Recaps

Sage Prince attacked the Teng Snake Race on Divine Ape Ancient Star, killing its four strongest young lords as he avenged the slaughter of the ape-kind. After Yan Kuan’s allies arrived, Sage Prince met the Six-Eared Macaque and learned she was a woman, embarrassing himself by touching her chest.

• Sage Prince saw the devastation on Divine Ape Star and learned the Teng Snake Race had massacred its inhabitants to fuel Old Teng Snake’s transformation.
• Sage Prince struck the Teng Snake forces with the Mystic Iron Staff, killing Golden Serpent Fourth Lord and many other fighters before pursuing the fleeing Golden Serpent First Lord.
• The Six-Eared Macaque intercepted Golden Serpent First Lord with her array, and Sage Prince killed him after his transformation and bell attack failed.
• Yan Chongtian told Sage Prince that Yan Kuan had sent the group to help, and Sage Prince thanked them before greeting the Six-Eared Macaque.
• Yan Kuan revealed that the Six-Eared Macaque was a woman, and she slapped Sage Prince’s hand away after he touched her chest.

Yan Kuan and the Sage Prince fought the Teng Snake Race after its forces attacked the apes, and Yan Kuan confronted Teng Snake Old Ancestor with the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. Teng Snake Old Ancestor escaped into a void black hole, while Yan Kuan collected his massive body and prepared to make Ten Thousand Snake Stew.

• The Sage Prince used the Mystic Iron Staff to kill a Teng Snake Great Saint while Yan Kuan and the others intercepted the remaining enemies.
• Teng Snake Old Ancestor fused four Array Diagrams and attacked the Sage Prince with a colossal Teng Snake Dharma Appearance, but Yan Kuan stepped in to fight him.
• Yan Kuan revealed the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art and an Imperial Weapon, then clashed with Teng Snake Old Ancestor's Quasi-Emperor Array Chart and Yin-Yang Teng Snake Swords.
• Teng Snake Old Ancestor was driven into Yan Kuan's Slaughter Formation and escaped after faking his death and tearing open the void.
• Yan Kuan gathered Teng Snake Old Ancestor's enormous severed body, intending to use it as the main ingredient for Ten Thousand Snake Stew.

Yan Kuan killed Old Teng Snake, stripped the Teng Snake lineage’s ancestral star of its wealth, and helped Divine Ape Ancient Star recover before hosting a feast with Ye Fan and the others. He revealed that he had stirred conflict across the Ancient Roads to strengthen the younger generation and gather bloodline Origins, then recruited Ye Fan to use the Bodhi seed as bait in a scheme against the coming Dark Turmoil.

• Yan Kuan chased Old Teng Snake across the Ancient Roads for nearly half a month, killed him in the Taiyin Sea, and suppressed the Teng Snake Race’s Quasi-Emperor treasures.
• Yan Kuan broke the Teng Snake lineage’s protective formation, emptied its treasure vault, and returned to find Divine Ape Ancient Star devastated by the invasion.
• Sage Prince pledged the surviving ape clansmen to the Mystic Gate Divine Domain, and Yan Kuan told him to look after Six-Eared Macaque.
• Yan Kuan, Xiao Nannan, Sage Prince, Six-Eared Macaque, and their companions feasted on Teng Snake meat and stew cooked in Ye Fan’s Cauldron.
• Yan Kuan admitted he had planted rumors about Undying Divine Medicine to provoke clashes and gather bloodline Origins, explaining that the coming Dark Turmoil made rapid growth necessary.
• Yan Kuan persuaded Ye Fan to use the Bodhi seed as bait on the Ancient Roads, with Pang Bo and Monkey helping him face the rival geniuses.

Ye Fan encountered the young supremes gathering in Golden Seven Cities, including the mysterious Goddess Xin Lan, who challenged him and declared that he should join the God Clan. Yan Kuan and Xiao Nannan plotted to bring Ji Ziyue to keep an eye on Ye Fan as battles and challenges erupted across the city.

• Yan Kuan told Immortal Qing Shi that Ye Fan had entered Golden Seven Cities, while Di Tian arrived and learned that Yan Kuan was nearing a breakthrough.
• Great Devil God Guhuang and the Human King appeared, and Ye Fan calmly greeted the assembled rivals before Goddess Xin Lan blocked his path.
• Xin Lan revealed her God Clan heritage, fought Ye Fan briefly, then claimed he would belong to her and promised to make anyone who troubled him her enemy.
• Pang Bo laughed at Xin Lan's claim, drawing a divine attack, while Yan Kuan and Xiao Nannan plotted to bring Ji Ziyue to watch over Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan killed seven or eight challengers who attacked him in Golden Seven Cities, frightening the other experts into silence.

Ye Fan reunited with Ji Ziyue, while Yan Kuan teased them and explained the God Clan’s pursuit of powerful bloodlines. The group went to the True Phoenix Pavilion to witness the gathering of experts exchanging Strongest Ancient Blood, where Xin Lan’s arrival renewed the tension around Ye Fan.

• Ye Fan discussed Xin Lan’s proposal with Pang Bo and the Dragon Horse before Ji Ziyue arrived and reunited with him.
• Yan Kuan brought Xiao Nannan from the Ji Family and explained how the Spirit Treasure Dao Diagram and four Immortal Swords let him travel rapidly through the stars.
• Yan Kuan described the God Clan’s bloodline ambitions and told Ye Fan that experts would gather at the True Phoenix Pavilion to exchange Strongest Ancient Blood.
• Yan Kuan teased Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue until Ji Ziyue fled into a room, leaving Ye Fan to practice punches through the night.
• Ye Fan’s group arrived at the True Phoenix Pavilion, where cultivators from many races had gathered, and Pang Bo jokingly suggested Xin Lan consider Yan Kuan instead of Ye Fan.

Ye Fan and Yan Kuan’s group reached the True Phoenix Pavilion, where a Human Race Guardian crushed a Stone Man Sacred Spirit after it threatened Dragon Horse. The young supreme experts exchanged rare Ancient Blood, including Xin Lan’s impure Primordial Blood, while Yan Kuan eyed several powerful bloodlines as experimental subjects; afterward, the assembled factions continued onward, unaware that the God-Devil Altar in the Golden Seven Cities seemed newly made.

• Ye Fan defeated an alien prodigy, and a Stone Man Sacred Spirit confronted him and attacked Dragon Horse.
• A hand from the Void seized and killed the Stone Man Sacred Spirit, while the Human Race Guardian warned the alien prodigies not to cause trouble.
• Ye Fan’s group advanced to the Divine Altar, where a dozen young supreme experts gathered and Yan Kuan identified rare bloodlines he wanted to study.
• The young supreme experts displayed and exchanged purified Ancient Blood, including Xin Lan’s impure Primordial Blood and samples from the Myriad-Legged Demon Spider, the Heaven Swallowing Ancient Beast, and others.
• The experts formed factions and continued onward, without noticing that the God-Devil Altar in the Golden Seven Cities seemed new.

Yan Kuan captured the Copper Ant King, Xin Lan, and three Ancient Ferocious Beasts to study and strengthen their bloodlines aboard the Great Sage Ark. As Xin Lan resisted his demands to investigate the God Clan, Yan Kuan revealed an ancient Divine King corpse from her clan.

• Yan Kuan overpowered the Copper Ant King, imprisoned him in the Great Sage Ark’s laboratory, and began experiments on his bloodline.
• Yan Kuan captured Xin Lan after she refused to help him investigate the God Clan bloodline, then suppressed the Primordial Blood Beast while rescuing the followers he had been hunting.
• Yan Kuan captured the Devouring Sky Beast and Gold-Eating Beast after they attacked him, bringing all three beasts and Xin Lan back to the Great Sage Ark.
• The Copper Ant King warned the beasts about Yan Kuan’s experiments, and Yan Kuan removed their hearts and supplied them with blood, remains, and broken weapons to promote their transformations.
• Xin Lan refused to cooperate with Yan Kuan, who showed her an ancient corpse and revealed it was a Great Saint-level King of Gods from her clan.

Yan Kuan examined Xin Lan’s humanoid Chaos Creature and explained the origins of Chaos experiments and the God Clan’s place within humanity. He then fed powerful replicated blood to the Blood Beast and a Devouring Sky Beast descendant to strengthen them, while preserving a rare Immortal Tears Green Gold pearl.

• Yan Kuan teased Xin Lan into handing over the Chaos Creature, then examined its corpse and questioned her about its origins.
• Yan Kuan told Xin Lan that the creature was likely a failed product of Underworld or Forbidden Zone experiments and explained the Mythological Era’s Chaos Body and the Underworld’s search for a monster.
• Yan Kuan replicated weaker versions of several precious bloodlines and poured a sea of mixed blood into the Blood Beast’s cage.
• Yan Kuan gave a huge Devouring Sky Beast descendant from the Golden Ancient Hunting Grounds to the captive Devouring Sky Beast, which cursed before beginning to eat it.
• Yan Kuan showed Xin Lan the Devouring Sky Pearl and a pearl of Immortal Tears Green Gold, then revealed a warehouse full of damaged Saint Weapons and weapon fragments.

Yan Kuan traveled to the Divine Flesh Burial Mound to investigate the Ninefold Coffin of the Gods and found Ji Haoyue and Xin Yue undergoing transformations nearby. He reunited Xin Lan with her younger sister and captured Ji Haoyue, while the Divine One was still on his way to find Xin Lan.

• Yan Kuan learned that the Ninefold Coffin of the Gods had crossed into the Other Shore and took Xin Lan to the Divine Flesh Burial Mound.
• Yan Kuan explored the burial ground, found signs that Ji Haoyue and another person had transformed there, and recognized Xin Yue’s aura.
• Yan Kuan and Xin Lan found Xin Yue emerging from an Immortal Cocoon, and Xin Yue explained that she had tracked her sister after Yan Kuan took Xin Lan away.
• Xin Yue teased Xin Lan about her feelings for Yan Kuan and revealed that their elder brother, the Divine One, was searching for her.
• Ji Haoyue attacked Yan Kuan, but Yan Kuan subdued him, and Ji Haoyue recognized and respectfully greeted Saint Lord Yan.

Yan Kuan brought Ji Haoyue and Xin Yue to reunite with Ji Ziyue and Ye Fan, where Ji Haoyue fought Ye Fan over his sister and lost. As a powerful figure arrived in a Chaos-wreathed chariot, Ye Fan and Ji Haoyue prepared to face the newcomer together.

• Xin Lan invited Ji Haoyue to join the God Clan, but he refused, and Yan Kuan questioned him about his connection to the Void Emperor Coffin.
• Ji Haoyue explained how he had followed the Emperor Coffin and met Xin Yue, while Yan Kuan took the remaining God-Demon Elixir and brought them to Ye Fan's group.
• Ji Ziyue reunited with Ji Haoyue, and Dragon Horse's taunts provoked Ji Haoyue into attacking Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan and Ji Haoyue fought with their divine arts and phenomena, and Ji Haoyue ended the clash with a bruise around his eye.
• Ye Fan and Ji Haoyue concealed their injuries when a massive Fierce Bear arrived pulling a Chaos-wreathed chariot.

Yan Kuan used the Divine One’s challenge to secure the God Clan’s help in spreading word of an Undying Divine Medicine and continued toward the final Emperor Gate. He found his name alone on the Crystal Wall Ancient Stele and prepared to confront a powerful approaching opponent.

• The Divine One challenged Ji Haoyue, wounded him after hundreds of exchanges, and revealed that he could break through to the Great Saint realm at any moment.
• Ye Fan stepped forward to fight, but Yan Kuan warned that even the Divine Forbidden might not be enough against the Divine One.
• Yan Kuan knocked the Divine One into the Sea of Bitterness, then suppressed him after he broke through to the Great Saint realm and forced him to endure his Heavenly Tribulation.
• Yan Kuan asked Xin Lan to use the God Clan’s influence to spread news of an Undying Divine Medicine, and Xin Lan agreed despite fearing the risks to her clan.
• Yan Kuan left the sealed Divine One with Ye Fan as a potential opponent for powerful challengers, then traveled with Xin Lan toward the Emperor Gate.
• Yan Kuan found his name alone on the Crystal Wall Ancient Stele and sensed that a powerful expert was approaching.

Yan Kuan tried and failed to open the Emperor Gate, then began a scheme to gather powerful contenders in the Mythic Sea of Bitterness. He trapped Primordial in a Slaughter Formation there and waited for the next prodigy to arrive at the gate.

• Yan Kuan studied the Emperor Marks and failed to open the Emperor Gate, deciding to forge his own Emperor Road instead of waiting for it to open.
• Primordial arrived, refused Yan Kuan's invitation to join his scheme, and was attacked by Yan Kuan's four Dao Selves and Chaos Fire Body.
• Yan Kuan used Imperial Flame and Array Patterns to transport Primordial to the Mythic Sea of Bitterness, where the four Slaughter Swords and their formation blocked his escape.
• Primordial recognized the traps and formations in the sea, chose to explore it, and considered seeking the opportunities hidden there.
• Yan Kuan named Primordial, Emperor Huang, and Zhang Bai Ren as the prodigies he most wanted to draw into his scheme, then waited at the Emperor Gate for the next arrival.

Ye Fan continued creating his own cultivation method beneath the Bodhi Tree as the Divine Medicine’s appearance drew countless cultivators into the Mythic Sea of Bitterness. The arrival of the sons and daughters of Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors turned the struggle into a vast contest for supremacy, while Ye Fan awaited a battle to temper his Dao.

• The Bodhi Tree’s divine leaves appeared across the Mythic Sea of Bitterness, provoking fierce battles and drawing more powerful cultivators into the region.
• Ye Fan emerged from years of meditation beneath the Bodhi Tree, explained that he had gained from the scheme’s karma, and declared that he needed a great battle to perfect his method.
• Huo Liner arrived, seized a Bodhi Divine Leaf, and joined the growing ranks of Emperor descendants gathering in the Sea of Bitterness.
• Dao Yi and Huo Qizi fought fiercely, while the Dragon Princess and Huo Liner discussed the Qilin Divine Medicine and the heartless man who had concealed it from Huo Liner.
• The Dragon Princess, Huo Liner, the Golden Celestial Maiden, and numerous other Emperor descendants gathered as battles erupted across the secret realm.
• The White-Haired Sword God targeted the Underworld, while Monkey, Huang Xudao, and other powerful figures fought across the battlefield, leaving ordinary cultivators and even Great Saints awed by the new era’s young Supremes.

Ye Fan entered the battle in the Mythic Sea of Bitterness and overwhelmed the peerless geniuses who challenged him after reaching the Forbidden Domain. After killing the Earth Corpse, he faced the arrival of two immensely powerful figures, one shrouded in Chaos and the other radiating a sovereign aura.

• Ye Fan fought Overlord Hun Zhan and used the Overlord Fist’s essence to defeat him, then challenged the gathered cultivators with the promise of revealing the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s location.
• The Earth Corpse, Jin Chanzi, Sang Gu, and other geniuses joined the battle against Ye Fan, but Ye Fan swept aside his attackers after touching the Forbidden Domain.
• Golden Peng attacked Ye Fan, who subdued and converted the Golden-Winged Great Peng with a Buddhist scripture.
• Ye Fan killed Sang Gu and destroyed the Earth Corpse’s Purple Gold Alms Bowl with his bare fists before blasting the Earth Corpse apart.
• Two figures descended amid a disturbance in heaven and earth, one enveloped in Chaos and the other radiating an overwhelming sovereign aura.

Ye Fan and the gathered experts met Primordial, Emperor Huang, and Zhang Bai Ren, whose origins were revealed as they began a fierce battle. The Tribulation Transcendence Formation then activated across the Mythic Sea of Bitterness, forcing cultivators into tribulations and exposing Yan Kuan’s plan to raise and reap a new generation of Great Saints.

• Zhang Bai Ren revealed his ordinary mortal body and introduced himself to Ye Fan, while Emperor Huang and Primordial also appeared.
• Primordial disclosed that he had discovered the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, and Zhang Bai Ren and Emperor Huang each revealed they could trigger it as well.
• Primordial, Emperor Huang, and Zhang Bai Ren recognized one another’s extraordinary origins and began fighting to determine who would prevail.
• An Emperor Formation spread across the Mythic Sea of Bitterness, drawing in the gathered cultivators and making them undergo tribulations through the Tribulation Transcendence Art.
• The experts realized Yan Kuan had used the Undying Divine Medicine, resources, and the Formation to advance his opponents and prepare to reap them in a decisive battle.

Ye Fan’s Humanoid Heavenly Tribulation pushed him into a brutal battle with imperial Dao Bodies and the Celestial Worthy of Numinous Treasure’s Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, which he survived by evolving his own Dao. Meanwhile, countless cultivators underwent tribulation in the Mythic Sea of Bitterness, gathering Origins for the sleeping being’s transformation as Yan Kuan neared his own decisive change.

• Ye Fan suppressed the nine imperial Dao Bodies and the Nine Sacred Body Dao Bodies after entering the Forbidden Domain.
• Ye Fan was gravely wounded by the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation but escaped by refining his Dao into a Chaos furnace.
• The Tribulation Transcendence Emperor Formation forced hundreds of thousands of cultivators to undergo tribulations, and some advanced while others died or fled.
• The cultivators’ lost Origins gathered in the Mythic Sea of Bitterness, preparing the long-slumbering being for transformation.
• The Chaos Fire Body announced that the foundation for acquired Chaos was sufficient and that Yan Kuan’s transformation into Chaos Emperor Fire was about to reach its outcome.

Yan Kuan awakened after absorbing the origins left by the tribulations and began transforming the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art into his own Chaos Flame path. His body shattered during the process, but he rebuilt it as a Flame Emperor Body and faced the Heavenly Tribulation required to complete his Postnatal Perfect Chaos Body.

• The Radiant Clan's Spirit Refining Pot was besieged by several Imperial Weapons, while the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation drove away the remaining experts.
• Yan Kuan absorbed the Great Dao Treasure Vase and the gathered origins, completing the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art's transformation before beginning his breakthrough.
• Yan Kuan's body exploded under the strain, and he realized he had to follow his own path rather than imitate the Empress's Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art.
• Yan Kuan used the Empyrean Flame and Burning Art to form an Emperor Flame Body and refine 10,800 streams of origin into Chaos Origin Fire.
• Yan Kuan completed his Flame Emperor Body and drew the Heavenly Tribulation needed to become a Postnatal Perfect Chaos Body.

Yan Kuan forged his body and Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda with the Ten Thousand Dao Source Fire, then broke through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm and faced an extraordinary Triple Emperor Tribulation. As the next layers of lightning descended, Primordial, Emperor Huang, and Zhang Bai Ren wondered what ancient constitution Yan Kuan possessed.

• Yan Kuan refined countless Dao Fires and fragments of the Great Dao, completing his Supreme body and advancing the Divine Mark Purple-Gold Pagoda toward a Supreme Artifact.
• Yan Kuan’s breakthrough triggered a Quasi-Emperor Tribulation, and Primordial, Emperor Huang, and Zhang Bai Ren watched with growing urgency.
• Yan Kuan fought and refined nine True Dragons, then absorbed the weapons manifested by the Divine Weapon Tribulation into his body and pagoda.
• Yan Kuan endured a world of mythical creatures that made him suspect the tribulation was revealing ancient history from the origins of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• Yan Kuan moved to a barren star system as three more layers of lightning descended, while Primordial judged the tribulation greater than any he had seen.
• Emperor Huang thought Yan Kuan’s constitution resembled someone from the Mythological Era, and Zhang Bai Ren sensed an aura reminiscent of the end of Chaotic Ancient.

Yan Kuan completed his Quasi-Emperor breakthrough and drew the powerhouses who had been trapped in the Mythic Ancient Hunting Zone to the Other Shore Divine Domain. After displaying his strength and suppressing the Five Elements calamity, he welcomed the gathered young Supremes and other cultivators at a feast.

• Yan Kuan emerged from the Heavenly Tribulation, merged his avatars, and suppressed his cultivation after reaching the Quasi-Emperor realm.
• Zhang Bai Ren, Ye Fan, Ji Ziyue, Pang Bo, and the other powerhouses crossed the Divine Bridge to the Other Shore.
• Yan Kuan transformed into a colossal figure and swallowed the raging Five Elements Immortal Qi, calming the Imperial Weapons and averting disaster for the Other Shore Divine Star.
• Yan Chongtian escorted the gathered powerhouses into the Divine Domain, where Yan Kuan hosted them at a feast.
• Ye Fan reunited with Jiang Taixu, Old Man Devil, and Mad Daoist, while Huo Liner confronted Yan Kuan about the Qilin Divine Medicine and Dragon Princess showed him affection.

Yan Kuan reunited with Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, the newly sentient emperor corpse of the Void Great Emperor, inside the Ninefold Divine Coffin and helped heal his emperor body. After Xuanyuan left with Ji Zi, Yan Kuan told the Sage Prince that Blue Star could nurture new Reincarnation Seals and invited the others to stay in the Divine Domain.

• Yan Kuan and the others watched Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan emerge from the Ninefold Divine Coffin, and Xuanyuan explained that he was a new life, not the Void Great Emperor.
• Yan Kuan showed Xuanyuan the lifeless Qingyang and recounted finding him in a forbidden area of Kunlun Immortal Earth.
• Xuanyuan explained the Void Great Emperor’s final battle and the Ninefold Divine Coffin’s mysterious origins, then agreed to let Yan Kuan heal his wounded emperor body in exchange for the coffin.
• Yan Kuan used the Immortal Slaughtering Sword to remove the Imperial Dao Laws and hidden injuries from Xuanyuan’s body, while Ji Zi stayed beside him.
• Xuanyuan departed with Ji Zi, and Yan Kuan told the Sage Prince that Blue Star could help emperor corpses form new Reincarnation Seals before inviting everyone to remain in the Divine Domain.

Yan Kuan sparred with Dragon Princess, Golden Celestial Maiden, and Huo Liner, then took Golden Celestial Maiden away to the Golden Divine Treasury. Afterward, he teased Huo Liner about the Qilin Divine Medicine and launched a forceful advance on her, leaving her panicked.

• Dragon Princess, Golden Celestial Maiden, and Huo Liner joined forces to attack Yan Kuan, but he countered their techniques and defeated their combined assault.
• Golden Celestial Maiden unleashed her strongest weapon-based arts, but Yan Kuan dissolved her armor and carried her into the Golden Divine Treasury.
• Yan Kuan and Golden Celestial Maiden spent time together inside the Golden Divine Treasury before he emerged and found Huo Liner searching the Enlightenment Hall.
• Huo Liner asked Yan Kuan about the Qilin Divine Medicine, but he pretended not to remember it and teased her by conjuring a violet qilin phantom.
• Yan Kuan dodged Huo Liner's attempt to bite him, then overpowered her despite her protests.

Yan Kuan said goodbye to Ye Fan and the others, then collected the God-Demon Burial Ground in the Ninefold Divine Coffin before returning to the Big Dipper with Xiao Nannan. He arrived near the star and considered visiting Jade Lake while eyeing the Ancient Primordial Mines uneasily.

• Huo Liner discovered that the Qilin Divine Medicine had undergone nirvana and retained none of its memories from the Primordial Era, though it happily responded to Xiao Nannan.
• Yan Kuan warned Ye Fan that the depths of Heavenly Weapon Ancient Star held a dangerous Golden Crow Quasi-Emperor with whom he shared great karma, and said he would confront him only when he was close to achieving the Dao.
• Ye Fan and his companions left to continue exploring the Mythic Realm, while Sage Prince set off along the ape race's ancient path and Ji Haoyue took Xin Yue to a God Clan ancient star.
• Yan Kuan opened the Ninefold Divine Coffin and used the Source Heaven Law to collect the God-Demon Burial Ground inside it.
• Yan Kuan took Xiao Nannan and a palace and traveled back to the Big Dipper, where he considered visiting Jade Lake before approaching the Ancient Primordial Mines.

Yan Kuan returned to Big Dipper after more than a hundred years and found the star in turmoil as powerful outsiders gathered ahead of the Path to Immortality. At Mystic Gate, he reunited with its leaders and learned that Xiao Tongtong, its Solar Physique Divine Son, had risen to prominence among the new generation.

• Yan Kuan and his companions descended on Big Dipper, where they witnessed battles among powerful figures and sensed the star’s newly flourishing cultivation environment.
• Yan Kuan sent his companions to make their own arrangements and returned with Xiao Nannan to Mystic Gate at Fire Demon Ridge.
• Xiao Que'er recognized Yan Kuan at the gate, and Xiao Nannan embarrassed her by recalling how she had carried a milk bottle as a child.
• Yan Kuan learned that Qi Luo was in seclusion, then met him beneath an Old Locust Tree and asked about Big Dipper’s recent turmoil.
• Qi Luo explained that Mystic Gate had helped stabilize Big Dipper and that Xiao Tongtong had become its Divine Son, defeating many leading young fighters.

Yan Kuan learned that the Black Emperor had vanished with Mystic Gate’s resources, heard about the Golden Crow Clan’s pursuit of Tongtong and Hua Hua’s confinement at Mount Sumeru, and decided to leave those matters for later. As he prepared to explore the Big Dipper, he met his newly revealed disciples Huang Tiannv and Xiao Que'er and gave them divine materials.

• Qi Luo told Yan Kuan that the Black Emperor had disappeared into the cosmos with much of Mystic Gate’s resources, leaving the sect’s younger generation exposed to attacks.
• Qi Luo explained that the Golden Crow Clan had hunted Tongtong after he killed one of its princes, and Yan Kuan ordered Mystic Gate to warn the clan without starting a full-scale war.
• Qi Luo reported that Hua Hua had entered seclusion at Mount Sumeru, and Yan Kuan decided to leave the matter for Ye Fan while sending divine consciousness to check on him.
• Yan Kuan told Qi Luo not to publicize his return and prepared to explore with Xiao Nannan, while Qi Luo sent Xiao Que'er and Huang Tiannv to accompany him.
• Huang Tiannv greeted Yan Kuan as her master and playfully asked him for refining materials, so he offered her and Xiao Que'er divine materials as gifts.

Yan Kuan and Huang Tiannv attended a grand gathering in Azureglow City, where prominent cultivators and rulers from across the Big Dipper arrived. The gathering ended on a tense note when Yan Kuan sensed a Great Saint among the approaching Golden Crow Clan and suspected they intended to challenge Mystic Gate.

• Cultivators gathered on Jade Lake’s Floating Divine Island and watched Hua Yunfei, Li Youyou, Li Qingzhou, and the Mystic Gate Divine Son arrive.
• The Peacock King, Jiang Yifei, Xia Yiming, Yao Yuekong, Dongfang Ye, and other powerful figures joined the gathering as guests traded rumors about Mystic Gate Holy Lord Yan Kuan.
• Huang Tiannv questioned Yan Kuan about the rumors, and he denied having relationships with An Miaoyi and the current Jade Pool West Queen Mother.
• Yan Kuan identified Feng Huang of the Wind Clan for Huang Tiannv as another guest arrived.
• Yan Kuan sensed the Golden Crow Clan approaching with a Great Saint and wondered whether they meant to wage war against Mystic Gate.