Recaps

Li Zhu brought Lin Yan to Flame Feather Valley, where he discovered a divided settlement sitting above a vast, restrained mass of underground fire energy. Their tour ended when Lin Yan detected a horde of more than fifty thousand vicious creatures approaching the valley.

• Lin Yan scanned Flame Feather Valley and found that its hundreds of thousands of residents lived in isolated groups with little unified administration.
• Lin Yan discovered that immense fire-attribute energy was building beneath the dormant volcanoes and could devastate the settlement if its restraints failed.
• Li Zhu explained that the valley belonged to the Yue Zhuo Clan and described how she had visited often since her first nirvana.
• The valley’s residents greeted Li Zhu warmly as she led Lin Yan around the settlement.
• Lin Yan and Li Zhu sensed danger approaching from the northeast, and the Ecological Deduction Sandbox warned that a horde of over fifty thousand vicious creatures was advancing.

Lin Yan and Li Zhu faced a fierce beast tide attacking Flame Feather Valley, where the tribes’ lack of coordination left the settlement dangerously exposed. They helped stabilize the defense, but the tide kept growing, and Lin Yan began searching for a way to turn the battle around.

• Lin Yan warned Li Zhu that about fifty thousand mixed fierce beasts were approaching from the northeast, and Li Zhu’s Phoenix Cry threw Flame Feather Valley into panic.
• Li Zhu and Lin Yan flew to the front lines after seeing the tribes fight separately and the Yue Zhuo Army struggle to assemble enough defenders.
• Li Zhu destroyed a swarm of Corrosive Fire Flying Ants with Southern Bright Leaving Fire and rescued Crimson Flame Eagles, then fought Blazing Vultures threatening Flame Cranes.
• Lin Yan used the Sand Table to spot threats across the battlefield, warned Li Zhu and nearby leaders, and protected endangered defenders with the Earth Spirit Seal and Myriad Spirits Manifestation Diagram.
• The Yue Zhuo Army formed ranks and held back the main attack, but hidden True Immortal Level beasts caused casualties as the tide continued to pour in.
• Li Zhu told Lin Yan they could not kill all the beasts, and Lin Yan studied the battlefield and began considering a solution.

Lin Yan united Flame Feather Valley’s clans and Yue Zhu Army against the fierce beast tide, leading them to victory at the cost of enormous casualties. As the survivors faced the devastation, unstable Earth Vein Nodes erupted into hundreds of Earthfire fountains, threatening the settlement with a new disaster.

• Li Zhu gathered the clan leaders and the Yue Zhu commander, and Lin Yan assigned them coordinated aerial, ground, support, evacuation, and decapitation forces.
• The allied forces carried out Lin Yan’s plan, killing or severely wounding three True Immortal Level Fierce Beast leaders and driving the beast tide into retreat.
• The defenders celebrated their victory, then counted thirty to forty thousand casualties and surveyed the destruction throughout Flame Feather Valley.
• Lin Yan used the Ecological Deduction Sandbox and detected chaotic underground energy and unstable Earth Vein Nodes.
• The ground split open and hundreds of Earthfire fountains erupted across Flame Feather Valley, spreading lava, heat, and poisonous gas.

After earthfire eruptions threatened to destroy Flame Feather Valley, Lin Yan proposed redirecting the fire through underground channels into a sparsely inhabited wilderness. With Li’s Phoenix Clan authority securing the clans’ cooperation, he assigned them roles in the emergency plan and prepared to tackle the most dangerous work with Li.

• The clans panicked as earthfire erupted across Flame Feather Valley, and Lin Yan announced that he had a way to address the disaster.
• The Crimson Flame Eagle leader and the Lava Goat elder doubted Lin Yan, but Li transformed into her Phoenix True Form and vouched for him.
• Lin Yan used the Ecological Deduction Sandbox to explain how the eruptions followed underground fire veins and could devastate a vast region if left unchecked.
• Lin Yan proposed carving Fire Guiding Channels to divert the earthfire into the uninhabited wilderness northeast of the valley, then stabilizing the remaining fire veins.
• Lin Yan assigned the Lava Goat, Earth Fire Pangolin, Flame Crane, Crimson Flame Eagle, and Yue Zhuo Army clans tasks in the diversion effort.
• Lin Yan and Li agreed to handle the dangerous main fire vein node, the core channel, and its formations.

Lin Yan and Li Zhu descended to the main Fire Vein node and began cutting a passage through the Earthfire to redirect its energy, with Lin Yan reinforcing the route and guiding the flow. After they advanced several thousand li, they encountered an unusually hard rock wall radiating an ancient aura.

• Lin Yan coordinated the clans for the plan and warned Li Zhu to retreat if the heat became too dangerous.
• Lin Yan and Li Zhu traveled underground to the main Fire Vein node, where the Earthfire’s heat and pressure threatened them.
• Lin Yan awakened the Chaos Eternal Treasure Furnace, whose phantom shielded them from much of the heat and pressure.
• Li Zhu carved a passage with her Southern Bright Leaving Fire while Lin Yan placed Wall-Solidifying Talisman Seals and Fire-Guiding Array Patterns.
• After advancing several thousand li, Li Zhu found that the rock ahead resisted her sword and gave off a dark-red sheen and an ancient aura.

Lin Yan and Li Zhu discovered a hidden chamber containing the Leaving Fire Treasure Mirror and a Seven-Colored Vermilion Fruit Tree. Li Zhu began claiming the mirror while Lin Yan studied how to repair the damaged formation and keep the tree in place.

• Li Zhu’s Southern Bright Leaving Fire opened a weakened barrier behind the rock wall, and she and Lin Yan entered the hidden chamber.
• They found the Leaving Fire Treasure Mirror and the Seven-Colored Vermilion Fruit Tree, which Lin Yan identified as an Innate Spiritual Treasure and an Innate Spiritual Root.
• Lin Yan realized the damaged Innate Leaving Fire Great Formation had nurtured the treasures and proposed making the tree its core to suppress the underground fire energy and nourish Flame Feather Valley.
• Lin Yan asked Li Zhu to claim the mirror while he examined the formation, and she infused it with her Natal Essence Blood.
• The mirror transformed into crimson light and entered Li Zhu’s brow, surrounding her in a Fire Cocoon as she began to refine it.

Lin Yan and Li Zhu repaired the damaged Innate Leaving Fire Great Formation, calming the Earthfire and protecting the Seven-Colored Vermilion Fruit Tree. They then completed the Fire Guiding Channel, directing the Earthfire into the Northeastern Wasteland to nourish it, and the eruptions in Flame Feather Valley subsided.

• Li Zhu finished refining the Leaving Fire Treasure Mirror, while Lin Yan identified the array’s damage and explained what was needed to repair it.
• Lin Yan used Lihuo Spirit Crystals and other materials to restore the broken pillars as Li Zhu stabilized the formation and relit the dimmed pillars with her Leaving Fire Origin.
• Lin Yan and Li Zhu reconstructed the core array pattern, restoring the great formation and calming the Earthfire while nourishing the Seven-Colored Vermilion Fruit Tree.
• After recovering, Lin Yan and Li Zhu resumed excavation and completed a Fire Guiding Channel from Flame Feather Valley to the Northeastern Wasteland.
• The Dispersing Fire Great Array began distributing Earthfire Spirit Qi through the wasteland, and the Earthfire vents in Flame Feather Valley subsided.

After Lin Yan and Li Zhu quelled the Earthfire, Flame Feather Valley’s clans celebrated their survival and began working together to recover. Lin Yan proposed reforms for the valley, and its leaders considered how to put them into practice.

• Lin Yan and Li Zhu emerged after diverting the Earthfire, and Li Zhu announced that Flame Feather Valley had been saved.
• The clans and the Yue Zhuo Clan commander thanked Lin Yan for saving their home and preserving the territory.
• The valley’s different clans worked together to clear damage, tend the wounded, and restore water and food supplies.
• Lin Yan warned the leaders that the valley needed long-term reforms to withstand future threats and maintain cooperation.
• Lin Yan proposed a Flame Feather Allied Army, a covenant shared by all clans, coordinated reconstruction, and a Place of Joint Discussion for monthly meetings.
• The Yue Zhuo Clan commander and other leaders welcomed several proposals, while the Lava Goat Clan Elder asked about holding meetings regularly.

Lin Yan guided Flame Feather Valley’s races through reforms that established an allied army, began a shared covenant, and improved cooperation across the settlement. The system recognized Flame Feather Valley as a Regional Ecological Civilization Demonstration Zone, unlocked Lin Yan’s advancement, and he broke through to the True Immortal Late Stage, leaving Li Zhu astonished by his rapid progress.

• The leaders of Flame Feather Valley’s races accepted Lin Yan’s proposals, and Li Zhu silently approved of his leadership.
• The races established the Flame Feather Allied Army and began drafting a covenant, inscribing twelve agreed rules on a Red Jade Plate.
• While helping Earth Fire Pangolins clear contaminated soil, Lin Yan received system rewards and learned that the advancement channel to the True Immortal Late Stage had opened.
• Lin Yan entered seclusion in the Innate Leaving Fire Great Formation and broke through to the True Immortal Late Stage, strengthening his Dao Seedling and body while healing his lingering injuries.
• Li Zhu was stunned when Lin Yan emerged, wondering how he had advanced so quickly after reaching the True Immortal Mid Stage only a thousand years earlier.

Lin Yan and Li Zhu encountered Di Jun and Taiyi while traveling through the Molten Fire Corridor. After the four joined forces to defeat three Crimson Flame Scale Lions, Li Zhu and Taiyi began a fiery contest, while Lin Yan and Di Jun watched.

• Lin Yan and Li Zhu traveled through the Molten Fire Corridor toward the core of Buzhou Mountain, where a Teleportation Array could help Lin Yan return to the Northern Darkness Ice Plain.
• Lin Yan and Li Zhu discovered Di Jun and Taiyi fighting three True Immortal Late Stage Crimson Flame Scale Lions and joined the battle.
• Taiyi killed one lion, Li Zhu burned another to ash, and Di Jun slew the last with his sword and flames.
• Li Zhu challenged Taiyi to a contest, while Lin Yan introduced himself to Di Jun and explained Li Zhu's competitive nature.
• Li Zhu and Taiyi clashed with their Southern Bright Leaving Fire and True Sun Fire, unleashing a powerful explosion as Lin Yan and Di Jun watched.

Lin Yan and Di Jun watched Li Zhu and Taiyi fight while sharing tea and discussing ways for living beings to coexist in the Prehistoric World. Impressed by Lin Yan’s ideas and experience building the Earth Dragon Community, Di Jun befriended him, and their bond began to take root.

• Di Jun and Lin Yan stepped aside to let Li Zhu and Taiyi continue their evenly matched battle inside a protective barrier.
• Di Jun served Lin Yan Earth Fire Cloud Sprout tea, and they discussed their cultivation, abilities, and views of the Dao.
• Di Jun expressed concern about the violence plaguing the Prehistoric World, and Lin Yan described how rules, cooperation, and shared protection could help living beings coexist.
• Lin Yan shared lessons from building settlements and improving the Earth Dragon Community, and Di Jun listened eagerly and praised his ideas.
• Di Jun asked to address Lin Yan as a brother, and Lin Yan accepted as they toasted their new friendship.

Li Zhu and Taiyi ended their three-day spar in a draw, then joined Lin Yan and Di Jun on their journey to Buzhou Mountain. The four arrived at the Phoenix Clan’s holy land, where Taiyi and Di Jun admired its vast, radiant mountain kingdom.

• Li Zhu and Taiyi fought for three days without either gaining the upper hand, until Lin Yan and Di Jun called a stop and the pair agreed to a draw.
• Li Zhu invited Di Jun and Taiyi to travel with her and Lin Yan to Buzhou Mountain, and the four continued south together.
• Lin Yan observed Di Jun’s knowledge and insight as the group talked, traveled, and fought ferocious beasts along the way.
• The four approached Buzhou Mountain and saw its towering central peak, surrounding volcanoes, and colorful Undying Rosy Clouds.
• Taiyi and Di Jun praised the Phoenix Clan’s holy land and its abundant, orderly Fire Spirit Qi.

Li Zhu showed Lin Yan, Di Jun, and Taiyi around Buzhou Mountain and explained how the Phoenix Clan and its affiliated groups were organized. At Li Zhu Pavilion, a summons announced the Mysterious Bird Clan’s Youth Elite Gathering, and the group set off for Flowing Sound Valley to attend.

• Li Zhu proudly pointed out Buzhou Mountain’s peaks and landmarks as she led the others through the Phoenix Clan’s sacred domain.
• Lin Yan found that the Ecological Deduction Sandbox could barely scan the mountain because its powerful spiritual barrier and Laws obscured the details.
• Li Zhu described the Phoenix Clan’s branches and affiliated clans, along with the roles they played in managing Buzhou Mountain.
• The group arrived at Li Zhu Pavilion, where Li Zhu greeted her Nixia Crane, Xia’er, and prepared to host her guests.
• A bird-call summons announced the Youth Elite Gathering, and Li Zhu explained its events and purpose to the others.
• Lin Yan, Di Jun, and Taiyi agreed to attend, so Li Zhu led them toward the Mysterious Bird Clan’s territory in Flowing Sound Valley.

Li Zhu brought Lin Yan, Di Jun, and Taiyi to the Mysterious Bird Clan’s Youth Elite Gathering, where the younger generation’s status was judged heavily by bloodline. Jin Hao and a Bifang Clan youth mocked Lin Yan’s Earth Dragon origins, and Taiyi challenged the Bifang youth as the confrontation began.

• Li Zhu led Lin Yan, Di Jun, and Taiyi through the gathering at Liuyan Flat and introduced them to the young elites of Buzhou Mountain.
• The attendees welcomed Li Zhu, Di Jun, and Taiyi, while most overlooked Lin Yan because of his plain appearance and modest aura.
• Li Zhu introduced Lin Yan to a group that included Jin Hao, who questioned his clan and cultivation with concealed disdain.
• Lin Yan calmly identified himself as a member of the Earth Dragon Clan who cultivated the Path of Earth Element.
• A Bifang Clan youth mocked Lin Yan’s origins, prompting Li Zhu to defend him and Taiyi to challenge the youth to prove his abilities.

Lin Yan answered Jin Hao’s insults with a cutting rebuke, prompting Li Zhu to strike Bi Fang Xuan and the Phoenix Clan youths to rally against them. Lin Yan accepted Jin Hao’s challenge to an arena match, with the outcome determining whether Jin Hao would apologize or Lin Yan would leave Buzhou Mountain and apologize to the noble bloodlines.

• Lin Yan mocked Jin Hao and the youths who relied on their bloodlines, inflaming the crowd.
• Di Jun and Taiyi stood with Lin Yan, while Li Zhu attacked Bi Fang Xuan and warned the others not to insult her friend.
• Jin Hao rallied the angry youths against Lin Yan and demanded an apology for his remarks.
• Lin Yan stepped forward and accepted any fair challenge, warning the crowd not to complain if they were injured.
• Jin Hao proposed an arena match, and Lin Yan agreed that he would leave Buzhou Mountain and apologize if he lost, while Jin Hao would apologize if Lin Yan won.

Taiyi took Lin Yan’s place in the arena and battled Jin Hao, whose speed and Golden Winged Great Peng arts failed to break through Taiyi’s True Sun Fire defense. Jin Hao unleashed Golden Peng Tears the Sky, and Taiyi countered with Great Sun’s Radiance as their attacks collided.

• The young prodigies of Buzhou Mountain gathered to fight Lin Yan, while Di Jun warned him not to underestimate them and Taiyi volunteered to go first.
• Jin Hao entered the arena and challenged Lin Yan, but Taiyi took the stage before Lin Yan could respond.
• Jin Hao attacked Taiyi with his speed and golden blades, but Taiyi countered with True Sun Fire and powerful punches.
• Taiyi held off Jin Hao’s relentless attacks for over a thousand exchanges, impressing the watching spectators.
• Jin Hao unfolded his golden wings and used Golden Peng Tears the Sky, while Taiyi focused his fire into a punch and unleashed Great Sun’s Radiance.

Taiyi defeated Jin Hao, and Lin Yan stepped onto the arena to face Xuan Yi. Lin Yan countered Xuan Yi’s Profound Netherworld Fire with earth techniques and trapped him in quicksand as Xuan Yi tried to escape.

• Taiyi blasted through Jin Hao’s golden defense, and referee Qing Lin declared Taiyi the winner before Jin Hao could continue.
• Xuan Yi challenged Lin Yan directly, and Lin Yan accepted despite Di Jun offering to take his place.
• Xuan Yi attacked with Profound Fire Feather Arrows, but Lin Yan raised an earthen wall that stopped them.
• Lin Yan disappeared underground as Xuan Yi spread Profound Netherworld Fire through the ground to flush him out.
• Lin Yan turned the arena beneath Xuan Yi into a Quicksand Vortex, and Xuan Yi unfurled his wings to escape.

Lin Yan defeated Xuan Yi and three more True Immortal Mid Stage challengers with versatile Earth Element Sorcery, leaving the Buzhou Mountain elites shocked and humiliated. Bai Yu of the Honghu Clan then stepped forward as a True Immortal Late Stage opponent, and his match against Lin Yan began.

• Lin Yan trapped Xuan Yi in quicksand, shattered his defenses with a Wutu Earth Essence Qi spear, and won the second match.
• The Buzhou Mountain elites reacted with shock, while Li Zhu celebrated Lin Yan's victory and Di Jun and Taiyi praised his fighting style.
• Lin Yan defeated challengers from the Bi Fang, Chongming Bird, and Yuan Chu Clans using different Earth Element techniques, while his aura remained steady.
• The Buzhou Mountain elites called for a True Immortal Late Stage fighter, and Bai Yu agreed to challenge Lin Yan after Kong Zhao stayed seated.
• Bai Yu introduced himself as a True Immortal Late Stage cultivator, Lin Yan prepared for a tougher fight, and Referee Qing Lin announced the match's start.

Lin Yan defeated Bai Yu after surviving the Honghu Clan genius's strongest attacks and countering with two Innate Spiritual Treasures. The victory left the young talents of Buzhou Mountain shaken, while Lin Yan and Bai Yu both showed signs of exhaustion.

• Bai Yu attacked Lin Yan with the Honghu White Flame, and Lin Yan blocked it with his Wutu Spirit Wall and Earth Vein Qi.
• Bai Yu summoned the Frost Flame Pure Heaven Bead and fired Nether Sky Cold Flame, but Lin Yan defended with the Earth Spirit Seal and Heaven and Earth Bead.
• Lin Yan used the two treasures to suppress Bai Yu and disrupt his mana, then struck the Frost Flame Pure Heaven Bead with the Earth Spirit Seal.
• Bai Yu staggered back injured, and Qing Lin announced Lin Yan as the winner.
• Li Zhu celebrated as Di Jun and Taiyi admired Lin Yan, while the other young talents of Buzhou Mountain feared they could not defeat him.

After Lin Yan defeated several Phoenix Clan prodigies, Li Zhu forced five ringleaders to hand over rare treasures and gave the spoils to him. Back at Li Zhu’s Cave Dwelling, Lin Yan learned that the Northern Darkness war remained at a stalemate and the Ye Character Camp was still active, but no ordinary teleportation route could take him there directly.

• Li Zhu scolded the Phoenix Clan youths for looking down on Lin Yan and demanded compensation from the five ringleaders.
• Xuan Yi, Bi Fang Xuan, two other youths, and Jin Hao each handed over three rare treasures, which Li Zhu gave to Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan thanked the crowd and put the dispute behind him, while Qing Lin dismissed the gathering and Lin Yan’s victory spread through Buzhou Mountain.
• Lin Yan asked Li Zhu about the Northern Darkness war and a long-distance Teleportation Array; she told him such arrays required multiple transfers and were unavailable to him.
• Li Zhu reported that the war remained deadlocked and the Ye Character Camp had earned military merit, though the Battle Reports named no individuals or specific events.

Lin Yan learned that Yin Yang and Qiankun had come to the Phoenix Clan seeking troops for the Dragon Clan, while he waited for news about his friends and the Northern Darkness Ice Plain. At the council, the Phoenix Ancestor and Yuan Huang agreed that aid should be sent, but the clan leaders still had to decide whether to commit their forces.

• Taiyi suggested Lin Yan remain with the Phoenix Clan until it sent reinforcements north, and Li Zhu said Yin Yang and Qiankun might be seeking the same support.
• Lin Yan asked Li Zhu to find where the two visitors were staying so he could learn about the Northern Darkness battlefront, and she went to investigate.
• Yin Yang and Qiankun urged the Phoenix Clan council to aid the Dragon Clan, warning that fierce beast armies threatened the Northern Darkness and other regions.
• The Yuan Chu and Honghu clan chiefs raised concerns about withdrawing troops, while Qiankun explained that the Kirin Clan had already sent forces to the eastern and western seas.
• The Phoenix Ancestor and Yuan Huang agreed to send troops to support the Dragon Clan and asked the clan leaders for their views.

The Phoenix Clan agreed to send a million-strong relief army to aid the Dragon Clan, but its leaders disputed who should command it. Daoist Qiankun proposed a competition between elite battalions, while Lin Yan, Di Jun, and Taiyi arrived at the Innate Divine Being Alliance Army’s camp to seek information about the northern war.

• The Phoenix Clan leaders agreed to contribute troops and supplies, forming a relief force with more than a million soldiers and eight Golden Immortal-level strategic deterrents.
• The clan leaders hesitated over who would command the allied army, so Daoist Qiankun proposed that elite battalions compete to clear Fierce Beast Strongholds near Buzhou Mountain within ten years.
• The Phoenix Ancestor invited Ancestor Yin Yang and Daoist Qiankun’s Innate Divine Being force to join the competition, and the clans agreed to the plan.
• The leaders discussed the allied army’s composition and left to select their battalions.
• Li Zhu led Lin Yan, Di Jun, and Taiyi to the Innate Divine Being Alliance Army’s camp to meet Ancestor Yin Yang and Daoist Qiankun and ask about the Northern Darkness Ice Plain.
• The guards told Li Zhu that Ancestor Yin Yang and Daoist Qiankun were discussing matters in Nirvana Hall, and the four entered the busy camp to wait.

Daoist Zhunti led Li Zhu, Lin Yan, Di Jun, and Taiyi around the camp and introduced them to its prominent cultivators. The group met future great figures including Jieyin, the Three Pure Ones, Minghe, Fuxi, Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hongyun, leaving them welcomed among the camp’s defenders.

• Daoist Zhunti met Li Zhu and her companions, then offered to show them around the camp.
• Zhunti brought the group to an open gathering place and introduced Lin Yan, Di Jun, and Taiyi to the assembled cultivators.
• Zhunti introduced Jieyin and the Three Pure Ones, and Tongtian invited Taiyi to exchange pointers in combat and swordsmanship.
• Zhunti introduced Minghe, Fuxi, and Nuwa, whose abilities and unusual temperaments impressed Lin Yan.
• Zhunti introduced Zhen Yuanzi, Hongyun, and several other powerful cultivators, and the group exchanged cordial greetings.

Lin Yan reunited with Ancestor Yin Yang and Daoist Qiankun at the Phoenix Clan camp, where they discussed the stalled war in Northern Darkness and plans to send reinforcements. Lin Yan agreed to return with the Allied Army, while the seniors invited him, Di Jun, and Taiyi to compete for command of the forces.

• Lin Yan introduced himself to the gathered cultivators and described how a Space-element Golden Immortal Beast had brought him to Buzhou Mountain.
• Ancestor Yin Yang and Daoist Qiankun returned to camp, recognized Lin Yan, and praised his rapid cultivation, drawing the assembly's attention to him.
• Lin Yan asked about Mo Xuan and Ao Ye, and Daoist Qiankun explained that the Dragon Clan was under pressure as fierce beast reinforcements gathered.
• Ancestor Yin Yang announced that the Phoenix Clan would send a million troops north and that the Allied Army commander would be chosen through a contest to clear fierce beast strongholds.
• Daoist Qiankun invited Lin Yan to travel back to Northern Darkness with the Allied Army, and Lin Yan agreed to remain and accept orders.
• Ancestor Yin Yang invited Lin Yan, Di Jun, and Taiyi to compete for command and help the Divine Lineage establish itself in the coming war.

The Sacred Alliance and Phoenix Clan squads prepared for the competition, then drew targets for their strongholds. As the Sacred Alliance traveled toward Black Nightmare Marsh, Lin Yan’s scouting revealed nearby beast groups and sparked a disagreement over whether to attack them.

• Li Zhu decided to join the Phoenix Main Branch squad and challenged Lin Yan, Di Jun, and Taiyi to compete against her.
• Yue Jian was chosen to command the Sacred Alliance squad, while the Phoenix Main Branch appointed Chi Yu as its commander and Li Zhu as its squad leader.
• Yue Jian drew Black Nightmare Marsh as the Sacred Alliance’s target, a stronghold inhabited by two powerful Mysterious Immortal beasts and many lesser fierce beasts.
• The Sacred Alliance squad left Buzhou Mountain with Bai Zhi as its observing supervisor and traveled toward the marsh.
• Lin Yan returned from scouting with a detailed map of nearby beast groups and recommended detouring around a suspected beast nest.
• Taiyi and others volunteered to attack a nearby group, but Di Jun cautioned that doing so could exhaust the squad before it reached Black Nightmare Marsh, and Yue Jian asked Lin Yan for his view.