Recaps

Xu Chuan traded with Black Baleful Demon Venerable, thwarted his betrayal, and helped repel the Death Sand Sea’s attacks while the West Boundary Palace planned a decapitation strike against the demon leaders. The chapter ended with Xu Chuan and his allies trapping Demon Venerable Minggu and beginning to drain his life origin.

• Xu Chuan traded Azure Dragon remains and essence blood for information about Black Baleful Demon Venerable’s Sand Transformation talent, then survived his attack by using the Dao of Death and defeated him with an illusion-backed sword strike.
• Xu Chuan warned Zhang Fan that Battlefield Two might be the demons’ true target, but Yuanheng’s arrival at the first battlefield left the second exposed, where the demon beasts killed tens of thousands of cultivators before withdrawing.
• The West Boundary Palace gathered Xu Chuan, Zhang Fan, Qingjun, and others to plan a long defense and a decapitation strike against the demon venerables, and they adopted Xu Chuan’s proposal to target Bloodsun and Minggu.
• After reinforcements arrived through the completed Fourth-Tier Teleportation Formation, Xu Chuan lured Black Baleful Demon Venerable away while Moyue, Xu Mingxian, Xu Deling, Ye Fan, and Xu Deyue attacked Minggu inside layered formations.
• Venerable Yuanxu joined the fight against Minggu, and Xu Chuan used spiritual-consciousness secret arts and the Azure Emperor Seal while Xu Deling struck with karmic flame.
• Xu Chuan used Life Absorption to steal Minggu’s life origin, and Xu Deling followed with another karmic-flame attack.

Xu Chuan helped slay Demon Venerable Minggu and Bloodsun Demon Venerable, forcing the Death Sand Sea’s beast tide to retreat, then secured first place in the battle’s points exchange for the Xu Household. After breaking through to a fourth-tier physical body, he entered the Heavenly Origin Grotto with Xu Mingxian to pursue insights into the power of heaven and earth.

• Xu Chuan drained Demon Venerable Minggu’s life origin while Venerable Yuanxu trapped him, and Venerable Yuanxu killed the demon venerable’s avatar with a quasi-greater divine ability.
• Xu Chuan lured Black Baleful Demon Venerable away, and after confirming Minggu’s death and judging the danger of the battle, Black Baleful ordered the Death Sand Sea’s demon beasts to retreat.
• Venerable Yuanxu killed Bloodsun Demon Venerable at the Second Battlefield, ending the beast tide, and the Xu Household later ranked first in the points tally and received a Thunder Hammer Spirit Treasure.
• Xu Chuan exchanged points for materials and treasures, then gave Xu Mingqing the Azure Light Sword, assigned Xu Deling the Azure Dragon Bone Remains, and entered seclusion to break through to a fourth-tier physical body.
• Xu Chuan chose Xu Mingxian to accompany him into the Heavenly Origin Grotto, where they entered the first layer and Xu Chuan found the barrier to the second.

Xu Chuan advanced his divine sense to half-step Spirit Transformation in the Heavenly Origin Grotto, then used a Divine Consciousness Crystal and a Void Spirit Pill to form his Primordial Spirit. Years later, he sent Xu Weiyan into the Myriad Forms Secret Realm to seek the Myriad Forms Puppet Sect’s complete inheritance, where she began its trials.

• Xu Chuan gathered and refined origin matter on the grotto’s higher levels, then endured the sixth level’s oppressive might until his divine sense reached the half-step Spirit Transformation level.
• After returning to Yunxi, Xu Chuan refined a Divine Consciousness Crystal with a Void Spirit Pill and transformed his Nascent Soul into a Primordial Spirit; Xu Mingyuan concealed the breakthrough from outsiders.
• Xu Chuan discovered that his cave-heaven could admit thirty-six people, optimized the Life-and-Death Aperture-Raising Art, refined Dragon-Phoenix Essence-Combining Pills, and helped Xu Zhaoyuan break his divine sense limit.
• Xu Chuan gave Xu Weiyan a True Disciple Token for the Myriad Forms Secret Realm and encouraged her to address her feelings for Lu Dong; Xu Weiyan agreed to speak to him after the secret-realm matter.
• Xu Weiyan entered the secret realm and asked its spirit for the Myriad Forms Puppet Sect’s complete inheritance; she passed the first trial by building a peak third-rank puppet and defeating another puppet.
• The secret-realm spirit set Xu Weiyan a second trial: repair a damaged fourth-tier battle puppet within seven days, and Xu Weiyan studied its structure before beginning the repairs.

Xu Weiyan passed the Myriad Forms Puppet Sect's trials and brought its inheritance and a half-step Spirit Transformation puppet to the Xu Household. As Xu Chuan strengthened his resources and monitored Heavenly Feather True Lord's breakthrough prospects, the Xu Household expanded its intelligence network and prepared its younger cultivators for further advancement.

• Xu Weiyan repaired a fourth-tier puppet, survived the final combat trial, and delivered the Myriad Forms Puppet Sect's inheritance and a half-step Spirit Transformation puppet to Xu Chuan.
• Xu Deling completed the nine-pattern Azure Dragon Treasure Umbrella, and Xu Chuan revealed that his Nascent Soul had transformed into a primordial spirit.
• Heavenly Feather True Lord returned from the Heavenly Origin Grotto and ordered nearby Golden Core cultivators killed, while Xu Chuan monitored his chances of reaching Spirit Transformation.
• Xu Mingyuan removed Shen Shufei's restriction and secured the Shen Clan's agreement to pay thirty percent of its annual proceeds and intelligence sales for continued cooperation.
• Xu Mo, Bu Heng, and Bu Yao trained in the Heart Demon Tower, while Mu Xingzhou failed to open the Cold Mountain Secret Realm and concluded that it had sealed itself.
• Xu Chuan advised Xu Dewen to prioritize cultivation and assessed the Xu Household's prospects for late-stage Nascent Soul breakthroughs while awaiting medicinal ingredients for a Tian Luo Pill.

Xu Deling and Chongyuan completed their third nirvana, while Xu Chuan reached Nascent Soul perfection and later healed True Sun’s damaged foundation. In Heavenforged City, Xu Chuan sensed a Spirit Transformation cultivator disguised as a Golden Core stallholder and examined the strange treasures on his stall.

• Chongyuan emerged from seclusion at the transformation late stage and asked Xu Deling to perfect her Vermilion Bird Karma Flame before attempting their third nirvana.
• Xu Deling and Chongyuan underwent nirvana using the essence of Chongyuan’s thousand-zhang remains; Xu Deling gave up the chance to reach a higher bloodline stage to save him, and awakened Southern Bright Blazing Fire.
• Xu Chuan broke through to Nascent Soul perfection, and the Clan Genealogy confirmed Xu Deling’s transformation to a spirit transformation middle-stage bloodline after her successful nirvana.
• Xu Chuan created the Creation Foundation Art and used it to heal True Sun’s injuries, restoring more than sixty years of lifespan.
• In Heavenforged City, Xu Chuan used Heavenly Secrets Divination to find a Spirit Transformation cultivator disguised as a Golden Core stallholder and examined the wares, including a bronze fragment containing a sealed mid-level divine ability.

Xu Chuan obtained Cangming’s Illusion Dao legacy, refined the Heavenly Illusion Treasure Pearl, and gained new talents when the Xu Household’s thirteenth generation was born. After fusing two talents into powerful upgrades, he strengthened his comprehension and reforged his Myriad Spirits Avatars, leaving him poised to explore spatial powers through Xu Huai’s talent.

• Xu Chuan bought a mysterious gray sphere from a gray-robed elder, escaped the elder’s pursuit, and returned to the Withering-and-Blooming Courtyard.
• Xu Chuan used Qin Huan’s essence blood to activate the sphere and passed Cangming’s six illusion trials, earning the quasi-greater divine ability Heavenly Mirage Realm.
• Xu Chuan refined the sphere into the Heavenly Illusion Treasure Pearl and studied the legacy for several months.
• The Xu Household’s thirteenth generation was born, unlocking Xu Chuan’s ability to fuse talents; he combined Xiantian Origin Breath with Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign and One Flood Dragon’s Strength with Dragon Vitality.
• Xu Chuan adapted to his new xiantian Dao Body and Flood Dragon’s Great Strength, improved his comprehension, and reforged four Myriad Spirits Avatars, including one built from Xu Huai’s essence blood.

Xu Jingwu completed his Martial Way foundation and declared his intention to establish a sect in the Blackwater Domain to protect its martial artists, with Xu Chuan’s support. After repeated failures to form an Origin Embryo, Xu Jingwu sought Xu Chuan’s advice and proposed naming the new realm the Celestial Person Realm.

• Xu Chongfei and Xu Chongjian advanced to the Nascent Soul middle stage, while Xu Chongjian defeated Heavenly Water True Lord and Mysterious Thunder True Lord in a sparring match.
• Xu Zhaoyuan passed the Little Five-Element Secret Realm’s deadly trial by killing a transforming bull demon, obtained a ten-thousand-year-old Worry-Free Flower, and gave it to Xu Chuan for the Second True Self.
• Meiji became sect master of the Joyous Union Sect, and the White Jade Capital delivered her six high-grade Dragon-Phoenix Essence-Combining Pills as a congratulatory gift.
• Xu Jingwu completed his Origin Core foundation in the Blackwater Domain, manifested five top-level physical-body divine abilities, and told Xu Chuan he would establish a sect to shelter martial artists there.
• Xu Chuan blessed Xu Jingwu’s plan, advised him to break through and use the name Tianwu, and promised the Xu Household would support him when the Demonic Path forces responded.
• After failing repeatedly to condense an Origin Embryo, Xu Jingwu consulted Xu Chuan, who suggested developing the embryo’s three souls and seven spirits; Xu Jingwu proposed calling the realm the Celestial Person Realm.

Xu Jingwu survived the heart demon tribulation and unprecedented tribulation lightning, attaining the Origin Embryo Realm and establishing the Martial Way’s foundation. He then lured the Kang Household into a confrontation at Black Suspension Ridge, where its forces began gathering around him.

• Xu Jingwu comprehended the Origin Embryo Realm, formed his origin embryo, and endured both the heart demon tribulation and ten bolts of tribulation lightning, breaking through to the Origin Embryo Realm.
• Xu Jingwu stabilized his cultivation and decided to establish a sect near Black Suspension Ridge, planning to provoke the Kang Household into giving him a pretext to destroy it.
• Xu Chongxi broke through to the fourth-tier middle stage in the Cold Mountain Secret Realm, and Hanyuan offered to support her future attempt at Spirit Transformation.
• Xu Jingwu caused five-colored treasure light to appear at Black Suspension Ridge, drawing demonic cultivators and the Kang Household to the site.
• Xu Jingwu, calling himself Tianwu, killed two Foundation Establishment disciples and a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator while waiting for the Kang Household’s main force.
• A Spell Boat bearing the Kang Household’s insignia arrived at Black Suspension Ridge.

Xu Jingwu used Tianwu Mountain as bait to draw the Kang Household into a trap, then revealed his Origin Embryo realm and trapped its army alongside the Kang Ancestor and the Corpse Daoist. As the two Nascent Soul cultivators failed to break Xu Mingxian’s grand formation, Xu Jingwu confronted them and invoked the suffering of the martial artists they had exploited.

• Xu Jingwu killed the Kang Household Grand Elder and his Golden Core and Foundation Establishment forces, claimed Black Suspension Ridge as Tianwu Mountain, and sent the corpses and souls to Xu Dewen.
• The Kang Household learned that Tianwu was a powerful martial artist, and its Ancestor recruited the Corpse Daoist to help capture him.
• The Kang Ancestor and Corpse Daoist led the Kang Household army to Tianwu Mountain, where Xu Jingwu and Xu Mingxian closed a grand formation around them.
• Xu Jingwu revealed his Origin Embryo realm and Martial Ancestor Phantom, overwhelmed the Kang Household forces, and killed or captured its Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators as the Ancestor and Corpse Daoist fled.
• The Kang Ancestor and Corpse Daoist repeatedly attacked the grand formation, but Xu Mingxian repaired its cracks, and Xu Jingwu appeared behind them to confront them.

Xu Jingwu destroyed the Kang Household, established the Martial Sect on Tianwu Mountain, and drove off two Great Cultivators and seven Nascent Soul cultivators who attacked it. As the sect began to take shape and the Heavenly Baleful Sect debated how to respond, Xu Dewen prepared to visit Tianwu Mountain and test Xu Jingwu.

• Xu Jingwu captured the Kang Household Ancestor and another Nascent Soul cultivator, then destroyed the Kang Household and recruited the martial artists it had exploited into his new Martial Sect.
• Xu Jingwu announced the Martial Sect’s founding and claimed the surrounding territory, while Xu Dewen took the Kang Household’s corpses to strengthen his Heavenly Demon Blood Corpse.
• Xu Jingwu and Xu Mingxian gathered spirit veins and established the sect’s headquarters; when two Great Cultivators and seven Nascent Soul cultivators attacked, Xu Jingwu’s Martial Ancestor Phantom severely wounded them and forced them to retreat.
• Xu Mingxian and Xu Deling completed the Sun-Moon Doumu Star Grand Formation, the sect grounds were built, and Xu Jingwu began teaching the recruited martial artists.
• Bu Yao successfully formed her Nascent Soul, and Seven-Kill True Lord learned that Tianwu was connected to the Xu Household before agreeing to let Xu Dewen visit Tianwu Mountain and assess him.

Xu Dewen tested Xu Jingwu’s strength, then helped lead the Blackwater Domain’s factions toward an assault on the Martial Sect while secretly reporting their plans to the Xu Household. Two months before the planned attack, Xu Jingwu prepared to face three Great Cultivators, and the chapter ended with young Bai Qi nearing perfection in the Organ Refining Realm.

• Xu Dewen attacked Tianwu Mountain, fought Xu Jingwu, and lost before escaping; he promised not to interfere with the Martial Sect again.
• Xu Dewen told the Heavenly Baleful Sect’s True Lords that Xu Jingwu was exceptionally powerful and argued that the Martial Sect could benefit the Blackwater Domain; Seven-Kill True Lord then convened the domain’s major factions to plan an attack.
• The factions agreed that eleven Great Cultivators would attack the Martial Sect two months later, and Xu Dewen secretly informed Xu Chuan of their plan.
• Xu Chuan assigned defenders for the battle, while Xu Deling gave Xu Jingwu the Tianwu Set of armor and weapons to help him face three Great Cultivators.
• Xu Jingwu continued teaching and training the Martial Sect’s members, while Bai Qi advanced rapidly and neared perfection in the Organ Refining Realm.

Bai Qi advanced in the Martial Way as Xu Jingwu’s Martial Sect faced an attack by Blackwater Domain factions. Xu Chuan and the Xu Household intervened, forced negotiations, and secured recognition and temporary protection for the Martial Sect before returning to Yunxi.

• Bai Qi reached perfected organ refining, and Zhao Tai congratulated him before the two prepared to spar.
• Seven-Kill True Lord, Meiji, Jueyin True Lord, and the other Blackwater Domain Great Cultivators attacked the Martial Sect’s grand formation, and Xu Jingwu emerged to confront them.
• Xu Jingwu fought the attackers until Xu Chuan, Xu Deling, Moyue, and Ye Fan arrived to support him, then the Xu Household members suppressed their opponents in separate battles.
• Xu Chuan mediated an agreement recognizing the Martial Sect’s territory and forbidding joint sieges by three or more top-tier factions for three hundred years, while allowing other factions to establish branches there under the Martial Sect’s rules.
• Meiji privately asked Xu Chuan to become her dao companion, but he declined, and she left with Fan Xue before the Xu Household returned to Yunxi through the Cave-Heaven.

Xu Jingwu established Heavenly Martial Prefecture, recruited disciples, and used force to purge most Devil Cultivator factions. With Xu Chuan’s help, the Martial Sect gained a powerful Grand Elder and prepared for its founding ceremony, while the Heavenly Baleful Sect considered its response.

• Xu Jingwu told Zhao Tai and Bai Qi that the Martial Sect would claim ten thousand li as Heavenly Martial Prefecture, and Bai Qi revealed his Bai Household’s Nascent Soul heritage.
• Xu Jingwu studied avatar methods, then sent Zhao Tai and Bai Qi to recruit disciples; at Fen River Village, Bai Qi punished the Zheng Household’s agent and invited Huya to join the Martial Sect.
• After most factions refused to obey the Martial Sect’s rules, Xu Jingwu destroyed the Hei Ming Sect and drove nearly all Devil Cultivator factions and Rogue Cultivators out of Heavenly Martial Prefecture.
• Xu Chuan’s Ghost Cultivator Avatar secretly killed infiltrators, then Xu Chuan perfected his avatar method and created Tongshen, whom Xu Jingwu named the Martial Sect’s Grand Elder.
• The Martial Sect announced its founding ceremony, and Seven-Kill True Lord chose to attend while planning a journey to Southern Heaven and asking Xu Dewen to represent the Heavenly Baleful Sect.

The Martial Sect held its founding ceremony, where Xu Chuan’s Martial Way avatar fought a Nascent Soul cultivator and impressed the gathered factions. Later, Xu Chuan refined a Second True Self and arranged to use Wan Miesheng’s identity to attack the Bloodslaughter Sect; the chapter ended as Wan Miesheng revealed himself to his former master amid the assault.

• Meiji attended the Martial Sect’s founding ceremony, where Xu Chuan presided and his avatar defeated Wen Zhuyun in a spar.
• After the ceremony, the Martial Sect developed Tianwu City and the Heavenly Martial Prefecture, while Chongyuan reached Transformation Peak and Xu Chuan completed his Second True Self.
• Xu Chuan traced the Bloodslaughter Sect’s Netherworld Bloodslaughter Scripture to Wan Miesheng and persuaded him to guide him to the sect in exchange for witnessing its destruction.
• Xu Chuan assembled Xu Mingxian, Profound Yin, Blood Baleful, Xu Han, and Xu Huai to break into the Bloodslaughter Sect and seal its escape routes.
• Xu Chuan’s group attacked the sect, and Wan Miesheng revealed his identity to the Bloodslaughter Sect’s master, who had not recognized him.

Xu Chuan destroyed the Bloodslaughter Sect, killed Xianluo after revealing his primordial spirit and greater divine ability, and took Wan Miesheng’s identity. Later, Xu Dewen reached Nascent Soul Late Stage and broke through to become a Great Cultivator, while Xu Chuan prepared to draw the True Demon Palace into a trap.

• Wan Miesheng and Xu Chuan attacked the Bloodslaughter Sect as the Sect Master sacrificed his disciples to empower himself, but Xu Chuan trapped him in an illusion.
• Xianluo burned his origin spiritual consciousness to summon lightning punishment, so Xu Chuan revealed his primordial spirit, killed him with the Five-Element Creation Palm, and captured his nascent soul.
• Xu Chuan sealed the Bloodslaughter Sect Master's nascent soul, and Wan Miesheng killed his master before dissolving into the Dao; Xu Chuan then assumed Wan Miesheng's appearance and looted the sect.
• Xu Dewen told Xu Chuan that he planned to take control of the Heavenly Baleful Sect, and Xu Chuan gave him the Heavenly Demon Trident and discussed using the Bloodslaughter Sect's destruction to implicate the True Demon Palace.
• Xu Dewen emerged from seclusion as a Great Cultivator, drawing the Heavenly Baleful Sect's Nascent Soul elders, including Heavenly Baleful True Lord and Night Nether True Lord, to congratulate him.

Xu Dewen took charge of the Heavenly Baleful Sect and warned the Blackwater Domain’s powers that the Bloodslaughter Sect had been destroyed. Meanwhile, Heavenly Baleful True Lord traveled to Southern Heaven, clashed with Xu Chuan, and continued into the Northwest, where Zhang Fan met him.

• Heavenly Baleful True Lord departed to travel, while Seven-Kill True Lord and Night Nether True Lord arranged for Xu Dewen to lead the Heavenly Baleful Sect and secretly test his loyalty.
• Bu Heng and two fellow disciples discovered a battle near the Bloodslaughter Sect and reported that the sect had been destroyed; Xu Dewen and Primordial Baleful True Lord investigated and found its grand formation and spirit veins gone.
• At the ceremony, Xu Dewen announced the Bloodslaughter Sect’s destruction and urged the gathered powers to prepare for possible attacks, then assumed responsibility for the Heavenly Baleful Sect after Seven-Kill True Lord entered seclusion.
• Heavenly Baleful True Lord visited Void Clarity City, where he spoke with True Lord Yuan Zhen and Zhenwu and boasted that Xu Dewen had become the Heavenly Baleful Sect’s leader.
• Xu Chuan intercepted Heavenly Baleful True Lord and fought him with a Death Qi divine ability, then escaped before Heavenly Baleful True Lord could use his Spirit Treasure; afterward, Xu Chuan asked Xu Deling to forge a nine-pattern magic treasure imbued with Death Qi.
• Heavenly Baleful True Lord entered the Northwest, and Zhang Fan met him at a restaurant after the Mysterious Moon Sect had tracked his movements.

Zhang Fan learned that Heavenly Baleful True Lord had come to the Northwest investigating a mysterious user of Death Intent and Heavenly Feather True Lord’s possible breakthrough to Spirit Transformation. After Zhang Fan and Xu Chuan discussed the Ascension Gate, Xu Chuan met Heavenly Baleful True Lord in Cloudbrook City and fought him in the Astral Wind layer, where their clash remained unresolved.

• Heavenly Baleful True Lord questioned Zhang Fan about Xu Chuan and the Death Intent Divine Ability, then sparred with Zhang Fan and asked whether Tianyu planned to attempt Spirit Transformation.
• Heavenly Baleful True Lord revealed that Xu Chuan had helped establish the Martial Sect in the Blackwater Domain, while Zhang Fan explained why he believed Tianyu would attempt a breakthrough within a few years.
• Zhang Fan visited Xu Chuan, who confirmed that the Xu Household would act against the Ascension Gate once its Fortune debt was repaid and explained that he had drawn outside forces toward Southern Heaven.
• Xu Deling showed Xu Chuan her newly refined Xue Ming Flying Sword, and Xu Chuan told her that his Second True Self, Wan Miesheng, was operating in the Blackwater Domain.
• Heavenly Baleful True Lord explored Cloudbrook City before confronting Xu Chuan, who challenged him to fight in the Astral Wind layer.
• Xu Chuan and Heavenly Baleful True Lord exchanged Divine Abilities and Law Treasures in an evenly matched battle, while Heavenly Baleful True Lord continued to suspect Xu Chuan’s true strength and identity.

Heavenly Baleful True Lord investigated Xu Chuan and the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty, then fought Demon Heaven Lord, Qingjun, and Heavenly Feather True Lord while trying to identify the cultivator who had ambushed him. As Netherworld True Lord and Old Man Myriad Souls gathered in Featherfall City, Heavenly Feather True Lord resolved to attempt Spirit Transformation next year, hoping the crisis would force other factions to help contain the Xu Household.

• Heavenly Baleful True Lord and Xu Chuan ended their spar, discussed the dangers of Spirit Transformation, and parted without deciding whether their factions would become allies.
• Heavenly Baleful True Lord confronted Xu Jinghao and White Bone High Person in Heavenly Fortune City, then fought Demon Heaven Lord and questioned him about his Death Intent Divine Ability and past ambushes.
• Heavenly Baleful True Lord fought Qingjun to a draw and battled Heavenly Feather True Lord for a day and night before leaving the Ascension Gate, which then sealed its mountain.
• Netherworld True Lord and Old Man Myriad Souls arrived in Featherfall City and questioned Heavenly Baleful True Lord about his Southern Heaven battles and Heavenly Feather True Lord.
• Heavenly Feather True Lord told his junior that he planned to attempt Spirit Transformation next year, intending to draw the Azure Cloud Sect and Void Clarity Sect into opposing the Xu Household.

Heavenly Feather True Lord announced a public attempt to break through to Spirit Transformation, drawing Southern Heaven’s major powers to the Ascension Gate. As the tribulation clouds gathered, Xu Chuan and his allies openly declared their hostility, and the gathered factions faced the prospect of a clash.

• Heavenly Feather True Lord spread word of his planned breakthrough, while Li Qianyu arranged to close Featherfall City’s Teleportation Formation and protect the Ascension Gate’s younger disciples.
• Xu Chuan explained to Xu Mingyuan that Heavenly Feather True Lord was trying to buy time and force Southern Heaven’s factions to choose sides, then ordered the Xu Household to take no action for now.
• After the Teleportation Formation closed, Xu Chuan, Moyue, and Zhang Fan traveled to the Ascension Gate, where leaders and cultivators from across Southern Heaven gathered.
• Heavenly Feather True Lord began his attempt as vast dark clouds and pressure spread across the region, and Li Qianyu invited the gathered experts to observe.
• Moyue and Xu Chuan challenged the other factions to stay out of the Xu Household’s conflict with the Ascension Gate, while Heavenly Baleful True Lord urged them to suppress any faction that refused to submit.

Xu Chuan and Moyue disrupted Heavenly Feather True Lord's Spirit Transformation attempt, but intervention by Southern Heaven's other overlords prevented them from destroying Ascension Gate. As rival factions prepared for conflict, Zhang Fan offered to recognize the Xu Household as master of the Northwest in exchange for three conditions.

• Xu Chuan publicly declared that the Xu Household would destroy Ascension Gate and treat any faction that helped it as an enemy.
• Moyue shattered Heavenly Feather True Lord's forming Divine Ability Dharma Form with Azure Horn, and Xu Chuan joined the ensuing battle and severely wounded Heavenly Feather True Lord.
• Mu Qingfeng blocked Moyue's killing blow, and Qingjun, True Lord Xu Yan, and Master Zhenchan intervened to protect Ascension Gate.
• Xu Chuan refused Qingjun's demand that the Xu Household swear never to interfere outside the Northwest, but spared Ascension Gate that day and withdrew.
• True Lord Yuanmo reaffirmed his alliance against Ascension Gate, while Ji Beichen and True Lord Yuanfu requested time to decide their positions.
• Zhang Fan offered to recognize the Xu Household's supremacy in the Northwest and follow its wartime arrangements if Xu Chuan provided tribulation-survival knowledge, protection against deliberately sacrificing his sect's members, and specified cultivation pills.

Xu Chuan and the Xu Household prepared to strike the Ascension Gate before the Azure Cloud Sect and its allies could act. Their surprise assault began at the fifth watch, and Xu Chuan and Moyue confronted Heavenly Feather True Lord as the sect was thrown into a slaughter.

• Zhang Fan and Xu Chuan discussed the dangers of Spirit Transformation tribulation lightning, and Xu Chuan gave Zhang Fan pills while agreeing to support the Mysterious Moon Sect.
• Xu Chuan summoned the Xu Household’s Nascent Soul cultivators and ordered them to destroy the Ascension Gate, wipe out its disciples, and take its resources.
• Xu Chuan arranged cover stories and preparations for the attack while Spirit Transformation cultivators debated the Xu Household’s strength and the Ascension Gate’s fate.
• Xu Chuan led the strike force to the Ascension Gate, where Xu Mingxian sealed the sect behind a Fifth-Tier Grand Formation and a Cloudsky Illusion Formation.
• Xu Chuan and Moyue confronted Heavenly Feather True Lord while the Xu Household attacked Ascension Gate’s cultivators and disciples; Moyue’s assault, aided by Xu Chuan’s overwhelming Divine Sense, severely injured Heavenly Feather True Lord.

The Xu Household destroyed the Ascension Gate, killed Heavenly Feather True Lord, and secretly plundered its resources before disguising the evidence to implicate other factions. Qingjun and the other leaders investigated the massacre, tested Xu Chuan in Yunxi, and left to consider negotiations as the true culprit remained uncertain.

• Xu Deling and Chongyuan defeated Li Qianyu while Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, and Xu Chongxi overwhelmed Yu Langxuan and Li Chanyi, and the Xu Household’s forces wiped out the Ascension Gate.
• Xu Chuan killed Heavenly Feather True Lord with the Five-Element Creation Palm after revealing his Primordial Spirit and Greater Divine Ability, then directed the Xu Household to seize the sect’s resources and Spirit Veins.
• Xu Chuan planted traces implicating the True Demon Palace and the Blackwater Domain factions, while the Ascension Gate’s destruction severed its Fortune and injured Daoist Wuchen.
• Qingjun and the other arriving experts found evidence of a massacre and debated whether the True Demon Palace, the Blackwater Domain factions, or the Xu Household had destroyed the Ascension Gate.
• Qingjun and his companions confronted Xu Chuan in Yunxi, where Qingjun tested him with a surprise attack and accepted that he was the original rather than an Avatar.
• The leaders left Yunxi planning to discuss an agreement, while Xu Chuan expected them to avoid rash action until they learned who had destroyed the Ascension Gate.

Xu Chuan secretly attacked Heavenly Baleful True Lord, gravely wounding him and stirring conflict among the Blackwater Domain factions. At a gathering in Featherfall City, Xu Chuan rejected demands that his household swear its innocence, while Zhang Fan and White Bone High Person announced that the Mysterious Moon Sect and Demon Heaven acknowledged the Xu Household as master of the Northwest.

• Xu Chuan and Zhang Fan visited the ruined Ascension Gate, where they found Featherfall City in turmoil and discussed the Xu Household's suspicions about the Su Household.
• Xu Chuan ordered the Mysterious Spirit Avatar to help him disguise himself as a High Antiquity Death Nether Sect cultivator, then ambushed Heavenly Baleful True Lord and severely injured him before he escaped with a Fifth-Tier Talisman.
• Rumors of Heavenly Baleful True Lord's injuries reached the Blackwater Domain, prompting Netherworld True Lord and Old Man Myriad Souls to consider weakening the Heavenly Baleful Sect.
• Mu Qingfeng convened Southern Heaven's factions in Featherfall City to present evidence and theories about the Ascension Gate's destruction, while Qingjun asked Xu Chuan to swear his household was uninvolved.
• Xu Chuan refused Qingjun's demand and challenged the Azure Cloud Sect, while Zhang Fan and White Bone High Person declared that the Mysterious Moon Sect and Demon Heaven would follow the Xu Household's leadership in the Northwest.
• Xu Chuan and his companions left the gathering as the assembled factions recognized the Northwest's unification and the growing power of the Xu Household.

The Xu Household’s unification of the Northwest prompted the Su Household to seize Featherfall City, where Su Moyan killed Qing Chenzi and drove off the Central Region’s factions. Xu Chuan investigated the Su Household’s hidden strength and went to the Mysterious Spirit Sect with Xu Deling and Xu Mingxian, leaving the Xu Household poised to confront the Su Household.

• True Lord Xu Yan, Qingjun, and True Lord Yuan Zhen agreed to build a secret alliance while publicly disbanding their factions’ existing alliance, and they resolved to keep the Xu Household out of the Central Region.
• Zhang Fan ordered the Mysterious Moon Sect to acknowledge the Xu Household as master of the Northwest, and the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty and Mysterious Moon Sect later announced their submission.
• The Central Region’s factions attacked Featherfall City’s sealed formation, but Su Moyan and two Su Household cultivators arrived; Su Moyan overwhelmed their Great Cultivators, and the Su Household took control of the city.
• Xu Chuan sensed Qing Chenzi’s death and divined that the Su Household’s hidden strength was formidable, then sent Xu Deling and Xu Mingxian with him to the Mysterious Spirit Sect.
• Xu Chuan and his companions arrived at the Mysterious Spirit Sect and joined True Lord Xuancheng, True Lord Yuanmo, and True Lord Yuanfu to discuss the Su Household’s advance.

Xu Chuan confronted the Su Household over Featherfall City, then negotiated a division of the Central Region after neither side gained a decisive advantage. He secured the allegiance and inheritances of the Spirit Taming Sect and First Demon Sect, along with an opportunity to enter the First Demon Secret Realm.

• Xu Chuan accepted the Spirit Taming Sect's allegiance and led his allies to confront the Su Household at Featherfall City.
• Xu Chuan fought Su Moyan, who wielded the Purple Light Halberd and revealed that he sought a Supreme Dharma Form.
• Xu Deling and Xu Mingxian battled Su Moyan while True Lord Xuancheng and True Lord Yuanfu fought Su Xingxuan.
• Xu Chuan and Su Moyan ended the fighting and agreed to divide the Central Region, with a peaceful trading zone between their territories.
• True Lord Yuanfu accepted Xu Chuan's terms for the Spirit Taming Sect, including tribute and copies of its core inheritances.
• True Lord Yuanmo offered the First Demon Sect's inheritance and its next opportunity to enter the First Demon Secret Realm in exchange for Xu Chuan's support.