Recaps

Luo Chen learned that Blood Rogue had returned and was gathering rare materials in exchange for Nascent Soul Formation Insights, while Luo Chen focused on income, cultivation, and news from the Eastern Wasteland. The chapter ended with Ding Yi arriving from Cloud Touching Mountain to meet Luo Chen.

• Tian Xuan told Luo Chen that Blood Rogue had issued a resource-gathering task and offered Nascent Soul Formation Insights for a thousand-year Withered Blood Vine, drawing Golden Core cultivators to compete.
• Luo Chen declined to pursue the task, learned that Black King still had not returned, and heard that Eight-Hundred-Li Peng Lake and Azure Sun Shop had earned him nine hundred thousand Spirit Stones over the past year.
• Luo Chen developed a more intense body-tempering method, using the Flowing Fire Hammer Method and Tian Xuan's Wind Spiral Heavenly Blade Technique before applying Black Emperor Ointment.
• Luo Chen gathered news that a second Beast Tide had erupted in the Eastern Wasteland and seized three cultivation domains, strengthening his desire to return home while recognizing that he needed to reach the Nascent Soul Stage first.
• Tian Xuan reported that a Golden Core Cultivator named Ding Yi had come from Cloud Touching Mountain to visit Luo Chen, and Luo Chen ordered her to bring him in.

Ding Yi revealed that he planned to explore ancient cultivator ruins in the depths of the Sunken Sea and invited Luo Chen to join him, promising access to Five Elements Lotus Platforms. Luo Chen initially refused because of the danger, but the rare spiritual medicine left him wavering as Ding Yi departed, and Tian Xuan told him Black King had returned.

• Luo Chen reunited with Ding Yi, who revealed his hidden Golden Core Ninth Layer cultivation and praised Luo Chen’s strength.
• Ding Yi invited Luo Chen to explore the depths of the Sunken Sea, where ancient cultivator ruins might offer a chance at Nascent Soul Formation.
• Ding Yi told Luo Chen that Emerald Cold Fairy had entered the ruins as a furnace cauldron and emerged as a Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Luo Chen refused the invitation because he judged the Sunken Sea too dangerous and questioned why Ding Yi had chosen him as a companion.
• Ding Yi revealed that the ruins contained many Five Elements Lotus Platforms, prompting Luo Chen to reconsider as Ding Yi left to prepare at Cloud Touching Mountain.
• Tian Xuan approached Luo Chen and reported that Black King had returned.

Black King returned from Purple Spirit Island with news of Fourth-Order Purple Monkey Flowers and a sample, giving Luo Chen confidence that he could eventually claim the island. Luo Chen then visited Cloud Touching Mountain, where Ding Yi and the Cloud Touching Cave Master welcomed him into the cave.

• Black King told Luo Chen that Purple Spirit Island was covered in Purple Monkey Flowers and that he had fled after Purple Qi Poison Monkeys and Soul Poison forced him to abandon his search for Fourth-Order flowers.
• Black King spat out a Tier 3 Purple Monkey Flower, and Luo Chen said the living plant would help him conquer Purple Spirit Island.
• Luo Chen traveled to Cloud Touching Mountain and learned that the Cloud Touching Cave Master supported hundreds of independent cultivators through artifact forging and repairs.
• Luo Chen thought of his old companions in the Eastern Wasteland before meeting Ding Yi and the Cloud Touching Cave Master outside Cloud Touching Cave.
• Ding Yi and the Cloud Touching Cave Master welcomed Luo Chen, and the three entered the cave together.

Luo Chen learned how to enter the Sunken Sea’s ancient cultivator ruins and judged that his Black Tortoise-blooded armor could protect him on the journey. He gathered Infant Face plants to improve a pill against the Purple Monkey Flower’s soul poison, then visited Sang JiuGong to ask about the flower.

• Luo Chen reviewed Ding Yi’s account of the ruins, learned that Black Tortoise bloodline was needed to enter the Sunken Sea’s depths, and realized his Profound Dust Armor might qualify.
• Luo Chen weighed the danger of competing with Nascent Soul cultivators and decided to prepare for the expedition with Black King, Tian Xuan, and Han Zhan.
• Tian Xuan negotiated with Zhou Shanshan for Infant Face plants, offering Spirit Stones and a custom defensive Magic Treasure in return.
• Luo Chen used the Infant Face plants to research an improvement to his Fourth-Order Poison Resistance Pill, hoping to counter the Purple Monkey Flower’s soul poison.
• Luo Chen visited Sang JiuGong on Tusang Island and asked whether he knew about cultivating or ripening the Purple Monkey Flower.

Lushan Jun brought Wen Xiu back to Lotus Picking Island to settle her ties with the Zhang Family, where Wen Xiu divorced Zhang Jiadi and reunited with her daughter. After reflecting on solitude and the meaning of cultivation, Luo Chen completed an improved Fourth Order Poison Resistance Pill and went to seek Duan Li at the Demon Hunter Division.

• Lushan Jun explained that Wen Xiu’s attachment to her daughter had stalled her cultivation and brought her to Peng Lake to face her past.
• Luo Chen met with Lushan Jun and offered to mediate Wen Xiu’s separation from the Lotus Picking Island Zhang Family.
• Wen Xiu divorced Zhang Jiadi, collected her share of the family property, and was stopped by Zhang Jingqing, who asked whether her mother no longer wanted her.
• Lushan Jun reflected with Luo Chen on the solitude of pursuing the Great Dao, while Luo Chen later questioned Tian Xuan about her age, family, and purpose in life.
• Luo Chen completed the improved Fourth Order Poison Resistance Pill, decided not to worry over worldly ties, and went to find Duan Li at the Demon Hunter Division.

Luo Chen was compelled to join the Fishing Old Man’s expedition to retrieve a Fifth Order Withered Blood Vine at Withered Wood Ridge, despite his plans for Purple Spirit Island. He discovered the mission route passed near the island, used the enforced departure to conceal his plans, and met the other cultivators as the expedition prepared to begin.

• Luo Chen recruited Duan Li for his Purple Spirit Island plan and reviewed his preparations for dealing with the poisonous flowers, poison monkeys, and battle damage.
• The Fishing Old Man told Luo Chen that Blood True Person had ordered him to join a mission to retrieve a Fifth Order Withered Blood Vine, and Luo Chen agreed after learning about the powerful team and promised rewards.
• Luo Chen learned that Withered Wood Ridge lay on the route to Purple Spirit Island and realized the compulsory mission would make his departure less suspicious, so he arranged for Lushan Jun and the others to leave ahead of him.
• After three months, Ding Yi and Zhou Shanshan visited Luo Chen but found he had already departed on the Demon Hunter Division mission.
• The Fishing Old Man introduced Luo Chen to the Seven Star Demon Hunters Gou XingShi and Dao Lan, while Huangfu Song remained in his room aboard the flying boat as the group prepared for a briefing on Withered Wood Ridge.

Luo Chen and four Golden Core Cultivators fought through Withered Wood Ridge, cutting down waves of Withered Blood Vine Daughter Vines as they approached the Vine King's lair. After Luo Chen burned and severed the vines pursuing him, the Vine King emerged in a towering pillar of spiritual energy.

• Fishing Old Man led Dao Lan, Gou XingShi, Huangfu Song, and Luo Chen into Withered Wood Ridge, where Withered Blood Vines attacked them from behind.
• The five pushed deeper into the forest, fighting Daughter Vines while Fishing Old Man used the Sound-Capturing Bell to guide them toward the Vine King's lair.
• They reached a valley guarded by over a hundred Fourth Order Withered Blood Vines, and Fishing Old Man ordered everyone to fight separately.
• Luo Chen evaded his pursuers, burned more than a dozen vines with Blazing Fire Miasma and Flourishing Decay True Fire, then severed them with Kusanagi Geng Metal Sword Qi.
• After the others defeated their pursuers, Fishing Old Man declared that the Vine King should come out, and a massive white vine rose within a pillar of spiritual energy.

Luo Chen watched the Blood God Child battle the Fifth Order Withered Blood Vine, then discovered that Fishing Old Man had used the mission to draw the vine’s true body from an abyss. After the mission ended and the group received vine materials, Luo Chen chose to explore the Demon Sea alone rather than return with them.

• Dao Lan retreated from the valley as the Fifth Order Withered Blood Vine appeared, and Fishing Old Man summoned a Blood God Child to fight it.
• Luo Chen and Gou XingShi watched the Blood God Child struggle against the Vine King until it drew Blood Rogue’s Divine Gang Blood Blade and began cutting down the vine.
• Fishing Old Man reappeared beside an abyss and used Huangfu Song’s jade seal to suppress a creature below while the Blood God Child protected him.
• The Blood God Child pulled the Withered Blood Vine’s true body from the abyss, and Fishing Old Man declared the mission complete and distributed the vine’s cast-off shells.
• Luo Chen declined to return on Fishing Old Man’s flying boat and set off alone to explore the Demon Sea.

Luo Chen reached Seven Stars Island, discovered that its natural labyrinth had been altered, and was ambushed by Hundred Refinements Mountain Master Liang Baizao. Liang revealed that Blood Nightmare Fiend had ordered him to lure Luo Chen out, and Luo Chen found himself trapped beneath a force linked to a distant mountain.

• After escaping Fishing Old Man, Luo Chen reflected on the power of Nascent Soul cultivators and questioned whether he should risk entering the Sunken Sea ruins before he was better prepared.
• Luo Chen followed Black King's route to Seven Stars Island and discovered that its moving islands, clouds, currents, and winds created a natural labyrinth.
• As Luo Chen mapped the labyrinth, he realized someone had altered its formation and tried to retreat, but the forest came alive and blocked his escape.
• Luo Chen recognized the waiting figure as Liang Baizao, who admitted he had arranged the Purple Monkey Flower lead and had spent years luring Luo Chen out under Blood Nightmare Fiend's orders.
• Liang Baizao demanded that Luo Chen submit to a restriction and return to beg forgiveness or die, then used a suppressive force to prevent him from escaping.
• Luo Chen descended as the force weakened, seeing a towering mountain linked to the seven islands by streams of light.

Luo Chen battled the Hundred Refinements Mountain Lord inside the Big Dipper Seven Peaks Array, survived the traps and sword formation, and destroyed his enemy. After the array’s collapse shattered Seven Stars Island, Luo Chen set off for Purple Spirit Island with his allies, while the Mountain Lord’s soul remained alive inside his Golden Core.

• The Hundred Refinements Mountain Lord used Hundred Refinements Mountain and the Big Dipper Seven Peaks Array to suppress Luo Chen, who transformed and fought back with powerful spells and his body.
• The Mountain Lord unleashed his Seven Fiends Swords, but Luo Chen resisted their attacks and broke free of the remnant soul’s assault on his consciousness.
• Luo Chen and the Mountain Lord were locked in a stalemate until the sword array collapsed, prompting the Mountain Lord to flee and abandon his swords.
• Lushan Jun, Sang JiuGong, Duan Li, and a Flood Dragon attacked the fleeing Mountain Lord, whose body was destroyed and Golden Core swallowed by the Flood Dragon.
• The array’s collapse and the loss of the islands’ earth Qi caused Seven Stars Island and its six linked islands to break apart.
• Luo Chen recovered his treasures and ordered Black King to leave the Mountain Lord’s surviving soul alone before leading his allies toward Purple Spirit Island.

Luo Chen and his companions investigated Purple Spirit Island, mapped its terrain and Purple Monkey Flowers, and prepared to establish a formation while preserving valuable plants. They raised the Inverted Jade Bowl Great Array and began slaughtering the demon beasts it had drawn into an ambush.

• Luo Chen secretly scouted Purple Spirit Island with Black King, Duan Li, Sang JiuGong, and Lushan Jun, using poison-resistance pills to endure the Purple Qi Poison Barrier.
• Duan Li reported the island’s demon beasts, while Sang JiuGong identified four Fourth-Order Purple Monkey Flowers and more than a hundred Tier 3 flowers that he could cultivate further.
• Luo Chen agreed to let Sang JiuGong ripen at least ten flowers and promised to repair Duan Li’s damaged flower basket; Lushan Jun prepared talismans to protect important plants and locations.
• At dawn, Lushan Jun placed protective talismans while Luo Chen and the others installed array components across the island and Luo Chen set up the central formation.
• Luo Chen activated the Sealing God Compass and Duan Li’s flower basket, forming the Inverted Jade Bowl Great Array over Purple Spirit Island.
• Luo Chen lured a beast tide into an ambush, where Lushan Jun, Black King, and the others joined him to attack the trapped demon beasts.

Luo Chen and his allies wiped out the demon beasts on Purple Spirit Island, then Sang JiuGong began preparing the island to cultivate its Purple Monkey Flowers. While waiting, Luo Chen reflected on his shortcomings against stronger enemies and ended the chapter questioning how best to use his powerful body.

• Luo Chen and his allies attacked the beast tide, and Luo Chen swiftly killed the Golden Crown Flying Eagle before urging everyone to finish the battle quickly.
• Luo Chen subdued and killed the Third-Order Abyss Crocodile, venting the anger left by his recent battles, while his allies finished off the remaining demon beasts.
• Three days later, Duan Li and Lushan Jun departed, and Luo Chen collected four Fourth-Order Purple Monkey Flowers while Sang JiuGong prepared the island's soil for cultivation.
• Sang JiuGong spent nearly half a year enriching the Heaven Pit and then began transplanting the island's Purple Monkey Flowers, while Luo Chen set up a protective array.
• Luo Chen examined his combat methods at the Nethercold Abyss and realized he lacked a powerful offensive Magic Treasure and had not fully developed his body's potential.

Luo Chen questioned the Hundred Refinements Mountain lord’s remnant soul about the Big Dipper Seven Peaks Array and learned how the formation had been enhanced. After the lord surrendered his Storage Ring and chose to dissipate, Luo Chen studied the formation’s analysis and considered combining an array, a Natal Magic Treasure, and a power source to develop his Nascent Soul Domain concept.

• Luo Chen inspected the Hundred Refinements Mountain lord’s sealed Storage Ring and spoke with the lord’s surviving Golden Core about the limits of a remnant soul.
• Luo Chen asked how the lord had improved the Big Dipper Seven Peaks Array, then pressured him into explaining the formation’s design.
• Luo Chen took the lord’s Storage Ring after the lord removed its restrictions, and the lord’s remnant soul dissipated in a grave on a nearby island.
• Luo Chen returned to Purple Spirit Island and studied the lord’s Jade Slip analysis of the Big Dipper Seven Peaks Array.
• Luo Chen considered combining a powerful array, a Natal Magic Treasure, and an energy source, then brought out his Golden Core, Essence Core, and Primal Chaos Cauldron.

Luo Chen completed the Purple Monkey Flower cultivation grounds on Purple Spirit Island and returned to the Ten Thousand Immortals Society, where he learned the war was going poorly for the Azure Sea Alliance. After settling back in at Peng Lake, he met with Ding Yi and learned that something had happened in Arctic Night Yama Heaven.

• Black King brought Luo Chen back from the sea after Luo Chen exhausted his mana testing a new spell, and Luo Chen reflected on how to control its power.
• Sang JiuGong finished transplanting the Purple Monkey Flowers, explained the Heaven Pit’s ripening method, and asked Luo Chen to help the Tu Sang Sect if it faced trouble; Luo Chen agreed.
• Luo Chen completed a concealment and defensive formation around Purple Spirit Island, then departed with Sang JiuGong on Black King’s back for the Ten Thousand Immortals Society.
• While crossing Azure Sea Alliance territory, Luo Chen learned that the Devilbreak Sect and Penglai Immortal Sect were gaining ground, possibly with support from the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.
• At Peng Lake, Tian Xuan reported that Luo Chen’s Demon Hunter rank had risen to Five Star and that a Zhou Family cultivator and Ding Yi had sought him; Luo Chen arranged to meet the Zhou cultivator the next day and visited Ding Yi.
• Ding Yi told Luo Chen that something had happened in Arctic Night Yama Heaven.

Luo Chen learned that demon beasts escaping Arctic Night Yama Heaven had been gathering around the Sunken Sea, where he and his companions hoped to explore ancient cultivator ruins. After discovering why Ding Yi and Cloud Touching Cave Master were determined to go, Luo Chen sought Han Zhan’s help and prepared the Seven Fiends Sword for him.

• Ding Yi told Luo Chen that escaped demon beasts had stopped attacking the Three Oceans Defense Line and instead guarded the Sunken Sea, where ancient cultivator ruins lay.
• Cloud Touching Cave Master revealed that the ruins might hold an artifact-crafter’s inheritance, while Ding Yi showed Luo Chen his Taisui-possession and said he needed to find its true body; he also said the Five Elements Lotus Platform Luo Chen sought grew nearby.
• Luo Chen left without agreeing to go, and Ding Yi and Cloud Touching Cave Master discussed his rapid cultivation and reluctance to risk his life.
• Luo Chen asked Han Zhan whether he should explore the Sunken Sea, and Han Zhan said the ruins might offer him a chance to borrow a body and be reborn.
• Luo Chen offered Han Zhan the Seven Fiends Sword, and Han Zhan activated the seven swords and examined their power.

Luo Chen developed a Pseudo-Domain to strengthen his chances of surviving a journey to the Sunken Sea, where he hoped to obtain the Five Elements Lotus Platform. He refined the technique into Abyssal Inferno and left Peng Lake to test it on a target he had chosen.

• Luo Chen accepted Han Zhan's offer of help on the Sunken Sea expedition and began preparing by studying how to create a Pseudo-Domain.
• Luo Chen asked Han Zhan to manifest his Nascent Soul Domain, then used the experience to realize he should repel Heaven and Earth spiritual qi rather than try to control it.
• Luo Chen tested his early Pseudo-Domain against Han Zhan's domain and managed to stand against about thirty percent of its power.
• Ding Yi told Luo Chen that Blood Rogue and the Ten Thousand Immortals Society were mobilizing around the Sunken Sea, while the date of the next celestial phenomenon drew closer.
• Luo Chen used the Netherflame Control Array, the Primal Chaos Cauldron, and his Destiny Golden Core to create his own Pseudo-Domain, which he named Abyssal Inferno.
• Luo Chen told Tian Xuan to handle several matters, left Peng Lake, and headed to the Demon Hunter Division to test Abyssal Inferno.

After two years researching the Abyssal Inferno, Luo Chen went to the Demon Hunter Division and accepted a mission to escort three Golden Core cultivators to the Sunken Sea front lines. Their behavior and conversation suggested they came from Central Province seeking Nascent Soul Formation, and Luo Chen suspected their clan uncle was Dragon Abyss True Person.

• Luo Chen learned that Dao Lan had slain a Golden Horned Silver Rhinoceros and become the Ten Thousand Immortals Society's fourth Eight-Star Demon Hunter.
• Zi Hou explained the Sunken Sea's growing demon-beast threat and asked Luo Chen to escort three newly arrived Golden Core cultivators to the front lines.
• Luo Chen accepted the mission after learning that Dragon Abyss True Person had entrusted the three to the Demon Hunter Division.
• Luo Chen took Chang Feng Zi, Wu Tao, and Guan Xiaoping aboard his extravagant Six Royal Flying Cloud Carriage and introduced himself as Azure Sun Zi.
• Chang Feng Zi warned Wu Tao and Guan Xiaoping not to underestimate Luo Chen, while revealing that they had come from Central Province seeking Nascent Soul Formation.
• Luo Chen overheard the three discuss their clan uncle, Liu Zhenren, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Society, then wondered whether the uncle was Dragon Abyss True Person.

Luo Chen arrived at Peace Fortress, learned why the war in the Sunken Sea continued, and headed toward the battlefield to test his sword against a Demon King. He left after identifying the Sea-Overturning Flood Dragon as his chosen opponent.

• Luo Chen reached Peace Fortress with Chang Feng Zi, Wu Tao, and Guan Xiaoping, and Zeng Xiong escorted them inside after checking their Demon Hunter badges.
• Luo Chen met Shen Tu, offered him refined pills, and asked about the Sunken Sea war and the demon beasts’ distribution and tactics.
• Shen Tu explained that the formation sealing Arctic Night Yama Heaven had partly broken, allowing low-order demon beasts to escape and gather in the Sunken Sea.
• Luo Chen studied Shen Tu’s map of the battlefield and spotted the Sea-Overturning Flood Dragon, a Late Stage Third Order Great Demon King, as a worthy opponent.

Luo Chen entered the Sunken Sea to test his new Abyssal Inferno on the Sea-Overturning Flood Dragon, defeating it at great cost and taking its corpse. Dao Lan later found the dragon’s lair empty, suspected Luo Chen had killed it, and then discovered that another Great Demon King he sought was missing too.

• Luo Chen crossed the Sunken Sea’s corrosive waters, avoided the Void Burning Wind by staying underwater, and found the Sea-Overturning Flood Dragon in a deep-sea basin.
• Luo Chen fought the Sea-Overturning Flood Dragon with his Abyssal Inferno, defeated it after a perilous battle, and stored its corpse.
• Luo Chen recovered in a secluded cave, assessed the battle, and decided to choose safer Demon Kings as targets for testing his new killer move.
• Dao Lan arrived at the flood dragon’s lair, found the battlefield empty, and suspected the Azure Sun Devil Monarch had killed the dragon.
• Dao Lan went to hunt a Scorched Flame Sawtooth Shark, but found that it too had disappeared.

Luo Chen defeated a Merman in the Sunken Sea, revealed his newly developed second form of Abyssal Inferno, and met Dao Lan again. Back in Peace Fortress, he reviewed his battles, found valuable spoils, and prepared to trade four demon beast corpses before heading to the front lines.

• Luo Chen used the True Fire State of Abyssal Inferno to overcome the Merman’s Ocean Tear and refined most of the demon beast with Source True Fire.
• Dao Lan emerged after watching the battle, and Luo Chen learned that he had been the informant for Ding Yi; the two agreed not to fight.
• Luo Chen reviewed his five battles in Peace Fortress and identified a Water-Element Top-Grade Spirit Stone and other spoils among the Merman’s possessions.
• Dao Lan asked Luo Chen for the Scorched Flame Sawtooth Shark’s teeth, and Luo Chen agreed on condition that Dao Lan keep his methods from Ding Yi.
• Luo Chen displayed the Sea-Overturning Flood Dragon, Heavenly Star Bull, Blood Lantern, and Scorched Flame Sawtooth Shark corpses in the Demon Hunter Division’s square, then said he still needed to visit the front lines.

Luo Chen rejected the Demon Hunter Division’s low offer for his demon beast kills, then began hunting vast hordes himself to refine their vitality. At Three Pillar Gorge, he met Dao Lan and set out to slaughter the horde while leaving the Great King Squid to him.

• Luo Chen sold most of four Late Stage Third Order Great Demon King corpses to the Demon Hunter Division, kept the Sea-Overturning Flood Dragon, and advanced to six-star Demon Hunter.
• Luo Chen used the Abyssal Inferno and Source True Fire to suppress and refine demon beasts, then departed after learning new horde locations from Guo Fengdao and the other Pseudo-Core Cultivators.
• Over the following months, Luo Chen repeatedly erased large demon beast hordes, earning the name Azure Sun Devil Monarch while dismissing Shen Tu’s inquiries about the missing corpses.
• Luo Chen arrived at Three Pillar Gorge, where he planned to attack a horde of at least thirty thousand Low-Rank Demon Beasts.
• Dao Lan came to hunt the Great King Squid, and Luo Chen told him to handle it while he took on the rest of the horde.

Luo Chen used the Myriad Souls Banner to fuse a powerful Ghost King and slaughter demon beasts across Three Pillar Gorge, rescuing Chang Feng Zi, Guan Xiaoping, and Wu Tao along the way. When Dao Lan called for help against the Great King Squid, Luo Chen fled after sensing a Demon Emperor, who arrived and sank the three peaks of Three Pillar Gorge.

• Luo Chen drove independent cultivators from Three Pillar Gorge, fused the banner’s ghosts into a Ghost King, and used Mirror Flower Water Moon to bring it under his control.
• Luo Chen sent the Ghost King against the demon beasts and refined their remains with the Flourishing Decay True Fire, strengthening the fire and himself.
• Luo Chen rescued Chang Feng Zi, Guan Xiaoping, and Wu Tao from the Naha Sea Golden Toad, but the beast escaped into the deep sea.
• Luo Chen continued hunting and noticed the demon beasts around Three Pillar Gorge were unusually powerful, then heard Dao Lan call for help against the Great King Squid.
• Luo Chen sensed a Demon Emperor approaching and fled, while the Demon Emperor arrived at Three Pillar Gorge, struck down nearby cultivators, and drove its three mountains into the sea.

After escaping the destruction of Three Pillar Gorge, Luo Chen warned the Ten Thousand Immortals Society that a Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator had attacked and that Arctic Night Yama Heaven might be threatened. Blood Rogue, Moon Rogue, and Dragon Abyss True Person gathered to discuss the danger, and Blood Rogue declared war and prepared to lead the response.

• Luo Chen fled Three Pillar Gorge after witnessing a Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator destroy the gorge and strike down Dao Lan, then hurried to Peace Fortress.
• Luo Chen told Shen Tu that Three Pillar Gorge had fallen, prompting the Ten Thousand Immortals Society to enter a state of war and Peace Fortress to prepare its defenses.
• Luo Chen teleported to Dragon Abyss Immortal City and reported the attack to Blood Rogue, Fishing Old Man, Zi Hou, and Ghost Child.
• Dragon Abyss True Person and Moon Rogue arrived, and the group identified the attacker as Flow Monarch, the Merman Clan's emperor.
• Blood Rogue announced that he would go to the Sunken Sea to kill Flow Monarch and ordered Fishing Old Man, Zi Hou, and Ghost Child to gather forces, while Moon Rogue offered to mobilize the three families of Without End Valley.

Luo Chen met Moon Rogue, who promoted him to seven-star Demon Hunter and offered the prospect of future Nascent Soul support. After declining a return to the Sunken Sea Battlefield, he returned to Peng Island and resolved to use the time before the Ancient Cultivator Ruins opened to advance his body tempering.

• Moon Rogue reprimanded Fishing Old Man for getting close to Blood Rogue, revealing her control over the Ten Thousand Immortals Society’s affairs.
• After hearing of Luo Chen’s exploits and the intelligence he brought back, Moon Rogue ordered Zi Hou to promote him directly from five-star to seven-star Demon Hunter.
• Luo Chen praised Moon Rogue, then asked Zi Hou to excuse him from returning to the Sunken Sea Battlefield so he could recover.
• Moon Rogue learned that Luo Chen did not want to return to the battlefield, but decided not to force him after granting him the promotion.
• Back at Peng Island, Luo Chen revealed that his excitement had mostly been an act and planned to focus on reaching Ancient Wilderness Fourth Order before the ruins opened.

Luo Chen prepared for the journey to the Sunken Sea by collecting body-tempering arts, supplies, and True Flame Pill ingredients, while monitoring the campaign against the demon beasts. With his preparations complete, he entered Starry Hall to push his physique to the next realm.

• Luo Chen learned that Blood Rogue drove Shark Emperor Liu Jun from the Sunken Sea and that the Ten Thousand Immortals Society and Without End Valley forces cleared demon beasts from the region and attacked Raging Sea Ruined City.
• Luo Chen selected twelve body-tempering manuals, including the incomplete Six Forms of Extreme Mountain, and used his Seven Star Demon Hunter token to reduce their price.
• Luo Chen bought three Magic Treasure-grade Spirit Beast Bags and artifact-forging materials, then received copies of the selected manuals.
• Tian Xuan reported that she had bought enough herbs for five thousand True Flame Pill refinements at a cost below ten million Spirit Stones, and Luo Chen planned to make Top-Grade pills for cultivation and travel reserves.
• Tian Xuan told Luo Chen that Black King was certain to reach the Late Stage Third Order, and Luo Chen gave her pills and Emperor Flow Paste to help her reach the Golden Core Fourth Layer.
• Luo Chen entered Starry Hall to use his gathered methods and abundant vitality to advance his Body Tempering.