Recaps

Xu Chuan discovered that White Bone High Person had survived as a powerful puppet and persuaded him to join the Xu Household. After the others escaped the maze, conflict erupted between Ancient Secluded City and the Greedy Wolf Sect, and Xu Chuan’s sword formation overwhelmed their Golden Core fighters.

• Xu Chuan led Xu Mingxuan and Moyue through the maze by identifying illusionary walls, then confronted Bone One in the cave abode.
• Xu Chuan exposed Bone One as White Bone High Person, captured him, and recruited him as an elder of the Xu Household after he acknowledged Xu Chuan as his master.
• Xu Chuan left a restriction-lifting method behind, allowing the other cultivators to escape, while Qi Tianxiong discovered the skeleton’s supposed inheritance was a decoy.
• After leaving the cave abode, Gu Xuanyou attacked Sky Wolf True Lord, and Xu Chuan and Moyue intervened against Qi Tianxiong and the Greedy Wolf Sect.
• Xu Chuan used his Azure Dragon Treasure Umbrella and Flying Swords to support Ancient Secluded City and injure Greedy Wolf Sect cultivators.
• Mei Yun, disguised as Yun Mei, rescued a Greedy Wolf Sect elder from Xu Chuan’s sword attack, but Xu Chuan’s Azure Dragon of the Sword shattered Yun Mei’s and the elder’s defenses and wounded them.

Xu Chuan arranged for White Bone High Person to become the Demon Heaven Trading Company's hidden representative while Mei Yun infiltrated the Greedy Wolf Sect and helped locate weaknesses in its grand formation. As Ancient Secluded City prepared for war, Qi Tianxiong launched a full-power attack that tore open its protective formation.

• Qi Tianxiong rescued Sky Wolf True Lord from Gu Xuanyou and fled, while Gu Xuanyou called for allies to join Ancient Secluded City against the Greedy Wolf Sect.
• Xu Chuan appointed White Bone High Person as the Demon Heaven Lord and Xiao Zhan's guest elder, assigning him to help lead and strengthen the Demon Heaven Trading Company.
• Xu Chuan's disguised subordinate Mei Yun joined the Greedy Wolf Sect as a guest elder and reported its layout to Xu Chuan and the Xu siblings.
• Xu Mingxian, Xu Chuan, and Xu Mingxuan divined several likely formation bases, and Xu Chuan sent Mei Yun to inspect and weaken them before Ancient Secluded City attacked.
• After failing to recruit outside Nascent Soul support, Qi Tianxiong attacked Ancient Secluded City's protective formation and carved a huge breach in it.

Qi Tianxiong attacked Ancient Secluded City, prompting Xu Chuan and Gu Xuanyou to prepare an assault on the Greedy Wolf Sect. The allied forces assembled at the Bone Wasteland Mountains, where Xu Chuan’s family arrived as the battle was about to begin.

• Qi Tianxiong breached Ancient Secluded City’s protective formation and devastated its western district before Gu Xuanyou and Moyue drove him off.
• Xu Chuan urged Gu Xuanyou to recruit the Demon Heaven Trading Company and other factions, while he arranged for the Xu Household to join the coming fight.
• Gu Xuanyou secured the Demon Heaven Trading Company’s support, and the Sima Clan joined Ancient Secluded City while the Nie and Chao Households backed the Greedy Wolf Sect.
• Xu Chuan set the all-out assault for five days later and arranged for his family members to travel to Greedy Wolf Prefecture, while Mei Yun reported that he had sabotaged six Greedy Wolf Sect formation bases.
• Qi Tianxiong chose to lure Ancient Secluded City’s forces into a sudden battle, while the Demon Heaven Trading Company and its allies gathered at White Bone Peak.
• Xu Chuan arrived at the Bone Wasteland Mountains with Gu Xuanyou, Moyue, Xu Deling, Xu Deyue, and Ye Fan as the assembled factions prepared for battle.

The Greedy Wolf Sect and the Ancient Secluded City led their allies into a decisive battle, while Xu Chuan’s family carried out a separate plan to breach the sect’s defenses. The main armies clashed as Xu Mingxian and White Bone High Person began attacking the Greedy Wolf Sect’s grand formation from within a Cloudsky Illusion Formation.

• Gu Xuanyou rallied the Ancient Secluded City’s allies with promises of shared spoils, while Qi Tianxiong and Sky Wolf True Lord assembled the Greedy Wolf Sect’s forces and offered their allies half the city’s wealth.
• Gu Xuanyou’s army and Qi Tianxiong’s forces met on a wasteland, where Moyue’s opening attack triggered a large-scale battle.
• Xu Chuan, Gu Xuanyou, and Moyue fought Qi Tianxiong, while Xu Deling fought Sky Wolf True Lord and the other cultivators battled across the wasteland.
• Xu Mingxuan and Mei Yun left the main battlefield and headed toward Mountain-Sea City after Xu Mingxuan told Mei Yun to reveal his true appearance.
• Xu Mingxian and White Bone High Person teleported near the Greedy Wolf Sect, concealed their operation with the Cloudsky Illusion Formation, and summoned the Profound Yin Corpse King and Blood Baleful Ghost King.
• At Xu Mingxian’s direction, the two kings struck a weak point in the Greedy Wolf Sect’s grand formation together.

White Bone High Person and Xu Mingxian seized the Greedy Wolf Sect, winning over its disciples and taking control of its grand formation while Xu Chuan and Ancient Secluded City’s allies fought Qi Tianxiong’s forces. The battle turned against the Greedy Wolf Sect when the Nie and Chao households betrayed it, and Sky Wolf True Lord fell to Xu Deling, while Qi Tianxiong remained alive and ordered his surviving followers to flee back to the sect.

• White Bone High Person forced the Greedy Wolf Sect’s elders and disciples to choose between submission and death, and nearly everyone joined the Demon Heaven Trading Company under restrictions.
• Xu Mingxian took control of the Sect-Protecting Grand Formation, invalidated the old access tokens, and helped White Bone High Person begin seizing the sect’s resources.
• Xu Chuan persuaded Gu Xuanyou to advance the next phase of the battle, and Nie Jiufeng and Chao Yuanqi turned on the Greedy Wolf Sect, killing several elders and disciples.
• Xu Deling and the heads of Ancient Secluded City’s allied households cornered Sky Wolf True Lord, and Xu Deling killed him with Fire Emperor's True Eyes.
• Qi Tianxiong saw the betrayal and Sky Wolf True Lord’s death, threatened revenge, and ordered the surviving Greedy Wolf Sect cultivators to escape while he shifted the battle toward them.

Xu Chuan and his allies defeated Qi Tianxiong and captured his nascent soul, while the Demon Heaven Trading Company revealed its true power and took control of the Greedy Wolf Sect. The chapter ended with the Greedy Wolf Sect’s remaining fighters submitting to the company and Gu Xuanyou facing the Demon Heaven Lord.

• The Greedy Wolf Sect’s fleeing cultivators returned to find the Cloudsky Illusion Formation trapping them, while Xu Mingxian and White Bone High Person watched the battle unfold.
• Qi Tianxiong unleashed a secret art and his top-tier demonic saber, badly wounding Gu Xuanyou, Moyue, and Xu Chuan before his power began to fade.
• Xu Chuan secured Gu Xuanyou’s heart-demon oath, and Moyue used the Dragon Crown to help overwhelm Qi Tianxiong; Xu Chuan and the Blood Baleful Ghost King stopped Qi Tianxiong’s attempted self-detonation, destroyed his dantian, and sealed his nascent soul.
• The Demon Heaven Trading Company attacked Ancient Secluded City’s forces, killing its Grand Elder and other Golden Core cultivators, then revealed White Bone High Person as the Demon Heaven Lord.
• The Demon Heaven Lord offered the Greedy Wolf Sect’s surviving elders and disciples a choice between joining the Demon Heaven Trading Company and dying, and they agreed to join.

After the Greedy Wolf Sect fell, Xu Chuan left the Demon Heaven Trading Company to rule the renamed Demon Nether Prefecture while the Xu Household gathered its spoils and planned new ventures. The chapter ended with Xu Wenjing setting out as a rogue cultivator artifact refiner and a new round of clan trials approaching.

• Xu Chuan refused Gu Xuanyou’s request for further help, and Gu Xuanyou swore an oath acknowledging the Demon Heaven Trading Company’s leadership before leaving with Ancient Secluded City’s survivors.
• Xu Chuan and the Xu Household entered the Greedy Wolf Sect’s vault, claimed selected treasures and pill ingredients, and agreed to rename Greedy Wolf Prefecture Demon Nether Prefecture.
• Xu Chuan assigned Xu Jingwu and Xu Mingqing to reorganize the Land of Imprisonment, while Mei Yun, Xu Mingxuan, and their companions began establishing an imperial dynasty in Demon Nether Prefecture.
• White Bone High Person organized the former Greedy Wolf Sect’s people and resources under the Demon Heaven Trading Company, while Xu Mingxuan’s group founded Heavenly Fortune Village.
• Xu Chonghui approved Xu Wenjing’s request to travel as a rogue cultivator artifact refiner, and Xu Wenjing set out while the Xu Clan prepared its next trials.

Xu Mingqing and Xu Jingwu restored settlements across the Land of Imprisonment and founded the Pill-Martial Sect, while Xu Mingxuan and Mei Yun continued building the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty in Demon Nether Prefecture. Zhang Wanqing formed her Golden Core and became pregnant alongside Xu Deyue’s news of promising twins, while Xu Chuan advanced his cultivation and began pursuing the Five-Element Creation Palm.

• Xu Mingqing and Xu Jingwu fed refugees, restored Greenview City, trained disciples, and spent three years establishing settlements before founding the Pill-Martial Sect at Pill-Martial Peak.
• Xu Mingxuan and Mei Yun developed Heavenly Fortune City, planned its currency and army, and discussed expanding the population of the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty.
• Xu Chuan agreed to provide Spirit-Nurturing Pills and core-formation resources, and Zhang Wanqing returned to Yunxi and successfully formed her Golden Core.
• Xu Chuan gave Xu Mingxuan Spirit-Nurturing Pills for Mei Yun and Wenxi, and Xu Wenxi and Xu Deyue became pregnant; Xu Deyue carried twins with potentially extraordinary spiritual roots.
• Xu Chuan gained an initial grasp of water true intent, began cultivating the Five-Element Creation Palm, and continued developing his divination and other powers.

The chapter described the Xu Household’s growing cultivation strength and Xu Chuan’s plans for its talented members, then followed Xu Wenjing’s travels to Green Ox Market District. Xu Wenjing revealed that he had become a second-tier Artifact Refiner, prompting a warning that the Green Ox Han Household might try to recruit him.

• Xu Mingyuan, Xu Mingshu, Xu Mingxian, Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, and younger Xu Household members made cultivation or skill advances, while Xu Chongfei and Xu Chongjian showed exceptional progress.
• Xu Chuan planned for Xu Mingxian and De Ling to advance their crafts and discussed developing a fourth-tier teleportation formation; he also cultivated his divine abilities.
• Xu Chonghui reported on applicants for the Heavenly Pride Trial and updated Xu Dezhao on Xu Wenjing’s travels in Green Ox Market District.
• Xu Dezhao obtained a high-grade Spirit-Nourishing Pill from Xu Chuan for Xu Chonghui, who used it to break through his spiritual-consciousness limit.
• At his artifact shop in Green Ox Market District, Xu Wenjing told Fellow Daoist Hu that he could now forge top-tier magical artifacts.
• Fellow Daoist Hu congratulated Xu Wenjing and warned that the Green Ox Han Household might seek to recruit him.

Xu Wenjing refused to join the Green Ox Han Household and endured its pressure on his artifact shop, while Hu San supported him. A Golden Core cultivator named He Kui attacked Green Ox Market to avenge the destruction of the He Household, and Xu Wenjing fled with the wounded Hu San as He Kui fought Han Tie.

• Xu Wenjing repaired Hu San’s hammer, sold him a Blackglow Shield, and watched him advance to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
• Han Yong offered Xu Wenjing a place with the Han Household, but Xu Wenjing declined, after which the Han Household drove away his apprentices and customers.
• Hu San visited Xu Wenjing and discussed seeking opportunities in Cloudbrook City and joining the Yunxi Xu Household.
• He Kui attacked Green Ox Market, destroyed the Artifact Pavilion, and killed the Green Bull Guard Unit in revenge against the Han Household.
• Xu Wenjing rescued Hu San after a crimson arrow pierced his chest, then fled with him as He Kui confronted Han Tie.

After fleeing the destruction of the Green Ox Han Household, Hu San and his companions used Xu Wenjing’s token to join the Xu Household in Cloudbrook City. Meanwhile, Xu Deyue and Mei Yun each gave birth to gifted children, the Xu Household introduced rewards for producing outstanding descendants, and the chapter ends with an extraordinary phenomenon appearing over the Yan Household’s estate.

• Xu Wenjing gave Hu San a Xu Household token, and Hu San later brought Qiu Yun, Mao Chongzhi, and Cui Ji to Cloudbrook City to seek admission.
• Xu Chonghui recognized Wenjing’s token and granted the four a chance to take the Xu Household’s assessment; after passing, they joined a patrol squad.
• Xu Deyue gave birth to twins Xu Chongsheng and Xu Chongxi, whose Pure Yang and Pure Yin Spirit Bodies were revealed, while Xu Chuan learned that Xu Jinghao possessed a Tribulation-Fortune Spirit Body and its companion talent.
• Xu Dezhao offered substantial rewards to Xu Household members who had outstanding descendants, prompting marriage alliances with several powerful clans.
• Xu Chonghui attended the Azure Origin Sect’s founding ceremony on the Xu Household’s behalf, and half a year later an extraordinary phenomenon appeared above the Yan Household’s estate.

Yan Kuangtu achieved divine ability core formation, joined Cloudbrook City as a Deputy City Lord, and demonstrated his strength before Ye Fan stopped his spar with Mo Tingtao. Over the following years, the Xu Household advanced in formations, alchemy, and artifact refining, and Xu Chuan prepared to visit the Heavenforged Sect to collect Flame Dragon’s payment.

• Yan Kuangtu formed a divine ability Golden Core, and Ye Fan invited him to become Cloudbrook City’s third Deputy City Lord; Yan Kuangtu accepted and later took the post.
• At Yan Kuangtu’s Golden Core Ceremony, he fought Mo Tingtao until Ye Fan crushed Yan Kuangtu’s lightning-and-fire sword aura with his bare hand and stopped the spar.
• Two years later, Xu Mingxian comprehended the complete fourth-tier Formation Dao, while Xu Chuan revived a Tribulation-Surmounting Lotus Seed, developed his Withering and Flourishing talent into a divine ability, and refined Heaven-Mending Pills.
• Xu Deling became a fourth-rank artifact refiner, crafted several powerful magic treasures, and outfitted Xu Household members with requested treasures and defenses.
• Xu Deling spent the following months refining artifacts for the lineage, including the Withering-and-Blooming Needle, while Xu Chuan bonded with it as his lifebound magic treasure.
• After another year, Xu Deling planned to return to the Heavenforged Sect, and Xu Chuan decided to go with her to collect the payment he had agreed on with Flame Dragon.

Xu Chuan and Xu Deling returned to the Heavenforged Sect, where Xu Deling proved her strength and Xu Chuan traded a Mysterious Nether Pill for a Yang Bodhi fruit. Xu Chuan then accompanied Flame Dragon to Flame Crow Valley, where he diagnosed Crow Daoist’s unhatched offspring as a half-fire, half-cold mutant and explained that saving it would require rare materials.

• Xu Chuan and Xu Deling reached the Heavenforged Sect, where Flame Dragon and True Sun learned that Xu Deling had become a fourth-tier artifact refiner and gained formidable strength.
• Xu Deling fought Flame Dragon, broke through his perfected defensive divine ability, and agreed to compete for the Heavenforged Sect at the next Heavenly Pride Gathering.
• Xu Chuan gave Flame Dragon and True Sun a Mysterious Nether Pill in exchange for one Yang Bodhi fruit, then supplied materials and a design for a guardian treasure engraved with “Heaven-Mandated Xu Clan.”
• Flame Dragon took Xu Chuan to Flame Crow Valley to meet Crow Daoist, who agreed to consider providing Bodhi Vine roots or a seedling if Xu Chuan helped with a problem.
• Xu Chuan examined Crow Daoist’s unhatched fire crow egg, identified Little Four as a half-fire, half-cold mutant whose life force would soon fail, and recommended cleansing its fire affinity with cold yin-affinity materials of the fifth tier or higher.

Xu Chuan saved the mutated Cold Crow, refined the Xu Clan’s Qilin Seal into a fortune-linked treasure, freed the Yan and Wu branches from their restrictions, and accepted Bai Jing’s choice to face death naturally. The chapter ended with Xu Wenjing returning to Cloudbrook City after ten years away and reuniting with his father.

• Xu Chuan persuaded Crow Daoist to entrust the Cold Crow Egg to the Xu Household, agreeing to save it in exchange for a Bodhi Vine and Yang Bodhi if it survived a year.
• True Sun presented Xu Chuan with an eight-pattern top-tier magic treasure, which Xu Chuan named the Qilin Seal before returning home and using cold light liquid and Life Essence Liquid to restore the egg.
• The Cold Crow hatched as a second-tier demon beast, bonded with Xu Chuan, and was entrusted to Xu Mingshu’s care.
• Xu Chuan removed the Blueflower Prohibition from the Yan and Wu branches, and they chose to remain loyal vassals of the Xu Household under Yan Linyi and Wu Zhuqi.
• Xu Chuan linked the Qilin Seal to the Xu Clan’s fortune, and the Clan Genealogy infused it with a spiritual light that could allow it to become a spirit treasure.
• Xu Wenjing returned to Cloudbrook City, met Hu San, and reunited with Xu Chonghui, telling him about his years among rogue cultivators and his growing artifact-refining skill.

Xu Chuan’s family welcomed Crow Daoist, who delivered the promised treasures and agreed to leave Little Cold Crow in the Xu Household’s care. A visit from the Greenleaf Sword Sect led to a duel between Zhang Xiao and Xu Jingping, which ended without a winner before Zhang Xiao challenged Xu Chongkai instead.

• Xu Chuan rewarded Xu Wenjing for his travels, and Xu Wenjing learned how far Xu Chongfei and Xu Chongjian had advanced.
• Little Cold Crow returned to Xu Chuan, and Xu Chuan promised to provide him with a means to leave the residence freely.
• Crow Daoist explored Cloudbrook City, met Xu Jingping during a dispute with Zhang Xiao, and then visited Xu Chuan to deliver the Yang Bodhi and Bodhi Vine.
• Crow Daoist accepted Xu Chuan’s offer to stay and spend time with Little Cold Crow, while Moyue emerged from the pool and learned that Crow Daoist had entrusted the young crow to the Xu Household.
• Xia Changyun and Zhang Xiao visited the Xu Household, and Zhang Xiao fought Xu Jingping but could not secure a victory.
• Xu Mingyuan stopped the prolonged duel, and Zhang Xiao agreed to fight Xu Chongkai using only spells and divine abilities, without defensive artifacts.

Zhang Xiao lost to Xu Chongkai and witnessed Xu Chongjian’s overwhelming swordsmanship, then Xia Changyun challenged Xu Deyue and was defeated in fewer than ten exchanges. Xu Deyue and Ye Fan consulted Xu Chuan about cultivation methods for their children, and Xu Deling began searching for a top-tier pure yang method for Xu Chongsheng.

• Zhang Xiao challenged Xu Chongkai after Xia Changyun restored his cultivation, but Xu Chongkai defeated him with his two-pattern flying sword and superior swordsmanship.
• Xu Chongjian revealed eighty-one golden sword lights, leaving Zhang Xiao in awe of a true Sword Dao Heavenly Pride.
• Xia Changyun challenged Xu Deyue, who defeated him in nine exchanges with her Autumn Water Sword and Vast Cold Sword Art.
• Xu Deyue and Ye Fan brought Xu Chongsheng and Xu Chongxi to Xu Chuan, who recommended the Cold Mountain Scripture for Xu Chongxi and promised to seek a pure yang method for Xu Chongsheng.
• Xu Deling asked True Sun about a top-tier pure yang cultivation method, and he advised her to inquire with Crow Daoist, who might have obtained a related inheritance.

Xu Chuan traded a Nine-Soul Pill for Crow Daoist’s Great Sun Heaven-Burning Scripture and gave the method to Xu Chongsheng. After Xu Dezhao achieved divine ability core formation, the Xu Household announced a lavish three-day ceremony whose contests attracted powers from across Azure Dragon Prefecture.

• Xu Chuan traded Crow Daoist a high-grade Nine-Soul Pill for the inheritance jade slip containing the Great Sun Heaven-Burning Scripture, then copied the method for the Xu Household.
• Xu Chuan gave Ye Fan the Great Sun Heaven-Burning Scripture for Xu Chongsheng and assigned Xu Chongxi the Cold Mountain Scripture.
• Xu Dezhao comprehended the True Intent Embryo of fire and achieved divine ability core formation, prompting the Xu Household to announce a ceremony in Cloudbrook City.
• Xu Chuan revealed that he was cultivating the Greater Divine Ability Five-Element Creation Palm and directed Xu Deheng to pursue divine ability core formation with a water-type xiantian spirit treasure.
• Xu Mingyuan planned prizes and contests for the ceremony, and the Xu Household attracted many powers and rogue cultivators to its three-day celebration.
• A rogue cultivator placed in the top three of the Foundation Establishment contest and earned invitations from numerous aristocratic clans.

The Mo Household resolved to strengthen itself while avoiding conflict with the Xu Household, whose influence had become unshakable. Years later, Xu Chuan brought his children to Dongxi as Bai Jing’s lifespan ended, giving her a final return to her mortal home before she died in his arms.

• Mo Wentian ordered the Mo Household to cultivate its younger generation, expand its influence in the Azure Dragon Alliance, and avoid giving the Xu Household any pretext for conflict.
• Xu Chuan told his six children that Bai Jing’s lifespan was nearly over and that she had refused the Mysterious Yang Lifespan-Extending Pill.
• Bai Jing’s children tried to persuade her to prolong her life, but she insisted that she wanted to finish her mortal lifetime and asked to return to Dongxi.
• Xu Chuan recreated their old courtyard and village fields, letting Bai Jing share a final family meal and walk through the places where she and Xu Chuan had first met.
• Bai Jing asked Xu Chuan to remember her, said goodbye to her children, and died as they knelt nearby.

Xu Chuan broke free of the Heart Demon Venerable’s illusion by perfecting the Origin Life-and-Death Seal, then joined Xu Mingxian in seeking materials for a Fourth-Tier Teleportation Formation. Xu Mingxian obtained heavenly sand crystal and earth-core meteoric iron from the Mysterious Moon Sect in exchange for his battle-formation insights, while the Xu Household still needed to find void spirit stone.

• Xu Chuan saw through the Heart Demon Venerable’s illusion of nine mortal lifetimes with Bai Jing, shattered it, and cremated Bai Jing according to her wishes.
• Xu Chuan perfected the Origin Life-and-Death Seal and raised his life-and-death true intent to fifty percent during seclusion.
• Xu Mingxian told Xu Chuan he had comprehended the Fourth-Tier Teleportation Formation, and Xu Chuan agreed to accompany him to Mysterious Moon City to obtain materials.
• Xu Mingxian gathered most of the formation materials but could not find void spirit stone, heavenly sand crystal, or earth-core meteoric iron in the city.
• Xu Mingxian visited Zhang Fan and offered his War Formation Insights to the Mysterious Moon Sect for contribution points; Zhang Fan also gave him spatial coordinates for other cities’ teleportation formations.
• Xu Mingxian exchanged contribution points for heavenly sand crystal and earth-core meteoric iron, then returned to Xu Chuan, who asked what he had traded for them.

Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxian sought a void spirit crystal through the Voidsky Commerce Guild, securing one by consigning four valuable items to its auction. The high-end auction began in Mysterious Moon City, and Xu Chuan waited to see how much the Mysterious Nether Pill would fetch.

• Xu Chuan explained that Zhang Fan had gained formation insights from Xu Mingxian and advised him not to resent his master, while Zhang Fan visited to discuss the matter and tell them where void spirit crystals might be found.
• Xu Chuan divined that Ji Baiyi of the Ji Household could help the Xu Household approach the Voidsky Commerce Guild, and Xu Mingxian recruited him as an intermediary.
• Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxian met Ji Baiyi and Ji Yunshui at the Voidsky Auction House, where Xu Chuan bought a void spirit crystal for one hundred thousand spirit stones and consigned three rare pills and the Soul-Slayer saber.
• Ji Yunshui promoted the Mysterious Nether Pill as an opportunity for Nascent Soul formation, drawing a crowd to the auction and prompting the Golden Sun Merchant Guild to cancel its competing high-end auction.
• At the auction, bidders bought a Heavenly Armor Shield for two hundred and forty thousand spirit stones, and a mid-grade Golden Core Formation Pill sold for one hundred and eighty-five thousand as Xu Chuan awaited the Mysterious Nether Pill's sale.

Xu Chuan won rare spirit medicines and pills at the Voidsky auction, then used his newly perfected Origin Life-and-Death Seal to defeat a band of Golden Core cultivators who ambushed him and Xu Mingxian. The Cangshan Sect suspected the Xu Household was involved in the deaths of its elders, while Xu Mingxian completed the Xu Household’s teleportation plaza and prepared to establish connections with Heavenforged City and Mysterious Moon City.

• Xu Chuan won the Thunder Zenith Fruit, several fourth-tier spirit medicines, void spirit crystal, and the auction’s Mysterious Nether Pill, while the Cangshan Sect bought his Soul-Slayer saber.
• After leaving Mysterious Moon City, Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxian were ambushed by seven Golden Core cultivators; Xu Chuan trapped five in the Origin Life-and-Death Seal and killed the two who escaped with Spiritual Consciousness Swords.
• Xu Chuan found Netherworld and Cangshan Sect tokens among the attackers’ belongings, concealed the evidence, and brought the spoils back to the Xu Household.
• Meng Qiu and Duan Wuya investigated the ambush and suspected Xu Chuan and the Xu Household, ordering surveillance and warning Netherworld about the possible connection.
• Xu Mingxian completed the Xu Household’s teleportation plaza and its protective formation, and Xu Chuan told Xu Deling about the new array while planning to connect it to Heavenforged City and Mysterious Moon City.

Xu Chuan completed the Xu Household’s teleportation links with Heavenforged City and Mysterious Moon City, then opened Cloudbrook City’s formation to Azure Dragon Prefecture and arranged to build more. He led the Xu Household to the Mysterious Moon Sect’s succession ceremony, where they arrived alongside Mo Wentian and met Daoist Everpine.

• Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxian visited Xu Deling and True Sun, secured Heavenforged Sect’s agreement to connect its teleportation formation with Cloudbrook City, and agreed that their members could use each other’s formations for free.
• Xu Chuan reached the same agreement with Zhang Fan at the Mysterious Moon Sect, received an invitation to the sect master succession ceremony, and discussed the new sect master’s Mysterious Nether Pill.
• Xu Chuan opened Cloudbrook City’s Teleportation Plaza, offered Azure Dragon Prefecture’s powers affordable access, and agreed to build third-rank teleportation formations for the Mo Household, Lei Clan, Cang Household, and Azure Dragon Alliance.
• Xu Chuan advised Xu Chongfei on divine ability core formation and guided Xu Chongjian toward forging a sword dao divine ability before leading Xu Mingyuan, Xu Mingxian, Ye Fan, Xu Chongfei, and Xu Chongjian to the succession ceremony.
• Mo Wentian and members of the Mo Household joined Xu Chuan’s party at the Mysterious Moon Sect gate, where they met Daoist Everpine and proceeded to the ceremony grounds on Moon-Gazing Peak.

Moyue arrived at the Mysterious Moon Sect for its sect master succession ceremony, where Zhang Pingchuan was formally installed as sect master. After the ceremony, the sect invited cultivators to compete for treasures, and Pei Donglai defeated Xie Sandao to claim three Heavenly God Fruits.

• Xu Chuan and the others gathered with guests at the Mysterious Moon Sect, where Xu Mingxian introduced the Xu Household’s companions and juniors to Sun Zhantian’s party.
• Xu Chuan sent Xu Mingxian to meet Moyue, who had been stopped at the mountain gate; Xu Mingxian identified him as the Xu Household’s Grand Supreme Elder and brought him to the ceremony.
• Zhang Daoran announced that Zhang Pingchuan would succeed him as sect master, and the guests presented congratulatory gifts.
• Zhang Pingchuan offered treasures for cultivators to win in sparring, and Xie Sandao of the Cloudmist Sect challenged others for three Heavenly God Fruits.
• Pei Donglai of the Greenleaf Sword Sect defeated Xie Sandao in a saber-and-sword match and claimed the Heavenly God Fruits.

At the Mysterious Moon Sect’s gathering, Cangshan Sect cultivator Duan Wuya challenged the Xu Household’s Moyue to a battle, provoking him by calling him a Spirit Beast. Moyue accepted and fought Duan Wuya’s Azure Mountain Seal, then lunged at him after unleashing his True Dragon’s Roar.

• Zhang Pingchuan offered magical artifacts, formation flags, and pills as prizes, while Mo Tingtao competed and Sun Zhantian won a low-grade Golden Essence Pill.
• Xu Chuan told Moyue that Duan Wuya might be targeting him and explained that Cangshan Sect disciples were secretly gathering information in Cloudbrook City.
• Duan Wuya challenged Xu Chuan’s transformed Spirit Beast to fight for a bottle of Purple Dragon Pills, and Moyue took the challenge after insisting he did not want to dissolve his contract with Xu Chuan.
• Duan Wuya summoned his Azure Mountain Seal and pressed it down on Moyue, who stopped it with a powerful punch.
• Moyue unleashed his True Dragon’s Roar, shook Duan Wuya’s control of the seal, and charged at him with spectral-blue claws.

The Mysterious Moon Sect halted Duan Wuya and Moyue’s fierce spar when Great Cultivator Wang Shentong arrived with Fan Xue and their disciples to challenge the sect to a five-match wager. The Mysterious Moon Sect won one Foundation Establishment match, and Zhang Xuanzhi and Fan Yuan were still fighting for the Golden Core middle-stage match when Xu Chuan criticized the Fan Household’s Hound of Heaven phantom.

• Moyue and Duan Wuya fought fiercely until Zhang Fan stopped the spar to receive Wang Shentong and Fan Xue, and Moyue received the agreed Purple Dragon Pill.
• Wang Shentong and Fan Xue proposed a best-of-five contest with prizes, and Zhang Fan agreed to let other factions’ cultivators participate.
• The Mysterious Moon Sect lost both Foundation Establishment early-stage matches, then Ji Baiyi defeated a Fan Household disciple in the Foundation Establishment perfection match, making the score one win each for that round.
• The Golden Sun Sect won one Golden Core middle-stage match, while Fan Yuan defeated Yan Zuo; Zhang Xuanzhi then fought Fan Yuan and drove him back with his Golden Swordlight.
• Fan Yuan summoned a Black Hole and a Hound of Heaven phantom, prompting Xu Chuan to remark that the phantom was not golden and give it a bad review.