Chapter Summaries

Zhang Fan introduced battle formations, and Xu Mingxian demonstrated their power, while Xu Chuan used the Golden Sun Merchant Guild’s investment to stage an attack on the Mysterious Moon Sect. The chapter ends with Xu Mingxian taking Xu Chongsheng and Xu Chongxi to the Mystic Star Sect to study battle formations and advising his family to build their own strength.

• Zhang Fan lectured on battle formations, and Xu Mingxian defeated Dong Liang before blocking Huang Youde’s attack with the Mysterious Azure Treasure Pearl.
• Zhang Fan accepted three nominal disciples, and news spread that the Golden Sun Merchant Guild had been attacked and forced to leave Mysterious Moon City.
• Xu Chuan negotiated the Golden Sun Merchant Guild’s investment in the Demon Heaven Trading Company and arranged for Black Wind and Xu Mingxian to stage an attack on a Mysterious Moon Sect spirit stone mine.
• Zhang Fan recognized Xu Chuan as the Demon Heaven Lord and instructed Zhang Daoran to warn the Demon Heaven Trading Company and the Golden Sun Merchant Guild without provoking them.
• Xu Chuan agreed to provide resources for Xu Deze’s Core Formation, using Xu Mingxian’s opportunity to request aid.
• Xu Mingxian took Xu Chongsheng and Xu Chongxi to the Mystic Star Sect to study battle formations and urged his family to cultivate allies and rely on themselves.

Xu Deze advanced to the Golden Core stage, while Blazing Sun True Lord successfully formed a Nascent Soul and his ceremony drew the attention of Southern Heaven’s major powers to Xu Deling. As rivalry ahead of the next Heavenly Pride Gathering began to stir, Xu Chuan warned his family to stay cautious and Xu Deze laid down terms for powers seeking to settle in Cloud Cang City.

• Xu Deze raised his aptitude and spiritual consciousness with pills, formed a Golden Core, received the Water-Mist Mirror and a Water-Type Flying Sword, and went to manage Cloud Cang City.
• Blazing Sun True Lord overcame his heart demon tribulation and formed a Nascent Soul; Xu Deling delivered his ceremony invitation to Xu Chuan, who sent Xu Mingyuan in his place.
• Xu Deling visited the Skyfeather Sect and gave Firecloud True Person a high-grade Golden Essence Pill before returning to the Heavenforged Sect for Blazing Sun True Lord’s investiture.
• At the ceremony, Xu Deling fought Ascension Gate true disciple Li Chanyi and appeared to lose after a long exchange, while the attending powers assessed her strength and potential.
• Xu Mingyuan told Xu Chuan that the top powers were focused on the next Heavenly Pride Gathering; Xu Chuan warned that Xu Deling, Ye Fan, Deyue, and Mingxian could face assassination attempts and advised them to limit travel.
• Xu Deze told visiting Golden Core clan representatives that Cloud Cang City would welcome them if they joined its alliance and obeyed its orders, and he set different teleportation fees for residents and outsiders.

Xu Deze won Cangshan Prefecture’s Golden Core powers over by showing how the Fourth-Tier Teleportation Formation benefited the Luo Household, while Xu Mingqing brought Changchun from the Pill-Martial Sect to join the Xu Household. Xu Jingwu formed the Martial Ancestor Phantom and pioneered the Origin Core Realm, prompting heaven and earth to celebrate as the chapter ended.

• Xu Dezhao and the Xu Household elders approved Xu Deze’s plan to support a Cangshan Prefecture lineage with a Golden Core Formation Pill, and the Luo Household’s Luo Qingwu used one to reach Golden Core.
• The Song Family, First Sun Sect, and other powers formed alliances with the Xu Household, which then began expanding Cloud Cang City to accommodate its growing faction.
• Xu Mingqing brought his disciple Changchun through a hidden teleportation formation to the Xu Household, where Xu Dezhao arranged for him to train in the Pill Refining Hall.
• Xu Jingwu’s Bloodline Divine Ability took shape as the Martial Ancestor Phantom, and he began secluding himself to advance his Martial Way cultivation.
• Xu Jingwu condensed a White Origin Core with nine Core Patterns and a Core Embryo, officially attaining the Third Martial Way Realm, the Origin Core Realm.
• The Pill-Martial Sect celebrated Xu Jingwu’s breakthrough as thunder, auspicious clouds, spiritual rain, and golden lotuses appeared around Martial Peak.

Xu Jingwu opened the Origin Core Realm, causing the Xu Household’s fortune to surge, and later demonstrated his new strength in a sparring match against Xu Wenjing, Xu Chongfei, and Xu Chongjian. Xu Chuan advised him on the Martial Way’s future, and Xu Jingwu planned to remain at the Pill-Martial Sect until its inheritance spread before venturing to Dream South.

• Xu Jingwu attained the Origin Core Realm, opened the Third Martial Way Realm, and received a Heavenly Dao gift that strengthened his body, soul, Origin Power, and dantian.
• Xu Chuan learned of Xu Jingwu’s breakthrough and told Xu Dezhao that the Xu Household’s fortune had surged; Xu Mingxuan and Mei Yun also sensed the increase.
• Xu Chuan discussed Origin Core cultivation with Xu Jingwu, advising him to temper his organs with Five-Element True Intent and explore how his bloodline Divine Ability could grow.
• Xu Jingwu announced that Origin Martial Realm perfectionists could seek his guidance, while news of his breakthrough spread and drew students into renewed competition between the Martial and Immortal Ways.
• Xu Jingwu fought Xu Wenjing, Xu Chongfei, and Xu Chongjian without magic treasures, revealing his middle third-rank body, Heavenly Eye, and overwhelming combat strength before the match ended.
• Xu Jingwu told Xu Chuan he would stay at the Pill-Martial Sect until the Origin Core inheritance spread, while Xu Chuan advised him to test refining magic treasures with his essence blood and blood energy.

Xu Jingwu received the heavy staff Little Huntian and the concealed armor Great Black Heaven, while Xu Mingxian’s family faced criticism and a fight at the Mystic Star Sect. Months later, the sect’s grand competition brought rival powers together, and the Celestial River Sword Sect’s Bai Xiuqi and Si Shurong stepped forward to begin the visiting factions’ matches.

• Xu Deling forged Xu Jingwu the ninety-eight-thousand-jin staff Little Huntian, then worked with Xu Mingxian to make him the spiritual-consciousness-concealing armor Great Black Heaven.
• Xu Chongsheng fought Mystic Star Sect disciples who had criticized Xu Mingxian, defeating them before the Enforcement Hall took them away for punishment.
• True Lord Qingxuan apologized to Xu Mingxian, and the sect leadership ordered an investigation into rumors against the Grand Elder.
• At the Mystic Star Sect’s grand competition, invited factions gathered, and Guan Shan rose from ninth to fifth place on the Star Ranking.
• On the third day, Cheng Hua sent Bai Xiuqi and Si Shurong to represent the Celestial River Sword Sect in the visiting factions’ matches.

The Xu Household prepared for an inevitable war with the Celestial River Sword Sect while the Golden Sun Merchant Guild worked to strengthen the sect and draw the Demon Heaven Trading Company into the conflict. Xu Mingxian created the Five Elements, Five Aspects combined-attack art, and allied forces gathered to support Yuncang as the war approached.

• Bai Xiuqi defeated Gu Changming while Si Shurong lost to Le Ying at the Mystic Star Sect's competition, and Ye Fan refused to let Xu Chongsheng fight to avoid exposing the younger Xu Household heirs.
• Steward Qian arranged for the Golden Sun Merchant Guild to give the Celestial River Sword Sect the Three Thousand Fire Crows art and promised Nascent Soul-level help, while Xu Chuan agreed to send his Corpse King and Ghost King if the fighting proved worthwhile.
• Xu Chongxi and Xu Chongsheng achieved Divine Ability Core Formation, Xu Jingwu returned to the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty, and Xu Mingxian developed the Five Elements, Five Aspects art for the Xu Household's guards.
• Xu Dezhao reported that three thousand Five Elements Guards had developed initial combat strength, and Xu Chonghui brought Yuncang offers of reinforcements from allied lineages and factions.
• Mo Wentian convened the Azure Dragon Alliance lineages to choose reinforcements, and Lei Wuji and True Lord Bing Gan volunteered to join the fighting.

The Xu Household and its allies prepared for the coming war over Cloud Cang City, while Xu Chuan warned Xu Deling that Nascent Soul cultivators might target the household’s promising Golden Core cultivators. The Celestial River Sword Sect began its assault, but Xu Chuan’s hidden preparations and the defenders’ formation prolonged the fighting for more than half a year.

• Xu Chuan persuaded Xu Deling to stay out of the war because her talent and artifact-refining potential could make her a target for Nascent Soul assassins.
• True Lord Qingxuan failed to dissuade either the Xu Household or the Celestial River Sword Sect, while Moyue and Black Tiger discussed the coming conflict.
• The Xu Household assembled three thousand Five Elements Guards and allied Golden Core cultivators in Cloud Cang City, where Ye Fan explained the defense plan.
• The Celestial River Sword Sect challenged the defenders, then entered the Cloudsky Illusion Formation with formation masters and several peak Golden Core cultivators.
• Xu Chuan sent Mo Wentian a bottle of Purple Dragon Pills to secure his help, arranged for the Profound Yin Corpse King and Blood Fiend Ghost King to join the conflict, and resumed cultivating toward Golden Core perfection.
• Bing Gan fought Bai Sha and Si Jung inside the formation as the other allies battled the attackers; the Celestial River Sword Sect withdrew and returned repeatedly, leaving the siege ongoing after more than half a year.

Xu Chuan reached Golden Core Perfection, explored the Azure Dragon Secret Realm, and obtained nine Spiritual-Consciousness Grades from sealed Primordial True Demons. Meanwhile, the battle for Cloud Cang City began with the Xu Household and its allies withdrawing after an opening clash, leaving the war poised to continue.

• The Celestial River Sword Sect broke the Cloudsky Illusion Formation, but Jian Shisan camped outside Cloud Cang City and delayed the siege until the next day.
• Xu Chuan used a Golden Essence Pill to break through to Golden Core Perfection and discovered his spiritual consciousness reached two hundred and fifty li.
• Xu Chuan questioned Dragoness about secret realms and small worlds, then lured nine sealed Spirit Transformation Primordial True Demons into his Sea of Consciousness and took their Spiritual-Consciousness Grades.
• Xu Chuan divided the nine Spiritual-Consciousness Grades among Xu Household members and prepared to attempt the Nascent Soul bottleneck after half a month.
• The Five Elements Guards and Fire Crow Guards clashed as the two armies opened the battle, while Xu Chongfei, Xu Wenjing, and Xu Chongjian fought off powerful Golden Core opponents.
• Xu Mingxian and Ye Fan ordered their forces to withdraw inside Cloud Cang City's grand formation after the day-long clash, and the Golden Core fighters pulled back toward the city.

The Xu Household and its allies fought the Celestial River Sword Sect over Cloud Cang City, while Moyue and Black Tiger faced Nascent Soul reinforcements and repeated ambushes. The city’s defenses held and the Celestial River Sword Sect suffered heavier losses, but the fighting continued as Moyue’s side deliberately prolonged the war.

• Bai Sha and the Golden Core cultivators failed to crack Cloud Cang City’s fourth-tier formation, so the Celestial River Sword Sect summoned its Grand Supreme Elders for support.
• Profound Yin and Blood Baleful joined the Celestial River Sword Sect’s forces, then fought Moyue and Black Tiger alongside Heavenly Water True Lord and Mysterious Thunder True Lord; Moyue revealed his full power and drove them off.
• The Celestial River Sword Sect and Yuncang forces fought repeated battles around the city, with Moyue disrupting sieges and Xu Mingshu, Xu Ying, and Xu Sky Lion helping defeat two arriving Golden Core cultivators.
• The Celestial River Sword Sect suffered mounting casualties while Cloud Cang City’s formation repeatedly recovered; both sides reduced their deployed forces, following Moyue’s orders to prolong the war.
• Profound Yin and Blood Baleful repeatedly ambushed Black Tiger, who withdrew into Cloud Cang City after another attack while Moyue stayed behind to cover his retreat.

After condensing a Dao Embryo Nascent Soul, Xu Chuan spent seven days retracing his past to temper his Daoheart before attempting to break through the Golden Core barrier. His journey strengthened his Thousand Illusions and brought him back to Yunxi, where he prepared to confront the Celestial River Sword Sect.

• Qian Qiushi revealed that Profound Yin and Blood Baleful were a fourth-tier corpse king and ghost king sent by the Demon Heaven Lord, and the Celestial River Sword Sect warned it would withdraw if it could not take Cloud Cang City within three months.
• Xu Chuan used his Dao-foundation Alchemy Furnace to gather numinous essence and condense a Nascent Soul with a golden dot between its brows, then told Xu Mingyuan and Xu Dezhao he would attempt to break through in seven days.
• Xu Chuan ordered the city gates, Grand Formation, and Grand Transmission Array sealed during his breakthrough, then traveled through Cloudbrook City and revisited places tied to his past.
• Xu Chuan met the Tree King's avatar, learned that he was called Azure Firmament, and gave Xu Bai Crimson Blood Pills and Thunder Zenith Pills to help him overcome his bottleneck.
• Xu Chuan revisited Dongxi, reflected on the Xu Household's rise, and advanced Thousand Illusions to minor mastery before leaving an illusion-art inheritance on a bluestone.
• Xu Chuan visited the Pill-Martial Sect, spoke with Xu Jingwu and Xu Mingqing, and returned to Yunxi through the Teleportation Formation.

Xu Chuan broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage and survived a Heart Demon Tribulation that nearly trapped him in an illusion of the Xu Household’s destruction. After awakening, he raised his spiritual consciousness to the Great Cultivator level and secretly traveled to Cloud Cang City, where he found Mo Wentian on the battlefield.

• Xu Chuan visited Mei Yun and Xu Mingxuan before returning to Yunxi and beginning seclusion in the Withering-and-Blooming Courtyard, while Xu Dezhao locked down Cloudbrook City.
• Xu Chuan shattered the barrier of his Golden Core world, absorbed the world into the golden point between his brows, and faced the Nascent Soul breakthrough’s Heart Demon Tribulation.
• The Heart Demon Venerable trapped Xu Chuan in illusions, including one in which Wang Shentong destroyed the Xu Household, but Xu Chuan recognized the Clan Genealogy’s absence and broke free.
• Xu Chuan completed his Nascent Soul breakthrough, attained Great Cultivator-level spiritual consciousness, and drew cheers from Cloudbrook City and the Xu Household.
• Disguised as a young cultivator, Xu Chuan teleported to Yuncang and found Mo Wentian near the northern gate of Cloud Cang City, preparing to make the battle harder for him.

Xu Chuan arrived at the battle for Cloud Cang City after forming his Nascent Soul, killed the Golden Sun Sect’s Grand Supreme Elder, and forced the Celestial River Sword Sect to submit and become the Cloud Cang Sword Sect, a subordinate of the Xu Household. The battle ended with the Xu Household’s influence greatly expanded, and news of Xu Chuan’s victory spread across the region.

• Xu Chuan used the Heavenly Secrets Art to discover that the Golden Sun Sect’s Grand Supreme Elder was waiting to ambush Ye Fan and Xu Deyue, then instructed them to lure him out.
• Xu Chuan killed the red-haired and black-haired Golden Core cultivators and captured the purple-robed Grand Supreme Elder’s nascent soul.
• Xu Chuan joined the Nascent Soul battle with Mo Wentian, wounded several opponents with spiritual consciousness attacks, and helped kill Mysterious Thunder True Lord.
• Heavenly Water True Lord agreed to rename the Celestial River Sword Sect the Cloud Cang Sword Sect and make it a subordinate sect of the Xu Household.
• Xu Chuan planted restrictions on the sect’s Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators, then returned to Yunxi as the fighting ended.
• News of the Celestial River Sword Sect’s submission spread through Cangshan Prefecture and Yunxi, prompting widespread shock and debate.

After Xu Chuan’s Nascent Soul breakthrough made the Xu Household a major power, he unlocked new cave-heaven permissions and assigned access to key clan members across its factions. He completed the clan’s cultivation inheritances, recovered from his breakthrough, and announced a Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony in Yunxi six months later.

• Black Tiger agreed to serve as the Xu Household’s supreme attendant, while news of Xu Chuan’s breakthrough and the Cloud Cang Sword Sect’s vassalage spread among major powers.
• Zhang Fan, the Heavenforged Sect, and the Azure Cloud Sect reacted to the news and began preparing gifts for Xu Chuan’s ceremony.
• Xu Chuan rewarded the Profound Yin Corpse King and Blood Baleful Ghost King, then discovered that his transformed cave-heaven could admit others and grant ten people independent access.
• Xu Chuan assigned cave-heaven permissions to core members across the Xu Household’s branches, gave Xu Dewen and Xu Mingwei valuable pills, and expanded the clan’s cultivation and crafting inheritances.
• Xu Chuan recovered in seclusion and announced that his Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony would be held in Yunxi on the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth month, six months later.

Xu Chuan’s Nascent Soul ceremony drew powerful guests from across the region, but the Golden Sun Sect turned it into a confrontation by provoking a duel that ended with Xu Deyue killing Zhao Chu. Wang Qianshan attacked Xu Chuan, and their evenly matched battle continued in the sky as the chapter ended.

• Xu Chuan refined the Wind-Thunder Wings into his lifebound magic treasure and discovered they let him fly at twice the speed of his perfected escape technique.
• Guests from across the Northwest and Southern Heaven arrived for Xu Chuan’s Nascent Soul ceremony, where the Heavenlyforged Sect presented him with a top-tier magic treasure alchemy furnace.
• Wang Qianshan of the Golden Sun Sect offered astral Doumu origin gold as a prize for a contest, and Xu Chuan agreed to have the juniors spar.
• Xu Deyue overwhelmed Zhao Chu, but he took a Blood-Burning Pill and launched a desperate attack; Xu Deyue killed him with a sword strike.
• Wang Qianshan tried to kill Xu Deyue, but Xu Chuan intervened and challenged him, then fought him to a standstill in the sky.

Xu Chuan survived the Golden Sun Sect’s scheme with Zhang Fan’s intervention, then agreed to divine the Mysterious Moon Sect’s future and discovered its coming killing tribulation. He began refining the Black Tortoise Demon-Refining Painting and arranged for Xu Dewen to establish a business for the Xu Household’s Demonic Path resources, while Xu Dewen’s status as a Heavenly Baleful Sect True Disciple was introduced.

• Xu Chuan defeated Wang Qianshan, but Wang Shentong arrived and threatened him until Zhang Fan revealed himself and forced the Golden Sun Sect to withdraw after paying the promised arena prize.
• Xu Chuan met Zhang Fan privately, agreed to divine the Mysterious Moon Sect’s fortunes, and promised only to help Zhang Fan’s Spirit Transformation attempt if he had the strength when the time came.
• After three days of divination, Xu Chuan foresaw an unavoidable killing tribulation for the Mysterious Moon Sect and concluded that it would need one or two new Great Cultivators to survive.
• Xu Chuan discovered that the Black Tortoise Demon-Refining Painting consumed True Demon Remains, and Dragoness let him take the remains and taught him secret arts for refining corpse puppets and purifying true demon qi.
• Xu Chuan gathered demonic remains, purified true demon qi, and told Xu Dewen to establish a business in the Blackwater Domain to trade the Xu Household’s Demonic Path resources.
• Xu Dewen accepted the plan as a Heavenly Baleful Sect True Disciple, and the chapter described the sect’s demanding standards for its twelve True Disciples.

Xu Dewen established Cloudshadow Tower by recruiting cultivators from the Heavenly Baleful Sect’s Human Resources Hall, freeing them from their fate as cultivation material in exchange for loyalty. As Xu Mo began managing the new shop, the chapter also showed Xu Chuan divining his prospects and the Xu Household preparing to expand into Cangshan Prefecture.

• Xu Dewen selected twenty qi-refining cultivators and nine foundation-establishment cultivators from the Human Resources Hall, then offered them freedom and resources in exchange for divine soul restrictions and service as his attendants.
• Xu Dewen gave Xu Mo the Blood Spirit Scripture and pills, then let him use his Blood Fiend Peak cultivation-ground opportunity to strengthen his cultivation.
• Xu Mo encountered An Changshan at Blood Fiend Peak, and An Changshan reported Xu Mo’s new status to Shi Wuyu, who ordered him to arrange Xu Dewen’s death.
• Xu Dewen set up Cloudshadow Tower in Heavenly Baleful City and appointed Xu Mo its shopkeeper, then asked Xu Chuan to divine whether Xu Mo could be trusted.
• Xu Chuan performed a divination and told Xu Dewen to proceed, while Xu Dezhao and Xu Mingyuan arranged for Xu Chongjian to take charge of the Cloud Cang Sword Sect in Cangshan Prefecture with Xihe and Wen Xiao.

Xu Chongjian took control of the Cloud Cang Sword Sect, using new rankings, strict discipline, generous rewards, and sword legacies to win over its disciples and elders. As the sect began to unite behind him, Mysterious Thunder True Lord challenged him to a spar, and Xu Chongjian opened with a five-element sword formation.

• Xu Chongjian arrived at the Cloud Cang Sword Sect and ended its closure, keeping existing positions while announcing a grand competition, new cultivation rewards, and a Heavenly Pride program.
• Xu Chongjian reshuffled the Enforcement Hall and Daoist Canon Pavilion leadership and offered the sect eight sword dao divine ability legacies, while reserving the Wind-Thunder Sword Art and Great Void Sword Canon for later.
• Xu Chongjian enforced new sect rules and held the first Sword Sect Grand Competition, inspiring disciples to compete and defend the sect as its unity grew.
• Heavenly Water True Lord warned Mysterious Thunder True Lord that Xu Chongjian’s reforms would win the sect’s allegiance, but Mysterious Thunder True Lord refused to accept the new Sect Master without testing him.
• Mysterious Thunder True Lord challenged Xu Chongjian to a spar, and Xu Chongjian summoned the Five-Spirit Casket and sent a metal-element flying sword toward him.

Xu Chuan learned that the Battle of the Heavens would determine access to the Heavenly Passage Water Mansion and agreed to participate, then selected Xu Household cultivators for the expedition. After Wang Shentong was chosen to lead Southern Heaven’s forces, Xu Chuan and Moyue prepared to protect their people.

• Mysterious Thunder True Lord tested Xu Chongjian’s swordsmanship, and their strongest techniques ended in a draw.
• Three years later, Xu Chuan refined the Black Tortoise Demon-Refining Painting and studied the Myriad Spirits Transformation Freedom Art while the Xu Household celebrated Xu Chongxi’s betrothal to Song Mingzhu.
• Zhang Daoran told Xu Chuan about the coming Battle of the Heavens and the Water Mansion’s treasures; Xu Chuan agreed to join and asked to reserve several Golden Core places.
• Xu Chuan chose Xu Deling, Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, and Xu Mingxian to fight, assigned Xu Dewen to seek Demon Abyss treasures, and arranged Water Mansion places for Mei Yun and Xu Mingxuan.
• Zhang Daoran informed Xu Chuan that Wang Shentong would command Southern Heaven’s forces and warned him not to risk too many Xu Household prodigies.
• Moyue offered to accompany Xu Chuan as a spirit pet and protect the Xu Household cultivators if Nascent Soul enemies attacked.

Xu Chuan secured a Northwest Nascent Soul slot for the Battle of the Heavens, arranged Golden Core participants, and created a Ghost Path avatar to travel to Blackwater Domain. After finding Black Prison Marsh blocked by a powerful Zhuyan, he arranged passage with the Golden Sun Merchant Guild, and his disguised avatar arrived at its headquarters to join the party.

• Xu Chuan showed Moyue and Little Cold Crow his expanding cave-heaven, then sent White Bone High Person to represent him at the Mysterious Moon Sect's meeting.
• Zhang Fan named Zhang Daoran and Xu Chuan as two Nascent Soul participants, while Sun Zhidao won the third slot by defeating Heavenly Water True Lord in the final sparring match.
• Xu Chuan helped allocate Golden Core places among the Northwest's factions, and Mo Wentian's alliance meeting selected participants including Mo Yuantang, Bing Gan, Lei Wuji, Lei Yunpeng, Cang Lingxu, and Yan Kuangtu.
• Xu Chuan condensed a Ghost Path avatar and learned from Tree King Azure Firmament that a peak fourth-tier Zhuyan guarded Black Prison Peak, blocking the route through Black Prison Marsh to Blackwater Domain.
• Xu Chuan arranged to send his avatar to Blackwater Domain with the Golden Sun Merchant Guild, which offered to take it on its trip in three months.
• Xu Chuan's disguised incarnation arrived at the Golden Sun Merchant Guild with other cultivators, and Qian Qiushi greeted them as Elder Feng.

Xu Chuan crossed into the Blackwater Domain, recruited the siblings Bu Heng and Bu Yao, and faked his death to slip away from the Golden Sun Merchant Guild. While traveling toward Joyous Union City, he joined a battle over an Earthly Fiend Spirit Tree and attacked Blood Mad Blade.

• Xu Chuan learned that Bu Heng had an Earthly Fiend Body and Bu Yao had a flawed Celestial Yin Body, then healed Bu Yao and recruited both siblings to serve someone he had not yet named.
• Xu Chuan and the Golden Sun Merchant Guild crossed the Heavenly Passage River into the Blackwater Domain, where Elder Feng learned that the Demon Heaven Lord wanted him to establish a base and collect materials.
• Xu Chuan staged his death in Heavenly Passage City, escaped in disguise, and used his White Bone Skull Heads to kill cultivators who ambushed him on the road.
• Xu Chuan traveled toward Joyous Union City and found Blood Mad Blade fighting two Golden Core cultivators over an Earthly Fiend Spirit Tree.
• Xu Chuan joined the two cultivators against Blood Mad Blade, and one of his White Bone Skull Heads was struck by Blood Mad Blade's saber.