Recaps

Xu Yan reached Tai Miao Sect looking for Du Yuying, Yun Miaomiao, and information about Xie Lingfeng, but Xin Mengrou’s dreamlike test gave him insight into cultivating the Wisdom Sword Realm. After breaking free of the illusion, Xu Yan challenged Xin Mengrou at the summit, where their battle began.

• The Tai Miao Sect elders attacked Xu Yan, but Ya Rong stopped the conflict and led him toward the summit after explaining that the people he sought were with her Master.
• Xu Yan encountered an illusion of Du Yuying and Yun Miaomiao, recognized that the scene was false, and used the experience to understand how to cultivate the Wisdom Sword Realm.
• Xu Yan shattered the dream and found Cui'er and Wushuang in the courtyards; Cui'er told him that Du Yuying was at the summit with Ancestor Granny.
• Xu Yan rose toward the summit on a golden dragon, challenged Xin Mengrou, and struck at the petals she sent down with her sword.
• Xin Mengrou’s petals damaged Xu Yan’s dragon and sword light, so Xu Yan turned the surrounding stones and vegetation into swords and prepared to unleash a torrent of ten thousand swords.

Xu Yan met Xin Mengrou at Tai Miao Sect, learned Xie Lingfeng had gone to Cloud Sky Azure Sea City, and shared a method for refining Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy with Du Yuying and Yun Miaomiao. In Great Zhou, Ziyun set out for Evergreen Pavilion to buy pills while a prince arranged an ambush against her, and Meng Chong approached the capital.

• Xin Mengrou descended to meet Xu Yan, who saw through her illusion and compared her strength with Wu Tiannan's while boasting that his master surpassed her.
• Xu Yan learned from Ya Rong that Xie Lingfeng and his father had gone to Cloud Sky Azure Sea City, gave pills to Du Yuying, Yun Miaomiao, and Cui'er, and taught the two women how to refine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
• Xin Mengrou asked where Xu Yan's master was, and Xu Yan told her he was at Evergreen Pavilion before she vanished.
• Ziyun told Xiang Qing she planned to buy cultivation pills at Evergreen Pavilion, accepted a Storage Bag of Divine Grade Spiritual Medicines, and left the capital with Steward A-Qiu.
• A prince ordered an ambush on Ziyun and A-Qiu, intending to conceal the Great Zhou Royal Family's involvement, then prepared to visit Evergreen Pavilion.
• Meng Chong strode toward Great Zhou and wondered how Ziyun was doing.

Meng Chong rescued Ziyun from an assassination and accompanied her toward Evergreen Pavilion, while Tang Jinyan interrogated the Purple Cloud Emperor and concluded that the Blood Demon might be behind Xu Yan and his fellow disciples. She headed to Thousand Martial Hall to report her suspicions and seek a powerful response against Evergreen Pavilion.

• Meng Chong heard Ziyun was under attack, killed the assassin blocking her escape, and defeated the attackers threatening Steward A-Qiu.
• Ziyun reunited with Meng Chong, explained her place in King Qing's lineage, and traveled with him toward Evergreen Pavilion.
• Xiang Qing learned Meng Chong had rescued Ziyun and ordered A-Qiu to conceal his identity from outsiders.
• Tang Jinyan threatened the Purple Cloud Emperor until he revealed that Xu Yan, Su Lingxiu, and Meng Chong were fellow disciples from the Inner Domain with a mysterious master.
• Tang Jinyan suspected the Blood Demon was their master, took the unconscious Purple Cloud Emperor, and set out for Thousand Martial Hall to report her discovery.

Li Xuan broke through into the Wisdom Sword Realm after Xu Yan comprehended its path, and a water sword awakened a young boy’s sword talent. As Xin Mengrou arrived at the Evergreen Pavilion to investigate Li Xuan and Xu Yan, she sensed powerful laws within Cai Ling’er’s divine soul.

• Su Lingxiu asked Li Xuan to condense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and the power of the Heaven and Earth Laws so she could practice her Heavenly Divine Furnace Alchemy Technique, then began refining pills.
• Su Lingxiu successfully refined a pill using Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and decided Fang Hao should study whether an Array Formation could condense the Heaven and Earth Laws.
• Xu Yan’s comprehension caused Li Xuan to break through into the Wisdom Sword Realm, and Li Xuan sent a water sword to Little Star Lake, where it taught a boy named Zhen’er to slay the enemies attacking his family.
• Li Xuan refined a law pill for Cai Ling’er, then welcomed Meng Chong and Ziyun back and empowered Ziyun’s jade talisman.
• Xin Mengrou came to investigate Li Xuan and Xu Yan, recognized that Du Yuying was her descendant, and was stunned by Li Xuan’s presence and Cai Ling’er’s powerful laws.

Xin Mengrou received Law Pills and cryptic martial guidance from Li Xuan before leaving to return to the Tai Miao Sect. Meanwhile, Xiang Mingmao repeatedly tried to meet Su Lingxiu, then attacked Evergreen Pavilion after Xu Yan and Ziyun were welcomed inside, and fled when its defensive formation killed his guard.

• Li Xuan condensed Heaven and Earth Laws into Law Pills, gave Xin Mengrou two, and offered her guidance on transcending the Tai Miao Divine Art.
• Xin Mengrou thanked Li Xuan and left to contemplate his guidance, while Cai Ling'er returned to refine the Law Pills and Su Lingxiu reunited with Ziyun and the others.
• Shi Er refused Xiang Mingmao entry to Evergreen Pavilion, and the next day Meng Shushu again turned him away while selling him a Regeneration Pill.
• Xiang Mingmao returned a third day and erupted when Xu Yan entered Evergreen Pavilion and Ziyun was welcomed, accusing the pavilion of slighting the Great Zhou Royal Family.
• Su Lingxiu activated the pavilion's defensive formation, and Xiang Mingmao and his guards attacked it; the formation killed Xiang Mingmao's guard, forcing Xiang Mingmao to flee.

After the Great Zhou Royal Family refrained from retaliating against Evergreen Pavilion, the Spirit Sects suspected Li Xuan was a Heavenly Venerable and Thousand Martial Hall secretly plotted to find Xu Yan’s weakness in the Inner Domain. Xu Yan prepared to travel to the Azure Sea to find Xie Lingfeng and investigate its rumored divine treasures, especially the perilous Azure Sea Abyss.

• The Hall Master of Thousand Martial Hall gathered the Spirit Sect leaders and Prince Zi, who rejected his suspicion that Li Xuan was the returning Blood Demon and warned that Li Xuan was likely a Heavenly Venerable.
• The Hall Master of Thousand Martial Hall killed Purple Cloud Emperor, ordered two elders to enter the Inner Domain and seize Xu Yan’s weak point, and threatened Tang Jinyan into silence.
• Prince Zi stopped Xiang Mingmao from retaliating against Evergreen Pavilion and reported the incident to the Great Zhou Emperor, after which the royal family made no move against the pavilion.
• Li Xuan refined spirit paper inscribed with Dao Principles and gave it to Xu Yan to help him prepare for the Void Breaking Realm and future cultivation.
• Xu Yan decided to travel to Cloud Sky Azure Sea City to find Xie Lingfeng, pass on a cultivation method, and seek divine treasures before the Prodigy Competition’s final battle.
• Cai Ling'er told Xu Yan about the Azure Sea and warned him that the Azure Sea Abyss was deadly, while Xu Yan planned to investigate it with his Divine Essence Incarnation.

Xu Yan set out for the Azure Sea while Li Xuan taught Meng Chong the first two levels of the Great Sun Star Indestructible Body. The Evergreen Pavilion arrived at the Great Zhou Capital, where Prince Zi and Xiang Mingmao apologized to Su Lingxiu, while a Thousand Martial Hall elder discovered that the Gate of the Spirit Domain had disappeared.

• Cai Ling'er told Xu Yan about the Azure Sea Black Pool and gave him a Sea Spirit token and conch before he departed for the Azure Sea.
• Li Xuan taught Meng Chong the first two levels of the Great Sun Star Indestructible Body and said he would teach him the third after he comprehended the first.
• Prince Zi brought Xiang Mingmao to apologize to Su Lingxiu, who accepted their gift but refused the Great Zhou Emperor's banquet invitation.
• Ziyun led Su Lingxiu, Meng Chong, Yue'er, and Cai Ling'er to visit the Great Zhou Imperial Capital while Li Xuan explored the palace.
• Two Thousand Martial Hall elders secretly had Emperor Zheng open the Gate of the Spirit Domain, but one elder found that the gate had vanished.

The Thousand Martial Hall Master ordered the disappearance of the Gate of the Spirit Domain concealed while the sect prepared for the Prodigy Competition. Xu Yan received a sea-going Flying Ship from Fang Hao and set off for the Azure Sea, reaching Mist Province on his way to Cloud Sky Azure Sea City.

• The two Thousand Martial Hall elders confirmed that the Gate of the Spirit Domain had vanished, and Emperor Zheng secretly killed its guards to conceal the truth.
• The Thousand Martial Hall Master decided to hide the Gate's disappearance and told the elders to focus on the prodigies' decisive battle.
• Li Xuan secretly explored the Great Zhou Imperial Palace and browsed the Royal Family's Repository Pavilion while Su Lingxiu and the others toured the capital.
• Xu Yan visited Fang Hao in Chenzhou Province, and Fang Hao refined him a Sea-Escaping Ship equipped for underwater travel and navigation.
• Xu Yan departed for the Azure Sea and reached Mist Province, planning to find Xie Lingfeng and investigate the Azure Sea Black Pool and Azure Sea Abyss.

Xu Yan continued toward the Azure Sea while the chapter revealed the strange crisis surrounding Quiet Snow Palace in Ice Province. Mu Qianliu escaped the alluring woman who had drained his life force, but the expanding cavern began spreading warmth across Ice Province as she sent the palace’s women after him.

• Xu Yan planned to obtain the Azure Sea divine object and build enough foundation to reach the peak of the Spirit Origin Realm before the Prodigy Competition’s final battle.
• Mu Qianliu endured another encounter with the woman who controlled the souls and bodies of Quiet Snow Palace’s women, then received a warm pebble from the cavern and left to gather restorative medicines.
• Mu Qianliu fled Ice Province before his half-month deadline, delivered a letter through a stronghold, and headed for Jade Province rather than risk returning to the Mu Family.
• The woman realized Mu Qianliu had deceived her and sent Quiet Snow Palace’s women to search for him, but they found nothing.
• The ice-and-snow palace melted as scarlet light and warm air poured from the black cavern, which expanded and began melting Ice Province’s snow.

Mu Qianliu arrived at Evergreen Pavilion hoping to see Xiang Wei, but Meng Shushu recognized him and learned that Su Wan'er had died and their daughter, Su Lingxiu, was thriving. Mu Qianliu gave Meng Shushu a pale azure token for Lingxiu and warned him to avoid Ice Province and keep their meeting secret.

• Meng Chong left the Great Zhou Imperial Capital to roam the Spirit Domain, while Ziyun stayed to explore the Great Zhou Royal Family's foundations.
• Su Lingxiu chose Yunshan Province as Evergreen Pavilion's next destination, and Xiang Wei visited the pavilion before it departed.
• Mu Qianliu joined Evergreen Pavilion's queue, hoping to see Xiang Wei, but was shocked to find Meng Shushu receiving patients.
• Meng Shushu recognized Mu Qianliu and angrily confronted him over deceiving Su Wan'er, then told him that Wan'er and the old master had died and that Su Lingxiu was safe.
• Mu Qianliu gave Meng Shushu a pale azure token for Lingxiu, warned him never to go to Ice Province, and insisted that he keep their meeting secret.

Meng Shushu gave Mu Qianliu pills and kept his identity from Su Lingxiu, while Li Xuan discovered that Mu’s Azure Token was a Sky Cave Token. After Mu Qianliu killed Tang Jinyan and Thousand Martial Hall covered up Water Star Palace’s destruction, the story shifted to Blood Saber Bandits robbing a ship in the Azure Sea as a small blue boat approached.

• Mu Qianliu refused to reveal himself to Su Lingxiu, accepted Meng Shushu’s pills, and left after giving him the Azure Token.
• Li Xuan used divine essence to reveal the token’s name and its message about entering and suppressing the Sky Cave, then planned to give it to Su Lingxiu.
• Su Lingxiu chose to take Evergreen Pavilion to Tianling Province to visit Red Cat, while Mu Qianliu watched her depart and vowed to kill Tang Jinyan.
• Mu Qianliu visited Tang Jinyan, and Water Star Palace was later found annihilated; Thousand Martial Hall executed a scapegoat and claimed the crime had been avenged.
• Blood Saber Bandits attacked a trading ship in the Azure Sea, forced its passengers to surrender their belongings, and threatened one woman with sexual assault.
• A small azure-blue boat raced toward the ship from behind.

Xu Yan fished his way across the Azure Sea and encountered Blood Saber Bandits attacking a ship. After robbing and annihilating the bandits, he continued toward the Cloud Sky Sea Region, where a woman asked whether he was the Sword King.

• Xu Yan began fishing from his Sea-Escaping Ship, eventually hooking a powerful sea beast and letting it tow him toward the Cloud Sky Sea Region.
• The sea beast leaped near a ship occupied by Blood Saber Bandits and captive martial artists, giving the captives a chance to flee.
• Xu Yan pulled the sea beast away from the bandits’ attacks, then refused to surrender his boat and demanded the bandits’ Storage Bags instead.
• Xu Yan killed the Blood Saber leader with one sword strike and took the bandits’ Storage Bags, but they attempted a surprise attack as he prepared to leave.
• Xu Yan destroyed the remaining Blood Saber Bandits and resumed his journey with the sea beast towing his boat.
• A woman from the ship called after Xu Yan and excitedly asked if he was the Sword King.

Xu Yan learned that Xie Tianheng had become the Azure Sea’s Sword King while Xie Lingfeng had fallen from prodigy status. In Cloud Sky City, Xie Tianheng planned to take his son to the Eighteen Provinces for a chance to resume his cultivation, just as Xu Yan arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion.

• Xu Yan learned that the Sword King was Xie Tianheng and that Xie Lingfeng had been mocked as a fallen prodigy.
• A Martial Artist recounted how Xie Tianheng had defeated an early-stage Spirit Refining Heavenly Human while still at the Greater Heavenly Human level.
• Fu Yun complained that Xie Lingfeng had stopped advancing because he lacked the next Great Wilderness Martial Dao technique, and Xie Tianheng promised to seek it in the Eighteen Provinces.
• Fu Yun told Xie Tianheng about Xu Yan, Meng Chong, and the Pill Doctor Fairy, and Xie Tianheng decided to take Xie Lingfeng to the Eighteen Provinces.
• A steward told Fu Yun and Xie Tianheng that Xu Yan had arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion and claimed to be Xie Lingfeng’s former acquaintance.

Xu Yan arrived in Cloud Sky City to reunite with Xie Lingfeng and immediately clashed with the city’s arrogant prodigies and officials. After overpowering the Great Commander, Xu Yan became the focus of Cloud Sky Azure Sea City, where rumors spread that he had come to challenge its prodigies.

• Xie Lingfeng learned Xu Yan had arrived and rushed to greet him outside the City Lord’s Manor.
• Xu Yan slapped a prodigy who mocked Xie Lingfeng, then returned outside when the crowd demanded justice.
• Xu Yan dismissed Cloud Sky City’s rules and defeated the Great Commander by blocking his access to the power of the Heaven and Earth Laws.
• Xu Yan revealed himself as Sword God Xu Yan and entered the City Lord’s Manor with Xie Lingfeng.
• News of Xu Yan’s arrival spread through Cloud Sky Azure Sea City, stirring its prodigies and prompting some to seek a fight.

Xu Yan guided Xie Lingfeng into the Spirit Origin Realm, then set out to explore the Azure Sea after teaching him higher-level cultivation methods. Before Xu Yan could leave Cloud Sky Azure Sea City, Li Shao and Hai Bo'er challenged him, and he decisively overwhelmed both Azure Sea prodigies.

• Xu Yan spent half a month guiding Xie Lingfeng in cultivation and swordsmanship, while Fu Tianhai beat his son-in-law Xie Tianheng for questioning his decisions.
• Xie Lingfeng broke through to the Spirit Origin Realm, completed his martial foundation, gained a spirit bone, and received instruction in the Supernatural Ability Realm and Divine Aspect Realm methods.
• Li Shao and Hai Bo'er challenged Xu Yan, but he required them to defeat the Great Commander first; they fought over who would go first, then later both defeated him.
• Xu Yan prepared to leave Cloud Sky Azure Sea City to search for a divine object, but Li Shao and Hai Bo'er arrived to challenge him, prompting a battle over the sea.
• Li Shao attacked alone and was trapped in Xu Yan's sword formation, while Xu Yan's golden dragon technique drove Hai Bo'er from the sea and stopped her from drawing on its power.
• Fu Tianhai declared Xu Yan unrivaled among Spirit Realm prodigies, then discussed the approaching Divine Bridge with the Sea Spirit patriarch.

Xu Yan departed to explore the Azure Sea while Red Cat expanded the Demon Race’s influence by scamming spirit-beast buyers and negotiating compensation from the Imperial Spirit Mansion. As the prodigies gathered in Hong Province for the final Prodigy Competition, danger quietly approached from Ice Province.

• Xu Yan left for the Azure Sea’s treasure lands, abyss, and black pool after defeating Li Shao and Hai Bo'er, while Xie Lingfeng watched the defeated prodigies.
• Red Cat sent Zhu Xingzheng to Qing Province to sell spirit beasts with fake Command Tokens, then led the beasts in accusing the Imperial Spirit Mansion of trafficking the Demon Race.
• Red Cat defeated the Imperial Spirit Mansion Master in battle and negotiated compensation before returning to Tianling Province with the Demon Race.
• Li Xuan taught Red Cat a Shapeshifting Technique, and Su Lingxiu gave the Demon Race pills before joining Li Xuan on a visit to Yunshan Province.
• Su Lingxiu claimed fourth place in the Spirit Realm Prodigy Ranking, and the final Prodigy Competition was set to begin in Hong Province three months later.
• Prodigies and powerful figures gathered in Hong Province while Ice Province’s upheaval went unnoticed and danger drew near.

Xu Yan discovered a strange cave in the Azure Sea Black Pool and used it to gain insight into the Void Breaking Realm, though he had not fully comprehended the method before leaving for the prodigy battle. As the Spirit Domain’s competitors gathered in Hong Province, Red Cat arrived with a grand display as the Great Demon King of the Demon Race.

• Xu Yan explored a cave that seemed to pry open the Heaven and Earth Laws, and he used it to approach the threshold of the Void Breaking Realm.
• After more than half a month of study, Xu Yan left the Black Pool with navigation pearls marking the cave, while a strange eye briefly appeared inside it and the cave continued expanding.
• Li Xuan, Wu Tiannan, Meng Chong, Fang Hao, and Su Lingxiu gathered in Hong Province as the final battle of the Prodigy Competition approached.
• Red Cat arrived above the gathering on a golden chair carried by enormous spirit beasts, and the martial artists recognized him as the Great Demon King of the Demon Race.

Red Cat joined the Prodigy Competition, and Xu Yan arrived just as the final battle began. After effortlessly disarming Niu Qiansheng, Xu Yan challenged the entire Thousand Martial Hall, leaving its leaders to decide how to respond.

• Red Cat claimed it was under thirty and qualified as a prodigy, and the Great Zhou Emperor agreed to let it enter the competition.
• Xie Lingfeng and other contenders gathered aboard the Evergreen Pavilion's Flying Ship while Xu Yan was still away; he returned as the final battle began.
• The Great Zhou Emperor announced the competition rules, including quotas for the top-ranked contestants, and the final battle commenced.
• Niu Qiansheng of the Thousand Martial Hall challenged Xu Yan, but Xu Yan turned Niu Qiansheng's sword beam around and took control of his Divine Artifact without drawing his own sword.
• Xu Yan returned the sword and invited the entire Thousand Martial Hall to attack him together, while its leaders hesitated to risk their sect's dignity.

Xu Yan claimed the top spot in the Prodigy Competition, while Meng Chong, Su Lingxiu, Fang Hao, and Red Cat also defeated Spirit Sect challengers. As the Thousand Martial Hall prepared to summon the Venerable, Ice Province’s snow melted and unleashed catastrophic floods that submerged Yun Province and surged toward Great Marsh Province.

• Xu Yan defeated Hu Bubai with ease, secured first place on the Prodigy List, and declined to kill the Thousand Martial Hall prodigy.
• Meng Chong defeated a challenger from Thundercloud Mountain Villa, while Su Lingxiu took third place and Fang Hao used the Qimen Martial Dao to rank fourth.
• Red Cat defeated successive challengers, including Hu Bubai, leaving the top five of the Prodigy Ranking without a Spirit Sect prodigy.
• The Thousand Martial Hall Master ordered his people to prepare to invite the Venerable to descend and kill Xu Yan, Meng Chong, Fang Hao, and Su Lingxiu.
• Warmth poured from the former site of the Quiet Snow Palace as Ice Province’s snow melted, sending torrents into Yun Province.
• Floods devastated Yun Province despite the efforts of Spirit Refining Heavenly Humans, then continued toward Great Marsh Province.

The Bewitching Witch spread from Ice Province into the flood-stricken provinces, draining the life and souls of those she encountered, while the Spirit Domain’s rulers remained unaware. At the Prodigy Competition, Xu Yan and Meng Chong took first and second place, Li Xuan gained the first layer of the Great Sun Star Indestructible Body, and reports of the catastrophe reached the gathered sect leaders.

• The melting snow flooded Cloud Province and Great Marsh Province, while the Bewitching Witch used the waters and Quiet Snow Palace’s Martial Artists to kill those she encountered.
• A Spirit Refining Heavenly Human escaped the Witch’s attack, warned others about Quiet Snow Palace, and fled toward Hong Province as more investigators disappeared.
• Xu Yan gave divine treasures from the Azure Sea to Meng Chong and Su Lingxiu, and Meng Chong comprehended the first layer of the Great Sun Star Indestructible Body, granting Li Xuan a breakthrough.
• The Prodigy Competition ended with Xu Yan first and Meng Chong second, and the Great Zhou Emperor announced that the top one hundred prodigies would enter a treasure land in one month.
• The Thundercloud Manor Master demanded that the Myriad Worlds Alliance become a Spirit Sect, but Fang Hao refused; messengers then arrived with news of the disasters, and the leaders realized no one from Ice Province had attended.

Ice Province’s melting snow caused catastrophic floods, and a black grotto appeared at the ruins of Quiet Snow Palace. After a Law Condensation Celestial Venerable arrived through a Void Bridge, he abandoned Thousand Martial Hall’s request to punish Xu Yan and ordered the Spirit Domain’s martial artists to gather in Ice Province; Li Xuan and his companions headed there as the disaster spread.

• Ice Province’s snow melted and flooded Cloud Province and Great Marsh Province, prompting experts to rush back and Fang Hao and Wu Tiannan to leave Hong Province to help.
• Fu Yun explained that Thousand Martial Hall had opened a Void Bridge to summon a Venerable, and a late-stage Law Condensation Celestial Venerable descended to answer its call.
• A martial artist from Ice Province reported that a black grotto had appeared at Quiet Snow Palace, and the Celestial Venerable ordered the Spirit Domain’s martial artists to gather there before setting off himself.
• The Thousand Martial Hall Master and Fu Tianhai relayed the order, while Li Xuan, Su Lingxiu, Meng Shushu, Red Cat, Yu Xiaolong, and Xiao Ha traveled toward Ice Province.
• In Yun Province, Wu Tiannan and other experts fought Quiet Snow Palace’s monsters, whose bodies seemed to be occupied by strange souls, and they traced the threat to Ice Province.
• After entering Ice Province, Fang Hao sensed that its unusual warmth had disrupted the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, so he slowed the Flying Ship and warned the Myriad Worlds Alliance forces to wait for Li Xuan.

Bewitching Witch and the possessed women of Quiet Snow Palace attacked the experts gathered in Ice Province, devouring their souls and trapping them as they tried to flee. A Law Condensation Celestial Venerable arrived to confront her, but the chapter ended with him recognizing the strange pink lotus above her and reacting with alarm.

• Bewitching Witch welcomed Wu Tiannan, Xin Mengrou, and the other experts as prey, while Palace Mistress Yu and the women of Quiet Snow Palace revealed their possession by devouring an Imperial Spirit Mansion elder.
• Wu Tiannan, Xin Mengrou, Villa Master Thundercloud, and the other experts attacked, but Bewitching Witch's hand ignored their strikes, seized several people, and consumed their souls.
• Bewitching Witch blocked the group's escape from Ice Province; Fang Hao briefly trapped her with an array before escaping with a Teleportation Talisman.
• A Law Condensation Celestial Venerable arrived, ordered Ice Province sealed, and confronted Bewitching Witch as she absorbed the souls of the Quiet Snow Palace women to increase her strength.
• Bewitching Witch revealed a pink lotus and explained that she had gradually opened a breach into the Spirit Domain; the Celestial Venerable recognized the lotus and grew visibly alarmed.

The Bewitching Witch overwhelmed the Celestial Venerable and sent the Spirit Domain’s gathered experts fleeing, leaving them to seek help from the peerless expert at Evergreen Pavilion. As Li Xuan’s group traveled toward Ice Province, he learned the Witch might be beyond the Celestial Venerable’s strength and prepared himself to intervene.

• The Bewitching Witch fought the Celestial Venerable, gradually trapping him with pink lotus flowers before piercing his armor with a trident.
• Wu Tiannan, Xin Mengrou, and the Great Zhou Emperor realized the Celestial Venerable was losing, and the Celestial Venerable urged everyone to flee and summon a True King.
• The experts panicked when they learned the Gate of the Spirit Domain had disappeared, so Wu Tiannan and Xin Mengrou told them to seek the peerless expert at Evergreen Pavilion.
• Li Xuan gained the Great Wasteland Divine Aspect after more than ten million martial artists cultivated the Great Wasteland martial path.
• Fang Hao told Li Xuan’s group that the Bewitching Witch had defeated their allies and might also defeat the Celestial Venerable, while Li Xuan considered how to suppress her and the sky cavern.

Xu Yan studied the Heavenly Grotto and gained a near-complete understanding of the Void Breaking Realm while Li Xuan held the Bewitching Witch at bay. The Witch reached her peak, and Xu Yan returned to the Evergreen Pavilion after completing his insight.

• Wu Tiannan and the other Spirit Domain powerhouses begged Li Xuan to save them, and Li Xuan took the Flying Ship to the Heavenly Grotto.
• The Bewitching Witch finished devouring a Celestial Venerable’s soul as Xu Yan approached the Heavenly Grotto to study it.
• Palace Mistress Yu tried to bewitch Xu Yan, but he destroyed her body and the soul strand within it with one sword strike.
• The Bewitching Witch prepared to attack Xu Yan, but Li Xuan warned her not to disturb his disciple and ordered her to wait until she reached her peak.
• Xu Yan used the Heavenly Grotto to clarify his understanding of the Void Breaking Realm, then returned to the Evergreen Pavilion as the Bewitching Witch reached her limit.

Li Xuan killed the Bewitching Witch’s manifestation, then sent a warning strike through the Sky Grotto toward her true body. He explored the cavern and concluded it was a breach in Heaven and Earth’s barrier, leaving him wondering what lay beyond it.

• Xu Yan told Li Xuan that he had gained enough insight to approach the Void Breaking Realm and asked to explore the Sky Grotto.
• Li Xuan summoned a golden dragon with the Divine Dragon Descends technique and destroyed the Bewitching Witch’s body in one strike.
• The Bewitching Witch reappeared from the Sky Grotto, and Li Xuan used her aura to send a Fixed Breath God Slaying Sword strike toward her true body as a warning.
• Li Xuan examined the Sky Grotto and sensed an unusual, indestructible aura rising from its bottom.
• Li Xuan concluded that the Sky Grotto had opened a breach in Heaven and Earth’s barrier, which might both protect the world and restrain those within it.