Recaps

Glazed Saint Ancestor agreed to ally with Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon, while Chen Changming recovered and prepared to take revenge on the Immortal Alliance. After killing the Four Spirit Generals, he left the Nameless Forbidden Zone and confronted Ye Feilong at the Immortal Alliance Headquarters.

• Glazed Saint Ancestor agreed to cooperate with Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon, and they swore an oath to the Dao of Heaven.
• Three days later, Chen Changming recovered and agreed to let Gu Tianxie take the ice-element Ancient God's body.
• Chen Changming disguised himself as Xue Wenzheng and summoned the Four Spirit Generals outside the Bronze Giant Gate.
• Gu Tianxie froze the Four Spirit Generals, then killed them with ice spears, and Chen Changming stored their corpses.
• Chen Changming changed into his former appearance and flew out of the Nameless Forbidden Zone with Gu Tianxie.
• Chen Changming appeared at the Immortal Alliance Headquarters, startling Ye Feilong.

Chen Changming stormed the Immortal Alliance headquarters and took revenge on the leader and elders who had hunted him. After killing Vice Alliance Leader Han Cangshan, he left only the Green Lotus Sword Immortal as the remaining target of his grudge.

• Ye Feilong summoned the Immortal Alliance elders, but Chen Changming told Gu Tianxie to stand aside and faced them himself.
• Chen Changming seized Ye Feilong, searched his soul, confirmed Du Xiaoliang had been released, and killed him along with the elders who had once hunted him.
• The remaining elders tried to self-detonate, but Chen Changming destroyed their attacks with a punch, and Gu Tianxie collected their Storage Rings.
• Chen Changming went to Han Cangshan's palace and revealed that he had killed Bai Yutang and Su Linger and suffered the Snake Spirit Blood Breath Technique.
• Han Cangshan asked what opportunity Chen Changming had found in the Death Mist, but Chen Changming killed him and turned his attention to the Green Lotus Sword Immortal.

Chen Changming returned from the Death Mist, killed the Green Lotus Hall swordsmen who had hunted him, and entered Sword God Palace during Sword Heavenly Venerable’s celebration. After offering congratulations with the Green Lotus Sword, he severed Qiu Shenji’s arm, bringing the Ten Celestial Venerables to their feet as a battle loomed.

• Chen Changming learned that the Green Lotus Sword Immortal had gone to congratulate Sword Heavenly Venerable, who had reached the tenth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Chen Changming killed the Green Lotus Hall swordsmen who had pursued him and flew with Gu Tianxie to Divine Sword Peak.
• Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie entered Sword God Palace, where Sword Heavenly Venerable was celebrating with the Ten Celestial Venerables and other guests.
• The Green Lotus Sword Immortal recognized Chen Changming as the cultivator who had entered the Death Mist, and Chen Changming revealed the Green Lotus Sword as his congratulatory gift.
• Qiu Shenji attacked Chen Changming, who shattered his protective treasure and severed one of his arms with a single strike.
• Sword Heavenly Venerable and the Ten Celestial Venerables rose to confront Chen Changming as the hall braced for battle.

Chen Changming confronted the Ten Celestial Venerables at Sword God Palace, killing Green Lotus Sword Immortal and revealing that he had also slain the Immortal Alliance’s leader and vice leader. The other faction cultivators withdrew, leaving Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie facing the Ten Celestial Venerables and Sword Heavenly Venerable.

• Chen Changming seized Green Lotus Sword Immortal despite Poison Venerable’s attempt to stop him, then killed him and destroyed his Nascent Soul.
• Gu Tianxie blocked Sword Heavenly Venerable’s sword tide with an ice shield as Chen Changming declared that he had killed Ye Feilong, Han Cangshan, and others who had hunted him.
• Sword Heavenly Venerable convinced the other nine Celestial Venerables that Chen Changming threatened the Immortal Alliance, and they joined him in declaring Chen their enemy.
• Chen Changming told the unaffiliated Nascent Soul cultivators to leave, and one by one they departed Sword God Palace.
• Sword Heavenly Venerable said the departing guests would not witness the methods the Ten Celestial Venerables were about to use.

Chen Changming revealed his identity to the Ten Celestial Venerables after Gu Tianxie sealed the Sword God Palace in ice. As the trapped Heavenly Venerables attacked, Chen Changming killed Poison Venerable with a single punch, leaving the others shaken.

• Gu Tianxie froze the Sword God Palace shut, trapping the Ten Celestial Venerables inside.
• Chen Changming revealed his true appearance, and Han Shanguang and Poison Venerable recognized him.
• Chen Changming claimed he had killed Senior Gatekeeper with one punch, and Sword Heavenly Venerable urged the others to resist his words.
• Poison Venerable attacked Chen Changming with Three Lights Poison Water, but Gu Tianxie froze it.
• Chen Changming endured the poison and smashed through Poison Venerable's defenses, killing him with one punch and frightening the remaining Heavenly Venerables.

After killing Poison Venerable, Chen Changming offered the remaining Heavenly Venerables a chance to turn against Sword Heavenly Venerable. Han Shanguang and the other seven accepted, leaving Sword Heavenly Venerable isolated as Chen Changming asked whether he should be spared.

• Chen Changming healed the Three Lights Poison Water’s effects after killing Poison Venerable with one punch.
• Chen Changming offered Han Shanguang a chance to join him, and Han Shanguang teleported to Chen Changming’s side.
• Sword Heavenly Venerable accused Han Shanguang of betraying the Immortal Alliance, but Han Shanguang refused to fight Chen Changming over the Green Lotus Sword Immortal.
• Chen Changming invited the other seven Heavenly Venerables to sever ties with Sword Heavenly Venerable, and all seven joined Han Shanguang.
• Sword Heavenly Venerable was left alone, and Chen Changming asked the eight Heavenly Venerables whether Sword Heavenly Venerable should remain alive.

Chen Changming joined forces with the Eight Great Heavenly Venerables to kill Sword Heavenly Venerable, then asked about soul-refining techniques. After Han Shanguang gave him a map to the Southern Border Kingdom, Chen Changming left for Great Jin, while the Heavenly Venerables decided to imprison Sword Heavenly Venerable’s disciples.

• Han Shanguang and the other Celestial Venerables agreed to join Chen Changming in killing Sword Heavenly Venerable.
• Sword Heavenly Venerable and his disciples fought back, but Chen Changming, Gu Tianxie, and the eight Celestial Venerables overwhelmed them and killed Sword Heavenly Venerable.
• Qiu Shenji and the other two disciples fainted after witnessing their master's death, and the Heavenly Venerables later proposed destroying their cultivation and imprisoning them.
• Chen Changming declined an offer to join the Immortal Alliance, explaining that he would leave Great Qin for Great Jin in a few years.
• Han Shanguang told Chen Changming about the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art and gave him a Jade Slip map to the Southern Border Kingdom.
• Chen Changming left the Sword God Palace with Gu Tianxie.

After leaving the Sword God Palace, Chen Changming accepted gifts from opportunistic Nascent Soul cultivators and traveled with Gu Tianxie to the Southern Border Kingdom to seek the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art. The chapter left them approaching the Heavenly Toad Tribe as numerous cultivators gathered there, while Chen Changming struggled against the influence of the Glazed Saint Ancestor and the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon.

• Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie emerged from the Sword God Palace, and Nascent Soul cultivators assumed the Ten Celestial Venerables had fallen and showered Chen Changming with gifts.
• Eight Celestial Venerables appeared before the gathered cultivators, revealing that they were unharmed while the Poison Venerable and Sword Heavenly Venerable were absent.
• Chen Changming summoned the Snow Feather Ice Sparrow and headed with Gu Tianxie toward the Southern Border Kingdom to obtain the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art.
• The Glazed Saint Ancestor and the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon stirred a fire of lust in Chen Changming, but he suppressed it with pain and refused Gu Tianxie's offer to enter his sea of consciousness.
• Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie reached the Heavenly Toad Tribe's region and saw many Nascent Soul cultivators heading there, so Chen Changming decided to join them.

Chen Changming reached the Heavenly Toad Tribe seeking its Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art and learned that winning its martial contest for marriage could give him a way to open his spirit apertures. The chapter left him appalled at the prospect of marrying Saintess Ruoyou and dual-cultivating, given his dangerous desire and fear of women.

• Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie encountered hostile Nascent Soul Realm men traveling toward the Heavenly Toad Tribe and noticed they were all male and mostly powerful cultivators.
• Chen Changming paid the tribe’s two-hundred-thousand-Spirit-Stone entrance fee and learned that Saintess Ruoyou would hold a martial contest for marriage.
• Chen Changming asked the tribe’s patriarch to teach him the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art, but the patriarch said it required opening spirit apertures before age seven.
• The patriarch told Chen Changming that winning the contest and marrying Ruoyou could let him open his spirit apertures through a secret dual-cultivation art.
• Chen Changming recoiled at the idea because he feared women and worried his blazing desire would let the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon benefit.

Chen Changming learned that only Saintess Ruoyou could open his spiritual aperture through dual cultivation and prepared to rely on her despite the risks. Meanwhile, the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon suffered a sudden painful shock while cultivating and feared he had begun to deviate.

• Chen Changming asked whether he could open his spiritual aperture without dual cultivation, but the chief urged him to enter the marriage tournament for Saintess Ruoyou.
• Chen Changming learned that no woman besides Saintess Ruoyou could open an outsider's spiritual aperture through dual cultivation.
• Gu Tianxie advised Chen Changming to release Gu Linglong beforehand so they could help restrain the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon, and Gu Linglong agreed to join him.
• The Glazed Saint Ancestor provoked Chen Changming about dual cultivating with Bi Cang, while the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon revealed his plan to use the technique to strengthen his control.
• The Yin-Yang Seal shook and the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon felt a painful blast in his head, prompting him to fear that the Yin-Yang Soul Reversal Technique was causing cultivation deviation.

Chen Changming entered the Heavenly Toad Tribe’s martial match to choose a husband, where he was set to compete for a chance to marry Saintess Ruoyou. As the contests continued, Ruoyou’s role in retrieving the tribe’s holy sword became clear, and Chen Changming was called to his first match.

• In the mysterious space, a man and a woman discussed the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon’s cultivation and the possible connection between the Heavenly Toad Tribe and the Green Toad Palace.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon resolved to cultivate the Yin-Yang Soul Reversal Technique cautiously after reflecting on its impatience.
• A Heavenly Toad Tribe youth brought Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie to the packed plaza and explained the martial match’s rules and the cultivation-suppressing arena array.
• Saintess Ruoyou told an old matron that the contestants seemed unworthy, while the matron explained that Ruoyou needed a husband to help retrieve the tribe’s holy sword from the Ancestral Realm.
• After watching several contestants battle, Chen Changming was called to compete as Number Three Hundred Fifty-Eight and flew onto the arena.

Chen Changming advanced through the Heavenly Toad Tribe’s martial matchmaking tournament by effortlessly defeating his opponents, earning Saintess Ruoyou’s attention. As the final match against Su Lin began, Ruoyou suspected Changming might also possess Sacred Blood, which could save her tribe.

• Chen Changming swatted away Number 120’s flying sword and won their match without injuring him.
• Chen Changming continued defeating tournament opponents by knocking away their Spirit Treasures, reaching the final stage.
• Chen Changming faced Su Lin, a sixth-level Nascent Soul sword cultivator who had hidden two additional Flying Swords to fight him.
• Saintess Ruoyou arrived and focused on Chen Changming, telling the chieftain that he gave her a sense of familiarity and might possess Sacred Blood.
• Su Lin launched a fierce attack with four bonded Flying Swords as the final battle began.

Chen Changming defeated Su Lin and Saintess Ruoyou conceded after sensing that he shared her Sacred Blood. When a cultivator mocked her choice, Chen Changming attacked him and showed the crowd how formidable he was outside the arena.

• Chen Changming shattered Su Lin's Six Harmonies Sword Formation, leaving Su Lin unconscious and securing the victory.
• Saintess Ruoyou sensed Chen Changming's Sacred Blood and conceded without fighting, stunning the crowd.
• A sixth-level Nascent Soul Realm cultivator mocked Saintess Ruoyou's choice, and Chen Changming demanded that he apologize.
• The cultivator attacked Chen Changming with his Vajra Crossbow, but Chen Changming's body withstood the arrow.
• Chen Changming broke through the cultivator's defenses and seized him by the throat, silencing the square.

Chen Changming agreed to marry Saintess Ruoyou to gain access to the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art, though he feared their dual cultivation could endanger her. As the wedding ceremony reached its final bow, Black Mountain Demon Venerable arrived and demanded the Heavenly Toad Tribe's sacred sword.

• Chen Changming forced a sixth-level Nascent Soul Realm cultivator to apologize for insulting him and Saintess Ruoyou, then drove him away.
• Saintess Ruoyou agreed to marry Chen Changming, and the clan chief scheduled their wedding for three days later.
• Chen Changming warned Gu Tianxie to intervene if he lost control during dual cultivation, and Gu Tianxie agreed to watch over him.
• At the wedding, Black Mountain Demon Venerable swept the Heavenly Toad Tribe clansmen from the square and revealed his peak tenth-level Nascent Soul Realm cultivation.
• Black Mountain Demon Venerable identified himself as a member of the Great Jin Holy Demon Sect and demanded the tribe's sacred sword, interrupting the wedding.

Chen Changming accompanied Saintess Ruoyou into the Heavenly Toad Tribe's ancestral realm to retrieve its sacred sword, while the clan chief prepared to trap Black Mountain Demon Venerable. Inside, Chen recognized the terrain from a stone stele and learned that the tribe's ancestor had been an ancient demon; Ruoyou identified a deep pool marked on the stele.

• Black Mountain Demon Venerable revealed that Ji Shenguang had died and that he learned about the Heavenly Toad Tribe's sacred sword from Ji's remains.
• The clan chief activated an array to confront Black Mountain Demon Venerable and sent Saintess Ruoyou with Chen Changming to retrieve the sword.
• Ruoyou took Chen into the ancestral realm and explained that the sacred sword could empower the tribe's array to kill Black Mountain Demon Venerable.
• Chen recognized the realm's mountain terrain from a stone stele he had found in Chu Guhong's cave dwelling.
• Ruoyou explained that the stele depicted the Heavenly Toad Tribe's ancient demon ancestor and that she carried his bloodline.
• Ruoyou recognized a deep pool indicated by the stele, and Chen asked whether the tribe had explored it.

Chen Changming and Saintess Ruoyou went to the Holy Ancestor Hall to retrieve the tribe’s holy sword before the battle outside was lost. After Chen Changming’s lustful frenzy disrupted their attempt, they began the ancestor’s palm-to-palm dual cultivation method instead.

• Saintess Ruoyou explained that the sword pointed toward a deep pool, then led Chen Changming to the Holy Ancestor Hall to seek the holy sword.
• She said that retrieving the sword required Ancient Demon blood, the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art, and a dual cultivation method to strengthen her Heavenly Toad phantom.
• The holy sword’s aura stirred Chen Changming’s Undying Demon Heart, while the effects of the Glazed Saint Ancestor and Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon drove him into a lustful frenzy.
• Saintess Ruoyou teleported away and clarified that the technique required them to meet naked with their palms pressed together, not to have sex.
• Chen Changming regained his composure, and he and Saintess Ruoyou sat opposite each other and circulated the dual cultivation energy through their bodies.

Chen Changming opened a spirit aperture, cultivated the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art, and easily took the Holy Sword from the Holy Ancestor Hall before giving it to Saintess Ruoyou. As Saintess Ruoyou went to aid the Chieftain against Black Mountain Demon Venerable, Chen Changming investigated a deep pool that drew a powerful response from his Undying Demon Heart.

• Chen Changming opened a spirit aperture in his Undying Demon Heart, and Saintess Ruoyou gave him a piece of her Heavenly Toad phantom and taught him the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art.
• Chen Changming cultivated the art, rapidly grew his Heavenly Toad phantom, and told Saintess Ruoyou that he had cultivated the Undying Demon Heart Art.
• Chen Changming reached out and drew the Holy Sword from the Holy Ancestor Hall, then placed it in Saintess Ruoyou's hand, and her Heavenly Toad phantom swallowed it.
• Saintess Ruoyou hurried to help the Chieftain fight Black Mountain Demon Venerable while Chen Changming flew to investigate the deep pool that called to his Undying Demon Heart.

Saintess Ruoyou returned with the Holy Sword and helped the Heavenly Toad Tribe battle Black Mountain Demon Venerable, while Chen Changming discovered the true sword in the Ancestral Realm. An ancient demon passed him the Slaughter Demon Sword, entrusting him with the Ancient Demon Clan’s inheritance.

• Saintess Ruoyou returned to Saintess Hall with the Holy Sword as Black Mountain Demon Venerable attacked the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Array with a demonic mountain.
• The patriarch merged the array’s Heavenly Toad phantoms, which revealed the Holy Sword and used it to fight Black Mountain Demon Venerable’s golden chains and demonic skulls.
• Chen Changming dove to the bottom of a pool in the Ancestral Realm and found the true Holy Sword, a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, beneath the sand.
• An ancient demon appeared and recognized Chen Changming’s cultivation of the Undying Demon Heart Art and Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art.
• The ancient demon gave Chen Changming the Slaughter Demon Sword and entrusted him with carrying on the Ancient Demon Clan’s inheritance.

Chen Changming received the true Slaughter Demon Sword from the ancient demon after promising to protect the Heavenly Toad Tribe. He returned to the Saintess Hall and helped Gu Tianxie turn the battle against Black Mountain Demon Venerable, who was left facing death and threatening the tribe with the Great Jin Holy Demon Sect’s retaliation.

• The ancient demon explained that he had forged an imitation Slaughter Demon Sword for the Heavenly Toad Tribe and kept the true sword for someone able to cultivate the Undying Demon Heart Art.
• The ancient demon gave Chen Changming the Slaughter Demon Sword and asked him to protect the Heavenly Toad Tribe, and Chen Changming agreed.
• The ancient demon’s remaining will dispersed, and Chen Changming hurried out of the Ancestral Realm to return to the battle at the Saintess Hall.
• Chen Changming signaled Gu Tianxie, who froze Black Mountain Demon Venerable’s Black Demon Mountain and gave the Heavenly Toad Tribe an advantage.
• The Heavenly Toad phantom struck Black Mountain Demon Venerable, and Gu Tianxie froze him before the sacred sword pierced his body.
• The Heavenly Toad phantom drew in Black Mountain Demon Venerable’s Nascent Soul as he threatened that the Great Jin Holy Demon Sect would destroy the tribe.

The Heavenly Toad Tribe devoured Black Mountain Demon Venerable’s Nascent Soul, and Chen Changming learned the truth about the true Slaughter Demon Sword and his Undying Demon Heart. The clan chief revealed that the Great Jin Holy Demon Sect had two Spirit Transformation cultivators, though its reclusive Supreme Elder might no longer be there.

• The Heavenly Toad Tribe chieftain ordered the tribe to devour Black Mountain Demon Venerable’s Nascent Soul, and Chen Changming waited as the array refined it.
• After seven days, the array distributed the heavenly toad phantom’s power among the tribe, and Chen Changming thanked the chieftain for welcoming his help.
• Chen Changming showed Saintess Ruoyou and the chieftain the Slaughter Demon Sword and explained how the Ancient Demon Ancestor had entrusted it to him because he possessed an Undying Demon Heart.
• The chieftain explained that the Great Jin Holy Demon Sect had a newly ascended sect master and a veteran first-level Spirit Transformation Supreme Elder, who might no longer be in the sect.

Chen Changming and the Heavenly Toad Tribe learned that the Great Jin Holy Demon Sect would face major obstacles in sending forces to Great Qin, but Chen Changming still arranged defenses and prepared to cultivate. He entered the Ancestral Realm with Saintess Ruoyou, who reminded him that they had not yet completed their wedding bows.

• The clan chief explained that a dangerous sea separated Great Qin and Great Jin, and that reaching Great Qin required an expensive teleportation array at Heaven-Piercing Pass.
• Chen Changming concluded that the Holy Demon Sect was unlikely to send its entire sect, while Gu Tianxie warned that they still needed to prepare for its Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Chen Changming sent Gu Tianxie to gather Celestial Venerables and array materials to protect the Heavenly Toad Tribe.
• Chen Changming announced that he would enter seclusion to cultivate the Slaughter Demon Sword Art before the Holy Demon Sect's experts arrived.
• Saintess Ruoyou led Chen Changming into the Ancestral Realm and shyly noted that they had not yet bowed to each other as husband and wife.

Chen Changming put off the bridal chamber with Saintess Ruoyou after explaining the Yin-Yang Seal, then focused on mastering the Slaughter Demon Sword Art while the Heavenly Toad Tribe prepared for the Holy Demon Sect’s attack. By the end, he had learned the first seven forms, and Ruoyou reported that Gu Tianxie was upgrading the tribe’s nearly completed Defense Array.

• Chen Changming completed the husband-and-wife bow with Saintess Ruoyou, then explained that consummating their marriage would plant the Yin-Yang Seal in her and make her a puppet of the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon.
• The Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon suppressed Chen Changming’s lust and spared him, while Saintess Ruoyou gave him a Message Transmission Token and left him to cultivate.
• Chen Changming comprehended the eighth form of the Slaughter Demon Sword Art but judged the ninth form too difficult to master before the Holy Demon Sect might arrive.
• Chen Changming trained the first form and contacted Saintess Ruoyou, learning that Gu Tianxie was leading the Heavenly Toad Tribe in building its Defense Array.
• Over the following months, Chen Changming mastered the second through seventh forms, while the Holy Demon Sect’s Spirit Transformation expert still did not appear.
• Saintess Ruoyou told Chen Changming that Gu Tianxie had returned from the Immortal Alliance with materials and was leading the tribespeople in upgrading the array.

Chen Changming learned that the upgraded formation could withstand three second-layer Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators and began cultivating the eighth move of the Slaughter Demon Sword Art. The Holy Demon Sect delayed its revenge expedition to celebrate Hao Qianshan’s breakthrough to the second Spirit Transformation Realm layer, then sent four Spirit Transformation experts toward Great Qin, while Gu Tianxie waited for them at the Heavenly Toad Tribe.

• Saintess Ruoyou told Chen Changming that the upgraded formation could resist three second-layer Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators, and Chen Changming began cultivating the Slaughter Demon Sword Art’s eighth move.
• Nan Tianlin gathered Holy Demon Sect experts and planned to travel to Great Qin with Qin Baixiong and Di Hu to retrieve the Heavenly Toad Tribe’s Holy Sword and avenge Black Mountain Elder.
• Hao Qianshan arrived and revealed that he had broken through to the second layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm, so Nan Tianlin postponed the expedition to hold a grand assembly.
• After the ten-day Spirit Transformation Grand Assembly and three more days of rest, Hao Qianshan, Nan Tianlin, Qin Baixiong, and Di Hu set out for Heaven-Piercing Pass without Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
• Gu Tianxie finished the Yin-Yang Two Principles Formation for the Heavenly Toad Tribe and wondered why the Holy Demon Sect had not yet come.

Gu Tianxie activated the Yin-Yang Duality Formation as four Holy Demon Sect cultivators arrived to attack the Heavenly Toad Tribe. While Chen Changming hurried to master the final move of the Slaughter Demon Sword Art, the formation withstood the first assault, leaving Hao Qianshan surprised by Gu Tianxie's skill.

• Gu Tianxie told Saintess Ruoyou that the grand formation was complete, and Chen Changming continued cultivating the eighth sword form.
• Gu Tianxie detected the Holy Demon Sect's demonic ship and activated the Yin-Yang Duality Formation as its four cultivators approached.
• Gu Tianxie and Saintess Ruoyou learned that three attackers were first-level Spirit Transformation cultivators and Hao Qianshan was at the second level, and Ruoyou relayed their strength to Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming said he needed to master the final move of the Slaughter Demon Sword Art to face the second-level Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Nan Tianlin demanded that the Heavenly Toad Tribe hand over Elder Heishan's killer, and Gu Tianxie identified himself as the killer.
• Qin Baixiong, Di Hu, and Nan Tianlin struck the formation together, but it barely trembled, surprising Hao Qianshan.

Nan Tianlin, Qin Baixiong, and Di Hu attacked Gu Tianxie's formation, later joined by Hao Qianshan, but it continued to withstand them. Meanwhile, Chen Changming mastered the Slaughter Demon Sword Art's ninth move and completed his first enhancement, reaching major mastery.

• Nan Tianlin used seven Golden Armor Mountain-Opening Talismans while Qin Baixiong and Di Hu attacked Gu Tianxie's formation, but the Yin-Yang Duality Formation held.
• Hao Qianshan urged the three cultivators to continue attacking, then joined them half a month later and struck the formation with his flying sword.
• Gu Tianxie raised the formation's defensive power to its peak, and the Heavenly Toad Tribe members were relieved when it steadied.
• Chen Changming mastered the eighth and ninth moves of the Slaughter Demon Sword Art over the following months.
• Chen Changming performed the sword art one hundred times, triggering its first enhancement and reaching the major mastery realm.