Recaps

Chen Beiwu negotiated with Su Lanyue to trade his Pure Yang Nascent Soul insights for two pieces of Illuminating Heart Marrow and discussed investment in Protectorate City. Three years later, after reaching the peak of the Nascent Soul early stage, he learned that Liu Yuanming and two others had traded with the Green Hill Demon Kingdom and leaked Immortal Alliance intelligence, and chose to send Zhiling to subdue them as a trial.

• Chen Beiwu offered Su Lanyue his insights into Pure Yang Nascent Soul Formation for two pieces of Illuminating Heart Marrow, and the Heavenly Craft Merchant Association agreed to deliver them in three years.
• Su Lanyue offered to invest in Protectorate City, and Chen Beiwu agreed to discuss the proposal.
• The Mirror Moon Sect Grand Elders debated Chen Beiwu’s city and the dangerous passage in the Grand Void Formation Sect Ruins, while Chen Beiwu decided to wait before exploring it.
• Three years later, Chen Beiwu completed the womb-breath stage and reached the peak of the Nascent Soul early stage.
• Xuele gave Chen Beiwu evidence that Liu Yuanming and two others had traded with the Green Hill Demon Kingdom and leaked Immortal Alliance intelligence.
• Chen Beiwu assigned Zhiling to subdue Liu Yuanming and the other two as a trial, and Zhiling accepted.

Chen Beiwu and Zhiling hunted the officials who had betrayed the Immortal Alliance, killing Chang Ming after his Azure Rain Treasure Deer sacrificed itself to protect him. Zhiling then attacked Bai Yi, who was pulled into Zhiling’s cave-heaven world, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Chang Ming tried to escape Zhiling’s ambush, but his Azure Rain Treasure Deer took Zhiling’s claw strike and died buying him time.
• Chen Beiwu approved Chang Ming’s execution, and Zhiling killed him before asking Chen Beiwu whether he would ever abandon it.
• Chen Beiwu reassured Zhiling that they would face danger together, then directed it toward Bai Yi at the Pure Fire Bureau.
• Bai Yi transformed his Gale-Fire Treasure Swallow into the Li Xun Gale Fire Wheel and attacked Zhiling, but a Space-Rending Needle only inflicted a minor wound.
• Zhiling activated Heaven and Earth Within the End and drew Bai Yi and the Li Xun Gale Fire Wheel into its cave-heaven world.

Chen Beiwu sent Zhiling to ambush Liu Yuanming, whose hidden Golden Thread Gu nearly killed it before Zhiling awakened a powerful void ability and annihilated the insect. Chen Beiwu exposed Liu Yuanming’s dealings with the Green Hill Demon Kingdom and killed him, while Liu’s final warning revealed that powerful forces had used him as a pawn and were entangled in a web across the Earth Abyss.

• Chen Beiwu criticized Zhiling’s mistakes in its fight with Bai Yi and told it to attack Liu Yuanming with a decisive strike.
• Zhiling ambushed Liu Yuanming in the Register Archives, but he survived its first blow and fled while Zhiling pursued him.
• Liu Yuanming unleashed his four-hundred-year-nurtured Golden Thread Gu, and Zhiling awakened a new void Profound Ability that formed a Micro Black Hole and annihilated it.
• Chen Beiwu caught the exhausted Zhiling and confronted Liu Yuanming about his private dealings with the Green Hill Demon Kingdom.
• Liu Yuanming admitted that he had been pressured into the dealings for cultivation resources, and Chen Beiwu killed him.
• Liu Yuanming revealed that he, Bai Yi, and Chang Ming had been pawns of a powerful faction, then warned that Chen Beiwu would draw its attention if he investigated the hidden web surrounding the Earth Abyss.

Chen Beiwu exposed a network of garrison officials trading secrets with the Green Hill Demon Kingdom, earning a promotion and a Thousand-Origin Pill. After Xuele consumed the pill and advanced, Chen Beiwu returned to the Southern Wasteland and met Su Lanyue, who was astonished by his rapid cultivation progress.

• Chen Beiwu questioned Liu Yuanming, learned that Qiu Yishan and Su Zhiyi were suspects in the betrayal, and reported the matter to the Jade Purity Sect Leader.
• The Immortal Alliance arrested Qiu Yishan and Su Zhiyi, sentenced them to death, and promoted Chen Beiwu to acting Southern Abyss Deputy Garrison Inspector with a Thousand-Origin Pill as his reward.
• Xuele swallowed the pill, advanced to 2,800 years of Dao practice, and fed cultivation power back to Chen Beiwu, loosening his Nascent Soul Early Stage bottleneck.
• Chen Beiwu returned to the Southern Wasteland after receiving Shu You's urgent messages and went to meet Su Lanyue, who had been waiting in Protectorate City.
• Chen Beiwu apologized for keeping Su Lanyue waiting, and she was shocked that he had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul Early Stage so soon after becoming a Dao-Proven True Lord.

Chen Beiwu traded Nascent Soul formation insights for Illuminating Heart Marrow and asked Su Lanyue about resources for twofold Dao-proving, but learned Heavenly One Nether Crystal was difficult to obtain. After refusing an invitation to explore the Blazing Sun Ruins, he noticed Li Quan and predicted that the humble cultivator had the potential to reach Golden Core and possibly become a True Lord.

• Chen Beiwu confirmed the Illuminating Heart Marrow was genuine and transmitted his Nascent Soul formation insights to Su Lanyue, who used them to glimpse a way past her cultivation barrier.
• Chen Beiwu asked Su Lanyue about Void-Bearing Heartstone, Great Transformation Profound Dew, and Central Sovereign Jade Marrow; she identified the latter as Heavenly One Nether Crystal and explained that it was difficult to obtain from the Heavenly Saint Sect.
• Chen Beiwu agreed to seek a Mirage Clam Demon King's essence blood and a pill that cured fourth-tier king poison, but declined Su Lanyue's invitation to explore the Blazing Sun Ruins.
• After leaving the Upper Immortal Mansion, Chen Beiwu watched Li Quan work while letting his calf Xiao Qing rest, then told Shu You and the others that Li Quan could reach Golden Core and perhaps become a True Lord.
• Chen Beiwu refused Shu You's suggestion to make an exception and admit Li Quan into the Beast Taming Lineage, then assured Mo Li that he had a promising future while warning that reaching Golden Core was not certain.

Chen Beiwu learned that Zhao Caixuan had found a hidden route to the Creation Sanctum in the Blazing Sun Ruins and negotiated a joint expedition with her. They agreed to explore within fifteen years, leaving Chen Beiwu time to strengthen himself before entering the dangerous ruins.

• Chen Beiwu told Wang Hao that he might reach Golden Core but becoming a True Lord would be difficult, then urged him to cultivate with greater ambition.
• After answering his disciples' questions and assigning tasks, Chen Beiwu sensed someone hiding in the gorge and confronted Zhao Caixuan, who revealed she had left the Mysterious Female Sect.
• Zhao Caixuan offered Chen Beiwu a map of the Blazing Sun Ruins and explained that a hidden Creation Sanctum might contain enough Dao resonance for one or two Nascent Soul True Lords to ascend as Spirit Transformation Venerables.
• Chen Beiwu initially refused to work with Zhao Caixuan, but after probing her intentions, he agreed to cooperate once he had time to prepare.
• Chen Beiwu and Zhao Caixuan swore Daoheart Oaths and signed a Mystic Contract to explore the Blazing Sun Ruins within fifteen years, and Chen Beiwu returned to the Immortal Alliance.

Chen Beiwu performed the One-Origin Dao-Proving Rite with Iron Egg’s help, opened his heavenly eye, and advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. As he prepared to finish his garrison mission and return to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, he suspected nine-breath chaos might conceal itself from even the Immortal Alliance’s most powerful experts.

• Chen Beiwu used his own resources to refine a One-Origin Platform and began the Truth-Seeking Rite with Iron Egg assisting through their Companion Beast Contract.
• Chen Beiwu rejected several Dao paths revealed by the Truth-Seeking Pill and chose a path of shared cultivation and companion shared life with his beasts.
• Chen Beiwu opened his heavenly eye and, after three years, broke through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Chen Beiwu discovered that his heavenly eye could perceive others’ actions and enhance his comprehension, then helped Zhiling suppress the excessive cultivation feedback she had gained.
• Chen Beiwu learned he had spent six years in seclusion and discussed with Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling whether nine-breath chaos could conceal its existence from powerful cultivators.

Chen Beiwu watched Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City come under attack as earth-rank demon fog brought out an Ancient Crystal Giant Scorpion and a Primeval Desolate Demon Venerable. After an Immortal Alliance Venerable drew the Demon Venerable away, Chen Beiwu flew out to confront the scorpion.

• Chen Beiwu received an urgent alert that earth-rank demon fog had erupted around Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City, and he saw the fog spread with his Heavenly Eye.
• Lu Ren learned that the Thirty-Six Divisions of the Desolate-Quelling Army had fallen and ordered the city’s Crimson Fire Cannons to fire on attacking Bone Wolf Dragons.
• An Ancient Crystal Giant Scorpion emerged from the fog, then a Primeval Desolate Demon Venerable reached through a vast spatial rift and forced the scorpion to submit.
• Chen Beiwu considered fleeing but stayed ready with the Ten Directions Gate after sensing hidden heavenly fortune that suggested the Immortal Alliance had prepared for the attack.
• Wondrous Dharma Heart Lotus True Venerable appeared with twelve golden lotuses and took the Demon Venerable away to fight elsewhere.
• The Ancient Crystal Giant Scorpion charged Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City, and Chen Beiwu left the Garrison Office to confront it.

Chen Beiwu and his Companion Beasts defeated the Ancient Crystal Giant Scorpion, and he collected its remains before leaving Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City’s cleanup to Lu Ren. In the Earth Abyss Middle Layer, two fox demons discussed Chen Beiwu’s strength and their clan’s order to establish ties with him, ending with their need to offer the Immortal Alliance a Pledge of Allegiance.

• Chen Beiwu used his Heavenly Eye and Instantaneous Movement to evade the Ancient Crystal Giant Scorpion’s attacks while Golden Egg and Xuele damaged its legs and armor.
• The Ancient Crystal Giant Scorpion restored its injuries and unleashed the Thousand Peaks Great Baleful True Domain, but Chen Beiwu gathered his companions’ Law Power and crushed it with three fingers of his primordial origin dharma form.
• Chen Beiwu collected the Ancient Crystal Giant Scorpion’s Essence Blood and Marrow Blood, let Golden Egg consume some Marrow Blood, and left Lu Ren to handle the remaining demons and the battle’s aftermath.
• Two fox demons watched from a wind gap in the Earth Abyss Middle Layer and discussed Chen Beiwu’s strength and their clan’s command to establish ties with him.
• The beautiful woman in a fiery red dress said they had been forced to offer the Immortal Alliance a Pledge of Allegiance because their clan had stubbornly fought it.

Qing Yingxian and Qingzhao agreed to help the Immortal Alliance gather additional Primeval Desolate Ancient Beasts for pill refinement after Heart Lotus True Venerable ordered them to support his nephew at Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City. Six months later, Chen Beiwu and his companions faced a huge demon-fog incursion, including a Neck Metal Demon Bull whose valuable ingredients they were eager to obtain.

• Qing Yingxian and Qingzhao met Heart Lotus True Venerable, who confirmed Green Hill had supplied the required medicinal ingredients and ordered them to send more beasts toward Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City for his martial nephew to fight.
• After the True Venerable left, Qing Yingxian agreed to arrange the extra beasts, while Heart Lotus True Venerable reflected on the Immortal Alliance's plan to keep the demon kingdoms as a source of beasts and pills.
• Chen Beiwu examined the Ancient Crystal Giant Scorpion's essence blood and wondered whether Earth Abyss Xidong or the sealed presence beneath Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City was draining the essence of the dead.
• Half a year later, Lu Ren warned Chen Beiwu that an unusually large earth-rank demon fog had reached the city, and Chen Beiwu activated the Two Forms Heavenly Splendor Heaven-Transforming Grand Formation as several Primeval Desolate Demon Kings approached.
• Chen Beiwu spotted a Neck Metal Demon Bull emerging from the fog and recognized that its horns, heart blood, and hide could be used to make valuable fourth-tier Profound Pills, while Golden Egg and Iron Egg prepared to fight.

Chen Beiwu and his companions defended Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City against a Primeval Desolate Beast Tide, with Chen Beiwu using the Two Forms Grand Formation and his Five Phases Bright King Wings to defeat the Neck Metal Demon Bull. Xuele turned the Horned Python into a puppet, while Golden Egg and Iron Egg continued fighting their chosen Demon Kings.

• Chen Beiwu assigned the Neck Metal Demon Bull to himself, while Xuele chose the Horned Python, Golden Egg the Six-Winged Savage Eagle, and Iron Egg the Earth-Splitting Savage Rhino.
• Chen Beiwu activated the Two Forms Grand Formation, whose heavenly swords killed a third of the Beast Tide and weakened the four Primeval Desolate Demon Kings.
• Chen Beiwu fought the Neck Metal Demon Bull, then used the Five Phases Bright King Wings to kill it and take its Inner Core, horns, and Essence Blood.
• Xuele used Five Phases Rebirth to trap the Horned Python in ancient trees and transform it into a puppet.

Iron Egg and Golden Egg defeated the Primeval Desolate Demon Kings attacking Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City, and Chen Beiwu advised his beasts to build on their distinct strengths rather than become well-rounded. After the city’s defenders recognized Chen Beiwu’s strength, Heart Lotus True Venerable arrived and revealed his close ties to Chen Beiwu’s master.

• Iron Egg used Candlelight Nine Prohibitions and the Burning Sun Ember Seed to kill the Earth-Splitting Savage Rhino, then swallowed its ember seed and raised his Dao Practice to nineteen hundred and ninety-nine years.
• Golden Egg trapped the Six-Winged Savage Eagle in his revolving three lights true domain and annihilated it after it tried to escape by sacrificing its wings.
• Chen Beiwu told Golden Egg that he did not need fourth-tier arcane arts and urged him, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling to excel in their separate roles.
• The beast tide outside Ten Thousand Layer Mountain City was routed, and Chen Beiwu sensed that the cultivators’ admiration had brought him additional fortune.
• Heart Lotus True Venerable arrived, and Chen Beiwu recognized him as the Chief Garrison Inspector and changed his greeting to Uncle-Master Xiao after learning he was a close friend of Chen Beiwu’s master.

Chen Beiwu learned that the Earth Abyss housed the Primordial Origin Creation Furnace and entered its Dao Refinement Trial. As Primordial Origin Divine Fire refined his body and spirit, he endured the pain and began using the flames to cultivate his Nascent Soul.

• Heart Lotus True Venerable explained that the Earth Abyss was a Heaven and Earth Pill Furnace and revealed the history and purpose of the Primordial Origin Creation Furnace.
• Heart Lotus True Venerable brought Chen Beiwu to the furnace’s trial ground and explained how endurance determined the reward, sharing that he had lasted forty-five minutes.
• Chen Beiwu took nine steps into the Dao Refinement Trial and was engulfed by Primordial Origin Divine Fire that purified his body and cultivation.
• Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling worried over Chen Beiwu as Heart Lotus True Venerable assured them that the trial would not kill him.
• As the flames reached Chen Beiwu’s spiritual terrace and Dao Seed Nascent Soul, he focused on the Cavern-Truth Fundamental Immortal Arts and used the fire to nurture his Nascent Soul’s numinous golden light.

Chen Beiwu endured the Primordial Origin Divine Fire for a full hour, earning a choice between a Spirit Transformation pill and insight into a Primordial Chaos Dao Artifact. He chose the insight and found himself as a piece of lava armor on the Ancient Great Demon Zhu Yan.

• Chen Beiwu balanced his Essence, Qi, and Spirit with Fire-Seed Golden Lotus, then used Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation and his Primordial Origin Dharma Form to withstand the fire for an hour.
• The Primordial Origin Creation Furnace offered Chen Beiwu either a Five-Phases Furnace Origin Pill or a chance to comprehend a Primordial Chaos Dao Artifact's Origin Divine Ability Dao Art.
• Golden Egg and Xuele favored the pill, while Iron Egg and Zhiling favored the insight, leaving the decision to Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu chose the insight opportunity, and his Dao Seed Nascent Soul left his body as he entered an unfamiliar vision.
• Chen Beiwu awoke as a piece of lava rock within Zhu Yan's lava armor and recognized the beast as an Ancient Great Demon.

Chen Beiwu observed Dao Venerable Zhenyuan use the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to kill Zhu Yan, exhausting himself but gaining a major cultivation advance. After waking, he learned the gourd was a quasi-Immeasurable treasure, accepted a nameless saber from Heart Lotus True Venerable, and showed signs of reaching the Fifth Realm of the Saber Dao.

• Zhu Yan killed the crimson chi-dragon Demon Venerable, then confronted Dao Venerable Zhenyuan, who sought revenge for his slain prodigies and obstructed Dao Path.
• Dao Venerable Zhenyuan activated the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, whose white light cut Zhu Yan in two and overwhelmed Chen Beiwu as he watched.
• Heart Lotus True Venerable explained that Chen Beiwu had depleted his essence, qi, and spirit through observation, and Chen Beiwu remained unconscious for half a month before waking.
• Chen Beiwu told Heart Lotus True Venerable about Dao Venerable Zhenyuan and the gourd, earning eligibility for the Jade Purity Golden Register.
• Heart Lotus True Venerable identified the gourd as a phantom of a quasi-Immeasurable treasure and gave Chen Beiwu a nameless black saber.
• Chen Beiwu recalled the gourd's white light and displayed a trace of the Fifth Realm of the Saber Dao, taking the body as the saber and letting Saber Intent soar to the firmament.

Chen Beiwu gained half-step mastery of Saber Intent Soaring to the Firmament after observing the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, then joined Jade Purity’s core inheritance sequence. The Sect Master tasked him with challenging visiting Cave-Heaven Prodigies for a place in the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament, and Chen Beiwu returned to the Southern Wasteland to continue preparing.

• Chen Beiwu synchronized with the Profound Blade and gained half-step insight into Saber Intent Soaring to the Firmament, while sensing that further comprehension of the Immortal-Slaying Gourd’s power could reveal his exclusive Creation Origin Art.
• Heart Lotus True Venerable secretly collected light from the ancient well into a jade box, and Chen Beiwu stayed silent until his garrison assignment ended and he returned to Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
• Chen Beiwu signed his true name in the Jade Purity Golden Register, entering the sect’s core inheritance sequence and gaining access to Dao-Proving resources.
• Violet Firmament Venerable explained that Chen Beiwu would represent Jade Purity in a gate challenge against visiting Cave-Heaven Prodigies to secure a tournament place, and Chen Beiwu accepted.
• Chen Beiwu returned to the Southern Wasteland through the Ten Directions Gate to build Protectorate City, gather fortune, and prepare for the Blazing Sun Ruins.

Chen Beiwu prepared Protectorate City’s auction while guiding his followers, and the city drew cultivators with news of rare treasures and a chance to build trust in its merit system. Shuyu True Lord arrived seeking Chen Zi'ang, then clashed with Deputy Lord Shu You after Chen did not greet her in person.

• Chen Beiwu confirmed the auction preparations and advised Mo Li to seek a third-tier metal-attribute treasure beast, promising the Heavenly Craft Merchant Association could help her obtain one.
• Chen Beiwu guided Shu You, Yu Pan, Jiang Yuyan, and Wang Hao in their cultivation as auction news brought cultivators, including Golden Core True Persons, to Protectorate City.
• Zhao Wu learned that the auction would offer Foundation Establishment Pills, Liquid-Transition Golden Core Elixirs, and a chance for False Nascent Soul cultivators to attempt Nascent Soul Formation, and he considered whether to trade a valuable inheritance.
• Shuyu True Lord arrived in an Azure Jade Carriage and demanded to see Chen Zi'ang, but Shu You told her that Chen was in seclusion.
• Shuyu True Lord swept Protectorate City with her divine sense, and Shu You activated the city's grand formation after warning her that she had overstepped.

Chen Beiwu confronted Shuyu True Lord Yun Chuyao after she suppressed Shu You, then cut her down with a single saber strike that revealed his extraordinary Saber Dao attainment. Yun Chuyao conceded defeat while hiding that the strike had extinguished one of her lives, leaving her to maintain a show of confidence so she could escape Protectorate City alive.

• Li Haichuan refused Ji Yue's suggestion that he intervene against Shuyu True Lord, choosing to avoid offending either side.
• Shuyu True Lord used her Nascent Soul might to force Shu You toward her knees, but Chen Beiwu appeared and shielded her.
• Chen Beiwu challenged Shuyu True Lord to withstand one saber strike, or die, and Yun Chuyao accepted.
• Chen Beiwu's saber strike cut Yun Chuyao and overwhelmed her defenses, astonishing the onlookers with his Saber Dao mastery.
• Yun Chuyao conceded defeat while concealing that the strike had extinguished one of her lives, hoping to leave Protectorate City alive.

Shuyu True Lord approached Chen Beiwu after their clash to discuss the Blazing Sun Ruins and asked to join the Mirror Moon Sect as a guest attendant. After Chen Beiwu’s saber strike continued to cripple her, she realized she might have to ask him to remove its Saber Intent.

• Yun Chuyao healed her visible wound and left Protectorate City’s gate with Chen Beiwu to speak privately.
• Yun Chuyao warned Chen Beiwu that True Lord Miaoyu had betrayed her in a High Antiquity cave abode, then revealed that Zhao Caixuan had joined the Mirror Moon Sect and might know secrets about the Blazing Sun Ruins.
• Yun Chuyao asked Chen Beiwu to convey her request to join the Mirror Moon Sect as a guest attendant, and he agreed to pass it along.
• After returning to her cave abode, Yun Chuyao concealed herself and discovered that Chen Beiwu’s saber strike had left a wound that reduced her strength to the Nascent Soul middle stage.
• Yun Chuyao spent the next two days trying to remove the Saber Intent but failed, leaving her severely weakened and convinced she would need Chen Beiwu’s help.

Chen Beiwu oversaw Protectorate Immortal City's high-profile auction, using rare pills and spirit medicines to attract cultivators and strengthen the city. Yun Chuyao visited his private room while Zhao Caixuan entered under a false identity, and the chapter ended with Li Haichuan realizing Master Iron Egg was a dog whose alchemical skill surpassed his own.

• Li Quan watched cultivators gather outside the Treasure-Gathering Tower and wished he could enter the auction.
• Zhao Caixuan arrived in disguise, while Chen Beiwu recognized her and chose not to expose her.
• Yun Chuyao visited Chen Beiwu's private room to ask about joining his sect, then watched the auction without discussing her intentions.
• Shu You opened the auction with an upper-grade Foundation Establishment Pill refined by Master Iron Egg, which quickly drew bids.
• Chen Beiwu explained that Protectorate Immortal City offered old spirit medicines to attract alchemists, and Yun Chuyao considered joining the city after observing him.
• When Shu You presented a Liquid-Transition Golden Core Elixir bearing a dog's-paw mark, Li Haichuan recognized Master Iron Egg's identity and admitted he was worse at alchemy than a dog.

The auction drew False Nascent Soul cultivators into Protectorate City with the chance to bid on Master Iron Egg’s Infant-Restoration Pill, and Shu You announced that Iron Egg would recruit disciples. After Luo Haoxuan won the pill, an attacker disguised as Suspended Mirror True Lord ambushed him inside the city, but Chen Beiwu intervened and exposed the scheme.

• Ji Yue realized that Master Iron Egg, the Mirror Moon Sect’s renowned alchemist, was the black hound spirit pet of True Martial True Lord.
• Shu You offered the Infant-Restoration Pill to Golden Core cultivators willing to join Protectorate City, and Luo Haoxuan won it for nine thousand upper grade spirit stones.
• Shu You announced that Master Iron Egg would recruit talented alchemists at Iron Pill Peak, prompting excitement among cultivators and expectations that Protectorate City would become an alchemical center.
• Luo Haoxuan chose to remain in Protectorate City with his pill, wary of both the Mirror Moon Sect and the Flameburn Sect.
• A disguised attacker used an ancient mirror to ambush Luo Haoxuan, while nearby cultivators blamed Suspended Mirror True Lord Zhu Jinglong and True Martial True Lord.
• Chen Beiwu appeared to protect Luo Haoxuan, blocked the attack, and accused the assailant of disguising himself as Zhu Jinglong to discredit Protectorate Immortal City.

Chen Beiwu killed Zhu Jinglong’s avatar in Protectorate Immortal City and traced its karmic link to slay Qi Chengyi, the Myriad Transformations True Lord, in the Soul Refining Sect’s Extreme Baleful Valley branch hall. The deaths brought Chen Beiwu a surge of fortune, and his three Fortune Crimson Dragons began their final transformation.

• Chen Beiwu activated the city’s grand formation and struck down Zhu Jinglong’s avatar after Zhu tried to escape, while sparing its head to expose its disguise.
• Zhao Caixuan identified the avatar as Qi Chengyi and warned Chen Beiwu that the Myriad Transformations True Lord could retaliate.
• Qi Chengyi suffered a backlash in Extreme Baleful Valley, then prepared defenses and summoned substitute-death puppets when he sensed danger.
• Chen Beiwu sent Saber Intent along the karmic connection between Qi Chengyi and his avatar, bypassed Qi Chengyi’s defenses, and killed him.
• Chen Beiwu gained fortune from Qi Chengyi’s death, and his three Fortune Crimson Dragons began transforming into a new form of Qi.

Chen Beiwu enforced Protectorate Immortal City's ban on violence, negotiated the Blazing Sun Ruins expedition, and brought Ji Yue into his plans. Yun Chuyao joined the Mirror Moon Sect and had the Saber Intent removed, leaving her free to pursue revenge against Zhao Caixuan herself.

• Chen Beiwu killed Myriad Transformations True Lord for breaking the city's laws and ordered Shu You to display his head at the southern gate.
• Zhao Caixuan and Yun Chuyao nearly fought until Chen Beiwu stopped them, then Ji Yue praised the city formation and learned Chen Beiwu had designed it.
• Chen Beiwu and Zhao Caixuan agreed to explore the Blazing Sun Ruins in one month, with Ji Yue joining and receiving a share from Chen Beiwu's portion.
• Yun Chuyao offered to join Protectorate City in exchange for Chen Beiwu killing Zhao Caixuan, but he refused and gave her the Mirror Moon Sect's Guest Elder Token and contract instead.
• After Yun Chuyao signed the contract, Chen Beiwu extracted the Saber Intent from her, and she resolved to kill Zhao Caixuan herself.

Chen Beiwu tested Ji Yue’s formation expertise, agreed to help restore the incomplete Five Directions Womb Treasury Transformation Defense Formation, and persuaded Ji Yue to join Protectorate City to gain access to the Blazing Sun Ruins. After preparing weapons and defenses, Chen Beiwu departed for One-Line Sky with Ji Yue and Zhao Caixuan, where the Five Great Sects’ leaders gathered to assess him.

• Ji Yue presented Chen Beiwu with the Five Directions Womb Treasury Transformation Defense Formation, and Chen Beiwu identified it as an incomplete formation from the Grand Void Formation Sect.
• Chen Beiwu said he could restore part of the formation, accepted Ji Yue’s Central Heaven Pill as a deposit, and suggested exploring the Blazing Sun Ruins to find what was missing.
• Chen Beiwu invited Ji Yue to join Protectorate City so he could approach One-Line Sky, then bought offensive and defensive treasures through the Myriad Treasures Society to prepare for the expedition.
• After a month, Ji Yue joined Protectorate City, and Chen Beiwu, Ji Yue, and Zhao Caixuan departed by teleportation while Shu You remained to protect the city.
• At One-Line Sky, the sect masters of Greenwood, Profound Sword, Burning Flame, and Heavy Gold gathered to see Chen Zi'ang arrive, while Su Lanyue and Zhu Wuya watched.

Chen Beiwu arrived at the Blazing Sun Ruins, learned about its dangers and possible routes, and used a Formation Sect True Disciple Token to enter with Zhao Caixuan, Ji Yue, and Su Lanyue. Deep in the ruins, Myriad Radiance Blazing Sun True Venerable awakened and altered the Pure White Heavenly Road to force the entrants into a deadly contest for the chance to become his vessel.

• Chen Beiwu arrived with the other True Lords, while the sect leaders assessed his strength and Zhu Wuya warned him about dangerous cultivators entering the ruins.
• Zhu Wuya explained the Blazing Sun Ruins’ layers, the Pure White Heavenly Road, and the threat posed by Puppet Blood True Lord; Chen Beiwu showed him the map and confirmed he intended to enter.
• Chen Beiwu used his Formation Sect True Disciple Token to cross the fierce Gang true fire, bringing Zhao Caixuan, Ji Yue, and Su Lanyue to the Grand Void gate.
• After Su Lanyue passed through the gate, Chen Beiwu and his companions prepared to follow her into the ruins.
• Deep within Myriad Radiance Hall, Myriad Radiance Blazing Sun True Venerable awakened, chose two potential vessels among the cultivators, and changed the Pure White Heavenly Road to make them compete until only the victor remained.