Recaps

Wang Yu used Song Yun’s intelligence to find a Blood Scorpion Rift Valley, where he tested the Yellow Springs Earth Hatred Puppet by killing a Fourth Tier Blood Scorpion King. After returning to Red Snow Mountain, he was visited by Yan Ling, who had come to stay away from the gathering storm rather than pursue the Blood Infant Fruit.

• Wang Yu heard Song Yun and the other elders planned to seek the Blood Infant Fruit with Princess Yan Ling’s help, then accepted Song Yun’s map of the Blood Hell Ice Plains.
• Wang Yu followed the map to a deadly rift valley, where he used the Spotless Jade Toad to absorb the blood scorpions’ poisonous mist as he slaughtered them.
• Wang Yu sent the Yellow Springs Earth Hatred Puppet to fight the Fourth Tier Blood Scorpion King and helped it defeat the beast with his own abilities.
• Wang Yu collected the battlefield spoils and returned to Red Snow Mountain to repair and replenish the puppet.
• Yan Ling visited Wang Yu, who realized she had come to keep away from the eye of the storm rather than to pursue the Blood Infant Fruit.

Wang Yu interrogated Xue Ying about her Heavenly Ice Spiritual Root and her reasons for approaching him, then killed her and devoured her spiritual root. Yan Ling witnessed the killing, while Wang Yu took Xue Ying’s storage ring and left their relationship unexplained.

• Yan Ling told Wang Yu that Jiang Mingxin had been killed by Wei Hao and offered him a future opportunity if he recovered a Saint-character token from Jiang Mingxin’s storage ring.
• Wang Yu spent nearly two years cultivating and exchanging bouts with Yan Ling before Xue Ying arrived with her.
• Wang Yu restrained Xue Ying inside the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda and forced her to reveal that liquid Heavenly Frost Qi from Eternal Frozen Mountain had transformed her spiritual root.
• Wang Yu deduced that Xue Ying suspected he had killed her great-grandfather, True Person Flying Snow, and destroyed her mind with the Asura Slaughter Fist.
• Wang Yu devoured Xue Ying’s life essence and Heavenly Ice Spiritual Root, then took her storage ring and burned her corpse as Yan Ling watched from nearby.

Wang Yu hunted down an Ice Blood Flood Dragon to obtain its crystal core, then used Myriad Spirit Blood Essence to advance to Core Formation Eighth Layer. With four years left in the Blood Abyss Training, he headed to the Blood Demon Sea to cultivate and strengthen his Twin Corpses.

• News reached Wang Yu that Xie Xie An had become known as the Rakshasa Great Demon after killing over a hundred Core Formation cultivators while escaping with the Blood Infant Fruit.
• Wang Yu traveled to the western Blood Hell Ice Plains and fought an Ice Blood Flood Dragon with the Yellow Springs Earth Hatred Puppet and his own techniques.
• Wang Yu killed the Ice Blood Flood Dragon, took its Blood Beast Crystal Core, and collected Myriad Spirit Blood Essence, though repairing the damaged puppet would cost over a million Spirit Stones.
• After several months of secluded cultivation at Red Snow Mountain, Wang Yu consumed the Myriad Spirit Blood Essence and broke through to Core Formation Eighth Layer.
• With four years remaining, Wang Yu returned to the Blood Demon Sea and released the Twin Corpses to absorb blood-fiend energy.

Wang Yu watched Xie Xie An devastate the Blood Abyss Training and cultivated until the training ended, then learned from Yan Ling that the Saint Token opened the Saint Lord Heavenly Palace. As Wang Yu left the Blood Abyss, Blood Axe Demon Lord gave him a map to a body-refinement site.

• Xie Xie An used the Heavenly Demon Bell to injure hundreds of cultivators and entered the Purity Realm, while Wang Yu watched from afar and continued cultivating.
• Wang Yu reached 3,593 strands of magic power and met Wei Hao at Blood Gorge, where Wei Hao handed over the Saint Token.
• Yan Ling explained that the Saint Token was a map and key to the Saint Lord Heavenly Palace, which would open in two hundred years and attract powerful competitors.
• Wang Yu and Yan Ling agreed to consider entering the Heavenly Palace together if Wang Yu reached Nascent Soul.
• As Wang Yu left the Blood Abyss, Blood Axe Demon Lord praised his physique and gave him a map to a body-refinement site.

After leaving the Blood Abyss, Wang Yu learned that the Twin Zhuo Conflict had turned against Zhuo Shouqing, leaving him and Zhuo Yuanshen in the Ghost Region. Wang Yu began protecting his own position on Cold Blood Peak and sent Situ Hong to prepare Guiling City for a possible change in power.

• Blood Axe gave Wang Yu a Talisman Paper pointing to a potential breakthrough opportunity and told him to keep their affairs secret.
• Wang Yu left the Blood Abyss and hurried to the Law Enforcement Hall, where Situ Hong told him Zhuo Shouqing had been ambushed at Cloudtop City and fled to the Ghost Region with Zhuo Yuanshen.
• Wang Yu concluded that Zhuo Shouyun had likely outmaneuvered the other brothers and decided to secure a seat among Cold Blood Peak's Twelve Elders before Zhuo Shouyun could influence the clan's support.
• Wang Yu sent Situ Hong to Guiling City to extract its value quickly, then planned to ask Cold Blood Mountain Lord to initiate the Succession Battle for a Twelve Elders position.
• Wang Yu kept watch for contact from Zuoqiu Ming and resolved to help him despite the end of their contract.

Wang Yu visited the Cold Blood Mountain Master to discuss the Blood Pool Baptism and found himself pressured to abandon the Cold Blood Four Clans and join the Mountain Master's faction in exchange for a possible Elder Council seat. He delayed his answer while seeking Zuoqiu Ming's support, then welcomed the unexpected arrival of Senior Huang Jiu.

• Wang Yu showed the Jade Book Elder memories involving Song Yun, prompting the elder to rush off and investigate.
• The Cold Blood Mountain Master urged Wang Yu to end his pill-making arrangements with the Cold Blood Four Clans, expand his work for Yan Ling, and join the Master-Disciple Faction.
• Wang Yu realized that securing an Elder Council seat depended on finding factional backing, so he asked for three days to decide.
• Wang Yu contacted Wei Hao to ask about the Blood Pool Baptism and request help reaching Zuoqiu Ming.
• Two days later, Senior Huang Jiu arrived, and Wang Yu greeted him with delight.

Wang Yu spoke with Zuoqiu Ming through a magical mirror, learned more about Zhuo Shouyun's schemes, and secured a Zuoqiu Clan seat on Cold Blood Peak's Elder Council. After sharing intelligence with Huang Jiu, he set out with him to meet the clan elders, while Yu Tang Tang and Tantai Chan waited at his residence.

• Huang Jiu brought Wang Yu a mirror that let him speak with Zuoqiu Ming, who explained his restored spiritual root and Zhuo Shouyun's involvement in the secret art.
• Wang Yu suspected Zhuo Shouyun, Zhuo Shouqing, and Zhuo Yuanshen were entangled in a plot involving the Blood Demon Body, and told Zuoqiu Ming to focus on cultivation.
• Wang Yu asked Zuoqiu Ming for a Cold Blood Peak Elder Council seat, and Zuoqiu Ming arranged for Huang Jiu to use his mother's token to grant it.
• Zuoqiu Ming asked about Zhuo Shouqing, and Wang Yu said he would try to keep him alive if he had enough room to protect himself.
• Huang Jiu complained about Zhuo Shouqing abandoning him at Cloudtop City and shared what he knew about Fu Xiao's combat abilities while drinking with Wang Yu.
• Yu Tang Tang and Tantai Chan arrived at Wang Yu's residence, and Wang Yu left with Huang Jiu to meet the Zuoqiu Clan elders.

Wang Yu claimed the Seventh Elder’s seat by defeating Zuoqiu Bo in a succession battle, gaining greater authority over Cold Blood Peak and a say in the upcoming Blood Pool Baptism. Back at his Cave Abode, he reunited with Tantai Chan and Yu Tang Tang and received a list of alchemy work to handle.

• Huang Jiu asked Zuoqiu Bo to yield the Seventh Elder’s seat to Wang Yu, and Zuoqiu Bo agreed to let the Elder Council’s succession procedure decide the matter.
• The Elder Council assembled on Cold Blood Peak, and Wang Yu fought Zuoqiu Bo, breaking his illusion and overpowering him with his killing and ice techniques.
• The Grand Elder stopped Wang Yu from delivering a final blow, declared him the victor, and gave him the Seventh Elder’s Identity Ring and an updated Ice Crown.
• The Cold Blood Mountain Lord reconsidered Wang Yu’s prospects and began considering ways to mend their relationship ahead of the Blood Pool Baptism.
• Wang Yu saw Huang Jiu off, then returned to his Cave Abode, where he reunited with Tantai Chan and Yu Tang Tang and received a pill list from Yu Tang Tang.

Wang Yu negotiated for rare Yin- and Ice-attribute treasures, pursued new alchemy partnerships, and acquired several demonic alchemy inheritances to study. After reviewing the severely incomplete ancient Demon Refining Art, he placed it in the Placement Slot and discovered that completing even its First Tier would take a year, suggesting it was an exceptionally high-grade inheritance.

• Wang Yu asked Yu Tang Tang to seek Fourth Tier pill-refining work from the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon’s side and spent the day with Tantai Chan.
• Wang Yu used his Seventh Elder authority at the Technique Transmission Hall to select the Human Pill Technique and Blood Pill Technique, then memorized the ancient Demon Refining Art.
• Wang Yu renewed annual pill-trading agreements with representatives of the Ji Clan, Qiao Clan, Snow, and Chu Clan, accepting only Yin- and Ice-attribute treasures and materials.
• Wang Yu studied the incomplete Demon Refining Art and placed it in the Placement Slot, where its First Tier completion was estimated to require a year.

Wang Yu negotiated with Frost Demon Monarch over alchemy commissions, then attended Cold Blood Peak’s meeting to set the Blood Pool Baptism quota. He gained major improvements to his Magic Power and physique from the baptism and returned to his Cave Abode, while an author’s note promised another chapter after breakfast.

• Wang Yu agreed to increase alchemy cooperation with the Ji Family but said he had to finish a commission from Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon first.
• Cold Blood Peak’s elders negotiated with the other peaks and set their Blood Pool Baptism upper limit at 8,999 Blood Beast Crystal Cores per person.
• The Blood God Guard Commander arranged separate pools for the Nine Peaks and ordered the cultivators to enter after contributing their crystal cores.
• Wang Yu spent a month in the blood pool, gaining nearly eight hundred strands of Magic Power and raising his physical strength limit by thirty percent.
• Wang Yu left the baptism and returned to his Cave Abode; the author’s note said the second chapter would follow after breakfast.

Wang Yu advanced the Ice Dragon Pill Flame to the Fourth Tier by refining a Cold Dragon Pill, fusing the flame with his Samadhi True Fire and binding it to his Golden Core. Celebrated as a Fourth Tier alchemist, he went to meet the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon Lord and received a demanding Fourth Tier alchemy commission.

• Wang Yu spent nearly half a year refining pills and prepared the Fusion Mind Flame Raising Formation to advance the Ice Dragon Pill Flame.
• Wang Yu refined and swallowed a Fourth Tier Cold Dragon Pill, then used the formation to fuse the Ice Dragon Pill Flame with his Samadhi True Fire over three months.
• Wang Yu emerged with a Fourth Tier Ice Dragon Pill Flame bound to his Golden Core, and cultivators gathered outside his Cave Abode to congratulate him and request alchemy services.
• Wang Yu dismissed visitors from other peaks, told the remaining guests to wait a month, and left Cold Blood Peak with Long Que to meet the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon Lord.
• The Demon Flood Dragon Lord assigned Wang Yu a Fourth Tier spirit pill to refine, with success depending on his ability to produce a Fourth Tier Mid-Grade pill.

Wang Yu used the Heavenly Enlightenment Dao Platform to master the Heavenly Demon Divine Essence Pill formula and improve his techniques, then successfully refined the pills for the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon. Back at Cold Blood Peak, he agreed to refine an Yin Demon Essence Pill for Frost Demon Monarch in exchange for Ten Thousand Year Snow Silkworm Silk.

• Wang Yu studied the Heavenly Demon Divine Essence Pill formula on the Heavenly Enlightenment Dao Platform, perfecting his Human Pill Technique and Blood Pill Technique and restoring the Pill Dao Chapter of the Demon Refining Art to Third Tier level.
• After ten years, Wang Yu perfected the Ice Soul Saint Demonic Scripture and agreed to refine the pill; the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon supplied a Fourth Tier Top Grade furnace and spirit stones.
• Wang Yu successfully refined seven Heavenly Demon Divine Essence Pills, including one high-grade pill, and the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon kept four of them.
• Wang Yu returned to Cold Blood Peak, learned that Fu Xiao was waiting near the sect entrance, and decided to prepare further before confronting him.
• Frost Demon Monarch visited Wang Yu and offered Ten Thousand Year Snow Silkworm Silk in exchange for an Yin Demon Essence Pill; Wang Yu accepted the recipe and requested three months to study it.

Wang Yu secretly kept two high-grade Yin Demon Essence Pills while refining seven for Frost Demon Monarch, then made Nascent Soul Pills and tested a method for turning Heavenly Demons into pills. He successfully refined one Heavenly Demon Pill, which stirred his Profound Origin Demonic Fetus.

• Wang Yu refined seven Yin Demon Essence Pills for Frost Demon Monarch and secretly hid the two high-grade pills for himself.
• Frost Demon Monarch praised Wang Yu, gave him Ten Thousand Year Snow Silkworm Silk and Fourth Tier Bone Armor, and lent him the Pill Furnace for three months.
• Wang Yu delivered the materials and a million Spirit Stones to Father Yu for repairs to Three Feet Snow, then returned to refine four Nascent Soul Pills.
• Wang Yu tested the Demon Refining Art on captured Demon Beasts and discovered that its meat pills could reveal inherited techniques and strengthen his body.
• Wang Yu combined the Demon Refining Art with the Ice Coffin Seal Secret Art to refine a Heavenly Demon into a pill, which immediately stirred his Profound Origin Demonic Fetus.

Wang Yu learned that Zhuo Yuanshen had escaped with the Zhuo Clan’s treasures and that Zhuo Shouyun was pursuing a Blood Demon Body, prompting him to prepare to leave the sect. After receiving his repaired Dharma Robe and a Fourth Tier Great Shift Talisman from Father Yu, Wang Yu set out to deal with Fu Xiao before traveling north.

• The Profound Origin Demonic Fetus absorbed five Heavenly Demon Pills, developed a Five Elements Demonic Spiritual Root, and brought Wang Yu close to Fourth Tier Middle Stage Divine Sense.
• Wang Yu learned that Zhuo Yuanshen had stolen Tian Shui Longevity Mud and other treasures, escaped into the Great Lake Spirit Domain, and evaded Zhuo Shouyun by using the Spirit Seizing Art.
• Wang Yu concluded that the Blood Demon Body secrets and the Sect Master's plans could soon cause turmoil, and decided to deal with Fu Xiao before leaving for Feng Province.
• Wang Yu packed his belongings and visited Father Yu, who returned his repaired Three Feet Snow and said the sect would not provide a Fourth Tier Pill Furnace without Wang Yu softening his stance with the Alchemy Hall.
• Father Yu gave Wang Yu a Fourth Tier Great Shift Talisman as Wang Yu announced his long trip, leaving Wang Yu wondering whether Father Yu was hinting at something.

Wang Yu defeated Fu Xiao, but a Great Black Heaven Talisman hidden on Fu Xiao nearly killed him before his Yellow Springs Earth Hatred Puppet saved him. Black Heaven Talisman Lord then confronted Wang Yu, and just as Wang Yu prepared to escape, a sword-wielding cultivator arrived and was revealed to have reached the Nascent Soul Seventh Layer.

• Wang Yu fled the Saint Sect toward Heaven Treasure City with Fu Xiao pursuing him, then stopped to face him on a desolate plain.
• Wang Yu overwhelmed Fu Xiao with his Demonic Dragon Fist and Ice Chain Binding God Curse, but Fu Xiao used Zhuo Shouyun's Instant Blood God Sword to wound Wang Yu's shoulder.
• Wang Yu subdued Fu Xiao and discovered his Profound Origin Demonic Fetus, but a Great Black Heaven Talisman hidden on Fu Xiao erupted and forced the Yellow Springs Earth Hatred Puppet to shield them.
• Black Heaven Talisman Lord appeared and attacked Wang Yu, while Wang Yu inferred that Fu Xiao's secret art connected him to the Nine Evil Sword Lord and activated the Great Shift Talisman.
• Wang Yu used the Moonfall Eye Technique to summon a massive meteor, but a sword-wielding cultivator shattered it and arrived; Black Heaven Talisman Lord recognized that the cultivator had reached the Nascent Soul Seventh Layer.

Wang Yu escaped the Nine Evil Sword Lord with a Great Shift Talisman, then left the sect for a remote Desolate City to form an Innate Demonic Fetus. After three days of struggling with Fu Xiao’s Demonic Fetus, Wang Yu’s own fetus devoured it, and he entered a dormant transformation.

• The Black Heaven Talisman Lord failed to stop Wang Yu’s escape and argued with the Nine Evil Sword Lord, who flew toward Heaven Treasure City while Black Heaven headed for the Zhuo Clan’s ancestral home.
• Wang Yu returned to Father Yu’s cave, asked him to secretly send him out of the sect, and gave Yu Tang Tang Blood Cores and instructions to collect Spirit Stones from Situ Hong.
• Father Yu sent Wang Yu through an Ancient Shift Formation to a Desolate City near Night Jade Province, where Wang Yu hid underground and prepared to form the Innate Demonic Fetus.
• Wang Yu released Fu Xiao and used his demonic techniques to break down Fu Xiao’s resistance over three days and nights.
• Fu Xiao’s Profound Origin Demonic Fetus devoured his cultivation, but Wang Yu swallowed it and his own Demonic Fetus overwhelmed and consumed it.
• Wang Yu changed all Seven Placement Slots to the Demonic Fetus Secret Incantation, then fell into a dormant transformation inside a black demonic cocoon.

After three years in seclusion, Wang Yu emerged from his transformation as a three-year-old-looking boy, with a strengthened body and greatly improved cultivation speed. On his way to Profound Bone Mountain, he learned that the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect had suffered a major upheaval three years earlier and that bandits had taken over the mountain.

• Wang Yu completed his transformation into an Innate Demonic Fetus, gaining a renewed body, enhanced physical potential, and faster cultivation.
• Wang Yu reorganized his placement slots and set out for Profound Bone Mountain, planning to investigate the mountain and then seek information in Maple Province City.
• Wang Yu entered Maple Province and found a Barefoot Old Daoist using Marrow Cleansing Fruit to lure victims; he severed the old man's hand and subdued him.
• Three Profound Bone Bandits arrived and revealed that the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect had been in turmoil for three years and that the Four Provinces were in chaos.
• Wang Yu used the Soul Gouging Evil Boat Curse to search the bandits' memories and learned what had happened to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect.

Wang Yu traveled toward Maple Province City amid widespread rebellion, using his child body to slaughter rogue cultivators and refine them into human pills. He arrived at the city’s South District with enough pills to reach the peak of Core Formation Ninth Layer, then encountered a striking woman at the gate.

• Wang Yu learned that upheaval had spread across the provinces after the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect’s Sect Master failed his breakthrough, and he decided to visit Maple Province City before heading to Profound Bone Mountain.
• Wang Yu killed the old man at Profound Bone Mountain and refined him into a human pill before setting off toward the provincial city.
• Wang Yu intervened in a clash near Chai Mountain City, froze Zi Luo, Wu Shu, Meteor, and their followers, and refined many of them into human pills.
• Wang Yu gained the nickname Ice Demon Child as he hunted rebels and rogue cultivators across Maple Province, eventually collecting 231 Cultivator Human Pills.
• Wang Yu reached Maple Province City’s South District in disguise and stared up at a woman whose imposing figure blocked his view of her face.

Wang Yu entered Maple Province City in the guise of a child and used Tao Si Xuan to reach the Wang Clan residence while seeking intelligence about the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect. After exposing his identity to Wang Zheng Hong, he compelled the clan master to arrange a meeting with the Intelligence Division chief.

• Tao Si Xuan took Wang Yu into Maple Province City, believing he was a lost child, and brought him to the Wang Clan residence.
• At a meeting in the Garrison Mansion, Maple Province’s Core Formation cultivators argued over whether to support the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, and Wang Zheng Hong decided his clan would stay out of the conflict.
• Wang Yu learned that Tao Si Xuan was Wang Zheng Hong’s concubine and overheard Wang Zheng Hong order the manor to avoid involvement in the coming fighting.
• Wang Yu revealed himself to Wang Zheng Hong, who recognized Ice Demon Child and immediately submitted.
• Wang Zheng Hong identified the Intelligence Division as the channel for contact with the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, and Wang Yu ordered him to bring its chief officer to the manor.
• Wang Yu planted a Demonic Thought Seed in Wang Zheng Hong and reviewed intelligence about a young master from the Yu Clan who was in the city.

Wang Yu gave Tao Si Xuan a powerful spirit pill, drew her into an affair, and then helped Wang Zheng Hong lure two Intelligence Division officers to his mansion. He trapped Wan and Li and searched their memories for information about the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, discovering that the matter was more complicated than he had expected.

• Wang Yu gave Tao Si Xuan diluted Human Pill essence, which greatly strengthened her cultivation, and persuaded her to sleep with him while Wang Zheng Hong was away.
• Wang Zheng Hong invited Wan and Li to his mansion under the pretense of faction-building and plied them with wine as part of a trap.
• Wang Yu interrupted the gathering, froze Wan and Li with ice chains, and revealed that he wanted to search their memories about the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect.
• Wan and Li opened their Niwan Palaces after Wang Yu threatened them, and he used black paper boats to examine their memories.
• Wang Yu finished reviewing the officers' memories and realized that the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect situation was more complicated than he had thought.

Wang Yu pieced together the truth behind the Blood Pavilion’s crisis and suspected a wider war was brewing, with Demon Luo Sect activity in Feng Province supporting his fears. He set spies to gather intelligence and planned to investigate the Profound Bone Mountain Underground Palace after preparing in Maple Province City.

• Wang Yu deduced that the Young Sect Master had hidden to avoid becoming a scapegoat, while Lu Chenzhou’s failed escape had triggered the sect master’s madness and the crisis three years earlier.
• Wang Yu reviewed the sect’s movements across the Four Provinces and the appearance of Earth Luo Ghost Mask users in Suppress Beast City, concluding that Great Lake cultivators might exploit the conflict to start a war.
• Wang Yu forced Wan and Li to accept Demonic Thought Seeds and ordered them to report news about the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, while Wang Zheng Hong arranged for their messages to be recorded and secretly delivered.
• Wang Zheng Hong killed the concubines who had served the wine, and Tao Si Xuan grew closer to Wang Yu as they left the hall together.
• Wang Yu gave Wang Zheng Hong a Third Tier Essence Blood Replenishing Pill and tasked him with investigating Blood Axe’s opportunity site; Wang Yu planned to stay in Maple Province City for a month and advance his cultivation before leaving.

Wang Yu’s Twin Corpses completed their advancements, and he reached the Core Formation Ninth Layer while planning to stabilize his magic power before pursuing further breakthroughs. After learning that Fallen Dragon Valley held a dangerous body-refinement opportunity, he settled his affairs in Maple Province City, entrusted Tao Si Xuan with inheritances and resources under binding oaths, and departed.

• Wang Yu finished advancing the Twin Corpses, which awakened new escape abilities and improved their combat strength.
• Wang Zheng Hong reported that Fallen Dragon Valley concealed Dragon Blood Vine Demons, while Wang Yu decided to investigate the dangerous body-refinement opportunity.
• Wang Yu broke through to the Core Formation Ninth Layer and chose to slow his cultivation to stabilize his magic power.
• Wang Yu gave Tao Si Xuan two cultivation inheritances, pills, artifacts, and a protective Ice Talisman after securing her loyalty with contracts and an Inner Demon Oath.
• Wang Yu completed his arrangements in Maple Province City and set out, leaving Tao Si Xuan behind.

Wang Yu returned to Mystic Bone Mountain, where he killed the Profound Bone Bandits and discovered a possible Ice Clan bloodline among them. He then entered the buried underground palace and ordered Snow Jade to help clear it, leaving his search for the Black Stone Tablet still ahead.

• Wang Yu reached Mystic Bone Mountain and decided to eliminate the Profound Bone Bandits before exploring underground.
• The bandit leaders discussed an order to raid Azure Cloud Sect territory, and Wang Yu suspected Yellow Springs Temple was behind it.
• Wang Yu unleashed Vast Cold Twelve Aspects, freezing nearly the entire bandit camp, then discovered one survivor's bloodline had awakened resistance to extreme cold.
• Wang Yu identified the survivor as likely descended from an Ice Clan member and a human, killed him, and preserved his corpse for research.
• Wang Yu entered the underground palace, found that it was almost entirely buried, and brought Snow Jade out to excavate it.

Wang Yu read Zhu Qifeng’s stone tablet and learned that the Ice Prison Realm was a prison built by the Immortal Palace, with the Grand Yin Gate seeking escape through the Grand Yin Star before the Sky Eye Thief destroyed it. After concealing the tablet and clearing the Underground Palace, Wang Yu left Profound Bone Mountain and headed for Fallen Dragon Valley to test his strength against the Dragon Blood Vine Demon.

• Wang Yu read the Black Stone Tablet and learned the Ice Prison Realm’s history, the Primeval Immortal Dynasty’s fall, and the Grand Yin Gate’s failed attempt to escape.
• Wang Yu speculated about the Sky Eye Thief and the motives of current cultivation factions, then removed the tablet and hid it in his Ocean Heart Ring.
• Snow Jade found the dead Corpse Demon, and Wang Yu suspected the Sky Eye Thief had killed it and stored the corpse away.
• Wang Yu and Snow Jade finished clearing the Underground Palace, but Wang Yu found no other tablet and destroyed the site with the Yellow Springs Great Handprint.
• Wang Yu left Profound Bone Mountain, checked Clear Far City for signs of the Demon Luo Sect, and reached Fallen Dragon Valley ten days later.

Wang Yu tested Fallen Dragon Valley, found it crowded with Dragon Blood Vine Demons, and turned the valley into a training ground to strengthen his body and magic power. After a year, he learned that the war was worsening and that Black Heaven Talisman Lord was coming to Feng Province, so he resolved to secure the valley’s opportunity before attempting a breakthrough.

• Wang Yu sent Snow Jade to lure out the Dragon Blood Vine Demons, then helped her defeat the attackers with his Ice Dragon Pill Flame.
• Wang Yu withdrew after countless more Vine Demons emerged and suspected they behaved like soldiers serving a queen-like creature; he also discovered their Dragon Blood could restore bodily vitality.
• Wang Yu established a temporary Cave Abode and spent a year fighting the Vine Demons, using their blood to recover while tempering his body with the Yin Nether Demonic Dragon Art and Blood Fiend Crystals.
• Wang Yu’s body reached the Innate Demonic Fetus’s new limit, and his magic power rose to eight thousand strands, bringing him close to the peak of Core Formation Ninth Layer.
• Wang Yu reviewed reports from Wang Zheng Hong and learned that the eastern and southern battlefields remained troubled, while Black Heaven Talisman Lord and Earth Savage Old Demon would oversee Feng Province.
• Wang Yu decided to pursue Fallen Dragon Valley’s opportunity before breaking through and sent Snow Jade back into the Human Seed Bag.