Recaps

Nalan Ye fought the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s lingering soul in a primeval forest, defeating it with a bomb and his lightning techniques. He absorbed its memories and discovered a powerful, possibly lost Dou Technique before waking to Zi Yan’s calls and worrying about the soul seed.

• Nalan Ye was drawn into a primeval forest and faced the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s lingering soul.
• Nalan Ye threw a Big Iron Ball at the phoenix, but it survived the explosion and attacked again.
• Nalan Ye evaded the phoenix’s dive and struck it with lightning, destroying its remaining soul form.
• Nalan Ye absorbed the phoenix’s fading memories and found an inheritance Dou skill from the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Tribe.
• Nalan Ye woke to Zi Yan calling him and anxiously asked whether anything had happened to the soul seed.

Nalan Ye led his allies into the Medicine Garden and prepared to use the Ancient Void Dragon skeleton’s remaining power for Zi Yan. As Thunder Venerable and Huang Xuan pursued them, the Heavenly Demon Puppet struck back, and Qiu Yin badly wounded Huang Xuan.

• Nalan Ye checked that the Soul Fruit was safe, took control of Ye Lao Na’s Lightning Phantom Body, and asked Zi Yan to use the power in the Ancient Void Dragon skeleton.
• Huang Xuan crushed a high-rank Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan Request for Aid Token and urged Thunder Venerable to catch Nalan Ye’s group before a clan Venerable arrived.
• Ye Lao Na led his allies into the Medicine Garden, where Thunder Venerable’s clone attacked them with lightning as Chang Jie and Fei Tian joined the assault.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet punched Thunder Venerable’s clone back, and Ye Lao Na called on his allies to attack their pursuers.
• Qiu Yin challenged Huang Xuan and shattered his Heavenly Phoenix Overlord Fist, sending him flying and leaving him bleeding.

Zi Yan used the Ancient Void Dragon’s lingering power to crush the Profound Nether Sect’s ambush and help corner Thunder Venerable’s clone. Just as Zi Yan, Tang Wu, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet moved in to finish him, a new figure arrived and shattered the Fallen Heart Flame dragon.

• Qiu Yin gained the upper hand against Huang Xuan as the factions clashed across the Medicine Garden.
• Chen Xian led Profound Nether Sect elders around the battlefield to seize Ye Lao Na and the Netherwyrm Cricket.
• Zi Yan appeared to protect Ye Lao Na and used a black hole to kill six Profound Nether Sect elders, while Chen Xian and the Eight Star Dou Zong escaped.
• Ye Lao Na told Zi Yan to leave the fugitives and attack Thunder Venerable’s clone, who tried to flee the Medicine Garden.
• Zi Yan intercepted Thunder Venerable’s clone, and she, Tang Wu, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet surrounded him.
• An unknown figure arrived and destroyed Tang Wu’s Fallen Heart Flame dragon with a single strike.

Huang Yan and the Seventh Heavenly Venerate arrived in the Medicine Garden, turning Ye Lao Na and his allies’ conflict into a confrontation with two more Venerables. After reluctantly agreeing to follow the Vice Hall Master’s orders, the Seventh Heavenly Venerate launched a sudden attack on Luo Zhen.

• Huang Yan arrived from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Ancestral Land and joined Thunder Venerable after Huang Xuan pointed out Ye Lao Na and his treasures.
• The Hall of Souls arrived, and its leader identified himself as the Seventh Heavenly Venerate.
• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate recognized Xiao Yan and the others but initially planned to leave and continue searching for an opportunity to become a Dou Sheng.
• A Great Protector reminded the Seventh Heavenly Venerate of the Vice Hall Master’s instructions, so he turned his killing intent on Ye Lao Na’s group.
• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate used Body Flicker to appear before Luo Zhen and strike at him with his right palm.

The Seventh Heavenly Venerate overwhelmed Luo Zhen, and Ye Lao Na’s forces were outnumbered when Huang Yan, Thunder Venerable, and their allies launched a coordinated attack. The Medicine Garden descended into chaos as the defenders struggled against Venerable-level foes and a growing enemy host.

• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate shattered Luo Zhen’s defense with one strike and sent him flying, leaving Xiao Yan and the other defenders horrified by his strength.
• Ye Lao Na assigned the Heavenly Demon Puppet to Huang Yan, Zi Yan to the Seventh Heavenly Venerate, and Tang Wu to Thunder Venerable.
• Zi Yan attacked the Seventh Heavenly Venerate with Dragon Emperor Fist, while he countered with Myriad Manifestation Soul Hand.
• Huang Yan evaded the Heavenly Demon Puppet and charged Tang Wu’s group, while Thunder Venerable knocked the puppet away and Huang Yan dispersed Tang Wu’s Fallen Heart Flame attacks.
• Huang Xuan led the enemy assault; Qiu Yin fought him, Luo Zhen intervened to protect Qiu Si from Chang Jie, and Feng Qing'er struck Qiu Si.
• The six Hall of Souls Dou Zong joined the battle, pushing Ye Lao Na’s group into greater danger as fighting spread across the Medicine Garden.

Nalan Ye finished absorbing the Soul Fruit and arrived on the battlefield, where Tang Wu was in danger from Huang Yan. He used the Great Love Alliance’s combined energy to counter Huang Yan’s attack, then turned his next strike toward Thunder Venerable’s clone.

• Nalan Ye waited anxiously for the Soul Fruit to finish growing, then swallowed it while rushing back to the battle.
• Huang Yan overwhelmed Tang Wu and prepared to finish her as the other fighters were held back.
• Nalan Ye arrived, raising the Great Love Alliance’s morale, and confronted Huang Yan despite being only a Six Star Dou Zong.
• Huang Yan launched a fiery Heavenly Demon Phoenix at Nalan Ye, who gathered the alliance’s Dou Qi into a nine-colored energy sea and fired a beam that collided with the attack.
• As the resulting energy storm spread, Nalan Ye aimed his next beam at Thunder Venerable’s clone.

The narrator and the Heavenly Demon Puppet destroyed the Thunder Venerable's clone and then stopped Huang Yan's attack with a soul technique. As Huang Yan fought the puppet, the narrator turned toward Chang Jie, Fei Tian, Huang Xuan, Feng Qing'er, and the others.

• The narrator joined the Heavenly Demon Puppet's assault, striking the Thunder Venerable's clone with an energy beam and Fallen Heart Flame until the puppet battered him apart.
• The Great Love Alliance celebrated the clone's defeat, while the Wind and Lightning Pavilion's group stared in shock and Feng Qing'er and Tang Wu reconsidered the narrator's strength.
• Huang Yan charged at the narrator, but the narrator struck him with God Slaying Thorn and halted his attack with a burst of soul pain.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet blocked Huang Yan and fought him while the narrator faced Chang Jie, Fei Tian, Huang Xuan, Feng Qing'er, and the others.
• Huang Xuan ranted at the narrator, who answered, "Heaven and Earth have Righteous Qi!"

Nalan Ye killed Chang Jie after Feng Qing'er intervened to save Huang Xuan and warned that the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes had Dou Shengs who could seek revenge. Fei Tian fled the Medicine Garden with the surviving Wind and Lightning Pavilion members, fearing Nalan Ye’s growing power and urging his pavilion not to make an enemy of him.

• Nalan Ye’s attack on Huang Xuan was intercepted by Feng Qing'er, who arrived in a Seven-Colored Heavenly Demon Phoenix form and warned that killing a Heavenly Demon Phoenix could bring a Dou Sheng’s revenge.
• Xiao Yan declared that he would kill any Dou Sheng who attacked them, while Nalan Ye decided to spare Huang Xuan for the moment and turn against Chang Jie.
• Nalan Ye combined his power with the five Poison Sect Elders and fired a Venerable-level energy beam at Chang Jie, while Luo Zhen blocked Chang Jie’s escape.
• Chang Jie’s Lightning Phantom Body shattered, and the beam left his true body barely alive; Nalan Ye then killed him, extracted his soul, and sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Fei Tian led the surviving Wind and Lightning Pavilion members out of the Medicine Garden, resolving to urge the pavilion’s Venerable not to make an enemy of Nalan Ye.

Nalan Ye helped the Great Love Alliance rout the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and strike down Hall of Souls fighters, but his body and soul were nearing their limits. Seventh Heavenly Venerate forced Zi Yan back and fled with his remaining men, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Fei Tian and the Wind and Lightning Pavilion fighters fled after Nalan Ye killed Chang Jie and wounded Huang Xuan, while Nalan Ye swallowed three seventh-rank pills to recover.
• Nalan Ye ordered the Alliance to attack the Hall of Souls fighters as Zi Yan continued fighting Seventh Heavenly Venerate.
• Nalan Ye killed a four-star Dou Zong Hall of Souls Protector with a God Slaying Thorn, then wounded a five-star Dou Zong whose soul was shattered by two Starfall Pavilion elders.
• Seventh Heavenly Venerate drove Zi Yan back and retreated toward the Medicine Garden gate with his four surviving subordinates.
• A Hall of Souls subordinate urged Seventh Heavenly Venerate to hold out until Nalan Ye and Zi Yan's secret techniques wore off, but Seventh Heavenly Venerate told him to find an opportunity to advance to Dou Sheng instead.

After Nalan Ye drove the Hall of Souls and the Wind and Lightning Pavilion from the Medicine Garden, Zi Yan collapsed from the strain of using the Ancestor Soul. The Great Love Alliance escaped to a stone chamber, where its wounded survivors began healing and Nalan Ye sensed an imminent breakthrough.

• Zi Yan collapsed after the Ancestor Soul's effects wore off, and Nalan Ye fed her three seventh-rank pills to stabilize her.
• Huang Yan was distracted by the Hall of Souls' retreat, allowing the Heavenly Demon Puppet to batter him before he fled with Feng Qing'er and the others.
• Nalan Ye stopped Xiao Yan and the others from pursuing the fleeing Heavenly Demon Phoenixes to avoid creating another powerful enemy.
• Nalan Ye led the Great Love Alliance out of the Medicine Garden and into a searched stone chamber to recover from the battle, which had killed two allies and wounded the rest.
• Nalan Ye split the Heavenly Demon Puppet into ten Earth Demon Puppets to guard the door, then sat down and sensed that he was about to break through.

Nalan Ye struggled to break through to the Heaven Realm while refining the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s Soul Fruit in the Ancient Ruins. At Starfall Pavilion, Little Fairy Doctor trusted he would be fine as Mu Qingluan and Tang Huo'er worried, while Zhou Chuan’s misfortunes continued.

• Nalan Ye reached the peak of the Spirit Realm but could not advance his Soul Power into the Heaven Realm, so he pondered what the realm meant.
• Mu Qingluan and Tang Huo'er worried about Nalan Ye after he had been away in the Ancient Ruins for three days, but Little Fairy Doctor said she believed he would be fine.
• Mu Qingluan recalled Nalan Ye’s instructions and went to suppress Zhou Chuan at Starfall Pavilion.
• Zhou Chuan remembered being beaten by Starfall Pavilion disciples after agreeing to a duel and breaking his leg.
• Zhou Chuan lost a Pill Battle when his cauldron inexplicably exploded despite his alchemy seeming correct.

After Zhou Chuan lost a pill battle when his cauldron exploded, he blamed the Starfall Pavilion and Yao Lao for humiliating and neglecting him. He left the pavilion and wandered into the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, still resenting Nalan Ye and longing for Tang Huo'er.

• Mu Qingluan secretly tampered with Zhou Chuan's medicinal ingredients on Senior Brother Ye's instructions, causing his cauldron to explode during the pill battle with Senior Brother Meng.
• Yao Lao told Zhou Chuan to cultivate and regain his pride himself, then left him a pharmacopoeia and returned to refining the Soul Infant Fruit.
• Zhou Chuan blamed Yao Lao for favoring Xiao Yan, threw down the pharmacopoeia, and damaged the flowers and medicinal plants in the courtyard.
• After overhearing Starfall Pavilion disciples mock his failed pill battle, Zhou Chuan grew angrier and left the pavilion through the Star Gate.
• Zhou Chuan wandered into the Heavenly Star Mountain Range and lamented that becoming Yao Lao's disciple had brought him little benefit, while longing for Tang Huo'er and resenting Nalan Ye.

Zhou Chuan was nearly killed by a pack of white-eyed wolves before the Black Shadow Man saved him and offered him power. After learning that Zhou Chuan resented Starfall Pavilion, the Black Shadow Man gave him cultivation resources and a place to meet again, while Zhou Chuan wondered whether Yao Chen possessed the Flame Mantra.

• Zhou Chuan was surrounded by more than thirty white-eyed wolves and struggled to defend himself as their attacks depleted his strength.
• The Black Shadow Man killed the White-Eyed Wolf King with a blast of gray energy, scattering the remaining wolves.
• The Black Shadow Man asked Zhou Chuan whether he craved power, and Zhou Chuan admitted he wanted strength to retaliate against those who had mistreated him.
• The Black Shadow Man gave Zhou Chuan a Ring of Holding containing a high-grade earth-rank fire cultivation method, two Dou Technique scrolls, and medicinal pills.
• The Black Shadow Man claimed Yao Chen had obtained the Flame Mantra, then told Zhou Chuan to find him at a Natural Stone Cave seven li southeast.
• Zhou Chuan clutched the Ring of Holding and wondered whether Yao Chen really possessed the Flame Mantra.

In the Ancient Ruins, I reasoned that Dao rhyme let a soul coexist with heaven and earth without being harmed. I used Boundless Human Sea to protect my entire soul and found that I could grow my soul power outside my body, reaching what I called the pseudo-heaven realm.

• I observed that the Human Great Dao's Dao rhyme covered over sixty percent of my soul and suspected a complete Great Dao would allow the soul to coexist with heaven and earth.
• I tried extending my soul into the world and discovered it weakened unless Dao rhyme protected it.
• I used Boundless Human Sea to cover the rest of my soul with human aura, allowing my soul to leave my body without discomfort.
• I swallowed the remaining piece of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix's Soul Fruit and felt my soul power increase.
• I declared that I had reached the pseudo-heaven realm.

After recovering, Nalan Ye led his newly loyal group through the Ancient Ruins to gather more treasures. A powerful disturbance revealed that the seal on the Central Hall was breaking, and the group raced toward a vast plaza at the ruins’ central hub.

• Luo Zhen and the others noticed that Nalan Ye seemed changed, while he concealed his breakthrough in soul strength.
• Nalan Ye invited the recovered survivors to explore further, and their cheers showed that they had finally pledged their allegiance to him.
• Nalan Ye led the group through the passages, where they easily defeated scattered opponents and collected minor treasures.
• A violent disturbance shook the Ancient Ruins, and Nalan Ye identified it as the Central Hall’s seal coming undone.
• Nalan Ye and the others raced with groups from across the ruins to an enormous plaza connected to dozens of passages.

Nalan Ye and the other factions gathered outside the Bronze Ancient Hall, whose weakening barrier finally vanished. As the factions hesitated over the dangers inside, a black shadow suddenly rushed toward the palace doors.

• Nalan Ye led Xiao Yan, Luo Zhen, and the others through the crowd to the front of the palace, where factions including the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Hall of Souls had gathered.
• Nalan Ye recognized Tian Shuangzi among Ice River Valley’s four Dou Zong and warned his allies that the elder might have reached Nine Star Dou Zong, advising them not to provoke him while rival factions watched.
• The crowd waited as the pale golden barrier weakened, and after about half an hour it popped and disappeared.
• The factions hesitated to enter the palace, and Nalan Ye prepared to lead his people inside when a black shadow shot toward the doors.

The Seventh Heavenly Venerate opened the Bronze Ancient Hall, releasing twelve glowing scrolls that sparked a deadly battle as Nalan Ye recognized them as bait. While several people sneaked into the hall and died screaming, more than a dozen figures emerged from behind its doors, leaving their identity unclear.

• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate rushed to the Bronze Ancient Hall and pushed open its doors while Nalan Ye kept his group back, expecting danger.
• Twelve glowing balls of light flew from the hall, and fighters who seized the scrolls were attacked as factions and cultivators battled over them.
• Nalan Ye told Xiao Yan and the others that the scrolls were bait intended to provoke people into killing each other.
• Several people slipped into the Bronze Ancient Hall during the fighting, then screamed and abruptly fell silent.
• More than a dozen figures emerged from behind the hall doors as Xiao Yan watched in alarm.

Nalan Ye took advantage of the battle with the Ancient Human Puppets to enter the Bronze Ancient Hall and find the Dou Sheng remains, which concealed an opportunity to advance to Dou Sheng. After luring the gathered experts toward the remains, he escaped with three ribs, and the hall began to collapse behind him.

• More than a dozen Ancient Human Puppets emerged from the Bronze Ancient Hall and attacked the people fighting over the scrolls.
• Nalan Ye slipped into the emptied hall and discovered the Dou Sheng remains, recognizing them as more valuable than the scrolls.
• Feng Qing'er, Huang Xuan, Huang Yan, and other experts confronted Nalan Ye and crowded into the hall to seize the remains.
• Nalan Ye snapped off three ribs, kicked the rest of the remains deeper into the hall, and used his Heavenly Demon Puppet to escape through a side hall.
• Nalan Ye stopped Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Luo Zhen, Tang Wu, and the others from entering, then led them away as the Bronze Ancient Hall roared and partly collapsed.

The Dou Sheng Remains revived after absorbing the blood on its bones and unleashed a devastating roar that destroyed much of the Bronze Ancient Hall and injured or killed many of the powerhouses. Nalan Ye’s Heavenly Demon Puppet saved Feng Qing’er from the shock wave, leaving her wondering whether he liked her.

• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate sensed the Dou Sheng Skeleton coming to life, released it, and retreated, while Huang Yan and the other powerhouses failed to recognize the danger in time.
• The Dou Sheng Skeleton raised its head and roared, blasting Huang Yan and the other powerhouses backward and killing some weaker fighters.
• Feng Qing’er fled toward the plaza as the sound wave and flying debris struck the escaping crowd, then a bronze pillar hit her and left her in the path of the wave.
• Nalan Ye sent his Heavenly Demon Puppet to shield Feng Qing’er from the sound wave, and she wondered whether he had fallen for her.
• Nalan Ye’s group escaped unharmed, praised him for spotting the danger, and watched the devastation from a distance.

Nalan Ye used the awakened Dou Sheng Remains to injure the people inside the Bronze Ancient Hall, then joined the Heavenly Demon Puppet and seven elders in attacking Tian Shuangzi. Tian Shuangzi was killed on the plaza, leaving the survivors shocked by Nalan Ye’s strength.

• The Dou Sheng Remains awakened after Nalan Ye’s blood touched them, and their roar shattered part of the Bronze Ancient Hall and injured its occupants.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet killed two gravely wounded Ice River Valley Elders as they flew from the hall, while Ye Lao Na sealed their souls.
• Nalan Ye spotted the injured Tian Shuangzi and asked the Toxic Sect and Burning Flame Valley Elders to join him in attacking.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet fought Tian Shuangzi while Nalan Ye combined the elders’ Dou Qi into a beam that broke through Tian Shuangzi’s ice defense.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet pierced Tian Shuangzi between the brows, killing him as the plaza’s survivors stared in shock.

After the Dou Sheng Remains awakened and the Bronze Ancient Hall collapsed, the survivors were trapped in the Plaza with the Ancient Human Puppets. As the blood-stained skeleton emerged from the ruins and declared that everyone would die, the battle entered a new and more dangerous stage.

• The awakened Dou Sheng Remains wounded Tian Shuangzi, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet killed Tian Shuangzi and two Ice River Valley Elders.
• The Ancient Human Puppets resumed their assault on the Plaza, forcing the injured survivors to fight or retreat.
• Ye Lao Na sealed Tian Shuangzi's soul in a jade bottle and collected bodies and Rings of Holding while the Heavenly Demon Puppet helped him escape the fighting.
• The narrator gathered his companions and tried to leave through a small passage, but energy barriers sealed all forty-eight exits.
• Footsteps sounded from the ruined Bronze Ancient Hall, and the Dou Sheng Remains emerged through scarlet blood mist and announced that all who entered the ruins would die.

Nalan Ye rallied the survivors to join forces against the reanimated Dou Sheng Remains, while other fighters held off the Ancient Human Puppets. The battle left the Dou Sheng Remains matching their strongest attackers, and Nalan Ye called on the Seventh Heavenly Venerate to continue fighting.

• The Dou Sheng Remains awakened, sealed the way out, and sent the square into panic.
• Nalan Ye urged everyone to fight together, but Huang Xuan and Huang Yan blamed him for the crisis and demanded that he lead the charge.
• Nalan Ye assigned Huang Yan and an unknown Venerable to restrain the Ancient Human Puppets while he, the Seventh Heavenly Venerate, another unknown Venerable, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet attacked the Dou Sheng Remains.
• Luo Zhen, Tang Wu, and the remaining fighters formed teams to battle the Ancient Human Puppets as the square’s fight stabilized.
• The Dou Sheng Remains corroded the Seventh Heavenly Venerate’s attack and struck back through space, forcing him to retreat after their clash.
• An unknown Venerable and the Heavenly Demon Puppet fought the Dou Sheng Remains to a draw, and Nalan Ye asked the Seventh Heavenly Venerate to keep attacking.

The narrator and three Venerable-level combatants weakened the Dou Sheng Remains until it unleashed the Heaven Rank Dou Skill, Great Heaven Creation Palm. Its black ring of light swept across the Plaza, silently annihilating everyone it caught as the survivors fled for the edge.

• The narrator weakened the Dou Sheng Remains with Heaven and Earth Have Righteous Qi, while the unnamed Venerable, the Seventh Heavenly Venerate, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet attacked it.
• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate trapped the remains in his Myriad Manifestation Soul Hand, but the narrator sensed mortal danger and warned the others to retreat.
• The Dou Sheng Remains spoke the name Great Heaven Creation Palm, prompting the Seventh Heavenly Venerate, the unnamed Venerable, and Huang Yan to flee as the Plaza fell into chaos.
• The Dou Sheng Remains gathered its scarlet energy into its right palm and struck the ground, sending a black ring of light across the Plaza.
• The expanding ring silently annihilated people and beasts caught within it, leaving no trace of their bodies or souls.

A terrifying attack from the Dou Sheng Remains swept across the plaza, killing many people before fading. The survivors gathered themselves and eyed the remains greedily, while the Seventh Heavenly Venerate declared that he intended to claim them.

• The Black Circle dragged fleeing people to their deaths, and the narrator’s Colored Energy Beam broke its suction and freed the Seventh Heavenly Venerate.
• The narrator, Xiao Yan, Luo Zhen, Tang Wu, and the others prepared defensive Dou Techniques as the Black Circle advanced, but it dissipated just over ten zhang from the plaza’s edge.
• The attack left a vast pit and revealed that the Dou Sheng Remains’ red eye-light had vanished; Huang Yan concluded that its remnant soul imprint had dissipated.
• The survivors’ fear gave way to greed, and their unspoken alliance crumbled after the attack destroyed most of the Ancient Human Puppets.
• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate told the narrator and the others that he was determined to claim the Dou Sheng Remains and hoped they would oblige him.

Nalan Ye organized the survivors to break the Ancient Ruins Plaza’s barriers, then led his allies away before they could be caught up in the fight over the Dou Sheng remains. The group escaped with their gains, including Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, while the Seventh Heavenly Venerate and others stayed behind to battle for the remains.

• Nalan Ye explained that saving the Seventh Heavenly Venerate had kept the group alive and warned everyone that the Plaza’s passage barriers still trapped them.
• Nalan Ye assigned survivors to attack all forty-eight barriers together, and the coordinated assault shattered them.
• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate charged for the Dou Sheng remains as soon as the passages opened, and Huang Yan and other fighters rushed after him.
• Nalan Ye refused Xiao Yan’s urging to seize the remains and led his allies out of the Ancient Ruins to avoid trouble from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Nalan Ye reflected on the survivors’ gains, including his own treasures and Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and recalled that fewer than half of the expedition’s participants had survived.