Recaps

Ning Xiaochuan defeated the Pied Piper but could not stop him from escaping, then learned that other powerful natives had entered the Ghost Dream Wildlands. Yue Mingsong explained that the group had come to investigate the ominous Hundred Ghosts Parade at Night near the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest, leaving Ning Xiaochuan wondering whether an ancient Heavenly Emperor was buried there.

• Ning Xiaochuan used Little Red's dragon armor and sword to overpower the Pied Piper, who revealed his Thousand Thread Jade Maple Tree body and escaped into the forest after being wounded.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed a violent ape but abandoned his pursuit when more mystic beasts appeared, then fled with Jin Quexi, Yue Mingsong, and Xie Mengyao.
• At a lake, Ning Xiaochuan pulled Li Jinming's corpse from the water and deduced that a fighter at the Divine Body Ninth Level or higher had killed him.
• Yue Mingsong said the Heavenly Principles Society had sent seven students to investigate the Hundred Ghosts Parade at Night, and the Pied Piper had killed three of them.
• Yue Mingsong explained that the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest was an ancient graveyard said to hold the tomb of the Heavenly Emperor.

After Ning Xiaochuan saved Jin Quexi from a fiery broken sword, he and Yue Mingsong set out to investigate the native experts gathering at the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest. Jin Quexi and Xie Mengyao headed back to the Heavenly Emperor Academy to report the danger in the Ghost Dream Wildlands.

• Yue Mingsong told Ning Xiaochuan that a strange celestial phenomenon had appeared over the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest and drawn dangerous natives to the area.
• Ning Xiaochuan removed the Crimson Broken Sword from Jin Quexi's chest and used Martial Venerable Blood to heal her wound while Yue Mingsong's peeping earned him sword strikes.
• Jin Quexi and Xie Mengyao prepared to return to the academy, while Ning Xiaochuan decided to investigate the tomb forest with Yue Mingsong.
• Ning Xiaochuan asked Jin Quexi to repay him for the Martial Venerable Blood, and she agreed to pay once they left the Ghost Dream Wildlands.
• Jin Quexi and Xie Mengyao headed for the outskirts as Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong advanced deeper into the Ghost Dream Wildlands.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong ventured into the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest, where they encountered dangerous supernatural forces and a pursuing Nether Knight. As they escaped, Yue Mingsong recognized the Mystic Beast Appraisal and asked to examine it.

• Ning Xiaochuan killed an indigenous warrior at the edge of the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest, and Yue Mingsong gave him a Nine Yang Evil-Dispelling Pearl to protect against the forest’s chill and Foul Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan agreed to refine aphrodisiac vigor-strengthening pills for Yue Mingsong in exchange for a Nine Yang Evil-Dispelling Pearl, then continued deeper into the forest.
• After night fell, Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong encountered a Human-Eyed Raven and found that the forest’s mysterious force had disrupted their sense of direction.
• A Nether Knight attacked Yue Mingsong, but Ning Xiaochuan blasted it back and summoned the Two-Headed Stone Beast to carry them away as the knight pursued them.
• Yue Mingsong noticed the Mystic Beast Appraisal in Ning Xiaochuan’s hand and asked to inspect it, recognizing its artifact-refining techniques.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong discovered that the mountain beyond the river was likely the Heavenly Emperor's tomb and used the Tai Sui Beast Cub to burrow beneath it. They reached the deadly Blood Realm, where a powerful warrior formed from blood qi attacked them as they tried to escape.

• Yue Mingsong examined Ning Xiaochuan's Mystic Beast Appraisal, identified it as a likely Super Profound Weapon, and failed to persuade him to sell it.
• When the Hundred Ghosts Parade at Night appeared, Yue Mingsong used his Yin-Yang Diagram to lead Ning Xiaochuan toward the Yin-Yang Convergence Ground.
• The pair saw Nether creatures streaming across bridges toward a cave, while indigenous martial artists guarded the river; Ning Xiaochuan sensed a Worldly Detachment Realm expert among them.
• Yue Mingsong's Bronze Mirror exploded when he examined the mountain, leading him to conclude it was probably the Heavenly Emperor's tomb, and Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Tai Sui Beast Cub to burrow beneath it.
• Underground, Yue Mingsong recognized the blood-red soil as the Blood Realm and warned Ning Xiaochuan that they must retreat.
• A warrior formed from blood qi appeared and pursued Ning Xiaochuan, Yue Mingsong, and the Tai Sui Beast Cub as they fled.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong fled into a Corpse Cave while pursued by a Blood Fiend General and Elder Wu. Ning Xiaochuan devoured the Blood Fiend General, broke through to the Divine Body Seventh Level, and left Elder Wu injured but still fighting.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong escaped into a Corpse Cave as the Blood Fiend General killed four native martial artists and pursued them inside.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong disguised themselves in bone garments, but the Blood Fiend General recognized them, and Elder Wu blocked their path.
• Ning Xiaochuan devoured the Blood Fiend General with the Demon Sword and absorbed its blood qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan broke through to the Divine Body Seventh Level and formed his seventh divine ability, Cloudglow Return Essence Qi.
• Elder Wu tried to attack Ning Xiaochuan while he was suppressing the blood qi, but Ning Xiaochuan repelled him and struck him with nine consecutive palms.
• Elder Wu recovered enough to attack Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong again.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong fought their way through Nether Knights but were pursued by a powerful female corpse, a former Heavenly Emperor Academy student dead for two hundred years. Ning Xiaochuan split her with the Demon Sword, then discovered her blood had been absorbed by the Mystic Beast Appraisal.

• Yue Mingsong used his Sky Pillar to knock down Elder Wu, and Ning Xiaochuan killed him with lightning.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong were surrounded by ten Nether Knights and a female corpse who had once been a student of the Heavenly Emperor Academy.
• The female corpse injured Yue Mingsong, and Ning Xiaochuan fled with him on the Two-Headed Stone Beast while fighting the Nether Knights.
• The female corpse tore apart Yue Mingsong’s Yin-Yang Diagram and forced Ning Xiaochuan to face her as the Nether Knights blocked their escape.
• Ning Xiaochuan summoned the Demon Sword and split the female corpse in two, after which her blood dripped onto and was absorbed by the Mystic Beast Appraisal.

Ning Xiaochuan subdued the female corpse and her Nether Knights with the Mystic Beast Appraisal, then learned from Yue Mingsong what the yin fiends represented as they continued through the Corpse Cave. Meanwhile, Heavenly Emperor Academy forces entered the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest to investigate and eliminate native experts.

• Ning Xiaochuan discovered that the Mystic Beast Appraisal had absorbed the female corpse and was healing her, while the short blade in her chest continued battling her Martial Heart Palace.
• The short blade’s demonic sounds lured Ning Xiaochuan toward it, but he resisted and realized the blade and the female corpse had been locked in battle for more than two hundred years.
• Ning Xiaochuan returned the female corpse to the Mystic Beast Appraisal, and the ten Nether Knights turned into streams of light and joined her there as guardians.
• Ning Xiaochuan woke Yue Mingsong, who explained that Nether Knights, Blood Fiend Generals, Nether Soldiers, and Corpse Fiends arose from different wills in dead bodies.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong rode deeper into the Corpse Cave as it opened into a vast field of coffins and piled corpses.
• Han Fu, Xiao Cheng, and other Heavenly Emperor Academy forces entered the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest to investigate the reported heavenly sign and exterminate native experts.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong encountered a deadly illusion-filled pool in the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest, then reached an Underground Forest guarded by native martial artists. Ning Xiaochuan killed two guards and faced the remaining three.

• Ji Hanxing reached the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest with the Dragon Elephant Divine Martial warriors and entered alone while Zuo Jinfeng went to summon aid.
• Yue Mingsong mistook a corpse for a Heavenly Emperor relic in a pool, and Ning Xiaochuan used lightning to free him from the attacking corpses.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong escaped the pool as the corpses pursued them briefly before returning to the water.
• The pair encountered five native martial artists guarding an Underground Forest, and Yue Mingsong urged Ning Xiaochuan to fight them.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed two native martial artists with Seven-Colored Shift and his brow's gleam, leaving the other three stunned.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong escaped a horde of Blood Fiend Generals after Yue Mingsong tore down the Blood Realm Gate, then realized native experts were using an ancient artifact to build an army against Heavenly Emperor Academy. While trying to find their way out of the tomb, they encountered eight maddened Academy students, including Yu TianDi.

• Ning Xiaochuan held off three native experts while Yue Mingsong slipped into the Underground Forest and retrieved a massive iron gate panel.
• Blood Fiend Generals and an enormous Blood Fiend Dragon poured out of the forest, forcing Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong to flee through the night.
• Yue Mingsong revealed that he had torn down the Blood Realm Gate and explained that an Eighth Grade Yin Yang Furnace could transform Yin fiends into Blood Fiend Generals.
• Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong concluded that native Witch King-level figures planned to use the fiend army to attack Heavenly Emperor City, so they set out to warn the Academy.
• The pair encountered eight bloodied Heavenly Emperor Academy students attacking one another, including Yu TianDi, and Yue Mingsong threw Nine Yang Evil-Dispelling Pearls at them.

After Ji Hanxing found Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong, she brought them to a valley where hundreds of Heavenly Emperor Academy students were suffering from Foul Qi, Yin Fiend energy, or Corpse Poison. She protected Ning Xiaochuan from Xiao Cheng and urged him to help save the students.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong learned from Yu TianDi that many academy students and leaders had entered the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest, and they worried that others might have lost control as well.
• Ji Hanxing intercepted Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong, demanded they come with her to treat afflicted students, and compelled them to follow.
• Ji Hanxing brought them to a black valley, where hundreds of students lay incapacitated and academy leaders struggled to suppress the corrupting energies.
• Xiao Cheng recognized Ning Xiaochuan and threatened him over the Cloud Alliance’s dead, but Ji Hanxing intervened and insisted that saving the students came before their feud.
• Xiao Cheng backed down and left without attacking Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan and Yue Mingsong tried to save the students stricken by Foul Qi, Corpse Poison, and Yin Fiend Qi while Ji Hanxing gathered protective pearls to help them. After Ning Xiaochuan secretly used the Demon Sword to cure Yu Qianqian and claimed the Northern Darkness Divine Art had absorbed her Yin Fiend Qi, the Cloud Alliance leader Xiao Cheng and others turned greedy eyes toward him.

• Ji Hanxing warned that Blood Fiend Generals and a Witch King-level expert had sealed the exit, while Ning Xiaochuan examined the students poisoned by Corpse Poison for a possible cure.
• Ji Hanxing forced Yu TianDi and seven other Heaven's Chosen to surrender their Nine Yang Evil-Dispelling Pearls, then used the pearls to protect students tainted by Foul Qi and suppress the Yin Fiend Qi afflicting others.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the Demon Sword to absorb the Yin Fiend Qi from Yu Qianqian, discovering that the process seemed to strengthen his blood vessels as she regained consciousness.
• When Ji Hanxing asked how he had expelled the Yin Fiend Qi, Ning Xiaochuan credited the Northern Darkness Divine Art, and Yue Mingsong loudly praised the technique.
• Xiao Cheng, Han Fu, and the others heard Yue Mingsong and began eyeing Ning Xiaochuan with greed, hoping to obtain the Northern Darkness Divine Art.

After curing the students and refining a medicine for Corpse Poison, Ning Xiaochuan and his companions fought their way out of a valley overrun by Blood Fiend Generals. The Black Lai High Priest, a Martial Venerable, ambushed them at the exit, and Yue Mingsong tried to stall him while Ji Hanxing lay severely injured.

• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed the Yin Fiend Qi from 107 students, strengthening his cultivation and advancing his Cloudglow Return Essence Qi.
• Yu Qianqian gathered the Azure Crimson Medicine Stone and Scarlet Flame Lotus, and she and Ning Xiaochuan began refining a cure for Corpse Poison.
• Blood Fiend Generals broke into the valley, forcing Xiao Cheng, Han Fu, Zhuo Yu Fan, and two other leaders to form a defensive formation while Ji Hanxing guarded the pill-makers.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Ji Hanxing, Yu Qianqian, and Yue Mingsong rode the Two-Headed Stone Beast toward the exit, fighting their way through the Blood Fiend Generals.
• The Black Lai High Priest appeared at the valley exit and incapacitated Ji Hanxing with two attacks, revealing himself as a Martial Venerable.
• Yue Mingsong tried to delay the Black Lai High Priest with a story about Ning Xiaochuan eating human flesh, but the High Priest saw through the stalling and ordered Ning Xiaochuan to choose which part of Ji Hanxing to eat first.

Ning Xiaochuan and Ji Hanxing nearly died fighting Black Lai High Priest before Spirit Void Venerable intervened. Ning Xiaochuan’s group then headed for the Blood Realm Gate to seize the Yin Yang Furnace, arriving at its entrance with Yue Mingsong carrying the gate he had torn down.

• Ning Xiaochuan and Ji Hanxing coordinated an attack on Black Lai High Priest, but their strength was insufficient to defeat him.
• Spirit Void Venerable arrived and fought Black Lai High Priest, allowing Ning Xiaochuan, Ji Hanxing, Yu Qianqian, and Yue Mingsong to escape.
• Ning Xiaochuan urged the group to go to the Underground Forest and explained that he was struggling to contain the Martial Venerable blood qi he had absorbed.
• Yue Mingsong told Ji Hanxing and Yu Qianqian about the Blood Fiend Generals and the Yin Yang Furnace, and the group agreed to try to seize it.
• The four reached the Blood Realm Gate, where Yue Mingsong revealed that he had torn down its outer gate and carried it in his Universe Pouch.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions defeated the native warriors guarding the Blood Realm Gate and entered the Blood Realm. Inside, Ning Xiaochuan heard a message from the female corpse asking him to help seize the Yin Yang Furnace, then led the group toward the cries of Nether Soldier Corpse Fiends.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined blood qi while the Mystic Beast Egg absorbed some of it and developed a tenth crack.
• Yue Mingsong ambushed two native warriors as Ji Hanxing recovered from her injuries.
• Ji Hanxing killed the Worldly Detachment Realm elder, while Ning Xiaochuan killed the other two guards and destroyed their bodies.
• Ning Xiaochuan, Ji Hanxing, Yu Qianqian, Yue Mingsong, and the Red Little Dragon entered the Blood Realm.
• The female corpse sent Ning Xiaochuan a message asking for help with the Yin Yang Furnace, and Ning Xiaochuan concealed it from his companions.
• Ning Xiaochuan followed the Corpse Fiends' howls, and the group listened to them through the stone wall.

Ning Xiaochuan used the World Extinction Path to sever the Blood Fiend Generals’ control by the Yin Yang Furnace and send them into a frenzy, creating an opening for the group. Ji Hanxing killed six indigenous Martial Dao experts and shattered the blood pool, while the Yin Yang Furnace remained beneath it.

• Ning Xiaochuan discovered that the Yin Yang Furnace beneath the blood pool was powering the Blood Fiend Generals, while indigenous experts guarded it.
• Yue Mingsong proposed that Ning Xiaochuan use the Northern Darkness Divine Art to provoke the Blood Fiend Generals, and Ning Xiaochuan unleashed the Demon Sword and World Extinction Path instead.
• The Blood Fiend Generals broke free of the furnace’s control and attacked everyone nearby, killing six indigenous martial artists.
• Six indigenous experts charged Ning Xiaochuan, but Ji Hanxing crossed the blood bridge and killed them with her Dragon Elephant Halberd Spear.
• Ji Hanxing attacked the blood pool and shattered it, sending streams of blood flying in every direction.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the Yin Yang Furnace to escape two Blood Fiend Generals and learned that heartfire could let him control its Bright Fire. As he began sensing his heartfire, he advanced his Heaven and Earth Profound Qi to the fifth level, reached the peak of the Divine Body Seventh Level, and opened an Eighth Divine Source.

• Ji Hanxing shattered the blood pool, prompting three Worldly Detachment Realm native elders to attack her while the battle around them descended into chaos.
• Ning Xiaochuan combined bodies with the Red Little Dragon and approached the Yin Yang Furnace, but two Blood Fiend Generals trapped him and forced him inside.
• The Red Little Dragon's power let Ning Xiaochuan endure the furnace's alternating heat and cold, and the Mystic Beast Appraisal released a female corpse whose divine tower and battle saber had fought for more than two hundred years.
• In a Different Dimension, the battle saber tempted Ning Xiaochuan to help it topple the divine tower, while the divine tower told him to use heartfire to subdue the Bright Fire and control the furnace.
• Ning Xiaochuan focused on sensing his heartfire, advanced to the fifth level of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, reached the peak of the Divine Body Seventh Level, and opened an Eighth Divine Source.

Ning Xiaochuan subdued the bright fire and gained control of the Yin Yang Furnace, turning the natives’ weapons against them. After the Blood Fiend Dragon helped him defeat the native forces, the surviving Worldly Detachment Realm elders fled into the Underground Forest, and Ning Xiaochuan sent his forces after them.

• Ning Xiaochuan used his heart fire to subdue the bright fire inside the Yin Yang Furnace.
• As Ji Hanxing, Yu Qianqian, and Yue Mingsong were overwhelmed by native fighters, Ning Xiaochuan emerged with the furnace and used it to command Blood Fiend Generals.
• Ning Xiaochuan led the Blood Fiend Generals against a native expert, while a giant native elder destroyed many of the generals and attacked the furnace.
• A Blood Fiend Dragon emerged from underground and crushed the giant elder, then Ning Xiaochuan ordered Ji Hanxing, Yu Qianqian, and Yue Mingsong onto its back.
• Ning Xiaochuan ordered the Blood Fiend Generals to slaughter the natives, while two surviving elders escaped into the Underground Forest.
• Ning Xiaochuan ordered his forces to pursue the fleeing elders, and the Blood Fiend Dragon charged after them.

Ning Xiaochuan and his companions used the Blood Fiend Dragon to defeat the indigenous forces and reach a besieged group of Heavenly Emperor Academy students. Ning Xiaochuan took control of the Blood Fiend Generals and provoked the Turbulent World Witch King, hoping to draw his attack away from the students.

• The Blood Fiend Dragon killed one of two indigenous Worldly Detachment Realm elders and drove the other to flee as Ning Xiaochuan ordered the pursuit.
• Five leaders of Heavenly Emperor Academy struggled to protect hundreds of students from the Blood Fiend Generals, while Xiao Cheng argued against continuing to defend them.
• The Turbulent World Witch King arrived with twelve indigenous martial artists and claimed he commanded over ten thousand Blood Fiend Generals.
• A wounded indigenous elder reached the valley just before Ning Xiaochuan and his companions arrived on the Blood Fiend Dragon and took control of the Blood Fiend Generals.
• The Blood Fiend Generals surrounded the Turbulent World Witch King, and Ning Xiaochuan taunted him to draw his attention away from the academy students.

Ning Xiaochuan and the Blood Fiend Dragon fought the Turbulent World Witch King while the academy students fled the collapsing valley. Inside the Yin Yang Furnace, the woman thought to be a corpse awakened, broke free of the Mystic Beast Appraisal’s bond, and emerged to confront the Witch King with overwhelming sword qi.

• Ning Xiaochuan gave Ji Hanxing pills and stayed behind to draw the Turbulent World Witch King away while Ji Hanxing led Yu Qianqian and Yue Mingsong down from the Blood Fiend Dragon.
• The Blood Fiend Dragon battled the Turbulent World Witch King as the five greatest experts of Heavenly Emperor Academy led the students toward the tomb’s exit.
• The Turbulent World Witch King attacked the Blood Fiend Dragon, but Ning Xiaochuan hid inside the Yin Yang Furnace and used it to help the dragon repair its shattered skull.
• The woman absorbed Bright Fire, awakened from dormancy, and severed her master-servant bond with the Mystic Beast Appraisal, leaving the short knife suppressed in its Third Mystic Beast Palace.
• The woman emerged from the Blood Fiend Dragon and pointed sword qi at the Turbulent World Witch King, whose heart filled with terror.

A mysterious woman killed the Turbulent World Witch King, drove Black Lai High Priest into the Blood Realm, and took Ning Xiaochuan away from the Heavenly Emperor’s Tomb. She brought him to her former territory and promised to help him advance as a Heart Nourisher.

• The mysterious woman killed the Turbulent World Witch King with a sword wave and forced Black Lai High Priest to flee underground into the Blood Realm.
• The woman took Ning Xiaochuan away, while Spirit Void Venerable told the arriving academy elders what had happened and showed them the battle through the Time-Space True Mirror.
• The elders recognized the woman as someone who had vanished two hundred years earlier, and they ordered the Heavenly Emperor Tomb Forest sealed while they pursued Black Lai High Priest.
• The woman led Ning Xiaochuan through the Ghost Dream Wildlands to a hidden canyon that she said had been her territory two hundred years before.
• The woman promised to help Ning Xiaochuan refine his true cauldron within a year, explaining that reaching the Worldly Detachment Realm would let him become a true Advanced Heart Nourisher.

Ning Xiaochuan chose to give up control of the Yin Yang Furnace’s ten thousand Blood Fiend Generals and use it to Melt True Cauldron, strengthening himself instead of relying on external power. After the mysterious woman challenged him over his late start in cultivation, he resolved to catch up, and she offered to teach him for a year.

• The mysterious woman explained how Ning Xiaochuan could use the Yin Yang Furnace to Melt True Cauldron, but warned that he would lose control of the Blood Fiend Generals.
• Ning Xiaochuan chose to Melt True Cauldron, arguing that relying on external power was dangerous and would not protect him from stronger enemies.
• The mysterious woman praised Ning Xiaochuan’s potential but said his talent had been held back because he started cultivating too late.
• Ning Xiaochuan accepted that he had fallen behind the Spirit Void Venerable but vowed that hard work could still let him surpass his opponents.
• The mysterious woman agreed to teach Ning Xiaochuan for a year and help him Melt True Cauldron.

The mysterious woman explained that Heaven and Earth Profound Qi could become an exceptionally powerful cultivation technique and urged Ning Xiaochuan to strengthen his unstable foundation by refining his qi into Primordial Profound Qi. After three months of difficult cultivation, Ning Xiaochuan completed the transformation and discovered that his combat power had greatly increased.

• The mysterious woman praised Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, told Ning Xiaochuan where he could find its seventh level, and warned that he needed to cultivate further to achieve Nine Divine Power Great Perfection.
• The mysterious woman instructed Ning Xiaochuan to suppress his cultivation and refine his Martial Dao Profound Qi into Primordial Profound Qi before seeking her again.
• Ning Xiaochuan spent days experimenting with different quantities of profound qi and, after more than two thousand failures, created his first strand of Primordial Profound Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan spent three months converting all the Martial Dao Profound Qi in his body into Primordial Profound Qi, leaving his qi in a smaller purple lake.
• Ning Xiaochuan tested his refined qi by shattering a boulder and summoning a much more solid Lightning Divine Beast, realizing his combat power had increased despite remaining at the Divine Body Seventh Level.

Ning Xiaochuan endured three months of brutal underwater training and emerged with a stronger Divine Body. He learned that his mysterious instructor was the Heavenly Emperor Academy Master's senior sister and that the short blade was once the Heavenly Emperor's saber, now transformed into a Demon Blade.

• The mysterious woman sealed Ning Xiaochuan's profound qi and sent him to the bottom of the pool, where he began training to reach the shore using only his physical strength.
• Over three months, Ning Xiaochuan endured crushing water pressure and currents, learned to counter them with Shift Stars, and strengthened his body with Primordial Profound Qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan defeated a Fourth Grade golden man-eating fish, burst through the water, and returned to shore, where he shared the roasted fish with Little Red and the Black Little Tiger.
• Ning Xiaochuan learned that the mysterious woman had studied under the same master as the current Academy Master, who had been her junior brother two hundred years earlier.
• The mysterious woman explained that the short blade was the Heavenly Emperor's former saber, abandoned after he became a god and transformed into a Demon Blade that sought to disturb his tomb.

Ning Xiaochuan used the bone bead to advance his Heaven and Earth Profound Qi cultivation to the Sixth Layer, then began merging his Heart Nourishing Cauldron with the Yin Yang Furnace at dawn. The chapter ended as the two cauldrons started to fuse.

• The mysterious woman warned Ning Xiaochuan that the Mystic Beast Appraisal and bone bead had extraordinary origins and could bring disaster if revealed.
• Ning Xiaochuan cultivated with the bone bead, which altered his body and doubled his profound qi absorption until he reached the Sixth Layer.
• Ning Xiaochuan resolved to visit the Scripture Depository Cave of the Heavenly Emperor Academy to obtain the cultivation method for the seventh layer.
• At dawn, the mysterious woman used her power to half-melt the Yin Yang Furnace as Ning Xiaochuan broke down his Heart Nourishing Cauldron into medicinal qi.
• Ning Xiaochuan wrapped the Yin Yang Furnace in the medicinal qi, and the two cauldrons began to merge.

Ning Xiaochuan completed the fusion of the Yin Yang Furnace and his Heart Nourishing Cauldron while the mysterious woman and the Howling Sky Tiger defeated Black Lai High Priest. He absorbed four and a half layers of the High Priest’s Martial Soul Avatar, became a Quasi-Advanced Heart Nourisher, and ended the chapter venting his overflowing strength with a punch at the mysterious woman.

• Black Lai High Priest attacked the mysterious woman with the Heaven Startling Shuttle while Ning Xiaochuan melted his true cauldron, but the Howling Sky Tiger knocked the weapon away and charged him.
• The mysterious woman captured Black Lai High Priest, extracted his Martial Soul Avatar, and the Howling Sky Tiger devoured his body.
• The mysterious woman put the Martial Soul Avatar into the Yin Yang Furnace, and Ning Xiaochuan refined it to strengthen his Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed four and a half layers of the Martial Soul Avatar before the mysterious woman ordered him to stop, and he drew his fused Heart Nourishing True Cauldron into his body.
• Ning Xiaochuan became a Quasi-Advanced Heart Nourisher and, overwhelmed by energy, punched at the mysterious woman, striking the ground when she dodged.