Recaps

Xiao Hua discussed the unstable teleportation tunnels and the Shaque Immortal Alliance’s ambitions with Hao Yue Jushi, then prepared to continue his selection and investigate the Devil Race’s plans. After the alliances departed, he took Kong Qiang away from the center of the Heavenly Wind Forbidden Area and traded him Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism.

• Hao Yue Jushi explained that powerful cultivators could collapse the intermittent tunnels to the Lost Land, and Xiao Hua declined to have the Heavenly Alliance interfere with his selection.
• Hao Yue Jushi described Lian Feng’s expansion plans and asked Xiao Hua to check whether Lian Feng and Jia Zuo Xiong had been possessed by the Devil Race.
• Xiao Hua urged the Daoist Alliance and Heavenly Alliance to cooperate, discussed the immortal formation, and saw Old Man Gu Qiong and the other cultivators depart.
• Kong Qiang stayed behind to trade with Xiao Hua, while Ye Zhen waited to settle a separate matter with him.
• Xiao Hua and Kong Qiang flew farther from the forbidden area’s center, and Xiao Hua placed the Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism into Kong Qiang’s Qiankun Ring.

Xiao Hua learned Peacock Mountain Villa’s secrets from Kong Qiang and delivered his enormous Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism there. After returning to Ye Zhen at the Heavenly Wind Forbidden Area, he prepared to hear more about the foundations of immortal-cultivator aristocratic clans.

• The Qiankun Ring began collapsing under the Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism, so Xiao Hua quickly retrieved it; Kong Qiang revealed that the magnetism was far larger than Peacock Mountain Villa’s own.
• Kong Qiang gave Xiao Hua an Ink Immortal Scroll describing the Five-Colored Divine Light and explained his clan’s Five-Colored Peacock bloodline and its trials in the Tianyu Sacred Realm.
• Kong Qiang could not collect the immense Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism himself, so Xiao Hua agreed to deliver it to Peacock Mountain Villa and accepted maps and jade slips about Yilin Continent.
• Xiao Hua used spatial escape to take Kong Qiang toward Peacock Mountain Villa, but after struggling to navigate, he used teleportation and delivered the magnetism before returning to the Heavenly Wind Forbidden Area.
• Ye Zhen greeted Xiao Hua and offered to explain the secrets of immortal-cultivator aristocratic clans, while Xiao Hua reflected that Daoist sects had far weaker foundations.

Ye Zhen revealed that the Ye Family was actually the Jiang Family, an Immortal Realm clan hiding its surname, and told Xiao Hua about Yanhan Mountain and the Jiang Family’s ties to other clans. He asked Xiao Hua to look after the Ye Family’s descendants in the Lost Land, gave him a token and an old record of the Wumeng Mountain Range teleportation tunnel, and the chapter ended with Xiao Hua asking whether the family had records about the immortal formation.

• Ye Zhen told Xiao Hua that his family was really the Jiang Family, which had changed its surname to conceal itself from other Immortal Realm clans.
• Ye Zhen explained that the Jiang Family’s ancestral precepts required it to invite benevolent Tribulation Transcendence or Dao Integration cultivators to visit Yanhan Mountain after ascending.
• Ye Zhen asked Xiao Hua to look after the Ye Family descendants in the Lost Land, and Xiao Hua agreed to help if they had committed no evil deeds.
• Xiao Hua accepted Ye Zhen’s jade ruyi token, which identified him and let him command the Ye Family disciples in the Lost Land.
• Ye Zhen gave Xiao Hua an old jade slip containing information about the teleportation tunnel through Wumeng Mountain Range.
• Xiao Hua asked whether the Ye Family had any records concerning the immortal formation.

Xiao Hua returned to the ruined maze formation, collected Wind Phantom Wheels from Creation Sect disciples, and rescued them before heading toward the entrance. There, Bai Fei, Zhuang Chen, and Yu Meiren compared their experiences and gains, and Xiao Hua appeared as they discussed True Person Yuankong.

• Xiao Hua returned to the destroyed maze formation, praised the Creation Sect disciples for rescuing cultivators, and accepted two damaged Wind Phantom Wheels from them.
• Xiao Hua gave the disciples pills, Immortal Peaches, and spirit wine, brought them into Shenhua Continent, and flew toward the maze entrance.
• Bai Fei waited at the entrance and asked Zhuang Chen about his Wind Phantom Wheel, learning that Zhuang Chen had obtained one.
• Yu Meiren emerged and, after confirming Bai Fei and Zhuang Chen had Wind Phantom Wheels, recounted fleeing two Nascent Soul cultivators who had tried to kill her.
• Yu Meiren criticized True Person Yuankong's choices in the maze, while Zhuang Chen defended his decisions and explained how they had separated.
• Bai Fei spotted Xiao Hua approaching through the hurricane, and Yu Meiren privately questioned his ability to find his way.

Xiao Hua refused to give True Person Yuankong his extra Wind Phantom Wheel, warning that the transportation tunnel could get him killed. Bai Fei provoked Yuankong into reentering the collapsed illusion array, while the others prepared to leave.

• Xiao Hua rejoined Bai Fei, Yu Meiren, and Zhuang Chen and explained that he had missed the illusion array’s collapse while searching for Wind Phantom Wheels.
• Xiao Hua revealed that he had found two Wind Phantom Wheels, and Bai Fei asked to buy his extra one.
• True Person Yuankong emerged badly injured from the illusion array and offered Xiao Hua a storage ring for the extra Wind Phantom Wheel.
• Xiao Hua warned Yuankong that attempting the transportation tunnel was dangerous, but Yuankong took offense and demanded to know what price Xiao Hua wanted.
• Bai Fei soothed Yuankong’s anger and suggested that he reenter the illusion array to find a Wind Phantom Wheel himself.
• Yuankong agreed to go back into the illusion array, while Bai Fei said the others needed to leave the hurricane because they were injured.

After the illusion array collapsed, Bai Fei gave an extra Wind Phantom Wheel to Ye Yun so she could choose whether to travel to the Lost Land with him. Xiao Hua and his companions received their rewards aboard the Special Envoy Flying Boat, where Bai Fei confirmed that he planned to bring Ye Yun along.

• True Person Yuankong flew away after Xiao Hua and Bai Fei spoke with him, and Bai Fei said he would not return to the Special Envoy Flying Boat.
• Bai Fei secretly summoned Ye Yun and gave her an extra Wind Phantom Wheel, asking her to consider joining him on the journey to the Lost Land.
• Xiao Hua, Zhuang Chen, and Yu Meiren returned to the flying boat and received five storage rings each, along with instructions to refine their Wind Phantom Wheels before departure.
• Xiao Hua warned Bai Fei that bringing Ye Yun could endanger their journey, but Bai Fei said she would have a chance to go and that the person who might oppose them would not interfere.
• Xiao Hua called after Bai Fei as he turned to leave and asked whether he was going just like that.

Bai Fei suspected Yu Meiren and Zhuang Chen had ties to the Demon Race while preparing Void Cloud Pills, and Xiao Hua spent years comprehending the Five Elements Origin as the flying boat traveled toward the Wumeng Mountain Range. With the range only ten days away, Xiao Hua thought of the people awaiting him in Xiaoyu Continent.

• Bai Fei gave Xiao Hua two storage rings for the Wind Phantom Wheels, then discussed with Xiao Yue his suspicions about Yu Meiren and Zhuang Chen.
• Bai Fei began refining Void Cloud Pills, sending Metal Devouring Worms to spy on Xiao Hua, who continued meditating and comprehending the Water Origin's profound meanings.
• True Person Yuankong watched the flying boat leave and departed, accepting that his life would return to ordinary peace.
• Over several years of travel, Xiao Hua gained insight into the Five Elements Origin, while his scattered Nascent Souls and several clones transformed and developed Immortal Spiritual Qi.
• A message announced that the flying boat would reach the edge of the Wumeng Mountain Range in ten days and that Deputy Alliance Leader Xiong Tianjing would come to send the passengers off.
• Xiao Hua prepared for the final danger before Xiaoyu Continent and remembered Fairy Hongxia, Jiu Xia, Huang Mengxiang, Zhuo, Xiangyang, and the others.

Xiao Hua brought Nuo Yeqing to the edge of the Wumeng Mountain Range so he could follow his own path, and Nuo Yeqing revealed why he was determined to go there. He said he remembered a previous life in Million Meng Mountain, where he had been a soul cultivator and master artifact refiner.

• Xiao Hua reflected on returning to Xiaoyu Continent and promised his master he would bring him honor when he returned to Thunder Control Sect.
• Xiao Hua left the Special Envoy Flying Boat and brought Nuo Yeqing to a mountain at the edge of the Wumeng Mountain Range.
• Xiao Hua released Liu Qingyu and Yuehua so they could say farewell to Nuo Yeqing before their paths separated.
• Nuo Yeqing asked the others to keep his long-held secret and explained that he remembered his previous life.
• Nuo Yeqing revealed that he had been born in Million Meng Mountain as a soul cultivator and master artifact refiner.

Xiao Hua discovered that Nuo Yeqing had been Master Ke Qin in a previous life, and revealed himself to his old friend. He returned Ke Qin’s inheritance and prepared to introduce Nuo Yeqing to a teacher for Million Meng Mountain’s Soul Cultivation.

• Nuo Yeqing recounted his past life as Master Ke Qin, including his death at the hands of a Six-Eared Macaque and his reincarnation by Great God Houtu’s favor.
• Xiao Hua recognized Nuo Yeqing, revealed his true appearance, and the two reunited as Yue Hua and Liu Qingyu listened in astonishment.
• Xiao Hua inferred that Nuo Yeqing had reincarnated on Sacrifice Night, and explained that he had spent more than a hundred thousand years cultivating to his current level.
• Xiao Hua returned the Soul Nest and Master Ke Qin’s inheritance to Nuo Yeqing, who accepted them and said he had let go of his old-life hatred.
• Xiao Hua offered to find Nuo Yeqing a teacher for Million Meng Mountain’s Soul Cultivation inheritance, then summoned Wu Daoist with the Kunlun Mirror.

Xiao Hua persuaded Wu Daoist to accept Nuo Yeqing as his disciple, then asked him about Master Ke Qin’s death. Nuo Yeqing explained that Master Ke Qin had foreseen his death through Xiao Hua’s River of Cause and Effect and had been killed by a Six-Eared Macaque.

• Xiao Hua asked Wu Daoist to take Nuo Yeqing as a disciple, and Wu Daoist agreed after hearing Nuo Yeqing’s plea and Xiao Hua’s recommendation.
• Nuo Yeqing kowtowed to Wu Daoist and was accepted into his school, with a formal Wu Clan ceremony deferred until later.
• After Wu Daoist, Liu Qingyu, and Yuehua left, Xiao Hua sat with Nuo Yeqing and asked him to recount Master Ke Qin’s past.
• Nuo Yeqing explained that Master Ke Qin had seen his death in the River of Cause and Effect while looking into Xiao Hua’s eyes, then accepted his fate and left his artifact-refinement inheritance to Xiao Hua.
• Nuo Yeqing said Master Ke Qin tried to flee the valley but was killed by a Six-Eared Macaque, managing to write only one character of the killer’s name before dying.

Xiao Hua resolved the secret of Master Ke Qin’s death with Nuo Yeqing and took him to cultivate on Shenhua Continent. As Xiao Hua prepared to leave, he encountered Zhang Jie, an angel from the Sacred Light Realm, whose Seven Tears threatened to unleash devastating power upon Yilin Continent.

• Xiao Hua told Nuo Yeqing how Master Ke Qin’s murderer had been the Six-Eared Macaque, whom Xiao Hua had spared in accordance with Master Ke Qin’s last instructions.
• Nuo Yeqing asked Xiao Hua to keep his identity secret, and Xiao Hua agreed before taking him to Shenhua Continent to cultivate.
• Xiao Hua watched the setting sun as the Hand of Cause and Effect grew clearer, then noticed a holy multicolored glow crossing the sky.
• Zhang Jie approached Xiao Hua, identified herself as an angel of the Sacred Light Realm, and demanded that he reveal his true form.
• Zhang Jie unleashed a seven-layered winged form and summoned Seven Tears, which erased the surrounding Spiritual Qi and held destructive power Xiao Hua feared could threaten Yilin Continent.

Xiao Hua spared Zhang Jie after their powers clashed, warned her about the dangers of Yilin Continent, and left her to continue toward the Wumeng Mountain Range. Back aboard the Special Envoy Flying Boat, he learned that the Maitreya Buddha World Honored One had completed a revised version of the Nine Revolutions Golden Core technique.

• The Heaven and Earth Restriction shattered Zhang Jie's Seven Tears, and Xiao Hua stopped his spatial attack before it could harm her.
• Xiao Hua and Zhang Jie exchanged questions about their origins, but Zhang Jie hesitated to reveal why she had come to Yilin Continent.
• Xiao Hua warned Zhang Jie that Daoist cultivators might attack her and told her to use his name if she could not escape.
• Zhang Jie flew toward the Wumeng Mountain Range, while Xiao Hua returned unnoticed to the Special Envoy Flying Boat.
• The Maitreya Buddha World Honored One told Xiao Hua that he had revised the Nine Revolutions Golden Core technique with help from Thunderclap True Person and the Heavenly Man, incorporating Buddhist, Heavenly Man, and Demon Race methods.

Jade Slip Xiao Hua reflected on the tangled origins of Daoist cultivation and concluded that he would follow his own path, then sent Wu Daoist and Huang Tong ahead with new cultivation methods for Yang Xia. After leaving seclusion, Xiao Hua resisted Bai Fei’s attempt to pressure him and discovered that thousands of cultivators had gathered aboard the flying boat despite earlier reports of heavy casualties.

• Jade Slip Xiao Hua questioned whether Daoist cultivation had any original inheritance, then accepted that all paths were Dharma and resolved to follow his own road.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua gave Wu Daoist the Nine Revolutions Golden Core and Three-Nine Golden Body methods to deliver to Yang Xia, and Huang Tong accompanied him.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua left seclusion after Bai Fei called for him, and Bai Fei offered to explain the cultivation method he had previously provided in exchange for Xiao Hua’s cooperation.
• Xiao Hua refused to commit to Bai Fei’s offer before reaching the Lost Land, and Bai Fei warned that he might not help Xiao Hua in the dangerous Wumeng Mountain Range passage.
• Xiao Hua and Bai Fei reached the deck and were astonished to find several thousand Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators aboard, despite reports that fewer than two hundred had returned from the maze formation.

Xiao Hua and Bai Fei learned that the Shaque Immortal Alliance had gathered tens of thousands of cultivators for the journey to the Lost Land, including many notorious Nascent Soul cultivators. After seeing the alliance’s Deputy Alliance Leader Xiong arrive, Xiao Hua suspected the alliance planned to use Xiaoyu Continent as a dumping ground for dangerous cultivators.

• Yu Meiren explained that five groups had been selected for the Lost Land, and Bai Fei reasoned that the alliance would send tens of thousands of cultivators.
• Jade Fat Ancestor approached Yu Meiren with lecherous intent and surrounded Xiao Hua’s group with four other Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Deputy Alliance Leader Xiong arrived on a giant black eagle, and Du Peng and four Spirit Severing cultivators flew out to welcome him.
• Bai Fei identified Jade Fat Ancestor and other notorious cultivators, describing their crimes and cruelty to Xiao Hua.
• Xiao Hua concluded that Lian Feng intended to send dangerous cultivators to Xiaoyu Continent, where they would become a scourge.

Xiao Hua watched Deputy Alliance Leader Xiong and Du Peng stage a public reprimand that concealed the Devil Race’s plans for the Shaque Immortal Alliance’s journey to the Lost Land. Xiong ordered Du Peng to gather fifty thousand cultivators and took token number one, while Xiao Hua recognized the danger behind the performance.

• Xiao Hua observed that Deputy Alliance Leader Xiong and a Special Envoy were possessed by the Devil Race, and resolved not to let their plans threaten the Xiaoyu Continent.
• Deputy Alliance Leader Xiong publicly berated and injured Du Peng, then pretended to spare him so he could make up for his losses through merit.
• Xiong ordered Du Peng to lead his cultivators through the Wumeng Mountain Range to the Lost Land, threatening him with death if he refused.
• Xiong encouraged the assembled Nascent Soul cultivators and learned that roughly thirty thousand cultivators were available for the journey.
• Xiong ordered Du Peng to gather fifty thousand cultivators and asked Jin Tu for token number one.

Deputy Alliance Leader Xiong gave Du Peng the Number One token and left him to lead the mission into Wumeng Mountain Range. Aboard the flying boat, Xiao Hua’s group prepared for Jade Fat Ancestor’s threat while Xiao Hua learned that Yang Xia had accepted the cultivation methods, though Dao Master had not appeared.

• Deputy Alliance Leader Xiong handed Du Peng the command token, promised further benefits if he returned alive, and departed on his black eagle.
• Du Peng invited Jin Tu and the other Nascent Soul cultivators to a farewell banquet, fearing he might not see them again.
• Bai Fei, Xiao Hua, Zhuang Chen, and Yu Meiren returned to their quiet room as Jade Fat Ancestor and his companions followed them.
• Bai Fei warned that Jade Fat Ancestor’s group was dangerous and discussed ways for the group to protect themselves.
• Wu Daoist and Huang Tong reported that Yang Xia had welcomed the Nine Revolutions Golden Core and Three-Nine Profound Art cultivation methods.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua and Huang Tong speculated that Dao Master might not appear because Yilin Continent had been abandoned by the Profound Alliance.

Huang Tong delivered three treasures left by Yang Xia to Jade Slip Xiao Hua, who identified an Immortal Trapping Sword Diagram, an inscrutable stone tablet, and an Eight Revolutions Golden Core. After leaving the space, Xiao Hua learned that the selection tokens had assigned the Wind Phantom Wheel cultivators to different groups, complicating Bai Fei’s plans.

• Huang Tong gave Jade Slip Xiao Hua three items Yang Xia had entrusted to him, and Jade Slip Xiao Hua recognized the first as the Immortal Trapping Sword Diagram.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua subdued the sword diagram’s power and explained that it was part of a greater Immortal Slaying formation.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua could not see through the broken stone tablet and identified the Golden Core as an Eight Revolutions Golden Core whose secret technique he did not know.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua imprisoned all three treasures and left to discuss ambushing Jade Fat Ancestor with Bai Fei and the others.
• Three days later, Bai Fei, Xiao Hua, Yu Meiren, and Zhuang Chen received tokens bearing different numbers and realized the Wind Phantom Wheel cultivators had been divided among selection groups.
• Xiao Hua explained that the Shaque Immortal Alliance could send higher-level cultivators into the collapsed maze formation to retrieve Wind Phantom Wheels, leaving Bai Fei worried about his calculations.

Xiao Hua and the other cultivators formed groups for the journey through the Wumeng Mountain Range, where he discovered that many of the people around him had been possessed by the Devil Race. Du Peng prepared to discipline a monk who challenged his appointed group leader, leaving the expedition’s order still unsettled.

• Xiao Hua joined group 2,783 and encountered Jade Fat Ancestor, Poison Stone Superior, Shi Qing, and Huang Chu Fan among its members.
• Shui Chong, Men Ci Feng, and three Golden Core cultivators joined Xiao Hua’s group, and Xiao Hua realized they and nearby Shaque Immortal Alliance cultivators were possessed by the Devil Race.
• Bai Fei worried that hostile cultivators might reach the Xiaoyu Continent, then saw Ye Yun among the disciples arriving in his group and understood her signal not to acknowledge him.
• A skull-adorned monk challenged his group leader and demanded the leader’s token, but the leader explained that the Special Envoy had assigned him to coordinate the groups.
• Du Peng appeared before the monk and coldly challenged him over his refusal to accept the appointed leader.

Du Peng killed a defiant great monk, asserted control over the cultivators bound for the Wumeng Mountain Range, and led the Shaque Immortal Alliance in a blood-oath ritual to create a talisman for Alliance Leader Lian. As the expedition began moving east, Bai Fei secretly gave Ye Yun pills, while Xiao Hua suspected Lian Feng had colluded with the Devil Race.

• Du Peng crushed the great monk's body and killed his Nascent Soul, then gave the surviving Nascent Soul to Heart Devourer Ancestor to absorb with his banner.
• Du Peng announced that he would travel with the group under a Number One token and threatened anyone who disobeyed or sabotaged the journey.
• Bai Fei secretly gave Ye Yun a storage ring of pills for her injuries, while Xiao Yue warned him that the Void Cloud Pill inside was not fully refined.
• The Shaque Immortal Alliance disciples formed a blood oath, and Du Peng and four other Spirit Severing Special Envoys used blood talismans to produce a blood-script talisman for Alliance Leader Lian.
• Du Peng ordered the cultivators to set out east toward the Wumeng Mountain Range, and Xiao Hua's group departed in the seventh wave.

Xiao Hua traveled with Du Peng and the Shaque Immortal Alliance’s fifty thousand cultivators toward the Wumeng Mountain Range, where the Lost Land’s passage was said to lie. Zhang Jie intercepted them, recognized Xiao Hua, and agreed to follow the group while Du Peng explained that the journey was training his forces for the dangers ahead.

• Du Peng departed ahead of the cultivators, while Jin Tu and the other Spirit Severing cultivators returned by flying boat and feared Du Peng would not survive his mission.
• Xiao Hua and the other cultivators crossed the Chang Heng Plain, where Xiao Hua realized the region’s harsh conditions resembled Million Meng Mountain and discussed the consequences with his fellow Daoists.
• Xiao Hua considered killing the possessed cultivators and searching Du Peng’s soul, but Zhang Jie appeared and stopped the group before they could reach the Wumeng Mountain Range.
• Du Peng explained to Zhang Jie that the journey required preparation and that Alliance Leader Lianfenglian controlled the method of reaching the Lost Land.
• Zhang Jie spotted Xiao Hua, who asked her to accompany the group and observe Lianfenglian’s methods; she agreed not to use divine abilities.
• Du Peng warned Zhang Jie that powerful soul beasts might be disturbed and said the journey was meant to train the fifty thousand cultivators to cooperate before entering the transmission tunnel.

Xiao Hua followed Du Peng and the Shaque Immortal Alliance deeper into the Wumeng Mountain Range while his avatars spread improved grain seeds across Yilin Continent. As the mountain range’s oppressive restrictions weakened his powers and trapped the remaining cultivators, Xiao Hua prepared the Witch King Order and saw signs that the journey was nearing a dangerous barrier.

• Zhang Jie refused to tolerate the Devil Race’s possession of humans and flew away, while Du Peng persuaded the fifty thousand cultivators to continue following the Shaque Immortal Alliance’s plan.
• Xiao Hua chose to remain with the group and entrusted Thunderclap True Person, Wu Daoist, Huang Tong, and the other avatars with distributing improved grain seeds throughout Yilin Continent.
• Over the following months, the seed distribution spread Xiao Hua’s reputation, and the Heaven Alliance and Dao Alliance began cautiously thawing their hostility as their leaders presented him as a senior and a spokesperson for the Dao Ancestor and Dao Venerable.
• Du Peng led the cultivators farther into the Wumeng Mountain Range, where soul beasts, disasters, and other hazards killed many; the group dwindled to fewer than thirty thousand.
• The mountain range’s pressure increasingly sealed Xiao Hua’s abilities and hindered his avatars, so he took out the crystal skull Witch King Order and put it on his finger.
• After Du Peng sent a toad-like magical artifact underground, the cultivators stopped to rest amid a gloomy sky and strange ripples that prevented even Xiao Hua’s spatial escape technique from breaking through.

Xiao Hua studied the Wumeng Mountain Range’s restrictive power as Huang Chu Fan confronted him over a pill. A Shaman God Mirage Tentacle emerged and killed Huang Chu Fan, while the fleeing cultivators tried to escape its attack.

• Xiao Hua observed that the Wumeng Mountain Range’s restrictions weakened when many cultivators moved together and grew oppressive while they rested.
• Huang Chu Fan demanded a pill from Xiao Hua, and Shui Chong tried to placate him by offering one of his own.
• Huang Chu Fan struck Shui Chong, who spotted the ground trembling and recognized the approaching Shaman God Mirage Tentacle.
• Du Peng ordered the disciples to retreat a thousand li and fled as Shui Chong and other cultivators raised the alarm.
• Huang Chu Fan attacked Xiao Hua despite his warning, then abandoned the attack when the Mirage Tentacle appeared.
• The Mirage Tentacle’s true strike pierced Huang Chu Fan’s arms, smashed his crown, and pulled his Nascent Soul from his body.

Xiao Hua watched Zhang Jie use holy light and life force to subdue the soul beast Mirage Tentacle and save the fleeing Shaque Immortal Alliance disciples. Afterward, Zhang Jie learned that the group still needed three months to reach the transmission tunnel near Broken Blade Ridge.

• Xiao Hua avoided the Mirage Tentacle’s attacks as it killed Huang Chu Fan, while Jade Fat Ancestor, Poison Stone Superior, and Shi Qing escaped its sweeping tentacles.
• The soul beast Mirage Tentacle erupted from a ravine and unleashed deadly attacks and Netherworld Blood Sea aura against the Shaque Immortal Alliance disciples.
• Zhang Jie summoned holy light that overcame the Mirage Tentacle’s powers, revived the fallen disciples, and made the beast retreat underground.
• Xiao Hua observed that Zhang Jie’s holy light carried a force of life unlike Buddhist light, then concealed himself while she finished subduing the beast.
• Du Peng thanked Zhang Jie, who asked how long remained before they reached the transmission tunnel and learned it would take three months because of the stronger soul beasts near Broken Blade Ridge.

Xiao Hua and the Shaque Immortal Alliance reached Broken Blade Ridge, where the Heaven and Earth Restriction severely suppressed powerful cultivators. After Xiao Hua revealed his shaman body to ease the suppression, Zhang Jie asked how a Daoist cultivator had learned shamanic arts, and he offered to explain if she revealed why she sought the Lost Land.

• Zhang Jie warned Du Peng that their presence had been exposed and urged him to reach the teleportation tunnel quickly, but Du Peng explained that it appeared only at a specific time and under special conditions.
• Xiao Hua learned that the Shaque Immortal Alliance had prepared for the tunnel’s conditions for centuries and that its disciples had previously reached the Lost Land.
• After the Mirage Tentacle killed more cultivators, the group continued under Zhang Jie’s guidance; three months later, over twenty-four thousand cultivators reached the vicinity of Broken Blade Ridge.
• Xiao Hua sensed four sleeping soul beasts nearby and feared they might awaken as the cultivators waited for the teleportation tunnel to appear.
• At Broken Blade Ridge, the immense Heaven and Earth Restriction suppressed Xiao Hua’s strength and prevented him from sensing space, but activating his shaman body eased the pressure.
• Zhang Jie asked Xiao Hua how he, a Daoist cultivator, knew shamanic arts, and Xiao Hua asked her to explain her reason for seeking the Lost Land in return.

Xiao Hua and Zhang Jie discussed the Heaven and Earth restriction and Du Peng’s long-delayed plan to cross it, while the groups prepared their magic treasures. Du Peng then arranged 365 Shaque Immortal Alliance disciples into a formation near Broken Blade Ridge and announced a rehearsal of the teleportation flying boat.

• Xiao Hua told Zhang Jie that his witchcraft retained forty percent of its power under the restriction, but he had found no teleportation tunnel.
• Zhang Jie explained that she had cooperated with Du Peng for nearly a thousand years because he claimed he could cross the restriction, and Du Peng sought reassurance that she would honor their agreement.
• Xiao Hua noticed Yin Sha gathered at Ye Yun’s glabella as the groups took out their selection magic treasures.
• Du Peng positioned 365 Shaque Immortal Alliance disciples in a pentagonal formation and sent its converging ripples toward Broken Blade Ridge.
• Du Peng told the assembled cultivators that the Lost Land was near and ordered them to rehearse the teleportation flying boat.