Recaps

Xuantian Nether Venerable arrived at Bluestone Ghost City, captured Lin Mo, and prepared to fire the Nether Baleful Ghost Cannon at the Divine Land. Lin Mo and his allies were left helpless as the cannon gathered enough power to destroy a city.

• Xuantian Nether Venerable descended into Bluestone Ghost City, awakening the soul slaves and making them worship him.
• The Saint King handed Lin Mo to Xuantian Nether Venerable, who tortured him and pinned him to the rooftop.
• Xuantian Nether Venerable explained that the Nether Baleful Ghost Cannon could strike any lower plane and chose the Divine Land as its first target.
• The Saint King kept Qin Baochuan, Luo Lan, and the others from intervening while Xuantian Nether Venerable powered up the cannon.
• Lin Mo struggled against his restraints as Xuantian Nether Venerable forced him to watch the cannon aim at the Divine Land and threatened to destroy it.

The Saint King mortally wounded Xuantian Nether Venerable and trapped them both with the Nether Baleful Ghost Cannon inside the Flame God Furnace, destroying them. Lin Mo discovered that the enlightened spirit consciousness survived, but it explained that it would return to the Prophet Spirit Spring rather than choose another person.

• The Saint King betrayed Xuantian Nether Venerable by piercing his chest, interrupting the Nether Baleful Ghost Cannon before it could fire.
• The Saint King summoned the Flame God Furnace and held Xuantian Nether Venerable inside as it crashed onto the tower and burned them both along with the cannon.
• Lin Mo recovered as the evil aura vanished, and he and the others watched the furnace burn down to a charred shell containing only black mist and burnt tentacles.
• Lin Mo noticed a radiant orb emerge from the mist and recognized it as the enlightened spirit consciousness, which confirmed its identity as the crystallization of the Prophet Spirit Spring.
• The enlightened spirit consciousness rejected Lin Mo's hopes of receiving its guidance and said it would return to the Prophet Spirit Spring because the Saint King had died.

Lin Mo learned that the Saint King had secretly prepared the Dry Jade Continent to support his resistance against the Netherworld and had sacrificed herself to defeat Xuantian Nether Venerable. After the survivors learned the truth and Gongsun Fu awoke, Lin Mo turned to freeing the continent’s remaining soul slaves.

• Lin Mo used his first question for the enlightened spirit consciousness to ask what the Saint King’s plan had been.
• The enlightened spirit consciousness revealed that the Saint King had surrendered the Dry Jade Continent to Xuantian Nether Venerable, weakened loyal Netherworld forces, and preserved the continent’s strongest cultivators so Lin Mo could lead a resistance.
• The enlightened spirit consciousness explained that the Saint King had hidden inside Gongsun Fu, staged attacks on Lin Mo, and drawn Xuantian Nether Venerable into a trap, prompting Qin Baochuan, Xue Qingcheng, and the others to grieve over her sacrifices.
• After Gongsun Fu awoke, Lin Mo comforted her and took responsibility for failing to protect her from the Saint King’s possession.
• Lin Mo taught Shen Changqing the formula and refining method for the Nine-Turn Demon-Cleansing Pill so they could free the remaining soul slaves.

After liberating the Dry Jade Continent, Lin Mo learned that overcoming his stalled cultivation required slaying the Three Corpses and stabilizing the plane, but the guidance left him uncertain. When Xue Qingcheng came under attack, Lin Mo emerged from the Gourd Space to find the Nine Bone Nether Venerable waiting for him.

• Lin Mo left the Coalition Army to return toward the Divine Land, while Gongsun Fu, Feng Xu, and Mo Qing chose to remain with him.
• Lin Mo asked the Enlightened Spirit Consciousness how to break through from the peak of the Golden Core Realm, and it told him to slay the Three Corpses, form the Nascent Soul, mend the Heavenly Dao, and anchor the Four Extremes.
• The Enlightened Spirit Consciousness explained that the Three Corpses represented greed, anger, and delusion, while the Four Extremes represented the plane's four directions and stability.
• The Gourd Space shook, and Lin Mo realized Xue Qingcheng was under attack, so he left the space with Feng Xu, Mo Qing, and Gongsun Fu.
• Lin Mo's group found Xue Qingcheng gravely injured and faced the Nine Bone Nether Venerable, who declared he would kill Lin Mo for sabotaging his plans.

Lin Mo and his allies tried to escape Nine Bone Nether Venerable, a powerful foe they could not defeat. Xue Qingcheng fled with the injured companions while Lin Mo stayed behind to delay their pursuer, but Nine Bone Nether Venerable quickly broke free and continued after him.

• Lin Mo secretly told Feng Xu, Mo Qing, Gongsun Fu, and Xue Qingcheng his escape plan, then used the Heavenly Pivot Soul-Guarding Sword to protect Feng Xu and Mo Qing as they attacked Nine Bone Nether Venerable.
• Nine Bone Nether Venerable overpowered Feng Xu and Mo Qing with Evil Energy Burst, leaving them gravely injured and unconscious.
• Lin Mo clashed swords with Nine Bone Nether Venerable and admitted he only meant to hold him off while the others escaped.
• Gongsun Fu healed Xue Qingcheng enough to move, and Xue Qingcheng carried the gourd containing their companions away.
• Lin Mo summoned two Wood Dragons, using one to seal Nine Bone Nether Venerable and the other to carry him away, but Nine Bone Nether Venerable quickly destroyed the sealing dragon and pursued him.

The Nine Bone Nether Venerable poisoned Lin Mo with a bone spike, leaving him unconscious and near death. After bringing him back to the Divine Land, Xue Qingcheng summoned the Enlightened Spirit Consciousness to answer Lin Mo’s final question, but it insisted that only Lin Mo could ask.

• The Nine Bone Nether Venerable struck Lin Mo with the fourth bone spike, infecting him with netherbone evil poison and leaving him unable to move.
• Lin Mo used his last awareness to guide the Wood Dragon toward the agreed meeting place, where Xue Qingcheng rescued him as the dragon crashed.
• Xue Qingcheng carried Lin Mo into the Gourd Space and returned with him to the Divine Land.
• Feng Xu told Xue Qingcheng that Lin Mo had been poisoned and that his remaining vitality was only delaying his death.
• Xue Qingcheng called the Enlightened Spirit Consciousness and demanded that it answer Lin Mo’s third question.
• The Enlightened Spirit Consciousness appeared but said that only Lin Mo was qualified to ask it questions.

Xue Qingcheng persuaded the Enlightened Spirit Consciousness to reveal how to cure Lin Mo’s Netherbone Evil Poison, then returned with him to the Deep Sea Imperial City to prepare the formation. Just as she sought a fourth female cultivator to help, Xuanyuan Hong arrived with his adopted daughter and learned that Lin Mo was in danger.

• Xue Qingcheng convinced the Enlightened Spirit Consciousness to answer Lin Mo’s third question on his behalf.
• The Enlightened Spirit Consciousness revealed that Lin Mo had the Netherbone Evil Poison and gave Xue Qingcheng the Phoenix Yin Demon-Transforming Formation diagram, which required four female Golden Core Realm cultivators or stronger.
• Xue Qingcheng brought Lin Mo back to the Deep Sea Imperial City, where Hai Beier agreed to help, but the group lacked a fourth cultivator.
• Xue Qingcheng resolved to find and recruit another female cultivator, then Xuanyuan Hong arrived with his adopted daughter, Xuanyuan Ziyan, who had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Xuanyuan Hong learned that Lin Mo had returned and eagerly asked to see him, but the others’ grave expressions made him suspect something had happened.

Xue Qingcheng, Hai Beier, Gongsun Fu, and Xuanyuan Ziyan began the Phoenix Yin Demon-Transforming Formation at the Dragon Sea Graveyard to purge Nine Bone Nether Venerable’s poison from Lin Mo. The formation was underway, but Gongsun Fu was struggling to maintain her strength.

• Xue Qingcheng explained that four women of Golden Core cultivation or higher had to perform the formation to save Lin Mo, and Xuanyuan Ziyan volunteered to help repay his past kindness.
• Hai Beier led the group with Lin Mo to the Dragon Sea Graveyard, where they found a cave and Xue Qingcheng opened the formation diagram.
• The women discovered that the formation required all four of them to be naked, and Xuanyuan Ziyan undressed first, encouraging the others to follow.
• Xue Qingcheng arranged the formation around Lin Mo and explained that they had to sustain their yin energy to create a demon seed that would purge his bone poison.
• The four women began channeling yin energy into Lin Mo, but Gongsun Fu grew pale and weak as the formation continued.

As Xue Qingcheng and the other women nearly finished cleansing Lin Mo's poison, a female corpse attacked and gravely wounded Xue Qingcheng, causing the formation to collapse and Lin Mo to die. A pure white lotus and the World Tree Divine Tree revived Lin Mo, who rose with the Heavenly Pivot Soul-Guarding Sword as the corpse remained suspended.

• Xue Qingcheng and the other three women sustained the Phoenix Yin Demon-Transforming Formation as the Demon Seed cleared most of Lin Mo's Netherbone Evil Poison.
• A bloodied female corpse emerged from the cavern and lunged at the women, so Xue Qingcheng froze her with Ice Seal.
• After the women continued the formation, the corpse broke free and stabbed Xue Qingcheng, making her collapse unconscious.
• The formation collapsed, and Lin Mo died as black blood poured from his seven orifices.
• A white lotus and the revived World Tree Divine Tree restored Lin Mo, who opened his eyes, rose, and summoned the Heavenly Pivot Soul-Guarding Sword.

Lin Mo recovered from the netherbone evil poison, returned to the Deep Sea Imperial City, and received the ingredients and furnace he needed to refine Ancient Blood-Congealing Pills. The chapter ended with him successfully producing four pills in the Gourd Space.

• Lin Mo killed the female corpse and fed unconscious Xue Qingcheng a stalk of yin baleful grass, then explained that the Nirvana Chain had revived him.
• Lin Mo reassured Gongsun Fu, Hai Beier, and Xuanyuan Ziyan that their efforts to remove his poison had saved him from becoming a living corpse.
• Lin Mo returned to the Deep Sea Imperial City, where Hai Dafu held banquets and cultivators gathered to celebrate his survival and accomplishments.
• Feng Xu and Mo Qing agreed to stay with Senior Zhu Feng for a while, while Xue Qingcheng returned to Snow Burial Valley after recovering.
• Gongsun Qian delivered ten stalks of great wilderness spirit-void grass, ten drops of Primordial Calamity Beast essence blood, and a high-grade Day-Spirit Alchemy Furnace; Gongsun Fu chose to stay with Lin Mo.
• Lin Mo refined the ingredients in the Gourd Space and produced four Ancient Blood-Congealing Pills.

After an Ancient Blood-Congealing Pill unexpectedly formed a faint Nascent Soul in Lin Mo’s dantian, he learned that slaying three mysterious corpses might be necessary for his breakthrough. Convinced the next corpse could be at Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain, Lin Mo set out and gave Ancient Blood-Congealing Pills to Xuanyuan Hong and Hai Dafu, with one for Qingcheng.

• Lin Mo swallowed an Ancient Blood-Congealing Pill and discovered a faint Nascent Soul in his dantian as the barrier to his breakthrough weakened from three masses of chaos to two.
• Lin Mo recalled that he had slain a female corpse at the Dragon Sea Graveyard and suspected it had been one of the three corpses blocking his breakthrough.
• Hai Dafu said the corpses might embody the impulses of greed, anger, and ignorance, while Xuanyuan Hong proposed that they represented the Divine Land’s evil impulses and that slaying them could earn Lin Mo the Heavenly Dao Will’s recognition.
• Hai Dafu suggested that another corpse might be at Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain in the Southern Wasteland, and Xuanyuan Hong warned Lin Mo that the place was dangerous.
• Lin Mo declared that he would go to Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain immediately, then gave Ancient Blood-Congealing Pills to Xuanyuan Hong and Hai Dafu and asked them to save the third for Qingcheng.

Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu reached Shadow Ink State and found signs of a strange evil aura and an ominous formation around the city. After Lin Mo killed a wounded Blood-Eyed Tiger, three masked men from the Great Black Heaven Divine Church accused him of stealing their prey and demanded his treasures.

• Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu traveled from Deep Sea Imperial City to the Southern Wilds and landed outside Shadow Ink State after Lin Mo detected a dangerous formation above the city.
• Lin Mo noticed the formation carried an aura resembling the Netherworld's evil aura, and he and Gongsun Fu decided to investigate the city on foot.
• A wounded Blood-Eyed Tiger charged at Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu, and Lin Mo killed it with Greenwood Sword Rain.
• Lin Mo stored the tiger in the Gourd Space before three black-robed cultivators arrived, searching for their prey.
• The burly leader accused Lin Mo of taking the tiger and ordered his companions to attack after demanding all of Lin Mo's treasures.

Lin Mo learned that the Great Black Heaven Divine Church had seized control of the Shadow Ink State under the hidden Heaven-Connecting Church Master, whose sword formation guarded the city. Suspecting the Church Master might be connected to the Netherworld, Lin Mo decided to investigate before continuing to Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain.

• Lin Mo killed two attackers with his Spirit-Devouring Vine and captured their leader, Lu Zhi, for questioning.
• Lu Zhi revealed that a Spirit Transformation Pinnacle expert had conquered the Shadow Ink State and founded the Great Black Heaven Divine Church.
• Lu Zhi explained that the hidden Heaven-Connecting Church Master had slain the city lord and academy heads with the Great Black Heaven Sword Formation and demanded tribute from the major factions.
• Lu Zhi told Lin Mo that travelers needed Black Sun Tokens to enter or leave the Shadow Ink State without being killed by the formation.
• Lin Mo took Lu Zhi into the Gourd Space and decided to stay in the Shadow Ink State to investigate the Heaven-Connecting Church Master.

Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu entered the Shadow Ink State in disguise and met Yang Xue'er, a Heaven-Seeking Academy disciple who took them to an auction at the Black Mysterious Market. The auction began with Ye Qing presenting a still-beating human heart from a peak Golden Core cultivator, shocking Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu.

• Lin Mo gave Gongsun Fu a Black Sun Token, and they disguised themselves in black robes and bamboo hats before entering the city.
• Yang Xue'er recognized their Heaven-Seeking Academy robes, introduced herself, and offered to guide them around the transformed Shadow Ink State.
• Lin Mo asked Yang Xue'er about trade, and she explained that auctions required exchanges of resources of equivalent value.
• Yang Xue'er brought Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu to the Black Mysterious Market auction, where they saw her greeted by fellow disciples.
• Ye Qing opened the auction by revealing a still-beating human heart, which he identified as belonging to a cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core Realm.

At the Black Mysterious Market auction, Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu watched cultivators eagerly trade for and consume parts of other human cultivators, while Yang Xue'er joined in with enthusiasm. As the auction’s final lot, Ye Qing presented a bound, wounded Foundation Establishment girl, leaving the bidders puzzled and Lin Mo alarmed.

• Ye Qing auctioned a still-beating Golden Core cultivator’s heart, which a middle-aged cultivator won and ate on the spot.
• Yang Xue'er offered a Spirit Shadow Fox head for the heart, then later exchanged it for Foundation Establishment cultivator essence blood and drank some.
• Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu saw the auction proceed through body parts from cultivators of increasingly powerful realms, while Gongsun Fu struggled with nausea.
• Ye Qing announced the crowning final lot and revealed a wounded, chained girl whose cultivation was at the early Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Lin Mo jolted at the sight of the girl as the bidders wondered why a low-level cultivator had been chosen as the final lot.

At the Black Mysterious Market auction, Lin Mo outbid the crowd for a girl with legendary star spirit blood by offering a Golden Core Realm Blood-Eyed Tiger carcass. He left the market with the girl and his companions, refusing Yang Xue’er’s request to use her blood for cultivation.

• Ye Qing stabbed the girl’s wrist and revealed her deep-blue, star-speckled blood, announcing that she possessed legendary star spirit blood.
• The auction guests frantically offered their treasures for the girl, and Ye Qing favored a complete Foundation Establishment demon wolf carcass.
• Lin Mo offered a fresh Golden Core Realm Blood-Eyed Tiger carcass, and Ye Qing awarded him the girl.
• Lin Mo left the Black Mysterious Market with Gongsun Fu, Yang Xue’er, and the girl, then placed the girl in the Gourd Space.
• Yang Xue’er asked Lin Mo to share the girl’s star spirit blood, but Lin Mo said he had another use for her and would not draw her blood for now.

Lin Mo freed Shi Lan in the Gourd Space and earned her trust, learning how the Heaven-Connecting Church Master used an addictive secret drug to seize control of the Shadow Ink State and surrounding cities. The chapter leaves Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu horrified by the drug’s effects and the scale of the threat across the Southern Region.

• Lin Mo declined Yang Xue'er's offer to return to the Heaven-Seeking Academy and entered the Gourd Space with Gongsun Fu.
• Lin Mo freed Shi Lan from her Iron Shackles and promised she could leave for safety whenever she wished.
• Shi Lan tested Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu with a jade bead, then trusted them after it confirmed they had pure breath and had not eaten people.
• Shi Lan revealed that the Heaven-Connecting Church Master killed three leaders with the Great Black Heaven Sword Formation and forced the Shadow Ink State's factions to submit.
• Shi Lan explained that the Heaven-Connecting Church Master's addictive secret drug twisted cultivators' minds, turning them into cannibals and enabling him to control millions across the Southern Region.
• Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu recognized that the drug's damage extended beyond the Shadow Ink State and was worse than the evil soul seal's control.

Lin Mo agreed to investigate the Heaven-Connecting Church Master's secret drug and entered Heaven-Seeking Academy with Gongsun Fu to gather intelligence. With Yang Xue'er's help, they got past the guards, but Lin Mo discovered the academy's disciples were immersed in a gruesome flesh-and-blood trade.

• Shi Lan recognized Lin Mo and begged him to save Shadow Ink State from the Heaven-Connecting Church Master, and Lin Mo agreed to help after learning they needed to identify the secret drug controlling the region.
• Lin Mo sent Shi Lan to the Gourd Space and went with Gongsun Fu to Heaven-Seeking Academy to capture a disciple and question them about the drug.
• Two gatekeepers challenged Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu, but Yang Xue'er arrived and vouched for them, allowing them to enter the academy.
• Lin Mo saw human and spirit-beast limbs hanging inside cave abodes and realized the academy's corruption ran deep.
• Yang Xue'er asked about the Blood Slave with Star Spirit Blood, and Lin Mo claimed he had confined her to let her recover before drawing more blood.

Lin Mo accepted Song Ming’s challenge after Song Ming confronted him for getting close to Yang Xue'er. At the Bee Forest that night, Lin Mo ambushed Song Ming and dragged him into the Gourd Space, where Ashen Chains pinned him down.

• Yang Xue'er happily accepted Lin Mo’s offer of a treasure and walked with her arm linked through his, prompting Gongsun Fu to feel jealous.
• Song Ming confronted Lin Mo and challenged him to a duel, declaring that Yang Xue'er would become his Dao companion if he won.
• Lin Mo accepted the duel at the Bee Forest, while Yang Xue'er warned him that Song Ming was a powerful late Golden Core cultivator.
• Lin Mo told Gongsun Fu that he planned to use Song Ming as his target, and she teased him for his soft spot for beauties.
• At the Bee Forest, Lin Mo used Golden Vines to capture Song Ming and drag him into the Gourd Space.
• Song Ming attacked Lin Mo with his Spirit Sword, but Lin Mo summoned four Ashen Chains that pinned him to the ground.

Lin Mo discovered that the Great Black Heaven Divine Church’s addictive secret drug was made from diluted Black-Feathered Peacock blood, which turned its users into mindless, bloodthirsty beasts. He learned that White-Spirit Immortal Crane feathers could counter the poison and decided to search for them at Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain while pursuing his own goal there.

• Lin Mo captured Song Ming with Ashen Chains and found two vials of secret drug on him, which Song Ming desperately tried to reclaim.
• Shi Lan confirmed the vials contained the drug distributed by the Heaven-Connecting Church Master, and explained how the Church later demanded Spirit Beast or human corpses in exchange for it.
• Lin Mo identified Black-Feathered Peacock blood as the drug’s main ingredient and explained how it destroyed its users’ reason and humanity.
• Lin Mo said White-Spirit Immortal Crane feathers could counter the poison, but the crane was known only from legend.
• Lin Mo revealed that Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain was a Sealing Ground and said he already planned to search there for a corpse.
• Shi Lan agreed to seek a way to save the Shadow Ink State, and Lin Mo set out with her and Gongsun Fu for Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain that night.

Lin Mo, Gongsun Fu, and Shi Lan entered Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain to confront the threat to the Shadow Ink State, but discovered its demonic miasma disabled their treasured artifacts. Shi Lan summoned her golden-core green ox, and the three rode toward the mountains on foot-bound transport.

• Lin Mo left the Heaven-Seeking Academy with Gongsun Fu and Shi Lan and traveled south to Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain, passing towns occupied by Great Black Heaven Divine Church Disciples.
• Lin Mo examined the sacred barrier sealing Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain and led the group through it.
• Inside the mountain, the Nine-Colored Auspicious Clouds lost power and Lin Mo found that demonic miasma had severed his connection to his weapons and artifacts.
• Gongsun Fu worried they could not fight without treasured artifacts, while Shi Lan vowed to save the Shadow Ink State; Lin Mo refused to turn back.
• Shi Lan summoned her golden-core green ox, Big Green, and Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu climbed aboard with her.
• The three rode Big Green toward the ink-black mountains.

Lin Mo used the Heavenly Thunder World-Cleansing Fruit to clear the way for Shi Lan and Gongsun Fu as Big Green carried them toward Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain. At the mountain’s foot, Lin Mo subdued a Wolf Demon and questioned him about White-Spirit Immortal Cranes and a corpse on the mountain.

• Lin Mo ate the Heavenly Thunder World-Cleansing Fruit and killed a Bull Demon that blocked their path with Thunder Strike.
• Big Green carried Lin Mo, Shi Lan, and Gongsun Fu onward while Lin Mo defeated seven or eight more demon beasts and stored their bodies in the Gourd Space.
• At the foot of Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain, a nascent soul realm Wolf Demon attacked Big Green with a Stone Axe, but Lin Mo stopped its strike and subdued it with a Heavenly Thunder Talisman.
• Lin Mo asked the Wolf Demon whether White-Spirit Immortal Cranes lived on the mountain and whether there was a corpse there.
• The Wolf Demon said he did not know the full answers but offered to tell Lin Mo what he could.

Lin Mo learned that four great tribes divided Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain and headed for the Eagle-Fighting Tribe to ask about the White-Spirit Immortal Crane. The tribe’s soldiers attacked them in the air, and Lin Mo struck back with lightning as their captain watched his forces fall.

• The wolf demon told Lin Mo about the four tribes on Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain and suggested he ask the Eagle-Fighting Tribe about the White-Spirit Immortal Crane and High Priest Lin Yang of the Divine Deer Tribe about a corpse.
• Lin Mo killed the wolf demon after it invoked its chief, Lang Wei, and decided to visit the Eagle-Fighting Tribe first.
• Shi Lan dismissed Daqing, summoned a Heavenly Horse, and carried Lin Mo and Gongsun Fu toward the Eagle-Fighting Tribe’s floating island.
• An eagle demon captain intercepted them and ordered his soldiers to fire arrows after Lin Mo asked to meet the tribe’s chief.
• Lin Mo counterattacked with lightning, knocking more than half the eagle demon soldiers from the sky while the Heavenly Horse dodged their arrows.

Lin Mo confronted Ying Tianxiao, chief of the Eagle-Fighting Tribe, after the tribe’s soldiers attacked him and his companions. When Lin Mo revealed the Four Sages Immortal Venerables’ inheritances, Ying Tianxiao ended the fight and invited them to the tribe’s palace to talk.

• Ying Tianxiao descended and challenged Lin Mo, insisting on a fight to avenge the eagle demons Lin Mo had killed.
• Ying Tianxiao fired a powerful Soul-Destroying Arrow, which Shi Lan evaded by diving with the Heavenly Horse.
• Lin Mo manifested the Four Sages Immortal Spirits and counterattacked with the Sacred Flame Bow and three fire phoenix arrows.
• Ying Tianxiao halted the battle and asked why Lin Mo possessed Great Venerable Vermilion Bird’s divine ability.
• Lin Mo revealed that he possessed all Four Sages Immortal Venerables’ inheritances, prompting Ying Tianxiao to welcome him as an honored guest.
• Lin Mo, Shi Lan, and Gongsun Fu followed Ying Tianxiao to the Eagle-Fighting Tribe’s island palace.

Lin Mo learned that the White-Spirit Immortal Crane had ascended to the middle plane, leaving the Heavenly Master Divine Talisman on Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain as the only possible source of power to counter Black-Plumed Peacock Blood. Ying Tianxiao warned that reaching the talisman would require confronting Lin Yang, the powerful and hostile chief of the Divine Deer Tribe.

• Lin Mo asked Ying Tianxiao about the White-Spirit Immortal Crane and explained that he needed its power to save the mind-controlled cultivators of Shadow Ink State.
• Ying Tianxiao revealed that the White-Spirit Immortal Crane had created Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain, sealed its demons there with a Heavenly Master Divine Talisman, and ascended to the middle plane.
• Ying Tianxiao disclosed that the White-Spirit Immortal Crane was the ancestor of the Eagle-Fighting Tribe, which faced hostility from the other demon tribes because of its lineage.
• Shi Lan proposed using the Heavenly Master Divine Talisman to obtain the White-Spirit Immortal Crane’s power, and Lin Mo agreed that they could extract some without removing it.
• Ying Tianxiao warned that the talisman stood in the Divine Deer Tribe’s territory and that its chief, Lin Yang, was a Half-Step Tribulation Transcendence expert who hated the White-Spirit Immortal Crane.