Recaps

Xiao Hua experienced the order of the Law-Binding Chains as they freed Qiongqiong from the Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal. Qiongqiong reunited with Fu Zhiwen and revealed her past ties to Gusu Qiuran and Zhai Xingzi, while Xiao Hua withdrew to comprehend what he had sensed.

• Gusu Qiuran explained that the Law-Binding Chains could not be undone without the Jade Seal Inscription, and Fu Zhiwen accepted the crystal, determined to stay with his wife.
• As the Lightning Derivation Wood activated the crystal, Xiao Hua sensed the Confucian order within the chains and began comprehending it.
• The chains broke, releasing Qiongqiong, who flew into Fu Zhiwen's arms before recognizing Gusu Qiuran and Zhai Xingzi as people from her past.
• Qiongqiong revealed that she had been punished for helping Gusu Qiuran meet Luokong, and Gusu Qiuran explained how she and Zhai Xingzi had rediscovered each other after drinking Forgetfulness Water.
• Qiongqiong urged Gusu Qiuran to seek help from someone in Ziwei Palace rather than risk further trouble, while Xiao Hua told the others to leave so he could comprehend.

Xiao Hua studied the Immortal Palace’s Law-Engraved Chain Locks and discovered that a tiny rule-pattern opened onto the starry sky within his own space. The chapter ended with him recognizing a profound connection between rules and his space that he could not yet explain.

• Fu Zhiwen took Qiongqiong out of the hut, and Qiongqiong urged him to follow Xiao Hua because she believed his master was extraordinarily powerful.
• Gu Suqiudi and Zhai Xingzi left the hut after sensing Xiao Hua’s overwhelming aura, and Gu Suqiudi urged Zhai Xingzi to befriend him because of his possible importance to the Immortal Palace.
• Gu Suqiudi considered recommending Xiao Hua to the Immortal Palace, but Zhai Xingzi warned her that doing so could put Xiao Hua in danger.
• Xiao Hua restrained his aura and immersed himself in comprehending the Law-Engraved Chain Locks, noticing fine patterns hidden within the larger rules.
• Xiao Hua’s mind struck a newborn fine pattern, scattering into countless fragments that reunited beneath a starry sky and revealed Jade Slip Xiao Hua in his expanded space.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua realized that the starry sky within his space was connected to a fine rule-pattern, but he could not yet understand the connection.

Xiao Hua triggered the Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal’s defenses while examining it, drawing a Punishment Envoy who warned him to restore it. After learning more about Qiongqiong’s imprisonment, Xiao Hua heard that she could be freed either when her sentence ended or when a power of Heaven broke the Immortal Palace’s laws.

• Xiao Hua emerged from seclusion and began examining Fu Zhiwen’s Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal, but his sword threads activated its laws and summoned a powerful apparition.
• Xiao Hua used the Kunlun Mirror to hide Gu Suqiudi, and the Punishment Envoy ordered him to restore the crystal before vanishing.
• Gu Suqiudi recognized Xiao Hua’s nearly complete Kunlun Mirror and asked to use it as a refuge, while Xiao Hua asked her to keep its identity secret.
• Fu Zhiwen explained that his wife, Qiongqiong, had concealed her origins under the name Youtan, and Gu Suqiudi revealed her true name and connection to Qiongqiong’s punishment.
• Gu Suqiudi explained that Qiongqiong could escape when her sentence ended or if a power stronger than the Immortal Palace’s laws broke the Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal.

Xiao Hua attempted the Karma Incantation after comprehending order, but his cultivation proved insufficient to execute it. He agreed to bring Fu Zhiwen to the ancient restriction array, and the group arrived in Jing Province, where Xue Ping and the other cultivators were waiting.

• Gu Suqiudi and Zhai Xingzi discussed the dangers of the Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal and encouraged Xiao Hua to seek a way to free Qiongqiong in the ancient restriction array.
• Xiao Hua initially refused to take Fu Zhiwen, but Zhai Xingzi and Gu Suqiudi persuaded him that Fu Zhiwen could help carry the crystal and benefit from the trial.
• Xiao Hua attempted the Karma Incantation, unleashing a storm that forced Zhai Xingzi, Gu Suqiudi, and Fu Zhiwen to flee; the storm collapsed, and Xiao Hua emerged unharmed.
• Xiao Hua sensed that Fu Zhiwen and the others would face danger without disaster, then agreed that Fu Zhiwen should join the expedition after his wooden house was destroyed.
• Zhai Xingzi took the group toward Jing Province in his flying boat, where Xue Ping and the other cultivators welcomed their arrival.

Xiao Hua and Zhai Xingzi weighed whether to lead Xue Ping and the others into the ancient Yunshan Illusion Array, and eight cultivators chose to join them. After learning the ruin was the famed array, Xiao Hua revealed that Xunkong Shangren and Zhang Daoran had not yet arrived.

• Xiao Hua and Zhai Xingzi offered the cultivators safer alternatives and magic treasures, but let them decide whether to enter the forbidden array.
• After three days of discussion, Xue Ping and seven others chose to enter, while five cultivators withdrew with magic treasures and jade slips.
• Zhai Xingzi and Xiao Hua warned the eight cultivators about the dangers and told them to leave promptly if they found opportunities.
• Xue Ping presented jade slips identifying the ruin as the Yunshan Illusion Array, surprising Zhai Xingzi, who had searched for it at Yunshan in Yongzhou.
• Xiao Hua said they would wait for Xunkong Shangren and Zhang Daoran before discussing the array, startling Xue Ping and the others.

Xue Ping explained that the Yunshan Illusion Array was Canglangzi’s ancient cave residence, filled with treasures and protected by formidable restrictions. Xiao Hua grew wary of exploring a place tied to a Tribulation Crossing cultivator, but Zhai Xingzi and Gu Suqiudi remained eager to proceed.

• Zhai Xingzi arranged for Xunkong Shangren and Zhang Daoran to join the expedition, and Xue Ping gratefully thanked Xiao Hua for bringing in powerful allies.
• At Xiao Hua’s prompting, Fu Zhiwen asked Xue Ping to explain the Yunshan Illusion Array while the gathered cultivators shared spirit fruits and wine.
• Xue Ping recounted Canglangzi’s battle with a Demon Ancestor, his later tribulation and disappearance, and the array’s history of withstanding powerful assaults.
• Xiao Hua realized the array guarded the cave residence of a near-Tribulation Crossing cultivator and questioned whether their Nascent Soul-level group could enter safely.
• Zhai Xingzi dismissed Xiao Hua’s concern and argued that their strength was sufficient to challenge the ancient illusion array.

Xiao Hua and Zhai Xingzi prepared to enter the Yunshan Illusion Array, with Zhai Xingzi revealing that he hoped to uncover why the Daoist sect had been destroyed. While Zhai Xingzi and Gu Suqiudi left to make further preparations, Xiao Hua stayed behind and instructed Fu Zhiwen and Xue Ping’s companions.

• Zhai Xingzi argued that the ancient Yunshan Illusion Array had weakened over time and said he wanted to investigate the mystery of the Daoist sect’s destruction.
• Gu Suqiudi supported Zhai Xingzi, and Xiao Hua agreed that finding Canglangzi’s lineage would make their journey worthwhile even if they found no answers about the Daoist sect.
• Xue Ping recounted how he had discovered the Yunshan Illusion Array and showed that he and his companions had recorded their preparations in jade slips.
• Zhai Xingzi said he and Gu Suqiudi needed to make another preparation, then left Xiao Hua to await Xunkong Shangren and Zhang Daoran.
• Xiao Hua examined Fu Zhiwen’s cultivation and gave him tailored methods, then gathered Xue Ping’s companions to answer their cultivation questions.

Xiao Hua received Zhang Daoran and Xunkong Shangren, who suspected he was connected to Ancestor Hongmeng and questioned him about the upheaval at Star Lord Palace. They left uncertain about what had happened there, while Xunkong urged Xiao Hua to proceed with his plans and use his National Teacher’s token rather than attract suspicion by lying low.

• Xiao Hua wondered why Zhang Daoran and Xunkong Shangren had not answered his summons, fearing news of his killing Kong Hongwu had spread.
• Zhang Daoran and Xunkong Shangren arrived with their disciples and privately asked Xiao Hua whether Ancestor Hongmeng had appeared at the Yaotai Gathering.
• Zhang Daoran and Xunkong Shangren said they suspected Xiao Hua was Ancestor Hongmeng’s disciple and believed Ancestor Hongmeng might have caused Star Lord Palace’s upheaval.
• Xiao Hua explained that True Lord Qingxu had asked him to pledge allegiance to Ancestor Hongmeng, but denied being his disciple or knowing whether he had infiltrated Yaotai Mountain.
• Zhang Daoran said he had postponed the Bidding Convention by ten years, while Xunkong Shangren argued they should carry on as usual.
• Xunkong Shangren told Xiao Hua to use his National Teacher’s token to establish a country or enter a Confucian cultivator country, so the lack of a record at Star Lord Palace would not attract attention.

Xiao Hua, Zhang Daoran, and Xunkong Shangren prepared to explore the Yunshan Illusion Array, though their efforts to borrow magic treasures in Jing Province met resistance. Zhai Xingzi returned with Gu Suqiudi and an unfamiliar, proud Confucian woman, whose scornful interruption shattered the cultivators’ newly restored harmony.

• Xiao Hua shared jade pupils revealing that the Yunshan Illusion Array lay in Jing Province, and Zhang Daoran and Xunkong Shangren agreed to explore it with him.
• Zhang Daoran and Xunkong Shangren spent three days planning, then traveled with their disciples to gather magic treasures while Xiao Hua stayed behind.
• Zhang Daoran and Xunkong Shangren returned after failing to borrow some treasures because cultivators feared the political fallout from the Yaotai Gathering, and Xiao Hua offered to provide what they needed.
• After more than twenty days of preparations, Zhai Xingzi returned with Gu Suqiudi and an unfamiliar Confucian woman.
• Zhang Daoran apologized to Zhai Xingzi for their conflict at the Yaotai Gathering, and Zhai Xingzi apologized in turn before Xunkong Shangren joined their reconciliation.
• The unfamiliar woman coldly mocked the three cultivators for acting harmonious after their life-and-death conflict.

Gongshu Yixin arrived and disparaged Xiao Hua, while Zhai Xingzi explained her exceptional formation skill and rapid cultivation. Xiao Hua and his companions then flew to inspect the Yunshan Illusion Array, where the chapter left them facing the strange mountain and river surrounding it.

• Gongshu Yixin introduced herself, criticized Xiao Hua, and argued that people could not overcome selfishness when their interests conflicted.
• Xiao Hua replied that the Daoist cultivators’ willingness to admit their mistakes had brought them closer, and Gongshu Yixin left with Gu Suqiudi to inspect the Yunshan Illusion Array.
• Zhai Xingzi explained that Gongshu Yixin was a renowned formation grandmaster who had protected a thousand-li lineage with an array and was only a little over six hundred years old.
• Xiao Hua reasoned that Gongshu Yixin’s rapid cultivation and formation mastery showed her unusual talent, and his companions discussed the advantages and drawbacks of her single-minded focus.
• Zhang Daoran, Zhai Xingzi, Xunkong Shangren, and Xiao Hua flew to the Yunshan Illusion Array and saw a vast, strange mountain encircled by a winding river.

Xiao Hua and the others investigated the mysterious Yunshan Illusion Array, while the Daoist and Confucian formation experts searched for a way to understand it. Xiao Hua found the array’s hidden structure but no way to break it, and Gongshu Yixin announced that she had figured out how.

• Zhang Daoran asked the cultivators to determine the formation’s identity, and Xunkong Shangren and Zhang Daoran set out to inspect it while Zhai Xingzi went to find Gongshu Yixin.
• Xiao Hua led Xue Ping and the others around the mountain, explaining formation principles and clarifying that his lessons did not reveal how to break the Yunshan Illusion Array.
• Xiao Hua examined the formation with his dharma eye and saw a gold-and-green egg-shaped radiance restrained by chains and a flowing green band.
• Xiao Hua followed the flow of the green radiance and realized something about the array, but Zhai Xingzi told him that Gongshu Yixin had already found a way to break it.
• Xiao Hua returned and found Xunkong Shangren and the others gathered around Gongshu Yixin.

Gongshu Yixin and Xunkong Shangren examined the Jade Mountain Illusion Array and identified two fused formations protecting Canglangzi's cave abode, though Gongshu claimed they were only part of a larger array. She demanded a share of the cave's treasures in exchange for breaking the formations, and negotiations stalled when she refused to lower her terms.

• Gongshu Yixin asked Xiao Hua and Xunkong Shangren what they had discovered about the Jade Mountain Illusion Array.
• Xunkong Shangren explained that the Nine Dragon Bone Lock Great Formation and the concealed Nine Yin Demon Subduing Array had to be broken simultaneously to reveal the cave abode.
• Gongshu Yixin said the two formations made up only thirty to forty percent of the full array and announced that she would set conditions before helping break it.
• Gongshu Yixin demanded first selection of formation-related items and fifty percent of the other treasures besides cultivation methods.
• Xunkong Shangren rejected her demand and proposed that the Daoist cultivators take most of the spoils, while Gu Suqiudi offered to give up her share so Gongshu could receive thirty percent.
• Gongshu Yixin refused to bargain and said she could call powerful cultivators from her family to help break the array.

Gongshu Yixin explained that the Yunshan Illusion Array contained two outer Daoist formations and inner Yuan and Buddhist formations, while Xiao Hua revealed that he understood more than he had admitted. She then reasoned that Canglangzi’s cave abode must move while its formations were active, hiding their energy fluctuations.

• Xiao Hua warned Gongshu Yixin that fifth-rank cultivators could not withstand the inner formation and demanded a thirty-percent share if they wanted his help.
• Gu Suqiudi encouraged Gongshu Yixin to explain her discoveries, and Gongshu Yixin admitted that Xiao Hua had guessed the array’s layered structure.
• Gongshu Yixin identified the outer formations as the Profound Clarity Spirit Sealing Great Formation and the Azure Falls Spring Surge Formation, which imprisoned formation spirits and worked together.
• Gongshu Yixin revealed that the array also contained an inner Yuan formation and a Buddhist formation, and said she could prevent the Yuan formation from activating while they broke the outer formations.
• Xiao Hua quietly prompted Xunkong Shangren to send Geng Metal toward a point in the formation.
• Gongshu Yixin deduced that Canglangzi’s cave abode moved while its formations were active, allowing it to absorb Primordial Qi and Vast Righteous Qi without revealing its location.

Gongshu Yixin identified the Yunshan Illusion Array’s weakest point and explained that its inner formations included ancient Daoist, Confucian, and Buddhist arrays. The group learned that the Confucian Origin Formation was called Golden Wind Jade Dew, but Gongshu Yixin had not yet explained how to break it or what the Buddhist formation was.

• Gongshu Yixin explained that the Yunshan Illusion Array had likely moved from Yongzhou and that its power had greatly weakened over time, giving the group a strong chance of breaking it.
• Spirit Monkey Chang Geng reacted with excitement and fear near the formation, and Gongshu Yixin used the Clear Sight Technique to locate the array’s most damaged spot.
• Gongshu Yixin said Chang Geng had found a place where they could see the inner Origin Formation and Buddhist formation, and Xunkong Shangren jokingly asked her to reward his demon pet.
• Gongshu Yixin identified the inner Origin Formation as an ancient formation preserved by the Gongshu family and named it Golden Wind Jade Dew.
• Gongshu Yixin described the Golden Wind Jade Dew formation’s effects, and Xunkong Shangren asked her to explain how to break it and identify the Buddhist formation.

Gongshu Yixin analyzed the Yunshan Illusion Array and assigned the cultivators to suppress its linked formations. After sending them to their positions, she found that Gu Suqiudi lacked the cold-water weapon or Buddhist artifact she needed.

• Gongshu Yixin said she was sixty percent certain she could break the inner primordial and Buddhist formations, then used eighty-one formation plates to inspect the Yunshan Illusion Array.
• After studying the formation for a day and night, Gongshu Yixin assigned Xunkong Shangren and Zhang Daoran to suppress the eastern and western formations, while Xiao Hua and Zhai Xingzi guarded the North Pole and South Pole.
• Xiao Hua showed Gongshu Yixin his earth-attributed Sea-Overturning Seal, and she accepted it for suppressing the formation despite its unsuitable attribute.
• Gongshu Yixin directed Fu Zhiwen and the other cultivators to join the seniors at their assigned positions, then asked Gu Suqiudi for a cold-water weapon or Buddhist artifact.
• Gu Suqiudi had neither, and Gongshu Yixin said that this would make the next step troublesome.

Gongshu Yixin prepared Gu Suqiudi and the others to counter the formations in Canglangzi’s cave abode as the ancient array began to awaken. Xunkong Shangren and Zhang Daoran fought its rising forces while Xiao Hua used the Sea-Overturning Seal to suppress one corner, exposing gaps in the formation.

• Gongshu Yixin obtained three drops of Innate True Water from Xiao Hua and warned Gu Suqiudi that the inner formations would erupt when the outer arrays were suppressed.
• Gongshu Yixin and Gu Suqiudi took positions apart from each other as dawn approached and prepared their magical artifacts.
• Xunkong Shangren used the Crimson Flame Stone to seize a blazing aura that rose from the formation, while Chang Geng tried to approach it.
• Zhang Daoran resisted the formation’s icy and yin forces, but Xiao Hua warned him not to act rashly; Zhang then used the Chilling Phantom Gall and his beast-shaped treasure to defend himself and strike back.
• The formation shook violently, hurling Xunkong Shangren and Zhang Daoran into the air as mountains and a river erupted with intertwined yin and yang energy.
• Xiao Hua sent the Sea-Overturning Seal down to suppress one corner of the formation, forcing the mountain ridges back into place and revealing thousands of gaps in the eroded array.

Xiao Hua and the others suppressed the Yunshan Illusion Array while Gongshu Yixin and Gu Suqiudi blocked its central formations. The formation suddenly counterattacked, forcing the cultivators to unleash their Nascent Soul Dharma Bodies as the heavens changed dramatically.

• Xiao Hua, Xunkong Shangren, Zhang Daoran, and Zhai Xingzi suppressed the great formation from its four poles as a crack opened between Gu Suqiudi and Gongshu Yixin.
• Gongshu Yixin used her magical artifact to form a mountain of literature that restrained the Origin Formation, while Gu Suqiudi poured Innate True Water into the Buddhist formation.
• The formation's power surged back, and Xiao Hua warned Fu Zhiwen, Xue Ping, and the other disciples to withdraw.
• Xunkong Shangren summoned his Nascent Soul Dharma Body and hurled a giant flaming boulder at the formation's mountain ridges.
• Zhang Daoran and Zhai Xingzi also released their Nascent Soul Dharma Bodies and drew in Primordial Qi and stellar power as winds swept across the region.

Demonic Qi emerged inside the Yunshan Illusion Array and triggered the collapse of its inner formations, overwhelming Gongshu Yixin and Gu Suqiudi’s attempts to contain it. The chaos spread to the outer formations, where Xunkong Shangren faced the release of the imprisoned spirit souls and thought only of fleeing.

• Zhai Xingzi and Zhang Daoran used their Nascent Soul Dharma Bodies to suppress the outer formations, though the formations’ damaged sections continued to break apart.
• Gongshu Yixin and Gu Suqiudi discussed Zhai Xingzi and Xiao Hua while controlling the inner formations, until Demonic Qi suddenly appeared between them.
• Gongshu Yixin urged Gu Suqiudi to destroy the Demonic Qi, but the Origin Formation turned against Gongshu Yixin’s artifact control and the Buddhist Formation attacked Gu Suqiudi’s Innate True Water.
• The Demonic Qi, Vast Righteous Qi, and Buddhist light clashed, destabilizing the formations and frightening Gongshu Yixin and Gu Suqiudi.
• The inner formations’ loss of control spread outward, releasing spirit souls from the Profound Clarity Spirit Sealing Great Formation and forcing Xunkong Shangren to think of fleeing.

Xunkong Shangren risked his life to keep the formation’s ancient spirit souls from reaching Xiao Hua, while Zhang Daoran faced the Yellow Springs Water unleashed by the Netherworld array. Zhang Daoran rejected escape, knowing it would doom Zhai Xingzi and the others, and prepared to face the attack.

• Xunkong Shangren severed his connection to his Nascent Soul and used a secret technique to enter the Out of Body realm rather than abandon the formation.
• Spirit Monkey Chang Geng helped Xunkong Shangren absorb the attacking ancient spirit souls, but the souls overwhelmed them both.
• Xunkong Shangren used a rare jade talisman to transform his Nascent Soul into a strange beast and continued fighting despite knowing he might be torn apart.
• The concealed Yellow Springs Water surged from the Yellow Springs Array of the Netherworld and rushed toward Zhang Daoran.
• Zhang Daoran considered fleeing but rejected the idea because his departure would destabilize the formation and leave Zhai Xingzi to die.

Zhang Daoran struggled to hold back the Yellow Springs Water while Zhai Xingzi discovered he could use it to refine his Nascent Soul. As Zhai Xingzi noticed a phenomenon near Xiao Hua, the chapter shifted to Xiao Hua facing the formation’s explosive force.

• Zhang Daoran used his battered great roc, magic treasures, and Chilling Phantom Gall to resist the Yellow Springs Water and vowed to delay the formation’s collapse for his fellow cultivators.
• Zhai Xingzi recognized the Yellow Springs Water, collected it with a mysterious magic artifact, and began refining his Nascent Soul with it.
• Zhai Xingzi endured nine washings of his star core, then rebuilt his Nascent Soul into a solid, powerful form.
• Zhai Xingzi saw a sudden phenomenon near Xiao Hua and wondered what opportunity Xiao Hua had encountered as brilliant rays rose from the North Pole.
• The formation’s mutation blasted Xunkong Shangren’s Nascent Soul Dharma Body into the air, and Xiao Hua struck beneath the formation with his As-You-Wish Staff to resist its force.

Xiao Hua was overwhelmed by the ancient vicious souls guarding the formation until he remembered a Huanling Sect secret technique for absorbing them. He used it with the power of his Nascent Souls to draw the souls away from Xunkong Shangren, leaving Xunkong Shangren shaken and his wavering Dao heart in danger.

• Xiao Hua and green-robed Xiao Hua fought off the vicious souls with the As-You-Wish Staff, the Kunlun Mirror, and lightning, but the Yellow Springs Array nullified the lightning.
• Xiao Hua remembered the Huanling Sect’s Spirit Awakening Five Aggregates Formation and used its secret technique to absorb a vicious soul.
• Xiao Hua summoned more than forty Nascent Souls, sending a hundred-odd beams of radiance across the formation to capture and refine the vicious souls.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua used Five Qi True Thunder to help the Nascent Souls assimilate the absorbed souls as the vicious spirits converged on Xiao Hua.
• Xunkong Shangren saw the vicious souls abandon him for Xiao Hua and felt his Dao heart waver, causing his transformed Nascent Soul to begin returning to human form.

Xiao Hua absorbed the Yellow Springs Water, calming the outer formations and saving Zhang Daoran and Zhai Xingzi from immediate danger. The inner formation then erupted again, trapping Gu Suqiudi and Gongshu Yixin as their defenses began to fail.

• Xunkong Shangren suppressed his doubts about Xiao Hua and realized that his unstable Dao heart might signal an impending breakthrough.
• Xiao Hua recognized the danger of the Yellow Springs Water and collected it into the Yin aspect of his space, briefly restoring balance to the outer formations.
• Zhang Daoran and Zhai Xingzi took advantage of the diminishing Yellow Springs Water to continue cultivating and resist its corrosion.
• An immense explosion from the center destabilized the Yunshan Illusion Array again, while Xiao Hua flew toward the inner formation.
• Gu Suqiudi and Gongshu Yixin were trapped inside the collapsing inner formation, and their battered child bodies struggled to protect them as Gu Suqiudi asked Gongshu Yixin what they should do.

Gongshu Yixin and Gu Suqiudi faced destruction inside Canglangzi’s Yunshan Illusion Array until Xiao Hua arrived and used a demonic artifact and Innate True Water to stabilize the formations. With Xiao Hua holding the formations apart, Gongshu Yixin found the array’s essence and began preparing to break it.

• Gongshu Yixin explained that the formation’s layers required specialized experts to suppress them and that the trapped cultivators lacked the strength to escape.
• As the Yuan formation and Buddhist formation collided, Gu Suqiudi and Gongshu Yixin’s avatars collapsed, leaving them convinced they would die.
• Gu Suqiudi noticed that the outer formation had stabilized, and Gongshu Yixin wondered whether the Daoist seniors had found a way to break it.
• Xiao Hua arrived, recognized that the demonic qi was destabilizing the inner formations, and used a demonic artifact to collect it temporarily.
• Xiao Hua used Innate True Water to separate the Yuan formation from the Buddhist formation, allowing Gongshu Yixin to restrain the Yuan formation.
• Gongshu Yixin uncovered the essence of the Yunshan Illusion Array and began breaking it while Xiao Hua urged her to hurry.

Xiao Hua suppressed the Yunshan Illusion Array while gathering its fierce souls and Netherworld Water, allowing his companions to advance their cultivation. After the array began to collapse, Zhang Daoran and Zhai Xingzi wondered who had collected the missing Yellow Springs Water, while Xiao Hua concealed that he had done it.

• Xiao Hua balanced the formations with Innate True Water and demonic Qi while Gongshu Yixin attempted to break the vortex and Gu Suqiudi helped suppress the Buddhist formation.
• Xiao Hua told Gu Suqiudi that Zhai Xingzi was tempering his Nascent Soul and would soon reach the Out of Body realm, then secretly gathered Netherworld Water for Zhai Xingzi and Zhang Daoran.
• Xiao Hua spent forty-nine days absorbing the ancient fierce souls, and Yunshan shook apart into three sections as its surrounding water dried up.
• Xunkong Shangren and Zhang Daoran returned with greatly improved cultivation, and Zhai Xingzi soon joined them.
• Zhai Xingzi and Zhang Daoran realized that much of the Yellow Springs Water had vanished, but Xiao Hua denied collecting it and suggested the formations' damage had interrupted its flow.

After surviving the formation’s deadly inner layer, Xiao Hua and the others chose to continue toward Canglangzi’s cave abode. Fu Zhiwen recognized the restriction’s unusual design, and Gongshu Yixin began working with him to break it.

• Xiao Hua reassured Zhai Xingzi and Zhang Daoran that Gu Suqiudi and Gongshu Yixin had survived the inner formation’s dangers.
• Xiao Hua accepted Xunkong Shangren’s Qing Ming Dragon Saliva, and the group agreed to continue into the cave abode after checking Gongshu Yixin’s progress.
• Xunkong Shangren reported that parts of the grand formation had collapsed into icy abysses and that strange auras seeped from four locations.
• Fu Zhiwen recognized the formation as resembling the Daoist Nine-Bend Ghost Locking Formation, helping Gongshu Yixin realize it was a Daoist formation formed with Vast Righteous Qi.
• Gongshu Yixin explained the restriction to Fu Zhiwen and invited him to help break it, while he formed three groups of inscriptions.