Recaps

Chen Beiwu entered the Blazing Sun Ruins and discovered that his companions were treated as one entity for the Grand Void Formation Sect’s Dao Child trial. He passed the Pure Yang Formation-Suppressing Pillar’s first two tests with ease and received the Fire-Forged Cosmic Lesser Yang Demon-Burning Grand Formation, while Zhao Caixuan and Ji Yue failed to endure its greater challenge.

• Chen Beiwu followed Zhao Caixuan through a hidden passage inside a volcano after Iron Egg sensed a watcher nearby.
• Chen Beiwu activated the Grand Void Formation Sect’s Dao Child trial and encountered the Pure Yang Formation-Suppressing Pillar, a Creation Treasure that tested endurance and strength.
• Zhao Caixuan touched the pillar but could not endure the first test, while Ji Yue passed it and then failed to endure embracing the pillar for a quarter-hour.
• Chen Beiwu touched the pillar for half a quarter-hour without discomfort and passed the first test.
• Chen Beiwu embraced the pillar for a quarter-hour, received the Fire-Forged Cosmic Lesser Yang Demon-Burning Grand Formation, and began comprehending its foundational formation.

Chen Beiwu passed the second Dao Child trial by comprehending a lower-grade fire origin seal, then reached the final assessment and discovered it required him to defeat a terrifying Radiant Profound Chi Dragon. The trial stele understated the dragon’s strength and dao practice, leaving Chen Beiwu doubtful as the final assessment began.

• Chen Beiwu failed to move the Pure Yang Formation-Stabilizing Pillar, and Blazing Sun True Venerable watched him with interest while considering whether he could serve the sect.
• Chen Beiwu entered the second trial, comprehended a lower-grade fire origin seal within a year, and proceeded to the next trial.
• Ji Yue failed the second trial and returned outside the ruins, where he and Zhao Caixuan waited for Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu arrived in a lava cavern and recognized the sleeping Radiant Profound Chi Dragon as a formidable near-Venerable beast.
• The trial stele identified Chen Beiwu as a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator and ordered him to defeat the dragon, but its stated bloodline and dao practice contradicted the dragon’s apparent power.

Chen Beiwu withdrew from the impossible third Dao Child trial and joined Zhao Caixuan and Ji Yue at the Pure White Heavenly Road, where Nascent Soul cultivators entered a fiery trial for keys to the Lesser Yang Realm. After enduring the flames with Iron Egg’s protection, Chen Beiwu activated his key and was immediately targeted by a deadly golden arrow.

• Chen Beiwu withdrew from the trial after the Radiant Profound Chi Dragon awakened, while a golden young beast confronted Blazing Sun True Venerable, who tried to recruit it.
• Chen Beiwu reunited with Zhao Caixuan and Ji Yue, then traveled with them to the Pure White Heavenly Road and met Xin Yu, Zheng Zhongyuan, and cultivators from other sects.
• Zheng Zhongyuan explained that golden rings containing Lesser Yang Array Keys had appeared on the road, and the gathered True Lords agreed to enter them together.
• Chen Beiwu entered a golden ring, learned that enduring the flames would strengthen his Lesser Yang Realm opponent, and relied on Iron Egg to withstand the Lesser Yang True Fire.
• After enduring the flames for over a quarter-hour, Chen Beiwu activated his key and was met by a golden arrow aimed at the Nascent Soul in his spiritual terrace.

Chen Beiwu killed Yu Xianghua after enduring the Soul Refining Sect cultivator’s strange techniques, then teleported to the Mountain and River Hall. There he found the sects deadlocked over a five-thousand-year-old Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus, and concluded that it would eventually be his.

• Yu Xianghua captured what appeared to be Chen Beiwu’s Nascent Soul, but Chen Beiwu revealed it was a trap and cut Yu Xianghua in two.
• Yu Xianghua healed, wounded Chen Beiwu with borrowed saber intent, and used the Soul Refining Sect’s Eighteen True Forms and Soul-Slaying Curse before Chen Beiwu found his true body and destroyed his Nascent Soul.
• A teleportation prompt appeared, and Chen Beiwu chose the Mountain and River Hall over the other available destinations.
• At the Mountain and River Hall, Xin Yu and Ji Yue greeted Chen Beiwu while the gathered cultivators argued over how to divide the medicinal fields.
• Xin Yu told Chen Beiwu that the cultivators were contesting a five-thousand-year-old Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus; Xuele admitted it could not bypass the fifth-tier restrictions, and Chen Beiwu resolved to claim the lotus later.

Yun Kui broke the restrictions around a Fukui Dragon Orchid, prompting Ning Liangyu and Su Lanyue to unite their sects and attack the other cultivators near the Mountain and River Hall. Chen Beiwu rescued Xin Yu and escaped with her, while the two sects sealed off the area and continued fighting over the medicinal fields and the Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus.

• Yun Kui used Nascent Soul origin essence blood and guidance from the True Venerable to break the restrictions around a Fukui Dragon Orchid, which he picked under Ning Liangyu's protection.
• Ning Liangyu and Su Lanyue agreed that the Eight Desolations Sect and Heavenly Craft Talisman Sect would clear out the other cultivators, then their forces launched a surprise attack.
• Ning Liangyu struck at Chen Beiwu and Xin Yu, but Chen Beiwu's saber wound cut her finger and he transported himself and Xin Yu eight thousand li away.
• Ning Liangyu resumed attacking the other True Lords, while Su Lanyue ordered Granny Fu to seal the area with the No-Gate Fate-Determining World-Severing Profound Formation.
• Chen Beiwu tended to the wounded Xin Yu and learned from Xuele that five Nascent Soul True Lords had fallen; Xuele's remote connection then failed as the two sects sealed the area.

Chen Beiwu and Xin Yu investigated the Heavenly Treasures Hall, where a deadly formation guarded nine rare treasures, then left to seek Senior Brother Zheng. Elsewhere, Zheng Zhongyuan confronted Zhao Caixuan about a hidden passage, but she revealed overwhelming strength and struck him down.

• Iron Egg warned Chen Beiwu that challenging the Eight Desolations Sect and Heavenly Craft Talisman Sect for the Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus was too dangerous, so Chen Beiwu decided to wait for an opportunity.
• After Xin Yu recovered, she and Chen Beiwu followed Senior Brother Zheng's Jade Slip and reached the Heavenly Treasures Hall through a teleportation formation.
• Chen Beiwu sent Xuele's Five-Qi Puppet toward the treasures at the star river's core; the formation destroyed it, but Xuele learned the identities and powers of the nine treasures.
• Chen Beiwu and Xin Yu left the hall to find Senior Brother Zheng, while Ji Yin Zi and Li Chuanhai chose to wait there for Zheng Zhongyuan.
• Zheng Zhongyuan followed Zhao Caixuan to a concealed passage beneath a buried complex, then confronted her when she refused to explain what lay inside.
• Zhao Caixuan broke through Zheng Zhongyuan's Five Phases Profound Treasures, wounded him with a sudden strike, and engulfed him and his treasures in silver needles.

After Senior Brother Zheng's death, Chen Beiwu and Xin Yu headed for the Archive Hall, where Zhao Qianxun and Yu Long ambushed them. Chen Beiwu killed the Primordial Nether Ghost King with one saber strike, but his Profound Blade lost some of its spirituality, leaving Zhao Qianxun enraged.

• Xin Yu discovered that Senior Brother Zheng's jade slip had shattered and decided to leave the ruins with Chen Beiwu and Xuele.
• Chen Beiwu and Xin Yu reached the Archive Hall, where Iron Egg devoured Zhao Qianxun's Shadow-Ghost Hand and they exposed Zhao Qianxun and Yu Long hiding nearby.
• Zhao Qianxun demanded the return of his Shadow-Ghost Hand and threatened Chen Beiwu and Xin Yu, while Xin Yu prepared to flee with her junior brother.
• The Primordial Nether Ghost King trapped Xin Yu with its Hanging-Soul Ghost Lantern, but Chen Beiwu struck it with his Profound Blade as their companions engaged the other enemies.
• Chen Beiwu's saber strike killed the Primordial Nether Ghost King, weakened the Profound Blade's spirituality, and left Zhao Qianxun glaring at him in anger.

Chen Beiwu opened the Archive Hall by deciphering its restrictions, evaded Zhao Qianxun and Yu Long’s ambush, and entered with Xin Yu and the four little ones to explore the Grand Void Formation Sect’s texts. In the hall, Zhiling led him to records revealing that an unknown cultivator named Huang had fallen into demonhood after failing to unite the Southern Wasteland’s spirit veins and seek immortality.

• Zhao Qianxun backed down after Chen Beiwu demonstrated his strength, and the two agreed to end their conflict.
• Chen Beiwu used the Heavenly Evolution Star-Dipper Disk and the Four-Observation Technique to decipher the Archive Hall’s restrictions while Zhao Qianxun and Yu Long waited nearby.
• When the doors opened, Chen Beiwu trapped Zhao Qianxun and Yu Long outside with Lesser Yang True Fire and Zhiling’s Purple Luo Heavenly Barrier, then entered with Xin Yu.
• The group verified their identities and split up to search the Archive Hall’s sections, while Chen Beiwu found that his True Disciple Token limited his access to the core Spirit Transformation inheritances.
• Zhiling guided Chen Beiwu to a jade slip describing how Huang failed to seek immortality, fell into demonhood, and caused the Southern Wasteland’s great calamity.

Chen Beiwu found the Grand Void Formation Sect records and copied a suspicious Spirit Transformation method before repairing a teleportation formation with Xin Yu. The formation sent him somewhere unexpected, where he awoke to a mysterious young beast surrounded by immense fortune.

• Chen Beiwu read records about the four regions and learned that the Dragon-Subduing Hall likely held the land of great fortune.
• Golden Egg found the Ninefold Void-Purging Spirit Transformation Method, and Chen Beiwu copied it despite suspecting it concealed a danger.
• Blazing Sun True Venerable told Zhao Caixuan to raise a gu king by making the Nascent Soul cultivators in the Mountain and River Hall fight to the death within two months.
• Chen Beiwu and Xin Yu left the Scripture Repository Hall and found a teleportation formation that could lead outside the ruins.
• With Xinling's help, Chen Beiwu repaired the formation, but its teleportation surged unexpectedly and knocked him unconscious.
• Chen Beiwu awoke to a young beast licking his face and sensed the immense fortune surrounding it.

Chen Beiwu met Aji in the Dragon-Subduing Hall and agreed to help it escape in exchange for protection and access to the Blazing Sun Ruins’ resources. After Aji gave him the Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus, Chen Beiwu entered the final stage of the Dao Child trial, where the Radiant Profound Chi Dragon appeared stronger than before.

• Chen Beiwu discovered Aji’s extraordinary Purple Qi Auspicious Clouds and calamity qi, then learned that Aji had transported him to the Dragon-Subduing Hall.
• Aji offered to protect Chen Beiwu and help him obtain the ruins’ treasures if Chen Beiwu passed the Grand Void Formation Sect’s Dao Child trial and secured its Dao Child Token.
• Su Lanyue and Ning Liangyu found that the Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus had vanished from the Medicine Field, and Aji presented it to Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu signed a Contract with Aji, summoned Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling, and entered the Teleportation Formation.
• Chen Beiwu reached the trial’s third stage and saw the Radiant Profound Chi Dragon, now displaying the power of a late-stage Demon King.

Chen Beiwu and his companions defeated the Radiant Profound Chi Dragon, earning a Dao Child Token and revealing Chen Beiwu’s new saber technique, Slay the True. He then negotiated with the young beast and secured the Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus’s seat as payment for continuing their plan.

• Chen Beiwu, Golden Egg, Xuele, and Iron Egg fought the Radiant Profound Chi Dragon, whose Ash-Dust True Domain overwhelmed their attacks.
• Chen Beiwu joined with Golden Egg to form a Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Saber and killed the dragon with a slash he named Slay the True.
• Chen Beiwu received a Dao Child Token, which would let him enter the Myriad Formations Hall and contemplate the sect’s core legacies.
• Chen Beiwu returned to the Dragon-Subduing Hall and demanded that the young beast show sincerity before they proceeded with their plan.
• The young beast gave Chen Beiwu the Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus’s seat, agreeing to provide its leaves and seeds after later steps of their plan.

Chen Beiwu negotiated with Aji over retrieving a fifth-tier mighty artifact and then joined Ji Yue outside the Heavenly Treasures Hall. Inside, Ning Liangyu crushed Li Chuanhai’s challenge with a glance, and the hall’s doors opened as Chen Beiwu and Ji Yue arrived.

• Chen Beiwu agreed to help Aji retrieve a fifth-tier mighty artifact but insisted that it belonged to him under their Contract; Aji finally accepted treating it as a loan.
• Chen Beiwu left the Dragon-Subduing Hall with Zhiling, Iron Egg, Golden Egg, and Xuele, and the group headed for the Heavenly Treasures Hall.
• Chen Beiwu met Ji Yue outside the hall, where Ji Yue offered Formation-Breaking Awls in exchange for the Fire-Forged Cosmic Lesser Yang Demon-Burning Grand Formation.
• Inside the Heavenly Treasures Hall, Gu Jianfeng, Li Chuanhai, and Ji Yin Zi challenged Ning Liangyu over the Eight Desolations Sect’s treatment of their allies.
• Ning Liangyu dismissed their demands, and Li Chuanhai attacked; Ning Liangyu’s glance caused Li Chuanhai’s cultivation and vitality to collapse.
• The Heavenly Treasures Hall’s doors opened, revealing Chen Beiwu and Ji Yue to the assembled True Lords.

Chen Beiwu was publicly accused of stealing the Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus, but Ning Liangyu could tell his denial was truthful. As the factions divided the Heavenly Treasures Hall’s treasures, Aji revealed that the Star River itself concealed the Void Star Fate-Reversing Shuttle and explained how Chen Beiwu could retrieve it.

• Ning Liangyu accused Chen Zi'ang of stealing the Calamity-Crossing Golden Lotus, but Chen Beiwu denied it, and Ning Liangyu sensed he was telling the truth.
• The True Lords debated whether to search for the missing lotus or open the Heavenly Treasures Hall, then divided the treasures among their factions: longevity wood, infant-transformation stone, Earth Mother Pill, and pure yang liquid.
• Chen Beiwu asked Aji about the fifth-tier treasure, and Aji revealed that the Star River was the Void Star Fate-Reversing Shuttle, which could control the Grand Void restrictions.
• Aji explained that Chen Beiwu could use the Dao Child Token and a formation technique to command the shuttle briefly, but could only safely retrieve three treasures; Chen Beiwu chose the infant-transformation stone, pure yang liquid, and Earth Mother Pill.
• Iron Egg sensed that Aji felt some fondness for Chen Beiwu, while Xuele suggested forming a companion beast contract with Aji; Chen Beiwu rejected the idea as too dangerous.

Chen Beiwu chose not to activate the Dao Child Token until he confirmed Aji’s connection to Blazing Sun True Venerable, while a triggered killing formation devastated the Nascent Soul True Lords in the Heavenly Treasures Hall. He escaped with Aji to the Dragon-Subduing Hall, collected the promised treasures, and learned that Blazing Sun True Venerable might target him for possession.

• Chen Beiwu questioned Xinling about Aji’s plan to use the Dao Child Token, while the Nascent Soul True Lords failed to break the fifth-tier restrictions around the star river.
• Su Lanyue’s Seven Mysteries, Seven Bans, Seven Formation Flags and Ning Liangyu’s attack failed, but Yun Kui used resentment blood to crack the restrictions and trigger the hall’s killing formation.
• The killing formation slaughtered most of the Nascent Soul True Lords, and Chen Beiwu asked Aji about his relationship with Blazing Sun True Venerable before choosing not to activate the Dao Child Token.
• Su Lanyue and Gu Jianfeng fought Ji Yin Zi for a Spirit Transformation Pill as Ji Yue hid nearby and wondered whether Chen Zi'ang had also feigned death.
• In the Dragon-Subduing Hall, Aji gave Chen Beiwu the infant-transformation stone, pure yang liquid, and Earth Mother Pill, then warned that Blazing Sun True Venerable might try to possess him.

Chen Beiwu was ordered by Aji to destroy the Void-Evolving Hall’s formation pivot, but Zhao Caixuan led him and Ji Yue to a hidden site near the hall instead. As a spatial passage opened, Aji warned that it led to Blazing Sun True Venerable’s place of final repose, while Chen Beiwu found no sign of impending calamity.

• Chen Beiwu questioned Aji about Blazing Sun True Venerable’s choice of possession target, then agreed to hear how to destroy the Void-Evolving Hall’s formation pivot.
• Ji Yue appeared in the Heavenly Treasures Hall, overcame its remaining restrictions, and stole the Spirit Transformation Pill before teleporting away.
• Ning Liangyu and the others identified the thief as Tianyuan Yin and set out to pursue him, while Tianyuan Yin planned to seek the Creation Sanctum in the Blazing Sun Ruins.
• Chen Beiwu encountered Zhao Caixuan outside the Void-Evolving Hall, and she offered to lead him to a treasure site connected to the Creation Sanctum.
• Zhao Caixuan guided Chen Beiwu and Ji Yue to abandoned buildings, where a spatial passage opened and Aji warned them that it led to Blazing Sun True Venerable’s place of final repose.

Chen Beiwu, Ji Yue, and Zhao Caixuan entered the Truth-Seeking Hall after overcoming its puppet guards, where they found the remains of the Blazing Sun Ruins’ master and the Pure Yang Formation-Suppressing Pillar. While the other True Lords eyed the remains and the Storage Ring, Chen Beiwu stayed back, seeing something terrifying through his Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability.

• Ji Yue divined that entering the Blazing Sun Ruins led to grave danger, but he concealed his findings and followed Chen Beiwu and Zhao Caixuan through the spatial passage.
• Chen Beiwu, Ji Yue, and Zhao Caixuan reached the Truth-Seeking Hall, where Zhao Qianxun and Yu Long were fighting six True Lord puppets.
• Chen Beiwu and Xuele subdued two puppets, while the other True Lords defeated the remaining guards and the hall doors opened.
• The group found a jade-white skeleton holding the Pure Yang Formation-Suppressing Pillar, and Zhao Qianxun and Ji Yue eyed the remains and its Storage Ring as possible paths to greater power.
• Chen Beiwu remained still as the other True Lords considered approaching the remains, because his Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability revealed terrifying sights.

Chen Beiwu realized the Blazing Sun Ruins were part of Blazing Sun True Venerable’s Dharma manifestation, then watched Zhao Qianxun die after attempting to become the Venerable’s disciple. The surviving True Lords were left terrified by the Venerable’s power to make his words become law.

• Chen Beiwu recognized that the ruins and the cultivators within them existed inside Blazing Sun True Venerable’s Dharma manifestation and abandoned his idea of making a deal with him.
• Golden Egg considered approaching the jade-white skeleton, while Yu Long, Zhao Caixuan, Chen Beiwu, and the others hesitated outside the Truth-Seeking Hall.
• Zhao Qianxun entered the hall, knelt before the skeleton, and offered tea while asking Blazing Sun True Venerable to accept him as a disciple.
• Blazing Sun True Venerable condemned Zhao Qianxun’s lack of propriety, and Zhao Qianxun and his Golden-Armored Corpse King disintegrated into ash.
• Chen Beiwu realized Blazing Sun True Venerable had used the power to make his words become law, leaving the Nascent Soul True Lords afraid to act.

Zhao Caixuan entered the Truth-Seeking Hall and awakened Blazing Sun True Venerable, who restored his body and offered the Grand Void Formation Sect’s inheritance to the winner of a deadly disciple trial. Eight cultivators were gathered for the contest, and Blazing Sun True Venerable took Tianyuan Yin’s Spirit Transformation Pill as its prize.

• Zhao Caixuan bowed to Blazing Sun True Venerable, who transformed from a skeleton into a living cultivator.
• Chen Beiwu, Tianyuan Yin, and Yu Long paid their respects, but Blazing Sun True Venerable killed Yu Long for being noisy.
• Chen Beiwu openly said they had come for treasures and the Dao Lineage, so Blazing Sun True Venerable offered his inheritance to whoever survived his trial to become his disciple.
• Ning Liangyu, Su Lanyue, Gu Jianfeng, Ji Yin Zi, and the others were brought together, while Yun Kui revealed himself and joined the group of eight contestants.
• Blazing Sun True Venerable removed Tianyuan Yin’s Spirit Transformation Pill and declared it the prize for the trial.

Chen Beiwu entered the Heaven-Birthing, Heaven-Slaying Truth-Seeking Grand Formation, where Blazing Sun True Venerable manipulated the trials to force the Nascent Soul True Lords into combat. Chen Beiwu faced Ji Yin Zi and revealed an immense, mysterious dharma form, leaving Blazing Sun True Venerable surprised by his potential.

• Blazing Sun True Venerable took Tianyuan Yin's Spirit Transformation Pill and ordered the Nascent Soul True Lords into the formation, threatening to kill anyone who hesitated.
• Chen Beiwu entered the formation and found himself surrounded by powerful fire spirits in a blazing realm with a strict limit on how long he could survive there.
• Xinling explained the formation's three layers, and Chen Beiwu decided to seek out the other True Lords rather than search for a flaw he could not find.
• Blazing Sun True Venerable altered the formation so Chen Beiwu appeared before Ji Yin Zi, who attacked him with his extreme yin dharma form and soul-eroding ghostfire.
• Chen Beiwu summoned a towering primordial origin dharma form with help from Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling, startling Ji Yin Zi and making Blazing Sun True Venerable reconsider his potential.

Chen Beiwu defeated and killed Ji Yin Zi, then received an offer from the Blazing Sun True Venerable to become his direct disciple. Before he could answer, Ning Xuanji’s Dharma manifestation arrived, and the Blazing Sun True Venerable ordered him to leave the ruins or die.

• Chen Beiwu trapped Ji Yin Zi’s escape with his Primordial Origin Dharma Form and killed him with the Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seals and the Three-Grievance Nascent Soul-Annihilating Needle.
• The Blazing Sun True Venerable praised Chen Beiwu’s unusual Taiyi path and offered to make him his direct disciple and heir to the Grand Void Formation Sect’s Dao lineage.
• Su Lanyue gained the advantage over Ning Liangyu by deploying formations, but Ning Xuanji’s Dharma manifestation emerged from Ning Liangyu and ended their confrontation.
• Ning Xuanji appeared beside Chen Beiwu and addressed the Blazing Sun True Venerable, who ordered him to leave the Grand Void Formation Sect’s ruins or die.

Ning Xuanji negotiated with Blazing Sun True Venerable before their clash erupted, and Chen Beiwu fled the battlefield as other powerful figures joined the struggle. Later, Blazing Sun True Venerable offered Chen Beiwu discipleship or possession, but an earth-shaking dragon roar interrupted his choice.

• Ning Xuanji offered Blazing Sun True Venerable a reincarnation art in exchange for the Spirit Transformation Pill, the Creation Sanctum, and Chen Beiwu’s life, but Blazing Sun True Venerable defended his Dao Child and fought him.
• Chen Beiwu and the four little ones escaped the Spirit Transformation battle with the Five Phases Bright King Wings, while Su Tianhe arrived and demanded the Spirit Transformation Pill.
• Zhao Caixuan gave Chen Beiwu a key to the Void-Evolving Hall and revealed that a True Venerable had coerced her into bringing prodigies to the Blazing Sun Ruins.
• Blazing Sun True Venerable appeared after Zhao Caixuan failed to bring Chen Beiwu into the hall and offered him the choice of becoming his disciple or his vessel.
• Chen Beiwu prepared to flee with the Heaven-Escaping Talisman, but the ruins trembled and an exhilarated dragon roared.

Aji broke free of the Dragon-Subduing Hall and fought the Blazing Sun True Venerable, who defeated him and extracted his True Dragon essence blood. The Blazing Sun True Venerable then tried to claim Chen Beiwu as a vessel, but Chen Beiwu offered a Soul-Locking Stone in exchange for two Tribulation-Crossing Lotus Seeds and safe passage; when the bargain failed, he prepared to escape with the Heaven-Escaping Talisman.

• Aji transformed into a thousand-zhang True Dragon and charged the Pure Yang Formation-Suppressing Pillar, while Chen Beiwu and the others watched from afar.
• The Blazing Sun True Venerable challenged Aji to submit, and Aji attacked to test how much of the Venerable’s power remained.
• The Blazing Sun True Venerable activated the formation and defeated Aji, refining a drop of his True Dragon essence blood.
• The Blazing Sun True Venerable demanded Chen Beiwu become his vessel, but Chen Beiwu refused and offered a Soul-Locking Stone in exchange for two Tribulation-Crossing Lotus Seeds and permission to leave safely.
• Chen Beiwu revealed his Heaven-Escaping Talisman as leverage, but the Blazing Sun True Venerable attacked, leaving Chen Beiwu ready to flee.

Blazing Sun True Venerable killed Tianyuan Yin and negotiated with Chen Beiwu over the Soul-Locking Stone and the Grand Void Dao Lineage. After Aji awakened the Qianyang White Dragon and Kunyin Black Dragon souls and Blazing Sun True Venerable defeated them at great cost, Chen Beiwu bargained for Aji, and Blazing Sun True Venerable tossed the weakened dragon to him.

• Blazing Sun True Venerable burned Tianyuan Yin to death, then demanded that Chen Beiwu become a Grand Void Dao Child and rebuild the sect's Dao Lineage in exchange for his freedom.
• Blazing Sun True Venerable refused Chen Beiwu's request for the Tribulation-Crossing Lotus Seed, and Chen Beiwu admitted he could not control Aji in its current state.
• Aji awakened the Qianyang White Dragon and Kunyin Black Dragon souls, which manifested and attacked Blazing Sun True Venerable.
• Blazing Sun True Venerable defeated the two dragon souls after a devastating battle, leaving Aji unconscious and reduced to a Second-Realm Lesser Demon.
• Blazing Sun True Venerable renewed his offer for the Soul-Locking Stone, but Chen Beiwu refused and demanded Aji instead.
• Blazing Sun True Venerable accepted the trade and tossed the weakened Aji to Chen Beiwu.

Chen Beiwu accepted the gravely wounded Aji from Blazing Sun True Venerable in exchange for the Soul-Locking Stone and left the Blazing Sun Ruins under Zhu Wuya’s protection. Back in his cultivation cave, Chen Beiwu tried to restore Aji’s bloodline with his Primordial Origin Profound Ability, but Aji showed no improvement as the attempt consumed much of Chen Beiwu’s Golden Core source.

• Blazing Sun True Venerable handed Aji to Chen Beiwu, who refused to reconsider the exchange and surrendered the Soul-Locking Stone at the ruins’ exit.
• Chen Beiwu emerged at One-Line Sky, where Zhu Wuya shielded him from the Azure Spirit Sect’s accusations and escorted him away.
• Chen Beiwu told Zhu Wuya what he could about the ruins, then declined to return to the sect and went to Protectorate Immortal City to enter seclusion.
• Chen Beiwu examined Aji and used his Primordial Origin Profound Ability to try to restore Aji’s bloodline, but the attempt drained two-thirds of his Golden Core source without healing Aji.
• Chen Beiwu stopped the attempt, rejected Golden Egg’s suggestion to devour Aji, and decided to recover before trying again.

Chen Beiwu continued treating Aji while developing Protectorate City and recruiting cultivators to gather fortune. After discovering Li Quan’s Azure-Horned Ox could transform failed pills, Chen Beiwu approved Iron Egg taking Li Quan as a disciple, then learned that Immortal Alliance prodigies had made major gains in the Cangyuan Realm.

• Chen Beiwu failed to awaken Aji’s consciousness but continued treatment, while Golden Egg considered devouring Aji’s bloodline and Chen Beiwu warned him it was unlikely to succeed.
• Shu You reported that Protectorate City’s 12,000 cave abodes were complete and gave its resident numbers; Chen Beiwu ordered continued recruitment and offered personal discipleships and cave abodes to top Beast Taming Lineage cultivators.
• Shu You asked whether to pay attention to Li Quan, who had reached Foundation Establishment, and Chen Beiwu decided to handle him personally.
• Chen Beiwu observed Li Quan and his Azure-Horned Ox, Li Qing, turn failed pill residue into Foundation-Strengthening Pills, then approved Iron Egg taking Li Quan as a disciple.
• Back at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, Chen Beiwu read reports of Yu Zhaohua’s dharma form, the Calamity-Heart Fox in the Canglan Sea Region, and Immortal Alliance victories in the Cangyuan Realm.