Recaps

After two years in seclusion, Han Li saw how Ling Yuling had rebuilt the Star Palace into a thriving power through recruitment, training, alliances, and restored infrastructure. The chapter ended with Han Li surveying Tianxing City’s growth and the Star Palace’s expanding influence.

• Han Li left his cave abode and found Tianxing City transformed, with a rebuilt Twin Saints' Hall, busy streets, and a Star-Magnetic Martial Arts Arena.
• Ling Yuling reported that the Star Palace had recruited new cultivators and sects, advanced its disciples, and expanded its training and resource programs.
• Wang Hu confronted Ling Yuling about the handover of Shattered Stone Island, then accepted the Star Palace’s terms and pledged the Black Tiger Gang’s support.
• Shi Jian greeted Han Li and credited the Star Core Fragment and Star-Magnetic Spirit Gathering Array for his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Ling Yuling showed Han Li the restored grand formation, stronger garrisons, growing alliances, and accumulated merit that now sustained the formation without draining his Spiritual Power.
• Han Li surveyed Tianxing City at sunset as trade, the Star-Magnetic Academy, and the Star-Magnetic Tower reflected the Star Palace’s progress.

Han Li assembled an outsider-led vanguard to travel from Tianxing City to the Heavenly South and take revenge on the Blood Fiend Cult. Mo Chenzi agreed to accompany him for one year, while Shi Jian revealed that the Star Palace expected the outsiders to suffer heavy losses.

• Han Li assigned Wang Hu, Liu Qing Bamboo, Qian Zhen, Shi Gandang, and Tu Laosan leadership roles in the External Forces Vanguard Camp.
• Han Li persuaded Mo Chenzi to join the expedition by offering spirit stones and a Level Eight Demon Core, and Mo Chenzi agreed to protect him for one year and intervene no more than three times.
• Han Li warned the outsiders at Tianxing City’s docks not to flee or conceal spoils, while Wang Hu pledged to fight the Blood Fiend Cult.
• Ling Yuling brought the Star Palace Vanguard Flag as Han Li and Mo Chenzi departed with the outsiders, leaving the original disciples behind.
• Shi Jian told the original disciples that Mo Chenzi intended to use the outsiders and the Blood Fiend Cult to weaken each other while the Star Palace stayed safe.
• Han Li’s fleet sailed east across Star Shard Sea toward Soul-Severing Gorge.

Han Li led Mo Chenzi and the allied cultivators through Soul-Severing Gorge in the Magnetic Essence Boat and safely reached the Southern Heaven Region. After landing, he set out to lead the disciples against the Blood Fiend Cult within Mo Chenzi’s one-year limit.

• Han Li and Mo Chenzi activated the Star-Magnetic Teleportation Formation and gathered the allied cultivators aboard the Magnetic Essence Boat.
• Han Li guided the boat into Soul-Severing Gorge while Mo Chenzi and five Nascent Soul cultivators sustained the barrier against spatial storms.
• Han Li and Qian Zhen adjusted the formation as the group endured an hour-long passage through the rift.
• Han Li landed the boat in the Southern Heaven Region, where the returning cultivators emerged relieved but wary.
• Mo Chenzi reminded Han Li that he would protect him for only one year, and Han Li declared his return to confront the Blood Fiend Cult.

Han Li divided his forces, sending Mo Chenzi to take Yellow Maple Valley while he led another group to reclaim the Seven Mysteries Sect. They reached the sect’s abandoned grounds, where Han Li insisted they represent the Star Palace and proceed carefully before beginning his revenge.

• Han Li assigned Mo Chenzi and his followers to take Yellow Maple Valley without fighting, using their strength to make Ancestor Linghu surrender.
• Han Li warned Tu Xiaoyi that taking over the Seven Mysteries Sect and gathering its remaining members came before attacking the Blood Fiend Cult or searching for treasure.
• Mo Chenzi set off for Yellow Maple Valley, ordering Black Bear, Bamboo Viper, and Shi Mang to keep the other cultivators in line.
• Han Li flew with Wu Jiuzhi, Tu Xiaoyi, and their disciples to the Seven Mysteries Sect’s former Martial Arts Arena.
• Han Li drew the Water-Magnetic Sword and told Tu Xiaoyi that they must act cautiously as representatives of the Chaotic Star Sea and the Star Palace.

Mo Chenzi seized Yellow Maple Valley for the Star Palace, forcing Ancestor Linghu to flee and securing Zhou Tong’s surrender. With the valley established as a base, Mo Chenzi looked toward Devilfall Valley and Han Li, then gave him one year to see what he would do.

• Mo Chenzi arrived at Yellow Maple Valley with Black Bear, Bamboo Viper, Shi Mang, and fifty Core Formation Stage disciples, then declared that the Star Palace would take the sect.
• Mo Chenzi used his Nascent Soul Late Stage pressure to frighten Ancestor Linghu into abandoning Yellow Maple Valley and fleeing.
• Zhou Tong surrendered the sect, and Mo Chenzi ordered him to remain sect leader while accommodating the Star Palace’s forces.
• Black Bear and the other cultivators rushed to claim the valley’s resources, but Mo Chenzi stopped them and imposed rules for sharing its fields, herbs, and scriptures.
• Mo Chenzi watched the Star Palace take control of Yellow Maple Valley and thought of Han Li and the remnants of the Seven Mysteries Sect at Devilfall Valley.
• Mo Chenzi descended from the mountain, saying he would give Han Li one year to show what tricks he could pull off.

Han Li brought the Star Palace to the Seven Mysteries Sect’s ruined home and persuaded its surviving members to join the Star Palace in exchange for protection, authority, and a chance for revenge. With the sect restored as the Seven Mysteries Hall, Han Li prepared to lead the combined forces against the Blood Fiend Cult’s headquarters in Black Wind Valley.

• Han Li reunited with Wu Jiuzhi and the Seven Mysteries Sect’s surviving members at the ruined valley and promised to destroy the Blood Fiend Cult.
• Han Li offered to merge the Seven Mysteries Sect into the Star Palace, naming Wu Jiuzhi as Seven Mysteries Hall Master and Vice Palace Master of the Heavenly South Star Palace.
• Tu Xiaoyi suggested attacking the Blood Fiend Cult for its treasury, but Han Li rebuked him for disrespecting the Seven Mysteries Sect.
• Wu Jiuzhi and the survivors accepted Han Li’s offer, swore a blood oath with him, and formally joined the Star Palace as the Seven Mysteries Hall.
• Han Li ordered Wu Jiuzhi to reorganize the survivors and train an elite force, then announced that they would march on the Blood Fiend Cult’s headquarters in Black Wind Valley.

Han Li formally established the Heavenly South Star Palace in Yellow Maple Valley, uniting the Star Palace, Seven Mysteries Sect, and Yellow Maple Valley under one command. With Mo Chenzi staying to stabilize the new faction, Han Li began preparations to attack the Blood Fiend Cult’s Black Wind Valley headquarters in six months.

• Han Li announced the founding of the Heavenly South Star Palace and appointed its hall masters, elders, and Magnetic Essence Griffin guardian.
• The assembled factions paid respects to Han Li, who ordered them to share resources and work together against the Blood Fiend Cult.
• Han Li inspected the valley’s facilities and ordered the registration, training, and resource inventory of the new palace’s cultivators.
• Mo Chenzi agreed to remain for a year to keep the factions in line and oversee the new palace’s stability.
• Han Li assigned Wu Jiuzhi, Wang Hu, Liu Qing Bamboo, and Qian Zhen roles in a six-month assault on Black Wind Valley.
• Zhou Tong arranged supplies and manuals for the troops as the Heavenly South Star Palace banner rose over Yellow Maple Valley.

Han Li took Yellow Maple Valley’s treasures to prepare for a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, while Mo Chenzi organized the Heavenly South Star Palace during his seclusion. As Han Li neared the breakthrough, he and Mo Chenzi prepared to march against the Blood Fiend Cult Branch Headquarters.

• Han Li claimed the Seven Mysteries Sect and Yellow Maple Valley treasures for the Heavenly South Star Palace, then ordered the Magnetic Essence Griffin to guard the treasury.
• Han Li equipped the Star-Magnetic Secret Realm’s Spirit Gathering Array with the treasures and began cultivating while Mo Chenzi watched over the Star Palace.
• Mo Chenzi and Wang Hu introduced Unified Uniforms, and the halls’ disciples put them on despite their private grievances.
• Wu Jiuzhi, Wang Hu, Liu Qing Bamboo, Qian Zhen, and Zhou Tong organized the Star Palace’s battalions, cultivation, and logistical work over the next two months.
• Han Li told Mo Chenzi he would emerge in a month to attack the Blood Fiend Cult Branch Headquarters, and Mo Chenzi selected the Vanguard Battalion and Demon-Slaying Battalion to march with him.

Han Li broke through to the nascent soul middle stage and received the Great Void Qi-Guiding Art from his system. He organized the Heavenly South Star Palace for an assault on the Blood Fiend Cult’s Black Wind Valley headquarters and departed with the assembled forces.

• Han Li broke through to the nascent soul middle stage, and the system rewarded him with the Great Void Qi-Guiding Art.
• Han Li began cultivating the new art alongside the Star-Magnetic Heart-Protection Art, strengthening and purifying his spiritual power while keeping the reward secret.
• Han Li addressed the assembled Star Palace leaders and disciples, then assigned forces and routes for attacking the Blood Fiend Cult’s headquarters in Black Wind Valley.
• Han Li rallied the cultivators by demonstrating the Water-Magnetic Sword’s power, and they pledged to follow him into battle.
• Three days later, Han Li led the Star Palace army toward Black Wind Valley on the Magnetic Essence Griffin while Mo Chenzi watched them depart.

Han Li studied the Blood Fiend Cult’s strength and learned that its leader planned to seize the Heavenly Demon Sarira, then organized the Star Palace’s forces for coordinated attacks. The chapter ended as Blood Shadow Guards entered an ambush zone and Han Li ordered the battle to begin.

• Han Li and Mo Chenzi reviewed intelligence about the Blood Fiend Cult, its leaders, forces, and mountain-guarding formation.
• Black Bear reported that Wang Hu’s Vanguard Battalion had destroyed three sentry posts and two outposts, then revealed intelligence about the Blood Shadow Guards and the Ten-Thousand Demons Assembly.
• Han Li planned attacks on Black Wind Valley, Devilfall Valley, and Blood Fiend Valley, aiming to stop Blood Fiend Ancestor from claiming the Heavenly Demon Sarira.
• Three days later, Han Li’s forces prepared an ambush as Wang Hu escorted counterfeit blood crystal ore near Black Wind Valley.
• Li Qing reported that two early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and thirty Core Formation cultivators from the Blood Shadow Guards had entered the ambush zone, and Han Li ordered his battalions to encircle them.

Han Li led the Heavenly South Star Palace’s forces in an assault on the Blood Fiend Cult’s Black Wind Valley headquarters, defeated its master Bloodscale, and seized its blood crystal ore. After learning the cult’s weaknesses, Han Li prepared to pursue the Blood Shadow Guards at Devilfall Valley.

• Han Li ordered the allied battalions to attack Black Wind Valley while the vanguard lured the Blood Shadow Guards toward an ambush at Devilfall Valley.
• Wu Jiuzhi and the Demon-Slaying Battalion broke the Blood Fiend Cult’s banner defenses and fought Blood Fang, while Qian Zhen destroyed the valley’s protective formation.
• Liu Qing Bamboo infiltrated the supply camp, incapacitated demon cultivators, and captured ten survivors for questioning.
• Han Li and the Magnetic Essence Griffin defeated Bloodscale with Grand Void spiritual power and seized the blood crystal ore from the Blood Fiend Hall.
• Li Qing reported that blood-fiend practitioners were vulnerable to Grand Void and star-magnetic power, and Han Li learned the ore could help produce Peiyuan Pills.
• After Mo Chenzi summoned him to discuss the next move, Han Li ordered the battalions to rest before joining the ambush on the Blood Shadow Guards.

Han Li led the Heavenly South Star Palace forces through an ambush in Devilfall Valley, defeated the Blood Shadow Guards commander, and learned that the Blood Fiend Cult's main altar was in Myriad Souls Cave. After wiping out the enemy force, he ordered the army to rest for three days before attacking the altar.

• Han Li divided the allied forces into three battalions and sent them into Devilfall Valley, where the Blood Shadow Lost Track Formation trapped and separated them.
• Han Li opened his Star-Magnetic Domain to clear the miasma, then fought the Blood Shadow Guards commander with the Magnetic Essence Griffin.
• The commander used Blood Shadow Escape, but the system revealed its weakness and the griffin exposed him; before dying, he hinted that the Blood Fiend Cult needed spirit crystals to suppress blood qi backlash.
• The Demon-Slaying Battalion broke out of the formation, and the allied forces exterminated the Blood Shadow Guards and recovered a troop map pointing to Myriad Souls Cave.
• Han Li learned that Myriad Souls Cave housed the Blood Fiend Cult Main Altar and ordered the army to rest for three days before preparing an assault.

Han Li reorganized the Heavenly South Star Palace forces and investigated the Blood Fiend Cult’s Myriad Souls Cave, learning how its defenses could be broken. After quelling a dispute over military merits, he prepared the allied forces to attack the cave in three days.

• Han Li ordered the allied forces organized into specialized teams and battalions, with the Magnetic Essence Griffin cleansing disciples of lingering demonic qi.
• Mo Chenzi explained Myriad Souls Cave’s blood pool and defenses, while Li Qing reported that Blood Wuyi commanded an elite bodyguard battalion; Mo Chenzi identified Black Dragon Pool’s spirit vein as the key to breaking the outer array.
• Han Li stopped Black Bear and Wang Hu from fighting over military merits and ordered a fair review of the records, assigning the Black Tiger Gang to collect star-pattern stones for merit.
• Han Li fed the Magnetic Essence Griffin blood spirit grass, then received a Ten-Thousand-Soul Banner fragment that could help reveal the banner’s weakness.
• Han Li led the allied forces in declaring their intention to attack Myriad Souls Cave and kill the Blood Fiend Ancestor, with the departure set for three days later.

Han Li led the Star Palace allied army against the Blood Fiend Cult, defeating Blood Wuyi and grievously injuring Blood Fiend Ancestor while breaking the Blood River Great Array. The allied forces crossed the exposed bridge and advanced toward Myriad Souls Cave as Blood Fiend Ancestor retreated inside.

• Han Li split the allied forces’ attack and flew upstream to strike the Blood River Great Array’s heart, where Blood Wuyi ambushed him.
• Han Li used Star-Magnetic Sword techniques and a Demon-Breaking Talisman to destroy Blood Wuyi’s shadows and kill him.
• Blood Fiend Ancestor attacked Han Li with the Ten-Thousand-Soul Banner, but Han Li’s sword strike cracked the banner and injured him.
• Mo Chenzi suppressed Blood Fiend Ancestor’s banner while Han Li pierced the blood spirit crystal and purified its demonic qi.
• Han Li and the Magnetic Essence Griffin struck Blood Fiend Ancestor, and the battle’s aftershocks shattered the formation’s heart.
• Qian Zhen and the Shattered Stone Sect disciples destroyed the exposed spiritual vein, allowing the allied army to cross and charge toward Blood Fiend Hall as Blood Fiend Ancestor retreated into Myriad Souls Cave.

Han Li and the Magnetic Essence Griffin defeated and killed Wei Wuya by breaking his blood spirit crystal and purifying his demonic power. After learning that a Blood Soul Lure would unleash earth-lung poison fire in three days, Han Li ordered his forces to search Myriad Souls Cave and destroy it.

• Wei Wuya attacked Han Li with wronged souls, blood-water pillars, and three blood-shadow clones, but Han Li and the Magnetic Essence Griffin countered each assault.
• Han Li pierced Wei Wuya's blood spirit crystal with the Grand Void Spirit Pearl, causing his unstable cultivation to collapse.
• Wei Wuya tried to escape with a Blood Escape Talisman, but the Magnetic Essence Griffin struck him down and he fell into the blood pool.
• Wu Jiuzhi brought Han Li a jade slip revealing that the Blood Soul Lure would trigger earth-lung poison fire in three days.
• Han Li ordered his army into Myriad Souls Cave to find the Soul-Suppressing Stele, eliminate enemy forces, and protect the lower-level cultivators.

Han Li defeated the Blood Fiend Church Master Wei Wuya after discovering that the Wei Wuya he had killed was only a clone, while Mo Chenzi held off reinforcements from the other five demonic sects. With the Blood Fiend Cult destroyed and its treasury seized, Han Li declared that the Star Palace had secured its foothold in Heavenly South.

• Han Li discovered that Wei Wuya’s corpse was a blood-shadow clone, and the true Wei Wuya emerged from the blood pool at peak nascent soul late stage.
• Han Li and the Magnetic Essence Griffin fought Wei Wuya, cleansing his vengeful souls and breaking his blood spirit crystal shield.
• Reinforcements from the other five demonic sects arrived, but Mo Chenzi attacked them with his Star-Magnetic Great Hand Seal.
• Han Li and the Magnetic Essence Griffin struck Wei Wuya with their combined ultimate secret, destroying his nascent soul and killing him.
• The demonic alliance reinforcements withdrew, and Zhou Tong reported that the Blood Fiend Cult treasury could supply the Star Palace for ten years.
• Han Li ordered the eradication of the Blood Fiend Cult’s remnants and declared that the Heavenly South Star Palace had secured its foothold.

After the Blood Fiend Cult’s defeat, Han Li rewarded the allied forces and received Mo Chenzi’s promise to remain with the Star Palace for six months. Han Li and his allies prepared to use that time to strengthen the Star Palace before the Six Demonic Sects could strike again.

• Han Li distributed spoils and healing medicine to the forces that helped destroy the Blood Fiend Cult, and provided the surviving Seven Mysteries disciples with a rebuilt courtyard and resources for a free healing center.
• Han Li gave Mo Chenzi a Blood Marrow Crystal, the Starfall Shield, and the Sumeru Ring as promised payment, and Mo Chenzi agreed to serve the Star Palace for six more months.
• At Han Li’s urgent council, Mo Chenzi advised recruiting unaffiliated cultivators, securing former Blood Fiend Cult resources, building an intelligence network, and strengthening alliances.
• Zhou Tong offered Yellow Maple Valley’s former grounds and Scripture Pavilion for new recruits, while Wang Hu volunteered to organize intelligence posts.
• Han Li proposed vetting surrendered Blood Shadow Guard members for intelligence work, and Mo Chenzi approved the plan with further safeguards.
• The council members departed to carry out their orders as Han Li watched the countdown to Mo Chenzi’s departure begin at 179 days, 23 hours, and 59 minutes.

Han Li established the Righteous Path Alliance with Star Palace at its head and sent Griffin to the Chaotic Star Sea to request resources. As the alliance prepared to strike the Blood Fiend Cult remnants at Netherworld Cave, Han Li awaited the Six Demonic Sects’ response and the support from Star Palace headquarters.

• Han Li offered rare cultivation resources to the Covering Moon Sect, the Giant Sword Sect, Yellow Maple Valley, and other allies to form the Righteous Path Alliance under Star Palace’s leadership.
• Mo Chenzi gave Han Li the Star-Magnetic Alliance Seal and pledged to strengthen the alliance’s sect defenses.
• Han Li gave Griffin a secret report and the Star Palace Deputy Token, ordering him to travel through the space rift and request resources from Palace Master Ling Yuling.
• The system warned Han Li that Griffin knew some of its secrets and had a loyalty rating of 90%, but Han Li dismissed the concern.
• Griffin entered the space rift, while Han Li and the alliance leaders planned a joint campaign against the Blood Fiend Cult remnants at Netherworld Cave.

Han Li and the Righteous Path Alliance stormed the Netherworld Cave, captured two Blood Fiend Cult Nascent Soul elders, and drove off reinforcements from the Six Demonic Sects. After uncovering plans for a joint attack in three months, Han Li prepared a mobilization assembly while awaiting the Magnetic Essence Griffin’s return with resources.

• Han Li directed the alliance’s coordinated assault on the Netherworld Cave, where Yue Li’s scouts, Lu Yun’s sword formation, and the Star Palace’s magnetic chains overwhelmed the defenders.
• Han Li captured Poison Scorpion with his Star-Magnetic Sword arts, and Mo Chenzi used his late-stage Nascent Soul power to seal and capture Blood Fang.
• Reinforcements from the Six Demonic Sects arrived, but Nangong Wan, Lu Yun, and Mo Chenzi thwarted their attacks and forced them to retreat.
• The alliance killed more than two hundred and eighty demon cultivators and captured two Nascent Soul elders and over thirty Core Formation cultivators; Li Qing reported plans for a three-route attack in three months.
• Han Li ordered a mobilization assembly at the Seven Mysteries Sect Ruins and awaited the Magnetic Essence Griffin, whose spatial leap was 87% complete.

Han Li prepared the Righteous Path Alliance for a coming war against the Six Demonic Sects while the Magnetic Essence Griffin carried his request for aid to Ling Yuling in the Chaotic Star Sea. Ling Yuling granted extensive resources and reinforcements, and the griffin began its return journey as Han Li continued preparations for the battle in three months.

• At the Seven Mysteries Sect Ruins, Han Li and Mo Chenzi rallied the Righteous Path Alliance and prepared for a public gathering against the Six Demonic Sects.
• The Magnetic Essence Griffin reached Heavenly Star Island and delivered Han Li’s letter, explaining that the Six Demonic Sects and the Loose Demon Alliance planned to attack in three months.
• Ling Yuling approved Han Li’s request and sent star-magnetic spirit spring water, one million Spirit Stones, Magnetic Essence Puppet blueprints, authority over three thousand reserves, protective treasures, and a Nine-Revolution Soul-Restoring Herb.
• Mo Chenzi publicly executed Blood Fang and Poison Scorpion at the rally, while Han Li vowed that the Righteous Path Alliance would prepare for war.
• Ling Yuling protected the griffin as it entered the space rift toward Heavenly South, and Han Li later received contributions from Nangong Wan and Lu Yun while awaiting the griffin’s return.

Han Li strengthened the Righteous Path Alliance while responding to demonic ambushes and uncovering a coordinated attack planned by the Loose Demon Alliance and the Six Demonic Sects. The griffin returned safely with vital resources, and Han Li prepared to strike Ten Thousand Poisons Marsh before the enemy gathering.

• Han Li ordered Mo Chenzi to lead an attack on Black Wind Valley after Lu Yun reported Loose Demon Alliance scouts mapping the route.
• The Magnetic Essence Griffin repelled Blood Charm and four demon cultivators who tried to seize its cargo on the way back to Heavenly South.
• Mo Chenzi, Nangong Wan, and allied forces defeated the demon cultivators at Black Wind Valley and captured Ghost Face.
• Ghost Face revealed Myriad Gu True Cultivator would meet the Loose Demon Alliance at Ten Thousand Poisons Marsh on February fifteenth to plan coordinated attacks on the Righteous Path Alliance and seize the Star Palace Heavenly South Headquarters star core.
• Han Li ordered Mo Chenzi, Nangong Wan, and Lu to launch a surprise attack on Ten Thousand Poisons Marsh on February twelfth.
• The Magnetic Essence Griffin reached Devilfall Valley with its resources intact, and Han Li welcomed its return as signs of demonic energy gathered near Ten Thousand Poisons Marsh.

Han Li and the Righteous Path Alliance ambushed the Ten Thousand Poisons Alliance Meeting, defeating Myriad Gu True Cultivator and seizing supplies and attack plans. With the Magnetic Essence Griffin’s supplies safely delivered, Han Li ordered preparations for the Six Demonic Sects’ expected return on March 15.

• Han Li sent the Star Palace vanguard and Moon Shadow Guards into the Ten Thousand Poisons Marsh while Lu Yun prepared the Sword Grove Formation to block the enemy’s retreat.
• Nangong Wan and the Moon Shadow Guards attacked the meeting, killing Ghost Face, while Lu Yun’s swords cut down more than twenty Loose Demon Alliance cultivators.
• Mo Chenzi used star-magnetic power to destroy Myriad Gu True Cultivator’s clone and Blood Mantis Gu, and Lu Yun’s sword formation then shredded his nascent soul.
• The Righteous Path Alliance killed over thirty Loose Demon Alliance cultivators and twenty Spirit Controlling Sect disciples, captured five cultivators, and obtained the Six Demonic Sects’ attack plans.
• Han Li ordered the alliance to reinforce its defenses and prepare for the Six Demonic Sects’ return as the Magnetic Essence Griffin brought spirit spring water, Spirit Stones, and puppet blueprints to headquarters.
• Han Li welcomed the griffin and rallied the gathered cultivators to prepare for the decisive battle on March 15.

Han Li and the Righteous Path Alliance prepared Star-Magnetic Peak for an attack by the Six Demonic Sects, strengthening their formations and defenses. The demonic vanguard arrived, and Han Li ordered the headquarters to prepare for battle.

• Han Li organized cultivation, puppet, and formation preparations at headquarters while Nangong Wan and Mo Chenzi trained and equipped the alliance’s forces.
• Liu Meier and four Joyful Union Sect cultivators tried to probe the defenses, but Nangong Wan and Mo Chenzi captured them; Liu Meier revealed an attack date before dying in a self-detonation.
• Lu Yun completed the three hundred Magnetic Essence Puppets, Mo Chenzi activated the demon-trapping formation, and Nangong Wan supplied Moonlight Pills for the disciples.
• Han Li sent the Magnetic Essence Griffin to scout for demon cultivators and mastered the fifth layer of the Grand Void Divine Sense Secret Art.
• The Six Demonic Sects’ vanguard, several thousand strong, appeared near headquarters, and Han Li ordered every defensive formation activated and the troops into position.

Han Li led the Righteous Path Alliance in defending the Headquarters Altar from the Six Demonic Sects’ three-thousand-strong vanguard, defeating or capturing most of its Nascent Soul cultivators. After the victory, he ordered the alliance to regroup and prepare to attack the Six Demonic Sects’ headquarters.

• Han Li activated the Star-Magnetic Demon-Trapping Grand Formation as Mo Chenzi, Lu Yun, and Nangong Wan organized the defenses against the Joyful Union Sect and Ghost Spirit Sect.
• Lu Yun and Mo Chenzi helped repel the Spirit Controlling Sect, and Han Li destroyed Myriad Beasts True Cultivator’s spirit-pet contract seal and badly wounded him.
• Han Li and the Magnetic Essence Griffin exposed and killed Blood Wuyi after the Blood Fiend Cult attacked the supply camp.
• Han Li deployed the Star-Magnetic Warship and destroyed the Demonflame Sect’s grand formation, then killed Flame Demon Ancestor.
• Wu Jiuzhi reported that the alliance had defeated the vanguard, captured twenty-three Nascent Soul cultivators, and seized numerous treasures.
• Han Li ordered a three-day rest, tasked Mo Chenzi with interrogating the captives, and prepared to locate and destroy the Six Demonic Sects’ headquarters.

Han Li used intelligence from captured Six Demonic Sects cultivators to plan coordinated strikes against their Heavenly South branch headquarters. He led the assault on Black Wind Cave and prepared a surprise attack on its spirit-pet garden as the other armies moved against Enchanted Valley and Yin Wind Ridge.

• Ghost Face revealed the Six Demonic Sects' branch locations and planned gathering at Ten Thousand Poisons Marsh, then detonated his Nascent Soul, leaving Su Ziyan unconscious.
• Han Li organized three armies to attack Black Wind Cave, Enchanted Valley, and Yin Wind Ridge, while Star Palace Manor disciples watched the other branch headquarters.
• The armies departed, and Han Li accepted Blood Fiend Tokens from Wu Jiuzhi for Zhao Hu's Blood Feud Team before leading the first army south.
• The Magnetic Essence Griffin scouted Black Wind Cave and reported its guards, the young spirit pets, and the concealed entrance to Ten Thousand Poisons Cave.
• Han Li ordered one squad to surprise Ten Thousand Beasts Garden and another to feint at Black Wind Cave's entrance, then prepared to attack.