Recaps

Shan Heyuan and his team successfully grew Wunuo Grain in the dead city of Tongyi, proving it could thrive without Spiritual Power in the soil or a functioning Heavenly Dao. After a bountiful harvest, Shan Heyuan planned to distribute the first batch to cultivators in dead cities near Fujiang City.

• Shan Heyuan, Jiang Zhi, and Li Jian divided the Wunuo Grain seeds and set out with separate teams to test growing them in dead cities.
• Shen Duheng joined Shan Heyuan's team, which planted Wunuo Grain in a former Spirit Plant garden in Tongyi City using ordinary cultivation supplies and techniques.
• The Wunuo Grain sprouted within five days, and Shan Heyuan explained that it absorbed fire from the sun and converted it into Spiritual Power.
• Shan Heyuan's team harvested plump heads averaging more than three hundred seeds each, despite Tongyi City's dead soil and severed Heavenly Dao.
• Shan Heyuan planned to borrow helpers from the Spirit Jade Palace and distribute the processed grain to cultivators in nearby dead cities, verifying recipients through their Spiritual Power patterns.

Shan Heyuan expanded Wunuo Grain production and sold the second batch of seeds at cost as cultivators praised the crop’s quality and ease of growing. As crowds gathered for the third batch, they discussed Shan Heyuan’s past efforts to save the cultivation world and condemned Ji Li’s claim to leadership of the Sword Reverence Sect.

• Shan Heyuan distributed the first batch of Wunuo Grain as seeds with planting instructions, while he and his allies planted several hundred thousand mu for the second batch.
• Cultivators praised Wunuo Grain’s abundant Spiritual Power and easy cultivation, so Shan Heyuan sold the second batch of seeds at cost to fund further planting.
• The Realm Spirit praised Shan Heyuan’s management, and Shan Heyuan credited Lin Ji, Sheng Chao, and the Spirit Jade Palace while lamenting the Sword Reverence Sect’s decline under Ji Li.
• Cultivators gathered outside Fujiang City to buy the third batch of seeds and shared stories about Shan Heyuan’s past deeds and the Sword Reverence Sect’s former reputation.
• The cultivators criticized Ji Li for taking another person’s identity and noted that the Heavenly Dao had struck him down, leaving him unrecovered.

Wunuo Grain spread across the cultivation world as Shan Heyuan and his allies tried to help people survive worsening disasters. After half of Changlin Island collapsed, Lin Ji and Sheng Chao left to assist with relief efforts, while Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng discussed whether the cultivation world could still be saved.

• Shan Heyuan and his allies sold Wunuo Grain to cultivators and representatives from several major sects, though the Sword Reverence Sect made no move.
• Yun Junping told Shan Heyuan that half of Changlin Island had collapsed, and the group decided they needed to help with disaster relief.
• Lin Ji and Sheng Chao set out for Changlin Island, and Shan Heyuan gave them two bottles of Sky-Soaring Pills and warned them to protect themselves.
• Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng discussed whether the cultivation world could be saved, and Shen Duheng suggested that a powerful cultivator might break its shackles.
• While Shan Heyuan reviewed the fifth generation of Wunuo Grain with Jiang Zhi and Li Jian, space rippled nearby and Shen Duheng arrived by tearing through it.

Ji Li's attacks on cultivators revealed that he was using a Devil Cultivation Method to drain their cultivation, and Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng prepared to confront him. They left Fujiang City together, while the Realm Spirit began to warn them about what might happen if they did not return.

• Lin Ji arrived wounded and reported that Ji Li had ambushed him and Sheng Chao in Chongshan City; Shan Heyuan contacted Yun Junping for help.
• Lin Ji disappeared, apparently intending to seek revenge for Sheng Chao, and Shan Heyuan sent the Spirit Jade Palace's people to find him.
• Ji Li killed forty-three cultivators of the Proliferation Sect, including Mao Jingbai, and survivors confirmed that he drained victims' cultivation to strengthen himself.
• Shan Heyuan agreed to accompany Shen Duheng to find Ji Li, and they shared an intimate farewell before leaving Jade Slips for Jiang Zhi and Li Jian.
• The Realm Spirit saw Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng off outside Fujiang City and began to say what to do if they did not return within a few days.

Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng waited in Zhewu City to intercept Ji Li, who arrived with blood on his robe and attacked them. Their sword techniques clashed with enough force to reduce a large part of the city to dust.

• Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng reached Zhewu City to stop Ji Li from harming the Three Nine Sect and waited there for several days.
• Ji Li appeared and argued with Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng, dismissing the danger to the city and its cultivators.
• Shan Heyuan sent an enemy-attack flare, prompting nearby cultivators to flee before Ji Li attacked.
• Shen Duheng met Ji Li’s powerful sword strike head-on while Shan Heyuan retreated from the clash.
• The collision between Ji Li and Shen Duheng’s sword techniques reduced a vast area of Zhewu City to fine dust.

Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng fought Ji Li under the combined pressure of Shan Heyuan’s Dantian Small World and Shen Duheng’s Heavenly Tribulation, but they struggled against Ji Li’s superior cultivation. Shan Heyuan sacrificed the resources in his small world to rapidly raise his cultivation, prompting Ji Li to try to stop him before he could reach the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

• Shan Heyuan used his Dantian Small World to weaken Ji Li, then called down its lightning tribulation to trigger Shen Duheng’s Heavenly Tribulation and draw Ji Li into it.
• Shen Duheng, Shan Heyuan, and Ji Li fought through the lightning, and both Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng were badly wounded.
• Shan Heyuan’s Dantian Small World absorbed their spilled blood and replenished his Spiritual Power.
• Shan Heyuan converted the Spirit Plants, spirit objects, and Spirit Stones in his Dantian Small World into Spiritual Power, causing his cultivation to rise rapidly.
• Ji Li recognized the Heaven-Supporting Tree apparition behind Shan Heyuan and realized he had to interrupt him before he reached the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

Shan Heyuan absorbed Spiritual Power, Tribulation Lightning, and Fertilizer Pills while Shen Duheng fought Ji Li, who defended his body-seizing and sacrificial schemes as a path to saving the cultivation world. After Shen Duheng reached the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, Shan Heyuan trapped Ji Li’s attempt to escape, and Ji Li turned to attack the fleeing spectators for Spiritual Power.

• Shen Duheng defended Shan Heyuan from Ji Li while Shan Heyuan rooted himself and absorbed the battle’s Spiritual Power and Tribulation Lightning.
• Cultivators from the Three Nine Sect fired improved Fertilizer Pills at Shan Heyuan, helping him continue to advance.
• The Tribulation Lightning ended, and Shen Duheng entered the Tribulation Transcendence Stage as he, Shan Heyuan, and Ji Li faced one another.
• Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng challenged Ji Li’s claim that he had seized disciples’ bodies and sacrificed them to save the cultivation world.
• Ji Li tried to tear open space and escape, but Shan Heyuan blocked him with his Dantian Small World.
• Ji Li charged at the watching cultivators to replenish his Spiritual Power, and they fled on their swords.

Shen Duheng and Shan Heyuan defeated Ji Li, then rested while others rescued his prisoners and gathered supplies. Shan Heyuan awoke as a giant Heaven-Supporting Tree and prepared to absorb Spiritual Power to keep growing and test whether he could break the cultivation world's shell.

• Shen Duheng wounded Ji Li with successive sword moves while Shan Heyuan's Dantian Small World prevented Ji Li from escaping.
• Ji Li threatened the lives of Sheng Chao and Lin Ji, but Shan Heyuan assured them his domain kept Ji Li's orders from reaching anyone.
• Shen Duheng killed Ji Li with the sword move Inn, though the strike destroyed more than half of Zhewu City and left Shen Duheng badly injured.
• Shan Heyuan sent word for the Realm Spirit and others to rescue Lin Ji and Sheng Chao, and asked Jiang Zhi and Li Jian to continue planting Wunuo Grain before he and Shen Duheng slept for more than fifty days.
• Shan Heyuan woke as a tree over three hundred meters tall and found members of the seven top sects, Lin Ji, and Sheng Chao gathered outside his domain.
• Shan Heyuan accepted the sects' Fertilizer Pills, spirit herbs, and other supplies, saying he needed as much Spiritual Power as possible to keep growing.

After helping the cultivation world connect its Heavenly Dao to the outside, Shan Heyuan reunited with Shen Duheng when he awoke. Shan Heyuan then traveled with Shen Duheng through the void and returned to Earth, reaching the mountains of China.

• Shan Heyuan grew until his branches opened a crack connecting the cultivation world's Heavenly Dao to the one outside.
• Shen Duheng awoke beneath the tree, and Shan Heyuan told him they had succeeded before they embraced.
• Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng went to Jingzhishan Town to seek the coordinates for Earth.
• Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng spent nearly half a month in the void before finding Earth's coordinates.
• Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng passed through a spatial rift into China's mountains, and Shan Heyuan recognized that he was home.

After returning to Earth from a journey that lasted thousands of years for him, Shan Heyuan reunited with his parents and brought Shen Duheng to the childhood home he had left behind. He introduced Shen Duheng to his old room and planned to present him to his family, then spotted his older brother’s family arriving.

• Shan Heyuan flew with Shen Duheng to his family’s courtyard and reunited with his mother, who believed he had been away only a few days.
• Shan Heyuan’s father returned with groceries, and his parents quietly wondered why their son seemed so changed.
• Shan Heyuan brought Shen Duheng to his childhood room and showed him the posters and video website from Earth.
• Shan Heyuan told Shen Duheng he wanted to introduce him to his family in a few days, and Shen Duheng agreed.
• Shan Heyuan heard his older brother’s family arrive and greeted Shan Tongfeng, Kang Ying, Shuoshuo, and Xinxin from the window.

After returning to his family, Shan Heyuan told his brother that he liked men and hinted that he had a boyfriend, Shen Duheng. He and Shen Duheng enjoyed modern life together, and after resigning from his job, Shan Heyuan planned to improve his family’s lives; he ended by asking whether he could bring his boyfriend home.

• Shan Heyuan played with his nieces and nephews, then told Shan Tongfeng that he liked men and had a boyfriend.
• Shan Tongfeng revealed that the family had already suspected Shan Heyuan was gay and agreed to discuss the matter with their parents.
• Shan Heyuan took Shen Duheng to his home, where they played games and tried modern activities together.
• After his company called about his return to work, Shan Heyuan resigned and decided to find other ways to support his family.
• When Shan Tongfeng invited him home for a meal, Shan Heyuan asked if he could bring his boyfriend.

After Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng win Shan Heyuan’s family over on Earth, they return to the cultivation world and find it steadily recovering. They settle beneath the growing Heaven-Supporting Tree, while friends and sects rebuild around them.

• Shan Heyuan introduces Shen Duheng to his parents, who welcome him into the family after meeting him.
• Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng return to the cultivation world and visit Shan Heyuan’s true body, whose Heaven-Supporting Tree has grown beyond the realm and strengthened its connection to the upper realm.
• As spiritual power and order improve, letters report that the realm spirit is developing her secret realm, Jiang Zhi and Li Jian are thriving as spirit-plant breeders, the Sword Reverence Sect is weakened, and the Supreme Harmony Sect is rising.
• Friends invite Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng to visit, while major sects try to recruit them and the couple declines, choosing a quiet life beneath the tree.
• The Heaven-Supporting Tree continues to spread across the Three Nine Sect’s territory, covering more than half of Zhewu City.

After establishing Zhewu New City beside the Heaven-Supporting Tree, Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng lived peacefully until they faced their Ascension Tribulations. They both ascended, becoming the first cultivators to do so in the new era.

• The Three Nine Sect moved Zhewu City west and built Zhewu New City beside the Heaven-Supporting Tree.
• Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng lived in peace, visited Earth to see Shan Heyuan's family, and explored the cultivation continent in disguise.
• Shan Heyuan sensed his Ascension Tribulation and worried that he would ascend before Shen Duheng.
• Shan Heyuan passed his Ascension Tribulation and held on in the cultivation world to spend more time with Shen Duheng.
• Shen Duheng faced and passed his own Ascension Tribulation, and both men ascended as the first cultivators to do so in the new era.