Recaps

Li Qingyuan killed Huo Zhuo, learned the secrets of the Tail Fire Burning Heaven Domain from his memories, and discovered the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins held a Heavenly Immortal’s inheritance. With a Burning Heaven Order and the ruins due to open in a hundred years, he set out for them.

• Li Qingyuan immobilized Huo Zhuo’s True Spirit, killed him, and let Old Zhao swallow and refine it.
• Old Zhao extracted Huo Zhuo’s memories and transmitted them to Li Qingyuan, revealing the Tail Fire Burning Heaven Domain’s geography, factions, and powerful cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan learned that Burning Heaven High Immortal had left a fourth-grade Pill Dao inheritance and a fire-control Divine Ability in the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm.
• Li Qingyuan found a Burning Heaven Order among Huo Zhuo’s possessions and learned the ruins would open in a hundred years.
• Li Qingyuan sent Old Zhao to refine Huo Zhuo’s True Spirit into a puppet avatar, then traveled with Ji Kun toward the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm.

Li Qingyuan adopted the new identity of Blood Shadow Daoist and waited a hundred years outside the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm while cultivators gathered. When the Burning Heaven Gate opened, a battle broke out over the Burning Heaven Orders, and Li Qingyuan prepared to slip inside amid the chaos.

• Li Qingyuan disguised himself as the blood dao cultivator Blood Shadow Daoist to avoid suspicion over Huo Zhuo's disappearance.
• He reached the Ancient Ruins Realm and found more than a hundred True Immortals and hundreds of other cultivators waiting outside, many hoping to seize Burning Heaven Orders or ambush returning adventurers.
• Li Qingyuan spent a hundred years cultivating the Slaughter Dao Blood Divine Scripture as the crowds of cultivators swelled.
• The Burning Heaven Gate appeared and opened, allowing the holders of Burning Heaven Orders to enter the Ancient Ruins Realm.
• Five half-step heavenly immortals and other powerful cultivators attacked the token holders, triggering a chaotic battle across the gathered crowd.
• Li Qingyuan watched the melee and decided to enter the Ancient Ruins Realm amid the chaos.

Li Qingyuan used Blood Shadow Divine Escape to evade the fighting outside the Burning Heaven Gate and entered with his Burning Heaven Order. Inside the ruins, he killed a Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast and discovered that its Immortal Source Purple Fire Crystal stirred an intense hunger in his Southern Bright Illusory Fire Seed.

• Li Qingyuan raced through the battlefield, using Blood Shadow clones to escape a late-stage True Immortal and reach the Burning Heaven Gate.
• Li Qingyuan entered through the flames with his Burning Heaven Order, and thirty-seven other True Immortal cultivators followed before the fighting outside paused.
• The cultivators left outside formed alliances and prepared layers of formations to ambush those who returned with resources.
• Li Qingyuan encountered a ten-thousand-zhang Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast and killed it with a single strike of blood-red Sword Qi.
• Li Qingyuan learned from Huo Zhuo's memories that the beast was an energy life-form whose remains condensed into an Immortal Source Purple Fire Crystal.
• Li Qingyuan sensed that the crystal had drawn his Southern Bright Illusory Fire Seed to the ruins.

Li Qingyuan discovered that Immortal Source Purple Fire Crystals could rapidly strengthen the Southern Bright Illusory Fire and set out to gather enough for it to evolve. After escaping Yan Pojun’s attack, he defeated a powerful Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast and continued deeper into the ruins.

• Li Qingyuan duplicated a Tribulation Crossing Stage Immortal Source Purple Fire Crystal in the Mysterious Feminine Space, and the Southern Bright Illusory Fire devoured both crystals and grew slightly stronger.
• Thirty-seven True Immortal cultivators entered the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm, and Yan Pojun attacked Li Qingyuan for coveting the Burning Heaven Order.
• Li Qingyuan feigned injury, escaped Yan Pojun with the Blood Shadow Clone Great Method, and resolved to kill the Fire Qilin Race elder later.
• Three million li away, Li Qingyuan killed an Immortal Domain Realm Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast and fed its duplicated crystals to the Southern Bright Illusory Fire.
• As the fire spirit grew clearer, Li Qingyuan flew deeper into the ruins to collect more crystals and pursue its evolution into third-grade immortal fire.

Li Qingyuan hunted deeper in the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm and killed a True Immortal Realm Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast, obtaining a powerful crystal that strengthened the Southern Bright Illusory Fire. After sensing hidden cultivators watching him, he challenged them over whether they intended to steal his spoils.

• Li Qingyuan flew toward the central region of the ruins, where fire-attribute power grew denser, and passed two wary True Immortal cultivators without fighting.
• Li Qingyuan followed a beast's roar and found a True Immortal Realm Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast comparable to a true immortal early stage cultivator.
• The beast attacked with earth vein fire and a purple light wave, but Li Qingyuan used the Blood Shadow Divine Sword Art and his slaughter heart state to cleave it in two.
• Li Qingyuan collected the beast's purple fire crystal and duplicated it, allowing the Southern Bright Illusory Fire Seed to consume it and grow stronger.
• Li Qingyuan sensed cultivators spying on him and asked whether they intended to seize his spoils.

Li Qingyuan, posing as Blood Shadow, agreed to join Guihai Yuan and Zuoqiu Shan in hunting a herd of True Immortal Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts. When they learned other races had discovered it, they hurried to the herd while Li Qingyuan secretly sent Ji Kun and Old Zhao ahead to lie in wait.

• Guihai Yuan and Zuoqiu Shan approached Li Qingyuan and proposed that the human cultivators join forces in the dangerous Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm.
• Guihai Yuan revealed that he and Zuoqiu Shan had found a herd containing at least five True Immortal Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts, and Li Qingyuan agreed to help hunt them.
• Guihai Yuan and Zuoqiu Shan received an urgent message that Fire Beast Race and Ground Lizard Race cultivators had discovered the herd.
• The three cultivators flew toward the herd, and Li Qingyuan secretly sent Ji Kun to conceal himself nearby and wait for an opportunity with Old Zhao.

Li Qingyuan proposed striking first at a Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast herd while other factions waited in hiding. Wen Xingyue and Zuoqiu Shan drew the herd’s attention as Li Qingyuan and Guihai Yuan secretly headed underground toward its lair.

• Three late-stage True Immortals of the Fire Beast Race watched the herd and worried about losing the Burning Heaven Order Huo Zhuo had carried.
• Two Ground Lizard Race True Immortals hid in the earth veins and decided to wait for other factions to begin fighting.
• Li Qingyuan urged Guihai Yuan, Wen Xingyue, and Zuoqiu Shan to act before more factions arrived, proposing a frontal feint and an underground strike on the herd’s lair.
• Guihai Yuan assigned Wen Xingyue and Zuoqiu Shan to attack the herd while he and Li Qingyuan infiltrated its lair.
• Wen Xingyue and Zuoqiu Shan engaged the herd, drawing the hidden factions’ attention as Li Qingyuan and Guihai Yuan disappeared into the earth veins.

Wen Xingyue and Zuo Qiuyue attacked a Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast herd while Guihai Yuan and Li Qingyuan hid underground, where they discovered a third-grade flame-pistil qilin flower. Guihai Yuan was left to face the herd alone when Li Qingyuan vanished, just as Fire Beast and Ground Lizard cultivators arrived to fight over the herd and its treasure.

• Wen Xingyue and Zuo Qiuyue slaughtered the herd’s Tribulation Crossing Stage beasts and fought four True Immortal beasts, planning to seize the crystals and flee.
• Guihai Yuan and Li Qingyuan realized the herd included a Late-Stage True Immortal beast and three True Immortal Mid Stage beasts, and Guihai Yuan asked Li Qingyuan to hold off the three Mid Stage beasts while he faced the leader.
• Guihai Yuan attacked the herd and spotted a third-grade flame-pistil qilin flower, while Li Qingyuan recognized it as one of the three main ingredients for a Six-Turn Golden Core.
• The Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts overwhelmed Guihai Yuan after Li Qingyuan disappeared without a trace, leaving him to face the beasts alone.
• Five True Immortal cultivators from the Fire Beast Race and Ground Lizard Race arrived and attacked, throwing the battlefield into chaos.

Ji Kun awakened the Sky Swallowing Chicken bloodline and intercepted Wen Xingyue and Zuo Qiuyue as they tried to flee. He suppressed Wen Xingyue while Old Zhao and a Blood Divine Son Puppet blocked Zuo Qiuyue, leaving Guihai Yuan fighting the Beast Race forces alone.

• Three Fire Beast Race True Immortals and two Ground Lizard Race experts charged toward Guihai Yuan and the others, prompting Wen Xingyue and Zuo Qiuyue to retreat.
• Ji Kun awakened his Sky Swallowing Chicken bloodline, opened twenty-four Immortal Apertures, and attacked Wen Xingyue with the Sky Swallowing Sphere.
• Wen Xingyue's Star Wheel and Moon Wheel were knocked back, while Zuo Qiuyue burned his Essence Blood and fled without helping her.
• Old Zhao summoned the Myriad Souls Banner and joined the Blood Divine Son Puppet to attack Zuo Qiuyue, whose mountain Law Treasure they managed to hold off.
• Guihai Yuan continued fighting the Beast Race forces at the herd's lair.

Guihai Yuan lost his allies and troops, then self-destructed his life-bound Law Treasure and burned his True Blood to escape the encircling cultivators. The Fire Beast Race and Ground Lizard Race fought over the flame-pistil qilin flower before agreeing to cooperate against the Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts.

• Guihai Yuan cursed Blood Shadow Daoist, Wen Xingyue, and Zuo Qiuyue as the Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts and five cultivators from the Fire Beast Race and Ground Lizard Race closed in on him.
• Guihai Yuan self-destructed his Crimson Treasure Cauldron, injuring four Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts, then recovered his sea-heart Kunyuan fire and took the flame-pistil qilin flower.
• Guihai Yuan burned his True Blood and used the sea-heart Kunyuan fire to break through the Fire Beast Race cultivator’s defense, but the peak-stage Ground Lizard Race cultivator blocked his escape.
• Guihai Yuan threw the flame-pistil qilin flower to the Ground Lizard Race cultivator, then escaped while the Fire Beast Race and Ground Lizard Race prepared to fight over the prize.
• The four injured Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts attacked the two races, and the Ground Lizard Race proposed that they cooperate; the Fire Beast Race agreed.

Li Qingyuan revealed himself to five True Immortal cultivators after they killed four Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts, then used Yang Xiaohe’s Five-Colored Divine Light to annihilate them and seize their resources. He gathered the spoils and set his sights on Guihai Yuan.

• Five cultivators killed four wounded Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts and collected their Purple Fire Crystals and a Flame-Pistil Qilin Flower.
• Li Qingyuan appeared disguised as an intelligent Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast, then revealed his identity as Blood Shadow Daoist.
• A Late-Stage True Immortal attacked Li Qingyuan, but a thunderbolt shattered the cultivator’s bonded Law Treasure.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Yang Xiaohe, whose Five-Colored Divine Light annihilated all five True Immortal cultivators and gathered their resources.
• Yang Xiaohe killed fifty-six Tribulation Crossing Stage Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts, and Li Qingyuan declared that he would pursue Guihai Yuan.

Ji Kun defeated Wen Xingyue and Zuo Qiuyue, captured their True Spirits, and handed them to Zhao Guangzheng. Meanwhile, Li Qingyuan found the injured Guihai Yuan and restrained his True Spirit, leaving him with another captive and a haul of resources.

• Ji Kun destroyed Wen Xingyue's body and captured her True Spirit with the Sky Swallowing Spirit Binding Net.
• Ji Kun split Zuo Qiuyue apart, stopped him from self-detonating, and captured his True Spirit.
• Ji Kun gave both True Spirits to Zhao Guangzheng, who planned to use them to strengthen his True Spirit Clone technique.
• Guihai Yuan hid in a defensive immortal formation and took pills to recover from the injuries he suffered while escaping.
• Li Qingyuan appeared inside Guihai Yuan's formation, overcame his Sea-Heart Kunyuan Fire with Five-Colored Divine Light, and killed his body while restraining his True Spirit.
• Li Qingyuan collected the resources that flew from Guihai Yuan as the captive True Spirit remained trapped.

Li Qingyuan used Sea-Heart Kunyuan Fire to help Southern Bright Illusory Fire approach the Second-Grade Immortal Fire level, then gathered a vast haul of resources and prepared to enter the core of the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm. Ji Kun entered seclusion to pursue the True Immortal Mid Stage, while Old Zhao began refining True Spirit Clones.

• Li Qingyuan’s Southern Bright Illusory Fire devoured Sea-Heart Kunyuan Fire and underwent nirvana, nearing the Second-Grade Immortal Fire level.
• Ji Kun brought Li Qingyuan a large trove of resources, including Purple Fire Crystals, which Li Qingyuan duplicated in the Mysterious Feminine Space.
• Li Qingyuan gave Ji Kun two Late-Stage True Immortal Purple Fire Crystals, and Ji Kun swallowed them before entering seclusion to pursue the True Immortal Mid Stage.
• Li Qingyuan gave Old Zhao Guihai Yuan’s True Spirit, and Old Zhao entered the Mysterious Feminine Space to refine True Spirit Clones.
• Li Qingyuan saw the purple flames marking the ancient ruins’ core and flew deeper into the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm alone.

Li Qingyuan found a massive horde of Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts and joined a group of True Immortals attacking it. The battle escalated when the Beast King emerged, revealing Half-Step Heavenly Immortal power.

• Li Qingyuan fed Purple Fire Crystals and Sea-Heart Kunyuan Fire essence to the Southern Bright Illusory Fire, bringing it closer to nirvana and a higher grade.
• Li Qingyuan spotted a huge beast horde and revealed his True Immortal Mid Stage cultivation before charging into battle.
• Li Qingyuan used the Blood Shadow Divine Sword Art to kill Tribulation Crossing Stage beasts and collect their Purple Fire Crystals while the other cultivators fought the True Immortal beasts.
• The Beast King burst from underground, unleashed a domain of purple fire, and sent three late-stage True Immortals flying with a single attack.
• Li Qingyuan and the ten other cultivators recognized the Beast King as a Half-Step Heavenly Immortal.

Li Qingyuan and ten other True Immortals attacked a Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast herd after discovering its Half-Step Heavenly Immortal beast king, hoping to claim its valuable crystal. As the beast king and its strongest guards counterattacked, Li Qingyuan saw a chance to raid the beast king’s lair.

• The eleven True Immortals recognized the Half-Step Heavenly Immortal beast king and coveted its crystal for cultivation breakthroughs and alchemy.
• The cultivators unleashed their treasures and abilities, slaughtering the weaker beasts while the Half-Step Heavenly Immortal expert engaged the herd.
• Li Qingyuan deployed the Blood Sea Grand Formation and his Blood Divine Son Avatars, defeating weaker beasts and gaining the upper hand against a Late-Stage True Immortal beast.
• The beast king erupted in purple fire and attacked the Half-Step Heavenly Immortal cultivator, while three True Immortal Peak Stage beasts pinned down the two Peak Stage cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan noticed the beast king had left its lair and resolved to raid it while the beast king counterattacked.

Zhao Xingchen gained the upper hand against the Half-Step Heavenly Immortal Beast King, while Li Qingyuan secretly sent Yang Xiaohe to loot the beast’s lair. When the Beast King turned back after sensing its treasures were gone, Li Qingyuan seized it and escaped, leaving Zhao Xingchen furious and empty-handed.

• Zhao Xingchen attacked the Beast King with the Nine Stars Great Method, while the other cultivators fought the Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts and Li Qingyuan pretended to struggle against his opponent.
• Li Qingyuan sent Yang Xiaohe into the Beast King’s lair, where she collected its immortal plants and metals, including the Burning Heaven Purple Fire Grass.
• The Beast King sensed its treasure was missing and fled toward its lair, giving Zhao Xingchen an opening to wound it with Nine Stars Setting Sun.
• Li Qingyuan fused with Yang Xiaohe, bound the injured Beast King, and took it into his True Immortal Small World before escaping among clones.
• Zhao Xingchen destroyed many of Li Qingyuan’s clones, then entered the Beast King’s lair and discovered that Li Qingyuan had taken all its treasures.

Li Qingyuan killed a Half-Step Heavenly Immortal Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast, doubled its treasure, and disguised himself as a Fire Beast Race cultivator while hunting in the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm. After the Southern Bright Illusory Fire advanced to second-grade immortal fire, an ancient presence awoke and flooded the realm with purple flames, revealing itself as a Heavenly Immortal.

• Li Qingyuan killed the dying Beast King with five calamities power and obtained a Half-Step Heavenly Immortal Purple Fire Crystal, then duplicated it and his other resources.
• Li Qingyuan transformed into a True Immortal Peak Stage Fire Beast Race cultivator and continued searching for Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts and treasure.
• Over the next month, Li Qingyuan hunted three small beast herds and doubled the resources he gathered from them.
• The Southern Bright Illusory Fire advanced to second-grade immortal fire, manifested as a giant Vermilion Bird, and unleashed its power across the realm.
• An ancient being awakened in a forbidden palace and covered the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm in purple flames, prompting Li Qingyuan and the other cultivators to recognize a Heavenly Immortal's presence.

A Heavenly Immortal Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast Emperor awakened and ordered its army to kill all outsiders, throwing the twenty-seven True Immortal cultivators into a deadly siege. Li Qingyuan fed two Beast King crystals to the Southern Bright Illusory Fire as it began its advance toward third grade, then decided to flee rather than fight the overwhelming beast tide.

• The Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast Emperor appeared, commanded every beast to slay the outsiders, and revealed an army of True Immortal beasts and tens of thousands of Tribulation Crossing Stage beasts.
• The beast tide attacked the scattered cultivators, killing two Late-Stage True Immortal cultivators almost immediately.
• Li Qingyuan fed two Half-Step Heavenly Immortal purple fire crystals to the Southern Bright Illusory Fire, beginning its nirvana rebirth toward third grade.
• Li Qingyuan fought off the beasts surrounding him with his powers and the Blood Shadow Divine Sword Art, but the tide kept replenishing its numbers.
• Li Qingyuan judged the battle too dangerous with the Beast Emperor present and decided to escape.

Li Qingyuan escaped the Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts by using blood shadow clones and concealment, then waited underground as Zhao Xingchen and the other cultivators fought their way out. The Beast Emperor revealed its quasi-heavenly immortal power and fourth-grade divine fire, and one half-step heavenly immortal sacrificed himself to give the survivors a chance to flee.

• Li Qingyuan created over a hundred blood shadow clones, escaped the beasts’ encirclement, and hid underground using his techniques.
• Zhao Xingchen and the other cultivators scattered and fought through the beast tide with talismans, puppets, formations, spirit pets, and law treasures.
• The Beast Emperor searched for the Southern Bright Vermilion Bird Divine Fire and ordered the beasts to kill the cultivators.
• The Beast Emperor attacked a half-step heavenly immortal, who blocked its claw with an Ancient Bell and revealed that the Beast Emperor lacked a heavenly immortal primordial spirit.
• The Beast Emperor unleashed a fourth-grade heavenly immortal divine fire slash, forcing the half-step heavenly immortal to self-detonate.
• Zhao Xingchen and another surviving cultivator used the explosion’s distraction to flee.

The Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor searched the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm for Southern Bright Illusory Fire, slaughtering outside cultivators while two Half-Step Heavenly Immortals evaded its forces. Li Qingyuan stayed concealed underground and waited for Southern Bright Illusory Fire to finish its nirvana before striking the Beast Emperor.

• A Half-Step Heavenly Immortal detonated his cultivation and Law Treasure, but only damaged the Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor’s claw and briefly cracked its scales.
• The Beast Emperor explained that it sought Southern Bright Illusory Fire to overcome its innate spiritual deficiency and become a Heavenly Immortal divine fire being.
• The Beast Emperor and its beasts killed the Late-Stage True Immortal and True Immortal Peak Stage cultivators in the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm, then began searching for the two surviving Half-Step Heavenly Immortals.
• Zhao Xingchen and the Fire Qilin Race Cultivator escaped pursuit and counterattacked, killing beasts and collecting purple fire crystals.
• Li Qingyuan hid underground in the form of purple ore while Southern Bright Illusory Fire absorbed two Half-Step Heavenly Immortal purple fire crystals and advanced toward third-grade immortal fire.
• Li Qingyuan planned to wait for Southern Bright Illusory Fire to complete its nirvana before joining it with Yang Xiaohe’s five calamities power to kill the Beast Emperor.

Zhao Xingchen and Huo Rong hid in a secret realm, but the Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor found them and killed them despite their desperate counterattack. After burning their remains and finding no Southern Bright Illusory Fire, the Beast Emperor remembered another surviving cultivator and began searching the entire realm.

• Zhao Xingchen and Huo Rong despaired as their injuries and the Beast Emperor’s power left them little chance of surviving until the Burning Heaven Gate reopened.
• The Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor shattered all thirty-six formations and forced Zhao Xingchen and Huo Rong to attack.
• Zhao Xingchen unleashed the Nine Stars Prayer Beads while Huo Rong used the Blood-Burning Qilin Fire Art, but the Beast Emperor killed them with Storm Burning Heaven Claw.
• The Beast Emperor burned away Zhao Xingchen and Huo Rong’s bodies and possessions, but found no Southern Bright Illusory Fire.
• The Beast Emperor recalled that a True Immortal peak-stage cultivator had escaped earlier and spread its divine fire throughout the realm to find the survivor.

After hiding for decades, Li Qingyuan emerged from the magma to hunt the Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts, now empowered by third-grade southern bright illusory fire and his allies’ breakthroughs. He slaughtered a searching beast force, but the Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor detected the fire and realized Li Qingyuan had appeared.

• Li Qingyuan concealed himself from the Beast Emperor’s searches for more than sixty years while Old Zhao created four True Spirit Puppet clones, the southern bright illusory fire advanced to third grade, and Ji Kun reached True Immortal Mid Stage.
• Li Qingyuan launched a surprise attack on a Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beast force, with Old Zhao’s clones and Ji Kun helping contain and fight the herd.
• Li Qingyuan killed the True Immortal Peak Stage beast with one strike of his third-grade southern bright illusory fire, which overwhelmed and devoured its purple flames.
• Li Qingyuan and his allies slaughtered the remaining beasts and gathered their purple fire crystals.
• Ten million li away, the Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor sensed the southern bright illusory fire and realized Li Qingyuan had appeared.

Li Qingyuan used guerrilla attacks to harvest purple fire crystals and weaken the beast herds while feeding the crystals to the southern bright vermilion bird illusory fire. The Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor ordered its forces to gather in the Burning Heaven Mountains, but Li Qingyuan drew it into another failed pursuit and escaped again.

• Li Qingyuan collected and duplicated purple fire crystals, then gave them to the southern bright vermilion bird illusory fire to refine.
• The Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor arrived, but Li Qingyuan used Earth Evasion Technique to escape its devouring attack with Ji Kun, Old Zhao, and the fire.
• Li Qingyuan, Ji Kun, and Old Zhao launched repeated guerrilla attacks, killing beasts and harvesting crystals while Yang Xiaohe helped them avoid the Beast Emperor.
• Over ten years, the attacks halved the beast herds, and the enraged Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor ordered its forces to withdraw to the Burning Heaven Mountains.
• When the southern bright vermilion bird illusory fire appeared again, Li Qingyuan used Five Calamities Power to meet the Beast Emperor’s strike and turned the recoil into an escape.
• Li Qingyuan vanished underground, leaving the Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor furious and unable to catch him.

Li Qingyuan and his companions wiped out the Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts’ True Immortal forces and gathered their crystals for the Southern Bright Vermilion Bird Illusory Fire. After twenty years of refinement, she reached the pinnacle of third-grade immortal fire, and Li Qingyuan prepared to hunt the Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor.

• Li Qingyuan, Ji Kun, and Old Zhao ambushed the beasts, killing two peak True Immortals and a half-step Heavenly Immortal Beast King before escaping the Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor.
• Yang Xiaohe killed the remaining True Immortal Realm beasts and, after Li Qingyuan lured the Beast Emperor away, slew its two remaining half-step Heavenly Immortal Beast King generals and the surviving Tribulation Crossing beasts.
• Li Qingyuan doubled the gathered Purple Fire Crystals, gave Ji Kun a share for cultivation, and sent the rest to the Southern Bright Illusory Fire to refine.
• Li Qingyuan cultivated with immortal pills while the Southern Bright Illusory Fire consumed the crystals over twenty years.
• The Southern Bright Vermilion Bird Illusory Fire reached the pinnacle of the third grade, and Li Qingyuan decided it was time to hunt the Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor.

Li Qingyuan summoned the Southern Bright Vermilion Bird Illusory Fire to confront the Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor while Yang Xiaohe fought it with the Five-colored Lotus Lamp. As the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm began collapsing, the Beast Emperor prepared to flee, but the Vermilion Bird flew into its mouth and forced it to choose between swallowing her and losing its chance at heavenly immortality.

• Li Qingyuan summoned the Southern Bright Vermilion Bird Illusory Fire, which had reached the pinnacle of third-grade immortal fire.
• The Heavenly Immortal Beast Emperor attacked Li Qingyuan, and Yang Xiaohe deployed the Five-colored Lotus Lamp to fight it with her five calamities power.
• Yang Xiaohe overwhelmed the Beast Emperor as their battle shattered the Burning Heaven Ancient Ruins Realm, while Li Qingyuan, Ji Kun, and Old Zhao retreated to watch.
• The Beast Emperor gathered its strength and waited to escape when the collapsing realm gave it an opening.
• At Li Qingyuan's instruction, the Southern Bright Vermilion Bird Illusory Fire flew into the Beast Emperor's open mouth, leaving it torn between swallowing her and risking the loss of its chance at heavenly immortality.