Recaps

The Fourth Elder briefed Dragon Island’s entrants about the Diecui Relic Realm, then questioned Xiao Hua about his origins and the Dao Clan. He brought Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng to Dragon Hall, where Xiao Hua’s Dragon Vein emerged and the Great Elder welcomed him before the Second Elder threatened him.

• The Fourth Elder gave the Dragon Clan members, demons, and humans True Dragon Tokens and ordered them to cooperate in the Diecui Relic Realm and seek news of the Dragon Realm.
• The Fourth Elder told Xiao Hua that the Dragon Ship assassins had targeted Dao Clan descendants and suggested Xiao Hua might also descend from that clan.
• Xiao Hua said he did not know his origins or how he obtained his Dragon aura, and the Fourth Elder took him and Ao Sheng to Dragon Hall.
• Xiao Hua’s Dragon Vein burst from his body and transformed into a massive dragon as they arrived above the waves near Dragon Hall.
• Xiao Hua greeted the Great Elder and the other elders, but the Second Elder attacked Dragon Vein Xiao Hua with a destructive aura before the Great Elder stopped him.

Xiao Hua explained to the Dragon Island elders how he obtained and cultivated his dragon vein and incomplete Dragon Essence, but their suspicions about his connection to the Dá Clan sparked a dispute over whether to search his soul or let him enter the Dragon Cleansing Pool and Ancient Relic Realm. Ao Sheng argued that Xiao Hua’s earth-vein dragon qi could benefit the Dragon Race, leaving the elders to consider his plea.

• Xiao Hua admitted that he had come to Dragon Island to escape the Immortal Palace, strengthen his dragon qi in the Dragon Cleansing Pool, and complete his incomplete Dragon Essence.
• Xiao Hua revealed that he possessed the middle and lower sections of Dragon Essence, prompting the Second Elder to accuse him of being connected to the Dá Clan.
• Xiao Hua explained that an earth dragon vein had entered his meridians and that he had used the Devil Race’s Blood Shadow Technique to cultivate the Dragon Transformation Art.
• The elders argued over whether to search Xiao Hua’s damaged soul and whether he should be allowed into the Dragon Cleansing Pool and Ancient Relic Realm.
• Ao Sheng asked the elders to treat Xiao Hua leniently, arguing that his earth-vein dragon qi could help the Dragon Race preserve and strengthen its bloodline.

Xiao Hua avoided a soul search and received permission to train in the Diecui Relic Realm, where the Great Elder revealed that he could find the rest of the Longyu and forge a body for his dragon vein. The Great Elder warned that human cultivators would be severely hindered in the realm, leaving Xiao Hua to weigh the danger of entering.

• Ao Sheng defended Xiao Hua by arguing that the Longyu could help Dragon Island and its Dragon Race flourish, and the Great Elder dismissed him after crediting him for exposing Xiao Hua's dragon aura.
• The Great Elder invoked the Dragon Hall Decree to cancel the Second Elder's soul-search proposal and gave Xiao Hua a True Dragon Token, while forbidding anyone on Dragon Island from harming him.
• Xiao Hua balked at handing over the Longyu without compensation, so the Great Elder explained that the Diecui Relic Realm held a Dragon Cleansing Pool capable of forging a body for his dragon vein and might contain the other Longyu fragments.
• The Great Elder offered Xiao Hua a chance to negotiate with Dragon Island after his training and arranged for Ao Sheng to accompany him in searching for the complete Longyu.
• The Great Elder warned that human cultivators in the Diecui Relic Realm could not use divine sense, magical treasures, most Confucian Clear Sight Techniques, or true qi, and advised Xiao Hua to leave the Longyu behind.

Xiao Hua left the Dragon elders and followed Ao Sheng to his palace, where the two joked and talked about the Diecui Relic Realm. The elders had decided to rely on Xiao Hua to search for Dragon Yu, while keeping his secrets and the truth about the Dragon Cleansing Pool in mind.

• The Great Elder arranged a quiet chamber for Xiao Hua and said the Diecui Relic Realm would open within a hundred years.
• After Xiao Hua left, the elders debated his unusual Dragon Vein and Dragon Yu, and the Great Elder decided to entrust him with searching for Dragon Yu.
• Ao Sheng met Xiao Hua and invited him to his palace, and Xiao Hua agreed, hoping to learn when the relic realm would open.
• Xiao Hua kept pace with Ao Sheng through the water and joked with him about their escape techniques and the elders’ intentions.
• Ao Sheng showed Xiao Hua his ornate palace and waved away the young female Dragons who gathered to greet them.

Xiao Hua entertained Ao Sheng with stories of his disciples, then used Liu Yi’s connection to the Dongtian River Dragon race to explain his conflict with the North Sea Dragon Palace. Ao Sheng took offense when Xiao Hua teased him about dual-cultivation companions and reminded Xiao Hua that he was only a human cultivator on Dragon Island.

• Xiao Hua realized Dragon Island had surrounded Ao Sheng with young female dragons because of his valuable bloodline, then asked Ao Sheng for spirit fruit and wine before telling a story.
• Xiao Hua took the spirit fruit and wine Ao Sheng had offered and captivated him with the tale of Huang Yi and You Zhongquan.
• Xiao Hua asked Ao Sheng about Dongtian River, then told him Liu Yi and Xiao Yun’s story and explained his grievances with the North Sea Dragon Palace, including Jiang Tian, Jiang Xia, and Jiang Hai.
• Ao Sheng understood that Xiao Hua had used the stories to enlist his support, but Xiao Hua defended his concern for Liu Yi as a teacher’s responsibility.
• When Xiao Hua joked about Ao Sheng knowing about dual-cultivation companions, Ao Sheng froze the surrounding seawater and reprimanded him for speaking too familiarly on Dragon Island.

Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng bonded over poetry and Xiao Hua’s disciples, while Ao Sheng revealed that Xiao Yun’s restriction required Dragon Language Heavenly Art to remove. After spending three months together, Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng received word that the Diecui Relic Realm had opened, and Xiao Hua asked Ao Sheng to confirm it.

• Xiao Hua teased Ao Sheng about his behavior, and the two discussed the family affection and poetry Ao Sheng envied in humans.
• Xiao Hua used the Kunlun Mirror to bring Chang Yuan, You Zhongquan, Yuan Ya, Liu Yi, and Wang Zhengfei into Ao Sheng’s hall, where Liu Yi and Wang Zhengfei soon befriended Ao Sheng.
• Ao Sheng examined Xiao Yun’s restriction and explained that it required Dragon Language Heavenly Art, which he could not use; Xiao Hua planned to seek the missing Dragon Yu in the Diecui Relic Realm.
• Ao Sheng said he would enter the Diecui Relic Realm with Xiao Hua and help him find a way to save Xiao Yun.
• Liu Yi and Wang Zhengfei kept Ao Sheng company for more than three months, until a message arrived and Xiao Hua asked whether the Diecui Relic Realm had opened.

Xiao Hua accompanied Ao Sheng to the Diecui Relic Realm entrance and learned more about the realm’s dangers and changing terrain. There, he reunited with Ao Zhan, who proposed that they might join forces after entering.

• Ao Sheng told Xiao Hua that qualified dragons had to report before the Diecui Relic Realm opened and explained why dragons could not transform into human form.
• Ao Sheng brought Xiao Hua to the gathering at the realm’s entrance, where dragon generals inspected Xiao Hua’s True Dragon Token and let him pass.
• Xiao Hua considered the realm’s shifting time and terrain, and concluded that finding the Dragon Cleansing Pool and a complete Dragon Yu were his priorities.
• Xiao Hua recognized Ao Zhan among the participants and asked after Ao Qing, who had recovered but lacked the bloodline qualifications to enter.
• Ao Zhan asked whether Xiao Hua was the human rumored to have superior dragon qi, then suggested that they might join forces inside the relic realm.

Xiao Hua joined Ao Sheng and the other candidates as the Diecui Relic Realm opened, then entered the crystal at its center. Many Dragon Blood Descendants with insufficiently pure bloodlines were killed by its dragon aura, while the crystal closed after the survivors entered.

• Xiao Hua joined Ao Sheng beside the giant boulder and realized that the relic realm’s dragon aura would suppress his other cultivation methods.
• The Fourth Elder arrived and announced that the Diecui Relic Realm had opened, and the giant boulder shattered to reveal a golden crystal.
• Xiao Hua and the other candidates sent their True Dragon Tokens into the crystal and endured its piercing dragon aura by activating their dragon veins.
• Golden threads pulled Xiao Hua, Ao Sheng, and the other eligible candidates into the crystal and through its scale-like planes into the realm.
• The crystal’s dragon aura burst apart many Dragon Blood Descendants whose bloodlines were not pure enough, leaving only blood mist behind.
• The crystal dimmed after the candidates entered, then released dragon aura into the surrounding seawater.

Xiao Hua fell into the Diecui Relic Realm, where Dragon Vein Xiao Hua absorbed the dense Dragon Qi and discovered that Dragon Crystals could strengthen him. After gathering thousands of crystals over three days, Xiao Hua wondered why Ao Sheng had not arrived to guide him to the Dragon Cleansing Pool.

• The Dragon Palace Fourth Elder ordered the dragon soldiers to guard the Diecui Relic Realm crystal and the stones around it as they began turning into water droplets and moving toward the crystal.
• Xiao Hua crashed into the relic realm, where Dragon Vein Xiao Hua eagerly cultivated amid the dense Dragon Qi.
• Xiao Hua picked up a Dragon Crystal and discovered that Dragon Vein Xiao Hua could absorb it to fill out his physical shell.
• Xiao Hua transformed into a hundred-zhang Dharma Body Golden Body, broke boulders to collect Dragon Crystals, and let Dragon Vein Xiao Hua cultivate.
• Xiao Hua spent three days collecting hundreds upon thousands of Dragon Crystals, then wondered why Ao Sheng had not come to lead him to the Dragon Cleansing Pool.

Xiao Hua wandered through the Diecui Relic Realm and found Dragon Crystals, but a South Sea Dragon Palace dragon attacked him and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua, seeking to devour Xiao Hua’s bloodline. Xiao Hua countered the dragon’s powerful strikes and left him reeling with a devastating punch.

• Xiao Hua entered a valley to break rocks and collect Dragon Crystals, then noticed a divine sense sweeping over the area.
• A thousand-zhang South Sea Dragon Palace dragon demanded that Xiao Hua leave and attacked when he refused.
• The dragon recognized Xiao Hua and, realizing Ao Sheng was absent, tried to devour Xiao Hua’s bloodline to advance his cultivation.
• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua fought the dragon but suffered severe injuries from its claws, tail, and Dragon Script sword.
• Xiao Hua enlarged his Dharma Body and used the As-You-Wish Staff and his fist to damage the Dragon Script, then the dragon clawed his chest.
• Xiao Hua stopped the dragon’s claw from reaching his heart and struck its chest with a powerful punch, shattering several scales and nearly knocking it from the sky.

Xiao Hua and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua defeated and devoured a South Sea giant dragon, then gathered dragon crystals in the valley. The Diecui Relic Realm began transforming, forcing Xiao Hua to rush onward before the upheaval overtook him.

• Xiao Hua pinned the South Sea giant dragon and battered it while Dragon Vein Xiao Hua absorbed its Dragon Breath and dragon qi.
• The South Sea giant dragon summoned its Dragon Pearl, but Dragon Vein Xiao Hua swallowed it and overwhelmed the dragon’s attack.
• Xiao Hua killed the South Sea giant dragon, pulled out its tendon, and let Dragon Vein Xiao Hua devour its essence blood and spirit.
• Xiao Hua collected the dragon crystals and gathered the valley’s huge rocks, while he and his incarnations discussed Dragon Vein Xiao Hua’s path of cultivation.
• When eerie winds signaled the relic realm’s transformation, Dragon Vein Xiao Hua returned to Xiao Hua’s body, and Xiao Hua hurried toward the valley’s end as the realm fell into chaos.

Xiao Hua and Ao Man were caught in the Diecui Relic Realm’s violent transformations and nearly swallowed by a fissure in its dangerous spatial boundary. After the realm settled, Ao Man thanked Xiao Hua for rescuing him and offered him a Dragon Pearl.

• Xiao Hua realized the Relic Realm’s transformations might reveal a connection to the Dragon Realm, then was thrown into a mountain range by the storms.
• A giant dragon crashed into Xiao Hua’s mountain, and a fissure opened that began pulling them into a thin spatial layer.
• Xiao Hua anchored himself with the As-You-Wish Staff and grabbed the dragon’s tail, struggling to hold him back from the fissure.
• The Relic Realm flipped again, shifting Xiao Hua and the dragon away as the fissure closed, and the realm eventually calmed.
• The dragon introduced himself as Ao Man, thanked Xiao Hua for saving him, and offered him a Dragon Pearl in repayment.

Xiao Hua turned Ao Man’s attempt to steal his bloodline against him, then spent ten days capturing dragons who tried to devour his Dragon Vein Dharma Body. After Ao Sheng rescued him from a larger group of pursuers, Xiao Hua joined him in hunting dragons from the Four Seas Dragon Palace.

• Ao Man offered Xiao Hua a Dragon Pearl, then secretly tried to use it to make a small dragon attack Xiao Hua’s Dragon Vein Dharma Body.
• Xiao Hua absorbed Ao Man’s Dragon Qi, defeated him, and stored his crippled dragon body in his space.
• Xiao Hua spent ten days collecting giant rocks and capturing twelve dragons who attacked him.
• Ao Sheng arrived with dozens of dragons pursuing him, grabbed Xiao Hua, and carried him away on his back.
• Ao Sheng revealed that he wanted to teach the Four Seas Dragon Palace dragons a lesson and take their Dragon Pearls, and Xiao Hua agreed to help.
• Beside a cliff, Xiao Hua struck a giant dragon down while Ao Sheng charged in and was knocked aside by its tail.

Xiao Hua used Dragon Vein Xiao Hua to learn the Pseudo-Celestial Script Art and activate the incomplete Dragon Yu, which guided them toward their destination. On the way, Dragon Vein Xiao Hua was badly injured by a powerful silver-white dragon and called for Xiao Hua to emerge.

• Xiao Hua devoured a giant dragon’s bloodline, while Ao Sheng took its Dragon Core and urged Xiao Hua to keep hunting dragons.
• Ao Sheng gave Xiao Hua a shell inscription explaining how to activate Dragon Yu and revealed the Clan Elders’ arrangement for him to seek it.
• Xiao Hua had Dragon Vein Xiao Hua swallow and learn the Pseudo-Celestial Script Art, then spent several days studying it in a hidden valley.
• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua used the art to gather Dragon Script and restore Dragon Yu’s missing portion, which formed a temporary phantom that flew in a direction.
• Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng followed the phantom’s direction, but a silver-white dragon ambushed and severely wounded Dragon Vein Xiao Hua.
• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua fled the silver-white dragon’s attacks and called for Xiao Hua to come out.

Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng escaped Ao Qin, a violent dragon who attacked them, then discovered twelve slain dragons in a grove. Their wounds and missing dragon cores led Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng to suspect the Baleful Intent race was responsible, connecting the deaths to the earlier murders aboard the Dragon Ship.

• Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng arrived to rescue Dragon Vein Xiao Hua, but Ao Qin attacked them after accusing Ao Sheng of colluding with a human.
• Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng used their abilities to escape Ao Qin, who then vanished after sensing something nearby.
• Ao Sheng spotted twelve dragon corpses in a grove, and he and Xiao Hua found that their dragon cores had been taken.
• Xiao Hua identified the fatal wounds as marks from dragon claws and recalled the murders aboard the Dragon Ship.
• Ao Sheng said rumors linked Dragon Python's case to the Baleful Intent race and suspected the race had killed the dragons.

Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng followed Dragon Fertility to a seemingly endless sea inside the Diecui Relic Realm, where Xiao Hua discovered that the sea was an illusion created by Ao Jiao’s soul using Dragon Island’s forbidden Lihentian Art. Xiao Hua recognized they would need to break the illusion and began explaining to Ao Sheng that true training came from facing the mortal world.

• Xiao Hua harvested giant trees for his thunder boat, then summoned Dragon Vein Xiao Hua to locate the incomplete Dragon Fertility.
• Ao Sheng carried Xiao Hua to a golden sea where the Dragon Fertility’s dragon-shaped figure disappeared beneath the water.
• Xiao Hua spotted a dragon face in the sea and warned Ao Sheng that the waters were an illusion trapping them.
• Xiao Hua opened the Eye of Delusion Breaking and saw a colossal dragon beneath them, with a small third horn identifying it as Ao Jiao.
• Ao Sheng recognized the illusion as Lihentian Art and explained that Ao Jiao had used the forbidden technique to survive as a soul, drawing on the blood essence of lost dragons.
• Xiao Hua dismissed Ao Sheng’s claims of training and said that true experience came from navigating the dangers and complexities of the mortal world.

Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng tried to find a weakness in Ao Jiao’s Lihentian illusion, but Ao Jiao attacked them with seawater and soul techniques. Xiao Hua repelled most of the assault, yet Ao Jiao emerged as a massive emerald-water dragon head whose presence left him shaken.

• Xiao Hua realized the Dragon Cleansing Pool’s body-reshaping method was unknown, while Ao Sheng admitted the Dragon Palace elders had never explained how it worked.
• Xiao Hua decided that he and Ao Sheng should fly in opposite directions to test Ao Jiao’s response, warning Ao Sheng not to let seawater touch his body.
• Ao Jiao split his attack between them, sending a rising wave after Ao Sheng and surrounding Xiao Hua with seawater and dragon-patterned soul threads.
• Xiao Hua used the Lightning and Thunder Technique and his newly comprehended soul threads to destroy most of Ao Jiao’s assault and clear the crimson strands from his body.
• Ao Jiao roared in pain and emerged from the sea as an enormous emerald-water dragon head, filling Xiao Hua with helplessness.

Ao Jiao trapped Ao Sheng and Xiao Hua in his Lihentian, forcing them to fight with their strongest abilities. As Ao Jiao faced attacks from Xiao Hua, Little White Dragon, and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua, he summoned an even more powerful dragon head.

• Ao Sheng drew out a drop of golden dragon blood that formed True Blood Bright Armor, but Ao Jiao’s water dragons trapped him and twisted the armor as Ao Sheng struggled toward Xiao Hua.
• Xiao Hua used the Cloud-Gathering and Rain-Making Technique to melt Ao Jiao’s seawater dragon head, but Ao Jiao dispelled the rain and broke the technique.
• Xiao Hua sent a soul sword into Ao Jiao’s divided soul, destroying part of it before the remaining soul began counterattacking.
• Xiao Hua pulled Little White Dragon from his mysterious dark clouds, and Little White Dragon attacked Ao Jiao’s divided soul while Xiao Hua retrieved the soul sword.
• Ao Jiao recognized Little White Dragon’s Fire Dragon Soul, and Xiao Hua sent Dragon Vein Xiao Hua to attack as well.
• Ao Jiao summoned a larger, more powerful dragon head with a crimson horn and gathered Dragon Qi around it.

Xiao Hua struggled to protect Ao Sheng and his allies from Ao Jiao’s seemingly endless divided souls in Lihentian. After Ao Sheng used the Purple Dragon Crown to escape immediate danger and swore a Dragon Oath to keep Xiao Hua’s secret, Xiao Hua unleashed a silver beam from his Eye of Delusion Breaking into the sea.

• Xiao Hua and his divided forms fought Ao Jiao’s souls, while Ao Jiao kept producing more and trapping Ao Sheng, Little White Dragon, and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua.
• Ao Sheng summoned the Purple Dragon Crown, which destroyed the souls binding him and healed his wounds, but he turned back to try to rescue Xiao Hua.
• Ao Sheng’s dragon robe could not shield Xiao Hua, so Xiao Hua asked him whether Lihentian had a flaw and said he could find Ao Jiao’s true soul.
• Ao Sheng swore before the Dragon Ancestor never to reveal what he saw, and Xiao Hua warned him to retreat while he prepared a powerful technique.
• As Ao Jiao’s water dragons bound Xiao Hua, he sent a silvery-white beam from his Eye of Delusion Breaking into the sea, creating a rapidly spreading silver vortex.

Xiao Hua unleashed his Demon God form and fought Ao Jiao’s many soul fragments throughout Lihentian. After the battle lasted dozens of days, Xiao Hua devoured Ao Jiao and emerged exhausted, warning Ao Sheng that using his demonic technique stripped away his emotions and might eventually make him kill without distinction.

• Xiao Hua’s Eye of Delusion Breaking pinned Ao Jiao’s soul, but Ao Jiao resisted until Xiao Hua transformed into Demon God Xiao Hua and spread demonic power across Lihentian.
• Ao Jiao used purple qi to escape the pillar’s restraint and split his soul into countless fragments, but Xiao Hua’s demonic blade, demon heads, Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua, Little White Dragon, and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua attacked them.
• Demon God Xiao Hua trapped one half of Ao Jiao’s main soul in the Blood Drop Cave Heaven as the demonic dragon devoured the other half, and the battle continued for dozens of days.
• The demonic dragon returned to Xiao Hua, the demonic qi receded, and Xiao Hua collapsed before waking and standing again.
• Xiao Hua told Ao Sheng that each use of his Demonic Path secret technique stripped away some of his emotions and could eventually turn him into a beast that might kill Ao Sheng.

Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng uncovered the hidden Dragon Yu and negotiated over their competing goals in the Diecui Relic Realm. After Ao Sheng left to search for Shener Abyss, Xiao Hua secluded himself and examined the Dragon Yu’s mysterious rune.

• Xiao Hua and Ao Sheng collected the boulders, then discussed the Crystal Dragon Script and learned that Ao Ye had separated it from the Dragon Yu.
• Xiao Hua directed Ao Sheng to use the Soaring Dragon Technique, revealing Ao Jiao’s remnant soul and the concealed Dragon Yu, which Xiao Hua took into his space.
• Ao Sheng warned Xiao Hua that Dragon Island expected the Dragon Yu and Crystal Dragon Script, while Xiao Hua asked about the relic realm’s faster flow of time.
• Xiao Hua agreed to stay and cultivate while Ao Sheng searched for Shener Abyss and promised to return if he found it.
• Xiao Hua hid in a small cave and examined the fused Dragon Yu, whose rune unleashed powerful dragon might before Jade Slip Xiao Hua sealed it away.

Jade Slip Xiao Hua unlocked the Dragon Essence’s complete Dragon Transformation Art and Dragon Language Heavenly Arts, then passed the missing inheritance to Little White Dragon and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua. After a landscape shift in the Diecui Relic Realm, Xiao Hua met the wounded Ao Fengping, helped him recover, and heard that Ao Fengping had something to tell him.

• Jade Slip Xiao Hua used dragon blood to reveal the Dragon Essence’s complete Dragon Transformation Art and Dragon Language Heavenly Arts, and learned that the art was needed to shape a body in the Dragon Cleansing Pool.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua passed the complete Dragon Transformation Art to Little White Dragon, who began comprehending it, and told Dragon Vein Xiao Hua to study the inheritance as well.
• Xiao Hua left his secluded cave when the Diecui Relic Realm’s scenery shifted again and a wounded Ao Fengping crashed into the nearby mountain range.
• Ao Fengping recognized Xiao Hua and explained that a Dragon Clan member had ambushed him; Xiao Hua offered to stand guard while Ao Fengping healed.
• After Ao Fengping recovered and changed his armor, he told Xiao Hua that he had something to say.

Xiao Hua agreed to accompany Ao Fengping toward Shener Abyss after learning that the Dragon descendant knew a secret route and trading for Confucian techniques. They reached a hidden gathering place, where Ao Fengping introduced Xiao Hua to three wary human cultivators.

• Ao Fengping urged Xiao Hua to leave his mountain refuge, help human cultivators, and ally with Dragon descendants, then offered to guide him to a secret place.
• After Ao Fengping named Shener Abyss, Xiao Hua traded for a jade pupil containing Confucian techniques he could use as a dual Daoist and Confucian cultivator.
• Xiao Hua and Ao Fengping traveled for more than ten days, during which Xiao Hua defeated and captured numerous dragons while Ao Fengping grew alarmed.
• Ao Fengping led Xiao Hua to a valley near Shener Abyss, received a signal that changed their plans, and brought him to a fruit grove among ruined walls.
• Ao Fengping introduced Xiao Hua to three human cultivators, and one rebuked him for bringing a stranger to their gathering.

Xiao Hua confronted Ao Yuzhong and Ao Yunqing when they tried to stop him from leaving, but Ao Moyun’s arrival eased the conflict. She then revealed that Shener Abyss might contain an Ancient Golden Core suited to Xiao Hua, leaving him interested in the opportunity.

• Xiao Hua rejected the cultivators’ attempt to keep him in the valley and broke through Ao Yunqing and Ao Yuzhong’s combined attacks.
• Ao Yuzhong and Ao Yunqing revealed their Dragon Blood Dharma Bodies, but Ao Moyun arrived and ordered them to stand down.
• Ao Moyun explained that she had trained on Dragon Island to enter the Diecui Relic Realm for the sake of Shener Abyss.
• Ao Moyun showed Xiao Hua the Dragon Core Fruits, and Xiao Hua uprooted more than half the trees to test whether they could survive outside the soil.
• Ao Moyun told Xiao Hua that Shener Abyss might contain an Ancient Golden Core suitable for his cultivation, and he asked how she had learned of it.

Xiao Hua learned that the golden cores near Shener Abyss might be dragon-refined pills, but he tried to avoid choosing between Ao Sheng and Ao Moyun’s Long Clan. Unable to leave the mist-shrouded region, he returned to Shener Abyss and witnessed the two forces clash over a Long Clan relic.

• Ao Moyun argued that the golden cores could have been refined by dragons or Daoist cultivators, but Xiao Hua refused to take them because he did not want to side with Ao Sheng or the Long Clan.
• Ao Moyun sent Ao Yuzhong and Ao Fengping toward Shener Abyss after the mountain range emerged from the mist, while Xiao Hua discovered an invisible barrier blocking his escape.
• Xiao Hua returned to Shener Abyss, concealed himself, and saw Ao Sheng’s Dragon Island force confronting Ao Tao and the Long Clan descendants.
• Ao Sheng ordered his dragons to kill Ao Tao’s group and break the restriction, while Ao Tao rallied the Long Clan to fight for their clan’s relic and future.