Recaps

The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm’s lightning tribulation slaughtered the Extreme Dao cultivators and nearly all the top-tier Soul Transformations. Dian Kui used the Yellow Heaven Sacrifice to save Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei, then died after striking the demon emperor and breaking its seal.

• The Golden Mastiff-Lion and the other Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen died under the lightning, followed by nearly all the top-tier Soul Transformations.
• Dian Kui shielded Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei as the lightning gravely wounded all three.
• Dian Kui burned his Yellow Turban Warrior Bloodline and everything he possessed to summon an Early Void Refining Golden Armored Giant.
• The Golden Armored Giant withstood the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm’s lightning, struck it back dozens of li, and shattered the seal locking heaven and earth.
• Dian Kui flung Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei to safety, then the Golden Armored Giant broke apart and he died.
• Li Qingyuan watched from a thousand li away and reflected on the power of Void Refining Dao Lords and Dian Kui’s death.

Li Qingyuan reflected on fate after Dian Kui died, then chose not to risk exposing himself to save Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei. Someone else rescued the women and broke the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm’s seal, leading it to suspect a powerful Yang Clan cultivator and decide to hide and pursue a breakthrough.

• Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng reflected on the people and coincidences that had protected Li Qingyuan from death.
• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm pursued Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei, whose Heavenly Thunder Bamboos had been secretly tampered with and struck them with lightning.
• Li Qingyuan considered saving the women but decided that risking his life and exposing himself for them was not worth it.
• An unknown cultivator rescued Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei and shattered the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm’s sealed domain while escaping.
• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm recognized the rescuer’s Extreme Dao Soul Transformation aura and immense combat power, suspected he was a Yang Clan Heavenly Chosen, and planned to hide until it reached Mid Void Refining Stage.

The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm fled after lamenting the loss of its Heavenly Thunder Bamboo and worrying about powerful cultivators who might threaten it. Yang Xuan of the Yang Family rescued Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei, revealed his identity, and left intent on killing the worm for its demon nascent soul.

• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm reflected on its past injury and the threat posed by Heavenly Chosen, then raged over the 104 Heavenly Thunder Bamboo stalks taken from it.
• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm transformed into lightning and fled far from the battlefield.
• Yang Xuan appeared before Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei, told them he had come to slay the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm, and explained that a Yang Clan Heavenly Chosen had injured it ten thousand years earlier.
• Yan Lingyue recognized Yang Xuan's techniques as those of the Divine General Yang Family, and Yang Xuan confirmed that he was the renowned Cangxuan Heaven Heavenly Chosen.
• Yang Xuan said the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm would be difficult to kill alone but remained determined to obtain its demon nascent soul, then departed.
• Yan Lingyue asked You Yanmei to gather the surviving disciples of the Three Spirits Sect, and the two women mourned Big Brother Dian Kui.

After evaluating the Taicang Baptism, Li Qingyuan decided to reach Peak Soul Transformation Stage before using it and returned to his companions. He brought the Nine Provinces cultivators to a resource-rich ruin, supplied them with pills and Spirit Stones, and began a group seclusion to raise their cultivation.

• Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng discussed the mysterious cultivator who escaped the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm and concluded that Li Qingyuan needed to improve his cultivation before the Taicang Baptism.
• Li Qingyuan decided to enter seclusion, recalling that his copied Soul Crystals could support his advancement and that the Hundred Regions War left him little time to catch up with the strongest Heavenly Chosen.
• After twenty-eight years in the Tai Cang Immortal Realm, Li Qingyuan returned to the Tianshan Snow Pool at Late Soul Transformation Stage and gathered Miao Le, his daughter, and the Nine Provinces cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan brought everyone to a ruined forest where an Extreme Dao Immortal Beast and a large Immortal Beast Swarm had once lived, then sealed the area with Yang Xiaohe and Old Zhao.
• Li Qingyuan distributed fifth-grade treasure pills and hundreds of thousands of top-grade Spirit Stones, urged everyone to cultivate, and began refining resources in seclusion.

After fifty years of seclusion, Li Qingyuan reached Peak Soul Transformation Stage and began the Minor Five Elements Nirvana, consuming three Nirvana Divine Fruits to complete his first Nirvana. Ji Kun also broke through to second Nirvana, leaving both of them ready to challenge Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen.

• Li Qingyuan spent fifty years refining resources and reached Peak Soul Transformation Stage, then spent another ten years stabilizing his cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan swallowed Nirvana Divine Fruits and began Wood Nirvana, using the abundant Wood Law in his secluded cultivation grounds.
• Li Qingyuan consumed three Nirvana Divine Fruits before completing his first Nirvana and becoming more than twice as powerful as he had been at Late Soul Transformation Stage.
• Li Qingyuan said he would hunt Extreme Dao Immortal Beasts for the resources needed to advance further, and Ji Kun emerged from the Mysterious Feminine Space after breaking through.
• Ji Kun completed second Nirvana, shrank back to rooster size, and declared that it could now face an Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen alone.

After decades of cultivation, Li Qingyuan and the Nine Provinces cultivators grew stronger, and he set out with Li Xianhuang to assassinate Bing Ling'er and destroy the Three Domains cultivators. Bing Ling'er reached the Extreme Dao Soul Transformation Stage under Long Xiao’s protection, but their planned dual cultivation was interrupted by a warning about a huge Immortal Beast Swarm.

• Li Qingyuan reached first-Nirvana top-tier Soul Transformation, while Ji Kun advanced to second-Nirvana and the Nine Provinces cultivators made major breakthroughs.
• Li Qingyuan ordered Miao Le and Ao Run to stay behind and lead the others in cultivation while he took Li Xianhuang to kill Bing Ling'er and the Three Domains cultivators.
• Bing Ling'er reached the Extreme Dao Soul Transformation Stage after Long Xiao gave her an ice-attributed Extreme Dao Immortal Beast soul crystal and guarded her breakthrough.
• Long Xiao embraced Bing Ling'er and prepared to dual cultivate with her, believing her Nine Yin Ultimate Body could help him advance.
• A voice transmission called Long Xiao to respond to an Immortal Beast Swarm of thirty to fifty thousand beasts, including an Immortal Beast Demon Emperor.

Li Qingyuan ambushed Long Xiao and Bing Ling'er, trapping them behind a barrier and fighting them alongside Old Zhao, Ji Kun, and Li Xianhuang. He broke through Bing Ling'er's frost defenses and vowed to take her life and those of the Three Domains Cultivators.

• Long Xiao and Bing Ling'er prepared to leave for the battlefield, but an invisible barrier blocked them, and Zhao Tongxuan appeared to attack.
• Bing Ling'er unleashed freezing attacks against Li Qingyuan while Long Xiao tried to break the barrier and called for outside reinforcements.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Old Zhao, Ji Kun, and Li Xianhuang, who joined him in attacking the pair; Old Zhao's Slaughter Domain weakened Long Xiao.
• Li Qingyuan held Bing Ling'er at bay, while Long Xiao struggled under the combined attacks of Old Zhao, Ji Kun, and Li Xianhuang.
• Bing Ling'er turned to help Long Xiao, but Li Qingyuan's Earth Marsh Sword Intent shattered her frost defenses and exposed her to his attack.

Li Qingyuan and his allies defeated Long Xiao and captured Bing Ling'er after learning about her importance to Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable. Bing Ling'er offered to become Li Qingyuan’s cultivation cauldron, and he demanded her soul blood.

• Li Qingyuan trapped Bing Ling'er in his Earth Marsh Sword Domain, while Long Xiao unleashed his domain and secret arts to resist the attackers.
• Long Xiao revealed Bing Ling'er’s Nine Yin Ultimate Body and her importance to Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable, then tried to bargain for his life by offering an alliance.
• Li Qingyuan ordered Old Zhao, Ji Kun, and Li Xianhuang to kill Long Xiao, and Old Zhao captured and swallowed Long Xiao’s Nascent Soul.
• Bing Ling'er begged Li Qingyuan not to kill her and offered to acknowledge him as her master and become his cultivation cauldron.
• Li Qingyuan demanded that Bing Ling'er offer up her soul blood.

Li Qingyuan took Bing Ling'er’s soul blood, transformed himself into Long Xiao, and used the real Long Xiao’s memories and cultivation to complete his disguise. He left Bing Ling'er under his control and ordered the Eight Extremes Heavenly Domain and Heavenly Frost Region to join forces against the Divine Fire Region and Seven Mysteries Region.

• Bing Ling'er surrendered her soul blood after Li Qingyuan threatened her, giving him control over her life and death.
• Li Qingyuan used the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to disguise himself as Long Xiao, and Bing Ling'er agreed to pretend to be his woman.
• Li Qingyuan ordered Old Zhao to refine Long Xiao’s Divine Soul, and Old Zhao shared Long Xiao’s memories with him.
• Li Qingyuan studied Long Xiao’s cultivation and spells, raised his simulated cultivation to Extreme Dao Soul Transformation, and refined the Black Dragon Sword.
• Li Qingyuan made his debut as Long Xiao and ordered Bing Ling'er to have their regions join forces against the Divine Fire Region and Seven Mysteries Region.

Li Qingyuan, disguised as Long Xiao, set a trap for the Divine Fire Region and Seven Mysteries Region cultivators who had been summoned to Snow Dragon Valley. He killed their leaders and ordered his forces to wipe out everyone gathered there.

• Li Qingyuan ordered Mo Feng and Song Xia to block two routes out of the valley while Bing Ling'er and the Heavenly Frost cultivators sealed the northern route.
• Huang Yan and Zhou Xuan gathered over fifteen thousand cultivators from the Divine Fire Region and Seven Mysteries Region and led them to Snow Dragon Valley.
• Li Qingyuan welcomed the gathered cultivators as Long Xiao, claiming that allies had found a large Immortal Beast swarm and asking to borrow their heads.
• Li Qingyuan beheaded Huang Yan and Zhou Xuan, captured their Nascent Souls and souls, and ordered his forces to kill everyone present.

Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er led a massacre of cultivators from the Divine Fire Region and Seven Mysteries Region, then gathered their resources to prepare for the Taicang Baptism. They set out to hunt a vast Immortal Beast group and arrived at a camp where Sun Mulan and Hua awaited Long Xiao.

• Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er joined Mo Feng, Song Xia, and the Heavenly Frost cultivators in killing thousands of cultivators from the Divine Fire Region and Seven Mysteries Region at Snow Dragon Valley.
• After several hours, the battle ended with the enemy forces devastated, and Li Qingyuan ordered his followers to rest before hunting an Immortal Beast Swarm.
• Li Qingyuan counted the plundered Soul Crystals and resources, planning to use the best crystals for the Taicang Baptism and bring weaker ones back to the Nine Provinces.
• The next morning, Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er led nearly thirty thousand cultivators toward a Black Water Marsh filled with Black Water Flood Dragon Crocodiles.
• Sun Mulan complained that Long Xiao had kept her and Hua waiting, and Li Qingyuan arrived with Bing Ling'er, presenting her as his Dao companion and an additional Extreme Dao combat power.

Sun Mulan, Hua Xibai, and Li Qingyuan assessed the Immortal Beast Swarm in the Black Water Marsh and assembled their powerful forces for a hunt. After agreeing to divide the Void Refining Soul Crystal later, they began the operation.

• Hua Xibai and Sun Mulan reported finding nearly sixty thousand Immortal Beasts, including thousands of top-tier beasts, dozens of fourth-Nirvana beasts, and at least three Extreme Dao beasts.
• Li Qingyuan warned that the Void Refining Immortal Beasts were Demon Emperors with Law Power and intelligence, while Hua Xibai said the three leaders could contend with an Early Void Refining opponent together.
• Sun Mulan summoned Sun Tong, and Hua Xibai introduced his Dao companions Black Lotus and White Lotus as fighters capable of facing Extreme Dao Immortal Beasts.
• Li Qingyuan said his generals Mo Feng and Song Xia could also hold off Extreme Dao Immortal Beasts, and assessed that their assembled forces matched the swarm in numbers and strength but lacked Void Refining battle power.
• Sun Mulan compared their target with the stronger Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm, and Li Qingyuan disparaged Yang Xuan before proposing they begin the hunt and divide the Void Refining Soul Crystal afterward.
• Sun Mulan and Hua Xibai agreed, and the hunt began.

Li Qingyuan and the allied cultivators launched a surprise assault on the Black Water Crocodile Dragon Immortal Beasts in Black Water Marsh, where they discovered five Extreme Dao leaders and a larger force than expected. The battle erupted across the marsh as Li Qingyuan fought toward an Extreme Dao Immortal Beast, intent on killing more before the Void Refining Demon Emperor appeared.

• Sun Mulan led Li Qingyuan and the allied army to Black Water Marsh, warning them that the secluded space hid a dangerous Void Refining Immortal Beast.
• Li Qingyuan attacked first with the Black Dragon Sword, while Bing Ling'er, Hua Xibai, Sun Mulan, Sun Tong, the Black and White Sisters, Mo Feng, Song Xia, and Tian Bingzi slaughtered the marsh's outer beasts.
• The cultivators killed thousands of Immortal Beasts and pushed toward the core region, where five Extreme Dao Immortal Beasts emerged and rallied a vast force to stop them.
• Tens of thousands of cultivators and Immortal Beasts collided across the marsh, creating a thousand-li battlefield of killing and destruction.
• Li Qingyuan summoned the Black Dragon Sword Soul and charged toward an Extreme Dao Immortal Beast, determined to kill more before the Void Refining Demon Emperor appeared.

Li Qingyuan, Sun Mulan, Hua Xibai, and Bing Ling'er fought the Immortal Beast Swarm and killed several Extreme Dao Immortal Beasts to collect their soul crystals. As the three fighters closed in on the last beast, a powerful Water Law aura erupted across the battlefield, leaving them facing an overwhelming attack.

• Li Qingyuan used the Black Dragon Sword Soul and his Sun Moon Sword Intent to kill the Black Water Crocodile Dragon and collect its soul crystal.
• Sun Mulan and Hua Xibai each killed an Extreme Dao Immortal Beast, while they speculated that Long Xiao had consumed soul crystals to prepare for another challenge to Yang Xuan.
• Li Qingyuan killed a second Extreme Dao Immortal Beast, and Bing Ling'er killed another after defending herself from a surprise attack.
• Li Qingyuan, Sun Mulan, and Hua Xibai raced to kill the final Extreme Dao Immortal Beast, which declared its loyalty to the chief.
• A furious roar unleashed a vast Water Law attack that shook the Black Water Marsh and struck at Li Qingyuan, Sun Mulan, and Hua Xibai.

Li Qingyuan, Sun Mulan, and Hua Xibai fought a Void Refining Demon Emperor but were overwhelmed by its Water Law Domain. After Ji Kun and Sun Mulan revealed powerful abilities, the battle continued with Sun Mulan transforming into an enormous azure flood dragon.

• Li Qingyuan, Sun Mulan, and Hua Xibai used their domains and charged into the core region, where the leader of the Black Water Crocodile Dragons confronted them.
• The Void Refining Demon Emperor unleashed its Water Law Domain and battered all three, sending them flying and leaving them injured.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Ji Kun, whose Seven-Colored Great Rooster form fought the demon emperor but was defeated after three breaths.
• Sun Mulan revealed that she had mastered the Ao Lai Secret Art—Thirty-Six Transformations of True Spirit and transformed into a thousand-zhang azure flood dragon.

Sun Mulan, Hua Xibai, Li Qingyuan, and Ji Kun battered the Black Water Crocodile Dragon, and Li Qingyuan unleashed the Eight Desolations Sword Slash to leave it gravely weakened. As Sun Mulan moved in to finish the beast, Hua Xibai suddenly struck her, revealing that the fight had taken an unexpected turn.

• Sun Mulan transformed into an Azure Dragon, while Ji Kun and Li Qingyuan joined her and Hua Xibai in attacking the Black Water Crocodile Dragon.
• Li Qingyuan suspected the beast was hiding a trump card and warned Ji Kun to watch the waters, then pretended to tire as the fight continued.
• Sun Mulan and Hua Xibai urged Li Qingyuan to use his sect's secret technique, and he unleashed the Eight Desolations Sword Slash, piercing the Black Water Crocodile Dragon and reducing its strength to about thirty percent of its peak.
• Sun Mulan and Hua Xibai moved to finish the weakened beast while Li Qingyuan withdrew to recover, but Hua Xibai suddenly attacked Sun Mulan from behind and knocked her out of her Azure Dragon form.
• Sun Mulan confronted Hua Xibai in fury as cracks spread across her golden armor.

Hua Xibai betrayed the allied cultivators and joined forces with Sun Xing, the Black Water Crocodile Dragon, and the Six-Eared Macaque Clan to seize control of the battlefield. As Sun Mulan and Ji Kun were pinned down, Hua Xibai overwhelmed Li Qingyuan and moved in to kill him.

• Hua Xibai revealed his alliance with Sun Xing and the Black Water Crocodile Dragon, and explained that he planned to drain Sun Mulan and Bing Ling'er to advance to Void Refining.
• Sun Xing arrived with two ape generals as Three Thousand Six-Eared Macaque cultivators attacked, while the Black and White Sisters led the Myriad Flowers female cultivators in betraying their allies.
• The allied forces suffered devastating casualties as the Six-Eared Macaques, Myriad Flowers cultivators, and Black Water Crocodile Dragons attacked together; Bing Ling'er concealed her strength while fighting the Black and White Sisters.
• Sun Xing challenged Sun Mulan, while the Black Water Crocodile Dragon attacked Ji Kun and Hua Xibai fought Li Qingyuan.
• Hua Xibai's Myriad Flower Domain blasted Li Qingyuan into a mountain, and Hua Xibai descended to kill him.

Li Qingyuan and his allies feigned defeat while he secretly gathered fallen souls, helping Zhao Guangzheng restore his Void Refinement cultivation. As Zhao Guangzheng celebrated his return, the Black Water Marsh produced a newly advanced Void Refining Black Water Crocodile Dragon Demon Emperor, turning on the outsiders.

• Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er pretended their forces were losing ground as the battle claimed tens of thousands of cultivators on both sides.
• Li Qingyuan secretly captured fallen divine souls while the Black Water Marsh swallowed the corpses, feeding the souls to Zhao Guangzheng and the Soul Refining Banner.
• The Main Soul advanced to Early Void Refinement, and Zhao Guangzheng restored his own Void Refinement cultivation and strengthened his banner’s soul-capturing powers.
• Li Qingyuan considered how to avoid making enemies of Sun Mulan and the Aolai Heavenly Domain, while Zhao Guangzheng urged him to wait for the next development.
• The Black Water Marsh gathered corpses and blood into its core vortex, producing a Void Refining Black Water Crocodile Dragon Demon Emperor that declared it would kill the outsiders.

The Male Demon Emperor and Female Demon Emperor trapped the factions’ cultivators in Black Water Marsh and slaughtered them to recover their strength. As the Male Demon Emperor turned on Li Qingyuan’s group, Li Qingyuan waited for the accumulated souls to strengthen Old Zhao.

• The Male Demon Emperor sealed a hundred-mile area with its domain while the Female Demon Emperor swallowed a blood pill and resumed hunting the fleeing cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan gathered Ji Kun, Sun Mulan, and Bing Ling'er, judged that escape was impossible, and had them restore their strength as the demons’ forces overwhelmed the factions.
• The Male Demon Emperor dismissed Hua Xibai’s appeal to their alliance, devoured Hua Xibai, and then caught and swallowed Sun Xing.
• The Female Demon Emperor and the Immortal Beasts killed cultivators across Black Water Marsh, and three fourth-Nirvana Black Water Crocodile Dragons transformed into Extreme Dao Immortal Beasts.
• The Male Demon Emperor struck Li Qingyuan’s group with its tail, worsening Sun Mulan’s injuries and shattering Bing Ling'er’s defensive treasure.
• Li Qingyuan thought that the fallen cultivators’ souls had nearly accumulated enough to let Old Zhao advance again.

Li Qingyuan and the others were overwhelmed by the Black Water Crocodile Dragon Demon Emperors, but Li Qingyuan let himself be swallowed so Old Zhao could strike from within. Old Zhao and the Soul Refining Banner destroyed one Demon Emperor’s body, while the Soul Slave devoured thousands of souls and grew stronger, leaving Sun Mulan stunned by Li Qingyuan’s true power.

• The Black Water Crocodile Dragon Demon Emperor’s Water Law and sonic attacks battered Li Qingyuan, Bing Ling'er, Ji Kun, and Sun Mulan as the surrounding cultivators were slaughtered.
• The Female Demon Emperor joined her companion, and the two Demon Emperors tried to devour Li Qingyuan, Bing Ling'er, Sun Mulan, and Ji Kun.
• Li Qingyuan allowed the Female Demon Emperor to swallow him and Bing Ling'er, then called on Old Zhao inside the beast’s body.
• Old Zhao used the Soul Refining Banner to pierce the Demon Emperor’s soul crystal, causing its body to explode and its demon infant to flee.
• The other Demon Emperor rushed to its companion as Old Zhao revealed the Void Refining Soul Slave, which devoured tens of thousands of souls and advanced alongside Zhao Guangzheng.
• Li Qingyuan proclaimed the power of his Human Emperor Banner, and Sun Mulan realized he was not Long Xiao and questioned his identity.

Li Qingyuan, Old Zhao, and their allies slaughtered the Black Water Crocodile Dragons and captured the Divine Souls of their two Void Refining Demon Emperors. After collecting the battle’s soul crystals, treasures, and resources, Li Qingyuan turned his attention to the wounded Sun Mulan.

• Old Zhao trapped the Demon Emperors and more than ten thousand Black Water Crocodile Dragons inside the Soul Refining Banner’s barrier, while Long Xiao’s Soul Slave and Li Qingyuan attacked the horde.
• Bing Ling’er joined the battle, and Li Qingyuan empowered the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword with Five-Colored Tribulation lightning to kill Immortal Beasts in large numbers.
• Sun Mulan tried to escape the barrier, but her attack failed and left her severely wounded on a sandbank.
• Old Zhao defeated the two Demon Emperors, seized both their Divine Souls for the Soul Refining Banner, and collected their Void Refining Soul Crystals.
• After the battle, Li Qingyuan gathered tens of thousands of soul crystals, storage rings, resources, and magic treasures, then addressed the frightened Sun Mulan.

Li Qingyuan recruited Sun Mulan and joined her and Bing Ling'er to hunt for Soul Crystals in the Tai Cang Immortal Realm. After six years as the feared Blood Demon Three Fiends, they gathered a huge haul and prepared to divide it according to contribution.

• Li Qingyuan returned the Aalai Heavenly Domain’s belongings to Sun Mulan, asked her to conceal his identity and treasures, and recruited her as an ally.
• Sun Mulan swore a Heavenly Dao Oath to keep Li Qingyuan’s secrets, then recovered from her injuries with his help.
• Li Qingyuan, Sun Mulan, and Bing Ling'er agreed to hunt soul beasts together and share Soul Crystals according to their contributions.
• The disguised trio and their large rooster spirit pet became known as the Blood Demon Three Fiends after repeatedly killing their challengers and seizing Soul Crystals.
• After six years, the trio counted three thousand Soul Crystals, including nine Extreme Dao Soul Crystals and eighty-seven fourth-Nirvana Soul Crystals, and Li Qingyuan proposed dividing the haul.

After the Tai Cang Immortal Mirror ordered the cultivators to open Tai Cang Immortal Mountain and begin the baptism, Li Qingyuan separated from Sun Mulan and Bing Ling'er to duplicate his vast hoard of Soul Crystals. He ended by testing whether the demon infants of Void Refining Demon Emperors could also be duplicated.

• Li Qingyuan divided the Soul Crystals among himself, Ji Kun, Sun Mulan, and Bing Ling'er according to their contributions, while Sun Mulan and Bing Ling'er counted their rewards and anticipated reaching Void Refining.
• Sun Mulan and Bing Ling'er told Li Qingyuan that opening Tai Cang Immortal Mountain required Soul Crystals or demon infants from more than three Void Refining Demon Emperors.
• The Tai Cang Immortal Mirror appeared over the realm and commanded the cultivators to open the Immortal Mountain and welcome the baptism, prompting them to head for the core region.
• Li Qingyuan told Sun Mulan and Bing Ling'er to go ahead while he handled personal matters, then flew away and reached a mountaintop more than a month later.
• Li Qingyuan duplicated his accumulated resources and Soul Crystals, amassing nearly two hundred thousand crystals and declaring himself the richest Soul Transformation Cultivator in the realm's Hundred Regions Wars.
• Li Qingyuan used the Light of Fortune on two Early Void Refining Demon Emperor demon infants to test whether they could be duplicated.

Li Qingyuan gathered enormous quantities of Immortal Beast Soul Crystals and prepared to use the Taicang Baptism to advance himself and the Nine Provinces cultivators. After reuniting with his allies, he reached Taicang Dragon Valley disguised among more than a million Soul Transformation cultivators, where the final contest for the Taicang Baptism was about to begin.

• Li Qingyuan gave up trying to absorb Void Refining demonic beasts and counted the vast number of Soul Crystals he had collected, hoping they would let him reach Void Refining and fulfill his teacher’s wish for Nine Provinces Revival.
• Li Qingyuan returned to the Nine Provinces cultivators, where Yang Xiaohe had also reached Void Refining, and gathered them into the Mysterious Feminine Space to receive the baptism.
• Three months later, Li Qingyuan arrived alone at Taicang Dragon Valley in disguise and saw more than 1.2 million Soul Transformation cultivators assembled there.
• Sun Mulan rebuffed Long Aotian’s offer to shelter her, and Long Aotian vowed that the Myriad Dragon Heavenly Domain would stop her from ascending Tai Cang Immortal Mountain.
• An Extreme Dao cultivator urged the gathered contestants to display their Void Refining Soul Crystals and open Tai Cang Immortal Mountain.

Jin Luo and Niu Hong displayed their strength as the Heavenly Chosen gathered the Void Refining Soul Crystals needed to open Tai Cang Immortal Mountain. Yang Xuan arrived with a vast force, hailed as Cangxuan Heaven’s Number One Heavenly Chosen.

• Jin Luo and Niu Hong tested each other’s auras and recognized that neither should provoke the other lightly.
• Long Aotian accused Sun Mulan of abandoning Hua Xibai, Long Xiao, and their cultivators, but Sun Mulan countered that his explanation was absurd.
• Wan Peng and Gui Ya presented the third Void Refining Soul Crystal, while the gathered Heavenly Chosen said at least five were needed to open Tai Cang Immortal Mountain.
• Bing Ling’er reflected that the Soul Crystals she had obtained could help her complete a high-grade baptism and rise among the top Heavenly Chosen.
• Yang Xuan arrived along a Golden Great Dao with Heavenly Dog soldiers and thousands of cultivators, and the crowd recognized him as Cangxuan Heaven’s Number One Heavenly Chosen.