Recaps

Wenren Shangzhi and Deng Qiuzhi pursued Zhang Yuan together, hoping to capture him and use him against Xiao Yuanjun. Zhang Yuan broke free from Wenren Shangzhi’s grasp and faced both pursuers, hinting that the twelve mystic pearls in his hand could change the fight.

• Deng Qiuzhi persuaded Wenren Shangzhi to join forces against Zhang Yuan rather than split up and pursue him separately.
• Wenren Shangzhi transformed into a Red-Bearded Azure Dragon and seized Zhang Yuan’s Golden Carriage from afar, while Zhang Yuan used his Three Flags to withstand the attack.
• Zhang Yuan dispelled the Three Flags and used the Primordial Form-Converging Sword to cut Wenren Shangzhi’s dragon claw and escape the shattered carriage.
• Zhang Yuan confronted Wenren Shangzhi and Deng Qiuzhi from a distance and asked Deng Qiuzhi about the Wen River Deng Clan claiming he was dead.
• Deng Qiuzhi and Wenren Shangzhi declared Zhang Yuan’s death certain, but Zhang Yuan pointed out the twelve mystic pearls he held.

Zhang Yuan used [Primordial Form-Converging] to pull the sun toward the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm, forcing Deng Qiuzhi and Wenren Shangzhi to respond. As they held the sun back, Zhang Yuan decided not to escalate further.

• Zhang Yuan explained that [Primordial Form-Converging] had been forged from several pre-heaven artifact treasures and refined by two True Lords.
• Zhang Yuan activated [Commanding Celestial Phenomena] and began drawing the sun down from the starry heavens toward the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm.
• Deng Qiuzhi and Wenren Shangzhi condemned Zhang Yuan for endangering the realm’s inhabitants, while Zhang Yuan claimed he would rather betray the world than be betrayed by it.
• Deng Qiuzhi formed a vast net of earth and mountain rock to catch the sun, and Wenren Shangzhi summoned clouds and rain to cool the melting net.
• Zhang Yuan considered pulling down the moon and stars but abandoned the idea, content to keep his opponents occupied.

Zhang Yuan escaped to the Jingheng Kingdom after drawing down the sun, then stopped it and sent it back into the heavens once he was safe. He reunited with Xiao Yuanjun, while Lu Jianqing arrived with Hengyang Lu Clan reinforcements after the crisis had already passed.

• Zhang Yuan fled the Yu Kingdom, halted the sun with Primordial Form-Converging, and sent it back into the starry heavens.
• Deng Qiuzhi and Wenren Shangzhi held up the sun, then abandoned their pursuit of Zhang Yuan and returned to their clans.
• Xiao Yuanjun asked Lu Jianqing to send Hengyang Lu Clan Celestial Persons to aid Zhang Yuan, and Lu Jianqing set off to gather them.
• Ao Xiu panicked at the falling sun until Zhang Yuan arrived and told Xiao Yuanjun the crisis was resolved.
• Xiao Yuanjun welcomed Zhang Yuan and straightened his robes as Lu Jianqing arrived with Foundation Establishment Celestials.

Zhang Yuan met Lu Jianqing and the Hengyang Lu Clan cultivators after escaping an ambush, then asked to meet their True Lord about matters involving the Eastern Bian Li Clan and the East Sea Dragon Lord. The Lu Clan admitted him at once, and he followed them into a mountain estate whose peaceful medicine fields and disciplined cultivators left him wondering what had led the demonic clan to change so completely.

• Lu Jianqing arrived with five Hengyang Lu Clan cultivators and found Zhang Yuan safe after he had driven off Deng Qiuzhi and Wenren Shangzhi.
• The Lu Clan cultivators praised Zhang Yuan as a formidable demonic cultivator, while Zhang Yuan greeted Lu Jianqing and asked to see the clan's True Lord.
• Zhang Yuan explained that he needed to discuss the Eastern Bian Li Clan's True Lord and the East Sea Dragon Lord, and Lu Jianqing received instructions to bring him in immediately.
• Zhang Yuan, Xiao Yuanjun, and Ao Xiu followed Lu Jianqing toward the Hengyang Lu Clan's mountain estate in the Jingheng Kingdom.
• Zhang Yuan observed the clan's herb fields and harmonious cultivators and wondered why the Hengyang Lu Clan had transformed so thoroughly from its demonic origins.

Zhang Yuan, Xiao Yuanjun, and Ao Xiu visited the Hengyang Lu Clan and met its True Lord, [True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds]. She agreed to refine Zhang Yuan’s Sun-Moon White Robe into a Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure and received it from him.

• Lu Jianqing explained that the Hengyang Lu Clan’s other True Lords were either injured and in seclusion or had died, leaving [True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds] as the clan’s only active True Lord.
• Lu Jianqing led Zhang Yuan, Xiao Yuanjun, and Ao Xiu to the foot of Ten-Thousand Rosy Clouds Mountain, then left them to climb to the Ten-Thousand Rosy Clouds Blessings Palace.
• [True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds] emerged from the palace and greeted the three visitors, while Ao Xiu recognized her and wondered why she now had a female body.
• [True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds] asked why the Deputy Sovereign had sent Zhang Yuan, and he explained that he had come at her advice to have his Daoist robe refined.
• [True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds] agreed to refine the Sun-Moon White Robe, and Zhang Yuan took it off, folded it, and handed it to her.

Zhang Yuan left Ten-Thousand Rosy Clouds Mountain after surviving the heavenly punishment for drawing down Solar Yang, and Li Huixi watched over him from Sun-Moon Cliff. Lu Jianqing arranged for Zhang Yuan, Xiao Yuanjun, and Ao Xiu to stay with the Hengyang Lu Clan, misunderstanding Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun’s relationship as Dao Companions.

• [True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds] noticed the hole in Zhang Yuan’s robe and wondered whether he had challenged the Dao at Sun-Moon Cliff and taken a punch from Li Huixi.
• Solar Profound Light struck Zhang Yuan as punishment for drawing down Solar Yang, but [True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds] healed him with Seven-Colored Precious Light.
• Li Huixi watched Zhang Yuan’s punishment from Sun-Moon Cliff and decided he should stay with the Hengyang Lu Clan for safety.
• Lu Jianqing welcomed Zhang Yuan, Xiao Yuanjun, and Ao Xiu and offered to arrange their accommodations.
• Xiao Yuanjun said she and Zhang Yuan would share a courtyard as master and disciple and Dao Companions, and Lu Jianqing accepted the relationship as romantic.

Zhang Yuan settled into Dharma Spring Mountain under the Hengyang Lu Clan’s protection and planned how to survive the pursuit waiting beyond its borders. He wrote to ask Jiang Peilan to escort him, while Ao Xiu wrote home about its return to the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm.

• Lu Jianqing brought Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun to a courtyard on Dharma Spring Mountain, then left to find Zhang Yuan clothes.
• Zhang Yuan decided to remain with the Hengyang Lu Clan until the chaos calamity arrived, knowing the Wen River Deng Clan, the South Sea Dragon Clan, and the Nine Serenities Lu Clan would pursue him if he left.
• Zhang Yuan wrote to Cui Qiezhe, asking for Jiang Peilan to escort him safely to the Ya Kingdom Capital City.
• Ao Xiu asked to write home, and Zhang Yuan agreed on the condition that he could read the letter.
• Ao Xiu wrote a brief letter about where it was and then offered to massage Zhang Yuan after his recent battles.

Zhang Yuan witnessed the Chaos Calamity begin as four great realms approached the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm, triggering a battle among True Lords over the worlds accompanying them. He suspected True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts had a reason for staying hidden and hoped he would seize enough resources for Zhang Yuan to bargain with later.

• Zhang Yuan sensed the four great realms approaching the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm, and Xiao Yuanjun identified their origins and relative strength.
• True Lord Imperial Balance Myriad Turns reached for the surrounding small worlds, but Cloud Ao Bearing the Mountain True Lord challenged him and the two began fighting.
• True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds swept up a few worlds and sent them to the Hengyang Lu Clan, where some became treasures and others expanded the clan's territory.
• A golden halberd from the divine-light realm pinned True Lord Imperial Balance Myriad Turns's cyan hand, while mighty beings from the arriving realms resisted the Lords of Heaven and Earth.
• Zhang Yuan noticed that True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts had not appeared and wondered whether he had acted secretly or was waiting for a better opportunity.

In the chaos, Li Huixi halted the plunder of the five realms and declared her intention to become Heavenly Lord by uniting all the heavens. The True Lords of the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm and the Four Great Realms prepared to stop her.

• [True Lord Imperial Balance Myriad Turns] seized the Boundless Central Heaven Realm and began refining a piece of it into a treasure.
• Ye Xiangning watched the battle without intervening as Li Huixi appeared and silenced every True Lord with a single command.
• Li Huixi repositioned the Four Great Realms around the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm and struck a Buddha in the Shared-Sorrow Lotus Realm for insulting her.
• Li Huixi announced that her thousand-year term as Deputy Sovereign had ended and declared, "All heavens become one, I shall be Heavenly Lord."
• The True Lords realized Li Huixi intended to rise to Heavenly Lord and gathered their forces against her, with seven Golden Core True Lords and a long-sword incarnation taking the field.

Li Huixi attacked eight True Lords and revealed that her completed Truth-Seeking Rite had elevated her third Profound Mystery, [Boundless], to Mahayana. As the True Lords and powerful beings from the Four Great Realms gathered to oppose her, Qin Jieyu appeared with an Immortal Artifact and a hostile gaze.

• Li Huixi unleashed [Dark-Bright Heaven-Favored Filthy-World Annihilation] against eight True Lords, injuring them before [True Lord Jianmu Dinghai] healed them with [Water-Marsh Wood].
• Li Huixi revealed that her [Boundless] Profound Mystery united her selves from yesterday, today, and tomorrow, and that her Truth-Seeking Rite was complete.
• The Eastern Ya Cui Clan's True Lord fled toward the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm, warning the others to seek someone more capable.
• Mighty beings from the Shared-Sorrow Lotus Realm, Boundless Midheaven Realm, Crimson Clouds Great Realm, and Mountain-Sea Profound Yellow Realm joined the battle against Li Huixi.
• Qin Jieyu appeared in the Chaos bearing an Immortal Artifact and looking hostile toward Li Huixi.

Li Huixi overwhelmed the gathered Lords of Heaven and Earth with the Sun-Moon Mystic Light, forcing them to accept her plan to unite the five realms under the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm. The Shared-Sorrow Lotus Realm’s response remained uncertain after a Dharma master said it would go west to subdue the Demonic Dao.

• [Immortal Lord Daocheng Dejiu] withdrew from the battle to protect the living beings of the five realms.
• Li Huixi unleashed her power, neutralized the gathered figures’ attacks, and annihilated the strike of the Ancient True Lord [Unimpeded Foot].
• Li Huixi blasted apart the gathered figures’ bodies with a single strike, frightening several into fleeing or pleading that they had misunderstood.
• Li Huixi declared that the five realms would unite, with the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm at the center and the other four realms assigned to the east, west, south, and north.
• The Mountain-Sea Profound Yellow Realm and the Crimson Rosy Radiance Realm accepted Li Huixi’s plan, while a Dharma master spoke for the Shared-Sorrow Lotus Realm and said it would go west to deliver the Demonic Cultivators.

Li Huixi forced the realms into their new positions, united the heavens, and became the Heavenly Sovereign. She entered seclusion after promising Zhang Yuan she would bring Chen Xinqiao back, then pulled Chen Xinqiao from the past into the present.

• Li Huixi shattered the Boundless Central Heaven Realm, renamed it the Southern Heaven Realm, and placed the other realms around the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm, uniting all heavens.
• The Golden-Armored Deity and the Lords of Heaven and Earth withdrew, while Qin Jieyu watched the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm.
• Zhang Yuan realized Li Huixi had laid down the Heavenly Laws and feared he could not escape their marriage.
• Li Huixi told Zhang Yuan she would enter seclusion and bring Chen Xinqiao back, then sent him away from Sun-Moon Cliff.
• Li Huixi reached through the River of Time, rescued Chen Xinqiao from several years in the past, and brought her to Sun-Moon Cliff, where Chen Xinqiao asked who Li Huixi was.

Chen Xinqiao was resurrected by Li Huixi, but abandoned her plan to ascend as a True Lord and left to find Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan learned that his refined Daoist robe was ready and prepared to travel to the East Sea with Jiang Peilan.

• Chen Xinqiao realized Li Huixi had resurrected her and asked where Zhang Yuan was, but Li Huixi ordered her to leave.
• Chen Xinqiao briefly called on [Heavenly Well Radiance] to ascend, then withdrew it after Li Huixi warned her not to interfere with her bridegroom.
• [Heavenly Well Radiance] carried Chen Xinqiao toward the Ya Kingdom, while Li Huixi reflected on the long plan that had made her a Heavenly Sovereign.
• Zhang Yuan returned to Ao Xiu and Xiao Yuanjun and told them Li Huixi had summoned him only to announce her seclusion.
• Lu Jianqing told Zhang Yuan that [True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds] had finished his item and that Jiang Peilan had arrived; Zhang Yuan arranged her lodging and said he would leave for the East Sea with her.

Zhang Yuan received the Sun-Moon Seven-Hue Robe from True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds and saw heavenly well radiance appear, suggesting Chen Xinqiao had been resurrected. He decided to travel to Ao Kingdom and bring Chen Xinqiao home, but learned that the united Five Realms and expanding heavenly laws would make the journey much slower.

• True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds gave Zhang Yuan the Sun-Moon Seven-Hue Robe, whose abilities could restore him to peak condition once a month and protect him with powerful sun-moon radiance.
• Zhang Yuan saw heavenly well radiance appear and concluded that Chen Xinqiao was alive and had not clashed with Li Huixi.
• Zhang Yuan decided to go to Ao Kingdom to take Ao Xiu back and bring Chen Xinqiao home.
• Zhang Yuan met Jiang Peilan, who offered to take him to Ya Kingdom Capital City and warned that travel across the united Five Realms had become much slower.
• Zhang Yuan sensed that the Lords of Heaven and Earth had strengthened travel restrictions, and realized his journey to the East Sea could take months.

Zhang Yuan realized that Jiang Peilan could take him and his companions through the Great Void to the Ya Kingdom Capital City, while Ye Xiangning plotted to use his rising importance in her schemes. The chapter left Xu Lingyin questioning the intelligence Ye Xiangning had sold her about Zhang Yuan.

• Zhang Yuan asked Jiang Peilan how she planned to return, and Xiao Yuanjun reminded him that she could lead them through the Great Void.
• Zhang Yuan suspected a True Lord had influenced him to forget about traversing the Great Void, then asked Jiang Peilan to take him, Xiao Yuanjun, and Ao Xiu through it.
• On a Mysterious Court Magic Ship, Ye Xiangning sneezed and blamed Zhang Yuan before deciding to meet him near the East Sea and scheme against him while keeping him alive.
• Xu Lingyin asked Ye Xiangning whether she knew Zhang Yuan, and Ye Xiangning sold her a Jade Slip of supposed intelligence for a thousand spirit stones.
• Xu Lingyin read the Jade Slip and questioned whether Ye Xiangning had swindled her.

Xu Lingyin misread the Jade Slip while Ye Zhenshu and Hu Ying discussed Ye Xiangning’s immense power. Zhang Yuan, Jiang Peilan, Xiao Yuanjun, and Ao Xiu traveled through the Great Void to the Ya Kingdom capital, where Zhang Yuan arrived at Brightheart Residence and reunited with Cui Yuanxi and Cui Zhaowei.

• Xu Lingyin pointed to “Dallying among flowers and grass,” and Ye Xiangning realized Zhang Yuan’s Divine Ability had left Xu Lingyin confused.
• Ye Zhenshu asked Hu Ying about Ye Xiangning, and Hu Ying judged her to be at least an Immortal Lord or Heavenly Immortal; Ye Zhenshu decided to yield her ambitions to Ye Xiangning and pursue becoming a Great Immortal Lord.
• Zhang Yuan, Jiang Peilan, Xiao Yuanjun, and Ao Xiu crossed the Great Void, and Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun discussed how the Nether Bureau might reach Celestial Persons hiding in their Dao Domains.
• The group arrived above the Ya Kingdom capital, where a sword from the Lesser White Jade Capital formation inspected them before returning to its tower.
• Jiang Peilan went to the Chancellor’s Residence and invited Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun to a welcoming banquet, while Zhang Yuan and Ao Xiu headed with Xiao Yuanjun to Brightheart Residence.
• Zhang Yuan arrived at Brightheart Residence and found Cui Yuanxi practicing swordsmanship while Cui Zhaowei watched.

Zhang Yuan returned to Brightheart Residence with Xiao Yuanjun, where Cui Yuanxi mistook Ao Xiu for a demon dragon before deciding she was Zhang Yuan’s spirit pet. Cui Yuanxi flirted with Zhang Yuan, and he asked Cui Zhaowei about her Dao epithet after learning she had reached the Celestial Person realm.

• Cui Yuanxi pulled Ao Xiu from Zhang Yuan’s robes, accused her of plotting, and then concluded she was his spirit pet.
• Ao Xiu introduced herself as a true dragon named Ao Xiu and thought about recovering her cultivation by refining the Dragon Pearl held by True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds.
• Cui Yuanxi told Zhang Yuan she had been busy thinking of him, leaving Xiao Yuanjun and Cui Zhaowei startled.
• Zhang Yuan entered the clean and familiar Brightheart Residence, though he knew he would soon need to take Ao Xiu to the East Sea and fetch Chen Xinqiao from Sun-Moon Cliff.
• Zhang Yuan asked Cui Zhaowei for her Dao epithet after recognizing that she had become a Celestial Person and Foundation Establishment Sword Immortal.

Zhang Yuan visited the Cui Residence, where the Eastern Ya Cui Clan's True Lord confronted him through her [Qiming] incarnation, [Heavenly Army Night-Cutting Goddess]. She severed the influence of his [Basking in the Spring Breeze] talent and questioned him about it, leaving him to explain that he was born with the ability.

• Cui Zhaowei told Zhang Yuan that her Dao epithet was [Zhuanyang], and he jokingly addressed her as Sword Immortal Zhuanyang.
• Zhang Yuan left Brightheart Residence at sunset and noticed that the Ya Kingdom Capital City had lost many residents after the disasters.
• At the Cui Residence, Zhang Yuan sensed sword qi from Cui Qiezhe's study, and Cui Qiezhe explained that the Goddess was waiting to see him.
• Zhang Yuan entered the study, where [Heavenly Army Night-Cutting Goddess] held a True Lord's Immortal Sword to his neck.
• [Heavenly Army Night-Cutting Goddess] cut away the influence of [Basking in the Spring Breeze] and asked Zhang Yuan whether a True Lord had created the ability.
• Zhang Yuan said he had been born with [Basking in the Spring Breeze], and [Heavenly Army Night-Cutting Goddess] accepted his explanation after divining its origin.

The [Heavenly Army Night-Cutting Goddess] told Zhang Yuan that Chen Xinqiao might soon reclaim [Heavenly Well Radiance] and asked him to bring her in so it could cleanse her dulled sword. Zhang Yuan left after learning the request would not harm Chen Xinqiao, but the True Lord also decided he should marry Cui Zhaowei and join her clan.

• The [Heavenly Army Night-Cutting Goddess] explained that Clear Void had once ascended through [Heavenly Well Radiance] and that her reincarnation, possibly Chen Xinqiao, could reclaim the position.
• The [Heavenly Army Night-Cutting Goddess] threatened Zhang Yuan with her Immortal Sword, but he refused to agree to bring Chen Xinqiao without knowing her purpose.
• The [Heavenly Army Night-Cutting Goddess] revealed that she needed [Heavenly Well Radiance] to cleanse the sword dulled in her battle with [Immortal Lord Cangyan Lianjie], and assured Zhang Yuan the process would not harm Chen Xinqiao.
• As Zhang Yuan prepared to leave, the [Heavenly Army Night-Cutting Goddess] proposed that he marry Cui Zhaowei and join the Eastern Ya Cui Clan.
• Zhang Yuan said he was already betrothed to someone from the Eastern Bian Li Clan, but the [Heavenly Army Night-Cutting Goddess] dismissed his objection and sent him out of Cui Qiezhe's study.

After learning Chen Xinqiao’s return could provoke another assassination attempt, Zhang Yuan planned to leave for the Ao Kingdom the next morning. Cui Qiezhe arranged for Cui Zhaowei to travel with him, hoping to keep Zhang Yuan close to the Ya Kingdom.

• Xiao Yuanjun learned from Zhang Yuan that Chen Xinqiao was about to return to her position, and they worried her enemies would prepare another deathtrap.
• At the welcome feast, Zhang Yuan told Cui Qiezhe he needed to travel to the Ao Kingdom’s East Sea the next morning, and Cui Yuanxi asked to accompany him home.
• Cui Qiezhe arranged for Cui Zhaowei to join Zhang Yuan and Cui Yuanxi, claiming he had matters for her to handle in the Ao Kingdom.
• After the feast, Cui Qiezhe privately told Cui Zhaowei he wanted her to accompany Zhang Yuan so Cui Yuanxi would not draw him toward the Aohai Cui Clan.

Xiao Yuanjun told Zhang Yuan that a strand of Ren Water would emerge in Dragon Creek City in three days, and they prepared to head there. Zhang Yuan took Ao Xiu to return her to the East Sea Dragon Clan and arrange an exchange for a Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure.

• Xiao Yuanjun trapped herself and Zhang Yuan beneath a quilt, then told him about the Ren Water expected to emerge in the Ao Kingdom.
• Zhang Yuan calculated the karmic connection and sensed the Ren Water would appear in Dragon Creek City in three days, on their route.
• Ao Xiu woke to find Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun beneath the same quilt, while Xiao Yuanjun clung to Zhang Yuan in her sleep.
• Zhang Yuan woke Xiao Yuanjun, and the two teased each other before setting out.
• Zhang Yuan carried Ao Xiu to the courtyard and told her to have the East Sea Dragon Clan prepare a Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure for their exchange.

Zhang Yuan’s group encountered a Nether Bureau Ghost Soldier beneath Sky Mountain while trying to avoid the Mysterious Court. As the Court’s Immortal Lords debated how to respond, Immortal Lord Liujing returned after consulting their ancestor, but had not yet shared the answer.

• Zhang Yuan recognized Sky Mountain as Mysterious Court territory and concealed the group’s presence before explaining the danger and his feud with the sect.
• Cui Zhaowei destroyed an ancient spear of yin qi that erupted from beneath the mountain, but the disturbance continued.
• A huge Nether Bureau Ghost Soldier emerged from the mist, alarming the Mysterious Court’s disciples and Immortal Lords.
• Immortal Lord Yinghuang urged the Court to attack, while Immortal Lord Lingxiang chose to wait for guidance from the ancestor and learn the Ghost Soldier’s purpose.
• Immortal Lord Liujing returned from consulting the ancestor, and Immortal Lord Lingxiang asked whether they should drive the Ghost Soldier away.

A Nether Bureau Ghost Soldier attacked Zhang Yuan, but its true target was Ao Xiu, whose lost cultivation made her appear to be an ordinary snake to the Nether Bureau. Zhang Yuan fought back with help from Cui Zhaowei and Ao Xiu, leaving the Ghost Soldier disarmed beneath gathering thunderclouds.

• Immortal Lord Liujing told the Mysterious Court Immortal Lords that the Nether Bureau Ghost Soldier’s yin qi could not harm or be refined by them, and they watched from a distance.
• The Ghost Soldier attacked Zhang Yuan, who realized it was targeting Ao Xiu and pulled her from his robes; Ao Xiu explained that her lost cultivation had made her vulnerable to the Nether Bureau.
• Zhang Yuan asked the Mysterious Court Immortal Lords for help, but they refused to intervene.
• Zhang Yuan froze the Ghost Soldier with [Yellow Springs Drink] and severed one arm with the [Primordial Form-Converging Sword], while the Mysterious Court Immortal Lords saved disciples from the falling limb.
• Cui Zhaowei cut off the Ghost Soldier’s other arm and destroyed both severed arms; Zhang Yuan activated the Mystic Pearls and [Eastern Mystic-Yang Fusang Banner] to summon thunderclouds.
• Ao Xiu added mist and lightning to the storm, as Zhang Yuan prepared to use thunder against the wounded Ghost Soldier.

After the Nether Bureau Ghost Soldiers emerged from beneath Sky Mountain, Zhang Yuan fled with Cui Zhaowei while Xiao Yuanjun and Cui Yuanxi headed for Dragon Creek City. The Mysterious Court’s leaders considered the new threat and focused on deciphering the golden position true name.

• A Dragon-Shaped Thunderbolt destroyed the Nether Bureau Ghost Soldier, but its Yin energies flowed back into the mist beneath Sky Mountain, where a Ghost General and more ghost soldiers appeared.
• Zhang Yuan grabbed Cui Zhaowei and escaped in the Golden Carriage, telling Xiao Yuanjun and Cui Yuanxi to wait for him in Dragon Creek City.
• Xiao Yuanjun assured Cui Yuanxi that Zhang Yuan could handle the pursuing ghost deities, and they left the Mysterious Court for Dragon Creek City.
• Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui explained that Cui Yuanxi was the daughter of the Aohai Cui Clan patriarch, so the Mysterious Court could not afford to attack her.
• Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui suspected a True Lord had tampered with the area beneath Sky Mountain and resolved to focus on deciphering the golden position true name.

Zhang Yuan escaped the Nether Bureau pursuers by concealing Ao Xiu’s karma and leaving them a false incarnation, then brought Cui Zhaowei and Ao Xiu back to Dragon Creek City. He sent Cui Zhaowei ahead to the Cui Residence while he went to meet someone in the city.

• Zhang Yuan explained that he had grabbed Cui Zhaowei’s shoulders while fleeing and agreed to hold her around the waist if they had to escape together again.
• Zhang Yuan hid Ao Xiu’s aura and karma, then left a past-life incarnation and a false Golden Carriage to mislead the Nether Bureau Ghost General and Ghost Soldiers.
• After the pursuers lost their trail, Zhang Yuan deduced they had tracked them through karma and used his connection to Dragon Creek City to find its location.
• Zhang Yuan flew the Golden Carriage east and arrived above Dragon Creek City with Cui Zhaowei and Ao Xiu the following day.
• Zhang Yuan asked Cui Zhaowei to go to the Cui Residence to find Cui Yuanxi while he went to meet someone in the city.