Recaps

Xu Chuan fought for the Mysterious Moon Sect in the final wagered match and defeated Fan Qianqiu, winning the stakes and stunning the assembled cultivators with his power. Wang Shentong and Fan Xue departed, while Zhang Fan pursued them to the outskirts of Mysterious Moon City before returning to his sect.

• Zhang Fan wagered a fourth-tier low-grade spirit vein against Wang Shentong and Fan Xue, then persuaded Xu Chuan to represent the Mysterious Moon Sect in the final match.
• Xu Chuan overwhelmed Fan Qianqiu with his seals, prompting Fan Xue to accuse the Mysterious Moon Sect of sending a Nascent Soul old monster and Wang Shentong to identify Xu Chuan as the Azure Dragon Sword Venerable.
• Fan Qianqiu used the Fan Household's bloodline secret art and a high-grade defensive magic treasure, but Xu Chuan's divine abilities forced Fan Xue to concede the match.
• The Golden Sun Sect's remaining contestant withdrew, and Zhang Fan claimed the wagered resources as Wang Shentong and Fan Xue left with their followers.
• Wang Shentong warned Fan Xue to flee to Mysterious Moon City and teleport away, but Zhang Fan's avatar pursued them to the city's outskirts before returning to the Mysterious Moon Sect.

Xu Chuan received his rewards from Zhang Fan and returned to Yunxi as the Xu Household and Sun Clan discussed a marriage alliance and joint travels. Sun Zhantian later asked Xu Chuan to refine a fourth-tier Soul-Nourishing Pill, and the chapter ended with Sun Chuanxing agreeing to Xu Chuan’s terms.

• Sun Zhantian proposed a marriage alliance between the Sun Clan and the Xu Household, and Xu Mingyuan invited Sun Clan juniors to travel through Azure Dragon Prefecture with Xu Chongjian and other young Xu clan members.
• Meng Qiu and Duan Wuya discussed the Xu Household’s growing strength and decided to wait rather than act against it, while Zhang Fan gave Xu Chuan his promised rewards and privately revealed he would aid the Xu Household once without compensation.
• The factions departed the Mysterious Moon Sect ceremony, and Xu Chuan returned to Yunxi, where Xu Chongjian said he would consider whether marriage and family could inform his sword path.
• Sun Zhantian brought five Sun Clan juniors to Cloudbrook City, where they met Xu Mingyuan and Xu Dezhao and began getting acquainted with the Xu Household’s younger generation.
• Sun Zhantian asked Xu Chuan to refine several fourth-tier pills, including a Soul-Nourishing Pill; Xu Chuan requested the remaining ingredients for a second set and set terms for his share of any batch.
• After Sun Zhantian returned to Sky Ape City, Sun Chuanxing approved Xu Chuan’s terms, and Sun Zhantian hurried back to Yunxi to deliver the answer.

Xu Chuan completed the Sun Clan’s pill order, and the Xu Household and Sun Clan sealed several marriage matches. Ji Baiyi visited Xu Chongjian to honor their old dueling agreement, and their fight began with Xu Chongjian unleashing a powerful golden sword strike.

• Xu Chuan refined the requested pills and gave Sun Zhantian the Sun Clan’s share, impressing Sun Chuanxing with the results.
• Sun Moyan and Xu Jingzhi agreed to become Dao Companions, while Xu Jingping accepted Sun Moyue’s match and Xu Chongjian agreed to marry Sun Xihe.
• The Xu-Sun marriage alliance became public, and Ji Baiyi traveled to Yunxi to honor his agreement to spar with Xu Chongjian.
• Xu Chongjian agreed to reveal his full strength after Ji Baiyi swore to keep the fight secret, and Xu Chuan sealed off the surroundings.
• Xu Chongjian opened the duel with a golden sword light that expanded into a three-hundred-and-thirty-foot blade aimed at Ji Baiyi.

Xu Chongjian defeated Ji Baiyi in a spar, while Xu Chuan prepared for a hidden operation as the Xu Household’s grand marriage alliance with the Sun Clan began. The bridal procession reached Sky Ape City, where Xu Chongfei bested several Sun Clan disciples and cleared the way to meet the brides.

• Xu Chongjian overwhelmed Ji Baiyi with a golden sword strike, and Ji Baiyi’s lifesaving jade talisman saved him from a potentially fatal blow.
• Ji Baiyi returned to the Mysterious Moon Sect and told Zhang Daoran that he had sparred with Xu Chongjian, while Zhang Daoran and Zhang Fan discussed the Xu Household’s strength and its possible role in a future Heavenly Pride Gathering.
• Xu Mingxian completed four Third-Rank Teleportation Formations, and the Xu Household prepared to fetch the Sun Clan brides amid widespread attention and celebration.
• Xu Chuan disguised himself and left to borrow a blade to kill, then invited Zhang Fan to the wedding; after Xu Chuan departed, Zhang Fan secretly followed him and Zhang Daoran to watch the procession.
• The Xu Household procession reached Sky Ape City with Xu Jingping and Xu Chongjian, and the Sun Clan welcomed them before they entered the clan grounds.
• Xu Chongfei defeated several Sun Clan Foundation Establishment cultivators in succession, ending the younger disciples’ attempt to block the Xu Household procession.

A wedding procession carrying Sun Xihe and Xu Chongjian was ambushed at Black Cloud Ridge by a powerful force of demonic cultivators, and the Sun and Xu households fought to survive. As the battle turned against them, Xu Chuan and Zhang Daoran debated who was behind the attack, and Xu Chuan prepared to intervene.

• Sun Xihe and Sun Moyue discussed the Xu Household's Heavenly Prides and their different views on marriage and cultivation before the wedding party departed with Sun Chuanxing.
• At Black Cloud Ridge, a demonic force led by a white-haired Golden Core cultivator at divine powers perfection ambushed the procession, while a Nascent Soul middle-aged man challenged Sun Chuanxing.
• Sun Chuanxing and the middle-aged Nascent Soul cultivator clashed as more than a hundred demonic cultivators attacked; Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, Xu Mingshu, Chen Changge, Firecloud True Person, and the Blazing Sun Ferocious Lion engaged powerful enemies.
• The white-haired man repelled the Blazing Sun Ferocious Lion and threatened to extract its Primordial Era Fierce Beast essence blood, while the two households struggled against the attackers' superior Golden Core forces.
• Two hundred li away, Xu Chuan and Zhang Daoran considered whether the attackers belonged to the First Demon Sect or the Netherworld organization, and Xu Chuan sent out third-rank Cloudsky Illusion Formation Flags.

Xu Chuan defeated and killed a white-haired Netherworld cultivator, then joined Zhang Daoran, Sun Chuanxing, and Moyue to subdue a Nascent Soul demonic cultivator. King Wuji arrived after the formation was broken and attacked them with a top-tier magic treasure, leaving Xu Chuan to call for a combined defense.

• Xu Chuan arrived with Zhang Daoran and Moyue as the Azure formation trapped the Xu Household, the Sun Clan, and the demonic cultivators.
• Xu Chuan blocked the white-haired cultivator’s escape, overcame his magic treasures and blood-burning secret art, sealed him, and killed him after a soul search revealed a restriction on his divine soul.
• Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, and Xu Mingshu intercepted three demonic cultivators while Xu Chuan, Zhang Daoran, Sun Chuanxing, and Moyue broke the Nascent Soul demonic cultivator’s defense and wounded him.
• The wounded demonic cultivator crushed a Jade Token, and King Wuji arrived after the formation shattered, allowing him to escape.
• King Wuji blocked Zhang Daoran’s pursuit, identified Xu Chuan and the others as future threats, and shattered their combined attack with a hundred-zhang demonic arm.
• King Wuji drew the Netherworld Soul-Piercing Spear and launched a devastating strike, prompting Xu Chuan to call for them to activate their defensive magic treasures together.

Xu Chuan and Zhang Fan defeated a Netherworld attack on the Xu and Sun clans, but Netherworld retaliated with assassinations and raids. Xu Chuan arranged for the Other Shore to stage attacks on his own clan, while Netherworld’s broader conflict with the Mysterious Moon Sect and the Sun Clan continued.

• King Wuji broke through the clans’ layered defenses, but Zhang Fan arrived and destroyed his demonic phantom, forcing him to flee; Zhang Fan later captured the escaping protector Jue.
• Xu Chuan and his allies killed the other demonic cultivators, and Xu Chuan healed the wounded before the wedding procession continued; Zhang Daoran attended the ceremony, then returned to his sect.
• Xu Chuan’s family discussed Netherworld’s threat, and the Sun Clan decided to cancel Xu Jing and Sun Moyan’s marriage; Xu Chuan then ordered his clan to avoid distant missions and cultivate defensively.
• Netherworld retaliated by attacking Mysterious Moon Sect businesses and assassinating disciples, then targeted the Sun Clan; its leaders also discussed hiring the Other Shore to strike all three factions.
• Xu Chuan met Black Wind and arranged for the Other Shore to accept Netherworld’s mission while staging attacks on the Xu Household; failed and misleading assassination attempts followed, and Netherworld lost several assassins, including one badly wounded by Xu Mingshu.

Xu Chuan helped the Mysterious Moon Sect crush a major Netherworld assault, leaving the organization silent and the Northwest conflict subdued. The Xu Household welcomed its eighth generation, and Xu Chuan distributed three new Fate Talents while claiming Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign for himself.

• Xu Chuan told Xu Mingxian that Netherworld would attack three Mysterious Moon Sect resource sites, and Zhang Fan used the warning to arrange defenses.
• The Mysterious Moon Sect inflicted a devastating defeat on Netherworld, and Zhang Fan captured a guard before destroying two of its branches.
• Xu Chuan discussed the upcoming opening of Demon-Sealing Valley with Xu Mingxian and decided to gather more information before sending the Xu Household there.
• The Xu Household welcomed Xu Changshang, an eighth-generation child with a fire spirit body and fire-related talent.
• Xu Chuan bestowed Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign upon himself, Formation Heart upon Xu Mingxian, and Pill Heart Xuanzhen upon Xu Mingqing.

Xu Chuan watched Xu Chongfei achieve Divine Ability Core Formation, while Moyue’s bloodline and innate ability advanced. Xu Chongfei emerged from seclusion much stronger and traveled with Chen Yulian to the Heavenforged Sect to have a magic treasure made.

• Xu Chuan told Xu Mingxian and Xu Mingqing that he had sent power into them and revealed that Xu Changshang was the Xu Household’s first eighth-generation descendant.
• Moyue refined Xu Chuan’s Supreme Heaven-Mending Foundation Art and cold light liquid, advancing his bloodline and transforming Ice-Soul Cold Light into Profound Nether Divine Light.
• Xu Chongfei told Xu Chuan that he planned to form his core, and Xu Chuan advised him to merge two strands of Xiantian qi into his Golden Core.
• Xu Chongfei formed his core amid a Ninefold Ice and Fire phenomenon that drew crowds across Cloudbrook City.
• After emerging from seclusion, Xu Chongfei received a Withering-and-Blooming Pill and resources from the Xu Household; Xu Chuan arranged for him to have a magic treasure made at the Heavenforged Sect.
• Xu Chongfei and Chen Yulian traveled to the Heavenforged Sect, while the Xu Household chose not to hold a Golden Core Ceremony.

Xu Chongfei visited the Heavenforged Sect with Chen Yulian, received plans for two magic treasures from Xu Deling, and defeated Zhu Rong in a public spar. The sect then lost a three-match exchange with the Cloud Mountain Sect, prompting Xu Deling to consider reforms as Xu Chongfei departed with his newly refined treasure.

• Xu Chongfei and Chen Yulian visited Xu Deling, who planned a high-grade Flame-Frost Wheel and a mid-grade Water-Fire Twin Flood Dragon Scissors for him.
• After gathering the required materials, Xu Chongfei and Chen Yulian returned to the Heavenforged Sect, where Zhu Rong showed them around and introduced them to the sect.
• Xu Chongfei defeated Zhu Rong in a public contest of flame techniques and divine abilities, impressing the Heavenforged Sect's elders and disciples.
• True Lord Yunhua brought the Cloud Mountain Sect to challenge the Heavenforged Sect; the visitors won two of three matches and claimed a high-grade defensive magic treasure.
• Chilongzi announced plans to prioritize talent and improve benefits for strong disciples, while Xu Chongfei advised Xu Deling to hold future challenges privately.
• Xu Deling finished refining Xu Chongfei's magic treasures, and Xu Chongfei and Chen Yulian left for Yunxi.

Xu Mingxian returned to Yunxi and upgraded the Xu Household’s city defenses into powerful fourth-tier formations while beginning to teach Xu Chongsheng and Xu Chongxi formation arts. Xu Chuan then set plans in motion to investigate a possible opportunity in Hundred Flowers Prefecture and traveled with Xu Mingxian to the Mysterious Moon Sect to discuss battle formations with Zhang Fan.

• Xu Chongfei returned to the Xu Residence, showed Xu Chuan his new magic treasures, and entered seclusion to refine them.
• Xu Mingxian left the Mysterious Moon Sect to upgrade Yunxi’s formations, and Xu Chuan approved his plans for the Inner City defenses and a Forbidden-Sky Grand Formation.
• Xu Mingxian demonstrated his newly advanced third-rank battle formations, and Xu Chongsheng and Xu Chongxi agreed to study the formation path with him.
• Xu Mingxian completed the fourth-tier Five Elements Revolving Grand Formation and upgraded the Outer City defenses, then reported to Xu Chuan that the formation could withstand an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator for several days.
• Xu Chuan told Xu Mingxian about a possible opportunity in Hundred Flowers Prefecture and assigned Ye Fan and Xu Deyue to investigate and organize the Azure Dragon Prefecture’s Golden Core cultivators.
• Xu Chuan accompanied Xu Mingxian back to the Mysterious Moon Sect, where Zhang Fan praised Xu Chuan’s increasingly convincing disguise.

Xu Chuan negotiated with Zhang Fan over battle-formation research and collected spirit medicines from the Mysterious Moon Sect before sending Ye Fan to organize a journey to the Hundred Flowers Cave-Heaven. The Azure Dragon Prefecture factions entered the cave-heaven, where Ye Fan and Xu Deyue passed seven trials on Hundred Flowers Bridge and received two rewards.

• Xu Chuan and Zhang Fan agreed that Zhang Fan would be honored as the progenitor of battle formations and Xu Mingxian as his inheritor, in exchange for eighteen complete spirit medicines and nine portions of roots or stems.
• Xu Chuan transplanted the spirit medicines into the Xu Clan Cave-Heaven, then assigned Ye Fan to lead Xu Household disciples and allied factions to the Hundred Flowers Cave-Heaven.
• The Azure Dragon Prefecture factions gathered in Cloudbrook, traveled together to Hundred Flowers City, and entered the cave-heaven alongside other regional factions.
• Ye Fan and Xu Deyue faced the illusion trials on Hundred Flowers Bridge and withdrew after seven trials, wary that the test could make Dao companions forget their love.
• Five-colored light produced a spirit medicine and a Green-Skinned Gourd for Ye Fan and Xu Deyue, drawing the attention of nearby cultivators.

Ye Fan and Xu Deyue gained opportunities in the Hundred Flowers Cave-Heaven, where Ye Fan demonstrated his strength and stopped a fight from escalating into a regional conflict. Back in Azure Dragon Prefecture, Xu Chuan’s proposal for Heaven, Earth, and Human Rankings was approved, and the ranking battles began in Yunxi as visitors arrived from other prefectures.

• Ye Fan defeated Huang Ya’s Frost Seal with a punch, and news spread through the cave-heaven that he was a Heavenly Pride of the Xu Household.
• Ye Fan and Xu Deyue explored the Hundred Flowers Cave-Heaven, passed trials at the Hundred Flowers Stele, and later intervened to stop the Flowing Moon Sect from fighting the Mo Household and Lei Clan.
• After Bing Gan reached divine powers perfection, Xu Chuan discussed the Azure Dragon Prefecture’s power rankings and proposed ranking battles for Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators.
• The Azure Dragon Alliance approved the rankings, announced the battles, and opened registration for the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core competitions.
• Two months later, the Foundation Establishment Battle began in four zones, drawing participants and visitors from across the prefecture; Zhang Xuanzhi visited Ye Fan in Yunxi and told him that Ji Baiyi had gained insight and neared a breakthrough.

The Xu Household’s cultivators impressed Azure Dragon Prefecture at the rankings, especially Xu Mingyuan, whose talisman arts overwhelmed his opponent. The Voidsky Commerce Guild and the Golden Sun Merchant Guild then approached the Xu Household about establishing a presence in Yunxi, but Xu Mingyuan rejected the Voidsky Guild’s proposal and heard out the Golden Sun Guild’s request to open a shop.

• The Xu Household kept its rewards from the Hundred Flowers Cave-Heaven and gave Xu Chuan the Green-Skinned Gourd to brew spirit wine.
• Chen Changge defeated Feng Juechen in the Golden Core Battle, while Xu Mingyuan used talismans to defeat Song Yuming and took first place in the rankings.
• The Xu Household’s ranking results drew attention from rival powers, while the Cangshan Sect’s elder worried about the household’s growing strength and ties to the Mysterious Moon Sect.
• Ji Yunshui asked Xu Mingyuan to let the Voidsky Commerce Guild establish a branch in Yunxi, but Xu Mingyuan declined until the guild resolved its rivalry with the Golden Sun Merchant Guild.
• Steward Qian visited the Xu Household the next day and asked to select a site for a Golden Sun Merchant Guild shop in Yunxi.

Steward Qian’s attempt to secure a Xu Household shop ended with Moyue slapping him and Xu Mingyuan warning him of the household’s allies. A year later, Xu Chongfei received secret techniques and the Yin-Yang One-Qi Escape from Xu Chuan, then sparred with Ye Fan, whose strength pushed him to use his magic treasures.

• Xu Mingyuan refused Steward Qian’s demand for a Xu Household shop unless the Golden Sun Merchant Guild exchanged one of its own, and Moyue slapped Qian after he threatened the household.
• Xu Mingyuan showed Steward Qian a recording and warned him that the Xu Household had powerful allies, so Qian apologized and left.
• After Xu Chongfei finished refining his treasures, Ye Fan took him to Xu Chuan, who brought them into the Xu Clan Cave-Heaven and taught Chongfei the Yin-Yang One-Qi Escape and several secret arts.
• Xu Chuan allowed Xu Chongfei to travel within the Northwest after testing his strength against Ye Fan.
• Xu Chongfei attacked with his Flame-Frost Divine Ability and Flame-Frost Wheel, but Ye Fan’s battle intent, True Yang Divine Ability, and Brahma Sacred Fist overwhelmed his defenses.
• Xu Chongfei used the Water-Fire Twin Flood Dragon Scissors to force Ye Fan back, but Ye Fan seized and threw aside the two transformed dragons.

Xu Chongfei defeated Ye Fan’s assessment but was approved to travel, then left Yunxi and became a father while the Xu Household recruited Yao Tan as a sect elder. A year later, Xu Chongjian formed his core through Pure Sword Dao, and Xu Deling began forging magic treasures for the clan’s new Golden Core cultivators.

• Xu Chongfei unleashed the Flame-Frost Wheel and Dragon-Phoenix Combined Strike Art against Ye Fan, but Ye Fan broke through his attacks and defeated him.
• Xu Chuan approved Xu Chongfei’s travels, and Ye Fan urged him to prepare an escape technique before leaving.
• Xu Chongfei told Xu Chongjian he would travel for years, then quietly departed Yunxi; a year later, Chen Yulian gave birth to their son, Xu Wenyan.
• Ye Fan invited Yao Tan, a newly formed Golden Core cultivator, to Yunxi, and Yao Tan joined the Heavenly Beauty Sect as an elder.
• Xu Chongjian formed his core through Pure Sword Dao, and Xu Chuan arranged for Xu Deling to forge him a Five Elements Sword Formation.
• Xu Deling returned to Yunxi and forged mid-grade Lifebound Magic Treasures for Xu Chonghui and Xu Wenjing before beginning work on a high-grade treasure modeled on the Five-Spirit Casket.

Xu Chuan learned that the Netherworld and True Demon Palace planned to exploit the opening of Demon-Sealing Valley, while his divinations warned of grave danger to the Xu Household, the Sun Clan, and the Mysterious Moon Sect. The chapter left Xu Chuan suspecting a major upheaval was approaching the Northwest.

• Xu Deling completed two Five-Spirit Casket sets for Xu Chongjian, who chose to refine the mid-grade set as his Lifebound Magic Treasure while the Xu Household stored the high-grade set.
• Sun Moyue and Sun Xihe gave birth to Xu Yunqi and Xu Wenxiao, whose bloodlines contained both flame demon and Elder War Ape lineages; Xu Chuan considered awakening their bloodlines when they turned six.
• Xu Wenjing’s [Bronze skin iron bones] talent mutated, helping him reach the third-rank body, but he chose to continue artifact refining instead of devoting himself fully to dual cultivation of magic and body.
• Xu Chuan refined fifty-two Thunder Origin Pills as the Netherworld and Devil Lord Hua Jiu planned an assault on the Mysterious Moon Sect and a mission into Demon-Sealing Valley to rescue a sealed Void Refinement Stage devil lord.
• Xu Chuan’s divinations indicated that a man-made calamity threatened Demon-Sealing Valley and that Yunxi, the Sun Clan, and the Mysterious Moon Sect could face danger within a month.

Xu Chuan deduced that the Netherworld planned to attack the Mysterious Moon Sect and free a powerful true demon sealed in Demon-Sealing Valley, so he secretly warned Zhang Fan and prepared Yunxi for danger. He then led Xu Mingxian, Xu Mingheng, and Moyue to Demon-Sealing Valley as its restrictions approached their once-in-a-century low ebb.

• Xu Chuan inferred that the Netherworld might bring the Three Kings and true demons from the Blackwater Domain to attack Mysterious Moon and release a Void Refinement true demon sealed in Demon-Sealing Valley.
• Xu Chuan sent Zhang Fan a jade slip warning of the Netherworld's plans, and Zhang Fan ordered the Mysterious Moon Sect to keep its expedition plans unchanged while he contacted old allies.
• Xu Mingxian returned to Yunxi, and Xu Chuan arranged for Xu Mingyuan, Ye Fan, and Xu Deyue to guard the clan and prepare to repel intruders through the teleportation formation.
• Xu Chuan, Xu Mingxian, and Xu Mingheng traveled to Demon-Sealing Valley, where they waited near its canyon entrance for the restrictions to enter their low ebb.
• Xu Mingxian assessed the valley's restrictions, while a rogue cultivator recognized Xu Chuan as the renowned Withered Glory True Lord.

Xu Chuan reunited with Gu Xuanyou and Xi Muran as cultivators from across Southern Heaven gathered outside Demon-Sealing Valley. While Zhang Fan discussed a plan with two allied Great Cultivators to destroy the Netherworld and reunify Southern Heaven, Xu Chuan considered the Spirit Taming Sect's secret arts and the dangers awaiting its members in the valley.

• Gu Xuanyou recognized Xu Chuan but warned an elder against provoking him, deciding Ancient Secluded City could not afford a conflict with the Xu Household.
• Zhang Daoran arrived with Mysterious Moon Sect elders, greeted Xu Chuan, and advised him to watch for restrictions, spatial rifts, powerful beasts, and treacherous cultivators inside Demon-Sealing Valley.
• Zhang Fan summoned Sword Venerable Qingfeng and True Lord Yuan Zhen, revealed the Netherworld's Three Kings and its losses, and proposed destroying the True Demons as a path toward reunifying Southern Heaven and gaining fortune.
• The Azure Cloud Sect and Void Clarity Sect reached the valley after using the Mysterious Moon Sect's Grand Transmission Array, while Zhang Daoran explained that his master was on good terms with their Great Cultivators.
• Huang Weiqing led the Spirit Taming Sect's party to the valley, where Xu Chuan recognized Xi Muran and exchanged greetings with Yu Taining, who offered to mediate between the Xu and Xi households.
• After Yu Taining returned to his group, Xu Chuan considered whether he could obtain the Spirit Taming Sect's secret arts if its members failed to survive Demon-Sealing Valley.

Xu Chuan’s group entered Demon-Sealing Valley and found a Profound Nether Spirit Tree guarded by a powerful Black Flood Dragon. While Xu Chuan and his allies fought the dragon, Xu Mingxian and Xu Mingxuan took the tree, mined a vein of fourth-tier heaven-cold spirit iron, and uncovered an ancient flood dragon skeleton before heading back to the battle.

• Xu Chuan entered Demon-Sealing Valley with his group and suspected the Cangshan Sect’s unusually large delegation included members of the True Demon Palace.
• Xu Mingxian guided Xu Chuan’s group through dangerous restrictions to a lake, where Moyue found a Profound Nether Spirit Tree and was ambushed by its Black Flood Dragon guardian.
• Xu Chuan joined Moyue in fighting the Black Flood Dragon, then summoned the Profound Yin Corpse King and Blood Baleful Ghost King to prevent it from returning to the lake.
• Xu Mingxian and Xu Mingxuan broke the tree’s restriction, removed the Profound Nether Spirit Tree, and excavated a fourth-tier heaven-cold spirit iron vein beneath it.
• The brothers uncovered and collected an ancient flood dragon skeleton beneath the spirit iron, then hurried toward Xu Chuan’s battle.

Xu Chuan and his companions killed the black flood dragon, collected the Profound Nether Spirit Tree and spirit iron, and continued searching Demon-Sealing Valley for opportunities. After Gu Xuanyou fled into the dangerous Illusion Mist Forest, Xu Chuan faced Qu Hun, and the battle escalated when Moyue joined in and revealed the Dragon Lord's Crown.

• Xu Chuan and his companions trapped the wounded black flood dragon with the Violet Flame Net, and Moyue devoured its inner core and essence soul.
• Xu Chuan collected the black flood dragon's corpse, the skyfrost spirit iron, and the Profound Nether Spirit Tree, then transplanted the tree into the Xu Clan Cave-Heaven.
• Xu Chuan and his sons examined the Illusion Mist Forest but left when Xu Mingxian estimated that finding a safe route would take weeks.
• Gu Xuanyou fled Qu Hun's pursuit into the Illusion Mist Forest, and Qu Hun discovered Xu Chuan and his companions watching nearby.
• Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxian fought Qu Hun with the Azure Dragon of the Sword, magic treasures, and the forest's restrictions, while Xu Mingheng defended himself.
• Qu Hun brought out the powerful Demon-Slaying Spear and wounded Xu Mingxian, so Moyue joined the fight and blocked a spear thrust with the Dragon Lord's Crown, revealing his connection to Nine Dragons Mountain.

Xu Chuan’s group gained Sword Dao inheritances and a powerful Sword Talisman in the Demon-Sealing Valley, while other factions pressed toward its inner core. The chapter ended with the Netherworld’s forces attacking the Mysterious Moon Sect as Zhang Fan and Mu Qingfeng reacted to the assault.

• Xu Chuan, Moyue, Xu Mingxian, and Xu Mingheng lured Qu Hun into spatial rifts, destroying his physical body, though his nascent soul escaped; they took his magic treasures and Storage Ring.
• Zhang Daoran’s Mysterious Moon Sect group and Huang Weiqing’s Spirit Taming Sect group divided seven ripe Six-Yang Sacred Fruits, with the Spirit Taming Sect winning the final fruit in a contest.
• Xu Chuan and his sons entered the Sword Stele Forest, where Xu Chuan passed seven trials and obtained Sword Dao inheritances, including the Great Void Sword Canon, as well as a Sword Talisman from a skeleton’s Storage Ring.
• Xu Mingxian and Xu Mingheng helped a cultivator surnamed Wang by fighting off three pursuers in exchange for a void spirit crystal, and Xu Chuan told his sons not to seize more from someone who had not offended them.
• The Netherworld’s Three Kings, Crimson Skeleton, Ink Blade, and their forces approached the Mysterious Moon Sect, whose alarm bells summoned its disciples and elders to assemble.
• Mu Qingfeng realized the Netherworld was attacking the Mysterious Moon Sect and asked Zhang Fan how he had known in advance.

Zhang Fan lured the Netherworld into the Mysterious Moon Sect, where Sword Venerable Qingfeng and True Lord Yuan Zhen helped spring a trap that shattered the Netherworld’s offensive. King Wujian’s self-detonation opened a gap and let King Rakshasa escape, while Zhang Fan offered the captured King Wuji a chance to join the sect under a divine soul restriction.

• Zhang Fan secretly arranged for True Lord Yuan Zhen and Sword Venerable Qingfeng to help ambush the Netherworld after its forces breached the Mysterious Moon Sect’s grand formation.
• Zhang Fan and the sect’s forces fought the Three Kings and the Netherworld’s army, then retreated as the formation appeared to fail.
• Zhang Fan activated a second formation inside the sect, trapping the invaders while True Lord Yuan Zhen and Sword Venerable Qingfeng attacked King Wuji and King Wujian.
• King Wujian detonated himself to blast open the sealing formation, allowing King Rakshasa to escape despite Zhang Fan’s attempt to close the gap.
• Zhang Fan and the others cornered King Wuji, and Zhang Fan offered to spare him if he accepted a divine soul restriction and stopped harming the Mysterious Moon Sect.

Zhang Fan brought Netherworld’s surrender to an end and prepared to use its former members as hidden agents, while Xu Chuan’s group entered the Demon-Sealing Valley’s central formation and discovered a valuable medicine garden. After fighting off Gu Yuan and Yu Shinan with Moyue’s help, Xu Chuan transplanted every medicinal plant into his Cave-Heaven and set off southwest.

• King Wuji submitted to Zhang Fan, killed the possession true demons and cultivators who refused to surrender, and helped recruit the remaining demonic cultivators into the Mysterious Moon Sect.
• Xu Mingxian identified a recently repaired weak point in the Demon-Sealing Valley’s grand formation and helped three other formation masters weaken it so the gathered factions could enter.
• Xu Chuan’s group found a medicine garden containing a Nine-Mystic Fruit tree, but Gu Yuan and Yu Shinan tried to take the resources for themselves.
• Moyue fought Yu Shinan while Xu Chuan battled Gu Yuan, and Yu Shinan fled before Gu Yuan was forced to retreat as well.
• Xu Chuan transplanted the Nine-Mystic Fruit tree and all the garden’s spirit medicines into his Cave-Heaven, then followed Xu Mingxuan’s choice of a southwest route.

Yu Shinan and Gu Yuan exposed Xu Chuan’s nine-mystic fruit, while Devil Lord Hua Jiu used blood sacrifices to free Demon General Huagu from the Demon-Suppressing Stele. After the seal broke, Hua Jiu’s forces attacked the gathered cultivators, and Duan Wuya fled as Xu Chuan fought a True Demon.

• Yu Shinan and Gu Yuan spread word of Xu Chuan’s nine-mystic fruit, prompting Huang Weiqing to consider trading with the Xu Household.
• Devil Lord Hua Jiu’s forces captured Golden Core cultivators and sacrificed them to weaken the Demon-Suppressing Stele, while Duan Wuya’s group captured elders from the Azure Cloud Sect and Void Clarity Sect.
• Huang Weiqing warned Xu Chuan about the demonic cultivators, and Xu Chuan deduced they had come to free a sealed True Demon; he sent Xu Mingxian and Xu Mingxuan toward the valley’s outskirts.
• Zhang Daoran led the cultivators to the concealed site, where formation masters broke the formations and Devil Lord Hua Jiu sacrificed two more cultivators to free Demon General Huagu.
• Devil Lord Hua Jiu led his forces out and ordered an attack on the gathered cultivators; his powerful saber lights threatened the Nascent Soul cultivators as Xu Chuan fought a True Demon.
• Duan Wuya taunted Xu Chuan and fled toward the outer perimeter while the battle continued.