Recaps

Li Yun proposed sending the possessed beings in Phoenix Clan bodies to dangerous sites in the Ten Thousand Volcanoes, and Da Peng ordered it done. After other clans’ cultivators left to investigate possession among their own people, Li Yun, Da Peng, and Zhurong traveled to the Extreme South Land, where Li Yun asked Da Peng about his Purifying White Flame.

• Li Yun suggested using possessed Phoenix Clan members to suppress dangerous areas in the Ten Thousand Volcanoes, freeing elite Phoenix Clan members for other duties.
• Da Peng ordered the possessed beings sent to those sites, and Phoenix Clan members dragged them away despite their protests.
• Cultivators from other races asked to return and deal with possession in their own clans, and Da Peng allowed them to leave.
• Da Peng, Li Yun, and Zhurong set out for the Extreme South Land and arrived amid the Vermilion Bird Divine Flame.
• Zhurong remarked on the flames’ power, and Li Yun asked Da Peng where he had obtained his Purifying White Flame.

Da Peng revealed that he had obtained the Purifying White Flame from his wife, Feng Xue'er, as the group hurried to Vermilion Bird’s residence in the Extreme South Land. After entering the Vermilion Bird lineage’s territory, they were led beneath the parasol tree, where Vermilion Bird appeared.

• Da Peng said that Feng Xue'er had given him the Purifying White Flame, surprising Li Yun and the others.
• Da Peng led the group at full speed to a vast island in the Extreme South Land, where they felt the pressure of Vermilion Bird’s Saint-level power.
• Qing Luan called out to Vermilion Bird, whose barrier opened a path for the group to enter.
• Li Yun and the others saw the Vermilion Bird Clan and observed that its members had substantial potential despite their burden of Karma and Causality.
• A red-haired woman led the group beneath the parasol tree, where Vermilion Bird stepped out of a wooden house.

Li Yun and the others watched Zhurong challenge Vermilion Bird, who overwhelmed him with her flames. Zhurong unleashed a dangerous blaze despite his injuries, and Vermilion Bird contained it with a crimson-gold barrier.

• Li Yun saw Vermilion Bird and felt a strange pull, while Zhurong stepped forward to challenge her.
• Vermilion Bird said Zhurong was no match for her and agreed to fight him with fire.
• Zhurong attacked with Nanming Li Fire, but Vermilion Bird's crimson-gold flames shattered his fire dragons and scorched him.
• Li Yun used the Eye of Heaven and Earth to see that Zhurong's meridians and origin were in danger, but Zhurong refused to stop.
• Zhurong unleashed a surge of Nanming Li Fire that threatened Li Yun, Kong Xuan, and the others; Li Yun and Kong Xuan blocked it with Chaos Divine Light.
• Vermilion Bird spread a crimson-gold curtain of light that contained the Nanming Li Fire.

Vermilion Bird burned Zhurong to break through his cultivation bottleneck, and his aura began to rise as he endured the process. She revealed that Yuan Feng had been reborn but had lost most of her memories and power, then invited Li Yun and the others to visit her.

• Vermilion Bird sent crimson-gold flames into Zhurong, and his body collapsed under the burning while his aura began to climb.
• Vermilion Bird reassured Li Yun and the others that Zhurong was not in serious danger and might advance if he endured the flames.
• Da Peng asked whether Vermilion Bird could improve his Purifying White Flame, and she directed him to ask Yuan Feng.
• Vermilion Bird told Kong Xuan and the others that Yuan Feng had been reborn with most of her memories and strength lost.
• Vermilion Bird proposed visiting Yuan Feng, and Kong Xuan and Da Peng urged Li Yun to come with them.

Li Yun sensed an intruder with an evil aura in Hundred Flowers Valley and joined Vermilion Bird and the others as they rushed to Yuan Feng's home. They found Vermilion Bird fighting a black-flamed figure whose defenses resisted his attacks, and Li Yun began examining the enemy's strength.

• Li Yun agreed to accompany Da Peng and the others to see Yuan Feng, and Sister Vermilion Bird led them to Hundred Flowers Valley.
• Li Yun used the Heavenly Emperor's Eye and detected an evil aura gathering into a male figure in the valley.
• After Sister Vermilion Bird denied letting anyone in, Li Yun warned the group that an intruder was likely inside.
• Vermilion Bird opened the way, sealed off the valley, and attacked the black-flamed intruder, but could not break through its defenses.
• Li Yun and the others reached the battle, worried that Yuan Feng was in danger, and Li Yun opened the Eye of Heaven and Earth to assess the intruder.

Li Yun discovered that the black-flame figure resembled Da Peng and Kong Xuan, and Qing Luan identified the flames as the Phoenix Clan’s forbidden World-Ending Black Flame. After Yuan Feng began trembling and displayed an uncanny resemblance in origin aura to the stranger, Li Yun sent Kong Xuan to stop Vermilion Bird and capture the figure.

• Li Yun saw that the black-flame figure resembled Da Peng and Kong Xuan, and he warned them that the matter was bizarre.
• Qing Luan identified the figure’s flames as the World-Ending Black Flame, a forbidden Phoenix Clan power tied to the father who had sacrificed himself.
• Qing Luan rushed toward Yuan Feng after hearing a scream, and Li Yun and the others followed her.
• Li Yun observed that Yuan Feng was trembling, appeared only at the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal level, and shared an unusually similar origin aura with the black-clad figure.
• Li Yun ordered Kong Xuan to stop Vermilion Bird from killing the figure and to capture her, and Kong Xuan flew off to warn his sister.

Vermilion Bird extinguished Divine Phoenix’s black flames, revealing that he was bound to Yuan Feng’s life, while the children learned he claimed to be their father. Yuan Feng recognized him and warned him that he had overstepped.

• Vermilion Bird used his Vermilion Bird form to extinguish Divine Phoenix’s flames, and Yuan Feng’s breathing and aura recovered as he was brought back.
• Yuan Feng said the mysterious man had appeared when she was troubled and guided her, while Li Yun confirmed he could not sever their deeply entwined life link.
• Divine Phoenix called Da Peng and the others his children, prompting Yuan Feng to clutch her head and cry out in pain.
• Divine Phoenix identified himself to Kong Xuan as the first Phoenix, and Da Peng and the others rejected his claim that he was their father.
• Yuan Feng addressed the man as Divine Phoenix and told him he had overstepped.

Divine Phoenix revealed that Yuanfeng had devoured him to become a phoenix and gain her power, including Nirvana Fire. After confirming that Yuanfeng had once considered killing Vermilion Bird for her rare ability, Vermilion Bird rejected her and banished her from the Extreme South Land.

• Yuanfeng refused to explain her relationship with Divine Phoenix, but Divine Phoenix told her children that she had ensnared and devoured him to transform herself and rise to power.
• Da Peng realized that Nirvana Fire came from the origins of Yuanfeng and Divine Phoenix rather than ordinary inheritance, and Li Yun explained how Vermilion Bird had gained her unique version of the ability.
• Divine Phoenix confirmed that he had intervened to give Vermilion Bird part of the nirvana origin and said Yuanfeng would have killed her to seize it if he had not stopped her.
• Yuanfeng admitted she had spared Vermilion Bird because of her talent and fortune, and Vermilion Bird withdrew her support, ended their bond, and banished Yuanfeng from the Extreme South Land.

Yuan Feng moved to expel Da Peng from the Extreme South Land, while Divine Phoenix explained why he had once accepted a symbiotic bond with her and why he now needed a separate avatar body. Da Peng and Kong Xuan considered finding him one, but Yuan Feng refused to let him leave her body.

• Yuan Feng insisted that Da Peng leave, and Da Peng asked Divine Phoenix why he had not resisted her in the past.
• Divine Phoenix said Yuan Feng had used the Divine Phoenix Armor and Divine Phoenix Sword, which she had hidden from the Phoenix Clan.
• Li Yun asked how Divine Phoenix and Yuan Feng had formed their symbiotic relationship, and Divine Phoenix explained that he had survived within one of her avatars after his World-Ending Black Flame could not achieve nirvana.
• Divine Phoenix said Yuan Feng was absorbing his origin power and that he needed an avatar body to reclaim it; Da Peng and Kong Xuan considered finding him one.
• Yuan Feng refused to let Divine Phoenix leave her body or claim a separate avatar.

Divine Phoenix explained that Yuan Feng had suppressed him while trying to absorb his origin, and that their children could help him break free. Vermilion Bird, Da Peng, Kong Xuan, and Qing Luan sided against Yuan Feng, while Li Yun ended by questioning whether Divine Phoenix's Destruction Black Flame carried demonic nature.

• Divine Phoenix explained that Yuan Feng had dominated their shared body and tried to draw on his origin, but he had suppressed her at the Daluo Golden Immortal stage.
• Divine Phoenix said Yuan Feng hoped to regain control through Vermilion Bird, Da Peng, and Kong Xuan.
• Vermilion Bird offered to help Divine Phoenix break free from Yuan Feng, and Da Peng and Kong Xuan offered their support.
• Yuan Feng accused her children of betraying her, but Qing Luan said Da Peng would become Phoenix Lord and told Yuan Feng not to interfere in other affairs.
• Li Yun asked Divine Phoenix whether his Destruction Black Flame contained demonic nature, startling Da Peng and the others.

Divine Phoenix revealed that he had absorbed the demonic energy threatening Yuanfeng’s rebirth, and Yuanfeng freed him by returning his origin power. As Da Peng went to retrieve a Quasi-Saint pureblood phoenix corpse for Divine Phoenix’s Second Primordial Spirit, Divine Phoenix learned about Li Yun and heard that Li Yun’s avatar Li Mo was with Yuan Ming.

• Divine Phoenix told Yuanfeng and the others that he had absorbed the demonic energy that might have corrupted Yuanfeng during her rebirth.
• Yuanfeng gave Divine Phoenix his strand of origin power and declared that they had nothing more to do with each other.
• Divine Phoenix rejoiced at regaining his freedom and asked for a pureblood phoenix body so he could forge a Second Primordial Spirit.
• Da Peng said the Phoenix Clan had a Quasi-Saint pureblood phoenix corpse and flew off to retrieve it while Vermilion Bird left to prepare.
• Divine Phoenix learned that Li Yun was the Human Race Great Emperor and declined to press him about marrying one of his daughters.
• Kong Xuan told Divine Phoenix that Li Yun’s avatar Li Mo was with Yuan Ming, prompting Divine Phoenix to ask whether Yuan Ming had succeeded.

Li Yun explained why Divine Phoenix could not become a member of the Devil Race, then revealed his plan to strengthen ties between the Human Race and the Phoenix Clan. He secured the clan’s agreement to provide bloodlines and access to the Origin of Fire, leaving the Phoenix Clan prepared to discuss the arrangements and obtain Yuan Feng’s token.

• Li Yun told Kong Xuan that Divine Phoenix could not gain the Demonic Path’s recognition without his true body, and that even then sainthood would be nearly impossible.
• Li Yun said he had come to seek cultivation methods and inheritance for people with Phoenix blood in the Human Race, and proposed that other Phoenix Clan members provide bloodlines.
• Kong Xuan agreed in principle but warned that the Phoenix Clan’s elders would need incentives, so Li Yun offered to make one person from each contributing lineage a Human Race tribe’s totem.
• Qing Luan accepted Li Yun’s offer, which promised the selected Phoenixes Human Race Destiny, Humanity Dao protection, and freedom to cultivate outside the Ten Thousand Volcanoes.
• Li Yun asked to contact the Phoenix Clan’s Origin of Fire, and Divine Phoenix explained that it lay in the largest parasol tree and required a token from Yuan Feng to enter.
• Li Yun assured them he would only comprehend the Origin of Fire and would not take or damage it.

Li Yun agreed to help the Phoenix Clan restore the Source of Myriad Fires, then left with Qing Luan while Kong Xuan and Divine Phoenix went to persuade Yuan Feng. Vermilion Bird sought Li Yun’s help in making a newly born clan member a Human Race tribe’s totem so she could receive Humanity Dao’s protection.

• Kong Xuan promised Li Yun that the Phoenix Clan would provide the Source of Myriad Fires to help perfect his Dao, and Li Yun agreed to handle it after they left.
• Kong Xuan and Divine Phoenix went to Yuan Feng to obtain the token, while Li Yun and Qing Luan departed for Zhurong’s area.
• Qing Luan thanked Li Yun for exposing Bai Hong’s scheme and explained that she had agreed to his proposal partly because of their youthful acquaintance and her stalled cultivation.
• Vermilion Bird asked Li Yun whether a clan member could merge bloodlines with the Human Race and become a tribal totem protected by Humanity Dao.
• Li Yun confirmed that the plan could work, and Vermilion Bird invited him to meet the newly born member of her clan.

Li Yun followed Vermilion Bird into the true Extreme South Land, where she revealed that she needed his help to seize a fortuitous encounter and promised to help him condense a Primordial Unity Power Seed. As they continued toward her newborn clansman, Vermilion Bird questioned whether Li Yun’s path of Attaining Dao through Strength could succeed, and he affirmed that he would keep pursuing it despite its obstacles.

• Vermilion Bird led Li Yun into the pitch-black heart of the Extreme South Land and explained that only a Sacred Beast could guide others into its forbidden depths.
• Vermilion Bird told Li Yun she needed his strength to seize a fortuitous encounter that could help her advance, then promised the effort would benefit him by allowing him to condense a Primordial Unity Power Seed.
• Li Yun agreed to give Vermilion Bird his assistance after she said the matter would bring him no harm and could transform his Magical Power.
• Vermilion Bird asked whether Li Yun’s path of Attaining Dao through Strength could truly succeed, citing its difficulty and the obstruction of the Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao.
• Li Yun said he had chosen the path and would continue despite its obstacles, leaving Vermilion Bird to suspect he had already faced them.

Li Yun followed the Vermilion Bird into the Extreme South and learned that the four Sacred Beasts guarded regions where Chaos directly bordered the Primordial World. At an altar, he saw the Chaos-powered egg of the next Vermilion Bird and agreed to consider taking it as his disciple after seeing what kind of person it was.

• Li Yun spotted chaos qi in the Extreme South, and the Vermilion Bird confirmed that the four Sacred Beasts guarded the world’s borders with Chaos.
• The Vermilion Bird asked about Li Yun’s eye and its Humanity Dao and Earthly Dao powers, and Li Yun explained that he had seized those powers after breaking his shackles.
• The Vermilion Bird led Li Yun to an altar where chaos qi streamed into a huge egg holding the next Vermilion Bird.
• The Vermilion Bird explained that the egg possessed true Chaos Power and a foundation in the Chaos Law, giving it a chance to Attain Dao through Strength.
• Li Yun agreed to consider making the new Vermilion Bird his disciple but insisted on first seeing what kind of person it was.

Li Yun and Vermilion Bird examined the Chaos Law fragments within the giant egg and agreed to awaken its occupant so he could be assessed as a potential disciple. As the egg cracked, the little Vermilion Bird’s aura surged to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, prompting Li Yun to worry that its effortless cultivation would harm its future potential.

• Li Yun used the Eye of Heaven and Earth to see Chaos Law fragments forming inside the Vermilion Bird egg.
• Vermilion Bird explained that the egg’s potential was extraordinary but urged Li Yun to keep its nature secret amid the growing conflict among the Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao.
• Li Yun said the young Vermilion Bird could become his disciple if he passed the character assessment for Human Teachings.
• Vermilion Bird unleashed crimson-gold flames to awaken the egg, drawing vast amounts of Chaos qi into it.
• The egg cracked, and the little Vermilion Bird awakened with an aura that reached the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Li Yun warned that its immense untempered cultivation might make it harder to advance beyond the Quasi-Saint realm or become a Saint.

Li Yun explained that the little Vermilion Bird could not learn the Human Teachings Lineage’s methods after reaching the Golden Immortal Realm, so Vermilion Bird let him choose whether to temper himself anew. The little Vermilion Bird reduced his cultivation to the Grand Unity True Immortal Realm and transformed his eggshell into a Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, leaving Vermilion Bird planning to protect him with it.

• Li Yun told Vermilion Bird that the Three Pure Ones' Lineage had strict cultivation taboos and that he could teach the little Vermilion Bird little as a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Li Yun suggested that Vermilion Bird explain the situation and let the little Vermilion Bird decide for himself.
• Vermilion Bird sent the information into the egg, and the little Vermilion Bird spun within it as his aura rose.
• The little Vermilion Bird shouted for his power to be suppressed and lowered his cultivation to the Grand Unity True Immortal Realm.
• The little Vermilion Bird shattered his eggshell and transformed it into a Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, a Law spiritual treasure shaped like a Vermilion Bird longsword.
• Li Yun warned that the sword could not be fused into its owner's body and that damage to a natal spiritual treasure would harm its owner, so Vermilion Bird planned to seal it inside the little Vermilion Bird and add his power to protect him.

The little Vermilion Bird formed Chaos Fire and then transformed into a human girl, revealing extraordinary talent in Chaos, Space, and Speed Laws. Li Yun agreed to take her as an Inner Disciple with Direct Disciple treatment, and the chapter ended with him marveling at her potential.

• The little Vermilion Bird formed a Chaos-colored body and gave birth to pure Chaos Fire, astonishing Vermilion Bird and Li Yun.
• Li Yun advised her to cultivate the Chaos Law rather than focus on flame, explaining that it would strengthen both her cultivation and Chaos Fire.
• The little Vermilion Bird gathered power, transformed into a red-haired girl, and reached the Grand Unity True Immortal Realm with an aura rivaling higher realms.
• Li Yun offered to take her as an Inner Disciple with Direct Disciple treatment, and Vermilion Bird accepted the arrangement on her behalf.
• The girl manifested Chaos-colored wings and revealed that she had mastered the Laws of Space and Speed as well as the Chaos Law.
• Li Yun praised the girl's terrifying potential.

Li Yun discovered that the little Vermilion Bird’s foundations had improved after she gave up her Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfection cultivation. Vermilion Bird named her Zhu Xuan’er and proposed that she take Li Yun as her master, and she accepted.

• Li Yun noticed a peculiar fluctuation in the little Vermilion Bird and told Vermilion Bird it was harmless and might improve her potential.
• The little Vermilion Bird reported that her foundations and strength had advanced, and that only she could wield her accompanying Phoenix Longsword.
• Li Yun revealed the Ultimate Emperor Seal, demonstrating that his treasures surpassed the longsword and dismissing its significance to him.
• The little Vermilion Bird suggested the name Zhu Sheng, but Vermilion Bird named her Zhu Xuan’er instead.
• Vermilion Bird introduced Li Yun and asked Zhu Xuan’er to become his disciple, and Zhu Xuan’er agreed and performed three bows and nine kowtows.

Li Yun accepted Zhu Xuan'er as his disciple and gave her the Taiqing Lineage inheritance, but the Vermilion Bird stopped her rapid advancement before she reached a dangerous stage. After the Vermilion Bird took Zhu Xuan'er away, Li Yun discovered a mysterious gate in the Chaos and approached it.

• Li Yun accepted Zhu Xuan'er as his disciple and gave her the Taiqing Lineage inheritance Jade Talismans.
• Zhu Xuan'er cultivated the Supreme Purity Art and rapidly advanced to the Mid Golden Immortal Realm.
• Li Yun warned that Zhu Xuan'er needed to leave the Phoenix Clan before perfecting her Dao Fruit, and the Vermilion Bird stopped her advancement.
• The Vermilion Bird cautioned Zhu Xuan'er about the Three Disasters, then took her away and said she would return to explain the next matter.
• Li Yun noticed a massive, mysterious gate in the Chaos, failed to identify it with the Eye of Heaven and Earth, and stepped toward it.

Li Yun absorbed the chaotic energy pouring through the opened gate and used its earth, fire, water, and wind laws to strengthen himself. He reached major accomplishment in three laws and came close to the Quasi-Saint Middle Stage, while Vermilion Bird watched without interfering.

• Li Yun endured the chaos qi and discovered that its spirits transformed into fragments of the four great laws inside his body.
• Li Yun used his Chaos Divine Light to absorb the laws, rapidly increasing their power and strengthening himself.
• Vermilion Bird returned, saw Li Yun absorbing the dangerous energy, and kept his distance rather than stopping him.
• After the energy's fluctuations vanished, Li Yun found that his Laws of Fire, Water, and Earth had reached major accomplishment, while his Law of Wind was close to it.
• Li Yun absorbed the four laws into his Law of Strength, bringing his cultivation close to the Quasi-Saint Middle Stage.

Li Yun learned that the space behind the gate held dangerous Chaos currents and many laws, but he still wanted to enter and asked Vermilion Bird to let him try. Vermilion Bird agreed on the condition that Li Yun help him use Li Yun’s Yang energy for a transformation, leaving Li Yun taken aback by the intimate request.

• Li Yun started toward the gate, but Vermilion Bird called him back out of concern for the dangers inside.
• Li Yun assured Vermilion Bird that the Chaos energy had helped him greatly, advancing his laws of earth, fire, water, and wind.
• Vermilion Bird warned Li Yun that the space contained other laws and Chaos currents powerful enough to nearly trap even a Saint.
• Li Yun said he still wanted to enter, and Vermilion Bird agreed after asking him to help with a task first.
• Vermilion Bird asked to borrow Li Yun’s Yang energy to overcome his deficiencies and transform extreme Yin into Yang, leaving Li Yun stunned.

Li Yun and Vermilion Bird began a cultivation transaction that transformed her Nirvana Fire into devouring flames. Li Yun absorbed and refined some of the flames, leaving him with a powerful new Divine Flame called the Devouring Demon Fire.

• Li Yun agreed to help Vermilion Bird cultivate after she accepted that he would not be responsible for what followed.
• Vermilion Bird took Li Yun to a secluded area, where they began dual cultivation inside a protected stone chamber.
• Vermilion Bird's crimson-gold flames evolved into golden Nirvana Fire before developing a strange blood-red color and devouring power.
• Li Yun used his Eye of Heaven and Earth to examine the flames, then drew a cluster of devouring fire into his body.
• Li Yun refined the devouring flames with his laws until they became a purplish-red Divine Flame he called the Devouring Demon Fire.

After helping the Vermilion Bird complete her transformation, Li Yun discovered that he had reached the Quasi-Saint Middle Stage and revealed his Devouring Demon Fire, which combined the Laws of Fire and Devour. Months later, he entered a chaos-colored gate to recover and absorb the Law of Life, then spotted an enormous bizarre body streaking through the chaos.

• The Vermilion Bird completed her transformation and thanked Li Yun, who said their dual cultivation had raised him to the Quasi-Saint Middle Stage.
• Li Yun showed the Vermilion Bird his violet-red flames and explained that he had grasped the Law of Fire and the Law of Devour.
• The Vermilion Bird asked when they could continue, and Li Yun agreed before the two left together.
• Several months later, Li Yun left the Vermilion Bird, entered the chaos-colored gate, and used Chaos Divine Light to protect himself from its fluctuations.
• Li Yun absorbed the Law of Life in the chaos qi, recovering his weakened body as his aura grew stronger.
• Li Yun opened the Eye of Heaven and Earth and saw an enormous bizarre body streak through the chaos and disappear.

Li Yun encountered a colossal Chaos Beast whose roar shattered his defenses and nearly destroyed his body, forcing him to escape the chaos. After recovering outside the gate, he reunited with Kong Xuan, who told him he had been missing for nearly a thousand years.

• Li Yun spotted a massive Chaos Beast moving through the chaos, but it vanished before he could examine it.
• The Chaos Beast roared and unleashed a wave that shattered Li Yun's defenses and cracked his body.
• Li Yun used an escape technique to flee toward the chaos gate, protecting and repairing himself with Chaos Divine Light along the way.
• Li Yun emerged from the gate, burned away the surrounding Chaos Qi with his Devouring Demon Fire, and used the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique to recover.
• Kong Xuan found Li Yun and told him he had been missing for nearly a thousand years while Kong Xuan searched for him and Sister Vermilion Bird remained in seclusion.