Recaps

Liu Yu commissioned Lian Hongchen to refine the Heavenfrost Eagle’s beak and feathers into treasures, then returned to Qingyang Peak and learned how few of his people had survived the beast tide. Eight months later, he collected the finished treasures and named the flying treasure the Blackwind Wings.

• Lian Hongchen agreed to refine the Heavenfrost Eagle’s beak into flying darts and its feathers into a flying treasure in exchange for the eagle’s talons.
• Liu Yu returned to Qingyang Peak and learned from Wen Caiyi and White Tiger that only the two of them had survived among his people.
• Liu Yu considered the worsening beast tide and the possibility of abandoning the sect if future missions threatened his life, then studied the eighth layer of the Azure Yang Art.
• Eight months later, Lian Hongchen presented Liu Yu with the finished wing treasure and cross-shaped darts, and Liu Yu praised their craftsmanship.
• Liu Yu handed Lian Hongchen the eagle’s talons and named the wing treasure the Blackwind Wings.

After testing his newly refined Flying Star Darts and Blackwind Wings, Liu Yu spent years strengthening his cultivation as the Beast Tide worsened across the Seven Kingdoms Alliance. Pressured into accepting a post guarding a Market Ward, he flew across Qing Province and spotted someone below as the chapter ended.

• Liu Yu finished refining the Flying Star Darts and tested their speed and power in his cave abode.
• Liu Yu tested the Blackwind Wings by flying around the sect, finding that they greatly improved his speed and short-term bursts.
• Zhuang Ziling delivered Liu Yu’s accumulated stipends and a fire element high-grade Spirit Stone, while Liu Yu told him to report that his injuries had not healed.
• Liu Yu tried to refine Snow Ginseng Pills but produced a failed batch, then continued preparing to improve his cultivation.
• As the Beast Tide entered its fifth year, Liu Yu agreed to guard a Market Ward after Li Changfeng repeatedly pressed him to take a mission.
• Liu Yu flew across Qing Province toward the Market Ward and noticed someone below.

Liu Yu saved refugee Zhou Yunlong from a demon beast, recognized his excellent fire-metal dual spiritual roots, and accepted him as a registered disciple. He then rescued Everlasting Prosperity Market Ward from a Four-Winged Black Tiger and arrived to take command of its defenses.

• Liu Yu spotted Zhou Yunlong among refugees fleeing demon beasts and killed the python about to swallow him.
• Liu Yu sensed Zhou Yunlong’s fire-metal dual spiritual roots and accepted him as a registered disciple; he killed the remaining pythons before flying on.
• Liu Yu noticed an attack on Everlasting Prosperity Market Ward, left Zhou Yunlong under a protective shield, and hurried to the market ward.
• Liu Yu battled the Four-Winged Black Tiger, overcame it with his treasures and Golden Core Evil Ghost, captured its soul, and burned its body for fuel.
• Liu Yu picked up Zhou Yunlong, helped clear the remaining demon beasts, and entered Everlasting Prosperity Market Ward as the resident Golden Core cultivator.

Liu Yu oversaw the Everlasting Prosperity Market Ward for thirty years, trained Zhou Yunlong to inherit the Sacred Fire Cult’s legacy, and fought increasingly frequent demon attacks as the beast tide advanced. With the ward threatened and reinforcements overdue, two cultivators from Suchness Temple arrived, and Liu Yu cautiously questioned them.

• Liu Yu learned that the Everlasting Prosperity Market Ward remained relatively safe for the moment and began cultivating there while arranging additional defenses.
• After Zhou Yunlong learned the common written language, Liu Yu gave him the Sacred Fire Annals to study before teaching him the Sacred Fire Scripture.
• Liu Yu repelled a third-tier Vajra Ape after a four-hour battle, choosing not to pursue and kill it.
• Thirty years after Liu Yu arrived, Crescent Moon City had fallen, the beast tide had advanced to within two thousand li of the ward, and Liu Yu ordered his people to flee if it arrived.
• Liu Yu spotted two Golden Core cultivators approaching on a Vajra Pestle and identified them as Ku Yun and Hui Xin of Suchness Temple.

Liu Yu welcomed Ku Yun and Hui Xin as reinforcements at Everlasting Prosperity Market Ward and discovered that the Immortal Mansion’s power could help him extrapolate his cultivation art. He completed the ninth layer of the Azure Yang Art, leaving his path beyond the Golden Core early stage open.

• Liu Yu verified Ku Yun and Hui Xin’s Alliance orders, welcomed them to Everlasting Prosperity Market Ward, and learned that reinforcements and Alliance envoys were being mobilized.
• Liu Yu arranged rotating guard duty with Ku Yun and Hui Xin, then requested additional reinforcements as the beast tide threatened to reach the market ward.
• Liu Yu practiced his Astral True Form and reflected on his progress, his lack of news about the Azure Yang Art’s continuation, and the danger of losing himself in the Immortal Mansion’s transcendent state.
• Liu Yu entered that state and drew solar power from the Illusory Star, realizing he might use the Immortal Mansion to extrapolate the missing layers of his cultivation art.
• Liu Yu prepared himself, entered the Immortal Mansion again, reviewed and refined the first eight layers of the Azure Yang Art, and extrapolated its ninth layer after fifteen breaths.

After deriving the ninth level of the Azure Yang Art by entering the dangerous state of “supreme supremacy,” Liu Yu recovered from the toll on his primordial spirit and began planning how to verify and improve his deductions. He refined his Azure Yang Demonic Flame and spent three months in quiet cultivation before something caught his attention.

• Liu Yu withdrew from the state of “supreme supremacy” just before it could erase his sense of self, but the experience left his primordial spirit badly depleted.
• Liu Yu returned to his cave abode, took Spirit-Nourishing Pills, slept for three days, and learned from Wen Caiyi that the market ward had faced no serious trouble and the Suchness Temple cultivators had not sent word.
• Liu Yu recorded all nine levels of the Azure Yang Art and his insights, then worried that his new ninth level might contain errors and resolved to gather more cultivation arts and knowledge before relying on it.
• Liu Yu refined the Azure Yang Demonic Flame using the first part of the Nine Demonic Flame Transformations, then spent five days and nights nourishing his treasures instead of cultivating.
• Liu Yu spent three months in quiet seclusion reading and tending to his cultivation before his expression suddenly changed.

After being recalled from the front line, Liu Yu returned to the Primordial Yang Sect and learned that neither his nominal master nor Li Buyu knew why he had been summoned. At the Sect Main Hall, the Heavenly Wind Ancestor arrived to address the gathered Golden Core cultivators.

• Liu Yu received orders to return to the sect, handed responsibility for the Everlasting Prosperity Market Ward to a future Golden Core replacement, and flew home with Wen Caiyi and Zhou Yunlong.
• Liu Yu learned that Li Changkong had been away on a sect mission for eighteen years, then visited Li Buyu, who knew of no major sect plans and suspected the Seven Kingdoms Alliance was involved.
• Liu Yu attended the meeting at the Sect Main Hall, where fellow Golden Core cultivators greeted him warmly while Zhao Wuji and Bai Yuxuan joined the group despite their earlier distance.
• The Heavenly Wind Ancestor entered the hall, and the gathered Golden Core cultivators bowed to him before he silently surveyed them.

Heavenly Wind Ancestor told the Primordial Yang Sect’s Golden Core Cultivators that the Alliance planned to send elite teams across the Hengduan Mountain Range to contact Great Tang in the Central Region. Liu Yu weighed the dangerous mission against its rewards and wondered whether Great Tang might hold clues to the Azure Yang Art, but he had not decided whether to volunteer.

• Heavenly Wind Ancestor described how the beast tide had devastated Qing Province and warned that it might soon threaten the Primordial Yang Sect itself.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor announced Operation Chang'an, a mission to cross the Hengduan Mountain Range and contact Great Tang, whose Ten Thousand Demons Formation made late Golden Core cultivators unsuitable for the teams.
• The Golden Core Cultivators stayed silent when Heavenly Wind Ancestor first called for volunteers, reluctant to risk their lives on the journey.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor offered valuable treasures to volunteers and promised Nascent Soul pills to anyone who returned with news, prompting the cultivators to reconsider.
• Liu Yu was tempted by the promised rewards and wondered whether the Azure Yang Art had originated in the Central Region, but he remained unsure about joining the mission.

Liu Yu decided to join the perilous expedition across the Hengduan Mountain Range to seek the Azure Yang Art’s continuation and safeguard his future cultivation. After the Alliance required the volunteers to compete for Chu Kingdom’s place, Liu Yu fought Zhao Wuji in the first round and activated his Wither divine ability as he gained the upper hand.

• Liu Yu concluded that he needed to seek the Azure Yang Art’s continuation in the Central Region because relying on a method he had deduced for Nascent Soul cultivation could jeopardize his Dao path.
• Zhao Wuji, Jiang Yunfeng, and Zhou Zhuofeng volunteered for the dangerous mission, and Liu Yu joined them despite Heavenly Wind Ancestor’s warning.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor announced that the four volunteers would compete, with the winner selected to represent Chu Kingdom’s Primordial Yang Sect.
• Liu Yu drew Zhao Wuji as his first opponent and faced him in a midair battle above the ground.
• Liu Yu’s Flame Bodyguard Shield absorbed Zhao Wuji’s flaming missiles, and his Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear overpowered Zhao Wuji’s sword.
• Liu Yu activated his Wither divine ability against Zhao Wuji as azure radiance enveloped him.

Liu Yu defeated Zhao Wuji decisively with the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear and the Wither divine ability, then watched Zhou Zhuofeng defeat Jiang Yunfeng. Zhou conceded his place to Liu Yu, and Heavenly Wind Ancestor selected Liu Yu for the mission across the Hengduan Mountain Range.

• Liu Yu weakened Zhao Wuji with Wither, overwhelmed his defenses, and forced him to concede.
• Liu Yu watched Zhou Zhuofeng and Jiang Yunfeng fight while Lian Hongchen warned him about the mission's dangers.
• Zhou Zhuofeng defeated Jiang Yunfeng after a prolonged battle, then voluntarily conceded his place to Liu Yu.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor declared Liu Yu the final victor and selected him for the mission, then asked him to remain.

Liu Yu exchanged his promised treasure for the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, which he planned to use to develop his Azure Yang Demonic Flame before departing on the Chang'an mission. After returning to Qingyang Peak, he began unsealing the flame in his cultivation room.

• Heavenly Wind Ancestor briefed Liu Yu on the Chang'an plan and its previously mapped routes into Great Tang.
• Liu Yu asked to exchange his promised treasure for a spirit flame and chose the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame from Heavenly Wind Ancestor's collection.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor gave Liu Yu the flame and told him to come to Heaven-Reaching Peak one year later.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor regretted that Liu Yu had chosen the mission but respected his decision to follow his own path.
• Liu Yu returned to his cave abode on Qingyang Peak and began undoing the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame's seal.

Liu Yu used the Nine Demonic Flame Transformations to absorb the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame’s essence into the Azure Yang Demonic Flame, strengthening it and stabilizing its heat. After adapting to the transformed flame, he refined Purple Origin Pills well enough to declare himself an Alchemy Master.

• Liu Yu suppressed the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame and reduced it to its flame seed form before beginning the Nine Demonic Flame Transformations.
• Liu Yu repeatedly drew filaments of essence from the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame for the Azure Yang Demonic Flame to absorb, until the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame collapsed and vanished.
• Liu Yu completed the refinement, increasing the Azure Yang Demonic Flame’s power by about twenty percent and gaining a pale azure form with stable heat that could process spirit herbs more easily.
• Liu Yu tried using the transformed flame to refine Purple Origin Pills, failed several times, and gradually adjusted his technique.
• Liu Yu spent three days refining ten batches of ingredients and succeeded three times, bringing his Purple Origin Pill success rate to thirty percent and prompting him to proclaim himself an Alchemy Master.

After becoming an Alchemy Master, Liu Yu amassed spirit stones, reflected on cultivation knowledge, and revised the Essentials of Demonic Cultivation with schemes suited to the modern Cultivation World. Jiang Qiushui returned after forming her core, and Liu Yu told her he would soon undertake the dangerous Chang'an Plan, leaving her worried as he asked about Ji Ruyan.

• Liu Yu sold third-tier Essence-Nourishing Pills for two months and amassed five hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Liu Yu reread the Essentials of Demonic Cultivation and added updated schemes for exploiting cultivators’ weaknesses, including methods based on staged discoveries, trust-building, and counterfeit pills.
• Wen Caiyi told Liu Yu that Jiang Qiushui had returned from the Yuan Kingdom, and Liu Yu reassured her that no one would harm her without his permission.
• Jiang Qiushui reunited with Liu Yu, told him she had formed her core, and again sought the position of his Dao companion, but Liu Yu postponed the discussion and maintained his decision.
• Liu Yu told Jiang Qiushui he would undertake the Chang'an Plan in ten months, and she worried about the danger while he asked whether Ji Ruyan had entered seclusion to form her core.

Liu Yu brought his disciple Zhou Yunlong to the Western Sands and tasked him with preserving the Sacred Fire Cult’s legacy while avoiding a direct confrontation with the Divine Sand Sect. They found the cult’s old stronghold abandoned, and Liu Yu continued searching for its hidden followers.

• Liu Yu confirmed Jiang Qiushui had formed a fourth-grade golden core, gave her cultivation guidance, and sent her to carry out his instructions.
• Liu Yu told Zhou Yunlong about the Sacred Fire Cult’s history and its feud with the Divine Sand Sect, then asked him to lead the cult as its Holy Son and preserve its legacy.
• Liu Yu took Zhou Yunlong to the Western Sands, where they found that the Sacred Fire Cult’s former stronghold in West Sand Market Ward had become an unrelated teahouse.
• Liu Yu warned the Golden Core cultivator guarding the market ward that he had no intention of causing trouble, then left with Zhou Yunlong.
• Liu Yu gave Zhou Yunlong a special talisman for contacting him through the Death Soldiers’ outposts and warned him to avoid provoking the Divine Sand Sect.
• Liu Yu and Zhou Yunlong visited several places where Sacred Fire Cult cultivators might be found, but the outposts were deserted.

Liu Yu found the Sacred Fire Cult’s surviving stronghold and used the Sacred Fire Token and his Golden Core strength to take charge of the weakened cult. He appointed Zhou Yunlong as Holy Son and left him with the responsibility of restoring the cult, offering guidance and a mysterious black-bound book.

• After failing to find the Sacred Fire Cult at several old strongholds, Liu Yu led Zhou Yunlong to Red Gauze Market Ward and found Purple Heart at Brightlight Tower.
• Liu Yu showed Purple Heart the Sacred Fire Token and told her that Tang Tianbao had died after being pursued by the Heavenly One Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect.
• Purple Heart summoned the four other chief stewards, and Liu Yu appointed Zhou Yunlong as Holy Son; the stewards accepted after recognizing that Zhou Yunlong cultivated the Sacred Fire Scripture.
• Zhou Yunlong learned that the cult faced severe resource shortages and possible pursuit, then asked Liu Yu how to lead it.
• Liu Yu advised Zhou Yunlong to focus on securing resources, rebuilding the followers’ faith, and strengthening the cult before considering revenge.
• Liu Yu encouraged Zhou Yunlong to trust himself and handed him a black-bound book, saying, “The path of redemption lies within!”

Liu Yu investigated the Ruined Sword’s connection to the Sacred Fire Cult, compiled Tang Tianbao’s biography, and eased the sword’s resistance. He left Zhou Yunlong to rebuild the cult with resources and protection, then returned to the Chu Kingdom, considering the Divine Sand Sect’s destruction a possible way to settle the sword’s remaining karma.

• Liu Yu gave Zhou Yunlong a book on demonic cultivation and urged him to adapt the Sacred Fire Cult to the Cultivation World.
• The Ruined Sword responded to Liu Yu for the first time, prompting him to investigate its ties to the Sacred Fire Cult and Tang Tianbao.
• Liu Yu questioned Purple Heart and other cult members about Tang Tianbao, then spent seven days gathering their accounts.
• Liu Yu wrote Tang Tianbao’s biography, and the Ruined Sword trembled in response as its resistance toward him weakened.
• Liu Yu left Zhou Yunlong two Talisman Treasures and departed the Western Sands for the Chu Kingdom, resolving not to intervene further in the cult’s fate.
• Liu Yu took a Teleportation Formation back to the Chu Kingdom and considered destroying the Divine Sand Sect in the future to settle the Ruined Sword’s karma.

Liu Yu returned to the sect and met with Elder Yan, who revealed that he had only a year or two left to live and asked Liu Yu to preserve his alliance with the Yan Household. After they discussed the household’s future and Yan Hongyu’s impending death, Liu Yu left Green Elegance Peak resolved to pursue immortality rather than accept an ordinary end.

• Wen Caiyi told Liu Yu that Elder Yan had repeatedly sought him out and urgently wanted to meet at Green Elegance Peak.
• Liu Yu recognized that Elder Yan’s aura showed he was near the end of his lifespan, and Elder Yan confirmed his old injuries had left him with only a year or two to live.
• Elder Yan asked Liu Yu to maintain his relationship with the Yan Household after his death, and Liu Yu promised to help them when needed.
• Elder Yan told Liu Yu that Yan Hongyu was also nearing the end of her lifespan and had returned to the lineage, and Liu Yu accepted her decision without objection.
• After talking for more than half a day about Elder Yan’s past and future arrangements, Liu Yu left Green Elegance Peak determined to pursue immortality.

Liu Yu watched Little Green condense a demon core and endure its third-tier lightning tribulation, intervening after the final bolt left the serpent near death. Little Green survived with its aura stabilized, and its newly formed body bulges suggested it might be beginning to evolve toward a Flood Dragon.

• Liu Yu sensed Little Green beginning to break through and assessed its strong chances of reaching the third tier.
• Liu Yu cultivated for nine months while Little Green continued advancing, until it condensed a demon core and drew lightning tribulation to Qingyang Peak.
• Little Green endured eight bolts of lightning and developed bulges beneath its head, suggesting its bloodline might be evolving toward a Flood Dragon.
• The final blue-violet bolt pierced Little Green's chest and left it near death, so Liu Yu used Wither to weaken the remaining lightning and drew most of it out of its body.
• Liu Yu gave Little Green a third-tier Healing Spirit Pill, and its aura stabilized as he considered its possible Flood Dragon evolution.

After Little Green survived its tribulation and advanced to the third tier, Liu Yu celebrated with his fellow Golden Core disciples and prepared Jiang Qiushui to manage his affairs after he left. He promised to find Little Green a larger Spirit Beast Bag and gave it the full name Liu Qing, leaving it delighted and eager to recover.

• Liu Yu treated Little Green's tribulation wounds, put it in its Spirit Beast Bag, and invited the visiting Golden Core disciples to celebrate its advancement.
• Liu Yu stood firm against fellow disciples urging him to abandon the Chang'an Plan, and introduced Jiang Qiushui to his circle of friends.
• Liu Yu entrusted Jiang Qiushui with managing the sect and branch academy after his departure, gave her detailed instructions, and warned her not to harm Ji Ruyan.
• Liu Qing complained to Liu Yu that its Spirit Beast Bag was too cramped, and he promised to prepare a larger home once its wounds healed.
• Liu Yu named Little Green Liu Qing and asked it to call him Young Master, delighting the newly intelligent spirit beast.

Before the Chang'an Plan, Liu Yu visited the Liu Family and saw how his descendants had prospered, then returned to his Cave Abode to cultivate for the final month before his departure. He left the family in the care of death soldiers and began a period of seclusion.

• Liu Yu decided that Little Green had become his most important long-term support, then resolved to check on the Liu Family before the Chang'an Plan.
• Liu Xiu returned to the Liu Residence after placing first class in the palace examination, and Liu Si announced an ancestral ceremony to celebrate his achievement.
• Liu Si reflected on her long life and suspected that her mysterious Big Uncle had brought the Liu Family its good fortune.
• At the ancestral ceremony, Liu Si praised Liu Xiu while Liu Yu watched unseen, gave instructions to a death soldier, and departed without revealing himself.
• Liu Yu returned to his Cave Abode, told Wen Caiyi to turn away visitors, and entered seclusion to cultivate and nourish his treasures.

After reaching the peak of the golden core early stage, Liu Yu prepared to leave on the dangerous Chang'an Plan and said farewell to Jiang Qiushui and his fellow sect members. Heavenly Wind Ancestor gave him a precious escape talisman, then carried him away from the sect to discuss the mission.

• Liu Yu completed his secluded cultivation, raising his qi refining and body refining to the peak of the golden core early stage and extending his divine sense to eighty li.
• Liu Yu told Wen Caiyi to serve Jiang Qiushui while he was away, then went to Heaven-Reaching Peak to greet his nominal master Li Changkong before departing.
• Jiang Qiushui confronted Liu Yu about the dangers of the Chang'an Plan, but he refused to reconsider; she tearfully wished him safety and said she would wait for him at Qingyang Peak.
• Elder Yan, Lian Hongchen, and other Golden Core Elders gathered to see Liu Yu off, and Elder Yan reminded him not to forget them when he returned.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor gave Liu Yu a One-Qi Heaven and Earth Talisman, then took him away aboard a flying treasure to discuss the Chu Kingdom team's route and the mission's details.

Liu Yu learned the dangerous route and his sect’s covert instructions for the Chang’an Plan, then met the other Golden Core Cultivators assembled for the Chu Kingdom team. As the team prepared to enter the Hengduan Mountain Range, Heavenly Wind Ancestor offered them a chance to leave words on a rock face.

• Heavenly Wind Ancestor briefed Liu Yu on the route through the Hengduan Mountain Range, its Demon Beasts, and the dangers ahead.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor instructed Liu Yu to watch for Hehuan Sect cultivators and secure exclusive control of contact with Great Tang, even if it required killing rivals.
• Liu Yu arrived at Golden Desolation Mountain and recognized Zhuo Mengzhen among the team’s five Golden Core Cultivators, alongside Gao Jianhan, Mu Yunyan, and old Daoist Cang Lou.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor and Hehuan True Lord exchanged insults before urging the five cultivators to undertake the Chang’an Plan for its promised rewards.
• As Liu Yu and the others prepared to depart, Heavenly Wind Ancestor revealed a rock face where they could carve farewell messages.

Liu Yu and his companions left inscriptions before setting out on a dangerous journey into the Hengduan Mountain Range. As the five traveled, they introduced their abilities and treasures, agreeing to cooperate while Liu Yu revealed the power of his spear to establish his influence in the group.

• Liu Yu examined inscriptions left by past Golden Core Cultivators, then Gao Jianhan, Mu Yunyan, and Liu Yu carved their own messages on the wall.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor reactivated the restrictions around the inscriptions as Liu Yu and the other four departed for the Hengduan Mountain Range.
• Mu Yunyan introduced herself and her Five Marvelous Glass Bells, and Cang Lou and Liu Yu urged the group to set aside old grudges and cooperate.
• Liu Yu revealed the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, impressing the others and prompting Zhuo Mengzhen to recognize his strength.
• Zhuo Mengzhen, Gao Jianhan, and Cang Lou introduced their cultivation and treasures, while Liu Yu compared their offensive power.

Liu Yu and the other Golden Core cultivators entered the Hengduan Mountain Range under Zhuo Mengzhen’s concealing treasure and traveled through the demon-beast lands. When they reached the former Golden Kingdom, Mu Yunyan recognized her ancestors’ homeland and broke away to pay her respects at a ruin.

• The five cultivators crossed into demon-beast territory and flew close to the ground to avoid detection.
• Zhuo Mengzhen used the Azure Soul Gauze to conceal the group, briefly alarming Liu Yu, Daoist Cang Lou, and Gao Jianhan before she explained the treasure’s purpose.
• The group traveled two thousand li into the mountains while avoiding demon-beast gathering places and remaining cautious.
• Mu Yunyan recognized the ruins as part of the Golden Kingdom, where her ancestors had lived before demon beasts conquered it.
• Despite Cang Lou’s reminder to prioritize their mission, Mu Yunyan left the group to burn spirit money and pay respects at the ruins.

Liu Yu and the other four cultivators studied Skyhawk Ridge, pooled their sects’ intelligence, and waited until night to begin crossing the territory of the Heavenfrost Eagle clan. As they neared the ridge’s central stretch, third-tier spirit pressure suddenly swept over them, and Liu Yu chose to wait rather than assume they had been discovered.

• Liu Yu surveyed Skyhawk Ridge and estimated that the Heavenfrost Eagle clan had thousands of members, including hundreds of second-tier eagles and several third-tier demon cultivators.
• Liu Yu proposed that the five share their sects’ intelligence, and Cang Lou, Zhuo Mengzhen, Gao Jianhan, and Mu Yunyan each disclosed what they knew.
• The group agreed to wait until nightfall, when the eagles were less active, and planned to cross along the ridge’s boundary beneath the Azure Soul Gauze.
• At rat hour, Zhuo Mengzhen concealed the group with the Azure Soul Gauze, and the five traveled on foot through the forest toward the ridge’s central stretch.
• As Liu Yu and the others neared the cliff, all the insect calls stopped and third-tier spirit pressure enveloped the forest; Liu Yu stopped Zhuo Mengzhen from summoning her treasure and signaled the group to wait.