yang Lingrui caught the gravely wounded Xue Qingluan as the Lanyue Sect joined the battle to kill him. Hong Yao summoned Wen Zishu with the token, and Wen blocked the Lanyue Sect’s two Perfected Cultivators from intervening.

• Yang Lingrui recognized the Lanyue Sect’s Moon Waterfall spell and unleashed his killing intent, driving the ten aristocratic cultivators away.
• Yang Lingrui caught Xue Qingluan after she took the Moon Waterfall spell for him, and Chen Yang secretly used pills and healing green light to keep her alive.
• Yue Shuwang arrived with allies from several sects and sent cultivators, including Yu Tingzhi, to attack Yang Lingrui.
• Hong Yao crushed his half of the Immortal token and summoned Wen Zishu to the battlefield.
• Wen Zishu appeared between the Lanyue Sect’s Perfected Cultivators and Yang Lingrui, warning them not to interfere.

Yang Lingrui unleashed a ghostlike wind manifestation infused with his killing intent, trapping the surrounding cultivators and killing them in growing numbers. Yue Shuwang prepared to strike with the Moon Waterfall, while Yu Tingzhi located Yang Lingrui’s true body just as an alarming sound tore through the wind.

• Wen Zishu’s arrival forced Yue Shuwang to abandon her immediate attempt to kill Yang Lingrui, and the gathered cultivators encircled him as the Lanyue Sect prepared another Moon Waterfall.
• Yang Lingrui sent the injured Xue Qingluan away with Zi He, then merged his killing aura with his wind sorcery to create a terrifying ghostly manifestation.
• Yang Lingrui’s wind manifestation enveloped the besiegers, and its soul-snaring howls accompanied the deaths of more and more Core Formation Cultivators.
• Yue Shuwang ordered Yang Lingrui killed and used a crescent-shaped ruyi spirit treasure to infuse Yu Tingzhi with true essence so she could locate him.
• Yu Tingzhi found Yang Lingrui’s true body and began preparing Moonlight Silk Thread, but she sensed danger and heard something tear through the wind.

Zi He killed Yu Tingzhi with a Gold Aspect Arrow as Yue Shuwang’s plan to kill Yang Lingrui unraveled. Just as Yue Shuwang attacked, a cultivator from the Jade Firmament Sect captured Yang Lingrui with a strange stone stele, claiming he was tied to the sect’s secrets.

• Zi He shot Yu Tingzhi through the head with a Gold Aspect Arrow, killing her and reclaiming the true essence she had received.
• Yue Shuwang cursed Yu Tingzhi and accidentally revealed that she had considered Xue Qingluan superior to her.
• Yue Shuwang asked the Chuyun Pavilion cultivators to help kill Yang Lingrui, but they refused to join the conflict.
• Yue Shuwang absorbed the bright moon and crushed Zi He’s arrow before charging at Yang Lingrui.
• Yang Lingrui withdrew his techniques at Chen Yang’s instruction, but a beam from a white-haired Jade Firmament Sect cultivator seized him with a stone stele.

Ban Kuizhen used Jade Firmament Sect’s influence to take Yang Lingrui from the battle, convincing the other cultivators that he had captured him for the sect. In reality, Ban Kuizhen had arranged the seizure to protect Yang Lingrui, whose fate remained hidden from everyone else.

• Ban Kuizhen appeared with a mysterious stone stele and identified himself as a member of Jade Firmament Sect, causing the battling cultivators to stop and take stock of his power.
• Wen Zishu recognized that Ban Kuizhen possessed a Primordial Spirit and was undergoing Spiritual Connection Re-cultivation, and he warned Hong Yao that the two of them could not defeat him.
• The Lanyue Sect cultivators withdrew with Yue Shuwang, who judged that Jade Firmament Sect’s seizure of Yang Lingrui might serve Lanyue Sect’s goal of stopping his growth.
• Su Lingyun mistakenly concluded that Jade Firmament Sect had planned the seizure to avoid a confrontation with Tiger Chasing.
• Ban Kuizhen’s Primordial Spirit had sensed Yang Lingrui in danger, so he fabricated a connection to Mingxu Sect remnants and borrowed a sect supreme treasure from Xu Chen.
• Ban Kuizhen used the treasure to take Yang Lingrui in public, making it appear that the young cultivator was under Jade Firmament Sect’s control while secretly protecting him.

Chen Yang used Ban Kuizhen’s arrival to protect Yang Lingrui and arrange for Zi He and Xue Qingluan to be brought to the Jade Firmament Sect’s group. The chapter left Zi He stunned after Ban Kuizhen secretly freed him from the spell restricting his cultivation.

• Chen Yang told Yang Lingrui to pretend to be struck and carried away, then welcomed Ban Kuizhen as a powerful protector.
• Xu Chen questioned Ban Kuizhen about his earlier investigation of the Yang Family, and Ban blamed the family prodigy’s unusual origins on the remnants of the Mingxu Sect.
• Ban Kuizhen’s companions brought Zi He and Xue Qingluan back, and Yang Lingrui gave Zi He a reassuring look.
• Ban Kuizhen revealed Zi He’s ocular art and proposed using him to scout the rift abyss for the Jade Firmament Sect’s treasure-seeking expedition.
• While opening Zi He’s eyelids, Ban Kuizhen secretly removed the spell restriction in his sea of consciousness, leaving Zi He shocked at Ban’s strength and allegiance.

As the ancient Dao deity prepared the rift abyss, Ban Kuizhen tricked Xu Chen into approaching it and used the sudden eruption of black flames to make Xu Chen believe he had saved him. Xu Chen destroyed the spirit treasure controlling the Soul-Hosting Insect and let go of his suspicion toward Ban Kuizhen.

• The Jade Firmament Sect’s overwhelming strength forced the three factions and other Waning Moon Realm forces to keep their distance from the rift abyss.
• The ancient Dao deity opened its eye, assessed the cultivators’ fortunes, and began channeling divine power into the abyss.
• After Chen Yang warned him, Ban Kuizhen claimed he sensed fluctuations below and drew Xu Chen toward the abyss.
• Black flames erupted, and Ban Kuizhen pulled Xu Chen to safety while Xu Chen activated the Soul-Hosting Insect’s technique against him.
• Feeling guilty, Xu Chen destroyed the spirit treasure that triggered the Soul-Hosting Insect, and Ban Kuizhen reassured him until Xu Chen abandoned his suspicions.

Ban Kuizhen pretended to be injured to win Xu Chen’s trust, then tested the weakening black flames around the abyss by throwing Zi He inside. After learning the Stone Tablet Treasure could protect them, Ban Kuizhen prepared to enter with Yang Lingrui and Xue Qingluan while Chen Yang secretly bound them together.

• Ban Kuizhen feigned pain from the Soul-Hosting Insect to earn Xu Chen’s trust.
• A five-colored halo rose from the black flames, and the cultivators sensed an Ancient Path Treasure within the abyss.
• Ban Kuizhen grabbed Zi He and hurled him through the black flames to test the entrance.
• Ban Kuizhen claimed Zi He had entered safely, convincing the Jade Firmament Sect cultivators that the stone tablet could shield them.
• Ban Kuizhen drew Yang Lingrui and Xue Qingluan beside him, and Chen Yang secretly bound the three together as they prepared to enter the abyss.

Ban Kuizhen, Yang Lingrui, Xue Qingluan, and the stone stele entered the rift abyss, where Ban Kuizhen revealed his allegiance to Chen Yang. After Chen Yang healed them, Yang Lingrui reassured Xue Qingluan and concealed the Venerable God's existence from her.

• Ban Kuizhen suddenly spat blood, and the stone stele broke free of Xu Chen and flew into the black flames.
• Ban Kuizhen charged into the flames after the stele, taking Yang Lingrui and Xue Qingluan with him as they fell into the five-colored halo.
• In the rift abyss, Ban Kuizhen bowed to Yang Lingrui and pledged his loyalty to Chen Yang, who emerged from Yang Lingrui's sleeve.
• Chen Yang healed Ban Kuizhen's Primordial Spirit injuries and Xue Qingluan's wounds, then returned to Yang Lingrui's sleeve to study the stone stele.
• Yang Lingrui told Xue Qingluan that Ban Kuizhen had saved them and that they had accidentally entered the abyss.

Yang Lingrui, Xue Qingluan, and Ban Kuizhen climbed a mountain trial that tested their talent, while Zi He reached the summit by another path. Though Ban Kuizhen appeared unable to advance, Chen Yang trusted his perseverance, and Ban Kuizhen finally began moving toward the summit again.

• Yang Lingrui discovered that the mountain path slowed Xue Qingluan and Ban Kuizhen according to their differing talent, and Ban Kuizhen explained that the climb tested their aptitude for the Dao.
• Ban Kuizhen overcame his doubts by remembering his past cultivation breakthroughs and continued climbing alone after Yang Lingrui and Xue Qingluan pulled far ahead.
• Yang Lingrui reached the summit and waited for Zi He, who arrived later; Xue Qingluan then joined them, leaving Ban Kuizhen as the only climber still below.
• Chen Yang watched Ban Kuizhen struggle to advance and told the ancient path deity that Ban Kuizhen’s perseverance and repeated Spiritual Connection cultivation showed talent.
• After Ban Kuizhen had walked in place for a long time, he suddenly began moving toward the summit again.

Ban Kuizhen reached the summit and regained his determination to keep pursuing a breakthrough. Chen Yang entered Ku Yun’s inner realm to speak with him, where Ku Yun asked how Chen Yang preserved his consciousness and wielded divine and baleful power, hoping to learn a way to ease his resentment.

• Ban Kuizhen reached the summit, and Yang Lingrui and the others congratulated him.
• Ban Kuizhen decided to keep trying to break through to the second level of Spiritual Connection.
• The Ancient Dao deity admitted to Chen Yang that he had misjudged Ban Kuizhen and invited Chen Yang into his inner realm.
• Chen Yang entered Ku Yun’s inner realm and met Ku Yun’s spiritual body in a pagoda beneath a sky of sun, moon, and stars.
• Chen Yang explained that he had awakened in an Earthly Treasure Secret Realm thirty years earlier and received his name from the Yang Clan.
• Ku Yun asked Chen Yang how he had preserved his consciousness and controlled divine power and baleful power, seeking a method to dispel his resentment.

Chen Yang subdued Ku Yun after Ku Yun accused him of hiding the secret art and attacked him, then learned Ku Yun’s history and his wish to see the Divine Dao’s former glory. Chen Yang lifted Ku Yun’s potted plant and offered to take him back to his old homeland.

• Ku Yun grew angry when Chen Yang said he could not explain how he had learned the method of Dual Cultivation of Immortal and Divine Paths, and he attacked Chen Yang with divine power.
• Chen Yang used the stone tablet’s power to strike Ku Yun’s soul, then restrained him with three True Essence blasts and revealed that he could cultivate both paths.
• Ku Yun surrendered and explained that he had been a stone giant nurtured by a Venerable God, who sent him into the ancient path and gave him the power to survive the Divine Dao’s collapse.
• Ku Yun confessed that resentment would consume his consciousness within a century, turning him into an evil god, and said he longed to see the Divine Dao’s former glory again.
• Chen Yang lifted the potted plant Ku Yun inhabited and offered to take him back to his old homeland.

Ku Yun revisited the Divine Palace, learned that Chen Yang was its Venerable God, and joined his ranks to help revive the Divine Dao. As Chen Yang took Ku Yun’s resentment power, cultivators began climbing the Peak of Talent, where rivals and prodigies were set on intersecting paths.

• Chen Yang brought Ku Yun’s spirit to the Star Sea, where Ku Yun reunited with the ruined Divine Palace and met Fu Yin and Wu Hua.
• Ku Yun recognized Chen Yang as the Venerable God and accepted his invitation to join the Divine Palace.
• Ku Yun removed his vast store of resentment power, and Chen Yang placed it in the jade tower.
• Cultivators entered through the abyssal entrance and began climbing the Peak of Talent after discovering they could not fly.
• Shen Yue, Yue Shuwang, and Xu Chen were assigned to the same path, while He Shenglai and Su Lingyun, and Qiu Ran and Xiao Yize, were each placed together.