Chapter Summaries

Xu Deling spent three years earning the Blackflame Phoenix Clan’s trust through artifact refining and collected eighty-one fire seeds for the Xu Household. Meanwhile, Xu Chuan sent Moyue and Black Tiger to recruit the Northwest’s form-transforming demon beasts, beginning with a trip to Mysterious Moon Prefecture.

• Feng Yue tested Xu Deling’s Flame Phoenix sword against Feng Xuan and defeated him, convincing the Blackflame Phoenix Clan to commission more magic treasures.
• Ye Fan and Xu Deyue visited Flame Crow Valley with Xu Han, secured thirty fire crows and fire mulberry trees for the Xu Household, and gathered fire seeds there.
• Over three years, Xu Deling refined several treasures for the Blackflame Phoenix Clan, received fifty-six fire seeds from them, and helped the Xu Household gather eighty-one varieties.
• Moyue emerged from seclusion near the Nascent Soul Sixth Layer, then agreed to help Xu Chuan bring the Northwest’s form-transforming demon beasts into the Xu Household’s ranks.
• Moyue and Black Tiger disguised themselves as humans and traveled through the Teleportation Formation toward Mysterious Moon Prefecture to approach the Six-Tailed Illusion Fox.

Moyue and Black Tiger traveled through the Northwest, defeating and recruiting the Six-Tailed Illusion Fox and the Azure Firmament Demon Wolf King with Moyue’s True Dragon bloodline and divine abilities. After setting out to recruit the Riftwind Butterfly, they learned she lived alone in a dangerous canyon and was believed to have reached the limit of her bloodline potential.

• Moyue and Black Tiger confronted the Six-Tailed Illusion Fox in the Sky Fox Mountains, where her illusion realm trapped Black Tiger until Moyue broke it with True Dragon’s Roar and defeated her.
• Moyue pressured the Six-Tailed Illusion Fox with his spirit transformation bloodline, and she agreed to submit before he gave her a Violet-Blood Demon Pill.
• Moyue and his companions traveled to Azure Firmament Valley, where Black Tiger fought the Azure Firmament Demon Wolf King and Moyue’s bloodline pressure compelled the wolf king to surrender.
• Moyue rewarded the Azure Firmament Demon Wolf King with a Violet-Blood Demon Pill, and the wolf king left with them after settling his pack’s affairs.
• Moyue, Black Tiger, and the Six-Tailed Illusion Fox headed for Wind-Listening Canyon to recruit the Riftwind Butterfly, whom Black Tiger had fought centuries earlier.
• Black Tiger said the Riftwind Butterfly was a solitary mutated demon beast whose bloodline potential only reached the transformation early stage.

Moyue recruited Feng Dieyi and Yun Feiyang into the Xu Household’s secret Demon King Hall after defeating Yun Feiyang in combat and Xu Chuan beat him in a speed contest. Xu Chuan accelerated the growth of Feng Dieyi’s Swordwind Grass, which was expected to mature in four or five years, and he and Moyue returned to Yunxi.

• Moyue and his companions confronted Feng Dieyi at Wind-Listening Canyon, where Moyue broke her resistance and persuaded her to join them after learning she guarded a fifth-tier Swordwind Grass.
• The group reached the Skyvoid Expanse, where Moyue defeated Yun Feiyang in combat, but Yun Feiyang won their speed race.
• Xu Chuan healed Yun Feiyang, beat him in a second speed contest using the Wind-Thunder Wings, and recruited him into the Xu Household.
• Xu Chuan established the Demon King Hall, appointing Moyue its first hall master and assigning tracking marks and tokens to its members.
• Xu Chuan used Life-Creation Jade Dew to accelerate the Swordwind Grass’s growth, and Feng Dieyi agreed to notify him when it neared maturity.
• Xu Chuan and Moyue returned to Yunxi, where Xu Chuan credited Moyue with merit and told him to consolidate his cultivation before refining more Nascent Souls.

Xu Deling sought Xu Chuan’s guidance on cultivating the Vermilion Bird Karma Flame, then left to observe karmic retribution, while Xu Chuan refined a powerful demon cultivator avatar and advanced his cultivation. News of a large Primordial Secret Realm in the Silvermoon Mountains spread across Southern Heaven, and Xu Chonghui reported it to Xu Chuan as powerful factions prepared to enter.

• Xu Chonghui and Xu Mingyuan established market districts near several regions, while Rakshasa ordered Abugu to spread corrupt demonic cultivation methods through the Northwest.
• Xu Chuan advised Xu Deling to travel and observe karmic retribution to gain insight into the Vermilion Bird Karma Flame, and she departed the next day.
• Xu Chuan refined a demon cultivator avatar using Moyue’s blood and later advanced to the third layer of Nascent Soul while achieving major mastery of the Spirit Transmutation Secret Art.
• A spatial rift appeared in the Silvermoon Mountains, prompting the Seven-Star Silver Moon Wolf Clan and Chen Clan to investigate and spread word of the emerging Primordial Secret Realm.
• The Ascension Gate, Su Household, and other major factions organized expeditions to the secret realm, which was believed to hold an inheritance of the ancient Nine Wonders Spirit Sect.
• Xu Chonghui informed Xu Chuan that a large Primordial Secret Realm had appeared deep in the Silvermoon Mountains.

Xu Mingxian obtained the Nine Wonders Spirit Sect’s complete spirit-restriction inheritance as factions gathered to enter a newly emerged Primordial Secret Realm in the Silvermoon Mountains. After the secret realm opened, Nangong Ji pursued Xu Chongfei and Xu Chongjian, and the chapter ended with Ascension Gate cultivators preparing to surround them.

• Xu Chuan sent Xu Mingxian to retrieve the Nine Wonders Spirit Sect inheritance, and Xu Mingxian obtained its True Disciple Token, spirit-restriction notes, and a fifth-tier formation method.
• Xu Jingping invited Azure Dragon Prefecture factions to join the expedition, while the Xu Household and other powers assembled forces for the secret realm.
• Nangong Ji and representatives of the major factions negotiated entry with the Silvermoon Clan, which charged fees and announced that its demon beasts would also enter.
• After entering the secret realm, the Xu Household split into groups, and Xu Chuan’s Demon Cultivator Avatar set out to search for treasures.
• Nangong Ji learned the Cloud Cang Sword Sect’s location from the Su Household and pursued Xu Chongfei and Xu Chongjian, while Mysterious Thunder True Lord led the others away.
• Nangong Ji and Li Ye caught up with Xu Chongfei and Xu Chongjian, then summoned Ascension Gate cultivators to challenge them; Xu Chongjian drew on his sword Qi as the confrontation began.

Xu Mingxian and the Xu Household forces rescued Xu Chongfei and Xu Chongjian from the Ascension Gate, then Xu Chuan used a beast tide to weaken their pursuers. After the Xu Household found the inheritance entrance beneath a lake, Moyue drew other factions there, and the chapter ended with them confirming an inheritance cave abode lay below.

• Xu Chongfei and Xu Chongjian fought off the Ascension Gate's Golden Core cultivators until Moyue and Xu Mingxian arrived, turning the battle against them.
• Nangong Ji broke the Xu Household's formations and led the surviving Ascension Gate cultivators in retreat, while Xu Chuan secretly lured a beast tide after them.
• Over the following days, Xu Mingxian's group gathered spirit treasures and hunted demon beasts, while Xu Chuan's Demon Cultivator Avatar located the inheritance entrance beneath a lake.
• When the Su Household tried to investigate the lake, Moyue blocked them and fought Su Moshan, drawing nearby factions to the scene.
• Moyue charged resources for entry, and scouts reported a formation restriction on the lakebed that might lead to an inheritance cave abode.

Xu Chuan helped the Heavenly Elixir Sect develop the New Nine-Revolution Profound Origin Pill, then attended an assembly where Nascent Soul cultivators tested it and confirmed it could loosen major cultivation bottlenecks. The pill’s success drew Southern Heaven’s factions toward a new breakthrough aid, while Xu Chuan’s standing as an alchemist rose further.

• The Nine Wonders Secret Realm closed, and the Su Household’s Su Moyan warned that provoking Xu Chuan could bring disastrous losses, so the household continued targeting the Xu Household only through limited pressure.
• Zhang Fan learned that Moyue could fight at the level of a great cultivator and suspected Xu Deling, Ye Fan, and Xu Deyue had already formed Nascent Souls, but he told King Wuji to keep monitoring events discreetly.
• During the following five years, Xu Mingyuan and Xu Chongfei reached Golden Core perfection, Xu Deling comprehended karmic flame true intent, and Yu Langxuan, Mu Jianyi, and Daoist Zhenwu formed Nascent Souls.
• Xu Chuan accepted the Heavenly Elixir Sect’s invitation to study a new pill formula and successfully refined a batch of New Nine-Revolution Profound Origin Pills.
• At the Pill-Testing Assembly, Su Zhaoran, Nangong Bo, and Vast Sun True Lord tested the low-, mid-, and high-grade pills; Nangong Bo’s bottleneck cracked, and Vast Sun True Lord thanked Xu Chuan after his own bottleneck loosened.
• Immortal Maiden Qinghe confirmed that Xu Chuan’s alchemy surpassed hers, while the Heavenly Elixir Sect said it would first accept commissions before deciding how to sell the difficult-to-refine pills.

Xu Chuan secured Boundless True Lord’s allegiance, oversaw Feng Dieyi’s bloodline transformation, and organized a Northwest-wide operation against dangerous demonic cultivation methods. Xu Bai began his Transformation Tribulation Lightning with Xu Chuan’s support, but the eighth bolt struck before his injuries had fully healed.

• Xu Chuan declined to publicly demonstrate pill refining to alchemists from hostile factions but welcomed the Heavenly Elixir Sect to exchange insights.
• Xu Chuan gave Boundless True Lord three New Nine-Revolution Profound Origin Pills and a secluded cultivation chamber, and Boundless later broke through.
• Feng Dieyi used Swordwind Grass and astral wind to transform into the peak-fourth-tier Swordwind Butterfly and reach the Transformation middle stage.
• Xu Chuan proposed a Demon-Extermination Operation across the Northwest; the Mysterious Moon Sect joined, while the Demon Heaven Trading Company recruited demonic rogue cultivators into its territory.
• Xu Bai told Azure Firmament that he had reached the transformation bottleneck, then traveled to the Cloudgold Mountains with Xu Chuan and Xu Mingshu to face his tribulation.
• Xu Chuan repeatedly healed Xu Bai through the first seven lightning bolts, but the eighth struck while Xu Bai was still recovering and drove him into the rock.

Xu Bai survived his transformation tribulation and received a White Tiger legacy, while Xu Chuan oversaw the Xu Household’s growth and reorganized the Demon Heaven Trading Company. Six years later, Xu Deyue and Xu Chongxi entered the Lesser Cold Mountain Secret Realm and were recognized by the inheritance spirit, which asked where their former companion was.

• Xu Chuan helped Xu Bai survive all nine tribulation bolts, after which Azure Firmament gave him the White Tiger Baleful Suppression Scripture and the Golden Baleful Fruit.
• Xu Chuan discovered Qin Huan’s Spirit-Illusion Physique after the boy inherited his Illusion Art legacy, then visited the Pill-Martial Sect and discussed its future with Xu Mingqing and Xu Jingwu.
• Xu Chuan reorganized the Demon Heaven Trading Company, appointing its elders and officers, establishing new halls, and granting Xiao Zhan a Tribulation-Surmounting Pill; the company later held Yuan Zhou’s Nascent Soul ceremony.
• Six years after the Demon-Extermination Operation ended, Zhou Zongni formed her golden core with Xu Chuan’s help, and the Xu Household continued expanding its strength and influence.
• Xu Chuan sent Xu Mingxian, Black Tiger, Xu Deyue, and Xu Chongxi to the Lesser Cold Mountain Secret Realm, where Xu Deyue and Xu Chongxi entered its inheritance space.
• The inheritance spirit recognized Xu Deyue and Xu Chongxi and asked where the man who had accompanied them before was.

Xu Chongxi passed the Cold Mountain Secret Realm’s preliminary life-and-death trial with Xu Chuan’s fortune secret art and received resources, while Xu Deyue emerged as a Nascent Soul cultivator. After the secret realm closed, rumors spread about the Xu Household’s hidden strength, and Xu Chuan began preparing Xu Chongxi for the true trial.

• Xu Chongxi and Xu Deyue entered the core inheritance trials, while the Secret Realm Spirit selected Xu Jinghao for a trial after sensing his Xu Household bloodline and Ziwei Domain inheritance.
• Xu Deyue withdrew from the life-and-death trial after learning Xu Chongxi had begun it, and Xu Chuan used the Clan Genealogy to channel the Xu Household’s fortune to Xu Chongxi.
• Xu Chongxi found the Profound Yin Treasure Lotus by waiting for a silver python and a single-horned crimson toad to fight, then earned an A-plus rating and received the Azure Moon Treasure Wheel and other cultivation resources.
• Xu Deyue left the secret realm and revealed her Nascent Soul breakthrough, prompting the Xu Household to refuse a ceremony while rumors about the Cold Mountain Secret Realm spread.
• Xu Chuan propagated the Profound Yin Treasure Lotus and phoenix blood flower, advanced his life-and-death true intent, and brought Xu Chongxi to cultivate beside the cold lake for her next trial.

Xu Chuan obtained a cultivation method to help Xu Chongxi break her magic power limit, while Mei Yun faked his death and returned to the Xu Household to prepare for a Nascent Soul breakthrough. The Xu Household then maneuvered around the Hua Household’s interest in its Heavenly Fox Market District and secretly intensified conflicts in Cangshan Prefecture.

• Xu Chuan traded nine New Nine-Revolution Profound Origin Pills to Zhang Fan for the Seven-Revolution Treasure Moon Art and gave its Golden Core level to Xu Chongxi.
• Mei Yun broke through his Golden Core bottleneck, faked his death, and returned to Yunxi with Xu Wenxi to prepare for Nascent Soul formation.
• Xu Chuan arranged for Mei Yun to use the Soul-Awakening Tree’s heart and the Heart Demon Illusion Formation to strengthen his chances of surviving tribulation.
• The Hua Household investigated the Heavenly Fox Market District, then rented a shop there while Xu Chonghui and Xu Mingyuan suspected it was probing the market’s defenses.
• Xu Mingyuan decided the Hua Household could serve as a pretext for conflict with the Mysterious Moon Sect, and Xu Chonghui agreed to intensify the Xu Household’s plans in Cangshan Prefecture.
• Xu Household Secret Division agents engineered repeated encounters between Cloud Cang City and Cloud Cang Sword Sect disciples and Mystic Star Sect disciples, causing tensions to rise.

A dispute between the Cloud Cang Sword Sect and the Mystic Star Sect escalated after Jin Fuguang killed Yu Wanjiang during a confrontation, secretly pushed toward violence by Yuan Mo’s Demon Heart Art. True Lord Qingxuan demanded Jin’s life at the Cloud Cang Sword Sect’s gates, threatening to involve the Mysterious Moon Sect, while Xu Chongjian refused to surrender him.

• Yu Zi'an’s Mystic Star Sect group fought Zhou Chengfeng’s Cloud Cang Sword Sect group over Thousand-Year Jade Lotus Grass, and Zhou died covering his junior brothers’ retreat.
• Jin Fuguang confronted Yu Wanjiang at the Mystic Star Sect’s gates, and Yuan Mo secretly intensified Jin’s fury and disrupted his awareness until Jin killed Yu Wanjiang.
• The Mystic Star Sect demanded Jin’s life, while Xu Chongjian refused and offered an apology and compensation instead; both sects prepared for conflict.
• True Lord Qingxuan led Mystic Star Sect elders to the Cloud Cang Sword Sect and demanded Jin’s execution, warning that the dispute could spread beyond the two sects.

Xu Chongjian defeated three Mystic Star Sect Golden Core cultivators, but the Mysterious Moon Sect refused to escalate the dispute into war and instead arranged deathmatches between the sects. Three years later, Xu Chuan sent Mei Yun to the Central Region to use his Fortune-Seizing Mystic Art, then entered seclusion to advance his cultivation.

• Xu Chongjian repelled Xuan Guang and two other peak Golden Core cultivators, forcing True Lord Qingxuan to end their confrontation.
• The Mysterious Moon Sect ordered the Mystic Star Sect to settle its grievances with the Cloud Cang Sword Sect through deathmatches, and the sects fought at Cloud Cang Plaza.
• Yu Zi'an fought a Foundation Establishment cultivator, survived by burning his lifespan, and was later abandoned by the Yu Household; the Golden Core matches ended with Bai Sha defeating Xuan Guang and the Cloud Cang Sword Sect paying compensation.
• Three years later, Mei Yun formed a Nascent Soul and awakened a Fortune-Seizing Mystic Art that only people with special constitutions could cultivate.
• Xu Chuan instructed Mei Yun to cultivate the art and travel to the Central Region as a rogue cultivator, then entered secluded cultivation to break through to the Nascent Soul middle stage.

Xu Chuan broke through to the nascent soul middle stage and learned that Xu Huai had awakened extraordinary spatial abilities, then arranged a spar with Zhang Fan to test his strength. Their battle in the Skyvoid Expanse was still underway when Zhang Fan unleashed his full power against Xu Chuan’s Xiantian Withering-and-Blooming Finger.

• Xu Chuan used a New Nine-Revolution Profound Origin Pill to break through to the nascent soul middle stage, bringing his spiritual consciousness to nascent soul perfection.
• Xu Chuan sent Xu Mingxian to invite Zhang Fan to spar, and Zhang Fan discussed their shared plans and Xu Mingxian’s growing mastery of formations with him.
• Xu Huai awakened as a spiritually attuned wood demon, gained spatial traversal and spatial-rending attacks, and demonstrated strength capable of cracking the Azure Dragon Treasure Umbrella’s defensive barrier.
• Xu Chuan obtained avatar methods and materials from Azure Firmament for Xu Huai, including the Greenwood Avatar and the Second True Self, then instructed Xu Huai to begin with the Greenwood Avatar.
• Xu Chuan and Zhang Fan met in the Skyvoid Expanse and exchanged divine abilities; Xu Chuan’s Xiantian Withering-and-Blooming Finger initially held its own against Zhang Fan’s Moon Burial.
• Zhang Fan released his full nascent soul perfection magic power, and Xu Chuan’s Xiantian Withering-and-Blooming Finger began to collapse.

Xu Chuan tested his strength against Zhang Fan’s Dharma form, then planned with him how their forces would seize Cangshan Prefecture and stage a break between their households. As the Xu Household prepared for the coming Northwest conflict by expanding its training and tournament programs, Xu Deling taught Xu Chongfei to refine Xiantian qi, while she continued cultivating her divine ability and studying artifact refining.

• Xu Chuan fought Zhang Fan’s six-ability Dharma form with the Azure Dragon Treasure Umbrella and sword formation, but conceded after his sword dragon was destroyed.
• Xu Chuan and Zhang Fan discussed delaying the seizure of Cangshan Prefecture for two years, using the Hua Household as a future point of conflict, and staging an all-out battle to begin their broader plan.
• Xu Chuan ordered the Xu Household to intensify training and tournament rewards, and Xu Mingyuan proposed forming the Cangshi Alliance to bring Cangshan Prefecture’s factions under Xu Household control.
• Xu Deling taught Xu Chongfei a mystic art for using Xiantian qi to temper his magic power and body, while the Xu Household expanded its tournament to include allied factions and immortal-arts competitions.
• Yan Kuangtu decided to enter the tournament, and Xu Deling continued working toward mastery of her Vermilion Bird Karma Flame before studying how to forge Ye Fan’s Dragon-Elephant Cauldron.

Xu Deling completed Ye Fan’s Dragon-Elephant Cauldron and learned how to create artificial artifact spirits, while Xu Chongfei persuaded Cangshan Prefecture’s major factions to form the Azure Mountain Alliance. Xu Chuan discovered new talents among the Xu Household’s tenth generation, bestowed Heavenly Craft Creation on Xu Deling, and the chapter ended with her setting out for the Western Region to seek a dragon-elephant demon beast.

• Xu Deling forged the Dragon-Elephant Cauldron, found that its immense weight made it difficult to control, and learned Murong Yun’s method for refining artificial artifact spirits.
• Xu Chongfei proposed the Azure Mountain Alliance to Song Heguang, Yang Sui, and Gongyang Zhi, and secured their support for uniting Cangshan Prefecture’s factions.
• Xu Chuan learned that Xu Weiyan had been born with the Formless Thousand Threads talent, bestowed Thousand Mechanism Puppet Hand on her, and reserved Heavenly Blade Physique for a future recipient.
• Xu Chuan bestowed Heavenly Craft Creation on Xu Deling, strengthening her artifact-refining abilities and raising her prospects of reaching the fourth-tier peak.
• Xu Chonghui found a form-transforming Dragon Elephant in the Buddha-Burying Ancient Plain, and Xu Deling set out with Chongyuan for the Western Region to seek it.

Xu Deling and Chongyuan traveled from Heavenforged City to the Western Region, where Xu Deling killed Qiao Shan and his companions after they attacked them outside Ancient Buddha City. At the Buddha-Burying Ancient Plain, the pair exposed a trap set by Bloodbone Sect allies and confronted an injured Nascent Soul demonic cultivator, who tried to bargain as Xu Deling blocked his escape.

• Xu Deling disguised herself as a man, traveled to Ancient Buddha City with Chongyuan, and learned about the Western Region and the Buddha-Burying Ancient Plain.
• Outside the city, a wounded miner framed Xu Deling and Chongyuan for stealing spirit iron, prompting Qiao Shan and his cultivators to attack them.
• Xu Deling’s Crimson Light Curtain blocked the attacks, and Chongyuan burned Qiao Shan, the Qiao Household cultivators, and the dying miners to ash.
• The Qiao Household chose not to pursue Xu Deling and Chongyuan, who continued to the Buddha-Burying Ancient Plain and endured its oppressive terrain and dangerous conditions.
• Xu Deling and Chongyuan joined Kang Changming, Fan Huan, and Zhao Qianyang, who led them into a stone forest where a Bloodbone Sect Nascent Soul cultivator revealed the ambush.
• Xu Deling burned away the demonic cultivator’s attack while Chongyuan trapped the three rogues; the injured Nascent Soul cultivator fled, but Xu Deling caught up and blocked his path, and he offered her a high-grade magic treasure to spare him.

Xu Deling defeated a Bloodbone Sect elder, learned about the dangers and treasures of the Buddha-Burying Ancient Plain, and entered the Heavenly Pit with Chongyuan. After rescuing the injured Mang Yuan from the True Demon Palace, she contacted Xu Chuan, who ordered a strike against the demons and offered Mang Yuan a place in the Xu Household in exchange for his allegiance.

• Xu Deling killed a Bloodbone Sect Nascent Soul cultivator and discovered that his White Jade Bone Palm contained the True Demon Race's Brahma Indestructible Palm divine ability.
• Chongyuan learned about the Heavenly Pit, Blood Soul Gorge, and Bone-Burial Forest by refining the cultivator's nascent soul, and he and Xu Deling headed into the Ancient Plains' depths to find a giant elephant demon.
• Xu Deling and Chongyuan found a Balefulness-Cleansing Fruit, learned that the elephant demon had gone north, and followed him into the Heavenly Pit.
• Xu Deling and Chongyuan found the injured Mang Yuan being attacked by True Demon Palace cultivators, rescued him, and escaped after Chongyuan fought off the Possession True Demon, Xuan Li.
• Mang Yuan revealed that he possessed the Primordial Dragon Elephant bloodline and knew of an opportunity in the Heavenly Pit; Xu Deling contacted Xu Chuan, who ordered the Xu Household to help Mang Yuan and surround and kill the True Demon Palace group.
• Xu Deling offered Mang Yuan membership in the Xu Household, promising to help him obtain the Dragon Elephant inheritance while placing a restriction on his demon core as a precaution.

Xu Chuan helped Mang Yuan survive the Dragon Elephant inheritance, and Xu Deling persuaded the Dragon Elephant Phantom to become an artifact spirit. The Xu Household then killed two cultivators in the Heavenly Pit and found three True Demon Palace demonic cultivators guarding a spatial rift, launching an ambush as the chapter ended.

• Mang Yuan joined the Xu Household, and Xu Chuan healed his wounds and placed a restriction in his Demon Core.
• Mang Yuan entered the Dragon Elephant inheritance, where Xu Chuan helped him endure the blood-pool baptism and merge with the damaged demon core, greatly strengthening him.
• Xu Deling convinced the Dragon Elephant Phantom to become an artifact spirit and secured the Dragon Elephant's remains for future artifact refining.
• Xu Chuan's group ambushed and killed two Nascent Soul cultivators from the Thunderclap Temple's side, sealing their nascent souls.
• Xu Chuan's group located three True Demon Palace demonic cultivators guarding a spatial rift and began an ambush, with Mang Yuan summoning a Dragon Elephant Phantom to suppress them.

Xu Chuan’s group defeated the Possession True Demon Xuan Li, discovered that a rift might lead to a secret realm fragment, and returned to Yunxi with their gains. While the Xu Household developed its members and resources, its effort to unite Cangshan Prefecture became a contest for control of the planned alliance with the Mystic Star Sect.

• Xu Chuan’s group subdued three Nascent Soul demonic cultivators and learned they had been searching for a rift connected to the True Demon Realm; Dragon Elephant explained that it might instead lead to a secret realm fragment that the Nine-Heavens Space-Seizing Formation could capture.
• Xu Chuan and the others ambushed Xuan Li as he emerged from the rift, overcame his Demon Dragon Frenzy, and killed him after a prolonged battle, suppressing his Nascent Soul in the Black Tortoise Demon-Refining Painting.
• Xu Chuan explored the Heavenly Pit for two more days, returned to Yunxi with his group, and took the Balefulness-Cleansing Fruit while Xu Deling kept the White Jade Bone Palm for Ye Fan to refine.
• Xu Deling refined Dragon Elephant’s remnant soul into an artifact spirit for the Dragon-Elephant Cauldron; before falling asleep, he revealed that his name was Qiang Cang.
• Xu Mingxian studied the Nine-Heavens Space-Seizing Formation as the Xu Household continued its cultivation and craftwork, while Xu Chongfei’s plan to establish the Cangshan Alliance advanced among the golden core factions.
• After a faction leaked the alliance plan to the Mystic Star Sect, Shen Tianque and True Lord Qingxuan moved to win allies and secure key positions, while Xu Chongfei, Xu Deze, and Xu Chongsheng discussed the alliance’s offices and selection process.