Recaps

Yang Tianyou and the Purple Moon Yang Household came to the Mountain and River Hall’s aid, turning the battle against Feng Ji and the Divine Wind Clan. After Feng Ji fell and Ziji High Person died, the Mountain and River Hall’s leaders thanked Yang Tianyou for the rescue.

• Yang Tianyou arrived with Yunhua, the White Tiger Boat, and sixteen thousand Purple Moon Army soldiers, then attacked Feng Ji alongside Ziji High Person.
• Yang Tianyou, Yunhua, and their bonded spirit beasts joined Ziji High Person and the White Tiger Boat in a combined assault that grievously wounded Feng Ji and exhausted Ziji High Person’s strength.
• The White Tiger Boat fought Feng Ji while Yang Yusheng led the Purple Moon Army to kill the Divine Wind Clan forces attacking the Mountain and River Hall; Ziji High Person died after his final strike.
• Feng Ji unleashed a wind-and-thunder blast that destroyed his remaining attackers and badly damaged the White Tiger Boat, but he died in the explosion.
• Yang Tianyou sent his clansmen to gather Feng Ji’s remains, and the Mountain and River Hall’s hall master and elders thanked him for saving them.

As the Interface War weakened the White Sky Sect’s guard, the Demon Dao giants opened a portal and set out to make their move. Beneath White Sky Mountain, the Heavenly Demon shattered its ancient seal and emerged over the Frostthunder Region.

• Lin Yingyue agreed with the Heavenly Corpse Old Ancestor that the Demon Dao faction’s time to act had come.
• Lin Yingyue used an ancient Compass to open a spatial Portal, and he, Chen Qiaosheng, the Six Desires Demoness, and the other Demon Dao giants entered it.
• The Divine Wind Clan poured forces into the Frostthunder Region while the White Sky Sect committed nearly all its troops to fighting them, weakening its guard over the Heavenly Demon Seal.
• The Ice chains restraining the Heavenly Demon began to break and eventually shattered, destroying the mysterious space beneath White Sky Mountain.
• The freed Heavenly Demon rose above the Frostthunder Region in a colossal phantom form and roared.

Venerable Leiguang and Venerable Shuanghan fought the Divine Wind Clan at White Sky Sect while the Heavenly Demon emerged from his seal. Lin Yingyue and the Demon Dao heavyweights watched the Demon God awaken, and the chapter explained how he had been sealed and why the seal had weakened.

• Venerable Leiguang and Venerable Shuanghan discovered that the Heavenly Demon had broken free and unleashed their Frostthunder Combined Divine Ability against the Divine Wind Clan.
• The two venerables killed several Sage Manifestation cultivators and thousands of soldiers, but the Divine Wind Clan held its ground while awaiting reinforcements.
• Lin Yingyue and the Demon Dao heavyweights watched the Heavenly Demon stir, intending to claim his power.
• The chapter recounted how the Heavenly Demon had fallen in battle with the Lu Wu Divine Beast, later threatened Lu Wu Realm, and was sealed by White Sky Heavenly Lord.
• The Interface War drew Lu Wu Realm's Will of Heaven and Earth away from the seal, and the weakening of the world's origin gave the Demon Dao an opening.

Lin Yingyue used a demonic array and the Compass to devour the Heavenly Demon, revealing the Compass as an Original Sin Devil Artifact. He then led the Demon Dao giants back to the Demon Sea, promising them part of the Heavenly Demon's origin.

• The Heavenly Demon escaped his seal but was unable to act freely because of his entanglement with the Will of Heaven and Earth.
• Lin Yingyue activated a vast demonic array and sent Xu Yan True Person, Qi Yulong, and other beings and artifacts into it.
• Lin Yingyue revealed that Xu Yan True Person, Qi Yulong, and the others were connected to strands of the Heavenly Demon's origin Devil Qi.
• The array swallowed the Heavenly Demon and contracted into the Compass, which he identified as an Original Sin Devil Artifact.
• Lin Yingyue resolved to restore the Compass and led the obedient Demon Dao giants back to the Demon Sea, promising them a portion of the Heavenly Demon's origin.

Yang Tianyou and Wuhuang discussed Lin Yingyue’s request to bring the Demon Dao into the Four Symbols Alliance, weighing the faction’s past actions against the Alliance’s need for reinforcements. In the Six Desires Red Dust Sect Secret Realm, the Six Desires Demoness grew stronger by refining Demon God Origin, and Chen Qiaosheng connected with the Alliance’s leaders to begin negotiations.

• Wuhuang showed Yang Tianyou footage of Lin Yingyue sealing the Heavenly Demon and explained that Lin Yingyue had asked to join the Alliance.
• Yang Tianyou and Wuhuang agreed that the Alliance would likely accept the Demon Dao despite opposition, while demanding resources and front-line service first.
• Lin Yingyue urged Chen Qiaosheng to refine Demon God Origin, but Chen Qiaosheng refused and said he relied only on his sword.
• The Six Desires Demoness refined the remaining Demon God Origin, broke through the Late Sage Manifestation barrier, and strengthened her physique and aptitude.
• Lin Yingyue looked at the Black Cocoons and murmured that he had known he would meet the figure inside again.
• Chen Qiaosheng contacted the Spiritvoid Pavilion Master and the Alliance leaders, including Yang Tianyou, to negotiate the Demon Dao’s entry.

Lin Yingyue negotiated the Demon Dao’s entry into the Alliance, accepting its demands in exchange for a Cause-and-Effect Contract and agreeing to restrain his followers. As the war remained deadlocked and the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty’s Direct Lineage forces were divided, shocking news swept across multiple realms and threatened to shatter the balance.

• The Alliance leaders demanded that Lin Yingyue provide resources and send troops to the Eastern Sea before the Demon Dao could join.
• Yang Tianyou argued that the Demon Dao had to pay the price of entry or face annihilation after the war.
• Lin Yingyue accepted the demands but required both sides to sign a Cause-and-Effect Contract at Alliance Headquarters.
• Yang Tianyou proposed deducting the Demon Dao’s Merit for evil deeds by its followers, and Lin Yingyue agreed to make the major sects restrain them.
• Yang Tianyou suspected Lin Yingyue was hiding strength, then resolved to focus on strengthening his own Lineage.
• As the war stalled and the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty’s Direct Lineage forces were split apart, sudden news shook the Seven Continents and stirred the Lu Wu and Qiongqi Realms.

After learning that the Nine-Phoenix Clan had concealed its plans and the truth about Fruit Positions, the Eastern King Sect and the Demon Race considered how to weaken the dynasty without confronting it directly. Both agreed to withdraw from the Lu Wu Realm, leaving the Nine-Phoenix Clan’s Direct Lineage forces there to be worn down.

• The Eastern King Sect convened an elders’ meeting after a Nine-Phoenix Clan member revealed intelligence about the clan and then killed himself.
• Daoist Taiyi showed the elders a proposal from the Lu Wu Realm Alliance to withdraw and leave the Nine-Phoenix Clan’s Direct Lineage in the Lu Wu Realm.
• Daoist Taiyi ordered the Human Race army to withdraw, hinder the dynasty’s forces if possible, and invite other races to coordinate while the sect assessed the dynasty’s strength.
• The rulers of the seven Demon Kingdoms learned that the Nine-Phoenix Clan had concealed information about Fruit Positions and voiced their anger.
• Spirit-Slaying Old Ancestor proposed joining the Human Race’s withdrawal plan to weaken both the dynasty’s Direct Lineage and the Lu Wu Realm Alliance.
• The Demon Race Old Ancestors agreed and ordered their army to withdraw from the Lu Wu Realm.

The Nine Phoenix Imperial Dynasty faced a crisis after the secret of its Heavenly Mandate Fruit Position was exposed and its forces were trapped in two realms. While the dynasty prepared for war and negotiations, Yang Tiankang and Shanhai planned to use its distraction to develop the Water Tribe and gather resources for the Lineage.

• The Nine Phoenix Emperor and Prince Wu Feng agreed that Wu Feng had not exposed the Heavenly Mandate Fruit Position, then learned the Six Great Clans had withdrawn and left Imperial Dynasty forces surrounded in the Lu Wu Realm and Qiongqi Realm.
• Prince Wu Feng proposed rescuing the stranded forces while striking the Lu Wu Realm, and the Nine Phoenix Emperor ordered the Deities revealed, Deity Shrines built, and negotiations begun.
• Prince Wu Feng left to oversee the fighting in the Lu Wu Realm, while the Nine Phoenix Crown Prince departed for the Qiongqi Realm.
• At the Beacon-Fire Secret Realm, Ni Xian'er and She Cailing welcomed the Water Tribe's opportunity to develop, and Yang Tiankang ordered the Branch Altars to focus on growth and seek support from other clans.
• Yang Tiankang and Shanhai discussed obtaining soul-type resources from the Myriad Souls Abyss, and Shanhai left to investigate while Yang Tiankang guarded the secret realm.

After the Divine Wind Clan withdrew, Yang Tianyou led a growing coalition from Purple Moon Mountain toward the Eastern Sea battlefield. There, his forces helped destroy a Nine-Phoenix Clan army and won a swift victory.

• Yang Tianyou ordered the Yang Household to muster its forces after the Divine Wind Clan withdrew, while Yunhua worried that the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty might discover their role in the retreat.
• Yang Tianyou and Yunhua led two hundred thousand Lineage cultivators and the Purple Moon Army's first corps southeast as powers across the Northern River Region joined their coalition.
• Yang Tianyou sent the Fifth Tier and higher Flying Boats ahead toward the Eastern Sea main battlefield.
• Yang Tianyou's coalition attacked a Nine-Phoenix Clan force trying to reach the Realm Gate while the Flood Dragon Clan fought to stop it.
• The Purple Moon Army and Yang Tianyou and Yunhua killed two Nine-Phoenix Clan Sage Manifestations, and the coalition won the battle in less than two hours.

Yang Tianyou and the Lu Wu Realm forces fought the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty at the Eastern Sea Realm Gate as the dynasty’s Deities arrived. The Alliance shattered a Deity’s divine artifacts and killed another, but the survivor’s True Spirit escaped to the Nine Phoenix Realm, where he could be resurrected.

• Yang Tianyou sensed Nine-Phoenix Clan Deities crossing the Realm Gate while the Lu Wu Realm forces continued inflicting heavy casualties on the dynasty’s legions.
• The Eight Desolations Saber Saint attacked a phoenix-headed Deity, who used an Incense Power-nurtured sword to break the saber strike.
• Yang Tianyou considered taking the Deities’ divine artifacts and cleansing them for the Yang Household to use.
• The Alliance trapped the Deity in its Defensive Formation and attacked with its experts, legions, War Flying Vessels, and fortresses, shattering his shield and badly injuring him.
• More Nine-Phoenix Dynasty forces poured through the Realm Gate, but the Lu Wu Realm side held its advantage and killed a Deity whose True Spirit escaped to the Nine Phoenix Realm.

The Lu Wu Realm Alliance continued to wear down the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty, leaving its forces on the Eastern Sea battlefield badly depleted. Yang Tianyou survived a devastating attack from a Nine-Phoenix Deity and ultimately killed him.

• Prince Wu Feng and the Nine-Phoenix Emperor discussed the dynasty’s mounting losses and agreed to keep fighting while the Emperor handled negotiations with the other six continents.
• Yang Tianyou and Yunhua fought two Early Sage Manifestation Deities while the Purple Moon Army’s First Legion engaged the enemy leader.
• Yang Tianyou used the White Emperor Indestructible Body to resist his opponent’s gravity-suppressing armor and trade blows with the Deity.
• The Deity’s spear shattered after piercing Yang Tianyou’s defensive treasure and grievously wounding him, but Yang Tianyou’s vitality rapidly healed the injury.
• Yang Tianyou controlled the ensuing fight and cut off the Deity’s head with his saber.

The six great races forced the Nine Phoenix Emperor to accept the creation of the Nine Phoenix Realm Alliance, ending the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty’s rule as the realm’s sole supreme power. The dynasty secured eighty-five of the alliance’s three hundred seats, while conflict with the other races continued.

• Daoist Taiyi pressed the Nine Phoenix Emperor to establish an alliance, citing the other races’ loss of trust after the Heavenly Mandate Fruit Position affair.
• The leaders of the six great races demanded the alliance and offered the dynasty sixty seats, prompting the Nine Phoenix Emperor to bargain for greater representation.
• The Nine Phoenix Emperor and the other leaders haggled until the dynasty won eighty-five seats in the three-hundred-seat alliance.
• The Nine Phoenix Realm Alliance was established, ending the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty’s era as the realm’s supreme ruler.
• The other six races continued weakening the dynasty’s forces in the Lu Wu Realm and the Qiongqi Realm before eventually sending troops to hold back those realms’ armies and allow the dynasty’s forces to withdraw.

After the war, Yang Tianyou assessed the Yang Household’s spoils and planned to expand its strength before the truth about his role in the conflict could come to light. He aimed to raise the Lineage’s cultivator count to one million and secure a steady supply of soul materials by advancing the Blood Moon Secret Realm.

• Yang Tianyou reviewed the immense resources and treasures the Yang Household had seized during the war.
• Yang Tianyou decided to increase the Lineage’s cultivator count from four hundred thousand to one million as soon as possible.
• Yang Tianyou considered expanding Talisman Soldier production, which was limited by a shortage of soul-type materials.
• Yang Tianyou recalled that the Blood River Secret Realm could advance the Blood Moon Secret Realm if it could be found and devoured.
• Yang Tianyou noted that the Red Tree Clan had been badly weakened by the Fire Spirit Tribe and the Fire-Bathing Tribe, and considered the Blood River Secret Realm.

Yang Tianyou captured the Red Tree King and used him to locate and enter the Blood River Secret Realm. After gathering the Red Tree Clan inside a Space Law Treasure, he asked the Wolf Ancestor to help divert the Blood River Secret Realm’s power into the Blood Moon Secret Realm.

• Yang Tianyou and Yunhua entered the ruined Red Tree Forbidden Ground, where Yang Tianyou captured the severely wounded Red Tree King and began reshaping his soul into a puppet.
• After half a month, the Red Tree King recovered and told Yang Tianyou that he could sense the Blood River Secret Realm.
• Yang Tianyou, Yunhua, and the Wolf Ancestor traveled through the void with the Void Worm and entered the Blood River Secret Realm through a hole it made in the barrier.
• Yang Tianyou used the Red Tree King's command to gather the Red Tree Clan and captured them all in a Sixth-Tier Grotto-Heaven Law Treasure.
• Yang Tianyou asked the Wolf Ancestor to channel the power of the Blood Moon Secret Realm through a Heaven and Earth Ring and draw the Blood River Secret Realm's power into it.

Yang Tianyou and Wolf Ancestor connected the Blood River Secret Realm to the Blood Moon Secret Realm, greatly accelerating its growth. Wolf Ancestor absorbed the escaping Origin Power and entered seclusion as Yang Tianyou turned his attention to developing the Yang Household.

• Yang Tianyou and Wolf Ancestor used the Heaven and Earth Ring to connect the Blood River Secret Realm to the Blood Moon Secret Realm, allowing the Blood River to pour in.
• Yang Xuanyang watched the incoming Blood River water and recognized its benefits for the Blood Moon Secret Realm and his cultivation.
• Wolf Ancestor drew in the Blood Moon Secret Realm's escaping Origin Power, and his cultivation began to rise.
• Yang Tianyou and Yunhua discussed Wolf Ancestor's opportunity and hoped he would grow into another trump card for the Yang Household.
• Yunhua asked Yang Tianyou to send Fengling to inform Wolf King Bai Feng and Wolf Ancestor's Wife that Wolf Ancestor had entered seclusion.
• Yang Tianyou sent Fengling to White Wolf Mound, then focused on developing the Yang Household.

Yang Tianyou created the Wind-Thunder Eagle Talisman Soldier and expanded the Yang Household’s strength. After the Eight Desolations Saber Saint told him that someone had qualified to inherit the Azure Dragon Saint Son position, Yang Tianyou went to the Four Symbols Secret Realm and saw a green-robed youth demonstrate his skill in the trials.

• Yang Tianyou studied the Divine Wind Clan’s body and Essence Blood, then created the Wind-Thunder Eagle Talisman Soldier and gave the lower-tier refining method to Yang Xuan Ning.
• Over the next three years, Yang Tianyou refined Fifth-Tier Wind-Thunder Eagle Talisman Soldiers and helped the Yang Household grow stronger.
• The Eight Desolations Saber Saint told Yang Tianyou that a candidate had met the Azure Dragon lineage’s requirements, so Yang Tianyou rode a Wind-Thunder Eagle to Four Symbols Island.
• Yang Tianyou learned that Fairy Qingyu was still recovering from grave injuries and contacted Yang Yuqi to go treat her.
• The Guardian Deity General identified a green-robed cultivator with an Evergreen Spirit Body as the candidate, and Yang Tianyou watched him use Wood Attribute techniques and Spirit Plants to defeat Ironblood Hounds.

Zhou Ye passed the Four Symbols Nine Trials with an extreme rating and joined the Four Symbols Sect as its Azure Dragon Saint Son Candidate. Welcomed by the Four Symbols Alliance’s leaders, he received the Alliance’s protection and gifts, leaving him poised to succeed the Azure Dragon Lineage Master.

• Zhou Ye defeated the Ironblood Hounds, earned an extreme overall rating, and accepted the offer to join the Four Symbols Sect.
• Zhou Ye signed the Heavenly Dao Contract and was transported to the Contribution Hall, where he met the Guardian Deity General, Yang Tianyou, the Eight Desolations Saber Saint, and Guizhenzi.
• Yang Tianyou introduced Zhou Ye to his senior brothers and told him that Qingyu was his senior sister.
• Yang Tianyou, the Eight Desolations Saber Saint, and Guizhenzi decided to make Zhou Ye the Four Symbols Alliance’s Saint Son, with the prospect of becoming a deputy leader after succeeding as Azure Dragon Lineage Master.
• Zhou Ye exchanged his contribution points for resources and received a protective saber token, a defensive Formation, and a fifth-tier upper-grade Wind-Thunder Eagle Talisman Soldier from his senior brothers.

Yang Tianyou refined the Undying Phoenix Talisman and distributed it among the Yang Household before being summoned to discuss the Qiongqi Realm’s plea for aid. At the Alliance meeting, the Lu Wu Realm’s leaders considered the Qiongqi Realm’s offer of resources in exchange for help driving back the Nine Phoenix Realm.

• Yang Tianyou successfully refined the Undying Phoenix Talisman, which could take a fatal blow in its bearer’s place but became less effective with repeated use.
• Yang Tianyou made several hundred talismans, gave two each to Yunhua, Yang Haoyu, Yang Xuanwu, and Yang Xuanyang, and placed the rest in the Clan Treasury for clansmen to redeem.
• Yang Tianyou received a summons to the Alliance Headquarters after the Qiongqi Realm requested troops to push the Nine Phoenix Realm’s forces back to the Realm Gate.
• The Spiritvoid Pavilion Master explained that the Nine Phoenix Realm’s fortifications in the Qiongqi Realm threatened its survival if the war advanced.
• The Qing Ox Demon Lord asked what the Qiongqi Realm would pay, and the Spiritvoid Pavilion Master displayed its offer of rare resources.

The Yang Household agreed to send troops to aid the Qiongqi Realm and planned to establish a branch there, creating an opening for its members to seek combat experience and new opportunities. Yang An'nan and Yang Anping decided to go together as the household prepared to claim territory.

• Yang Tianyou explained that the Qiongqi Realm was offering territory in exchange for aid, and the Alliance approved support with resource shares tied to each faction's contribution.
• Yang Tianyou ordered the Purple Moon Army's First and Second Legions to the Qiongqi Realm and announced plans for a Yang Household branch there.
• Yang Xuanwu, Yang Xuanyang, and other clansmen volunteered to travel to the Qiongqi Realm to temper themselves, and Yang Tianyou approved their requests.
• Yang An'nan told Yang Anping he planned to go to the Qiongqi Realm to seek opportunities in the new branch and rise through the household.
• Yang Anping agreed to accompany Yang An'nan despite his reluctance to face the dangers, and the brothers resolved to make their way there together.

Yang Xuanwu led the Yang Household Fleet into the Qiongqi Realm, where its Sha Qi posed challenges for Immortal Dao cultivators. At Yan Lake, the Nine Phoenix Realm’s defenses faced an assault from Xiao, one of the Seven Great Fiend Demons, whose hammer blows shook but did not break the barrier.

• Yang Xuanwu observed the Qiongqi Realm’s crimson sun and Sha Qi, noting that it seemed to benefit Martial Dao cultivation.
• Yang Yusheng ordered the Yang Household Fleet to advance at full speed toward the Eastern Region battlefield and prepare for battle.
• The Yang Household Fleet arrived as an alarm sounded over Yan Lake and a defensive Formation barrier rose around the area.
• Xiao advanced on the Nine Phoenix Realm’s defenses, and a local expert identified him as one of the Seven Great Fiend Demons.
• Xiao empowered his iron hammer with Thunder and struck the barrier repeatedly, but it withstood his blows.

Yang Yusheng and the allied forces of the Qiongqi Realm and Lu Wu Realm broke the Nine Phoenix Realm’s defenses at Yan Lake and routed its army. Three days later, Yan Lake was clear of living Nine Phoenix Realm powerhouses.

• Yang Yusheng ordered the Lu Wu Realm and Qiongqi Realm forces to attack the Defensive Barrier around Yan Lake.
• Xiao shattered the barrier after repeated hammer blows, and the Nine Phoenix Realm army charged into battle.
• Yang Yusheng and Yang Xuangang led the Purple Moon Army’s First and Second Legions to annihilate two Nine Phoenix Realm corps.
• Xiao destroyed a War Fortress while Shu used his sonic attacks to disrupt the Nine Phoenix Realm forces.
• The allied forces routed the Nine Phoenix Realm army within a day, and three days later no Nine Phoenix Realm powerhouses remained alive across Yan Lake.

After the Lu Wu Realm helped the Qiongqi Realm reclaim territory from the Nine Phoenix Realm, the Yang Household received resources and land for its part in the campaign. At Great White Residence, Yang Tianyou presented his wife with a Supreme Yin Nether Spring suited to her constitution.

• Yang Yusheng and Yang Xuangang left Yan Lake with the Purple Moon Army to help clear Nine-Phoenix Realm remnants along the Qiongqi Realm's eastern coast.
• Over the next half month, the Qiongqi Realm and Lu Wu Realm retook territory and sealed six Large Realm Gates, while their probing attack on the World Interstice failed.
• The Qiongqi Realm delivered resources and territory to the Lu Wu Realm as agreed, and the Yang Household received resources and land equivalent to five commanderies.
• Yang Tianyou took a Supreme Yin Nether Spring from a Storage Ring and offered it to his wife, explaining that it suited her constitution.

Yang Tianyou and Yunhua prepared to advance Yunhua’s treasures, while Yang Tianyou selected Yang Xuanye to lead the Yang Household’s new Qiongqi Realm branch. Yang Xuanye received his transfer and warned the Purple Moon Archipelago elders to curb their corruption before the stricter new Clan Chief arrived.

• Yunhua examined the Supreme Yin Nether Spring and decided its Yin Sha Qi could strengthen the Cold Moon Immortal Sword without harming her, since her True Spirit had grown powerful through her past-life inheritance.
• Yang Tianyou agreed that Yunhua could advance both the Cold Moon Immortal Sword and the Ice Soul Divine Pearl, then ordered two Sixth-Tier ice-attribute Spirit Materials from the Alliance Treasury.
• Yang Tianyou considered candidates to lead the Qiongqi Realm branch and settled on Yang Xuanye.
• Yang Xuanye told the Purple Moon Archipelago elders that he had been transferred to the Qiongqi Realm as Clan Chief and that a new leader would take his place.
• Yang Xuanye warned the elders that the incoming Clan Chief had a bad temper and would punish corruption, while some elders remained unconcerned.

Yang Xuanwu traveled through Dongyue City and saw how Qiongqi Realm cultivators abused and killed mortals, deepening his understanding of the realm’s Devil Cultivators. After two Nascent Soul cultivators tried to ambush him outside the city, he crushed them and disappeared.

• Yang Xuanwu observed the misery of Qiongqi Realm mortals and reflected on how the realm’s cultivators exploited them.
• Two Devil Cultivators watched Yang Xuanwu in Dongyue City and planned to kill him for a Blood Elixir.
• Yang Xuanwu left the city after gathering Martial Dao resources, and the two cultivators attacked him a hundred li away.
• Yang Xuanwu revealed his many Apertures, caught the fleeing Devil Cultivators, and crushed them to death.
• Yang Xuanwu vanished, and two strands of Divine Sense from Dongyue City searched the area before withdrawing.

Yang Xuanwu arrived at a Martial Dao Heavenly Stele and learned how it had grown in power and suppressed the Seven Great Fiend Demons for sixty thousand years. As he approached, he prepared to make the most of his first chance to comprehend the Martial Dao.

• Yang Xuanwu approached the Martial Dao Heavenly Stele on foot with reverence.
• He saw the Merit Golden Light surrounding the stele and recalled that the Martial Ancestor had created seven steles to suppress the Seven Great Fiend Demons.
• He reflected that the steles had grown through absorbing the power of heaven and earth and that Heavenly Punishment prevented anyone from damaging them.
• Yang Xuanwu felt the pressure and heard heavenly sounds grow stronger as he drew nearer to the stele.
• Yang Xuanwu reminded himself that a first visit offered the greatest chance for insight and continued forward.