Chapter Summaries

Xu Chongsheng and Xu Chongfei prepared the Cangshan powers to form the Azure Mountain Alliance, while the Mystic Star Sect weighed whether to resist or withdraw. At the alliance’s founding assembly, Xu Chongsheng defeated Cang He decisively and claimed the first place among the candidates for its leadership positions.

• Xu Chongsheng explained the alliance’s proposed structure and reserved positions to Song Chang'an, then agreed with Song Mingzhu to have a child.
• The Mystic Star Sect’s attempts to court Cangshan’s Golden Core powers were repeatedly frustrated, and Xuan Guang failed to negotiate leadership posts with Xu Chongfei.
• Zhang Pingchuan advised True Lord Qingxuan that the Mystic Star Sect should consider relocating rather than fight the Xu Household, and Qingxuan relayed the decision to the sect’s elders.
• Golden Core powers and rogue cultivators gathered in Cloud Cang City, signed the alliance agreement, and listened as Xu Chongfei outlined its rules and leadership selection.
• Xu Chongsheng challenged candidates for the alliance’s top positions, defeated Cang He with his Solar True Flame and Great Sun Treasure Wheel, and secured first place when no one else challenged him.

The Xu Household established the Azure Mountain Alliance after forcing the Mystic Star Sect to leave Cangshan Prefecture, then showcased its growing strength at a grand clan tournament. The chapter ended with Xu Chuan meeting Xuan Su, an unknown Spirit Transformation cultivator who had come to visit him.

• Xu Chongfei claimed the last alliance position and was elected alliance leader, then demanded the Mystic Star Sect's grounds for the headquarters; True Lord Qingxuan withdrew the sect from the alliance and announced it would leave Cangshan Prefecture.
• Xu Chuan warned the Mysterious Moon Sect that the Mystic Star Sect might face trouble during its relocation, and Zhang Daoran escorted its people to Mysterious Moon Prefecture, where attackers inflicted casualties on both sides.
• The Mystic Star Sect settled in Mysterious Moon Prefecture while the Xu Household turned its former grounds into the Azure Mountain Alliance headquarters and began recruiting members and organizing its institutions.
• The Xu Household held a large tournament featuring Immortal Arts and spell combat, revealing its strength to spectators from across the region and drawing the attention of a mysterious old Daoist.
• Xu Chuan divined that the old Daoist might be a Spirit Transformation cultivator, sent Xu Deyue to escort him, and learned that the visitor was Xuan Su.

Xu Chuan learned why Spirit Transformation cultivators disagreed over the awakening of the Heavenly Dao, received Azure Firmament’s backing, and arranged for Xu Huai to try to root a mystic spirit tree twig. Three years later, the Xu Household strengthened its influence while the Azure Mountain Alliance took shape, and Xu Chuan arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect’s ceremony honoring Vast Sun True Lord.

• Daoist Xuan Su visited the Xu Household, explained the risks and rewards of the Heavenly Dao awakening, and offered Xu Chuan a mystic spirit tree twig after discovering Azure Firmament’s interest in the clan.
• Xu Chuan consulted Azure Firmament, learned that Daoist Xuan Su’s avatar was formidable, and received an Azure Firmament jade token to discourage threats against the Xu Household.
• Xu Chuan gave the twig to Xu Huai, who offered to use the Xiantian Qi he had gathered to help it take root.
• Over the next three years, the Azure Mountain Alliance expanded across Cangshan Prefecture, while Xu Chongjian arranged a Heart Demon Illusion Formation to help Bai Sha and other Pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivators attempt breakthroughs.
• Vast Sun True Lord reached the Nascent Soul late stage, and the Azure Cloud Sect invited Xu Chuan to attend his Great Cultivator ceremony; Xu Chuan brought Xu Wenxiao to seek a potential dao companion.
• Xu Chuan and his companions arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect, where an elder welcomed them and offered to escort them to the ceremony venue.

Xu Chuan arranged a marriage alliance between Xu Wenxiao and Mu Yunrou, which unexpectedly led to their wedding and the birth of Xu Jinglan, a Heaven Spiritual Root prodigy with the Water Sovereign Body. After seeing the Xu Household’s promising new heir, Xu Chuan turned his attention to a plan in Mysterious Moon Prefecture.

• Xu Chuan offered lavish betrothal gifts for a bride who met strict requirements, and Mu Zhuoshan proposed Mu Yunrou as a match for Xu Wenxiao.
• Xu Wenxiao defeated Mu Yunrou in a spar, and Mu Zhuoshan secured her parents’ agreement to the match by promising additional resources for their branch.
• Xu Wenxiao and Mu Yunrou traveled together, grew close, and discovered that Mu Yunrou was pregnant after an unexpected encounter with a Demon Beast’s pink mist.
• Mu Qingfeng and Mu Jianyi returned to the Mu Household, but Mu Yunrou affirmed that she willingly accepted the marriage, and the Xu and Mu Households held a grand wedding three months later.
• Mu Yunrou gave birth to Xu Jinglan, whose Heaven Spiritual Root and Water Sovereign Body delighted Xu Chuan and showed his potential to cultivate the Black Emperor Water Sovereign Scripture.
• Xu Chuan considered the prospects of the Xu Household’s future and decided it was time to draw in the net in Mysterious Moon Prefecture.

Xu Chuan arranged for the Xu Household to raise Xu Weiyan as a hidden puppetry prodigy while the Hua Household seized Tian Guang’s market and nearly killed him. After the Xu Household rescued and healed Tian Guang, Xu Mingyuan retaliated against the Hua Household and brought the conflict to its gates, where Xu Deyue shattered its protective formation.

• Xu Weiyan’s Potential Stele test revealed exceptional spiritual-consciousness and puppetry talents, and Xu Chuan ordered the Xu Household to cultivate her discreetly.
• Hua Zonglin led five Golden Core cultivators to seize the Heavenly Fox Market District, gravely injuring Tian Guang before Yu Huacheng escaped with him.
• Xu Mingyuan sent Xu Wenjing and Xu Deyue to rescue Tian Guang, whose injuries they healed with precious pills, and recruited him as a Xu Household Guest Elder.
• Xu Mingyuan’s group attacked the market district, defeated Hua Zonglin and the Foundation Establishment cultivators, and carried Hua Zonglin to the Hua Household in Mysterious Moon City.
• Xu Deyue struck the Hua Household estate with a massive palm imprint, shattering its Clan-Protecting Grand Formation as the city lord watched without intervening.

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.