Recaps

Yang Ling joined Zhao Yingying to visit Zhao Zheng, who warned them that Fire Spirit Pearls were about to emerge on Fire Flood Dragon Island and asked them to work together to claim them. Zhao Zheng revealed he had been named the Pacify the Rong King, while Yang Ling wondered how Zhao Zheng had advanced so quickly.

• Yang Ling accompanied Zhao Yingying to see Zhao Zheng and learned that Mama Wang had cared for Zhao Zheng and Zhao Yingying when they were children.
• Zhao Yingying confronted Zhao Zheng for defending Yang Ling, then asked about their upcoming trip to Fire Flood Dragon Island.
• Zhao Zheng warned Yang Ling and Zhao Yingying that the Fire Spirit Pearls were nearing emergence and that other factions would compete for them.
• Zhao Zheng asked Yang Ling to protect him on the way to a secret location where at least three Fire Spirit Pearls would form, and Zhao Yingying said she had promised to travel with Tong He and the others.
• Zhao Zheng revealed that he had been named the Pacify the Rong King, and Yang Ling wondered whether the title or Zhao Zheng's Imperial Profound Heaven Scripture explained his rapid cultivation progress.

Zhao Zheng explained how the Xiangfeng Prefecture case helped him earn the title of Pacify the Rong King and rewarded Yang Ling with a Qilin Xuanshen Pill. The chapter ended with Yang Ling discovering the pill’s ability to grant 10,000 experience points to any internal energy technique and learning that Fire Flood Dragon Island held dangers unknown even to Zhao State and the Rong Tribe.

• Zhao Zheng told Zhao Yingying to keep his new title secret until the Sixth Rank Top Hundred Battle ended.
• Zhao Zheng explained that the Xiangfeng Prefecture case had led the emperor to grant him the prestigious title of Pacify the Rong King, boosting his cultivation to the peak of Upper Sixth Rank.
• Zhao Zheng credited Yang Ling for helping him earn the title and gave him a Qilin Xuanshen Pill made with Water Bodhi.
• Yang Ling told Zhao Zheng that Xu Wenjun had said Fourth-Rank and Fifth-Rank experts avoided Fire Flood Dragon Island because it suppressed their recovery.
• Zhao Zheng revealed that Grandmasters and Minor Grandmasters who entered Fire Flood Dragon Island faced an unknown danger, while Sixth-Rank experts did not.
• Yang Ling returned to his room and found that the Qilin Xuanshen Pill increased experience in any internal energy technique by 10,000 points.

Yang Ling advanced the Vajra Mingwang Technique to Entering the Hall and Room, bringing his qi and blood to perfection and transforming his defensive skill into the Vajra Mingwang Body. After testing his new abilities and training, he received a notification and arrived at the Sifang Inn almost simultaneously with Xu Qingnian.

• Yang Ling swallowed the Qilin Xuanshen Pill and chose to upgrade the Vajra Mingwang Technique.
• The technique reached Entering the Hall and Room, raising Yang Ling's spirit and bringing his qi and blood to 20,000, its perfection point.
• Yang Ling discovered that the technique had evolved his Indestructible Vajra Body into the Vajra Mingwang Body, with health lock, tenfold defense, and unconditional reflection of saber- and sword-type damage.
• Yang Ling activated the Vajra Mingwang Body and found it consumed 100 qi and blood per second, while the upgrade also gave him 40 Free Attribute Points.
• Yang Ling trained in the courtyard, then received a notification and arrived at the Sifang Inn moments apart from Xu Qingnian.

Yang Ling joined the Sixth Ranks gathering at the Sifang Inn and learned the rules and risks of the expedition to Fire Flood Dragon Island. He boarded one of twelve heavily guarded ships with Xu Qingnian and the others, as the fleet prepared to depart.

• Yang Ling and Xu Qingnian arrived at the Sifang Inn courtyard, where the Eldest Princess briefed the assembled Sixth Ranks on the island’s extreme heat and gave each person two Fire-Avoidance Pills.
• The Eldest Princess said another hundred Sixth Ranks would land for separate tasks and warned the group to avoid conflict with overseas sect disciples.
• The Eldest Princess sent the group to the docks, where Zhao Zheng described the fleet’s Grandmasters, soldiers, Iron Clothes, and Cao Gang disciples.
• Xu Wuji and Zhang Wei joined Yang Ling at the docks, and Yang Ling noticed the Player gang leaders and other grain transport workers aboard the ships.
• Zhao Zheng led Yang Ling and the others onto one of the twelve ships, and Yang Ling worried that the Players might suffer heavy losses if the expedition went wrong.

Yang Ling joined the guarded fleet sailing toward Fire Flood Dragon Island and learned that Yun Ruo had returned to the Capital's Iron Clothes Department. On board, he confronted Nine Immortal Dao Palace disciples who looked down on the Iron Clothes Department, just as Li Ruhai arrived.

• Twelve Cao Gang ships departed for Fire Flood Dragon Island with Iron Clothes masters and soldiers guarding against Rong Tribe spies.
• Zhao Zheng told Yun Buchuan and Zhao Xun that the fleet had strict security and that the journey would take about half a month.
• Yun Ruo explained to Yang Ling that she had returned to the Capital's Iron Clothes Department as an ordinary Seventh Rank Iron Clothes.
• Hua Zhuo urged Yun Ruo to return to the Nine Immortal Dao Palace and disparaged the Iron Clothes Department, prompting Yang Ling to defend it.
• A disciple muttered that the Iron Clothes were imperial dogs, and Yang Ling demanded an apology, threatening to slap Hua Zhuo.
• Li Ruhai arrived and challenged Yang Ling over his past acceptance of Peiyuan Pills from the Nine Immortal Dao Palace.

Yang Ling confronted the Nine Immortal Dao Palace and Divine Sect on the ship bound for Fire Flood Dragon Island, then stunned the watching experts by slapping Hua Zhuo twice without being seen. As Hua Zhuo retreated and the crowd reacted, Jie Hai approached Yang Ling and asked if he remembered him.

• Yang Ling addressed Li Ruhai as a peer and demanded an apology from Hua Zhuo, drawing the attention of the gathered factions.
• A Star Gazing Academy disciple challenged Yang Ling on Hua Zhuo's behalf, and Yang Ling struck Hua Zhuo twice before anyone could follow his movements.
• Hua Zhuo apologized for his junior, concealed his anger, and left after noticing Iron Clothes officers had aimed their Sixth-Rank crossbows at the confrontation.
• Yun Ruo told Yang Ling that Hua Zhuo ranked among the Nine Immortal Dao Palace's top three disciples of his generation, and Yang Ling praised his quick reactions.
• Jie Hai approached Yang Ling with a guarded expression and asked whether he remembered him.

Yang Ling agreed to release Jue Ming and his disciples after learning they had no ties to the Rong Tribe, then arranged to visit Arhat Temple under the pretense of studying Buddhist teachings. After the fleet entered the open sea, Zhao Zheng summoned the leading contestants and revealed a box of Fire-Avoidance Pills that could extend their stay on Fire Flood Dragon Island.

• Yang Ling greeted Jie Hai and met the monks from Arhat Temple and Ku Jue Temple, including Jieshu.
• Yun Ruo reported that the investigation had found no connection between Jue Ming and the Rong Tribe, so Yang Ling decided to release Jue Ming and his disciples.
• Yang Ling claimed an affinity with Buddhism and accepted Jieshu's invitation to visit Arhat Temple after the Sixth Rank Top Hundred Battle.
• Yun Buchuan and Zhao Xun suspected Yang Ling might be pursuing a lead about Rong Tribe spies at Arhat Temple.
• After the fleet sailed into the vast ocean, Zhang Wei brought Yang Ling to Zhao Zheng's cabin, where Zhao Zheng presented Fire-Avoidance Pills to the gathered experts.

Zhao Zheng offered Yang Ling and the others extra Fire-Avoidance Pills in exchange for helping him explore dangerous sect ruins on Fire Flood Dragon Island. After the other guests declined, he revealed that the ruins belonged to the Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect and that he sought its Fire Spirit Pearls and possible martial arts inheritance.

• Zhao Zheng offered everyone extra Fire-Avoidance Pills and asked them to help with a dangerous venture on Fire Flood Dragon Island.
• Qin Kunlun declined on behalf of the Divine Sect group, Zhao Yingying left with them, and Hua Zhuo also refused to join Zhao Zheng.
• Zhao Zheng gave Yang Ling and Xu Qingnian five Fire-Avoidance Pills each, then revealed his title of Pacify the Rong King and his intention to obtain the island's Fire Spirit Pearls.
• Zhao Zheng explained that the island held the ruins of a likely first-rate sect, reachable through fierce flames and dangerous exotic beasts.
• Zhao Zheng named the ruins the Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect and said his safer route still involved at least three Fifth Rank beasts, so the group would have to cooperate.

Yang Ling and Xu Qingnian learned about the powerful forces sailing to Fire Flood Dragon Island, while Yang Ling prepared for the White Bone Cave instance reset and warned Zhang Wei that the Immortal God Cult might target them. When a player reported being threatened aboard another ship, Yang Ling leaped across the sea to intervene.

• Zhao Zheng told Yang Ling and Xu Qingnian that fifth-rank exotic beasts might appear and that his group had a Divine Machine Crossbow and sixth-rank allies to support them.
• Zhao Zheng revealed that several princes and powerful officials were traveling to Fire Flood Dragon Island, then warned Xu Qingnian not to let his maternal grandfather’s case affect his duties.
• After several days of storms, Yang Ling discussed the upcoming White Bone Cave reset with Zhang Wei and chose to repeat B- difficulty rather than risk B+ difficulty.
• Yang Ling warned Zhang Wei that the Immortal God Cult might arrange an ambush in the instance, and Zhang Wei agreed to take the risk to pursue fifth rank.
• Yang Ling received a message that players were threatening someone aboard another ship, then leaped across the sea toward it as Zhang Wei stared in shock.

Yang Ling arrived on the grain ship and found Lu Xiangdi and the other gang leaders bound and accused of stealing pills and rare herbs. He challenged Wei Xing’s authority to punish his subordinates without hearing them out and demanded that the supposed victims come forward.

• Yang Ling landed on the ship, where Iron Clothes recognized him and lowered their weapons.
• Yang Ling found Lu Xiangdi, Sun Jiayi, Wang Baozhu, Yang Yi, and their gang members kneeling in restraints.
• Yang Ling identified the captives as Iron Clothes under his command and ordered their release, but Wei Xing refused.
• Wei Xing accused the group of breaking in to steal pills and rare herbs and threatened to throw them overboard.
• Yang Yi called the accusation a frame-up, and Yang Ling shielded her from Wei Xing’s pressure before threatening Wei Xing.
• Yang Ling demanded that the victims come forward, leaving the surrounding experts visibly angry.

Yang Ling challenged the four Sixth Rank complainants’ account of the thefts and questioned the grain transport workers who had implicated his subordinates. Suspecting the witnesses had been coached, he privately offered them rewards to tell him what really happened.

• Mingfa and three other Sixth Rank cultivators accused Lu Xiangdi, Sun Jiayi, Wang Baozhu, and Yang Yi of stealing their pills and rare herb.
• Yang Ling mocked the complainants for leaving their belongings unattended and demanded an account of how the thefts were discovered and the suspects caught.
• Mingfa said the four had left their valuables in their cabins, gone out together, and reported the losses to Steward Nangong, after which workers identified the suspects near the cabins.
• Yang Ling asked which workers had seen the suspects, then noticed the witnesses’ nerves settling and suspected someone was directing them through the Divine Realm Chat Channel.
• Yang Ling privately offered each grain transport worker a chance to enter the beginner White Bone Cave instance and ten thousand liang of silver in exchange for an honest account that could clear his subordinates.

Yang Ling exposed the paid false testimony against Lu Xiangdi and the other Iron Clothes, then accused Cao Gang steward Nangong Linghe of framing them. The case ended with a Cao Gang subordinate admitting he had planted the items, turning the incident into an internal dispute.

• Yang Ling privately offered a reward to the first grain transport worker who confessed and threatened the others, prompting one player to admit he had been paid to testify falsely.
• The remaining three player witnesses admitted taking money, and a Divine Realm grain transport worker confessed he had asked them to frame Lu Xiangdi and his companions over a grudge.
• Yang Ling rejected Nangong Linghe's attempt to hand the matter over and accused him of being a Rong Tribe spy who had framed the Iron Clothes.
• Yang Ling ordered Lu Xiangdi and the others to take Nangong Linghe into custody, but a Cao Gang subordinate admitted he had planted the items to punish Lu Xiangdi and his companions.
• The admission cleared Lu Xiangdi and the other Iron Clothes of suspicion and revealed the incident as an internal Cao Gang dispute.

Yang Ling exposed Zhao Yan’s role in targeting the Iron Clothes, and Ji Kongliu took over the case before a higher-ranking official ordered Yang Ling to handle it. Yang Ling immediately killed a Cao Gang seventh-rank expert, leaving the ship stunned.

• Nangong Linghe offered compensation and called the incident an internal Cao Gang dispute, but Yang Ling questioned why sect experts had targeted his subordinates.
• Yang Ling accused the group of attacking the Iron Clothes Department and suspected Monk Mingfa, three other sect experts, and Nangong Linghe of working for the Rong Tribe.
• Ji Kongliu arrived, took over the case, and pressured Monk Mingfa and the others into admitting that Zhao Yan had asked them to falsely claim the pills and herbs belonged to them.
• Ji Kongliu questioned Zhao Yan, who admitted she had targeted the grain transport workers because their smell had tainted her clothes and offered to compensate them.
• A shadowed official ordered Yang Ling to handle the case as he saw fit, and Yang Ling broke the neck of the Cao Gang’s seventh-rank expert and threw him into the sea.

Yang Ling punished those who framed Lu Xiangdi and his group, killed a Cao Gang Seventh-rank Expert, and secured compensation for the victims. After the incident, he explained to Ji Kongliu that he had taken the blame of offending the Cao Gang to preserve the Iron Clothes Department’s dignity.

• Yang Ling ordered Nangong Linghe to jump overboard, but Ji Kongliu stepped in to question him before Yang Ling could act.
• Monk Mingfa and representatives of two other factions paid five thousand taels each, while Xu Zegang covered Zhao Yan’s compensation; Yang Ling confined Zhao Yan to her cabin for the rest of the journey.
• Ji Kongliu let Nangong Linghe off lightly, and the Iron Clothes took away the three remaining false witnesses to face punishment in Zhao State.
• Yang Ling gave Lu Xiangdi’s group the silver, confiscated pills, and Purple Sunflowers as compensation.
• Yang Ling told Ji Kongliu that he had killed the Cao Gang expert because someone had to bear the consequences and protect the Iron Clothes Department’s dignity; Ji Kongliu said Yang Ling had been wronged.

Yang Ling traced the false accusation against the Iron Clothes Department to Wang Hang, an Immortal God Cult member protected by the Fifth Prince and powerful eunuchs. When Li Zhong arrived with Wu Xiaoshuai, Yang Ling recognized Wang Hang as the aide who had recruited Wu Xiaoshuai, giving him a new lead in the supposedly closed explosives case.

• Ji Kongliu was called away, and Yang Ling reassured Lu Xiangdi and the others that they had been caught up in a plot aimed elsewhere.
• Yang Ling confronted Lin Dayuan about the player who had directed him, and Lin admitted that Wang Hang was aboard the ship.
• Lin Dayuan led Yang Ling to Wang Hang, who denied knowing anything and stood beside the Fifth Prince, Zhao Yuan, and his eunuch godfather.
• Wang Hang privately taunted Yang Ling and relayed a threat from the Immortal God Cult Master, including a message about Fire Flood Dragon Island.
• Li Zhong arrived with Wu Xiaoshuai and identified Wang Hang as the Immortal God Cult member who had sold Wu Xiaoshuai explosives on Luo Kai's behalf.

The Iron Clothes Department interrogated Wang Hang over his ties to the Immortal God Cult and the Sifang Inn case, while the fifth prince feared the scandal would damage his standing. Wang Hang offered to confess, but Li Zhong suspected a trick and ordered Wei Xing to torture him, leaving Yang Ling convinced the accusation was mistaken.

• Li Zhong questioned Wang Hang before Zhao Zheng, Zhao Yuan, Zhao Qi, and the Iron Clothes Department directors, while Wu Xiaoshuai testified that Wang Hang had discussed the Immortal God Cult with him.
• Wang Hang denied being a cult heretic and accused Yang Ling and Wu Xiaoshuai of framing him, but Li Zhong challenged his claim and offered him a chance to atone by confessing.
• Wang Hang pleaded with Zhao Yuan for help, then his godfather urged him to tell the truth; Wang Hang retaliated by claiming Yang Ling was a player from outside Zhao State.
• Li Zhong dismissed Wang Hang's claim and ordered Wei Xing to torture him with bamboo skewers beneath his fingernails.
• Wang Hang said he would talk, but Li Zhong treated his offer as a trick and Wei Xing began pushing in a skewer; Yang Ling believed Wang Hang had genuinely intended to confess.

Li Zhong interrogated Wang Hang, who exposed Immortal God Cult accomplices while denying that Luo Kai knew his secret. As Yang Ling considered Luo Kai’s hidden role aboard the fleet, a system announcement replaced the White Bone Cave instance with Fire Flood Dragon Island.

• Li Zhong questioned Eunuch You about Wang Hang, who had entered the palace through his service to Luo Kai at Star Gazing Academy.
• Li Zhong ordered Wang Hang awakened and interrogated; Wang Hang named Immortal God Cult accomplices and said he had contacted Wu Xiaoshuai to bomb the Sifang Inn.
• Wang Hang claimed Luo Kai had unknowingly helped him make connections, and Yang Ling sensed that he was telling the truth.
• Li Zhong concluded that Star Gazing Academy was not implicated, then ordered Ji Kongliu to arrest Wang Hang’s named accomplices in the Capital.
• Yang Ling returned to the Giant Ship and considered whether Luo Kai was hiding among the fleet, while players prepared to enter White Bone Cave.
• The Divine Realm Chat Channel announced that White Bone Cave was undergoing emergency repairs and that the Intermediate Fire Flood Dragon Island instance had temporarily gone live.

After Divine Domain replaced the White Bone Cave Instance with an intermediate Fire Flood Dragon Island Instance, Yang Ling and Zhao State’s players weighed the risks and possible rewards. The instance automatically matched five players from different regions, and Zhang Wei asked Yang Ling what that meant.

• Yang Ling speculated that Fire Flood Dragon Island might reveal clues about entering Water Qilin Cave, and considered using the month-long instance to scout the island.
• At the Blazing Gold Ore mine, Zhang Shendao relayed Yang Ling’s warnings about the island’s possible First-rate Sect, Fire Spirit Pearl, extreme heat, and high difficulty.
• Divine Domain announced that parties were forbidden, Spirit Pets were allowed, and five players from different regions would be matched in an instance with no difficulty setting.
• Players across Zhao State argued over whether the unfamiliar instance was an opportunity or a deadly trap.
• Zhang Wei, Lu Xiangdi, and others asked Yang Ling about entering the instance, and Zhang Wei questioned what players from different regions meant.

Yang Ling warned his companions that the Fire Flood Dragon Island instance would include players from five other regions, then prepared to enter with Little White. The instance opened and assigned Yang Ling and Zhang Wei three possible identities each, leaving their choices unresolved.

• Yang Ling explained that players from five other regions would be matched into the instance and advised everyone to prioritize survival.
• Zhang Wei introduced his background and became the Grand Elder of Lu Xiangdi, Sun Jiayi, and Wang Baozhu’s four gangs, advising them to stay loyal to Yang Ling.
• Yang Ling checked his supplies, equipped the Fire Crocodile Set, and chose to bring Little White into the instance.
• The Fire Flood Dragon Island instance opened, and Yang Ling received options to become a sect inner disciple, a mine steward, or an instructor.
• Zhang Wei arrived in the instance and received options to become a mine slave, a woodcutting menial, or an outer disciple’s sparring partner.

Yang Ling entered the Fire Flood Dragon Island Instance as the Red Fire Iron Ore Steward and assessed the mine, his equipment, and the danger of the new setting. After discovering that Zhang Daochu was the Outer Disciple Chief Instructor, Yang Ling went into a mine shaft to mine ore himself.

• Yang Ling chose the Red Fire Iron Ore Steward identity and arrived at a vast mine with Little White, where mining slaves extracted ore under harsh conditions.
• Yang Ling confirmed that his equipment bonuses worked and judged that his defenses made him reasonably safe unless he provoked a Fourth-Rank Grandmaster.
• Shi Jiu brought a thousand new mining slaves for Yang Ling to inspect, but Yang Ling found no players among them and ordered them sent to work.
• Yang Ling asked Shi Jiu about recent inner disciples and the Outer Disciple Chief Instructor, learning that Zhang Daochu held that position.
• Yang Ling ate Shi Jiu's chilled fruit, then entered a mine shaft with his hoe to chip at the ore while Shi Jiu stayed behind.

Yang Ling mined red fire iron in the mine instance to push toward level 100, then learned that the Star Gazing Academy wanted to buy the ore and Fire Spirit Pearls. The chapter ended with news that White Bone Cave and dozens of allied sects were approaching Fire Flood Dragon Island, raising the possibility that the two instances had linked up.

• Yang Ling dug for red fire iron deep in the mine and discovered it granted experience comparable to blazing gold.
• Yang Ling spent seven days mining roughly a hundred jin of red fire iron, reaching level 99, but his level did not increase over the following days.
• Shi Jiu informed Yang Ling that a sect elder had arrived with distinguished guests to inspect the mine.
• The Star Gazing Academy’s scholar agreed to buy at least five hundred jin of red fire iron and requested one or two Fire Spirit Pearls.
• A disciple warned that White Bone Cave and dozens of allied sects were approaching Fire Flood Dragon Island to slaughter everyone there.

Yang Ling learned that White Bone Cave, a higher-ranked first-rate sect, had come to Fire Flood Dragon Island and watched the Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect prepare a sparring match. After returning to the mine, he heard a violent blast and felt heat surge from a shaft, suggesting the Fire Spirit Pearl might be emerging.

• Shi Jiu told Yang Ling that White Bone Cave ranked among the Martial Alliance’s top three powers, and the sect assembled after a bell sounded.
• The Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect’s Sect Master assured the crowd that their forebear would protect the island, then called for Sixth Rank disciples to spar with White Bone Cave.
• Yang Ling rejected the side quest to participate, and Zhang Daochu and the other four players also declined before ten disciples volunteered.
• Shi Jiu explained that the Martial Alliance had over a hundred sects, that White Bone Cave ranked third while their sect ranked sixth, and that their Sect Master might not expect to win the sparring match.
• A blast shook the mine, and intense heat poured from a shaft as the mining slaves fled; Yang Ling suspected the Fire Spirit Pearl was emerging.

Yang Ling learned that the newly emerged Fire Spirit Pearl could badly harm high-ranked cultivators and suspected it was a radiation source. After the sect sent more than three hundred sixth-rank experts to retrieve it, Yang Ling followed a talkative martial artist into a mine shaft.

• The Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect evacuated the mine slaves as the heat rose, while its grandmasters discussed the Fire Spirit Pearl and kept their distance from the mine.
• Grandmaster Gu Ming told the stewards that the Fire Spirit Pearl mainly threatened fifth-rank and higher cultivators, then waited for sixth-rank experts to arrive.
• Gu Ming ordered the sixth-rank experts to find a route into the collapsed mine shaft and promised a Fire Spirit Pill to whoever retrieved the Fire Spirit Pearl safely.
• A Middle Sixth Rank expert told Yang Ling that newly emerged Fire Spirit Pearls could cause severe, lasting illness, and that the sect usually waited thirty days before sending sixth-rank experts near one.
• Yang Ling suspected the Fire Spirit Pearl was a radiation source and followed the Middle Sixth Rank expert into a mine shaft.

Director Xia and the Divine Guard Office confronted the Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect’s Fourth-Rank Grandmasters and declared the sect doomed, while Yang Ling learned about the dangers of Fire Spirit Pearls and fled the mine as his skin began to react. He returned to the surface to find Shi Jiu fleeing pursuers and asked what had happened on Fire Flood Dragon Island.

• Director Xia told Gu Ming and the other Fourth-Rank Grandmasters that their Old Ancestor was dead, their Second-Rank expert was unlikely to break through, and they could surrender or die.
• A Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect Grandmaster considered fighting, but the group agreed to go to the Sect Master Hall and discuss terms with the Divine Guard Office’s Department Master.
• Zhuang Xu explained that Fire Spirit Pearls were dangerous to consume directly and that the sect’s master refined them into Fire Spirit Pills.
• Yang Ling and the other Sixth-Rank Experts entered a hotter passage, where their skin reddened and ulcerated as they neared the Fire Spirit Pearl.
• Yang Ling refused to continue searching and ran out of the mine, while Zhuang Xu and the others continued deeper.
• Shi Jiu fled toward Yang Ling with several martial artists pursuing him, hid behind Yang Ling, and prompted him to ask what had happened above.

Yang Ling learned that the Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect was being annihilated after its First Rank Land Immortal died, and he fought off a group of attackers at the red fire iron ore mine. He stayed on Fire Flood Dragon Island to wait out the instance, while Elder Wang arrived at the mine with his skin rapidly rotting.

• A Divine Guard Office martial artist announced that the Crimson-Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect had been struck from the Martial Alliance's rolls and offered mercy only to those of the fifth rank and above.
• Yang Ling killed the attacking sixth-rank and seventh-rank martial artists, then told Shi Jiu to escape while he stayed behind.
• Yang Ling filled the Green Dragon Ring with red fire iron and watched White Bone Cave experts kill the sect's airborne escapees with flying swords.
• Yang Ling hid in the Mine Shaft with Little White and waited for the instance to end as Elder Wang arrived at the mine with his skin rapidly rotting.