Recaps

True Lord Vermilion Bird swept through the Dark Demon Cave and entered the Central Demon Abyss to stop a possible breach of the Nine Absolutes Seal, while Luo Chen broke through to Spirit Transformation and encountered the Black Light in the Vitality Ocean. Luo Chen comprehended the Destruction Great Dao, whose power repelled a Demon World Saint Ancestor’s attempt to break into the Xuan World.

• True Lord Vermilion Bird descended into the Dark Demon Cave, killed the avian Demon Spirit with Origin Divine Fire, and began destroying Demon Caves throughout the region.
• True Lord Vermilion Bird entered the Central Demon Abyss and fought through its Demon Spirits, suspecting that the Nine Absolutes Seal had loosened.
• Seven Demon Spirits fled toward the Nine Absolutes Seal and helped a Demon World Saint Ancestor push its scaled left hand through the boundary as True Lord Vermilion Bird arrived.
• Luo Chen broke through to Spirit Transformation, comprehended the Wood Origin, and raised his Divine Soul Foundation to the Void Refinement level.
• Luo Chen followed the Black Light into the Vitality Ocean and witnessed a blood-red sword repel the Demon World Saint Ancestor’s attack across the Spatial Barrier.
• Luo Chen returned to his body after comprehending the Destruction Great Dao and declared that facing extinction was necessary to prove a great fortune.

True Lord Vermilion Bird urged True Lord Black Tortoise to destroy the Dark Demon Cave after the Nine Absolutes Seal broke, but he held back when the Demon Suppression Tower remained calm. Meanwhile, Luo Chen absorbed the world’s gift, reached Spirit Transformation Middle Stage, devoured Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, and left disguised as Xuan Luo, heading toward the Su Ling Sect cultivators before spotting something that promised another stroke of good fortune.

• True Lord Vermilion Bird emerged injured and warned True Lord Black Tortoise that the Nine Absolutes Seal had broken and the Demon World's Saint Ancestor had crossed realms, urging him to use the Demon Suppression Tower against the Saint Demon Left Hand.
• True Lord Black Tortoise observed that the Demon Suppression Tower remained undisturbed, chose to defer action to the Sect Master, and told True Lord Vermilion Bird to recover.
• Luo Chen absorbed a vast influx of energy for half a year, advanced to Spirit Transformation Middle Stage, and recognized that he had comprehended the Destruction Great Dao.
• Luo Chen sent the Chaos Myriad Spirit Fire to devour seven clusters of Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, collected treasures from the Central Demon Abyss, and disguised himself as Xuan Luo with Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation.
• Luo Chen flew toward the Su Ling Sect cultivators, intending to reunite with them and leave the Dark Demon Cave, then stopped when he spotted something nearby.

Luo Chen obtained the complete Soul Splitting Art after intervening unseen in Yun Dongjun’s fight, gaining methods to strengthen Split Souls and condense a Dharma Form. He spent half a year studying the arts, then looked up as the passage out of the Demon Suppression Trial began to form.

• Ding Ling'er and Xiao Fufeng joined Fairy Green Butterfly in attacking Yun Dongjun, but a Spirit Transformation Great Power suppressed their techniques and ordered them to leave for the opening of the Demon Suppression Tower.
• The unseen Luo Chen searched Yun Dongjun’s Storage Treasure, copied the complete Soul Splitting Art, and let Yun Dongjun leave unaware of what had happened.
• Luo Chen studied the art’s method for strengthening Split Souls and nourishing the Main Soul, hoping to mend the hidden damage to his Divine Soul.
• Luo Chen discovered the art’s Dharma Form secret technique, which could improve his chances of reaching the Body Integration Stage, and devoted himself to studying it.
• Half a year later, Luo Chen saw a vortex forming in the sky as the passage out of the Demon Suppression Trial opened.

After surviving the Demon Suppression Trial, Luo Chen passed the Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s Demon-Scrutinizing Treasure Mirror and rejoined his sect as the survivors gathered outside. The chapter ended with the Dao Sect’s four generals reviewing the mirror’s results, and True Lord White Tiger focusing on Luo Chen.

• Yun Dongjun surveyed the survivors and noticed that the Su Ling Sect had preserved six members, including He Yuan, who had reached the Spirit Transformation Stage.
• Luo Chen emerged and reunited with his fellow disciples, telling them he had removed his Demon Infection and advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage while cultivating in seclusion.
• The trial participants handed over their Demon Spirit Gourds and passed beneath the Bronze Mirror for examination; Luo Chen changed his Mana, and the mirror shone gold as he passed.
• Luo Chen joined Elder Gu Mu and the other survivors outside, where sect elders waited amid heavy losses and large Dao Sect forces surrounding the tower.
• A Dao Sect powerhouse invited the survivors aboard a great ship to visit the Dao Sect, while inside the tower Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird examined the mirror’s results.
• True Lord White Tiger fixed his attention on the image of a thin young man in the mirror.

After the Demon Suppression Trial, Luo Chen considered leaving the Su Ling Sect and traveling to the Blood Rain Continent, then unlocked two Void Refinement pill recipes that could aid his future cultivation. As the great ship reached the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, he recognized Flying Star Terrace, the abandoned route once used by ascenders from the Mountain Sea World.

• True Lord White Tiger admired Xuan Luo’s talent and declared that he wanted to take him as a disciple.
• Elder Gu Mu warned the Su Ling Sect survivors to be cautious at the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, while He Yuan explained that Hong Zhan had clashed with them before his death.
• Luo Chen weighed leaving the Su Ling Sect and considered traveling to the Blood Rain Continent to pursue artifact refining.
• Luo Chen removed the restrictions from the Mind Stabilization Pill and Perceiving Illusion Pill recipes, discovering that he possessed most of the ingredients for the latter but still lacked Formless Void-Driving Insect eggs.
• Luo Chen remembered that Qixia had taken the Dao Integration pill recipe, then arrived at Flying Star Terrace and learned from Elder Gu Mu that Pill Saint Chu Yan had been its last ascender.

Luo Chen was questioned by the Heaven Origin Dao Sect about the Demon Suppression Trial, then received an invitation from Chu Yan to visit her at Sitting-Hidden Peak. The chapter ended with Chu Yan greeting him warmly, revealing that she remembered him from the Mountain Sea World.

• Luo Chen realized the ruined Flying Star Terrace was a Spatial Node connected to the Mountain Sea World and considered how its teleportation array might be restored.
• The Heaven Origin Dao Sect summoned Luo Chen to recount his movements in the Demon Suppression Trial, and he described finding the shattered Demon Cave and cultivating there for three years.
• Yu Jiajia and her senior brother compared Luo Chen's account with Jiang Huang's and the Demon Spirit Gourd's records, then told him he might be questioned again.
• Yu Jiajia invited Luo Chen to Sitting-Hidden Peak on Chu Yan's behalf, and he accepted while asking about Chu Yan's reputation and temperament.
• Chu Yan emerged from the clouds at Sitting-Hidden Peak, smiled at Luo Chen, and greeted him as an old acquaintance.

Luo Chen revealed his identity to Chu Yan, who explained how her Jade Pot Pill Heart and memories of his past helped her recognize him. As they enthusiastically discussed and demonstrated pill refinement, the Heaven Origin Dao Sect continued investigating the unknown Spirit Transformation cultivator who had rescued several sects, and the Nine Yang Sword Lord headed to visit Chu Yan.

• Luo Chen recognized Sitting-Hidden Peak as a reminder of his hometown and revealed to Chu Yan that he was Luo Chen.
• Chu Yan explained that her Jade Pot Pill Heart let her sense the Tier 5 Divine Pill aura on Luo Chen, and that she had remembered his soul aura from his Epiphany on Heaven Earth Peak.
• Luo Chen told Chu Yan about the Law Derivation Pill and the Primordial Era Clarified Butter Pill, and the two exchanged pill-making knowledge and demonstrations.
• True Person Youhuang and Yao Xi discussed how the Heaven Origin Dao Sect had repeatedly interrogated them about the unknown Spirit Transformation cultivator who had saved them.
• Elder Gu Mu told the Su Ling Sect cultivators that Xuan Luo had been invited to visit the Pill Saint, while they complained about the interrogations and heard that Grand Lord Tianyuan would soon emerge from seclusion.
• The Nine Yang Sword Lord learned that an unidentified sword-wielding Spirit Transformation cultivator had aided several sects and flew to Sitting-Hidden Peak to ask Chu Yan to refine pills.

Luo Chen and Chu Yan refined Clarified Butter Pills and discovered that they shared a history of being controlled by the Heaven Origin Dao Sect. After learning that Chu Yan’s Primordial Spirit was bound by Grand Lord Tianyuan, Luo Chen wondered whether he could help her as he considered leaving for the Blood Rain Continent.

• Luo Chen helped Chu Yan complete the Clarified Butter Pill recipe, and she praised his alchemy while identifying his unfamiliar furnace as the reason the pills’ quality suffered.
• Nine Yang Sword Lord visited Sitting-Hidden Peak but was turned away by Chu Yan, then questioned Yu Jiajia about her delivery of medicinal materials and the friend working with Chu Yan.
• Chu Yan told Luo Chen that Nine Yang Sword Lord was a Mountain Sea World ascendant from the He Family, and Luo Chen suspected that he might have cultivated the same sword scripture he had encountered before.
• Luo Chen asked whether Chu Yan was being controlled, and she explained that Grand Lord Tianyuan’s restriction could collapse her Primordial Spirit at a thought.
• Yu Jiajia brought Chu Yan the requested materials and warned that the Pill Saint Hall needed more pills, while Chu Yan told Luo Chen that Nine Yang Sword Lord pursued her on the Sect Master’s orders.
• Luo Chen said he might leave for the Blood Rain Continent, then wondered whether he could find a way to deal with Chu Yan’s threatened Primordial Spirit.

Chu Yan and Luo Chen refined the Seed Devil Manifestation Pill together, and she gave him one before he shared the Mind Stabilization Pill recipe with her. A month later, Lin Xixiang arrived alone at the Demon Suppression Tower and took charge of it for the Youdu Source Court.

• Chu Yan brought Luo Chen to the Pill Saint Hall, where he examined the grand furnace nurturing Holy Devil Essence Liquid made with Styx Divine Milk.
• Chu Yan asked Luo Chen to help refine the Seed Devil Manifestation Pill, a Tier 5 Divine Pill that could let Spirit Transformation Cultivators form a Dharma Form early.
• After two days of study and about ten days of refining, Chu Yan and Luo Chen completed the pills, and Chu Yan secretly gave Luo Chen one.
• Luo Chen gave Chu Yan the Mind Stabilization Pill recipe, which could restore a Primordial Spirit at the moment it collapsed.
• At the Demon Suppression Tower, Lin Xixiang dismissed the Four Generals of Tianyuan and announced that the Youdu Source Court would take charge of the site.

Luo Chen and Chu Yan prepared to refine the Mind Stabilization Pill while the Heaven Origin Dao Sect assembled for the Tianyuan Grand Ceremony. The ceremony opened with a display of the Sect’s powerful cultivators, ending with Grand Lord Tianyuan’s arrival.

• Luo Chen and Chu Yan completed their study of the Mind Stabilization Pill Recipe, and Luo Chen agreed to help Chu Yan refine it using the Sun and Moon Pot.
• Luo Chen began refining the pill with his Vermilion Bird Divine Fire while Chu Yan added his Zhenlong Frost Flame, and its fragrance began to emerge as it neared completion.
• Elder Gu Mu led the Su Ling Sect cultivators to Yao Mountain, where they learned about the ceremony’s rewards and saw the Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s many Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Nine Yang Sword Lord, Hundred Poisons True Lord, and the Four Great Generals arrived at the summit plaza.
• The Four Great Generals welcomed Grand Lord Tianyuan, who descended and took his seat.

At the Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s celebration, Yan Di and Qixia Yuanjun attacked Grand Lord Tianyuan over old grievances, leaving the sect’s forces struggling to hold them back. Inside the Pill Saint Hall, Luo Chen’s hidden power awakened as he cried out “Demon Phoenix,” while the battle above Yao Mountain turned against the Dao Sect.

• Grand Lord Tianyuan rewarded He Yuan with a Tier 5 Seed Devil Manifestation Pill and praised his potential before the gathered sects.
• Yan Di and Qixia Yuanjun appeared at Yao Mountain, challenged Grand Lord Tianyuan, and began fighting him inside the Square-Round Pot.
• True Lord Azure Dragon ordered cultivators to evacuate and formed the Four Saints Spirit Transformation Array with the other generals as the Pill Saint Hall was left in danger.
• Luo Chen’s Blood Cloth Armor appeared while he breathed Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, and he murmured “Demon Phoenix” as Chu Yan focused on completing the Mind Stabilization Pill.
• Yan Di broke the Square-Round Pot and drove Grand Lord Tianyuan away, while Qixia Yuanjun defeated the Nine Yang Sword Lord’s attack and shattered the Four Saints Spirit Transformation Array.
• Qixia Yuanjun prepared to pursue Grand Lord Tianyuan, but Luo Chen’s furious roar of “Demon Phoenix” rang out across the battlefield.

Luo Chen broke free of his suppressed fury and struck Qixia Yuanjun with a devastating punch, knocking her into Yao Mountain. As his power surged and he faced her again, he vowed that they would fight until one of them died.

• Chu Yan swallowed a Mind Stabilization Pill and began refining it while worrying about Luo Chen and the danger facing Heaven Origin Dao Sect.
• Qixia Yuanjun suppressed the Four Great Generals and prepared to pursue Grand Lord Tianyuan after sending a Golden Flame Phoenix toward True Lord Vermilion Bird.
• Luo Chen charged through Qixia Yuanjun's flames and Great Dao Pressure, then shattered her golden Phoenix and struck her down with one punch.
• The sect cultivators recognized Luo Chen's Star Fire, while Jiang Huang realized he had saved her and her fellow disciples before; Elder Gu Mu and He Yuan led them away from the battlefield.
• Luo Chen transformed into a towering Three Heads Six Arms form as Qixia Yuanjun rose from the ruins, and he challenged her to fight until one of them died.

Luo Chen fought Qixia Yuanjun across the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, using his Martial Dao and fire techniques to withstand her attacks and exploit her weaknesses. He trapped her in Heaven and Earth Inverse Wheel and continued driving it at the cost of his own strength, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Luo Chen used Heavenly Star Yuan Magnetic Divine Thunder and Raging Stream Annihilation Realm to injure Qixia Yuanjun, then seized and nearly tore apart her wings with the Great Luo Five Dragons Hand.
• Qixia Yuanjun pierced Luo Chen's chest with Void Nirvana Divine Light, but he recovered through his Chaos Undying Body and met her in another head-on clash.
• Luo Chen's Chaos Myriad Spirit Fire fought Qixia Yuanjun's Nirvana Sacred Fire as they battled across the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, devastating the land and killing cultivators caught in the fighting.
• Luo Chen used Blood Refinement Divine Aura to manifest two grinding wheels, and Qixia Yuanjun's Void Nirvana Divine Light failed to destroy them.
• When Qixia Yuanjun tried to flee, Luo Chen reversed the grinding wheels and trapped her inside Heaven and Earth Inverse Wheel, continuing to power it as his aura and Formless Bone Wheel weakened.

Yan Di and Grand Lord Tianyuan fought a deadly Primordial Spirit battle while Luo Chen overwhelmed Qixia Yuanjun, who destroyed her body to escape as a Primordial Spirit. Grand Lord Tianyuan died, True Lord Azure Dragon freed Chu Yan and left, and a black hand emerged from beneath the fallen Demon Suppression Tower to seize the Xuan World.

• Yan Di tried to leave the chessboard to save Qixia Yuanjun, but Grand Lord Tianyuan revealed his demonic Primordial Spirit and trapped him in a fierce soul battle.
• Luo Chen used Ten Thousand Year Demon Milk to strengthen the Heaven and Earth Inverse Wheel, forcing Qixia Yuanjun to detonate her body and flee as a Primordial Spirit.
• Luo Chen pursued Qixia Yuanjun, while Yan Di broke free of the barrier and found Grand Lord Tianyuan dead.
• True Lord Azure Dragon took the Holy Devil Essence Liquid from Pill Saint Hall, freed Chu Yan, and departed from the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.
• The surviving Tianyuan Sect members realized True Lord Azure Dragon was missing, while Lin Xixiang watched the Demon Suppression Tower collapse and was struck aside by a giant black hand emerging from beneath it.

Luo Chen pursued Qixia Yuanjun across the Youxuan Continent and into the Sea of Chaos, using Vacuum Divine Escape to keep pace with her fleeing Primordial Spirit. After discovering that Luo Chen had marked her, Qixia plunged into the sea, while Luo Chen was delayed by a Late Void Refinement Stage Silver Squid.

• Luo Chen used Kong Kong Er and Vacuum Divine Escape to catch up to Qixia Yuanjun at Sunset Plain, where she burned her soul to break free of the Primal Chaos Cauldron's restraint and flee in a new direction.
• Luo Chen pursued Qixia through Chaos City, broke its Flight-Ban Formation, and continued after her toward the Sea of Chaos; Layman Wuqiu and the other cultivators realized a clash between Human and Demon Race experts might be underway.
• After a month of pursuit, Qixia discovered Luo Chen had concealed a trace of his will on her Primordial Spirit, then plunged into the sea to remove it and gain time.
• Luo Chen followed Qixia underwater, but a Late Void Refinement Stage Silver Squid attacked him and forced him out of the sea.
• Luo Chen briefly fought the Silver Squid with Thousand Rivers Draw, then sensed the mark on Qixia was fading and unleashed Raging Stream Annihilation Realm to clear his path.

Luo Chen pursued the wounded Qixia Yuanjun toward the Blood Rain Continent, while she realized the Primal Chaos Cauldron was a Dao Artifact and spread word of it to draw rogue cultivators against him. After killing Kutengzi, Luo Chen vowed to continue the hunt despite the danger gathering around him.

• Luo Chen’s lightning attack devastated the Sea Race forces, and the Silver Squid watched him depart in fury and disbelief.
• Luo Chen followed the lingering trace of his Martial Dao Divine Will toward Qixia Yuanjun as she fled across the Blood Rain Continent.
• Qixia Yuanjun recalled the Gray Radiance and concluded that Luo Chen’s Primal Chaos Cauldron had become a Dao Artifact, then used the treasure’s reputation to lure rogue cultivators into stopping him.
• Luo Chen destroyed Kutengzi’s wooden cage and struck him down after Kutengzi demanded his treasures.
• Kutengzi revealed that Qixia Yuanjun had told him a Spirit Transformation cultivator carried a supreme Dao Artifact, and Luo Chen burned Kutengzi with the Nirvana Sacred Fire.
• Luo Chen recognized Qixia Yuanjun’s plan and vowed to pursue her through the Blood Rain Continent despite the approaching Human Tribulation.

Luo Chen fought through the rogue cultivators Qixia Yuanjun sent to delay him, then cornered her in No-Return Valley after five months of pursuit. Qixia sacrificed one-third of her Primordial Spirit to escape, leaving Luo Chen trapped inside a vast barrier with countless cultivators gathering outside.

• The Peng Mountain Twin Fiends and Old Devil Shan joined forces against Luo Chen after he killed Daoist Qu, but Luo Chen killed the younger twin and the Boss of Pengshan before Old Devil Shan fled.
• Luo Chen killed a palace-robed cultivator who tried to stop him and realized Qixia's weakening Primordial Spirit was close to exhaustion.
• Qixia burned her soul and fled while leading Luo Chen in circles, but after another month he found her hidden in No-Return Valley.
• Qixia told Luo Chen the valley's name and vanished as her Primordial Spirit burned, but Luo Chen sensed that she had split her Primordial Spirit and sacrificed only one-third.
• Luo Chen turned toward the valley's exit and saw countless cultivators outside as a barrier spanning more than ten thousand miles sealed No-Return Valley.

Moxuzi, Dao Wuque, Hua Xizi, and thousands of cultivators gathered outside No-Return Valley to trap Luo Chen and seize his Dao Artifact, lured there by Qixia Yuanjun. When Luo Chen arrived, Moxuzi’s treasure blocked his escape, and Luo Chen revealed that the cauldron was his Natal Magic Treasure before preparing to fight.

• Moxuzi recognized Qixia Yuanjun’s fleeing Primordial Spirit and decided to pursue the Dao Artifact she said Luo Chen possessed.
• Moxuzi met Dao Wuque and Hua Xizi outside No-Return Valley, then used the Yin-Yang Divine Void Bowl to seal the area against escape.
• Qixia Yuanjun’s burning Primordial Spirit drew Luo Chen into No-Return Valley, where the gathered cultivators prepared to attack him.
• Moxuzi demanded Luo Chen hand over his Dao Artifact, but Luo Chen explained that the cauldron was his Natal Magic Treasure and refused.
• As Dao Wuque and Hua Xizi called for Luo Chen’s capture or death, Luo Chen stopped laughing, drew his sword, and challenged the crowd.

Luo Chen unleashed his Chaos Undying Body in No-Return Valley and slaughtered the gathered cultivators, while three Integrated Body Great Venerates struck back with abilities designed to counter him. After Dao Wuque cut him in half, Luo Chen transformed into a sea of blood and began devouring the survivors, growing stronger as the battle continued.

• Luo Chen attacked the cultivators with his sword, then manifested his Chaos Undying Body and killed Spirit Transformation cultivators with sweeping strikes.
• Fairy Lianxing and other Refining Void True Lords summoned their Primordial Spirit Dharma Images, but Luo Chen used Soul-Shaking Divine Thunder to seize and crush Fairy Lianxing.
• Luo Chen revealed Heavenly Star Yuan Magnetic Divine Thunder, killing and scattering cultivators throughout No-Return Valley.
• Hua Xizi struck Luo Chen with Blooming Other Shore Flower, while Dao Wuque cut his body in half with a Golden Small Axe.
• Luo Chen’s body exploded into a sea of blood that damaged Dao Wuque’s axe and swept up the surviving cultivators.
• Luo Chen emerged from the blood sea and drew the survivors into it, devouring them as his power grew.

Luo Chen used his Chaos Undying Body to survive the attacks of three Integrated Body Great Venerates, then unleashed his Primal Chaos Cauldron to kill Moxuzi and shatter the Yin-Yang Divine Void Bowl. As Hua Xizi and Dao Wuque considered seizing the Dao Artifact, a Heavenly Venerable’s Divine Thought appeared and ordered everyone to leave Luo Chen alone.

• Luo Chen turned into a vast sea of blood, regenerated from his wounds, and fought off Hua Xizi, Dao Wuque, and Moxuzi as they tried to refine him with fierce yang power and the Unity Void Flame.
• Luo Chen exploited Moxuzi’s divided attention to attack him with Seven Hundred God Kill, destroying his body and exposing his Primordial Spirit.
• Luo Chen summoned the Primal Chaos Cauldron, which absorbed Moxuzi’s Primordial Spirit and shattered the Yin-Yang Divine Void Bowl before vanishing.
• Hua Xizi and Dao Wuque realized Luo Chen had revealed a Dao Artifact and considered taking it for themselves.
• A late-stage Body Integration newcomer arrived, bowed to a Heavenly Venerable’s Divine Thought, and heard it order everyone to leave Luo Chen alone.

After Yang Venerable pursued Luo Chen for the Dao Artifact, Luo Chen escaped into the Xuan World's Spatial Turbulence and used his remaining resources to empower Kong Kong Er. The chapter left Luo Chen and Kong Kong Er streaking blindly through the turbulence while Yang Venerable searched outside.

• Yang Venerable's command forced Dao Wuque and Hua Xizi to abandon their pursuit, and Yan Di also gave up after learning Luo Chen had angered a Great Vehicle Heavenly Venerate.
• Yan Di found Qixia Yuanjun badly injured and mentally shattered after Luo Chen had hunted her across continents for six months.
• Yang Venerable caught up with Luo Chen and destroyed his many Blood Transformation Escape Technique doubles, but Luo Chen escaped through the Primal Chaos Cauldron's power and entered the void.
• Yang Venerable pursued Luo Chen's likely exit points while Luo Chen struggled to survive the Spatial Turbulence as his Mana and Kong Kong Er's strength dwindled.
• Luo Chen fed Kong Kong Er a drop of blood infused with his Blood Refinement Divine Aura and Ten Thousand Year Demon Milk, and Kong Kong Er carried him deeper into the Spatial Turbulence.

Min Rou entered the Lost Forest Sea to explore an ancient cultivator ruin, but discovered it was a sealed site created by the Ethereal Spirit Palace to suppress a powerful demon. She and Woody the Cripple reached a Blood Sea filled with terrifying figures, who turned their attention toward them.

• Min Rou drove off the Four Ghosts of Nether Spring with the Star-Seeking Basket and continued toward the newly surfaced ruins.
• At the Nameless Taoist Temple, Min Rou activated the Demon-Suppressing Stone Bars and used their power to enter the sealed site, followed by other cultivators.
• Min Rou recognized the formations as the work of the Ethereal Spirit Palace and found the enormous bones of a scorpion demon.
• Woody the Cripple revealed that the sixth palace lord had sealed the Azure Sky Demon Scorpion there, then flew ahead toward its remains.
• Min Rou followed Woody past a ridge and found a Blood Sea containing hundreds of powerful figures and two battling shadows.
• The figures opened their eyes and stared at Min Rou and Woody, and the woman’s Dao Heart shattered from their gaze.

Min Rou escaped the blood sea after Dao Lord Min Tang’s intervention, while Luo Chen revealed how he had survived a century in the demon-suppressing land and refined his enemies into Blood God Children. After cultivating the Soul Splitting Art and taking the Seed Devil Manifestation Pill, Luo Chen began manifesting his Dharma Form.

• Woody the Cripple tried to flee, but the middle-aged scholar struck him down with the Azure Heaven Blade and the blood sea enslaved him.
• The blood sea swept through the secret realm and White Bone Mountain Forest, killing the intruders while Min Rou endured with her Star-Seeking Basket.
• Dao Lord Min Tang appeared through the Star-Seeking Basket, negotiated Min Rou’s release with the blood sea’s master, and Min Rou escaped to the Lost Forest Sea.
• A distant Taoist wondered how Luo had entered the Demon-Suppressing Temple, while Luo emerged in the blood sea and revealed that he had spent a hundred years suppressing and refining survivors of the battle at No-Return Valley.
• Luo Chen prepared to refine the Seed Devil Manifestation Pill, cultivated the Soul Splitting Art until his Primordial Spirit was whole, and swallowed the pill.
• Luo Chen’s Dao Heart Planting Devil cultivation stirred the laws of heaven and earth as he began manifesting his Dharma Form.

Luo Chen abandoned his unstable attempt to condense a Void Image from multiple Laws and instead formed a Water Technique Void Image, advancing to the Late Spirit Transformation stage. He left seclusion, set out to meet Dao Lord Min, and learned three Water Element Divine Abilities from his enslaved cultivators.

• Luo Chen recognized that combining the Five Elements with the Destruction Great Dao made his Void Image dangerously disordered, so he chose Water as a gentler foundation.
• After ten years of cultivation, Luo Chen condensed a Water Technique Void Image and advanced from the Spirit Transformation Middle Stage to the Late Spirit Transformation stage.
• Luo Chen left the Blood Sea, summoned three enslaved cultivators skilled in Water Element Laws, and asked them to demonstrate their Divine Abilities.
• Old Devil Shan demonstrated Azure Heaven Blade, and two other cultivators taught Luo Chen Water Dragon Chant and Fishing the Moon from Water.
• When Fishing the Moon from Water failed against Old Devil Shan and injured its caster, Luo Chen became interested in the Primordial Spirit-targeting technique.

Luo Chen reached Ethereal Spirit Palace and sought Golden Erosion Script from Dao Lord Min Tang, who explained the origins of Scorpion Island and the Immortal World fragment. Min Tang offered to teach Luo Chen everything he knew and provide Fallen Immortal Buds if Luo Chen helped him with a matter.

• Luo Chen nearly pulled Old Devil Shan’s Primordial Spirit Moon Soul out with Fishing the Moon from Water, then learned that he had escaped to remote Scorpion Continent.
• Luo Chen arrived at Ethereal Spirit Palace, met Palace Master Min Tang, and discovered that his tea, Fallen Immortal Buds, contained Immortal Qi.
• Luo Chen showed Min Tang a Golden Erosion Script character and asked to learn the writing, revealing that he was at Late Spirit Transformation.
• Min Tang explained that Scorpion Continent was a fragment of the shattered Taihao Continent, destroyed during a battle between Nine Tribulations Heavenly Venerate and more than a dozen Demon World Saint Ancestors.
• Min Tang revealed that his Fallen Immortal Buds and Golden Erosion Script came from an Immortal World fragment, and offered them to Luo Chen in exchange for his help with a matter.