Recaps

Li Chen’s report led Nethersea Hall and the Heavenly Water Sacred Sect to confront Gu Buqun, accusing the Yangyue Ancient Clan of finding the supreme treasure. When a white-haired elder proposed investigating the battle traces instead, Gu Buqun agreed to lead them, inwardly cursing Zhang Xuanchen.

• Li Chen told Hai Lan’er that a powerful battle had taken place in the Dao Origin Abyss’s middle region, convincing her that the Yangyue Ancient Clan had found the supreme treasure.
• Hai Lan’er led Nethersea Hall to surround the Yangyue Ancient Clan’s encampment and demanded that Gu Buqun reveal the treasure’s location.
• Gu Buqun denied that his clan had entered the forbidden ground, while Li Chen and Hai Lan’er accused him of hiding the truth.
• Shui Yunlan arrived with the Heavenly Water Sacred Sect and joined the pressure on Gu Buqun, who angrily insisted that his clan had not found the treasure.
• A white-haired elder suggested investigating the battle traces, and Hai Lan’er and Shui Yunlan threatened to fight unless Gu Buqun accompanied them.
• Gu Buqun agreed to go with them and cursed Zhang Xuanchen, who sneezed twice while traveling elsewhere.

Zhang Xuanchen traveled through the forbidden land’s deadly core region in search of the Ten Thousand Waters Dao Source Lotus, guided by Xuanjing. He was cornered by two early Fifth-grade Demon Beasts, who mistook him for humans that had previously stolen their treasures.

• Zhang Xuanchen worried that his son might meet Long Zhan Tian while he hurried toward the core region to secure the Ten Thousand Waters Dao Source Lotus.
• Xuanjing warned Zhang Xuanchen about unstable spatial rifts and guided him around collapsing space for six hours.
• Xuanjing detected two early Fifth-grade Demon Beasts ahead, and Zhang Xuanchen prepared to fight when they blocked his path.
• A Bone-Spiked Abyss Bear and a Rift-Splitting Nether Peng emerged and trapped Zhang Xuanchen between them.
• The Bone-Spiked Abyss Bear accused Zhang Xuanchen of being one of the humans who had stolen their Fourth Stage spiritual treasures, and the Nether Peng urged it to kill him.

Zhang Xuanchen fought the Bone-Spiked Abyss Bear and Rift-Splitting Nether Peng, two fifth-grade demon beasts guarding their king’s territory. He wounded the Nether Peng and endured their combined assault before unleashing his Dragon Emperor Battle Skill, leaving both beasts’ bloodlines suppressed and their resolve shaken.

• The Bone-Spiked Abyss Bear and Rift-Splitting Nether Peng attacked Zhang Xuanchen with a bone mountain and a storm of feather blades.
• Zhang Xuanchen activated his Divine Dragon Tyrant Body, then used his sword and Grand Void Feather Escape Technique to fend off the attacks and shatter the bone mountain.
• Zhang Xuanchen appeared before the Rift-Splitting Nether Peng and struck it with Dragon Emperor Heaven-Shaking Fist, rupturing one of its wings.
• The Bone-Spiked Abyss Bear charged Zhang Xuanchen with bone spears and a barrage of punches while the injured Nether Peng added a storm of spatial feather blades.
• Zhang Xuanchen unleashed Dragon Emperor Descends into the World, driving back the Abyss Qi and suppressing both beasts with his blood-gold dragon shadow.

Zhang Xuanchen defeated the Bone-Spiked Abyss Bear and Rift-Splitting Nether Peng’s attacks, then persuaded the wounded demons that their king was exploiting them. The two demons chose to retreat, leaving Zhang Xuanchen to continue toward the treasure and its guardian.

• The Bone-Spiked Abyss Bear unleashed Bone Demon World-Destroyer, but Zhang Xuanchen’s Nine Dragons Life-Slaying Sword wounded it and shattered its bone armor.
• The Rift-Splitting Nether Peng used Void Burial, but Zhang Xuanchen’s Ninefold Space-Folding redirected the spatial rifts and wounded the Peng.
• Zhang Xuanchen summoned the Blood-Golden Dragon Emperor’s phantom and urged the two demons to retreat rather than die for their king.
• The Rift-Splitting Nether Peng admitted that its king had promised them two Lotus Leaves, and Zhang Xuanchen challenged the king’s motives and questioned whether it would help them.
• The Rift-Splitting Nether Peng and Bone-Spiked Abyss Bear decided to retreat, though the bear insisted they were leaving because Zhang Xuanchen’s words made sense, not because they feared him.

Zhang Xuanchen reached the Dao Origin Abyss Core Zone and found a Ten Thousand Waters Dao Source Lotus guarded by a late fifth-grade Ancient Abyss Ao. He broke the beast’s alarm array and confronted it, preparing to use his treasures to seize the lotus.

• Zhang Xuanchen traveled deeper into the Dao Origin Abyss and discovered a water-attribute array protecting a treasure-filled Core Zone.
• Xuanjing identified the treasure as a mid ninth stage Ten Thousand Waters Dao Source Lotus that could help Little Peach produce peaches capable of giving the Zhang Family special constitutions.
• Xuanjing warned that a late fifth-grade Ancient Abyss Ao guarded the lotus, and Shuoxing suggested using the Silent King Remnant Banner and Starry Tower against it.
• Zhang Xuanchen unleashed his strength and shattered the array with Nine Dragon Swords-Dragon Splits the Firmament, awakening the Ancient Abyss Ao.
• The Ancient Abyss Ao rose from the pond and demanded to know why Zhang Xuanchen possessed pure Dragon Clan blood; Zhang Xuanchen answered dismissively.

Zhang Xuanchen fought the Ancient Abyss Ao over the lotus, but the demon’s overwhelming strength broke through his attacks and defenses. Trapped beneath its endless waters, Zhang Xuanchen continued to resist and taunt it, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zhang Xuanchen demanded that the Ancient Abyss Ao hand over the lotus and acknowledge him as its master, but it refused and attacked.
• Zhang Xuanchen used the Starry Tower and Nine Dragon Swords to withstand the Ancient Abyss Ao’s first two attacks, though he was injured and driven into a cliff.
• Zhang Xuanchen struck at the Ancient Abyss Ao with the Meteor Sword, but its armor deflected the blow, and its tail attack shattered many of his scales.
• Zhang Xuanchen used the Starry Tower’s Star River Seals the Sky, but the Ancient Abyss Ao summoned its Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Armor and shattered the sealing formation.
• The Ancient Abyss Ao trapped Zhang Xuanchen in torrents of water, while Zhang Xuanchen fought back with Dragon Emperor Shakes the Sky and taunted it to kill him.

Zhang Xuanchen endured the Ancient Abyss Ao’s attacks while the factions outside the core region debated joining forces to claim the supreme treasure. As the beast unleashed its Devour Heaven and Earth attack, Zhang Xuanchen revealed the Silent King Remnant Banner and began sealing the battlefield.

• The Ancient Abyss Ao pressed a massive water mountain down on Zhang Xuanchen, who used the Starry Tower to resist it.
• Shui Yunlan accused Gu Buqun of failing to secure the supreme treasure, and Gu Buqun and the Yangyue Ancient Clan’s Ancestor traded angry retorts.
• Shui Cang proposed that the Heavenly Water Sacred Sect, Yangyue Ancient Clan, and Nethersea Hall cooperate against the guardian beast and the outsider, and their forces headed for the core region.
• The Ancient Abyss Ao used Devour Heaven and Earth to draw Zhang Xuanchen toward its maw, but Zhang Xuanchen held back with the Starry Tower.
• Zhang Xuanchen revealed and threw the Silent King Remnant Banner, whose gray-black domain spread across hundreds of li and disrupted the Ancient Abyss Ao’s power.

Zhang Xuanchen sealed the Ancient Abyss Ao’s Spiritual Qi and bound it with the Starry Tower, then hurried to collect the Ten Thousand Waters Dao Source Lotus. Little Peach began forming a Life Link with the lotus, while the imprisoned Ancient Abyss Ao recognized something startling about her.

• Zhang Xuanchen used the Silent King Remnant Banner to seal the Ancient Abyss Ao’s Spiritual Qi and suppress half its Demon Power.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Shuoxing used the Starry Tower’s Stellar Power to bind the Ancient Abyss Ao in a prison of starlight.
• Zhang Xuanchen reached the Ten Thousand Waters Dao Source Lotus and asked Xuanjing how to collect it without damaging its foundation.
• Xuanjing advised Zhang Xuanchen to have Little Peach form a Life Link with the lotus and bring its surrounding sourcewater into the Myriad Spirit Ring.
• Little Peach approached the lotus, offered it her life essence, and began linking their roots after it accepted her.
• The imprisoned Ancient Abyss Ao stared at the peach tree phantom behind Little Peach in disbelief.

After the Ancient Abyss Ao recognized Little Peach as an immortal-grade Myriad Manifestations Returning Origin Peach Tree, Zhang Xuanchen prepared to kill it, but it offered to submit. Zhang Xuanchen arranged for it to acknowledge Luo Lingshuang as its master, and the chapter ended as the Ancient Abyss Ao was told to offer its natal soul seal.

• The Ancient Abyss Ao recognized Little Peach's true form, prompting Zhang Xuanchen to unleash the Three Lives Borrowing Strength Great Technique and strengthen his Divine Dragon Tyrant Body.
• Facing Zhang Xuanchen's increased power while weakened and trapped, the Ancient Abyss Ao begged to submit and explained its inherited memory of an immortal tree.
• Zhang Xuanchen verified the Ancient Abyss Ao's sincerity with the Three Lives Samsara Mirror and decided Luo Lingshuang should become its master.
• Zhang Xuanchen summoned Luo Lingshuang and offered the Ancient Abyss Ao a chance to cultivate beside the Ten Thousand Waters Dao Source Lotus and potentially receive a Ninth Stage Innate Sourcewater Peach.
• The Ancient Abyss Ao agreed to serve Luo Lingshuang, and Zhang Xuanchen instructed Xuanjing and Shuoxing to guard against interference while it offered its natal soul seal.

Luo Lingshuang bound the Ancient Abyss Ao with its soul seal, while Little Peach successfully joined with the Ten Thousand Waters Dao Source Lotus. With their mission on the Sunken Tide Ancient Continent complete and nearby factions likely alerted, Zhang Xuanchen prepared to leave with the new members.

• The Ancient Abyss Ao surrendered its soul seal, and Luo Lingshuang bound it with Xuanjing's guidance.
• Zhang Xuanchen weakened after releasing the Three Lives Borrowing Strength Great Technique, and Luo Lingshuang gave him a healing spirit medicine.
• Little Peach formed a spiritual bond with the Ten Thousand Waters Dao Source Lotus, which shrank and flew into her palm.
• Zhang Xuanchen said the group would collect nearby spirit medicines and leave for the Central Land Immortal Continent before the three great Spirit Transformation factions arrived.
• The Ancient Abyss Ao transformed into a man, and Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang welcomed him into the group while promising the soul seal would not bind him forever.

Zhang Xuanchen and his companions stripped Clear Pond of its treasures and left the Sunken Tide Ancient Continent. A month later, the three major factions arrived to find the pond empty, and Shui Cang blamed Gu Buqun before Yangyue Venerable defended him and led the Yangyue Ancient Clan away.

• Abyss Ao showed Zhang Xuanchen where more water marrow ganoderma and water spirit crystals were hidden.
• Zhang Xuanchen's group collected the treasures around Clear Pond and departed with Luo Lingshuang, Little Peach, and Abyss Ao inside the Myriad Spirit Ring.
• A month later, Shui Cang, Yangyue Venerable, and Haiyou Venerable reached Clear Pond after losing nine Nascent Soul cultivators along the way.
• The three factions discovered that someone had dug up every treasure at Clear Pond, and Shui Cang erupted in fury.
• Shui Cang accused Gu Buqun of hiding the treasure's location, but Yangyue Venerable shielded Gu Buqun and challenged Shui Cang to find the thief.
• Yangyue Venerable led the Yangyue Ancient Clan away from Clear Pond.

Zhang Xuanchen and his companions sailed across the Endless Sea after escaping the forbidden land with a trove of treasures. Abyss Ao joined their group, marked the Wavebreaker with his presence to deter threats, and entered the Myriad Spirit Ring to cultivate as they continued toward the Central Land Immortal Continent.

• Yangyue Venerable led the Yangyue Ancient Clan out of the forbidden zone, while Shui Cang failed to persuade Haiyou Venerable to join forces against them.
• Aboard the Wavebreaker, Zhang Xuanchen joked with Luo Lingshuang about the damage they had left behind as their companions sorted through the treasures from the forbidden land.
• Great Sage welcomed Abyss Ao to the Zhang Family and encouraged him to believe he could eventually transform into a true Black Tortoise.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked Abyss Ao to leave his presence on the Wavebreaker to deter Yao Kings and evil spirits, then cultivate in the Myriad Spirit Ring.
• Abyss Ao released an ancient pressure that drove off distant probing divine senses, agreed to spar with Great Sage after he advanced, and entered the Myriad Spirit Ring.

After six years in the Heaven-Burying Sword Emperor’s inheritance trials, Zhang Xuance faced the eternal sword debt, carrying the resentment and karma of the Emperor’s million years of slaughter. He chose to bear the debt to protect the Zhang Clan and the myriad Daos, and met the final tribulation with his heaven-burying sword intent.

• Abyss Ao entered the Ten Thousand Waters Dao Source Lotus lake inside the Myriad Spirit Ring to cultivate, while the Wavebreaker continued its voyage with fewer troubles.
• Zhang Xuance passed the Thousand Swords Bury the Dao and Illusory Sword Realm trials, comprehending heaven-burying sword intent and the Sword Silence in One Thought divine ability.
• During the eternal sword debt trial, blood-colored lightning battered Zhang Xuance as vengeful souls accused him of bearing the Heaven-Burying Sword Emperor’s slaughter karma.
• Zhang Xuance recognized the resentment as the hatred of the Devil Race and declared that he would take the inheritance to grow stronger and protect the Zhang Family.
• Remembering his clan’s sacrifices, Zhang Xuance resolved that the sword Dao was for standing before others and cutting down their enemies.
• Zhang Xuance summoned his heaven-burying sword intent and vowed to bear the Emperor’s debt with his life as the eternal resentment tribulation descended.

Zhang Xuance endured the resentment of a million Devil Creatures, earned the Heaven-Burying Sword Emperor’s inheritance, and received the Heaven-Burying Sword. He then learned that his elder clan brother may have been taken into the sealed ground by a Devil Race Sword Emperor, but he was forbidden to attempt a rescue until he reached the Mahayana stage.

• Zhang Xuance cut down the million resentful souls and transformed his sword bone, Dao heart, Golden Core, and soul.
• The Heaven-Burying Sword Emperor’s remnant will praised Zhang Xuance and passed on the Heaven-Slaying Emperor Sword Instruction and the outline of the Heaven-Burying Great Dao.
• The remnant will gave Zhang Xuance the damaged Heaven-Burying Sword and told him it held further cultivation and craft inheritances.
• Zhang Xuance pledged to slay devils and defend the Dao, then asked where his elder clan brother was.
• The remnant will discovered that a sealed Devil Race Sword Emperor may have drawn Zhang Xuance’s elder clan brother into the sealed ground.
• Zhang Xuance demanded a way to rescue his brother, but the remnant will ordered him to grow stronger and wait until he reached the Mahayana stage.

Zhang Xuance learned that Zhang Xuntong had almost no chance of surviving the Devil Race Sword Emperor’s corruption, then left the inheritance hall with the Heaven-Burying Sword Emperor’s inheritance. Outside, twenty-seven Golden Core cultivators ambushed him for the inheritance, and Zhang Xuance drew his sword to fight them.

• Zhang Xuance remembered his past with Zhang Xuntong and asked the Heaven-Burying Sword Emperor about his chances of survival.
• The Heaven-Burying Sword Emperor said Zhang Xuntong’s survival was almost impossible, then warned Zhang Xuance to stabilize his foundation before breaking through to Nascent Soul.
• Zhang Xuance left the inheritance hall and emerged from the Cloud Line at Bare Rock Sword Ridge.
• Twenty-seven Golden Core cultivators revealed their ambush, trapped Zhang Xuance in a formation, and attacked him to seize the inheritance.
• Zhang Xuance unleashed his Heaven-Burying Sword Intent, cut apart the incoming attacks, and drew the Heaven-Burying Sword.

Zhang Xuance slaughtered twenty-seven Golden Core cultivators who attacked him at Bare Rock Sword Ridge. A Nascent Soul cultivator named Crimson Flame True Lord then appeared, seeking Zhang Xuance’s inheritance.

• Zhang Xuance cut down the attacking Golden Core cultivators with the Heaven-Burying Sword, destroying their formation and killing those who tried to flee.
• Zhang Xuance formed the Heaven-Burying Sword Prison and killed the five remaining Golden Core Peak cultivators, completing the slaughter of all twenty-seven attackers.
• Zhang Xuance took two Spirit Pills to recover from his wounds as an old man in a crimson robe applauded from among the rocks.
• Crimson Flame True Lord identified Zhang Xuance as a member of the Xuanxiao Zhang Clan and revealed his desire to seize Zhang Xuance’s inheritance.
• Zhang Xuance challenged Crimson Flame True Lord, warning him about the manifestation his Ancestor had left behind.

Zhang Xuance used the Heaven-Burying Sword Emperor’s imperial origin to defeat Crimson Flame True Lord and destroy his remnant soul. Badly wounded but determined to rescue his Fourth Brother, he left Sky Scar Sword Mountain and headed back to the Zhang Family.

• Crimson Flame True Lord attacked the wounded Zhang Xuance, whose sword strike failed to overcome the Nascent Soul cultivator’s pressure.
• Zhang Xuance awakened the imperial origin within him and used the Four Burials Sword Instruction’s second form to wound Crimson Flame True Lord and break his shield.
• Crimson Flame True Lord unleashed his flame Nascent Soul and a sea of fire, but Zhang Xuance summoned an imperial figure and used the No Delusion Sword Technique to destroy the Nascent Soul and split his body.
• Zhang Xuance seized Crimson Flame True Lord’s remnant soul and destroyed it after rejecting his offer to submit his sect to the Zhang Family.
• Zhang Xuance took a healing medicine, vowed to rescue his Fourth Brother, and set off from Sky Scar Sword Mountain to return to the Lineage.

Zhang Detian ordered his father and Senior Sleeping Turtle to suppress the Tianyang Sect and the other forces resisting the Zhang Clan’s rule, while the elders reported that Zhang Xuntong was near death and Zhang Xuan Ce remained stable. Far across the Endless Sea, Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang continued toward the Central Lands after five years of travel.

• Zhang Guangyao told Zhang Detian that most Heavenly Dragon Sea Domain forces had submitted to the Zhang Clan, but the Tianyang Sect and others had not.
• Zhang Detian ordered Zhang Guangyao to ask his father and Senior Sleeping Turtle to wipe out the resisting forces, including the Tianyang Sect.
• Zhang Guanghan reported that Zhang Xuan Ce’s Soul Fire was stable but Zhang Xuntong’s Life Tablet was nearly shattered and his Soul Fire close to going out.
• Zhang Detian honored Zhang Xuntong’s struggles and accomplishments, then repeated his order to Zhang Guangyao.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang traveled aboard the Wavebreaker through the depths of the Endless Sea toward the Central Lands.
• Luo Lingshuang said she had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage, while Zhang Xuanchen revealed he had advanced to the Nascent Soul Peak.

Great Sage and Abyss Ao sparred at sea, while the Wavebreaker’s crew discussed their strength and their decade-long voyage toward the Central Land Immortal Continent. The fighters returned to the ship, where Great Sage challenged Zhang Xuanchen to a match in three months as the crew worried about where they would make landfall.

• Great Sage and Abyss Ao fought above the sea, with Great Sage’s explosive strength facing Abyss Ao’s water domain and control of the Endless Sea.
• Luo Lingshuang and Little Peach watched the battle as Zhang Xuanchen explained the fighters’ strengths and the danger of Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Great Sage and Abyss Ao ended their sparring match, praised the fight, and returned to the Wavebreaker after years of practicing together.
• Great Sage challenged Zhang Xuanchen to fight him at full strength in three months, and Zhang Xuanchen agreed.
• Zhang Xuanchen wondered where the ship would land after ten years at sea, while Little Peach warned that a region ruled by Demonized Creatures could be dangerous.

Zhang Xuanchen and his companions encountered cultivators from the Central Land Immortal Continent while traveling across the sea. He concealed what he knew about the Sunken Tide Ancient Continent and learned they were still three or four years from their destination.

• Xuanjing warned Zhang Xuanchen that a Fifth-grade Flying Boat carrying a Mid-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator and ten Nascent Soul cultivators was approaching.
• Zhang Xuanchen told his companions to stay quiet and let him handle the visitors.
• An old man in a blue-gray robe approached from the Flying Boat and asked whether Zhang Xuanchen's group had come from the Sunken Tide Ancient Continent or the South Sea Immortal Continent.
• Zhang Xuanchen claimed they had come from the South Sea Immortal Continent and pretended he had never heard of the Sunken Tide Ancient Continent.
• The old man said he was from the Central Land Immortal Continent and told Zhang Xuanchen that the journey there would take another three or four years.

Zhang Xuanchen offered Lin Changkong a rare spirit vine in exchange for news about the Central Land Immortal Continent. Lin explained that the continent was caught between a cultivation boom and escalating conflict, and Zhang learned about its major powers and the two Void Refinement Demon Lords who ruled the Blood Demon Empire.

• Zhang Xuanchen offered Lin Changkong a Purple Flood Dragon Blood Vine for information, and Lin introduced himself as an Ancestor of the Mount Wang Lin Clan.
• Lin Changkong told Zhang Xuanchen that merging Secret Realms had increased the world’s spiritual energy and treasures, intensifying conflict among the factions.
• Lin revealed that seven Void Refinement Saint Lords were publicly known, including two Demon Lords who ruled the Blood Demon Empire.
• Lin explained that mutual suspicion among the major powers and the Blood Demon Empire’s defenses had prevented them from defeating the Demon Lords.
• Lin described the Secret Realm powers, the five great superpowers, and the Horizon Pavilion, then warned Zhang to avoid the Blood Demon Empire’s northern territory.

Lin Changkong warned Zhang Xuanchen and his companions about the Central Lands’ dangers and told them that Xiao Yan and Han Li had both reached Nascent Soul and ranked among the top five Heavenly Talents. After Lin Changkong departed, the group discussed the Demonized Creatures and continued toward the Luo Clan’s territory, where Luo Lingshuang promised to protect Zhang Xuanchen.

• Lin Changkong advised Zhang Xuanchen’s group to travel east toward the Luo Clan’s territory to avoid the Demonized Creatures.
• Lin Changkong told Zhang Xuanchen that Xiao Yan and Han Li had reached Nascent Soul before turning a hundred and ranked among the Central Lands’ top five Heavenly Talents.
• Zhang Xuanchen exchanged a Purple Flood Dragon Blood Vine for Lin Changkong’s information, and Lin Changkong departed to meet his clan.
• The Great Sage worried about the two Void Refinement Realm Demonized Creatures, while Zhang Xuanchen reassured him that the group would reach the Luo Clan’s territory.
• Luo Lingshuang praised Xiao Yan and Han Li’s achievements, and the Great Sage said he wanted to challenge them when they arrived in the Central Lands.
• Luo Lingshuang promised to defend Zhang Xuanchen from anyone who slighted him, and Zhang Xuanchen playfully spun her around as the Great Sage pretended not to watch.

As the Wavebreaker crossed a violent storm, Zhang Xuanchen stayed alert while Luo Lingshuang anticipated returning home. Below the boat, Mo Ming’s danger sense warned him and Li Cang that Zhang Xuanchen, Little Peach, and even the old ao were more dangerous than they appeared, so the brothers held off on attacking.

• A sudden storm darkened the sea, and the Wavebreaker’s defensive formation shielded the boat from the downpour and towering waves.
• Zhang Xuanchen watched the waters below while Great Sage teased him, and Luo Lingshuang thought of her family and their approaching reunion.
• Li Cang urged Mo Ming to attack the Wavebreaker before it left their territory, hoping to devour its rare bloodlines and advance beyond Fifth-grade.
• Mo Ming opened his Heavenly Secrets Eye and sensed a powerful warning of danger from Zhang Xuanchen and Little Peach, concluding that they were hiding their strength.
• Mo Ming also sensed that the old ao threatened him despite appearing to be only Late-stage Fifth-grade, and refused to let Li Cang attack.

Moyou ignored Xilong’s plea to ambush Zhang Xuanchen’s group, trusting the warning from his Heavenly Secrets Eye and choosing to retreat. After three more years of safe travel, the Wavebreaker neared the Central Lands, where Zhang Xuanchen planned to reunite with Luo Lingshuang’s clan and search the Great Qian Dynasty for the other half of the Samsara Fragmentary Map.

• Xilong urged Moyou to risk attacking the Wavebreaker, but Moyou refused and led him away after sensing mortal danger.
• Zhang Xuanchen learned from Xuanjing that Moyou and Xilong had left, and the Wavebreaker continued its journey.
• Over the next three years, Great Sage and Abyss Ao dealt with the Sea Demons the group encountered as the Wavebreaker crossed the Endless Sea.
• As the ship neared the Central Lands, Xuanjing reminded Zhang Xuanchen about the other half of the Fragmentary Map, which divination placed in the Great Qian Dynasty.
• Zhang Xuanchen explained the map’s connection to the Samsara Rebirth Key and its possible Samsara inheritance and Ancient Ruins.
• Luo Lingshuang offered to ask the Luo Clan’s Ancestor for help, since the Luo Clan had ties to the Great Qian Imperial Clan.

Xuanjing detected Luo Clan cultivators battling Demonized Creatures, and Zhang Xuanchen led Luo Lingshuang and the others toward them. Luo Hanyan and her companions were cornered by Heiyao’s forces while protecting the Great Qian Crown Prince, who offered to stay behind so they could escape.

• Xuanjing sensed a battle northeast involving Spirit Transformation experts and identified one side as Luo Clan cultivators.
• Zhang Xuanchen concealed the Wavebreaker and hurried with Luo Lingshuang and the others toward the battle.
• Luo Hanyan and four companions struggled against nine Demonized Creatures as Heiyao demanded that they surrender the Great Qian Crown Prince.
• Heiyao’s blood-colored saber wheel shattered Luo Hanyan’s Falling Moon Ice Radiance and sent her flying.
• The Demonized Creatures attacked the group, and the Great Qian Crown Prince stepped forward, offering to draw them away so the others could escape.