Recaps

Gu De cultivated among the sources of the Power That Cannot Be Controlled while Tai Jiuling learned from a book that the power belonged to the Immortal-Slaying Clan and could only be mastered by those born with the ability. After hearing that Gu De was an exception, Tai Jiuling decided to reveal the information to threaten the Huaxia Sect.

• Gu De began cultivating among the sources of the Power That Cannot Be Controlled, while Tai Jiuling watched from a distance.
• Tai Jiuling read a book identifying the power as Immortal-Slaying Power and learned that mastery was determined at birth.
• Tai Jiuling questioned how Gu De could use the power, and a voice told him Gu De was an exception.
• Tai Jiuling read about the conflict between the Immortal-Slaying Clan and cultivators and realized the power could threaten cultivators.
• Tai Jiuling resolved to spread the book’s information to use it against the Huaxia Sect.

Tai Jiuling asked Gu De to impersonate the Tai Clan ancestor Tai Bufan, offering the clan’s remaining insights in exchange while explaining how the Huaxia Sect had forced him into the desolate region. After Gu De asked about the situation outside, Tai Jiuling revealed that a Huaxia Sect expert there was someone Gu De might know.

• Tai Jiuling decided to return to the Tai Clan rather than escape by another route, hoping to spread word about the Power That Cannot Be Controlled.
• Gu De discovered that the book described his power as innate but offered no way to master it, then asked Tai Jiuling what he wanted.
• Tai Jiuling asked Gu De to impersonate Tai Bufan, a Tai Clan ancestor who had mastered the power.
• Gu De demanded Tai Bufan’s remaining insights before agreeing, and Tai Jiuling sent information into his mind about the clan’s search and its failure to find the power’s source.
• Tai Jiuling explained that the Huaxia Sect had forced him deeper into the region and said one of its experts was someone Gu De should know.

Gu De and Tai Jiuling left the barren land together after discussing Li Baimei, the Immortal-Slaying Power, and the mysterious senior. Outside, the Huaxia Sect and Tai Clan waited until Tai Da announced Tai Jiuling had returned with an unfamiliar person, whom they suspected might be the ancestor.

• Tai Jiuling used Li Baimei’s prominence in the Huaxia Sect to spur Gu De, who wondered whether Li Baimei could withstand the Immortal-Slaying Power.
• Gu De weighed whether to kill Tai Jiuling or let him reveal what had happened, then agreed to leave with him and packed up the items.
• Gu De suggested that someone might be helping Li Baimei, and Tai Jiuling considered whether his own mysterious senior could help him master the uncontrollable power.
• Outside the barren land, Xia Xun kept the Huaxia Sect from sending more people inside while both sides waited for Tai Jiuling to return.
• Tai Da sensed Tai Jiuling approaching with an unfamiliar presence, and the Tai Clan and Huaxia Sect suspected that the newcomer might be the ancestor.

Gu De emerged beside Tai Jiuling carrying objects from the Land That Cannot Be Controlled, while a hidden force prevented others from probing him. The Power That Cannot Be Controlled spread outward with their progress, triggering a chaotic retreat as Xia Xiao identified Gu De as its likely source.

• Crowds failed to discern Gu De’s strength, and Tai Jiuling suspected the senior who had helped him enter was shielding Gu De from their probes.
• Gu De and Tai Jiuling walked out together, drawing attention to the strange objects Gu De carried.
• Powerful factions debated whether the Tai Clan had discovered a way to control the Power That Cannot Be Controlled and suspected the Huaxia Sect’s timing was deliberate.
• Experts sensed the area where the Power That Cannot Be Controlled gathered expanding alongside Gu De and Tai Jiuling.
• The Huaxia Sect and other factions ordered everyone to retreat, but panic and clashes erupted as the power continued to spread.
• Xia Xiao concluded that Gu De was probably the source of the spreading power and ordered his people to keep retreating.

Gu De tested how the Immortal-Slaying Power affected the surrounding area, then threw a crystal toward Li Baimei to see whether the Huaxia Sect elder could control it. Li Baimei stopped the crystal in midair, leaving the crowd watching to see what would happen next.

• Gu De rushed forward and confirmed that the Power That Cannot Be Controlled grew stronger as he moved, driving cultivators into a frantic retreat.
• Xia Xiao told Xia Xun he was waiting for Gu De to emerge, and Xia Xun urged the Huaxia Sect experts to keep retreating.
• Gu De asked Tai Jiuling how far he could normally travel, then returned to a spot farther back and set down the source of the Immortal-Slaying Power.
• Gu De challenged Li Baimei to control the Power That Cannot Be Controlled and hurled an Immortal-Slaying Power crystal toward him.
• Xia Xiao declared that Gu De was no ordinary mortal of flesh and blood as the crystal approached.
• Li Baimei went forward and stopped the crystal with a raised hand.

Li Baimei used the Power of Time to contain Gu De’s Immortal-Slaying Power without being harmed, then challenged Gu De to throw more. Gu De revealed a book about the power, leaving the gathered cultivators—and especially the Tai Clan—shocked and doubtful about what it said.

• Li Baimei stopped Gu De’s Immortal-Slaying Power with the Power of Time, while nearby cultivators suffered its effects.
• Li Baimei stored the object in a storage ring, but it burst apart, so he contained the object in another space and told Gu De to throw more.
• Tai Jiuling urged Gu De to stop fighting Li Baimei and reveal the most important secret of the Power That Cannot Be Controlled.
• Gu De displayed the book’s contents as words of light, and the cultivators learned that the power was innate and required a mortal body.
• The Tai Clan members doubted whether Gu De was truly their ancestor after reading the book.

The crowd debated whether the claims about the Immortal-Slaying Power were true, and the Huaxia Sect realized that people unable to cultivate spiritual power might be its true wielders. Gu De then urged the factions to consider recruiting them, prompting fears that empowering the mistreated could lead to revenge against cultivators.

• Tai Clan experts questioned the claims but considered that people unable to cultivate spiritual power might be key to mastering the Immortal-Slaying Power.
• Xia Xun asked Xia Xiao about the claims, and Xia Xiao said he knew the power harmed cultivators but had never heard that people with mortal bodies could wield it.
• Tai Jiuling asked Gu De to make a point to the crowd, and Gu De agreed after learning what he wanted said.
• Gu De told the factions that people unable to cultivate might master the Immortal-Slaying Power and strengthen their families.
• A man warned that empowering mortals who had been treated with contempt could provoke them to take revenge on cultivators.

Gu De and Tai Jiuling left the wasteland after revealing that people unable to cultivate spiritual power could master the Power That Cannot Be Controlled. Xia Xiao met secretly with two hidden figures and agreed to work with them to suppress the news and pursue the source of Immortal-Slaying Power.

• Gu De left the wasteland, and Tai Jiuling followed after weighing the danger of remaining near Li Baimei.
• Xia Xun asked why Xia Xiao had let Tai Jiuling and Tai Bufan go, and Xia Xiao questioned whether Tai Bufan had truly returned to life.
• Xia Xiao moved himself and Xia Xun into an isolated space and called out two figures who had been watching unseen.
• Xia Xiao and the older figure discussed how an earlier person may also have entered the dangerous area and brought back its power.
• The older figure agreed to join Huaxia Sect in suppressing the matter, while Xia Xiao proposed sharing the source of Immortal-Slaying Power if they obtained it.

Xia Xiao explained to Xia Xun that the Huaxia Sect had been forced to remain near the gathering place of the uncontrollable Power, serving as an early warning for a possible world-shaking calamity. After learning that the forces monitoring the forbidden land had grown lax but were now reacting to changes, Xia Xiao concluded that the Immortal-Slaying Power was likely real and that a calamity was coming.

• Xia Xun asked Xia Xiao about the two figures who had left, and Xia Xiao explained that the Huaxia Sect had been forced to stay near the uncontrollable Power as a reference for other forces.
• Xia Xiao told Xia Xun that the ancient records linked the forbidden land to the Changing Heaven and Earth calamity, which had devastated the world and destroyed many forces.
• Xia Xiao explained that powerful forces had made the region a forbidden land and placed a killing array at its boundary to deter cultivators from exploring it.
• Xia Xiao told Xia Xun that the forces had grown lax over time, but the two figures’ efforts to suppress news showed that they still feared the calamity.
• Xia Xiao concluded that the Immortal-Slaying Power was likely real, Tai Jiuling had revealed the matter to draw the Huaxia Sect in, and a hidden force was driving events toward a coming calamity.

Xia Xun rewarded the Tai Clan with an object bearing traces of the Power of Time after Tai Da shared what the clan knew about mastering the Power That Cannot Be Controlled. The Huaxia Sect then departed, leaving the onlookers wondering whether its goal had only been to reveal the secret.

• The onlookers discussed the Tai Clan's ancestor fleeing again and speculated that the clan would face pressure to reveal more secrets.
• Xia Xun gave Tai Da an object bearing remnants of the Power of Time as a reward for the Tai Clan's discoveries.
• Tai Da cautioned that the method had strict conditions and might not be entirely accurate, then accepted the object.
• Xia Xun told the assembled cultivators to leave the Immortal-Slaying Land's opportunities to the Immortal-Slaying Clan and ordered the Huaxia Sect to depart.
• The Huaxia Sect experts left through their teleportation array, and the Tai Clan soon followed after setting guards and activating its own array.
• The remaining forces questioned why the Huaxia Sect had withdrawn and wondered whether it had only wanted to reveal the secret of the Power That Cannot Be Controlled.

Mu Fan received the Universal Leak-Sealing King after his task was marked complete, while Lu Changzhi tested the Powerful Heaven-Mending Glue and found it could stop Spiritual Qi and spiritual power from circulating. The Tai Clan decided to avoid the coming conflict by concealing their identities and leaving for distant places.

• Mu Fan heard the system declare his task complete and received a gigantic Universal Leak-Sealing King, then summoned a smaller version to hold.
• Lu Changzhi checked his system reward and found the Powerful Heaven-Mending Glue could stop Spiritual Qi from leaking out of a spirit stone.
• Lu Changzhi applied the glue to a spirit beast, stopping its spiritual power from circulating, then freed it by sticking the glue back onto itself.
• The Tai Clan experts returned home, doubted that the Huaxia Sect had truly let them go, and suspected the sect was trying to make other factions target them.
• Tai Da asked the Tai Clan experts what they should do, and they agreed to conceal their identities and leave the area to avoid the growing danger.

Mortals traveled to seek the Immortal-Slaying Power while Gu De remained inside studying it with Tai Jiuling. At the Huaxia Sect, Xia Xun sent a group of youths who could not cultivate to a trial that would decide whether they received the sect’s support.

• A tavern newcomer learned that reaching the Immortal-Slaying Power on foot could take years or decades, and lamented that the opportunity was so far away.
• Mortals arrived at the Immortal-Slaying Power’s desolate region and walked onward, some complaining about the hardships while others resolved to keep going.
• Tai Jiuling asked Gu De whether he would leave to explore, but Gu De refused and said he would support Tai Jiuling if he chose to go.
• Tai Jiuling continued cultivating as Gu De studied the Immortal-Slaying Power, hoping to eventually master it.
• Xia Xun ordered the Huaxia Sect to take youths who could not cultivate to a trial, where those who passed would receive the sect’s full support.
• One youth approached the palace and prayed that his ancestors would help him pass and reclaim what he had lost.

Sun Xuan passed the Huaxia Sect’s test by lifting a point of light and believed he was the only one to qualify, but his hand blistered and his health worsened while he waited in his assigned room. The Huaxia Sect then transported him and many others to a palace, revealing that a large group had undergone the same process.

• Sun Xuan lifted the point of light, chose the path reserved for those who passed, and vowed to take revenge on the Azure Cloud Sect.
• A Huaxia Sect expert told Sun Xuan that one person had arrived before him and arranged for him to rest in lodgings.
• Sun Xuan’s palm blistered and the pain spread up his arm, but he could not open the door and decided to endure what he thought was another test.
• As a new batch of candidates entered the testing hall, spiritual power removed Sun Xuan from his courtyard and carried him and many others to a palace.
• The gathered candidates realized that the Huaxia Sect had brought many people together, and one marveled at the scale of its special training.