Recaps

Zhou Yuan used the Creation Pavilion’s vast collection to strengthen his cultivation and discover that the Myriad Dao Book might be more than an Innate Supreme Treasure. After ten thousand years, he mastered Innate Five Elements Divine Thunder and left the pavilion as his allotted time neared its end.

• Zhou Yuan entered the Creation Pavilion and found it was a cave-heaven world filled with Dao books, including writings by Fuxi and Nuwa.
• Zhou Yuan used the Myriad Dao Book to absorb the pavilion’s knowledge and found that it could briefly form a fiftieth Innate divine restriction.
• Zhou Yuan concluded that the Myriad Dao Book might be a Chaos Spiritual Treasure or something greater, though restoring its full power would take time.
• Zhou Yuan spent ten thousand years studying the books and discussing the Dao with the gods of Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Zhou Yuan completed the Greater Divine Ability Innate Five Elements Divine Thunder, finished reading the Creation Pavilion’s books, and left as his stay neared its end.

At the Demon Clan’s heavenly banquet, Di Jun used the Heavenly Court’s fortune to elevate Tai Yi, Nuwa, and Fuxi into Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerates and appointed Kunpeng as Demon Master. Zhou Yuan realized the Demon Clan’s rise would draw the Primordial World’s ancient powers toward the Heavenly Court and usher in an age of Quasi-Saints.

• Empress Nuwa, Dao Lord Fuxi, and Zhou Yuan arrived at Ling Xiao Palace, where Di Jun and Tai Yi welcomed them and the heavenly banquet began.
• Di Jun rewarded Tai Yi by appointing him Eastern Emperor, and Tai Yi used the Heavenly Court’s fortune to sever his Good Corpse and become a Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerate.
• Di Jun named Nuwa Empress Wa and Fuxi Emperor Xi, and both broke through to become Quasi-Saints using the Heavenly Court’s fortune.
• Zhou Yuan recognized that the Demon Clan’s new Quasi-Saints would draw ancient powers to the Heavenly Court and make the Primordial World an arena for competing claims to fortune.
• Di Jun appointed Kunpeng Demon Master, ranking him below himself and the three emperors, and Kunpeng accepted the position.

Fuxi proposed Taiyuanzi as Heavenly River Water God, using the appointment to press Di Jun over tensions between Phoenix Perch Mountain and the Sun Palace. Di Jun approved the title and lavish rewards, leaving Taiyuanzi stunned and Kunpeng considering what the rift might mean for the Northern Sea Demon Clan.

• Fuxi named Taiyuanzi, a Water Element cultivator, to oversee the Heavenly Realm’s clouds and rain as Heavenly River Water God.
• The demons reacted with alarm as they realized the appointment challenged existing authority and might worsen conflict within the newly established Heavenly Court.
• Di Jun understood that Fuxi’s demand arose from Xi He’s effort to draw Demon Clan lineages away from Phoenix Perch Mountain and decided to repair the damage.
• Di Jun confirmed Taiyuanzi’s appointment and granted him treasures, servants, and a dojo beside the Heavenly River.
• Kunpeng interpreted the appointment as a gesture of reconciliation and a signal to Demon Clan branches that they could earn high positions, then considered how the Northern Sea Demon Clan might benefit.
• Zhou Yuan sat stunned and delighted by his unexpected appointment as Heavenly River Water God.

Zhou Yuan received the authority and title of Heavenly River Water God, and Fuxi arranged for him to lead the Heavenly Court’s Water Department. After the banquet, Zhou Yuan began recruiting Phoenix Perch Mountain allies to fill its new posts.

• Zhou Yuan thanked the Heavenly Emperor, Fuxi, and Nuwa after receiving the Heavenly River Water God’s divine position and the Great Dao of Water Element.
• Fuxi granted Zhou Yuan officials for his Water Department and proposed assigning it pill-refining and artifact-forging work, which Di Jun approved.
• Zhou Yuan suppressed the urge to break through and considered using the Heavenly Court’s Hidden Heaven Tower’s records to manifest the fiftieth Innate Divine Restriction of the Myriad Dao Book.
• Di Jun and the other rulers toasted the assembled ministers, who pledged to serve the Heavenly Court and strengthen the demon race.
• After the banquet, Zhou Yuan asked Fairy Cai Feng to send Phoenix Perch Mountain cultivators to serve in the Water Department, and she agreed to select capable people.

Zhou Yuan arrived at the Heavenly Court’s Water Department office and began organizing its staff, resources, and duties. He sent two newly promoted fox brothers to make inquiries while he reviewed the Water Department’s records and planned to prepare for his breakthrough.

• Zhou Yuan traveled to the restored Water Department office and showed its demon guards his divine seal, establishing his authority as its chief official.
• Bai Zhen and Bai Xuan explained the office’s history, and Zhou Yuan promoted the two descendants of Qingqiu to Heavenly Generals.
• Zhou Yuan ordered Bai Zhen and Bai Xuan to inquire about his Heavenly River Dojo, the department’s soldiers and treasures, his attendants, and supplies, then rewarded them with pills and spiritual fruit.
• Zhou Yuan entered the Water Official’s Residence and decided to retain and simplify the Primordial Heavenly Court’s system for regulating clouds, mist, and water vapor.
• Zhou Yuan examined the Water Department’s sealed archives so he could settle its affairs and prepare for his breakthrough.

Tu Shan considered the Heavenly Court’s next steps and saw a chance to build ties with the Water Department and the Phoenix Perch Mountain Dao Lineage. In Ling Xiao Palace, Nuwa and Fuxi persuaded Di Jun to spread the Mystic Gate Immortal Path to strengthen the Demon Clan, though Tai Yi remained wary of where that alliance would lead.

• Tu Shan approved the Water Department’s request and sent a jade slip of cultivation methods to his clan, including Little Eighteen and Little Nineteen.
• Tu Shan considered befriending the Heavenly River Water God to benefit the Qingqiu Fox Clan while keeping its ties to the Sun Palace.
• Nuwa told Di Jun and Tai Yi that the Demon Clan lacked mid-level cultivators and that Mystic Gate methods could help strengthen it.
• Tai Yi questioned whether the Mystic Gate’s rise would ultimately undermine the Demon Clan, while Nuwa warned that its flourishing was the Heavenly Dao’s great trend.
• Fuxi argued that the Demon Clan had to honor its agreement with the Three Pure Ones and could recruit Mystic Gate immortals into the Heavenly Court.
• Di Jun agreed to promote the Mystic Gate Immortal Path, and Nuwa promised that she and Fuxi would not betray the Demon Clan if it remained loyal to them.

Di Jun and the demon race’s leaders decided to build their strength before striking at rival powers. Zhou Yuan organized the Water Department and moved into his new Heavenly River Dojo, where Zi Wei Star Lord invited him to meet the Star God Lineage.

• Di Jun agreed with Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, Fuxi, and Nuwa to let the demon race recuperate while keeping border conflicts within limits for training.
• Zhou Yuan reviewed the Heavenly Immortal cultivation path and received staff, supplies, and resources for the Water Department from a Heavenly Official.
• Cultivators from Phoenix Perch Mountain Dao Lineage and Wei River Water Mansion joined Zhou Yuan as he appointed officials across the Water Department’s six divisions.
• Zhou Yuan visited the Hidden Heaven Tower, then moved into the completed Heavenly River Dojo beside the Heavenly River.
• Zi Wei Star Lord sent an Attendant Boy to invite Zhou Yuan, who traveled by star chariot to Zi Wei Star and met his host.

Zi Wei Star Lord offered Zhou Yuan the Water Virtue Star Lord position and authority over the Heavenly Realm’s water element in exchange for joining the Star God Lineage. Zhou Yuan refused to leave the Demon Clan Heavenly Court, and Zi Wei Star Lord let him depart on friendly terms.

• Zhou Yuan met Zi Wei Star Lord and recognized his formidable cultivation and the Star God Lineage’s influence.
• Zi Wei Star Lord offered Zhou Yuan the Water Virtue Star Lord position, promising him authority over the Heavenly Realm’s water element if he joined the Star God Lineage.
• Zhou Yuan considered the risks of abandoning the Demon Clan Heavenly Court and refused the offer, saying he could not casually join another faction.
• Zi Wei Star Lord pressured Zhou Yuan with his aura, but Zhou Yuan remained composed and declared that he would walk his own path.
• Zi Wei Star Lord withdrew his aura, admired Zhou Yuan’s resolve, and invited him to visit the starry sky again.

After Zhou Yuan refused the Star God Lineage’s invitation, Zi Wei Star Lord reported the encounter to Dou Mu Heavenly Venerate, who suspected the Water God had ties to the Ancient Divine Path. Dou Mu warned Zi Wei that the rising Demon Clan could soon threaten the stars and urged him and Gou Chen to prepare to claim their father’s hidden legacy.

• Zi Wei Star Lord concluded that Zhou Yuan’s refusal still assured the Star God Lineage that he would not contest its authority over the Heavenly River.
• Dou Mu Heavenly Venerate questioned Zi Wei about the invitation, then tried and failed to calculate Taiyuanzi’s origins and ordered her younger sons to watch him.
• Dou Mu told Zi Wei that the Demon Clan’s four Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerates threatened the Star God Lineage and urged him and Gou Chen to prepare to break through.
• Dou Mu explained that their father’s legacy lay suppressed beneath the Three Sovereigns Palace and that its destruction could leave the starry sea facing the Demon Clan first.
• Zi Wei vowed that he and Gou Chen would gain enough strength to resist the Demon Clan or withdraw safely, while Dou Mu reflected on the devastation of past great tribulations.

After spending 23,700 years cultivating in the Heavenly Court, Zhou Yuan prepared to break through and returned to the Wei River to settle his affairs. He left the story in secluded cultivation, with the Wei River Water Mansion thriving and his plans for spreading marketplaces awaiting his breakthrough.

• Zhou Yuan left a Puppet Clone to manage the Heavenly Court Water Department and learned that Su Nu and the Banner Spirits had successfully organized alchemy and artifact refining, earning him a surplus of materials.
• After reading every Dao book in the Hidden Heaven Tower, Zhou Yuan decided to leave the Heavenly Court and begin his breakthrough.
• Zhou Yuan bribed the South Heaven Gate officials and used its teleportation array to descend to the Wei River.
• Zhou Yuan saw that marketplaces along the Wei River had multiplied and considered spreading them across the Primordial Great Land as a source of merit.
• Zhou Yuan returned to the Wei River Water Mansion, encouraged its officials, gave several cultivation lectures, and began secluded cultivation.

Zhou Yuan used the Myriad Dao Book’s briefly manifested fiftieth Innate Divine Restriction to shield himself from Heavenly Dao detection as he seized Yellow Middle Plum’s fate and status with [Magpie Occupies Nest]. The chapter left his transformation underway as the Heavenly Dao searched for the disturbance and Purple Heaven Palace appeared in the chaos.

• Zhou Yuan set up the Innate Profound Origin One Qi Myriad Waters Formation and brought Yellow Middle Plum’s fragile Dao Embryo before him.
• Zhou Yuan activated the Myriad Dao Book’s fiftieth Innate Divine Restriction, which pulled him beyond the reach of time, space, and fate for a limited time.
• Zhou Yuan used [Magpie Occupies Nest] to strip Yellow Middle Plum of its innate foundation, fortune, divine abilities, and status, taking them into himself.
• The Heavenly Dao sensed a faint ripple in the River of Time and searched the void, but found no trace of the disturbance.
• Purple Heaven Palace stood silently within the boundless chaos.

Ancestor Hongjun investigated a disturbance in the River of Time and chose not to pursue the unknown variable, while powerful beings across its branches sensed his intervention. At a banquet in the Huai River Dragon Palace, Ao Yuan was asked about his troubled silence and recognized the Dragon God of Yunmeng.

• Ancestor Hongjun used the Jade Plate of Creation to search the River of Time, sensed a beneficial future for the Primordial Great World, and decided not to seek out the variable.
• Great Divine Ability Users in branches of the River of Time noticed Daoist Hongjun's intervention, speculated about its cause, and returned to their own timelines.
• Ao Yuan hosted the Four Seas Dragon Clan at a lavish banquet in the Huai River Dragon Palace as its guests discussed their gains and rivalries.
• A dragon god asked Ao Yuan why he was drinking in silence, and Ao Yuan was surprised to see that the speaker was the Dragon God of Yunmeng.

Ao Sheng manipulated Ao Yuan and the gathered dragon gods by stoking their resentment toward Taiyuanzi and appealing to their pride in the dragon clan’s past glory. The dragons began to share his grief over their clan’s decline, leaving Ao Sheng poised to influence them further.

• Ao Sheng told Ao Yuan that the Wei River Water Lord was blocking his path to becoming Great Dragon God of Huai River and obtaining the Water Element Dao Fruit.
• Ao Yuan cursed Taiyuanzi and complained that the tribes along the Huai River had joined the Wei River Water Mansion, while the other dragon gods inwardly blamed Ao Yuan’s own cruelty.
• Ao Yuan flew into a rage, and the dragon gods tried to calm him by offering support and tribes from their own rivers.
• The Turtle Chancellor recalled that Wei River demons had insulted Ao Yuan by dumping filth downstream and that the Wei River Water Mansion had evaded the Huai River Dragon Palace’s demands for an explanation.
• Ao Sheng prayed to Zhou Yuan, then wept over the dragon clan’s lost glory and lamented that it could not even deal with the Wei River Water Mansion.
• Ao Sheng’s speech moved the dragon gods, and he hid a fleeting smile as their expressions changed.

Ao Yuan agreed to lead the dragon gods in a surprise attack on the Wei River Water Mansion, hoping to seize the Huai River’s upper reaches and advance toward Grand Unity. After learning Ao Sheng had encouraged the campaign to further his own plans, Ao Yuan still prepared for the invasion and contacted the dragon clan’s ancestors for protection.

• Ao Yuan weighed the risks of attacking Taiyuanzi and the Wei River, including possible intervention from Phoenix Perch Mountain, but Ao Sheng urged him to strike quickly and justify the invasion afterward.
• Ao Yuan ordered the dragon gods to gather their troops at his Huai River Dragon Palace and launch a surprise attack on the Wei River in one hundred years.
• The dragon gods celebrated the planned campaign, while Ao Sheng privately rejoiced that his scheme had worked.
• That night, Ao Yuan questioned the Turtle Chancellor, who revealed that Ao Sheng wanted the attack to encourage dragon gods to help him seize the Yangtze River waterways.
• Ao Yuan dismissed the Turtle Chancellor, decided to inform the ancestors in case the campaign went wrong, and used a dragon scale to contact one.

Ao Yuan led more than a dozen Grand Unity Great Sages and a host of dragon soldiers to seize the Wei River Water Mansion while Zhou Yuan prepared to meet them after advancing in the Water Element Dao. The dragons entered the formation, unaware of Zhou Yuan’s strength and the wider attention his breakthrough had drawn.

• Ao Yuan mobilized dragon forces from the Huai River Dragon Palace and the Four Seas Dragon Clan, then led them toward the Wei River Water Mansion.
• Zhou Yuan watched the approaching dragons and revealed that he had set a bait to draw in a powerful opponent.
• Zhou Yuan closed his eyes and manifested a thirty-six-grade Three Flowers on the Crown and a Water Element Dao Fruit, causing cultivators across the world to sense the Water Element Dao’s upheaval.
• Dao Lords and other powerful figures tried to identify the cultivator who had attained the Water Element Dao, while Candle Dragon sensed a foreboding threat and departed.
• Ao Yuan dismissed the formation surrounding the Wei River Water Mansion, entered it first, and was followed by the other true dragons.

Ao Yuan and the true dragons entered Zhou Yuan’s water formation, where Primordial Heavy Water and Nine Heavens Weak Water overwhelmed their defenses and injured Ao Mo. Meanwhile, Zhou Yuan completed his understanding of the Great Dao of Water Element, declared his Dao complete, and ascended to the Grand Unity Immortal realm.

• Ao Yuan used the Green Mountain Cauldron to slow the Primordial Heavy Water and shield the dragons inside the formation.
• The formation’s waters turned into Nine Heavens Weak Water, corroding the cauldron’s barrier and severely injuring Ao Mo.
• Ao Yuan and the other dragons rescued Ao Mo and realized the formation was far more dangerous than they had expected.
• Zhou Yuan expounded his understanding of water’s cycles and saw the myriad forms of water appear within his Dao Fruit.
• Zhou Yuan declared his Dao complete as his indestructible golden essence transcended time and space toward a realm beyond description.

Zhou Yuan sailed his makeshift raft upstream through the River of Time, reaching the chaotic region at its source and opening his own tributary. His true soul sublimated as he attained the Dao of a Great Luo Dao Lord.

• Zhou Yuan used the Myriad Dao Book, the Water Ancestor's divine seal, and Yellow Middle Plum's aura to upgrade his raft and sail upstream.
• Zhou Yuan passed the Archaic and Primordial Eras, fleeing Lost Souls that pursued his boat.
• Zhou Yuan reached a pitch-black expanse beyond the ordered River of Time and found an unclaimed channel.
• Zhou Yuan's three flowers and Dao Fruit entered the channel, where they transformed into a fish that gathered the phantoms of his past, present, and future.
• Zhou Yuan opened his own tributary, and his true soul completed its sublimation.

Zhou Yuan attained the Innate Great Luo Dao Lord realm after witnessing Pangu open heaven, but the Myriad Dao Book saved him from the destructive axe light. As he prepared to deal with the trapped dragons, the Old Dragon Lord of the East Sea arrived to rescue them and confronted him.

• Zhou Yuan formed an immortal true spirit and saw Pangu’s imprint at the source of the River of Time cleave through the Chaos Demon Gods.
• The Pangu axe light threatened Zhou Yuan, but the Myriad Dao Book restored his awareness and he logged off before it could harm him.
• Back in the Wei River Water Mansion, Zhou Yuan examined the Heaven-Opening Divine Sound and Axe Light, then announced his intention to kill two True Dragons.
• Zhou Yuan’s breakthrough spread across the Huai River region, where living beings praised him as an Innate Dao Lord.
• The Old Dragon Lord of the East Sea rushed to the Wei River to rescue the trapped Dragon Clan elites, but Zhou Yuan’s Nine-Section Bamboo Staff blocked him.
• The Old Dragon Lord met the staff with a full-force Azure Dragon attack and warned Zhou Yuan to let him take the juniors away.

Zhou Yuan fought Dao Lord Guangfa after the dragon trespassed into his dojo, revealing the power of a Great Divine Ability User and nearly killing him. As the Crimson Golden Lamp ignited Guangfa’s hidden karmic debt, an unseen voice asked Zhou Yuan to spare his life.

• Zhou Yuan sealed the space above the Wei River and weakened Dao Lord Guangfa’s connection to the Great Dao of Water Element.
• Zhou Yuan struck Guangfa with the Twelve Sea-Calming Pearls, leaving twelve bloody wounds in his dragon body.
• Dao Lord Guangfa broke through Zhou Yuan’s Water Element barriers with a blue-jade bottle and attacked again, while Zhou Yuan used their exchanges to gauge his strength.
• Zhou Yuan unleashed the Netherworld’s Final Dao Domain and revealed that he was a Great Divine Ability User, corroding Guangfa’s existence across space-time.
• Dao Lord Guangfa begged for his life, then cursed Zhou Yuan and threatened him with the Dragon Clan.
• Zhou Yuan summoned the Crimson Golden Lamp, causing Guangfa’s hidden karmic debt to erupt, as a voice asked Zhou Yuan to spare him.

Zhou Yuan refused Candle Dragon’s demand to spare Dao Lord Guangfa after the dragon clan attacked his Water Palace. Candle Dragon restored Guangfa and ordered Zhou Yuan to back down, but Zhou Yuan began a powerful counterattack.

• Zhou Yuan burned Dao Lord Guangfa with the Crimson Bright Profound Sky Golden Lamp, causing his suppressed Karmic Debt to threaten to erase him.
• Candle Dragon froze spacetime and asked Zhou Yuan to withdraw, calling Guangfa’s punishment an internal dragon-clan matter.
• Zhou Yuan rejected Candle Dragon’s demand and accused him of expecting the dragon clan’s attack to go unanswered.
• Candle Dragon claimed Zhou Yuan should be grateful he was spared and ordered him to withdraw, while sentencing Guangfa to guard Dragon Abyss for twelve epochs.
• Candle Dragon used his lantern to heal Guangfa and restore him, but Zhou Yuan refused to yield and unleashed a divine sound that made Candle Dragon’s expression change.

Dao Lord Guangfa died in the returning Merit Spirit Fire, and Zhou Yuan claimed his Four Symbols Bottle. Candle Dragon confronted Zhou Yuan over his identity, then challenged him to battle after Zhou Yuan claimed he had once contended with Ancestor Dragon for the Dao.

• Dao Lord Guangfa was burned away when Candle Dragon’s frozen spacetime shattered, and Zhou Yuan collected the Four Symbols Bottle.
• Zhou Yuan told Candle Dragon that Dao Lord Guangfa had confessed and taken his own life, while Candle Dragon grew wary of Zhou Yuan’s Heaven-Opening Divine Sound.
• Candle Dragon’s belief that Zhou Yuan was an ancient being deepened Zhou Yuan’s foundation and stabilized his status as an ancient one.
• Zhou Yuan claimed he had once contended with Ancestor Dragon for the Dao, and Candle Dragon detected a trace of the Water Ancestor’s aura in him.
• Candle Dragon unleashed his vast dragon form and challenged Zhou Yuan to fight, drawing powerful beings’ attention to the Wei River.

Zhou Yuan used the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe to injure Candle Dragon, then continued their battle across time and space with the Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner. As the fight intensified, a handsome man carrying a great sun appeared and asked them to stop.

• The Three Pure Daoists admired Zhou Yuan’s Heaven-Opening Axe Light and discussed bringing him into the Mystic Gate.
• Zhou Yuan’s axe light shattered Candle Dragon’s River of Time phantom and wounded him.
• Zhou Yuan summoned the Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner and fought Candle Dragon across countless dimensions.
• Ao Yuan and the others emerged from the formation and froze in fear at the battle raging through time and space.
• A handsome man carrying a great sun appeared and asked Zhou Yuan and Candle Dragon to calm their anger.

Zhou Yuan and Candle Dragon ended their fight after Eastern Emperor Tai Yi intervened, but their dispute over the Four Rivers remained unresolved. Zhou Yuan left with two Innate Spiritual Treasures and continued negotiating with Candle Dragon.

• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi arrived, and he and Candle Dragon withdrew from their battle as both sides accepted that continuing would be costly.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi defended Taiyuanzi and condemned the Dragon Clan’s attack, while Candle Dragon ordered the Eastern Sea Dragon Clan not to intervene and admitted defeat.
• Candle Dragon used the Great Dao of Time to age Ao Sheng into bones, and Zhou Yuan killed Ao Yuan and took the Green Mountain Cauldron.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi stopped Zhou Yuan from targeting the remaining Dragon Clan prodigies, and Zhou Yuan demanded the Four Rivers’ waters as compensation alongside the two Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Candle Dragon refused to surrender the Four Rivers, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi stepped in to mediate as both sides threatened each other without attacking.

After Candle Dragon conceded the lower Huai River and departed, Zhou Yuan returned to the Wei River Water Mansion and began cultivating his newly comprehended Water Element Cycle Great Dao. He envisioned a cycle linking the Primordial World's waters and realms, then resumed his Dao cultivation, determined to pursue the Great Dao.

• Candle Dragon left after yielding the lower Huai River to Zhou Yuan, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi departed for the Heavenly Court after helping mediate their dispute.
• Zhou Yuan dismissed the gathered great powers, returned to the Wei River, and ordered his subordinates to take over the lower Huai River and consolidate the tribes along its banks.
• Zhou Yuan kept the Four Symbols Bottle and Green Mountain Cauldron, then used the Myriad Dao Book to clarify that his Dao was the Water Element Cycle Great Dao.
• With the Heavenly Dao's aid, Zhou Yuan envisioned a system cycling water between the heavens, land, seas, Sea of Blood, and Netherworld to renew the Primordial World's vital energy.
• Zhou Yuan recognized that his broader vision exceeded his current abilities, withdrew from his contemplation, and continued cultivating with the Great Dao as his aim.

After five hundred years of Zhou Yuan’s seclusion, Guizhenzi and the Water Mansion’s forces unified the Huai River and discovered a treasure in a cave. When the treasure opened, a terrifying white-headed ape emerged and killed a White Brocade Rat who tried to claim it.

• Guizhenzi led the Water Mansion’s forces to defeat the Black Flood Dragon and seize the Huai River Dragon Palace.
• Guizhenzi prepared to establish the Wei River’s governing system across the unified Huai River.
• Guizhenzi and the Water Mansion’s elite discovered a cave releasing intense spiritual energy and gathered outside it with independent cultivators and Demon Kings.
• A pale blue sphere emerged from the cave, and the cultivators and demons fought one another to claim it.
• The sphere split open, releasing a blood-red baleful aura and a white-headed ape that crushed the White Brocade Rat’s head.