Recaps

Sect Master Tongtian learned that ten thousand years after his disappearance, the Supreme Primordial World had sealed off the Outer Realm, lost much of its spiritual energy, and fallen into disunity and suspicion of the Supreme Sovereign. As a storm gathered over Tianhai’s neglected temple, he moved his mother and younger brother away from a scorched spot beneath a hole in the roof.

• Tian Zheng'er explained that the Supreme Sovereign had driven back the Outer Realm forces and sealed them beyond the Outer Heavens, leaving the Supreme Primordial World’s spiritual energy depleted.
• Tian Zheng'er said many cultivators had left the world and that rumors blamed the Supreme Sovereign for preventing future generations from cultivating.
• Sect Master Tongtian suspected that an Outer Realm remnant was spreading the rumors to weaken the world before another crisis.
• Lady Tian explained that the Supreme Primordial World had expanded to three thousand Great Dao Domains and that Tianhai had become the second Supreme Sovereign after Sect Master Tongtian and Niangniang Nuwa disappeared.
• Thunder sounded and dark clouds covered the sky, so Sect Master Tongtian led Lady Tian and Tian Zheng'er away from Tianhai’s statue to a corner beneath a roof hole marked by scorch marks.

Sect Master Tongtian encountered members of the Sacred Cult, who took Tian Zheng'er and Tianhai’s statue after offering him a chance to join them. He escaped the ruined temple with Lady Tian, while Cangwu became trapped in a golden light where the statue had stood.

• Lightning struck the ruined temple, and a vortex above Tianhai’s statue swallowed the bolt before the system offered Sect Master Tongtian a choice between the Interception Sect and the Sacred Cult.
• Tumi, Flower Soul, Cangwu, and two other Sacred Cult members appeared in the temple, and Tumi stopped Cangwu’s men from attacking the family.
• Tumi sealed Sect Master Tongtian’s primordial spirit as Flower Soul asked him and Tian Zheng'er whether they wanted to join the Sacred Cult.
• Tian Zheng'er chose to join the Sacred Cult, while Sect Master Tongtian said he wanted to stay with Lady Tian, and the Sacred Cult members departed with Tian Zheng'er and the statue.
• Sect Master Tongtian urged Lady Tian to leave before Cangwu returned, and they escaped the temple on the donkey.
• Cangwu returned to pursue them but became unable to move inside a golden light where Tianhai’s statue had stood.

After a mysterious attack left the long-haired man dead, he revived and chased in the wrong direction while Sect Master Tongtian and Lady Tian traveled to Youzhou. They reached her brother’s home and were warmly welcomed, where they learned that their uncle’s family was gravely ill.

• The long-haired man woke in a ruined temple, remembered pursuing the mother and son, and flew off in the opposite direction from them.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Lady Tian traveled along the main road, and Tongtian wondered about the strange events connecting his past and future.
• After seven days, the mother and son reached Youzhou and went to Lady Tian’s brother’s residence through its back gate.
• Lady Tian’s brother, Lan Xiao Se, greeted her and Sect Master Tongtian emotionally, then brought them inside.
• The family introduced the bedridden Auntie and her parents, and Old Master Zhu praised Lan Xiao Se for caring for them.
• Auntie welcomed Lady Tian and Sect Master Tongtian as family and apologized that her poor health had kept her from having children with Lan Xiao Se.

After Tian Zheng Yi urged his family to investigate his aunt-in-law’s suspicious death, a coroner confirmed she had been poisoned and the steward’s son was caught as the killer. Lan Xiao Se refused to remarry, and the chapter ended with Tian Zheng Yi hearing his dead aunt-in-law’s voice urging him to accept the match.

• Tian Zheng Yi warned Lan Xiao Se to summon a coroner, and the examination confirmed that Miss Zhu had been poisoned.
• The constable investigated Zhu Manor and found that the steward’s son had poisoned Miss Zhu after she caught him stealing to pay his gambling debts.
• Lan Xiao Se stopped Old Butler from taking his own life, and the Zhu elders made Tian Zheng Yi their grandson and heir after Miss Zhu’s funeral.
• The Zhu elders asked Lan Xiao Se to marry Second Miss Zhu, but he refused, and she left in tears.
• Tian Zheng Yi heard Yun Luo’s voice telling Lan Xiao Se to accept the marriage, though Lan Xiao Se insisted he would not remarry.

Sect Master Tongtian suspected Zhu Yunluo and her parents planned to use Second Miss Zhu’s body to return to life, so he arranged to join the family’s trip to Ciyun Temple and keep watch. On the journey, he prepared to enter the Qi Refiner cultivation stage.

• Zhu Yunluo persuaded Lan Xiao Se to take another wife, and Old Master Zhu and Old Madam Zhu pressured him until he agreed.
• Sect Master Tongtian suspected Zhu Yunluo and her parents intended to borrow bodies, and resolved to stop their plan without telling Lady Tian or Lan Xiao Se.
• After marrying Second Miss Zhu, Lan Xiao Se invited her to Ciyun Temple’s temple fair, but Sect Master Tongtian and Lady Tian persuaded him to bring them along.
• Lady Tian asked why Sect Master Tongtian wanted to attend, and he said he felt an urgent need to go out.
• Sect Master Tongtian traveled with Lady Tian, Lan Xiao Se, and Second Miss Zhu to Ciyun Temple, meditating as he prepared to enter the Qi Refiner stage.

At Ciyun Temple, Sect Master Tongtian broke through into the Spirit Condensation Realm and watched his uncle arrange for Second Miss Zhu to stay at the temple for fertility rituals. He then used a fortune-telling monk’s greed to set a trap, asking about his missing parents and probing for information about his father.

• Sect Master Tongtian climbed Mount Ciyun with Lady Tian, Lan Xiao Se, Second Miss Zhu, and his uncle, and broke through from Perception into the Spirit Condensation Realm upon reaching the summit.
• His uncle led the group to the western side hall, where an old monk told Second Miss Zhu she must stay at Ciyun Temple for seven days and nights for rituals to help her have a child, and that Lan Xiao Se must accompany her.
• Sect Master Tongtian asked the monk to tell him where his parents were, then drew a lot that supposedly pointed him southwest.
• Sect Master Tongtian offered the monk a hundred-tael banknote as a deposit for finding his parents, and the monk greedily promised accurate news within three days.
• Sect Master Tongtian asked the monk how his father was doing, beginning to probe the fortune-teller's claims.

Sect Master Tongtian exposed Old Monk Longxiang’s fortune-telling as fraudulent by revealing that his father had been dead for two months, prompting Constable Zhang to arrest him. But Longxiang’s sincere insistence that Tian Zheng Yi’s father was alive and imprisoned left Sect Master Tongtian wondering whether Tian Zheng Yi’s parents were truly his own, while two powerful local leaders offered to take him as a personal disciple.

• Sect Master Tongtian used the banknote and Constable Zhang’s presence to draw Old Monk Longxiang into making a prediction about Tian Zheng Yi’s parents.
• After Longxiang claimed Tian Zheng Yi’s father was in danger, Sect Master Tongtian revealed that his father had been dead for nearly two months, and Lady Tian confirmed her husband’s death.
• Longxiang insisted his prediction was correct, but Constable Zhang arrested him for cheating and returned the banknote to Sect Master Tongtian.
• Sect Master Tongtian worried that he had ruined Longxiang’s reputation and that Tian Zheng Yi’s parents might not be his biological parents.
• Lan Xiao Se introduced Chen Tang and Shan Hai, who gave Sect Master Tongtian gifts and each offered to take him as a personal disciple.

Tian Zheng Yi accepted Chen Tang and Shan Hai as co-masters, gaining access to both religions’ resources. At Ciyun Temple, he refused to bow to the Buddhist statues and demonstrated the consequence of a woman challenging him to accept her bow.

• Tian Zheng Yi chose to join both the Interception Sect and the Congruent Dao, and Shan Hai and Chen Tang agreed to take him as their personal disciple together.
• Tian Zheng Yi offered tea to his two masters, who gave him access tokens to their sects’ branches, headquarters, and Scripture Depositories.
• Tian Zheng Yi discussed Master Longxiang’s possible wrongful punishment with his uncle, then stood aside while his family bowed before the Buddhist statues.
• Tian Zheng Yi refused to kowtow, saying the Buddhas could not bear his bow, and accepted an old woman’s challenge after her family mocked him.
• Tian Zheng Yi bowed slightly to the old woman, who spat blood and collapsed, then caught her son’s punch and struck him with an elbow.

Sect Master Tongtian proved that his destiny could shatter Buddha statues by bowing, earning the old woman's gratitude and a reward from Hua Xu Yin. After Hua Xu Yin departed, a representative of the rising Purple Qi Coming East offered to trade for Tongtian's Foundation Establishment Pill.

• The old woman's elder son arrived with companions, and his younger brother accused Sect Master Tongtian of bullying him.
• Hua Xu Yin challenged Tongtian to bow before the Buddha statues, and Tongtian apologized to the old woman before accepting.
• Tongtian's bow shattered the Buddha statues, convincing the onlookers and the old woman that his destiny was extraordinarily powerful.
• The old woman thanked Tongtian and gave Lady Tian a plum-blossom token, which made Lady Tian's expression turn cold.
• Hua Xu Yin gave Tongtian refined gold and a Foundation Establishment Pill before leaving with his companions.
• A representative of Purple Qi Coming East offered Tongtian a workshop and a residence in Shendu in exchange for the pill.

Sect Master Tongtian refused Du Leng’s offer to join Purple Qi Coming East immediately, agreeing only to consider it if he established his foundation within three months. At Ciyun Temple, he confronted Monk Ciyun and destroyed a monk’s arm with the Great Fearless Seal, provoking the abbot.

• Sect Master Tongtian received a Supreme War Hammer from a system Lucky Draw, then rejected Purple Qi Coming East’s request to buy his Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Du Leng offered Sect Master Tongtian a seed position in Purple Qi Coming East, and Tongtian said he would consult Chen Tang and Shan Hai before deciding.
• Du Leng set a three-month deadline for Tongtian to establish his foundation and join Purple Qi Coming East, then entered Ciyun Temple with his men.
• As Tongtian prepared to leave the temple, Monk Ciyun confronted him over the shattered Buddha statues, and Tongtian admitted he had caused it.
• A middle-aged monk attacked Tongtian, who struck back with the Great Fearless Seal and turned the monk’s arm to dust.
• Monk Ciyun accused Tongtian of using demonic arts and faced him in anger.

Sect Master Tongtian revealed his mastery of Buddhist arts and overwhelmed Monk Ciyun at Ciyun Temple. He destroyed Buddha Juliusun’s Dharma Manifestation, leaving Ciyun convinced that Tongtian was a Buddha Ancestor of the Western Teachings.

• Sect Master Tongtian used the Great Fearless Seal and a Seven-Colored Lotus, prompting pilgrims and Ciyun’s monks to kneel and chant.
• Monk Ciyun attacked Tongtian with repeated Tiger Subduing Seals, but the lotus swallowed each strike and grew stronger.
• Monk Ciyun summoned Buddha Juliusun’s power, but Tongtian’s Great Fearless Seal destroyed the golden palm and blocked Juliusun’s sword.
• Sect Master Tongtian unleashed a blood-red attack that destroyed Buddha Juliusun’s Dharma Manifestation and dispersed the vortex.
• Monk Ciyun knelt before Tongtian and begged the Buddha Ancestor to punish him, mistaking Tongtian for a Western Teachings Buddha.

Sect Master Tongtian cultivated in seclusion for more than three months, reaching a level equivalent to True Immortal and refining pills and flying swords. When he returned, he learned that his new aunt-in-law had fallen ill and sensed that his mother and uncle’s souls were under someone’s control.

• Sect Master Tongtian left Master Ciyun behind and returned to Zhu Manor, where he told Lady Tian he would attempt Foundation Establishment in seclusion.
• Sect Master Tongtian swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill and used a Western Teachings cultivation method, entering a mysterious state accompanied by scripture and lotus flowers.
• Sect Master Tongtian emerged with cultivation equivalent to True Immortal, then spent seven days refining pills and forging two flying swords.
• Sect Master Tongtian learned that more than three months had passed and that he had missed his agreement with Purple Qi Coming East and Du Leng.
• A servant told Sect Master Tongtian that his new aunt-in-law had suddenly fallen ill and that physicians had failed to help her.
• Sect Master Tongtian saw Old Master Zhu and Lady Tian and sensed that someone had taken control of their souls.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that his uncle and mother were controlled by an evil technique and exposed Divine Doctor Li as the culprit. After rescuing Li and killing Zhou Wuran, he confronted the Zhu Manor relatives who had tried to protect the doctor, then left the household’s authority with his uncle.

• Sect Master Tongtian immobilized his uncle and Lady Tian, drew a чужой primordial spirit from his uncle, and destroyed it, causing a scream in the inner residence.
• Sect Master Tongtian captured Divine Doctor Li, killed Concubine Duan, and slapped the White-Clad Man, the middle-aged man, and two other men.
• The White-Clad Man summoned his master, Zhou Wuran, who attacked Sect Master Tongtian with black mist, but Tongtian killed him and destroyed his primordial spirit.
• The gathered Zhu Manor relatives knelt in fear as Old Butler identified them and explained their family ties.
• Sect Master Tongtian accused the Eldest Young Master and Young Master Sun of protecting Divine Doctor Li, then said he would not interfere while his uncle remained in charge of Zhu Manor.

Sect Master Tongtian killed two Zhu family young masters who challenged his authority, then exposed Old Madam Zhu’s attempt to seize Lady Tian’s body. After Lady Tian chose to remain at Zhu Manor, Sect Master Tongtian prepared to visit the Purple Qi Coming East headquarters in Youzhou.

• Sect Master Tongtian killed the eldest and second young masters after they mocked him and claimed he had no right to intervene in Zhu Manor.
• Uncle Fu and his son praised Young Master Tian Zheng Yi’s strength and foresaw Zhu Manor regaining its former standing.
• Sect Master Tongtian pulled Old Madam Zhu’s primordial spirit from Lady Tian’s body, and Lan Xiao Se left after condemning his mother-in-law’s actions.
• Sect Master Tongtian explained what had happened to Lady Tian, who chose to stay at Zhu Manor while he protected her.
• Sect Master Tongtian considered visiting the Purple Qi Coming East headquarters in Youzhou and completing his system-assigned task.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that Old Master Zhu’s sudden vitality came from something sinister and confronted Zhu Tian, who wielded the Qiankun Sword. Zhu Tian’s attack revealed that Old Master Zhu was a Zhu Jiuyin, but Tongtian seized control of the assault and its treasures.

• Sect Master Tongtian found Old Madam Zhu barely alive and sensed an improper source behind Old Master Zhu’s renewed vitality.
• Sect Master Tongtian knocked Old Master Zhu unconscious, and Zhu Tian appeared and warned him against acting overbearingly in Zhu Manor.
• Lan Xiao Se and Second Miss Zhu decided to leave Zhu Manor with Sect Master Tongtian the next morning.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Zhu Tian that he had killed Zhu Tian’s younger male cousin and cousin’s son, provoking Zhu Tian to attack with the Qiankun Sword.
• Zhu Tian used the Nine Dragon Blazing Flame Array, and Old Master Zhu transformed into a nine-headed Zhu Jiuyin.
• Sect Master Tongtian absorbed the flames and reclaimed the nine fire beads.

Sect Master Tongtian defeated Zhu Tian, learned that Venerable Jinghua had supplied him with treasures, and suspected the encounter was part of a plot connected to Niangniang Nuwa. After discovering a possible link between the Supreme Illusory Realm’s Pill Room and Holy Mother Wudang, he released Lan Xiao Se and Second Miss Zhu, leaving the truth about the Interception Sect unresolved.

• Sect Master Tongtian nullified Zhu Tian’s attacks, captured Zhu Jiuyin, and took Zhu Tian’s memories.
• Sect Master Tongtian learned that Venerable Jinghua, a protector of the Supreme Illusory Realm, had given Zhu Tian the Qiankun Sword and Nine Dragon Fire Pearl, and suspected Zhu Tian’s appearance was a trap.
• Sect Master Tongtian considered several possible reasons for the suspected scheme, then decided to focus on becoming stronger rather than pursuing its logic.
• Sect Master Tongtian identified a pill from Zhu Tian’s ring as one refined by Holy Mother Wudang and suspected she might be Daoist Jin'ao, who ran the Supreme Illusory Realm’s Pill Room.
• Sect Master Tongtian released Zhu Tian and then freed Lan Xiao Se and Second Miss Zhu, who lamented that only Old Madam Zhu remained in the Zhu family.

Sect Master Tongtian exposed Zhu Yunluo, who had possessed Second Miss Zhu, and learned that she was a fallen Saint Venerable from the Illusory Domain. Zhu Yunluo’s spirit was captured, leaving her plan to seize Lan Xiao Se’s body thwarted.

• Sect Master Tongtian reassured Second Miss Zhu about the Zhu family’s future and considered whether Zhu Yunluo might manipulate Lan Xiao Se.
• Sect Master Tongtian restrained Second Miss Zhu to examine her, revealing that she was demonic and not truly pregnant.
• Sect Master Tongtian called Second Miss Zhu First Miss Zhu, halted her transformation, and exposed Zhu Yunluo’s possession.
• Sect Master Tongtian extracted Zhu Yunluo’s primordial spirit and used the Great Art of Soul Shifting to learn her history as Kong Tianzhao, a former Saint Venerable.
• Sect Master Tongtian learned that Zhu Yunluo had survived Tianhai’s attack, sought to return to Suspended Heaven Pavilion, and had planned to seize Lan Xiao Se’s body.

Sect Master Tongtian rescued Zhu Yunmeng and restored Old Madam Zhu’s spirit, then accompanied Zixia to Purple Qi Coming East’s Youzhou headquarters. There, he recognized Du Leng among a group of people and wondered why he had been summoned.

• Sect Master Tongtian placed Zhu Yunluo in his Purple Palace to recuperate and promised to find her a suitable body.
• Sect Master Tongtian restored Old Madam Zhu’s spirit and improved her body, promising she could live for more than a thousand years.
• Zixia invited Sect Master Tongtian to Purple Qi Coming East on behalf of her hall master, and he asked whether she knew Zhi Zun Bao.
• Sect Master Tongtian suspected a Hanba would emerge after hearing Youzhou had gone three months without rain, then flew with Zixia to the sect’s headquarters.
• Sect Master Tongtian recognized Du Leng at the gathering and questioned why Du Leng had brought him there.

Sect Master Tongtian challenged the fairness of Purple Qi Coming East’s seed assessment, then revealed his alchemy skills to impress the elders. Elder Wei offered him materials and promised to recommend him to the Elder Council if he could refine pills successfully.

• Du Leng introduced Sect Master Tongtian as the Youzhou branch’s seed candidate to the five elders from headquarters.
• Sect Master Tongtian questioned whether the elders could judge his assessment impartially and asked them to swear an oath.
• After Elder Wei insisted the assessment would follow headquarters’ rules, Sect Master Tongtian asked him to appraise a pill.
• Elder Wei and the other elders were astonished by the high-quality Minor Golden Pill and learned that Sect Master Tongtian had refined it himself.
• Sect Master Tongtian said he could also refine several other pills if he had materials, and Elder Wei offered to provide ingredients in exchange for a successful trial and a recommendation to the Elder Council.

Sect Master Tongtian demonstrated his alchemy skill and was taken to Purple Qi Pavilion, where his arrival triggered a clash with hostile elders. After he wounded the tall elder with a strike from his brow, Elder Wei and his allies faced an attack from the elder’s companions.

• Sect Master Tongtian refined nine kinds of pills over three days and nights, achieving a success rate above eighty percent and astonishing Elder Wei and the others.
• Elder Wei brought Sect Master Tongtian through a spatial formation to Purple Qi City and escorted him into Purple Qi Coming East Pavilion.
• Sect Master Tongtian noticed the elders’ hostility toward Elder Wei and considered his plans to complete his quest and find those behind the attack on him and Niangniang Nuwa.
• The tall elder challenged Elder Wei’s candidate, then attacked Sect Master Tongtian with a hostile gaze.
• Sect Master Tongtian’s brow eye struck the tall elder’s brow eye, leaving it destroyed, and Elder Shugao accused him of trying to assassinate the Great Elder.
• Elder Shugao and three other elders attacked Elder Wei, who and four allies formed a Five Elements Killing Formation.

Sect Master Tongtian stopped a fight inside Purple Qi Coming East by proving that his pill-refining skills were valuable to the sect. After demonstrating his talent, he joined the Elder Council and took control of the Pill Room and treasury, where members began seeking his favor.

• Sect Master Tongtian warned the fighting elders that he would stop refining pills for them if they continued attacking one another.
• Du Leng showed the elders Sect Master Tongtian's pills, and Venerable Taibai and other elders protected him from the Great Elder's attack.
• The Second Elder subdued the Great Elder, and Venerable Taibai brought Sect Master Tongtian to the Pill Room to demonstrate his skills.
• After three days and three nights, Sect Master Tongtian successfully refined forty-nine kinds of pills with a success rate above eighty-five percent.
• Venerable Taibai recommended Sect Master Tongtian to the Elder Council and gave him control of the Pill Room and treasury.
• Members of Purple Qi Coming East began sending people to the Pill Room in hopes of gaining Sect Master Tongtian's favor and obtaining pills.

Sect Master Tongtian organized the Pill Room and treasury, then entered the Purple Qi Pavilion and received the Wheel of Myriad Phenomena from a system draw. After killing two men who attacked him, he met the old man Ji Xia and recognized him as King Zhou Zhao, whose reincarnation had been arranged by Demon Ancestor Luohu.

• Sect Master Tongtian assigned his subordinates to clean the alchemy furnaces and sort and process the treasury materials.
• Sect Master Tongtian entered the Purple Qi Pavilion, completed his system quest, and won the Wheel of Myriad Phenomena.
• Hall Master Luo's triangular-eyed subordinate attacked Sect Master Tongtian and died by his own flying sword.
• Sect Master Tongtian killed Hall Master Luo's fat subordinate, identified himself as Tian Zheng Yi, and entered the Purple Qi Pavilion.
• Sect Master Tongtian met the white-haired Ji Xia and recognized him as King Zhou Zhao, who was fated to experience the time of the Journey to the West.

Sect Master Tongtian explored a vast valley of books and uncovered the truth about Ji Xia, who believed Tongtian had imprisoned him. After Tongtian explained his own memories, he captured Ji Xia and extracted all of his memories.

• Sect Master Tongtian questioned why Ji Xia still looked like King Zhou Zhao, then explored the valley’s books and copied their contents into his Violet Palace.
• Ji Xia revealed that he knew Tongtian’s secular name was Tian Zheng Yi, and Tongtian discovered Ji Xia was only an apparition when his attack dispersed him.
• Ji Xia accused Tongtian of imprisoning him in an incarnation within the Chaos Bell, but Tongtian explained that he believed Demon Ancestor Luohu had taken Ji Xia’s soul.
• Tongtian and Ji Xia considered who might have impersonated Tongtian and imprisoned Ji Xia, naming several powerful figures as possibilities.
• Ji Xia asked about his Mother Empress, and Tongtian said she lived happily in the Moon Palace with her family.
• Tongtian ensnared Ji Xia and used the Great Art of Soul Shifting to extract all of his memories.

Sect Master Tongtian spent billions of years in Ji Xia’s Time Cage, raising Ji Xia’s cultivation and advancing to the True Self Saint Venerable realm while investigating the cage’s origins. After returning and continuing his work at Purple Qi Coming East, he learned that Spacetime Rifts had appeared across the Nine Provinces and feared they were connected to him.

• Sect Master Tongtian discovered that Ji Xia’s escape ability had awakened inside the Time Cage, then secretly erased Ji Xia’s memories and began raising his strength.
• Sect Master Tongtian spent one billion eighty million years in the Time Cage, reached the True Self Saint Venerable realm, and could not discover who had imprisoned Ji Xia because he realized the culprit was himself.
• Sect Master Tongtian concealed his cultivation and returned to Purple Qi Coming East, where his alchemy lessons helped train more than three thousand alchemists.
• Ten years later, Venerable Taibai told the Elder Council that more than ten Spacetime Rifts had appeared across the Nine Provinces, with objects from the past or future emerging from them.
• Sect Master Tongtian felt an ominous premonition when he heard about the Spacetime Rifts.

Sect Master Tongtian and the elders learned that beings from a thousand years in the future had become corpses, suggesting a disaster in the Supreme Primordial World. They planned to travel over a hundred thousand years into the past to prevent its cause, and after the first team vanished without contact, Venerable Taibai led the second team into a Spacetime Rift.

• Elder Wei and Venerable Taibai explained that beings from a thousand years in the future had lost all signs of life.
• Sect Master Tongtian proposed investigating the corpses and preparing to avert the coming calamity.
• The elders decided to send teams into the past, but they rejected Sect Master Tongtian because the sect still needed his alchemy knowledge.
• Elder Liu led the first team into a Spacetime Rift, carrying one of the paired Spirit Horns to maintain contact.
• After seven days and seven nights passed without a message from Elder Liu's team, Venerable Taibai led the second team into a Spacetime Rift.