Recaps

Lin Ming began absorbing the Dou Di's accumulated negative emotions from the Bodhi Ancient Tree while the tree activated Hundred Lives Reincarnation to help him refine them. The first wave overwhelmed his soul with visions of his loved ones suffering, and his soul body began to crack and darken.

• Lin Ming proposed using his soul to draw out the Bodhi Ancient Tree's negative emotions and refine them inside Hundred Lives Reincarnation.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree agreed and unleashed its reincarnation power as Lin Ming pressed his soul body's palm against its trunk.
• The Dou Di's self-aware malice surged into Lin Ming and dragged his consciousness toward the first reincarnation.
• The negative emotions twisted Lin Ming's memories into visions of his clan and loved ones dying while whispering that he could not save anyone.
• Lin Ming's soul glow dimmed as black cracks spread across his soul body.

Lin Ming endured the first three lives of the Hundred Lives Reincarnation trial, using the Turbid Lotus Spirit Quenching Art to refine the Dou Di’s negative emotions instead of resisting them outright. After surviving despair in the frozen prison, he emerged with his soul strengthened by a refined ice-blue protective layer.

• Lin Ming anchored himself with memories of his former life and his reasons for protecting the people he cared about, slowing the corruption of his soul during the first life.
• In the second life, Lin Ming endured endless attacks on a battlefield of corpses and refined murderous intent until an illusory lotus petal formed and his soul grew more solid.
• Lin Ming entered the frozen prison, where despair and cold began freezing his soul and draining its vitality.
• Lin Ming condensed his consciousness into a tiny flame and used the Turbid Lotus Spirit Quenching Art to refine the invading cold poison into nourishment.
• An ice-blue lotus shoot emerged from Lin Ming’s ice-covered soul, dissolving the prison and leaving him with a refined protective layer of light.

Lin Ming endured successive reincarnations that tested him with the seven emotions, six desires, and deeper negative feelings, using the Turbid Lotus Spirit Quenching Art to transform and dissect them. As his soul grew stronger and gathered fragments of the Dou Di’s negative emotions, the Bodhi Ancient Tree began to show its first purified patch.

• In his fourth life, Lin Ming resisted temptations of power, lust, and immortality, then overcame the fear that lay beneath them.
• In his fifth through seventh lives, Lin Ming transformed resentment and greed into strength and stability, then overcame arrogance by recognizing he was not a god.
• In his eighth through tenth lives, Lin Ming mastered heightened sensory desire, learned to digest what he consumed, and escaped possessiveness by connecting without depending on anything.
• As Lin Ming continued through reincarnations of envy, rage, sloth, selfishness, suspicion, and despair, the Bodhi Ancient Tree lost its outer black veins and revealed a small emerald patch.
• Lin Ming’s turbid lotus began dissecting negative emotions and collecting fragments of the Dou Di’s negative emotions, while his soul became jade-like and the lotus formed its core.

Lin Ming endured successive reincarnations that transformed his soul and weakened the Dou Di’s negative emotions within the Bodhi Ancient Tree. By the seventy-fifth life, he had purified nearly the entire tree and faced the remaining poison concentrated at its core.

• Lin Ming overcame a nihilistic fifteenth reincarnation by realizing that existence itself was enough reason to continue.
• By the twentieth life, Lin Ming reunited the soul fragments split apart by the Dou Di’s negative emotions, becoming a radiant soul with the turbid lotus at its core.
• Lin Ming continued through later reincarnations, refining the negative emotions as the Bodhi Ancient Tree regained its emerald vitality.
• By the forty-fifth life, Lin Ming’s soul had surpassed Heavenly Realm Grand Perfection, while more than two-thirds of the tree had been purified.
• By the sixtieth life, Lin Ming’s soul radiated pale gold and approached a mysterious threshold as he extracted the remaining black qi.
• At the seventy-fifth life, Lin Ming confronted the fist-sized core of negative emotions still lodged at the center of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Lin Ming faced the Black-Robed Dou Di’s concentrated resentment in the final trial of his ninety-nine reincarnations. As the darkness tried to consume his soul, the Turbid Lotus Spirit Quenching Art awakened, and a purple-gold lotus began to bloom within him.

• Lin Ming embraced the fingertip-sized core of the Black-Robed Dou Di’s resentment, and it expanded into a maw that swallowed his soul.
• The core overwhelmed Lin Ming with hatred, madness, and memories of the Black-Robed Dou Di’s ruthless rise, lonely rule, and death near the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• As Lin Ming’s will began to fracture, he recalled the insights and resilience forged through his ninety-nine reincarnated lives.
• Lin Ming awakened the soul lotus within his origin, and points of violet light formed a purple-gold network through his soul.
• The Turbid Lotus Spirit Quenching Art erupted, and a crystal-clear purple-gold lotus slowly bloomed in the surrounding darkness.

Lin Ming purified the Black-Robed Dou Di's lingering will and began his ascent to an emperor soul, while the Bodhi Ancient Tree prepared to use the moment of his transformation to form a complete consciousness. Lin Ming's consciousness fell silent as both transformations awaited their decisive instant.

• Lin Ming's nine-tier lotus absorbed and transformed the Black-Robed Dou Di's hatred, madness, and destructive will into purified soul energy.
• The lotus released imperial might, and Lin Ming's soul united with it as it closed into a purple-gold bud.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree's residual black will vanished, and the tree's vitality and wisdom surged throughout its space.
• Before losing consciousness, Lin Ming told the Bodhi Ancient Tree that his emperor-soul breakthrough could give it a brief chance to form a complete spiritual consciousness.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gathered its accumulated spirituality and reserves in its Heart of the Tree, waiting for Lin Ming's emperor soul to settle and disrupt the world's laws.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree drew Lin Ming into its trunk to nurture his body as his emperor soul approached its final fusion, then expelled everyone else from its illusion. The survivors remembered an imagined future in which Hun Tiandi enslaved the world, and their fury drove Hun Yu and the Hun Clan elites to flee.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gently absorbed Lin Ming into its trunk and began nourishing him as he awaited the fusion with his transforming emperor soul.
• The tree opened spatial rifts and returned Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Hun Yu, and the other survivors to its inner space.
• The survivors recalled the illusion in which Hun Tiandi used the Middle Continent's people to become a Dou Di and the Hun Clan ruled over the world.
• The gathered experts turned their hatred on Hun Yu and the Hun Clan elites, surrounding them with overwhelming killing intent.
• Hun Yu ordered his companions to flee, and they escaped through the edge of the emerald space before the others could pursue.

While the factions emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion-filled inner space, Lin Ming remained within its Heart of the Tree, where his soul broke through its limits and transformed into an Emperor Realm soul. His radiance spread across the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, leaving everyone and every beast overwhelmed by its power.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree expelled Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, and the others from its inner space, then sealed itself around Lin Ming.
• The factions regrouped on the plain and shared their terrifying experiences of the illusions and their hatred of the Hun Clan, while Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun failed to sense Lin Ming inside the tree.
• Within the Heart of the Tree, Lin Ming’s Tier 9 Lotus dissolved into soul laws and energy as his soul advanced beyond Heavenly Realm Grand Perfection.
• Lin Ming’s purple-gold lotus bloomed, shattering a boundary in his soul and completing his transformation into an Emperor Realm soul.
• Purple-gold radiance poured through the Bodhi Ancient Tree and across the region, inspiring awe and submission in the gathered experts and fierce beasts.

Lin Ming completed the Turbid Lotus Spirit Quenching Art and fused the nine qualities of the lotus into an emperor realm soul. After exploring its powers, he reunited it with his body, and his aura caused every living being in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region to bow.

• Lin Ming's nine-grade lotus fully bloomed, then transformed its eight petals into his soul origin before the ninth dissolved into it.
• The nine qualities fused under the chaos origin, shattering the boundary between a mortal soul and an emperor soul and forming Lin Ming's tenth-grade soul.
• Lin Ming awakened his emperor soul and manifested a purple-gold lotus that changed into different forms at his will.
• Lin Ming tested his expanded perception, sensing the entire Vast Desolate Ancient Region and powerful Dou Sheng Experts in the Middle Continent.
• Lin Ming's emperor soul fused with his physical body, and his spreading aura made every living being in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region bow.

Lin Ming completed his Emperor Soul breakthrough and used its power to help the Bodhi Ancient Tree awaken its consciousness. The tree survived its Heavenly Tribulation and greeted everyone as a newly awakened life.

• Lin Ming's Emperor Soul breakthrough released overwhelming pressure that shook the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and alarmed Xun Er, Xiao Yan, and the other gathered experts.
• Lin Ming's Soul Origin and scattered rule fragments nourished the Bodhi Ancient Tree, helping its muddled spirituality develop toward complete consciousness.
• A Heavenly Tribulation formed above the Bodhi Ancient Tree, but Lin Ming disguised the tree's true nature from the Heaven and Earth Rules and weakened the judgment of its trial.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree endured the successive thunderbolts, absorbing and redirecting their power as its spirituality grew clearer.
• The Heavenly Tribulation dissipated, and the awakened Bodhi Ancient Tree gently perceived and greeted the people on the plain, leaving Xiao Yan and the others stunned.

Lin Ming helped the Bodhi Ancient Tree form a new consciousness and invited it to recover in his inner world. The tree accepted, sent its Bodhi Heart into Lin Ming, and offered him Bodhi Seeds as it prepared to enter the new world.

• Lin Ming explained that the Bodhi Ancient Tree remained weakened at its origin and offered it a place to recover in his inner world.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree trusted Lin Ming and agreed to enter his inner world.
• Lin Ming opened a chaos vortex, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree formed its Bodhi Heart and sent it into his chest.
• The Bodhi Heart repaired and strengthened Lin Ming, giving him an immense flow of energy that could help him reach Dou Sheng, but he suppressed the urge to cultivate immediately.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree shed dozens of wisdom-bearing Bodhi Seeds, which appeared before Lin Ming as gifts.

Lin Ming brought the Bodhi Ancient Tree into his Inner World, where it began healing and stabilizing the newborn world. With the tree as powerful protection and the Ancient God Jade needed to open Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion effectively beyond the Hun Clan's reach, Lin Ming felt secure enough to plan for the future.

• Lin Ming stored the Bodhi Heart and Bodhi Seeds, then opened his Chaos Vortex as the Bodhi Ancient Tree condensed into a light orb and entered it.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree took root in Lin Ming's Inner World, absorbing Chaos Opening Heaven Origin Qi and helping stabilize its rules and balance its Five Elements.
• The tree began healing its ancient injuries, and Lin Ming estimated that it could recover its peak strength within several decades.
• Lin Ming assessed the tree as a potential refuge beyond the reach of the continent's present-day powers, even if he could not defeat them.
• Lin Ming concluded that the Hun Clan could not gather all eight pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade without the piece held by Zhu Kun, leaving the key to the cave mansion effectively in Lin Ming's hands.

After waiting outside the Bodhi Ancient Tree for a month, the gathered factions watched the tree vanish and Lin Ming emerge, alive and transformed. Lin Ming reunited with Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun, while the crowd wondered whether he had gained the tree’s opportunities and reached Half Sage.

• The gathered factions failed to breach the barrier around the Bodhi Ancient Tree and waited as rumors spread about Lin Ming’s fate.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree blazed with emerald light, shrank to a ball of light, and disappeared.
• Lin Ming stepped through spatial ripples, startling the gathered cultivators with his profound aura and purple-gold eyes.
• Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun rushed to Lin Ming, who reassured them and said he had gained benefits.
• Lin Ming sensed that Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun had also advanced during their time outside the tree.
• Gu Qingyang asked whether Lin Ming had reached Half Sage, and Lin Ming denied it without revealing what had happened inside the tree.

Lin Ming returned from the Bodhi Ancient Tree with overwhelming new strength, and Jiu Feng accused him of taking the Bodhi Heart before attacking him. Lin Ming crushed Jiu Feng’s attacks with ease, leaving the plain stunned as his dark purple flames erased the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan prodigy’s strongest strike.

• Jiu Feng demanded to know where the Bodhi Ancient Tree had gone and accused Lin Ming of taking the Bodhi Heart.
• Lin Ming mocked Jiu Feng and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, provoking Jiu Feng into a claw attack that Lin Ming stopped with a casual punch.
• Lin Ming released an immense aura that revealed him to be a Peak Nine-Revolution Dou Venerate, far stronger than Jiu Feng.
• Jiu Feng used the Demon Phoenix Eye to unleash his strongest attack, Divine Eye Radiance-Heavenly Phoenix Claw.
• Lin Ming raised a palm wreathed in dark purple flames and erased Jiu Feng’s multicolored claw on contact.

Lin Ming effortlessly defeated Jiu Feng and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan contingent, then spared Jiu Feng while warning him not to provoke him again. He left the plain with Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and the Flower Sect disciples as the watching factions made way.

• Lin Ming shattered Jiu Feng's Heavenly Phoenix Claw with one palm, then overwhelmed him in his phoenix form with a dark purple flaming hand.
• Lin Ming struck the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan experts with invisible force, incapacitating the entire contingent.
• Lin Ming spared the badly wounded Jiu Feng and warned that another provocation would cost him his position as Young Clan Leader—and his life.
• The other factions abandoned their schemes as Lin Ming reined in his aura and turned to leave with Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and the Flower Sect disciples.
• The crowd silently parted to let Lin Ming's group cross the plain and disappear from view.

Lin Ming returned from the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, gave Yun Yun three Bodhi Seeds, and reunited with the Five Elements Sect. After resting and arranging the sect’s affairs, he entered his Inner World to begin secluded cultivation and refine the Bodhi Heart.

• Lin Ming and his group left the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and, after reaching the Middle Continent, parted from Yun Yun, whom Lin Ming gave three Bodhi Seeds.
• Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin returned to the Five Elements Sect, where Ya Fei, Elder Yao, and the disciples welcomed them.
• Lin Ming and the two women rested for a week and spoke about the terrifying illusions they had survived in the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Lin Ming prepared the Five Elements Sect for his absence while he refined the Bodhi Heart, which he expected would take at least a year.
• Lin Ming entered his Inner World, checked on the growing Bodhi Ancient Tree and developing world, then began his secluded cultivation.

After disciples returned from the Vast Desolate Ancient Region with visions of the Hun Clan’s plan to sacrifice the continent, the Ancient, Lei, Yan, Yao, and Shi Clans investigated hidden array foundations and formed an alliance. The chapter ended with their joint declaration reaching the Soul Realm and demanding that the Hun Clan halt its activities and answer their accusations.

• Gu Qingyang reported that the illusion showed Hun Tiandi destroying the Ancient Clans, sacrificing the Middle Continent, and reaching the Dou Di realm.
• Gu Qingyang presented evidence of concealed formation patterns that connected into a vast array covering the Middle Continent.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Yao Dan, and Shi Jian responded to the reports by investigating the array and seeking cooperation with the other clans.
• Gu Yuan hosted representatives of the five clans, and they agreed to form an alliance and jointly pressure the Hun Clan.
• The five clans sent a declaration to the Soul Realm accusing the Hun Clan of destroying the Ling Clan, building a dangerous array, and planning a mass sacrifice.

Hun Tiandi conceded to the five-clan alliance by destroying the discovered formation patterns while secretly continuing the Hun Clan’s plans to collect the Ancient Emperor Jade. Three months later, Yao Chen and Xiao Yan arrived at the Five Elements Sect to meet with Lin Ming’s companions, who presented them with a jade box while Lin Ming remained in seclusion.

• Hun Tiandi ordered the Hun Clan to destroy known formation patterns and offer the five clans an explanation, while continuing to pursue the Ancient Emperor Jade and other ways to obtain source energy.
• The five clans accepted the Hun Clan’s concessions but established joint defense and intelligence measures and warned the Hun Clan to observe the ancient covenant.
• After three months of Lin Ming’s seclusion, Ya Fei, Elder Yao, and Xiao Yi Xian awaited Yao Chen and Xiao Yan at the Five Elements Sect.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan arrived, and Elder Yao explained that Lin Ming had entered seclusion after returning from the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and had asked them to invite the two guests.
• Ya Fei presented Yao Chen and Xiao Yan with a Cold Jade Box that radiated emerald light and a mysterious resonance.

Yao Chen and Xiao Yan accepted three Bodhi Seeds from Lin Ming, and Yao Chen told Xiao Yi Xian about the woman whose Calamity Poison Body had inspired her control method. Xiao Yan then warned the Five Elements Sect about the Hun Clan’s conspiracy, leaving Ya Fei and the others gravely concerned as they awaited Lin Ming’s return from seclusion.

• Ya Fei presented Yao Chen and Xiao Yan with three Bodhi Seeds on Lin Ming’s behalf, and Yao Chen accepted them after hearing how Lin Ming had benefited from his past help.
• Yao Chen recounted meeting a woman with the Calamity Poison Body and gave Xiao Yi Xian a map to the woman’s grave, where she might find further insights.
• Xiao Yan told Ya Fei, Elder Yao, and Xiao Yi Xian that the Five Great Ancient Races had uncovered the Hun Clan’s plans and forced it to destroy some hidden formation patterns.
• Ya Fei and the others discussed the danger posed by the Hun Clan, then escorted Yao Chen and Xiao Yan from the mountain gate.
• After returning to the hall, Ya Fei, Elder Yao, and Xiao Yi Xian set aside their other worries to keep watch for Lin Ming’s emergence from seclusion.

Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er received three Bodhi Seeds from the Five Elements Sect, while Xiao Yi Xian prepared to explore a poison-body tomb as Lin Ming remained in seclusion. Meanwhile, the Heaven Nether Sect learned that Lin Ming had destroyed its expedition, and the Flower Sect sent Yun Yun's elders to confront it after it captured Hua Xu.

• Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian welcomed Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er, then gave them three Bodhi Seeds on Lin Ming's behalf.
• Tang Zhen accepted the seeds, pledged Blazing Flame Valley's support to the Five Elements Sect, and stayed with Tang Huo'er for several days before returning home.
• After Tang Zhen left, Xiao Yi Xian began preparing to explore the tomb of a person with the woeful poison body, while Ya Fei and Yao Tianhuo protected Lin Ming's seclusion.
• The Heaven Nether Sect captured and tortured Flower Sect disciple Hua Xu, learning that Lin Ming had killed its Vice Sect Master, elders, and elite disciples in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.
• Yun Yun and the Flower Sect elders learned of Hua Xu's capture and resolved to demand her return, with Yun Yun instructing them to avoid all-out war if possible.
• A nine-star Dou Venerate White-Haired Old Woman led an elite Flower Sect force toward the Heaven Nether Sect's gates.

The Flower Sect attacked the Heaven Nether Sect to demand Hua Xu’s return, but Tianmingzi drove them back and vowed revenge against the Five Elements Sect and its allies. Nearly a year passed while Lin Ming remained in seclusion, leaving the Five Elements Sect to grow amid rising tensions and growing concern over his silence.

• The Flower Sect demanded that the Heaven Nether Sect return Hua Xu, and the Third Elder denied holding her.
• The Flower Sect attacked, overwhelming the Heaven Nether Sect’s weakened defenses until the Third Elder summoned Tianmingzi.
• Tianmingzi wounded the White-Haired Old Woman, but she and other core elders escaped using a Spatial Jade Slip from Yun Yun.
• Tianmingzi blamed Lin Ming, the Flower Sect, and the Five Elements Sect, while minor clashes among their factions continued.
• During the following year, the Five Elements Sect expanded under Ya Fei and the others as Lin Ming remained in seclusion and doubts about his condition quietly grew.

After Xiao Yi Xian returned from the Ancient Tomb with a breakthrough, the Heaven Nether Sect declared war on the Five Elements Sect and gave them ten days to prepare. Ya Fei organized the sect’s defenses while Lin Ming remained in seclusion, leaving the group determined to protect their home until he emerged.

• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Five Elements Sect after half a year away, bringing Ancient Tomb treasures and rising to Two-Star Dou Venerate.
• An Executive Elder brought Ya Fei a Blood Nether Box containing a war declaration from the Heaven Nether Sect, demanding repayment for the deaths of its vice sect master and elders in ten days.
• Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Elder Yao suspected the Heaven Nether Sect had gained powerful reinforcements and discussed the threat.
• Ya Fei ordered the sect to activate its protective formations, recall personnel, alert its branches, send Shadow Guards to investigate, and prepare its supplies for war.
• The group worried about Lin Ming’s continuing seclusion but resolved to defend the Five Elements Sect until he emerged.

Yun Yun and the Flower Sect received a Blood-Colored War Post from the Heaven Nether Sect, which planned to attack both the Flower Sect and the Five Elements Sect on the same day. As the Five Elements Sect prepared to meet the enemy at Thousand Ren Snow Peak, a crack appeared in the sealed Stone Door, and the chapter ended with both sides awaiting the Heaven Nether Sect’s arrival.

• Yun Yun opened the war post at the Flower Sect and learned that the Heaven Nether Sect would attack in ten days, at the same time as its planned assault on the Five Elements Sect.
• Qing Xianzi warned that the Heaven Nether Sect might possess an unknown trump card, while Yun Yun and Hua Xianzi ordered defenses strengthened and agreed the two sects should support each other.
• The Five Elements Sect activated its protective array, prepared supplies and battle formations, moved weaker disciples into a hidden secret realm, and planned to meet the enemy at Thousand Ren Snow Peak.
• Ya Fei visited the sealed Stone Door and called on Lin Ming for help, but it remained silent until a faint crack and brief glow appeared after she left.
• Elder Yao, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the Five Elements Sect’s forces assembled at Thousand Ren Snow Peak as observers gathered and awaited the Heaven Nether Sect.

The Five Elements Sect assembled at Broken Blade Snow Peak to face the Heaven Nether Sect, whose sect master Tianmingzi arrived with the half sage Gui Yuan. Elder Yao recognized Gui Yuan as his sworn enemy from centuries ago, and their renewed clash left the battle poised to begin.

• Ya Fei told Elder Yao and the assembled Five Elements Sect forces that intelligence on Tianmingzi's plans was scarce, and they agreed to wait and respond as events unfolded.
• A spatial rift opened, and Tianmingzi led the Heaven Nether Sect's arrival with a threat to erase the Five Elements Sect.
• Gui Yuan emerged beside Tianmingzi, revealing himself as another half sage and challenging Elder Yao.
• Elder Yao recalled how Gui Yuan had slaughtered the Liu Family and escaped after their duel centuries earlier.
• Gui Yuan declared his intent to avenge the destruction of his sect, and he and Elder Yao clashed with their auras above the snow peak.

The Heaven Nether Sect confronted the Five Elements Sect at Broken Blade Snow Peak while Heavenly Underworld Old Demon appeared alone before Flower Sect as a true Dou Sheng. As the Five Elements Sect activated its protective array and its defenders assigned opponents, Elder Yao and Gui Yuan began their long-awaited fight.

• Tianmingzi and Gui Yuan led more than a hundred Heaven Nether Sect fighters through a Spatial Rift to confront the Five Elements Sect.
• Yun Yun, the Qinghua Two Immortals, and Flower Sect's elders faced Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, who revealed himself as a true Dou Sheng.
• Tianmingzi signaled the start of the battle, and Elder Yao unleashed his flame power as Ya Fei activated the Five Elements Sect's array.
• Elder Yao volunteered to fight Tianmingzi and Gui Yuan, but Ya Fei brought out the Ice Puppet, and she, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin agreed to hold Tianmingzi back.
• Elder Yao confronted Gui Yuan in the air, and the two Half Sages prepared to settle their centuries-old grudge.