Recaps

Zhang Xuanchen used talismans to escape the factions pursuing him for his Earth Core Fire Crystal, but Withered Wood True Person ambushed him. Zhang Xuanchen vanished with a Teleportation Talisman, and the gathered factions accused the wounded Withered Wood True Person of taking the crystals.

• Xiao Changsheng offered to protect Zhang Xuanchen if he gave half the Earth Core Fire Crystal to the Xiao Clan, while Zhao Tianhai urged him to choose the Purple Cloud Sect.
• Zhang Xuanchen cursed the factions and fled with a Swift Wind Escape Talisman, prompting Lei Kuang, Tianlan Sect's cultivator, and the Xiao Clan elder to pursue him.
• Zhang Xuanchen used two Sky Burning Talismans to trap his pursuers in flames, then concealed his breath and changed his appearance while escaping.
• Withered Wood True Person attacked Zhang Xuanchen with a wooden binding technique, but Zhang Xuanchen activated a Teleportation Talisman and disappeared before the wooden bell crushed him.
• Zhao Tianhai and the other factions confronted Withered Wood True Person, accused him of keeping the Earth Core Fire Crystal, and threatened him with pursuit by the Purple Cloud Sect's Ancestor.

Withered Wood True Person denied possessing the Earth Core Fire Crystal, then left after impaling Zhao Tianhai for accusing him. Zhang Xuanchen washed ashore gravely wounded and was rescued by a young girl, while the Zhang family learned that Evil Cultivators had slaughtered Red Jade Island’s inhabitants.

• Withered Wood True Person used his Golden Core pressure to subdue the cultivators and dragged Zhao Tianhai before him.
• Zhao Tianhai demanded to inspect Withered Wood True Person’s Storage Ring, so Withered Wood True Person impaled him with Green Bamboo and insisted the Earth Core Fire Crystal was elsewhere.
• Withered Wood True Person withdrew from the contest and vanished, while Lei Kuang, Xiao Changsheng, and the others left to report what had happened.
• A young girl and her brother, Iron Egg, found the unconscious Zhang Xuanchen near their fishing village, and she carried him home despite his severe injuries.
• A messenger told the Zhang family that eight Evil Cultivators had breached Red Jade Island, killed Cousin Hong Xu, and blood-sacrificed eight thousand mortals.
• Zhang Hongzhan shattered a table in fury, and Zhang Guangli demanded permission to avenge the dead by killing the Evil Cultivators.

The Zhang Family responded to attacks by the Soul Devouring Cult, and Zhang Hongqing returned to lead a patrol with Zhang Xuanbing. The chapter ended with an unconscious young man waking in a poor family’s home, where Zhang Tiedan went to fetch him water.

• Zhang Hongzhan urged the elders to gather the Zhang Family’s strength, move mortals inward, and wait rather than provoke the Soul Devouring Cult.
• Zhang Hongqing returned to the Main Hall, and Zhang Hongzhan ordered him to select thirty disciples, patrol west of the family, and investigate Red Jade Island with Zhang Xuanbing.
• Zhang Hongqing accepted the mission and agreed to guide Zhang Xuanbing, then left the Main Hall.
• Zhang Hongzhan worried about Xiao Chen’s safe return while spiritual energy surged from the side room, signaling a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Peak.
• Half a month later, a pale young man woke in a crude house, and the girl beside him called for her mother.
• The Middle-aged Woman sent Zhang Tiedan to bring water, and he carried a basin into the room.

Zhang Xuanchen woke in the home of the poor family who had rescued him and learned how much they had sacrificed to keep him alive. After promising to repay them, he began treating his injuries and realized he would need a special pill to restore his meridians.

• Zhang Xuanchen woke in Little Village and learned that Zhang Qingqing and Zhang Tiedan had found him on the beach and that their mother had refused to bury him while he was still breathing.
• The Middle-aged Woman told Zhang Xuanchen that the family had helped him without expecting repayment, and Zhang Qingqing showed him where his belongings were.
• Zhang Tiedan insisted Zhang Xuanchen repay the family's expenses, and Zhang Xuanchen promised to return their money and offered to build them a house, which Zhang Tiedan refused.
• Zhang Xuanchen took out a Grade 2 High-grade Healing Pill and began treating his injuries, knowing he would eventually need a Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill to repair his meridians.

After recovering enough to sit up, Zhang Xuanchen concealed his cultivation and introduced himself to Li Lan’s family as a First-rate Martial Artist. The village chief and villagers brought food to help Li Lan, and Zhang Xuanchen decided to do something for the kind community before he left.

• Zhang Xuanchen recovered from his injuries with a Healing Pill and reflected on how he needed more backup plans.
• Li Lan and Zhang Qingqing brought Zhang Xuanchen a meal, and he reassured them that he appreciated their hospitality.
• Zhang Xuanchen claimed he was a First-rate Martial Artist who had been injured fighting bandits, hiding his identity as a cultivator.
• Zhang Tiedan asked Zhang Xuanchen to teach him martial arts, and Zhang Xuanchen said the boy’s admiration was natural.
• The village chief and several villagers brought food for Li Lan, who accepted after they explained they wanted to repay the kindness of her late husband, Zhang Qiqiang.
• Zhang Xuanchen heard how the villagers had supported Li Lan and decided to do something for Little Village before leaving.

Zhang Xuanchen recovered in a remote Qing Kingdom village while the major forces searched unsuccessfully for him, and he began teaching the village youths martial arts. A new Immortal Fate revelation pointed him toward a secret realm appearing in three days, where the true opportunity lay beyond a dangerous trap.

• Zhang Xuanchen learned from Village Chief Zhang Shuo that he was in Wuhe County of the Qing Kingdom and said he had come seeking an Immortal Opportunity.
• Zhang Xuanchen persuaded Zhang Tiedan to eat with him by promising to teach him martial arts, while planning to hide in the village until the search for him eased.
• The major forces sealed teleportation arrays and searched for Zhang Xuanchen, but his repeated identity changes kept them from finding him; most abandoned the investigation by the twentieth day.
• Zhao Wu complained to Hong Ming in Anyang Prefecture City about his grandfather's insistence that the Purple Cloud Sect keep searching for Zhang Xuanchen.
• Zhang Xuanchen hunted a tiger and prepared a body-tempering cauldron for twenty-three village youths, after Zhang Hao had advanced to become a Third-rate Martial Artist.
• Zhang Xuanchen received information that the Sky Dragon Secret Realm would appear in three days and that the Eastern Demon Sealed Land held the Profound Dragon Venerable's legacy, True Dragon Essence Blood, and a True Dragon Egg.

Zhang Xuanchen prepared to leave Little Village for the Sky Dragon Secret Realm and said a private farewell to Zhang Shuo, while Zhang Qingqing accepted that he did not return her feelings. He secretly left Zhang Tiedan a letter and entrusted it to Zhang Qingqing, who was to give it to him the next morning.

• Zhang Xuanchen decided to leave for the inheritance of the Profound Dragon Venerable after twenty days in Little Village.
• Zhang Shuo noticed Zhang Xuanchen intended to leave, and Zhang Xuanchen confirmed he would depart that night.
• Zhang Qingqing overheard their conversation, grieved over Zhang Xuanchen's departure, and chose to join the village gathering anyway.
• Zhang Xuanchen shared a final meal with Li Lan, Zhang Tiedan, and Zhang Qingqing without telling Li Lan or Zhang Tiedan he was leaving.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Zhang Qingqing a Brocade Pouch containing a letter for Zhang Tiedan and instructed her to deliver it the next morning.

Zhang Xuanchen parted from Zhang Qingqing, then discovered two Evil Cultivators preparing to sacrifice a village for the Soul Devouring Cult. After learning about the Blood Spirit Beads and hearing one cultivator condemn the hypocrisy of righteous sects, Zhang Xuanchen killed him and vowed to protect those under his care.

• Zhang Qingqing embraced Zhang Xuanchen, said her final farewell, and ran home with the Brocade Pouch intended for Iron Egg.
• Zhang Xuanchen sensed an evil aura and found two Evil Cultivators setting up a Formation to sacrifice the village's mortals.
• Zhang Xuanchen killed the Eagle-Nose Man, crippled the Black-Robed Middle-Aged Man, and took him to the mountain for questioning.
• The Black-Robed Middle-Aged Man explained how Blood Spirit Beads were made and revealed that a righteous Great Sect had once exterminated his family.
• Zhang Xuanchen said the man's grievance did not justify slaughtering mortals, then killed him when he could not explain the Soul Devouring Cult's purpose.

Zhang Xuanchen left Little Village after protecting it from a Blood Sacrifice that destroyed the rest of Wuhe County, leaving Zhang Tiedan secret cultivation methods and a warning. In Anyang Prefecture City, Zhao Wu suspected that Little Village held the clue to finding Zhang Xuanchen.

• Zhang Xuanchen purified the Blood Spirit Bead, left cultivation and martial arts manuals for Zhang Tiedan, and departed for the Royal City.
• White Tiger Army soldiers told Zhang Shuo that Evil Dao Demonic Beings had wiped out Wuhe County and its thirty-four villages, sparing only Little Village.
• Zhang Qingqing told Zhang Tiedan that Zhang Xuanchen had left and gave him his letter; Zhang Tiedan read it, burned it, and hurried to the wooden hut to retrieve the manuals.
• Zhao Wu and Hong Ming overheard a discussion about the massacre and Little Village's survival, and Zhao Wu concluded that the village could reveal Zhang Xuanchen's whereabouts.

Zhao Wu and Hong Ming attacked Little Village searching for Zhang Xuanchen, but Zhao Wu was killed by Zhang Hao before Hong Ming massacred the villagers. Zhang Tiedan returned to find his mother, sister, and the rest of the village dead, then swore vengeance and asked Zhang Xuanchen to take him in.

• Zhao Wu and Hong Ming reached Little Village and demanded to know where Zhang Xuanchen had gone, killing Zhang Zheng, a child, and Zhang Shuo when they learned he had left.
• Zhang Hao stabbed Zhao Wu through the heart, killing him and rallying the villagers against Hong Ming.
• Hong Ming used the Three Pure Sword Art to slaughter the villagers, including Zhang Hao, Li Lan, and Zhang Qingqing, then took Zhao Wu's body back toward the Purple Cloud Sect.
• Zhang Tiedan discovered that he could absorb spiritual energy and hurried home, hoping to see his mother and sister.
• Zhang Tiedan found Little Village covered in corpses, mourned his family, swore to avenge them, and asked Zhang Xuanchen to take him in.

Zhang Xuanchen arrived in Hanhai Royal City to find a Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill before continuing to the Sky Dragon Secret Realm. After buying and refining a Standard Grade pill, he restored his meridians and prepared to set out.

• Zhang Xuanchen entered Hanhai Royal City and searched several shops for a Second-tier Top-grade Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill.
• Zhang Xuanchen followed other customers to the Divine Pill Pavilion, where he chose to buy pills rather than attend its Auction.
• Steward Xu told Zhang Xuanchen that the pavilion’s last fine grade Meridian Restoration Pill had been bought by the Third Prince of Qing Kingdom, and Zhang Xuanchen purchased a Standard Grade pill for eighteen thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Xuanchen rented a room at the Horizon Restaurant and refined the Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill for an hour.
• Zhang Xuanchen restored his meridians and prepared to head to the Sky Dragon Secret Realm.

After Purple Cloud Sect learned Zhang Xuanchen’s location, it mobilized disciples to inspect travelers and their Storage Bags. Zhang Xuanchen reached Horizon Restaurant in disguise and used Yan Ruyu’s token to seek her protection, learning she was cultivating in the basement.

• Hong Ming told Zhao Tianhai that Zhang Xuanchen was hiding in Little Village, and Zhao Tianhai rushed to report the discovery to the sect master.
• Purple Cloud Sect dispatched more than half its disciples to guard teleportation arrays, marketplaces, and other locations.
• Zhang Xuanchen traveled to Black Dragon Immortal City, disguised himself as a weathered Wandering Swordsman, and realized Purple Cloud Sect disciples were inspecting people nearby.
• A young man from the Bai Family resisted an inspection, giving Zhang Xuanchen time to reach Horizon Restaurant without being stopped.
• Zhang Xuanchen presented Yan Ruyu’s pink token to the shopkeeper, who escorted him to her underground cultivation chamber.
• Yan Ruyu answered from within the Cave Mansion and told the shopkeeper to leave.

Zhang Xuanchen asked Yan Ruyu to protect him from the major forces and escort him to Worry-Free Island so he could reach the Sky Dragon Secret Realm. Yan Ruyu warned him that the realm was deadly but agreed to let him choose for himself, then guessed that he sought her help because he held the Earth Core Fire Crystal.

• Yan Ruyu recognized Zhang Xuanchen as the person whose arrival had prompted her heavenly warning, and he flattered her before admitting he needed help.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked Yan Ruyu to activate a Soundproof Array, then asked her to protect him from searches and escort him to Worry-Free Island.
• Yan Ruyu warned Zhang Xuanchen that the Sky Dragon Secret Realm was extremely dangerous and urged him not to go, but he insisted he would enter.
• Yan Ruyu accepted Zhang Xuanchen's decision and asked whether he needed protection because he had taken the Earth Core Fire Crystal from the major forces.
• Zhang Xuanchen insisted that he had obtained the Earth Core Fire Crystal first and that the other forces had tried to rob him.

Yan Ruyu took only a small piece of Zhang Xuanchen’s Earth Core Fire Crystal and arranged for Elder Xu to help transform Xuanxiao Mountain. As they headed for the teleportation array, Elder Xu killed a Purple Cloud Sect disciple who threatened Yan Ruyu, and the group departed for Worry-Free Island.

• Yan Ruyu returned most of Zhang Xuanchen’s Earth Core Fire Crystal and told him she could not enter the Sky Dragon Secret Realm because her master would confine her for fifty years.
• Yan Ruyu introduced Elder Xu as a third-order peak Formation Master who would help Zhang Xuanchen improve Xuanxiao Mountain in exchange for a fist-sized piece of the crystal.
• Elder Xu led Yan Ruyu and Zhang Xuanchen to the teleportation array, where Purple Cloud Sect disciples demanded to search their belongings and their leader leered at Yan Ruyu.
• When Brother Yu threatened the group and demanded that Yan Ruyu sleep with him, Elder Xu crushed his head and warned the Purple Cloud Sect disciples to seek revenge if they dared.
• Black Dragon Guards recognized Yan Ruyu, and Elder Xu told the Purple Cloud Sect disciples he was going to Worry-Free Island before the array was activated.

Elder Xu and Yan Ruyu helped Zhang Xuanchen escape to Worry-Free City, where he prepared for his family’s arrival and the Sky Dragon Secret Realm. The Black Dragon Guards punished a Purple Cloud Sect Disciple who threatened them, while Zhang Xuanchen arranged lodging and set out to explore the city.

• Elder Xu paid the teleportation fee for herself, Yan Ruyu, and Zhang Xuanchen, and the Black Dragon Guards sent them to Worry-Free Island.
• A Purple Cloud Sect Disciple accused the Black Dragon Guards of letting the group escape, so one guard knocked him unconscious and decided to report the matter to the young master.
• Zhang Xuanchen arrived in Worry-Free City and thanked Yan Ruyu and Elder Xu for saving him.
• Yan Ruyu told Zhang Xuanchen that eighty-six members of the Zhang Family, led by the Great Elder, would arrive the next afternoon, and she reserved thirty Spirit Qi Guest Rooms for them.
• Zhang Xuanchen paid Yan Ruyu eight thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, then learned about the city's trading places before she departed without telling him where Horizon Restaurant was.

Long Xuan and Hua Shisan fought over access to a newly appeared Secret Realm before agreeing to divide its entry quota between humans and demons. In Worry-Free City, Zhang Xuanchen reunited with his family and prepared to warn them that the Central Dragon God Cave Mansion was a trap.

• Long Xuan overpowered Hua Shisan until Hua Shisan summoned the Qingming Sea-Calming Sword, prompting Long Xuan to negotiate an equal division of the Secret Realm's entry quota.
• Zhang Xuanchen bought local treasures, seeds, and a city map in Worry-Free City, then settled into Horizon Restaurant to cultivate.
• Zhang Xuanchen learned that his family had arrived and hurried to greet Great Elder Zhang Zujun, Zhang Hongqing, Zhang Hongxi, Zhang Xuanbing, Zhang Xuanming, and the others.
• Zhang Xuanbing embraced Zhang Xuanchen and explained how worried he had been while his younger brother was away.
• Zhang Xuanchen led the Zhang Family members toward Horizon Restaurant, saying he had an important warning about their lives to share in private.

Zhang Xuanchen warned the Zhang Family that the Secret Realm could kill more than eighty percent of its entrants and urged them to avoid its central region. After encouraging Zhang Zujun about the family’s future, he revealed a huge Earth Core Fire Crystal, shocking everyone.

• Zhang Xuanchen told Zhang Zujun and the others that the Secret Realm was extremely dangerous and that they should head east or stay in the outer regions rather than enter the center.
• Zhang Zujun had the others swear Blood Oaths to keep Horizon Restaurant’s warning secret and told Zhang Xuanchen to put the family’s interests above sentiment.
• Zhang Xuanchen revealed that the Secret Realm was an Inheritance Secret Realm, leaving Zhang Zujun to give up hope of entering and seeking a Golden Core opportunity.
• Zhang Zujun said Zhang Xuanchen’s mother had reached Foundation Establishment Peak and should receive the family’s next Golden Core Pill.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked his relatives to swear Blood Oaths again, then took out a massive Third-tier Top-grade Earth Core Fire Crystal, leaving Zhang Hongqing stunned.

Zhang Xuanchen and the Zhang Family prepared for the Sky Dragon Secret Realm, then arrived at its entrance among a vast crowd of cultivators and demon beasts. Zhang Xuanbing gave Su Muyan Zhang Xuanchen’s sealed instructions as the realm’s opening approached.

• Zhang Xuanchen gave Zhang Zujun a huge piece of Earth Core Fire Crystal, and Zhang Zujun accepted the chance to use it to advance his alchemy.
• The Zhang Family swore Blood Oaths to protect the treasure and planned to leave for the Sky Dragon Secret Realm the next morning.
• Yan Ruyu watched the Zhang Family depart and asked Elder Xu whether Zhang Xuanchen would return safely; Elder Xu said he would.
• Zhang Xuanchen wrote secret instructions for Su Muyan and gave them to Zhang Xuanbing, who promised to have her swear a Blood Oath before reading them inside the Secret Realm.
• Zhang Xuanchen and the Zhang Family reached the unstable entrance, where more than a hundred thousand cultivators and demon beasts gathered under the watch of Qingming True Lord and Chongyuan Black Flood Dragon.
• Zhang Xuanbing handed the Brocade Pouch to Su Muyan.

Zhang Xuanchen entered the Secret Realm and began searching for the Demon Cave, but stopped to claim a Golden Crystal Lingzhi. After he killed a young Gold-devouring Python, its enraged mother charged at him.

• The Secret Realm opened with an age limit and a cap of fifty thousand entrants, and an old cultivator who tried to force his way in was killed by the entrance’s sword light.
• The Nine Splendor Sword Sect entered first, then cultivators and demon beasts fought bloodily for access; the Zhang Family’s eligible members prepared to enter with Spirit Talismans.
• Zhang Xuanchen arrived in a dense jungle, hid his aura, and headed east toward the Demon Cave.
• Zhang Xuanchen spotted a Bihai Immortal Sect cultivator trapped by a Gold-devouring Python but chose to pursue a nearby Golden Crystal Lingzhi instead.
• A smaller Gold-devouring Python attacked Zhang Xuanchen, and he killed it with his sword; its mother released the injured cultivator and charged at him in rage.

Zhang Xuanchen killed a Gold-devouring Python and Zhou Jiaxin, then fled when another beast approached. Zhang Xuanbing explored a Cave Mansion, found a cultivation method and a warning token, and decided to avoid the Dragon God Cave Mansion and head east.

• Zhang Xuanchen used Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire to burn the Gold-devouring Python, killed it, and collected its Monster Core, snake gallbladder, and Golden Crystal Lingzhi.
• Zhou Jiaxin demanded Zhang Xuanchen’s spoils and threatened him, so Zhang Xuanchen killed her and took her Storage Bag before fleeing east under the Breath Concealment Technique.
• Zhang Xuanbing endured the Cave Mansion’s arrow trap and found a Second-tier Top-grade Artifact spear, a Jade Slip containing the Primordial Spirit Returning Divine Art, and a token pointing toward the Dragon God Cave Mansion.
• Zhang Xuanbing suspected the token was bait, chose to avoid the Dragon God Cave Mansion, and headed east.
• Three bald-headed youths considered robbing Zhang Xuanbing, but backed down after realizing he was at Foundation Establishment.

Zhang Xuanchen found a Spirit Medicine Garden and secretly watched Nine Splendor Sword Sect disciples Chang Yanghong and Li Lian enter it, followed by a concealed blood-robed cultivator. After Chang Yanghong killed the Mystic Armor Ice Lion with talismans, Xue Mingzi attacked and decapitated Li Lian, leaving Chang Yanghong confronting him.

• Zhang Xuanchen reached a valley that appeared to contain a Spirit Medicine Garden after collecting spirit herbs during his journey.
• Chang Yanghong and Li Lian approached the garden, and Zhang Xuanchen overheard them discuss the powerful demon beast guarding it.
• Xue Mingzi appeared after the disciples entered the crevice, and Zhang Xuanchen decided to wait and see what happened.
• Chang Yanghong fought the Mystic Armor Ice Lion, was badly injured, then killed it with two Second-tier Top-grade Spirit Talismans.
• As Li Lian embraced Chang Yanghong, Xue Mingzi attacked from behind, and Chang Yanghong threw Li Lian into the strike, leaving her decapitated.
• Chang Yanghong recognized his attacker as Xue Mingzi.

Chang Yanghong self-detonated to kill Xue Mingzi, but Xue Mingzi survived long enough to escape. Zhang Xuanchen entered the damaged Formation and discovered a trove of valuable spirit medicines, including Seven-leaf Soul Returning Grass.

• Xue Mingzi attacked the wounded Chang Yanghong and overwhelmed him despite Chang Yanghong’s defensive artifacts and other trump cards.
• After exhausting his defenses, Chang Yanghong refused to surrender and self-detonated his dantian, devastating the Spirit Medicine Garden and destroying the Blood Soul Banner.
• Zhang Xuanchen entered the garden and found Xue Mingzi gravely injured, then threw two Blazing Fire Talismans at him.
• Xue Mingzi used Blood Escape to flee before Zhang Xuanchen could stop him.
• Zhang Xuanchen broke through the cracked Formation and found several rare spirit medicines, including Third-grade Top-tier Seven-leaf Soul Returning Grass.

Zhang Xuanchen collected rare spirit medicines from the Spirit Medicine Garden and suspected the Dragon God Cave Mansion was a trap before seeking shelter for the night. At the Cave Mansion, the Blood Fiend Demon Lord plotted to escape by sacrificing its visitors, while the imprisoned Profound Dragon Venerable hoped someone could reach him and stop it.

• Zhang Xuanchen uprooted the Golden Vein Tea Tree, collected the garden's spirit medicines, and found a token guiding him to the Dragon God Cave Mansion.
• Zhang Xuanchen suspected the Cave Mansion might be a Demon Sealing Ground, collected the Mystic Armor Ice Lion's corpse, and left the garden.
• Zhang Xuanchen entered a valley after a dangerous journey, made a concealed cave, and began refining Marrow-Cleansing Grass.
• The Blood Fiend Demon Lord revealed that it intended to blood-sacrifice visitors to the Dragon God Cave Mansion and break its seal.
• Profound Dragon Venerable, trapped as a remnant soul in the Eastern Demon Sealed Land, believed someone might still reach him and destroy the Blood Fiend Demon Lord.

Zhang Xuanchen purified his body, reached the Qi Refining Tenth-Layer Peak, and escaped a Tianlan Sect cultivator before becoming surrounded by Crocodile Dragons. He unleashed his Spirit Fire across the swamp and fled, leaving the beasts caught in a spreading inferno.

• Profound Dragon Venerable decided he would destroy the Secret Realm if no one arrived before the Blood Fiend Demon Lord broke free.
• Zhang Xuanchen used three Marrow-Cleansing Grasses to purge impurities, then broke through to the Qi Refining Tenth-Layer Peak.
• A Tianlan Sect female cultivator tried to lure a Sabertooth Tiger toward Zhang Xuanchen, but he fled and left her to face the beast.
• Zhang Xuanchen was ambushed by a Mid-Second Stage Swordback Crocodile Dragon and surrounded by its Crocodile Dragon pack.
• Zhang Xuanchen hurled Spirit Fire into the swamp, igniting the area and killing some of the low-level Crocodile Dragons before he left.

Zhang Xuanchen disguised himself after using Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire to destroy the Swordback Crocodile Dragon's territory, but Long Zhantian arrived and crushed the beast. Long Zhantian recruited Zhang Xuanchen to help him fight a pride of Golden Lions in exchange for the treasures in their territory, and Zhang Xuanchen agreed with a condition.

• Zhang Xuanchen masked his appearance as the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire burned through the Swampland and the Swordback Crocodile Dragon charged him.
• The Swordback Crocodile Dragon struck Zhang Xuanchen and blasted his Ice Shield, but Zhang Xuanchen prepared to flee rather than waste more Spirit Talismans.
• Long Zhantian descended and crushed the Swordback Crocodile Dragon, then recognized Zhang Xuanchen's Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire.
• Zhang Xuanchen introduced himself as Li Feiyu, and Long Zhantian asked him to help fight the Golden Lions while he sought the Aperture Opening Spirit Flower.
• Zhang Xuanchen agreed to help on the condition that he could flee if Long Zhantian failed to hold back the two late-stage Golden Lions.