Recaps

Lu Yang was trapped inside the Heavenly Escape Sword’s Grotto-Heaven, where Yun Miaozhen attacked him with the Taiyi Golden Brilliance Dao Scripture. Though she restrained his weapons and held the advantage, Lu Yang countered with a vast supply of talismans produced by his Banner Spirits.

• Luo Wuya and Ouyang Feng watched Lu Yang and Yun Miaozhen disappear, expecting Yun Miaozhen to kill him inside the Heavenly Escape Sword.
• Yun Miaozhen entered the Grotto-Heaven and attacked Lu Yang with the golden Radiance of the Taiyi Golden Brilliance Dao Scripture.
• Lu Yang blocked Yun Miaozhen’s golden Radiance with his Heavenly Demon Blood-Dissolving Divine Light and restrained her Sword Pellet with the Taixiao Mirror.
• Yun Miaozhen combined her silver and jade Radiance into a Sword Light and struck at Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang used Ninth Grade talismans to block her attack, then revealed dozens and hundreds more produced by the Banner Spirits.
• Lu Yang unleashed the mass of talismans, filling the Grotto-Heaven with interwoven Sword Qi and lightning and shocking Yun Miaozhen.

Lu Yang used a horde of talismans and his Mysterious Yin Form-Capturing Great Art to battle Yun Miaozhen, who unleashed Taiyi Golden Brilliance and sacrificed her sister Yun Miaoqing to escape his attack. Though Yun Miaozhen believed she had erased Lu Yang, his talent saved him; he subdued her, obtained part of her Dao Scripture, and killed her.

• Lu Yang overwhelmed Yun Miaozhen with nearly five hundred talismans, tore her protective garment, and provoked a flaw in her Dao Heart.
• Lu Yang used Mysterious Yin Form-Capturing to wound Yun Miaozhen, but she activated Taiyi Golden Brilliance and diverted the attack onto her unconscious twin sister, Yun Miaoqing.
• Yun Miaozhen unleashed Taiyi Golden Brilliance, erasing Lu Yang and his talismans from the battlefield, but the technique shattered her cultivation.
• Lu Yang reappeared unharmed thanks to his A Bit Capable talent, seized the Taixiao Mirror, and froze Yun Miaozhen in place.
• Lu Yang forced Yun Miaozhen to reveal one-third of the Taiyi Golden Brilliance Dao Scripture, then destroyed her with the Taixiao Mirror.

Lu Yang emerged from the Marketplace alive after killing Yun Miaozhen, provoking Yun Zhiqiu and drawing the attention of Ming Chan. Rejecting Ming Chan’s offer to kill him and arrange his reincarnation, Lu Yang restored his strength and attacked.

• Ming Chan arrived at Skull Mountain and greeted Yun Zhiqiu, while Ouyang Feng and Luo Wuya watched the tense standoff.
• Lu Yang emerged from the Marketplace holding the Heavenly Escape Sword, shocking Yun Zhiqiu, Ouyang Feng, and Luo Wuya.
• Yun Zhiqiu demanded Yun Miaozhen’s true spirit, and Lu Yang claimed he had ravished and killed her.
• Lu Yang realized a Foundation Establishment True Person had forced him and Yun Miaozhen into a deadly confrontation to seize the opportunity for Foundation Establishment.
• Ming Chan offered to kill Lu Yang and take him as a disciple in his next life, but Lu Yang refused and used a Returning Wind and Fire Talisman to restore his aura before attacking.

Fairy Feixia reached Qi Refining Completion, then learned that Lu Yang was fighting Yun Zhiqiu, Ouyang Feng, and Ming Chan at Skull Mountain Market. With True Person Yinshan secretly aiding him, Lu Yang broke through to Qi Refining Completion and turned the battle around, leaving his attackers panicked and fleeing.

• Fairy Feixia refined Seven-Colored Pure Light Qi to Qi Refining Completion and reconsidered the value of her connection with Lu Yang.
• Fairy Feixia sensed a spiritual tide and discovered Yun Zhiqiu, Ouyang Feng, and Ming Chan besieging Lu Yang at Skull Mountain Market.
• Lu Yang began breaking through during the battle, while his opponents mocked his attempt and True Person Yinshan secretly intervened.
• Lu Yang broke through to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, then the Tenth Layer, reaching Qi Refining Completion with the Flying Fish Transformation.
• Yun Zhiqiu and the others realized a Foundation Establishment True Person had influenced events, and Ming Chan fled first.

Lu Yang’s breakthrough drew out the Witch Ghost Secret Realm, which True Person Yinshan seized for its Heavenly Corpse Sha. Lu Yang survived the secret realm’s Golden Core Sword Qi, while True Person Yinshan killed Ouyang Feng and departed with Lu Yang and Luo Wuya.

• Ming Chan sensed certain death near Skull Mountain and died after True Person Yinshan’s influence caused him to suffer a cultivation deviation.
• True Person Yinshan appeared outside Skull Mountain Market as Lu Yang realized the Witch Ghost Secret Realm had emerged in response to his breakthrough.
• True Person Yinshan drew the secret realm toward himself, but its Golden Core Sword Qi targeted Lu Yang and then dispersed after his Nine Transformations Dragon Art and True Dragon Sha withstood its test.
• True Person Yinshan captured the secret realm and praised its Heavenly Corpse Sha, while Lu Yang and Luo Wuya congratulated him.
• True Person Yinshan declared the Divine Martial Sect’s Fortune had run dry, and Ouyang Feng exploded before True Person Yinshan departed with Lu Yang and Luo Wuya.

Lu Yang glimpsed the Sacred Sect’s ambush on the Divine Martial Sect and learned that his actions helped True Person Yinshan seize the Witch Ghost Secret Realm. Warned that his Fortune would bring him thirty years of danger, Lu Yang refused a rare Foundation Establishment treasure and asked for one that could improve his comprehension.

• Lu Yang experienced a vision of Foundation Establishment cultivators battling, then realized True Person Yinshan had used Skull Mountain as bait to lure out the Divine Martial Sect’s cultivators.
• True Person Chongguang revealed that the Sacred Sect had secured the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion’s cooperation and declared its intention to destroy the Divine Martial Sect.
• The Divine Martial Sect’s cultivators tried to flee, but Lu Yang’s senses were cut off before he could see the battle’s outcome.
• After Lu Yang awoke on Skull Mountain, True Person Yinshan warned him that his Fortune would be terrible for thirty years and advised him not to cultivate or leave home.
• True Person Yinshan offered Lu Yang an Ascension Order that could raise his chances of Foundation Establishment, but Lu Yang declined it and requested a treasure that could improve his comprehension.

Lu Yang secluded himself for thirty years to recover from injuries and bad Fortune, while waiting for a body-tempering cultivation method. When he emerged, he used the Taiwei Imperial Pardon Treasure Repository to learn all about Wang Song, who delivered Luo Wuya’s promised method, Saint Thief.

• Lu Yang returned to the sect badly injured, sealed his cave abode, and resolved to remain in seclusion until his Fortune recovered.
• Lu Yang asked Luo Wuya about a body-tempering method, and Luo Wuya promised to send one after a few years.
• Wang Song arrived with Luo Wuya’s promised method but found Lu Yang in seclusion, so he settled in a nearby cave abode to wait.
• Thirty years passed as Wang Song remained a Library Pavilion steward, stalled at Qi Refining Third Layer and nearing the end of his cave loan.
• Lu Yang emerged from seclusion unchanged by age and used the Taiwei Imperial Pardon Treasure Repository to learn Wang Song’s history and reason for waiting.
• Wang Song delivered Luo Wuya’s Jade Slip, and Lu Yang learned that the body-tempering method was called Saint Thief.

Lu Yang studied the Saint Thief and learned that the Sacred Sect had a Law Refining Secret Realm containing 140 million people who could serve as cultivation resources. After hearing how previous cultivators had failed, he entered the configurable realm to begin his own attempt, troubled by what Dao Lords might consider Sacred Sect cultivators to be.

• Lu Yang comprehended the Saint Thief and learned that it required creating a cultivation method for people whose Fortune would then nourish the cultivator.
• Lu Yang met Luo Wuya at Yin Shan, and Luo Wuya brought him to the Dao Lord-created Law Refining Secret Realm.
• Luo Wuya explained that the realm held 140 million people and that cultivators had failed the Saint Thief when its inhabitants exposed their deceptive methods.
• Luo Wuya gave Lu Yang a Jade Slip containing his experience and warned him to think carefully before cultivating the method.
• Lu Yang configured the secret realm and wondered whether Dao Lords regarded Sacred Sect cultivators as resources in the same way.

Lu Yang entered the Sacred Sect’s secret realm and created the Martial Dao, a body-tempering cultivation system designed to spread among its inhabitants and bring him Fortune. He then resumed cultivation, only to realize that the Hundred Lives Book’s Restart ability prevented him from completing the death-and-rebirth transformation required by the True Method of Yin-Transformation Corpse-Dissolution.

• Lu Yang entered the secret realm after thanking Luo Wuya, then used divination to spot its microscopic flaws and recognize it as a constructed world.
• Lu Yang used the Dao-Clarifying Jade Slip to devise a simple but powerful body-tempering cultivation system, with the safeguard that its practitioners could not fly.
• Lu Yang based the system on Taiyi Origin Essence Jade Brilliance, named it the Martial Dao, and sent four copies of its teachings toward different horizons.
• Lu Yang returned to his cave dwelling and considered how to combine the three divine abilities of the True Method of Yin-Transformation Corpse-Dissolution.
• Lu Yang realized that completing the method required him to die, but the Hundred Lives Book would immediately Restart him and prevent the transformation.

At eighty, Lu Yang refined the Saint Thief Golden Body to Minor Accomplishment and considered how to preserve his soul through bodily death, while searching for a Foundation Establishment True Person to study. Meanwhile, Yun Zhiqiu learned that the Cloud Clan’s sole Foundation Establishment ancestor was near death and preparing to reincarnate.

• Lu Yang used the Dao-Clarifying Jade Slip to devise a way to keep his soul intact after his body died, but realized he needed to observe a Foundation Establishment True Person’s soul.
• Lu Yang searched the Karmic Net and learned that four volumes of a heavenly book had become the origins of the current Martial Dao traditions.
• Lu Yang activated the Saint Thief and consumed a vast tide of Fortune to refine his body, reaching Minor Accomplishment of the Saint Thief Golden Body.
• Lu Yang tested his transformed body and found that its strength could rival Qi Refining Late Stage, then worried that further Saint Thief cultivation would bring Tribulation.
• Yun Zhiqiu received a letter and hurried to the Cloud Clan ancestral residence, where a young man told him the Clan’s Foundation Establishment Ancestor was near death and had lit the Seven-Star Lamp to reincarnate.

The Ancestor of the Yun Family reincarnated into the newborn son of Marquis Wei Tieyi, retaining his memories and using the Heaven Investigating Instrument to uncover Lu Yang’s cultivation and whereabouts. He ended the chapter resolved to kill Lu Yang before he could reach Foundation Establishment.

• The Ancestor of the Yun Family explained to Yun Zhiqiu that he planned to reincarnate into the Demon Sect’s Law Refining Secret Realm and earn Merit by freeing the souls trapped there.
• The Ancestor of the Yun Family died as the lamp went out, after giving Yun Zhiqiu instructions for concealing his reincarnation.
• Decades later, Wei Tieyi celebrated the birth of a son in Tianjing City, unaware that the Ancestor of the Yun Family had reincarnated into the infant.
• The Ancestor of the Yun Family recognized that someone was cultivating the Saint Thief, then used the Heaven Investigating Instrument to pierce the obscured Karma.
• The Ancestor of the Yun Family discovered that Lu Yang practiced several powerful techniques and could have a forty percent chance of reaching Foundation Establishment, so he vowed to kill him.

The Ancestor of the Yun Family manipulated Karma to create a new stage of Martial Dao, hoping to lure Lu Yang out and disrupt the Saint Thief. As Martial Dao Celestials emerged across the world, Lu Yang recognized the danger but stayed in the Law Refining Secret Realm and prepared to send an avatar to investigate.

• The Ancestor of the Yun Family decided to make Lu Yang’s cultivation of the Saint Thief his tribulation and began stirring Karma to create a fourth step of Martial Dao.
• Ten years later, Wang Boyuan attained the fourth step, Exploring the Changes Between Heaven and Humanity, and shared his insights with the world.
• Chang Qingjing, Xuan Ku, and four others also broke through, bringing the number of Martial Dao Celestials to seven and overturning Lu Yang’s original framework.
• Lu Yang calculated the changes and suspected that the new stage threatened the Saint Thief and was meant to draw him out of the secret realm.
• Lu Yang resolved to remain in his fortified position and used the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner and a strand of Primordial Breath to prepare an avatar for scouting.

Lu Yang sent his Martial Dao-trained Primordial Breath Avatar toward Tianjing City to seek insight into the Fourth Step, while the Ancestor of the Yun Family plotted to use the avatar to advance his scheme. In Tianjing City, Lu Yang encountered Ji Xiongying, whose ambition for immortality had been stirred, and cut him with a Sword Qi Talisman.

• Lu Yang completed a Primordial Breath Avatar that had reached the Martial Dao Third Step and sent it toward Tianjing City to meet Wang Boyuan.
• Wei Yun sensed the avatar's departure, and the Ancestor of the Yun Family decided to have warriors in the secret realm attack it and resist their confinement.
• Ji Xiongying studied the Heavenly Book and, driven by stirred desires, resolved to become an Immortal.
• Ji Xiongying confronted Lu Yang in the sky above Tianjing City and attacked him, mistaking him for an unworthy Rogue Cultivator.
• Lu Yang cut Ji Xiongying's palm with a Sword Qi Talisman, then ignited another talisman and unleashed its Sword Qi against him.

Lu Yang defeated Ji Xiongying with talismans and divine sense, then disappeared into the capital. The Ancestor of the Yun Family began manipulating events to gather the Celestials against Lu Yang, while Ji Xiongying found a book describing a way to slay an Immortal and pursue eternal life.

• Ji Xiongying tried to recruit Lu Yang in exchange for the Martial Dao Celestial method, but Lu Yang rejected his offer and shattered his fist intent with divine sense.
• Lu Yang unleashed dozens of Sword Qi Talismans, badly wounded Ji Xiongying, and slipped into a street crowd after Ji Xiongying escaped.
• The Ancestor of the Yun Family watched Ji Xiongying’s defeat and stirred Karma to spread word of Lu Yang and unite the Celestials against him.
• Ji Xiongying found a sealed chamber in a mountain cave and discovered a book describing a seven-weapon array to slay an Immortal.
• Ji Xiongying became obsessed with killing Lu Yang and obtaining eternal life.

Lu Yang visited Wang Boyuan at Haoran Academy to learn about the fourth step of Martial Dao, then used the Fate Gazing Technique to investigate Tianjing City. He discovered that nearly everyone faced a violent death despite the city’s Karma appearing peaceful, and suspected a Foundation Establishment True Person was hiding a scheme against him.

• Lu Yang entered Haoran Academy and met the disheveled Wang Boyuan in his study.
• Lu Yang asked Wang Boyuan to explain the fourth step of Martial Dao, and Wang described how his Fate Gazing Technique used the Three Talents to infer fate and Karma.
• Ancestor of the Yun Family secretly observed their discussion and dismissed Wang Boyuan’s method as a mortal conjecture caused by his own manipulation of Karma.
• Lu Yang used the Taiwei Treasure Repository and Wang Boyuan’s method to examine Tianjing City, finding that many residents faced a great calamity of violent death even though the city’s overall Karma showed no change.
• Lu Yang realized that Heaven’s secrets and Karma had been obscured and suspected a Foundation Establishment True Person in the secret realm was targeting him.

Ji Xiongying recruited Wang Boyuan to help kill an Immortal, while Lu Yang realized a reincarnated Foundation Establishment cultivator was targeting him. Rather than flee, Lu Yang planned to turn the danger into an opportunity by inventing the identity Di Shitian and the supposed fifth Martial Dao realm, Shattering the Void.

• Ji Xiongying showed Wang Boyuan a tome and urged him to join in killing an Immortal so they could gain eternal life and build a peaceful world; Wang Boyuan agreed.
• Lu Yang concluded that his unseen enemy could manipulate Karma despite lacking Foundation Establishment, and suspected a reincarnated Foundation Establishment cultivator was behind the threat.
• Lu Yang suspected the Ancestor of the Yun Family had created the Martial Dao Celestials and was using Ji Xiongying to lure his true body out of its protected cave dwelling.
• Lu Yang decided not to alert True Person Yinshan because overcoming the threat could help complete his Saint Thief and True Method of Yin-Transformation Corpse-Dissolution.
• Lu Yang devised a plan to pose as the ancient Immortal Di Shitian and convince the Martial Dao Celestials that he had created a fifth realm called Shattering the Void.

After three years of meeting Martial Dao Celestials, Lu Yang faced the seven Celestials and the Imperial Palace’s forbidden army in Tianjing City, claiming he could shatter the void. As his aura rose amid a storm of Talismans, the Ancestor of the Yun Family secretly urged Ji Xiongying to kill him.

• Lu Yang reflected on the Human and Heavenly transformations of the fourth step of Martial Dao as he walked through the dark streets of Tianjing City.
• Ding Feiying ambushed Lu Yang with his Demonic Blade, but Lu Yang’s Golden Light Talismans stopped the slash and his Sword Qi forced Ding to retreat.
• Ji Xiongying gathered Ding Feiying, Wang Boyuan, Xuan Ku, Chang Qingjing, Hua Xiangrong, and Guan Qiankun to surround Lu Yang, while the forbidden army approached.
• Lu Yang attacked Xuan Ku with a concealed Sword Qi talisman, drawing only a drop of blood, then unleashed over a hundred Talismans as his aura continued to rise.
• Lu Yang announced that he would shatter the void, alarming the Celestials and the watching Ancestor of the Yun Family, who concluded that he was fabricating a path beyond the Celestial realm.
• The Ancestor of the Yun Family sent his will to hasten Lu Yang’s death, and Ji Xiongying urged the Celestials to kill Lu Yang and share immortality.

Lu Yang used his Primordial Breath Avatar to fight seven Martial Dao Celestials, then staged a false Shattering the Void to lure Ji Xiongying out of the Law Refining Secret Realm. Ji Xiongying discovered the deception too late and was pinned by Luo Wuya, who planned to refine him into a corpse.

• Lu Yang's avatar battled the seven Celestials until the Ancestor of the Yun Family manipulated Karma, empowering their weapons enough to damage it.
• Lu Yang revealed the Taixiao Mirror, blasted the Celestials away, and staged a Shattering the Void that inspired Ji Xiongying to imitate him.
• Ji Xiongying followed Lu Yang through the rift and realized he was outside the secret realm, looking into a crystal sphere containing Great Zhou and the bewildered Celestials.
• Ji Xiongying tried to warn the Celestials, but Luo Wuya pinned him with Radiance and declared him excellent material for a refined corpse.
• Lu Yang offered Ji Xiongying to Luo Wuya, and Ji Xiongying cursed Lu Yang as Luo Wuya began to refine him.

Lu Yang completed the Saint Thief, gathered the Fortune of the Law Refining Secret Realm, and formed a Law Degree that made him immune to attacks from those of lower status. After surviving the Ancestor of the Yun Family’s Heavenly Thunder, Lu Yang tracked him to Tianjing City and appeared before him.

• Lu Yang absorbed the Fortune of 140 million living beings and completed his Saint Body, forming a Law Degree.
• The Ancestor of the Yun Family realized his scheme had strengthened Lu Yang’s Martial Dao system and made its momentum unstoppable.
• The Ancestor of the Yun Family used the Heaven Investigating Instrument to direct Heavenly Thunder at Lu Yang, but Lu Yang remained unharmed.
• Lu Yang sensed the Ancestor of the Yun Family watching him, and the Ancestor severed their karmic connection and concealed his heavenly secrets.
• Lu Yang searched the Law Refining Secret Realm for an aura he had not stolen, located the Ancestor of the Yun Family in Tianjing City, and stepped out of the void before him.

Lu Yang erased Tianjing City from the secret realm and fought the Ancestor of the Yun Family, who used the Heaven Investigating Instrument to pin down Lu Yang’s Saint Manifestation. Meanwhile, Lu Yang’s Primordial Breath Avatar reached True Person Yinshan’s cave to report that someone inside the secret realm was a threat.

• Lu Yang erased Tianjing City and stored its inhabitants in the deepest part of the Law Refining Secret Realm, leaving the Ancestor of the Yun Family trapped with him.
• Wang Boyuan recognized that Heaven and Earth were incomplete before he vanished with the rest of Tianjing City.
• Lu Yang and the Ancestor of the Yun Family clashed, and Lu Yang manifested a Saint Golden Body with the completed Saint Thief.
• The Ancestor of the Yun Family used the Heaven Investigating Instrument to scramble Lu Yang’s movements and pin down his Saint Manifestation.
• Lu Yang’s Primordial Breath Avatar arrived at True Person Yinshan’s cave and called out to report a bad person inside the secret realm.

Lu Yang outmaneuvered Yun Qingchuan, the Ancestor of the Yun Family, and helped True Person Yinshan destroy his consciousness. True Person Yinshan secretly handed Yun Qingchuan’s soul and the Heaven Investigating Instrument to Lu Yang, who agreed to help conceal the affair.

• Yun Qingchuan sacrificed his body to unleash a Karma-locking sword at Lu Yang, but the two powers became locked in a stalemate.
• Lu Yang used a fake Mysterious Yin Form-Capturing Great Art to trick Yun Qingchuan into delaying his escape, while True Person Yinshan sealed the reincarnation passage.
• True Person Yinshan arrived, crushed the sword, and erased Yun Qingchuan’s consciousness.
• True Person Yinshan collected the Heaven Investigating Instrument and weighed reporting the matter against keeping the treasure and soul.
• Lu Yang asked to borrow Yun Qingchuan’s soul, and True Person Yinshan handed it over after they agreed to conceal the affair.

After ten years of secluded cultivation, Lu Yang prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment, but learned that Luo Wuya had died trying. True Person Yinshan gave Lu Yang an Ascension Order, while he and True Person Chongguang privately hoped Lu Yang would succeed so they could pursue a dangerous opportunity.

• Lu Yang spent ten years in seclusion, used the Dao-Clarifying Jade Slip to advance his skills, and developed the Yin Spirit Ghost Immortal Method for a future life.
• Lu Yang uncovered the Heaven-Stealing Secret in Zhao Xuhe's Jade Slip after its confidentiality restriction expired.
• Lu Yang learned that Luo Wuya had died after failing his Foundation Establishment attempt and told True Person Yinshan he planned to enter seclusion and try himself.
• True Person Yinshan gave Lu Yang an Ascension Order, which Lu Yang accepted despite suspecting there might be a scheme behind the offer.
• After Lu Yang left, True Person Chongguang and True Person Yinshan discussed how they needed another Foundation Establishment cultivator to help them pursue an opportunity before the Millennial Calamity.

Lu Yang used the Ascension Order, the Saint Thief, and his True Dragon Sha to ascend into the Foundation Establishment Realm and forge an Immortal Foundation. Demonic thoughts distracted him, however, and his first attempt ended when the foundation shattered.

• Lu Yang studied the Ten Thousand Chariots Dragon Ascension Scroll, refined the Ascension Order, and began lifting his Sea of Consciousness.
• With the Nine Heavens Barriers open and his ascent shortened by the Saint Thief, Lu Yang reached the Foundation Establishment Realm and saw True Person Yinshan seated on a black Immortal Foundation.
• True Person Yinshan warned Lu Yang to focus as demonic thoughts stirred his distractions, and Lu Yang began forging his Immortal Foundation.
• After losing thirty percent of his true qi, Lu Yang reduced the size of his Immortal Foundation until he could barely complete it.
• Demonic thoughts made Lu Yang mistake a vision of True Person Yinshan for reality, and the distraction left his Immortal Foundation riddled with holes.
• Lu Yang's Immortal Foundation shattered, and he called out to the Hundred Lives Book.

Lu Yang restarted his life with his previous cultivation, evaded the Peak Master of Heaven Mending, and stole the genuine divine talisman while leaving a fake in its place. At Joyous Union Hall, he planned to use Yu Suzhen to test whether Heaven-Stealing Secret could be stacked and make her a Daughter of Destiny to rival Xiao Shiye.

• Lu Yang chose cultivation as his reward and regained his Qi Refining peak state, techniques, and status from his previous life.
• The Peak Master of Heaven Mending traced Lu Yang through the Karmic Net, but Lu Yang left behind his Primordial Breath Avatar and secretly took Liu Xin's genuine divine talisman, replacing it with a fake.
• The Peak Master of Heaven Mending failed to find Lu Yang and accused Daoist Hongyun of taking Pan Long's inheritance; Daoist Hongyun denied involvement and wondered who had drawn him into the dispute.
• A Sacred Sect disciple named Xiao Shiye suddenly became clear-minded and heroic.
• At Joyous Union Hall, Lu Yang decided to let Yu Suzhen transcend death on him and test whether she could use Heaven-Stealing Secret to indirectly target Liu Xin, Zhao Xuhe, and Xiao Shiye.

Lu Yang used the Heaven-Stealing Secret to turn Yu Suzhen into a humanoid Cauldron, then watched as she advanced in the Joyous Union Hall and outmaneuvered Liu Xin. The chapter left Liu Xin poisoned and unconscious while Yu Suzhen planned to learn his techniques before draining him.

• Yu Suzhen broke through to the Qi Refining First Layer after draining a young man, while Lu Yang observed as a yin spirit and confirmed the first step of the Heaven-Stealing Secret had succeeded.
• Lu Yang realized his corpse had become a furnace for merging his three superior divine abilities into a Corpse-Dissolution Immortal, with Merit Fortune as the refining fire, and remembered that he could Restart.
• Lu Yang made Yu Suzhen a humanoid Cauldron whose cultivation and Fortune he could drain, and planned to pass the Heaven-Stealing Secret to her so she could grow stronger.
• Liu Xin gave Yu Suzhen the Primordial Dao Scripture, then carried her into his cave residence after pretending they were going to discuss the Dao.
• A day later, Yu Suzhen revealed that she had poisoned Liu Xin because she suspected his intentions, and said she would learn his methods before draining him; Liu Xin spat blood and fainted.