Recaps

Blackwater Domain’s Tyrant Blade forced Southern Heaven to admit his Heavenly Prides into the Heavenly Pride Gathering by presenting nine Ancient Heavenly Pride Tokens, and the trials began with a ladder climb, combat-strength test, and arena battles. Ye Fan concealed his strength in the combat test, then killed two Blackwater challengers before a crimson figure charged onto his platform.

• Tyrant Blade arrived at Cloudmirror Plaza, clashed with Qingfeng, and secured permission for Blackwater Domain’s Heavenly Prides to compete by offering nine Ancient Heavenly Pride Tokens.
• Xuanzhen and the other cultivators activated the Heavenly Pride Ranking, summoned the Ethereal Immortal Palace and its White Jade Heavenly Ladder, and began the first trial.
• Xu Deling, Ye Fan, Xu Mingxian, and Xu Deyue reached the ladder’s superior-potential section, while the trial eliminated many other Southern Heaven cultivators.
• The Heavenly Prides completed the combat-strength test, and the Heavenly Pride Ranking selected champions for 108 arenas, with Blackwater Domain taking 58 platforms.
• Ye Fan defeated a Blackwater Domain saber cultivator on the seventy-second Earthly Baleful Arena, then killed a Blood Demon Path cultivator on another platform.
• A crimson figure flew from the Earthly Fiend Fortieth Battle Platform and charged onto Ye Fan’s arena.

Ye Fan earned recognition from the Heavenly Pride Battle Platform after defeating the purple-haired Demonic Cultivator and advancing his Brahma Sacred Fist, while Xu Mingxian and Xu Deyue also defeated Blackwater Domain challengers. Xu Deling won her duel against Wufeng with a divine-soul secret art, then challenged Lu Qingxue on the First Heavenly Pride Arena.

• Ye Fan killed a red-haired Blackwater Domain attacker, while Xu Mingxian and Xu Deyue continued defeating challengers on their platforms.
• Ye Fan endured the purple-haired Demonic Cultivator’s attacks after his armor broke, then reached major mastery of the Brahma Sacred Fist’s second form and killed him with the Heaven-Ending Fist.
• The Heavenly Pride Stele recognized Ye Fan as the first heavenly pride, while Xu Mingxian defeated challengers with his formations and explosive artifact tactics.
• Xu Deyue defeated a Blackwater Domain demonic cultivator, and Xu Mingxian seized the thirtieth Heavenly Astral Arena before killing its former occupant in his formations.
• Xu Deling used her Consciousness into Artifact secret art to wound Wufeng’s divine soul and force him off the second arena.
• After recovering, Xu Deling challenged Lu Qingxue on the First Heavenly Pride Arena.

Xu Deling defeated Lu Qingxue to become the Number One Heavenly Pride, and the Heavenly Pride Gathering revealed the Heavenly Pride Ranking’s artifact spirit and the existence of the Heavenly Pride Cave-Heaven. The chapter ended with the Five Supreme Sects and the Blackwater Domain preparing to negotiate over future gatherings, while Flame Dragon rewarded the Xu Household with two second-tier Spirit Veins.

• Xu Deling defeated Lu Qingxue, secured first place, and joined Lu Qingxue, Wufeng, and Ye Fan in entering the Heavenly Pride Cave-Heaven before all four returned with opportunities.
• The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, artifact spirit of the Heavenly Pride Ranking, declared that only heavenly prides could enter its cave-heaven and set token requirements for future Golden Core and Nascent Soul gatherings.
• Xu Deling proposed that a supreme sect safeguard the Heavenly Pride Ranking when the winning heavenly pride could not protect it, and the great cultivators accepted her suggestion.
• Tyrant Blade argued that the Blackwater Domain must share in future gatherings, and the great cultivators agreed to negotiate while Wufeng displayed the Broken Saber he had obtained.
• True Lord Qingmu learned that Xu Deling was both Master Ling and Fairy Phoenix Plume, and recognized the Xu Household as a potential ally against the Greedy Wolf Sect.
• Flame Dragon offered the Xu Household two second-tier Spirit Veins as a reward for their performance at the gathering.

Xu Chuan prepared to form his core publicly after crystallizing his magic power, while the Xu Household’s rising fame drew the Heavenforged Sect and Mysterious Moon Sect toward Skyreach Prefecture. The chapter ended with invitations sent for Xu Chuan’s Golden Core Ceremony and Chen Changge reacting with surprise.

• Flame Dragon learned that Xu Deling had received a True Spirit Feather bearing Fire Phoenix essence blood, and Xu Chuan and the others swore to keep it secret.
• True Lord Qingmu arranged for the Heavenforged Sect to establish a branch sect in Skyreach Prefecture, and the Xu Household received the spirit veins needed for its formation.
• Xu Chuan returned to Cloudbrook Town, where Xu Mingxian completed the Clan-Protecting Grand Formation and news spread that three Xu Household members had made the Heavenly Pride Ranking.
• Xu Chuan achieved minor mastery of Withered Glory True Intent and created the Four Seasons Seal before purifying and crystallizing his magic power.
• Xu Deling invited Zhang Xuanzhi and True Lord Qingxuan to witness Xu Chuan’s core formation, and the Mysterious Moon Sect agreed to attend with gifts.
• Xu Chuan invited the major powers and Golden Core clans to his ceremony, prompting Chen Changge to marvel that Xu Chuan planned to attempt core formation in public.

Xu Chuan publicly attempted Core Formation as the Xu Household welcomed powerful visitors and prepared for the ceremony. He formed a divine ability golden core successfully, reaching the peak of the Golden Core first layer and leaving the gathering astonished.

• Feng Juechen, True Lord Qingmu, and other powers received Xu Chuan's invitations and planned to attend his public Core Formation ceremony, while True Lord Canglang plotted to kill him.
• Visitors from the Heavenforged Sect arrived in Cloudbrook Town, and Xu Chuan welcomed them before hosting Blazing Sun True Lord, True Lord Qingxuan, and Zhang Xuanzhi at the Xu Residence.
• Blazing Sun True Lord and Rong Tianyang negotiated with the Skyreach Sect, which agreed to provide spirit veins and help establish the Skyfeather Sect in return for Heavenforged Sect support and protection.
• Xu Chuan condensed a withering-and-blooming divine ability seed, and on the eighth day of the sixth month, guests from across Skyreach Prefecture gathered to witness his attempt.
• Xu Chuan broke through the Golden Core bottleneck in fifteen minutes, formed a five-colored divine ability golden core, and completed Core Formation after refining his magic power through the Ancient Core Formation Method.

Xu Chuan succeeded in forming his core, received powerful inheritances from the Clan Genealogy, and discovered the Xu Clan Cave-Heaven, where he advanced to the golden core second layer and awakened Xu Huai. At his Golden Core Ceremony, he faced a hostile challenge from the Greedy Wolf Sect and killed Elder Jin, while Elder Yin prepared to concede.

• Xu Chuan received the Five-Element Creation Scripture and Mystic Heaven Spirit-Refining Art, then discovered a secret realm within the Clan Genealogy and transplanted his medicine garden there.
• Xu Chuan advanced to the golden core second layer, named the awakened pagoda tree Xu Huai, and emerged to announce his successful core formation to Cloudbrook Town.
• True Lord Canglang arrived with Elders Jin and Yin to provoke Xu Chuan, but True Lord Qingxuan and other powerful cultivators witnessed the ensuing sparring match and barred retaliation afterward.
• Elders Jin and Yin attacked Xu Chuan, who used his magic treasures and divine abilities to defeat them and fatally wound Elder Jin.
• True Lord Canglang warned Elder Yin that Elder Jin was dead, and Elder Yin prepared to concede to save his life.

Xu Chuan completed his Golden Core Ceremony as Withered Glory True Lord, revealed the Xu Household’s growing strength, and saw Xu Deling publicly recognized as Fairy Phoenix Plume. Later, he discovered the Clan Genealogy could connect Xu Clan members’ spiritual consciousness to the Xu Clan Cave-Heaven, and began considering how to use it to reach relatives far away.

• Xu Chuan killed Elders Gold and Silver, and True Lord Canglang left after True Lord Qingxuan intervened.
• Xu Chuan explained divine ability core formation and offered to sell a Primordial Era mystic art, then received congratulatory gifts and chose the title Withered Glory True Lord.
• Xu Deling revealed herself as Fairy Phoenix Plume, Southern Heaven’s Number One Heavenly Pride, and presented Xu Chuan with the Azure Dragon Treasure Umbrella.
• The ceremony’s news spread, the Xu Household attracted new members and allies, and True Lord Qingmu and True Lord Qingxuan traded for Xu Chuan’s mystic art.
• Xu Chuan used the Clan Genealogy to draw Xu Mingxian’s spiritual consciousness into the Xu Clan Cave-Heaven, where Xu Huai initially shattered it before Xu Chuan clarified the situation.
• Xu Mingxian returned safely, learned how to enter and leave the cave-heaven, and Xu Chuan planned to use the connection to contact relatives in Dongxi.

Xu Chuan established a remote spiritual-consciousness meeting in the Xu Clan Cave-Heaven, reconnecting with his children and discussing the lineage’s affairs and plans. As Xu Deling prepared for Core Formation and Ren Xiaoyao began his own preparations, Xu Chuan sent Bai Jing’s family to travel in his stead.

• Xu Mingwei recognized Xu Chuan’s signal, accepted the invitation, and entered the Xu Clan Cave-Heaven, where Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxian welcomed him.
• Xu Mingwei, Xu Mingyuan, and Xu Mingqing met Xu Chuan remotely and discussed Dongxi, the Immortal-Martial Alliance, vassal lineages, and the approaching Great Calamity.
• Xu Chuan approved Ren Xiaoyao’s attempt at Core Formation and shared cultivation resources and inheritances, while asking Xu Mingwei to take Bai Jing traveling across the region.
• Xu Deling reached the initiate level in her divine ability and left with Blazing Sun True Lord to prepare for Core Formation at the Heavenforged Sect.
• Xu Mingyuan gave Ren Xiaoyao a high-grade Golden Core Formation Pill and mystic arts, and Ren Xiaoyao entered seclusion to prepare for Core Formation.
• The Yang Household and Chang Household became vassals of the Xu Household, then left Dongxi after learning Xu Mingwei and Yang Ronghua had departed.

Xu Deling and Ren Xiaoyao both formed golden cores, but Ren Xiaoyao’s breakthrough in the Azure Sea Forest drew the attack of the peak third-rank Blackflame Sparrow. Xu Bai intervened to protect him, and the Ancient Locust Tree King stopped the sparrow from killing Xu Bai as Ren Xiaoyao fled.

• Xu Mingqing refined a Golden Core Formation Pill for Lei Yunchao, who swore not to become an enemy of the Xu Household if he formed his core.
• Xu Deling completed her preparations at the Heavenforged Sect, formed her golden core, and advanced directly to its second layer.
• Ren Xiaoyao entered seclusion in the Cloudgold Mountains and used a high-grade Golden Core Formation Pill to break through to the Golden Core Stage.
• The Blackflame Sparrow arrived to attack Ren Xiaoyao, who fled after the Ancient Locust Tree King warned him of danger.
• Xu Bai fought the Blackflame Sparrow to protect Ren Xiaoyao, but was badly wounded before the Ancient Locust Tree King's avatar intervened and persuaded the sparrow to spare him.

Ren Xiaoyao formed his Golden Core but died after detonating it to wound the Blackflame Sparrow, leaving the Xu Household grieving and the Land of Imprisonment sealed. His posthumous son Xu Chongjian inherited extraordinary sword talent, while Xu Chuan advanced his plans and the Skyfeather Sect held its founding ceremony.

• The Blackflame Sparrow caught Ren Xiaoyao, who detonated his Golden Core to injure it, while Xu Bai survived under the Ancient Locust Tree King's protection.
• Ren Xiaoyao's Life Lamp went out, and Xu Mingyuan forbade the Xu Household from rushing to the Azure Sea Forest as Xu Derong and her family mourned.
• Xu Chuan learned the details of Ren Xiaoyao's death through the Clan Genealogy and vowed vengeance against the Blackflame Sparrow; the Sparrow later activated the Heaven-Sealing Grand Formation, trapping the Land of Imprisonment.
• Xu Bai returned with Ren Xiaoyao's shattered Five-Spirit Casket, and the Xu Household built a cenotaph; Xu Mingxuan later survived an ambush after attending Lei Yunchao's Golden Core Ceremony.
• Ren Xiaoyao's son Xu Chongjian was born with an innate sword bone, and Xu Chuan granted him the Clear Sword Heart fate talent.
• Xu Chuan continued developing his cultivation and the Xu Household's resources as the Skyfeather Sect completed construction and held its founding ceremony.

Xu Chuan accepted the Lei Clan’s gifts and helped arrange for True Lord Yan Zhen to refine a magic treasure for Lei Yunpeng, while learning that the Great Wei Lei Clan descended from White Cloud Mountain. Later, True Lord Canglang attacked the Xu Household’s Ascension Pavilion in Heart Star City, and Xu Chuan confronted him and blocked his great-mastery divine ability.

• Lei Yongshan offered Xu Chuan a Withering-and-Blooming Divine Ability manual and a Fire-Swallowing Toad demon core in exchange for an introduction to True Lord Yan Zhen, who eventually agreed to meet the Lei Clan and refine a magic treasure for Lei Yunpeng.
• Xu Chuan divined that the Great Wei Lei Clan was a branch of the White Cloud Mountain Lei Clan and discussed with Xu Deling their plans to turn the Xu Household’s attention toward Southern Heaven after the coming calamity.
• Xu Chuan studied the Withering-and-Blooming Great Hand Seal, and over the next year and a half the Xu Household expanded its businesses in Heart Star City and gained more Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Two Qi Refining cultivators staged a poison incident at Ascension Pavilion, after which True Lord Canglang arrived, pressured the city, and attacked the pavilion’s defensive formation.
• Xu Chuan confronted True Lord Canglang, challenged his account of the deaths, and used his Glory Seal to destroy Canglang’s Thousand Wolves Devouring divine ability.

Xu Chuan revealed his great-mastery Withering-and-Blooming Divine Ability, repelled True Lord Canglang with help from allied cultivators, and later arranged a betrothal between Xu Chongfei and Chen Yulian. After learning of the Mo Household’s Primordial Secret Realm, he accepted an invitation and, by the following year, the invited factions were arriving.

• Xu Chuan withstood True Lord Canglang’s divine ability, and Blazing Sun True Lord and Sky Wolf True Lord intervened before the Greedy Wolf Sect elders withdrew.
• Xu Chuan recovered his magic power, explained his divine ability to Xu Deling, and learned that his achievement had spread across Skyreach Prefecture.
• Chen Changge visited the Xu Household and arranged a betrothal between Xu Chongfei and Chen Tianlei’s daughter, Chen Yulian; Xu Chuan gave her the flying sword Startling Swan.
• Xu Chongfei and Chen Yulian met, argued over which of them would become a Heavenly Pride, and received their betrothal tokens.
• The Mo Household invited Xu Chuan to enter its Jade Bamboo Secret Realm, and he decided to go explore its trials and ancient inheritance.
• On the Third Day of the Third Month the following year, invited factions began arriving at the Mo Household.

Xu Chuan negotiated with the Mo Household's ancestor to seek the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Awakening Tree's heart in exchange for an oath and three favors, then entered the Jade Bamboo Secret Realm. He found the tree but triggered a harder trial by using the Myriad Forms Puppet Mansion's Inner Sect Disciple Token, and a Golden Core Seventh Layer puppet attacked him.

• Xu Chuan met the Mo Household's ancestor, who revealed his Golden Core Perfection cultivation and asked Xu Chuan to obtain the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Awakening Tree's heart for his Nascent Soul tribulation.
• Xu Chuan and the Mo Household's ancestor swore an oath requiring the ancestor to protect the Xu Household from attacking him after his breakthrough and to perform three favors in exchange for the tree heart.
• Xu Chuan entered the Jade Bamboo Secret Realm and followed the Battle Armor guardian's spotted dog to the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Awakening Tree.
• Xu Chuan touched the tree's restriction and was transported into a challenge space, where his Inner Sect Disciple Token raised the trial to inner disciple standards.
• Xu Chuan opened his Azure Dragon Treasure Umbrella as a Silver Radiance-Tier Puppet comparable to the Golden Core Seventh Layer charged at him.

Xu Chuan defeated the inheritance trials of the Myriad Forms Puppet Mansion and obtained its inner and true disciple inheritances, including puppet-making arts and a True Disciple Token. He declined the final trial, learned that the Secret Realm could be claimed only by a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator, and left after secretly arranging Xi Tianqing’s death and releasing the demon beasts.

• Xu Chuan defeated the Silver Radiance Puppet with the Withered Silence Seal, uprooted the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Awakening Tree, and knocked Xi Tianqing unconscious after he discovered it.
• Xu Chuan hid Xi Tianqing with a demon beast and arranged for him to die, then obtained two more spirit trees and traveled to the Inheritance Cave Mansion with Liu Yan.
• Xu Chuan passed the first inheritance trial and became an inner disciple of the Myriad Forms Puppet Mansion, receiving its cultivation method and Puppet Legacy.
• Xu Chuan defeated the intelligent ape puppet by attacking its consciousness, became a true disciple, and acquired the middle volume of the Myriad Forms True Scripture and further puppet inheritance.
• Xu Chuan learned that the final trial would grant control of the Secret Realm but declined it, cultivated inside the cave mansion, and left the Secret Realm after releasing the demon beasts’ restrictions.

Xu Chuan’s household completed a secret teleportation formation as war between the Skyreach Sect and Greedy Wolf Sect loomed. After the Greedy Wolf Sect invaded three border passes, Skyreach Sect ordered the Golden Core clans to mobilize, and Xu Chuan agreed to send two of the Xu Household’s Foundation Establishment prodigies to the front.

• Xu Chuan gave the Mo Household Ancestor the soul-awakening tree’s Tree Heart and Inner Sect Disciple Token, fulfilling their oath, then left as Xi Tianqing’s death prompted True Lord Qingmu to investigate.
• The Mo Household Ancestor began preparations for Nascent Soul seclusion, while rumors about Xi Tianqing’s killer spread and Xu Chuan focused on cultivation and preparing his household.
• Xu Mingxian completed the Xu Household’s small teleportation formation, and he and Xu Chuan arranged an escape route and defenses in case the clan grounds were attacked.
• Tian Luo reached Golden Core perfection and agreed to gather cultivators’ essence blood and divine souls before attempting Nascent Soul formation, while Qi Tianxiong planned attacks on Skyreach Prefecture.
• Greedy Wolf Sect forces appeared at Thousand-Stone Forest, Taihe Lake, and Heaven’s Gate Pass, prompting the Skyreach Sect to summon the Golden Core clans and assign reinforcements.
• Xu Chuan agreed to send two Xu Household prodigies to the front, and Xi Fengyue assigned the Ximen Household and Xu Household contingents to Thousand-Stone Forest.

Xu Chuan and the Skyreach Prefecture forces fought Greedy Wolf Prefecture’s army at Thousand-Stone Forest, where Xu Chuan battled the Blood-Robed Ancestor while Ye Fan and Xu Deyue led the Foundation Establishment fight. The battle remained unresolved as Xu Chuan held off his opponent and protected his allies from the Blood-Robed Ancestor’s blood corpses.

• Xi Fengyue announced battle rewards and ordered the Skyreach Sect forces to depart in three days; Xu Chuan arranged for Ye Fan and Xu Deyue to fight while Xu Mingxian and Xu Deling guarded the Xu Household.
• Xu Chuan, Ye Fan, and Xu Deyue joined Ximen Xue’s force at Kangxiu City and traveled to Thousand-Stone Forest, where True Lord Qingmu explained that the two sides had equal numbers of Golden Core cultivators.
• Greedy Wolf Prefecture’s army attacked at dawn, and True Lord Qingmu engaged True Lord Canglang while Xu Chuan faced the Blood-Robed Ancestor.
• Xu Deyue and Ye Fan killed many Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators, tipping that battlefield toward Skyreach Prefecture.
• The Blood-Robed Ancestor sent three third-rank blood corpses after the Foundation Establishment fighters, but Xu Chuan used his magic treasures to hold them back while battling the Blood-Robed Ancestor.
• Xu Chuan wounded a Greedy Wolf Prefecture Golden Core cultivator with his Glory Seal, while the Blood-Robed Ancestor’s attacks failed to overcome Xu Chuan’s Azure Dragon Treasure Umbrella; both continued fighting.

Xu Chuan helped defeat the Greedy Wolf Prefecture assault at Thousand-Stone Forest, then killed the Blood-Robed Ancestor during a second battle against Sky Wolf True Lord’s forces. As Xu Chuan recovered, Tian Luo arrived at Jisu City, shattered its defensive formation, killed its city lord, and began slaughtering its fleeing inhabitants.

• The Blood-Robed Ancestor and True Lord Canglang switched opponents, but Xu Chuan and True Lord Qingmu anticipated the plan, shattered the Blood Lotus’s defenses, and forced the demonic cultivators to retreat.
• After Sky Wolf True Lord arrived, Xu Chuan proposed a coordinated fight and lured True Lord Canglang, Xiao Zhan, and the Blood-Robed Ancestor into the Cloudsky Illusion Formation.
• Xu Chuan used spiritual consciousness attacks and the Azure Dragon Sword Formation to kill the Blood-Robed Ancestor, then withdrew to the Grand Formation as Sky Wolf True Lord’s side attacked it.
• Sky Wolf True Lord questioned True Lord Canglang and Xiao Zhan about Xu Chuan’s abilities, while Xu Chuan recovered most of his strength.
• Tian Luo reached Jisu City and shattered its third-rank mid-grade City-Protecting Grand Formation with axe strikes.
• Tian Luo caught Jisu City’s fleeing city lord, tore out and swallowed his Golden Core, killed him, and turned toward the panicked residents.

Tian Luo massacred Jisu City before Xi Daoyun drove him toward the Thousand-Stone Forest, where Qi Tianxiong rescued him and negotiated a three-year truce. Xu Chuan identified Tian Luo as a likely Primordial True Demon, received the Profound Heaviness Seal after Xu Deling survived an ambush, and then headed to witness the Mo Household Ancestor's Nascent Soul breakthrough.

• Xi Daoyun arrived at Jisu City after Tian Luo had killed hundreds of thousands of cultivators, fought him, and pursued him toward the Thousand-Stone Forest.
• True Lord Qingmu and the other Golden Core cultivators tried to stop Tian Luo, but Qi Tianxiong broke through the formation, claimed Tian Luo as a Greedy Wolf Sect elder, and agreed to a three-year truce with Xi Daoyun.
• Xu Chuan suspected Tian Luo was a powerful Primordial True Demon and told the Xu Household to prepare for future upheaval, while predicting the Mo Household would soon gain a Nascent Soul expert.
• Xu Chuan chose a high-grade suppressive treasure as his reward, and Xu Deling helped True Lord Yan Zhen refine it into the Profound Heaviness Seal before an unknown Golden Core Late Stage attacker ambushed her.
• Xu Deling delivered the Profound Heaviness Seal to Xu Chuan, who later refined it and advanced his spiritual consciousness; then he traveled to the Jade Bamboo Sea after news spread that the Mo Household Ancestor was attempting Nascent Soul formation.

Xu Chuan attended Mo Wentian’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, strengthened the Xu Household’s defenses, and advanced his cultivation while deciding to master the Five-Element Creation Palm before attempting the Heaven-Mending Pill. The chapter ended with Bing Gan leaving nine years of seclusion, learning about Tian Luo’s massacre of Jisu City and Mo Wentian’s breakthrough, and preparing to confront the Greedy Wolf Sect.

• Xu Chuan witnessed Mo Wentian form his Nascent Soul, and the Mo Household became a Nascent Soul-level power.
• Xu Mingxian completed the Five-Spirit Blood Corpse Formation, Xu Deling refined the Soul-Gathering Banner, and Xu Chuan used them to bolster his strength.
• Xu Chuan and his companions attended Mo Wentian’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, where Mo Wentian negotiated with Xi Daoyun and gave a cultivation discourse; Xu Chongfei then impressed the gathering in the Qi Refining contests.
• Half a year later, Xu Chuan reached the third layer of Golden Core and chose to cultivate the Five-Element Creation Palm before trying to refine the Heaven-Mending Pill.
• Bing Gan mastered the Ganlan Ice Flame after nine years in the Profound Ice Cave and left seclusion with True Lord Qingmu and Bai Yan.
• True Lord Qingmu told Bing Gan that Tian Luo had massacred Jisu City and Mo Wentian had formed a Nascent Soul, prompting Bing Gan to prepare to collect the Greedy Wolf Sect’s debt.

Skyreach Prefecture launched a surprise invasion of Greedy Wolf Prefecture, and Xu Chuan’s forces broke through the Greedy Wolf Sect’s defenses as they advanced toward its stronghold. Qi Tianxiong prepared to meet them with Tian Luo’s help, while Tian Luo revealed that he had reached the pseudo-Nascent Soul stage and was preparing to form his Nascent Soul.

• Bing Gan returned from seclusion at Golden Core perfection, and True Lord Qingmu convened the Golden Core powers to plan a surprise attack on the Greedy Wolf Sect.
• Xu Chuan and Bing Gan tested their divine abilities against each other; Xu Chuan’s three Glory Seals stopped Bing Gan’s Ganlan Ice Flame, though Bing Gan said he had used less than sixty percent of his strength.
• Xu Chuan arranged for Xu Deling to join the expedition and secured Mo Wentian’s promise to protect the Xu Household; Xu Mingxian also gave Xu Chuan a third-rank Cloudsky Illusion Formation.
• Skyreach Prefecture’s forces assembled and attacked along three routes, breaking the Greedy Wolf Sect’s formation at Thousand-Stone Forest; Xu Chuan pursued and killed a fleeing Golden Core elder.
• The three armies advanced toward the Greedy Wolf Sect, destroying clans and market districts along the way, while Qi Tianxiong summoned Tian Luo to prepare for their arrival.
• Tian Luo agreed to confront Skyreach Prefecture’s newly advanced Nascent Soul cultivator and told Qi Tianxiong that he had reached the pseudo-Nascent Soul stage, with only his heart demon remaining before Nascent Soul formation.

Xu Chuan killed three Golden Core ambushers before Skyreach Prefecture’s forces reached the Greedy Wolf Sect and began a major battle. The fighting remained unresolved as Xu Chuan faced True Lord Canglang, the Nascent Soul combatants fought, and Bing Gan pressed Sky Wolf True Lord, who denied killing the elders.

• Xu Chuan pursued a Golden Core cultivator into an ambush, then used the Cloudsky Illusion Formation to kill Cultivator Mo, Old Devil Qingyang, and High Person Withered Bone.
• Xu Chuan returned to the spell boats, and the Skyreach Prefecture forces continued to the Greedy Wolf Sect, where Qi Tianxiong confronted Xi Daoyun and Mo Wentian.
• Xi Daoyun and Qi Tianxiong went to battle, while Mo Wentian fought Tian Luo, whose pseudo-Nascent Soul strength broke Mo Wentian’s shield.
• Xu Chuan accepted True Lord Canglang’s challenge and drew him away from the crowded battlefield as the two sides’ cultivators began fighting.
• Xu Mingxian, Xu Deyue, and Ye Fan joined forces to kill Greedy Wolf Sect disciples, while Xu Deling protected them from Golden Core attackers.
• Bing Gan confronted Sky Wolf True Lord, who admitted Bing Gan’s Ice Flame was dangerous but denied killing the sect’s elders.

Xu Chuan killed True Lord Canglang, adopted the Whitebrow Daoist identity, and watched the battle between Greedy Wolf Prefecture and Skyreach Prefecture. Xi Daoyun wounded Tian Luo but failed to kill him, and Skyreach Prefecture retreated as Qi Tianxiong prepared to trap its forces.

• Xu Chuan lured True Lord Canglang into a forest, wore him down with his blood corpse and Blood Baleful Ghost King, then captured his divine soul and stored his body.
• Xu Chuan disguised himself as the White-Browed Daoist and defeated Shao Wuping’s spirit insects and Purple-Striped Black-Ring Hook Snake with three Profound Yin Blood Corpses.
• True Person Cangshan explained the war between Greedy Wolf Prefecture and Skyreach Prefecture, and Xu Chuan followed him and Shao Wuping back to the battlefield as an observer.
• Xi Daoyun exchanged places with Mo Wentian and struck Tian Luo with Golden Severance, badly wounding him, while Qi Tianxiong injured Mo Wentian with the Mysterious Tortoise Shield shattered.
• Qi Tianxiong blocked Xi Daoyun’s attempt to kill Tian Luo, and Skyreach Prefecture’s forces retreated after Xi Daoyun and Mo Wentian ordered them to withdraw.
• Qi Tianxiong ordered defenses set up at key locations to trap Skyreach Prefecture’s forces, then asked why Gray Wolf was missing.

After returning to Cloudbrook Town, the Xu Household arranged for Moyue’s three offspring to be cared for and pursued Dragonblood Fruits that could help him transform. Xu Chuan then directed Xu Deling to trade one fruit to the Heavenforged Sect for a powerful defensive treasure.

• Sky Wolf True Lord learned that True Lord Canglang had died, and Qi Tianxiong ordered him to handle negotiations with Skyreach Prefecture’s aristocratic clans while considering how to deal with Xu Chuan.
• Moyue returned to the Xu Household with two juvenile flood dragons and a white snake; Xu Deyue formed a Spirit Beast Contract with the white snake, and Moyue asked Xu Mingxian to help obtain Dragonblood Fruits for his transformation.
• Xu Mingxian found the Dragonblood Tree in the Azure Sky Mountains and asked Mo Wentian to secure five fruits from the Skyreach Sect in exchange for a favor; the sect agreed, and the Mo Household delivered three fruits to the Xu Household.
• After Xu Chuan returned to the Xu Clan Cave-Heaven and heard the latest reports, he instructed Xu Deling to trade one Dragonblood Fruit to the Heavenforged Sect for a top-tier defensive magic treasure with at least eight patterns.

Xu Deling arranged for True Sun and Flame Dragon to refine a lightning-resistant defensive treasure for the Xu Household in exchange for a six-thousand-year-old Dragonblood Fruit. Meanwhile, Xu Chuan defeated the cultivators who ambushed him in Greedy Wolf Prefecture, forced Xiao Zhan into his service, and began building the Demon Heaven Trading Company after destroying the Yan Household and five allied clans.

• Xu Deling offered True Sun and Flame Dragon a six-thousand-year-old Dragonblood Fruit in exchange for a defensive magic treasure, and True Sun agreed to refine a nine-inscription treasure using magnetism divine crystal.
• Yan Danqing recruited Xiao Zhan and six other Golden Core cultivators to ambush Xu Chuan and seize his blood corpses.
• Xu Chuan defeated the ambushers, killed most of them, and compelled Xiao Zhan to submit by planting a soul restriction.
• Xu Chuan ordered Xiao Zhan to establish the Demon Heaven Trading Company and led him to the Yan Household, where the Blood Baleful Ghost King and five blood corpses slaughtered the clan and its allies.
• Xu Chuan spared a group of rogue cultivators skilled in the Immortal Arts and made them accept soul restrictions and serve the Demon Heaven Trading Company.

Xu Chuan learned that Jiang Wu had opened the Origin Martial Realm, and he set plans in motion to reveal the Xu Household and spread martial practice. Jiang Wu learned he had been adopted and went with Jiang Feng to propose marriage to Liu Zhizhi, whose father wanted her to marry into a cultivation Lineage.

• Xiao Zhan extracted four spirit veins, and Xu Chuan destroyed the Yan Household’s city before the group razed five more aristocratic clans.
• Xu Chuan strengthened his blood corpses and ghost forces while Xiao Zhan married, recruited followers, and established the Demon Heaven Trading Company in Mountain-Sea City.
• Jiang Wu opened his Niwan Palace, awakened spiritual consciousness, and named his new martial realm the Origin Martial Realm.
• Xu Chuan learned of Jiang Wu’s breakthrough through the Clan Genealogy and told the Xu Household leaders to spread martial practice and prepare to fake their deaths.
• Jiang Wu learned from his mother that he had been adopted, then agreed to help Jiang Feng confront the people who had attacked him.
• Jiang Wu proposed that Jiang Feng marry Liu Zhizhi, but the Liu Family Head said he intended to marry her into a cultivation Lineage.