Recaps

Zhang Xuezhou spoke with the Golden Crow Great Emperor after witnessing the Emperor and Empress’s power, while privately planning to flee the secret place. The Golden Crow Great Emperor gave him a feather that could make fire when Zhang Xuezhou invoked their friendship, and Zhang Xuezhou went to answer the Emperor’s call.

• Zhang Xuezhou assessed the secret place’s powerful rulers and decided to escape once he left it.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor recounted how the Emperor had saved him after his siblings were killed and explained his loyalty to the Emperor and Empress.
• Zhang Xuezhou claimed he would stay with his teacher and the teacher’s wife, then asked the Golden Crow Great Emperor for a feather.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor plucked a living feather and taught Zhang Xuezhou to activate it by saying, “The Golden Crow Great Emperor is my good friend.”
• Zhang Xuezhou tested the feather’s flame and hurried out of the brewery when the Emperor called him.

After the Empress left, Zhang Xuezhou and the Emperor awkwardly settled into their new teacher-student relationship as the Emperor questioned him about his cultivation. The Emperor urged him to focus on raising his realm, but Zhang Xuezhou asked whether the Emperor could send him back to sleep so he could deal with the mysterious flame affecting him in reality.

• Zhang Xuezhou greeted the Emperor at the Myriad Longevity Pavilion, where they acknowledged their awkward, unexpected teacher-student bond.
• The Emperor questioned Zhang Xuezhou about his past teachers and learned that he had studied several cultivation techniques at different schools and sacred lands.
• The Emperor judged Zhang Xuezhou's scattered studies difficult to teach and advised him to prioritize raising his cultivation realm over techniques.
• Zhang Xuezhou privately doubted that raising his realm was a practical solution and considered how the mysterious flame in reality affected his cultivation.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked the Emperor to send him back to sleep, hoping to investigate the flame and the destruction mentioned by the Buddha's Son.

Zhang Xuezhou told the Emperor about the modern world he visited while asleep, and the Emperor believed him and envied its abundance. The Emperor explained that the being disrupting Zhang Xuezhou’s travels was an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, leaving Zhang Xuezhou worried that one was parasitizing him.

• Zhang Xuezhou asked the Emperor why he could no longer fall asleep and enter the world where Mr. Ren lived.
• The Emperor connected Mr. Ren to the mysterious opponent he had fought and suspected the opponent had been unable to send Zhang Xuezhou’s souls across worlds since being injured.
• Zhang Xuezhou described a world where people had food and homes, as well as schools, hospitals, Airbuses, and pressure cookers, and the Emperor marveled at it.
• The Emperor described beings that could preserve their Divine Sense after death, travel through the void, and inhabit new hosts, calling them Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demons.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked whether an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon was parasitizing him and whether there were many of them, while the Emperor dismissed the risk.

Zhang Xuezhou learned that strengthening his Divine Sense could protect him from the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon but might prevent him from traveling through the void. After settling into the Wondrous Dharma Palace on Mount Kunlun, he returned to the modern world and woke in a hospital at night, realizing the demon had shifted him from daytime to nighttime.

• The Sovereign explained that a stronger Divine Sense would make it harder for an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon to control Zhang Xuezhou, though it could also stop the demon from taking him through the void.
• The Sovereign advised Zhang Xuezhou to master the complete Divine Sense Strengthening Incantation before cultivating or attempting a breakthrough, and suggested asking 'Mr. Ren' about changing the demon's contract.
• The Sovereign sent Zhang Xuezhou with the Golden Crow Great Emperor to the Wondrous Dharma Palace, where he could live in any room and eat lotus seedpods.
• Zhang Xuezhou wondered whether the meteor that struck while he was in Song Fengying's womb explained his two bodies and travel between worlds, and questioned whether his parents were truly in another world.
• After drinking Nine Treasures Wine, Zhang Xuezhou woke in a hospital beside Zhang Weimeng and realized the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon had shifted him from daytime to nighttime.

After awakening in the Xuanshi Building, Zhang Xuezhou reassured his father and advanced rapidly through the Mental Strengthening Chapter. He asked Ren Yisheng to help him resist the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, leaving Ren to weigh a request that could pit two paths of cultivation against each other.

• Zhang Xuezhou woke from his brain shock and told Zhang Weimeng that his disrupted biological clock would eventually return to normal.
• Zhang Xuezhou cultivated the Mental Strengthening Chapter and rapidly strengthened his mental power with the lingering benefit of the Nine Treasures Wine.
• Ren Yisheng sensed Zhang Xuezhou's progress and was shocked that he had nearly reached the fourth chapter's level without taking medicine.
• Ren Yisheng asked whether Zhang Xuezhou was himself or Hongku, and Zhang Xuezhou insisted that he was himself.
• Zhang Xuezhou pleaded with Ren Yisheng to help drive the invading presence from his body and offered to hand over everything Hongku possessed if Ren could help him resist.

Zhang Xuezhou sought Ren Yisheng’s help resisting Hongku, but Ren Yisheng explained that the Ren Household could not afford to train him. They formed a mutually beneficial alliance instead, agreeing to share cultivation techniques and connections as Zhang Xuezhou advanced.

• Ren Yisheng explained that the Ren Household’s financial decline and past losses made training another sequence expert too risky.
• Zhang Xuezhou proposed a partnership in which he and his allies would earn money while relying on Ren Yisheng’s influence to protect their legitimate business.
• Ren Yisheng agreed to open the Ren Household’s connections to Zhang Xuezhou if he advanced.
• Zhang Xuezhou offered the first three chapters of the Supreme Purity True Technique and the first five chapters of the Heart Incantation in exchange for later chapters of the Mental Strengthening Chapter.
• Ren Yisheng promised to provide the fifth and sixth chapters when Zhang Xuezhou progressed, and they sealed their agreement with a clap of their palms.

Zhang Xuezhou showed his father that his cultivation could heal wounds, making Zhang Weimeng fear that the Zhang family’s old investigations were connected to his abilities. Ren Yisheng overheard them and realized Zhang Xuezhou expected him to provide protection over the sinkhole incident.

• Zhang Xuezhou joked with Zhang Weimeng about cultivation and explained that his family and several professors were learning techniques from a demonic sect elder’s legacy.
• Zhang Xuezhou demonstrated his skills by threading a hair through a quilt and then using internal power to stop and heal a cut on his palm.
• Zhang Weimeng connected Zhang Xuezhou’s healing ability to his past accident and worried that the Zhang family’s repeated investigations might relate to the meteor’s fall.
• Ren Yisheng overheard the conversation at Canglan Academy’s central medical control center and understood that their alliance also required him to shield Zhang Xuezhou over the sinkhole incident.

Ren Yisheng worried that the Zhang Household would face renewed scrutiny over Sinkhole No. 2 and decided he needed stronger allies to protect them. After realizing he could not rely on Western Capital City's Lineages, he considered helping Wang Haoran reach the Sixth Sequence and offered to use his new abilities to guide Wang Haoran's emotions.

• Ren Yisheng assessed the threat posed by the Zhou Household and Changkong Lineage and concluded that the Zhang Household could be targeted if Zhang Xuezhou and the others displayed unusual abilities.
• Ren Yisheng decided he needed a Sixth Sequence ally and considered helping Wang Haoran advance rather than trusting other Lineages.
• Wang Haoran refused to take an Origin-Nurturing Pill that day and explained that repeated failures had made him afraid of attempting Realm Entry again.
• Wang Haoran asked if Ren Yisheng planned to find another ally, and Ren Yisheng admitted he had considered it.
• Ren Yisheng offered to use his Seventh Sequence abilities to guide Wang Haoran's emotions and help him attempt Realm Entry.

Zhang Xuezhou persuaded Zhang Weimeng to begin cultivating, while Ren Yisheng used his mental ability to draw out Wang Haoran’s deepest fear. Wang Haoran was trapped in a vision of Ren Yisheng slaughtering his family and struggled to enter the Realm with Heart Incantation as Ren realized he was the person Wang feared most.

• Zhang Weimeng agreed to cultivate Zhang Xuezhou’s internal method and the Six Meridian Divine Sword after witnessing Zhang Xuezhou’s injuries heal.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained that he hoped cultivation would help his parents reduce the dangers caused by mental burning.
• Ren Yisheng read Zhang Xuezhou’s lips, then began using his mental ability to probe Wang Haoran’s emotions.
• Ren Yisheng forced Wang Haoran to relive his fear that Ren would take revenge on the Wang Household, showing him a vision of his family dead in their villa complex.
• Wang Haoran accused Ren Yisheng of betraying him and tried to resist with his Exquisite Flying Blade and Heart Incantation.
• Ren Yisheng watched Wang Haoran struggle for Realm Entry and realized that he was the person Wang feared most.

Ren Yisheng’s forced mental stimulation drove Wang Haoran into Realm Entry but left him convinced Ren had killed his family, and Zhang Xuezhou found that the Supreme Purity True Technique could not help. The group considered staging a convincing revenge so Wang Haoran might escape his fixed belief, while Zhang Xuezhou saw a possible way to help his parents enter a Realm.

• Wang Haoran raged at Ren Yisheng while the others restrained him, and Zhang Xuezhou determined that he could no longer distinguish reality from falsehood.
• Ren Yisheng explained that Wang Haoran believed his family had been killed, while Zhang Xuezhou said Wang’s physical condition was normal and the Supreme Purity True Technique could not treat him.
• Ren Yisheng warned that Wang Haoran’s condition had to be resolved that night to protect his standing in the Wang Household.
• Zhang Weimeng suggested that fulfilling Wang Haoran’s wish might free him from his belief, and Zhang Xuezhou proposed making him feel that his vengeance had been achieved.
• Zhang Xuezhou considered using Ren Yisheng’s mental stimulation method to help his parents enter a Realm, then supporting their cultivation with Origin-Nurturing Pills.

Wang Haoran recovered from Ren Yisheng’s Mental Field Control experiment, learned that his revenge fantasy had been an illusion, and demanded that the embarrassing footage be deleted. Ren Yisheng then explained that Zhang Xuezhou’s connection to the sinkhole had benefited his household, while Zhang Xuezhou’s rapid progress with the Kunpeng Combat Technique drew them toward a more public path.

• Zhang Weimeng watched Wang Haoran recover from Qi Deviation after attacking a dummy disguised as Ren Yisheng and repeatedly banging his head against a wall.
• Wang Haoran called his daughter to confirm that she was alive, realized his revenge scenario had been fake, and demanded that Ren Yisheng delete the surveillance footage.
• Ren Yisheng bargained with Wang Haoran over embarrassing recordings and said he would test the same method on Song Bu'er, Qin Wenhan, and the others.
• After Zhang Xuezhou left the hospital with Zhang Weimeng, Ren Yisheng said Hongku’s cultivation in Zhang Xuezhou was likely connected to the sinkhole and that he had reached the seventh sequence.
• Ren Yisheng said Zhang Xuezhou had advanced the Kunpeng Combat Technique too quickly for his plan to delay him, and that he needed help from the Sequence Committee to develop it further.

Zhang Xuezhou persuaded Zhang Weimeng to begin cultivation and learned that the site of the Sinkhole No. 2 incident was now a restricted military zone. He then arranged for Ren Wuyang to join the livestreaming platform as a stabilizing shareholder and learned that Wang Li had made millions from livestreams at casinos, attracting their hostility.

• Zhang Xuezhou persuaded Zhang Weimeng to study Ren Yisheng's Mental Strengthening Chapter and consider competing in a martial arts tournament.
• Zhang Weimeng told Zhang Xuezhou that the accident had happened in a North Rehe canyon that had since become a restricted military zone.
• Zhang Xuezhou messaged Song Fengying and Zhang Manqian to propose bringing Ren Wuyang into the livestreaming platform as a shareholder and source of backing.
• Zhang Weimeng learned that Song Fengying had earned 850,000 from three livestreams and that someone had paid six million for a forty percent stake, then worried that a donor was pursuing her.
• Zhang Manqian told Zhang Xuezhou that Wang Li had made 5.06 million from VIP casino livestreams, been blacklisted by major casinos, and wanted to withdraw his money and get Wang Haoran's help.

Zhang Xuezhou persuaded Wang Haoran to look into Wang Li’s situation, then rushed with Zhang Weimeng to No. 18 Academy Road, where Song Fengying and Wang Li were livestreaming. They arrived as black-clad people began breaking into the premises.

• Zhang Xuezhou called Wang Haoran and failed to convince him to help Wang Li until Ren Yisheng intervened.
• Wang Haoran agreed to look into Wang Li’s trouble, and Zhang Manqian told Zhang Xuezhou that Wang Li was at No. 18 Academy Road and expected to be beaten up.
• Zhang Weimeng learned that Song Fengying was livestreaming at the same address and hurried there with Zhang Xuezhou, fearing she might be drawn to Wang Li.
• Zhang Weimeng and Zhang Xuezhou crossed the wall near Canglan Academy and saw several black-clad people smashing at the door.
• One of the black-clad people broke open the security door with a punch, confirming Zhang Xuezhou’s claim that martial arts existed.

Casino enforcers confronted Wang Li over the losses caused by his coordinated betting, and Zhang Xuezhou arrived as they were threatening him. Zhang Xuezhou used the Dragon Might Combat Technique to incapacitate the attackers, leaving Zuo Butong wary and pleading with him not to be reckless.

• Wang Li was held by the neck by Zuo Butong while casino enforcers accused him of costing their businesses millions through coordinated betting.
• Zhang Weimeng rushed in from Canglan Academy and tried to stop the men from hurting Wang Li.
• Zhang Xuezhou arrived with others as the enforcers threatened Wang Li and those taking pictures.
• Zhang Xuezhou unleashed the Dragon Might Combat Technique, making Zuo Butong and the low-level sequencers clutch their heads, convulse, and foam at the mouth.
• Zuo Butong recognized Zhang Xuezhou as Zuo Teng's friend and begged him not to use the dangerous technique recklessly.

Zuo Butong tried to justify his men’s attack on Wang Li and Zhang Xuezhou’s family, but Wang Haoran and Ren Yisheng confronted him at the shop. The chapter ended with Ren Yisheng blocking Zuo Butong from leaving after realizing his men had beaten Zhang Xuezhou’s parents.

• Zhang Xuezhou shouted for help while cautiously keeping Zuo Butong at a distance, and the approaching footsteps brought Wang Haoran and Ren Yisheng to the shop.
• Wang Haoran condemned Zuo Butong for attacking Wang Li over his livestream gambling, while Zuo Butong argued that Wang Li had disrupted several casinos.
• Zuo Butong warned Wang Haoran that Wang Li had caused trouble for seven establishments and tried to leave.
• Ren Yisheng stopped Zuo Butong, pointing out that his men had beaten Zhang Xuezhou’s parents.

After Zhang Xuezhou defended his family from Zuo Butong’s men, Ren Yisheng warned him to think ahead about the Sequencer Grand Gathering, where his parents could also be hurt. Meanwhile, Wang Haoran took the casino footage and left, while Wang Li began considering a risky idea.

• Zuo Butong argued that his men had also been beaten, but Ren Yisheng pressured him until he apologized and left with them for the hospital.
• Ren Yisheng warned Zhang Xuezhou that violence could bring serious consequences and asked how he would react if his parents were badly injured at the Sequencer Grand Gathering.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Zhang Weimeng and Song Fengying to train hard, then promised Ren Yisheng he could stay calm because he would be able to save them.
• Wang Haoran scolded Wang Li for gambling, doubted his livestreaming business, and left with Ren Yisheng after taking the video storage device.
• Wang Li watched Zhang Xuezhou and the others and began turning over a crazy idea.

Wang Li rejected returning to the Wang Household and proposed expanding Flying Entertainment Livestream by recruiting gamblers to livestream in other cities. Zhang Xuezhou saw the scheme’s huge potential and planned to involve Ren Wuyang to help the company manage the risks.

• Wang Li told Zhang Xuezhou he wanted to work with Flying Entertainment Livestream rather than return to the Wang Household.
• Wang Li explained that he hoped Zhang Xuezhou’s support and the company’s resources would help him advance, and he imagined building a rival Wang Household.
• Wang Li proposed recruiting gamblers from his livestream room to expand the platform into other cities and estimated its profits could exceed thirty million.
• Song Fengying warned that the scheme skirted the rules and could bring dangerous consequences for the small company.
• Zhang Xuezhou decided to approach his friend Ren Wuyang and involve the Ren Household in sharing the risks and helping Flying Entertainment Livestream grow.

Zhang Xuezhou brought Ren Wuyang into the livestreaming business, and Wang Li urged the team to offer him a stake in exchange for his protection and influence. As they planned to grow Flying Entertainment Livestream into a wider business ecosystem, Song Fengying asked whether the Martial Arts Assembly would force them to fight.

• Zhang Xuezhou introduced Ren Wuyang as a potential backer, and Wang Li explained that Ren Wuyang's position as the Ren Household's heir could keep trouble away and provide early warnings about administrative measures.
• Wang Li offered Ren Wuyang ten percent of his sweat-equity stake, and Song Fengying agreed to seek another ten percent from the boss.
• Wang Li argued that sharing equity with powerful allies was essential to establishing Flying Entertainment Livestream in Western Capital City, while Song Fengying reflected on the platform's sudden profits.
• Wang Li proposed expanding into related industries such as visual devices, cameras, and communications equipment, and Song Fengying agreed that a large user base could drive hardware growth.
• Song Fengying quietly asked Zhang Weimeng whether the Martial Arts Assembly would make them take a beating, and Zhang Weimeng worried that he might not survive it.

Wang Li and the Zhang family planned how to prepare for the Sequencer Grand Gathering, while Wang Li decided to pursue a defensive support role. The chapter ended with Wang Haoran learning that his father had escaped confinement, leaving him to face a threat to Western Capital City and a struggle over power in the Wang Household.

• Wang Li urged the group to build a team of durable support fighters, and Zhang Weimeng questioned what the Martial Arts Assembly offered.
• Wang Li and Zhang Xuezhou discussed genetic sequencing and combat techniques for Zhang Weimeng and Song Fengying, while Wang Li revealed he wanted Black Tortoise genes.
• Wang Li privately accepted that he would give up his dream of becoming a wolf-like solo fighter to secure a lasting place in the group.
• A gray-robed figure escaped from a high-rise in Haihua District, leaving a corpse behind and climbing down the building as alarms rang.
• Wang Haoran received an alarm reporting that his father had escaped confinement and realized he had to handle both the danger to Western Capital City and the Wang Household power struggle.

Zhang Xuezhou waited in the Western Capital for his irregular crossing to the other world to resume, then learned that Ren Wuyang needed his help with his sister Ren Anran. He agreed to ease Ren Anran’s pain after she injected a secret medicine, though he worried he might disappear between worlds while she was in danger.

• Zhang Xuezhou counted down in his room but did not cross to the other world after twelve hours, leaving him anxious about his travel between worlds and his plans to cultivate the Mental Strengthening Chapter.
• Zhang Xuezhou went to the dining center and met Ren Wuyang, who said Ren Anran had returned to the Western Capital after receiving his essay and had brought him a custom-made coffin.
• Ren Wuyang explained that Ren Anran wanted him to lie in the coffin, that he could not beat her without the Dragon-Tiger Combat Technique, and that she had advanced past the fourth chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter.
• Ren Wuyang asked Zhang Xuezhou to use his technique to ease Ren Anran’s pain after she injected a secret medicine to reach the fifth chapter.
• Zhang Xuezhou agreed but worried that his unpredictable crossing between worlds might make him vanish while Ren Anran needed help.

Zhang Xuezhou visited the Ren Household and reunited with Ren Anran, who recognized him despite his changed appearance. Ren Wuyang explained that Zhang’s Supreme Purity True Technique could ease the pain of injecting the secret drug, leaving Ren Anran eager but uneasy about relying on their help.

• Ren Wuyang brought Zhang Xuezhou to the Ren Household, where a glass coffin stood in the deserted villa’s main hall.
• Ren Anran appeared and recognized Zhang Xuezhou as the student she had treated two years earlier.
• Ren Wuyang told Ren Anran that Zhang’s technique had helped him endure the secret drug injection without pain.
• Zhang Xuezhou offered to teach Ren Anran the technique, but warned that he might suddenly fall asleep.
• Ren Wuyang said he was learning the technique, and Zhang estimated he could become capable within three months.
• Ren Anran grew eager to attempt the injection but remained uncertain whether Zhang and Ren Wuyang could reliably help her.

Zhang Xuezhou helped Ren Wuyang prepare to inject Ren Anran with the secret drug, using the Supreme Purity True Technique to relieve her pain. The injection flooded Ren Anran with memories, and she realized that the pain she feared was needed to guide her toward the fifth chapter, but the pain relief left her unable to focus on breaking through.

• Zhang Xuezhou explained and demonstrated the Supreme Purity True Technique to Ren Wuyang and Ren Anran.
• Ren Wuyang led Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran to the Ren Household's medical rooms and prepared the secret drug injection.
• Ren Anran recalled the drug's deadly history and the Ren Household's reliance on the Dragon Elephant Combat Technique.
• After Ren Wuyang injected her, Ren Anran's mind filled with vivid memories and became intensely active.
• Ren Anran realized that the stabbing pain had been driving her toward the fifth chapter, but the Supreme Purity True Technique's relief kept her from finding that direction.

Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Wuyang tried to help Ren Anran through her breakthrough with the Luofu Imperial Family's secret medicine, but she woke with several years of memories missing and attacked them. As Zhang Xuezhou fled the villa, a powerful gray-robed elder arrived asking for Ren Aiguo.

• Zhang Xuezhou kept casting the Supreme Purity True Technique while Ren Anran's breakthrough continued far longer than expected.
• Ren Wuyang used a scalpel on Ren Anran to keep her from going mad, and she eventually woke up with her memory apparently stopped three years earlier.
• Ren Anran mistook the operation for a medical experiment and attacked Ren Wuyang and Zhang Xuezhou, knocking them around the villa.
• Zhang Xuezhou fled for the front door as Ren Wuyang urged Ren Anran to look at the calendar.
• Zhang Xuezhou opened the door and found a gray-robed elder with metal gloves asking whether Ren Aiguo lived there.

Wang Jiangtao attacked the Ren Household, demanding its secret medicine, and Ren Anran realized it was the Luofu Imperial Family’s injectable medicine. After injecting himself, he felt his failing mind revive, though the treatment brought him intense pain.

• Wang Jiangtao struck Zhang Xuezhou aside and seized Ren Anran, demanding Ren Weiguo’s secret medicine.
• Ren Anran directed Wang Jiangtao to a freezer, where he found three vials and drank from one before accusing her of giving him fake medicine.
• Wang Jiangtao caught Ren Anran as she fled and wounded Ren Wuyang when he attacked from behind with a sword.
• Ren Anran explained that the medicine had to be injected into the ear, but Wang Jiangtao grabbed the syringe and injected her.
• Wang Jiangtao injected himself with another vial, felt his mind and eyesight improve, and used pressure points to numb his body as the pain in his head intensified.

Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Wuyang struggled to save Ren Anran after Wang Jiangtao attacked the Ren Household. Zhang Xuezhou rescued her from beneath a medical bed and sent her rolling down the stairs, while Wang Jiangtao remained incapacitated by a drug-induced vision.

• Ren Wuyang realized Wang Jiangtao was a sixth-sequence expert and wondered why he had spared Zhang Xuezhou, who explained that he had played dead after being knocked aside.
• Zhang Xuezhou tried to retreat with the wounded Ren Wuyang, but Ren Wuyang insisted on rescuing Ren Anran and said Wang Jiangtao appeared to be suffering from a drug.
• Hearing Ren Anran's cries weaken, Ren Wuyang staggered toward the second floor, and Zhang Xuezhou leaped up to investigate.
• Zhang Xuezhou threw a medical kit into the room, where Wang Jiangtao mistook the scene for an attack on the Luofu Imperial Family and was overwhelmed by a terrifying vision.
• Zhang Xuezhou broke free of Ren Anran's Dragon Elephant Combat Technique, dragged her out from beneath the medical bed, and pushed her into the stairwell, where she rolled downstairs and fell quiet.