Recaps

Wang Yu escaped the collapsing Heavenly Palace Secret Realm, but the Heaven Refining Demon Venerable emerged from the Spatial Storm and attacked the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable while sending a clone after him. Wang Yu sent Yan Ling and Yu Tang Tang to seek the White Tiger Demon Venerable’s help, then fled across the ice field with the clone in pursuit.

• Wang Yu and the others escaped the secret realm’s Spatial Storm and discussed the Prison King Spirit Official’s threat with the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable.
• The secret realm collapsed into a Spatial Storm, and the Heaven Refining Demon Venerable emerged from it.
• The Heaven Refining Demon Venerable attacked the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable, while Wang Yu fled with Yan Ling and Yu Tang Tang.
• The Heaven Refining Demon Venerable sent a Demon Flame Clone after Wang Yu and continued fighting the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Wang Yu gave Yan Ling a map and sent her and Yu Tang Tang to find the White Tiger Demon Venerable and ask for help.
• Yan Ling and Yu Tang Tang split off toward the Horned Dragon Mountain Range as Wang Yu raced across the ice field with the Demon Flame Clone pursuing him.

Grand Void Honored One and Dan Chenzi discussed Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s trip to the Endless Ice Field and the Sword Sect’s hopes of breaking the Ice Prison Realm’s cage, before Chun Yangzi reported an unusual change in the stars. Meanwhile, Wang Yu lured the Demon Flame Clone into an Extreme Cold Storm and tried to exhaust it, but the clone saw through his concealment and shattered his Ice Hell Demon Seal; Wang Yu escaped again to stall for the White Tiger Demon Venerable.

• Grand Void Honored One and Dan Chenzi discussed Heaven Refining Demon Venerable, the Sword Sect’s plans, and the possibility of breaking the Ice Prison Realm’s cage.
• Chun Yangzi arrived and told Grand Void Honored One that Jian He, Fu Ling, and Miao Zhen had observed an unusually bright Grand Yin Star while traveling to support Thunder Fire Temple.
• Wang Yu led the pursuing Demon Flame Clone into an Extreme Cold Storm, hoping the harsh environment would drain the clone’s energy.
• The Demon Flame Clone used its Demon Pupils to locate Wang Yu through his concealment and shattered the Ice Hell Demon Seal, injuring him through its backlash.
• Wang Yu struck with the Dragon Emperor Fist, but the clone deflected and dispersed the attack, allowing Wang Yu to flee again while he waited for the White Tiger Demon Venerable.

Wang Yu stalled the Demon Flame Clone for seven days while Heaven Refining Demon Venerable fought Azure Dragon Demon Venerable, until White Tiger Demon Venerable arrived to join the battle. With Heaven Refining Demon Venerable now distracted, Wang Yu revealed that he had been targeting the clone’s Heaven Refining Demon Flame origin.

• Wang Yu used escape arts to drag the Demon Flame Clone into a costly seven-day battle while Heaven Refining Demon Venerable cautiously wore down Azure Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Azure Dragon Demon Venerable unleashed his Nine Dragons Thunderous Aura and Azure Dragon Gourd, but Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s Heaven Refining Rings battered him and left him severely injured.
• White Tiger Demon Venerable arrived and used a curse art on Heaven Refining Demon Venerable, who dispersed it with the Evil-Expelling Divine Light from one of his rings.
• White Tiger Demon Venerable and Azure Dragon Demon Venerable agreed to join forces against Heaven Refining Demon Venerable.
• Wang Yu noticed the Demon Flame Clone falter as its main body faced two opponents, then told it he wanted the Heaven Refining Demon Flame origin used to create it.

Wang Yu trapped and defeated the Demon Flame Clone, then began refining its Heaven Refining Demon Flame essence as Heaven Refining Demon Venerable fought White Tiger Demon Venerable and Azure Dragon Demon Venerable. The battle escalated into a clash between Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s Dharma Idol and White Tiger’s true form, while Wang Yu’s Ice Dragon Pill Flame advanced to Fifth Tier Mid-grade.

• Wang Yu sealed the Demon Flame Clone’s Great Fire Escape with Chains of Heaven and struck it with the Sun Piercing Demon Bow.
• Wang Yu froze the weakened Demon Flame Clone with the Great Yin Vast Cold Arrow, extracted its Heaven Refining Demon Flame essence, and began refining it.
• White Tiger Demon Venerable revealed his Stone Spine Curse Blade and used its curses against Heaven Refining Demon Venerable, who was badly hurt when his natal Demon Flame essence was seized.
• White Tiger Demon Venerable and Azure Dragon Demon Venerable unleashed their trump-card attacks, prompting Heaven Refining Demon Venerable to summon his Heaven Refining Demon God Dharma Idol.
• White Tiger transformed into his Death Omen White Tiger true form to fight the Dharma Idol while Azure Dragon retreated to recover and search for Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s true body.
• Wang Yu completed refining the Demon Flame essence, advanced his Ice Dragon Pill Flame to Fifth Tier Mid-grade, and planned to refine the Ice Phoenix’s corpse and natal true flame.

Wang Yu absorbed the Ice Phoenix’s essence and transformed into an Ice Phoenix, gaining powerful combat abilities and vastly improved cultivation aptitude while deciding to seek a suitable demon cultivation art. Meanwhile, the Heaven Refining Demon Venerable conceded his battle with the White Tiger Demon Venerable, who collapsed from his injuries and declared that they were even with the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable.

• Wang Yu refined the Ice Phoenix’s essence for weeks, raising the Ice Dragon Pill Flame to Fifth Tier Top Grade and transforming into an Ice Phoenix.
• Wang Yu assessed the Ice Phoenix Form’s strengths and limits, then called Snow Jade out to search for powerful ice demons and their cultivation inheritances.
• Wang Yu and Snow Jade began hunting through the Endless Ice Field for demon groups, while Wang Yu kept his new form secret.
• Azure Dragon Demon Venerable cut off spiritual vitality from the battle zone, leaving the Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s Dharma Idol close to collapse.
• Heaven Refining Demon Venerable withdrew and declared that the White Tiger Demon Venerable would not be so lucky next time.
• White Tiger Demon Venerable collapsed from exhaustion and told Azure Dragon Demon Venerable that they were even for the injuries between them.

Azure Dragon proposed reuniting the Northern and Southern Demon Races by yielding the Saint Lord position to White Tiger, while Yan Ling and Yu Tang Tang received news that the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon had survived the war. Fifty years later, Wang Yu completed his preparations on the Endless Ice Field and stood on the verge of breaking through to Spirit Transformation.

• Azure Dragon proposed merging the Northern and Southern Demon Races and offered White Tiger the Saint Lord position in exchange for leading them.
• Yan Ling and Yu Tang Tang read the Demonic Dao Alliance's battle report and learned that the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon had lost his tail but was alive and recovering.
• Wang Yu spent fifty years cultivating on the Endless Ice Field, perfecting his demonic essence and several Law Intents while preparing for his breakthrough.
• Wang Yu advanced the Grand Yin Nether Eye to produce the Heavenly Sent Moon technique, which let him teleport between places touched by moonlight.
• Wang Yu completed his preparations and faced the challenge of breaking through to Spirit Transformation.

Wang Yu broke through to Spirit Transformation, passed the thunder tribulation, and began deducing a Dharma Idol from his accumulated yin and Ice Attribute cultivation. After half a year of sudden comprehension, he formed the initial shape of his Dharma Idol and prepared to return.

• Wang Yu used the Heavenly Human Spirit Communication Treasure Vine to begin his Spirit Transformation breakthrough, expanding his Qi Sea and forming a Spirit Transformation Domain.
• Wang Yu merged his Nascent Soul, Divine Sense, and divine soul, then drew in Essence of Heavenly Human and completed the Nascent Soul’s transformation into a spirit.
• Wang Yu faced and absorbed the eighty-one bolts of Spirit Transformation Thunder Tribulation, tempering his body and nourishing his Black Demon Lightning.
• Wang Yu used Heaven and Earth’s blessing to deduce an All-Encompassing Star God Dharma Image, then remained immersed in sudden comprehension for half a year.
• Wang Yu’s Dharma Idol took initial form beneath a bright moon, with a Grand Yin star disk, aurora ribbons, and the Yellow Springs and Asura Demon Flood Dragons; he said it was time to return.

After returning from the Endless Ice Field, Wang Yu assessed his Spirit Transformation cultivation, Nascent Divinity, and new combat abilities before heading back to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect. He healed Old Geezer Yu’s injuries and waited at the sect for the Blood Demon Hall Master to return.

• Wang Yu calculated how his Placement Slots could accelerate his early Spirit Transformation cultivation and reviewed the tribulations and Dharma Intent requirements for advancing further.
• Wang Yu discovered that his Ice Soul Saint Demonic Nascent Divinity and Grand Yin Demon Dragon Dharma Idol greatly strengthened his ice abilities and destructive power.
• Wang Yu returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect after more than a hundred years away and found Old Geezer Yu recovering from injuries in the Blood Demon Hall.
• Wang Yu dissolved the thunder power blocking Old Geezer Yu’s wounds, allowing his severed legs to regrow, and Old Geezer Yu left to return to his ancestral land.
• Wang Yu waited three days for the Blood Demon Hall Master, who returned from the front and was surprised to see him.

After breaking through to Spirit Transformation, Wang Yu returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect and asked the Blood Demon Hall Master about Nascent Divinity cultivation and the Divine Transformation Tribulation. He prepared to travel to the Chaotic Ancient Sea and sought Nine Evil's cultivation records at Evil Sword Peak, leaving the Evil Sword Mountain Lord alarmed by his arrival.

• Wang Yu refused a Spirit Transformation celebration and told the Blood Demon Hall Master he planned to visit the Chaotic Ancient Sea in search of a suitable Fifth Tier body-refinement cultivation method.
• The Blood Demon Hall Master explained ways to cultivate the Nascent Divinity and warned that drawing the Divine Transformation Tribulation required a precise method to avoid multiple heavenly demons.
• Wang Yu returned to Cold Blood Peak, inspected his advanced Fiend Dragon Armor and Sun Piercing Demon Bow, and resolved to master his newly increased power.
• Wang Yu went to Evil Sword Peak seeking Nine Evil's cultivation records and experiences from Core Formation Stage to Nascent Soul Stage.
• The Evil Sword Mountain Lord emerged, recognized Wang Yu's Spirit Transformation pressure, and trembled as Wang Yu requested Nine Evil's records.

Wang Yu investigated Nine Evil’s past and learned that the Gui Ming Ruins were in the South Sea, then reunited with Zuoqiu Ming and received a message from Dou Zhao. After meeting Dou Zhao in Ten Thousand Treasures City, he set out with her for the Joyful Union Demon Sect, while considering a trial for her at Ancient Beast Ancestral God Mountain.

• Wang Yu read Nine Evil’s records and learned that the Gui Ming Ruins lay in the Nether Mountain Sect’s South Sea territory.
• Zuoqiu Ming met Wang Yu, delivered Dou Zhao’s message, and agreed to investigate the Nether Return Secret Realm.
• Wang Yu left the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect and found Dou Zhao in Ten Thousand Treasures City, where she reunited with him after more than a century apart.
• Snow Jade told Dou Zhao an embellished account of Wang Yu’s ordeals, and the three spent more than half a month together in the city.
• Wang Yu took Dou Zhao to the Joyful Union Demon Sect after considering sending her to Ancient Beast Ancestral God Mountain for a trial.

Wang Yu entered the Joyful Union Demon Sect and forced Hongchen Old Demon to offer access to the sect’s inheritance. After revealing his Spirit Transformation cultivation, Wang Yu gained the sect’s cooperation and proceeded to its inheritance grounds, where he found the Extreme Desire Heavenly Demon Strategy.

• Wang Yu and Dou Zhao entered the Joyful Union Demon Sect openly and made their way to Hongchen Old Demon’s banquet.
• Wang Yu repelled the cultivators’ attacks, destroyed Hongchen Old Demon’s life-bound treasure, and captured Yu Hongchen and Ji Changjing.
• Wang Yu demanded access to the sect’s inheritance in exchange for returning the two juniors, while Hongchen Old Demon hesitated over the sect’s opposition.
• Heavenly Desire Child arrived and tried to negotiate, but Wang Yu revealed his Spirit Transformation cultivation, causing the sect’s cultivators to submit.
• Heavenly Desire Child escorted Wang Yu and his companions into the inheritance grounds, where they found the Spirit Transformation inheritance, Extreme Desire Heavenly Demon Strategy.

Wang Yu obtained the Extreme Desire Heavenly Demon Strategy and traveled to the Nether Return Ruins, hoping to uncover the Demon Heart Venerable’s research into the Profound Origin Demonic Fetus. After finding no clear record of the Venerable, he encountered Wanderers from the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect and asked what they were searching for.

• Wang Yu received the Extreme Desire Heavenly Demon Strategy and Nascent Soul cultivation methods from Heavenly Desire Child, while Snow Jade and Dou Zhao chose methods for themselves.
• Wang Yu gave Dou Zhao resources and a Longevity Blood Infant Pill before she departed for the Ancient Beast Ancestral God Mountain.
• Wang Yu studied the Mortal Desire Fire Burning Divinity Method and the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram, considering how the diagram could help test whether his demonic fetus could evolve by devouring a Heavenly Demon.
• Wang Yu arrived at the Nether Return Ruins on Plum Rain Island and searched for clues about Demon Heart Venerable and the secret art’s future development.
• Wang Yu found several Wanderers from the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect searching the ruins, inspected the suspicious sites, and uncovered no useful record of Demon Heart Venerable.
• Wang Yu found the Wanderers at the final suspicious location and asked what they were searching for.

Wang Yu entered Demon Heart Venerable’s hidden meditation chamber and uncovered research that could guide the advancement of his Innate Demonic Fetus Body. He also found a mysterious skull sought by the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect, and Dragon Zen Master confronted him through a spatial transmission as he prepared to leave the ruins.

• Wang Yu pressured Qiu Mi and the other Heaven Sea Ancient Sect Wanderers into leaving the ruined chamber.
• Wang Yu discovered Demon Heart Venerable’s notes describing his attempt to raise a Heavenly Demon Larva and use it to advance his physique, a project that likely ended in his death.
• Wang Yu found a black, crystal-like skull beneath the meditation cushion, sealed it in his Ocean Heart Ring, and destroyed the chamber.
• Dragon Zen Master contacted Wang Yu through the void and asked to discuss the skull, which he said was valuable to the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect.

Wang Yu met Dragon Zen Master over the mysterious skull, refused to hand it over without a valuable exchange, and then consulted Jin Miaoshan about its origin. Jin Miaoshan identified it as a Demon Race relic from the True Spirit Realm that could contain Heavenly Demons, explaining its presence in the Nether Return Ruins.

• Wang Yu showed Dragon Zen Master the skull, and Dragon Zen claimed it belonged to an Undead Demon from the Buddhist Enemy’s forces and asked to take it for safekeeping.
• Wang Yu demanded a Fifth Tier Buddhist body-refinement method in exchange, then left when Dragon Zen said the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect had no suitable bargain.
• Dragon Zen scolded the four Qiu-generation Wanderers for losing the Treasure Skull and ordered them to investigate Wang Yu’s title, while Qiu Mi argued that Wang Yu might still negotiate with the sect.
• Wang Yu contacted Jin Miaoshan at the Gold Abundance Pavilion and asked her to identify the skull.
• Jin Miaoshan identified the skull as belonging to a Demon Race being from the True Spirit Realm and explained that it could contain Heavenly Demons and serve as a powerful resource for demonic cultivators.

Wang Yu visited the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect to seek a Buddhist body-refinement inheritance, but Long Pan and Long Chan plotted to trap him with the Vajra Subduing Demons Grand Formation. Wang Yu overwhelmed Long Pan with his divine powers, then broke through the formation and struck at him while Long Chan’s ambush remained underway.

• Wang Yu prepared to refine the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram and traveled to the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect, leaving a concealed Thunder Corpse armed with the Sun Piercing Demon Bow as backup.
• Wang Yu announced his visit, and Long Pan agreed to stall him while Long Chan prepared the Vajra Subduing Demons Grand Formation.
• Wang Yu realized Long Pan was delaying him and attacked with the Ice Hell Demon Seal, then overwhelmed Long Pan’s Vajra Dharma Idol with his Grand Yin Demon Dragon Dharma Idol and illusion art.
• Long Chan activated the Vajra Subduing Demons Grand Formation and demanded that Wang Yu surrender the Demon Skull Container, but Wang Yu broke free.
• Wang Yu teleported behind the illusion-trapped Long Pan and aimed the Blood Slaughter Heart Rend Sword at him.

Wang Yu attacked Heaven Sea Ancient Sect, escaped Dragon Zen Master’s Formless Realm Protective Formation with help from the Thunder Corpse’s arrow, then destroyed Floating Sky Mountain with his Vast Cold Twelve Aspects. He faced the wounded Dragon Zen Master and Sect Leader Long Pan as they charged him, while his depleted Magic Power began to recover.

• Wang Yu ambushed Sect Leader Long Pan, but Dragon Zen Master arrived in time to block his strike and save Long Pan.
• Dragon Zen Master activated the Formless Realm Protective Formation, trapping Wang Yu until the Thunder Corpse fired an arrow that opened a path out.
• Wang Yu gathered power into a Vast Cold Arrow and shattered the formation and the Vajra Subduing Demon Bright King before annihilating Floating Sky Mountain.
• Long Pan and Dragon Zen Master emerged badly wounded, and Dragon Zen Master realized Wang Yu had exhausted his Magic Power.
• Wang Yu provoked the two cultivators while recovering, but Dragon Zen Master recognized the delay and ordered them to attack together.

Wang Yu defeated Heaven Sea Ancient Sect's Long Pan, drove off Long Chan, and recovered Buddhist inheritances that advanced his plans for body refinement and mind cultivation. After studying them on Purple Bamboo Island and cultivating through the Placement Slot, he prepared to return to Red Kite with greater confidence.

• Wang Yu skinned and killed Long Pan, captured his frozen primordial spirit, and forced Long Chan to flee.
• Wang Yu summoned the Yellow Springs Earth Hatred Puppet and retrieved the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect Scripture Pavilion's stolen collection.
• Wang Yu found the Eight Divisions Vajra Skill, the Buddha Speaks of Lapis Lazuli Sacred Heart Sutra, and the Twelve Precepts Conduct Sutra among the recovered texts.
• Wang Yu studied the Eight Divisions Vajra Skill and planned to combine its methods with the Yin Nether Demonic Dragon Art to create a new Fifth Tier body-refinement method.
• Wang Yu learned the higher mind realms and two mind-power secret arts from the Sacred Heart Sutra, then assigned the secret arts to Placement Slots.
• After three years of cultivation on Purple Bamboo Island, Wang Yu prepared to return to Red Kite.

After three years of seclusion, Wang Yu improved his Mind Power Secret Arts and set out for the Joyful Union Demon Sect to obtain materials for his Demonic Fetus. The sect called on the Heaven Refining Demon Sect for help, and Chi Tian was dispatched to confront him just as Wang Yu’s Fortune Fruit took effect.

• Wang Yu cultivated [Heart Without Defilement, Heavenly Fortune] and [Heart Glaze, Boundless Mortal World], gaining a Fortune Fruit, a Mortal World Boat, and greater comprehension and resistance to illusions.
• Wang Yu advanced Vajra Indestructible Body, accumulated Demonic Essence toward Spirit Transformation Second Layer, and decided to seek materials for the [Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram] at the Joyful Union Demon Sect.
• Hehuan Old Demon learned Wang Yu was approaching and persuaded Heavenly Desire Child to request help from the Heaven Refining Demon Sect while the sect prepared its grand formation.
• Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s attendants found Earthly Fiend Demon Venerable absent, so they sent Chi Tian to deal with the supposed newly ascended Extreme Law Demon Venerable.
• Chi Tian rushed toward the Joyful Union Demon Sect without hearing the warning that Wang Yu was his opponent, while Wang Yu sensed that his Fortune Fruit had triggered.

Wang Yu returned to the Joyful Union Demon Sect and overwhelmed its defenses, killing Hongchen Old Demon and defeating Crimson Heaven. Crimson Heaven escaped by using Golden Cicada Sheds its Shell, but Wang Yu found the Northern Darkness Silkworm Silk in his Cosmos Ring and turned his attention to Heavenly Desire Child.

• Wang Yu disguised himself, entered the Joyful Union Demon Sect, and revealed his true appearance to provoke Crimson Heaven into attacking.
• Wang Yu broke Crimson Heaven’s Great Crimson Heaven Demon Light, tore into his body, and forced him to recover through his Blood Rage Dharma Aspect.
• Wang Yu refined the Seven Emotions Undying River Formation and killed Hongchen Old Demon, taking his Nascent Soul.
• Wang Yu broke free of the Mortal World Severing Immortal Formation as the Joyful Union Demon Sect’s cultivators fled.
• Frost Moon froze Crimson Heaven’s Dharma Aspect, and Wang Yu struck him with the Vast Cold Arrow, but Crimson Heaven escaped by using Golden Cicada Sheds its Shell.
• Wang Yu found the Northern Darkness Silkworm Silk in Crimson Heaven’s Cosmos Ring and looked toward Heavenly Desire Child.

Wang Yu obtained Seven Emotions Six Desires Tears, then received a plea for help from the Blood Demon Hall Master and traced the danger to the Prison King Spirit Official. After discovering the Wind Ancestral Token in the Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s possession, Wang Yu avoided intervening and returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, while Crane Returning Valley debated how to deal with Huang Quan.

• Wang Yu demanded Seven Emotions Six Desires Tears from Heavenly Desire Child and gathered the main materials needed to refine the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram.
• Wang Yu received a request for aid from the Blood Demon Hall Master, who was trapped in an underground palace while Huang Quan had disappeared.
• Wang Yu suspected the Prison King Spirit Official was behind the trap and sent a concealed Divine Sense clone to observe the Heaven Refining Demon Sect.
• Heaven Refining Demon Venerable burned tens of thousands of cultivators to restore himself, then sent out a powerful Demon Flame Clone carrying the Wind Ancestral Token.
• Wang Yu contacted the Northern and Southern Demon Races, sent a denunciation to the Sword Sect, and returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect to cultivate.
• At Crane Returning Valley, Azure Crane Valley Master proposed opening the Void Daoist Canon to draw in void beasts, but Nascent Soul Elders opposed the plan.

The Azure Crane Valley Master kept Crane Returning Valley divided while secretly carrying out the Prison King Spirit Official’s plan, then killed Tianshou when he discovered the secret. Meanwhile, Dou Zhao obtained a top-tier Nascent Divinity cultivation secret art, and Wang Yu broke through to Spirit Transformation Second Layer as his Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram neared completion.

• Old Man Tianshou and the Azure Crane Valley Master’s factions argued over how Crane Returning Valley should respond to the Out-of-World Thieves, and the Valley Master dismissed the meeting.
• The Azure Crane Valley Master reported to the Prison King Spirit Official that the sect was divided and had secretly prepared a formation to summon Void Beasts.
• Tianshou confronted the Azure Crane Valley Master after discovering his secret, and the next day the Valley Master announced that Tianshou had died in his Cave Abode.
• Dou Zhao completed the final trial on Ancestral God Mountain, broke through to Late-stage Core Formation, and received the Celestial Star Fate Nurturing Essence Mystical Method.
• Wang Yu refined the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram during seclusion and advanced to Spirit Transformation Second Layer after two years.

Wang Yu tested the Demon Diagram, obtained the Celestial Star Fate Nurturing Essence Mystical Method through Dou Zhao, and used its Placement Slot to strengthen his Primordial Spirit. As he prepared to travel to Western Peak Capital for its treasures, he consolidated his control of the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect.

• Wang Yu captured a Sea of Sorrow Heavenly Demon in the Demon Diagram and discovered that its Boundless Sea of Sorrow could trap foes while granting him powerful evasion and resistance.
• Dou Zhao returned with the Celestial Star Fate Nurturing Essence Mystical Method, and Wang Yu placed it in a Placement Slot to cultivate his Primordial Spirit.
• Wang Yu instructed Dou Zhao to recruit pill-refining talents from battlefield-struck Golden Core Families and ordered her to deliver an item to Yin Gui Demon Lord’s eldest disciple.
• Wang Yu reviewed the upheaval at Crane Returning Valley and decided to travel to Western Peak Capital for the Extreme Yin Dragon Pearl, Star Tower, and Immortal Official Medicine Repository.
• The first feedback from Wang Yu’s cultivation strengthened his Primordial Spirit and gave him insight into advancing his Soul Destroying Death Light.
• Wang Yu expanded his influence within the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, won Ice Soul Fairy’s loyalty, and brought the sect under his control within half a year.

Wang Yu reached Western Peak Capital and agreed to explore its ruins with Huang Quan Demon Venerable in exchange for a White Bone Dao inheritance and a share of the spoils. After collecting the Extreme Yin Dragon Pearl and numerous treasures, Wang Yu discovered the hidden Earth Master's Mansion and let Huang Quan enter ahead of him.

• Wang Yu traveled to Western Peak Capital, where Huang Quan Demon Venerable proposed joining his exploration and offered an Inheritance Essence Crystal.
• Wang Yu agreed to share the inheritance but demanded seventy percent of the treasures and first choice, and Huang Quan accepted.
• Wang Yu used the Water Ancestral Decree to summon the Extreme Yin Dragon King, whose body condensed into the Extreme Yin Dragon Pearl, and shared the Heavenly Yin Water Pool's gains with Huang Quan.
• Wang Yu and Huang Quan explored the capital ruins, gathering treasures as Wang Yu bypassed formations and restrictions with his authority and knowledge.
• Wang Yu discovered the hidden Earth Master's Mansion near the Bluestone Exorcism Lion Puppet workshop and invited Huang Quan inside.
• Huang Quan volunteered to enter the mansion first, charged in, and then fell silent.

Wang Yu discovered that the Earth Master Ancestor’s inheritance cursed Huang Quan with the karma of sacrificed mortals, forcing the Yellow Springs Demon Venerable to withdraw from the coming exploration. Wang Yu then continued through Western Peak Capital, cleared the Longevity Medicine Repository, and collected its pill treasures.

• Wang Yu sensed an enormous accumulation of human qi around the Earth Master’s Mansion and suspected the Earth Master Ancestor had sacrificed countless mortals to achieve his Dao.
• Huang Quan emerged from the mansion bound by a Life Substitution Disaster Curse after accepting the Earth Master Ancestor’s inheritance and its karma.
• Wang Yu explained that he knew of no way to break the curse, and Huang Quan withdrew from the exploration of Western Peak Capital and asked Wang Yu to watch over the frontline.
• Wang Yu left the mansion and traveled to the Longevity Medicine Repository, where he drove off the demonic cultivators gathered outside.
• Wang Yu entered the repository’s restriction and collected the Thousand Mechanisms Spirit Transformation Pill, the Undying Soul Return Pill, the Ephemera Dharma Pill, and the Nine Dragon Tyrant Blood Treasure Pill.

Wang Yu was ambushed at the Star Tower by the Prison King Spirit Official and a group of powerful cultivators, including enemies seeking revenge. After escaping Heavenly Mother Hermit's formation once, he was trapped again and wounded, then launched a final counterattack as the chapter ended.

• The Prison King Spirit Official summoned powerful cultivators to the Star Tower, where Wang Yu recognized the Five-Colored Saint Lord, Dragon Chan Venerable, Heavenly Mother Hermit, Spirit Ruin Child, and several other enemies.
• Heavenly Mother Hermit trapped Wang Yu in the Heaven Sealing Earth Locking God Severing Formation, suppressing his Dharma Idol and attacking him with seven formation treasures.
• Wang Yu used his Feng Shui arts to alter the celestial phenomenon, break the formation, and detonate his Dharma Idol, but Heavenly Mother Hermit and the Half-Step Spirit Transformation cultivators quickly trapped him again.
• Wang Yu fired the Great Yin Vast Cold Arrow at Heavenly Mother Hermit, who reflected it back, while Spirit Ruin Child blocked his escape and caused the arrow to pierce Wang Yu's shoulder.
• Wang Yu mocked his attackers, unleashed his Perfection Realm Asura Law Intent, and sent a streak of pink light toward Heavenly Mother Hermit.