Recaps

Gu Qiuxi battled the Mist Earth Swamp Dragon, overcame its Swamp Vortex Devouring with Blood Dragon Transformation, and destroyed it with Golden Dragon Suppresses Hell Kill. Xu Xingyu praised her for controlling the Golden Dragon King's Power of Ruin, recognizing that she had become a formidable fighter who no longer needed his constant protection.

• Gu Qiuxi pierced the Mist Earth Swamp Dragon with the Golden Dragon Spear, but Xu Xingyu warned her that the battle was not over.
• The Mist Earth Swamp Dragon trapped Gu Qiuxi in its Swamp Vortex Devouring and began draining her Magic Power.
• Gu Qiuxi identified the vortex's weakness and transformed her Bloodline Power with Blood Dragon Transformation.
• Gu Qiuxi used Golden Dragon Suppresses Hell Kill to break through the vortex and tear the Mist Earth Swamp Dragon apart.
• Xu Xingyu praised Gu Qiuxi for keeping control of the Power of Ruin and recognized her strength.

Ji Dong arrived after Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi had killed the ninth-tier Mist Earth Swamp Dragon, and grew wary of their hidden strength after Lie Yan reacted to them with panic. He brought them to the Light Five Elements Continent's camp, where they found the battle on the eighth layer of Sacred and Evil Island had erupted into chaos.

• Ji Dong and members of the Yin-Yang School reached the Mist Earth Swamp Dragon's corpse and found Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi unharmed.
• Xu Xingyu said Gu Qiuxi had done most of the work, prompting Ji Dong to suspect they had concealed their true strength.
• Lie Yan spoke through the Hong Lian Mark and panicked at the sight of Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi, then fell silent when Ji Dong tried to question her.
• Ji Dong's group helped process the dragon's corpse, and he invited Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi to the Light Five Elements Continent's military camp.
• Ji Dong led Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi to the eighth layer, where they found light and dark mages fighting fiercely and eight light mages confronting a flame-and-lightning-wreathed Tyrant Dragon.

Ji Dong returned to find the Light and Dark armies locked in a chaotic battle and prepared to help his senior brother, but Xu Xingyu offered to help him conserve his Magic Power. Ji Dong explained how the Light Saints’ attack on the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon had triggered the fighting, and the chapter ended by contrasting the Light Saints’ entitled upbringing with the Dark Saints’ brutal training.

• Ji Dong ordered the Yin-Yang School members to support the Light army while he went to help his senior brother, but Xu Xingyu stopped him and warned that rushing into battle would drain his Magic Power.
• Xu Xingyu asked whether the battle had begun with the fighting at the basin’s center, and Ji Dong explained that the ninth-rank Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon had been pursuing Fu Rui while the armies held back.
• Ji Dong said the Light Heavenly Stem Saints attacked the dragon to seize its treasure, prompting it to attack indiscriminately and convincing the Dark army to join the fighting.
• Ji Dong privately condemned the Light Saints’ selfishness and arrogance and contrasted them with the Dark Saints, who were selected through a deadly Crystal Crown trial and trained to put their continent first.

Ji Dong, Xu Xingyu, and Gu Qiuxi crossed the battlefield in Xu Xingyu’s controlled air sphere to reach the fight against the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon. They saw the Light Heavenly Stem Saints holding the dragon back with incomplete formations, and Ji Dong explained that the missing fire formations prevented them from completing the full Five Elements Yin-Yang Formation.

• Xu Xingyu said he had a way to stop the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon but could not guarantee the survival of the Light Heavenly Stem Saints, and Ji Dong asked him to spare the Jia Wood Saint if possible.
• Ji Dong promised to get his senior brother Fu Rui and his friend out of Xu Xingyu’s attack range while Xu Xingyu dealt with the dragon.
• Xu Xingyu steered an air sphere across the battlefield, avoiding obstacles and selectively crashing into enemies as Ji Dong and Gu Qiuxi rode with him.
• The trio reached the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon and saw eight Light Heavenly Stem Saints using formations to suppress it.
• Xu Xingyu judged that the Saints’ incomplete large formation would fail from exhaustion or be broken by the dragon, and Ji Dong explained that the missing Bing Fire and Ding Fire Formations prevented a complete Five Elements Yin-Yang Formation.

Ji Dong intervened as the Light Heavenly Stem Saints struggled against the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon, then demonstrated how the missing Bing-Ding Twin Fires could complete their formation. He formed the complete Five Elements Yin-Yang Realm and prepared Xu Xingyu to deliver the final blow.

• Ji Dong told Xu Xingyu to keep fighting the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon while he went to help the Saints.
• Ji Dong reached Yao Xianshu and summoned Huo'er, whose appearance astonished and angered the other Saints.
• Ji Dong criticized the Saints’ use of the Five Elements Yin-Yang Realm and told Yao Xianshu to coordinate with him.
• Ji Dong activated the Bing-Ding Twin Fire Magic Array, which drew together the other magic arrays and formed the complete Five Elements Yin-Yang Realm.
• Ji Dong told Xu Xingyu that he would hold down the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon and leave the final blow to him.

Ji Dong completed the Five Elements Yin-Yang Realm by drawing the Light Heavenly Stem Saints’ formations into his own, allowing Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi to attack the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon. Xu Xingyu spared the dragon’s life after piercing it with a powerful wind spear.

• Ji Dong’s formation drew on Yao Xianshu’s willingly opened Jia Wood Formation, completing the Five Elements Yin-Yang Realm as the others refrained from rejecting the fusion.
• Xu Xingyu brought Gu Qiuxi above the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon and prepared to hold it off while she delivered the final blow.
• Gu Qiuxi merged with the golden dragon and used the Golden Dragon Roar to shatter the dragon’s approaching Thousand Thunder Flash.
• Xu Xingyu unleashed Wind-Space Rending Rift Hurricane, stripping the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon of its thorns and cutting its body with wind blades.
• Xu Xingyu revealed a powerful dragon bloodline, declared he would spare the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon, and drove a wind spear through it.

Xu Xingyu killed the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon, then gave Ji Dong the Thunder Hell Battle Axe and a nine-colored dragon scale before leaving the battlefield with Gu Qiuxi. The Light and Dark armies restored order and resumed watching each other as the war continued.

• Xu Xingyu's attack destroyed the Five Elements Yin-Yang Realm and injured seven Light Heavenly Stem Saints, while Ji Dong, Huo'er, and Yao Xianshu escaped the blast.
• The Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon vanished, leaving behind its ninth-tier crystal core and the Thunder Hell Battle Axe, which Xu Xingyu claimed for himself at first.
• Fu Rui reorganized the Light army after Ji Dong called out to him, and the Dark army's leaders also restored their troops to order.
• Xu Xingyu handed Ji Dong the Thunder Hell Battle Axe and a nine-colored dragon scale, asking him to look after Ya Lin'er and contact him if urgent matters arose.
• Lie Yan recognized the scale as possibly belonging to the Dragon God, and Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi departed the battlefield.

Ji Dong used the Thunder Hell Battle Axe Xu Xingyu gave him to strengthen Fu Rui against Li Yonghao while the battle between light and darkness continued. Deep in the Earth Core World, Lie Yan worried about Xu Xingyu’s connection to the Divine Realm and wondered why he had approached Ji Dong, recognizing the scale he left as linked to the Dragon Clan’s revered nine-colored dragon.

• Ji Dong gave the Thunder Hell Battle Axe to Fu Rui, who used its power to drive Li Yonghao back.
• Ji Dong watched the battle between light and darkness resume after Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi left.
• Lie Yan watched events through the Hong Lian Mark and feared Xu Xingyu might expose her to the Divine Realm.
• Lie Yan questioned why Xu Xingyu had discovered the mark but neither reported nor contacted her.
• Lie Yan recognized the nine-colored dragon scale as connected to the dragon depicted in the Dragon Clan’s mural.

Xu Xingyu told Gu Qiuxi that he had secretly saved the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon and explained why he wanted a future magical beast partner focused on escape and survival. Their conversation was interrupted by a frightened little white pig with a chrysanthemum pattern, which called itself a Saint Pig.

• Xu Xingyu explained that he and Gu Qiuxi had left the battlefield because they should not interfere too much in another world.
• Xu Xingyu revealed that he had faked the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon’s death, removed the Thunder Hell Battle Axe, and placed the recovering beast in the Star Soul Pearl’s small world.
• Xu Xingyu told Gu Qiuxi that he did not intend to make the Thorn Thunder Fire Dragon his partner and would prefer a loyal beast with space or speed abilities.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi took fighting stances after a voice suddenly spoke despite their Spiritual Power detecting no one nearby.
• A trembling little white pig with a chrysanthemum pattern appeared and told Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi not to attack it.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi confronted Chrysanthemum Pig, who revealed he was a Saint Beast from the Divine Realm. Xu Xingyu exposed the pig’s past and displayed his nine-colored Dragon Transformation, leaving Chrysanthemum Pig convinced he was in danger.

• Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi questioned Chrysanthemum Pig about how he had gone undetected and recognized the divine presence of Gu Qiuxi’s spear.
• Chrysanthemum Pig said he was a tenth-rank magical beast and reacted with shock when Gu Qiuxi revealed her powerful Dragon Clan bloodline.
• Xu Xingyu explained that Chrysanthemum Pig was a wood-attribute Saint Beast, one of five demigod-level beasts summoned from the Divine Realm.
• Chrysanthemum Pig defended his support abilities after Gu Qiuxi called him useless, but Xu Xingyu revealed that he and his brothers had lost their divine positions after stealing and eating the Dragon God’s treasures.
• Xu Xingyu began his nine-colored Dragon Transformation, and Chrysanthemum Pig feared that he was about to be punished.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi reached the center of the Five Sacred Mountains, where Xu Xingyu planned to use Myriad Tribulations Thunder Hell to awaken the sleeping saber spirit within Abyss. They left Chrysanthemum Pig behind after he begged for mercy and hurried away.

• Chrysanthemum Pig sensed Xu Xingyu's power, clung to his thigh, and begged him not to turn him into roast suckling pig.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi dismissed Chrysanthemum Pig, who left after realizing he could not trick Xu Xingyu into a contract.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi continued to the Five Sacred Mountains and reached the center of Myriad Tribulations Thunder Hell.
• Xu Xingyu summoned Abyss and explained that he planned to absorb only a small portion of the thunder power.
• Xu Xingyu revealed that he wanted to use the thunder power to awaken the sleeping consciousness of the Thundering Hell Vine.

Xu Xingyu took control of Myriad Tribulations Thunder Hell and used its lightning to awaken the Thundering Hell Vine’s consciousness within Abyss. The Thundering Hell Vine joined him in commanding the thunder hell, and their bond deepened into a shared power.

• Xu Xingyu told Gu Qiuxi to guard him from a distance, then approached the main control array of Myriad Tribulations Thunder Hell.
• Xu Xingyu used the Dragon God's Power and his Divine Sense to connect with the Core Array and bring the thunder hell under his control.
• Xu Xingyu recalled the Light and Dark Heavenly Stem Saints’ sacrifice and assured an unknown presence that he would not destroy Sacred and Evil Island.
• Xu Xingyu channeled the thunder hell’s lightning into Abyss to awaken the dormant consciousness of the Thundering Hell Vine.
• The Thundering Hell Vine awakened, communicated with Xu Xingyu, and joined him in controlling Myriad Tribulations Thunder Hell.

Xu Xingyu discovered that Abyss could take human form and pledged herself to him as his blade spirit. The Dragon God Trial then ordered Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi to travel to the Three Harmonies Mountain Range and restore the Dragon Clan’s faith in the Dragon God.

• Abyss transformed into a human warrior, introduced herself to Xu Xingyu, and vowed to cut down his enemies before returning to sword form.
• Xu Xingyu spoke with Gu Qiuxi after she had guarded him for two or three hours.
• The third Dragon God Trial instructed Xu Xingyu to leave Sacred and Evil Island for the Three Harmonies Mountain Range.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi discussed the challenge of restoring the local Dragon Clan’s faith in the fallen Dragon God.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi went to investigate a wail and found Yao Xianshu grieving after Chrysanthemum Pig tricked him into a contract. Ji Dong explained that the Light and Dark armies had stopped fighting because the Myriad Tribulations Thunder Hell was becoming unstable, while Xu Xingyu concealed his likely role in the disturbance.

• Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi decided to keep Ya Lin'er with them and planned to find a map to the Three Harmonies Mountain Range after the war.
• A mournful wail drew Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi to Ji Dong's group, where Yao Xianshu was crying before Chrysanthemum Pig.
• Ji Dong told Xu Xingyu that Chrysanthemum Pig had tricked Yao Xianshu into a Magic Beast Contract and a Life Sharing Contract.
• Ji Dong explained that both armies had halted their battle and evacuated because the Myriad Tribulations Thunder Hell had begun to destabilize.
• Xu Xingyu suspected his efforts to perfect the Abyss had caused the disturbance, concealed that possibility, and redirected the group’s attention to Chrysanthemum Pig as a sacred beast.

Xu Xingyu, Gu Qiuxi, and Ya Lin'er joined Ji Dong's group to investigate the disturbance on Sacred and Evil Island, but they found no clues before the Light army won the Sacred and Evil War. As they traveled through the Light Passage toward the Light Five Elements Continent, a flash of red lotus light transported them to the Earth Core World instead.

• Ya Lin'er told Xu Xingyu that she had recovered and explained that she had fought for the Light army, becoming one of the battlefield's most formidable killers.
• Ji Dong and the others invited Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi to investigate the disturbance in Myriad Tribulations Thunder Hell, and Ya Lin'er joined them.
• The group found no clues in Sacred and Evil Island's depths and returned to the Light army as the Sacred and Evil Heavenly Scales declared the Light side victorious.
• Xu Xingyu, Gu Qiuxi, and Ya Lin'er entered the Light Passage with the returning Light army, relying on their Light Attributes to pass its protective barrier.
• A flash of red lotus light appeared near the passage's end and sent Xu Xingyu and the others to the Earth Core World.

Xu Xingyu protected Gu Qiuxi and Ya Lin'er in the eighteenth level of the Earth Core World, where the Flame Empress Lie Yan summoned them. After recognizing Xu Xingyu as the Dragon God's inheritor, Lie Yan said she wanted to make a deal with him.

• Xu Xingyu used his power to shield Gu Qiuxi and Ya Lin'er from the extreme heat and pressure of the Earth Core World.
• Xu Xingyu identified the place as the eighteenth level and called out to the Flame Empress, asking why she had summoned them.
• Lie Yan rose from the lava lake with Ji Dong beside her and cooled the surroundings.
• Gu Qiuxi and Ya Lin'er prepared to fight as Xu Xingyu remained wary, while Lie Yan told Ji Dong not to interrupt.
• Lie Yan recognized Xu Xingyu as the Dragon God's inheritor, tested him with spiritual pressure, and then proposed a deal.

Xu Xingyu and Lie Yan negotiated an exchange involving knowledge of the Dragon God's path to godhood and a Purifying Flame Hong Lian. Lie Yan agreed to provide the clanswoman for someone important to Xu Xingyu in return for the information and three chances for him to save Ji Dong.

• Lie Yan explained that she had brought Xu Xingyu to the Earth Core World after noticing him scan Ji Dong's Hong Lian Mark, and the two agreed to discuss a deal.
• Gu Qiuxi felt powerless beside Xu Xingyu, while Ji Dong resolved to become a god and protect Lie Yan after learning about the Divine Realm.
• Lie Yan offered five Earth Core Lotus Seeds for information about how the Dragon God became a god, but Xu Xingyu said he wanted a Purifying Flame Hong Lian instead.
• Lie Yan objected because the Purifying Flame Hong Lian was one of her clanswomen, but Xu Xingyu explained that he needed it for someone important to him.
• Lie Yan agreed to provide the Purifying Flame Hong Lian after Xu Xingyu promised not to mistreat her clanswoman and offered the information plus three chances to save Ji Dong.

Xu Xingyu and Lie Yan completed their deal, exchanging a modified dragon scale for the Purifying Flame Hong Lian. After learning the lotus was a sealed, violent Demigod-level being, Xu Xingyu stored it in the Star Soul Pearl and asked Lie Yan to teleport him and his companions near the Sanhe Mountain Range.

• Xu Xingyu used the Star Soul Pearl to modify the nine-colored dragon scale, allowing it to alert him and provide coordinates if Ji Dong faced danger, and stored the requested information inside it.
• Lie Yan raised the Purifying Flame Hong Lian from the Earth Core Lake, and Xu Xingyu realized it had reached the Demigod level.
• Lie Yan explained that the lotus was sealed because its soul-burning flames destroyed the other Hong Lian's sentience, and that it resisted attempts to remove the seal.
• Xu Xingyu agreed to proceed with the deal despite the lotus's violent nature, and he and Lie Yan exchanged the dragon scale and the Purifying Flame Hong Lian.
• Xu Xingyu gave the dragon scale to Ji Dong, stored the lotus inside the Star Soul Pearl, and asked Lie Yan to teleport the group near the Sanhe Mountain Range.

Xu Xingyu, Gu Qiuxi, and Ya Lin'er spent their last day in Metal City shopping for supplies before traveling to Dragon Valley in the Sanhe Mountain Range. As Ya Lin'er struggled with feeling disconnected from the West Metal Empire, an unpleasant stranger interrupted them.

• Xu Xingyu reflected that the West Metal Empire depended on the powerful Foolish and Rich Chamber of Commerce, and the trio had come to Metal City to prepare for their journey to Dragon Valley.
• Gu Qiuxi excitedly picked out golden ornaments, and Xu Xingyu bought them for her.
• Ya Lin'er explained that she had not found a weapon she liked, and Xu Xingyu encouraged her to relax and enjoy the day.
• Xu Xingyu realized that Ya Lin'er felt unsettled because she remembered coming from the West Metal Empire but recognized nothing there, and he hoped their trip would comfort her by bringing her to her remaining family.
• An unpleasant voice interrupted their conversation, calling one of the women a pretty little lady.

Gu Qiuxi sent a lecherous young man flying after he harassed her, but his guards surrounded her, Xu Xingyu, and Ya Lin'er when they tried to leave. Xu Xingyu and the women prepared to fight the bodyguards as a warm-up before leaving the West Metal Empire.

• A lecherous young man tried to put his arm around Gu Qiuxi, and she struck him hard enough to send him crashing to the ground.
• Xu Xingyu judged that the young man had abused many women and deserved no mercy, while ten black-clad bodyguards rushed to his aid.
• Gu Qiuxi, Xu Xingyu, and Ya Lin'er decided to return to the inn, but the young man ordered his guards to seize them and threatened the women.
• The black-clad guards surrounded the trio and formed a Five Elements Barrier to trap them.
• Xu Xingyu released his Yin Yang Crown as Gu Qiuxi and Ya Lin'er readied their weapons for a fight.

Xu Xingyu, Ya Lin'er, and Gu Qiuxi defeated Skull Face and his black-clad guards after revealing their overwhelming cultivation. Gu Qiuxi killed Skull Face despite the golden ring's shield, then gave the ring to Ya Lin'er, who named it the Annihilation Halo.

• Xu Xingyu assigned himself the five Yang Five Elements opponents while Ya Lin'er and Gu Qiuxi took on the five Yin Five Elements opponents.
• Xu Xingyu, Ya Lin'er, and Gu Qiuxi attacked the black-clad men, and their fighting caused the Five Elements barrier to collapse.
• Skull Face ordered his guards to help him escape, but Gu Qiuxi killed the Yi Wood black-clad man who was treating him.
• Gu Qiuxi killed Skull Face after piercing the shield created by his golden ring.
• Gu Qiuxi gave the ring to Ya Lin'er, and Ya Lin'er accepted it and named it the Annihilation Halo.

Xu Xingyu grew concerned that the Golden Dragon King's will of ruin was affecting Gu Qiuxi's temperament. After they returned to their hotel, he asked to examine her condition, leaving her to respond.

• Xu Xingyu, Gu Qiuxi, and Ya Lin'er returned to the Foolish and Rich Hotel after dealing with Skeleton Face and his bodyguards.
• Ya Lin'er went to the cultivation room to subdue the Golden Ring of Extinction.
• Xu Xingyu asked Gu Qiuxi to speak with him before she rested, and they met in the living room after changing clothes.
• Xu Xingyu told Gu Qiuxi that she had seemed more volatile lately and worried that the Golden Dragon King's will of ruin was affecting her.
• Xu Xingyu asked Gu Qiuxi to let him examine her physical condition.

Xu Xingyu examined Gu Qiuxi and discovered that Golden Dragon King Berserk Factors had deeply corroded her body, putting her at risk of losing control. He explained how her rapid absorption of the Divine Core’s power caused the problem, then proposed a full-body massage as a way to remove the factors faster.

• Xu Xingyu examined Gu Qiuxi’s body and found Berserk Factors in her meridians and Sea of Consciousness.
• Xu Xingyu warned Gu Qiuxi that the factors could make her berserk and eventually turn her into a creature driven by destruction.
• Xu Xingyu traced the corrosion to Gu Qiuxi’s repeated absorption of the Golden Dragon King Divine Core’s power and her resistance to its Will of Destruction.
• Gu Qiuxi asked how she could remove the Berserk Factors without giving up cultivation, and Xu Xingyu proposed a full-body massage.

Xu Xingyu treated Gu Qiuxi by channeling the Power of Creation into her to purify the berserk factors in her body, and the first session left her exhausted and teasing him to take responsibility. They fell asleep embracing, unaware that someone was watching them through the cultivation room door.

• Gu Qiuxi agreed to Xu Xingyu's treatment because she trusted him, and she lay face down on the bed while he prepared to channel creation energy into her.
• Xu Xingyu used the Power of Creation to massage Gu Qiuxi and purify the berserk factors, while a series of intensely painful and pleasurable sensations overwhelmed her.
• Xu Xingyu created a soundproof barrier and continued the treatment for two or three hours until he completed the first session.
• Gu Qiuxi complained that Xu Xingyu had made her so embarrassed that he had to take responsibility for her, and he comforted her in his arms.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi fell asleep together, unaware that someone with a blue eye was peeking through the door.

Xu Xingyu, Gu Qiuxi, and Ya Lin'er traveled to the Three Harmonies Mountain Range, where the sub-dragons welcomed Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi because of their powerful bloodlines. Xu Xingyu explained why they needed to earn the Dragon Clan’s goodwill and promised Ya Lin'er answers when they reached Dragon Valley.

• After nearly two days of travel, Xu Xingyu, Gu Qiuxi, and Ya Lin'er reached the Three Harmonies Mountain Range.
• The sub-dragons recognized Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi’s bloodlines and respectfully guided the group toward Dragon Valley.
• Ya Lin'er regretted that the sub-dragons were not attacking them, while Gu Qiuxi wanted opportunities to fight.
• Xu Xingyu told Gu Qiuxi they needed the dragons’ sincere friendship to gain pure Power of Faith, and promised she could spar with the giant dragons at Dragon Valley.
• Xu Xingyu described a powerful dragon whose strength surpassed Di Tian’s and told Ya Lin'er he would answer her questions when they reached Dragon Valley.