Recaps

Ye Xuan, posing as Wuming, told Ancestor Minghe that the Human Emperor had sent him to offer a fortuitous opportunity and challenged Minghe’s dissatisfaction with his place in the Netherworld Blood River. He claimed the opportunity was a chance to become a Saint, but Minghe rejected the offer as an obvious bluff.

• Ancestor Minghe sensed Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan enter the Netherworld Blood River and confronted them.
• Ye Xuan introduced himself as Wuming, named Kong Xuan as another Human Clan protector, and said they had come on the Human Emperor’s orders.
• Ye Xuan provoked Minghe by asking whether he was content to remain idle while the Saints and their disciples advanced.
• Minghe’s anger made the Netherworld Blood River boil, and many Ashura Clan experts appeared before he ordered them to leave.
• Ye Xuan offered Minghe a chance to become a Saint, and Minghe sneered that the seven opportunities had already been taken.

Ye Xuan offered Ancestor Minghe the Primordial Violet Qi fused with Human Clan fortune in exchange for protecting the Human Emperor during the coming Investiture of the Gods tribulation. Minghe was tempted by the promised chance to become a Sage and asked what the Human Emperor wanted; Ye Xuan explained the bargain, leaving Minghe to consider it.

• Ye Xuan told Ancestor Minghe that the Primordial Violet Qi within Human Clan fortune could provide an opportunity to become a Sage.
• Ye Xuan claimed the Human Emperor could extract the violet Qi, and described how the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors had used it to break the Heavenly Dao's shackles.
• Ancestor Minghe weighed Ye Xuan's offer, suspecting complications but becoming increasingly interested in the promised violet Qi.
• Ancestor Minghe asked Ye Xuan to state the Human Emperor's conditions.
• Ye Xuan asked Ancestor Minghe to help the Human Emperor if danger arose during the Investiture of the Gods tribulation, promising him the violet Qi whether the effort succeeded or failed.

Ye Xuan tried to persuade Ancestor Minghe to join the coming tribulation, arguing that the Human Emperor had enough support to protect him and a path toward greater power. Ancestor Minghe remained wary of the Saints but was stunned to hear the Human Emperor could become a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

• Ancestor Minghe suspected the Human Emperor was using Primordial Violet Qi to lure him into a deadly tribulation and endanger the Ashura Clan.
• Ye Xuan mocked Ancestor Minghe for clinging to life and called the Netherworld Blood River a stinking ditch, provoking the Ashura Clan and drawing Kong Xuan's laughter.
• Ye Xuan argued that Saint Tongtian and likely Empress Nuwa would support the Human Emperor, while Chaoge could withstand Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Ye Xuan claimed the Human Emperor had found a way to break the Heavenly Dao's shackles, retrieve the Nine Cauldrons, and become a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Ancestor Minghe was shocked by Ye Xuan's claim and asked whether it was true.

Ye Xuan urged Ancestor Minghe to join the Human Emperor, but Minghe challenged him instead. Kong Xuan intervened and fought Minghe in a fierce contest of blade and sword, with neither gaining the upper hand as the battle continued.

• Ye Xuan told Ancestor Minghe about the path to becoming a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal and urged him to follow the Human Emperor.
• Ancestor Minghe took offense at Ye Xuan's insults and attacked him with Sword Qi.
• Kong Xuan blocked Minghe's attack with his Green Dragon Crescent Blade and accepted Minghe's challenge.
• Kong Xuan and Minghe traded blows, stirring the Netherworld Blood Sea while the Ashura Clan watched.
• Minghe unleashed Surging Waves Blood Sea Slash, but Kong Xuan split the Sword Qi blood sea with a powerful strike.
• Minghe blocked Kong Xuan's next blade attack with an X-shaped surge of Sword Qi.

Kong Xuan and Ancestor Minghe fought using only saber and sword, earning each other’s respect before unleashing their most powerful techniques. Kong Xuan charged straight at Ancestor Minghe’s enormous Blood River Sun, and the outcome remained unresolved.

• Ancestor Minghe and Kong Xuan battled with saber and sword alone, trading the advantage until neither could defeat the other.
• Ancestor Minghe launched Blood River One-Line Kill, but Kong Xuan blocked it with the Cold Radiance Saw.
• Ancestor Minghe praised Kong Xuan as the foremost saber master in the Primordial World, and the two introduced their weapons to each other.
• Ancestor Minghe unleashed Great Sun Firmament Slash, forming a vast blood-colored sun with the Yuantu Abi Twin Swords.
• Kong Xuan gripped the Cold Radiance Saw with both hands and soared toward the blood-colored sun as Ye Xuan watched in astonishment.

Kong Xuan broke Ancestor Minghe’s Blood River Great Sun with a saber strike, and the two continued their contest using only saber and sword. Their brutal close-range duel left Kong Xuan nearly decapitated and Ancestor Minghe cut in half, with no clear winner.

• Kong Xuan cleaved Ancestor Minghe’s Blood River Great Sun in two with the Cold Radiance Saw.
• Ancestor Minghe and Kong Xuan renewed their resolve to settle their skills through sword and saber alone as their wills clashed.
• The two fought at close quarters for more than ten thousand exchanges, landing blows that were partly stopped by their defenses.
• Ancestor Minghe slashed Kong Xuan’s neck, leaving only a little flesh and skin attached.
• Kong Xuan cut Ancestor Minghe in half at the waist, stunning Ye Xuan and the watching Ashura Clan.

Ye Xuan challenged Ancestor Minghe to a sword strike after their clash with Kong Xuan left the two mighty beings evenly matched. Ye Xuan unleashed his sword Dao will against Minghe’s twin swords, and the chapter ended with both men standing unharmed after their attacks collided.

• Kong Xuan and Ancestor Minghe healed the wounds inflicted by each other’s sword and saber intent, then prepared to escalate their duel using their divine powers and treasures.
• Ye Xuan stepped between them, put away Kong Xuan’s Nirvana True Fire, and challenged Ancestor Minghe to test his sword strike.
• Ye Xuan raised the Human Emperor Supreme Sword and declared that he would question heaven about the Dao, releasing an immense sword Qi and a formidable sword Dao will.
• Ancestor Minghe answered with the combined sword intent of the Yuantu and Abi Swords, and their attacks collided in a blast that shook the underground space.
• When the turbulent energy subsided, Ye Xuan and Ancestor Minghe remained unharmed, protected by their respective magical treasures.

Ye Xuan warned Ancestor Minghe that the one in heaven was orchestrating the Investiture of the Gods to subjugate the Human Clan and bring the Ashura Clan under his control next. Ancestor Minghe recognized the danger as Ye Xuan argued that the plan would ultimately sever the path of cultivation for all beings.

• Ye Xuan and Ancestor Minghe matched each other’s sword strikes, and Minghe sensed the breadth and defiance in Ye Xuan’s sword will.
• Ancestor Minghe invited Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan into the Netherworld Blood Sea and brought them to the Blood River Divine Hall.
• After they drank red spider lily tea, Ye Xuan warned Minghe that the Ashura Clan would be targeted if the Human Clan fell.
• Ye Xuan recounted how the one in heaven had survived past calamities, controlled the Saints, and arranged the Witch-Demon Tribulation and the Investiture of the Gods.
• Ancestor Minghe realized the Ashura Clan could be next after the Human Clan, while Ye Xuan declared that the one in heaven meant to turn the Primordial World into his private garden and sever cultivation for all beings.

Ye Xuan showed Ancestor Minghe a mirror revealing how the Saints would manipulate the Human Emperor and the Interception Sect to bring about the calamity. Ancestor Minghe recognized their schemes and was horrified by how ruthlessly they planned to force Tongtian into the tribulation.

• Ye Xuan warned Ancestor Minghe that the Primordial World would be left with few powerful unaffiliated experts after another calamity.
• Ye Xuan conjured a mirror showing how Zhunti's plot would make the Human Emperor profane Nuwa, prompting her to sever Yin Shang's fortune and send the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb to Chaoge.
• The mirror showed the demons corrupting the Human Emperor, whose cruel policies turned his people against him and led to Xiqi's rebellion under King Wen of Zhou.
• Ancestor Minghe saw the Saints backing the Son of Heaven against the Human Emperor and realized that their victory would diminish the Human Clan's standing.
• The mirror showed the Chan Sect, Human Teaching, and Western Teachings attacking the Interception Sect and killing or wounding its disciples to force Tongtian into the tribulation.
• Ancestor Minghe condemned the Saints as more terrifying than devils for betraying their own brother and setting Nuwa up to shield themselves from disaster.

Ancestor Minghe watched the Four Saints defeat Sect Master Tongtian, then saw Heavenly Dao Hongjun imprison Tongtian and force the other Saints to withdraw from the world. Hongjun consolidated control of the Primordial World through Haotian Shangdi in the East and transformed Western Buddhism in the West, leaving Ancestor Minghe expecting that he would be targeted next.

• Sect Master Tongtian set up the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation against Taishang Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti, but the Four Saints broke it and defeated his other methods.
• The Four Saints slaughtered or captured Interception Sect disciples, while Ancestor Minghe reflected on Tongtian's defeat and the Saints' betrayal.
• Sect Master Tongtian sought justice from Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who berated him, forced him to swallow a Saint-Slaying Pill, and imprisoned him in Purple Cloud Palace.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun forced the other Saints to swallow Saint-Slaying Pills, and the Saints withdrew from the world as Nuwa was burdened with the Great Tribulation's karma.
• Haotian Shangdi became the supreme ruler in the East, while Taishang Laozi led former Chan and Interception Sect figures west to establish Buddhism and take control from the Two Sages of the West.
• Ancestor Minghe concluded that Hongjun had made the Saints his chess pieces and waited for the scene to turn to his own fate.

Ye Xuan showed Ancestor Minghe a future in which Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the Western Teachings weakened the Ashura Clan, then negotiated Minghe’s support for the Human Emperor. Minghe agreed to consider the plan to attack the Western Teachings when its two Sages traveled east, leaving his final decision unresolved.

• Ye Xuan showed Ancestor Minghe images of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva converting the Ashura Clan and the Western Teachings gradually weakening Minghe and his forces.
• Ancestor Minghe acknowledged Ye Xuan’s foresight and asked what conditions the Human Emperor required.
• Ancestor Minghe revealed that the Ashura Clan had three million members, including four Quasi-Saints, five peak Daluo Golden Immortals, and seventy-two Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.
• Ye Xuan proposed that Minghe remain hidden until the Western Sages traveled east, then lead the Ashura Clan to destroy the Western Teachings while the Human Emperor prepared to slay the Sages.
• Ancestor Minghe weighed the risk of provoking the Western Sages and finally began to respond.

Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan secured Ancestor Minghe’s alliance and asked him about the Five-Virtue Qilin, Diting. Ancestor Minghe pointed them west, then presented two Ashura women to serve the guests, leaving Ye Xuan stunned and Kong Xuan displeased.

• Ye Xuan persuaded Ancestor Minghe to join his cause, adding the Ashura Clan to his allies.
• Ye Xuan told Ancestor Minghe they were seeking Diting, the Five-Virtue Qilin, and Kong Xuan silently objected to Ye Xuan crediting the Human Emperor for the information.
• Ancestor Minghe recalled meeting Diting and said he had gone west, likely hiding underground to cultivate.
• Ancestor Minghe summoned Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven and Shiva and ordered them to serve Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan.
• Ye Xuan stared at the two Ashura women, while Kong Xuan’s face darkened.

Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan split up to search the western reaches of the Primordial World for the Five-Virtue Qilin. Kong Xuan encountered Saint Zhunti, who revealed that he wanted to bring him to the West and blocked his attempt to leave.

• Kong Xuan pulled Ye Xuan away from Ancestor Minghe and accused him of being interested in the Ashura Clan's women.
• Ye Xuan worried about finding the Five-Virtue Qilin and returning to Chaoge, so he and Kong Xuan agreed to search separately.
• Kong Xuan traveled west for more than a dozen days while reflecting on Ye Xuan's tricking Ancestor Minghe into joining the fray.
• Saint Zhunti appeared in a sea of golden light, identified Kong Xuan in hiding, and summoned him to show himself.
• Kong Xuan bowed to Saint Zhunti and tried to leave, but Zhunti's presence locked onto him and Zhunti invited him to visit the West.

Kong Xuan fought Saint Zhunti to avoid being taken to the West, but Zhunti broke his Five-Colored Divine Light and suppressed him. The chapter ended with Zhunti standing on Kong Xuan’s back as Kong Xuan, unwilling to endure the humiliation of becoming a mount, resolved to make a desperate choice.

• Zhunti told Kong Xuan that he was fated to join the West and urged him to submit, but Kong Xuan refused and prepared to fight.
• Kong Xuan unleashed his Five-Colored Divine Light and swept Zhunti into its mysterious space, trying to suppress the Saint with the Five Elements.
• Zhunti broke out of the divine light, leaving Kong Xuan grievously wounded and in his peacock form.
• Kong Xuan lunged to swallow Zhunti, but Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to suppress him and declared that he would make Kong Xuan his mount.
• Kong Xuan struggled against Zhunti’s suppression and resolved that he would rather die than endure the humiliation.

Saint Zhunti suppressed Kong Xuan and tried to persuade him to go to the Western Paradise, while Ye Xuan realized Kong Xuan was in danger and rushed to intervene. Ye Xuan arrived and attacked Zhunti with the Human Emperor Supreme Sword, but Zhunti shattered the sword Qi and questioned the masked stranger.

• Kong Xuan tried to self-detonate rather than submit, but Saint Zhunti suppressed his body and power.
• Saint Zhunti urged Kong Xuan to join him in the Western Paradise, and his Dao resonance gradually weakened Kong Xuan’s resistance.
• Ye Xuan sensed Kong Xuan’s desperate struggle, realized Zhunti might take him west, and sped toward them from underground.
• Ye Xuan arrived and shouted at Zhunti, prompting Kong Xuan to draw the Human Emperor Supreme Sword and slash at the Saint.
• Saint Zhunti shattered the sword Qi and found that Ye Xuan’s mask and cloak blocked his attempts to identify or probe him.

Ye Xuan confronted Saint Zhunti to stop him from taking Kong Xuan, but his sword could not overcome the Saint’s power. After Zhunti tried to persuade Ye Xuan to join the Western Teachings and attacked him, Ye Xuan blocked the blow with a Yin-Yang Taiji, though he feared he could not withstand another.

• Ye Xuan challenged Saint Zhunti with the Human Emperor Supreme Sword, but Zhunti swept away his sword Qi with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
• Ye Xuan threatened to slaughter the Western Teachings unless Zhunti got down from Kong Xuan, and Zhunti answered by inviting Ye Xuan to the Western Paradise.
• Ye Xuan mocked the West’s barrenness and suggested the Two Sages move east, angering Zhunti.
• Saint Zhunti sent overwhelming power at Ye Xuan, whose sword light melted beneath the attack.
• Ye Xuan formed a Yin-Yang Taiji to block Zhunti’s blow, while both men were surprised by the exchange.

Ye Xuan disguised himself while confronting Saint Zhunti, mocked the West, and revealed that Zhunti and Jieyin might risk falling from the Saint Realm because of their unfulfilled vows. The other Saints turned their attention to Zhunti, who ended the chapter raging at Ye Xuan.

• Ye Xuan blocked Zhunti's attack and mocked his claim that Kong Xuan had a karmic affinity with the West.
• The Queen Mother of the West and Nuwa watched from West Kunlun and recognized Ye Xuan, speculating that he and Kong Xuan had come to Ancestor Minghe's territory for a purpose.
• Ye Xuan accused Zhunti and Jieyin of using their Forty-Eight Great Vows to attain sainthood without fulfilling them.
• Ye Xuan warned that the Two Sages of the West could fall from the Saint Realm because of their debt to the Heavenly Dao.
• Jieyin, the Three Pure Ones, and Nuwa focused on Zhunti, and Zhunti furiously ordered Ye Xuan to shut his mouth.

Ye Xuan exposed how the Two Sages of the West used the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss to deceive the Heavenly Dao and protect their Dao hearts, drawing mockery from the Eastern Saints. Saint Zhunti reached his breaking point and advanced on Ye Xuan, who calmly lit a cigarette and challenged him to attack.

• Ye Xuan taunted Saint Zhunti and revealed that the Pure Land brainwashed its inhabitants to make the Western Sages appear to fulfill their Forty-Eight Great Vows.
• The gathered mighty figures realized Ye Xuan’s accusation was true: the Pure Land obscured heavenly secrets and kept the two Sages’ Dao hearts free of flaws.
• Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian, and a faint female voice, possibly Empress Nuwa, laughed at the Western Sages across the Primordial World.
• Furious at the mockery, Zhunti decided to abandon the Investiture of the Gods and fight to the bitter end as he strode toward Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan lit a cigarette, calmly challenged Zhunti to kill him, and waited for him to attack.

Ye Xuan challenged Saint Zhunti, but Ancestor Minghe arrived and declared that Zhunti had gone too far by attacking the Human Emperor’s guest. With Zhunti refusing to back down, Ye Xuan launched an attack, and the confrontation resumed.

• Ye Xuan shed his cloak, revealed his Quasi-Saint-level physique, and taunted Zhunti to fight.
• Ancestor Minghe appeared and confronted Zhunti, saying his attack on the Human Emperor’s guest risked disrupting the Primordial World before the great tribulation.
• The Queen Mother of the West and Empress Nuwa were surprised that Minghe had come to support Ye Xuan, while Nuwa praised the Human Emperor’s abilities.
• Zhunti dismissed Minghe’s objection, claimed the peacock belonged in the West, and threatened to kill Minghe if he interfered.
• Ye Xuan struck at Zhunti with the Supreme Sword, sending a golden dragon of sword Qi toward him as Zhunti raised the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.

Ye Xuan and Ancestor Minghe joined forces against Saint Zhunti, briefly resisting his Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree before Zhunti unleashed greater power. Minghe engulfed Zhunti and Kong Xuan in a sea of blood, giving Ye Xuan a chance to break free of the gray light.

• Minghe used his black and white swords to absorb Zhunti’s attack, and he and Ye Xuan broke its power together.
• Ye Xuan challenged Zhunti and attacked with his sword while Minghe sent a Blood River Great Sun after him.
• Ye Xuan and Minghe’s combined attacks briefly stalemated Zhunti’s Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree.
• Zhunti increased his power, forcing Ye Xuan to rely on the Human Emperor Supreme Sword’s golden light for protection.
• Minghe unleashed Blood Sea Pagoda, engulfing Zhunti and Kong Xuan, and Ye Xuan seized the opening to break out of the gray light.

Ye Xuan and Ancestor Minghe combined their attacks against Saint Zhunti, giving Ye Xuan a chance to reach Kong Xuan. Ye Xuan struck Zhunti away and escaped with Kong Xuan.

• Saint Zhunti broke Ancestor Minghe's Blood Sea Pagoda, and Ye Xuan wielded the Supreme Sword to attack him.
• Ancestor Minghe followed Ye Xuan's sword strike with Red Lotus Karmic Fire, prompting Saint Zhunti to cast Three Thousand Great Worlds.
• The attacks collided in a devastating explosion that sent Ye Xuan and Ancestor Minghe flying.
• Ye Xuan endured the blast and charged around it toward Kong Xuan, who was protected by Saint Zhunti.
• Ye Xuan struck Saint Zhunti with a powerful fist, then grabbed Kong Xuan and fled.

Ye Xuan and Ancestor Minghe rescued Kong Xuan from Saint Zhunti, and Kong Xuan revealed her true female form. As the three faced Zhunti, Golden-Winged Great Peng watched from hiding and celebrated his sister’s rescue, deciding Ye Xuan would make a worthy brother-in-law.

• Ye Xuan and Ancestor Minghe dragged Kong Xuan away from Saint Zhunti, who refrained from pursuing them.
• Kong Xuan broke free of Zhunti’s restraints, transformed into a woman, and prepared to attack him with the Cold Radiance Saw.
• Ye Xuan realized Kong Xuan had always been a woman and considered whether their group could kill Saint Zhunti.
• Kong Xuan restrained herself, recognizing that a Quasi-Saint could not match a Saint.
• Golden-Winged Great Peng watched from hiding, learned that Ye Xuan had risked himself to save his sister, and decided to accept him as his brother-in-law.

Ye Xuan prepared to challenge Zhunti after the Saint humiliated Kong Xuan, but Kong Xuan urged him not to risk his life. Ye Xuan mocked Zhunti instead, and Zhunti withdrew under pressure from the eastern Saints.

• Ye Xuan, Kong Xuan, and Ancestor Minghe considered fighting Zhunti, while Minghe feared they would be killed.
• Ye Xuan promised to help Kong Xuan avenge her humiliation, but Kong Xuan asked him to let the matter go and not act rashly.
• Ye Xuan told Kong Xuan he had his own reasons to act, then taunted Zhunti about leaving Spirit Mountain to plunder.
• Zhunti, constrained by the eastern Saints watching him, glared at Ye Xuan and departed on a cloud.

After Saint Zhunti retreated, Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan hid underground to evade the powerful figures watching them and followed the qilin's presence toward its territory. They found the sleeping Diting, known as Nine Unlikenesses, in a hidden underground cultivation ground.

• Saint Zhunti retreated, and Ancestor Minghe recalled his swords before warning Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan to leave.
• Ye Xuan promised to tell the Human Emperor about Minghe's help and secure the promised Primordial Violet Qi.
• Ye Xuan took the badly injured Kong Xuan deep underground and gave him an essence crystal from Kunlun's Heavenly Pool to aid his recovery.
• Kong Xuan sensed the qilin nearby, so the two traveled underground toward its territory in the north.
• Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan broke through a wall of exceptionally hard rock and discovered the sleeping Diting in a vast underground space.

Ye Xuan explained the Five-Virtue Qilin’s abilities to Kong Xuan while they recovered in the qilin’s Dao field. He then absorbed Yuanfeng essence blood, greatly strengthening his body, and the Nirvana True Fire kindled a spark in his sea of consciousness.

• Ye Xuan explained how the Five-Virtue Qilin, also called Diting or Nine Unlikenesses, distinguished good from evil and wielded auspicious abilities.
• Ye Xuan and Kong Xuan settled down to heal their injuries while the Five-Virtue Qilin pretended to sleep and listened to them.
• Ye Xuan used the Hongmeng Corpse-Driving System to absorb Yuanfeng essence blood and endured intense pain as it transformed his body.
• Ye Xuan’s bones, flesh, and meridians grew stronger, with his spine serving as the base of the Ancestral Dragon essence blood and his skull as the base of Yuanfeng’s.
• Ye Xuan finished the transformation and found that the system’s Nirvana True Fire had kindled a spark in his primordial spirit’s sea of consciousness.