Recaps

Shi Wujian and the other grotto-heaven disciples battled the Calamity-Heart Fox and Earth Qilin until Bai Qi used a Martial Saint Sacred Weapon to drive them away. Hu Mei seized the chance to capture the Calamity-Heart Fox but fled when someone approached, and Chen Beiwu arrived to find Bai Qi and the Earth Qilin still there.

• Senior Hu warned Chen Qin that Great Qian Dynasty Martial Ancestors were waiting to disrupt the battle and planned to capture the Calamity-Heart Fox amid the chaos.
• Shi Wujian sealed the Calamity-Heart Fox with the Black Bird Seal, and Xuanyuan Yu wounded it with his Heaven-Piercing Profound Sword before Bai Qi intercepted him and gathered its blood.
• Shi Wujian killed Bai Ping and five other Martial Ancestors, and their sacrificed essence empowered Bai Qi's Martial Saint Sacred Weapon enough to raise him to the Half-Step Martial Saint realm.
• Bai Qi exchanged one strike with Zhu Wu, Shi Wujian, Che Zhengyuan, and Xuanyuan Yu, and each grotto-heaven disciple withdrew from the True Realm.
• Hu Mei possessed Chen Qin's body, subdued the Calamity-Heart Fox, and then fled with it when she sensed someone approaching.
• Chen Beiwu entered the Broken True Realm openly and found Bai Qi beside the Earth Qilin, realizing he had arrived too late to witness what had happened.

Chen Beiwu and Bai Qi fought over the Earth Qilin’s essence blood, but Bai Qi turned on Chen Beiwu after they subdued the beast. Chen Beiwu revealed the full power of his Primordial Origin Dharma Form and crushed Bai Qi, who died in his true Ice Dragon form.

• Bai Qi and Chen Beiwu agreed to join forces against the Earth Qilin, which offered them essence blood in exchange for being spared.
• Bai Qi wounded the Earth Qilin with his Martial Saint Sacred Weapon, while Chen Beiwu struck it with the Profound Origin Return to Ruins Seal.
• Bai Qi refused to honor their agreement and attacked Chen Beiwu, apparently killing him with his Dragon-Imprisoning Extreme Ice Profound Ability.
• Chen Beiwu revealed that Bai Qi had fallen for an illusion and had stolen the Martial Saint Sacred Weapon, but Bai Qi activated it and seemingly destroyed him.
• Chen Beiwu appeared again and trapped Bai Qi within his Primordial Origin Dharma Form, amplified by the Three-Scenery Wisdom Light and the Heaven-Given Profound Ability [Dharma Form True Spirit].
• Chen Beiwu closed his hand around Bai Qi, who reverted to his Ice Dragon form and died.

Chen Beiwu defeated Bai Qi, traded with the Earth Qilin for its blood essence and fruits, and began investigating the qilin’s hidden secret while refining Bai Qi’s Martial Saint Sacred Weapon. The weapon resisted his attempts to claim it, so he used his Primordial Origin profound ability to try to awaken its spirit.

• Hu Mei fled with Chen Qin and the Calamity-Heart Fox, avoiding Chen Beiwu and warning Chen Qin that knowing more would put her in danger.
• Bai Qi used the Martial Saint Sacred Weapon to strike Chen Beiwu, but Chen Beiwu revealed he had survived through a feigned-death profound ability, and Bai Qi died.
• Chen Beiwu negotiated five drops of the Earth Qilin’s blood essence and three Earth Qilin Fruits in exchange for help stopping future disturbances, then swore a Daoheart Oath.
• Chen Beiwu applied an Earth Qilin Fruit to Aji’s eggshell and planned to investigate the underground pull by directing battle shock waves toward it.
• Chen Beiwu tried to claim and refine Bai Qi’s Martial Saint Sacred Weapon, but it resisted him, so he used Myriad Phenomena Return to the Source to awaken it.

Chen Beiwu awakened the Cold Origin Dragon Saber’s artifact spirit and used his creation ability to help the earth qilin begin an ambitious breakthrough. As the other grotto-heaven disciples reacted to the upheaval, Gu Yong entered the true realm to challenge Chen Beiwu.

• Chen Beiwu transformed the Martial Saint’s sacred weapon into the Cold Origin Dragon Saber, awakened its spirit Cold Chi, and learned that it lacked a creation grand restriction.
• Chen Beiwu refused Golden Egg’s offer to test the saber and prepared to help the earth qilin, while warning his companions that powerful beings might gather during its breakthrough.
• Chen Beiwu used Creation in a Single Thought to awaken the earth qilin’s bloodline, and the qilin charged into the earth vein to attempt a breakthrough toward the Fifth-Realm Demon Venerable level.
• Che Zhengyuan, Shi Wujian, Xuanyuan Yu, and Zhu Wu sensed the breakthrough; Shi Wujian reported that the Calamity-Heart Fox had disappeared, and the group discussed Chen Beiwu’s strength and the upcoming Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament.
• Gu Yong objected to Che Zhengyuan comparing Chen Beiwu with the Lunar Saintess, then entered the true realm to see how strong Chen Beiwu was.

Chen Beiwu fought Gu Yong, who challenged him after hearing he had been compared to the Lunar Saintess Gu Qinghan. Chen Beiwu defeated Gu Yong despite his Yin-Poison Toad Pearl and powerful Dharma Form, then turned to contemplate the insights he had gained.

• Che Zhengyuan, Shi Wujian, and Zhu Wu entered the True Realm to watch Gu Yong challenge Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu accepted Gu Yong's challenge and struck first with the Cold Origin Dragon Saber, freezing Gu Yong in ice.
• The Netherdark Mysterious Civet attacked Chen Beiwu, but Xuele blocked it, and Gu Yong brought out the Yin-Poison Toad Pearl.
• Chen Beiwu unleashed his Soaring Heavens Saber Intent while Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling disrupted Gu Yong and the Netherdark Mysterious Civet's connection.
• Gu Yong activated the Taihua Moon-Swallowing Jade Toad Dharma Form, but Chen Beiwu's hidden saber strike wounded him and broke the Dharma Form.
• Shi Wujian offered Gu Yong a pill, while Gu Yong admitted defeat but insisted that Chen Beiwu remained far weaker than the Lunar Saintess.

Chen Beiwu and the other first seats waited on Other Shore Island as the Earth Qilin attempted to become a Fifth-Realm Demon Venerable. The qilin died under its heavenly tribulation, leaving the others to decide who would claim its valuable remains.

• Chen Beiwu and Xuanyuan Yu discussed the Dao while Shi Wujian and Che Zhengyuan weighed the Earth Qilin's chances of surviving its breakthrough.
• Wang Miao learned that Chen Beiwu was on Other Shore Island and accepted a three-month mission to capture or kill him.
• A month later, the Earth Qilin triggered its heavenly tribulation, and Chen Beiwu and his companions watched as the lightning battered it.
• After the tribulation clouds dispersed, Chen Beiwu led Shi Wujian, Che Zhengyuan, and Xuanyuan Yu to the earth vein, where they found the Earth Qilin dead.
• Shi Wujian proposed dividing the qilin's remains, and Xuanyuan Yu offered Chen Beiwu first choice.

Chen Beiwu discovered that the Earth Qilin had faked its death and used its remains to aid Zhiling’s breakthrough into the Demon King realm. As Zhiling faced the rare Six Void Spanning the Sky Tribulation, Wang Miao and Jiu True Lord tracked a powerful Demon King’s tribulation, hoping it would lead them to Chen Beiwu.

• Chen Beiwu found no Qilin Inner Core or horn among the Earth Qilin’s remains, while Zhiling uncovered qilin dragon bone; Shi Wujian explained that the qilin had used Immortal-Rebirth Marrow to survive its tribulation and be reborn elsewhere.
• Xuanyuan Yu invited Chen Beiwu to join a mission searching for the Venerable Saint Forest, but Chen Beiwu declined and chose to cultivate on Other Shore Island instead.
• A month later, Zhiling began her Demon King breakthrough with Chen Beiwu’s help, and her cultivation surged so rapidly that he used his Primordial Origin Profound Ability to help stabilize her True Domain.
• After more than two years of preparation, Zhiling faced the Six Void Spanning the Sky Tribulation and absorbed its first bolt of heavenly thunder into the world of her Demon King True Domain.
• On Other Shore Island, Wang Miao and Jiu True Lord tracked a powerful Demon King’s tribulation to the southeast, suspecting it might lead them to Chen Beiwu; Jiu True Lord agreed to block Chen Beiwu’s protective treasure while Wang Miao tried to capture him alive.

After Zhiling ascended to Demon King, Chen Beiwu examined its powerful spatial abilities and newly awakened Great Freedom Void-Heaven Domain. When Dipper-Shift True Lord Wang Miao and Jiu True Lord ambushed him, Chen Beiwu struck first, and Zhiling trapped Wang Miao inside its domain.

• Zhiling survived its tribulation, reached the Demon King middle stage, and revealed the spatial abilities Changing Heaven and Replacing Earth and Great Freedom Void-Heaven Domain.
• Chen Beiwu sensed Wang Miao and Jiu True Lord hiding nearby and confronted them; Jiu True Lord fled as Chen Beiwu attacked Wang Miao.
• Wang Miao summoned Dipper Lodge Dark Ink, but Chen Beiwu shattered their defensive barrier with one saber strike and froze the companion beast.
• Chen Beiwu questioned Wang Miao about who had sent him, then decided to kill him and search his soul when Wang Miao refused to reveal his affiliation.
• Zhiling manifested Great Freedom Void-Heaven Domain, engulfing Wang Miao in its spatial realm.

Wang Miao attacked Chen Beiwu and his Companion Beasts, but Chen Beiwu, Golden Egg, and Zhiling captured him with a combination of their abilities. Before Chen Beiwu could learn whether Xiao Yu’s branch of the Tianyuan Xiao Clan was linked to the Ancient God Cult, Jiu True Lord appeared and killed Wang Miao’s Nascent Soul; after Jiu True Lord warned that Chen Beiwu would eventually join the cult, Chen Beiwu resolved to leave the Cangyuan Realm.

• Wang Miao used his Dipper Lodge Dark Armor and lethal Profound Abilities to tear apart Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling, then pursued Chen Beiwu as he fled.
• Golden Egg trapped Wang Miao with Great Expansion Determining Truth, while Zhiling used Changing Heaven and Replacing Earth to swap his Nascent Soul into Chen Beiwu’s hand.
• Chen Beiwu questioned Wang Miao, who revealed that the Ancient God Cult had hired him with a Calamity-Deliverance Profound True Pill and that the cult intended to act in the Cangyuan Realm.
• A Youfu Vulture attacked, and Jiu True Lord emerged from hiding; Chen Beiwu struck Wang Miao’s Nascent Soul before it could be destroyed by a restriction, killing Wang Miao and grievously weakening Dipper Lodge Dark Ink.
• Jiu True Lord told Chen Beiwu that he would eventually join the Ancient God Cult and disappeared without fighting; Chen Beiwu decided he could no longer remain in the Cangyuan Realm.

Chen Beiwu left Other Shore Island after defeating Wang Miao and killing the loyal Dipper Lodge Dark Ink, then learned that his friend Chen Qin might have gone to the island. Gu Qinghan heard of his victory over Gu Yong and gave Gu Yong another chance to defeat him, while Chen Beiwu reunited with his fellow disciples and revealed that he had reached Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• Chen Beiwu refused Golden Egg's suggestion to keep the white-robed cultivator, while Xuele and Golden Egg looted Wang Miao's body.
• Dipper Lodge Dark Ink pretended to surrender, then launched a surprise attack; Zhiling blocked its strikes, and Chen Beiwu killed it after recognizing its intent to die beside Wang Miao.
• Wang Yuan told Chen Beiwu that Chen Qin might have left Yuyuan Island for Other Shore Island, but Chen Beiwu concluded that the time to find her had not yet come.
• Gu Qinghan learned that Gu Yong had lost to Chen Beiwu and promised him another chance to win at the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament, saying she would face Chen Beiwu herself if Gu Yong lost again.
• Chen Beiwu reunited with Su Muyu, Yue Chenfeng, Mo Chen, and Jiang Chuan, who were astonished to learn he had reached Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Chen Beiwu told his fellow disciples that an opportunity on Other Shore Island had helped him advance rapidly.

Chen Beiwu returned from the Cangyuan Realm with Aji, a creation origin beast egg, and learned that the All-Stars Pivot had noticed it. Back at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, he considered Xiao Yan’s request to become his disciple, but a sudden blow to the Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon’s fortune warned him that the Southern Wasteland was in danger, prompting him to prepare to return.

• Chen Beiwu showed Aji to Yue Chenfeng and the others, and Yue Chenfeng warned him that the egg might contain a Demon Venerable reborn through nirvana and urged him to consult their master.
• Chen Beiwu returned through the Two-World Gate, registered his gains at the All-Stars Pivot, and drew the attention of a Pivot Star Envoy, who divined that Aji was a creation origin beast egg but refrained from pursuing it because of Chen Beiwu’s standing.
• Chen Beiwu returned to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, where Xiao Yan asked to become his disciple in hopes of learning how to forge a pure yang nascent soul.
• The Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon suffered a sudden loss of fortune, and Chen Beiwu spent three Fortune Crimson Dragons to restore it before realizing that much of the lost fortune came from the Southern Wasteland’s Beast Taming Lineage.
• Chen Beiwu resolved to return to the Southern Wasteland and told Xiao Yan that becoming his disciple depended on affinity, leaving Xiao Yan to consider his cryptic explanation.

Chen Beiwu returned to the Southern Wasteland and learned how the seven-sect alliance captured Protectorate Immortal City, while conflicts over the Earth Evolution Realm’s weakened sect reserves and a possible crossing from beyond the domain intensified. After hearing the losses from Shu You and Yu Shuiyao, Chen Beiwu vowed to strike back against the seven sects.

• Xiao Yan considered how to obtain Heavenly Embryo Dew to persuade Chen Beiwu to accept him as a disciple, while Chen Beiwu returned to his cave abode and then teleported to the Southern Wasteland.
• Yu Zhaohua found Chen Beiwu in seclusion and went to assess the True Martial Society, while leaders of the seven sects argued over whether to attack the Mirror Moon Sect to capture Chen Zi'ang.
• Shu You received word from Chen Beiwu, and Zhu Wuya learned from the Heavenly One True Dragon that Spirit Transformation Venerables from a Taiyi Dao Sect branch had likely caused the celestial upheaval.
• Zhu Wuya decided to recall the sect's Dao Child and hold the Mirror Moon Sect master succession ceremony so he could attempt Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Beiwu heard Shu You and Yu Shuiyao recount the fall of Protectorate Immortal City, relieved that its talents and core disciples had escaped, and vowed to wipe out the seven sects' dao lineages.

Chen Beiwu infiltrated the Blood Fortune Sect to attack its headquarters, but his assault exposed him to Blood Demon Venerable, who trapped him with the sect’s formation and struck through his Dantian. The chapter ended as a Heaven-Covering Giant Finger descended on Blood Demon Venerable and the assembled Nascent Soul True Lords.

• Chen Beiwu declined the Mirror Moon Sect master succession for the time being and set out to strike the seven sects’ headquarters instead of confronting their forces at Protectorate Immortal City.
• Chen Beiwu entered Blazing Blood Mountain disguised as Zhao Tian after ambushing the Blood Fortune Sect elder and searching his soul for a way into the sect.
• Chen Beiwu and his companions confronted Yu Xiangtian, whose nascent soul exploded after he recognized Chen Beiwu as Chen Zi'ang.
• Blood Demon Venerable appeared, sealed the area with the Blood Fortune Sect’s formation, and revealed that he intended to capture Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu attacked Xiang Yuxing with the Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seals, but Blood Demon Venerable shattered the attack and pierced Chen Beiwu’s Dantian.
• A Heaven-Covering Giant Finger descended toward Blood Demon Venerable as the Blood Fortune Sect’s Nascent Soul True Lords watched.

Chen Beiwu and his companions fought Blood Demon Venerable, who had taken Xiang Yuxing’s form, and Chen Beiwu’s allies helped him reach Nascent Soul Perfection. Blood Demon Venerable then activated the Heavenly Demon Blood Fortune Myriad Beings Origin Formation to suppress Chen Beiwu and demanded that he surrender and join the Blood Fortune Sect.

• Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Xuele attacked Blood Demon Venerable, but he repelled their abilities and turned Xuele’s Five-Headed Wood Dragon against Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu cut Blood Demon Venerable into blood mist with Silence Illuminates Myriad Forms Profound Light Thorn, but Blood Demon Venerable re-formed with a stronger aura.
• Chen Beiwu combined Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling’s powers through Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation, rising to Nascent Soul Perfection and resisting Blood Demon Venerable’s Blood Sea Samsara Palm.
• Blood Demon Venerable activated the Heavenly Demon Blood Fortune Myriad Beings Origin Formation, which sealed the Blood Fortune Sect grounds and began draining Chen Beiwu’s blood qi and power.
• Blood Demon Venerable explained that the formation would reduce Chen Beiwu’s fighting strength and offered him a grand elder position if he surrendered and joined the Blood Fortune Sect.

Chen Beiwu fought the Blood Demon Venerable, using the weakened Heavenly Demon Blood Fortune Myriad Beings Origin Formation against him and destroying its foundations with Slay the True. Their Dharma Forms then clashed, and Aji’s Two Forms, One Qi helped Chen Beiwu overcome the Eight Desires Blood Demon, leaving the Blood Demon Venerable accepting defeat.

• Chen Beiwu resisted the formation, ambushed Xiang Yuxing, and discovered that the Blood Demon Venerable could create multiple Blood Bodies from the formation’s power.
• The Blood Demon Venerable restrained Chen Beiwu, but Chen Beiwu used his Five Phases Bright King Wings and Slay the True to collapse the Heavenly Demon Blood Fortune Myriad Beings Origin Formation.
• Chen Beiwu invoked the Primordial Origin Dharma Form, while the Blood Demon Venerable revealed his Eight Desires Blood Demon Dharma Form and identified himself as Blood Demon Venerable Wu Youming.
• Chen Beiwu expanded his Dharma Form with Three-Scenery Wisdom Light and trapped the Blood Demon Venerable within the Primordial Origin Dharma Realm, but struggled to suppress him.
• Aji appeared and sprayed Two Forms, One Qi at the Eight Desires Blood Demon, weakening it so Chen Beiwu could defeat it; the Blood Demon Venerable accepted death.

Chen Beiwu killed Xiang Yuxing and crushed the Blood Fortune Sect, while the Blood Demon Venerable survived and sought help from Ning Xuanji. Chen Beiwu then attacked the Mysterious Female Sect, leaving the Seven Sects’ remaining forces to face the threat of losing their Dao lineages.

• Chen Beiwu killed Xiang Yuxing, causing his Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon to transform as it absorbed an immense share of fortune.
• Chen Beiwu slaughtered the five Blood Fortune Sect Nascent Soul True Lords and destroyed Blazing Blood Mountain, while the Blood Demon Venerable survived in a hidden cave.
• The Blood Demon Venerable warned Ning Xuanji about Chen Zi'ang and asked him to take the threat seriously, but Ning Xuanji focused on protecting the Heaven-Severing and Earth-Isolating Grand Formation.
• Zhu Wuya left the Mirror Moon Sect to confront the Seven Sects’ Nascent Soul cultivators after Yu Shuiyao failed to persuade Chen Beiwu to return.
• Chen Beiwu and Zhiling captured Zhuo Buwei at the Mysterious Female Sect, and Chen Beiwu resolved to eradicate the Seven Sects’ Dao lineages.

Zhu Wuya destroyed Protectorate Immortal City’s surroundings, defeated the seven sects’ Nascent Soul cultivators, and named Chen Beiwu the next Mirror Moon Sect Master. As Chen Beiwu prepared for the succession ceremony in the Vast Star Sea Region, news of Chen Zi'ang’s rise spread across the realms, drawing Gu Wuji’s disbelief and Su Tianhe’s interest.

• Zhu Wuya killed the Scarlet Sun Sect Master and used the Taiyi Dragon-Tiger Seal to engulf Protectorate Immortal City and defeat the seven sects’ Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Chen Beiwu arrived to find the city gone, then learned from Zhu Wuya that its residents had been relocated and that he was to inherit the Mirror Moon Sect Master’s seat.
• Zhu Wuya warned Chen Beiwu that Lin Zimo might challenge him at the succession ceremony and that the Eight Desolations Sect could threaten him after Zhu Wuya entered seclusion.
• Rumors credited Chen Zi'ang with destroying the Blood Fortune Sect and Mysterious Female Sect and killing the seven sects’ Nascent Soul cultivators, spreading his fame across the realms.
• Gu Wuji learned that Chen Zi'ang was to become Mirror Moon Sect Master and rushed to confirm the reports with the Grand Elder.
• Su Tianhe judged Chen Zi'ang a promising candidate for Spirit Transformation and sent a strand of Dharma-Form Origin to attend the succession ceremony.

The Flameburn Sect debated whether to oppose Chen Zi'ang, but Nine-Dragon True Lord sent a reserve treasure to the Mirror Moon Sect’s succession ceremony to assess his potential. In Yuezhen City, Shu You’s attempt to audit local accounts exposed obstruction by Zhu Yunhu, and Chen Beiwu and Zhu Wuya arrived as Zhu Lingyun tried to escape punishment by threatening to kill himself.

• Luo Zhan rejected Yun Bushi’s proposal to challenge Chen Zi'ang, citing the weakening Heaven-Earth Severing Formation and the risk of worsening conflict with the Mirror Moon Sect.
• Nine-Dragon True Lord gave Luo Zhan a manifestation of the Nine-Dragon Divine Fire Cover and said Senior Divine Fire wanted to meet the talent who had stirred the Heavenly One True Dragon.
• Shu You confronted Zhu Yunhu and other Golden Core True Persons over missing Yuezhen City account books, but Zhu Yunhu claimed they had already been delivered and challenged her to prove otherwise.
• Chen Beiwu and Zhu Wuya arrived at the City Lord's Manor, where Zhu Lingyun offered to relinquish his post and Chen Beiwu recognized signs that he had little lifespan left.
• After Chen Beiwu deferred to Zhu Wuya on how to deal with Zhu Lingyun, Zhu Lingyun struck toward his own head and offered his life as atonement, while Chen Beiwu chose not to intervene.

Zhu Wuya confronted Zhu Lingyun over Yuezhen City's missing tribute, then Chen Beiwu prepared for the Mirror Moon Sect's succession ceremony as powerful guests arrived. The ceremony began with Chen Beiwu facing the sect's ancient rule that its incoming master must accept challenges from the Five Lineages.

• Zhu Lingyun admitted he had taken three drops of formless marrow, and Zhu Wuya seized the five-qi stone while giving Chen Beiwu the heavenly heart liquid and ordering Zhu Lingyun to remain in seclusion.
• Chen Beiwu chose not to take the heavenly heart liquid before the ceremony, fearing its period of weakness, and continued cultivating with the help of his spirit beasts.
• Luo Zhan, Zhao Cang, and Wu Shijie arrived in Yuezhen City, followed by Li Xiaoyao and Gu Wuji, drawing attention from the cultivators gathered for the ceremony.
• Su Tianhe warned Su Lanyue that Xiaoyao Sword Lord could not be suppressed even by his avatar fighting at full strength, and told her to observe Chen Zi'ang discreetly.
• The Golden Bell rang three times, and Zhu Wuya asked Chen Beiwu whether he was confident before the ceremony's challenges from the Five Lineages.

Chen Beiwu assumed leadership of the Mirror Moon Sect and gained a Purple Qi Canopy, awakening the Primordial Origin True Beast art and advancing his saber intent. As the ceremony’s Dao discussion began, Greenwood Sect Master Zhao Cang challenged him with a hidden Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad, and Zhiling stepped forward to face it.

• Zhu Wuya welcomed Li Xiaoyao, the Xiaoyao Sword Lord, whose presence unsettled Zhu Shaoyuan and Zhu Qiong.
• Zhu Wuya presented Chen Beiwu with the Taiyi Dragon-Tiger Seal, formally making him the Mirror Moon Sect’s ninth sect master.
• Chen Beiwu’s new sect authority produced a Purple Qi Canopy in Chaos Heaven and Earth, helping him comprehend the Primordial Origin True Beast art and break through his saber-intent barrier.
• Chen Beiwu opened his eyes, briefly unleashing a force that made cultivators’ magical treasures tremble, while Li Xiaoyao and the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword recognized his extraordinary potential.
• Chen Beiwu invited the other four sects to exchange Dao arts, and Zhao Cang answered with a Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad disguised as a beast-taming challenge.
• Zhiling landed before Chen Beiwu and confronted the Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad as it opened its blood-red eyes.

Zhiling, Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Xuele fought the Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad until Chen Beiwu revealed his Primordial Origin True Beast ability, empowering Zhiling to overwhelm it. After Zhao Cang withdrew with the defeated toad, Wu Shijie challenged Chen Beiwu to test his Great Gold Sacred Body, leaving Zhu Shaoyuan unable to judge which cultivator had the advantage.

• Zhiling called on Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Xuele to fight the Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad together, but the toad’s poison and feints threatened Golden Egg before Iron Egg restrained it with Fixing Time.
• Zhiling struck at the immobilized toad, but it escaped her attack and appeared behind Chen Beiwu, who revealed that he had activated Primordial Origin True Beast.
• Chen Beiwu’s ability raised Zhiling’s cultivation to the peak Demon King level, and her Great Space-Rending Claw frightened the Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad into surrendering.
• Chen Beiwu shared the ability’s details with his companion beasts, while Zhao Cang thanked him, collected the toad, and withdrew.
• Wu Shijie challenged Chen Beiwu to test his Great Gold Sacred Body, and Zhu Shaoyuan reassured Zhu Qiong even as he admitted he could not read the clash between them.

At the Mirror Moon Sect succession ceremony, Chen Beiwu defeated Wu Shijie with a nameless saber strike, prompting Luo Zhan to concede without fighting. Li Xiaoyao then challenged Chen Beiwu to exchange pointers with their cultivation levels matched.

• Wu Shijie attacked Chen Beiwu with Heavy Gold Heaven-Shattering Palm, but Chen Beiwu's concentrated saber strike cut through his defenses and left him unharmed beyond a shallow wound.
• Wu Shijie admitted defeat and praised Chen Beiwu's nameless strike, while Chen Beiwu let him keep his mistaken interpretation of its name.
• Chen Beiwu considered his ambition to unite the Earth Evolution Realm Five Sects and reestablish the Taiyi Dao Sect as Luo Zhan conceded on behalf of the Flameburn Sect.
• Li Xiaoyao instructed Gu Wuji to keep his sword heart clear, then offered to suppress his cultivation to Nascent Soul Late Stage and exchange moves with Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu accepted Li Xiaoyao's challenge.

Chen Beiwu and Li Xiaoyao tested their saber and sword arts in a duel, and Chen Beiwu won with a strike that carved a lasting rift in the heavens. Li Xiaoyao accepted the defeat after gaining insight into the fifth realm of the Sword Dao, while Chen Beiwu’s immortal-slaying saber intent advanced.

• Su Tianhe asked Su Lanyue whether she would accept Chen Zi'ang as a Dao companion, and she admitted she found him appealing before Su Tianhe's split consciousness disappeared.
• Li Xiaoyao drank his wine, revealed that he had comprehended a new sword strike, and warned Chen Beiwu to be careful.
• Li Xiaoyao and Chen Beiwu exchanged attacks, and Chen Beiwu parried Li Xiaoyao's probing strikes before preparing a decisive saber strike.
• Li Xiaoyao united body and sword, entering the fifth realm of the Sword Dao, while Chen Beiwu grasped the meaning of his carefree sword intent.
• Chen Beiwu unleashed his immortal-slaying saber intent, stopped his strike before Li Xiaoyao, and sent its white line through the sky, leaving a vast rift.
• Li Xiaoyao conceded defeat, and the assembled cultivators stared in shock at the saber scar carved across the heavens.

Chen Beiwu discussed uniting the five sects with Xiaoyao Sword Lord, then encountered the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword, which offered to accept him as a disciple of the Taiyi Dao Venerable. The sword awaited his answer after Chen Beiwu asked what it would do if he refused.

• Cultivators flocked to Yuezhen City to see the saber scar left by Chen Zi'ang, and one Golden Core True Person gained insight from its saber intent.
• Chen Beiwu asked Xiaoyao Sword Lord whether the five sects could return to their common origin, but Xiaoyao said the Mysterious Sword Pavilion would not submit to the Mirror Moon Lineage without a compelling reason.
• Xiaoyao offered the Mysterious Sword Pavilion's allegiance if Chen Beiwu gained the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword's acknowledgment, but Chen Beiwu initially refused to risk approaching the artifact.
• The Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword appeared, praised Chen Beiwu's saber talent, and explained that the Taiyi Dao Venerable had risen through great opportunities and a powerful teacher.
• The Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword offered to accept Chen Beiwu as the Taiyi Dao Venerable's disciple and teach him the supreme sword Dao.
• Chen Beiwu asked the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword what it would do if he refused its offer.

Chen Beiwu rejected offers from the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword and the Heavenly Craft Talisman Sect while weighing the Southern Wasteland’s proposed alliance. After refusing Su Lanyue’s marriage proposal, he received the Mirror Moon Sect’s Spirit Transformation secret art and discovered its potential to improve his chances of advancement.

• Chen Beiwu asked to consider the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword’s offer, then found the Greenwood, Flameburn, and Heavy Gold Sects unwilling to commit to the Five Sects Returning to the Origin.
• Su Lanyue proposed an alliance among the Southern Wasteland Nine Realms, warning that the regions might reconnect and that the Great Shang Imperial Dynasty could threaten the Southern Wasteland.
• Heavenly Art True Venerable proposed Su Lanyue as Chen Beiwu’s Dao Companion and offered a Creation Sanctum entry, but Chen Beiwu declined.
• Zhu Wuya gave Chen Beiwu the Mirror Moon Sect’s Taiyi Mysterious Pivot Art of Returning to Truth and Turning Causes, and Chen Beiwu recognized its promise for Spirit Transformation.