Recaps

Li Daochen turned Yang Chen and Zhuge Yaoguang’s plan against them, entering the Emperor Palace and claiming the Azure Emperor Demon-Planting Lotus phenomenon. He emerged before they could escape, with the new inheritance still unstable behind him.

• Zhuge Yaoguang broke the Azure Emperor Demon-Sealing Array, revealing the Emperor Palace, while Yang Chen used the Azure Emperor Key to break free of the Dragon-Imprisoning Chains.
• Zhuge Yaoguang held Li Daochen off as Yang Chen opened the Emperor Palace, but Li Daochen reactivated the chains, dragged Yang Chen back, and stole the key.
• Li Daochen entered the Emperor Palace with the key and absorbed the Azure Emperor Demon-Planting Lotus, a rare Fleshly Body Phenomenon formed from the Demonic Emperor Bone.
• Yang Chen and Zhuge Yaoguang decided to retreat, but Li Daochen burst out of the Emperor Palace and challenged them as the unstable phenomenon swayed behind him.

Li Daochen fused with the Azure Emperor Demon-Planting Lotus manifestation, trapped the Supreme Qian Sect with the Nine Demon Formation, and pursued Yang Chen and Zhuge Yaoguang to the Jade Water Sect. After killing Mu Cheng and defeating the sect’s defenders, he faced the awakened Jade Water Flood Dragon, which vowed to protect Yang Chen.

• Li Daochen activated the Nine Demon Formation, while Zhuge Yaoguang used the Book of Heavenly Secrets to escape the Supreme Qian Sect with Yang Chen.
• Li Daochen gave Ye Suzhen the Azure Emperor Key to stop Lin Jingfeng and the others, then chased Yang Chen and Zhuge Yaoguang toward the Jade Water Sect.
• Li Daochen’s cultivation surged as he fused with the manifestation, and he charged into the Jade Water Sect after the pair arrived there.
• Li Daochen killed a Divine Bridge Peak cultivator and Mu Cheng, then told Mu Qingqing he would make her death more comfortable.
• Yang Chen knelt beside the sect’s lake and called for the patriarch, and the Jade Water Flood Dragon emerged to protect him as Li Daochen approached.

Li Daochen used bloodline curse seals to immobilize the Jade Water Flood Dragon and overpower Yang Chen. After extracting Yang Chen’s Holy Dragon Bone and Dragon Transformation Emperor Scripture, he challenged the flood dragon’s warning that Yang Chen was a dragon emperor’s son.

• Li Daochen explained how he used the Xuanyuan Emperor Scripture’s power to trigger the curse seals hidden in Mu Qingqing and Mu Cheng’s left hands.
• The Jade Water Flood Dragon attacked Li Daochen, but Li Daochen activated the seals and bound him while draining Yang Chen’s strength.
• Li Daochen charged at Zhuge Yaoguang, who fled, then seized Yang Chen and dug out his Holy Dragon Bone.
• The Jade Water Flood Dragon warned Li Daochen that Yang Chen was a dragon emperor’s son and that the dragons would punish him.
• Li Daochen used the Xuanyuan Emperor Sword to seal and extract the Dragon Transformation Emperor Scripture from Yang Chen, then asked the flood dragon whether he dared.

Li Daochen killed Yang Chen’s remaining breath, but Yang Chen’s dragon bloodline sealed him in protective scales, allowing him to survive. As Li Daochen fled with Yang Chen’s Holy Dragon Bone and Dragon Transformation Emperor Scripture, the Yellow Dragon Ancestor swallowed the pursuing Jade Water Flood Dragon and then turned his attention to Li Daochen.

• Li Daochen stomped out Yang Chen’s last breath, but Yang Chen’s dragon scales enveloped his body and preserved him from death.
• Li Daochen took the Dragon Transformation Emperor Scripture, reclaimed Yang Chen’s Holy Dragon Bone, and fled while refining the bone as the Jade Water Flood Dragon pursued him.
• After half a day of running, Li Daochen collapsed in a canyon and faced the Jade Water Flood Dragon as it caught up.
• The Yellow Dragon Ancestor emerged from the canyon and, after learning the Jade Water Flood Dragon was the son of his enemy, pinned and swallowed him.
• The Yellow Dragon Ancestor lowered his head toward Li Daochen and demanded to know how he wanted to die.

Li Daochen persuaded the Yellow Dragon Ancestor to spare him by showcasing his extraordinary talent and promising to lead the Yellow Dragon Sect to victory in the Thousand Sect Grand Competition. Meanwhile, the Jade Heaven Patriarch rescued Yang Chen and offered to take him to a wider world to cultivate and pursue revenge.

• Li Daochen revealed his abilities and physique to convince the Yellow Dragon Ancestor that he could help the Yellow Dragon Sect win the Thousand Sect Grand Competition.
• The Yellow Dragon Ancestor made Li Daochen a true disciple, placed a tracking mark on him, and told him to reach the Yellow Dragon Sect within ten days.
• Li Daochen left the canyon, pleased to have survived, and planned to check on the Supreme Qian Sect before returning to the Battle Sect and then heading to the Yellow Dragon Sect.
• The Jade Heaven Patriarch found Yang Chen at the Jade Water Sect and discovered that Yang Chen possessed a powerful Great Emperor bloodline and had survived death with a strengthened physique.
• Yang Chen vowed to take revenge on Li Daochen, but the Jade Heaven Patriarch persuaded him to cultivate at a Lower Profound Sect and attend the Thousand Sect Grand Competition; Yang Chen agreed.

Li Daochen found Ye Suzhen after she destroyed the Supreme Qian Sect, then returned to the Battle Sect and set out for the Yellow Dragon Sect to cultivate. There he reunited with Yun Qingshui and faced Huang Zongyu, whom he intended to kill for his past-life crimes.

• Li Daochen found Ye Suzhen holding Hua Yunye's head; she had gouged out her own eyes and gave him the Supreme Profound Sacred Eye, declaring that she would fulfill her oath to raise the Supreme Qian Sect to the pinnacle of Mystic Dragon Province.
• Li Daochen returned to the Battle Sect, gave Li Tianxing the Supreme Profound Sacred Eye for Qingyuan, and decided to postpone giving him the Dragon Transformation Emperor Scripture while using it to temper his own physique.
• Li Daochen left the Battle Sect and traveled to the Yellow Dragon Sect to cultivate.
• After waiting three days, Yun Qingshui met Li Daochen at the sect entrance and was delighted to learn that he had become a true disciple.
• Huang Zongyu grew hostile when Yun Qingshui embraced Li Daochen, while Li Daochen resolved to kill Huang Zongyu for killing his father in a previous life.

Li Daochen arrived at the Yellow Dragon Sect and accepted Huang Zongyu’s challenge, killing him with a single punch and taking his sword pellet. Yun Qingshui warned Li Daochen to flee as Huang Zongyu’s enraged father demanded to know who had killed his son.

• Li Daochen reunited with Yun Qingshui, provoking Huang Zongyu, who challenged him to a spar.
• Huang Zongyu brought Li Daochen to the Dragon Battle Platform and urged him to attack at full strength.
• Li Daochen unleashed his power and killed Huang Zongyu with one punch.
• Li Daochen retrieved Huang Zongyu’s sword pellet, which contained the half-step holy Dragon-Slaying Sword, and drew out part of his earth flood dragon bloodline.
• Yun Qingshui realized Huang Zongyu’s father would seek revenge and told Li Daochen to run, as a furious roar demanded to know who had killed Huang Zongyu.

Li Daochen killed Huang Zongyu in a spar, provoking the Yellow Dragon Sect’s first elder, but the sect master confirmed that the Yellow Dragon Ancestor had summoned Li Daochen and ordered him protected. Huang Zongyuan then challenged Li Daochen to a fight to the death once Li Daochen reached the Divine Bridge, and Li Daochen accepted.

• Yun Qingshui urged Li Daochen to flee after Huang Zongyu died, but Elder He arrived and learned Li Daochen was a newly recruited true disciple.
• The first elder attacked Li Daochen, but the Yellow Dragon Ancestor’s mark on Li Daochen’s forehead stopped him.
• Sect master Murong Ye confirmed the ancestor had brought Li Daochen to compete in the Thousand Sect Grand Competition and ordered the first elder not to harm him.
• Li Daochen explained that Huang Zongyu had insisted on sparring despite his warnings, and the sect master accepted that he had not killed him deliberately.
• Huang Zongyuan challenged Li Daochen to fight to the death after Li Daochen reached the Divine Bridge, and Li Daochen accepted.

Li Daochen accepted Huang Zongyuan’s death-match challenge, then went to Dragon Mountain to cultivate using its Yin and Yang Dragon Qi. After a month above the clouds, Li Daochen completed his Spirit Foundation Realm cultivation and prepared to advance to Divine Bridge, while Huang Zongyuan expected to reach Divine Bridge Peak before their fight.

• Li Daochen accepted Huang Zongyuan’s challenge, and the sect members doubted he could defeat the stronger Huang Zongyuan.
• Li Daochen bargained with the sect master for three water flood dragon bones and set out to cultivate on Dragon Mountain.
• Yun Qingshui asked whether Li Daochen was confident, then offered to watch the grand elder while Li Daochen cultivated.
• Li Daochen climbed above the clouds and absorbed both Yin and Yang Dragon Qi as he consolidated his Spirit Foundation Realm cultivation.
• After a month, disciples were amazed that Li Daochen remained above the clouds, while Huang Zongyuan told the grand elder he would reach Divine Bridge Peak and defeat Li Daochen.
• Li Daochen’s Spirit Foundation Realm cultivation reached completion, and he prepared to advance to Divine Bridge.

Li Daochen broke through to the Divine Bridge Realm, and Yun Wanyi helped by swallowing two of the Heaven and Earth Shackles that gathered around him. The great elder sensed the unusual breakthrough and considered killing Li Daochen before he could threaten Huang Zongyuan.

• Li Daochen broke free of the Heaven and Earth Shackles and began forming his Divine Bridge, drawing attention with the extraordinary disturbance around him.
• Yun Wanyi appeared and swallowed two Heaven and Earth Shackles, using their power to suppress her Nine-Lived Cat Demon bloodline.
• Li Daochen completed his breakthrough to the Divine Bridge Realm, and Yun Wanyi praised his talent before leaving after he offered to let her collect more shackles at his next breakthrough.
• Li Daochen resolved to condense his Divine Bridge and comprehend multiple innate divine abilities.
• The great elder watched Dragon Mountain, feared Li Daochen might surpass Huang Zongyuan, and considered killing him to protect his remaining son.

Li Daochen advanced rapidly on Dragon Mountain, reaching the third level of the Divine Bridge realm and comprehending multiple divine abilities while the Grand Elder plotted to kill him. When Li Daochen left the mountain to find more Yin-Yang Dragon Qi, he summoned the sect master as protection and foiled the Grand Elder’s chance to attack.

• Li Daochen formed his first Divine Bridge and comprehended the Great Yin-Yang Dragon Seal, then continued cultivating as the Grand Elder watched and secretly vowed to kill him.
• After reaching the second Divine Bridge level, Li Daochen comprehended the Great Sun Mountain-Burning Sword, alarming the cultivators and drawing concern from Elder He and the sect master.
• Huang Zongyuan heard of Li Daochen’s progress but remained confident he could defeat him, while Li Daochen trained the Sea of Bitterness Devil Phoenix Fist and advanced to the third Divine Bridge level.
• The Grand Elder considered attacking Li Daochen on Dragon Mountain but sensed someone watching him, so he waited for Li Daochen to come down.
• After the Yin-Yang Dragon Qi on the mountain dwindled, Li Daochen descended and summoned the sect master to accompany him to another Dragon Mountain, thwarting the Grand Elder’s planned ambush.

Li Daochen devoted himself to mastering a sword divine ability before his duel with Huang Zongyuan, while the grand elder prepared Huang Zongyuan with a pill and other treasures. At the Dragon Battle Platform, Li Daochen struck first, shattered Huang Zongyuan’s defenses, and took his head.

• Li Daochen slowed his cultivation to comprehend a sword divine ability, transforming its demonic foundation into the Myriad Saints Purgatory Sword.
• The grand elder returned to Huang Zongyuan and gave him a Tyrant Dragon Pill, urging him to kill Li Daochen.
• Huang Zongyuan reached the Divine Bridge Peak and stood ready for their death match as the Yellow Dragon Sect gathered to watch.
• Huang Zongyuan began to attack with the Earth-Splitting King Saber and activated the Tyrant Dragon Pill and other enhancements.
• Li Daochen struck first with the Great Sun Mountain-Burning Sword, then used the Myriad Saints Purgatory Sword to break Huang Zongyuan’s defenses and decapitate him.

Li Daochen killed Huang Zongyuan and was chosen to represent the Yellow Dragon Sect at the Thousand Sect Grand Competition. Upon arriving at Yunmeng Ancient City, he was unexpectedly invited to meet Nangong Meng'er, whose private connection to Huang Zongyuan made him suspect a trap.

• Li Daochen killed Huang Zongyuan in two strikes, and the Yellow Dragon Sect’s grand elder was taken away after trying to attack him.
• The Yellow Dragon Ancestor punished the great elder for letting Huang Zongyuan fight Li Daochen and ordered Li Daochen to win the competition.
• Li Daochen traveled with the Yellow Dragon Sect’s delegation to Yunmeng Ancient City, accompanied by Yun Qingshui and the elders Yun Wanyi and Ye Hua.
• Nangong Meng'er approached Li Daochen at the city gate and invited him to Yunmeng Cottage.
• Li Daochen accepted her invitation outwardly but suspected she had ill intentions because of her close relationship with Huang Zongyuan.

Nangong Meng'er invited Li Daochen to Yunmeng Cottage, intending to turn her admirers against him, but Li Daochen used the attention to defeat Lin Wuming with one punch. He returned to the Yellow Dragon Sect’s lodgings as Nangong Meng'er resolved to kill him, while Yun Wanyi promised to protect him once.

• Nangong Meng'er invited Li Daochen to Yunmeng Cottage, and he accepted despite suspecting she had ulterior motives.
• Lin Wuming confronted Li Daochen outside Yunmeng Cottage, and Li Daochen knocked him unconscious with one punch.
• Nangong Meng'er learned that Li Daochen had defeated Lin Wuming and decided to kill him for killing someone he should not have.
• Li Daochen returned to the Yellow Dragon Sect’s lodgings, told Yun Wanyi he expected trouble, and she insisted that she would protect him once.

Li Daochen went to the Beyond Heaven Tower after learning that a gathering of favored geniuses planned to humiliate him over his visit to Cloud Dream Lodge. He beat the gathered Upper Profound Sect geniuses and ended by challenging them from the tower’s broken doorway.

• Li Daochen accepted an invitation to the Beyond Heaven Tower, and Yun Qingshui followed him there.
• Jiang Hanluan, Yu Jinshan, and other favored geniuses discussed the Thousand Sect Grand Competition and agreed to put Li Daochen in his place because he had visited Cloud Dream Lodge.
• Li Daochen burst into the private room and sent Yu Jinshan flying with the Great Sun Mountain-Burning Sword.
• Li Daochen struck Jiang Hanluan with the Myriad Saints Purgatory Sword, then pounded the remaining geniuses with the Great Sun White Dragon Sacred Fist.
• Li Daochen drove all the favored geniuses out onto the street and asked whether they had a problem with him.

Li Daochen provoked the Thousand Sect Grand Competition’s prodigies to gather them at the Heavenly River Great Waterfall, where he hoped to track those who had obtained valuable opportunities. As Nangong Meng'er recruited Zhu Lingye to help kill him, Zhao Jiuxiao prepared to defend his sect’s title and claim its tenth consecutive victory.

• Li Daochen defeated several prodigies at the Beyond Heaven Tower, challenged them to meet him at the Heavenly River Great Waterfall, and declared he would win first place among the thousand sects.
• Li Daochen revealed to himself that he had provoked the prodigies so he could monitor their movements in the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto and find the people who had obtained the opportunities he wanted.
• Nangong Meng'er watched Li Daochen’s display, resolved to kill him for Zongyuan, and asked Zhu Lingye of the Karmic Fire Lotus Sect to help.
• Lü Chunyang heard Li Daochen’s challenge and vowed to defeat him at the Heavenly River Great Waterfall.
• Xu Nantian told Zhao Jiuxiao about Li Daochen’s declaration, but Zhao Jiuxiao remained confident he would win his sect’s tenth consecutive first place.

Li Daochen prepared to make his mark in the Thousand Sect Grand Competition, while Yang Chen and the Jade Heaven Sect arrived and learned he was competing too. As the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto opened, Li Daochen challenged the gathered prodigies to meet him at the Heavenly River Great Waterfall.

• Li Daochen told Ye Hua that his Dao was to press forward without faltering, then calmed himself and nurtured his momentum.
• Yang Chen arrived with the Jade Heaven Sect, having reached Divine Bridge Peak and awakened a True Dragon Physique, and heard that Li Daochen was competing.
• Shui Duanliu vowed to avenge his uncle by dealing with Li Daochen, while Yang Chen chose to lie low and watch.
• Li Daochen joined the prodigies heading to the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto and resolved to shine rather than remain a supporting character.
• Nangong Qing stood ready to announce the competition as the portal opened, and Li Daochen challenged the prodigies to meet him at the Heavenly River Great Waterfall.

Li Daochen ambushed the prodigies gathered at the Heavenly River Great Waterfall and overwhelmed them with his strength. After killing Yu Jinshan, Shui Duanliu, and Jiang Hanluan, he let the survivors flee and call for help.

• Li Daochen entered the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto first, while Yang Chen followed and resolved to avoid the Heavenly River Great Waterfall.
• Two days later, Li Daochen waited near the waterfall, then charged the gathered prodigies after failing to draw out the sect leaders he sought.
• Li Daochen killed Yu Jinshan and Shui Duanliu, refining Shui Duanliu’s Jade Water Flood Dragon bloodline.
• Li Daochen repelled a group of prodigies with his four Holy Dragon Bones and slaughtered several attackers despite being only at the Divine Bridge Fourth Layer.
• Li Daochen crushed Jiang Hanluan’s face, killed him beside the waterfall, and told the survivors they could go call for help.

Li Daochen pursued a True Talisman Profound Sect prodigy to find Xie Tianfu, while Nangong Meng'er and Zhu Lingye followed him in secret. He entered a cave after Xie Tianfu and other sect prodigies and discovered a true dragon skeleton and the Saint Weapon Void Desolate Dragon Claw.

• Li Daochen let the surviving prodigies flee after slaughtering their companions, then sensed and pursued one of them.
• Nangong Meng'er and Zhu Lingye arrived at the waterfall, recognized Li Daochen's strength, and decided to follow him while waiting for an opening to attack.
• Lü Chunyang arrived too late to challenge Li Daochen and fled in the opposite direction.
• Sun Yu sought Xie Tianfu's help after witnessing Li Daochen's power, but Xie and the other prodigies postponed dealing with him to investigate a cave treasure.
• Li Daochen followed the group into the cave and found a true dragon skeleton with the Saint Weapon Void Desolate Dragon Claw beside its head.

Li Daochen ambushed Xie Tianfu and the other geniuses as they prepared to claim an ancient dragon skeleton, then seized the skeleton and fought them off. After killing Xie Tianfu and driving the others away, Li Daochen survived Zhu Lingye’s surprise strike, only to face Nangong Meng’er and Zhu Lingye.

• Li Daochen watched Xie Tianfu negotiate with Lu Tianqiu, Qi Muyang, and Qi Kongyue for the dragon skeleton and its dark red claw, which Li Daochen recognized as the Void Desolate Dragon Claw.
• As the group dismantled the array protecting the skeleton, Li Daochen ambushed them, stored the entire skeleton, and fought off their attacks with powerful fist techniques.
• Li Daochen killed Xie Tianfu with the Dragon-Slaying Sword, then used the Myriad Saints Purgatory Sword to frighten Qi Muyang, Qi Kongyue, and Lu Tianqiu into fleeing.
• Zhu Lingye struck Li Daochen by surprise, but his Holy Dragon Bones formed armor that blocked her sword and let him retreat.
• Nangong Meng’er appeared with Zhu Lingye, praised Li Daochen’s fight, and called him the biggest dark horse in the Thousand Sect Grand Competition.

Li Daochen killed Zhu Lingye and defeated Nangong Meng'er, then began corrupting her life soul so he could control her body and pursue Yunmeng Ancient City. After encountering Lü Chunyang, he left as Liang Yuzhou and Wu Aocang discovered their prodigies were dead and accused Xu Nantian's disciple Zhao Jiuxiao.

• Nangong Meng'er and Zhu Lingye attacked Li Daochen together, but he unleashed the Azure Emperor Demon-Planting Lotus and killed Zhu Lingye.
• Li Daochen defeated Nangong Meng'er, discovered the mark of Yunmeng Ancient City on her back, and repeatedly struck her with the Sea of Bitterness Devil Phoenix Fist to corrupt her life soul while keeping her body intact.
• Li Daochen left Nangong Meng'er in a cave and ran into Lü Chunyang, who nervously insisted he was only passing through before fleeing.
• On the fourth level, Liang Yuzhou learned that Xie Tianfu's life-bound spirit talisman had turned to ash, and Wu Aocang discovered that Zhu Lingye's red lotus had withered to ash.
• Wu Aocang and Liang Yuzhou suspected Zhao Jiuxiao had killed their prodigies, while Xu Nantian denied the accusation and worried about the consequences.

Li Daochen recovered, strengthened his dragon bones, and used Zhu Lingye’s corpse to evolve his devil phoenix divine ability before heading to the second level of the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto. There, he entered a trap set by Lu Tianqiu and the other heavenly prides, who surrounded him inside a powerful formation.

• Li Daochen healed from his wounds, decided to focus on strengthening his Holy Dragon Bones and Demonic Dragon Bones, and refined dragon bones and a dragon horn over ten days.
• Li Daochen advanced to eight Holy Dragon Bones and six Demonic Dragon Bones, then used his divine ability to devour the source power of Zhu Lingye’s corpse and form a half-step Fleshly Body Phenomenon.
• Lu Tianqiu and Qi Kongyue suspected Li Daochen could locate them and devised a plan to lure him with the Evil Dragon Pearl on the second level.
• Li Daochen found Lu Tianqiu’s grotto abode and rushed for the Evil Dragon Pearl, but the Spirit-Severing Wind Thunder Formation activated around him.
• Lu Tianqiu, Qi Kongyue, Qi Muyang, Lin Wuming, and hundreds of heavenly prides surrounded Li Daochen, confident the formation would prevent his escape.

Li Daochen slaughtered the prodigies who ambushed him, completed his Sea of Bitterness Devil Phoenix Fist phenomenon, and gathered the final bloodline needed for his Five Elements Dragon Spirit. After refining the Evil Dragon Pearl for nearly half a month, he met Zhao Jiuxiao, who challenged him over his plan to win the Thousand Sect Grand Competition for a Lower Profound Sect.

• Li Daochen revealed he had anticipated the prodigies’ ambush, then killed Lin Wuming and many others inside the Spirit-Severing Wind Thunder Formation.
• Lu Tianqiu escaped the formation, but Li Daochen caught and killed him, completing the Sea of Bitterness Devil Phoenix Fist phenomenon.
• Li Daochen killed Huo Changfeng and refined his Fire Flood Dragon Bloodline, gathering all Five Elements Flood Dragon Bloodlines.
• After nearly half a month refining the Evil Dragon Pearl, Li Daochen encountered Zhao Jiuxiao, who had returned after hearing of his killings.
• Zhao Jiuxiao declared Li Daochen too weak to challenge him, then shattered the mountain peak and threatened to kill him.

Li Daochen overwhelmed Zhao Jiuxiao in battle despite Zhao's peak Divine Bridge cultivation and Sacred Physique, forcing him to break through to the Dragon Gate Realm. Li then revealed that both his Sacred Dragon Physique and Demonic Dragon Physique had reached minor completion, and prepared to combine saintly and demonic power to slay Zhao.

• Zhao Jiuxiao used the Heavenly Flood Dragon Soaring Technique and a series of powerful attacks, but Li Daochen countered and blasted him through trees and mountains with the Myriad Saints Purgatory Sword.
• Li Daochen wounded Zhao Jiuxiao with the Azure Emperor Demon-Planting Lotus and battered him with its power combined with the Sea of Bitterness Demonic Phoenix, overcoming Zhao's Dragon Fish Playing in the Sea phenomenon.
• Unable to withstand Li Daochen, Zhao Jiuxiao unleashed his full strength and advanced from Divine Bridge Peak into the Dragon Gate Realm.
• Li Daochen revealed that he had ten Holy Dragon Bones and ten Demonic Dragon Bones, bringing both of his physiques to minor completion, then struck Zhao with the Myriad Saints Purgatory Sword.
• Li Daochen pursued Zhao with two swords, coating one in sacred dragon markings and the other in demonic dragon markings as he prepared to unite Great Yang and Great Yin, saints and demons.

Li Daochen hunted Zhao Jiuxiao across the lower layers of the Yunmeng Dragon Grotto and killed him despite Xu Nantian’s threats and claims that a Saint Sect expert favored Zhao. He left through the portal with Zhao Jiuxiao’s corpse, while the assembled sect leaders stared in shock.

• Li Daochen overwhelmed Zhao Jiuxiao, pursued him as he fled toward the third layer, and reached the Divine Ability Sixth Layer during the chase.
• Zhao Jiuxiao emerged on the third layer and begged Xu Nantian to save him as the sect leaders watched from the fourth.
• Li Daochen followed Zhao Jiuxiao through the portal and pinned him beneath one foot, while Yun Wanyi quietly slipped away.
• Xu Nantian threatened Li Daochen and warned that killing Zhao Jiuxiao would anger both the Northern Nether Dragon Fish Sect and a Saint Sect expert.
• Li Daochen ignored Xu Nantian, pierced Zhao Jiuxiao’s heart with his Dragon-Slaying Sword, took the corpse, and retreated through the portal.