Recaps

After the True Profound Impact shook the battlefield, Ling Shuang and Mo Yunzhou discussed their roles in the battle and the treasure talisman that had helped protect her. Xiao Huai joined them, and their familiar banter offered a brief pause in the war, though both sides had already suffered heavy losses.

• A thunderous boom from the depths of the Demon Soil shook the battlefield, while Chen Yang's boundary shielded the lower-realm cultivators from its worst effects.
• Ling Shuang thanked Mo Yunzhou for using his chess spirit to refine the Sword-Intent Wandering Dragon Treasure Talisman, which had helped her withstand the demonic cultivators' Sword-Locking Talismans.
• Mo Yunzhou praised Ling Shuang's strength and credited her with giving him confidence as he commanded the front lines, while she complimented his battle strategy.
• Xiao Huai arrived and greeted Ling Shuang and Mo Yunzhou, then joked with them as they reverted to their familiar Senior Sister and Senior Brother forms of address.
• Ling Shuang watched Mo Yunzhou and Xiao Huai bicker and smiled, while the narration noted the war had cost both sides dearly and depleted the demonic forces and their future talent reserves.

Xiao Huai told Ling Shuang and Mo Yunzhou about his daughter, Xiao Yao, whose Purple-Gold Dragon Body made her future cultivation promising. He revealed that Ninth Abyss Venerable had recommended Yuan Hong as her master, and the chapter ended as Xiao Huai suggested that recent events would convince the elders to accept the choice.

• Mo Yunzhou asked Xiao Huai whether his child with Long Zhu was a boy or a girl, and Xiao Huai said they had a daughter with a Purple-Gold Dragon Body.
• Xiao Huai explained that Long Zhu had asked Ninth Abyss Venerable to name the girl Yao.
• Xiao Huai said Ninth Abyss Venerable declined to teach Yao because her weighty bones did not suit his Dao, but recommended another master-disciple lineage.
• Ling Shuang guessed that the recommended master was Yuan Hong, and Xiao Huai confirmed that Ninth Abyss Venerable had chosen Vaulting Dragon Lord.
• Xiao Huai said the elders of the Dynasty and Dao Academy had hesitated over Yuan Hong's cultivation realm, but recent events would likely remove their doubts.

Chen Yang entered the passage leading beyond the heavens and discovered that the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord’s Soul-Return Dao Art blocked the return route. He ordered two ancient cultivators who had fled into the Dao to kill themselves, and they dispersed their bodies and souls.

• Chen Yang stepped onto the passage and used Zhen Xuan to mend the rift behind him.
• Xu Cang identified two spatial vortices as the hiding places of cultivators who had fled into the Dao.
• Chen Yang realized the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord’s Soul-Return Dao Art had blocked the return path from the battle beyond the heavens.
• Two ancient Dao Venerables emerged from the vortices, having been tempted by the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord to join Bai Di’s plan as Dharma corpses.
• Chen Yang told the two cultivators to kill themselves, and they dispersed their bodies and souls after a brief hesitation.

Bai Di called for Senior Youhun after arriving in the Outrealm, and Chen Yang appeared to seize him before Ghostly Soul Demon Venerable intervened. Venerable Xuanwei then confronted Chen Yang and demanded that he declare his stance in the war.

• The Demon Sect and righteous Great Venerables saw Bai Di arrive with Dongxuan cultivation and each assumed their side had won in Azure Waves.
• Bai Di raised the Fate-Determining Awl and called for Senior Youhun to reveal himself and save them.
• Chen Yang entered the Outrealm and wounded two Demon Sect Great Venerables as he broke through their formation toward Bai Di and Cui Shenyoo.
• Ghostly Soul Demon Venerable blocked Chen Yang with his short blade and questioned why he had entered the conflict.
• Venerable Xuanwei arrived, aimed one Yin-Yang Twin Extremes Hammer at Ghostly Soul Demon Venerable and the other at Chen Yang, and asked Chen Yang to declare his stance.

Chen Yang faced the peak cultivators of the Righteous and Demonic Paths, who expected him to declare his allegiance after arriving at the Outrealm Battlefield. He remained calm under their scrutiny and recognized one of the figures as the mysterious Penglai Palace Master, whose scale contained a profound oceanic vision.

• Chen Yang realized that Venerable Mingxiao and Ninth Abyss Venerable viewed his arrival as support for the Righteous Path, while the peak cultivators saw him as a neutral opportunist.
• Chen Yang understood that taking part in the Great Competition of Two Daos required him to openly choose a side, but he remained untroubled because he carried the Canglan Immortal Intent's decree and could replace any lost avatars.
• Chen Yang examined the figures on the cliffs and discovered that they were parts of two peak cultivators' bodies rather than mountains.
• Chen Yang sensed ancient dragon breath from a scale belonging to the Penglai Palace Master and recognized the oceanic vision it contained as a powerful aid to water arts cultivators.
• Chen Yang concluded that the elusive Penglai Palace Master's origins were likely connected to the Ancient Dragon Lineage.

Chen Yang assessed the strengths and ranks of the righteous path’s ten peak cultivators, then learned about the demonic path’s peak great demon and his unusual relationship with the Lord of Penglai Palace. The chapter left the two easygoing rivals facing each other at the chosen site of the confrontation.

• Chen Yang sensed the strength of Venerable Daohé, the Meishan Sword Immortal, Nie Wuchen, Venerable Xuanwei, and the other righteous-path peaks.
• Chen Yang divided the ten righteous-path peak cultivators into three tiers, with Dark Underworld Venerable standing above the rest and Nie Wuchen leading the lower tier.
• Chen Yang learned that the demonic path’s peak great demon came from an ancient bloodline that leaned toward the Demon Race.
• Xu Cang explained that the great demon and the Lord of Penglai Palace had long been rivals in battle but shared little enmity and preferred to discuss the Dao together.
• Dark Underworld Venerable chose the place where the great demon and the Lord of Penglai Palace stood as the site of the confrontation.

Chen Yang learned how Qin Changsheng had left Lingxiao Dao Academy to pursue the Dao in the Demon Soil and become a formidable Demonic Path Venerable. Zhuang Xuanji later surpassed him in their battles, turning the balance of the conflict between the two paths.

• Qin Changsheng rejected Lingxiao Dao Academy’s teachings and went to the Demon Soil, prompting a scandal and a war between the Righteous and Demonic Paths.
• Qin Changsheng survived attempts to seize his body, became a Venerable, and repeatedly challenged Dao Academy Venerables, damaging their Dao Hearts and paths.
• Chen Yang learned Qin Changsheng’s history and considered how it might have shaped Venerable Xuanwei’s convictions.
• Zhuang Xuanji fought Qin Changsheng three times; after their first battle ended in a draw, she won the next two.
• Zhuang Xuanji’s victories helped the righteous cultivators reverse their decline and launch a full-scale counterattack against the Demonic Path.

Chen Yang learned how Zhuang Xuanji had killed the peak Demonic Sect cultivator who gravely injured Venerable Yuehan, then assessed the balance of strength between the Righteous and Demonic Paths. With the two sides nearly evenly matched, Chen Yang’s unexpected presence emerged as a decisive factor in the Great Competition of Two Daos.

• Xu Cang told Chen Yang that Zhuang Xuanji had pursued and killed the peak Demonic Sect cultivator during his Tribulation Crossing ascent.
• Chen Yang assessed the peak cultivators and concluded that the Demonic Path could match the Righteous Path despite having one fewer fighter.
• Chen Yang calculated that the first six Dao debates were likely to produce one victory for each side, leaving the final battles to decide the outcome.
• Chen Yang realized that Zhuang Xuanji’s ascension had emboldened the Demonic Path to challenge the Righteous Path’s dominance.
• The peak cultivators of both Daos examined Chen Yang as an outsider whose presence could determine the Great Competition of Two Daos.

The peak cultivators of Cambang Continent discovered that Cui Shenyoo was an Upper Realm figure and recognized the opportunity his presence offered. Qin Changsheng agreed to the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord’s request to protect his Dao, leaving the gathered cultivators poised to act on the revelation.

• Cui Shenyoo despaired as the gathered peak cultivators saw through his identity and he realized they would exploit his connection to the Upper Realm.
• Qin Changsheng accused the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord of bringing an Upper Realm immortal into the Outrealm through Bai Di.
• Qin Changsheng praised Bai Di for influencing the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord to act boldly, while dismissing Bai Di’s potential to match Zhuang Xuanji.
• The Myriad Corpses Demon Lord asked Qin Changsheng to answer his earlier proposal.
• Qin Changsheng agreed to protect the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord’s Dao and said the opportunity could unsettle the Righteous Path.

Chen Yang explained that he had come under the genuine Canglan Immortal Intent Edict to capture Cui Shenyoo and wanted no part in the Great Competition of Two Daos. The decision to surrender Cui Shenyoo fell to Qin Changsheng, who was more tempted by the Upper Realm cultivator’s secrets than bound by the edict.

• Chen Yang showed the peak cultivators the genuine Immortal Intent Edict and said he would return to the mountains once he captured Cui Shenyoo.
• Chen Yang made clear that he would leave the two Daos to settle their own competition and let the cultivators decide whether to hand Cui Shenyoo over.
• Venerable Daohé and the three Lords of the Demon Cave considered backing down because they feared defying the Azure Waves Great Dao.
• Dark Underworld Venerable and Qin Changsheng weighed the edict less heavily because their cultivation no longer depended on the world's Dao laws.
• Dark Underworld Venerable challenged Qin Changsheng to surrender Cui Shenyoo or admit that he would defy the Azure Waves Great Dao to protect him.

Myriad Corpses Demon Lord prepared to summon the Treading Void Tribulation, encouraged by a fifty-percent chance of ascending and Qin Changsheng’s protection. As the tribulation gathered, Cui Shenyoo tried to persuade him to spare her soul spirit in exchange for teaching him upper-realm techniques.

• Myriad Corpses Demon Lord’s success rate for crossing the tribulation rose to fifty percent after he gained Cui Shenyoo and spread the Soul-Return Dao Art.
• Myriad Corpses Demon Lord welcomed the conflict among the three Chen Yang figures as a chance to witness the Three Flowers Gathering at the Summit.
• Qin Changsheng praised Myriad Corpses Demon Lord and concealed himself and Chen Yang with spatial Daoist Magic.
• Myriad Corpses Demon Lord summoned the Treading Void Tribulation at the summit of the realm.
• Cui Shenyoo urged Myriad Corpses Demon Lord to learn upper-realm techniques from her instead of sacrificing her soul spirit.

Chen Yang and the Dark Underworld Venerable encircled Qin Changsheng, whose mastery of Extreme Yang Fire withstood the Venerable’s many object-control techniques. As the three battled, Chen Yang discovered that Qin could limit his True Profound Impacts and exposed the limits of Chen Yang’s spatial Daoist Magic, though his attacks still threatened Qin more directly than the Venerable’s did.

• Chen Yang observed the Dark Underworld Venerable counter Qin Changsheng’s Extreme Yang Fire with an array of controlled phenomena and transformations.
• The Dark Underworld Venerable’s object-control art struggled to break through Qin’s protective yang fire, while Chen Yang’s stacked True Profound Impacts began threatening Qin’s body.
• Qin Changsheng recognized the danger of Chen Yang’s technique and repeatedly used Extreme Yang Fire to devour his Zhen Xuan whenever his impacts neared six hundred and eighty.
• Chen Yang realized that his Lagging Light Divine Technique could not give him the same advantage against pinnacle experts and that his spatial Daoist Magic was insufficiently developed.
• Chen Yang’s attacks continued to place more direct pressure on Qin than the Dark Underworld Venerable’s object-control techniques did.

Venerable Xuanwei’s unresolved grudge against Qin Changsheng had become an obstacle to his cultivation after he reached the Peak Realm. Unable to return to Canglan Continent, the Righteous Path cultivators asked Venerable Dongxu to divine what was happening there, but Old Corpse Ghost’s power had obscured the Great Dao.

• Venerable Xuanwei recalled how Qin Changsheng had gravely wounded his master and senior sister, leaving him determined to seek revenge.
• After reaching the Peak Realm, Venerable Xuanwei realized the gulf between himself and Qin Changsheng was immense, and his desire for revenge blocked his further progress.
• Nie Wuchen reasoned that Qin Changsheng’s actions during Wanshi’s Tribulation Crossing must relate to the Dao intent he sought in Canglan Continent.
• Venerable Kuji worried that Old Corpse Ghost had already made moves against those left in Canglan Continent and asked Venerable Dongxu to divine what was happening.
• Venerable Dongxu said Old Corpse Ghost’s soul power had obscured the Great Dao, making his divination difficult.

Nie Wuchen recognized Yang Lingrui's Yanfa manifestation and learned that his True Intent of the Way of Slaughter and title Sever Karma made him a counter to the Soul-Returning Deception Technique. With the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord occupied by tribulation, the righteous peak cultivators seized the chance to fight the Demonic Dao, leaving the clashes unresolved.

• Nie Wuchen recognized Yang Lingrui in the manifested figure and proudly confirmed that he had reached the True Intent Realm.
• Venerable Daohé explained that Yang Lingrui's title Sever Karma and True Intent of the Way of Slaughter made him the bane of the Soul-Returning Deception Technique.
• Venerable Daohé challenged Earthly Baleful Demon Venerable and urged the other righteous cultivators to take advantage of the Demonic Dao's weakened numbers.
• The Meishan Sword Immortal pulled Ghostly Soul Demon Venerable into a separate space, while Nie Wuchen confronted Poison-Extinguishing Demon Venerable.

Yang Lingrui traveled to the Central Region with two Venerables to resolve the soul-returning crisis through the Soul-Severing Karma Cut, while Yun Xiwu wished him well and promised to wait for him. Three months later, he began preparing at Fuyao Sect, and the chapter left the outcome of his unprecedented plan uncertain.

• Yang Lingrui told Yang Lingqing and the others that he was heading to the Central Region to address the urgent crisis.
• Yun Xiwu and Yang Lingrui exchanged farewells from afar, and she told him she would wait for him at home.
• Chen Yang secretly used the Lagging Light Divine Technique to give Yang Lingrui an incarnation for protection.
• Three months passed as the battles at Demon Suppression Pass and in the Outrealm remained unresolved, while the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord advanced through his tribulations.
• Yang Lingrui arrived at Fuyao Sect's main peak and began preparing for the Soul-Severing Karma Cut, developing a clear plan despite the lack of precedent or useful guidance.

Yang Lingrui entered the Soul-Return Dao Art to attempt the Soul-Severing Karma Cut, while the eight righteous Dao Venerables prepared to protect him and locate the soul realm. The chapter ended with Yang Lingrui encountering his first obstacle inside the soul art.

• Venerable Xuansheng reassured Yang Lingrui that the eight Venerables would defend the righteous path if he could not complete the soul-severing act.
• Yang Lingrui thanked the Venerables, climbed their Zhen Xuan staircase, and entered the Soul-Return Dao Art.
• Venerable Shuying worried about the risk to Yang Lingrui, while Azure Bamboo Venerable explained that his attempt offered the best hope of saving the departed souls and stopping the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord's scheme.
• The Venerables agreed that, if Yang Lingrui failed, they would enter the soul art together and sacrifice their lifespans to contain its influence, despite the suffering this would cause returned souls.
• Venerable Xuansheng divided the Venerables between guarding Yang Lingrui and searching for the soul realm, and Yang Lingrui encountered his first obstacle inside the soul art.

Yang Lingrui reunited with Yang Linghu's awakened soul in the sea of fog and explained that only forty years had passed since his death. Yang Lingrui thanked his elder brother for sacrificing himself for the Yang Clan, leaving the two brothers together as Lingrui honored him.

• Yang Lingrui recognized that Yang Linghu's soul was genuinely connected to the severed arm buried in Pine Mountain Cemetery.
• Yang Linghu explained that he had drifted in a vast sea before a force awakened him in the sea of fog, and he held back questions about Wu Tong and his child when he noticed Lingrui's serious expression.
• Yang Lingrui sat down to speak with Yang Linghu and told him he had entered the True Intent Realm.
• Yang Linghu was shocked by Lingrui's cultivation and worried that his wife and child might have died during the many years since his death.
• Yang Lingrui told Yang Linghu that only forty years had passed and credited his success to the Yang Clan's fortunes, Sister Qing's leadership, and Yang Linghu's devotion.
• Yang Lingrui knelt and saluted Yang Linghu, thanking him for risking his life to secure the Yang Clan's future.

Yang Lingrui told Yang Linghu about his son Yang Yuanhong’s extraordinary rise and showed him images of Wu Tong and Yuanhong throughout his life. As Yang Linghu watched, an unseen fluctuation from the Soul Law mist approached and began to make his soul frenzy.

• Yang Linghu learned that Wu Tong had named their son Yang Yuanhong and eagerly praised the name.
• Yang Lingrui explained that Yuanhong became a dragon-bodied prodigy, earned the title Vaulting Dragon Lord, reached the True Intent Realm as Dragon Martial, and secured aid that helped the Yang Clan become independent.
• Yang Linghu asked to see Wu Tong and Yuanhong, and Yang Lingrui used the soul stele to manifest them and show Yuanhong at every stage of his life.
• A faint fluctuation emerged from the Soul Law mist and drifted toward Yang Linghu, whose soul began showing signs of frenzy.
• Yang Lingrui noticed the danger and realized he could not fully understand the living peak expert’s Soul-Returning Method.

Chen Yang used True God Authority to empower the Lagging Light Divine Technique and overwhelm Qin Changsheng while Dark Underworld Venerable watched. Qin Changsheng remained trapped defending the aspect realm, and Dark Underworld Venerable still could not discern the secret behind Chen Yang’s strange technique.

• Chen Yang’s empowered Lagging Light Divine Technique let him strike both peak cultivators with concealed Zhen Xuan impacts.
• Dark Underworld Venerable realized Chen Yang had been hiding a powerful trump card and held back from attacking.
• Chen Yang forced Qin Changsheng toward the edge of the aspect realm, while Qin Changsheng continued protecting the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord’s tribulation.
• Chen Yang increased his use of divine power and struck Qin Changsheng with three Zhen Xuan impacts, driving him into the aspect realm’s barrier.
• Dark Underworld Venerable watched closely but found no trace of spellwork that could explain Chen Yang’s technique.

Chen Yang relentlessly battered Qin Changsheng, destroying several of his artifacts while Dark Underworld Venerable chose not to interfere. Qin Changsheng then faced Chen Yang’s attacks with his own body, revealing a strange defense that consumed life force from somewhere else, and Chen Yang realized he had not seriously injured him.

• Dark Underworld Venerable decided against attacking Chen Yang, wary of the consequences and the child’s ties to Yang Yuanhong’s lineage.
• Chen Yang struck Qin Changsheng with True Profound Impacts, breaking through his Yang-fire protection and damaging his Dao robe, Dharma sword, and Yang-law talisman.
• Qin Changsheng praised Chen Yang’s technique but realized negotiation was impossible as the assault continued.
• Qin Changsheng put away his damaged Dao robe and let Chen Yang’s attacks hit his body directly.
• Chen Yang sensed that the blows consumed life force that did not belong to Qin Changsheng, who emerged without substantial injury.

The chapter revealed how Qin Changsheng used his Extreme Yang Dao arts to inspire mortals to seek the Dao, hoping to repair their aptitudes and let everyone on the Canglan Continent cultivate. His efforts had yielded no known success, and Dark Underworld Venerable reacted with killing intent after Qin Changsheng openly disclosed the Extreme Yang Path.

• Dark Underworld Venerable grew wary when Qin Changsheng revealed the cultivation method of the Extreme Yang Path.
• Qin Changsheng traveled among mortals as a fortune-teller, storyteller, and swordsman, helping people and fighting evildoers.
• Qin Changsheng used his Dao arts to make mortals dream of cultivating, then gave those who sought the Dao orthodox qi-gathering methods.
• Mortals with blocked or incomplete Qi Meridians failed to cultivate and returned to Qin Changsheng for help.
• Qin Changsheng had hoped to repair mortal aptitudes so everyone in the Canglan Continent could enter the Dao, but his efforts had produced no results.

Qin Changsheng’s past revealed how he left Lingxiao Dao Academy and rose to the top of the demonic lands by carrying the aspirations of mortals through the Extreme Yang Path. Chen Yang abandoned his attempt to kill Qin Changsheng and began attacking the phase realm’s ceiling, leaving Qin Changsheng unable to stop him.

• Qin Changsheng left Lingxiao Dao Academy after its elders confined him for pursuing a Dao that clashed with their beliefs, then entered the Vast Sea Demonic Land and cultivated the Extreme Yang Path.
• Qin Changsheng used the suffering of mortals in the demonic lands to offer them power and carried their destinies within himself as he rose to the highest position in the demonic lands.
• Chen Yang sensed the collective strength within Qin Changsheng and judged that his limited True God Authority could not reliably kill him.
• Chen Yang redirected his attacks toward the phase realm’s ceiling and blasted a massive dent into it with repeated True Profound Impacts.
• Qin Changsheng realized he could not stop Chen Yang from destroying the phase realm and sent a transmission to the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord, who was undergoing Tribulation Crossing.

The Myriad Corpses Demon Lord began his ascension tribulation and tried to escape into the Sea of Corpse Souls, while Chen Yang used his remaining divine power to stop him. Chen Yang’s attack landed just before his time-freezing technique failed, erasing one of the Demon Lord’s legs and nearly half his body.

• The Myriad Corpses Demon Lord recognized the Nine Lives Manifestation Tribulation and resolved to prioritize surviving and ascending over its hidden boon.
• The Myriad Corpses Demon Lord opened a passage to the Sea of Corpse Souls and carried Cui Shenyoo toward it with the Soul-Return Dao Art.
• Chen Yang froze time throughout the collapsing space with the Lagging Light Divine Technique and refused Blood Sun Venerable God’s offer of divine power.
• Chen Yang gathered the power of five thousand Zhen Xuan and struck the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord with a True Profound Impact.
• The True Profound Impact erased one of the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord’s legs and nearly half his body before Chen Yang’s divine power ran dry.

After driving off the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord, Chen Yang spoke with Xu Cang and arranged additional help for Yang Lingrui, hoping he could later strike the fleeing demon and capture the last Upper Realm split soul. Yang Lingrui received Xu Cang’s power in the Soul Law Land and was able to advance deeper.

• Chen Yang apologized to Xu Cang for failing to capture the Myriad Corpses Demon Lord’s split soul, but Xu Cang thanked him for detaining the other two and stabilizing Azure Waves.
• Chen Yang told Xu Cang that Yang Lingrui might get another chance to strike the demon in the Soul Sea Land and asked whether Xu Cang could provide him with aid.
• Xu Cang agreed to help Yang Lingrui, whose killing Dao talent could make him a future peak cultivator.
• Yang Lingrui sensed Xu Cang’s power joining the Immortal Venerable’s Illuminating Radiance, allowing him to resist the soul-returning power and walk deeper into the Soul Law Land.

Yang Lingrui resisted the Soul Dao technique’s attempt to trap him, and Chen Yang explained that its attempt to redirect heavenly punishment would instead help temper Yang Lingrui’s blade. Yang Lingrui merged with the surrounding space as the tribulation locked onto his ghost-headed saber and unleashed a storm of thunderous weapons.

• The Soul Dao technique failed to overcome the Bright Mirror and tried to shift the Great Dao’s punishment onto Yang Lingrui.
• Xu Cang offered to eliminate the gathering tribulation, but Chen Yang refused and explained that Yang Lingrui could use it to temper his blade.
• Yang Lingrui broke through the Soul Dao fog and stepped into the air to meet the punishment tribulation.
• Yang Lingrui merged with the spatial domain, causing the tribulation to lose track of his body.
• The tribulation locked onto Yang Lingrui’s ghost-headed saber and transformed its lightning into a rain of thunder-art blades and weapons.