Recaps

Zhou Zhiling attacked Chen Changming despite the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect’s intervention, using the Red Dust Hundred Desires Miasma and Scarlet Sky Startling Swan Sword to overwhelm Li Zizai and threaten Chen. Fan Feichen and Qiu Zhenyun arrived to protect Chen, leaving Zhou Zhiling considering the Great Ice Art as a final way to kill him.

• Chen Changming thanked Li Huayuan for bringing him into the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect, and Zhou Zhiling appeared demanding Chen alive or dead.
• Li Zizai accused Zhou Zhiling of hiding her true reason for pursuing Chen, so she unleashed the Red Dust Hundred Desires Miasma and Scarlet Sky Startling Swan Sword.
• Li Zizai and Li Huayuan defended against Zhou Zhiling’s attack, while Chen Changming resisted the sword’s emotional interference with help from the mysterious substance in his body.
• Zhou Zhiling’s sword shattered Li Zizai’s defenses and then turned toward Chen, but an unseen flying sword struck it aside.
• Fan Feichen and Qiu Zhenyun arrived, and Chen Changming used the Spring Return Immortal Art to heal Li Zizai.
• Zhou Zhiling realized she could not easily kill Chen with Qiu Zhenyun present and considered using the Great Ice Art to freeze everyone.

Zhou Zhiling unleashed the Great Ice Art to kill Chen Changming, but the mysterious substance in his body destroyed her divine sense and she died from the backlash. With Zhou Zhiling gone and the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect’s group recovering, Chen Changming felt safe from further attacks by Ice Spirit Fairy’s avatars.

• Qiu Zhenyun threatened Zhou Zhiling with the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect’s resolve to protect Chen Shan, while Zhou Zhiling weighed whether to use the Great Ice Art.
• Zhou Zhiling unleashed the Great Ice Art, freezing Fan Feichen, Qiu Zhenyun, Li Zizai, and the others inside a vast block of ice.
• The ice shattered, and Zhou Zhiling fell dead as green light restored the others; Chen Changming remained unharmed.
• Qiu Zhenyun and Fan Feichen concluded that Zhou Zhiling’s divine sense had perished after she drew on True Spirit Divine Sense.
• Chen Changming realized the mysterious substance in his body had killed Zhou Zhiling and felt relieved that Ice Spirit Fairy’s avatars could not kill him.

After Zhou Zhiling’s death, Chen Changming joined the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect and accepted Fan Feichen as his master. On the journey back, Fan Feichen and Qiu Zhenyun offered to help him adapt his cultivation art, while Chen Changming resolved to seek out the Medicine Sect’s heirs once his main body grew stronger.

• Fan Feichen, Li Huayuan, and Qiu Zhenyun thanked Chen Changming for healing them, while Li Zizai declined their invitation to join the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect so he could return to Su Qingwan.
• Li Zizai took Zhou Zhiling’s corpse and the Sea-Suppressing Divine Turtle and departed on the Longli Vermilion Bird, telling Chen Changming to cultivate well.
• Fan Feichen invited Chen Changming to become his disciple, and Chen Changming accepted as they traveled toward the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect.
• Fan Feichen suggested Chen Changming learn the sect’s Mountain-Suppressing Primordial Unity Art, and Qiu Zhenyun offered to study how to fuse it with Chen Changming’s Golden Origin Unification Art.
• Chen Changming learned that Yuan Jingyang had disappeared after leaving Medicine Immortal Valley and decided to seek the Medicine Sect’s heirs after his main body reached the third layer of Spirit Transformation.

Chen Changming arrived at the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect, where Fan Feichen and Qiu Zhenyun welcomed him and planned a grand initiation ceremony to protect him from the Beast Taming Immortal Sect. He met his senior brother Jin Wushuang, who realized Chen Shan was the wanted “traitor” and grew uneasy when Fan Feichen praised his talent.

• Fan Feichen brought Chen Changming, Qiu Zhenyun, and Li Huayuan to the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect and said Chen Changming would cultivate on Mountain-Suppressing Peak.
• Fan Feichen and Qiu Zhenyun agreed to hold Chen Changming’s initiation ceremony in three days and publicly warn the Beast Taming Immortal Sect against harming him.
• Fan Feichen asked Li Huayuan to prepare the ceremony, and Qiu Zhenyun vowed to protect Chen Changming as a disciple favored by two generations of sect masters.
• Fan Feichen introduced Chen Changming to Jin Wushuang as his new junior brother.
• Jin Wushuang asked why Chen Shan shared a name with the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s wanted traitor, and Fan Feichen dismissed the accusation as slander.
• Fan Feichen told Jin Wushuang that he had personally invited Chen Shan to join because of his unmatched sword-dao talent, leaving Jin Wushuang feeling threatened.

Chen Changming settled into Azure Spirit Cave as Fan Feichen’s favored new disciple, stirring Jin Wushuang’s resentment and fears about losing his chance to become sect master. Jin Wushuang arranged for four gifted disciples to challenge Chen Changming under the pretext of a sword-dao spar, and they confronted him outside his cave.

• Jin Wushuang worried Fan Feichen planned to make Chen Changming the next sect master, then obeyed his order to clean Azure Spirit Cave.
• Fan Feichen privately warned Chen Changming that Jin Wushuang could be narrow-minded and asked him to be accommodating.
• Jin Wushuang decided to provoke Chen Changming by having gifted disciples challenge him, hoping to expose a flaw and make Fan Feichen reconsider.
• Fan Feichen gave Chen Changming Azure Spirit Cave, and Chen Changming settled in, changed into his elder deacon robes, and summoned his true body.
• Jin Wushuang gathered four Nascent Soul Realm disciples and cautioned them to frame their challenge as a sword-dao exchange.
• The four disciples arrived at Azure Spirit Cave and demanded that Chen Changming come out and spar.

Chen Changming confronted four Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect disciples who challenged his authority as a Deacon Hall elder, then brought them to the Law Enforcement Hall. After they were sentenced to ten years at Reflection Cliff, the elders discussed Chen Shan’s hidden importance and wondered if he was the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s traitor.

• Chen Changming emerged from Azure Spirit Cave in Deacon Hall elder robes and rebuked four Nascent Soul Realm disciples for failing to pay their respects.
• When the four accused him of impersonating an elder and threatened to take him to the Law Enforcement Hall, Chen Changming summoned the Ancient Ming Demon King, which knocked them down and restrained them.
• Chen Changming had the Ancient Ming Demon King carry the four disciples to the Law Enforcement Hall, where he reported that they had provoked him.
• Hall Master Zhao Changming ordered the four disciples sent to Reflection Cliff for ten years, while Li Huayuan told Chen Changming to return to cultivating.
• After Chen Changming left, Zhao Changming revealed that Chen Shan was Li Huayuan’s recruit, the Sect Master’s personal disciple, and the sect’s weapon against Ye Xuanji; another elder wondered if he was the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s traitor.

At Chen Shan’s initiation ceremony, Fan Feichen declared him his personal disciple and a Deacon Hall elder, prompting gifted disciples to challenge his appointment. Chen Shan accepted their challenge, leaving the ceremony poised for a contest in the Sword Dao.

• Zhao Changming announced that Fan Feichen would hold an initiation ceremony for Chen Shan in three days, and news spread through the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect.
• Jin Wushuang learned that Chen Shan had become a Deacon Hall elder, that Geng Tian and three other disciples had been sent to Reflection Cliff for ten years, and that Chen Shan’s initiation ceremony was imminent.
• Jin Wushuang planned to encourage gifted disciples to challenge Chen Shan at the ceremony so they could expose his supposed lack of Sword Dao talent.
• At the ceremony, Qiu Zhenyun appeared and took a dragon throne before Fan Feichen formally accepted Chen Shan as his personal disciple and named him a Deacon Hall elder.
• Several hundred gifted disciples objected to Chen Shan’s appointment and demanded that he prove his Sword Dao strength; Chen Shan accepted their challenge and asked Fan Feichen for permission to compete.

Chen Changming challenged Zhou Li to a sword-path spar despite having only magical artifact-grade flying swords, then defeated him with a divine sense attack. The Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect disciples and elders were left surprised by Chen Changming’s hidden strength, while Zhou Li objected to the way he had lost.

• Chen Changming insisted on sparring, and the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect disciples chose ninth-level Nascent Soul Realm disciple Zhou Li to face him.
• Chen Changming summoned seventy-two magical artifact-grade flying swords, prompting Zhou Li and the onlookers to doubt his ability to win against Spirit Treasures.
• Zhou Li sent his six Spirit Treasure flying swords toward Chen Changming, but Chen Changming struck him with the Divine Sense Wave Divine Ability and surrounded him with flying swords.
• Chen Changming declared Zhou Li defeated, and Qiu Zhenyun and Fan Feichen realized his divine sense was as powerful as that of someone at the first level of Spirit Transformation.
• Zhou Li protested that Chen Changming had used a divine sense attack in a swordsmanship spar, but Fan Feichen pointed out that sword cultivators could use other attacks, leaving Zhou Li speechless.

Chen Changming defeated Zhou Li and Li Xiu with his overwhelming divine sense, establishing himself as the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect’s foremost genius. After the initiation ceremony, Li Huayuan proposed that Chen Shan donate his divine sense technique to the sect, and Fan Feichen approved of the idea.

• Chen Shan defeated Zhou Li with a divine sense attack, shocking Jin Wushuang and the gathered disciples.
• Li Xiu challenged Chen Changming, but Chen Changming pierced Li Xiu’s soul-defense Spirit Treasure and subdued him with a divine sense attack.
• Li Xiu admitted defeat and led the other challengers off the platform, while Jin Wushuang abandoned his thoughts of opposing Chen Shan.
• Li Huayuan suggested that Chen Shan donate his divine sense technique to the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect, and Fan Feichen approved.

Chen Changming revealed that his techniques became far more powerful than their original forms, astonishing Fan Feichen and Li Huayuan. After learning about the Water Moon Cave Heaven's Bloody Trial, he prepared to upgrade his natal flying swords for the trials ahead.

• Chen Changming gave Li Huayuan a jade slip containing the Three-Nine Divine Aperture Technique and demonstrated his nine unusually powerful Golden Heaven Locks.
• Fan Feichen and Li Huayuan were amazed by Chen Changming's ability to surpass the effects of the techniques he cultivated, and Fan Feichen urged him to improve his natal flying swords.
• Fan Feichen told Chen Changming that Water Moon Cave Heaven would open in twenty years and that Nascent Soul disciples from every Eastern Jin sect would have to take part in its Bloody Trial.
• Fan Feichen explained that the Bloody Trial was a pact between the righteous and demonic paths to reduce competition for resources and leave the strongest cultivators behind.
• Back in Azure Spirit Cave, Chen Changming considered how the secret realm might suppress his summoned Demon Kings and divine sense, then summoned eighty-one natal flying swords to have his true body upgrade them.

Chen Changming raised his clone to the tenth level of the Nascent Soul Realm, expanded his divine sense to 243 strands, and forged a vast number of Spirit Treasure flying swords ahead of the Bloody Trial. When Fan Feichen summoned him, Chen Changming concealed his four high-grade Spirit Treasure swords and impressed his master with his cultivation and forging progress.

• Chen Changming spent eight years cultivating while his main body forged swords, raising his clone to the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm and completing 81 low-grade Spirit Treasure swords.
• Chen Changming strengthened the Three-Nine Divine Aperture Technique for the fourth time and split the main body and clone's divine senses into 243 strands.
• The main body forged 60 more low-grade Spirit Treasure swords, and the clone reached the tenth level of the Nascent Soul Realm nine years later.
• Chen Changming and his clone forged 21 additional swords in three months, bringing their total to 162 low-grade Spirit Treasure flying swords.
• With the Bloody Trial approaching, Chen Changming forged four swords to the high-grade Spirit Treasure level while his main body cultivated the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art.
• Fan Feichen called for Chen Changming, who showed him 72 low-grade Spirit Treasure swords and concealed his four high-grade swords; Fan Feichen praised his cultivation, artifact forging, and alchemy.

Fan Feichen explained the Bloody Trial’s zones and the rewards of Water Moon Cave Heaven, including a temple whose Divine Light could help Chen Changming reach Spirit Transformation. Three days later, Chen Changming left for the Sect Master Hall to travel with Fan Feichen to the trial.

• Fan Feichen explained that Nascent Soul disciples entered zones based on their cultivation and earned Cave Heaven Blessings by killing, with enough blessings granting access to the temple.
• Fan Feichen told Chen Changming that the Water Moon Great God's Divine Light could raise cultivation by up to three minor realms, potentially bringing Chen Changming to the first layer of Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Changming learned that summoning an eleventh-level Demon King would get him teleported out, and Fan Feichen told him to meet at the Sect Master Hall in three days.
• Chen Changming told Gu Tianxie and Gu Linglong about Water Moon Cave Heaven, then placed them inside the Rotten-Leaf Black Earthworm so they could accompany him safely.
• Chen Changming continued cultivating while his clone worked on refining a flying sword, then he put it away and flew to the Sect Master Hall.

The Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect and other factions set out for the Bloody Trial in Water Moon Cave Heaven as their leaders plotted to kill Chen Shan. Near Six Gods Province, Fan Feichen warned Chen Changming about the danger, but Chen Changming remained confident in his power.

• Fan Feichen led the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect’s peaks toward Six Gods Province, while Chen Changming reflected on the deadly cost of the Bloody Trial.
• He Changkong ordered the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s advanced Nascent Soul Realm disciples to kill Chen Shan as soon as they entered the Heaven Zone.
• Ye Xuanchen sent the Profound Yin Demon Court’s disciples to hunt Chen Shan and relied on secret tokens designed to restrict Water Moon Cave Heaven’s blessing teleportation.
• The Profound Yin Demon Court joined forces with the Black Soul Hall and Yinluo Sect to target outstanding righteous-path disciples, beginning with Chen Shan.
• Half a month later, Fan Feichen warned Chen Changming to cooperate with righteous-path disciples and be wary of the Beast Taming Immortal Sect, while Chen Changming trusted his formidable sword formation and divine sense.

The Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect arrived at Water Moon Cave Heaven, and Chen Shan drew attention from allies and enemies alike. After Chen Changming reunited with the Red Luan Immortal Sect, Li Zizai warned him that many people wanted the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s reward and asked how he had prepared.

• The Eight Wonders Sect’s Dugu Qiujian identified Chen Shan and privately advised that he be killed inside Water Moon Cave Heaven to eliminate future risks.
• Li Zizai, Su Qingwan, Lingyue, and Lin Yue watched Chen Shan arrive and reacted to his rapid cultivation progress.
• Disciples of the Profound Yin Demon Court secretly agreed to make killing Chen Shan their first priority in the Heaven Zone.
• Fan Feichen led the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect into its designated area, then sent Chen Changming to visit his old friends at the Red Luan Immortal Sect.
• Li Zizai welcomed Chen Changming and asked how he had prepared for the enemies seeking the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s bounty.

Chen Changming reunited with the Red Luan Immortal Sect and received Fan Feichen’s warning that enemies would target him in Water Moon Cave Heaven. When He Changkong publicly provoked him, Chen Changming answered with a ruthless threat against anyone who tried to kill him and their sectmates.

• Chen Changming reassured Li Zizai and greeted Su Qingwan, Lingyue, and the Red Luan Immortal Sect disciples, promising to protect them in Water Moon Cave Heaven.
• Fan Feichen warned Chen Changming that disciples from righteous and demonic factions wanted the Beast Taming Immortal Sect’s reward for killing him, and urged him to seek the cave heaven’s blessing quickly and teleport away if surrounded.
• The Beast Taming Immortal Sect arrived, and He Changkong decided not to confront the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect directly because other factions were also targeting Chen Changming.
• He Changkong mocked Chen Changming and called him cowardly, while Fan Feichen and Li Zizai defended him.
• Chen Changming confronted He Changkong and declared that he would slaughter anyone who joined together to kill him, along with every prodigious disciple of their sects.

Chen Changming faced threats from the major sects before the Demon Heaven Clan arrived at Water Moon Cave Heaven. He reunited with the Glazed Saint Ancestor, who ordered her clan to protect him, and learned that Bi Cang was serving as Great Black Heaven’s deputy leader.

• He Changkong and a Nascent Soul disciple of the Profound Yin Demon Court encouraged the gathered disciples to kill Chen Changming, while Fan Feichen warned him to be careful inside Water Moon Cave Heaven.
• The Demon Heaven Clan arrived, and its Holy Ancestor recognized Chen Changming and ordered her people not to attack him, with disobedient clansmen to be beheaded.
• Chen Changming recognized the Glazed Saint Ancestor and exchanged voice transmissions with her, thanking her for the protection.
• The Glazed Saint Ancestor asked about Bi Cang, and Chen Changming told her that Bi Cang had become Great Black Heaven’s deputy leader and was unlikely to attend Water Moon Cave Heaven.

Chen Changming entered Water Moon Cave Heaven and used his unrestricted divine sense to travel through the secret realm, sparing an uninvolved cultivator and rescuing a fellow disciple. The chapter ended when he sensed Liu Qingwu gravely wounded ten miles to the southeast and teleported toward her.

• After the factions entered Water Moon Cave Heaven, Chen Changming was teleported to the bottom of a river and let a young cultivator from an unfamiliar sect go free.
• Chen Changming confirmed that the Heaven Zone did not suppress his divine sense and flew onward while searching for fellow disciples and potential threats.
• Chen Changming detected two Eight Wonders Sect disciples besieging a Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect disciple and wounded them with a golden sword light.
• The Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect disciple killed one attacker, then Chen Changming killed the other and received the Grotto-Heaven's blessing.
• Chen Changming sensed Liu Qingwu gravely wounded ten miles to the southeast and teleported toward her.

Chen Changming saved Liu Qingwu from two ninth-level Nascent Soul Realm cultivators and offered to help her gather a thousand Cave Heaven Blessings. The two set out together, and Chen Changming planned to use a sword formation to hunt groups of enemies who were targeting him.

• Chen Changming appeared as Liu Qingwu and her Nine Heavens Thunder Tiger were near defeat, then killed their two attackers as they tried to teleport away.
• Chen Changming healed Liu Qingwu and her beast, then offered to help her gather a thousand Cave Heaven Blessings so she could reach the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Chen Changming and Liu Qingwu flew on together and passed a wounded eighth-level Nascent Soul Realm cultivator beside a corpse; Chen Changming chose to leave him alone.
• Liu Qingwu warned that enemies could use Cave Heaven Blessings to escape, and Chen Changming explained that his Three Talents Sword Formation could block their teleportation.

Chen Changming rescued a Red Luan Immortal Sect disciple and helped her and Liu Qingwu obtain cave heaven blessings. He then brought Liu Qingwu to a battle between the Profound Yin Demon Court and the Righteous Path Sect, where he prepared to intervene against the Demon Court.

• Chen Changming told Liu Qingwu that all seventy-two of his flying swords had been upgraded to low-grade Spirit Treasures.
• Chen Changming teleported to rescue a Red Luan Immortal Sect disciple from four attackers, who wounded her assailants and helped her, Liu Qingwu, and himself obtain cave heaven blessings.
• The Red Luan Immortal Sect disciple chose to leave Water Moon Cave Heaven, while Chen Changming persuaded Liu Qingwu to continue toward the temple with him.
• Chen Changming detected a battle between the Profound Yin Demon Court and the Righteous Path Sect and teleported with Liu Qingwu to the valley.
• Three black-robed Profound Yin Demon Court disciples joined the fight, giving their side the advantage, and Chen Changming prepared to attack them.

Chen Changming and Liu Qingwu attacked the Profound Yin Demon Court disciples and Chen Changming learned that a Holy Fire Token could seal off teleportation across a thousand zhang. The wounded disciples fought among themselves, and the man who had revealed the token was killed.

• A Righteous Path Sect disciple realized teleportation was blocked and led his companions toward the valley exit.
• Chen Changming killed one Profound Yin Demon Court disciple and wounded another, whom Liu Qingwu finished off.
• Surrounded by the Profound Yin Demon Court disciples, Chen Changming drew them into attacking and unleashed his Three Talents Sword Formation, severely wounding them and preventing their escape.
• Chen Changming demanded to know how the disciples had blocked teleportation, and Senior Brother Liao revealed that a Holy Fire Token sealed an area of a thousand zhang.
• The wounded disciples attacked Senior Brother Liao for revealing the sect's secret and killed him.

Chen Changming and Liu Qingwu encountered Beast Taming Immortal Sect disciples who had been ordered to kill him, and the sect members attacked them after accusing Liu Qingwu of betrayal. The chapter ended with the disciples and their level-ten Demon Pets unleashing a powerful barrage against the pair.

• Chen Changming killed the remaining Profound Yin Demon Court disciples with Liu Qingwu and left the blood-soaked valley with her.
• A Righteous Path Sect disciple witnessed Chen Changming’s sword formation, decided the Bloody Trial was too dangerous, and left Water Moon Cave Heaven using his Cave Heaven Blessing.
• Chen Changming and Liu Qingwu spotted Beast Taming Immortal Sect disciples celebrating their victory over cultivators from medium-sized sects.
• The Beast Taming Immortal Sect disciples complained about Chen Shan and vowed to kill him for cheating them at the Ten Thousand Beast Garden.
• Chen Changming arrived with Liu Qingwu, and the disciples accused her of betraying the sect before ordering an attack.
• The Beast Taming Immortal Sect disciples and their level-ten Demon Pets launched a powerful assault on Chen Changming and Liu Qingwu.

Chen Changming used the Holy Fire Token and his Three Talents Sword Formation to kill the Beast Taming Immortal Sect disciples who tried to kill him. Afterward, he persuaded Liu Qingwu to leave the sect with him, and prepared a silver mask to conceal her identity.

• Chen Changming trapped the Beast Taming Immortal Sect disciples in his Three Talents Sword Formation, preventing them from teleporting with the Holy Fire Token’s power.
• The disciples begged Chen Changming for mercy, but he killed them and collected their belongings and the remains of their Beasts.
• Liu Qingwu accepted that the disciples had brought their deaths upon themselves and joined Chen Changming after he told her to leave the Beast Taming Immortal Sect.
• Chen Changming said he would take Liu Qingwu to the Red Luan Immortal Sect and have Senior Li Zizai guide her cultivation.
• Chen Changming warned Liu Qingwu not to tell the Sect Master and took out a silver mask that could conceal her appearance and identity.

Chen Changming helped Liu Qingwu prepare to leave the Beast Taming Immortal Sect, then discovered that Yinluo Sect disciples could block Cave Heaven Blessings. After killing them and finding a Holy Fire Token, he realized demonic factions were using the Bloody Trial to slaughter righteous cultivators and grow stronger.

• Chen Changming gave Liu Qingwu a mask and told her to change clothes before receiving the temple’s Divine Light and meeting him at the Red Luan Immortal Sect.
• Chen Changming and Liu Qingwu found Yinluo Sect disciples fighting red-robed cultivators, and a red-robed man revealed that his Cave Heaven Blessing had stopped working.
• Chen Changming suspected the Yinluo Sect possessed Holy Fire Tokens and worried that demonic factions were coordinating to weaken the righteous sects.
• Chen Changming attacked the Yinluo Sect disciples, and Liu Qingwu killed all eight after his sword assault left them severely wounded.
• Chen Changming spared the red-robed cultivators, then found a Holy Fire Token on a fallen Yinluo Sect disciple and concluded demonic factions were using the trial to eliminate righteous cultivators.

Chen Changming learned that Holy Fire Tokens could block Water Moon Cave Heaven’s blessings and trap righteous cultivators, then used that knowledge to rescue Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect disciples. The survivors carried a token and warning to Fan Feichen, while Chen Changming and Liu Qingwu continued hunting demonic disciples.

• Chen Changming showed a Holy Fire Token to Gu Tianxie and Gu Linglong, who identified its origin as the Fire Ancient God clan and began studying several tokens.
• Chen Changming found Profound Yin Demon Court disciples besieging Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect disciples and killed the attackers with his Flying Swords and Divine Sense Wave Ability.
• Chen Changming explained that Holy Fire Tokens blocked Cave Heaven Blessings and gave one to a rescued disciple to take to the Sect Master.
• The rescued Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect disciples left Water Moon Cave Heaven and reported to Fan Feichen that the tokens could cut off Cave Heaven Blessings.

Fan Feichen revealed that the devil factions’ Holy Fire Tokens could seal areas and block cave-heaven blessings, prompting the righteous and demonic sect masters to threaten war. As both sides prepared to fight, a mysterious crimson palace appeared in the sky and halted the confrontation.

• Fan Feichen examined a Holy Fire Token and learned that Yinluo Sect and Profound Yin Demon Court disciples carried tokens that could restrict cave-heaven blessings.
• Fan Feichen summoned the righteous sect masters, and they realized the tokens could put their disciples at a severe disadvantage in Water Moon Cave Heaven.
• Ye Xuanchen admitted that the Profound Yin Demon Court had created the tokens to trap and kill righteous disciples, and the demonic sect masters openly defended their actions.
• Dugu Qiujian and the other righteous sect masters accepted the prospect of war, while the demonic factions also declared they were ready to fight.
• An ethereal voice interrupted the standoff as a crimson palace emerged from the sky, drawing the attention of both sides and the Glazed Saint Ancestor.