Chapter Summaries

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Xu Chuan prepared the Xu Household and the Mysterious Spirit Sect for the Su Household and Ascension Gate’s attack, drawing other Central Region powers to witness the battle. The fighting began with Xu Chuan facing Heavenly Feather True Lord and several champions engaging their assigned opponents, and Su Moyan revealed a Spirit Treasure as the battle escalated.

• Xu Chuan calculated that the allied forces needed Blood Baleful and the Ten-Thousand-Soul Banner to counter Li Qianyu, then spread rumors that the Su Household and Ascension Gate planned to plunder the Mysterious Spirit Sect.
• The Su Household and Ascension Gate recruited the Ji Household Great Cultivator and two other Nascent Soul Cultivators, while Xu Chuan gathered the Xu Household’s forces and explained his battle plan to the Mysterious Spirit Sect.
• Blood Baleful arrived with the Ten-Thousand-Soul Banner, and Xu Chuan’s forces confronted the fifteen Nascent Soul Cultivators led by Heavenly Feather True Lord and Su Moyan.
• Xu Chuan fought Heavenly Feather True Lord, Moyue, Ye Fan, and Xu Deyue engaged Su Moyan, and Blood Baleful and Boundless True Lord joined forces against Li Qianyu.
• Xu Deling and the other Xu Household cultivators fought their assigned opponents, while Blood Baleful used the Ten-Thousand-Soul Banner to form a ten-thousand-ghost Dharma Form and put Li Qianyu at a disadvantage.
• When Xu Deling’s opponent called for help, Su Moyan tried to intervene, but Ye Fan and the others blocked him; Su Moyan then drew a crimson-and-cyan Spirit Treasure saber.

Moyue, Ye Fan, and Xu Deyue forced Su Moyan and the Ascension Gate to accept a truce after Xu Deling killed Su Xuanshan. As the Xu Household prepared to become a dominant faction, Xu Chuan planned to use a Fortune-Borrowing Formation to advance the clan’s Qilin Seal, and Zhang Fan agreed to let the Xu Household operate in Mysterious Moon Sect territory in exchange for a promise to protect the sect if he died.

• Moyue empowered his true body and fought Su Moyan with Ye Fan and Xu Deyue, while Xu Deling pursued Su Xuanshan and returned with his corpse.
• Su Moyan and Heavenly Feather True Lord accepted Xu Chuan’s wager and withdrew their forces, ending the battle and halting hostilities between the Nascent Soul cultivators for ten years.
• News of the Xu Household’s strength spread, and Zhang Fan convened representatives from major factions, most of whom approved its rise to dominant status despite Li Qianyu’s objection.
• Xu Chuan learned that Mei Yun could help establish a Nine Heavens Fortune-Borrowing Grand Formation, which could gather fortune to advance the Qilin Seal into a Fortune Spirit Treasure.
• Xu Chuan persuaded Zhang Fan to allow the formation in the Mysterious Moon Sect’s territory by promising the Xu Household would shelter the sect for a hundred years if Zhang Fan died before reaching Spirit Transformation.

Xu Chuan led the Xu Household through the Dominant Faction Trial, earning recognition as Southern Heaven’s sixth dominant faction. The chapter ended with the Xu Household completing its ceremony of sacrifice and prayer to heaven as the Qilin Seal absorbed fortune gathered from across the Northwest.

• Xu Chuan ordered his descendants and Mei Yun to establish Fortune-Borrowing Formations across the Northwest, intending to raise the Qilin Seal into a Spirit Treasure.
• Xu Jinghao persuaded the Golden Core factions of Demon Nether Prefecture and Flowing Moon Prefecture to join the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty, while the others helped complete the formations.
• At the Dominant Faction Trial in Cloudbrook City, Xu Chuan blocked Qingjun’s sword strike, matched True Lord Xu Yan’s divine ability, and fought Heavenly Feather True Lord for a quarter of an hour.
• Xu Chuan withstood attacks from Su Moyan, the Great Cultivators of Cinnabar Cloud Palace and Blazing Sun Hall, and won the assembled factions’ approval for the Xu Household’s advancement.
• Zhang Fan announced that the Yunxi Xu Household had become Southern Heaven’s sixth dominant faction, and Cloudbrook City later expanded to sixteen hundred li.
• Xu Chuan activated the Fortune-Borrowing Formation during the Xu Household’s ceremony, and the assembled descendants and guests congratulated the clan on its advancement.

Xu Chuan anchored the Xu Household’s fortune with the newly advanced Qilin Seal, established four towers to strengthen and profit from the Northwest, and discovered that Xu Zhaoyuan was a five-element dao body destined for greatness. The towers drew cultivators from across the region, especially Golden Core perfection cultivators seeking a chance to reach Nascent Soul.

• The Qilin Seal became a mid-grade spirit treasure with an artifact spirit phantom, and Xu Chuan announced that Yunxi would open its cultivation chambers and towers to cultivators.
• Xu Chuan assigned the Xu Household to build and manage the Cultivation Tower, Divine Ability Tower, Combat Power Tower, and Heart Demon Tower, while directing the clan to prevent Golden Core factions in the Northwest from being destroyed.
• Xu Chuan rushed to Cloud Cang City when Xu Changhua’s wife suffered a difficult labor, then bestowed talents and five-element spiritual energy on the unborn Xu Zhaoyuan, a destined five-element dao body.
• Xu Zhaoyuan was born with cultivation at the fourth layer of Qi Refining, and Xu Chuan brought him to Yunxi to raise him personally while the family kept his nature secret.
• The four towers opened, and Lei Wuji, Yan Kuangtu, and Cang Fengyan publicized their progress through the Heart Demon Tower, drawing crowds of Golden Core cultivators seeking a path to Nascent Soul.
• The towers attracted major sects and clans, and Nascent Soul cultivators from several powers traveled to Yunxi to investigate them.

The Xu Household tested interest in its Heart Demon Tower, granted Yan Zhen access as a guest elder, and Xu Chuan trained Xu Zhaoyuan while Xu Zhaoheng advanced rapidly with his Ruins-End True Flame. The Heavenly Fortune Dynasty was founded under Xu Jinghao, and its newly manifested fortune flood dragon revealed the dynasty path’s formidable potential.

• Xu Mingyuan offered the Northwest factions limited access to the Heart Demon Tower, while Xu Deling secured an exception for Yan Zhen to use it as a Skyfeather Sect guest elder.
• After testing the tower, Yan Zhen joined the Skyfeather Sect, but negotiations with four other factions failed when Xu Chuan demanded that tower users never initiate attacks against the Xu Household.
• Xu Chuan taught Xu Zhaoyuan the Five-Element Creation Scripture, and the child quickly formed five-element primordial magic power.
• Xu Zhaoheng developed his Ruins-End True Flame, broke through to Golden Core third layer, and then went to the Blackwater Domain to gain experience.
• Xu Chuan proposed combining Xu Weiyan’s spiritual consciousness with puppet runes to create a unique spiritual consciousness core, and she entered seclusion to attempt it.
• Xu Jinghao founded the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty with Xu Chuan as State Preceptor, and its fortune formed a flood dragon that Daoist Xuanxin warned could grow into a true dragon.

Xu Chuan consolidated the Heavenly Fortune Dynasty’s influence and negotiated over access to the Heart Demon Tower while the Xu Household’s allies and descendants advanced in cultivation. In Yin Spring City, Xu Zhaoheng revealed himself after the Zhong Household executed the people he had once saved, and a Nascent Soul elder trapped him as the chapter ended.

• Zhang Fan met Xu Chuan’s ghost cultivator avatar and secured five annual Heart Demon Tower places for the Mysterious Moon Sect.
• Yan Kuangtu formed a Nascent Soul, followed by Xu Chonghui, Xu Dezhao, Xu Mingxuan, and Yan Zhen; Xu Weiyan also developed the Spirit Puppet Method and entered the Golden Core stage.
• Xu Chuan refused top powers’ requests for Heart Demon Tower access unless they guaranteed they would not oppose the Xu Household, while accepting negotiations with weaker Golden Core factions and outsiders.
• Xu Zhaoheng earned a fearsome reputation in the Blackwater Domain, then decided to go to Yin Spring City after the Zhong Household announced the execution of people he had saved.
• Xu Deling and Chongyuan followed Xu Zhaoheng to Yin Spring City and watched as he remained hidden while the Zhong Household executed the captives, then appeared to taunt the household.
• Xu Zhaoheng killed a Zhong Household Golden Core cultivator and tried to escape, but the Zhong Household’s Nascent Soul elder located and restrained him before ordering the Golden Core cultivators to attack.

Xu Zhaoheng escaped the Zhong Household after Elder Deling secretly intervened, while Xu Chuan traveled with Black Wind to an Other Shore gathering in Myriad Treasures City. There, the Other Shore’s leaders planned to attack the Mysterious Spirit Sect for the Su Household and the Ascension Gate, unaware that Xu Chuan was listening as Black Wind revealed his presence.

• Xu Zhaoheng fought the Zhong Household, killed a Golden Core cultivator, and escaped Yin Spring City with the help of a Barrier-Breaking Orb, an escape talisman, and a hidden spiritual-consciousness attack from Elder Deling.
• Elder Deling and Chongyuan found Xu Zhaoheng recovering, revealed that they had protected him, and warned him to put his life and the Xu Household first.
• Xu Weiyan traveled with the puppet-arts cultivator Lu Dong, Xu Mingqing formed his nascent soul, and Mang Yuan reached the transformation late stage as events across Southern Heaven unfolded.
• Black Wind told Xu Chuan that the Other Shore’s regional leaders were gathering in Myriad Treasures City, and Xu Chuan agreed to accompany him and investigate the organization’s plans.
• Xu Chuan and Black Wind attended the Other Shore gathering, where the chief proposed attacking the Mysterious Spirit Sect in exchange for New Nine-Revolution Profound Origin Pills.
• Black Wind told the Other Shore’s leaders that they were plotting aloud in front of the person they meant to target, and the leaders reacted in shock.

Xu Chuan forced the Other Shore under joint Xu Household and Shen Clan control, then used its assassins to sabotage the Su Household and Ascension Gate’s attack on the Mysterious Spirit Sect. After returning to Yunxi, he broke through to the Nascent Soul late stage while Xu Chongxi faced a deadly inheritance trial in the Cold Mountain Secret Realm.

• Xu Chuan exposed Black Wind’s allegiance, discovered that the Other Shore’s first leader was Shen Shufei of the Shen Clan, and secured the leaders’ agreement to submit to sixty years of restrictions while sharing control of the organization with the Xu Household.
• Shen Shufei told the Shen Clan ancestor about Xu Chuan’s restriction, and the Shen Clan agreed not to clash with the Xu Household before helping arrange for the Ascension Pavilion to open in Myriad Treasures City.
• The Other Shore’s assassins betrayed the Su Household and Ascension Gate during their assault on the Mysterious Spirit Sect, killing one Nascent Soul cultivator and badly wounding two before Xu Chuan stopped the battle and let the factions withdraw.
• Xu Chuan returned to Yunxi, where Hu Meiniang became pregnant with Moyue’s child, and later began attempting a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul late stage as Xu Chongxi entered the Cold Mountain Secret Realm’s life-or-death Heavenly Iceheart trial.
• Xu Chuan successfully reached the Nascent Soul late stage, and Xu Huai reported that the cave-heaven had expanded and tested the strength of his Greenwood Avatar.

Xu Chuan rescued Xu Chongxi during the Cold Mountain Secret Realm’s life-and-death trial, helping her claim High Person Hanshan’s inheritance and the secret realm. After returning to the Xu Household, he learned Xu Mingwei was preparing to form his Nascent Soul and watched as Mingwei entered a heart demon trial.

• Xu Chuan entered the Cold Mountain Secret Realm and used his life-and-death divine ability to control the Heavenly Iceheart’s extreme cold as Xu Chongxi fused with it.
• Xu Chongxi gained an Ultimate Iceheart Body, comprehended the Extreme Ice Snow-Soul Palm, and slew a Transformation Late Stage Great Demon to complete the trials.
• Xu Chongxi received High Person Hanshan’s inheritance, the Heart of Cold Mountain, and the Cold Mountain Seal, then stayed in the secret realm to refine them.
• Xu Chuan returned to Yunxi, reported Chongxi’s success, and sent Xu Chonghui to prepare for Myriad Treasures City’s grand auction before resuming secluded cultivation.
• Xu Mingwei told Yang Ronghua and Changfeng Xiaoyang that he would attempt Nascent Soul Formation, then entered seclusion with a high-grade Tribulation-Surmounting Pill.
• Xu Chuan sent Xu Mingwei into the Heart Demon Illusion Formation, and Xu Mingxian revealed an image of Dongxi and the Millennium Calamity.

Xu Chuan intervened in Xu Mingwei’s heart demon tribulation, helping him form his Nascent Soul, and the Xu Household’s fortunes continued to grow. Later, Xu Mingqing brought Qin Huan to meet Xu Chuan, who tested him with an illusion and revealed the encounter’s true nature.

• Xu Mingwei failed to overcome the Heart Demon Illusion Formation, so Xu Chuan ordered him to keep training before attempting his Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Xu Chuan used the Qilin Seal and his Reincarnation Illusion Realm to help Xu Mingwei confront his love tribulation, and Xu Mingwei successfully formed his Nascent Soul.
• Xu Mingwei reunited with his family, while Xu Chongsheng and Xu Wenjing later also reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Xu Deling advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and Xu Mingqing invited Qin Huan to leave the Three Prefectures Region with him to meet the source of Qin Huan’s Illusion Dao inheritance.
• Xu Chuan tested Qin Huan with an illusion in which Qin Huan risked his life to save Xu Mingqing, then revealed the scene had been an illusion.