Recaps

Ji Yuan escaped the Drill-Ground Rat Tribe with Zi Shan, who gave him Xuanhuang Pure Soil and traded for Soul-Nourishing Wood before revealing his name as Lü Zu. Ji Yuan planned to obtain Phoenix Clan essence blood, while Mei Zhuang returned to Ripplewater City after Lu Yingying died and encountered Ji Yuan again.

• Ji Yuan and Zi Shan recognized each other as humans using the Truth-Piercing Divine Eye and entered the Drill-Ground Rat Tribe's valley to seek Xuanhuang Pure Soil.
• Ji Yuan spotted Mei Zhuang among the Rogue Cultivators, while Mei Zhuang feared the Fifth Tier Horned Dragon and later retreated with Lu Yingying.
• Zi Shan stole the Xuanhuang Pure Soil, and Ji Yuan escaped pursuit with him using a Void-Escape Jade before Zi Shan gave him enough soil to rebuild a Spirit Transformation cultivator's body.
• Ji Yuan traded Zi Shan three hundred jin of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Nourishing Wood, learned that Zi Shan's name was Lü Zu, and decided to seek Phoenix Clan essence blood in the Southern Demonlands.
• Mei Zhuang returned to Ripplewater City among only four survivors, grieving Lu Yingying's death and planning to recover her spirit and avenge her.
• Ji Yuan appeared before Mei Zhuang at an intersection, and Mei Zhuang recognized the Horned Dragon from the Drill-Ground Rat Tribe.

Ji Yuan recruited Mei Zhuang as his attendant in Ripplewater City and sought potent poisons to use against the Phoenix Clan. He arranged a poison deal and consigned Nine-Yang Lifebuilding Brew to an upcoming auction, where he spotted Spirit Transformation Secrets that could help Long Fei, Dream Butterfly, and Jin Lei advance.

• Ji Yuan met Mei Zhuang in Ripplewater City, heard how the Drill-Ground Rat Tribe's ancestor had slaughtered cultivators and how Lu Yingying had died, then took Mei Zhuang on as his attendant.
• Ying Ning searched the earth veins for an Earth Vein Pearl while carrying Yu Qing, and revealed that she planned to devour her after finding the treasure.
• Mei Zhuang connected Ji Yuan with Wu Fa of the Skyflying Centipede Tribe, who agreed to search for poisons capable of threatening Void Refinement Cultivators.
• Mei Zhuang told Ji Yuan about the Black Tortoise Tribe's hundred-year auction, and Ji Yuan consigned Nine-Yang Lifebuilding Brew as its grand finale.
• Ji Yuan received a VIP invitation and saw Demon Race Secrets of Spirit Transformation in the auction's early catalogue, thinking they could help Long Fei, Dream Butterfly, and Jin Lei advance.

Ji Yuan bought three poisons from Wu Fa and prepared for the Black Tortoise Auction, where he acquired five Secrets of Spirit Transformation for his spirit pets. The auction paused midway, and Ji Yuan asked Mei Zhuang whether he wanted the treasures.

• Wu Fa described three poisons to Ji Yuan, who negotiated a price of ten Low-Grade Purple Spirit Stones and bought one of each.
• Mei Zhuang reported that two Skyflying Centipedes had escorted Wu Fa away, and Ji Yuan chose not to pursue them.
• Ji Yuan reviewed the auction catalog, noting its Spirit Transformation treasures and the Nine-Yang Lifebuilding Brew he had consigned among the finale items.
• At the Black Tortoise Auction, Ji Yuan bid fifteen Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones for the Feather-Shedding Fruit, then bought the Threefold Bone-Tempering Flower, the Thunder-Sound Fruit, and two Nirvana Cores.
• During the auction intermission, Ji Yuan laid out the five Secrets of Spirit Transformation before Mei Zhuang and asked whether he wanted them.

Ji Yuan sold his Scarlet Sun Lifespan-Extending Brew, won the Heavenly Flood Dragon Shears despite Feng Yudao’s warning, and watched the Divine Ability Bone go to the elder surnamed Liu. After the auction ended, he considered how to deal with Mei Zhuang, whom he no longer needed, while planning to kill a Phoenix Clan member.

• Mei Zhuang admitted he wanted the Secret of Spirit Transformation but said he would wait until he had earned merit, and Ji Yuan put the secret away.
• Ji Yuan’s Scarlet Sun Lifespan-Extending Brew sold for 1,600 Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones after he raised the bidding to provoke the Roc Clan cultivator.
• Ji Yuan bid 2,310 Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones for the Heavenly Flood Dragon Shears, angering Feng Yudao of the Phoenix Clan, and won the artifact.
• An old demon won Ji Yuan’s remaining brew for 1,700 Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones after threatening to destroy his Life-bound Dharma Treasure if challenged.
• The elder surnamed Liu won the Divine Ability Bone for ninety-six Low-Grade Purple Spirit Stones, ending the auction.
• Ji Yuan looked at Mei Zhuang and wondered what to do with him now that the auction was over and he was preparing to kill a Phoenix Clan member.

Ji Yuan revealed his true identity to Mei Zhuang after imprisoning him in the Immortal Prison, then ordered the Ghost Envoy to bring Mei Zhuang under his control. He left to upgrade the Heavenly Craft Workshop before pursuing his plans against the Phoenix Clan.

• Ji Yuan met Long Xi at the auction house, exchanged Communication Talismans with her, and heard her warning that Feng Yudao was a dangerous Spirit Transformation Peak Stage cultivator.
• Ji Yuan returned to Mei Zhuang and tricked him into entering the Immortal Prison, where the Ghost Envoy locked him in a cell.
• Ji Yuan revealed that he was the Dream Demon Mei Zhuang had encountered on the Abyssal Continent, and the two discussed their past and the fate of the Abyssal Depths.
• Mei Zhuang asked how Ji Yuan intended to deal with him, and Ji Yuan decided to make him a servant and mount rather than kill him.
• Ji Yuan ordered the Ghost Envoy to bring Mei Zhuang under his control, then left the Immortal Prison to upgrade the Heavenly Craft Workshop before hunting Phoenix Clan members for their essence blood.

Ji Yuan upgraded the Heavenly Craft Workshop to Level Six, and Long Fei evolved into a Horned Dragon during the upgrade. After reviewing the workshop’s new abilities, he planned to kill Feng Yudao and use his essence blood to revive Dong Qian’s Second Primordial Spirit.

• Ji Yuan spent the required resources to upgrade the Heavenly Craft Workshop, whose transformation strengthened its crafting effects and the spiritual energy across Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain.
• Long Fei endured a painful evolution and became a Horned Dragon, while Ji Yuan gave Jin Lei advancement treasures and Dream Butterfly two Nirvana Cores.
• Ji Yuan examined the Level Six workshop’s effects, including the Divine Artisan Great Dao, Thunder Essence, Dao Heaven Pill, Void True Flame, and a Sixth-Tier Strange Gate Eight Trigrams Formation.
• Ji Yuan chose Feng Yudao as his target and planned to lure him into a Fifth-Tier Strange Gate Eight Trigrams Formation using Feng Jiuxiao’s identity.
• Dong Qian worried about Ji Yuan facing Feng Yudao, but Ji Yuan urged her to prepare for her revival and then left Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain.

Ji Yuan lured Feng Yudao to a hidden valley and poisoned him with spirit tea before imprisoning him, allowing the Ghost Envoy to harvest the Phoenix Clan member’s essence blood for Dong Qian’s revival. After collecting the blood, Ji Yuan learned Feng Yudao’s Storage Bag could expose him if opened and asked how much longer Mei Zhuang needed.

• Ji Yuan examined his new Origin of Ten Thousand Laws Talisman method, Spirit Transformation Dao Embryo Pill formula, and Creation True Fire, then decided to seek Fifth-Order Demon Cores after reviving Dong Qian.
• Ji Yuan built a concealed estate in a misty valley, disguised himself as Feng Jiuxiao, and sent Long Yun to lure Feng Yudao there with a letter.
• Feng Yudao followed Long Yun to the valley, drank Ji Yuan’s spirit tea, and collapsed after the poison took effect.
• Ji Yuan placed Feng Yudao in the Immortal Prison and ordered the Ghost Envoy to kill him there, then dismantled the estate and fled with Long Fei and Long Yun.
• The Ghost Envoy gave Ji Yuan Feng Yudao’s essence blood, which he said was sufficient to reconstruct Dong Qian’s body, but warned that opening Feng Yudao’s Storage Bag could reveal Ji Yuan’s identity.
• Ji Yuan asked how much longer Mei Zhuang needed.

Ji Yuan used four supreme treasures to resurrect Dong Qian, who returned to life in a newly formed body and reunited with him. After recovering together, Dong Qian asked about the important matter Ji Yuan had mentioned, and he revealed that he wanted to enter Demon God Mountain.

• Ji Yuan learned that Feng Yudao's Storage Bag would take about ten more days to open and decided not to use Mei Zhuang.
• Feng Qingyin reported Feng Yudao's extinguished Soul Lamp to the Phoenix Clan elders, who saw evidence that he had been tortured and killed in a prison.
• The First Elder ordered Feng Yidao to investigate Feng Yudao's death in the Southern Demonlands and kill anyone who resisted.
• Ji Yuan used Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Nourishing Wood, Xuanhuang Pure Soil, Phoenix Clan Essence Blood, and the Fountain of Life to restore Dong Qian's body and awaken her.
• Dong Qian recovered her composure after spending several days with Ji Yuan, and she asked what important help he needed from her.
• Ji Yuan told Dong Qian that he wanted to enter Demon God Mountain.

Ji Yuan and Dong Qian abandoned the plan to enter Demon God Mountain and traveled to Aolai Island, hoping to obtain a Bodhi Tree branch from the Spiritbright Stone Monkey Tribe. On the eastern coast, they met an injured young monkey who had fled Aolai Island to seek a master, and Ji Yuan offered him a few opportunities.

• Dong Qian explained that the Spiritbright Stone Monkey Tribe's Body Integration Realm ancestor guarded the Bodhi Tree, so Ji Yuan proposed visiting the tribe's home on Aolai Island instead of risking Demon God Mountain.
• Ji Yuan sent Mei Zhuang to scout the route, then traveled with Dong Qian across the continent while raiding four Third Grade Demon Race tribes for resources.
• After two years, Ji Yuan and Dong Qian reached the eastern coast, where Ji Yuan noted his gains and Jin Lei's advancement to the Fifth Tier.
• A bruised Spiritbright Stone Monkey arrived and complained that his clansmen had bullied him, declaring that he would leave Aolai Island to find a master.
• Ji Yuan stopped the monkey from leaving and offered him a few opportunities.

Ji Yuan gave Sun Wutian valuable pill and talisman knowledge before traveling with Dong Qian and Jin Lei to Flower Fruit Mountain, where he traded Nine-Yang Lifebuilding Brew for a Bodhi Tree Branch. He secured one branch and tried to negotiate for another by offering Sun Tong a different spiritual wine.

• Ji Yuan refused to take Sun Wutian as a disciple but passed him the Soul-Clearing Calamity-Delivering Pill formula and the Heavenly Origin Divine Talisman method, prompting Sun Wutian to vow to repay him.
• Ji Yuan, Dong Qian, and Jin Lei reached Aolai Island and were welcomed at Flower Fruit Mountain by Elder Sun Tong.
• Ji Yuan asked Sun Tong for a Bodhi Tree Branch, but Sun Tong initially refused and prepared to send the visitors away.
• Ji Yuan offered Nine-Yang Lifebuilding Brew, and Sun Tong immediately traded him a Bodhi Tree Branch, explaining that his tribe had many branches it could not grow.
• Ji Yuan asked to trade for a second branch and offered Sun Tong a different spiritual wine to taste.

Ji Yuan traded five jin of Peerless Wine to Sun Tong for a second Bodhi Tree Branch, then used one branch and other materials to upgrade the Dao Comprehension Chamber to Level Four. He brought Dong Qian into the upgraded chamber to help her comprehend her cultivation bottleneck, while Tu Yue took the other branch to try planting it.

• Sun Tong accepted five jin of Ji Yuan’s Peerless Wine in exchange for a Bodhi Tree Branch after bargaining with him.
• Ji Yuan, Dong Qian, and Jin Lei toured Aolai Island with Sun Yuan for half a month before returning to the Demon God Continent.
• Ji Yuan gave one Bodhi Tree Branch to Tu Yue to plant and used the other, five thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, and Demon Cores to upgrade the Dao Comprehension Chamber.
• The upgraded chamber produced a Bodhi Fruit, which Ji Yuan stored away.
• Ji Yuan transported Dong Qian into the Dao Comprehension Chamber, where she began comprehending her bottleneck, and then sat down to meditate himself.

Sun Daoxuan revealed why he had helped Ji Yuan and Sun Wutian, while Ji Yuan used the Bodhi Fruit to break through a bottleneck and saw a vision of a True Dragon comprehending a divine ability. The chapter ended with the Heavenly Dao responding to Ji Yuan’s own apparent comprehension of a divine ability, leaving the Ghost Envoy alarmed by the signs.

• Sun Daoxuan told Sun Tong that the human cultivators’ identities did not matter, forbade him from pursuing them, and let him keep the traded wines.
• Sun Daoxuan recalled that Ji Yuan had helped Sun Wutian, and explained that a divination had marked Sun Wutian as the future leader of the Spiritbright Stone Monkey Tribe.
• Ji Yuan advanced his Sword Nine deductions but hit a bottleneck in the Ninefold Profound Yang Technique, so he ate the Bodhi Fruit.
• Ji Yuan’s heightened comprehension showed him a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon surviving the Blazing Heaven Demonfire, awakening an Ancestral Dragon Mark, and killing the strange Demonic Cultivator.
• A beam of golden light struck Ji Yuan’s Sea of Consciousness, and thunder and the Great Dao Brahma Sound filled the Dao Comprehension Chamber as Dong Qian found him convulsing.
• The Ghost Envoy recognized the signs of divine ability comprehension and warned Dong Qian that the phenomenon could be even more dramatic outside Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain.

Ji Yuan awakened the Dragon Race body-refinement divine ability Gold-Burning Bone, survived the burning and rebirth of his body, and advanced to the third stage of the Five Viscera Furnace Realm. After three days, he confirmed that Jin Lei had carried Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain away from the East Sea coast before the gathered experts could find them, then heard that Ghost Envoy had come out.

• Ji Yuan split off a wisp of divine thought and ordered Tu Yue to send Jin Lei out with Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, and Jin Lei fled north as the River of Time appeared across the sky.
• Powerful Void Refinement and Body Integration experts sensed the phenomenon and rushed toward the East Sea coast, while two Peak Void Refinement experts passed Jin Lei without stopping to question him.
• Golden flames consumed Ji Yuan’s flesh and left a golden skeleton, but his body regenerated as Dong Qian watched and Ghost Envoy stopped her from interfering.
• Ji Yuan awoke and told Dong Qian that Gold-Burning Bone had tempered his body, greatly increased his recovery, and ignited his liver, advancing him to the third viscus of the Five Viscera Furnace Realm.
• Ji Yuan checked the Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain panel and recognized that years of refining Dragon-Flame Blood had prepared him to awaken Gold-Burning Bone; Tu Yue reported that three days had passed and Jin Lei had carried them safely away.
• Dong Qian told Ji Yuan that Ghost Envoy had come out.

Ji Yuan and his companions reached Southern Dragon City, where they learned that Demon God Mountain had announced the Kunxu Secret Realm would open in eighteen years and would publish a list of its treasures. After three months of waiting, Ji Yuan received the list and saw that its first entry was the Moon-Chasing Car.

• Ji Yuan discovered that Mei Zhuang had broken through to Spirit Transformation and sent him ahead to scout the Northern Demonlands.
• Mei Zhuang reported that Demon God Mountain had announced the Kunxu Secret Realm would open in eighteen years and that its treasure list would be released publicly.
• Ji Yuan reasoned that the Three Sacred Clans wanted cultivators to enter the Secret Realm to test dangers they could not or would not face themselves.
• Ji Yuan and Dong Qian stayed in Southern Dragon City for three months while Mei Zhuang gathered information and the city filled with cultivators awaiting the list.
• Mei Zhuang brought Demon God Mountain's notice, and Ji Yuan opened it to find the Moon-Chasing Car listed as the first treasure.

Ji Yuan studied the Kunxu Secret Realm treasure list and resolved to enter, secretly targeting the Moon-Chasing Car and Time Sand while preparing for the dangers ahead. After settling in Southern Dragon City and hearing news about a mysterious breakthrough and Feng Yudao’s death, he opened Feng Yudao’s Storage Bag and froze at what he found.

• Ji Yuan recognized the Moon-Chasing Car as part of the Dharma Treasure set containing his Lightning-Chasing Cloud and Star-Treading Wheel, and he spotted Time Sand needed to upgrade his Meteor Cannon.
• Ji Yuan, Dong Qian, and Mei Zhuang discussed the Secret Realm’s three Divine Ability Bones and the fierce contest they would provoke among Peak Void Refinement cultivators.
• Ji Yuan decided to enter the Kunxu Secret Realm, and Dong Qian chose to accompany him; they planned to gather Kunpeng Remnant Maps for their companions and spirit beasts.
• Ji Yuan and Dong Qian stayed in Southern Dragon City to cultivate while Mei Zhuang gathered news, including the unexplained breakthrough of a great demon and the Phoenix Clan’s investigation into Feng Yudao’s death.
• Ji Yuan secretly hired a cultivator to break the seal on Feng Yudao’s Storage Bag, then opened it and froze at what he saw.

Ji Yuan found a second Kunpeng Remnant Map and a powerful Five-Elements Reversal Fan in Feng Yudao's Storage Bag, then traveled with Dong Qian and Mei Zhuang to Purple Bamboo Lake to seek another map. There, Ji Yuan met Long Liuli and recognized Scarlet Wolf among the Merfolk Clan, just as the gathering of powerful Demon Cultivators threatened to turn hostile.

• Ji Yuan searched Feng Yudao's Storage Bag, found a Kunpeng Remnant Map and a Mid-Grade Heavy Treasure called the Five-Elements Reversal Fan, and refined the fan in Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain.
• Ji Yuan gave Dong Qian the Kunpeng Remnant Map and heard Mei Zhuang report that the Merfolk Clan at Purple Bamboo Lake held another one.
• Ji Yuan, Dong Qian, and Mei Zhuang traveled to Purple Bamboo Lake, where Demon Cultivators from the Flood Dragon Clan, Softshell Turtle Clan, and Heaven-Devouring Clan had gathered.
• Jin Mao insulted Dong Qian and the Horned Dragon Clan, but Long Liuli arrived, threatened Jin Mao, and welcomed Ji Yuan—who called himself Long Chuan—as a clansman.
• Devouring Heaven demanded that the Merfolk Clan surrender its Kunpeng Remnant Map, and three merfolk rose from the lake to face the gathered Demon Cultivators.
• Ji Yuan recognized Scarlet Wolf in the composed young man standing beside the Merfolk elder.

Ji Yuan watched the fight over the Kunpeng Remnant Map at Purple Bamboo Lake, then hid in Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain while the Spirit Transformation Peak cultivators searched. Ten days later, he drew Scarlet Wolf into the Mass Burial Ground, where Scarlet Wolf recognized him as Celestial Venerable Ji and revealed that he had no clansmen left.

• Ji Yuan recognized Scarlet Wolf among the merfolk at Purple Bamboo Lake, while Jin Mao and Devouring Heaven pressured Yu Yin to surrender the Kunpeng Remnant Map.
• Yu Yin threw the map into the sky, prompting Jin Mao, Long Liuli, Devouring Heaven, and the giant turtle to pursue it as the merfolk escaped underwater.
• The giant turtle seized the map but passed it to Long Liuli; she trapped Jin Mao with her Blade-Light Prison and fled, warning Ji Yuan that the others might target him.
• Ji Yuan escaped into Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, judged Long Liuli too powerful to challenge without risking his identity, and waited inside while tempering his Annihilation Netherfire.
• After ten days, Ji Yuan brought Scarlet Wolf into the Mass Burial Ground, where Scarlet Wolf recognized him as Celestial Venerable Ji, paid his respects, and said he had no clansmen left.

Ji Yuan met Scarlet Wolf in the Mass Burial Ground and learned how the Merfolk Clan branch that migrated from Fallen Immortal Ravine was destroyed. Scarlet Wolf revealed the location of a Kunpeng Remnant Map, and Ji Yuan rewarded him with cultivation resources and a pill formula before sending him to Dragonview City.

• Ji Yuan revealed his true identity to Scarlet Wolf, who explained that his clan had honored Ji Yuan with a statue and called him Celestial Venerable Ji.
• Scarlet Wolf recounted how the North Sea Merfolk Clan forced his people to mine spirit pearls until nearly all of them died, while Clan Chief Yu Yuan sacrificed himself to help Scarlet Wolf escape.
• Scarlet Wolf told Ji Yuan that his clan had hidden a Kunpeng Remnant Map and gave him a map marking its burial place beneath a thousand-year-old willow on Black Demon Island.
• Ji Yuan gave Scarlet Wolf resources sufficient to cultivate to the Nascent Soul Peak and the Spirit Transformation Dao Embryo Pill formula, urging him to live and cultivate for his clan's sake.
• Ji Yuan sent Scarlet Wolf to Dragonview City, where Scarlet Wolf followed his instructions until Ji Yuan spoke to him through Divine Sense and departed from the city's Teleportation Harbor.

Ji Yuan and Long Fei and Long Yun were assigned to help Long Qie hunt a team of elite Martial God Continent body cultivators infiltrating the Demon God Continent. Ji Yuan suspected Dugu Qing was among them, while the hidden team chose to flee southeast toward the danger in their path.

• Ji Yuan and Long Fei and Long Yun encountered Long Qie in Northern Dragon City and followed him to a northern defense sector after learning that Martial God Continent cultivators had infiltrated the North Sea.
• Long Qie explained that Dugu Yan, Yan Chixiao, Jiang Jun, and a mysterious woman resembling Dugu Yan were among the intruders, and Ji Yuan suspected the woman was Dugu Qing.
• Long Qie set an elaborate trapping Formation around a rocky island and ordered Ji Yuan and the others to wait there for the intruders.
• Inside a hidden clamshell, Dugu Qing asked for three more days to adapt to the local Great Dao, but Jiang Jun and Yan Chixiao warned that the Dragon Race's encirclement was closing.
• Dugu Qing sensed that the southeast offered the greatest chance of survival, despite a powerful enemy blocking that route, and Jiang Jun chose to lead the group that way.

Ji Yuan and the Dragon Race helped Long Qie ambush Dugu Yan, Dugu Qing, Yan Chixiao, and Jiang Jun inside his Formation, but the powerful humans broke through and escaped. As Ji Yuan watched them leave, a woman thanked him for saving her again through his Sea of Consciousness.

• Ji Yuan confirmed that Dugu Yan and the others had entered the Formation, and Long Qie summoned nearby Dragon Race members before assigning Ji Yuan, Long Fei, and Long Yun to help hold the Formation.
• Long Qie attacked Jiang Jun with the Yin-Yang Sword while Cloud-Mist True Dragons and Long Qie's Formation trapped the four humans; Jiang Jun and Yan Chixiao fought back with overwhelming strength.
• Ji Yuan moved to the Formation's core and helped Long Qie unleash a devastating frost attack, but Yan Chixiao drew the Dragon-Slaying Sword and slew the powerful Mist Dragon.
• Yan Chixiao fought Long Qie while Jiang Jun asked Dugu Qing to find an escape route, and she directed the group southeast.
• Jiang Jun broke through the Formation near Ji Yuan, who dodged his punch; Long Yun's Five Dragons Paying Homage failed to stop Jiang Jun, and Dugu Yan, Yan Chixiao, Jiang Jun, and the Dugu sisters escaped through the breach.
• A woman thanked Ji Yuan for saving her again through his Sea of Consciousness.

Ji Yuan and his companions escaped the Dragon Race’s pursuit, then reached Black Demon Island and recovered a Kunpeng Remnant Map and a complete copy of the Myriad Demon-Bearing Art. As Ji Yuan recognized that the technique shared an origin with his Demon-Transforming Art, the two began circulating together, leaving him alarmed by what might happen.

• Ji Yuan pretended to be injured while Long Qie and the other Dragon Race members discussed the escaped group, then Long Qie departed to pursue them and gave Long Fei a Communication Talisman.
• Ji Yuan led Long Fei and Long Yun north for more than ten days until they reached Black Demon Island, which was shrouded in black mist.
• Ji Yuan and his companions searched the island, found Yu Yuan’s hidden Storage Bag beneath a Millennium Willow Tree, and recovered a Kunpeng Remnant Map.
• Ji Yuan discovered a peach pit among the Storage Bag’s contents and recognized the complete Myriad Demon-Bearing Art inscribed on it.
• Ji Yuan realized the Myriad Demon-Bearing Art and his Demon-Transforming Art shared the same origin, and the two techniques began circulating together within him.

Ji Yuan merged the Demon-Transforming Art with the Myriad Demon-Bearing Art and the Ninefold Profound Yang Technique, gaining stable Demon Race forms while retaining his human identity and breaking through to Spirit Transformation Middle Stage. After returning to Black Demon Island, he discovered Long Fei was missing and confronted the creature inside the shaft beneath the island.

• The Demon-Transforming Art and Myriad Demon-Bearing Art circulated uncontrollably, and Ji Yuan used his Phoenix Clan form to slow his transformation toward becoming a demon.
• Ji Yuan invoked the Ninefold Profound Yang Technique and met the Great Sun Immortal, who combined the three techniques and changed how his Demon Race forms worked.
• Ji Yuan found he could switch freely between his human identity and his Phoenix and Horned Dragon forms, then entered Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain to break through to Spirit Transformation Middle Stage.
• Ji Yuan explained the Myriad Demon-Bearing Art to Dong Qian and asked whether she wanted to learn it; she said they might return to the Secret Realm in Demon East.
• Tu Yue reported that Long Fei had gone missing, and Ji Yuan followed his Divine Sense to a shaft on the island's northeastern side.
• Ji Yuan confronted whatever was inside the shaft and demanded that it release Long Fei.

Ji Yuan fought the Black Flood Dragon, a Spirit Transformation Peak Stage cultivator, and used his Demon Venerable Black Baleful transformation and powerful treasures to overcome it. After cutting the dragon’s body in half with the Heavenly Flood Dragon Shears, he watched its fleeing remnant escape into the Void.

• Ji Yuan attacked the Black Flood Dragon beneath Black Demon Island, and Long Yun fled as the dragon emerged and revealed its immense strength.
• Ji Yuan laid the Strange Gate Eight Trigrams Formation, but the Black Flood Dragon resisted his attacks and destroyed the formation while escaping its bounds.
• Ji Yuan activated the Spirit Effect of the Pigsty, transformed into his Demon Venerable Black Baleful state, and fought the dragon with the Heavenly Flood Dragon Shears.
• The Black Flood Dragon injured Ji Yuan’s Divine Soul with its bell and broke free, while Ji Yuan summoned two Flood Dragon spirits from the shears to continue the fight.
• Ji Yuan used the Five-Elements Reversal Fan to disrupt the Black Flood Dragon’s magic power, then snapped the Heavenly Flood Dragon Shears shut and severed its body at the waist.
• The Black Flood Dragon’s remnant escaped into the Void as Ji Yuan remained behind after the battle.

Ji Yuan defeated the Black Flood Dragon, rescued Long Fei, and claimed its treasures and records of the Void-Speed Dao. Dong Qian chose to use the Demon-Transforming Art and become a Qilin, while Ji Yuan planned visits to the Horned Dragon and Qilin Clans before the Kun Ruins.

• Ji Yuan collected the Black Flood Dragon’s body, entered its lair, and freed Long Fei from the sealed stone chamber.
• Ji Yuan and Long Yun searched the Flood Dragon’s Cave Abode, took useful treasures, and returned to Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain with Long Fei unharmed.
• Ji Yuan gave Dong Qian the Soul-Burning Demon Bell and examined the Flood Dragon’s Storage Bag, finding resources and records of its Void-Speed Dao insights.
• Dong Qian decided to use the Demon-Transforming Art to become a Qilin, explaining that Sacred Races welcomed new members and offered powerful cultivation advantages.
• Ji Yuan considered visiting the Horned Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan, then prepared to pass the complete Myriad Demon-Bearing Art to Dong Qian.

Dong Qian transformed into a full Qilin, while Ji Yuan and Long Fei accompanied Long Yun to the Horned Dragon Ancestral Land. The clan elders accepted them and granted them a small reward, including one drop of True Dragon Blood Essence.

• Dong Qian examined her new Qilin body and told Ji Yuan that her strength had increased several times.
• Ji Yuan, Long Fei, and Long Yun traveled to the Horned Dragon Ancestral Land, where Long Liuli recognized them and brought them before the clan elders.
• The First Elder examined Ji Yuan and accepted the three as returning Horned Dragon clansmen.
• Long Liuli asked the elders to grant the three drops of True Dragon Blood Essence, but the elders debated how much the clan should provide.
• The elders awarded the three one drop of True Dragon Blood Essence, ten Low-Grade Purple Spirit Stones each, and some spirit herbs.