Recaps

Zhang Yuan spared Liu Junmao and the others, altering their memories so they would spread a false account of Wang Zhenfeng’s death. When the Wang Household uncovered the truth, Zhang Yuan realized he had been discovered and fled Liu Family Village with Chen Xinqiao and Chen Qinkuai.

• Zhang Yuan placed invisible chains on Liu Junmao, Liu Yulan, and the old woman, then sent them away with false memories of a demonic cultivator killing Wang Zhenfeng.
• Liu Junmao remembered that Wang Zhenfeng was dead and ran overnight to report it to the Wang Household.
• Wang Dingzhong doubted Liu Junmao’s account, severed his legs with Sword Qi, and forced him to reveal that the cultivator at Chen Qinkuai’s home had killed Wang Zhenfeng.
• Zhang Yuan sensed that Liu Junmao’s karmic chain had been severed, realized the Wang Household had discovered him, and fled with Chen Xinqiao and Chen Qinkuai in the Golden Carriage.

After Zhang Yuan fled the Wang Household, Wang Baihan spotted him in the sky and attacked, leaving him gravely wounded. Zhang Yuan recovered enough to escape and decided to go to Dragon Creek City.

• Wang Baihan arrived at the courtyard with the Wang Clan and discovered that Zhang Yuan had escaped.
• Wang Baihan sensed Zhang Yuan watching from the clouds, spotted his Golden Carriage, and attacked him with [Heaven Severance].
• Zhang Yuan noticed that several Wang Household members wielded identical [Heaven Severance] Divine Abilities and fled as they pursued him.
• Wang Baihan’s powerful sword strike broke through Zhang Yuan’s defenses and drove him into a mountain, badly injuring him.
• Zhang Yuan used [Severing Past and Present, Leaving or Staying] to hide, healed his wounds, and chose Dragon Creek City as his next destination.

Zhang Yuan arrived in Dragon Creek City with Chen Qinkuai and Chen Xinqiao, only to discover that the city was the Aohai Cui Clan’s stronghold. After Xiao Shi recognized him, she agreed to seek information about [Mad Wind Sha] and help Chen Qinkuai deal with the Wang Household.

• Zhang Yuan encountered Chen Qinkuai and Chen Xinqiao in Dragon Creek City and followed them to the Chen family’s ancestral residence.
• Chen Qinkuai revealed that his great-great-grandfather had been a renowned immortal and left the family a Cui Clan Token for seeking the Aohai Cui Clan’s aid.
• Xiao Shi recognized Zhang Yuan and said her young lady wanted to thank him for what happened in Jianning City.
• Zhang Yuan asked Xiao Shi for information about [Mad Wind Sha], and she agreed to ask the Cui Clan about it.
• Chen Qinkuai presented the Cui Clan Token and asked for help against the Wang Household, and Xiao Shi promised to have someone warn them.

Zhang Yuan investigated the Wang Household’s pursuit of Chen Xinqiao and learned it was tied to Wang Baihan’s Naughty Child Trial. After choosing to target Wang Baihan, Zhang Yuan discovered that someone had followed him from the Eastern Sunken Pavilion, whose unusually generous dealings had already made him suspicious.

• Zhang Yuan told Chen Qinkuai and Chen Xinqiao to stay at the Chen Residence while he investigated the Wang Household’s hidden motive.
• At the Eastern Sunken Pavilion, Zhang Yuan sold pills, received spirit stones, silver, and a Qiankun Pouch, and questioned the shop assistant about the Wang Household.
• The assistant revealed that Wang Baihan was nearing the end of his trials and that his final Naughty Child Trial was connected to the household’s attempts to acquire young servants and maids.
• Zhang Yuan decided to kill Wang Baihan before he attained celestial personhood and asked about the Wang Household’s cultivators.
• After leaving the shop, Zhang Yuan led his unseen follower to a secluded alley and challenged them to reveal themselves.

Zhang Yuan bought books to learn about the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm, including a volume on its Golden Core True Lords. As Chen Xinqiao read it aloud, he learned that the Eastern Bian Li Clan’s True Lord was described as the foremost True Lord under heaven.

• Zhang Yuan abandoned his plan to buy Outer Dao magical treasures and purchased a map of the warring Thirteen Kingdoms, Biographies of the Lords, and a book about major Aristocratic Clans.
• Zhang Yuan returned to the Chen Residence and gave Chen Qinkuai silver to buy bedding and food.
• Zhang Yuan asked Chen Xinqiao to read Biographies of the Lords in exchange for a Qi Refining Pill.
• Chen Xinqiao read that the Eastern Bian Li Clan’s Dark-Heaven World-Annihilating True Lord was ranked first and said to surpass all other True Lords.
• Zhang Yuan recognized that the book’s account of the Western Bian Chu Clan’s True Lord matched his own experience, though the volume omitted the Demon Empress of Bian Kingdom.

Zhang Yuan settled in at the Chen Residence while the Wang Household decided to seize Chen Qinkuai and Chen Xinqiao despite a warning from the Cui Clan. That night, Cui Yuanxi and Xiao Shi climbed into the courtyard to meet Zhang Yuan and were startled when he appeared behind them.

• Zhang Yuan reviewed the clans of the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm with Chen Xinqiao and reassured her that her cultivation could help her father avoid joining the army.
• Chen Qinkuai returned with bedding and dinner, and Zhang Yuan made him accept a set of wool bedding.
• Wang Baihan told Wang Dingzhong that a Maid from the Cui Clan had warned them not to disturb Chen Qinkuai and Chen Xinqiao, but Wang Dingzhong ordered him to take the clan's Qi Refining cultivators and bring them back that night.
• Cui Yuanxi and Xiao Shi sneaked over the wall into the Chen Residence so Cui Yuanxi could meet Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan appeared behind Xiao Shi, frightening her as he asked what they were doing there.

Zhang Yuan encountered Cui Yuanxi and Xiao Shi at the Chen Residence, then protected them when Wang Baihan’s forces attacked. Xiao Shi revealed the Cui Clan token, but Wang Baihan chose to fight anyway, declaring the Wang Household’s rise depended on killing anyone in its way.

• Zhang Yuan dismissed Xiao Shi’s claim that whipping mortals had been an act of kindness and met Cui Yuanxi, whose tags showed she was destined to become a Foundation Establishment Celestial.
• Cui Yuanxi introduced herself and considered recruiting Zhang Yuan as a guest elder, while Zhang Yuan gave her the false name Li Huixi and asked about her cultivation.
• Zhang Yuan sensed an attack, dodged Wang Baihan’s sword strike, and pulled Cui Yuanxi and Xiao Shi to safety as the Chen Residence courtyard was ravaged.
• Wang Baihan arrived with Qi Refining cultivators from the Wang Household, and Xiao Shi identified them as the household Zhang Yuan had warned her about.
• Xiao Shi displayed a Cui Clan token and threatened the Wang Household, but Wang Baihan drew his sword again and vowed to kill even Cui Clan direct-line descendants who stood in his way.

Zhang Yuan survived Wang Baihan’s deadly Divine Ability, then killed Wang Zhenyu and fled toward the Cui Residence to seek reinforcements. As Wang Baihan held back from pursuing him, the Wang Household discovered that the target had vanished from the Chen Residence.

• Wang Baihan’s [One-Breath Light of Reversal and Severance] struck Zhang Yuan, who survived by using [Myriad Coexistence] to protect and repair his body.
• Zhang Yuan learned how the Divine Ability worked and asked Cui Yuanxi to summon Foundation Establishment Celestials, but she admitted she had sneaked out alone.
• Zhang Yuan broke through the eastern blockade and killed Wang Zhenyu with his iron chains and [Fivefold Body-Rending Qi].
• Zhang Yuan summoned the Golden Carriage and sped toward the Cui Residence, leaving Cui Yuanxi and Xiao Shi behind.
• Wang Baihan sheathed his sword rather than pursue Zhang Yuan, while a Wang Household disciple noticed that the target had disappeared from the Chen Residence.

Zhang Yuan hid Chen Xinqiao in the city, then infiltrated the Wang Household to seize a chance for revenge and search its ancestral hall. There he found the Heaven-Bestowed Lineage Sword Scripture and discovered that it contained instructions for attaining True Lord status.

• Zhang Yuan refused to go to the Cui Residence or return to rescue anyone, and left Chen Xinqiao concealed in an empty courtyard.
• Zhang Yuan flew to the Wang Household, slipped past its patrols, and reached the ancestral hall while Wang Dingzhong was away.
• Zhang Yuan killed the two guards outside the ancestral hall and found the Wang Household's genealogy and cultivation manual behind Wang Chengtian's tablet.
• Zhang Yuan read the Heaven-Bestowed Lineage Sword Scripture and learned that it explained the Wang clan's shared divine abilities.
• Zhang Yuan discovered that the sword scripture included a chapter on seeking attainment as a True Lord and grew wary of its contents.

Zhang Yuan deduced that Wang Dingzhong planned to sacrifice people born on the Twenty-Four Solar Terms to pursue [Rain Master Coin], and chose to alert the Aohai Cui Clan rather than flee or attack the dungeon. He burned the Wang Household’s ancestral hall before leaving, while Wang Baihan returned defeated and Wang Dingzhong prepared to set out to sea.

• Zhang Yuan read the Heaven-Bestowed Lineage Sword Scripture and deduced that the Wang Household was capturing people born on the Twenty-Four Solar Terms to help Wang Dingzhong seek [Rain Master Coin].
• Zhang Yuan consulted [Heaven's Sight] and chose to inform the Aohai Cui Clan, which would let him and Chen Xinqiao survive and reveal the whereabouts of [Mad Wind Sha].
• Zhang Yuan set the Wang Household ancestral hall on fire and left the estate as the blaze spread.
• Wang Dingzhong arrived and used rain to extinguish the fire, while Wang Household Disciples reported the damage and two deaths.
• Wang Baihan fell back with a fatal chest wound and reported that he had failed to capture “Major Cold,” who was protected by a Cui Clan descendant.
• Wang Dingzhong accepted the report and declared that the Wang Household would set out to sea that night.

Zhang Yuan brought Chen Xinqiao and Chen Qinkuai to the Cui Residence and revealed that Wang Dingzhong sought the [Rain Master Coin]. Cui Wenshan immediately attacked the deserted Wang Residence, leaving the Cui Clan poised to confront Wang Dingzhong.

• Zhang Yuan brought Chen Xinqiao to the Cui Residence, where they reunited with Chen Qinkuai, Cui Yuanxi, and Xiao Shi.
• Cui Yuanxi accused Zhang Yuan of being a demonic cultivator, but Zhang Yuan ignored her and asked to speak with a Cui Clan elder.
• Cui Wenshan appeared and offered Chen Xinqiao the chance to cultivate at the Cui Residence because she had an outer dao immortal spirit root.
• Zhang Yuan told Cui Wenshan that Wang Dingzhong sought the [Rain Master Coin]'s golden seat and needed Chen Xinqiao and the right timing.
• Cui Wenshan rushed to the Wang Residence and destroyed it with a punch, but the residence was deserted and no one died.

Zhang Yuan misled Cui Wenshan into believing the Wang Household was ready to seek [Rain Master Coin], then arranged to sail out in search of [Mad Wind Sha]. After Cui Wenshan reported the news to [Cloud Ao Bearing the Mountain True Lord], the True Lord reacted in shock when he heard the name Li Huixi.

• Zhang Yuan told Cui Wenshan that the Wang Household had gathered its offerings and was ready to seek [Rain Master Coin], though it was still missing Chen Xinqiao.
• Cui Wenshan rewarded Zhang Yuan with an earthly sha, and Zhang Yuan learned that [Mad Wind Sha] might appear near Ancestral Continent in the East Sea.
• Zhang Yuan decided to sail out the next morning aboard a Cui clan ship, while Cui Yuanxi arranged his lodging and passage.
• Cui Wenshan told [Cloud Ao Bearing the Mountain True Lord] that Wang Dingzhong planned to seek [Rain Master Coin], and the True Lord advised him to contend at sea rather than have the path cleared for him.
• When Cui Wenshan identified Zhang Yuan as Li Huixi, the True Lord sprang up in shock and asked who had come to the residence.

Zhang Yuan sailed east with Chen Xinqiao aboard the Cui Clan Tower Ship to seek Mad Wind Sha, while Cui Yuanxi and Xiao Shi secretly joined them. At sea, Wang Baihan learned that his six-year-old son Wang Zhenqing was destined to be sacrificed for the Wang Household’s attempt to make Wang Dingzhong a Rain Master Coin True Lord, and he vowed to kill Zhang Yuan once he became a Celestial Person.

• Zhang Yuan and Chen Xinqiao left Dragon Creek City aboard the Cui Clan Tower Ship, with Chen Qinkuai remaining behind to manage the Chen Household.
• Zhang Yuan discovered that Cui Yuanxi and Xiao Shi had hidden aboard the ship and decided not to send them away.
• Wang Baihan joined Wang Dingzhong aboard a small vessel with the remaining Wang Household members and learned that Wang Zhenqing was aboard.
• Wang Dingzhong called for his grandson, then sent the cheerful boy to play with the captives as Wang Baihan realized he was to be sacrificed for the Wang Household’s pursuit of Rain Master Coin.
• Wang Baihan blamed Zhang Yuan for his son’s fate and swore to kill him if he became a Celestial Person.

Zhang Yuan, Cui Yuanxi, Chen Xinqiao, and Xiao Shi flew toward Ancestral Continent Island to seek [Mad Wind Sha], but discovered the Cui Clan Tower Ship had been slaughtered and suspected the Wang Household was behind it. Zhang Yuan realized a Golden Core True Lord had manipulated events, and a massive storm swept their carriage toward Ancestral Continent Island.

• After three days at sea, Zhang Yuan and his companions reached the Inverted Sea, where Cui Yuanxi identified Ancestral Continent, Shengzhou, and Yingzhou.
• Cui Yuanxi asked Zhang Yuan to take her and Xiao Shi along, and he agreed on the condition that she stay close, obey his orders, and return to Shengzhou after he obtained [Mad Wind Sha].
• Zhang Yuan concealed Cui Yuanxi and Xiao Shi with [Severing Past and Present, Leaving or Staying], then flew with them and Chen Xinqiao toward Ancestral Continent Island in the Golden Carriage.
• As the carriage approached the Inverted Sea, heaven and earth turned upside down, and Xiao Shi noticed that the Cui Clan Tower Ship had stopped; Cui Yuanxi saw that its crew had been slaughtered.
• Zhang Yuan identified the Wang Household and realized a Golden Core True Lord had influenced him, so he turned the carriage toward Shengzhou for safety.
• The Inverted Sea erupted into a towering storm that swallowed the Golden Carriage and swept it toward Ancestral Continent Island.

Zhang Yuan and his companions found themselves trapped on Ancestral Continent Island by a hurricane barrier, which he suspected a Golden Core True Lord had created to target Cui Yuanxi. After killing a boy and his mother from the Wang Household, Zhang Yuan led the group away from the coast to avoid being discovered.

• Zhang Yuan found that the hurricane barrier around Ancestral Continent Island could withstand his attack and suspected a Golden Core True Lord was responsible.
• Cui Yuanxi named the Aohai Cui Clan's enemies, and Xiao Shi explained that life-nourishing ganoderma grew on the island.
• A noblewoman and a boy demanded the ganoderma Zhang Yuan had found, and Zhang Yuan recognized the boy as Wang Baihan's son.
• The boy attacked Zhang Yuan, who seized him, while the noblewoman threatened Chen Xinqiao with a sword.
• Chen Xinqiao punched through the noblewoman's abdomen, and Zhang Yuan snapped the boy's neck.
• Zhang Yuan decided to leave the coast with Cui Yuanxi, Chen Xinqiao, and Xiao Shi before the Wang Household found them.

Cui Wenshan and Blood Miasma joined forces to pursue Wang Dingzhong, while Zhang Yuan and his companions discovered Wang Dingxing guarding the [Mad Wind Sha]. After Wang Dingxing’s death, the island’s storm vanished, but an unseen arrival stopped Zhang Yuan from leaving.

• Blood Miasma revived Wang Zhenqing, then left with Cui Wenshan to hunt Wang Dingzhong on Ancestral Continent Island.
• Wang Baihan took the still-breathing Wang Zhenqing away and carried off the noblewoman’s severed head, while Xiao Yuanjun later erased her corpse.
• Zhang Yuan sensed [Mad Wind Sha] and led his companions east, where they found Wang Dingxing holding a storm vortex and a compass.
• Wang Dingxing attacked Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan and Cui Yuanxi killed him with their Divine Abilities.
• Zhang Yuan seized the storm vortex and compass as the island’s storm disappeared, but someone placed a hand on his shoulder and asked where he was going.

Zhang Yuan watched Wang Dingzhong begin a Truth-Seeking Rite for the [Rain Master Coin] as Cui Wenshan and the Blood Miasma Celestial intervened. After Blood Miasma betrayed Cui Wenshan, Zhang Yuan discovered that the Heaven-Bestowed Lineage Sword Scripture seemed designed to produce expendable cultivators, suggesting the rite was part of a hidden scheme.

• Cui Wenshan ordered Cui Yuanxi to leave Ancestral Continent Island, but Blood Miasma persuaded him to keep her and the others close under his protection.
• Cui Wenshan brought the dead Wang Baihan and the barely living Wang Zhenqing to Wang Dingzhong, who began the Truth-Seeking Rite using the Twenty-Four Solar Terms.
• As Wang Dingzhong’s rite shifted the Inverted Sea toward Dragon Creek City, Cui Wenshan moved to disrupt it, and Blood Miasma crushed Cui Wenshan’s heart from behind.
• Cui Wenshan retaliated by unfolding his Dao domain, trapping Blood Miasma, Wang Dingzhong, and the ritual within mist.
• Zhang Yuan examined the Heaven-Bestowed Lineage Sword Scripture and realized it lacked cultivation principles and appeared to be a shortcut for producing expendable cultivators.

Wang Dingzhong’s attempt to win the favor of [Rain Master Coin] failed after Blood Miasma exposed that his cultivation method had been devised to point toward the wrong golden seat. As Wang Dingzhong turned toward Zhang Yuan and the others, they fled before he could attack.

• Cui Wenshan realized Blood Miasma had influenced his mind, while Wang Dingzhong attacked him with the Four Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning Swords.
• Cui Wenshan recognized that Wang Dingzhong’s sword manifestations did not match the [Rain Master Coin] cultivation method and withdrew his Dao Domain.
• Blood Miasma revealed that he had created the Heaven-Bestowed Lineage Sword Scripture from a [Blazing Embers] method and intended to use the Wang Household to devour [Rain Master Coin]’s manifestation.
• Cui Wenshan suspected that a [Blazing Embers] True Lord had empowered the Wang Household and was using him, Wang Dingzhong, and Blood Miasma as pawns.
• Wang Dingzhong reached the height of his ascent, but [Rain Master Coin] appeared briefly and vanished without favoring him.
• Wang Dingzhong prepared to avenge his family and focused on Zhang Yuan and the others, so Zhang Yuan used [Golden Carriage Luan Chariot] to carry them away.

Wang Dingzhong trapped Zhang Yuan in his dao domain and nearly crushed him, forcing Zhang Yuan to borrow Xiao Yuanjun’s divine ability and refine [Mad Wind Sha] to survive. Xiao Yuanjun arrived to protect him and declared that she had come to kill Wang Dingzhong.

• Wang Dingzhong stopped Zhang Yuan’s escape with [Four Spirits United Sacrifice Dao Domain] and pinned him with a finger of wind and lightning.
• Zhang Yuan used [Myriad Coexistence] to borrow Xiao Yuanjun’s [Heaven-Sundering Fourfold Immortal Domain], letting him escape the crushing finger.
• As the borrowed divine ability ravaged him, Zhang Yuan refined the remaining [Mad Wind Sha] and advanced to eight-turn qi refining.
• Xiao Yuanjun arrived, praised Zhang Yuan, teased him about his wedding attire, and stepped between him and Wang Dingzhong.
• Xiao Yuanjun identified herself as [Perfect Self] and announced that she had come to take Wang Dingzhong’s head.

Xiao Yuanjun shattered Wang Dingzhong’s Dao Domain and killed him with declarations that destroyed his body and spirit. Blood Miasma Celestial activated the formation, causing the inverted sea and three islands to fall, while the Rain Master Coin appeared and the headless Wang Zhenqing praised him.

• Wang Dingzhong challenged Xiao Yuanjun, who broke his Dao Domain with the Heaven-Sundering Fourfold Immortal Domain.
• Xiao Yuanjun declared Wang Dingzhong’s flesh rotten and separated from his bones, then summoned death to erase his remaining bones, Heart-Mind, and soul.
• Cui Wenshan and Blood Miasma Celestial witnessed Wang Dingzhong’s death and feared Xiao Yuanjun’s strength.
• Blood Miasma Celestial placed his refined “Golden Core” in the formation, which severed the East Sea water veins and made the inverted sea and three islands fall.
• The Rain Master Coin appeared and looked toward Blood Miasma Celestial, who hesitated over whether he could devour it.
• Headless Wang Zhenqing rose and praised Blood Miasma Celestial.

True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts revealed himself through Wang Zhenqing and refined the [Weather and Season Mystic Pearls] using the inverted sea and a wisp of the [Rain Master Coin's] mystery. The chapter left the treasure complete while [Cloud Ao Bearing the Mountain True Lord] and another Cui Clan True Lord confronted him.

• Wang Zhenqing reclaimed his Qiankun Pouch, revealed it was his head, and was identified by Blood Miasma as Wang Chengtian and the [Blazing Embers] True Lord.
• Wang Zhenqing gathered the twenty-four solar-term manifestations into the Golden Core, which cracked open to reveal twenty-four precious pearls.
• [Cloud Ao Bearing the Mountain True Lord] raised a vast hand of earth to support the collapsing inverted sea and confronted Wang Zhenqing on Ancestral Continent Island.
• Wang Zhenqing used the pearls to absorb the inverted sea's water, then drew a wisp of gold-rank mystery from the [Rain Master Coin].
• Wang Zhenqing combined the Golden Core, solar terms, seawater, and [Rain Master Coin] mystery to complete the [Weather and Season Mystic Pearls].

After the Wang Household’s destruction, Xiao Yuanjun reunited with Zhang Yuan and decided to pursue True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts for his [Weather and Season Mystic Pearls]. She took the pearls with ease, and the True Lord recognized her as the Nightfall Schoolchild before his incarnation disappeared.

• True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts took the [Weather and Season Mystic Pearls] and fled the Ao Kingdom, while Cloud Ao Bearing the Mountain True Lord restored the inverted sea.
• Zhang Yuan asked Cui Yuanxi to escort Chen Xinqiao home, then remained behind with Xiao Yuanjun.
• Xiao Yuanjun proposed stealing the pearls, and she carried Zhang Yuan after the fleeing True Lord.
• Xiao Yuanjun confronted True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts and demanded the pearls as compensation for Zhang Yuan’s suffering.
• True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts hurled the pearls at Xiao Yuanjun, but she gathered them effortlessly and rendered their weight harmless.
• Recognizing Xiao Yuanjun as the Nightfall Schoolchild, True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts praised her and his incarnation vanished into sparks.

After Xiao Yuanjun helped Zhang Yuan obtain the Weather and Season Mystic Pearls, they hid in a cave while he recovered and refined the Thunderstrike Sha. Zhang Yuan reached nine-turn qi refining and gained a powerful new divine ability, then weighed new talents while worrying that extraordinary origins would make him a target.

• Xiao Yuanjun pocketed the Weather and Season Mystic Pearls, and she and Zhang Yuan hid in a cave abode and concealed their karma.
• Xiao Yuanjun gave Zhang Yuan the Thunderstrike Sha while he recovered from injuries caused by Heaven-Sundering Fourfold Immortal Domain.
• Zhang Yuan refined the Thunderstrike Sha, reached nine-turn qi refining, and gained the Three Calamities Returning to Origin Divine Radiance.
• Zhang Yuan examined three new talents and dismissed Lingtai Clarity as unnecessary.
• Zhang Yuan considered Heaven-Reversing Nine Sha and Pre-Heaven Divine Saint, but feared that becoming a pre-heaven lifeform would make powerful cultivators target him.

Zhang Yuan chose Heaven-Reversing Nine Sha, strengthening his Qi Refining power and improving his chances of attaining the Celestial Person realm. After revealing his ability to read people’s labels to Xiao Yuanjun, he learned the risks of probing powerful cultivators and received twelve Weather and Season Mystic Pearls.

• Zhang Yuan selected Heaven-Reversing Nine Sha, causing his nine Conceptual Images to surge in strength and startling Xiao Yuanjun.
• Zhang Yuan claimed to be a reincarnated Golden Core True Lord, but Xiao Yuanjun did not believe him and let the matter drop.
• Zhang Yuan inspected Xiao Yuanjun’s labels and told her that he could read people’s talents, identities, and moods.
• Xiao Yuanjun explained that Zhang Yuan’s ability was a rare Pre-Heaven Divine Ability and warned that probing powerful Celestial Persons or Golden Core True Lords could get him captured.
• Xiao Yuanjun gave Zhang Yuan twelve Weather and Season Mystic Pearls and explained their powers to govern seasonal weather and celestial phenomena.

Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun left their secluded cave to prepare for New Year and discovered that the Thirteen Kingdoms’ war had engulfed the Great East Mountain Range. After Lu Zhiyu explained the conflict’s spread and destruction, they learned their cave lay in the middle of the war zone.

• Xiao Yuanjun emerged from seclusion and invited Zhang Yuan to visit Great East Town for New Year supplies.
• At the town entrance, Zhang Yuan learned from a soldier that he served the Wen Kingdom, but Xiao Yuanjun pulled Zhang Yuan away as Lu Zhiyu destroyed the town and its army unit with a Divine Ability.
• Lu Zhiyu introduced himself as a member of the Hengyang Lu Clan and explained that Wen Kingdom troops could combine soldiers’ qi and blood to wield powerful Divine Abilities.
• Zhang Yuan learned that the Ao, Heng, and Ya Kingdoms had joined forces against the Wen Kingdom after it seized territory from them.
• Lu Zhiyu revealed that Celestial Persons had joined the fighting and that the Great East Mountain’s main peak had collapsed, leaving Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun’s cave in the war zone.