Recaps

Li Xiuchang visited Water Ape King with Silver Falcon King and Golden Falcon to discuss an opportunity for Yuan Bao, but Water Ape King's hostility toward humans led to a fight. Li Xiuchang overwhelmed him with the Tiangang Mother-Child Pearls and his giant-ape Dharma Form, leaving Water Ape King defeated and fearing he would be enslaved again.

• Silver Falcon King brought Li Xiuchang and Golden Falcon to Water Ape King's island territory to discuss an opportunity connected to Yuan Bao.
• Water Ape King rejected Li Xiuchang because he was human, and Li Xiuchang began to leave before Water Ape King blocked their way.
• Li Xiuchang struck Water Ape King with the Tiangang Mother-Child Pearls, electrocuting him and forcing him into the sea.
• Water Ape King attacked Li Xiuchang, who transformed into his golden giant-ape Dharma Form and crushed him in a contest of strength.
• Water Ape King invoked the Great Dao Source and fought again, but Li Xiuchang's empowered saber shattered his monk's staff and defeated him.

Li Xiuchang subdued the Water Ape King, recruited Yuan Bao for the Sacred Beast Secret Realm, and persuaded the pelican to stay after it revealed knowledge of human experts at sea. He gathered the young divine beasts and set off with the Silver Falcon King for the secret realm, where Senior Brother Chen Changsheng was preparing a Teleportation Array.

• The Water Ape King accepted his defeat, apologized to Li Xiuchang, and handed over a Storage Bag as compensation.
• Li Xiuchang refused to let the Water Ape King enter the Sacred Beast Secret Realm and recruited his son Yuan Bao instead.
• The pelican swallowed and spat out the Water Ape King, then asked to remain with Li Xiuchang and revealed that it knew of human experts hiding on islands.
• The Silver Falcon King carried Li Xiuchang, Golden Falcon, and Yuan Bao to the Silver Moon King, who agreed to let Whale Jing join them and warned Golden Falcon to stop pursuing her daughter.
• Li Xiuchang and the Silver Falcon King departed with Golden Falcon, Yuan Bao, and Whale Jing for the Sacred Beast Secret Realm while Senior Brother Chen Changsheng prepared a Teleportation Array.

Li Xiuchang and the demon beasts entered the Sacred Beast Secret Realm in Youhe Realm and passed its first trial. They gathered at the second trial, where Wenwen explained that they had to comprehend the Artistic Conception left on one of four stone walls.

• Li Xiuchang led Silver Falcon King and the five little divine beasts through a temporary Teleportation Array into an undersea cavern in Youhe Realm.
• Wenwen and Golden Horn opened the secret realm entrance by spilling Golden Horn's blood on a seaweed-covered rock, and Li Xiuchang and the others entered.
• The secret realm separated the group for its first trial, where each entrant fought increasingly numerous demon beasts matched to their Cultivation Level.
• Li Xiuchang and Silver Falcon King passed the first trial, followed by Golden Falcon and Jing Jing; Yuan Bao barely passed by relying on his treasures and other life-saving methods.
• Wenwen explained that the second trial required comprehending the Artistic Conception left by a divine beast's strike on any one of four stone walls.

Li Xiuchang comprehended the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird Artistic Conceptions, passed the second trial, and helped Yuan Bao find renewed hope in the Black Tortoise Artistic Conception. As Yuan Bao began trying again with the aid of the Great Dream True Scripture, Li Xiuchang also started comprehending the Black Tortoise Artistic Conception.

• Steady Steady explained that the four stone walls held Artistic Conceptions of the Four Sacred Beasts, and the demon beasts each chose a wall to study.
• Li Xiuchang repeatedly endured the Azure Dragon's claw in his visions, then used the Great Dream True Scripture to comprehend the Azure Dragon Artistic Conception and pass the second trial.
• Li Xiuchang comprehended the Vermilion Bird Artistic Conception and strengthened a basic Fireball Spell, while Silver Falcon King succeeded in comprehending the White Tiger Artistic Conception.
• After learning that Yuan Bao had lost hope, Li Xiuchang persuaded him to try the defensive Black Tortoise Artistic Conception again and taught him the Great Dream True Scripture under a Dao Oath.
• Yuan Bao resumed studying the Black Tortoise Artistic Conception, and Li Xiuchang joined him, finding himself transformed into a Black Tortoise divine beast under a tide of attacks.

Li Xiuchang comprehended all four Artistic Conceptions and helped Yuan Bao finish the second trial, but the group discovered Yuan Bao lacked Divine Beast Bloodline. A divination pointed to Li Xiuchang as the nearest Divine Beast Bloodline, and the secret realm confirmed it, leaving him wondering how a human could possess one.

• Li Xiuchang comprehended White Tiger Artistic Conception and combined all four Artistic Conceptions, while Yuan Bao continued struggling with Black Tortoise Artistic Conception.
• After several days, Yuan Bao finally comprehended Black Tortoise Artistic Conception, and the group proceeded to the third trial's wall with five copper plates.
• The copper plate before Yuan Bao stayed dark, revealing that Yuan Bao was not Water Ape King's offspring and did not possess Divine Beast Bloodline.
• Yuan Bao decided to leave the sea after the secret realm and promised to explain the truth to Silver Falcon King, while the group searched for another candidate to fill the fifth plate.
• Li Xiuchang used yarrow stalks to divine the nearest Divine Beast Bloodline, and the omen indicated himself despite costing him more than a thousand years of lifespan.
• Li Xiuchang stood before the empty copper plate, which lit up, and the others reacted with astonishment as he wondered how he could possess Divine Beast Bloodline.

Li Xiuchang and four demon beasts entered the third secret-realm trial, where Qing Cang revealed that the trials would award Azure Dragon Blood. The chapter ended with Qing Cang saying that all four Sacred Beasts had fallen.

• Li Xiuchang, Golden Horn, Golden Falcon, Jing Jing, and Steady filled bronze plates with their blood and entered the portals that recognized their bloodlines.
• The five arrived in a room with five stone platforms, and Steady awakened a green-robed Thought Incarnation by striking one of them.
• The Thought Incarnation introduced himself as Qing Cang, the Son of the Azure Dragon, and explained that descendants of all four Sacred Beast lineages had built the secret realm and would oversee four trials.
• Qing Cang said the combined rewards for the four trials would be five drops of Azure Dragon Blood, including four drops of True Blood and one drop of Essence Blood, so the contestants would compete for the greater prize.
• Qing Cang explained that Sacred Beast Blood could improve bloodlines and Dao comprehension, then revealed that all four Sacred Beasts had fallen.

Li Xiuchang learned why the Four Sacred Beast Lineages created the secret realm and discovered that Qing Cang had mistaken him for a Demon Beast. The group began the third trial, which tested their comprehension of the Wood Dao through planting spirit plants, with Azure Dragon Essence Blood and a Dragon Blood Tree Seed as rewards.

• Qing Cang explained that the Four Sacred Beasts had died in battle and had instructed their lineages to nurture an expert who could surpass them.
• Qing Cang described how Divine Beast bloodlines weakened across generations and restricted their descendants, so the secret realm sought worthy Demon Race geniuses from outside the four lineages.
• Qing Cang realized Li Xiuchang was human, but accepted that the secret realm had admitted him and told everyone to place their Blood Pills on stone platforms.
• Li Xiuchang asked to receive Azure Dragon Blood separately, but Qing Cang explained that the rewards had to fuse into their Blood Pills and could not be given to others.
• Qing Cang announced that the third trial would test the group's Wood Dao comprehension by showing them the Azure Dragon planting a Dragon Blood Tree, and promised Essence Blood and a Dragon Blood Tree Seed as rewards.

Li Xiuchang witnessed the Azure Dragon create and cultivate Dragon Blood Trees, gaining deep insights into Spirit Plant Cultivation Arts and the Wood Dao before earning Azure Dragon Essence Blood. After the group entered the White Tiger Household’s trial room, Li Xiuchang wondered whether the White Tiger was female.

• Li Xiuchang watched the Azure Dragon create Dragon Blood Tree seeds with the Wood Dao and use its blood and simple methods to grow them, gaining extensive cultivation insights.
• The Azure Dragon’s trial awarded Li Xiuchang Azure Dragon Essence Blood and gave True Blood to Steady-Steady, Jin Jiao, and Jing Jing; the Golden Falcon received nothing.
• Qing Cang told Li Xiuchang and the others that Bai Sui would oversee the White Tiger Household’s next trial and warned them to speak little.
• Li Xiuchang and the others entered the next trial room and found a Lion Tiger Beast waiting; Li Xiuchang wondered if the White Tiger was female.

Li Xiuchang passed the White Tiger trial by studying the White Tiger’s Metal Dao and artifact refining, earning White Tiger Essence Blood. He and his companions then reached the Vermilion Bird trial, where the Fire Sparrow King revealed that Qing Cang’s true form was a Dog Dragon.

• Bai Sui explained that the trial tested comprehension of the Metal Dao and that mastering all its insights would unlock a chance to forge a specified artifact for an additional reward.
• Li Xiuchang entered the illusion and studied the White Tiger creating metal materials and refining artifacts, gaining insights into materials and the limits of Metal Dao alone.
• Li Xiuchang earned White Tiger Essence Blood, while Jing Jing gained no insights; his two clones began digesting his accumulated trial insights.
• Li Xiuchang and his teammates continued to the Vermilion Bird trial, where the Fire Sparrow King welcomed them and asked about their earlier performance.
• The Fire Sparrow King said Qing Cang had avoided showing his true form, then identified it as a Dog Dragon, shocking Li Xiuchang.

Li Xiuchang completed the Vermilion Bird trial and reached Xuanwu Pass, where Wowo’s Xuanwu lineage earned them special favor from Xuanjue. After receiving Water Dao insights from Wowo, Li Xiuchang entered the illusion and realized that Xuanwu’s shell patterns were central to the trial.

• Fire Sparrow King explained that the Vermilion Bird trial tested comprehension of the Fire Dao and offered a growing Fire Seed to anyone who could retrieve it from a mass of flame.
• Li Xiuchang and his teammates completed the trial, gained Vermilion Bird blood essence, and added red to Li Xiuchang’s Blood Pill.
• At Xuanwu Pass, Wowo bonded with Xuanjue, who explained the Water Dao trial and the additional reward: a rubbing of an ancestral turtle shell.
• Wowo told Li Xiuchang that Xuanjue had secretly given it Water Dao insights, which Wowo passed on to him before the trial began.
• In the illusion, Li Xiuchang watched Xuanwu control the sea and make soup, then noticed the patterns on its shell and realized they were the trial’s most important feature.

Li Xiuchang studied the Xuanwu’s shell patterns and the Water Dao, earning the Xuanwu Blood Essence after receiving a pattern through the Xuanwu’s attention across time. After the group comprehended the Four Symbols Space, they reached the area of unique additional rewards, where Li Xiuchang chose to pursue the Dragon Blood Tree Seed first.

• Li Xiuchang split his attention between comprehending the Water Dao and studying the Xuanwu’s shell patterns, then received a difficult pattern after the Xuanwu noticed him across time.
• Li Xiuchang won the Xuanwu Blood Essence, completing the four Sacred Beast blood essences in his Blood Pill, while his teammates also received rewards.
• The Golden Falcon and Jing Jing swallowed their Blood Pills and strengthened their bloodlines, while Li Xiuchang discussed the Xuanwu’s special treatment with Steady Steady and Goldenhorn.
• Li Xiuchang and his teammates entered the Four Symbols Space, where he comprehended his accumulated insights and greatly improved his Wood Dao.
• The group reached the statues holding the unique additional rewards, and Li Xiuchang chose to attempt the trial for the Dragon Blood Tree Seed.

Li Xiuchang completed the Azure Dragon and White Tiger extra trials, earning a Dragon Blood Tree Seed and an Immortal-grade metal he named White Tiger Black Gold. He then devised a way to enter the Vermilion Bird’s fire and seize its Fire Seed, but the attempt had not yet begun.

• Li Xiuchang planted and nurtured the Dragon Blood Tree in the illusion, then received a true Immortal Plant seed from the Azure Dragon Statue.
• Li Xiuchang refined the unfamiliar Sixth Tier liquid metal into a defensive cloak in the illusion and received an Immortal-grade material from the White Tiger Statue, naming it White Tiger Black Gold.
• Li Xiuchang tested his belongings against the Vermilion Bird’s flames and discovered that Hundred Refinements Immortal Iron could withstand them briefly.
• Li Xiuchang added points to the Hundred Refinements Immortal Iron and forged it into a temporary iron barrel to protect himself inside the flames.
• Li Xiuchang used the Equalizer Dao to imitate the Fire Dao, briefly weakening the Vermilion Bird Fire enough for him to withstand it.

Li Xiuchang claimed the Fire Seed and Xuanwu Turtle Shell Imprint, completing all four rewards from the Sacred Beast Secret Realm before returning to the Immortal Shade Realm. On the journey back, his Equalizer Dao advanced through his clone’s study of the Confucian Path, allowing him to break through to the middle stage of Dao Integration.

• Li Xiuchang retrieved a Fire Seed from the Vermilion Bird Fire using an iron barrel and the Equalizer Dao.
• Li Xiuchang realized the Xuanwu tortoiseshell was a puzzle made of fragments, then used his Length Cheat to break it open and retrieve the Xuanwu Turtle Shell Imprint.
• Li Xiuchang and his four companions left the secret realm, and Chen Changsheng’s clone escorted Yuan Bao away from the maze to keep the secret realm’s location hidden.
• Silver Falcon King gave Li Xiuchang a silver feather as a token of friendship, and Li Xiuchang parted ways with the Demon Beasts after returning to the Immortal Shade Realm.
• Li Xiuchang merged his clone’s Confucian Path insights into the Equalizer Dao and broke through to the middle stage of Dao Integration.
• Li Xiuchang planned to have Yang Hao study a Wordless Stele and considered how to comprehend the Confucian Path in all twelve steles.

Li Xiuchang returned to the Immortal Dust Sect with a report of powerful human cultivators hiding in the deep sea and several treasures from his journey. He shared his gains with his senior brothers and sisters, who began studying the Black Tortoise shell rubbing for its potential to advance Gui Wuyan’s Divination Arts.

• Li Xiuchang named Pelican Big Mouth and learned that Big Mouth had twice encountered groups of powerful human cultivators hiding on remote islands in the deep sea.
• Li Xiuchang returned to the Immortal Dust Sect, learned that Chu Ya and Ye Yuqiu were engaged, and gathered with his senior brothers and sisters in Eastern Geng District Number Thirteen.
• Li Xiuchang gave Zhang Wanzhi a large piece of White Tiger Black Gold and entrusted Xia Siyun with the Vermilion Bird Fire Seed to study and cultivate.
• Li Xiuchang gave Mo Tu an enhanced Dragon Blood Tree Seed, and Mo Tu vowed to find a way to plant it despite its difficulty.
• Li Xiuchang revealed a rubbing of the Black Tortoise’s shell armor, and Gui Wuyan realized its patterns might help him advance his Divination Arts, so Li Xiuchang left it with him to study.

Li Xiuchang shared his discoveries from the Sacred Beast Secret Realm, prompting his senior brothers and sisters to investigate cultivators connected to the Shadow World. After returning, he explored his growing Length Value and the Four Symbols Pill, whose effects revealed that his bloodline could withstand consuming enormous amounts of sacred-beast essence.

• Li Xiuchang failed to share the pattern Xuanwu had given him, then told his senior brothers and sisters that Big Mouth had seen human cultivators gathering at sea.
• Big Mouth accidentally swallowed the group, then described the cultivators it had encountered; Gui Wuyan divined that they were connected to the Shadow World and had already left their hiding place.
• Chen Changsheng borrowed Big Mouth and set out to investigate the two islands, while the other senior brothers and sisters stayed to study their new treasures.
• Li Xiuchang reviewed his improved arts, counted 12,248 inches of Length Value, and considered how he might use it to strengthen his second Dantian space.
• Li Xiuchang ate the Four Symbols Pill and found that it greatly improved his comprehension of metal, wood, water, and fire; after eating dozens of pounds without ill effects, he concluded that his bloodline was exceptionally powerful.

After consuming Four Symbols Pills, Li Xiuchang awakened an extraordinary ability to comprehend the Great Dao and prepared to take Yang Hao to the Demon Suppressing Realm. There, Yang Hao’s affinity with the Confucian Path—and possibly his connection to the Confucian Sage—became increasingly clear when a Wordless Stele responded to him.

• Li Xiuchang ate Four Symbols Pills until his affinity with the Metal, Wood, Water, and Fire Daos reached its limit, awakening the Acquired Dao Comprehension Sacred Body.
• Li Xiuchang fed Golden Horn a large supply of Blood Pills, then visited Chu Ya and checked Yang Hao’s progress at Danxiang Tower.
• Yang Hao showed Li Xiuchang a Gentleman Sword technique whose upright, unrestrained intent seemed connected to the Confucian Path, so Li Xiuchang decided to take him to the Demon Suppressing Realm.
• Li Xiuchang traveled with Yang Hao through Chen Changsheng’s repaired Teleportation Array, and Yang Hao said the Demon Suppressing Realm felt like home.
• At the Twelve Steles, Yang Hao looked at a Wordless Stele and stirred the sealed Confucian Path origin within it, then demonstrated a sword technique resembling the Gentleman Sword.
• Li Xiuchang concluded that Yang Hao had an extraordinary affinity with the Confucian Path and suspected he might be the reincarnation of the Confucian Sage.

Li Xiuchang left Yang Hao to study the Confucian Path, while Yang Hao rapidly advanced and mastered the origin in a Wordless Stele. After upgrading the Rainbow Soul Banner, Li Xiuchang learned what White Tiger Black Gold did and considered using it on the Equalizing Spear.

• Li Xiuchang left Yang Hao in the Demon Suppressing Realm with Longevity Pills and his Second Nascent Soul Clone to protect him as he studied the Confucian Path.
• Chen Changsheng returned from searching two abandoned islands and sent Big Mouth to look for the cautious group that had once lived there.
• Li Xiuchang comprehended the Metal Dao to the Dao Integration level, advanced his artifact-refining skill to the Eighth Tier, and upgraded the Rainbow Soul Banner into a quasi-immortal artifact.
• Yang Hao comprehended the Confucian Path in a Wordless Stele, reached the Sixth Tier of Body Cultivation, and gained control over a small fragment of its origin; Li Xiuchang had him continue studying while strengthening the Equalizer Dao.
• Zhang Wanzhi explained that White Tiger Black Gold could raise a metal material by one tier, and Li Xiuchang considered adding some while upgrading the Equalizing Spear.

Li Xiuchang reforged the Equalizing Spear with White Tiger Black Gold, greatly increasing its power, and broke through to the Late Dao Integration Stage after comprehending a Wordless Stele. He expanded his second Dantian space and began preparing to merge the Confucian Path origin into his Equalizer Dao.

• Li Xiuchang confirmed that White Tiger Black Gold could be infused into finished spirit treasures, and Xia Siyun showed him how to cultivate the Fire Seed with powerful flames.
• Li Xiuchang demonstrated minor mastery of the Fire Dao, learned Xia Siyun's fire-controlling spell formula, and planned to feed the Fire Seed his Immortal Burning Grass Flame.
• Li Xiuchang gave pieces of White Tiger Black Gold to his senior brothers and sisters and learned that Mo Tu had been stumped by the Dragon Blood Tree Seed.
• Li Xiuchang reforged the Equalizing Spear with White Tiger Black Gold, bringing it to the limit of a High-grade Spirit Treasure and greatly increasing its power.
• Li Xiuchang broke through to the Late Dao Integration Stage after his Second Nascent Soul Clone comprehended a Wordless Stele, then expanded the second Dantian space to prepare it for the Confucian Path origin.
• Li Xiuchang sent his Second Nascent Soul Clone into the enlarged second Dantian space and began merging the Confucian Path origin into the Equalizer Dao.

Li Xiuchang helped Yang Hao merge the Confucian Path’s origin into the Equalizer Dao, making Yang Hao its first cultivator after Li Xiuchang. After deciding to pause further mergers until the Equalizer Dao grew stronger, Li Xiuchang returned Yang Hao to Danxiang Tower and prepared to advance his own cultivation and strengthen the Fire Seed.

• Li Xiuchang merged a fragment of the Confucian Path’s origin into the Equalizer Dao, nearly doubling its origin and preparing it to absorb Yang Hao’s fragment.
• Yang Hao followed his instincts to break apart the Confucian Path’s origin, while Li Xiuchang stabilized the fusion and comprehended its unfamiliar insights until the Equalizer Dao absorbed it all.
• Li Xiuchang told Yang Hao that he had become the second Equalizer Dao cultivator, and Yang Hao broke through successfully.
• Li Xiuchang decided to pause further Confucian Path mergers and told Yang Hao to stop comprehending the Confucian Path until he was ready to face the heavenly tribulation.
• Li Xiuchang returned Yang Hao to Danxiang Tower, left Su Qingchun at the steles, and sent his Second Nascent Soul Clone back to comprehend the remaining Equalizer Dao insights.
• Li Xiuchang prepared his main body to upgrade the Fire Seed with Immortal Burning Grass flames.

Li Xiuchang strengthened the Fire Seed by feeding it Immortal Burning Grass Flame and discovered that its own flame could fuel its growth, though it soon became difficult to control. Meanwhile, a planned wave of powerful ascenders invaded the Immortal Dust Sect, where the elders slaughtered the attackers but kept the protective array raised against further threats.

• Li Xiuchang fed the Fire Seed Immortal Burning Grass Flame, added length to it, and ignited a severed portion to test its power.
• Li Xiuchang repeatedly added length to the Fire Seed and fed its own flame back into it until the flame surpassed the Immortal Burning Grass Flame and nearly overwhelmed him.
• Li Xiuchang made several flame bullets and learned from Wang Long that powerful ascenders were appearing throughout the Immortal Shade Realm.
• Li Xiuchang told his senior brothers and sisters about the ascenders, and Chen Changsheng confirmed that his clone had encountered them.
• Wang Long reported that the ascenders had entered the Northern Region and attacked the Immortal Dust Sect, whose protective array and defenders kept them outside.
• The Immortal Dust Sect's elders killed the invading ascenders, while the sect kept its protective array raised in case more attackers arrived.

After Ancestor Tianxiang admitted that her Love Slaves had attacked the Immortal Dust Sect to rescue her, Li Xiuchang and the others decided to send her to the Pure Land Realm. Before they could leave, the Immortal Shade abruptly expanded and Chen Changsheng learned that the pelican had been captured by mysterious cultivators beneath the sea, leaving the group facing several urgent crises at once.

• Li Xiuchang suspected Ancestor Tianxiang had directed the ascenders to attack, and Chen Changsheng summoned her for questioning.
• Ancestor Tianxiang admitted the attackers were her Love Slaves, while Mo Tu explained how the love threads worked and Chen Changsheng refused to kill her because Chu Ya was trying to sever them.
• The group ruled out sending Tianxiang to the Dark Heaven Realm or the Demon Suppressing Realm and agreed to take her to the Pure Land Realm.
• The Immortal Shade suddenly expanded and swallowed Nine Peaks Temple, prompting Li Xiuchang and the others to question whether Tianxiang was involved; she denied causing it.
• Chen Changsheng revealed that the pelican had vanished after entering a naturally formed seabed array, and that his clone had been forced to disperse after mysterious cultivators attacked it.
• The group decided they would need to rescue the pelican and confront the hidden cultivators while also handling Tianxiang and investigating the Immortal Shade's expansion.

Li Xiuchang divined that Yang Hao faced an impending danger, protected him with a spiritual treasure, and then joined Mo Tu in escorting Tianxiang toward the Pure Land Realm. Their journey ended abruptly when a large force surrounded them in the Dark Heaven Realm.

• Chen Changsheng assigned Mo Tu and Li Xiuchang to escort Tianxiang, sent Zhang Wanzhi and the Lu Yang couple to sea, and planned to observe the Immortal Shade himself.
• Li Xiuchang's divination revealed danger for Yang Hao and the people near the outskirts of the Immortal Dust Sect, so he gave Yang Hao the Equalizing Spear for protection.
• Li Xiuchang and Mo Tu transported Tianxiang through the Dark Heaven Realm toward the Pure Land Realm.
• Mo Tu sensed an ambush and stored Tianxiang in his Beast Taming Bag as countless figures surrounded them.
• Mo Tu planted his soul banner and unleashed resentful spirits while Li Xiuchang prepared to fight the weaker enemies.

Li Xiuchang and Mo Tu fought through Tianxiang’s Love Slaves in the Dark Heaven Realm while trying to reach the Teleportation Array to the Pure Land Realm. Chen Changsheng’s clone helped them escape, but after they teleported away, they would be unable to return until he rebuilt the array.

• Mo Tu put Tianxiang into his Beast Taming Bag, and he and Li Xiuchang fought to break through the Love Slaves’ ambush and trapping formation.
• Li Xiuchang broke the formation while defeating Dao Integration, Tribulation Crossing, and Mahayana attackers, and Senior Brother Mo intercepted the immortal experts.
• Li Xiuchang used his Manifest Dharma Form to shatter the formation, and he and Mo Tu charged toward the Teleportation Array as the Love Slaves pressed their attack.
• Chen Changsheng’s clone trapped the Love Slaves in a stronger formation and told Li Xiuchang and Mo Tu to teleport to the Pure Land Realm before he destroyed the array.
• Li Xiuchang and Mo Tu agreed to remain in the Pure Land Realm until Chen Changsheng rebuilt the Teleportation Array, leaving Mo Tu unable to return in time to support their other Senior Brothers.

Li Xiuchang and Mo Tu brought Tianxiang to the Pure Land Realm, where Hui Ren imprisoned her, but a powerful diviner helped her Love Slaves find the isolated realm and take civilians hostage. Meanwhile, Zhang Wanzhi and his companions followed clues from a hidden seabed refuge to a trail of mortal graves, and the chapter left the Pure Land Realm facing a hostage crisis with Mo Tu refusing to surrender Tianxiang.

• Li Xiuchang and Mo Tu arrived in the Pure Land Realm after Chen Changsheng destroyed the Teleportation Array, and Hui Ren imprisoned Tianxiang in a golden alms bowl.
• Zhang Wanzhi, Lu Yang, Xia Siyun, and Chen Changsheng's clone searched a hidden refuge beneath the seabed, found clues left by its occupants, and tracked a strand of hair to a mortal's grave.
• Zhang Wanzhi used the dead man's bones to follow a bloodline connection, leading the group to more graves as they pursued the mysterious people's relatives.
• Dozens of powerful ascenders entered the Pure Land Realm, and Li Xiuchang realized they were likely Tianxiang's Love Slaves, guided by a powerful diviner.
• The Love Slaves seized civilians as hostages, and Mo Tu and the Pure Land Realm's monks fought to rescue them while Mo Tu killed many attackers.
• After the Love Slaves took tens of millions of mortals hostage and demanded Tianxiang, Hui Ren considered yielding, but Mo Tu refused to release her.

Mo Tu and Li Xiuchang held firm against the Love Slaves’ hostage demands while waiting for a way to end the standoff. Meanwhile, Chen Changsheng investigated the Immortal Shade and discovered a spatial rift pouring out a devastating beast tide, then approached it to see whether it led to the Shadow World.

• Mo Tu advised Hui Ren to refuse the Love Slaves’ demand and avoid provoking them, making clear that killing hostages would lead to Tianxiang’s death and the Love Slaves’ deaths.
• Li Xiuchang said Chen Changsheng had contacted Ye Yuqiu to urge Chu Ya to sever the love threads, while both sides settled into a ceasefire.
• Chen Changsheng changed the Teleportation Array’s destination and sent a clone into the Immortal Shade to investigate its rapid expansion.
• Chen Changsheng’s clone encountered a vast beast tide, concealed himself, and traced it toward the Immortal Shade’s core.
• Chen Changsheng found formations nourishing a huge spatial rift from which demonic beasts poured into the Immortal Shade.
• Chen Changsheng cautiously moved toward the rift, wondering whether it led to the Shadow World and could help him rescue Wang Jingxing.