Recaps

Chen Xuan returned to the Central Plains, agreed to honor Yan Li’s request to enter the ruins in the Skeleton Mountain Range, and traveled with him into the Beast Region. The pair reached the bone-filled mountain range as many experts gathered to seek the Creation Saint’s Ruins.

• Queen Medusa released Little Rabbit to Ya Fei, then left the Demon Cloud City Auction House while Chen Xuan arranged the Sovereign King Hall’s future development.
• Chen Xuan departed the Black-Corner Region, returned to Sacred Pill City, and learned that the Creation Saint’s Ruins had emerged in the Beast Region.
• Yan Li reminded Chen Xuan of his promise to take him into the Skeleton Mountain Range, and Chen Xuan agreed to bring him there without guaranteeing his safety.
• Chen Xuan and Yan Li set out for the Beast Region, where Yan Li warned him that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would also seek the ruins.
• Chen Xuan and Yan Li traveled through the Beast Region, passed many experts heading toward the ruins, and arrived at the Skeleton Mountain Range.

At the Skeleton Mountain Range, Chen Xuan reunited with Xiao Yan and arranged for Venerable Feng and Tang Zhen to help Yan Li find the ten-thousand-bone flower. He then went to the Creation Saint’s Ruins and blasted open their spatial restriction long enough to enter.

• Chen Xuan arrived at the Skeleton Mountain Range with Yan Li and encountered Xiao Yan, who had reached the Dou Zun realm, along with Venerable Feng and Tang Zhen.
• Chen Xuan asked Venerable Feng and Tang Zhen to help Yan Li find the ten-thousand-bone flower, then vanished into the void.
• Tang Zhen explained to Xiao Yan that Chen Xuan’s strength was likely close to the Half-Saint realm.
• Chen Xuan used his map to reach the Creation Saint’s Ruins, where he found the spatial restriction still blocking entry.
• Chen Xuan unleashed a heaven-rank Dou Technique that briefly split the restriction, then passed through the fissure before it closed.

Chen Xuan entered the Dou Saint Ruins, collected its guardian puppets, and harvested a vast medicinal forest. He captured a sentient pill beast by luring it with pills, and it settled against his chest after accepting his offer to follow him.

• Chen Xuan bypassed the fiery passage’s illusion and found the ruins beneath the magma, where he subdued ten Earth Demon Puppets and stored them in his Storage Ring.
• Chen Xuan opened the next stone gate and spent two days harvesting rare medicinal materials from the forest, leaving much of it behind.
• Chen Xuan tracked a sentient pill beast to a stone hall and trapped it inside a spatial dome.
• Chen Xuan tempted the wary pill beast with high-grade pills and promised it more as his follower, then immobilized it when it lunged for an Eighth-Tier Pill.
• The pill beast accepted Chen Xuan’s offer, ate more pills, and curled up against his chest.

Chen Xuan entered the ruins’ central hall, subdued its awakened puppets, and collected ten ancient Dou Techniques before reviving the Creation Saint’s remains with his blood. The revived Dou Sheng remains attacked him, and their battle shook the ruins as other experts rushed toward the hall.

• Xiao Yan, Venerable Feng, and the other experts waited outside the ruins for the spatial restriction to vanish, hoping the Soul Infant Fruit was still inside.
• Chen Xuan found more than a dozen Dou Zun-level human puppets, ten High-grade Earth-tier Dou Techniques, and the Creation Saint’s white-jade remains in a vast hall.
• Chen Xuan fought and imprisoned the awakened puppets, then stored them and the ten technique scrolls in his Storage Ring.
• Chen Xuan fed two drops of blood to the Creation Saint’s remains, awakening their blood-red form and sending a terrifying roar through the ruins.
• The Creation Saint’s remains attacked Chen Xuan, who met them head-on as their battle wrecked the hall and alarmed the approaching experts.

Chen Xuan fought the Dou Sheng skeleton, which unleashed the Heaven-Rank Great Heaven Creation Palm and forced nearby experts to flee. After Chen Xuan countered it with Yellow Springs Finger and claimed the skeleton, he left the ruins with plans to use its treasures to strengthen the Sovereign King Hall.

• Chen Xuan battled the Dou Sheng skeleton until it stopped and began gathering its remaining energy.
• Xiao Yan recognized the danger and warned Venerable Feng and the other experts to escape as the skeleton unleashed Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• The skeleton’s black ripples annihilated nearby experts, but Chen Xuan countered the attack with Yellow Springs Finger, and the two techniques formed a vast black vortex.
• The experts watched in fear as Chen Xuan overpowered the skeleton, while Xiao Yan discussed its strength with Venerable Feng.
• The skeleton exhausted its blood energy and fell; Chen Xuan used spatial power to retrieve it and put away its remains.
• Chen Xuan left the ruins with the treasures he had obtained, intending to use them to build up the Sovereign King Hall before entering the Central Plains.

Chen Xuan traded the Soul Infant Fruit and the Dou Sheng corpse’s blood essence for Starfall Pavilion’s help finding a base for the Sovereign King Hall and protecting it in a crisis. After returning to Starfall Pavilion, he reunited with Yao Chen, who promised to defend the hall once he learned of Chen Xuan’s help.

• Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng asked Chen Xuan for the Soul Infant Fruit to restore Yao Chen’s soul origin, and Chen Xuan agreed to give it to them.
• Chen Xuan offered the Dou Sheng corpse’s blood essence to help Yao Chen reach Half-Saint and asked Starfall Pavilion to find a base for the Sovereign King Hall and protect it in a life-or-death crisis.
• Venerable Feng accepted Chen Xuan’s terms, and Xiao Yan invited him to accompany them to Starfall Pavilion.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost watched Chen Xuan, Xiao Yan, and Venerable Feng leave, then vowed that they would face retaliation.
• A week later, Chen Xuan and Xiao Yan arrived at Starfall Pavilion, where they reunited with Yao Chen.
• After hearing what Chen Xuan had done, Yao Chen promised that no harm would befall the Sovereign King Hall while he lived.

Chen Xuan helped Xiao Yan restore Venerable Yao by providing a Dou Sheng arm and blood essence, while the Starfall Pavilion located the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s territory. As Yao Chen began merging with his new body, the Third Heavenly Venerate ordered the Soul Hall to destroy the Starfall Pavilion and Queen Medusa.

• Chen Xuan refused to move the Sovereign King Hall to the Central Plains, deciding to keep its main base in the Black-Corner Region and establish only a branch there.
• Chen Xuan gave Xiao Yan a Dou Sheng arm and two drops of Dou Sheng blood essence to help restore Venerable Yao, whose soul had recovered with the Soul Infant Fruit.
• Xiao Yan used the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, the Dou Sheng blood essence, and the arm to prepare a body for Venerable Yao, who entered it to begin merging with it.
• Venerable Feng told Chen Xuan that the Nine Netherworld Python Clan lived in the Nether Serpent Earth Vein and warned him about the clan’s strength and poison.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate ordered the Soul Hall forces to destroy the Starfall Pavilion and Queen Medusa, threatening to kill them if the operation failed.

The Soul Hall attacked the Starfall Pavilion, but Queen Medusa killed the Ninth Heavenly Venerate, Mo Yu, in one strike. Blood River Venerable then used his Blood-Devouring Art to raise his strength by sacrificing Starfall Pavilion and Soul Hall fighters, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• The Soul Hall shattered the Starfall Grand Array and surrounded the Starfall Pavilion as Xiao Yan revealed he had reached Peak Two-Star Dou Zun.
• Blood River Venerable declared himself the Soul Hall's Fourth Heavenly Venerate and threatened Venerable Feng and the pavilion’s defenders.
• Queen Medusa appeared and killed the Ninth Heavenly Venerate, Mo Yu, with a single red sword strike, forcing the Soul Hall experts to retreat from her.
• Blood River Venerable unleashed his Blood-Devouring Art, killing nearly a hundred Starfall Pavilion disciples and raising his strength to five-revolution Dou Zun.
• Blood River Venerable lost control and absorbed the blood of dozens of Soul Hall experts, increasing his strength to six-revolution Dou Zun.

Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa fought the Soul Hall’s Fourth Heavenly Venerate, Blood River, until the Soul Hall’s Third Heavenly Venerate arrived and revealed his Half-Saint strength. Chen Xuan took over against him, but the Third Heavenly Venerate stopped his attack effortlessly and offered him a place in the Soul Hall.

• The Fourth Heavenly Venerate used the Blood-Devouring Art and attacked Xiao Yan, but Queen Medusa destroyed his Blood Cloud Heavenly Demon Palm and badly wounded him with her Heaven-Swallowing Palm.
• Blood River escaped Medusa’s follow-up attack by crushing a jade slip, and the Soul Hall’s Third Heavenly Venerate emerged from a spatial rift.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate recognized Medusa as a Six-Revolution Dou Zun, then revealed the pressure of a Half-Saint and prompted Chen Xuan to take her place.
• Chen Xuan changed Medusa’s Dou Qi to its black state and unleashed the Emperor Seal Art, but the Third Heavenly Venerate stopped the attack with a word.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate declared that he was a Half-Saint and offered Chen Xuan a high position in the Soul Hall, while Chen Xuan met the offer with a faint smile and eager fighting spirit.

Chen Xuan fought the Soul Hall’s Third Heavenly Venerate and held his own against the Half-Saint, while Xiao Yan and the Starfall Pavilion faced attacks from the Soul Hall forces. As the Fourth Heavenly Venerate’s blood seal bore down on Xiao Yan, an unknown figure appeared to protect him.

• Chen Xuan matched the Third Heavenly Venerate’s attacks with a Heaven-Rank Dou Technique, though the Third Heavenly Venerate gained the advantage in their continuing battle.
• The Fourth Heavenly Venerate ordered the Soul Hall experts to attack the Starfall Pavilion, and Star-Picking Old Ghost struck at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan used Formless Finger to shatter Star-Picking Old Ghost’s Zhai Xing Hand and badly injure him, then raised his strength to Five-Star Dou Zun with Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• The Black and White Heavenly Venerables fought Venerable Feng and the Starfall Pavilion experts while the Fourth Heavenly Venerate attacked Xiao Yan with a blood seal.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to use Five-Wheel Separation Flame, a figure appeared in front of him and said they would handle the attack.

Yao Chen emerged with his strength restored and revealed that he had reached the Half-Saint realm, turning the tide of the battle against the Soul Hall. With Starfall Pavilion holding the advantage, the Soul Hall withdrew, leaving its attempt to destroy the pavilion defeated.

• Yao Chen appeared before Xiao Yan, repelled the Fourth Heavenly Venerate, and told Xiao Yan to help Venerable Feng and the others.
• Yao Chen blocked the Blood River Venerable’s escape and effortlessly dissolved his final blood-river attack.
• Yao Chen announced that he had broken through to the Half-Saint realm, stunning the Soul Hall and Starfall Pavilion experts.
• The Soul Hall’s experts regrouped behind the Third Heavenly Venerate as they recognized they were outmatched by Yao Chen and Queen Medusa.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate ordered the Soul Hall to withdraw, and its experts vanished into black mist.

After the Soul Hall’s attack, Yao Chen’s Half-Saint breakthrough strengthened the Starfall Pavilion, while Chen Xuan recovered from his battle with the Third Heavenly Venerate and advanced to Seven-Revolution Dou Zun. Venerable Feng delivered Yao Chen’s gift of the Flame Mantra and reported a possible ancient Dou Sheng ruin in the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range as a site for Chen Xuan’s faction base.

• Chen Xuan warned Yao Chen and the Starfall Pavilion that the Soul Hall might have brought more powerful experts, and Yao Chen and Venerable Feng thanked him and Queen Medusa for helping repel the attack.
• News of Yao Chen’s Half-Saint breakthrough spread across the Central Plains, and veteran experts joined the Starfall Pavilion in large numbers.
• Chen Xuan recovered in seclusion for half a month and advanced from Six-Revolution to Seven-Revolution Dou Zun.
• Venerable Feng gave Chen Xuan a Storage Ring from Yao Chen containing valuable supplies, Pill Formulas, Dou Techniques, and the Flame Mantra.
• Venerable Feng told Chen Xuan that the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range held ancient Dou Sheng ruins that could serve as his faction’s base, though a Peak Dou Zun magic beast occupied the site.

Chen Xuan and his companions reached the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range and entered the ancient Dou Sheng ruins after he opened the sealed gate. Inside, they discovered an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, whose Heavenly Demon Blood Pool could help Queen Medusa advance toward peak Dou Zun.

• Starfall Pavilion reported that Yao Chen and fifteen Dou Zun experts had subdued the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range’s peak eighth-rank magical beast and secured the ruins.
• Yao Chen and Venerable Feng accompanied Chen Xuan to the mountain range and guided him to its ice-covered central peak.
• Chen Xuan opened the frozen palace’s sealed gate, revealing a vast, lush secret realm filled with dense spiritual energy.
• Chen Xuan and Yao Chen sensed a strange aura and found an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python inside a desolate mountain.
• Queen Medusa identified the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool as a rare treasure for her Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python constitution, and Yao Chen said it might help her reach peak Dou Zun.

Chen Xuan used his Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline and Soul-Control Seal to subdue the powerful Ancient Heavenly Demon Python. The python calmed after a violent struggle, leaving Yao Chen and the others to wonder whether the subjugation had succeeded.

• Yao Chen restrained the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python’s attack with spatial energy, then blasted it away.
• Yao Chen judged the python to be comparable to a Five-Revolution Dou Zun and suggested it could serve as a Hall-Guarding Beast for Chen Xuan’s Sovereign King Hall.
• Chen Xuan released the pressure of his Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline, making the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python tremble in fear.
• Chen Xuan cast the Soul-Control Seal into the python’s mind, and it rampaged for about a quarter of an hour before calming down.
• Yao Chen and the others watched the subdued-looking python and wondered whether Chen Xuan had successfully controlled it.

After Queen Medusa subdued the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, Chen Xuan had it lead the group to its Heavenly Demon Blood Pool. He began absorbing the pool’s energy to advance from seventh-revolution to eighth-revolution Dou Zun.

• Yao Chen praised Queen Medusa for subduing the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python and noted its potential to become a Half-Saint.
• Chen Xuan used his Soul Power to make the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python understand his command and lead the group into the mountains.
• The Ancient Heavenly Demon Python guided the group through a cave to the enormous Heavenly Demon Blood Pool it had accumulated over centuries.
• Yao Chen estimated the pool’s energy could help Chen Xuan reach the eighth-revolution Dou Zun realm, and he and the others left the cave.
• Chen Xuan entered the pool and absorbed its violent energy directly, forming a blood-red vortex as his body and aura grew stronger.

Chen Xuan broke through from seven-revolution to nine-revolution Dou Zun, established a Central Plains base for the Sovereign King Hall, and discovered the poisoned remains of the Heavenly Demon Saint. After consolidating his strength, he welcomed Xiao Yi Xian, Gu He, Yue Mei, and Heavenly Fire Venerable to the ruins.

• Chen Xuan's secluded cultivation ended with him reaching the nine-revolution Dou Zun realm, astonishing Yao Chen and the Starfall Pavilion experts.
• Chen Xuan agreed to establish a space wormhole in the ruins, and Yao Chen and the others completed it before returning to the troubled Starfall Pavilion.
• Chen Xuan entered the central hall and learned that the Heavenly Demon Saint had died from a rare poison, which Queen Medusa suggested might benefit Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body.
• Chen Xuan consolidated his cultivation for a month and a half and mastered a high-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Gu He, Yue Mei, and Heavenly Fire Venerable arrived through the space wormhole and prepared to fight Chen Xuan's enormous black python until he ordered it to stand down.
• Chen Xuan greeted the visitors and praised Gu He and Yue Mei for breaking through to the Dou Zun realm.

Chen Xuan established the Sovereign King Hall’s branch in the Dou Sheng ruins, where Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poison that had killed the ancient Dou Sheng and entered deep cultivation. After reaching the peak of nine-revolution Dou Zun, Chen Xuan emerged and accepted an invitation to the Space Auction, where he hoped to obtain something he needed.

• Chen Xuan explained the Central Plains branch in the Dou Sheng ruins and assigned Heavenly Fire Venerable and the others to explore and organize its construction.
• Chen Xuan showed Xiao Yi Xian the poisoned remains of a Dou Sheng and offered her the chance to absorb the toxin; she agreed and absorbed it over a month before entering deep cultivation.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable and the others surveyed the ruins, planned renovations, and completed construction while Chen Xuan cultivated and refined his Dou Techniques.
• After another year of cultivation, Chen Xuan reached the peak of nine-revolution Dou Zun but could not break through to Dou Sheng.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable presented Chen Xuan with an invitation to the Space Auction, and Chen Xuan decided to attend in one month because he needed something there.

Chen Xuan, Yao Chen, Xiao Yan, Gu He, and Yue Mei arrived at the Space Auction, where they explored Space Town and obtained entry to the auction pavilion. The chapter left the group being escorted inside after the gatekeepers recognized Chen Xuan and Yao Chen.

• Chen Xuan brought Gu He and Yue Mei to the desert venue, where they sensed numerous powerful experts gathered for the Space Auction.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan arrived, and Chen Xuan learned that Xiao Yan had reached Eight-Star Dou Zun after receiving a legacy in the Gu Clan.
• The group entered Space Town, where Yao Chen explained the spatial marketplace and its wealth of rare treasures.
• Chen Xuan traded for an Eight-Colored Primordial Stone, which he explained had formed from the remains of an Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Yao Chen led the group to an ancient pavilion, where he and Chen Xuan presented their invitations and were recognized by its Six-Star Dou Zun gatekeepers.
• The gatekeepers welcomed Chen Xuan and Yao Chen and escorted the group into the Space Auction.

Chen Xuan attended Black Seal City's auction, where he recognized Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon and acquired a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map. He also won the Three Thousand Lightning movement technique and learned that Han Feng had advanced to Dou Zong.

• Chen Xuan sensed Zi Yan's powerful Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and met Great Elder Su Qian, who had her apologize for provoking him.
• Chen Xuan entered the auction and recognized a torn map fragment as a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map, which he obtained after no one else dared bid.
• Chen Xuan won the Earth-Rank Dou Technique Three Thousand Lightning with a bid of thirty million gold coins.
• Yue Mei told Chen Xuan that Han Feng had broken through to Dou Zong in Demon Cloud City the previous month.

Chen Xuan and a mysterious gaunt old man competed for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map, then clashed after the man won it with a nine-colored Eighth-Tier Pill. Old Man Baoshan announced the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Desolate Ancient Grounds in one month, and Chen Xuan disappeared as the gaunt old man fled the auction.

• Chen Xuan raised his bid for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map as the gaunt old man countered, eventually offering a nine-colored Eighth-Tier Pill.
• Chen Xuan threatened the gaunt old man, who warned that Queen Medusa should not underestimate him, and the two challenged each other.
• The gaunt old man traded a rabbit-shaped Pill Beast for the map, then slipped away after Old Man Baoshan announced the Bodhi Ancient Tree's return.
• Old Man Baoshan revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Desolate Ancient Grounds in one month, alarming the experts with the region's dangers.
• Xiao Yan noticed Chen Xuan had vanished, and Yao Chen concluded she had gone after the fleeing gaunt old man.

Yao Chen and his companions reached Queen Medusa as she fought the Scorpion Demon Three Fiends over the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map. Chen Xuan killed all three and recovered the map from Heavenly Scorpion's Storage Ring, then left with Yao Chen and the others.

• Yao Chen explained that the Scorpion Demon Three Fiends used young women as flesh cauldrons and warned that the three brothers could contend with a Half-Saint together.
• Yao Chen, Xiao Yan, Gu He, and Yue Mei arrived as Chen Xuan faced the badly wounded Heavenly Scorpion, Earth Scorpion, and Human Scorpion.
• Chen Xuan rejected Heavenly Scorpion's offer to surrender the fragment map and launched another attack.
• The Scorpion Demon Three Fiends combined their power and summoned the Thick Earth Bell, but Chen Xuan's Heaven Devour attack pierced through it and killed them.
• Chen Xuan took the fragment map from Heavenly Scorpion's Storage Ring and told Yao Chen and the others to leave with him.

Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa completed the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map, met the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s remnant, and received his life’s insights. As Chen Xuan vowed to reach Dou Di within ten years, news of the Bodhi Ancient Tree sent factions across the Central Plains rushing toward the Desolate Ancient Grounds.

• Experts arrived at the site where the Scorpion Demon Three Fiends had died and feared the unknown power that had destroyed the mountains.
• Chen Xuan returned to the Sovereign King Hall and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to reveal the complete map’s hidden message about the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s appearance.
• The map transformed into a light orb, and the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s remnant appeared before Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa, recognizing their two souls in one body.
• The Pure Lotus Demon Saint shared his life’s experiences and urged Chen Xuan and Queen Medusa to pursue the Dou Di realm before his remnant fell silent.
• Chen Xuan promised Queen Medusa they would reach Dou Di within ten years, while news of the Bodhi Ancient Tree stirred factions across the Central Plains into action.

Chen Xuan traveled to the Vast Desolate Ancient Region for the Bodhi Ancient Tree and encountered Gu Xun'er and the young experts of the Eight Ancient Clans. After joining Hun Yu's expedition into the forest, Chen Xuan led the group into a swarm of deadly poisonous insects.

• Chen Xuan arrived in Desolate Town ahead of the other major experts and waited as hundreds of Dou Zun gathered near the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.
• Chen Xuan recognized the young experts of the Eight Ancient Clans and spotted Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran among the Flower Sect delegation.
• Gu Xun'er introduced herself to Chen Xuan, praised his help to Xiao Yan, and invited him to join Hun Yu's expedition into the ancient region.
• Chen Xuan joined Gu Xun'er, Gu Qingyang, Gu Yan, and the others at the front of the gathering before thousands of experts charged into the forest.
• Chen Xuan identified the black mist as poisonous insects that could bypass Dou Qi barriers, then led Gu Xun'er and the Gu Clan experts into the swarm.

Chen Xuan and the Gu Clan reached the Ancient Domain Platform, where Hun Yu proposed an alliance to break through the beast tide and reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree. As Hun Yu led hundreds of experts north, Chen Xuan joined them, intending to use the group as cover and seize the initiative.

• Chen Xuan used Queen Medusa's green lotus core flame to clear a path through the poisonous insects, and the group entered the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.
• The group crossed the ravine, fought off Fierce Beasts, and reached the Ancient Domain Platform after two days of travel.
• Nine Phoenix proposed joining forces against the beast tide on the Hun Clan's behalf, and Hun Yu urged the assembled factions to form an alliance.
• About half the experts agreed to Hun Yu's proposal, while Gu Xun'er and the others suspected he planned to use them as cannon fodder.
• Hun Yu led hundreds of experts north toward the beast tide, and Chen Xuan left the Gu Clan group to join them.

Chen Xuan used overwhelming power to clear a path through the beast tide, then vanished and left Hun Yu and the other experts exposed to the beasts. Hun Yu ordered his surviving Hun Clan followers to retreat as the formation collapsed.

• Chen Xuan led the charge into the beast tide and slaughtered the beasts at its outer edge while Hun Yu’s formation advanced behind him.
• As stronger beasts overwhelmed the faltering formation, Chen Xuan unleashed a devastating attack that annihilated nearly a thousand beasts and gave the experts room to advance.
• Hun Yu and the Hun Clan elders decided to use Chen Xuan to clear the way, planning to summon reinforcements with a spatial scroll after breaking through the tide.
• Chen Xuan urged the experts forward, then disappeared as the group reached the tide’s center, where powerful beasts began killing and scattering them.
• Hun Yu realized Chen Xuan had left them to face the beasts alone and ordered his remaining followers to retreat.