Recaps

After rescuing Xiao Hua and the others from Xiang Min, Zhen Ye refused to spare a Thunder Beast Inner Core for Xiangyang’s damaged Dao Foundation. Xiao Hua offered to use the Sun Moon Crown to track the Fire Ape and help Zhen Ye secure more inner cores, and Zhen Ye agreed to take him along.

• Zhen Ye arrived after Xiang Min left and ordered Xiao Hua and the others to leave Yanlin Mountain Marsh.
• Xiao Hua asked Zhen Ye to give Xiangyang a small portion of the Thunder Beast Inner Core to repair his damaged Dao Foundation, but Zhen Ye refused.
• Xiangyang urged Xiao Hua to stop asking, while Xiao Hua promised to keep helping his Eldest Senior Brother.
• Xiao Hua showed Zhen Ye the Sun Moon Crown and offered to use it to track the Fire Ape, which was with the Thunder Beast.
• Zhen Ye praised Xiao Hua and told him to come along.

Xiao Hua and his companions joined Zhen Ye on the dangerous journey to Yanlin Mountain Marsh to hunt the Thunder Beast and Fire Ape. After finding slain cultivators and entering the marsh, they encountered areas where spiritual power stopped working.

• Zhen Ye explained that he had invited Xiao Hua to help hunt the Thunder Beast and that he would keep the Fire Ape's Inner Core as compensation for his share.
• Xiangyang, Yan Qinglian, and Xue Xue insisted on accompanying Xiao Hua, and Zhen Ye gave him two Evasion Talismans to distribute.
• The group found several dead cultivators whose injuries did not appear to come from the Fire Ape, and Xiao Hua could not sense the beast nearby with the Sun Moon Crown.
• Xiao Hua noticed the cultivators' storage bags were missing and burned their corpses before the group continued toward the marsh.
• After entering Yanlin Mountain Marsh, Xiao Hua briefly lost control of his spiritual power, and Zhen Ye explained that some areas there prevented cultivators from using it.

Xiao Hua and the others entered the dangerous inner regions of Yanlin Mountain Marsh, where lava lakes and fire pillars threatened their progress. After fire mice fled from the group, fire bats attacked Xiao Hua’s divine sense, and Zhen Ye shielded the disciples as they flew into the swarm.

• Zhen Ye explained that cultivators below the Golden Core stage risk losing their spiritual power in the inner marsh, while Xiao Hua pleaded for protection and kept his magic artifact.
• The group crossed lava lakes and a sudden fire pillar, then reached an area where fire mice swam in the lava before fleeing from their approach.
• Zhen Ye warned the disciples to prepare their defenses, and Xiangyang gave Xiao Hua and the others high-grade defensive yellow talismans.
• Xiao Hua released his divine sense and was struck by a powerful wave from approaching fire bats, but Zhen Ye blocked it with a flash of light.
• Zhen Ye identified the fire bats as second-grade Spirit Beasts and led the group into the swarm, where several bats charged directly at him.

Xiao Hua learned that Golden Core cultivators could use protective radiance to fend off attacks, then spent ten days meditating and gained a deeper understanding of the Prairie Fire Cultivation Method while noticing that it worked poorly with ordinary fire-attributed spiritual Qi. Zhen Ye received word that other cultivators had arrived and prepared to bargain with Xiang Min, as a late Foundation Establishment elder approached Yanlin Mountain Marsh aboard a Fire Lion.

• Xiao Hua recognized that Zhen Ye's purple protective radiance was a Golden Core divine ability that could sense and block attacks, and Xiangyang explained why killing high-realm cultivators was difficult.
• Zhen Ye struck down the fire bats with a lightning net, and Xiao Hua comforted the frightened Xue Xue before the group rested on a mountain peak in the fire lake.
• Xiao Hua spent ten days cultivating with the Prairie Fire Cultivation Method and comprehended its deeper principles, but found that ordinary fire-attributed spiritual Qi circulated slowly and unevenly.
• Zhen Ye received a communication talisman announcing the arrival of other cultivators, then sent another toward Xiang Min to begin bargaining.
• A late Foundation Establishment elder flew toward Yanlin Mountain Marsh atop a huge Fire Lion.

Miao Jun led Huanling Sect disciples to a hidden mountain peak beneath the Fire Lake, where they began work on a sect secret tied to Foundation Establishment. After Gao Qiang questioned their late arrival, he stopped Miao Jun before he could leave.

• Miao Jun searched the Fire Lake’s surroundings, then used a red talisman to reveal a formation concealing a mountain peak.
• More than a dozen Huanling Sect disciples arrived with supplies, and Miao Jun warned them to guard the sect’s Foundation Establishment secret.
• Miao Jun explained that the elders had concealed the secret to protect the sect and its disciples from outsiders.
• Miao Jun and the disciples entered the hidden mountain, where Gao Qiang arrived and checked several disciples’ identity tokens.
• After the disciples departed to contact their fellow sect members, Gao Qiang stopped Miao Jun and demanded an answer about their late arrival.

Miao Jun arrived late at the Fire Lake formation site and was reprimanded by Gao Qiang for ambushing cultivators after receiving the sect’s orders. He joined the Huanling Sect disciples repairing the ancient Spirit Awakening Five Aggregates Formation, while Elder Zhe challenged Yuan Feng over the risks of restoring it.

• Gao Qiang confronted Miao Jun about arriving a day late and taking storage bags from cultivators he had ambushed, then let him go after confiscating the bags.
• Miao Jun followed a firebird into a vast cavern and discovered Huanling Sect disciples repairing an ancient altar formation.
• Senior Brother Shou assigned Miao Jun to oversee part of the repair and warned him not to question the elders’ arrangements.
• Miao Jun noticed that the formation instructions in his jade slip were incomplete and that the formation seemed unusual, but hurried to carry out his task after Senior Brother Shou threatened to report him.
• Elder Zhe questioned Yuan Feng about the incomplete activation formulas for the Spirit Awakening Five Aggregates Formation, and Yuan Feng began explaining the Huanling Sect’s decline.

Yuan Feng revealed that the Spirit Awakening Five Aggregates Formation was tied to the disappearance of the Huanling Sect’s predecessors and the Chao Long spirit essence beneath Yanlin Mountain Marsh. He proposed using the incomplete Spirit Devouring Cultivation Method through their spirit beasts to absorb the essence, and the elders prepared to rely on the formation to weaken it first.

• Hu Yue Shi connected the Spirit Awakening Five Aggregates Formation to the vanished Huanling Sect predecessors, and Yuan Feng confirmed that his research linked their disappearance to the Chao Long spirit essence.
• Yuan Feng claimed he had a hidden path to Nascent Soul and gave the elders jade slips containing the Spirit Devouring Cultivation Method.
• Zhe Qipeng realized Yuan Feng intended the cultivators’ spirit beasts to use the incomplete method, while Hu Yue Shi worried that harm to the beasts would damage their cultivators.
• Man Yun explained that spirit beasts could erase the Nascent Soul imprint from the spirit essence, allowing their owners to benefit as the beasts grew stronger.
• Yuan Feng proposed using the disciples to activate the Spirit Awakening Five Aggregates Formation and weaken the Chao Long spirit essence before the four elders absorbed it through their spirit beasts.

Yuan Feng discussed the Huanling Sect’s incomplete cultivation method for absorbing Chao Long spirit essence while Qian Yuming accepted his role in repairing the formation. Zhen Ye welcomed Golden Core cultivators from several sects to Yanlin Mountain Marsh and revealed that their hunt for a Thunder Beast would also involve a fire ape.

• Yuan Feng told Hu Yue Shi, Zhe Qipeng, and Man Yun that the formation could help Spirit Beasts absorb Chao Long spirit essence, then began explaining the incomplete cultivation method.
• Qian Yuming realized the Huanling Sect had used him to mislead others and continued repairing the formation, thinking Xiao Hua had been wise to stay away.
• Zhen Ye welcomed Liu Mingsheng, Jiang Zhucheng, and Feng Shuqing and their disciples, while Xiao Hua, Xue Xue, Xiangyang, and Yan Qinglian greeted the visiting cultivators.
• Feng Shuqing questioned why Qi Refining disciples had joined the trip, and Zhen Ye said the four Thunder Control Sect juniors would play a role in the matter.
• Zhen Ye revealed that a fire ape was with the Thunder Beast, prompting Liu Mingsheng to complain that he had not been told sooner.

Zhen Ye and Xiang Min gathered their allies on Yanlin Mountain Marsh to plan a hunt for the Fire Ape and Thunder Beast. They agreed to divide leadership between them, relying on Zhen Ye to lure the beasts and Xiang Min’s formation to trap them.

• Jiang Zhucheng and Feng Shuqing challenged Zhen Ye over the Thunder Control Sect’s claim to a share of the pills, and Zhen Ye received a message about Xiang Min’s arrival.
• Xiang Min arrived with Zhang Chengguang, Sun Shangkong, and their disciples, and Zhen Ye introduced them to the gathered cultivators.
• Zhen Ye proposed searching for the beasts, separating them, and having each group attack one, but Xiang Min criticized the plan and asked how the inner cores would be divided.
• Zhen Ye said he had a way to lure the Thunder Beast, and Xiang Min revealed that his Five Elements Sect formation could slaughter the beasts once they entered it.
• Xiang Min proposed that Zhen Ye lead until the beasts were lured in, after which Xiang Min would take charge inside the formation.

The cultivators argued over whether Xiao Hua should receive a share of the Thunder Beast and Fire Ape Inner Cores for luring the beasts. They settled on granting him a share if he could lure the Fire Ape, and Xiang Min asked how Xiao Hua would have reacted if they had refused.

• Xiang Min proposed dividing both Inner Cores among seven people, and Zhen Ye argued that Xiao Hua should receive a share for using his artifact to lure the Fire Ape.
• Feng Shuqing and Jiang Zhucheng objected, while Liu Mingsheng said Xiao Hua deserved a share if he could lure the Fire Ape and improve their chances.
• Xiang Min revealed that his original agreement with Zhang Chengguang and Sun Shangkong had counted luring the Fire Ape as one share.
• Feng Shuqing challenged Xiao Hua's claim by offering Qing Hao's fire-aspected constitution, but Xiang Min dismissed her ability to lure the Fire Ape.
• The cultivators agreed that Xiao Hua would receive a share if he could lure the Fire Ape, and Xiao Hua told Xiang Min he would simply follow their decision if they had refused.

Xiao Hua worried that he would not be able to lure the fire ape to the planned array, while Zhen Ye insisted he could approach the beast and draw it over. Zhen Ye selected a gorge for the Five Elements Array, leaving Xiangyang uneasy as they waited for the other cultivators.

• Xiang Min and Zhen Ye discussed the Five Elements Soul Restraining Array, and the cultivators split up to search for suitable terrain.
• Xiao Hua warned Zhen Ye that he might only be able to sense the fire ape, but Zhen Ye told him to fly near it and lure it over.
• Zhen Ye found a gorge with suitable terrain and traces of several kinds of spiritual energy, then declared it the place for the array.
• Zhen Ye disappeared into a mountain range and returned after a meal, while Xiao Hua and the others waited.
• Xiangyang landed with his companions and regretted being unable to take them away from the plan.

The cultivators settled on using the imperfect valley for the Five Elements Soul Restraining Array after no better site was found, and Xiang Min began teaching the array techniques. Xiao Hua was assigned as a fire-attribute array eye despite his low cultivation, and the chapter ended as Xiang Min began setting up the sprawling array.

• Xiang Min explained that five disciples with different elemental physiques could compensate for the valley's unbalanced spiritual energy, but his missing disciples had left the plan incomplete.
• Zhen Ye proposed searching for better terrain while Xiang Min trained replacement disciples, and Feng Shuqing pressed for Xiao Hua to take her fire-attribute disciple's place.
• Xiao Hua and four other disciples swore heart oaths and studied the Five Elements Array techniques, while Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian worried about the danger of their situation.
• After ten days without word from the searching Golden Core cultivators, Xiang Min decided the valley was the best available site and began placing the array components across it.

Xiao Hua watched Xiang Min build the Five Elements Soul Restraining Array and then joined the others in practicing its controls. When Xiao Hua tried to channel fire-attributed spiritual qi into his array treasure, the flow repeatedly stalled, and Xiang Min demanded to know why he had not mastered the method.

• Xiang Min spent nearly a month setting up the Five Elements Soul Restraining Array while Xiao Hua watched closely.
• Xiang Min told Xiao Hua that a sufficiently skilled cultivator could establish an array alone, and Xiao Hua thanked him for the explanation.
• After resting for three days, Xiang Min and Zhen Ye decided the group would practice controlling the array before Xiao Hua lured the Fire Ape over.
• Xiang Min activated the Five Elements Disk and ordered Xiao Hua to pour spiritual power into the fire array treasure.
• Xiao Hua drew in fire-attributed spiritual qi, but its flow repeatedly stalled and the connection to the Five Elements Disk flickered.
• Xiang Min shouted at Xiao Hua for failing to grasp the array-control method.

Xiao Hua failed to connect the fire array eye, and Xiang Min discovered that Bai Mu also could not control the earth array eye because he had an Earth-Wood physique. With no suitable earth-attributed cultivator available, the group argued over who should fetch a replacement, and Feng Shuqing proposed testing Xiao Hua with the Five Elements Pearl.

• Xiang Min repeatedly failed to connect Xiao Hua’s fire-attributed magic artifact to the Five Elements Disk, and Xiao Hua said he felt sluggish while controlling it.
• Xiang Min had Qing Hao take Xiao Hua’s place, and Qing Hao successfully connected the fire array eye; Li Mian also connected the metal and wood array eyes.
• Bai Mu failed to connect the earth array eye, and Xiang Min used the Five Elements Pearl to reveal Bai Mu’s Earth-Wood physique.
• Xiang Min found that no available disciple or Golden Core cultivator could operate the earth array eye, so he urged the group to send someone back for a replacement.
• Feng Shuqing challenged Zhen Ye about Xiao Hua’s physique, and Zhen Ye agreed that Xiang Min could test Xiao Hua with the Five Elements Pearl.

Xiao Hua proposed learning the Earth formation-eye method instead of undergoing an attribute test, but his attempt revealed that Earth-attributed spiritual energy flowed through him without obstruction. The Five Elements Array concealed everyone inside it, while Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian worried about what Xiao Hua’s changed physique would mean for him.

• Xiao Hua suggested trying the Earth formation-eye method, and Xiang Min gave him a jade slip after making him reaffirm his heart oath.
• Xiao Hua used the method and linked his Earth-attributed magic artifact to the Five Elements Disk, discovering that Earth spiritual energy flowed through him smoothly.
• Xiang Min activated the Five Elements Array, which concealed Xiao Hua, the other cultivators, and the valley from outside view.
• Zhen Ye and the other Golden Core cultivators entered the formation to study it.
• Xiangyang told Yan Qinglian that Xiao Hua appeared to have an Earth-attributed physique, and they worried about how their master would react and whether Xiao Hua would ever surpass Junior Brother Cui.

Xiao Hua’s changing constitution caused him to struggle with the Five Elements Soul Restraining Array, which collapsed when he stopped supplying it with magical power. While he recovered and prepared to lure the fire ape, the Huanling Sect completed repairs to the altar array and Yuan Feng ordered the five spirits brought forward.

• Xiangyang worried that Wu Nai might drive Xiao Hua out of the Thunder Control Sect if he learned of Xiao Hua’s changed constitution and abilities, but Yan Qinglian insisted Xiao Hua was not the sort of person who would oppose his master.
• Xiao Hua realized Bone Refining Seven Colors had changed his constitution from fire-attributed to Earth-attributed, then secretly stopped supplying magical power to the Earth formation eye and caused the Five Elements Soul Restraining Array to collapse.
• Xiang Min praised the Thunder Control Sect disciples for holding the array, and Zhen Ye told Xiao Hua to recover before finding a way to lure the fire ape to them.
• A Huanling Sect Foundation Establishment disciple finished repairing the altar array, causing it to glow and tremble before falling silent.
• Yuan Feng said the repaired array could open a small crack in the Spirit Awakening Five Aggregates Formation, and ordered the five spirits brought up.

Yuan Feng began a five-day ritual using the Five Spirits Banner and five Golden Core disciples to awaken its five Spirit Beast bloodlines. The ritual’s Azure Dragon phase began by drawing blood from a Green Python King, which broke free and attacked the nearby cultivator.

• Yuan Feng sent five cultivators to the points of the pentagram formation and began activating it with the Five Spirits Banner.
• Man Yun, Zhe Qipeng, and Hu Yue Shi recognized the banner and speculated that the disciples’ storage bags held beasts with the five Spirit Beast bloodlines.
• A Golden Core disciple released a Green Python King instead of a true Azure Dragon and bound it above the Azure Dragon formation.
• Yuan Feng sacrificed his essence blood to summon an Azure Dragon phantom, while the Golden Core cultivator pierced the Python King’s crown to draw out its azure blood.
• The Python King broke through its restraints and lunged at the nearby Golden Core cultivator.

Yuan Feng used the Green Python King and a white spirit tiger to awaken two spirits in the altar’s formation, exhausting most of his true essence. Meanwhile, Xiao Hua tried to lure the Fire Ape with the Sun Moon Crown and sensed it nearby, but it was heading elsewhere, leaving him to make a risky move.

• The Azure Dragon blood shadow killed the Green Python King and entered the formation, which transformed into a crystal-clear Azure Dragon shape after spinning for a day and night.
• Yuan Feng captured the white spirit tiger’s soul in a White Tiger blood shadow, formed a second crystal-clear shape, and then rested after using over eighty percent of his true essence.
• Xiang Min and Feng Shuqing objected when Xiao Hua proposed luring the Fire Ape from outside the formation, so Zhen Ye told him to try from the Earth formation eye instead.
• Xiao Hua activated the Sun Moon Crown and extended his perception, eventually sensing an aura rise about a hundred li away and then vanish.
• Xiao Hua sensed that the Fire Ape was heading toward the distant aura rather than the valley, so he raised the Sun Moon Crown and struck at its restriction with his magic power.

Elder Yuan continued using the Spirit Awakening Five Aggregates Formation to refine the bloodlines of the Five Spirits, completing the Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise before beginning the Kirin. The unicorn’s Kirin bloodline resisted the formation, and the Azure Dragon blood shadow began to change as Yuan Feng tried to control it.

• A fire ape approached the valley but stopped when a pitch-black spirit beast appeared behind it.
• Elder Yuan used an unusual Fire Crow to awaken the Vermilion Bird bloodline, and its formation became crystal clear after a day and night.
• Elder Yuan refined a Mysterious Tortoise’s bloodline, completing the fourth spirit formation.
• Yuan Feng and the elders saw that the Kirin had been squeezed to the edge of the banner and baleful aura was seeping from Zhuo Long’s mouth, so they moved on to the final spirit.
• A scarlet unicorn was revealed as the creature carrying the Kirin bloodline, and Yuan Feng’s formation forced its soul from its body despite its resistance.
• The Azure Dragon blood shadow distorted and began to resemble a unicorn.

Yuan Feng failed to activate the formation with the unicorn’s blood, then used a Dust-Repelling Beast to open it and summon the five spirit beasts. The Thunder Beast appeared alongside the Fire Ape, and Xiao Hua drew both toward the Sun Moon Crown, leaving the ambush in danger.

• Yuan Feng’s attempt to activate the formation with the unicorn’s blood failed when the formation’s baleful aura forced him to pull the Kirin blood shadow back.
• Yuan Feng identified the Dust-Repelling Beast as a possible source of Kirin blood and had a disciple prepare one for the formation.
• Yuan Feng and the three elders supplied their spiritual power until the five formations opened and revealed five cultivators within clouds of qi.
• Xiao Hua saw the humanoid Thunder Beast emerge and watched it and the Fire Ape focus on the Sun Moon Crown.
• Xiao Hua activated the Sun Moon Crown, drawing the Thunder Beast and then the Fire Ape down toward it.

Xiang Min trapped the fire ape in the Five Elements Soul Restraining Array while Zhang Chengguang and Sun Shangkong attacked it with water-based treasures and spells. The fire ape was weakened and injured, but it unleashed its inner core as a final counterattack, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Xiang Min activated the Five Elements Disk and enclosed the fire ape and thunder beasts in a shimmering barrier.
• Zhang Chengguang and Sun Shangkong attacked the fire ape with the Yunxun Bottle and Pure Water Bead as Xiang Min transformed water-light into crystalline granules.
• The fire ape broke through Sun Shangkong’s defenses and nearly struck him down, but Xiang Min moved him out of danger.
• Sun Shangkong used the Pure Water Bead to fracture the fire ape’s calf while the array’s stones and water-light battered and weakened it.
• The fire ape spat out its inner core, flooding the area with scorching heat and violent pressure as Zhang Chengguang and Sun Shangkong prepared to endure its final attack.

The cultivators fought the Thunder Beast while Sun Shangkong and Zhang Chengguang attacked the Fire Ape’s Inner Core. Their attacks exposed the Thunder Beast’s existing injuries, but the beast remained dangerous and the battle ended with Shi Yan confronting it at close range.

• Sun Shangkong and Zhang Chengguang sent their treasures after the Fire Ape’s Inner Core while the Five Elements Array trapped the Thunder Beast.
• The Thunder Beast tore the array’s curtain, extinguished the incoming fire attacks, and struck Liu Mingsheng down, taking his Sun Chasing Whip.
• Zhen Ye and Jiang Zhucheng attacked with the Corroding Lightning Ring and Wood Dragon as Feng Shuqing and the others joined the assault.
• Jiang Zhucheng’s Wood Dragon disrupted the Thunder Beast’s lightning sphere and revealed its injuries, while the beast’s thunderous cry wounded Feng Shuqing.
• The Thunder Beast released its Inner Core to break the Wood Dragon and split the Corroding Lightning Ring, injuring Zhen Ye and Jiang Zhucheng.
• Shi Yan attacked the Thunder Beast’s wounded back with a chain, but it seized the chain and struck at him as he counterattacked.

Shi Yan died striking the Thunder Beast, but a mysterious surge destroyed the Five Elements Soul Restraining Array and transported Xiao Hua and the other array cultivators into the Spirit Awakening Five Aggregates Formation beneath the Fire Lake. As Chao Long's spirit essence failed to appear, Xiao Hua remained trapped in black qi and was driven downward by a strange pressure.

• Shi Yan struck the Thunder Beast and was killed, while the beast was caught again by the array's falling rocks.
• A surge of strange spiritual qi caused the Five Elements Disk to explode and transported Xiao Hua, Li Fengzhu, Qing Hao, Zhu Ming, and Li Mian away with the array treasures.
• The Fire Ape and Thunder Beast escaped, and Xiang Min and Zhen Ye pursued them while Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian took Xue Xue after them.
• The five cultivators appeared unconscious inside the black qi above the sacrificial altar beneath the Fire Lake, where Yuan Feng and the Huanling Sect disciples were waiting for Chao Long's spirit essence.
• Chao Long's spirit essence did not appear; instead, Xiao Hua woke in the black qi, was forced downward by an immense pressure, and lost control of his spiritual power when a dog-like bark sounded.

Xiao Hua fell into a vast space of black mist filled with wrongful souls and discovered Zhuolong’s poisonous power after it killed Zhu Ming and the others. Trapped by a restriction, he used his Buddha Sarira to save the souls, but they began tearing it apart as another force descended on him.

• Xiao Hua halted his fall with the Phoenix Dharma Body and the Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal, then realized Xiang Min had likely altered the Five Elements Soul Restraining Array and feared for Xue Xue and the others.
• Black mist revealed Zhu Ming and four others, but Zhuolong formed from the mist and devoured their souls, leaving their poisoned bodies to decay into ash.
• Xiao Hua drove Zhuolong back with the Phoenix Dharma Body and tried to escape upward with Lightning Escape, but a restriction stopped him as countless wrongful souls attacked.
• Xiao Hua summoned his Buddha Sarira and used the true word “Lin” to save the souls, but their endless numbers began tearing apart the sarira despite his efforts to repair it.
• As Xiao Hua continued the struggle, another restraining force descended on him and hindered his Buddhist cultivation.

Xiao Hua struggled against Zhuolong’s wronged souls and confinement until his Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal flames went out and he suddenly began establishing his foundation. He swallowed Foundation Establishment Pills to accelerate the process, while Huanling Sect disciples outside the sacrificial platform witnessed the phenomenon.

• Xiao Hua used Slay Dream to attack the wronged souls and heard a dog bark, but Zhuolong remained hidden and intensified the confinement.
• Xiao Hua continued fighting as his Buddha Sarira and Phoenix Dharma Body weakened, and an hour passed without him finding Zhuolong.
• The Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal flames went out, and Xiao Hua began falling before a powerful pressure spread from his body and disrupted the spiritual qi around the sacrificial platform.
• Xiao Hua realized he was establishing his foundation and swallowed nine Foundation Establishment Pills, then took nine more when his true qi liquefied too slowly.
• Huanling Sect disciples guarding outside the platform saw the phenomenon of Xiao Hua’s foundation establishment after waiting an hour for Zhuolong’s essence soul to appear.