Recaps

Liu Yu and his companions crossed Skyhawk Ridge, escaped the territory’s most dangerous area, and adjusted their route as demon beasts migrated toward the Southern Heaven Cultivation World. After learning that Mu Yuyan practiced the Phantom Dream Heart Sutra, Liu Yu began plotting how to obtain a copy, preferably through trade but by any means necessary.

• Liu Yu restrained Zhuo Mengzhen as a third-tier Heavenfrost Eagle’s spirit pressure swept over the party, and the five stayed still until the eagle moved away.
• The third-tier Heavenfrost Eagle returned to its cliff and fed part of its prey to younger eagles while Liu Yu and his companions continued their journey.
• At dawn, the party rested beyond Skyhawk Ridge’s most dangerous area and agreed to slow down as migrating demon beasts filled the mountain range.
• Mu Yuyan revealed that she practiced the Phantom Dream Heart Sutra and volunteered to scout ahead with her powerful divine sense.
• Liu Yu reasoned that demon cultivators struggled to locate observers because their divine-sense techniques were crude, then considered how to obtain Mu Yuyan’s cultivation art.

Liu Yu and the others reached Jade Wave Lake, where four powerful Ice Flood Dragons blocked their route, and agreed to wait for a chance to cross. After two days of watching the lake, Liu Yu sensed two peak third-tier Spirit Pressures erupt from its center.

• Liu Yu and the others arrived at Jade Wave Lake and learned that four third-tier Ice Flood Dragons made a direct crossing too dangerous.
• Cang Lou and the others shared what their sects knew, including that the two peak third-tier Ice Flood Dragons hunted every half month.
• Mu Yunyan suggested crossing while the two dragons were away, and Liu Yu proposed using the strongest sunlight to reduce the dragons' perception.
• Liu Yu and the others dug a concealed Cave Abode by the lake, and Liu Yu took the first watch.
• After two days, two peak third-tier Spirit Pressures erupted from the lake, and Liu Yu turned toward the center.

Liu Yu and four companions monitored two peak third-tier Ice Flood Dragons at Jade Wave Lake, then waited two months for a safe chance to cross their territory. They finally slipped past while the dragons were away and continued northwest, leaving the lake without being detected.

• Liu Yu observed two peak third-tier Ice Flood Dragons leave Jade Wave Lake, then watched them return a little over two quarter-hours later with captured prey.
• The five cultivators waited two months, rejecting four unsuitable outings before Gao Jianhan reported that the dragons had departed under favorable weather conditions.
• Liu Yu and Mu Yunyan argued for leaving immediately, and Gao Jianhan broke the tie in favor of departure.
• Concealed by Zhuo Mengzhen's Azure Soul Gauze, the five flew close to the ground along Jade Wave Lake, carefully suppressing their magic power fluctuations.
• The group passed the lake's most dangerous central area and left without alerting the two dragons still beneath the water, then flew northwest.

Liu Yu and his companions waited for the Redblood Crocodiles to leave Redblood Marsh, then began a concealed crossing. Zhuo Mengzhen spotted three Golden-Scale Fruits, but her reaction disturbed her aura and risked exposing the group to nearby demon cultivators.

• Liu Yu and his four companions chose Redblood Marsh over the unknown territories on either side and waited for its third-tier Redblood Crocodiles to go hunting.
• After thirty-five days, four third-tier Redblood Crocodiles left the marsh, and Liu Yu ordered the group to cross under Zhuo Mengzhen's Azure Soul Gauze.
• The five flew through the marsh in formation, with Mu Yunyan watching ahead and Liu Yu, Cang Lou, and Gao Jianhan watching the other directions.
• Zhuo Mengzhen detected a rare fragrance and used her divine sense to find three top-grade third-tier Golden-Scale Fruits on an ancient tree.
• Liu Yu noticed Zhuo Mengzhen's aura fluctuate and worried that the demon cultivators would detect them.

After Zhuo Mengzhen accidentally leaked the group’s aura near the Golden-Scale Fruit tree, Liu Yu and the others chose to attack the two Redblood Crocodiles guarding it rather than flee. Their opening assault began, and Liu Yu’s Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear broke through one crocodile’s defense before its tail forced the weapon back.

• Liu Yu recognized the Golden-Scale Fruit and considered its benefits, but decided that obtaining it was less important than finding the continuation of the Azure Yang Art.
• Zhuo Mengzhen accidentally let her aura escape through the Azure Soul Gauze, allowing two third-tier Redblood Crocodiles to discover the five cultivators.
• Liu Yu, Mu Yunyan, Cang Lou, Gao Jianhan, and Zhuo Mengzhen decided to fight and charged toward the two crocodiles guarding the Golden-Scale Fruit tree.
• The five launched coordinated attacks, with Zhuo Mengzhen targeting the low-tier demon beasts while the others attacked the two Redblood Crocodiles.
• Liu Yu’s spear lotuses failed to break one crocodile’s mud wall, but his Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear shattered it before the crocodile blocked the spear with its tail.

Liu Yu and the other cultivators killed two Redblood Crocodile demon cultivators, and Liu Yu burned the first corpse to feed the Azure Yang Demonic Flame. As more demon cultivators approached, he used the few moments before the next battle to burn the swamp's lesser crocodiles for fuel.

• Liu Yu pierced the third-tier early-stage Redblood Crocodile's head with the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear while Mu Yunyan bound it with her golden rope, then burned its corpse with the Azure Yang Demonic Flame.
• Liu Yu collected 120 degrees of fuel from the crocodile and planned to give its valuable skeleton to Mu Yunyan.
• Liu Yu sensed several third-tier demon cultivators approaching, and Mu Yunyan helped Gao Jianhan and Cang Lou finish off the wounded third-tier middle-stage Redblood Crocodile.
• Liu Yu split the Azure Yang Demonic Flame into a hundred threads and slaughtered the second-tier Redblood Crocodiles across the swamp to gather more fuel.

Liu Yu and his companions fought four Redblood Crocodile demon cultivators after destroying the beasts in the Redblood Marsh. Liu Yu used his hidden Wither ability, the Azure Yang Demonic Flame, and his treasures to kill the Silver-Toothed Redblood Crocodile, then turned his attention toward Zhuo Mengzhen.

• Liu Yu ignored distant pleas to stop and burned nearly all the low-tier demon beasts in the Redblood Marsh, gaining six hundred degrees of fuel.
• Liu Yu and his companions faced four approaching Redblood Crocodiles and attacked, with each cultivator taking on a designated opponent.
• Liu Yu deployed the Ten-Thousand Souls Banner and fought the Silver-Toothed Redblood Crocodile, whose powerful attacks injured his ghosts and tested his defenses.
• Liu Yu used Wither to weaken the Silver-Toothed Redblood Crocodile, then coated his Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear with Azure Yang Demonic Flame and kept up his assault.
• Liu Yu and the Humanoid Evil Ghost overwhelmed the Silver-Toothed Redblood Crocodile, and its life force and Spirit Pressure vanished.
• Liu Yu looked toward Zhuo Mengzhen as the battle continued.

Liu Yu used the Ten-Thousand Souls Banner and Astral Eyes to help Zhuo Mengzhen defeat a Redblood Crocodile, then joined Mu Yunyan’s fight while Gao Jianhan and Cang Lou struggled against the clan chief. His spear struck Mu Yunyan’s opponent, leaving its fate unresolved as the fight against the clan chief continued.

• Liu Yu spotted Zhuo Mengzhen in danger and used Astral Eyes to expose the Redblood Crocodile hiding in the marsh.
• Zhuo Mengzhen’s puppet pinned the crocodile down, allowing Liu Yu’s humanoid evil ghost to consume it.
• Liu Yu saw Gao Jianhan and Cang Lou struggling to keep the Redblood Crocodile Clan Chief from retreating toward Blackwater Lake.
• Liu Yu sent the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear to help Mu Yunyan, whose treasures had weakened and bound her Redblood Crocodile opponent.
• The crocodile broke free of the Five Marvelous Glass Bells’ influence and began to tear through the golden rope, but Liu Yu’s spear pierced its body.

Liu Yu and the others killed the Redblood Crocodile clan chief after Liu Yu used Wither to weaken its attempt to raise its strength. After securing the spoils, the five cultivators split up to slaughter the remaining demon beasts in Redblood Marsh.

• Mu Yunyan decapitated the wounded Redblood Crocodile, while Zhuo Mengzhen's puppet killed another and preserved its demon core.
• Cang Lou called for help against the Redblood Crocodile clan chief, and Liu Yu collected three demon cores before joining the others.
• The clan chief began a secret art to increase its strength, but Liu Yu used Wither as Cang Lou and the other cultivators launched a combined assault.
• The five cultivators overwhelmed the clan chief and burned its body to ash, leaving its skeleton and demon core.
• Mu Yunyan stored the spoils, and the five cultivators split up to wipe out the low-tier demon beasts in Redblood Marsh.

After the five cultivators slaughtered the remaining demon beasts at Redblood Marsh, Liu Yu collected their corpses for fuel and concealed the battle’s traces. The group gathered around the Golden-Scale Fruit Tree to divide its treasures, with Zhuo Mengzhen apologizing and Mu Yunyan offering to give up the fruits.

• Liu Yu stayed behind to burn the demon beast corpses with the Azure Yang Demonic Flame, gathering 1,700 degrees of fuel.
• Liu Yu inspected the unharmed Golden-Scale Fruit Tree, then cleaned up and concealed traces of the battle at Redblood Marsh.
• Gao Jianhan, Mu Yunyan, Cang Lou, and Zhuo Mengzhen returned after pursuing the fleeing demon beasts and gathered around the tree.
• Zhuo Mengzhen apologized for endangering the team and withdrew from the allocation of the Golden-Scale Fruits, but the others gave her no immediate response.
• Mu Yunyan offered to forgo the fruits and take the tree instead, saying Liu Yu, Gao Jianhan, and Cang Lou deserved the fruits for their contributions.

After the group seized the Golden-Scale Fruits, Liu Yu warned that the Demon Race's Royal Court could soon discover their actions and pursue them. Mu Yunyan led them toward a hidden predecessor's cave abode between the third and fourth blockades, where they began searching for its entrance.

• Liu Yu estimated that demon cultivators might discover the traces at Redblood Marsh within three to fifteen days, leaving the group at risk of pursuit and interception.
• Mu Yunyan revealed that Drifting Snow Tower knew of a cave abode left by cultivators more than a hundred thousand years ago, and Liu Yu persuaded the group to seek shelter there.
• Mu Yunyan explained that the cave abode lay between the third and fourth demon blockades, and the group changed course to reach it.
• After traveling for two days and nights, Mu Yunyan identified a small grassland as the likely location and began digging beneath a strangely shaped boulder while Liu Yu guarded the area.

Liu Yu and the others opened the ancient Soaring Heaven Cave and Zhuo Mengzhen sealed its leaking spiritual energy with a new formation. They escaped inside as a powerful Heavenfrost Eagle and a Demon Cultivator approached, then explored the cave and settled in to rest.

• Liu Yu used his divine sense to watch for danger while Mu Yunyan unearthed and activated the Cave Abode Token.
• Mu Yunyan opened the cave entrance, and Zhuo Mengzhen set up a Heavenly Origin Spirit-Sealing Formation to stop spiritual energy from escaping.
• Liu Yu sensed a peak third-tier Heavenfrost Eagle nearby as Mu Yunyan detected an approaching Demon Cultivator, so all five entered the cave and sealed it behind them.
• The group explored Soaring Heaven Cave, found its rich spiritual energy and ancient inscriptions, and reinforced its damaged walls.
• Liu Yu set up the Three-Origin Illusion-Destruction Formation in his room and went to sleep after months of strain.

Liu Yu planned to use his five years in Soaring Heaven Cave to strengthen himself before the group continued its journey through demon-controlled territory. After transforming into his Astral True Form, he began consuming the Golden-Scale Fruit to advance his body-refining cultivation.

• After waking, Liu Yu checked that the Three-Origin Illusion-Destruction Formation remained undisturbed and decided to improve his cultivation while in hiding.
• Liu Yu chose the Golden-Scale Fruit to advance his body refining, avoiding the risky supreme and transcendent state except when deducing techniques.
• Cang Lou proposed that the group remain in Soaring Heaven Cave for five years, and Liu Yu, Mu Yunyan, Gao Jianhan, and Zhuo Mengzhen agreed.
• Liu Yu selected the tallest room, prepared himself, and activated the Astral True Form technique.
• Liu Yu grew to three zhang and six chi tall, opened the Jade Box, and began peeling the Golden-Scale Fruit.

Liu Yu used the Golden-Scale Fruit to break through to the Astral True Form’s third-tier middle stage, strengthening his body and golden core. After four years of safe seclusion in the Soaring Heaven Cave, he emerged and learned that his companions had also remained in seclusion and that the group was still secure.

• Liu Yu swallowed the Golden-Scale Fruit and refined its medicinal power to temper his body.
• After three days and two nights, Liu Yu broke through to the third-tier middle stage of body refining, and his golden core grew larger.
• Liu Yu tested his improved toughness by striking his palm with the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, which left only a faint mark.
• Liu Yu continued cultivating until he had stabilized his body cultivation, while the group spent four peaceful years hidden in the Soaring Heaven Cave.
• Liu Yu left his room and asked Zhuo Mengzhen about their companions; she told him they had also been in seclusion and the formation had never been opened.

Zhuo Mengzhen shared information with Liu Yu and, worried about her precarious position, offered him a night together; their dual cultivation eased his restless yang energy and greatly strengthened his cultivation. Liu Yu left to refine the spiritual power he had absorbed, while Zhuo Mengzhen remained injured and realized how formidable his body-refining cultivation was.

• Zhuo Mengzhen shared what the Hehuan Sect knew about the Myriad Demon Grand Formation, and she and Liu Yu found common ground about how to proceed.
• Zhuo Mengzhen asked whether they could cross the Hengduan Mountain Range, and Liu Yu admitted he did not know but would do everything he could.
• Liu Yu’s gaze stirred Zhuo Mengzhen to consider offering her primordial yin, and she stopped him from leaving by inviting him to her room.
• Liu Yu accepted Zhuo Mengzhen’s invitation, and they practiced dual cultivation for seven or eight hours.
• Liu Yu left to refine the spiritual power he had absorbed, while Zhuo Mengzhen lay sore and injured and recognized the depth of his body-refining cultivation.

After dual cultivation with Zhuo Mengzhen, Liu Yu refined the primordial yin spiritual power she had given him and broke through to the Golden Core middle stage. He then tested the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, which pierced his fully powered protective shield and wounded his palm.

• Zhuo Mengzhen cultivated to assimilate the benefits of dual cultivation while wondering how Liu Yu had grown so powerful.
• Liu Yu returned to his room and refined the primordial yin spiritual power stored in his dantian, rapidly increasing his cultivation.
• After seven days, Liu Yu reached the peak of the Golden Core early stage and broke through to the Golden Core middle stage by circulating the eighth layer of the Azure Yang Art.
• Liu Yu stabilized his new realm and replenished his magic power discreetly, using pills to avoid alerting his companions to his breakthrough.
• Liu Yu tested the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear against his fully powered azure shield, but the spear pierced through and injured his palm.

Liu Yu stabilized his Golden Core middle-stage cultivation, acquired Mu Yunyan’s Golden-Scale Fruit Tree, and planted it in the Immortal Mansion, where it rapidly matured. After testing the fruit’s diminished effects, he questioned why the Immortal Mansion could mature a third-tier supreme-grade spirit treasure for so little spiritual power.

• Liu Yu tested the increased power of his Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, healed his palm, and spent months stabilizing his new cultivation stage.
• Liu Yu waited in the hall for a chance to meet Mu Yunyan, then negotiated to buy her Golden-Scale Fruit Tree for ten high-grade spirit stones and two bottles of Purple Origin Pills.
• Liu Yu brought the Golden-Scale Fruit Tree into the Immortal Mansion, planted it in the Red Spirit Field, and used spirit stones to accelerate its growth.
• Liu Yu practiced body refining and found that later Golden-Scale Fruits had weaker effects than the first, though they still helped his progress.
• Liu Yu realized the Immortal Mansion’s low maturation cost seemed disproportionately small compared with the value of the Golden-Scale Fruit.

Liu Yu considered whether the Immortal Mansion’s herb-ripening ability obeyed the balance of all things, then prepared to leave Soaring Heaven Cave with his companions after five years. As the group assembled, Cang Lou quietly weighed how to manage the party’s risks and rivalries, while Liu Yu’s alliance with Zhuo Mengzhen complicated his plans.

• Liu Yu reasoned that the Immortal Mansion supplied most of the spiritual power for ripening herbs, but that his time and spirit stones still counted as a price under the balance of all things.
• Liu Yu set aside his unanswered questions and nurtured his treasures, including the Golden Jade Ring, whose foreign magic power he had nearly washed away.
• Liu Yu emerged from seclusion and greeted Cang Lou, Mu Yunyan, Gao Jianhan, and Zhuo Mengzhen, whose changed cultivation and bearing revealed her intimacy with him.
• Cang Lou recalled that he had planned to send Liu Yu and Zhuo Mengzhen ahead as scouts, but Liu Yu’s increased strength and his alliance with Zhuo Mengzhen had undermined that plan.
• Cang Lou declared that the five-year period had passed and it was time to leave, while Liu Yu agreed that the demon cultivators’ vigilance had likely weakened and considered the advantage of Zhuo Mengzhen’s support.

After leaving Soaring Heaven Cave, Liu Yu and the others traveled cautiously for three years to the Black Dragon Mountain Range, a deadly demon stronghold they needed to cross. As demon cultivators passed nearby, the group hid in the forest and faced the grim odds of getting through.

• Liu Yu and the other four left Soaring Heaven Cave after Mu Yunyan opened the passage, then resealed the hillside and returned the dark cyan token to its hiding place.
• The five flew northwest under the Azure Soul Gauze, moving slowly and relying on Liu Yu’s expanded divine sense to watch for danger.
• Three years later, Liu Yu’s group emerged from a forest and saw the vast Black Dragon Mountain Range, ruled by the powerful Black Flood Dragon King.
• Liu Yu sensed demon cultivators nearby and warned the others to retreat into the forest, where they hid behind an ancient tree.
• Old Daoist Cang Lou said that only nine cultivators in the Alliance’s history had crossed the Black Dragon Mountain Range, and none from their sect had succeeded.

Liu Yu rallied his companions as they prepared to cross the Black Dragon Mountain Range during a brief shutdown of the Myriad Demon Grand Formation. The group regained its resolve, but Zhuo Mengzhen was assigned the dangerous task of scouting ahead, and Liu Yu chose not to defend her.

• Liu Yu encouraged Mu Yunyan, Gao Jianhan, Zhuo Mengzhen, and Cang Lou by reminding them that the Alliance’s plan built on information left by earlier cultivators.
• Mu Yunyan, Gao Jianhan, Zhuo Mengzhen, and Cang Lou recovered their fighting spirit as Liu Yu explained that the formation would shut down for an hour on the Black Flood Dragon King’s birthday.
• Liu Yu and his companions considered how the Alliance might disable the formation and wondered whether the other teams had reached the mountain range.
• After Cang Lou noticed Demon Cultivators nearby, he said Zhuo Mengzhen should scout ahead during their operation.
• Zhuo Mengzhen looked to Liu Yu for support, but he stayed silent, accepting that she was the weakest and most expendable member of the team.

Liu Yu and his companions waited near the Black Dragon Mountain Range for the Myriad Demon Grand Formation to pause, witnessing the Black Flood Dragon King’s overwhelming power and celebrating demon cultivators. When the pause arrived, Zhuo Mengzhen flew ahead to scout the crossing, leaving the others concealed and waiting to see whether their plan could proceed.

• Liu Yu and the others hid near the Black Dragon Mountain Range as demon cultivators gathered for the Black Flood Dragon King’s birthday.
• The Black Flood Dragon King roared, released immense spirit pressure, and appeared as a majestic flood dragon before disappearing among the mountains.
• Flocks of birds and groups of demon beasts offered congratulations to the Black Flood Dragon King, and Liu Yu reflected on the demon race’s civilization.
• When the Myriad Demon Grand Formation was expected to pause, Cang Lou asked Zhuo Mengzhen to scout ahead, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Zhuo Mengzhen flew toward the Thirteenth Line of Blockade while Liu Yu and the others concealed their auras and waited to learn whether she would be detected.

Zhuo Mengzhen confirmed that the Myriad Demon Grand Formation had been disabled, allowing Liu Yu and the others to enter. The five crossed inside without triggering the formation, but Liu Yu still sensed an unexplained danger.

• Liu Yu and the others watched as Zhuo Mengzhen hesitated before touching the Myriad Demon Grand Formation, then confirmed it was inactive when nothing happened.
• Zhuo Mengzhen signaled that the barrier was safe, and Liu Yu led the group toward it while hiding them with a Divine Sense Wall.
• The five entered the formation during the one-hour window, avoiding sweeps of demon sense along the way.
• Inside, Liu Yu found that demonic energy weakened spells and felt a persistent sense of danger despite the formation remaining unresponsive.

Liu Yu and his companions crossed the Myriad Demon Grand Formation while another team's blunder drew demon cultivators toward them. As they raced for the far edge, a golden streak saw through their concealment and discovered the five.

• Liu Yu led Zhuo Mengzhen, Mu Yunyan, Cang Lou, and Gao Jianhan through the formation, avoiding trouble as they headed north.
• A nearby team's battle exposed human cultivators and prompted demon cultivators across the region to converge on the disturbance.
• Liu Yu ordered the group to speed up and break through before the demon cultivators could surround them.
• The five raced through gaps between approaching enemies, but another clash behind them triggered a wider response from the demon cultivators.
• A golden streak turned toward Liu Yu's group and saw through the Divine Sense Wall and Azure Soul Gauze, exposing their location.

Liu Yu fled through the Myriad Demon Grand Formation after the demon cultivators discovered his group, using the Blackwind Wings to outpace most pursuers. When two demon cultivators blocked his path, he killed both in a head-on attack and continued into the pursuit.

• A demon cultivator's roar summoned allies, so Liu Yu told the group to split up and break out; Zhuo Mengzhen followed him as they fled in different directions.
• Liu Yu used the Blackwind Wings to increase his speed, while a Fiery-Eyed Golden Ape and a purple flame bird kept pursuing him.
• Liu Yu decided to wait for a chance to kill the two faster pursuers, then charged through lesser attacks as demon cultivators tried to intercept him.
• Liu Yu activated his Astral True Form and threw the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, killing a demon bird with one strike.
• Liu Yu followed with Meteor Fist, killing an azure giant wolf and emerging covered in demon blood.

Liu Yu fled through the Myriad Demon Grand Formation while pursued by the Fiery-Eyed Golden Ape and the Purple Bird Demon, then turned to fight when the Purple Bird Demon closed in. He killed the Purple Bird Demon with a coordinated assault and faced the enraged Fiery-Eyed Golden Ape as the pursuit continued.

• Liu Yu’s killing of Azure Wolf and another demon cultivator made several pursuers hesitate, though the Fiery-Eyed Golden Ape and Purple Bird Demon kept chasing him.
• Liu Yu rejected using the Ruined Sword, fearing its power would attract transformed demon cultivators, and prepared to strike when an opportunity arose.
• The Purple Bird Demon attacked Liu Yu with Corrosive Purple Mist, which his Azure Yang Demonic Flame burned away.
• Liu Yu weakened the Purple Bird Demon with Wither and stunned it with Spirit-Shocking Thorn, then pierced its dantian with the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear.
• Liu Yu burned the dying Purple Bird Demon with the Azure Yang Demonic Flame while fending off the Fiery-Eyed Golden Ape’s attacks.