Chapter Summaries

Zhou Yunshen brought Zhou Fuyou to the Southern Heaven Dao Palace and tested its leaders, overpowering four Nascent Soul True Persons before matching Zhan Bingtao. After the leaders praised the Dao Sect’s recovery plans, all four hall masters competed to take Zhou Fuyou as a disciple, and he was left to choose among them.

• Zhou Yunshen challenged the five Nascent Soul True Persons to prove they could guide Zhou Fuyou, then overwhelmed their Domains and matched Zhan Bingtao.
• The six Nascent Soul True Persons discussed the devastation of Central Province and the Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s plans to restore its former lands and power.
• Zhou Yunshen revealed that Zhou Fuyou had reached Foundation Establishment and asked the four hall masters to take him as a disciple.
• Hui Yuanhong, Long Ting, Zhang Bairen, and Fu Qinglan each promoted their hall and offered reasons for Zhou Fuyou to choose them.
• The hall masters argued over one another’s claims until Zhan Bingtao silenced them and ordered Zhou Fuyou to make his choice.

Zhou Fuyou chose Fairy Qing Lan as his master and joined Houtu Hall, where he received a fine cave estate and met his new seniors. Before departing, Zhou Yunshen entrusted him with the Zhou Family’s Coral Ring and a wealth of cultivation resources, leaving Zhou Fuyou to greet his master at dawn.

• Zhou Fuyou insisted on joining Houtu Hall under Fairy Qing Lan, and Zhan Bingtao confirmed his choice.
• Fairy Qing Lan brought Zhou Fuyou to Houtu Hall, where he met his eight senior disciples and received the Xuanzi Jia Yihao cave estate.
• Zhou Fuyou named his new residence Chao Xi Palace and told Shi Miaoyin he expected to move to a better cave estate as he advanced.
• Zhou Yunshen visited Zhou Fuyou and explained that the great Spirit Veins of Heaven Earth Peak had dispersed across the continents.
• Zhou Yunshen gave Zhou Fuyou the Zhou Family’s Coral Ring, cultivation insights, Spirit Stones, and materials for a future Natal Magic Treasure before leaving at dawn.
• Zhou Fuyou greeted Fairy Qing Lan as his master when she appeared outside his sleeping chamber.

Fairy Qing Lan taught Zhou Fuyou about Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s origins and tested his gifts, discovering his rare Xuanming Dao Physique. She urged him to abandon the Dew Cicada Technique, but accepted his decision to continue cultivating it and promised to seek its later stages; Zhou Fuyou then focused on reaching Foundation Establishment Great Perfection and forming a Golden Core.

• Fairy Qing Lan explained that Heaven Origin Dao Sect descended from the Xuan World with the other four Great Holy Lands, and that the Demon Phoenix had taken Star Gate from the ruined Heaven Earth Peak.
• Fairy Qing Lan tested Zhou Fuyou and confirmed that he had a Water Heavenly Spirit Root and the rare Xuanming Dao Physique, which improved his cultivation and mana capacity and resisted poisons and corrupted qi.
• Fairy Qing Lan learned that Zhou Fuyou cultivated the rapid Demon Technique Dew Cicada Technique and urged him to switch to one of the sect’s high-grade Water Element Cultivation Methods.
• Zhou Fuyou demonstrated unusually powerful mana despite cultivating the Dew Cicada Technique and insisted on keeping it, asking Fairy Qing Lan to obtain its Golden Core-stage and later follow-up methods.
• Fairy Qing Lan agreed to seek the technique’s continuation from Ranke Mountain, warned Zhou Fuyou to switch methods if problems arose, and told him his physique might let him wield Ming Water.
• After Fairy Qing Lan left, Zhou Fuyou resolved to cultivate at Chao Xi Palace, reach Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, and form a Golden Core so he could take charge of the Zhou Family and bring his younger sister to the Dao Palace.

Zhou Fuyou drove off a crowd of Foundation Establishment cultivators who had come to challenge him, then learned that his master planned to arrange a custom Natal Magic Treasure for him. While choosing from a treasure compendium, he set his sights on the Ocean Stabilizing Pearl; elsewhere, a black-robed Daoist reached Grandmaster Level in the Sword Scripture and discovered a strange Sword Qi seed.

• Zhou Yuwei, Zhou Yuhao, Zhou Ping'an, and Zhou Yuqi arrived at Chao Xi Palace and found Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered outside to provoke or meet Zhou Fuyou.
• Zhou Fuyou confronted the crowd, unleashed the Sky Floating Qi Sea to suppress them, and stopped only when Shi Miaoyin intervened and ordered them to leave.
• Shi Miaoyin told Zhou Fuyou that his master wanted him to choose a Natal Magic Treasure, and she promised Houtu Hall would forge it for him.
• Zhou Fuyou listened as the four Zhou family members described their struggles, including Zhou Ping'an's slow cultivation and Zhou Yuqi's doubts about his parents' deaths.
• Zhou Fuyou studied the Magic Treasure Compendium and chose the Ocean Stabilizing Pearl as the kind of treasure he wanted.
• A black-robed Daoist reached Grandmaster Level in the Sword Scripture after twenty years and discovered a seed condensed from Sword Qi.

After twenty years of secluded cultivation, Zhou Fuyou formed a Golden Core at Chao Xi Palace, with Fairy Qing Lan helping control the overwhelming spiritual qi. At Houtu Hall, he learned that his younger sister Zhou Qingyu had established her foundation, offered precious materials for his Natal Magic Treasure, and was asked to join an expedition against sea demons on the East Sea Coast.

• Zhou Fuyou formed his Golden Core after twenty years of cultivation, and Fairy Qing Lan suppressed the spreading spiritual qi while he recovered from sealing himself off from it.
• After three days and nights, Zhou Fuyou left Chao Xi Palace and learned from Shi Miaoyin that a letter from home reported Zhou Qingyu had established her foundation.
• Zhou Fuyou asked whether Zhou Qingyu could come to the Southern Heaven Dao Palace as an auditor, and Shi Miaoyin said the decision depended on Fairy Qing Lan.
• Fairy Qing Lan examined Zhou Fuyou's stable Early Stage Golden Core cultivation and accepted his rare materials to help prepare the Ocean Stabilizing Pearl as his Natal Magic Treasure.
• Fairy Qing Lan announced that Golden Core Disciples and Foundation Establishment True Cultivators would be sent to the East Sea Coast to fight sea demons, then asked Zhou Fuyou whether he would join the expedition.

Zhou Fuyou prepared to leave for the East Sea Coast, strengthened Sky Floating Qi Sea by refining Ming Water True Essence, and traveled with the Southern Heaven Dao Palace’s force. As the cultivators met with True Person Wen, Little White discovered a powerful gathering of Sea Demons and a Black Dragon beneath the sea.

• Zhou Fuyou explained that Master Qing Lan had sent him to gain experience and examined his powerful Golden Core before beginning to refine Ming Water True Essence into Sky Floating Qi Sea.
• Three days later, Zhou Fuyou joined the Southern Heaven Dao Palace force departing for the East Sea Coast, where Fu Bin organized the cultivators into squads.
• During the journey, Zhou Fuyou spent half a month refining Ming Water True Essence, greatly strengthening Sky Floating Qi Sea.
• The fleet neared Zhenhai City, and True Person Wen welcomed the twenty Golden Core cultivators with a banquet.
• Little White secretly followed the fleet, detected heavy Demon Qi over the sea, and found three Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators gathered around an undersea palace.
• A Transformation Demon Cultivator noticed Little White spying and attacked her, while a Black Dragon drank wine beside him.

Zhou Fuyou arrived at Liubo Mountain as mobile support and discovered that its formations concealed a vast network beneath the region. Meanwhile, Saibo and the Black Dragon planned an early assault on Zhenhai City, and Little White identified the Black Dragon as Black King and sent word to her master.

• Fu Bin told Zhou Fuyou that a battle involving a possible Tier 4 Demon Emperor had erupted, then assigned him to lead a team patrolling the region around Liubo Mountain.
• Zhou Fuyou arrived at Liubo Mountain, where Jidu introduced him to the local defenses and Zhou noticed a guarded formation he had not been told about.
• Lian Yuanshan emerged from the formation and warned Zhou Fuyou not to interfere with it; afterward, Zhou realized the formation patterns beneath Liubo Mountain were likely what the cultivators had been ordered to protect.
• Saibo reported that a Tier 4 Ghost Emperor had escaped him and persuaded the Black Dragon to attack Zhenhai City ahead of schedule, with the Black Dragon assigned to break through its nine gates from Liubo Mountain.
• Little White escaped Saibo, recognized the Black Dragon as Black King, and sent her master a voice transmission warning that Black King had appeared.

Luo Chen captured another wisp of Purple Sky Qi before learning that Black King had appeared, while Zhou Fuyou fought a devastating Sea Demon assault at Liubo Mountain. After Fairy Qing Lan’s Great Creation Divine Palm stopped a colossal wave, a Black Dragon destroyed the mountain, and Qing Lan hurried to request use of the Teleportation Array.

• Luo Chen used his Exploding Void Fire Escape to evade Sky Insects, captured Purple Sky Qi, and received Little White’s message that Black King had appeared.
• Zhou Fuyou and his squad helped defend Liubo Mountain, where he killed three Overlord Crabs and reinforced the front line.
• A towering tsunami swept toward Liubo Mountain, and Fairy Qing Lan’s Great Creation Divine Palm stopped and shattered it.
• A Black Dragon emerged, destroyed Liubo Mountain, and drove Zhou Fuyou to flee into the sea after his Mirror Flower Water Moon illusion briefly dazed it.
• The Black Dragon left Zhou Fuyou alive and headed toward Zhenhai City with millions of Sea Demons, while Fairy Qing Lan flew to the Heaven Origin Observatory to request the Teleportation Array.

Sea Demons breached Zhenhai City’s defenses, but Fairy Qing Lan arrived and helped defeat their attack. Suspecting the fleeing Black Dragon was Black King, she pursued it until a falling fireball drew her attention to a distant island.

• A dragon-shaped Black Dragon led a million Sea Demons through the first six layers of the Zhenhai Ninefold Sluice while three Demon Emperors struck down True Person Wen and fought the city’s array giant.
• Fairy Qing Lan emerged from the Teleportation Array, blocked Black Dragon with a giant leaf, and drove it off with the Great Creation Divine Palm and her Seven-Colored Flower Garland.
• Fairy Qing Lan joined True Person Wen and arriving Nascent Soul True Persons to defeat the Demon Emperors, killing the ugly one while Saibo escaped and the beautiful demon fled wounded.
• At ruined Liubo Mountain, Zhou Fuyou learned that most of his squad, including Zhou Yuhao, had died; Fairy Qing Lan briefly checked on him before pursuing Black Dragon.
• Fairy Qing Lan tracked Black Dragon with a fading trace of Wood Origin, suspected it was Black King, and stopped when a fireball fell from the clouds onto an island a thousand miles away.

Luo Chen reunited with Fu Qinglan, learned that someone had taken control of Black King, and followed the dragon north through a powerful formation. He reached the Ice Sea, where he met Senior Li and claimed the Black Dragon as his spirit pet.

• Luo Chen met Fu Qinglan, confirmed his connection to the Black Dragon's attack on Zhenhai City and the events in God Burial Valley, then left after telling her that Fu Chaosheng had been proud of her.
• Little White told Luo Chen that Black King was under someone else's control and fleeing north, so Luo Chen followed the dragon to discover who had overlaid his Servant Seal.
• Luo Chen and Little White tracked Black King across the Southern Heaven and Northern Li continents toward the North Sea Cultivation World.
• Luo Chen detected a sophisticated formation in the sea fog, broke through it, and emerged on the ice near the Ice Peak Sect.
• Luo Chen greeted Senior Li, who expressed surprise at his arrival, and declared that the Black Dragon was his spirit pet.

Luo Chen awakened Black King and proved their bond to Li Canghai, then endured the Spirit Transformation cultivator’s strike to earn his respect. Li Canghai revealed that the Heaven Origin Dao Sect was preparing to reunite Central Province and rebuild Heaven Earth Peak, leaving Luo Chen with at most a hundred years to act.

• Luo Chen used his Source Blood to awaken Black King, whose memories returned even though Li Canghai’s soul restriction remained.
• Li Canghai offered to remove Black King’s restrictions if Luo Chen could withstand one strike, and Luo Chen shattered the old man’s fishing rod with his sword energy.
• Li Canghai removed Black King’s restrictions and invited Luo Chen to Ice Soul Spirit Mountain for a private conversation.
• Luo Chen asked Li Canghai about his hostility toward the Heaven Origin Dao Sect and proposed joining forces against it.
• Li Canghai warned that the Heaven Origin Dao Sect was laying formations to reunite Central Province and rebuild Heaven Earth Peak within one sixty-year cycle to a hundred years.

Luo Chen learned that the Heaven Origin Dao Sect was preparing to reunite Central Province and draw Spiritual Opportunity toward Heaven Earth Peak, then set out to investigate. After confirming the plan, he headed for Arctic Night Yama Heaven, where he hoped to find Nine Heavens Sky Qi to replenish his sword art.

• Li Canghai gave Luo Chen an incomplete Spirit-Nurturing Pill Recipe, and Luo Chen recognized its Primal Devil Sect origin and devised two ways to complete it.
• Luo Chen wrote out both versions of the recipe, impressing Li Canghai, who offered him a lead on a place rich in Nine Heavens Sky Qi: Arctic Night Yama Heaven.
• Luo Chen reunited with Little White and Black King and flew toward Central Province aboard the Frost Eagle Flying Shuttle.
• Luo Chen secretly entered an underwater palace on the Northern Departure Continent and confirmed that the Heaven Origin Dao Sect was building formations to reunite Central Province and draw in Spiritual Opportunity.
• Luo Chen decided not to attack the formations and instead left for Arctic Night Yama Heaven.

Luo Chen traveled toward Arctic Night Yama Heaven, examined the sword seed that now regenerated Crimson Sky Sword Qi, and learned from Black King that the Northern Sea had descended into chaos. As Luo Chen approached Raging Sea City, Kong Chan, Shark Emperor Liu Jun, and Taisui plotted to reopen the Fallen Devil Land, then rushed toward a gateway someone had forced open in the Arctic Demon-Sealing Array.

• Luo Chen told Little White she no longer needed to protect Zhou Fuyou, since he had reached the Golden Core Stage and Fu Qinglan had already seen her.
• Luo Chen considered Li Canghai’s motives, then discovered that his Thousand Skies Sword Seed was regenerating Crimson Sky Sword Qi within his Nascent Soul.
• Black King reported that the Heaven Origin Dao Sect had withdrawn from the Northern Sea, leaving the region in chaos, and warned that entering Arctic Night Yama Heaven would require passing through Raging Sea City.
• Luo Chen told Black King not to stir up trouble as they traveled toward Raging Sea City.
• Kong Chan, Shark Emperor Liu Jun, and Taisui discussed restoring the Sunken Sea’s power to reopen the Fallen Devil Land and pursue its Spirit Transformation opportunity.
• Kong Chan sensed someone forcing a way through the Arctic Demon-Sealing Array, and the three Demon Emperors flew toward the opening before it closed.

Luo Chen crossed the Arctic Demon-Sealing Array and reached the Yuan Magnetic Aurora, where he used the Nine Heavens Urn to collect abundant Sky Qi. A year later, he spotted Demon Monk Kong Chan, Shark Emperor Liu Jun, and a third man entering Arctic Night Yama Heaven, and sent Little White to follow them after recognizing something familiar about the stranger.

• Luo Chen used Li Canghai’s token to decipher the Arctic Demon-Sealing Array and crossed it with Little White.
• Luo Chen entered the blizzard, protected himself from the Sky Insects with the Profound Dust Armor, and found Sky Qi gathering around the Magnetic Mountains.
• Luo Chen placed the Nine Heavens Urn on the mountain and gathered Sky Qi for a year.
• Luo Chen spotted Demon Monk Kong Chan and Shark Emperor Liu Jun arriving in a Yuan Magnetic Mine shuttle with a third man who felt familiar to him.
• Luo Chen gave Little White the Profound Dust Armor and sent her into Yama Heaven to watch the three newcomers while he continued collecting Sky Qi.

Little White followed Kong Chan, Flow Monarch, and Taisui into Arctic Night Yama Heaven, where they found Mad Rogue absorbing the Blood Lake’s power. The awakening Corpse Ghosts formed a giant and attacked him, while the three demons turned on Little White, who called for her master’s help.

• Little White entered Yama Heaven after the three demons and followed them across the glacier, where buried corpses began opening their eyes.
• Kong Chan, Flow Monarch, and Taisui discovered the Blood Lake and realized its red blood and black Sunken Sea power had merged beyond their control.
• The group spotted Mad Rogue cultivating in the lake, and Taisui proposed capturing him after he absorbed the Sunken Sea’s power.
• As Kong Chan planted his staff to prepare an array, the ice broke apart and the trapped spirits of the Billion Soul Demon Locking Great Array awakened.
• The Corpse Ghosts merged into a thousand-zhang giant and charged into the Blood Lake toward Mad Rogue.
• Taisui, Kong Chan, and Flow Monarch attacked Little White, and she cried out for her master to save her.

Luo Chen arrived in Yama Heaven to rescue Little White and swiftly defeated Shark Emperor Liu Jun and Taisui, forcing Demon Monk Kong Chan to submit. He then used the Phoenix Fire Spirit to save Mad Rogue from the Blood Lake and returned to examine the Shark Emperor True Flame.

• Little White was surrounded by Demon Monk Kong Chan, Shark Emperor Liu Jun, and Taisui, but the Profound Dust Armor let her escape Taisui's attack.
• Luo Chen appeared, protected Little White from Shark Emperor Liu Jun's flame, and revealed that he recognized Taisui.
• Luo Chen subdued Shark Emperor Liu Jun with a glance, then struck down Taisui and burned him to ashes with the Nirvana Sacred Fire.
• Luo Chen placed a Soul Restriction on Demon Monk Kong Chan and went to the Blood Lake, where the Phoenix Fire Spirit attacked the Corpse Giant and dispersed its soul fire.
• Luo Chen left Mad Rogue alive, returned to Little White, and accepted Kong Chan's submission before turning his attention to the Shark Emperor True Flame.

Chapter Summary:

Blue Fish Fire Spirit, Qixia’s Scheme

Key Plot Points and Events

• Luo Chen recognizes the azure flame as the Shark Emperor True Flame, a Merman Clan creation designed to burn creatures with powerful fleshly bodies—especially desolate beasts—by using their qi and blood as fuel.
• He discovers why Shark Emperor Liu Jun could never fully control its power: generations of Merman experts had nurtured the flame, leaving behind countless wills and thoughts that suppressed its natural Fire Spirit.
• Using his superior fire-control abilities, two Fifth-Rank Divine Fires, and his mastery of the Fire Source Law True Intent, Luo Chen suppresses the flame and purifies it.
• Luo Chen studies Kong Chan’s copied manual for the high-grade soul art Soul Hooking Attraction. Despite only seeing it for the first time, he quickly masters it and uses it to extract the lingering souls and thoughts within the flame.
• The purified flame develops a small blue fish-shaped Fire Spirit, which Luo Chen forcibly condenses and absorbs into his Purple Mansion. It remains Fourth Order but is now pure and capable of future growth.
• Luo Chen gives the remaining oil lamp to Little White. Though the original Fire Spirit is gone, the lamp still contains enough merman oil to activate the Shark Emperor True Flame several more times.
• Luo Chen demands that Demon Monk Kong Chan reveal his true form. Kong Chan transforms into a gigantic, grotesque octopus- or jellyfish-like creature with eighteen cracked tentacles and nineteen speaking mouths, confirming the origin of his title, “Chanting Monk.”
• Kong Chan explains the destruction of the Primal Devil Sect. North Departure Great Saint and Sea Emperor Whale Old Ancestor defeated Soul Refining Old Ancestor, who scattered his Primordial Spirit and trapped surviving experts in Yama Heaven for over a century.
• Kong Chan also recalls a mysterious golden flame that escaped from the battlefield involving Primal Devil Old Ancestor and carried away over a million Human and Demon experts.
• From this information, Luo Chen strengthens his suspicion that Qixia Yuanjun deliberately destroyed the Primal Devil Sect and weakened the Northern Sea and Eastern Wasteland to lure the Heaven Origin Dao Sect into overextending itself.
• Luo Chen theorizes that Qixia’s true objective may have been the Star Gate, one of the Dao Sect’s Three Treasures, located at Heaven Earth Peak. Its disappearance after the Central Province Collapse may have been the goal of her entire scheme.
• He questions Kong Chan about recent Demon Race attacks on the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, learning that they were ordered by the Northern Sea’s two Old Ancestors and involved no Great Demon Emperors.
• Luo Chen sends Kong Chan back to guard Raging Sea City and prevent anyone from entering Yama Heaven.
• Rather than attempt a Spirit Transformation breakthrough there, Luo Chen begins preparing to refine Nine Heavens Sky Qi and advance his Thousand Skies Myriad Transformations Sword Scripture toward Great Perfection.
• He repairs the damaged Earth Vein and Fourth-Tier Spirit Vein over three days, then begins absorbing purple-tinged sky qi from the Nine Heavens Urn. His Thousand Skies Sword Seed responds by spinning rapidly.

Character Developments

• Luo Chen demonstrates increasingly overwhelming mastery of fire, divine soul techniques, and law comprehension. His ability to purify and reform the Shark Emperor True Flame highlights his superiority over its previous owner.
• He quickly masters Soul Hooking Attraction, impressing Kong Chan and revealing that his Divine Soul has reached a level comparable to a Spirit Transformation expert.
• Luo Chen becomes more focused on uncovering the hidden motives behind Qixia Yuanjun’s actions and the broader political struggle between the Demon Race and Heaven Origin Dao Sect.
• Kong Chan becomes even more submissive and reverent toward Luo Chen after witnessing his Primordial Spirit, Divine Thought, Law True Intent, and control over World Vitality. He accepts his status as Luo Chen’s subordinate or spirit pet without resistance.
• Little White remains loyal and enthusiastic, happily accepting the oil lamp as a reward and celebrating Luo Chen’s acquisition of the blue Fire Spirit.
• The newly formed blue fish Fire Spirit is timid and cautious, especially around Luo Chen’s stronger Wither Bloom and Nirvana Fire Spirits, but it begins to settle into Luo Chen’s Purple Mansion.

Significant Themes

• Purification and inheritance: Ancient treasures can be weakened by the accumulated wills and impurities of their former wielders. Luo Chen improves the Shark Emperor True Flame by removing these burdens rather than merely claiming it.
• Power and mastery: Luo Chen’s accomplishments show that true strength comes from combining cultivation methods, divine soul power, divine fires, and comprehension of laws.
• Hidden political schemes: The destruction of the Primal Devil Sect and the Central Province Collapse were likely parts of Qixia Yuanjun’s larger strategy against the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.
• Alliances and uncertain loyalties: Luo Chen views Li Canghai and the Northern Sea Demon Race cautiously, recognizing that temporary allies may not remain friendly if their interests conflict.
• Growth beyond immediate strength: Luo Chen is not satisfied with merely possessing powerful techniques; he seeks to perfect them so they can genuinely threaten Spirit Transformation experts.

Important Character Interactions

• Luo Chen explains the Shark Emperor True Flame’s limitations to Little White, while Kong Chan silently realizes how formidable Luo Chen’s Divine Soul must be.
• Kong Chan identifies Luo Chen’s technique as Soul Hooking Attraction, only to learn that Luo Chen is using the supposedly inferior Soul Subduing Art with extraordinary effectiveness. Kong Chan then gives him the copied manual.
• Luo Chen extracts the Merman experts’ lingering wills from the flame, while Kong Chan watches in astonishment.
• Luo Chen claims the purified blue Fire Spirit and gives the remaining lamp to Little White.
• Luo Chen orders Kong Chan to reveal his true form, mocks its ugliness, and commands him to return to human form.
• During their walk, Luo Chen interrogates Kong Chan about the Primal Devil Sect’s destruction, the golden flame, Qixia Yuanjun’s possible plans, and the Demon Race’s recent military actions.
• Luo Chen ultimately dismisses Kong Chan to guard Raging Sea City and begins his own secluded cultivation.

Zhou Fuyou gained the Ocean Stabilizing Pearl, a powerful True Artifact, and learned that the coming Sexagenary Grand Competition could lead him to the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, where time flowed a hundred times faster. Fifty years after Luo Chen entered seclusion in Arctic Night Yama Heaven, he emerged and prepared to return to the Eastern Wasteland.

• Zhan Bingtao and four other Nascent Soul True Persons used Heavenly Tribulation Divine Thunder to forge the Ocean Stabilizing Pearl for Zhou Fuyou, who seized it from the lightning.
• Fairy Qing Lan explained that the Sexagenary Grand Competition would award resources to disciples, their families, and their Dao Palaces, while its top ten in each realm could enter the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven.
• Fairy Qing Lan told Zhou Fuyou that one day outside equaled a hundred days inside the cave heaven, and Zhou Fuyou resolved to rank highly and cultivate there.
• Zhou Fuyou returned to Chao Xi Palace, celebrated with his family and fellow disciples, then renewed his determination to grow strong enough to protect those he cherished.
• Fifty years after entering seclusion, Luo Chen emerged from Arctic Night Yama Heaven, greeted Little White and Black King, and said they would return to the Eastern Wasteland.

Luo Chen left the Northern Sea for the Eastern Wasteland, recruiting Kong Chan for a future battle against Heaven Origin Dao Sect and discovering a hidden Body Tempering method. After teleporting to Cangwu Mountain, he sensed that Qing Shuang had reached Spirit Transformation.

• Luo Chen watched Mad Rogue undergo a dangerous transformation at the Blood Lake, then asked Kong Chan to fight Heaven Origin Dao Sect with him in ten years.
• Black King showed Luo Chen a Demonic Man Statue that could reveal a Body Tempering method only when activated by pure Demonic Qi.
• Luo Chen passed the Flying Swallow Islands without visiting Cheng Haixin and used a repaired Teleportation Array to travel east with Little White and Black King.
• During the journey through the void, Luo Chen perceived Spatial Nodes and Space Fluctuations, which he connected to Qing Shuang's Space Talent.
• Luo Chen arrived at Cangwu Mountain and recognized the familiar Divine Thought of Qing Shuang, realizing she had reached Spirit Transformation.

Luo Chen met Qing Shuang after she reached Spirit Transformation and tried to recruit her to help him reclaim his Life Soul and confront the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, but she declined after revealing that the Dao Sect lacked its Star Gate. He then used his authority as DuZhen Hall Master to rally Cangwu Mountain’s Demon Cultivators and Eastern Wasteland sects for a coming campaign, while leaving the Luo Tian Sect out of the danger.

• Luo Chen arrived at Cangwu Mountain and was transported to Qing Shuang, where he learned that she had reached Spirit Transformation and asked her to help him reclaim his Life Soul.
• Luo Chen warned Qing Shuang that the Heaven Origin Dao Sect planned to restore Heaven Earth Peak and might threaten Cangwu Mountain, but Qing Shuang revealed that her sister had taken the Dao Sect’s Star Gate.
• Luo Chen told Qing Shuang he would dissolve their Same Life, Same Death Gu contract if he successfully reached Spirit Transformation, then left Day Sky Hall and asserted his authority as DuZhen Hall Master to Nether Spring.
• Luo Chen used the DuZhen Seal and Demon Cultivator Registry to summon Cangwu Mountain’s Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators and sent invitations to Eastern Wasteland sects for a Dao Discussion Assembly seven years later.
• Luo Chen ordered Black King and Little White not to involve the Luo Tian Sect, then entered DuZhen Hall’s Tier 5 cave abode and felt its abundant spiritual qi.