Recaps

Jiang Wu learned that he was Xu Jingwu, a descendant of the Xu Household, and accepted Xu Mingwei’s explanation for why he had been raised by the Jiang Household. After meeting Xu Chuan and studying the household’s archive, he began outlining new realms and a more systematic foundation for the Martial Way.

• Jiang Wu exposed Jiang Feng’s mistaken infatuation with Liu Zhizhi, then defeated the Ge Household’s martial artists and forced them to withdraw by invoking the Xu Household’s rules.
• Xu Mingwei revealed that Jiang Wu was Xu Jingwu, his great-grandson, and explained that he had been sent away so his martial talent would not endanger the Xu Household.
• Jiang Wu agreed to return to the Xu lineage eventually, while asking to remain with his adoptive parents and arrange Jiang Feng’s future first.
• Xu Mingwei warned Jiang Wu about the approaching millennial calamity, gave him Xu Household tokens and protection, and explained his exceptional talents and the Charm Physique Liu Zhizhi possessed.
• Xu Chuan welcomed Xu Jingwu into the Xu Clan Cave-Heaven and arranged for him to study the Daoist Canon Pavilion each night; over three months, Xu Jingwu awakened his Nascent Martial Way Heavenly Eye and read its texts.
• Xu Jingwu proposed the Mortal Transcendence Realm, followed by the Core Martial Realm and Origin Embryo Realm, and explained how he would organize martial cultivation and aperture-opening.

Xu Jingwu created the Martial Canon and the Origin Martial Realm, then publicly challenged the Immortal Way at the Immortal-Martial Alliance’s Central Alliance. After defeating several Foundation Establishment cultivators before being stopped by Xu Mingwei’s arrow, he accepted a place on the Council of Elders.

• Xu Jingwu developed the Martial Canon, tested its stages, and devised a Resonance Method to help martial artists locate the Divine Aperture.
• Xu Deling created Origin Artifacts, and Xu Jingwu received the Heavenly Evolution Staff for his challenge.
• Xu Jingwu announced his new realm at the Central Alliance and defeated several Foundation Establishment challengers, including Liu Fuming and Liu Wuqing.
• Xu Mingwei challenged Xu Jingwu to withstand one arrow; his Arrow Intent broke through Xu Jingwu’s defenses and injured him.
• Xu Mingyuan offered Xu Jingwu a seat on the Council of Elders, and Xu Jingwu agreed to join.

Xu Jingwu secured the Immortal-Martial Alliance’s support to sell and teach the new martial inheritance, then publicly explained the Mortal Transcendence Realm and the path to the Origin Martial Realm. Two years later, Xu Chuan returned to Skyreach Prefecture with rare treasures and pill ingredients, while the Xu Household prepared for Moyue’s future tribulation after the war between the Two Prefectures.

• The Immortal-Martial Alliance’s Council of Elders agreed to sell Xu Jingwu’s martial manuals, share the proceeds with his Jiang Household, and make him honorary alliance leader; he also contributed the method for crafting origin artifacts.
• Xu Jingwu lectured hundreds of thousands of martial artists on the Mortal Transcendence Realm, the divine aperture, and the Origin Martial Realm, prompting widespread interest in the Martial Way.
• Xu Chuan developed the Life-and-Death Seal, advanced to the early stage of the third layer of Golden Core, and traveled through Greedy Wolf Prefecture while gathering life and death qi.
• Xu Chuan crossed the Blackwind Mountains and returned to Skyreach Prefecture with Golden Core Formation Pill ingredients, a Purifying Water Lotus, spirit iron, and a mid-grade earth-type xiantian spirit treasure.
• Xu Chuan agreed to refine Demon Spirit Pills for Moyue’s offspring and told Moyue to wait until the war between the Two Prefectures ended before undergoing her fourth-tier lightning tribulation.

Xu Chuan defended the Xu Household after Xu Chongfei and Chen Yulian were accused of killing disciples from four Golden Core lineages, then approved their union. Xu Deyue achieved Golden Core formation and survived Sky Wolf True Lord’s assassination attempt, which ended with Sky Wolf fleeing Xu Chuan and True Lord Qingmu.

• Xu Chuan discovered that Xu Mingxian, Xu Deyue, and Ye Fan were close to breakthroughs, then refined Demon Spirit Pills and seven high-grade Golden Core Formation Pills.
• Xu Chongfei and Chen Yulian returned from the Azure Sky Mountains, and elders from the Huang, Liu, Zhuo, and Xi Households accused Chen Yulian of killing their disciples; the Xi elder attacked Xu Chongfei and Chen Yulian, but Ye Fan and Xu Deyue intervened.
• Xu Chuan defeated and sealed the Xi elder, then agreed to release him after True Lord Qingmu arrived and the parties accepted Xu Chongfei’s account; Xu Chongfei revealed that he and Chen Yulian were betrothed, and Xu Chuan arranged their union.
• Xu Deyue achieved Golden Core formation through divine ability core formation, creating a spectacular spiritual energy phenomenon above the Xu Household.
• Mo Wentian asked Sky Wolf True Lord to kill Xu Deyue as proof of the Greedy Wolf Sect’s sincerity, and Sky Wolf agreed.
• At Xu Deyue’s Golden Core Ceremony, Sky Wolf True Lord attacked her in disguise; Xu Chuan countered with the Azure Dragon Treasure Umbrella, and Sky Wolf fled when Xu Chuan and True Lord Qingmu threatened to join forces.

After Sky Wolf True Lord attacked Xu Deyue, Xu Chuan suspected Mo Wentian had arranged the assassination and learned that Greedy Wolf Prefecture planned a full-scale invasion. Tian Luo formed a True Demon Nascent Soul, joined the Netherworld as King Dark Nether, and became the Greedy Wolf Sect’s Deputy Sect Master; the chapter ended as Skyreach Prefecture’s Golden Core factions prepared for war.

• Sky Wolf True Lord attacked Xu Deyue at her Golden Core Ceremony, but Xu Chuan and True Lord Qingmu drove him away, and Xu Mingxian and Ye Fan suspected Mo Wentian had arranged the attack.
• Qi Tianxiong ordered Sky Wolf True Lord to return to Greedy Wolf Prefecture, then awaited Tian Luo’s Nascent Soul breakthrough as the Xu Household drew the attention of the Greedy Wolf Sect.
• Tian Luo formed a True Demon Nascent Soul, accepted a Netherworld Token, and chose the title King Dark Nether as the organization’s fourth king.
• After stabilizing his cultivation, Tian Luo became Deputy Sect Master and joined Qi Tianxiong in ordering Greedy Wolf Prefecture’s factions to invade Skyreach Prefecture in half a month.
• Xiao Zhan crushed Xu Chuan’s jade pendant to signal the invasion plans, and Xu Chuan warned the Skyreach Sect through the Ascension Pavilion.
• True Lord Qingmu confirmed the threat with Xu Chuan and summoned Skyreach Prefecture’s Golden Core factions, who gathered to plan their defense against the coming invasion.

Xu Chuan prepared the Xu Household and Cloudbrook Town for Greedy Wolf Prefecture’s invasion while Xu Deling persuaded Zhang Fan, the Mysterious Moon Ancestor, to travel to Skyreach Prefecture and investigate Tian Luo. At Thousand-Stone Forest, the opposing armies faced off, and two immense Nascent Soul auras descended just as battle was about to begin.

• True Lord Qingmu assigned Skyreach Prefecture’s forces to defend the three checkpoints and urged the clans to prepare for the grand formations to fall.
• Xu Chuan gathered the Xu Household’s people and supplies, promised Cloudbrook Town a protective formation, and led its cultivators toward Thousand-Stone Forest.
• Xu Deling brought Flame Dragon and Blazing Sun True Lord to the Mysterious Moon Sect, where Zhang Fan agreed to accompany her to Skyreach Prefecture after hearing about Xu Mingxian and the suspected true demon Tian Luo.
• Xu Mingxian completed a five-colored protective formation around Cloudbrook Town, and Xu Chuan’s spell boat carried several hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators to Thousand-Stone Forest.
• Xu Chuan and the Skyreach forces gathered at Thousand-Stone Forest as Greedy Wolf Prefecture’s spell boats arrived and the two armies prepared to fight.
• Two immense waves of Nascent Soul pressure descended over the battlefield, freezing the air as the battle was about to erupt.

Nascent Soul Cultivators Xi Daoyun, Mo Wentian, Qi Tianxiong, and Tian Luo drew each other away from the battle, leaving the forces of Skyreach Prefecture and Greedy Wolf Prefecture to clash at the Thousand-Stone Forest. Xu Chuan and Ye Fan turned the tide against Greedy Wolf Prefecture’s cultivators, but both sides withdrew behind their formations as Sky Wolf True Lord ordered an assault.

• Xi Daoyun and Mo Wentian confronted Qi Tianxiong and Tian Luo, then fled in opposite directions to draw them away while the armies began fighting.
• Sima Xiangheng and four Demonic Cultivators attacked Xu Chuan, who killed the four and grievously injured Sima Xiangheng with his Spiritual Consciousness Secret Art and magic treasures.
• Sky Wolf True Lord intervened to save Sima Xiangheng, and Xu Chuan defended himself with the Azure Dragon Treasure Umbrella while monitoring the other battlefields.
• Xu Chuan guided Ye Fan through the Foundation Establishment battle; Ye Fan used a Profound Heaviness Seal talisman treasure to kill hundreds of demonic cultivators and advanced his Battle Intent and Burning Heaven Fist.
• Ye Fan killed Black Crow Old Devil after Xu Chuan injured him with a Spiritual Consciousness Secret Art, then led Cloudbrook Town’s survivors back inside the Grand Formation.
• Xu Chuan returned to the formation feigning severe injury, and Skyreach Prefecture’s remaining forces withdrew after True Lord Qingmu was wounded; Sky Wolf True Lord ordered his forces to attack the Grand Formation.

Xu Chuan lured Greedy Wolf Prefecture cultivators into a trap, subdued several, and returned to the battlefield after Skyreach Prefecture’s formation fell to a betrayal. He harvested the battlefield’s remains to strengthen his abilities and then headed toward Taihe Lake to investigate another fight.

• Xu Chuan fought Sima Xiangheng and five Greedy Wolf Sect elders, shattered their formation, and used a spiritual consciousness attack to badly injure Sima Xiangheng.
• Sky Wolf True Lord offered a reward for Xu Chuan’s death, so Xu Chuan feigned severe injuries and drew a dozen Golden Core cultivators away from the main battle.
• The Ximen Household, Wenren Household, and Luo Household sabotaged the Grand Formation and attacked Skyreach Prefecture’s cultivators, prompting Xu Deyue to lead Ye Fan, Firecloud True Person, and Cloudbrook Town’s people to safety.
• Xu Chuan trapped his pursuers in the Cloudsky Illusion Formation, killed seven of them, subdued five, and sent them to meet Xiao Zhan in Mountain-Sea City.
• Xu Chuan returned to the deserted battlefield and absorbed its life-and-death energy, remnant souls, and remains to strengthen his treasures and minions.
• After half a day of cultivation, Xu Chuan set out for Taihe Lake.

Xu Chuan helped Greedy Wolf Prefecture overrun Skyreach Prefecture’s defenses, then returned to Cloudbrook Town and prepared to defend it from a large demonic force. During the ensuing battle, he and his allies killed five Golden Core cultivators and routed the enemy’s Foundation Establishment forces, while Xu Chuan remained locked in combat with the Nie and Chao patriarchs.

• Xu Chuan killed demonic cultivators at Taihe Lake, raised the Cloudsky Illusion Formation, and absorbed the battlefield’s qi of life and death.
• At Heaven’s Gate Pass, Xu Chuan recognized Mei Yun and divined that he possessed a mysterious fortune-related constitution, then helped sow panic among Skyreach Prefecture’s defenders before leaving to harvest the battlefield.
• Xu Chuan returned to Cloudbrook Town, ordered Xu Mingxian, Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, and Firecloud True Person to prepare its defenses, and told Xu Deling to reach the Skyreach Sect and follow his plan for Xi Daoyun.
• The Nie and Chao households led a force of Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators against Cloudbrook Town, and Xu Chuan began fighting their patriarchs while Xu Deyue, Firecloud True Person, and Xu Mingxian’s formation held off other attackers.
• Xu Chuan used Soul-Shocking Thorn to disrupt five Golden Core Early Stage demonic cultivators, then killed three and helped finish the other two as Xu Mingxian’s formation attacked.
• Ye Fan helped rout the enemy’s Foundation Establishment forces, but the Nie and Chao patriarchs kept fighting Xu Chuan as more Golden Core cultivators arrived and watched.

Xu Chuan’s side survived the Greedy Wolf Prefecture’s invasion after Zhang Fan defeated Qi Tianxiong and captured Devil Lord Tian Luo, then Zhang Fan accepted Xu Mingxian as his disciple. Xu Chuan learned that the Land of Imprisonment was actually the Primordial Battlefield and questioned Zhang Fan about its deeper purpose.

• Xu Chuan fought the Nie and Chao Household heads while the Greedy Wolf Prefecture attacked the Skyreach Sect, whose defenses Devil Lord Tian Luo broke with his hidden power.
• Zhang Fan arrived with Flame Dragon, gravely wounded Qi Tianxiong, shattered Tian Luo’s Dharma Form, and captured him, forcing the Greedy Wolf Prefecture to retreat.
• Zhang Fan and Flame Dragon traveled to Cloudbrook Town, where Xu Mingxian agreed to become Zhang Fan’s disciple and Flame Dragon accepted the Xu Household’s six-thousand-year-old Dragonblood Fruit.
• Xu Chuan met Zhang Fan privately and learned that the Land of Imprisonment was the final battlefield of the Primordial Era, opened through blood sacrifices and accessed by humans and demons on different schedules.
• Zhang Fan explained Dharma Form Phantoms and warned that powerful fourth-tier demons could rival human prodigies; Xu Chuan then asked what else the battlefield contained and whether its opening involved the fortune of the Two Domains.

Zhang Fan revealed that the Primordial Battlefield held Southern Heaven’s lost ancestral vein and sealed First Sacred Land, while Xu Chuan prepared Cloudbrook City amid a struggle for power in Skyreach Prefecture. As the Xu Household sought allies and the Skyreach Sect tried to regroup, the chapter ended with the sect ordering the Three Sects absorbed and the Seven Cities merged into Azure Sky City.

• Zhang Fan explained that Primordial Era Mahayana cultivators used Southern Heaven’s ancestral vein to create the Primordial Battlefield, where the First Sacred Land remained sealed, and described the competing factions seeking the vein.
• After Greedy Wolf Sect fell, Mo Wentian and the Lei Clan Ancestor began plans to build cities and expand their influence, while Xu Chuan had returning Mei Yun tested and arranged for Cloudbrook Town to grow into a city with the Skyfeather Sect’s cooperation.
• Flame Dragon broke through to Nascent Soul Middle Stage, declined Xu Deling’s return to the Heavenforged Sect, and left for Mysterious Moon Prefecture; Xu Chuan then sought formation assistance from the Cang Household and received a referral to Qingya True Person.
• True Lord Qingmu learned that the Skyreach Sect’s damaged protective formation could only be restored to third-rank high-grade, while Xi Fengyue reported that disciples and households were leaving the weakened sect.
• True Lord Qingmu ordered the Three Sects incorporated into the Skyreach Sect and the Seven Cities combined into Azure Sky City under the sect’s control.

Xu Chuan recruited Qingya True Person as the Xu Household’s formation Guest Elder and took Mei Yun as his second disciple, secretly sending him to infiltrate the Mo Household. When the Mo Household tried to sabotage Cloudbrook City by luring a demon beast tide toward it, Xu Chuan and Moyue trapped and slaughtered the beasts before they could reach the city.

• Elder Yang helped absorb the Three Sects into the Skyreach Sect as the Seven Cities began merging into Azure Sky City, while Mo Wentian and Mo Wenshang discussed plans to undermine the Xu Household.
• Xu Chuan persuaded Qingya True Person to join the Xu Household by offering him the Mysterious Moon Ancestor’s Array Formation Notes, then appointed him to oversee the Formation Hall.
• Xu Chuan investigated Mei Yun’s unusual fortune-gathering constitution, accepted him as his second disciple, and arranged for him to pose as an expelled guard joining the Mo Household.
• Mo Wenshang had an operative coat Cloudbrook City’s eastern wall with a liquid that attracted demon beasts, but Moyue detected the plot and told Xu Chuan.
• Xu Chuan set the Cloudsky Illusion Formation outside Cloudbrook City, where Moyue and the formation destroyed the demon beast tide before dawn.

Xu Chuan founded Cloudbrook City, defeated True Lord Bing Gan in a public duel, and refined the Withering-and-Blooming Pills to strengthen his cultivation. Meanwhile, Xu Mingwei began death seclusion to form his core after the Xu Household brought a second-tier spirit vein to Dongxi.

• Mo Wentian warned Mo Wenshang against attacking Xu Chuan and urged him to strengthen Jade Bamboo City and nurture the Mo Household’s young talents.
• Cloudbrook City was completed, and Ye Fan welcomed the Chen Household, which chose a site in the Eastern District and began relocating despite complaints from some members.
• True Lord Bing Gan challenged Xu Chuan over the Chen Household’s move, but Xu Chuan’s Azure Dragon of the Sword overcame Bing Gan’s strongest attack, and Bing Gan conceded defeat.
• Three years after the Two Prefectures War, the Withering-and-Blooming Fruit ripened, and Xu Chuan refined twenty-four Withering-and-Blooming Pills before consuming a high-grade pill that greatly improved his magic power and qi sea.
• Xu Mingwei and other Xu Household cultivators moved the second-tier spirit vein from Ten Thousand Snakes Valley to Dongxi, where Xu Mingwei entered death seclusion to attempt core formation.

Xu Mingxian overcame his impatience by realizing that combat was central to his path, then challenged every Foundation Establishment cultivator in Mysterious Moon Prefecture for seven days. He defeated several challengers before facing Sun Zhantian, whose counter to illusions and overwhelming staff strikes pushed Xu Mingxian to unleash a powerful Five Elements formation.

• Xu Chuan discussed his cultivation progress with Moyue and told his sons that Xu Mingwei was attempting Core Formation while Xu Mingxian was close to doing the same.
• Xu Mingxian sought Zhang Fan's advice about stalling in his comprehension, then realized after speaking with Xu Chuan that battle formations and combat were his true path.
• Zhang Fan arranged a seven-day arena challenge for Xu Mingxian, and news of the event drew cultivators from across Mysterious Moon Prefecture to Mysterious Moon City.
• Xu Mingxian defeated Chen Feng, Zhao Gan, and Mu Nanshan using formations, elemental attacks, and illusions.
• Sun Zhantian joined the challenge, broke Xu Mingxian's illusion and defensive formations, and forced Xu Mingxian to deploy a formation that unleashed a coordinated barrage of Five Elements attacks.

Xu Mingxian dominated seven days of arena challenges, earned the title White-Robed Formation Immortal, and broke through to Golden Core after his battle formations evolved. Meanwhile, a core formation phenomenon appeared over the Dongxi Xu Clan, whose people celebrated its rise as a Golden Core Aristocratic Clan.

• Xu Mingxian defeated Sun Zhantian with his Five-Element Battle Formation, then taught him to focus on surpassing himself rather than others.
• Xu Mingxian defeated successive groups of challengers, and on the seventh day his formations evolved under pressure as he overcame Sun Zhantian and five other powerful cultivators, earning the title White-Robed Formation Immortal.
• Xu Mingxian realized his Formation Path bottleneck had broken, began secluded cultivation under Zhang Fan, and formed a Golden Core with a life-bound Cloudsky Illusion Formation.
• Xu Mingxian's Fate Talent [Swallowing Mountains and Rivers] ascended during his breakthrough, allowing him to reach the late phase of the Golden Core Second Layer.
• After emerging from seclusion, Xu Mingxian accepted congratulations from Mysterious Moon Sect cultivators and returned to studying formations, aiming to master Location-Targeted Teleportation.
• A core formation phenomenon appeared over the Dongxi Xu Clan, and the townspeople celebrated the clan's rise to Golden Core status.

Xu Mingwei completed his Golden Core breakthrough, celebrated the Xu Clan’s ancestral rites, and defeated Cao Jiyi at his Golden Core Ceremony. Meanwhile, Xu Dewen returned to the region, and Xu Chuan considered whether to entrust him with a dangerous role in the struggle against the demonic path.

• Xu Mingwei emerged from seclusion as a Golden Core cultivator and ordered the Xu Clan to gather for ancestral rites and his upcoming ceremony.
• At a clan meeting, Xu Chuan discussed the family’s cultivation, martial arts, and future, while Xu Deling agreed to refine magic treasures for Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingxian.
• The Xu Clan and its subordinate lineages performed ancestral rites in Dongxi before Xu Mingwei held his Golden Core Ceremony at the Immortal-Martial Alliance’s Central Alliance.
• Cao Jiyi challenged Xu Mingwei and was forced to retreat after Xu Mingwei’s arrows damaged his defensive treasure and injured him; Xu Mingwei then explained the three orthodox paths to core formation.
• Xu Dewen, a demonic-path cultivator who had reached Foundation Establishment perfection, decided to return home, while Xu Chuan gained the [Heavenly Secrets Dao Derivation] talent and learned that Xu Dewen was in Qingjiang City.
• Xu Chuan told Xu Mingwei about the Land of Imprisonment and the Xu Clan’s demonic-path talents, and asked him to assess Xu Dewen as a possible agent in the Blackwater Domain; Xu Mingwei insisted that Xu Dewen must agree willingly.

Xu Dewen returned to his family after decades away, reunited with his parents, and accepted Xu Chuan’s plan to develop the Xu Household’s influence among demonic cultivators. The chapter also followed the clan’s growing strength, the Hua Household’s collapse, and Ye Fan’s decision to seek battle in the Azure Sky Mountains.

• Xu Mingwei found Xu Dewen in Qingjiang City and brought him home, where Xu Dewen tearfully reunited with Yang Ronghua and met his relatives.
• Xu Dewen sparred with Xu Dezhao, revealed that he practiced the Heavenly Baleful Wisdom King True Scripture and possessed the Sixfold Spirit Bodhi Bead, then decided he would eventually return to the demonic path.
• Xu Chuan brought Xu Dewen into the Xu Clan Cave-Heaven, explained the clan’s bestowed talents and broader plans, and Xu Dewen accepted demonic-path talents before leaving Dongxi again.
• Xu Deling presented Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingxian with newly forged magic treasures, while Xu Chuan perfected his Little Stellar Divination Art and Feng Juechen advanced to the late phase of the Golden Core Third Layer.
• Feng Juechen took Hua Qingxue and other descendants to the Feng Household, after which the Hua Household fractured and its remaining members scattered.
• Xu Chongfei and Chen Yulian advanced their cultivation through the Great Bliss Yin-Yang Harmony Secret Art, while Ye Fan went to the Azure Sky Mountains to fight demon beasts and perfect his battle intent.

Xu Chuan’s family advanced their plans as Xu Deling’s Four-Winged Chongming Bird reached peak second tier and Ye Fan broke through to a third-rank body while obtaining rare fire-type materials. At the Skyreach Sect’s celebration for True Lord Qingmu’s breakthrough, the sect’s leaders discussed the rising Xu Household, while Ye Fan returned to Cloudbrook City and began preparing for Core Formation.

• Xu Deling’s Four-Winged Chongming Bird emerged from its slumber at peak second tier, and Xu Chuan agreed to refine it a Fire-Type Demon Spirit Pill once Xu Deling brought him a suitable demon beast’s materials.
• Xu Deling and Xu Deyue hunted a middle-third-rank fire-type demon beast, and Xu Chuan divined that Ye Fan was trapped but would return safely with an opportunity.
• True Lord Qingmu emerged after reaching Golden Core perfection, and the Skyreach Sect invited the prefecture’s Golden Core forces to celebrate.
• At the banquet, Lei Wuji challenged True Lord Qingmu, who defeated him after nearly a hundred exchanges; afterward, Qingmu and True Lord Bing Gan discussed the Xu Household as a growing hidden threat.
• Trapped underground, Ye Fan used High-Grade Golden Body Liquid to temper himself in a golden lava lake until his body reached third rank, then took the Ten-Thousand-Year Earthflame Marrow and Scarlet Marrow Flower.
• Ye Fan returned to Cloudbrook City, gave Xu Chuan the rare materials, and entered seclusion with Xu Deyue to attempt Core Formation.

Ye Fan formed his Golden Core, prompting the watching powers to reassess the growing strength of the Xu Household. After Chen Changge returned gravely wounded from the Blackwind Mountains, Xu Chuan learned he had sought a Polestar Flower and brought him back to attempt a cure, leaving the flower’s location as the next goal.

• Ye Fan formed his Golden Core, and leaders of the Skyreach Sect, the Mo Household, the Lei Clan, and other powers reacted to the Xu Household’s growing strength.
• Xu Chuan discussed the younger generation’s plans with Ye Fan, Xu Deling, and Xu Deyue, then urged them to strengthen their cultivation and expand the family line.
• Chen Changge collapsed near the Skyreach Sect after suffering severe bodily, dantian, and soul injuries while searching the Blackwind Mountains for a Polestar Flower.
• Chen Yubai and Chen Tianfang asked Ye Fan to seek Xu Chuan’s help, and Xu Chuan agreed to examine Chen Changge and take him back to Cloudbrook City.
• Xu Chuan brought Chen Changge to his residence and explained that he planned to save him because he knew of a Polestar Flower; Moyue urged Xu Chuan to learn its location and cultivate more of the rare medicine.

Xu Chuan healed Chen Changge, bound him to the Xu Household, and made him Deputy City Lord of Cloudbrook City. He also killed the Nine Nether Earth Python, obtained Polestar Flowers and an earthly fiend yin vein, and perfected the death half of his Origin Life-and-Death Seal.

• Xu Chuan used his life-and-death true intent to awaken Chen Changge, who offered the Polestar Flowers’ location and his loyalty in exchange for treatment.
• Chen Changge explained why he believed the Xu Household would rule Skyreach Prefecture, and Xu Chuan agreed to heal him and keep him under the household’s control.
• Xu Chuan and Moyue traveled to the Blackwind Mountains, where Xu Chuan’s forces killed the Nine Nether Earth Python after Moyue suppressed it with True Dragon pressure.
• Xu Chuan took the Polestar Flowers and Star Nethergrass, extracted the earthly fiend yin vein, and absorbed the python’s death qi until the Origin Life-and-Death Seal’s death half solidified.
• Xu Chuan refined Polestar Pills and a high-grade pill healed Chen Changge’s divine soul; after Chen Changge accepted a divine soul restriction, Xu Chuan gave him a Life-and-Death Pill to repair his dantian.
• After recovering, Chen Changge joined the Xu Household as a Guest Elder and became Cloudbrook City’s Deputy City Lord, with Wu Zhuqi assigned to assist him.

Chen Changge recovered, joined the Xu Household as a Guest Elder, and became Cloudbrook City's Deputy City Lord, prompting the Skyreach Sect to send a powerful force to seize him. Xu Chuan gathered Cloudbrook City's allies as the Skyreach Sect's delegation approached.

• Chen Changge returned to the Chen estate fully healed, reassured his family, and rallied the clan's disciples.
• Chen Changge announced that he had left the Skyreach Sect to serve the Xu Household and Cloudbrook City, while Chen Yubai and other sect disciples chose to remain with the Chen Clan.
• Chen Changge told Chen Tianfang and Chen Tianlei that joining Xu Chuan was his own decision and ordered the Chen Clan to serve the Xu Household.
• After learning Chen Changge had become Deputy City Lord, Xi Fengyue and the Skyreach Sect elders decided to march on Cloudbrook City, with True Lord Qingmu secretly seeking Xi Daoyun's support.
• Xu Chuan sensed the Skyreach Sect's approach and summoned Cloudbrook City's Golden Core cultivators and allies to the City Lord's Manor.
• Ye Fan explained Chen Changge's injuries and the Skyreach Sect's abandonment of him, and Xu Chuan arrived before the gathered group.

Xu Chuan and Cloudbrook City’s allies confronted the Skyreach Sect over Chen Changge’s withdrawal, and the dispute erupted into a battle that exposed the Xu Household’s formidable strength. As Xu Chuan and his allies held their ground, Mo Wentian sensed Xi Fengyue approaching from the southeast.

• Xu Chuan led Cloudbrook City’s cultivators to the East City Gate, where the Mo Household, the Lei Clan, and a group of Skyreach Sect elders gathered.
• Chen Changge publicly announced his withdrawal from the Skyreach Sect and his intention to serve as a Xu Household guest elder and Cloudbrook City’s Deputy City Lord, prompting the Skyreach Sect to demand his return.
• Ye Fan, Xu Deling, and Xu Chuan challenged the Skyreach Sect’s claims, and Xu Chuan revealed reserves of magic power that let him counter True Lord Qingmu’s attacks.
• True Lord Bing Gan joined Qingmu against Xu Chuan, while Ye Fan, Xu Deling, Xu Deyue, and Cloudbrook City’s other cultivators fought the Skyreach Sect elders.
• Mo Wentian and Lei Wuji reconsidered Cloudbrook City’s growing power as its fighters held off the Skyreach Sect’s forces.
• Mo Wentian sensed Xi Fengyue approaching from the southeastern horizon.

Xu Chuan defeated the injured Xi Daoyun in battle, forcing the Skyreach Sect’s Grand Supreme Elder to flee and establishing Cloudbrook City’s rising power. Afterward, Lei Wuji proposed an alliance with the Xu Household, while news of the battle prompted the Yan Household to convene and consider its next move.

• Mo Wentian suspected Xi Daoyun had emerged from seclusion to obtain the pill Xu Chuan used to heal Chen Changge, and Xi Daoyun arrived at the battlefield demanding it.
• Xi Daoyun attacked Xu Chuan, but Xu Chuan’s Azure Dragon Sword Formation shattered his golden palm, and Xu Chuan’s Life-and-Death Divine Ability and God-Slaying Awl worsened Xi Daoyun’s injuries.
• Xi Daoyun launched another assault, but Xu Chuan weakened him further until he retreated toward the Azure Sky Mountains; the Skyreach Sect elders withdrew, and Xu Chuan named Chen Changge a Xu Household Guest Elder and Cloudbrook City Deputy City Lord.
• Mo Wentian explained to Mo Wenshang that he could not attack Xu Chuan because of their agreement and his outstanding favors, while Lei Wuji decided to seek an alliance with the Xu Household.
• Lei Wuji offered the Lei Clan’s support, and Xu Chuan set conditions requiring the Lei Clan’s approval, ten years of obedience to the Xu Household, and Lei Wuji’s residence in Cloudbrook City.
• After news of Xu Chuan’s victory spread across Skyreach Prefecture, Ancestor Yan convened a Yan Household assembly to discuss the changing situation.

The Yan, Tang, and Yan Households left Azure Sky City for Cloudbrook City, where an Other Shore assassin ambushed their migrating procession. Xu Chuan captured the assassin and recruited him as an informant, while the mass relocation strengthened Cloudbrook City's rise.

• Yan Nantian and the Yan Household agreed to relocate to Cloudbrook City, and Ye Fan promised to help them avoid interference from the Skyreach Sect.
• The Yan, Tang, and other Yan Households prepared to move, while Xi Fengyue hired assassins to target the Xu Household and the migrating clans.
• An Other Shore assassin disguised as a Tang Household disciple attacked Xu Deyue during the journey, but she blocked his strike and Xu Chuan captured him.
• The three clans reached Cloudbrook City and settled in their new grounds, prompting further migration into the city.
• Xu Chuan questioned Black Wind, learned about the Other Shore and its Starry Sky Disc, then placed a restriction on him and enlisted him as an informant.

A Xiantian Secret Realm opened beneath Taihe Lake, drawing cultivators from Skyreach Prefecture and Greedy Wolf Prefecture as Xu Chuan prepared his household to seize its opportunities. The gateway appeared, but its spatial forces remained unstable, and a Golden Core cultivator was caught in a powerful ripple as he tried to enter.

• Xu Chuan made Life-Bound Jade Talismans for Black Wind, Xu Deling, and Xu Deyue, then Lei Wuji agreed to serve as a Xu Household Guest Elder for ten years.
• Xu Chongfei and Chen Yulian reached Taihe Lake, where they discovered that a Xiantian Secret Realm was beginning to open.
• Xu Chuan calculated that the realm would admit Golden Core cultivators, summoned his allies, and arranged terms for the Lei Clan and Skyfeather Sect to join the expedition.
• Xu Chuan sent Xu Deling, Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, Firecloud True Person, and other allies toward Taihe Lake while he prepared for Moyue's upcoming tribulation.
• After three days of spectacular disturbances, the realm's gateway formed as a vast vortex, but unstable spatial forces killed two Foundation Establishment cultivators and injured others who approached.
• A burly Golden Core late-stage cultivator charged toward the vortex, only for a dazzling spatial ripple to sweep toward him.