Recaps

Ning Fu became a Three-Pattern Alchemist and learned that Xuan Luo had advanced far beyond her, while Luo Chen prepared to leave the Su Ling Sect on a low-risk mission. Luo Chen departed after securing the task and receiving protective gifts from Dan Emperor Mountain’s elders, intending to return as a Nascent Soul cultivator.

• Ning Fu met Ning Li Zhenren at Mountain Sea Palace, where he congratulated her on becoming a Three-Pattern Alchemist and offered to let her assist with Tier 4 Pill refinement.
• Ning Li Zhenren told Ning Fu that Xuan Luo had returned to Jade Spring Peak for secluded cultivation and might reach the Middle Stage Golden Core, then warned her not to expect to keep pace with him while dividing her attention.
• Luo Chen tempered his Five-Colored Golden Core with Heavenly Star Yuan Magnetic Divine Thunder and reviewed his Achievement Points as he prepared for Nascent Soul Formation.
• Luo Chen examined the recovering Flourishing Decay Divine Fire, then nurtured the Boundless Grass with Heavenly Dew and crushed Empty Prism Apertures before sealing his cave dwelling.
• Luo Chen accepted a distant, low-risk task through the External Affairs Hall and paid Luo Hu for help finding it; Luo Hu realized the Senior Brother was Xuan Luo after Luo Chen had left.
• Luo Chen informed Dan Emperor Mountain’s Elders that he was traveling, received protective gifts from several Nascent Soul True Persons, and departed the Su Ling Sect.

Luo Chen traveled from the Su Ling Sect toward Gray Triangle, where he hoped to find Phoenix Eye Black Obsidian Moss and a Fourth-Tier Spirit Vein suitable for his Nascent Soul breakthrough. After an unknown powerful expert passed nearby and a Heavenly Phoenix cultivator searched the sect, Luo Chen arrived at Cui Yan Mountain and prepared to enter Gray Triangle.

• Luo Chen studied the Xuan World's geography and reasoned that its strongest powers controlled the most advanced Teleportation Array technology.
• Luo Chen sensed a life-threatening presence near his carriage and continued onward without revealing his strength.
• A man in a Black and Red Feather Robe searched the Su Ling Sect for the Body Integration cultivator who had killed Lie Yu, while Taisu Lingjun returned to a meeting about selecting Demon Suppression Trial candidates.
• Taisu Lingjun assigned Gu Mu to organize a competition for the remaining three trial slots, scheduled forty years later.
• Luo Chen reached Cui Yan Mountain, where Fan Wen told him about the nearby sects, rogue cultivators, and Liu Muhan's mission.
• After questioning Fan Wen about Phoenix Eye Black Obsidian Moss and the Gray Triangle trade fairs, Luo Chen entered Gray Triangle.

Luo Chen traced the source of the Phoenix Eye Black Obsidian Moss and uncovered a hidden Ancient Daoist Temple beneath the Cui Shi River. He reunited with Liu Muhan and her companions at the river, then revealed the temple as the likely source of the stolen Wood Attribute spiritual energy.

• Luo Chen learned the Gray Triangle had once been the heartland of the Great Soul Gate, obtained an invitation to the Huiji Trade Fair, and asked a shopkeeper to look for a rogue cultivator with a black mole.
• At the trade fair, Luo Chen bought a bone fragment containing the foundational Soul Splitting Art and reasoned that the complete inheritance might remain with the Great Soul Gate or its successor sects.
• Luo Chen recognized Huang Wei, used Mirror Flower Water Moon to learn where he had found the Phoenix Eye Black Obsidian Moss, and gave him a Nine Seas Qi Transformation Pill.
• Luo Chen followed Huang Wei's information to the Cui Shi River, where he encountered Liu Muhan and five other Su Ling Sect cultivators investigating the loss of Wood Attribute spiritual energy.
• Luo Chen sensed that the spiritual energy flowed beneath the river and used his Flying Sword to split the water, revealing an Ancient Daoist Temple on the riverbed.

Luo Chen discovered that the Phoenix Eye Black Obsidian Moss grew because a hidden space was cultivating Nine Nether Demon Moss and draining the surrounding Wood Attribute spiritual energy. After fighting off the space’s defenders, he sent Liu Muhan and the others away, destroyed their escape route, and declared that he would use the Black Jade Space for his Nascent Soul Formation.

• Luo Chen showed Liu Muhan and Lu Zhenqiu the Liuhong Sword, then joined them in examining the Phoenix Eye Black Obsidian Moss at the nameless Taoist temple.
• Luo Chen identified Demonic Qi within the moss and entered the temple, where he found a Three Heads Six Arms statue absorbing spiritual energy and discovered a hidden space inside its mouth.
• Luo Chen recognized the Nine Nether Demon Moss carpeting the Black Jade Space and realized someone was cultivating it to practice devilish arts.
• The space’s master sent Golden Core enemies to attack the five intruders, and Luo Chen, Liu Muhan, Lu Zhenqiu, and the two Foundation Establishment cultivators fought back.
• Luo Chen forced Liu Muhan onto the Teleportation Array and ordered Lu Zhenqiu to take her and the others away, then destroyed the array and declared the space his Nascent Soul Formation site.
• Luo Chen’s blood qi emerged as his aura rose, and he prepared to face the space’s attackers alone.

After escaping the Black Jade Space, Liu Muhan and Lu Zhenqiu vowed to seek the sect’s help to rescue Xuan Luo, while Luo Chen defeated the space’s defenders and discovered that one was Jade Spring Peak’s missing Senior Sister Jiang Huang. He captured the Poro Maoqiu and learned it belonged to the Fudi Lineage, which had been brought to the Xuan World by the Heaven Refining Devil Monarch.

• Liu Muhan tried to return for Xuan Luo, but Lu Zhenqiu stopped her when they saw the Teleportation Array had failed, and they resolved to ask the sect’s elders to rescue him.
• Luo Chen defeated two Nascent Soul Demon Generals, recognized the sword-wielding Jiang Huang, and subdued her without killing her.
• Luo Chen seized the Poro Maoqiu, recognized its race, and used Soul Search to uncover its past and its talent for hiding memories.
• Maoqiu admitted it was a Devil Race Remnant from the Fudi Lineage and said the Heaven Refining Devil Monarch had brought the clan into the Xuan World ten thousand years earlier.

Luo Chen defeated Maoqiu by turning Jiang Huang’s sword art against him, then used an illusion to give her a cover story for Maoqiu’s death. In the Black Jade Space, he spent years preparing to form a Five Elements Nascent Soul, while Yao Xi and Youhuang sensed his breakthrough and moved to locate him.

• Luo Chen learned that Maoqiu had cultivated the Nine Nether Demon Moss to expand the Demon Cave and realized Maoqiu had used it to control cultivators and attack him.
• Jiang Huang unleashed the Heavenly Waterfall Sword Art and killed Maoqiu, while Luo Chen constructed an illusion giving her a false memory of the events.
• Luo Chen carried the sleeping Jiang Huang to the Five Turbidities Prosperity Tower and decided to leave the Demon Moss on himself as a possible pretext to enter the Demon Suppression Trial.
• Luo Chen spent three years balancing his Five Elements Mana, then cultivated for ten more years as his Golden Core gathered five-colored radiance.
• Yao Xi and Youhuang sensed spiritual energy converging toward the Black Jade Space and realized someone there was breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Yao Xi recognized that the spiritual energy led into the space and asked Youhuang to help her locate its exact position.

Luo Chen completed his Nascent Soul formation, created the Five Spirits Dao Domain, and rebuilt his Purple Mansion while his Primal Chaos Cauldron began evolving toward a Dao Artifact. After Yao Xi and Youhuang brought him and Jiang Huang back to the Su Ling Sect, their unstable conditions and Demon Moss infection left their future uncertain.

• Luo Chen formed a powerful Nascent Soul with five domains that fused into the Five Spirits Dao Domain, then rebuilt his shattered Purple Mansion over ten years.
• Luo Chen began nourishing the Primal Chaos Cauldron with both mana and Gang Qi, believing this could lead it to become a Dao Artifact.
• Yao Xi entered the Black Jade Space through the Reverse Spirit Channel and found Jiang Huang and Xuan Luo alive; Jiang Huang told her their enemies were dead.
• Youhuang joined Yao Xi, Jiang Huang, and Xuan Luo as they left the Black Jade Space and returned toward the Su Ling Sect.
• Yao Xi and Youhuang discussed Jiang Huang's soul backlash, the disciples' unstable Nascent Souls, and their Nine Nether Demon Moss infection.
• Yao Xi resolved to seek help from the Su Ling Sect's Spirit Transformation elders, while Youhuang suggested the dangerous Demon Suppression Trial as a possible last resort.

Luo Chen and Jiang Huang returned to the Su Ling Sect, where the elders debated how to treat their Demon Infection before deciding they would seek Demon Marrow Diamonds in the Demon Suppression Trial. Back at Jade Spring Peak, their fellow disciples welcomed them, and Yao Xi prepared them for the trial, which would begin in about twenty years.

• The Su Ling Sect's elders debated two Demon Infection treatments, then summoned Yao Xi to weigh in on what should be done for Luo Chen and Jiang Huang.
• On the way to Jade Spring Peak, Luo Chen told You Huang he would choose the Demon Marrow Diamond method and believed he could eventually develop pills to resolve its aftereffects.
• Luo Chen and Jiang Huang reunited with their fellow disciples at Jade Spring Peak, where they learned Wan Jiuzhang had reached the Nascent Soul Stage and joined a welcoming banquet.
• Yao Xi announced that Luo Chen and Jiang Huang would enter the Demon Suppression Trial, and set about preparing them for it in the twenty years before it began.
• Yao Xi ordered Jiang Huang to recover her divine soul and Luo Chen to stabilize his cultivation, gave him a defensive True Artifact, and handed both disciples jade slips detailing the Demon Marrow Diamond method.

After joining the Demon Suppression Trial, Luo Chen moved to Dan Emperor Mountain and arranged for Lü Su to gather ingredients for pills while preparing to refine the Two Forms Pill again. In seclusion, he began experimenting with engraving Divine Ability Seeds onto his Mysterious Script Talismans, but had not yet chosen which ability to engrave first.

• Luo Chen left Jade Spring Peak with Wan Jiuzhang, reflected on his likely departure from the Su Ling Sect, and promised to help heal Jiang Huang's injured soul.
• Luo Chen packed his belongings, met Liu Muhan, Lu Zhenqiu, and their former mission companions, then submitted their mission at the External Affairs Hall, drawing attention because of his Demon Infection.
• Luo Chen asked Lü Su to gather ingredients for the Soul Nourishing Pill and the Two Forms Pill, intending to treat Jiang Huang and strengthen the Wither Bloom Fire Seed.
• Luo Chen settled into his side hall at Dan Emperor Mountain, planted the Boundless Grass, and entered the Cultivation Room to study his five Mysterious Script Talismans.
• Luo Chen considered engraving a Divine Ability Seed onto the talismans and weighed which of his many Divine Abilities to choose first.

Luo Chen struggled to inscribe Starfire Burn World as a Divine Ability Seed, but while cultivating he resonated with the Metal Attribute and comprehended the Metal Origin. His Five Elements Dao Physique fully revived, and the Su Ling Sect’s elders recognized his breakthrough.

• Luo Chen chose Starfire Burn World as the first Divine Ability to inscribe, but years of effort failed to condense its Divine Ability Seed.
• While recovering his Five Elements Nascent Soul, Luo Chen sensed a powerful force resonating with him and spent ten years immersed in cultivation.
• Liu Muhan’s Natal Magic Treasure and countless other Metal Attribute treasures flew into the sky as Metal Attribute spiritual qi surged through the Su Ling Sect.
• Elder Tiange recognized the signs of the Great Divine Ability of the Realm of Soldiers and led Tie Ma Zhenren to Dan Emperor Mountain, where they found Xuan Luo at the center of the phenomenon.
• The Su Ling Sect’s Spirit Transformation elders gathered and realized Xuan Luo had comprehended the Metal Origin at the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Luo Chen awakened the Metal Origin from within his body, and the Five Elements Dao Physique completely revived.

Luo Chen restored his Five Elements Dao Physique and discovered that it let him cultivate all techniques, strengthen Divine Abilities, and multiply his mana, especially when paired with his Chaos Undying Body. As the Demon Suppression Trial approached, he began investigating whether Golden Erosion Script could help him inscribe Divine Ability Seeds.

• Luo Chen confirmed that his revived Five Elements Dao Physique coexisted with his Chaos Undying Body and let him circulate techniques of every element without obstruction.
• Luo Chen tested the physique’s traits and found that it enhanced matching Law Supernatural Abilities by thirty percent and made his cultivation surge through Five Elements mana circulation.
• Luo Chen concluded that the Chaos Undying Body let him endure the mana-multiplication process, and he resumed cultivation to master the physique’s three major traits before the Demon Suppression Trial in three years.
• Jiang Huang searched for Luo Chen on True Person Yao Xi’s orders, while Lü Su told her that Luo Chen had gone to the Library Pavilion in the Skill Transmission Hall.
• Luo Chen studied the Myriad Words Compendium and considered using Golden Erosion Script to record Divine Ability Seeds on Mysterious Script Talismans, recalling that the Wuyou Realm Master had taught him part of the script.

Luo Chen joined Jiang Huang at Suwang Hall for the Su Ling Sect’s final preparations before the Demon Suppression Trial. As the sect learned that this trial might be unusually dangerous and True Lord White Tiger would be present, Luo Chen wondered whether he would meet his old acquaintance.

• Luo Chen copied the Myriad Words Compendium and learned that the elderly librarian, Senior Brother Li, had died of old age.
• Jiang Huang met Luo Chen and asked whether she had really saved him from a Poro Devil Race cultivator, while Luo Chen maintained the illusion that she had.
• Luo Chen and Jiang Huang arrived at Suwang Hall, where Taisu Lingjun gathered the ten Nascent Soul candidates and seven Spirit Transformation elders.
• Elder Tiange explained the Demon Cave’s dangers, random teleportation, Demon Moss, valuable resources, and the need for caution during the trial.
• Taisu Lingjun warned the candidates to cooperate, placed a Lotus Brand on each of them, and gave He Lan a Spirit Treasure Light Split made from her Suwang Sword.
• Taisu Lingjun revealed that True Lord White Tiger and True Lord Black Tortoise would oversee the trial, suggesting it would be more dangerous than usual; Luo Chen wondered whether he would meet True Lord White Tiger.

Elder Tiange singled out Luo Chen to teach him the Great Divine Ability of the Realm of Soldiers, leaving him a temporary primer that Luo Chen could use once. After the Nascent Soul cultivators finished refining their protective treasures, Taisu Lingjun reaffirmed their participation in the Demon Suppression Trial, and Elder Gu Mu told them to assemble in one month for the journey to the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.

• Elder Tiange took Luo Chen to the cliff and demonstrated the Great Divine Ability of the Realm of Soldiers because Luo Chen had comprehended Metal Origin.
• Luo Chen used his Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupils to study the technique as Elder Tiange condensed its attack into a golden spear primer in Luo Chen's palm.
• Luo Chen explained that he had learned how to use Mana to lever World Vitality, and Elder Tiange promised to teach him more after the Demon Suppression Trial.
• Luo Chen returned to Suwang Hall, where the other Nascent Soul cultivators finished refining protective treasures prepared by the Spirit Transformation elders.
• Taisu Lingjun rejected suggestions to withdraw Luo Chen from the trial and told the ten Nascent Souls to strive for the sect's sake.
• Elder Gu Mu told the group to gather at the mountain gate in one month and follow him to the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.

Luo Chen refined Soul Nourishing Pills and Two Forms Pills while preparing for the Demon Suppression Trial, then used the latter to awaken the Flourishing Decay Divine Fire. The fire emerged as a Fire Tree Golden Flower in the Heavenly Fire Pool, where True Person Jinglian began searching for it.

• Yao Xi advised Jiang Huang to protect himself during the Demon Suppression Trial, while Luo Chen said Elder Tiange's guidance had brought him close to a Law Supernatural Ability.
• Luo Chen declined He Yuan's gathering invitation and returned to Mountain Sea Palace to refine pills, producing enough Soul Nourishing Pills to repair Jiang Huang's soul injuries.
• Golden Core Cultivators gathering Red Venerable Fruits in the Heavenly Fire Pool witnessed a Fire Tree Golden Flower appear amid violent tremors and fled as the Earthfire erupted.
• True Person Jinglian suppressed the Heavenly Fire Pool, sensed that its strange fire might be a Fifth-Rank Divine Fire, and ordered the cultivators to search for it.
• Luo Chen fed the Flourishing Decay Divine Fire seven Two Forms Pills, and it awakened as a Fire Tree Golden Flower in his Pill Room.

Luo Chen revived the Wither Bloom Divine Fire, fed it the Yin-Yang Extreme Dao Flame, and renamed it the Chaos Myriad Spirit Fire. He then boarded the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Palace for the Demon Suppression Trial, but thoughts of the Mountain Sea World and his former Dao lineage left him troubled before he resolved to keep cultivating during the journey.

• Luo Chen fed the revived Wither Bloom Fire Spirit the Yin-Yang Extreme Dao Flame, and it revealed the many fires it had absorbed, including an evolved image of the Nirvana Sacred Fire.
• Luo Chen named the flame the Chaos Myriad Spirit Fire and let it settle beside his Nascent Soul in his Purple Mansion.
• Luo Chen left the Pill Room when the one-month deadline arrived and went to the Su Ling Sect's Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Palace to join the journey to the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.
• He Lan welcomed Luo Chen aboard the palace and explained its vast interior and many functions.
• Luo Chen recalled the Dao lineage he had left in the Mountain Sea World and worried that its cultivators might be stranded after ascending.
• He Lan encouraged Luo Chen, who thanked him and said he would continue his seclusion and absorb his recent insights during the trip.

Luo Chen studied Elder Tiange’s Golden Spear Mark aboard the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Palace and reverse-engineered its spell formula. He learned the Great Divine Ability of the Realm of Soldiers, created a similar mark himself, and found a path toward inscribing Divine Ability Seeds.

• Jiang Huang joined True Person Yao Xi aboard the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Palace and asked where Xuan Luo was.
• True Person Hong Zhan criticized Yao Xi and Xuan Luo for neglecting social ties, while He Lan redirected the gathering toward the Demon Suppression Trial.
• Luo Chen used his Divine Thought to study the Golden Spear Mark and analyze the spell formulas within it during the year-long journey.
• Tie Ma Zhenren, He Lan, and True Person Li Ting witnessed a Divine Ability disturb the World Vitality near Luo Chen’s chamber, and Elder Gu Mu contained the resulting torrent.
• Luo Chen revealed that he had learned the Great Divine Ability of the Realm of Soldiers and inscribed a Golden Spear Mark of his own.
• Yao Xi congratulated Luo Chen as he emerged from his palace, having found a direction for creating Divine Ability Seeds.

Luo Chen and the Su Ling Sect delegation arrived in Guangling Prefecture for the Demon Suppression Trial and met the Fudi Remnant Devils and cultivators from other sects. Near the Demon Suppression Tower, the Vacuum Gu sensed an unusual weakness in the Xuan World's space, leaving Luo Chen astonished.

• Jiang Huang briefed Luo Chen on the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, the trial at Danzhu Mountain, and the dangers of Guangling Prefecture, while Luo Chen considered how he would escape if exposed.
• Jiang Huang gave Luo Chen a superior-grade Return Immortal Pill from Yao Xi, and Luo Chen gave Jiang Huang a Tier 4 Divine Soul pill he had refined.
• Luo Chen joined Yao Xi, Jiang Huang, and the Su Ling Sect delegation as Elder Gu Mu brought the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Palace to Guangling Prefecture.
• Xiu Teng, a talented Human-Devil Hybrid of the Fudi Lineage, greeted Elder Gu Mu and led the group toward the trial grounds.
• Luo Chen saw the Demon Suppression Tower and sensed the Vacuum Gu stirring because the space nearby seemed unusually weak.

Luo Chen discovered that the Demonic Qi leaking across Guangling Prefecture could be absorbed by his Chaos Undying Scripture, and he looked forward to using the Demon Suppression Trial to advance his cultivation. After a year of preparation, the sects’ chosen disciples gathered and flew toward the Demon Suppression Tower to begin the trial.

• Luo Chen sensed that an unknown force threatened the space across Guangling Prefecture and suspected the Demon Suppression Tower was suppressing it.
• Elder Gu Mu introduced the nearby factions and warned the Su Ling Sect disciples that the other Void Refinement forces, especially the Five Elements Divine Sect, could be enemies during the trial.
• A middle-aged man aboard the Five Elements Divine Sect’s treasure ship ordered a disciple to destroy the Su Ling Sect’s future leaders during the trial.
• Elder Gu Mu explained the rivalries among the Void Refinement forces and urged his disciples either to avoid their opponents or strike without hesitation.
• Luo Chen absorbed the local Demonic Qi without difficulty and planned to seek Spiritual Opportunity in the Dark Demon Cave to restore his Spirit Transformation cultivation.
• One year later, Luo Chen and the other sect disciples gathered after nine bell chimes and flew toward the Demon Suppression Tower.

Luo Chen and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators entered the Demon Suppression Tower to begin the dangerous trial in the Dark Demon Cave. The chapter ended with Luo Chen arriving in the dim cave and immediately flying off.

• The sect elders discussed the worsening Demon Cave Tremor, then wagered treasures on which sect would have the most surviving disciples and Spirit Transformation Cultivators.
• A Heaven Origin Dao Sect carriage arrived with more than a hundred Nascent Soul disciples, and Elder Li insisted the wager continue despite the change.
• Xiu Teng opened the tower and instructed the Nascent Soul Cultivators to enter while the Spirit Transformation Cultivators remained behind.
• Luo Chen recognized the tower’s runes as powerful Origin Runes and received a Demon Spirit Gourd filled with Demon-Clearing Liquid.
• True Lord Vermilion Bird ordered the ten Spirit Transformation Great Powers to summon her if powerful Demon Spirits appeared.
• Luo Chen and the Su Ling Sect disciples entered the Dark Demon Cave, where Luo Chen flew away after arriving.

Yan Di sought Youdu’s Dreamwood Heavenly Venerate to explain the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s grievances against the Heaven Origin Dao Sect and warn that it intended to retaliate. After the meeting, the story shifted to Luo Chen in the Dark Demon Cave, where he found a fully formed Demon Cave.

• Yan Di arrived at Youdu and waited three days before receiving permission to visit the Dreamwood Dao Field.
• Dreamwood Heavenly Venerate heard Yan Di’s account of Phoenix Child Qixia’s entrapment and another junior’s death, then told him to delay retaliation until after the Demon Suppression Trial.
• Dreamwood Heavenly Venerate explained to Lin Xixiang that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s strength came from its Old Ancestor, but warned that racial war would leave Youdu no choice but to intervene.
• Luo Chen sensed a fellow disciple of the Su Ling Sect nearby, concealed his Lotus Brand, and continued through the Dark Demon Cave alone.
• Luo Chen used his Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupils to locate a fully formed Demon Cave eight hundred miles away.

Luo Chen used the Yuan Tu Sword to destroy and devour powerful Demon Spirits, then concealed himself in a mountain peak and cultivated until he reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. Elsewhere, cultivators faced unexpectedly dangerous changes in the Dark Demon Cave, and a Heaven Origin Dao Sect elder ordered them to focus on clearing Demon Moss and stop fighting one another.

• Luo Chen sent the Yuan Tu Sword to slaughter a host of Demon Spirits and devour a powerful bird-like Demon Spirit, increasing the sword's spirituality.
• Luo Chen set up an Earth-Binding Spirit-Gathering Array on the Nameless Mountain Peak and absorbed the surrounding Demonic Qi, breaking through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage within days.
• True Person Yao Xi found that the trial map no longer matched the terrain, searched for fellow Su Ling Sect members, and continued toward the inner regions while clearing Nine Nether Demon Moss.
• A group of cultivators lost Fellow Daoist Jin of God Hand Valley to an Invisible Demon Spirit, then fought over his Storage Treasure and Obscure Bright Demon Flowers as Tian Sha fled with them.
• A Heaven Origin Dao Sect elder confirmed that the Dark Demon Cave had grown more dangerous and sent a message ordering the sect's Nascent Soul Cultivators to clear Demon Moss and restrain their infighting.

Luo Chen reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage by absorbing Demonic Qi, dispersed a demon cave, and gathered Spiritual Opportunity for a future breakthrough. As he traveled toward the Central Demon Abyss, he found the Dark Demon Cave filled with unexpectedly powerful Demon Spirits and came upon a group wielding the Suwang Sword beside an underground lake.

• Luo Chen reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage after a year of cultivating in the Dark Demon Cave, draining the surrounding Demonic Qi and Demon Crystals.
• Luo Chen retrieved Demon Marrow Diamonds underground, then used the Wither Bloom Dao Finger to disperse a demon cave and form a Spirit Cave.
• Luo Chen absorbed the Spirit Cave's Spiritual Opportunity with the Refining Heaven Secret and sealed it in his Purple Mansion for his future breakthrough to Spirit Transformation.
• Luo Chen traveled deeper into the Dark Demon Cave, found many fallen cultivators and Fifth-Rank Demon Spirits in the middle region, and avoided battles as he headed toward the Central Demon Abyss.
• Luo Chen saw an old man and six companions defeat a Flood Dragon-like Demon Spirit with the Suwang Sword, then noticed a whirlpool forming in the underground lake.

Luo Chen saved He Yuan and the Su Ling Sect cultivators from a second High-Rank Demon Spirit, then left them to cultivate in the Spirit Cave formed when he dispersed the Demon Cave. He continued toward the Central Demon Abyss, where he saw a Void Refinement Rank Demon Spirit emerge and fly away.

• He Yuan and the surviving Su Ling Sect cultivators tried to flee a squid Demon Spirit, but Yao Xi and He Yuan turned back to protect their companions while Hong Zhan abandoned them to seek help.
• Luo Chen appeared, severed the squid Demon Spirit's tentacles, and burned and killed it with his fire ability and Yuan Tu Sword.
• Luo Chen left without revealing his identity, and the Su Ling Sect cultivators entered the newly forming Spirit Cave to gather its Spiritual Opportunities.
• Luo Chen watched over the group from a distance, considering his actions repayment for the Su Ling Sect's kindness, then set off for the Central Demon Abyss.
• Several days later, Luo Chen concealed his aura as a terrifying Avian Demon Spirit emerged from the abyss and flew away; he recognized it as a Void Refinement Rank Demon Spirit.

Luo Chen entered the Demon Abyss after witnessing a Void Refinement Rank Avian Demon Spirit depart, while the creature rampaged through the trial grounds and killed exposed cultivators. Inside the Demon Suppression Tower, True Lord Vermilion Bird and True Lord Black Tortoise learned that a Spirit Transformation cultivator was calling for help, and Vermilion Bird prepared to enter the tower.

• Luo Chen slipped into the Demon Abyss after the Avian Demon Spirit left the Dark Demon Cave.
• The Avian Demon Spirit swept across the lake, breaking True Person Youhuang’s concealment formation and injuring her soul; Jiang Huang gave her a Fourth-Order soul-nourishing pill.
• True Person Hong Zhan flew back to check on his fellow disciples but was killed by the Avian Demon Spirit.
• The Avian Demon Spirit attacked a Dao Sect gathering, killing its Nascent Soul Cultivators and confronting a Dao Sect Great Power.
• True Lord Vermilion Bird and True Lord Black Tortoise discussed the deaths reported during the trial and the fate of Qixia Yuanjun before a distress call reached them.
• True Lord Vermilion Bird ordered the restriction opened so she could enter the Demon Suppression Tower.

Luo Chen entered the Central Demon Abyss to find a secluded place to break through, discovered a pool of rare Demon Milk, and prepared a formation before beginning to reforge his Primordial Spirit. After using the Nine Nether Demon Moss to grasp Wood Origin and complete the fusion, his Primordial Spirit emerged and he began his breakthrough to the Spirit Transformation Realm.

• Luo Chen surveyed the Central Demon Abyss, detected numerous Void Refinement Demon Spirits, and chose a secluded cave inhabited by an Iron-Armored Dragon Python.
• Luo Chen discovered Demon Milk in the cave, killed the Iron-Armored Dragon Python, and set up the Great Five Elements Sword Formation with the Yuan Tu Sword as its formation eye.
• After a month of preparation, Luo Chen began merging his immense Divine Soul with his Nascent Soul using the Five Elements Sources.
• Luo Chen found that the Flourishing Decay True Intent was not fundamental Wood Origin and used the Nine Nether Demon Moss's resonance to gain insight into Wood Origin.
• Luo Chen completed the fusion, restored his Primordial Spirit, and surged into the abyss to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm.