Recaps

Xiao Hua reunited with Mo Jianli and learned that the Confucian cultivators around him looked down on his friendship with Daoist cultivators. Gongshu Yixin then recognized Xiao Hua at Star Picking Tower and enthusiastically introduced him to Gongshu Yiming.

• Mo Jianli introduced Xiao Hua to the Confucian cultivators, including Gongshu Minghu, who insulted Daoist cultivators and warned Mo Jianli against befriending Xiao Hua.
• Mo Jianli defended his friendship with Xiao Hua, prompting Gongshu Minghu to rebuke him and the other Confucian cultivators to distance themselves from him.
• Xiao Hua asked Mo Jianli about his expulsion from the Chongyun Sect and the sect’s destruction, but Gongshu Yixin and Gongshu Yiming arrived before he could explain.
• Gongshu Yixin reprimanded Gongshu Minghu for publicly calling her Aunt, then told him that Uncle-grandfather Jingye had summoned him.
• Gongshu Yixin recognized Xiao Hua and greeted him excitedly, then told Gongshu Yiming about his formation skills, cultivation, and lightning abilities.

Xiao Hua reunited with Gongshu Yixin and Gongshu Yiming, then learned from Mo Jianli how the fall of Changsheng Town had led to Mo Jianli’s exile and Chongyun Sect’s destruction. He considered asking Mo Jianli to follow him but hesitated because he believed he could take only seven disciples and already had someone in mind for the final place.

• Gongshu Yixin and Gongshu Yiming introduced Xiao Hua to Gongshu Yiming and invited him to meet their Uncle-grandfather Jingye, while Gongshu Minghu followed them downstairs.
• Xiao Hua asked Mo Jianli about Xi Kingdom and learned that Mo Jianli had taken responsibility for his companions, been expelled from Chongyun Sect, and later advanced to Literary Master.
• Mo Jianli told Xiao Hua that Chongyun Sect had eventually been destroyed after Shan’s assassination, though the perpetrators and motive remained unknown.
• Xiao Hua offered to compensate Mo Jianli by having him follow him, but stopped short of making the offer because he believed he could take only seven disciples and had another candidate in mind.

Xiao Hua agreed to arrange for Mo Jianli to join the Creation Sect, then entered a hall where he encountered Gongshu Jingye and his old adversary Duanmu Qing. Duanmu Qing declared his love for Gongshu Yiming despite Gongshu Yixin’s rebuke, leaving Xiao Hua watching the confrontation.

• Xiao Hua offered to have his sword-skilled disciple take Mo Jianli as a student and make him a disciple of the Creation Sect, and Mo Jianli reluctantly agreed to meet him.
• Xiao Hua entered the hall with Mo Jianli and saw Gongshu Jingye waiting among several Confucian cultivators.
• Xiao Hua recognized Duanmu Qing, whose family had previously pursued him, and realized Star Moon Palace had drawn old adversaries together.
• Duanmu Qing presented Lightning Derivation Wood to Gongshu Yiming, and Gongshu Yixin accused him of using the gift to pressure her sister despite her rejection.
• Duanmu Qing defended his devotion to Gongshu Yiming, saying love was not determined by rank or strength, while Xiao Hua watched with interest.

Duanmu Qing tried to win Gongshu Yiming’s favor by offering her Lightning Derivation Wood, but Xiao Hua exposed her past conflict with him and the Duanmu Family’s Killing Order. Xiao Hua then challenged the wood’s value, and Duanmu Qing demanded to know what qualified him to dismiss it.

• Duanmu Qing recounted how she had searched for Lightning Derivation Wood for Gongshu Yiming and offered her a piece at the Star Moon Palace.
• Gongshu Yixin stopped Gongshu Yiming from accepting it and asked Xiao Hua to lend her his Lightning Devouring Bead instead.
• Xiao Hua confronted Duanmu Qing about her claim that he had used despicable means to win Lightning Derivation Wood at the Star Picking Tower auction.
• Xiao Hua recounted their earlier dispute and revealed that the Duanmu Family had issued a Killing Order against him, prompting contempt from the Gongshu family disciples.
• Duanmu Qing insisted that Gongshu Yiming should accept the wood, while Xiao Hua dismissed its usefulness for breaking her cultivation bottleneck.
• Duanmu Qing angrily questioned Xiao Hua’s qualifications to judge the Lightning Derivation Wood’s value.

Xiao Hua revealed the Five Brocade Cloud Diagram of the Immortal Palace, giving Gongshu Yiming hope of advancing her Five Qi True Thunder cultivation. Duanmu Qing challenged him to a wagered battle to settle their grudges, and Xiao Hua accepted through Mo Jianli.

• Xiao Hua showed Gongshu Yiming a silk handkerchief that Gongshu Yixin recognized as the Five Brocade Cloud Diagram of the Immortal Palace.
• Gongshu Yiming thanked Xiao Hua after learning the diagram could help her overcome a bottleneck in cultivating the Five Qi True Thunder.
• Duanmu Qing challenged Xiao Hua to the Battle to Resolve Grudges and suggested that winning could end the Duanmu Family’s Killing Order against him.
• Gongshu Yixin warned Xiao Hua that Duanmu Qing wanted to use another fighter to attack him, but Xiao Hua agreed to the wagered battle.
• Xiao Hua had Mo Jianli strike palms and swear the oath in his place, and Duanmu Qing agreed that life and death would not be discussed in the battle.

Xiao Hua clashed with Duanmu Qing and learned that the aristocratic families would settle grudges in a dangerous wager battle before entering Star Moon Palace. The Gongshu family offered to protect him through a marriage pretense involving Gongshu Yixin, but Xiao Hua refused to back down from the Duanmu Family.

• Gongshu Yixin praised Xiao Hua for confronting Duanmu Qing, who promised to explain himself during the Battle to Resolve Grudges.
• Gongshu Jingye explained that the families held the battle before entering Star Moon Palace, warning Xiao Hua that the matches were real and that Duanmu Lianheng was a formidable leader.
• Gongshu Yiming suggested that Xiao Hua form a marriage connection with Gongshu Yixin so Gongshu Jingye would have grounds to oppose the Duanmu Family.
• Gongshu Yixin agreed to pretend she and Xiao Hua had a relationship, then worried that he might cling to her like Duanmu Qing had.
• Xiao Hua thanked the Gongshu family but said he would not retreat from Duanmu Lianheng, while Gongshu Yixin urged him to put his own safety first.

Xiao Hua left the Gongshu family after offering to find teachers for Gongshu Yixin and Gongshu Yiming, then noticed a mysterious phantom repeatedly moving through Star Picking Tower. Suspecting something was wrong, he disguised himself and flew toward a guarded archway to investigate.

• Xiao Hua offered to find teachers for Gongshu Yixin and Gongshu Yiming, and Gongshu Jingye ordered the family to keep the Five Brocade Cloud Diagram secret and investigate Xiao Hua.
• Xiao Hua told Mo Jianli he did not fear Duanmu Qing and said his friend could teach Mo Jianli Confucian techniques.
• Xiao Hua sensed a phantom approaching them, but it veered away; he later saw it return and move through the corridor again.
• Xiao Hua suspected the phantom was involved in something amiss at Star Picking Tower and decided to follow it.
• Xiao Hua disguised himself and charged toward a guarded archway at the end of the corridor.

Xiao Hua infiltrated a secret meeting in the Star Picking Tower and learned that a plot involving the tower and Star Moon Palace had been postponed after a Human Mahayana appeared. As he climbed toward the upper floors, he encountered Murong Congyun, who was overwhelmed to find him alive.

• Xiao Hua entered a hall filled with powerful Confucian cultivators after the jade pendant dispelled the cloud glow that exposed him.
• A Warlord announced that their plan was temporarily shelved because the Star Moon Palace Master had returned with a Human Mahayana cultivator.
• Xiao Hua chose not to interfere with the conspirators and followed them through a hidden passage before heading upstairs.
• Xiao Hua recognized Murong Congyun's voice and stopped on the stairs as she appeared with several Confucian cultivators.
• Murong Congyun saw Xiao Hua, asked whether he was truly still alive, and dismissed her companions so she could speak with him.

Murong Congyun reunited with Xiao Hua and described the prosperity of the Xiao Kingdom he had founded by farming the former Divine Demon Blood Swamp. She brought him to meet Murong Jiang, who offered to make him a guest elder of the Murong family and formally induct him after their return from Star Moon Palace.

• Murong Congyun told Xiao Hua she had feared he died in the Divine Demon Blood Swamp and praised the Xiao Kingdom’s transformation into a prosperous refuge.
• Xiao Hua asked Murong Congyun what had happened after he fell unconscious, and she agreed to explain as they went to meet Murong Jiang.
• Murong Congyun said the clans had knowingly used themselves as bait, and warned Xiao Hua that the clans—not the Immortal Palace—held the true power behind events on the Cangxian Continent.
• Murong Congyun led Xiao Hua to the Murong family pavilion, where he reunited with Murong Jiang after more than two hundred years.
• Murong Jiang offered Xiao Hua the position of guest elder and promised to arrange his formal entry into the Murong family after they returned from Star Moon Palace.

Murong Jiang tried to pressure Xiao Hua into joining the Murong family and accepting Murong Congyun, but Xiao Hua refused and left. Afterward, Murong Congyun and Murong Jiang discussed Xiao Hua’s suspicions and the Murong family’s plans for Xiao Kingdom.

• Murong Jiang praised Xiao Hua and urged him to accept Murong Congyun and join the Murong family, but Xiao Hua declined the offer.
• Murong Congyun pleaded with Xiao Hua to understand her feelings, while Murong Jiang threatened him and gave him until after Star Moon Palace to decide.
• Murong Congyun shielded Xiao Hua from Murong Jiang, and Xiao Hua left after warning them not to repeat such pressure.
• Murong Jiang dismissed the other disciples and learned from Murong Congyun that she had encountered Xiao Hua outside the Changsun family.
• Murong Congyun realized Xiao Hua might be suspicious because he had escaped the Demon King who held him, and admitted she had pretended not to know about his plight.
• Murong Jiang explained that rescuing Xiao Hua from Biqingyu would have risked the Murong family’s Literary Saints, while Murong Congyun regretted not having an answer when Xiao Hua questioned her.

Xiao Hua left the Murong family after realizing Murong Congyun’s affection had been an act, then disguised himself as Zhang Xiaohua and explored Star Picking Tower. When the auction was halted for the challenge to bury old grudges, Star Picking Tower began transporting everyone to the event.

• Murong Jiang explained why he had been wary of Xiao Hua and warned Murong Congyun not to act recklessly; she went to seek information about the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons.
• Xiao Hua concluded that Murong Congyun had been pretending to care for him and left the Murong family’s pavilion, prepared to retaliate if Murong Jiang attacked.
• Xiao Hua changed his appearance to Zhang Xiaohua and found no worthwhile bargains while wandering around Star Picking Tower.
• A Star Picking Tower disciple announced that the auction would pause for the challenge to bury old grudges, prompting attendees to discuss the upcoming event.
• Martial cultivator Zhu accidentally revealed that he had paid Star Picking Tower yuan stones, and the tower’s formation transformed the auction hall into a star-shaped space to transport the attendees.

Nanhua Yue opened the challenge to bury old grudges beneath the Great Grandmasters gathered at Star Picking Tower. After Duanmu Lianheng and Meng Sheng clashed and Nanhua Yue calmed the damage, the families submitted their participants’ names to the General Dispatching Cauldron, and the challenge was set to begin.

• Nearly two hundred Great Grandmasters and thousands of family disciples gathered beneath the halos in the starry-sky arena as Nanhua Yue arrived to preside over the challenge.
• Duanmu Lianheng attacked Meng Sheng after their exchange of barbed words, and Meng Sheng blocked his blade with a fist formed from Vast Righteous Qi.
• The collision tore through space and endangered Nanhua Yue, but moonlight from the full moon calmed the forces and restored the damaged space.
• Nanhua Yue asked Duanmu Lianheng and Meng Sheng to register if they wished to participate, and both agreed to follow Star Picking Tower’s arrangements.
• Nanhua Yue presented the General Dispatching Cauldron, and the Great Grandmasters sent jade pupils containing the participants’ names into it as war drums stirred the disciples.

Mo Jianli faced Duanmu Qing in the first challenge to bury the hatchet, and Xiao Hua appeared after Duanmu Qing was pressured into accepting the fight. Xiao Hua revealed that the Duanmu Family had issued a Killing Order against him, and Meng Sheng offered the Meng Family’s support.

• Nanhua Yue announced that Duanmu Qing would challenge Mo Jianli in the first round.
• The crowd mocked Mo Jianli, but he drew on his hardships and stood his ground against Duanmu Qing.
• Mo Jianli refused to apologize for Xiao Hua, and Duanmu Qing accepted the fight after Duanmu Lianheng ordered him to proceed.
• Xiao Hua arrived and taunted Duanmu Qing, who declared that they would settle their old grievances in battle.
• Xiao Hua said the Duanmu Family had issued a Killing Order against him, and Meng Sheng vowed that the Meng Family would stand up for him.

Xiao Hua summoned his disciple Yuan Ya, who crippled Duanmu Qing with a single punch and then repelled Duanmu Lianheng’s attack. As Duanmu Lianheng prepared to challenge Xiao Hua, Nanhua Yue announced that Star Picking Tower had sent an update to the Xuanhuang List.

• Duanmu Lianheng ordered Duanmu Qing to fight Xiao Hua, but Xiao Hua summoned Yuan Ya from the Kunlun Mirror instead.
• Yuan Ya recognized Duanmu Qing from their past encounter and struck him, shattering his armor and crippling his cultivation.
• Yuan Ya defended his attack by recalling the Duanmu Family’s Killing Order against Xiao Hua, then challenged Duanmu Lianheng to fight.
• Duanmu Lianheng attacked Yuan Ya, but Yuan Ya shattered his blade light and wounded him with fist wind.
• Nanhua Yue warned Duanmu Lianheng that he could not interfere without entering the challenge, and he declared that he would challenge Xiao Hua.
• Nanhua Yue received a message that Star Picking Tower was updating the Xuanhuang List and offered to announce it to the gathered seniors.

Nanhua Yue secured additional Yuan stones from the Confucian families to let them receive the Xuanhuang List at the same time as the Cangxian Continent. The list appeared and revealed its rankings, but Xiao Hua was absent, prompting the Confucian cultivators to wonder about his return from Biqingyu.

• Nanhua Yue asked the Confucian families for fifty percent more Yuan stones to transmit the updated Xuanhuang List simultaneously, and Gongshu Jingye agreed to pay first.
• The families contributed Yuan stones, and Star Picking Tower opened a vast transmission formation above the round moon.
• The Xuanhuang List appeared amid thunder and Immortal Palace visions, displaying the Xuan Ranking and Huang Ranking.
• Xiao Hua examined the rankings and found familiar cultivators listed, but his own name was absent.
• Murong Jiang asked why Xiao Hua was missing, and Nanhua Yue explained that he had previously disappeared from the list.
• A Confucian Great Grandmaster recalled that Xiao Hua had been suppressed in Biqingyu, leaving the gathered cultivators silent and waiting.

The Xuanhuang List’s Huang Ranking filled with Creation Sect disciples, revealing the sect’s extraordinary strength to the gathered Confucian cultivators. The chapter ended with Xiong Yi, Lan Dianzi, and Li Xiang at the top of the ranking and Duanmu Lianheng asking how much of it the Creation Sect occupied.

• A blood-red meteor added Creation Sect Liu Peng to the Huang Ranking, and Xiao Hua recognized the name as belonging to one of his disciples.
• Creation Sect You Buping appeared next, and Xiao Hua guessed the list had changed because the disciples had reached the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range and drawn the Immortal Palace’s attention.
• Waves of meteors added hundreds of Creation Sect disciples, filling ranks one hundred through three hundred and sixty and leaving the Confucian cultivators stunned.
• More Creation Sect names reshuffled the top hundred, pushing True Lord Qingxu to ninetieth and placing Xiong Yi, Lan Dianzi, and Li Xiang in the top three.
• Gongshu Jingye explained that the three leaders ranked first because they commanded the Creation Sect, while Duanmu Lianheng asked how much of the Huang Ranking the sect occupied.

Creation Sect disciples swept onto the Xuan Ranking, astonishing the gathered Confucian cultivators and revealing the sect’s growing strength. The chapter ended with Xuan Songzi taking eleventh place, leaving Xiao Hua to wonder whether Lan Dianzi had returned to Cangxian Continent.

• Lu Zhen of Creation Sect appeared at the bottom of the Xuan Ranking, and more Creation Sect disciples soon filled nearly sixty percent of the list.
• Fu Zhiwen and Wang Zhengfei of Creation Sect entered the ranking, while Xiao Hua confirmed to Nanhua Yue that they were his disciples and welcomed Mo Jianli into the sect.
• Xiao Hua declared that Creation Sect would turn the Xuanhuang List into the Heroes' List of the Three Great Continents.
• Yuan Ya took fifteenth place on the Xuan Ranking, and Duanmu Lianheng regretted the Duanmu Family’s hostility toward Creation Sect.
• Xuan Songzi appeared in eleventh place, surprising Xiao Hua, who wondered whether Lan Dianzi had led the Creation Sect disciples back to Cangxian Continent.

The Xuanhuang List revealed that Creation Sect disciples occupied many high positions, with Xiao Hua appearing at the top before his name was violently erased and the ranking restored to its former leaders. After the list vanished, Duanmu Lianheng apologized to Xiao Hua, who accepted and urged the Duanmu Family to restrain its disciples and revoke its Killing Order.

• Nanhua Yue confirmed that the Xuanhuang List was genuine, while Murong Jiang and other Confucian cultivators questioned its surprising rankings.
• Creation Sect True Person Jingting, Chang Yuan, You Zhongquan, Liu Yi, and Jiang Hong appeared among the high-ranked cultivators, astonishing the gathered families.
• Creation Sect Xiao Hua appeared at the top of the Xuan Ranking, displacing Ancestor Hongmeng and the other leaders, but golden lightning shattered his name and collapsed the vortex.
• Fairy Xingyue spoke as flowers entered the collapsing vortex, and moonlight restored the Xuan Ranking with Ancestor Hongmeng and the other two back at the top.
• Duanmu Lianheng apologized to Xiao Hua for the Duanmu Family's offense, and Xiao Hua advised him to discipline its disciples and protect ordinary people.
• Duanmu Lianheng agreed to send disciples back to revoke the family's Killing Order.

Xiao Hua settled his grievances with Duanmu Lianheng and Murong Jiang before entering Star Moon Palace with Mo Jianli and Yuan Ya. At Star Picking Tower, Nanhua Yue revealed why Xiao Hua could not appear on the Xuanhuang List and sold the Hundred Schools of Thought information about the Creation Sect that left Meng Sheng stunned.

• Xiao Hua dismissed Duanmu Lianheng's request to withdraw the Duanmu Family's Killing Order, leaving its patriarch to decide what to do after Star Moon Palace.
• Xiao Hua ordered Yuan Ya to punch Murong Jiang, then declared their grudge settled and warned him that schemes eventually left evidence.
• Xiao Hua entered the full moon with Mo Jianli and Yuan Ya, while the Confucian cultivators celebrated the Creation Sect's dominance of the Xuanhuang List.
• Nanhua Yue explained that cultivators stronger than the one who refined the Xuanhuang List could not have their names written on it, though Star Picking Tower had no record of its creator.
• The Hundred Schools of Thought paid Nanhua Yue for information about the Creation Sect, and Meng Sheng was shocked after reading it in a jade pupil.

Meng Sheng read Star Picking Tower reports detailing the Creation Sect’s overwhelming victories across the Cangxian Continent, the South Sea, and the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons. The chapter ended with the Creation Sect’s army heading toward Cangxian, its growing power and Xiao Hua’s reputation leaving thousands of Confucian cultivators stunned.

• Meng Sheng read that Fu Zhiwen, Wang Zhengfei, You Zhongquan, and Chang Yuan led thousands of powerful Creation Sect disciples against Sun Ge’s army, captured the Immortal Generals, and released the soldiers unharmed.
• Meng Sheng reported that Liu Yi and Jiang Hong rescued the Dongtian River Dragon race, destroyed the Tianhong River branch, and led Creation Sect disciples to split the South Sea Dragon Palace in two.
• Meng Sheng recounted how Xiao Hua and two hundred thousand Creation Sect disciples avenged the Dragon Clan member mistaken for him, slaughtered demons across three realms, and forced three Demon Kings to surrender their territories.
• Meng Sheng announced that Creation Sect disciples were escorting the original Soaring Dragon Mountain Range disciples toward Cangxian, killing anyone who blocked their army.

After the Creation Sect’s dominance of the Xuanhuang List stunned the Confucian families, Xiao Hua met Fairy Xingyue and Xu Zhi, who warned him that powerful factions might move against his sect. Xiao Hua then revealed that Star Picking Tower disciples were plotting against their leaders, and Fairy Xingyue went to confront them.

• Meng Sheng argued that the Creation Sect’s imposing spirit needed no further demonstration, and Nanhua Yue ended the array for the Challenge to Dissolve Past Grudges.
• Xiao Hua invited Mo Jianli to return to the Creation Sect after fulfilling his promise to Star Picking Tower, then went to meet Fairy Xingyue.
• Xu Zhi and Fairy Xingyue warned Xiao Hua that the Immortal Palace, Buddhist Sect, and Demon Race might join forces against the Creation Sect, but Xiao Hua said he would not abandon his disciples for the Immortal Realm.
• Xiao Hua hinted that Star Picking Tower faced immediate trouble, then explained that its own disciples appeared to be plotting against Fairy Xingyue and Xu Zhi.
• Fairy Xingyue blamed the Tower Masters whose interests had been affected and left the hall to confront the plotters.

Xu Zhi told Xiao Hua that Jiu Xia was likely a descendant of Qingqiu Mountain’s Nine-tailed Foxes and revealed that she had guided Xu Zhi and left him an inheritance to pass on. Xiao Hua received the inheritance, while Fairy Xingyue returned from her investigation with a report about Star Moon.

• Xu Zhi questioned Xiao Hua about Jiu Xia and explained that Nine-tailed Foxes were famed for their beauty and began their names with “Nine.”
• Xu Zhi revealed that he had received guidance from a Nine-tailed Fox before becoming an immortal and had inherited Qingqiu Mountain’s lost teachings in the Immortal Realm.
• Xu Zhi deduced that Jiu Xia had arranged for Xiao Hua to find Qingqiu Mountain’s inheritance, then gave him a lightning ball containing it and warned him to keep it secret.
• Xiao Hua wondered whether receiving the inheritance meant he would return to Xiaoyu Continent, but Xu Zhi said he could not be certain and advised him not to press Fairy Xingyue about her secrets.
• Fairy Xingyue returned after investigating and declared that she could accomplish anything within Star Moon, then rebuked Xiao Hua for speaking like Xu Zhi.

Fairy Xingyue and Xu Zhi sensed an approaching threat, so Xiao Hua secluded himself in the Star Picking Tower. Inside his space, he uncovered the Nine-tailed Fox Sculpture, suppressed its power, and used it to deepen the Hand of Cause and Effect while learning Qingqiu Mountain’s transformation arts.

• Fairy Xingyue told Xu Zhi that she could not identify the Confucian cultivator family conspiring against her, and both sensed danger approaching from the east.
• Xu Zhi sent Xiao Hua to cultivate in a quiet room until they reached the Chidi River, where he would need Xiao Hua’s magical power.
• Xiao Hua contained a ripple from Xu Zhi’s thunder sphere, then examined the sphere inside his space and triggered its hidden inheritance.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua suppressed the Nine-tailed Fox Sculpture’s surging pillar of light and saw it shift through many forms, including Jiu Xia’s appearance.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua joined the sculpture with the Hand of Cause and Effect, then practiced Qingqiu Mountain’s transformation arts.

Xiao Hua mastered a deeper level of transformation by merging light and shadow with his physical body while the Star Picking Tower vessel flew toward the rising sun. After Xu Zhi called him out near Chidi River, the group discussed Star Moon Palace, and Xiao Hua’s praise rekindled Fairy Xingyue’s confidence in the expedition.

• As Xiao Hua cultivated Qingqiu Mountain’s secret art, the Star Picking Tower rose from underground as a vast flying vessel and headed toward the rising sun.
• Xiao Hua’s body dissolved into light and shadow, then reformed as he realized transformation could merge the physical body with light and shadow.
• Xu Zhi summoned Xiao Hua from seclusion near Chidi River, and Fairy Xingyue remarked on how much he had changed.
• Xu Zhi teased Fairy Xingyue about handing Star Moon to Xiao Hua, but she refused to be drawn into their exchange.
• Fairy Xingyue expressed doubts about the ninth Star Moon Palace exploration, and Xiao Hua reminded her that the palace’s deepest secret was its passage to the Immortal Realm.
• Fairy Xingyue brightened at Xiao Hua’s praise and chided Xu Zhi for not saying something pleasant.

Xiao Hua witnessed the Star Moon Palace’s terrifying omen over the Chidi River, which exposed him to visions of primordial battles and devastated cultivators across the area. Fairy Xingyue questioned why he remained unharmed, while Xu Zhi explained that he had shielded the Star Picking Tower’s disciples from the omen.

• Fairy Xingyue opened the Star Picking Tower, and Xu Zhi told Xiao Hua that the Star Moon Palace’s emergence was imminent.
• Xiao Hua saw the Chidi River and watched immense spatial fluctuations sweep across the region, revealing visions of primordial chaos and battling giants.
• The disturbed space collapsed and then restored itself, while cultivators and demons across the area were left injured or dead.
• Fairy Xingyue asked why Xiao Hua had not been affected by the omen, and Xu Zhi said he had protected the Star Picking Tower’s disciples with restrictions.
• Xiao Hua remarked that the Star Picking Tower’s flying vessel looked unattractive.