Recaps

Danyangzi arrived to protect Taiyi and confronted Hell’s Killing King after Yaoguang suppressed Hell’s Inherited Saint Weapon. Hell offered to revoke its Death Warrant if the weapon was returned, but Danyangzi demanded that Human World withdraw its warrant too and provide compensation.

• Taiyi’s teacher, Danyangzi, revealed that he had survived, severed his Dao, and come to protect his disciple from Hell’s assassin.
• Danyangzi rejected the Killing King’s threat to make the Yaoguang Holy Land pay for suppressing Hell’s Inherited Saint Weapon.
• The Killing King offered to revoke Hell’s Death Warrant against Taiyi if Yaoguang returned the weapon.
• Danyangzi insisted that Human World also revoke its Death Warrant and demanded compensation.
• The Killing King agreed to seek Human World’s withdrawal of its warrant but resisted paying compensation.

Taiyi rejected Hell’s demands and frightened its Killing King into retreat by revealing a hidden supreme treasure. Back at Yaoguang Holy Land, Taiyi urged the Holy Lord to awaken the Holy Land’s sleeping reserves and offered resources to bring them out as the Road to Immortality approached.

• Taiyi demanded Hell’s Ancient Scripture and Killing Saint Blood Essence as compensation, enraging the Killing King from Hell.
• Danyangzi confronted the Killing King, while Taiyi revealed a terrifying aura that made the King flee with the White Bone Banner.
• Taiyi stopped Danyangzi from pursuing, explaining that he had marked hidden assassins from Hell and Human World so he could later track their lairs.
• Yaoguang Holy Lord Li Daoqing urged the group to return to the Holy Land and prepare for Hell’s retaliation.
• Taiyi told the Holy Lord and Danyangzi to awaken the Holy Land’s slumbering reserves, offering Ancient Medicine Kings and Divine Source Liquid.

Taiyi revealed that he possessed a large supply of Divine Source Liquid and urged the Yaoguang Holy Land to awaken its slumbering sages to strike Hell and Human World. He offered a way to locate the assassins’ bases and left the Holy Lord and elders stunned by his mastery of the Nine Secrets: Shu.

• Taiyi produced a jade bottle full of Divine Source Liquid, astonishing the Yaoguang Holy Lord, Danyangzi, and the elders.
• Taiyi proposed awakening Ancient Sages with Ancient Medicine Kings and Divine Source Liquid, then attacking Hell and Human World before they could strike him.
• Li Daoqing warned that the hidden assassin lairs would be difficult even for Ancient Sages to find.
• Taiyi revealed that he had used the Nine Secrets: Shu to deduce the locations of some assassin bases and proposed sending a Great Saint, Saint Kings, and the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon to attack.
• Taiyi said the Yaoguang Holy Land should reclaim the remains of its Saints displayed in the assassins’ Supreme Halls, and Li Daoqing and the others were shocked by his mastery of the Nine Secrets: Shu.

Taiyi and the Yaoguang Holy Lord sought the holy land’s ancient sages to help locate and destroy Hell and Human World. On meeting the Leader of the Ruthless One's Lineage beside the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, Taiyi revealed his Sun Sacred Body, and the chapter ended with him studying the Emperor Weapon.

• Taiyi said that Nine Secrets: Qian and Nine Secrets: Shu, aided by an Ancient Great Saint, could help uncover the Assassin Divine Dynasties’ lairs.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord agreed to seek the holy land’s sleeping sages and led Taiyi, Danyangzi, and the others to the central Sacred Mountain.
• Li Daoqing asked Taiyi whether he possessed the Sun Physique, and Taiyi revealed that he had the Sun Sacred Body, combining the Sun Physique and Desolate Ancient Sacred Body.
• Taiyi thanked Li Daoqing for supporting him against pressure from the Ruthless One's Lineage, and the group entered the hall containing the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron.
• The gray-robed Leader of the Ruthless One's Lineage recognized Li Daoqing and Danyangzi, while Danyangzi said he had severed the Dao through good fortune.
• Taiyi looked at the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron.

Taiyi and the Yaoguang Holy Lord sought an audience with the Ancient Sages after Hell’s Saint Weapon was suppressed, while Gu Yuan questioned Taiyi’s power and refused to join the fight against the Assassin Divine Dynasties. They reached an ancestor sealed in divine source, whose piercing gaze unsettled Taiyi.

• Gu Yuan congratulated Taiyi on reaching the Immortal Platform and triggering the Divine Forbidden Domain, while privately fearing his rapid progress.
• Li Daoqing led Taiyi, Danyangzi, and the others to seek an audience with the Ancient Sages over Hell.
• Gu Yuan asked whether Taiyi had borrowed an Emperor Weapon and refused his proposal to fight Hell and Human World in exchange for their saints’ blood, bones, and origins.
• Gu Yuan concluded that Taiyi was likely a Desolate Ancient Sacred Body and believed Li Yao could eventually surpass him by cultivating the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art.
• Li Daoqing opened the ancient hall, where Taiyi and the others greeted an ancestor sealed inside divine source; the ancestor’s gaze made Taiyi break out in a cold sweat.

Taiyi helped the Yaoguang Holy Land revive two sealed Great Saints by supplying ancient medicine kings, and they learned of his Sun Sacred Body and extraordinary talent. The elders resolved to prepare for war against Hell and Human World, while the newly awakened Great Saint Mu Yuan looked to Taiyi as the hope of Yaoguang’s future.

• Danyangzi told the female Saint that Hell had ambushed Taiyi with an Inherited Saint Weapon and that Taiyi had defeated them and suppressed the weapon.
• The female Saint emerged from Divine Source after consuming an ancient medicine king and thanked Taiyi for helping her live again.
• Taiyi urged the Yaoguang elders to prepare thoroughly to destroy Hell and Human World, and the female Saint agreed to awaken the other Ancestors.
• The female Saint and the Yaoguang Holy Lord led Taiyi to awaken the Great Saint Mu Yuan with two ancient medicine kings.
• Mu Yuan learned of Taiyi’s Sun Sacred Body and feats, then celebrated his talent and declared that Yaoguang Holy Land would flourish.

Taiyi merged with the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body's Saint Shell and used Nine Secrets: Shu, aided by Mu Yuan Great Saint, to locate Hell's hidden strongholds. He uncovered Hell's eighteen branches but could not yet see through the mist concealing its ancient main hall.

• Mu Yuan Great Saint welcomed Taiyi warmly, while Taiyi secretly felt relieved that the Yaoguang Holy Land had no ill intent toward him.
• The Female Saint urged Mu Yuan Great Saint to strike Hell and Human World before they could hide more deeply.
• Taiyi brought out the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body's Saint Shell and merged with it, astonishing Mu Yuan Great Saint and the others.
• Taiyi told Mu Yuan Great Saint that he had mastered Nine Secrets: Shu and asked him to lend his strength to the deductions.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint poured Divine Power and laws of order into Taiyi as Taiyi used Nine Secrets: Shu to trace Hell's assassins and uncover hidden strongholds and its eighteen branches.
• Taiyi found that Hell's ancient main hall remained shrouded in chaos and mystery.

Taiyi and Great Saint Mu Yuan prepared to destroy Hell and Human World after divining the locations of their hidden strongholds. Mu Yuan brought the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron to attack Hell’s Eighteen Levels, where his overwhelming power crushed the ancient formation and left the assassins helpless.

• Taiyi shared the divined locations of Hell and Human World's outer strongholds with Danyangzi, the Yaoguang Holy Lord, and the others.
• Great Saint Mu Yuan ordered the Yaoguang Holy Land to wait until Hell had been defeated before attacking the strongholds and then wiping out Human World.
• Great Saint Mu Yuan took the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and traveled with Granny Xu and Taiyi to a hidden small world in the western Northern Region.
• Taiyi offered ancient medicine kings to awaken more saints, but Great Saint Mu Yuan refused and warned him to preserve them for the dangers of his future tribulations.
• Great Saint Mu Yuan sealed off the area and crushed the ancient formation around Hell's hidden realm, forcing its assassins to prostrate themselves.

Taiyi and the Yaoguang Holy Land’s Saints swept through Hell’s ancient realms, collecting their treasures and giving Taiyi the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art and Indestructible Heavenly Art. At the Eighteenth Level, they found Hell’s Divine Son and Divine Maiden leading a large force, possibly preparing to attack Yaoguang Holy Land.

• Granny Xu killed the killers in the first Ancient Realm, and Mu Yuan Great Saint collected its treasury for Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Taiyi helped locate another level of Hell, where Granny Xu defeated its killers and Taiyi took several unusual corpses, including a Yuhua King Physique.
• Taiyi asked Mu Yuan Great Saint and Granny Xu to preserve the bodies of Hell’s Seed-Level Killers and Dao-Slaying Kings, and Mu Yuan Great Saint passed him the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art and Indestructible Heavenly Art.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint and Granny Xu led Taiyi through seventeen levels of Hell, defeating their forces and taking their treasures.
• At the Eighteenth Level, Taiyi and Granny Xu encountered Hell’s Divine Son and Divine Maiden leading a large contingent, and Granny Xu suspected they were moving against Yaoguang Holy Land.

Taiyi attacked Hell’s gathered assassins and displayed overwhelming power, cutting through their ranks while resisting assaults from their strongest experts. He remained unscathed as the battle continued against Hell’s Great Powers and Half-Step Great Powers.

• Mu Yuan Great Saint and Granny Xu observed Hell’s force and noted its many powerful assassins as Taiyi volunteered to handle them.
• Taiyi charged from hiding and burned dozens of Four Extremes and Dragon Transformation assassins with Solar True Fire.
• Taiyi evaded Hell’s Great Powers and Half-Step Great Powers while slaying weaker assassins with the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Saint Spirit Sword.
• Taiyi’s Chaos Bell blocked the Great Powers’ killing blow and shattered the Mysterious Dao Diagram summoned by four Half-Step Great Powers.
• Taiyi used the Chaos Bell, Solar True Fire, and his sword to kill more assassins while the Holy Light Technique shielded him from the enemy’s attacks.

Taiyi slaughtered Hell’s assassins and killed one Great Power, while another escaped his cauldron and the four Half-Step Great Powers tried to stop him. With Granny Yu preventing reinforcements, Taiyi summoned the Stars Illuminate the Azure Heavens vision and brought blazing stars down upon the battlefield.

• Taiyi foresaw Hell’s ambush and swallowed a Great Power with the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, then killed another with the Sun God Fist and Chaos Bell.
• A Great Power broke out of the cauldron, fought Taiyi for several exchanges, and retreated badly wounded.
• Hell’s four Half-Step Great Powers unleashed a blood-colored Mountain River Diagram, but the Chaos Bell froze its sea of blood.
• Hell’s Divine Sons and Divine Maidens wondered why reinforcements had not arrived, and Taiyi said Granny Yu had already acted to prevent them.
• Taiyi manifested Stars Illuminate the Azure Heavens and sent blazing stars crashing down, devastating the battlefield.

Taiyi and Mu Yuan Great Saint located Hell’s Most Ancient Hall and traveled with Granny Yu to its hidden entrance in a mass grave. As Mu Yuan Great Saint prepared to confront the Killing Saints within, he urged Taiyi to reveal his trump card because Hell might awaken its full foundation.

• Taiyi killed the Great Power with Ten Directions All-Kill and the Chaos Bell, then sealed Hell’s Divine Son and Divine Maiden inside a Jade Box.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint joined Taiyi, and they went to the Eighteen Levels of Hell Ancient Realm, where Granny Yu had slain two Dao-Slaying Kings and presented Taiyi with their corpses and another King-level corpse.
• Taiyi used the corpses, Nine Secrets: Shu, and Nine Secrets: Qian to deduce the location of Hell’s Most Ancient Hall in the Central Region.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint transported Taiyi and Granny Yu to a mass grave that concealed the entrance to Hell’s Immortal Demon Land.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint stopped Granny Yu from acting and warned Taiyi to reveal his trump card in case Hell’s Killing Saints awakened their foundation.

Taiyi revealed that he possessed the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, then advised Mu Yuan Great Saint and Granny Yu to seal Hell before its hidden foundation could be alerted. Mu Yuan Great Saint attacked Hell and, with the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron sealing the realm, killed its defenders and captured its Killing Ancestor, discovering where Hell's foundation was hidden.

• Taiyi revealed the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, and Granny Yu took charge of it for protection.
• Taiyi explained that Hell kept its foundation hidden and passed its location to only one successor, so Mu Yuan Great Saint secretly sealed the Divine Spirit Ancient Realm with formations and the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint shattered Hell's defenses and killed many assassins, including a Killing Saint.
• A Killing Ancestor ambushed Mu Yuan Great Saint, but the sealed realm trapped him and Mu Yuan Great Saint suppressed him.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint learned that Hell's foundation was hidden elsewhere.

Taiyi and Mu Yuan Great Saint plundered Hell’s remains and vault after destroying its leaders, then began a surprise assault on Human World. They sealed Human World’s hidden realm and attacked, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Mu Yuan Great Saint suppressed the Killing Ancestor, found Hell’s Foundation, and refined away his Primordial Spirit.
• Taiyi and Granny Xu examined Hell’s White Bone Halls, and Mu Yuan Great Saint let Taiyi take some Sage Bones and the corpses of Hell’s experts.
• The group opened Hell’s vault, claimed its treasures and World Stone, and learned that Hell and Human World’s Foundations shared a hidden Pure Land.
• Taiyi and the two ancient sages swept through Human World’s mystic realms, suppressed its Divine Sons and Divine Maidens, and deduced the location of its lair.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint sealed Human World’s hidden Divine Spirit Small Realm with Peerless Formation Patterns and the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, then attacked.

Taiyi discovered a sage’s skull that carried the aura of taiyin sacred power while Yaoguang Holy Land looted Human World’s treasures. After Mu Yuan Great Saint went to attack the assassin dynasties’ hidden foundations, Taiyi chose to join the assault on their outer strongholds.

• Taiyi searched Human World’s Hall of White Bones and found a lustrous sage’s skull that caused his Sun Sacred Body to react.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint determined that the skull’s former owner had cultivated incomplete arts from the Taiyin True Scripture, though no Dao marks remained.
• Yaoguang Holy Land opened Human World’s divine treasures and found two scrolls of the Dao Scripture, the Dao Palace Scroll and Four Extremes Scroll.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint ordered the Divine Spirit Small Realms sealed and the destruction of Hell and Human World kept secret to avoid provoking other powers.
• Mu Yuan Great Saint headed into outer space with the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron to attack the assassin dynasties’ final hidden foundations.
• Taiyi told Granny Yu he would join the assault on the outer strongholds, where his teacher and the Holy Lord were about to make their move.

Taiyi stormed Hell’s assassin training camp in the Great Wilderness and slaughtered its defenders, including a powerful assassin whose Primordial Spirit he destroyed with Nine Secrets: Qian. After collecting spoils, he traveled to Hell’s next stronghold and began breaking through its defenses.

• Taiyi used a Profound Jade Platform to reach an uninhabited wilderness concealing a Hell training camp and charged inside with the Saint Spirit Sword.
• Taiyi killed the camp’s lower-ranked assassins and beheaded two Immortal Platform assassins, then obliterated their Primordial Spirits.
• A Great Power assassin ambushed Taiyi, but Taiyi blocked the attack with the Chaos Bell and shattered the assassin’s Ancient Shield.
• Taiyi used Nine Secrets: Qian to annihilate the Great Power assassin’s Primordial Spirit and collected spoils from the camp.
• Taiyi crossed to Hell’s second training camp in a desert near the Northern Region and destroyed its protective illusion and Killing Formations with a punch.

Taiyi and the Yaoguang Holy Land launched a coordinated assault on the Assassin Divine Dynasties, destroying numerous strongholds and killing many assassins. Hell and Human World did not retaliate for half a month, and the awakening of a Yaoguang Ancient Sage drew rulers from across Beidou to visit Li Daoqing.

• Taiyi destroyed an assassin stronghold and killed its two Half-Step Great Powers while Yaoguang forces attacked Hell and Human World strongholds across the Five Regions.
• The Yaoguang Holy Land announced that it had destroyed dozens of training camps, five of Hell’s Eighteen Levels of Hell, and three of Human World’s Nine Great Mystic Realms; Taiyi had personally destroyed ten camps.
• Cultivators across Beidou discussed the raids and feared that the Assassin Divine Dynasties would retaliate, but Hell and Human World made no move for half a month.
• Yaoguang Holy Land announced that an Ancient Sage had awakened and would expound the Dao to its disciples on Central Immortal Peak.
• Holy Lords, Desolate Ancient Family leaders, and Immortal Dynasty sovereigns visited the Yaoguang Holy Land, congratulated Li Daoqing, and sought information about the sage.

After destroying Hell and Human World, Taiyi studied the Indestructible Heavenly Art and considered how the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art might help the women around him if they later abandoned it. He then tried to obtain the Taiyin True Scripture’s Immortal Platform Volume from a Sage’s skull, and its power began resonating with the Taiyin sacred power within him.

• Taiyi returned to the Yaoguang Holy Land and secluded himself to study the Indestructible Heavenly Art imparted by Mu Yuan Great Saint.
• Taiyi considered having An Miaoyi, Yao Xi, and the others use the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art to improve their foundations before severing their devil bodies and cultivating the Indestructible Heavenly Art.
• Taiyi tasked Li Xuan and Wang Zheng with finding birds and demonic beasts that could breed with the Heavenly Emperor’s Son and make use of his extraordinary bloodline.
• Taiyi used the Lunar True Art and Nine Secrets to communicate with a Sage’s skull and seek the Immortal Platform Volume of the Taiyin True Scripture.
• Over three days, the skull’s Taiyin sacred power mingled with the Taiyin sacred power circulating within Taiyi.

Taiyi obtained an incomplete Immortal Platform Volume of the Taiyin True Scripture and welcomed Lin Jia to Yaoguang Holy Land, where he had found a teacher for her. Lin Jia then met Yao Xi and An Miaoyi, whom Taiyi openly introduced as his confidantes.

• Taiyi captured the Taiyin True Scripture’s Immortal Platform Volume from the Taiyin Skull and believed it could help him cultivate to the Saint stage.
• Li Xuan and Wang Zheng returned with the sealed demon beasts Taiyi had requested and brought Lin Jia from Feathered Immortal Valley.
• Wang Zheng proposed that Lin Jia join Yaoguang Holy Land, and Taiyi agreed, saying he had already found a teacher for her.
• Yao Xi and An Miaoyi arrived, and Taiyi introduced them to Lin Jia as his confidantes.

Taiyi offered Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi a choice between the Taiyin True Scripture and the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art, explaining how they could switch to the Indestructible Heavenly Art after severing the Dao. Lin Jia and An Miaoyi chose the Taiyin True Scripture, while Yao Xi decided to cultivate the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art.

• Taiyi told Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi that he had the complete Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art and Indestructible Heavenly Art and asked whether they wanted to cultivate them.
• Taiyi warned that imitating the Ruthless Great Emperor's path could trap cultivators in the devil art, but said they could use corpses of powerful cultivators to grow stronger before severing the Dao and changing arts.
• Taiyi offered the women the Taiyin True Scripture as an alternative, saying he had nearly completed its scriptures for all five great secret realms.
• Lin Jia chose the Taiyin True Scripture, and An Miaoyi also chose it because it suited her better.
• Yao Xi chose to try the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art, and Taiyi supported her decision as the Yaoguang Holy Maiden.

Taiyi gave An Miaoyi and Lin Jia scriptures to cultivate with and gifted all three women Enlightenment Tea Leaves. He then revealed to Yao Xi that the Stone King contained the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s son and hinted at a plan involving female raptor-type demonic beasts.

• Taiyi transmitted the Immortal Platform Volume to An Miaoyi and the five volumes of the Taiyin True Scripture to Lin Jia, then asked An Miaoyi to guide Lin Jia’s cultivation.
• Taiyi gave Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, and Lin Jia three Enlightenment Tea Leaves each, explaining that he had obtained them from the treasuries of Hell and Human World.
• Taiyi took Yao Xi into the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda, where she saw the imprisoned Stone King and asked what secret it held.
• Taiyi revealed that the Stone King contained the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s son, whose extraordinary aptitude came from his inherited bloodline and a Fortune Source Eye.
• Taiyi told Yao Xi that devouring the Heavenly Emperor’s Son’s Origin Source would be wasteful for now and revealed that he had arranged to capture female raptor-type demonic beasts, leaving her stunned by his implied plan.

Taiyi merged with the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body and carefully suppressed the Heavenly Emperor’s Son, who was hidden inside a Stone King. He captured the little Divine Phoenix and began searching his sea of consciousness for treasures.

• Taiyi gave Yao Xi the complete Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art and sent her outside before confronting the Heavenly Emperor’s Son.
• Taiyi used the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar and Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda to suppress the extraordinary stone and prevent its occupant from escaping.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s Son threatened Taiyi and invoked his father, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, but Taiyi mocked him and pierced the stone womb with Dao-law chains.
• Taiyi’s chains bound the Divine Phoenix inside the stone, and the Stone King split open to reveal him.
• Taiyi probed the captive’s sea of consciousness and discovered an unusually dazzling treasure box.

Taiyi opened the treasure box taken from the Heavenly Emperor's Son and found the Divine Spirit Ancient Scripture, immortal phoenix essence blood, branches of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, and its tree heart. He claimed the treasures for himself, leaving the restrained Heavenly Emperor's Son furious and bloodied.

• Taiyi used the Heavenly Emperor's Son's blood and the opening method extracted from his memories to open the sealed treasure box.
• Taiyi discovered the Divine Spirit Ancient Scripture, which contained the complete Five Great Secret Realms scriptures and the Taboo Chapter's secret techniques.
• Taiyi found several dozen drops of immortal phoenix essence blood in a five-colored glazed gourd.
• Taiyi discovered a transplanted section of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree and took its priceless tree heart.
• Taiyi told the restrained Heavenly Emperor's Son that the treasures now belonged to him, and the Heavenly Emperor's Son spat blood in rage.

Taiyi mastered the Divine Spirit Ancient Scripture through sudden enlightenment, then returned to the imprisoned Heavenly Emperor's Son and began using scripture and Dao teachings to convert him. The Heavenly Emperor's Son gradually found himself wanting to listen, though Taiyi intended to keep him under control only long enough to serve Yao Xi's cultivation.

• Taiyi studied the Divine Spirit Ancient Scripture with the Enlightenment Tea Tree heartwood and Enlightenment Cushion, entering a state of enlightenment for nearly half a month.
• Taiyi mastered the complete Divine Spirit Ancient Scripture and advanced his cultivation enough that he could break through again if he wished.
• Taiyi returned to the imprisoned Heavenly Emperor's Son, who cursed him and threatened revenge, but Taiyi dismissed his threats.
• Taiyi decided to recite scriptures and expound the Dao to the Heavenly Emperor's Son, hoping to use the Deity-Deliverance Art to control him.
• As Taiyi recited profound passages, the Heavenly Emperor's Son remained wary but gradually found himself wanting to listen.

After three months of cultivating inside the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda, Taiyi fully converted the Heavenly Emperor's Son and several female demon birds with the Deity-Deliverance Art. He returned to find Yao Xi advancing rapidly through the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art, while she chose to strengthen her foundation before breaking through again.

• Taiyi used the Deity-Deliverance Art to convert the Heavenly Emperor's Son, who was unable to resist or escape his influence.
• Over three months, Taiyi studied scriptures and repeatedly expounded the Dao to the Heavenly Emperor's Son until he submitted and called Taiyi his master.
• Taiyi instructed the Heavenly Emperor's Son and several converted female birds of prey to cultivate and produce powerful offspring.
• Taiyi left the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda and watched Yao Xi cultivate the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art with the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.
• Yao Xi told Taiyi that devouring the origins of special-physique corpses had strengthened her and helped her reach the Dragon Transformation Second Heaven.
• Yao Xi declined another breakthrough, choosing to consolidate her cultivation and build a deeper foundation.