Chapter Summaries

After Ying Xintian announced that cultivators could compete for his Immortal Inheritance, Zhang Yu and others entered the Experimental Area, where a restriction barred Void Refining cultivators and the Immortal Shuttle. Su Lingyou suppressed news of the inheritance from outside the Illusionary Realm, while Zhang Yu was teleported into the competition and the race toward the inheritance began.

• Ying Xintian’s announcement prompted Zhang Yu and cultivators across the Factory Area to race toward the Experimental Area in pursuit of his Immortal Inheritance.
• Qin Chuan and Jiang Xunyi each decided to compete for the inheritance, and both hurried toward the Experimental Area.
• Zhang Yu entered the Experimental Area aboard the Immortal Shuttle, but a barrier stopped the shuttle while allowing him to pass through alone and teleport away.
• Ling Chiye discovered that the Experimental Area restricted Void Refining cultivators, then resolved to protect Ying Aikun and help him escape with the inheritance.
• Su Lingyou suppressed information about Ying Xintian and the inheritance, believing control of the news would keep the Illusionary Realm under her control.

Ying Aikun raced to claim the Heavenly Devil Sect master’s inheritance while Zhang Yu secretly found and absorbed a hidden corpse inside the giant corpse. After Ying Aikun fought off eight rivals, the giant corpse announced that Zhang Yu had inherited the Grotto-Heaven, leaving Ying Aikun furious and bewildered.

• Ying Aikun used his Universe Pot and spatial techniques to race ahead of the other cultivators, while Jiang Xunyi entered the Experimental Area despite Qin Chuan’s doubts about the inheritance.
• Zhang Yu discovered a second corpse hidden in the giant corpse’s chest and extracted its Grotto-Heaven Power, while he impersonated the giant corpse to stall Ying Aikun and test his wealth.
• Ying Aikun displayed his remaining assets, then fought off eight Divine Transformation cultivators who tried to seize the inheritance from him.
• Zhang Yu absorbed all the hidden corpse’s Grotto-Heaven Power and drew the corpse into his Immortal Grotto-Heaven, which expanded violently.
• The giant corpse declared Zhang Yu the successor, and Ying Aikun recognized that Zhang Yu had obtained the hidden Grotto-Heaven and angrily demanded to know why it went to him.

Zhang Yu witnessed Ying Tanyao’s memories and learned how Ying Xintian fought against Tan Taizhen’s plans before naming Tanyao his ideological successor. After inheriting their bloodline powers and reaching level 6 [Descendant of Immortals], Zhang Yu faced Ying Aikun’s attempt to seize the inheritance.

• Zhang Yu entered Ying Tanyao’s memory dreamscape and saw her discover that Tan Taizhen was involved in farming humans and creating Artificial Humans.
• Ying Xintian rescued Ying Tanyao from Tan Taizhen’s attack, explained his opposition to the Demonic Path, and accepted her as his successor despite their lack of a blood relationship.
• Ying Xintian’s message revealed that Tan Taizhen later killed Ying Tanyao, while Ying Xintian, Reincarnation, and Wild Ox preserved parts of her spirit and vitality.
• Ying Tanyao passed Ying Xintian’s bloodline power and Tan Taizhen’s bloodline information to Zhang Yu, causing his [Descendant of Immortals] to reach level 6 and strengthening his Immortal Grotto-Heaven.
• Ying Aikun attacked Zhang Yu with the Universe Pot, but Zhang Yu’s Immortal Grotto-Heaven withstood the force without moving.

Zhang Yu defeated Ying Aikun by using Grotto-Heaven Manifestation, his clones, and Battle Corpse Parts to overwhelm him. After Ying Aikun was suppressed, the enormous corpse declared that Zhang Yu had obtained the Immortal Inheritance and warned him that powerful factions and Tai Zhen would soon target him.

• Ying Aikun sealed the entrance to Zhang Yu's Immortal Grotto-Heaven and attacked him with Life Flame.
• Zhang Yu used Grotto-Heaven Manifestation to absorb the Life Flame and fought Ying Aikun while shifting between reality and his Grotto-Heaven.
• Zhang Yu sent more than thirty clones and Battle Corpse Parts through thirteen Grotto-Heaven Bridges, then struck Ying Aikun with thirty-three layers of Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power.
• Zhang Yu suppressed Ying Aikun in a crater, shocking the watching Deity Transformation cultivators and Deputy Minister Jiang Xunyi.
• The enormous corpse told Zhang Yu that he now controlled the Illusionary Realm and warned that powerful sects, Heavenly Court Orthodox Deities, immortals, and Tai Zhen would come after him.

Zhang Yu learned how Kunxu’s Immortals used power and authority, then seized control of Ying Xintian’s Illusionary Realm and the Immortal Inheritance. After Su Lingyou had the Orthodox Gods detain him and seal his Grotto-Heaven, Zhang Yu reported that Ying Aikun and the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan had plotted to launder Ying Xintian’s illegal gains.

• The Giant Corpse explained that Immortals invested their limited power where it brought the greatest returns and used authority to extend their influence, advising Zhang Yu to become a reform banner and a blade against Tan Taizhen.
• Zhang Yu accepted the dangerous path, began sensing his control over the Illusionary Realm, and restored its connection to the Spirit Realm.
• Zhang Yu messaged Bu Yingshu that he had taken the Immortal Inheritance from Ying Aikun, while Ling Chiye and Qin Chuan mistakenly believed Ying Aikun had won until the darkness lifted and revealed Zhang Yu holding him down.
• Bu Yingshu protected Zhang Yu from the Orthodox Gods, but Su Lingyou arrived, froze Bu Yingshu, and ordered Zhang Yu detained and his Grotto-Heaven sealed.
• Zhang Yu used a Report Talisman to accuse Ying Xintian, Ying Aikun, and the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan of laundering illegal gains and evading taxes.

Zhang Yu exposed evidence that Ying Aikun was Ying Xintian’s chosen heir and accused him and the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan of transferring illegal assets. Bu Yingshu and the Wanfa Immortal Clan intervened as investigations and tax enforcement targeted Ying Aikun and Su Lingyou, leaving the Tai Zhen faction under pressure.

• Ying Aikun denied being Ying Xintian’s heir and accused Zhang Yu of colluding with Ying Xintian, while cultivators speculated about hidden assets and tax evasion.
• Zhang Yu presented videos of Ying Aikun invoking the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan and accepting the Giant Corpse’s designation as an heir chosen by Ying Xintian and the sect master.
• Su Lingyou tried to silence Zhang Yu and then attacked him, but Bu Yingshu’s Immortal Shuttle blocked her Talisman Arts as Bu Yingshu resumed acting.
• Wanfa cultivators and Patrol Department Orthodox Gods arrived, sealed the Immortal Grotto-Heaven, and began investigating Ying Xintian’s assets while the Tai Zhen Clan’s stocks fell.
• The Tax Inspector Army disabled Immortal Dao techniques and summoned Ying Aikun and Su Lingyou for questioning, while Su Lingyou learned the Heavenly Devil Hall had approved her detention.
• Zhang Yu realized that he had become the blade’s tip in Ying Xintian’s final strike against his descendants, the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan, and Tai Zhen.

After Zhang Yu offered to help restore the Illusionary Realm, the Heavenly Court formed a joint task force and detained him, Ying Aikun, Su Lingyou, and others for questioning. As the investigation exposed Ying Aikun’s secrets and sparked a wider political storm, Bu Yuangui explained that restoring the Old Days Graveyard could threaten the growing High-Intelligence Artifact Spirit industry.

• Zhang Yu told the Orthodox God he could restore the Illusionary Realm’s chaotic spatial structure, but Fu Ji and Zhan Xian urged him to preserve that leverage until others needed his help.
• The Heavenly Court’s joint task force took over the Old Days Graveyard, detained Zhang Yu and the others, and began questioning Zhang Yu without searching his memories.
• Ying Aikun resisted inspection of his Universe Pot, but the Tax Inspector Army broke it open and seized the Soul Cultivators and flames inside; Su Lingyou faced questions about assets allegedly embezzled after Ying Xintian’s fall, while Ling Chiye distanced himself from them.
• News of Zhang Yu’s real-name report against the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan spread across Kunxu, prompting Lu Hengzhang, Divine Lord Ci Ji, and Zhang Yu’s Myriad Laws Sect associates to discuss his dangerous position.
• Bu Yingshu urged Bu Yuangui to protect Zhang Yu, but Bu Yuangui explained that restoring the Old Days Graveyard could revive Soul Cultivator production and threaten High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits.

Bu Yingshu’s family assessed the political struggle over restoring the Old Days Graveyard, while the investigation into the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan gathered momentum and Zhang Yu’s position strengthened. As the crackdown spread, Magnetic Pole saw that Zhang Yu’s name appeared among the released punishments.

• Bu Yuangui told Bu Yingshu that opposing interests could help the Soul Cultivator Faction prevail, and praised her for placing Zhang Yu in a position to benefit from the Old Days Graveyard’s revival.
• Bai Zhenzhen worried about Zhang Yu after the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan’s accusations appeared in the news, but the Mysterious Person assured her that Zhang Yu’s political usefulness would protect him and urged her to channel her jealousy into swordsmanship.
• Ying Aikun denied wrongdoing until the Orthodox Gods showed him the evidence, then asked to become a Soul Cultivator and offered to confess the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan’s crimes.
• Kuang Tianqing persuaded Su Lingyou to cooperate with the Heavenly Demon Sect’s investigation, and she revealed that the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan had concealed at least a trillion in Ying Xintian’s assets.
• The Great God of All Living Beings approved Zhang Yu’s temporary registration as the user of Ying Xintian’s Grotto-Heaven and holder of his bloodline power.
• After Magnetic Pole’s former senior refused to help him, Divine Lord Yin Quan sent news of the investigation’s punishments, and Magnetic Pole saw Zhang Yu’s name among them.

After Zhang Yu was celebrated as a Kunxu hero and named to help manage Old Days Graveyard’s Development Zone, people across the Sect rushed to associate themselves with his rise. Zhang Yu remained absent, but his message to Yu Xinghan revealed that he was preparing to choose trusted people for his new role.

• Xuan Ji deleted Magnetic Pole after she asked him for help, then read the news praising Zhang Yu and tried to reconnect with her after their Master urged him to assist her.
• Magnetic Pole and Old Gao learned that Zhang Yu had become a public model, while the academy sought to interview them and Magnetic Pole explained that his humble origins would be emphasized.
• Bu Yuangui told Bu Yingshu that Zhang Yu would serve as Vice President of the Old Days Graveyard Development Zone management committee, and warned her not to treat him as before.
• At Heaven Sword Sect, Bai Zhenzhen learned Zhang Yu could gain Ying Xintian’s bloodline and become an Immortal Clan member, while the Mysterious Person proposed sending her to Old Days Graveyard.
• Zhao Tianxing discovered that Zhang Yu had become a Kunxu hero and was invited to an interview about their journey from Layer 1 to Layer 11.
• Zhang Yu told Yu Xinghan that he would work in the Development Zone and asked him to come help, while the Lower Realm Mutual Aid Group celebrated Zhang Yu’s news.

Yu Xinghan, Shi Huaiyu, and Ye Xingli were transferred to Old Days Graveyard to help Zhang Yu, while Wang Song and Team Leader Wang changed their attitudes toward them after learning of the appointments. As Zhang Yu prepared to rebuild the Development Zone, his cultivation advanced and he considered recruiting more Lower Realm cultivators, though Le Mulan could not join him.

• After repeated rejections of his martial arts testing applications, Yu Xinghan accepted Zhang Yu's appointment to Old Days Graveyard, and Team Leader Wang abruptly became accommodating.
• Yu Xinghan told Shi Huaiyu to come with him, and she agreed after learning Zhang Yu had asked for their help.
• Wang Song learned Ye Xingli was being transferred to Old Days Graveyard, sent her Immortal Coin and an offer of cultivation guidance, and Ye Xingli accepted Zhang Yu's invitation.
• Lu Hengzhang and Yang Kaitai discussed opposing the Old Days Graveyard reconstruction, with Yang Kaitai identifying the Youxin Department as a point of entry.
• Zhang Yu cultivated at the Youxin Department, improved his Spirit Transformation Dao Body, and confirmed Yu Xinghan and Ye Xingli would join him.
• Le Mulan told Zhang Yu she could not leave, so he considered transferring Outsourced Cultivators such as Magnetic Pole, Greenwood, and Shadow Spring instead.

Ying Aikun and Su Lingyou assessed the fallout from the conflict with the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan, while Su received a mission to help rebuild Old Days Graveyard Development Zone. Zhang Yu prepared to govern the Development Zone by bringing trusted allies onto his team, and Magnetic Pole, Greenwood, and Shadow Spring set out to join him.

• Ying Aikun reflected on his downfall and concluded that he, Zhang Yu, and Su Lingyou had been swept into a larger scheme, while he waited for Zhang Yu to fall from favor.
• Su Lingyou welcomed her move to Reincarnation Immortal Emperor's side and learned from Kuang Tianqing that she would help restore Old Days Graveyard Development Zone and promote the Soul Cultivation Industry.
• Zhang Yu discussed the Development Zone's complex challenges with Zhan Xian and Fu Ji, then received approval to transfer Magnetic Pole, Greenwood, and Shadow Spring to his team.
• Outsourced Nascent Soul cultivators learned that the three Deity Transformation cultivators were joining Zhang Yu and began hoping he would offer them work as well.
• Magnetic Pole, Greenwood, and Shadow Spring departed the Training Academy for Old Days Graveyard, while Magnetic Pole reflected on her unexpected new role in the Sect.

Magnetic Pole, Divine Lord Yin Quan, and Old Gao arrived at the Youxin Department, where Yu Xinghan and Ye Xingli welcomed them while Zhang Yu attended a Management Committee meeting. Zhang Yu secured approval to collect Frenzied Corpse Parts for his reconstruction plans, but he knew that winning cooperation from the committee’s powerful factions would be difficult.

• Magnetic Pole, Divine Lord Yin Quan, and Old Gao reached the Youxin Department and reunited with Yu Xinghan and Ye Xingli, who explained that Zhang Yu was still in a meeting.
• Zhang Yu kept up with the faster-thinking Refining Void and Tribulation Crossing cultivators and considered how to use his authority over the Illusionary Realm to gain influence in the reconstruction project.
• Zhang Yu proposed using Frenzied Corpse Parts to support cleanup and reconstruction, recognizing that subduing powerful Corpse Parts could help bridge the cultivation gap.
• Zhang Yu asked the committee to deliver all Frenzied Corpse Parts to him so he could remove Ying Xintian’s residual Grotto-Heaven Power before spatial restoration.
• President Xiao Yunhe accepted Zhang Yu’s request after he warned that ignoring the residual power could cause restoration problems, while Xie Lanyin remained skeptical.
• Zhang Yu planned to put Teacher Gao, Teacher Magnetic Pole, and Yin Quan to work, but anticipated resistance from the committee’s competing factions.

Zhang Yu organized the cleanup of the Illusionary Realm's Office Area, using the work to gather Corpse Parts and expand his Immortal Grotto-Heaven. As he began processing the Corpse Parts, Tu Mu and other officials questioned his methods and refused to hand over their own collections.

• Zhang Yu welcomed Magnetic Pole and Old Gao, brought them into his Immortal Grotto-Heaven, and assigned them and Shadow Spring to help manage Corpse Parts and prepare laboratories and production lines.
• Zhang Yu arranged high starting salaries and Sect positions for his Lower Realm associates, then restored the Office Area's Spatial Structure the next day to begin its cleanup.
• Zhang Yu and Old Gao collected Frenzied Corpse Parts while Magnetic Pole, Shadow Spring, Shi Huaiyu, and Feng Tingting sorted them; Zhang Yu discovered that the Office Area Corpse Parts contained Grotto-Heaven Power and absorbed it, calming the Corpse Parts and expanding his Grotto-Heaven.
• Tu Mu criticized Zhang Yu for relying on Lower Realm cultivators and taking on work himself, then refused to send his team's collected Corpse Parts to Zhang Yu because the other teams had not done so.

Zhang Yu turned the enterprises’ demand for intact, valuable Corpse Parts into a system that made cleaning teams send them to him for processing, giving him control over recycling and payments across the Development Zone. Tu Mu recognized Zhang Yu’s growing authority and tried to win his favor, but Feng Tingting told him Zhang Yu refused gifts and directed him to send Immortal Crystals to the Immortal Grotto-Heaven instead.

• Tu Mu believed Zhang Yu had lost authority after no teams sent him Corpse Parts, while Zhang Yu told Yu Xinghan to let the Corpse Parts fly a while longer.
• Zhang Yu worked with Manager Lin to sell intact, functional Corpse Parts at higher prices, and the enterprises’ recycling managers began directing cleaning teams to Zhang Yu for processing.
• After the enterprises cut prices for dismantled materials, cleaning teams increasingly brought their Corpse Parts to Zhang Yu, who extracted their Grotto-Heaven Power and arranged their sale.
• Yu Xinghan announced unified registration, processing, and recycling, making Zhang Yu the intermediary for Corpse Parts and payments throughout the Development Zone.
• Tu Mu realized Zhang Yu could control the cleaning teams through the new system and tried to contact him with gifts, but Feng Tingting told him Zhang Yu did not accept gifts and suggested sending Immortal Crystals to the Immortal Grotto-Heaven.

Tu Mu tried to win Zhang Yu's favor with Immortal Crystals and an outrageous offer, but Zhang Yu instead tested his combat strength and recruited him as a fighter. As Xie Lanyin grew wary of Zhang Yu's influence and Bu Yuangui urged Bu Yingshu to help Ten Thousand Methods enter Old Days Graveyard industries, Zhang Yu received word that A-Zhen was coming.

• Tu Mu delivered Immortal Crystals to Yan Qianji and learned that Zhang Yu rejected gifts, favors, and attempts to trade on connections.
• Tu Mu offered to bear Zhang Yu a son, but Zhang Yu told him to work properly and prove himself in combat; after testing him, Zhang Yu judged him the strongest fighter among his Deity Transformation subordinates.
• Xie Lanyin suspected Zhang Yu was helping Ten Thousand Methods gain influence in Old Days Graveyard and decided his reach had to be cut off.
• Bu Yuangui praised Zhang Yu's organizing ability and told Bu Yingshu to approach him about helping Ten Thousand Methods expand into Corpse Parts and Soul Cultivation industries.
• Zhang Yu considered the Management Committee position an examination of his ability to secure his post and advance Ten Thousand Methods, then received a message that A-Zhen was coming.

Bai Zhenzhen visited Zhang Yu in his Immortal Grotto-Heaven and secretly exchanged Immortal Spiritual Roots while explaining that a powerful Heaven Sword Sect figure had been manipulating her career. Bu Yingshu arrived, detected traces of Magical Power between them, and demanded to watch them engage in Dual Cultivation, leaving Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen trying to convince her their exchange was ordinary cultivation.

• Bai Zhenzhen told Wen Wuya to visit Zhang Yu first, then entered Zhang Yu's Immortal Grotto-Heaven with him.
• Bai Zhenzhen warned Zhang Yu that a powerful Mysterious Person in the Heaven Sword Sect had arranged her promotion and might be monitoring her.
• Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu went somewhere private and began exchanging and nourishing their Immortal Spiritual Roots.
• Bu Yingshu flew into Zhang Yu's Immortal Grotto-Heaven, confirmed he was there, and brought Shi Huaiyu and Feng Tingting along.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen claimed they had been engaging in Dual Cultivation, but Bu Yingshu questioned their account after the Immortal Shuttle detected sterilization.
• Bu Yingshu ordered Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to demonstrate Dual Cultivation, so they transmitted Magical Power to each other.

Bu Yingshu nearly killed Bai Zhenzhen after learning she belonged to Heaven Sword Sect’s Extreme Joy Lineage, but Zhang Yu calmed her by warning that an attack would expose his importance. After Bu Yingshu left, Zhang Yu resumed gathering Corpse Parts and Immortal Crystals, then received an unexpected emergency meeting invitation as rumors of opposition from the other Vice Presidents spread.

• Bu Yingshu returned to the Immortal Grotto-Heaven intending to ram Bai Zhenzhen to death, but Zhang Yu expelled her and then shut down the Grotto-Heaven Bridge to stop her leaving with him.
• Zhang Yu persuaded Bu Yingshu that killing Bai Zhenzhen would draw suspicion to the secrets behind his importance, so Bu Yingshu made him cut contact with Bai Zhenzhen and then departed.
• Bai Zhenzhen blamed Bu Yingshu for separating her from Zhang Yu, while the Mysterious Person encouraged her anger and her Extreme Emotion and Grief Sword Intents grew stronger.
• Zhang Yu’s teams cleared most Corpse Parts from the Office Area, and he selected seven Divine Transformation-level Corpse Parts to help subdue Refining Void Corpse Pieces.
• Zhang Yu decided to use the donated Immortal Crystals to strengthen his Magical Power rather than convert them into cash, then received an emergency meeting invitation amid rumors that the other Vice Presidents opposed him.

Zhang Yu faced pressure from Xie Lanyin and Xie Xue to surrender control of the Development Zone’s reconstruction, while Xiao Yunhe gave him 20 days to finish the work. Zhang Yu accepted the deadline and left the meeting planning to strengthen his power so he could clear the remaining Corpse Parts and restore the Spatial Structure.

• Xie Lanyin and Xie Xue criticized disruptions and slow reconstruction in the Development Zone, then proposed taking over the Corpse Parts cleanup work.
• Zhang Yu resisted their attempt to erode his authority and promised to accelerate the cleanup and Spatial Structure restoration.
• Xie Lanyin sped up the Spirit Realm meeting to emphasize the gap between their cultivation levels, but Zhang Yu used Mind Awakening Incense to keep pace and promised to finish within a month.
• Xiao Yunhe set a 20-day deadline, citing pressure on the Soul Cultivation Industry from High-Intelligence Artifact Spirits, and Zhang Yu agreed.
• After leaving the meeting, Zhang Yu planned to strengthen his power through rising Corpse Parts resources and the coming upgrades of his allies’ abilities.

Xie Lanyin received orders from Bai Gusheng to protect the Soul Cultivator industry and cooperate with a Myriad Laws Sect faction, while other Kunxu powers maneuvered over the Development Zone and the Artifact Spirit Dao Lineage. Zhang Yu's Azure Lotus Sword Embryo reached level 5, strengthening his Spirit Roots and making him immovable through his bond with the Immortal Grotto-Heaven; the chapter ended with Teacher Gao bringing him an advanced Calculation Pool he had found.

• Bai Gusheng told Xie Lanyin he would use the Book of Transformation in the next Ascension Selection, ordered her to keep Ten Thousand Methods from taking over the Soul Cultivator industry, and advised her to ally with a Myriad Laws Sect faction.
• Lu Hengzhang arrived at the Youxin Department with orders to obstruct the Development Zone, while two Immortals discussed replacing Zhang Yu with Tai Yuebai if Zhang Yu failed and suppressing the High-Intelligence Artifact Spirit industry.
• Su Lingyou asked the Giant Corpse for counsel, and it explained that its disciple sought to prevent the birth of the first Immortal-level High-Intelligence Artifact Spirit.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen secretly nurtured the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo, which advanced to level 5 and gained the ability to fuse Spirit Roots; Bai Zhenzhen's sword Dao and Zhang Yu's defenses also improved.
• Bu Yingshu failed to knock Zhang Yu down, then offered him another Immortal Shuttle and discussed her investment plan for the Old Days Graveyard.
• Teacher Gao arrived with an advanced Calculation Pool he had picked up in a cutting-edge laboratory in the Illusionary Realm.

Zhang Yu activated a Calculation Pool by having Fu Ji build a Dark Spirit Realm across his Immortal Grotto-Heaven, then awakened Soul Cultivators to help manage its equipment and operations. With level 5 Three-Eyed Divine Power and a fused Feather True Spirit Root, he led thirteen Deity Transformation cultivators to confront a Refining Void-level World-Casting Furnace and advanced alone to wear it down.

• Old Gao brought Zhang Yu an advanced Calculation Pool from the Experimental Area, and Zhang Yu gave him a Grotto-Heaven Bridge to make his supply runs safer.
• Zhang Yu appointed Fu Ji Chief Network Administrator and tasked her with building a Dark Spirit Realm that would let him use the Calculation Pool without exposing his Immortal Grotto-Heaven to the Spirit Realm.
• Fu Ji completed the regional Dark Spirit Realm, allowing Zhang Yu to control surveillance and equipment across the Grotto-Heaven; Zhang Yu awakened Mo Tianyi, Hu Yuntao, Che Yufei, and other Soul Cultivators to support its operations.
• Zhang Yu helped Yu Xinghan reach an Immortal Spiritual Root and advanced his own Three-Eyed Divine Power to level 5, which let him identify structural flaws and weak points.
• Zhang Yu summoned thirteen Deity Transformation cultivators and identified the Refining Void-level World-Casting Furnace as his first target, intending to use its energy-generation ability in his Grotto-Heaven.
• Zhang Yu charged the World-Casting Furnace alone, fused the Feather True Spirit Root with Bai Zhenzhen's borrowed True Spirit Root, and told Tu Mu and the others to stay back while he wore the Furnace down.