Recaps

The Inner Domain embraced the Great Wasteland Martial Dao after the Heaven Punishing Alliance’s defeat, while old secrets about the Devil Master and a plot against the Great Yue Kingdom emerged. On Canglan Island, Li Xuan received news of Meng Chong’s rapid breakthroughs and deadly battles, while Meng Chong and Ziyun explored the Demon Hunting Battlefield and its connection to the Devil Master.

• Inner Domain martial artists flocked to the Great Wasteland Martial Dao, and the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion began selling Qi and Blood Realm manuals as the Seven Stars Academy struggled with a shortage of instructors.
• Pang Yu told Bai Yun Kong that the Devil Master had come from the Gate of the Spirit Domain, while Ice Maiden used Demon Child’s instructions to burn a scroll and activate a jade pearl.
• The Purple-Crowned Man revealed that he had lured the Devil Master into the wilderness at the request of someone from the Tai Miao Sect, and Kou Ruozhi returned to Great Wasteland City to prepare to overthrow the Great Yue Kingdom.
• Li Xuan received golden-finger feedback as Xu Yan reached minor mastery of the Profound Understanding Realm and Meng Chong entered that realm, gained a spirit body, killed a Spirit Beast Snow Bear and a Heavenly Human Remnant Soul, and comprehended God Severing Slash.
• In the Northern Wasteland’s Demon Hunting Battlefield, Ziyun explained the battlefield’s origins and its connection to the Devil Master as she and Meng Chong ventured farther inside.

Meng Chong cultivated in the valley’s sinister cold, breaking through to the Profound Understanding Realm and transforming his Great Sun Golden Body into a Vajra Spirit Body. He and Ziyun then encountered a snow bear whose behavior and pressure suggested its body had been taken over, and Meng Chong enlarged himself with Three Zhang Golden Body to meet its charge.

• Ziyun told Meng Chong that the Devil Master had escaped from the Gate of the Spirit Domain, fought off his pursuers, and died wounded in the valley.
• Meng Chong used the cold around a corpse to cultivate, then broke through to the Profound Understanding Realm and transformed his Great Sun Golden Body into a Vajra Spirit Body.
• Meng Chong and Ziyun found several Fifth-grade Spiritual Medicines, and Ziyun revealed that she sought a jade token to enter the Gate of the Spirit Domain.
• A giant snow-white bear carrying a spear appeared, and Meng Chong fought it while recognizing the familiar pressure he had sensed from Elder Wu and an insect.
• Meng Chong concluded that something had taken over the bear’s body and unleashed Three Zhang Golden Body, then prepared to fight the charging beast at close range.

Meng Chong defeated the snow bear and used its hidden remnant consciousness to comprehend God Severing Slash, then explored the canyon with Ziyun and recovered Storage Bags and a purple jade tablet. After they left, the Gate of the Spirit Domain began to open, and Meng Chong chose to stay and see what emerged.

• Meng Chong transformed into a giant, killed the snow bear, and used God Severing Slash to destroy the remnant consciousness inside its corpse.
• Meng Chong and Ziyun searched deeper into the canyon, where Meng Chong found Storage Bags and Ziyun recovered a purple jade tablet from a corpse pinned to the cliff.
• Ziyun gave Meng Chong a Storage Bag containing payment and a booklet about the Gate of the Spirit Domain, then buried the purple-robed corpse.
• After they left the canyon, a mountain peak rippled as the Gate of the Spirit Domain began opening, and Ziyun explained its connection to the Spirit Domain.
• Meng Chong read about how Inner Domain people were treated there and decided to stay to see what kind of powerhouse emerged.

Xu Yan and Du Yuying explored a Heavenly Human’s Tomb, where Du Yuying repaired her physical deficiencies and Xu Yan advanced his cultivation. The tomb’s murals revealed the Blood Demon’s life and the Three Realms of Heavenly Humans, leaving Xu Yan to connect the Blood Demon to the vanished Devil Master and Elder Wu.

• Xu Yan and Du Yuying entered the burial chamber, where Du Yuying absorbed the spirit blood and fell asleep as her body transformed.
• Xu Yan cultivated in the Spiritual Qi pool and broke through to the minor accomplishment of the Profound Understanding Realm.
• Xu Yan and Du Yuying found a coffin marked with the Blood Demon’s name and a jade tablet, then studied murals recounting the Blood Demon’s tragic life and death in the Endless Mountains.
• Du Yuying explained that her ancestress had buried the Blood Demon and that her family’s powerful bloodline passed down through women.
• Xu Yan discovered a mural introducing the Three Realms of Heavenly Humans and deduced that the Blood Demon was the vanished Devil Master, whose remnant spirit had possessed Elder Wu before Meng Chong destroyed it.

Xu Yan comprehended the Divine Intent Realm cultivation method in the Heavenly Human's Tomb, then agreed to confront the Ice Lord after rescuing a girl from her envoys. Meanwhile, the Gate of the Spirit Domain opened in the Northern Wasteland, and a figure emerged before vanishing into the distance.

• Xu Yan used the Three Realms of Heavenly Human description to understand how to cultivate the Divine Intent Realm and planned to reach it after perfecting his Profound Understanding Realm.
• Xu Yan and Du Yuying left the tomb and encountered two of the Ice Lord's envoys trying to seize a young girl; Xu Yan stopped them and agreed to go with them to meet the Ice Lord.
• The envoys brought Xu Yan and Du Yuying to the ice tower, where Ice Maiden welcomed the prospect of having a handsome young man and a beautiful woman brought to her.
• The Purple-Crowned Man watched the Gate of the Spirit Domain manifest and warned that people from the Inner Domain who entered the Spirit Domain would become slaves or die.
• Meng Chong and Ziyun watched as the Gate of the Spirit Domain opened, a figure stepped through and sent a bead flying, then followed it away; the gate closed but remained in place.

Xu Yan destroyed the Ice Tower and killed Ice Maiden, then faced Jiao Ming, a Lesser Heavenly Human who had come searching for Su Lingxiu. Xu Yan challenged Jiao Ming to a three-sword fight and began his first attack, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Meng Chong pursued the Spirit Domain expert who had headed toward Su Lingxiu.
• Xu Yan killed Ice Maiden after she threatened Du Yuying, then exterminated her remaining subordinates and prepared to search the Ice Tower for treasures.
• Jiao Ming arrived at the Ice Tower, followed the Mother-and-Child Pearls to Xu Yan, and demanded to know where his target was.
• Jiao Ming called Xu Yan a pig or dog and tried to suppress him with Heavenly Human might, but Xu Yan resisted and sent Du Yuying away to safety.
• Xu Yan and Jiao Ming exchanged attacks, and Xu Yan declared that he would kill Jiao Ming with three swords before launching his first sword strike.

Xu Yan killed Jiao Ming, a Martial Dao Heavenly Human from Water Star Palace, and learned more about the Gate of the Spirit Domain from Meng Chong. Back on Canglan Island, Xu Yan’s breakthrough in understanding the Divine Intent Realm caused Li Xuan to advance into that realm as Red Cat approached its transformation into a Great Demon.

• Xu Yan used three swords to kill Jiao Ming, whose consciousness was repeatedly disrupted by Xu Yan’s Xun Feng Sword Intent, and took his Storage Bag.
• Meng Chong arrived and told Xu Yan about the Spirit Domain, the Gate of the Spirit Domain, and the Devil Master; they confirmed that the remnant soul Meng Chong had killed was the Devil Master.
• Xu Yan gave Jiao Ming’s hand gauntlets to Meng Chong and escorted Du Yuying back to Seven Stars Academy with Meng Chong.
• On Canglan Island, Red Cat continued growing as it neared its transformation into a Great Demon, and its golden chain snapped.
• Xu Yan comprehended Li Xuan’s Divine Intent Realm method, triggering Li Xuan’s breakthrough to the Divine Intent Realm and giving him divine intent that revealed the people and creatures on Canglan Island.

Li Xuan finally saw the Great Dao Golden Book in his Niwan Palace and learned it could evaluate the Martial Dao techniques he created. After hearing that Xu Yan had slain a Gathered Spirit Realm Martial Dao Heavenly Human, Li Xuan began entering a pattern from the Taicang Book into the Golden Book, which started revealing information about it.

• Li Xuan entered his Niwan Palace, saw the Great Dao Golden Book, and learned it could evaluate the completeness and difficulty of Martial Dao techniques.
• Li Xuan reviewed the ratings for his disciples' techniques and found that the Great Demon Method had high completeness and upper-middle cultivation and comprehension difficulty.
• Li Xuan exhausted his divine intent while examining the Golden Book, rested, and decided to devise Meng Chong's next Great Sun Golden Body technique.
• The Great Dao Golden Book informed Li Xuan that Xu Yan had slain a Martial Dao Heavenly Human of the Gathered Spirit Realm and strengthened Li Xuan's Xun Feng Sword Intent.
• Li Xuan tried to enter a pattern from the Taicang Book into the Golden Book, but writing a third of it drained his divine intent before the book began revealing information.

Li Xuan discovered that the Taicang Book recorded the Heaven and Earth Laws and conceived the Qimen Martial Dao, while beginning to create the next stage of Meng Chong’s Body Cultivation Martial Dao. Xu Yan and Meng Chong learned that Li Xuan had subdued the Inner Domain’s opposition, leaving them in awe of their master.

• Li Xuan copied the first page of the Taicang Book into the Great Dao Golden Book and confirmed that it contained a portion of the Heaven and Earth Laws.
• Studying the second page gave Li Xuan an insight into Qimen Dunjia, and he decided to create the Qimen Martial Dao combining artifact refining, formations, and the momentum of heaven and earth.
• Li Xuan set aside the new path until he found a suitable disciple and began developing the Great Sun Indestructible Golden Body for Meng Chong.
• Xu Yan and Meng Chong heard that Li Xuan had defeated the Heaven Punishing Alliance and subdued the Inner Domain, and Xu Yan praised his master’s strength.

Xu Yan and Meng Chong learned that Xu Yan had killed the Martial Dao Heavenly Human Jiao Ming, then heard Seven Stars Academy’s secrets about the Spirit Domain and its past entry quotas. Pang Yu allowed both disciples into the Scholar’s Library, where the academy’s eccentric Martial Scholars gathered around Xu Yan with questions.

• Xu Yan and Meng Chong discussed how far they still fell short of their master's strength, and Xu Yan revealed that he had killed Jiao Ming with three swords after Jiao Ming insulted him.
• Bai Yun Kong and Pang Yu explained that Seven Stars Academy once had Spirit Domain entry quotas and that the academy expected them to return after ten thousand years of demon hunting.
• Pang Yu told Xu Yan and Meng Chong that Inner Domain martial artists entering the Spirit Domain risked being treated as slaves unless they had credentials from a Spirit Domain power.
• Pang Yu granted Xu Yan access to the Scholar’s Library and agreed to let Meng Chong enter as a Martial Scholar in exchange for an annual Spirit Crystal allowance.
• Xu Yan and Meng Chong entered the library, where its Martial Scholars crowded around Xu Yan with questions until Pang Yu’s reprimand sent them back to their studies.

Xu Yan and Meng Chong studied martial arts in the Inner Domain while Li Xuan completed the Great Sun Indestructible Golden Body and planned techniques for later realms. As the Great Wilderness prepared to replace the Great Yue Kingdom, Meng Chong agreed to suppress the royal family, and the group continued preparing for the Spirit Domain’s growing threat.

• Xu Yan and Meng Chong studied the Scholarly Pavilion’s martial arts texts, while the Great Wilderness cabinet secretly planned to annex the Great Yue Kingdom and Kou Ruozhi promised that powerful experts would help.
• The Great Yue Emperor ordered the Heavenly Clothes Guard and Divine Halberd Army to suppress the rebellious Zheng Marquisate, drawing the kingdom into turmoil.
• Li Xuan completed the Great Sun Indestructible Golden Body and decided to fabricate cultivation methods beyond the Divine Intent Realm so Xu Yan could comprehend them.
• Xu Yan and Meng Chong returned to Canglan Island, shared their experiences, and began consolidating their gains as Su Lingxiu prepared to break through to the Profound Understanding Realm.
• Kou Ruozhi asked Meng Chong to help the Great Wilderness replace the Great Yue Kingdom, and Meng Chong agreed to suppress the royal family.
• Meng Chong and Kou Ruozhi left for the Great Yue capital as Li Xuan assessed Red Cat’s growing strength and Shi Er fitted it with another golden chain.

While Su Lingxiu advanced in the Medicinal Dao and Great Wilderness replaced Great Yue, Li Xuan gained Thousand Martial Divine Shadows and taught Meng Chong the Great Sun Indestructible Golden Body. The chapter ended as thunder shook Canglan Island and a powerful pressure descended.

• Su Lingxiu broke through to the Profound Understanding Realm, bringing Li Xuan's Medicinal Dao to great mastery of that realm.
• Meng Chong killed an old prince and two Peak Grandmaster Attendants during the rebellion, and Great Wilderness replaced Great Yue as the Inner Domain's ruling kingdom.
• Li Xuan gained Thousand Martial Divine Shadows as Great Wilderness martial artists spread and switched to his martial arts.
• Li Xuan taught Meng Chong the Great Sun Indestructible Golden Body, whose first level granted the Indestructible Divine Armor.
• Li Xuan considered how to help Meng Chong advance in blade cultivation, but thunder shook Canglan Island and a powerful pressure descended.

Red Cat completed its transformation into the first Great Demon, earning Li Xuan the Great Demon God's Command and the Demon Pointing Method. Meanwhile, martial artists who entered the Spirit Domain were brutalized and returned to the Inner Domain furious, prompting an Old Ancestor to support switching to the Great Wilderness Martial Path.

• Red Cat resisted Xu Yan's attempt to move its transformation away from the spirit-fruit grove, so Xu Yan flung it into the Cang River to complete the process.
• Red Cat became a Great Demon, and Li Xuan received the Great Demon God's Command and the Demon Pointing Method from the Great Dao Golden Book.
• Red Cat shrank into a kitten and charmed Mother Xu to avoid Xu Yan's anger over the damaged spirit-fruit trees.
• A Peak Grandmaster who entered the Spirit Domain was killed, and later more than a dozen Old Ancestors were beaten and thrown back through the gate, with three dead.
• After witnessing the Spirit Domain's contempt for Inner Domain martial artists, an Old Ancestor returned to his sect and firmly backed adopting the Great Wilderness Martial Path.

Li Xuan passed Su Lingxiu the second volume of the Medicinal Dao Martial Codex as his disciples continued to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Ping'er entered the Inner Domain to find Jiao Ming and learned from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion that he had vanished without a trace.

• Li Xuan gave Su Lingxiu the second volume of the Medicinal Dao Martial Codex, and she returned to studying and cultivating.
• Xu Yan reached mastery of the Profound Understanding Realm, Meng Chong reached its minor mastery, and Su Lingxiu comprehended the Great Marsh Divine Shovel.
• Tang Jinyan ordered Ping'er to enter the Inner Domain and capture the person Jiao Ming had been sent to retrieve.
• The Gate of the Spirit Domain's guards discussed Jiao Ming's absence and the Blood Fiend before Ping'er entered the Inner Domain.
• Ping'er questioned the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion about Jiao Ming, and the Purple-Crowned Man said he had vanished after entering the Inner Domain.

Ping'er learned that Jiao Ming had vanished after entering the Inner Domain and set out to find him, unaware that he had died. On Canglan Island, Li Xuan taught Xu Yan the Spirit Origin and Supernatural Ability realms, leaving Xu Yan to study their mysteries and Li Xuan reflecting on how his Martial Dao surpassed Taicang Martial Dao.

• Ping'er questioned the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion's Purple-Crowned Man about Jiao Ming, then hurried in the direction he had gone.
• Ping'er assumed Jiao Ming was indulging himself rather than protecting Xu Yan, and vowed that Miss would punish him when they returned.
• Li Xuan taught Xu Yan the Spirit Origin Realm, explaining how Spirit Origin could form incarnations to act or protect others.
• Xu Yan understood that his master had withheld an incarnation to keep him cautious, and eagerly began studying the Spirit Origin technique.
• Li Xuan taught Xu Yan the Supernatural Ability Realm, where Spirit Origin and divine intent formed an indestructible Primordial Spirit and gave rise to supernatural abilities.
• Xu Yan considered how his Sword Dao might develop supernatural abilities, while Li Xuan reflected that his Martial Dao surpassed Taicang Martial Dao.

Li Xuan compiled the beginnings of the Qimen Martial Dao and traveled through the Inner Domain, intending to find a new disciple and visit Sword Venerate Cliff. After Ping'er insulted him and tried to claim him, he killed her with a slap, then continued to Sword Venerate Cliff.

• Li Xuan began writing the Qimen Martial Dao into the Great Dao Golden Book and decided to tour the Inner Domain for a suitable disciple.
• Xu Yan advanced his understanding of the Heart Sword Realm and Divine Intent Realm, while Meng Chong cultivated his Blade Soul and Way of the Saber.
• At Sword Venerate Cliff, Xie Lingfeng and the Grandmasters practiced Sword Momentum, while Xie Tianheng resolved to comprehend Clear Sword Heart and Sword Intent.
• Li Xuan recognized that Xie Tianheng's Sword Momentum had filled gaps in the sword-path system and set out to give him guidance at Sword Venerate Cliff.
• Ping'er searched for Jiao Ming and a man to vent her frustration on, then encountered Li Xuan and spoke to him with contempt.
• Li Xuan killed Ping'er with a slap, reflected on the Spirit Domain's disdain for Inner Domain martial artists, and arrived at Sword Venerate Cliff.

Li Xuan guided Xie Tianheng and watched his disciples’ sword, saber, and martial arts cultivation advance as he wandered through the Inner Domain. At the Demon Hunting Battlefield, he discovered a natural grand formation and recorded its terrain as a reference for his Qimen Martial Dao.

• Li Xuan advised Xie Tianheng on purifying his mind to comprehend Clear Sword Heart, then continued toward Great Wasteland Martial Arts Academy.
• Xu Yan comprehended the Heart Sword Realm and perfected Clear Sword Heart, while Meng Chong advanced his Blade Soul and Blade Intent.
• Li Xuan taught instructors and students at Great Wasteland Martial Arts Academy as Xu Yan, Meng Chong, and Su Lingxiu made breakthroughs in their cultivation.
• The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s leaders suspected Xu Yan had killed the two missing Martial Dao Heavenly Humans, while Li Xuan traveled to the Northern Wasteland and examined the Gate of the Spirit Domain.
• Li Xuan chose not to enter the Spirit Domain and instead explored the Demon Hunting Battlefield, recording its natural formation’s terrain for his Qimen Martial Dao.

Li Xuan discovered that the Northern Wasteland’s boundary mountains concealed a Heaven and Earth Law teleportation effect, recorded it as a Teleportation Array Diagram, and completed Qimen Martial Dao. After Meng Chong comprehended the first layer of the Great Sun Indestructible Golden Body, Li Xuan returned to Canglan Island, where Xu Yan planned to travel to the Spirit Domain to build his foundation.

• Li Xuan explored the Northern Wasteland’s mountain peaks and discovered that crossing them teleported him far away; by sensing the Heaven and Earth Laws, he recorded the effect in an array diagram.
• Meng Chong comprehended the first layer of the Great Sun Indestructible Golden Body, allowing Li Xuan to break through and manifest his Indestructible Divine Armor and six-zhang Golden Body.
• Li Xuan completed the elementary Teleportation Array Diagram and Qimen Martial Dao, then returned to Canglan Island.
• Su Lingxiu and Mother Xu fed Red Cat pills while Xu Junhe complained that it freeloaded and Mother Xu cultivated less each day.
• Xu Yan and Meng Chong discussed their slow foundation accumulation, and Xu Yan decided to visit the Spirit Domain after Li Xuan returned.
• Li Xuan arrived back at Canglan Island, where Su Lingxiu and Red Cat greeted him.

Li Xuan taught Xu Yan, Meng Chong, and Su Lingxiu the Way of Breath Concealment and Form Hiding before Xu Yan ventured into the Spirit Domain, then devised a test to find a disciple for Qimen Martial Dao. As Li Xuan awaited results from the array diagram he sent out, Tang Jinyan grew angry that Jiao Ming and Ping'er had not returned from the Inner Domain.

• Xu Yan asked to enter the Spirit Domain, and Li Xuan agreed after deciding the dangers could help him grow.
• Li Xuan taught Xu Yan, Meng Chong, and Su Lingxiu an incantation for concealing their aura and form, telling them to comprehend it before entering the Spirit Domain.
• Li Xuan created an easier aura-concealment technique for Shi Er and others, then sent a portion of an array diagram to the Great Wasteland and its Martial Arts Academy as a test for potential Qimen Martial Dao disciples.
• Shi Er delivered the diagram for reproduction and encouraged Red Cat to study it, while Li Xuan waited for someone to comprehend it and noted that the number of divine shadows was nearing ten thousand.
• Tang Jinyan complained that Jiao Ming and Ping'er had not returned from the Inner Domain, but decided against sending Granny Jing there for now.

Li Xuan broke through to the Spirit Origin Realm after Xu Yan comprehended its martial arts method, then tested the powers of his Divine Essence Incarnation. Xu Yan later mastered the Harmony of Light and Dust Technique, while Su Lingxiu learned Li Xuan’s simpler Breath Concealing Method.

• In Jade Province, rumors drew the factions toward the Azure Sky Flood Dragon Tomb, while Dai Yingying set out for the Gate of the Spirit Domain to capture people from the Inner Domain as cannon fodder.
• Xu Yan comprehended the Spirit Origin Realm martial arts method, allowing Li Xuan to break through and test a Divine Essence Incarnation that could travel about twenty li from his true body.
• Li Xuan merged a Divine Essence Incarnation with the Thousand Martial Divine Shadows and realized the combination made the shadows stronger and useful for exploring dangerous places.
• Li Xuan gave Red Cat the complete formation diagram to study, hoping it might help the great monster develop its martial arts.
• Xu Yan comprehended the Harmony of Light and Dust Technique and blended his presence into his surroundings, while Su Lingxiu learned Li Xuan’s Breath Concealing Method.

Xu Yan concealed himself so completely that Su Lingxiu and Meng Chong could not find him, then taught them the Harmony of Light and Dust Technique. After Meng Shushu returned with ancient treasures and a Heavenly Human Cultivation Method, Xu Yan entered the Gate of the Spirit Domain, with Li Xuan secretly sending a Divine Essence Incarnation after him.

• Su Lingxiu searched the mountaintop repeatedly for Xu Yan, and Meng Chong also failed to detect him even after probing the area with Blade Intent.
• Xu Yan revealed himself, shared the Harmony of Light and Dust Technique with Su Lingxiu and Meng Chong, and prepared to enter the Spirit Domain.
• Meng Shushu returned with five unusual Storage Bags, Spiritual Medicine, and a complete Heavenly Human Cultivation Method, but was astonished to learn Xu Yan had already killed a Heavenly Human.
• Xu Yan and his companions traveled to the Northern Wasteland, where Xu Yan bade Li Xuan farewell and entered the Gate of the Spirit Domain.
• Li Xuan sent a Divine Essence Incarnation through the gate after Xu Yan, but its connection to Li Xuan weakened when the gate closed.

Li Xuan returned to Canglan Island while Xu Yan entered the Spirit Domain and learned how active its spiritual energy was. After Dai Yingying attacked him and threatened him with her family’s power, Xu Yan killed her and set out for the Azure Dragon Tomb.

• Li Xuan recalled his Divine Essence Incarnation to the Gate of the Spirit Domain and returned to Canglan Island.
• Xu Yan entered the Spirit Domain, sensed its abundant Spiritual Qi, and realized its Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy was more active than the Inner Domain’s.
• Dai Yingying tried to recruit Xu Yan as a servant and then attacked him with a whip after he ignored her.
• Xu Yan killed Dai Yingying’s old woman bodyguard with a palm strike and Xun Feng Sword Intent, then made Dai Yingying explain the Azure Dragon Tomb and Jade Province.
• After taking Dai Yingying’s Storage Bag, Xu Yan killed her and flew toward the Azure Dragon Tomb, while the two gate guards feared he was the Blood Demon.

After Xu Yan killed Dai Yingying and entered the Spirit Domain, its Gate guardians concealed her death while Li Xuan’s group returned to Canglan Island. Xu Yan headed for the Azure Dragon Tomb and occupied a place reserved for a powerful faction, leaving the gathered prodigies to mistake him for a reckless Rogue Cultivator.

• The Gate guardians chose to conceal Dai Yingying’s death and claim that a Rogue Cultivator had killed her.
• Li Xuan learned from the Great Dao Golden Book that Xu Yan had killed a Lesser Heavenly Human, then returned to Canglan Island with the others as they resumed cultivating.
• Gifted disciples from Jade Province’s Spirit Sects and aristocratic families gathered at Black Cloud Marsh to await the yearly opening of the Azure Dragon Tomb.
• Dai Jun arrived with the Dai Family and learned that Dai Yingying had gone to the Inner Domain to capture people, while her family’s alliance with the Zheng Kingdom imperial family raised its standing.
• After examining Dai Yingying’s Storage Bag, Xu Yan reached Black Cloud Marsh and claimed the unoccupied boulder reserved for the Shen Family.
• The gathered martial artists judged Xu Yan to be an unaffiliated Rogue Cultivator and were astonished that someone who looked like a Grandmaster dared occupy the prime position.

Xu Yan claimed a boulder at Black Cloud Marsh while waiting for the poisonous miasma to clear before entering the Azure Dragon Tomb. After he killed Shen Haizhou’s servant and took Shen Haizhou’s Storage Bag, Shen Haizhou bullied Dai Jun into surrendering his own spot and an attendant’s Storage Bag.

• Xu Yan decided against entering the Azure Dragon Tomb early and continued practicing martial arts on the boulder he had claimed.
• Shen Haizhou arrived and sent his servant to drive Xu Yan away from the Shen Family’s supposed territory.
• Xu Yan killed Shen Haizhou’s servant with a single sword-intent strike, frightening the gathered geniuses.
• Shen Haizhou disavowed his servant, offered compensation, and handed over his Storage Bag after Xu Yan demanded it.
• Shen Haizhou took Dai Jun’s claimed spot and seized an attendant’s Storage Bag, while Dai Jun left without challenging him.

As the poisonous miasma cleared, Xu Yan and the other prodigies entered Black Rock Mountain to explore the Azure Sky Flood Dragon Tomb. They discovered deadly poison inside the mountain, while a crystalline snake followed them into the tomb seeking the Flood Dragon Body.

• Xu Yan discovered Shen Haizhou's treasured collection of erotic books and drawings, then sold it back to him for one million Spirit Crystals, which Shen borrowed from Dai Jun without promising to repay.
• The miasma dispersed, and the prodigies reached Black Rock Mountain, where fragments from the poisonous rock badly injured two scouts as they opened the tomb entrance.
• The scouts and prodigies entered the dark cave, where a Night Pearl's light triggered poison that killed the scout carrying it.
• Xu Yan followed at the rear with detoxifying medicine and sensed that it could counter the cave's poison.
• A crystalline snake entered the cave, declaring that it wanted the Flood Dragon Body to purify its bloodline and reach the fifth rank.