Recaps

Liu Yu fought the Divine Sand Sect cultivators to prove his strength and earn the Sacred Fire Cult remnants’ trust before their secret realm opened. He killed a yellow-browed cultivator, while Jiang Lesheng and the rest of his group scattered to flee.

• Jiang Lesheng recognized Tang Tianbao’s group as Sacred Fire Cult remnants and prepared to escape rather than fight them head-on.
• Tang Tianbao and Zhou Ziwen led the ambush, and Liu Yu joined the attack to demonstrate his value and improve his chances of entering the secret realm.
• Jiang Lesheng ordered his companions to scatter as the Divine Sand Sect group fell behind in the fight.
• Liu Yu used Dark Moon and his Astral True Form to batter the yellow-browed cultivator’s protective shield and withstand the man’s counterattacks.
• After the shield broke, Liu Yu evaded the cultivator’s trump cards, knocked him out of the air, and killed him with a series of punches.
• Liu Yu took the cultivator’s Storage Bag and burned the remains, as the ambush drew to a close.

Liu Yu helped Tang Tianbao's group kill Divine Sand Sect cultivators, then used rumors and his own investigation to assess the growing hunt for the Sacred Fire Cult's secret realm. Nine months later, he had joined the cult as a Guest Elder and witnessed Tang Tianbao and Zhou Ziwen clash over how to punish a subordinate whose failure had cost the cult many lives.

• Liu Yu watched Zhou Ziwen kill their captive, then noted Zhou Ziwen's growing estrangement from Tang Tianbao and considered the cult leaders as targets for his backup plan.
• The group returned to West Sand Market Ward, where Liu Yu heard widespread rumors about the Holy Fire Secret Realm and discovered that nearly all the supposed leads were fabricated.
• Nine months later, Liu Yu had become a Sacred Fire Cult Guest Elder after demonstrating his alchemy skills and claiming he owed Tang Tianbao a debt of gratitude.
• A bald Foundation Establishment cultivator confessed that his negligence had led to the deaths of fifty Qi Refining disciples and a Foundation Establishment elder.
• Zhou Ziwen demanded the bald cultivator die under the Cult Rules, but Tang Tianbao argued that he should be spared to repay his failure through meritorious service.
• Tang Tianbao overruled Zhou Ziwen's objection, and Zhou Ziwen left in anger.

Liu Yu infiltrated Tang Tianbao’s team and entered the Holy Fire Secret Realm through a hidden passage and teleportation formation. As the group arrived inside, a Golden Core elder pursued them through the entrance, while white-robed cultivators prepared a separate formation to reach the realm.

• Liu Yu traveled with Tang Tianbao, Zhou Ziwen, Uncle Yang, and three core cult members from Great Wind Immortal City toward the secret realm.
• Tang Tianbao used the Sacred Fire Token to reveal a concealed stairway beneath the desert sand, and the seven descended into the passage.
• The group crossed a curtain of light and reached a chamber containing a teleportation formation; Tang Tianbao activated it and led everyone into the secret realm.
• A white-browed Golden Core elder used a third-tier formation to break through the hidden entrance and followed the group down the stairs.
• A white-robed female cultivator told her senior brother that the Heaven-Observing Instrument had helped them locate a secret-realm fissure, and they worked to complete a teleportation formation.

Liu Yu and the Sacred Fire Cult’s group entered an underground secret realm, where failing formations caused guardian puppets to attack before the Sacred Fire Token could identify them. After Tang Tianbao restored the token’s protection, the group set off to explore, while two groups of black-robed cultivators appeared in the square and faced the awakened puppets.

• Liu Yu recovered from teleportation and found himself underground among dormant puppets as Tang Tianbao discovered the Sacred Fire Token could not immediately verify their identities.
• The puppets awakened and attacked, so Tang Tianbao asked the others to protect him while he worked on the token.
• Liu Yu destroyed an ape-shaped puppet with Meteor Fist as the group fought off the growing swarm.
• The Sacred Fire Token activated a concealed formation, stopped the puppets’ attacks, and let Tang Tianbao lead the group northwest.
• Hou Qiaoyun suggested taking the guardian puppets, but Tang Tianbao rebuked her and explained that the token only protected them from attacks.
• After the seven cultivators left, two groups of ten black-robed cultivators appeared in succession, awakening the puppets and starting a battle.

Liu Yu and the Sacred Fire Cult’s followers crossed the ruined Secret Realm as Tang Tianbao explained its layers and led them to Greenwood Tower. Tang Tianbao risked approaching the tower’s golden-core-level serpent puppet, and the Sacred Fire Token successfully calmed it, allowing him to enter.

• Tang Tianbao explained that the Secret Realm had three layers, with resources guarded by formations and puppets, while Liu Yu considered attacking him for the Sacred Fire Token but decided to wait.
• The group reached Greenwood Tower, where Tang Tianbao said it had been built to preserve pills and announced that he would enter despite the danger.
• Uncle Yang and the other followers urged Tang Tianbao to let them take the risk, but he insisted that his duty as Holy Son required him to go.
• Tang Tianbao approached the serpent puppet, which awakened and threatened to attack as Liu Yu and the others retreated to safety.
• The Sacred Fire Token sent red light into the puppet, causing it to settle back into dormancy, and Tang Tianbao entered Greenwood Tower.

Tang Tianbao led the Sacred Fire Cult group to gather resources in the Secret Realm, but outsiders broke in and raised fears of a leak. He restored the group’s trust and proposed letting the guardian puppets wear down the intruders while the cult collected resources, leaving Liu Yu wary as they continued on.

• Tang Tianbao returned from the Greenwood Tower and told Liu Yu and the others that everything had gone smoothly, though he privately worried about the dwindling resources.
• Liu Yu and the group heard fighting near the entrance plaza and realized outsiders had entered the Secret Realm, prompting suspicions that someone had leaked its location.
• Tang Tianbao affirmed his trust in each core member and suggested that the information might have leaked after a captive cult member was tortured or Soul Searched.
• Tang Tianbao advised them to let the guardian puppets fight the intruders while they collected resources, and revealed that another entrance and a Teleportation Formation could help them escape.
• The seven resumed gathering resources, while Liu Yu anticipated trouble and an unseen person showed a sinister glint.

Tang Tianbao and the Sacred Fire Cult group attacked the Heavenly Demon Sect cultivators after the puppet horde weakened them. The browless cultivator escaped, while the others were killed, and the group remained poised to continue into the secret realm.

• Tang Tianbao led the six others toward the plaza after they identified the intruders as Heavenly Demon Sect cultivators and agreed to attack.
• The seven watched as the puppet horde overwhelmed the eight remaining intruders, killing two more cultivators and forcing the browless leader to order a retreat.
• Tang Tianbao and his companions launched a surprise attack as the browless cultivator attempted to flee.
• The Sacred Fire Cult group killed the remaining intruders except the browless cultivator, who escaped using Shadow Escape and a special magical artifact.
• Liu Yu charged toward the plaza but arrived after the battle had ended.

Liu Yu and the Sacred Fire Cult group entered the Secret Realm’s second level, where Tang Tianbao explained how its sustainable resources and Spirit Herb Gardens preserved the cult’s legacy. As they headed for the Third-Tier High-Grade Spirit Herb Garden, Liu Yu considered how to obtain the three-origin fruit, and Tang Tianbao offered him the Foundation Establishment Pill formula.

• Liu Yu escaped the puppets’ attacks and regrouped with Tang Tianbao and the others, then accepted a share of the spoils from the dead Heavenly Demon Sect cultivators.
• Tang Tianbao decided the group should search for the second-level passage instead of pursuing the escaped Eyebrowless Male Cultivator, and led them to an entrance hidden in a room.
• The seven descended to the second level and found a vast, green landscape rich in spiritual energy, then followed Tang Tianbao toward their destination.
• Tang Tianbao explained that the founding patriarch had created the second level with spirit veins and renewable resources, and that the Spirit Herb Gardens were central to the Sacred Fire Cult’s legacy.
• Tang Tianbao revealed that their destination was the only Third-Tier High-Grade Spirit Herb Garden, which held rare herbs needed for Golden Core Condensation Pills; Liu Yu suspected it might contain the three-origin fruit and weighed his options.
• Tang Tianbao gave Liu Yu the Foundation Establishment Pill formula and said he trusted Liu Yu to refine pills for the cult.

Liu Yu and Tang Tianbao’s group discovered Heavenly One Sect cultivators attacking the Black Tiger Puppet on Sacred Flame Peak with a powerful talisman treasure, confirming that the Sacred Fire Cult’s secret realm had been exposed. They hid and agreed to attack once the talisman treasure ran out, while the four intruders continued their assault on the puppet.

• Liu Yu accepted Tang Tianbao’s pill formula and judged it likely genuine, then the seven resumed their journey.
• Tang Tianbao heard a battle near Sacred Flame Peak and rushed there with the group to protect the cult’s Spirit Herb Garden.
• Liu Yu saw four Foundation Establishment cultivators using a powerful golden saber talisman treasure to suppress the Black Tiger Puppet.
• Uncle Yang identified the intruders as Heavenly One Sect cultivators, and the group realized the secret realm’s location had likely leaked.
• Tang Tianbao regained his resolve, and the seven hid nearby and planned to attack the intruders after their talisman treasure’s power was exhausted.
• The scar-faced Heavenly One Sect cultivator and her three companions continued their coordinated assault, hoping to destroy the Black Tiger Puppet before the talisman treasure ran out.

Liu Yu and the others watched the Heavenly One Sect party destroy a powerful black tiger puppet with a one-use talisman treasure, then planned to ambush the exhausted cultivators. Liu Yu chose one of the remaining female cultivators as his target, joking that he was good at dealing with women.

• The Heavenly One Sect cultivators used coordinated spells to restrain the black tiger puppet while the scar-faced female cultivator attacked it with her true-treasure talisman.
• The talisman severed the puppet's forelegs and then overcame its powerful black beam, cleaving the puppet apart and destroying its core.
• The scar-faced female cultivator tried to retrieve the talisman, but it burned to ash after its final use; she began salvaging the puppet's valuable remains.
• Ten miles away, Tang Tianbao and the others discussed how to ambush the six Heavenly One Sect cultivators and assigned targets.
• Tang Tianbao paired Liu Yu with Purple Robe and let him choose between the two remaining Heavenly One Sect cultivators; Liu Yu selected the female cultivator and joked that he was good at dealing with women.

Liu Yu and the Sacred Fire Cult group approached the Spirit Herb Garden while the Heavenly One Sect cultivators attacked its formation. As Liu Yu grew uneasy about the resources invested in their mission, the Third-Tier Forbidden-Breaking Pearl nearly brought down the garden’s weakened formation, and Tang Tianbao ordered his group to prepare to act.

• Liu Yu and six Sacred Fire Cult members agreed on a plan to approach the Heavenly One Sect cultivators at Sacred Flame Peak.
• Ren Hongyan recovered two depleted high-grade spirit stones from the black tiger puppet and led her group to attack the Spirit Herb Garden’s formation.
• Tang Tianbao kept his group hidden nearby, expecting the formation to drain the Heavenly One Sect cultivators’ magic power.
• Liu Yu spotted Ren Hongyan use a Third-Tier Forbidden-Breaking Pearl and suspected the mission’s backer sought something more valuable than the garden’s herbs.
• Liu Yu sent Little Green into the woods, then regrouped with Tang Tianbao’s party when ordered to prepare for action.
• The Third-Tier Forbidden-Breaking Pearl weakened the formation, and the four Heavenly One Sect cultivators pressed their attack as it neared collapse.

The Sacred Fire Cult and the Heavenly One Sect fought over the Spirit Herb Garden while Liu Yu secretly sent Little Green to search for the three-origin fruit. After Little Green secured it, Liu Yu stopped holding back and seized the gentle female cultivator, breaking the battle’s stalemate.

• Tang Tianbao led the Sacred Fire Cult cultivators to attack Ren Hongyan and her three companions after finding them inside the Spirit Herb Garden.
• The two sides traded attacks, then fought for several rounds as Ren Hongyan’s coordinated formation and Vermilion Ancient Zither held off the Sacred Fire Cult’s numerical advantage.
• Liu Yu kept the gentle female cultivator occupied while remotely directing Little Green to search the garden for the three-origin fruit.
• Little Green found the three-origin fruit, and Liu Yu ordered it to gather a few more herbs before withdrawing without leaving many traces.
• Under Purple Robe’s cover, Liu Yu used Flash Spirit Art to bypass the gentle female cultivator’s Snow Leopard Spirit Beast, shatter her protective shield, seize her, and slam her into the ground.

Liu Yu killed a Heavenly One Sect cultivator and pretended to struggle against her frenzied Snow Leopard Spirit Beast while Ren Hongyan used a talisman treasure to help her companions escape. Tang Tianbao abandoned the pursuit to protect the Sacred Fire Cult’s remaining strength, then led the group toward the Spirit Herb Garden.

• Liu Yu killed the gentle Heavenly One Sect cultivator, destroyed her corpse, and watched Purple Robe shift her attack to another opponent.
• Ren Hongyan’s two junior brothers urged retreat, so she prepared a talisman treasure while Liu Yu prolonged his fight with the Snow Leopard Spirit Beast.
• Ren Hongyan activated a Jade Flute Talisman Treasure and summoned two fire phoenixes, then fled as her companions used Heavenly Thunder Pearls and talismans to cover their escape.
• Tang Tianbao stopped the Sacred Fire Cult members from pursuing the fleeing Heavenly One Sect cultivators, explaining that the cult could not afford further losses.
• Liu Yu killed the Snow Leopard Spirit Beast and stored its corpse, then joined Tang Tianbao’s group as they headed toward the Spirit Herb Garden.

Liu Yu helped Tang Tianbao’s group secure and replant the Spirit Herb Garden, then traveled with them across the Secret Realm’s second level to collect its remaining resources. After Uncle Yang asked whether they should leave, Tang Tianbao instead led the group toward an undisclosed destination.

• Tang Tianbao’s group returned from their failed pursuit of the Heavenly One Sect cultivators and praised Liu Yu for helping defeat one of their enemies.
• The seven entered the Spirit Herb Garden, harvested its mature plants, and entrusted Liu Yu with planting the remaining seeds.
• Tang Tianbao installed a formation to protect the garden, and the group left Sacred Flame Peak to gather resources from the Secret Realm’s other sites.
• Liu Yu counted more than a hundred Resource Sites on the second level as the group collected their contents.
• Uncle Yang asked Tang Tianbao whether they should leave, but Tang Tianbao told everyone to follow him and set off in a different direction.

Tang Tianbao revealed that the Sacred Fire Cult’s Secret Realm had been built to finish refining the half-made Sacred Fire Sword, a Spirit Treasure left by Patriarch Skyfire. He opened the passage to the Secret Realm’s core and led Liu Yu and the others inside, where they learned the sword was guarded by powerful formations.

• Tang Tianbao led Liu Yu and the others to an ordinary hill near Sacred Flame Peak and explained that the Sacred Fire Cult’s headquarters had fallen after seven Nascent Soul Cultivators attacked during an attempt to refine a Spirit Treasure.
• Tang Tianbao revealed that Patriarch Skyfire escaped with the half-refined Sacred Fire Sword and established the Secret Realm to continue refining it.
• Tang Tianbao used the Sacred Fire Token to split open the hill and reveal an entrance to the Secret Realm’s core.
• Liu Yu followed Tang Tianbao into the passage and sensed increasingly dense fire spiritual energy as they descended.
• Tang Tianbao explained that the Sacred Fire Sword was protected by two complementary fourth-tier formations and that Patriarch Skyfire had ordered the secret to be passed from one Holy Son to the next.

Liu Yu and the Sacred Fire Cult cultivators reached the magma-filled third level of the Secret Realm and activated a vast formation with the Sacred Fire Token. The formation channeled power into the lava lake, where an immense pressure descended as the chapter ended.

• Liu Yu and the others crossed the floating islands above the magma lake and reached the barren central island.
• Tang Tianbao uncovered a vast formation while Liu Yu searched the islands for the Sacred Fire Sword and suspected it was hidden in the magma.
• Tang Tianbao activated the Sacred Fire Token, and Liu Yu sensed the formation begin to respond.
• The floating island fragments shook, revealing countless formations that channeled spiritual power toward the central island.
• The central formation sent a massive pillar of light into the lava lake, and a terrifying pressure descended upon the group.

Liu Yu watched the Sacred Fire Sword absorb the formations’ power and undergo True Lord Skyfire’s final forging process, but the attempt to make it a Spirit Treasure ended in a violent explosion. The sword survived with its tip missing and all its power gone, leaving it lying like ordinary iron on the central floating island.

• Liu Yu and the others endured the oppressive might as the enormous Sacred Fire Sword rose from the lava lake and hovered above the central formation.
• The central formation poured accumulated spiritual power into the sword for twelve hours, but Liu Yu sensed that it had gained no spirituality and remained a Treasure.
• Countless runes from the surrounding formations branded themselves onto the sword, shrinking it to three feet and vastly increasing its power.
• The central formation joined the sword, but its growing instability forced Liu Yu and Tang Tianbao to retreat as the blade shook and gathered power.
• The Sacred Fire Sword exploded in a surge of orange-red light, destroying many floating island fragments and shaking the Secret Realm’s third level.
• After the light faded, Liu Yu saw that the sword’s tip had vanished; it lost its power, fell onto the central island, and lay still.

After the Sacred Fire Sword’s forging failed, Liu Yu saw a chance to claim the powerful Treasure, while Zhou Ziwen launched a sudden betrayal and tried to escape with it. Tang Tianbao survived Zhou’s attack but lost Uncle Yang, and the chapter ended as he activated the Formation to seal the exit.

• Liu Yu judged that the failed forging left the Sacred Fire Sword powerful enough for him to refine after forming his Golden Core, and he watched Zhou Ziwen suspiciously as the group approached it.
• Zhou Ziwen stabbed at Tang Tianbao from behind and unleashed Talisman Spells against the others, while Uncle Yang used a life-consuming Secret Art to shield Tang Tianbao and died from Zhou’s Black Knife.
• Tang Tianbao was grievously wounded but survived, and Zhou Ziwen grabbed the Sacred Fire Sword, failed to store it, and fled toward the exit as Liu Yu held back.
• Zhou Ziwen sent Voice-Transmitting Talismans to accomplices, while Purple Robe and two other followers broke free of his spells and pursued him; Liu Yu followed after clearing the lightning attack.
• Tang Tianbao recovered enough to move, took out the Sacred Fire Token, and activated the Formation to seal the exit as Zhou Ziwen neared it.

Zhou Ziwen revealed himself as the Twisted Shadow and fought Liu Yu, Purple Robe, Tang Tianbao, and the others while trying to escape with the Sacred Fire Sword. He broke through the exit barrier with a blood-path spell and Blood Baleful Pearls, then paused at the exit with one hand on the sword as Tang Tianbao pursued him.

• Zhou Ziwen used his Black Scepter to attack the exit barrier while Liu Yu and the Sacred Fire Cult members tried to stop him.
• Purple Robe and Liu Yu recognized Zhou Ziwen's blood-path methods as those of the wanted evil cultivator Twisted Shadow.
• Tang Tianbao confronted Zhou Ziwen, who admitted leaking information to rival sects and claiming the Sacred Fire Sword for himself.
• Zhou Ziwen unleashed Blood Plague Cloud, corroded the barrier, and escaped the attackers by throwing Blood Baleful Pearls.
• Tang Tianbao reached the exit ahead of the others, where Zhou Ziwen paused with a hand on the Sacred Fire Sword.

Liu Yu watched the Sacred Fire Cult, Heavenly One Sect, and Heavenly Demon Sect converge over the Sacred Fire Sword and Secret Realm Key, then entered the chaotic battle while concealing his full strength. The fight began in earnest, and Liu Yu easily repelled the Heavenly One Sect cultivator’s opening attacks as the platform filled with clashing techniques.

• Liu Yu realized Zhou Ziwen had arranged for cultivators from the Heavenly One Sect and Heavenly Demon Sect to meet them, making a battle inevitable.
• Ren Hongyan, the Eyebrowless Male Cultivator, and Zhou Ziwen agreed to join forces temporarily against Tang Tianbao’s group, despite distrust and rivalry between the sects.
• Tang Tianbao and Purple Robe tried to persuade Ren Hongyan and the Eyebrowless Male Cultivator to switch sides, but neither responded.
• Ren Hongyan opened the battle with the Vermilion Ancient Zither, while the other cultivators attacked their assigned opponents and Zhou Ziwen launched a lethal assault on Tang Tianbao.
• Liu Yu shattered Ren Hongyan’s red arrows and repelled the Righteous Youth’s six Cold Star Darts with his Dark Moon Sword and bare fists.
• The fighting spread across the cramped platform, with spells and magical artifacts colliding as Liu Yu held back and waited for the combatants to weaken one another.

Liu Yu concealed his full strength while fighting the Heavenly One Sect’s Righteous Youth, then isolated and killed him with a divine sense attack. He returned to find Purple Robe mortally wounded by Ren Hongyan, and began fighting alone as the remaining battles continued.

• Liu Yu drove the Righteous Youth into the passage, blocked outside observation with a Divine Sense Wall, and knocked him unconscious with Spirit-Shocking Thorn.
• Liu Yu killed the Righteous Youth with Azure Yang Demonic Flame, collected his spoils, and hurried back to the platform.
• Ren Hongyan’s assault overwhelmed Purple Robe, and a red feathered arrow pierced her chest before Liu Yu could reach her.
• Purple Robe died after whispering to Liu Yu, and her Spirit Artifact fell when she lost control of it.
• Liu Yu laid Purple Robe’s body aside and fought Ren Hongyan’s illusory weapons alone while monitoring the other battles.

Liu Yu feigned weakness while the cultivators battled and waited for an opening. When Ren Hongyan turned her attack on a cult member, Liu Yu killed a Heavenly One Sect cultivator by surprise, leaving six fighters on the battlefield.

• Ren Hongyan intensified her assault on Liu Yu with formations of fire-empowered weapons, while he deliberately appeared close to defeat and conserved his strength.
• Tang Tianbao attacked Zhou Ziwen with renewed fury after Purple Robe died, and the two exchanged powerful sword and blood-bat attacks.
• Liu Yu assessed the battles and continued stalling, planning to exploit the hostility between the Heavenly Demon Sect and Heavenly One Sect.
• Ren Hongyan unleashed a Starfire Torrent at Liu Yu and a nearby cult member; Liu Yu used silver blades and an icy barrier to withstand her attack.
• When Ren Hongyan and another Heavenly One Sect cultivator cornered the nearby cult member, Liu Yu used Flash Spirit Art and smashed the second cultivator with nine strikes of the Dark Moon Sword.
• Ren Hongyan's Flamebirds killed the cult member moments after Liu Yu's attack, leaving six fighters alive: Liu Yu, Tang Tianbao, Zhou Ziwen, Ren Hongyan, and two other cultivators.

Liu Yu held off Ren Hongyan with a stockpile of powerful talismans while the other cultivators fought, waiting for the battle to weaken his opponents. After the Eyebrowless Male Cultivator finished off the Sacred Fire Cult's last follower, he turned on Ren Hongyan and trapped her between himself and Liu Yu.

• Ren Hongyan attacked Liu Yu with Flame Heron phantoms and weapon projections, but Liu Yu repelled them with Golden Wind Dispersal Talismans and his Dark Moon Sword.
• The Eyebrowless Male Cultivator secretly proposed joining forces against Ren Hongyan, and Liu Yu agreed while intending to exploit the fighting.
• The Eyebrowless Male Cultivator drained the Sacred Fire Cult's final follower and extracted his primordial spirit into his black banner Spirit Artifact.
• Ren Hongyan eased her attacks on Liu Yu and turned her attention toward the Eyebrowless Male Cultivator, while Tang Tianbao and Zhou Ziwen activated their talisman treasures against each other.
• The Eyebrowless Male Cultivator bypassed Tang Tianbao and Zhou Ziwen, positioned himself on Ren Hongyan's other side, and attacked her with souls and two black spheres.

Liu Yu concealed his strength while Ren Hongyan and the Eyebrowless Male Cultivator exhausted their trump cards in a fierce battle. When Ren Hongyan faced the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, Liu Yu revealed his overwhelming cultivation and prepared to strike as the chapter ended.

• Ren Hongyan and the Eyebrowless Male Cultivator brought out their talisman treasures, and their fire phoenix and black skull fought until both vanished.
• Liu Yu stopped hiding his body-refining strength and pressured Ren Hongyan, creating an opening for the Eyebrowless Male Cultivator.
• The Eyebrowless Male Cultivator unleashed over a hundred Soul Wraiths and two dark spheres at Ren Hongyan.
• Ren Hongyan stopped playing as the Soul Wraiths closed in, then looked at Liu Yu with hatred.
• Liu Yu dispelled his Spirit-Concealing Art, released spirit pressure stronger than Foundation Establishment peak, and prepared Spirit-Shocking Thorn and Azure Yang Demonic Flame attacks.

Liu Yu killed Ren Hongyan and the Eyebrowless Male Cultivator, then seized the chance to burn Zhou Ziwen to ashes after Tang Tianbao spared him. As Liu Yu prepared to subdue Tang Tianbao and take the Sacred Fire Sword, his spiritual perception warned him of mortal danger from the sword, and he realized it possessed spirituality.

• Liu Yu struck the Eyebrowless Male Cultivator with the Spirit-Shocking Thorn and killed him with the Molten Fire Saber, then drove the living souls back into the black banner.
• Liu Yu gathered Ren Hongyan's and the Eyebrowless Male Cultivator's artifacts and Storage Bags, and the Azure Yang Demonic Flame absorbed Ren Hongyan's vitality.
• Tang Tianbao defeated Zhou Ziwen with a sword strike powered by sword momentum, but stopped short of killing him and let him leave with one arm severed.
• Liu Yu attacked Zhou Ziwen with the Spirit-Shocking Thorn and Azure Yang Demonic Flame, killing him and advancing the flame to the Nine Demonic Flame Turns.
• Tang Tianbao recognized Liu Yu as Hong Hao and the Azure Yang Old Devil, then tried to delay him while recovering his magic power.
• Liu Yu halted his attack after sensing mortal danger from the Sacred Fire Sword and realized the sword possessed spirituality.