Recaps

The Xu Household and Mysterious Moon Sect appeared to break into open conflict over the Hua Household’s attack on the Xu market district, and Xu Mingxian was expelled after choosing his family lineage. Xu Chuan and Zhang Fan secretly revealed that the rupture was part of a scheme to draw rival factions into a future trap, while other powers began assessing the Northwest’s coming struggle.

• Xu Mingyuan demanded the Hua Household surrender everyone involved in seizing the Heavenly Fox Market District and killing Xu Tian, while Zhang Pingchuan and Zhang Daoran tried to mediate.
• Xu Chuan and Zhang Fan settled the immediate dispute with a duel; neither gained a clear victory, and the Xu Household departed after Yu Huacheng killed Hua Zonglin.
• Zhang Fan forced Xu Mingxian to choose between the Mysterious Moon Sect and the Xu Household, then expelled him when he refused to betray his lineage.
• Zhang Fan privately told Zhang Daoran and Zhang Pingchuan that the apparent feud with the Xu Household and the Demon Heaven Trading Company was a joint scheme to trap outside factions, and revealed that Xu Chuan was the Demon Heaven Lord.
• Xu Chuan instructed Xu Chonghui and Xu Mingyuan to manage future clashes carefully, while Moyue discussed preparing for the coming great battle.
• News of the rift spread across Southern Heaven, and Qingjun and True Lord Yuan Zhen concluded that the Northwest conflict was likely to continue without their sects intervening.

Su Chuan watched the Northwest factions’ covert conflict intensify while the Xu Household’s cultivators advanced, Xu Deling purified Xu Sky Lion’s Golden Sky Lion bloodline, and Mei Yun returned from the Ascension Gate with intelligence as a double agent. The chapter ended with Xu Chuan divining that Xu Jingwu was in the Western Region, where his travels and spreading of the Dao were likely to draw Nascent Soul cultivators.

• Su Moyan and Nangong Ji each planned to exploit the Northwest conflict while keeping their factions out of the fighting until the Three Houses weakened one another.
• Xu Chongjian chose to pursue the Primordial Era’s sword-cultivation path, and Xu Chuan agreed to help him study and document it.
• Xu Deling mastered Samadhi True Flame, then Xu Chuan used three Balefulness-Cleansing Pills to purify Xu Sky Lion’s bloodline and reveal his Golden Sky Lion ancestry.
• Xu Deling left to explore the Eastern and Central Regions, while Ye Fan traveled to the Blackwater Domain.
• Nangong Bo recruited Mei Yun to oversee Ascension Gate operatives in the Northwest, but Mei Yun reported back to Xu Chuan, who directed him toward the Demon Heaven Trading Company.
• Xu Chuan divined that Xu Jingwu had reached the Western Region and sensed that danger there could bring Nascent Soul cultivators after him.

Xu Jingwu defeated the Mu Household and survived a battle with the Shang Household Ancestor, using the fight to break through to Origin Core perfection before fleeing the Northwest. After recovering and strengthening his armor and spiritual consciousness, he headed south as the Xu Household continued to grow and its younger generations advanced.

• Xu Chuan assessed Xu Jingwu’s cultivation and considered the Xu Household’s ambitions, but decided to let events unfold step by step while he pursued Spirit Transformation.
• Mu Yuan and Wang Gui forced the injured Wang Lin to lead them to Xu Jingwu, who killed their Foundation Establishment escorts and defeated the pursuing Mu Household cultivators.
• The Mu Household joined forces with the Shang Household to hunt Xu Jingwu, and the Shang Household Ancestor fought him until Xu Jingwu broke through to Origin Core perfection and escaped with a Thousand-Mile Escape Talisman.
• Xu Chuan and Xu Deling helped Xu Jingwu repair and upgrade his Black Heaven Armor, and Xu Chuan used a Divine Consciousness Crystal and a Nine-Soul Pill to help him break his spiritual consciousness limit.
• Xu Jingwu left the Western Region for the Southern Region while the Xu Household gained new members and its descendants progressed in cultivation, including several forming cores and Xu Weiyan reaching Foundation Establishment at fifteen.
• Xu Chongfei condensed a false nascent soul, Xu Mingyuan advanced his talisman cultivation, and Xu Jinghao helped Mei Yun become a Nascent Soul elder of the Demon Heaven Trading Company, which continued to conceal its role as bait for outside forces.

After attacks bearing the Mysterious Moon Sect’s cultivation aura led the Xu Household and Demon Heaven Trading Company to pressure the sect, the factions uncovered a culprit but suspected a deeper scheme. Over the following months, staged attacks spread across the Northwest and drove the three powers into escalating conflict, leaving the true instigator unidentified.

• Xu Chonghui and Xu Mingyuan suspected that someone had framed the Mysterious Moon Sect after attacks on the Xu Household’s market district and the Demon Heaven Trading Company’s spirit stone vein, so they joined forces to demand an explanation from the sect.
• Xu Mingxian, Xiao Zhan, and their allies confronted Zhang Pingchuan at the Mysterious Moon Sect’s mountain gate, where the sect agreed to investigate after Xu Chongfei wounded an elder who insulted his grandfather.
• Elder Ma confessed to attacking the two factions’ properties and was punished, but Xu Mingxian and Xu Chongfei suspected that he had been made a scapegoat; Xu Mingxian later named Su Qinghe as a possible planted agent, and Xu Chuan confirmed the suspicion without elaborating.
• After attacks spread across several prefectures, the Xu Household and Mysterious Moon Sect pressured the Demon Heaven Trading Company over a hired rogue cultivator, and White Bone High Person blamed a peak Golden Core cultivator from the Sima Clan.
• As staged evidence implicated all three powers, accusations against the Xu Household were defused when its tokens proved to belong to a dead owner, while the instigator’s identity remained unknown.

Yuan Zhou lured Zhang Xuanzhi into an ambush to ignite a war between the Mysterious Moon Sect and the Demon Heaven Trading Company, but Xu Chuan healed Zhang Xuanzhi and he planned to fake his death and cultivate in seclusion. The chapter ended with Zhang Daoran confronting the Demon Heaven Trading Company while Sima Xiangheng denied knowing where Yuan Zhou had gone.

• Yuan Zhou and Sima Xiangheng arranged to provoke war by targeting Zhang Xuanzhi and drawing the Golden Sun Merchant Guild into the conflict.
• Yuan Mo planted a demon seed in Hua Yunbai, who later lured Hua Yunfei and Zhang Xuanzhi out of Mysterious Moon City.
• Yuan Zhou ambushed Zhang Xuanzhi; Hua Yunfei burned her lifespan to shield him, and Zhang Daoran killed Hua Yunbai but failed to capture Yuan Zhou.
• Zhang Fan took the critically injured Zhang Xuanzhi to Xu Chuan, who healed him, and Zhang Xuanzhi decided to feign death and cultivate until he could form a false Nascent Soul.
• Zhang Daoran and four other Nascent Soul cultivators confronted the Demon Heaven Trading Company, while Sima Xiangheng claimed he did not know Yuan Zhou's whereabouts.

The Mysterious Moon Sect and the Demon Heaven Trading Company went to war, drawing in hidden allies and turning the Northwest into a battlefield. Three years later, Moyue encountered Yuan Mo raiding a market district and confronted him without revealing his identity.

• White Bone High Person brought Profound Yin and Blood Baleful into the fight, and the Demon Heaven Trading Company drove Zhang Daoran’s wounded forces away before declaring war preparations.
• Zhang Fan returned and ordered Zhang Pingchuan to announce Zhang Xuanzhi’s death; the Mysterious Moon Sect then demanded troops from local factions, while the Xu Household refused to join the war.
• Su Moshan arranged for the Golden Sun Sect, the Summer Household, and the Mysterious Spirit Sect to reinforce the Demon Heaven Trading Company and keep the fighting at a stalemate.
• The two armies fought for three years as Bai Sha and Xu Chongfei formed their Nascent Souls, Xu Deling advanced her abilities, and Moyue reached peak Transformation Middle Stage.
• Moyue encountered Yuan Mo slaughtering cultivators at the Heavenly Fox Market District and shattered his demonic barrier with a dragon-claw strike.
• Yuan Mo introduced himself as Yuan Zhou, but Moyue insulted him and refused to give his name.

Moyue adopted the disguise Dragon Ink after battling a demonic cultivator, while the Mysterious Moon Sect suspected the Netherworld had returned. Later, Xu Chongfei accepted a meeting over an ice-fire cultivation method, but the offer proved to be a trap, and Ye Fan fought three attackers at Bluestone Peak.

• Moyue drove Yuan Mo away from the ruined Heavenly Fox Market District with his profound nether heavy water, then chose the name Dragon Ink with Xu Chuan's help.
• Zhang Daoran reported the attack to Zhang Fan, who suspected the Netherworld had returned and ordered Black Kite to investigate.
• Old Man Xuanfeng offered the Xu Household a portion of the Nine-Revolution Ice-Fire True Scripture, and Xu Chongfei agreed to meet the people holding the complete version.
• Xu Chuan concealed Xu Chongfei's cultivation, and Xu Deyue accompanied him to Bluestone Peak while Ye Fan followed in secret.
• The disguised visitors activated a Fourth-Tier Sealing Grand Formation and revealed their plan to kill Xu Deyue and Xu Chongfei, but Ye Fan arrived and attacked the three conspirators.
• Ye Fan overwhelmed the attackers' magic treasures with the Dragon-Elephant Cauldron and his physical strength, then endured two top-tier treasure strikes without serious injury.

The Su Household and its allies maneuvered to draw the Xu Household into a war, which spread across the Northwest as outside powers reinforced Demon Nether Prefecture. After Moyue broke through to the late transformation stage and formed a True Dragon Phantom, he sparred with Xu Chuan and learned that the Xu Household might eventually approach Nine Dragons Mountain.

• The Black-Robed Elder, the Green-Robed Middle-Aged Man, and the Red-Robed Middle-Aged Man escaped Ye Fan’s assault, then reported his strength to the Su Household.
• Su Moyan ordered plans to assemble powerful allies against the Xu Household, while the Ascension Gate and Golden Sun Merchant Guild discussed joining the effort; Yuan Mo agreed to help provoke the Xu Household in exchange for thirty percent of the gains.
• Yuan Zhou killed Si Jung and attacked Xu Household forces, prompting the Xu Household and its allies to mobilize against Demon Nether Prefecture as the Golden Sun Sect, the Summer Household, and the Mysterious Spirit Sect sent reinforcements.
• The Xu Household reinforced its three fronts and built protected teleportation formations, while Xu Mingyuan expected the Su Household and Ascension Gate to commit several Great Cultivators at a decisive moment.
• Moyue consumed his last high-grade Nine-Revolution Profound Origin Pill, broke through to the late transformation stage, and condensed a True Dragon Phantom.
• Xu Chuan defeated Moyue’s divine abilities in a spar, then acknowledged the strength of his True Dragon Phantom and said the Xu Household would not trouble Nine Dragons Mountain for now.

Xu Chuan organized the Demon King Hall and continued strengthening the Xu Household as the Northwest war reached a stalemate, while Zhang Xuanzhi survived a heart demon tribulation rooted in his feelings for Xu Deling and became a Nascent Soul cultivator. The chapter ended with Xu Chuan and Xu Deling discussing how to repair a cracked shield damaged by Xu Sky Lion’s transformation tribulation.

• Xu Chuan offered the great demons New Nine-Revolution Profound Origin Pills for killing Nascent Soul cultivators and planned to use Mang Yuan to lead the Demon King Hall during the war.
• The Demon Heaven Trading Company refused to cover the costs of hiring a fourth-rank formation master, so the Golden Sun Merchant Guild and its allies agreed to share the expense; Su Xingyan repaired the front-line defenses and helped install teleportation formations.
• The Xu Household strengthened its formations and created formation soldiers, while Xiao Zhan successfully formed a Nascent Soul.
• Zhang Fan brought Zhang Xuanzhi to the Sky Fox Mountains for his Nascent Soul breakthrough; Zhang Xuanzhi overcame a heart demon that showed him an imagined life with Xu Deling and successfully reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Xu Chongjian formed a false nascent soul, and Xu Sky Lion survived his transformation tribulation with Xu Chuan’s help.
• Xu Chuan showed Xu Deling the cracked Magnetism Shield, and she explained that a magnetism crystal could be used to repair it.

Xu Chonghui considered stepping down as clan leader while the Xu Household mourned battlefield losses and debated how to prepare its younger generation. At Thousand-Stone Forest, Ye Fan and Xu Mingxian thwarted an ambush against Xu Household heavenly prides and killed Yuan Zhou, while Yuan Mo escaped.

• Xu Chonghui learned that Xu Chongshan and other Xu Household members had died in battle, and Xu Dewen urged him not to stop younger clan members from risking their lives.
• Xu Mingyuan congratulated Xu Chuan on his nascent soul breakthrough, then advised Xu Chonghui to continue as clan leader until a suitable successor emerged.
• Qing Chenzi sought help from the True Demon Palace to ambush Xu Household heavenly prides, and Rakshasa sent Yuan Mo and Yuan Zhou to Thousand-Stone Forest.
• Xu Mingyuan sent Xu Mingxian and Ye Fan to the battlefield in disguise, where they watched over the Xu Household disciples before Azure Dragon Prefecture launched another attack.
• After the defensive line fell, Yuan Zhou attacked Xu Wenxiao, but Ye Fan intervened while Xu Mingxian's formations blocked Yuan Zhou's escape and trapped him.
• Ye Fan killed Yuan Zhou and sealed his nascent soul, while Yuan Mo fled and Qing Chenzi escaped after Mysterious Thunder True Lord wounded him.

Xu Chuan guarded Xu Jinghao as he formed an Imperial Dao Nascent Soul, while the Xu Household’s preparations and the Northwest war continued. Elsewhere, the Su Household plotted to turn Mei Hao against the Demon Heaven Lord, and Heavenly Feather True Lord secured Zhenchan’s help to hold Zhang Fan during a future attempt to kill Withered Glory True Lord.

• Xu Chuan failed to break Yuan Zhou’s Nascent Soul restriction and sent the Nascent Soul to Mang Yuan to devour and refine.
• Qing Chenzi weighed the Mysterious Spirit Sect’s options as the Northwest factions waited and the Mysterious Moon Sect’s attacks against Demon Nether Prefecture intensified.
• Xu Jinghao used the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty’s imperial fortune to form an Imperial Dao Nascent Soul, then began cultivating the Imperial Dao True Dragon Art.
• Xu Chongjian formed his Nascent Soul, and Xu Deling advanced to the third layer of the Nascent Soul realm.
• Su Moyan ordered Su Moshan to recruit Mei Hao and use him as a possible weapon against the Demon Heaven Lord.
• Heavenly Feather True Lord persuaded Zhenchan to hold Zhang Fan back at a critical moment, clearing the way for an attempt on Withered Glory True Lord.

Xu Chuan lectured the Xu Household on the origin power of heaven and earth and arranged for Mu Qingfeng and Vast Sun True Lord to help him during the Northwest conflict. Xu Deling risked her life mastering the Vermilion Bird Karma Flame and manifested an immaculate karmic flame lotus throne, but Xu Chuan ordered her to recover before cultivating again.

• Xu Chuan gained an initial grasp of life-and-death true intent, strengthened his divine abilities, and lectured his family on the origin power of heaven and earth and the five elements.
• Xu Chuan advised Xu Deling on the Vermilion Bird Karma Flame, counseled Xu Mingxuan about his bottleneck, and told Xu Dewen to protect his standing in the Heavenly Baleful Sect.
• Xu Mingwei revealed that he was a World Guardian Palace True Disciple cultivating the Nine Arrows That Shatter Space, and Xu Chuan offered him a high-grade Tribulation-Surmounting Pill for his future Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Xu Chuan impersonated Mu Jianyi to summon Mu Qingfeng and Vast Sun True Lord, who agreed to meet him in Demon Heaven City in half a year and hold off two opponents.
• Xu Deling endured hours of karmic flame burning her body and Nascent Soul, then manifested a karmic flame lotus throne that would keep her Nascent Soul pure.
• Xu Chuan healed Xu Deling's Nascent Soul with pills and ordered her to rest for half a month while Chongyuan supervised her.

Xu Chongxi broke through to the Nascent Soul stage with an exceptional foundation, while Xu Chuan established the Demon King Hall and prepared its demon kings for the coming attack on Demon Heaven City. Meanwhile, Mu Qingfeng and Vast Sun True Lord reached Demon Heaven City to assess the war and watch for Xu Chuan’s intended targets.

• Xu Chongxi broke all three cultivation limits, formed her Nascent Soul under Xu Chuan’s guidance, and stabilized at the early stage with strength approaching that of a Great Cultivator.
• Xu Chuan ordered Cloud Roc to establish the Demon King Hall in the Skyvoid Expanse, then gathered the demon kings and Xu Household allies to assign its nine hall-master positions.
• Xu Chuan revealed that the Demon Heaven Trading Company was allied with the Xu Household and instructed the Demon King Hall’s members to gather forces for a future assault on Demon Heaven City.
• Cloud Roc, Hu Meiniang, Qing Cang, and Feng Dieyi swore bloodline oaths to keep the meeting’s secrets, while Xu Sky Lion remained at the Demon King Hall as Xu Chuan’s representative.
• Mu Qingfeng and Vast Sun True Lord traveled to Demon Heaven City in disguise and learned that the Mysterious Moon Sect’s attacks had stalled while Demon Nether Prefecture continued holding its fronts.

Xu Jinghao accepted the Su Household’s offer to provoke a decisive war, then attacked the Mysterious Moon Sect’s Golden Core cultivators when the hundred-year Six Directions Pact expired. His strike killed Zhang Peifeng and Zhang Peiyan and gravely wounded Ji Baiyi, prompting Zhang Daoran to summon reinforcements and threaten to break through the Demon Nether Prefecture’s defenses.

• Su Yunqing recruited Xu Jinghao to help the Su Household and Ascension Gate draw the Xu Household and Mysterious Moon Sect into a full-scale battle, offering him high-grade pills in return.
• Xu Jinghao consulted Xu Chuan, accepted the plan, and used the Thousand-Soul Banner to wound Mysterious Moon Sect cultivators in successive battles while earning more pills from the Su Household.
• Heavenly Feather True Lord ordered the Ascension Gate and its allies to prepare for the final battle after the Six Directions Pact expired, while Xu Chuan sent avatars to prepare for the conflict.
• At the Profound Nether Frontline, Xu Jinghao and Xia Yuanji ambushed Golden Core cultivators, killing Zhang Peifeng and Zhang Peiyan and gravely wounding Ji Baiyi.
• Zhang Daoran attacked Xu Jinghao, but White Bone High Person blocked the Mysterious Moon Sect’s reinforcements as Tianya High Person and Sun Zhidao arrived, leaving the sides outnumbered eight to five.

Demon Heaven Lord halted the fighting for seven days while the Demon Heaven Trading Company prepared to lure the Mysterious Moon Sect and the Xu Household into a trap at Demon Heaven City. The Mysterious Moon Sect then launched its assault, the Azure Nether Frontline fell, and both sides gathered allies for the decisive battle as Xu Chuan summoned Xu Jingwu to join the war.

• Demon Heaven Lord confronted Zhang Daoran over the battlefield killings, and Zhang Fan’s avatar agreed to a seven-day truce before both sides withdrew.
• Xu Jinghao revealed that Xia Yuanji had paid him to attack Mysterious Moon Sect cultivators, then described a plan to draw in the Xu Household and Mysterious Moon Sect and ambush them with outside allies.
• Xu Mingxian, Ye Fan, and Xu Mingyuan launched surprise attacks on the three Azure Nether Frontline defenses, seized their teleportation formations, and forced the Demon Nether Prefecture forces to retreat.
• After the seven-day truce, the Mysterious Moon Sect overwhelmed the remaining defenses and drove Demon Nether Prefecture’s army back toward Demon Heaven City.
• The Mysterious Moon Sect and its allies prepared to attack Demon Heaven City, while the Su Household, Ascension Gate, and True Demon Palace also made plans to intervene.
• Xu Chuan summoned Xu Jingwu, who agreed to return and join the coming war.

Xu Jingwu returned to the Xu Household, assessed Xu Changming’s martial talent, and prepared to join the coming war. The Xu Household and Mysterious Moon Sect set a date for their joint attack, while the Demon Heaven Lord confronted arriving allies and warned the hidden Su Household and Ascension Gate forces against betrayal.

• Xu Jingwu reunited with Xu Wenjing and Madam Wang, discovered Xu Changming’s exceptional martial aptitude, and agreed to nurture him during his stay.
• Xu Yunqi warned Sun Moyue not to probe into the Xu Household’s Top Heavenly Prides, while Xu Jingwu spent several days strengthening Xu Changming’s body.
• Xu Chongfei arranged for the Xu Household and Mysterious Moon Sect to attack Demon Heaven City together on the sixth day of the sixth month, and Zhang Fan accepted the Xu Household’s rise as a potential ally.
• The Xu Household gathered Golden Core cultivators and Foundation Establishment legions, while cultivators from the Golden Sun Sect, Summer Household, and Mysterious Spirit Sect arrived in Demon Heaven City to coordinate defenses.
• The Demon Heaven Lord crushed Su Yunqing with his oppressive force until he used a defensive treasure, then demanded an explanation for the Su Household and Ascension Gate hiding their forces.
• The Demon Heaven Lord detected Su Moshan and Heavenly Feather True Lord nearby and warned Su Yunqing to tell them he would make both factions pay if they played tricks.

The Xu Household and Mysterious Moon Sect forces arrived at Demon Heaven City and began their assault, while their allies and enemies revealed their hidden reinforcements. The battle split into multiple duels as the city’s defenses fell and the opposing factions confronted one another.

• Su Yunqing told Su Moshan and Heavenly Feather True Lord that the Demon Heaven Lord’s spiritual pressure was formidable, and they resolved to eliminate him along with Zhang Fan and Xu Chuan if possible.
• Xu Chuan led the Xu Household forces from Cloudbrook City toward Demon Heaven City, sealed the city behind them, and ordered his people to claim supremacy over the Northwest.
• The Xu Household reached Demon Heaven City first, where Moyue fought Xia Wujie and True Lord Xuancheng while Xu Chuan clashed with the Demon Heaven Lord.
• Zhang Fan arrived with the Mysterious Moon Sect forces and used Moon Burial to break through Demon Heaven City’s protective formation, prompting both armies to charge.
• Su Moshan and Heavenly Feather True Lord arrived with reinforcements, and Zhenchan, Tianya High Person, Mu Qingfeng, Vast Sun True Lord, and Boundless True Lord joined the unfolding battles.
• The combatants divided into further duels, including Mu Qingfeng against Li Qianyu, Boundless True Lord against Xia Wujie, and Moyue against Nangong Ji, while Vast Sun True Lord faced True Lord Xuancheng.

The Xu Household and its allies fought the Su Household, Ascension Gate, and their partners, with the Xu Household’s hidden strength preventing the expected numerical advantage. Xu Chuan faced Heavenly Feather True Lord while Xu Deling, the household’s younger cultivators, and Xu Jingwu won key battles; the conflict continued as King Rakshasa and his companions waited for a chance to strike.

• Nangong Ji fought Moyue while True Lord Wuji intercepted Demon Heaven Lord, and the Xu Household revealed four additional Nascent Soul cultivators to balance the battlefield.
• Xu Chuan and Heavenly Feather True Lord exchanged powerful attacks, while Xu Chuan urged Moyue to wait until Nangong Ji had spent most of his strength before using the True Dragon Phantom.
• Xu Deling killed Sima Xiangheng with the Vermilion Bird Karma Flame, then joined Shi Qian in attacking Wu Tong; Ye Fan also forced Wang Qianshan onto the defensive.
• Xu Chongxi killed an Ascension Gate Nascent Soul cultivator and helped Xu Deyue, while Xu Chongfei and Xu Chongjian suppressed their opponents; Xu Mingxian’s formation kept Qing Chenzi, Xia Yuanji, and Su Yunqing occupied.
• Xu Weiyan’s puppets killed a Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator, and Xu Zhaoheng defeated Foundation Establishment opponents before Xu Jingwu killed two Golden Core Late Stage cultivators and held the boundary between battlefields.
• The Xu Household’s forces inflicted heavy losses across the battle, while King Rakshasa, Abugu, and Yuan Mo concealed their strength and considered when to attack important Xu Household figures.

Xu Chuan’s allies revealed that the battle for Demon Heaven City had been a trap laid for the invading forces, and the Demon King Hall joined the fight on the Northwest’s side. The invaders were nearly wiped out, Heavenly Feather True Lord and Li Qianyu escaped, and Xu Chuan began settling the aftermath with the surviving allies.

• Ye Fan killed Wang Qianshan with the White Jade Bone Palm, then joined Xu Deyue to help Xu Chongxi slay an Ascension Gate Nascent Soul cultivator; Xu Deling and Xu Deling’s allies killed more enemy cultivators as the Northwest gained the advantage.
• Su Qinghe exposed the Mysterious Moon Sect’s secret orders and blamed it for the unrest, while Zhang Fan and Demon Heaven Lord turned against their supposed opponents.
• Xu Chuan’s Demon Cultivator Avatar arrived with Dragon Ink, the Demon King Hall’s great demons, and demon beasts, and they joined the battle against Heavenly Feather True Lord and the invading forces.
• Xu Mingxian raised the Cloudsky Illusion Formation, Demon Heaven Lord captured Su Moshan, and Xu Chuan, Zhang Fan, and Demon Heaven Lord ordered Northwest forces to eliminate the outsiders within the formation.
• Moyue killed Nangong Ji, and the Northwest forces annihilated nearly all the invaders; Heavenly Feather True Lord and Li Qianyu broke through the formation and escaped, while Zhenchan also departed.
• Xu Chuan told Mu Qingfeng and Vast Sun True Lord that their past ties were settled and said teleportation beyond the Northwest would resume after the remaining matters were handled.

Xu Chuan and his allies defeated the true demons and dismantled their enemies’ forces, while Xu Chuan revealed that the Demon Heaven Trading Company had been his secret operation all along. He extracted two Divine Consciousness Crystals and offered the Mysterious Spirit Sect’s surviving leaders a chance to serve his household in exchange for protection and expansion.

• Demon Heaven Lord exposed Rakshasa, Abugu, and Yuan Mo among the Sima Clan survivors, and Xu Chuan’s forces joined the Demon Heaven Trading Company in attacking them.
• Xu Chuan’s allies subdued Yuan Mo and Abugu, while Xu Deling used karmic flames to kill Abugu and preserve his nascent soul; Demon Heaven Lord captured Rakshasa.
• Zhang Fan and the Mysterious Moon Sect returned home, while Xu Chuan and the Demon Heaven Lord agreed to meet later to discuss the Northwest’s future.
• Xu Chuan’s household collected the spoils, and Xu Chuan revealed to Su Moshan and Rakshasa that he had secretly controlled the Demon Heaven Trading Company; he extracted their Origin Spiritual Consciousnesses to create two Divine Consciousness Crystals.
• Xu Chuan offered Qing Chenzi and True Lord Xuancheng a choice: cooperate with the Xu Household and take over the weakened Golden Sun Sect and Summer Household, or face destruction of their sect.

Xu Chuan secured the Mysterious Spirit Sect's submission and began reshaping the balance of power in Southern Heaven after the Northwest war. As Ye Fan led the sect's leaders toward the Golden Sun Sect and the Summer Household, Xu Chuan's forces prepared to absorb their resources and fortify their new vassal.

• Xu Chuan offered True Lord Xuancheng and Qing Chenzi protection and a path to Central Region supremacy in exchange for the Mysterious Spirit Sect's submission; they agreed, on the condition that future Nascent Soul cultivators would not receive restrictions.
• Zhang Fan sent Mu Qingfeng, Vast Sun True Lord, and Abbot Zhenchan home, while Xu Chuan returned to Cloudbrook City with Xuancheng and Qing Chenzi and announced the end of the Northwest conflict.
• Xu Chuan held a memorial for the fallen and opened the exchange of battle merits, while reports of the Xu Household's victory and the Demon King Hall spread across Southern Heaven.
• True Lord Zhenchan told True Lord Wuxiang that the Northwest forces had been nearly wiped out, and Mu Qingfeng reported the battle and its consequences to Qingjun of the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Xuancheng and Qing Chenzi told the Mysterious Spirit Sect's leaders that the sect had become a Xu Household vassal; White Deer, Huang Yue, and Black Ze accepted restrictions after Ye Fan warned that refusal could mean destruction.
• Ye Fan led the Mysterious Spirit Sect's Nascent Soul cultivators and thirty Golden Core cultivators aboard a Xu Household Spell Boat toward the Golden Sun Sect and the Summer Household, intending to subdue both factions.

Ye Fan led the Mysterious Spirit Sect in conquering the Golden Sun Sect and the Summer Household, while the surviving factions weighed the Xu Household’s growing power. Daoist Wuchen arrived at the Xu Household on the Ascension Gate’s behalf, and Xu Chuan divined that he was a Spirit Transformation cultivator connected to the Central Region and the Ascension Gate.

• Ye Fan and Xu Mingxian’s group broke the Golden Sun Sect’s protective formation, forced its remaining cultivators to submit to the Mysterious Spirit Sect, and exterminated the Wang Clan.
• Ye Fan’s group defeated the Summer Household, imposed restrictions on its cultivators, and plundered its resources before returning to the Mysterious Spirit Sect.
• Su Moyan and Heavenly Feather True Lord discussed the losses in the Northwest, while Daoist Wuchen agreed to mediate between the Ascension Gate and the Xu Household.
• Qing Leizi told Qingjun and Mu Qingfeng that he supported cultivators attempting Spirit Transformation, while Zhang Fan and Daoist Xuan Su discussed the Xu Household’s rise and the prospects for Spirit Transformation.
• Daoist Wuchen visited Cloudbrook City, demonstrated Nascent Soul late-stage combat strength at the Xu Household’s gate, and requested an audience with Withered Glory True Lord.
• Xu Chuan used Heavenly Secrets Divination to learn that Daoist Wuchen came from the Central Region and was connected to the Ascension Gate.

Xu Chuan negotiated a temporary truce with the Ascension Gate while plotting to expand the Xu Household’s influence, then joined Northwest leaders to discuss rebuilding and future cooperation. The council ended with Xu Chuan proposing Divine Ability Towers across the prefectures, a plan that could reshape cultivation across Southern Heaven.

• Xu Mingyuan escorted Daoist Wuchen into the Xu Residence, where Xu Chuan discussed spirit tea, cultivation, and the World Guardian Palace with him.
• Daoist Wuchen revealed that the Ascension Gate wanted peace, and Xu Chuan agreed not to attack it for a hundred years unless its cultivators entered the Northwest.
• Xu Chuan told Xu Mingyuan to prepare the Xu Household for dominance, and they discussed clan leadership and searching for ingredients for a Nascent Soul Formation Pill.
• Xu Chuan and Moyue discussed the Mysterious Spirit Sect, the Dragon Ink identity, and plans to advance by refining nascent souls.
• Zhang Fan convened the Northwest forces, explained that the recent war had been deliberately engineered, and proposed a ban on warfare while the region recovered.
• Xu Chuan proposed building a Divine Ability Tower in every prefecture to give rogue cultivators and smaller forces access to cultivation methods and divine abilities.

The Xu Household consolidated its influence by absorbing the Mysterious Spirit Sect and supporting its preparations for war, while the Su Household and Ascension Gate formed an alliance against it. Seven days after agreeing to attack, the two powers struck the Mysterious Spirit Sect’s grand formation, and Su Moyan confronted True Lord Yunyang over the Golden Sun Sect’s defection.

• Xu Chuan and Zhang Fan discussed the trials for the Xu Household to become a hegemon, and Xu Jinghao planned to make Demon Heaven City the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty’s capital.
• Xu Mingxian completed the Mysterious Spirit Sect’s upgraded formation and teleportation array, while the sect integrated cultivators from the Golden Sun Sect and Summer Household.
• Su Xingxuan and Su Yunling discovered that the Mysterious Spirit Sect had joined the Xu Household; Su Xingxuan fought Black Ze, Huang Yue, and Qing Chenzi before retreating.
• Xu Chonghui sent Boundless True Lord to reinforce the Mysterious Spirit Sect as Su Moyan and Heavenly Feather True Lord agreed to attack it together.
• Su Moyan and Li Qianyu led their forces in striking the Mysterious Spirit Sect’s grand formation, and Su Moyan confronted True Lord Yunyang about the Golden Sun Sect’s defection.

Ye Fan and Xu Deyue helped the Mysterious Spirit Sect withstand attacks from Su Moyan and Li Qianyu, while the attackers began seeking outside help to break the sect’s formation. After emerging from seclusion, Xu Chuan learned of the danger, prepared the Xu Household to support the sect, and set out for the Central Region with Moyue.

• Ye Fan and Xu Deyue joined the Mysterious Spirit Sect’s defenders, but Su Moyan and Li Qianyu forced them to retreat behind the sect-protecting formation.
• Boundless True Lord arrived as reinforcements, and the defenders held off another assault before Su Moyan and Li Qianyu withdrew to discuss breaking the formation.
• Li Qianyu asked the High Person of the Heavenly Formation to weaken the sect’s formation, but the High Person demanded a fourth-tier lifespan-extending pill.
• Li Qianyu learned that neither the Ascension Gate nor the Su Household had such a pill, so the two factions planned a direct assault with help from other powers.
• Xu Chuan emerged from seclusion, learned that the Mysterious Spirit Sect had been attacked, and ordered Xu Mingyuan to ready the Xu Household’s reinforcements.
• Xu Chuan left with Moyue for Heavenly Feather City and heard locals discussing the Xu Household’s rise and the Ascension Gate’s prospects.