Recaps

Chen Qin and Senior Hu waited for the grotto-heaven disciples and Great Qian experts to weaken each other, then seized the chance to capture the Calamity-Heart Fox. Hu Mei fled with the fox when Chen Beiwu entered the broken true realm, leaving him to face Bai Qi and the Earth Qilin.

• Senior Hu warned Chen Qin that seven Great Qian Martial Ancestors were waiting to intervene in the fight between the grotto-heaven disciples and the creation origin beasts.
• Shi Wujian and Xuanyuan Yu attacked the Calamity-Heart Fox, but Bai Qi intervened with a martial saint sacred weapon and absorbed the six Martial Ancestors' essence to reach the half-step Martial Saint realm.
• Zhu Wu, Shi Wujian, Che Zhengyuan, and Xuanyuan Yu exchanged one blow with Bai Qi and then used teleportation to leave the realm.
• Hu Mei took control of Chen Qin, subdued the Calamity-Heart Fox, and fled with it when Bai Qi struck at her.
• Chen Beiwu arrived and found Bai Qi and the Earth Qilin, realizing he had come a step too late to witness what had happened.

Chen Beiwu joined Bai Qi in attacking the Earth Qilin, but Bai Qi turned on him after wounding the beast. Chen Beiwu outplayed Bai Qi with illusions and his Primordial Origin Dharma Form, crushing the Ice Dragon in his palm.

• Bai Qi and Chen Beiwu agreed to attack the Earth Qilin, and Bai Qi wounded it with his Martial Saint Sacred Weapon.
• Bai Qi refused Chen Beiwu's share of the Qilin essence blood and attacked him, while Chen Beiwu used illusions to evade and steal the weapon.
• Bai Qi dispelled Chen Beiwu's first illusion and triggered the Martial Saint Sacred Weapon's strike, seemingly killing him.
• Chen Beiwu trapped Bai Qi in another illusion, revealed his immense Primordial Origin Dharma Form, and sealed the Martial Saint Sacred Weapon.
• Chen Beiwu closed his hand around Bai Qi, who transformed into an Ice Dragon before blood burst from its body.

Chen Beiwu defeated Bai Qi, bargained with the Earth Qilin for its Essence Blood and fruits, and uncovered signs that it was hiding a treasure in the Dragon Vein. After returning to his cave abode, he tried several ways to claim Bai Qi’s Martial Saint Sacred Weapon and finally used his Primordial Origin Profound Ability to enlighten it.

• Hu Mei fled with Chen Qin and the Calamity-Heart Fox, then warned Chen Qin not to ask about the danger and focused on helping her become a Dao-Proven True Lord.
• Bai Qi rose from his apparent death and sacrificed his flesh and Essence Blood to strike Chen Beiwu with the Martial Saint Sacred Weapon, but Chen Beiwu revealed he had survived through a Profound Ability and Bai Qi died.
• Chen Beiwu negotiated five drops of the Earth Qilin’s Essence Blood and three Earth Qilin Fruits in exchange for helping protect it while it cultivated and broke through.
• Chen Beiwu applied an Earth Qilin Fruit to Aji’s shell, suspected the Qilin was concealing a secret, and planned to use a future battle to investigate the place Aji sensed underground.
• Chen Beiwu failed to claim Bai Qi’s Martial Saint Sacred Weapon through communication, refinement, or repeated Saber Intent strikes, then used his Primordial Origin Profound Ability to try to win its acknowledgment.

Chen Beiwu awakened the Cold Origin Dragon Saber’s Artifact Spirit and used Creation in a Single Thought to help Earth Qilin begin a breakthrough toward the Fifth Realm. As the grotto-heaven chiefs reacted to the upheaval, Gu Yong entered the True Realm to test Chen Beiwu’s strength.

• Chen Beiwu awakened the Martial Saint Sacred Weapon, learned it was the Cold Origin Dragon Saber, and gained the allegiance of its Artifact Spirit, Cold Chi.
• Chen Beiwu refused Golden Egg’s offer to test the saber and used Creation in a Single Thought to awaken Earth Qilin’s bloodline.
• Earth Qilin accepted Chen Beiwu’s help and plunged into the earth veins to attempt a breakthrough to the Fifth Realm as a Demon Venerable.
• Che Zhengyuan, Shi Wujian, Xuanyuan Yu, and Zhu Wu discussed Earth Qilin’s breakthrough, the missing Calamity-Heart Fox, and their reluctance to confront Chen Beiwu.
• Gu Yong rejected Che Zhengyuan’s comparison between Chen Beiwu and the Lunar Saintess, then entered the True Realm to challenge Chen Beiwu.

Gu Yong challenged Chen Beiwu to test the cultivator praised as comparable to Gu Qinghan, but Chen Beiwu’s saber skills and allies overwhelmed him. Gu Yong lost despite invoking the Yin-Poison Toad Pearl, and he ended the encounter insisting Chen Beiwu was still inferior to the Lunar Saintess.

• Che Zhengyuan, Shi Wujian, and Zhu Wu entered the True Realm to watch Gu Yong challenge Chen Beiwu.
• Gu Yong struck Chen Beiwu with the Lunar Divine Void Palm, but Chen Beiwu drew the Cold Origin Dragon Saber and froze him with a single slash.
• The Netherdark Mysterious Civet attacked Chen Beiwu, but Xuele blocked its Profound Ability, and Gu Yong brought out the Yin-Poison Toad Pearl.
• Chen Beiwu unleashed Soaring Heavens Saber Intent while Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling disrupted Gu Yong’s link with the Netherdark Mysterious Civet.
• Gu Yong formed the Taihua Moon-Swallowing Jade Toad Dharma Form, but Chen Beiwu wounded him with a saber strike and won the spar.
• Shi Wujian offered Gu Yong a medicinal pill, and Gu Yong conceded before claiming Chen Beiwu was still far below the Lunar Saintess.

Chen Beiwu waited on Other Shore Island as the Earth Qilin attempted to ascend to the Fifth Realm, while powerful cultivators considered how to claim the beast. The Earth Qilin died in its Heavenly Tribulation, and Chen Beiwu and the others began deciding what to do with its remains.

• Chen Beiwu rejected Gu Yong's attempt to discuss the Lunar Saintess, confirmed his cooperation with the Earth Qilin, and agreed to compete with Shi Wujian for it by their own means.
• Gu Yong left after Chen Beiwu removed the cold Qi from him, while Chen Beiwu and Xuanyuan Yu discussed the Dao and Shi Wujian predicted the Earth Qilin's chances of surviving its breakthrough.
• Wang Miao accepted a three-month mission to capture or kill Chen Beiwu, unaware that the burly cultivator who assigned it expected him to fail.
• A month later, the Earth Qilin triggered its Demon Venerable Heavenly Tribulation, but the lightning destroyed its body and soul before the clouds dispersed.
• Chen Beiwu, Shi Wujian, and Che Zhengyuan found the Earth Qilin dead, and Shi Wujian proposed dividing its remains as Xuanyuan Yu suggested that Chen Beiwu choose first.

Chen Beiwu helped Zhiling advance toward becoming a Demon King, while Zhiling’s breakthrough drew an exceptionally deadly Six Void Spanning the Sky Tribulation. Meanwhile, Wang Miao and Jiu True Lord tracked the thunder nearby, hoping the tribulation would lead them to Chen Beiwu.

• Chen Beiwu found that the Earth Qilin’s Inner Core and horn were missing, while Zhiling discovered Qilin Dragon Bone in its remains.
• Shi Wujian revealed that the Earth Qilin had used Immortal-Rebirth Marrow to survive its apparent death, and Xuanyuan Yu invited Chen Beiwu to join a mission to find the Venerable Saint Forest; Chen Beiwu declined.
• Chen Beiwu used Qilin materials to nourish Zhiling’s bloodline, and Zhiling began its attempt to become a Fourth-Realm Demon King with help from Aji and its clan’s Supreme-Grade Profound Pill.
• Zhiling’s Dao practice surged, so Chen Beiwu used his Primordial Origin Profound Ability to help it stabilize its Demon King True Domain; after more than two years, the Six Void Spanning the Sky Tribulation descended.
• Zhiling absorbed the Six Void Heavenly Thunder into the world of its True Domain, while Wang Miao and Jiu True Lord followed the tribulation’s location, suspecting it was connected to Chen Beiwu.

After Zhiling became a Demon King, Chen Beiwu discovered her powerful spatial abilities and newly awakened Great Freedom Void-Heaven Domain. When Wang Miao and Jiu True Lord ambushed Chen Beiwu, Zhiling manifested her domain and drew Wang Miao into her world.

• Zhiling advanced to the fourth-realm Demon King, and Chen Beiwu examined her improved meridians and newly awakened Profound Abilities.
• Chen Beiwu learned that Zhiling's Changing Heaven and Replacing Earth could forcibly exchange spatial coordinates, and that Xuele had taught her related techniques.
• Chen Beiwu sensed Wang Miao and Jiu True Lord nearby and struck Wang Miao, freezing his Dipper Lodge Dark Ink Companion Beast and lightly injuring him.
• Wang Miao tried to conceal his faction and stall while Jiu True Lord prepared the Ancient God Cult's formation, but Chen Beiwu decided to attack once Zhiling was ready.
• Zhiling manifested the Great Freedom Void-Heaven Domain and swept Wang Miao into it.

Chen Beiwu and his companion beasts fought Wang Miao, who used his Nascent Soul Perfection strength to defeat them before Zhiling’s ability helped Chen Beiwu capture him. After Jiu True Lord appeared and Wang Miao’s nascent soul was destroyed, Chen Beiwu decided he could no longer remain in the Cangyuan Realm.

• Wang Miao fought Chen Beiwu, then tore Golden Egg apart and killed Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling with his powerful techniques.
• Golden Egg’s Great Expansion Determining Truth Profound Ability and Zhiling’s Heaven-and-Earth-Reforming Profound Ability helped Chen Beiwu seize Wang Miao’s nascent soul and suppress his powers.
• Wang Miao revealed that the Ancient God Cult had hired him to kill Chen Beiwu and that the cult intended to act in the Cangyuan Realm.
• A Youfu Vulture attacked, and Jiu True Lord appeared; Wang Miao’s nascent soul began to swell as Jiu True Lord’s restriction activated.
• Chen Beiwu destroyed Wang Miao’s nascent soul, and Jiu True Lord suggested Chen Beiwu would eventually join the Ancient God Cult before vanishing.
• Chen Beiwu dismissed Jiu True Lord’s words but concluded that he could no longer stay in the Cangyuan Realm.

Chen Beiwu left Other Shore Island after defeating Wang Miao and killing the loyal Dipper Lodge Dark Ink, then met with Wang Yuan and learned that his search for Chen Qin had likely been premature. Elsewhere, Gu Qinghan learned of Chen Beiwu’s victory over Gu Yong and took an interest in him, while Chen Beiwu reunited with his senior fellow disciples and revealed his rapid rise to Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• Chen Beiwu rejected Dipper Lodge Dark Ink’s feigned surrender, blocked its surprise attack, and killed it after recognizing its determination to die beside Wang Miao.
• Chen Beiwu reported Wang Miao’s ambush to Wang Yuan, who said the sect would investigate the Langya Wang Clan and revealed that Chen Qin had likely left Yuyuan Island for Other Shore Island.
• Chen Beiwu concluded that he had not found Chen Qin because the time was not right, and he left the Cangyuan Realm without meeting Gu Qinghan.
• Gu Qinghan deduced that Gu Yong had challenged Chen Beiwu and lost, then promised Gu Yong another chance to defeat him at the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament.
• 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 senior fellow disciples that his repeated breakthroughs came from good fortune while exploring Other Shore Island.

Chen Beiwu revealed that he had bonded with Aji, an extraordinary Creation Origin Beast Egg, and returned to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect. After the Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon was badly weakened by a loss of fortune tied to the Southern Wasteland, Chen Beiwu prepared to return there, while Xiao Yan sought to become his disciple.

• Chen Beiwu showed Aji to Yue Chenfeng, Mo Chen, Su Muyu, and Jiang Chuan, and Yue Chenfeng warned that the egg might contain a Fifth-Realm Demon Venerable reborn through nirvana.
• Chen Beiwu and his companions returned through the Two-World Gate, where Lu Yao registered his treasures and a Pivot Star Envoy learned that Aji was a Creation Origin Beast Egg but refrained from approaching Chen Beiwu.
• Back at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, Xiao Yan asked Chen Beiwu to accept him as a disciple so he could learn to forge a Pure Yang Nascent Soul.
• The Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon suffered a severe loss of strength, and Chen Beiwu restored it by sacrificing three Fortune Crimson Dragons, sensing that the Southern Wasteland's Beast Taming Lineage had lost much of its fortune.
• Chen Beiwu decided he needed to return to the Southern Wasteland and asked Xiao Yan whether he was certain about becoming his disciple, then hinted that Xiao Yan would need the right affinity.

Chen Beiwu learned how the Seven Sects' allied forces seized Protectorate Immortal City and vowed to destroy their Dao lineages. Meanwhile, Zhu Wuya learned that Spirit Transformation cultivators from a Taiyi Dao Sect branch had caused the celestial anomaly and moved to secure the Mirror Moon Sect succession; the chapter left Chen Beiwu preparing to retaliate.

• Xiao Yan failed to persuade Chen Beiwu to accept him as a disciple, while Chen Beiwu demanded Heavenly Embryo Dew as a condition and returned to the Southern Wasteland.
• Yu Zhaohua found Chen Beiwu in seclusion and went to assess the True Martial Society as he had requested.
• The Seven Sects' leaders argued over whether to attack the Mirror Moon Sect, while Shu You received word that Chen Beiwu was safe.
• Zhu Wuya learned from the Heavenly One True Dragon that Spirit Transformation Venerables from a Taiyi Dao Sect branch had attempted to cross into the Southern Wild Region, then summoned the sect's Dao Child for a succession ceremony.
• Shu You and Yu Shuiyao told Chen Beiwu how Protectorate Immortal City had fallen, and he declared that he would wipe out the Seven Sects' Dao lineages.

Chen Beiwu refused to return to the Mirror Moon Sect to take over as sect master and instead infiltrated the Blood Fortune Sect, where he was confronted by the powerful Blood Demon Venerable. Their battle began with Chen Beiwu apparently struck through the Dantian, but a Heaven-Covering Giant Finger then crashed down.

• Chen Beiwu learned that the Sect Ancestor intended to make him sect master, but he declined to return and asked Yu Shuiyao and Shu You to explain his decision.
• Chen Beiwu chose to attack the Seven Sects' Mountain Gates rather than confront their gathered Nascent Soul cultivators, and headed for Blazing Blood Mountain with his companions.
• Chen Beiwu disguised himself as Zhao Tian after ambushing the Blood Fortune Sect elder, entered the sect, and attacked Yu Xiangtian to learn the location of the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation's core.
• Blood Demon Venerable appeared and revealed his interest in Chen Beiwu, while the Blood Fortune Sect's Nascent Soul True Lords gathered around them.
• Chen Beiwu attacked Xiang Yuxing with the Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seals, but Xiang Yuxing pierced his Dantian with blood light; a Heaven-Covering Giant Finger then descended toward the battlefield.

Chen Beiwu and his allies fought Blood Demon Venerable, who revealed his overwhelming power and revived after Chen Beiwu cut him down. After Chen Beiwu’s allies raised his cultivation to Nascent Soul Perfection, Blood Demon Venerable activated the Heavenly Demon Blood Fortune Myriad Beings Origin Formation to suppress him and demanded his surrender.

• Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Xuele attacked Blood Demon Venerable, but he blocked their assaults and turned Xuele’s Five-Headed Wood Dragon against Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu struck Blood Demon Venerable with Silence Illuminates Myriad Forms Profound Light Thorn, cutting him into blood mist, but Blood Demon Venerable re-formed with even greater might.
• Chen Beiwu combined with Golden Egg and Iron Egg, then merged with Xuele’s Five Qi Phantom and Zhiling’s Eight-Tailed Void Fox cloak, reaching Nascent Soul Perfection.
• Blood Demon Venerable unleashed Blood Sea Samsara Palm, but Zhiling’s cloak protected Chen Beiwu from its Samsara Blood Qi.
• Blood Demon Venerable activated the Heavenly Demon Blood Fortune Myriad Beings Origin Formation, which drained Chen Beiwu’s Blood Qi and suppressed his strength, then offered him a Grand Elder’s position if he surrendered.

Chen Beiwu fought Xiang Yuxing, the Blood Demon Venerable, inside the Blood Fortune Sect’s weakened mountain-guarding formation and destroyed its foundation with Slay the True. He then overwhelmed Wu Youming’s eight desires blood demon with his primordial origin dharma form and Aji’s aid, leaving the Blood Demon Venerable accepting defeat.

• Chen Beiwu resisted the Heavenly Demon Blood Fortune Myriad Beings Origin Formation, killed Xiang Yuxing’s blood bodies repeatedly, and was pinned down as the Blood Demon Venerable created replacements through the formation.
• Chen Beiwu transformed into a Five-Colored Feather and used Slay the True to damage a formation foundation, collapsing the weakened mountain-guarding formation.
• The Blood Demon Venerable revealed that he was the Blood Fortune Sect’s ninth patriarch, Wu Youming, and summoned his eight desires blood demon dharma form against Chen Beiwu’s primordial origin dharma form.
• Chen Beiwu enlarged his dharma form with Three-Scenery Wisdom Light and trapped Wu Youming inside the primordial origin dharma realm, but could not fully suppress him.
• Aji spat Two Forms, One Qi into Chen Beiwu’s palm, weakening the eight desires blood demon and causing Wu Youming’s dharma form to collapse; Wu Youming closed his eyes and accepted defeat.

Chen Beiwu killed Xiang Yuxing, destroyed the Blood Fortune Sect, and moved on to attack the Mysterious Female Sect. Meanwhile, Blood Demon Venerable sought Ning Xuanji’s help, and Zhu Wuya left the Mirror Moon Sect to confront the Seven Sects’ Nascent Souls.

• Chen Beiwu killed Xiang Yuxing, gained an immense amount of fortune, and annihilated five Blood Fortune Sect Nascent Soul True Lords along with Blazing Blood Mountain.
• Blood Demon Venerable survived in a hidden cave, vowed to remember Chen Zi'ang, and sent a Blood Divine Son to speak with Ning Xuanji.
• Blood Demon Venerable warned Ning Xuanji about Chen Zi'ang, and Ning Xuanji focused on preserving the Heaven-Severing and Earth-Isolating Grand Formation while wondering whether Chen Zi'ang was a Heavenly Mandate Child.
• Zhu Wuya learned that Chen Beiwu would not return to the Mirror Moon Sect, then left to meet the Seven Sects’ Nascent Souls.
• Chen Beiwu reached the Mysterious Female Sect, and Zhiling trapped Zhuo Buwei’s Nascent Soul while Chen Beiwu killed him.
• Chen Beiwu prepared to continue destroying the Seven Sects’ Dao lineages as their coalition’s resolve began to falter.

Zhu Wuya destroyed Protectorate Immortal City’s surroundings while defeating the Seven Sects’ Nascent Soul cultivators, then named Chen Beiwu as the next Mirror Moon Sect Master. As the succession ceremony was arranged in the Vast Star Sea Region, news of Chen Beiwu’s supposed deeds spread, and Gu Wuji and Su Lanyue learned of his startling rise.

• Zhu Wuya killed the Soul Refining Sect Master and used the Taiyi Dragon-Tiger Seal to overwhelm the Seven Sects’ Nascent Soul cultivators and devastate the land around Protectorate Immortal City.
• Chen Beiwu met Zhu Wuya, accepted the plan to hold his succession ceremony in the Vast Star Sea Region, and learned that Mist Sea True Lord Lin Zimo might oppose him.
• Zhu Wuya told Chen Beiwu to beware the Eight Desolations Sect before he entered seclusion, while rumors credited Chen Beiwu with defeating the Seven Sects and destroying the Blood Fortune and Mysterious Female Sects.
• Gu Wuji learned that Chen Zi’ang, whom he remembered as a Golden Core cultivator, had become a powerful Nascent Soul expert and hurried to confirm the news with the grand elder.
• Su Tianhe visited Su Lanyue and sent a strand of Dharma-Form Origin Awareness to attend Chen Zi’ang’s succession ceremony.

Luo Zhan rejected a plan to attack the Mirror Moon Sect, while the Flameburn Sect and other sects prepared to meet Chen Zi'ang. In Yuezhen City, Chen Beiwu confronted Zhu Lingyun and his subordinates over embezzled resources, and Zhu Lingyun tried to escape judgment by threatening to kill himself.

• Grand Elder Yun urged the Flameburn Sect to undermine Chen Zi'ang at the succession ceremony, but Luo Zhan refused, citing the weakening Heaven-Severing and Earth-Isolating Grand Formation.
• Nine-Dragon True Lord delivered a manifestation of the Nine-Dragon Divine Fire Cover and said Senior Divine Fire wanted to meet Chen Zi'ang; other sect leaders and ancestors also prepared to meet him.
• Shu You confronted Zhu Yunhu and the other Golden Core True Persons over missing Yuezhen City account books, but Zhu Yunhu claimed she had received them and accused her of slander.
• Chen Beiwu and Zhu Wuya arrived, and Zhu Lingyun appeared to yield the city lord position while Chen Beiwu suspected he had ordered the embezzlement.
• Zhu Wuya asked Zhu Lingyun how he should be dealt with, and Zhu Lingyun admitted responsibility before striking toward his own skull to atone with his death.

Zhu Lingyun revealed that he had taken Yuezhen City's formless marrow and offered precious treasures in exchange, while Zhu Wuya gave Chen Zi'ang the heavenly heart liquid and ordered Zhu Lingyun to remain in seclusion during the transition. As the Mirror Moon Sect's succession ceremony began, powerful guests gathered in Yuezhen City, and Chen Beiwu prepared to face the challenges required of a new sect master.

• Zhu Lingyun admitted he had taken all three drops of formless marrow produced on Yuezhen Island over five hundred years and offered a jade box containing five-Qi stone and heavenly heart liquid.
• Zhu Wuya took the five-Qi stone, gave the heavenly heart liquid to Chen Zi'ang, and told Zhu Lingyun to stay in seclusion while the city's accounts were checked.
• Chen Beiwu learned that the Beast Taming Lineage's losses were minor, then decided to save the heavenly heart liquid until after the succession ceremony to avoid becoming weakened.
• Luo Zhan, Zhao Cang, Wu Shijie, and Sword Lord Xiaoyao arrived in Yuezhen City, while Su Tianhe and Su Lanyue watched from the shadows.
• The ceremony began, and Zhu Wuya asked Chen Beiwu if he was confident in facing challenges from experts of the Five Lineages, as required by the sect's rules.

Chen Beiwu became the Mirror Moon Sect’s ninth-generation sect master and gained a Purple Qi Canopy, awakening the Primordial Origin True Beast ability and advancing his saber intent. As the Five Sects’ Dao debate began, Zhao Cang sent out a dangerous Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad, and Zhiling stepped forward to face it.

• At the succession ceremony, Zhu Wuya presented Chen Beiwu with the Taiyi Dragon-Tiger Seal and announced him as the Mirror Moon Sect’s new sect master.
• Chen Beiwu’s new position caused a Purple Qi Canopy to appear in Chaos Heaven and Earth, where he comprehended the Primordial Origin True Beast ability and his saber intent broke through.
• Chen Beiwu’s brief eruption of Saber Intent Soaring to the Firmament alarmed the gathered cultivators, while Sword Lord Xiaoyao and the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword assessed his extraordinary potential.
• Chen Beiwu invited the other four sects to debate the Dao, and Zhao Cang accepted by proposing an exchange in beast taming.
• Zhao Cang summoned the Fourth-Tier Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad, and Zhiling stepped in to fight it.

Chen Beiwu revealed the Primordial Origin True Beast profound ability, letting Zhiling overpower the Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad before Wu Shijie challenged him with the Great Gold Sacred Body. The chapter ended as Chen Beiwu prepared to face Wu Shijie, while Zhu Shaoyuan quietly worried that he could no longer judge their strength.

• Zhiling, Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Xuele attacked the Crimson-Toxin Cleansing Toad together, but its poisonous strikes and decoy techniques thwarted their assault.
• Chen Beiwu activated Primordial Origin True Beast, boosting Zhiling to peak Demon King strength and surrounding the toad with thirty powerful manifestations until it surrendered.
• Chen Beiwu shared the profound ability’s details with his companion beasts, while Zhao Cang collected the defeated toad and withdrew.
• Wu Shijie challenged Chen Beiwu to test his Great Gold Sacred Body, and Zhu Shaoyuan suspected Wu Shijie’s mastery was unstable despite his grave expression.

Chen Beiwu defeated Wu Shijie with a controlled saber strike, and Luo Zhan conceded without fighting. Li Xiaoyao then challenged Chen Beiwu to a friendly sword spar, suppressing his cultivation to Nascent Soul Late Stage, and Chen Beiwu accepted.

• Wu Shijie attacked Chen Beiwu with Heavy Gold Heaven-Shattering Palm, but Chen Beiwu cut through the attack and Wu Shijie's Great Gold Sacred Body with a plain strike he called Nameless.
• Wu Shijie admitted defeat and praised Chen Beiwu's strike, while Chen Beiwu let him keep his interpretation of its name.
• Chen Beiwu considered gradually unifying the Earth Evolution Five Sects and reestablishing the Taiyi Dao Lineage as Luo Zhan conceded on behalf of the Flameburn Sect.
• Chen Beiwu turned toward Li Xiaoyao, while Li Xiaoyao advised Gu Wuji that the Mysterious Sword Pavilion Master position would burden him and urged him to watch the coming strike.
• Li Xiaoyao offered to spar with Chen Beiwu after suppressing his cultivation to Nascent Soul Late Stage, and Chen Beiwu accepted.

Chen Beiwu and Sword Lord Xiaoyao faced off in a Dao discussion, and Xiaoyao’s newly advanced Sword Intent pushed Chen Beiwu to a breakthrough in his Immortal-Slaying Saber Intent. Chen Beiwu won without killing Xiaoyao, and his final strike carved a lasting scar across the sky.

• Su Tianhe asked Su Lanyue whether she would accept Chen Zi'ang as a dao companion, and she said she would consider it gradually.
• Li Xiaoyao drank his wine, revealed that he had comprehended a new sword strike, and challenged Chen Beiwu with his Xiaoyao Sword Intent.
• Chen Beiwu blocked Li Xiaoyao’s attacks and realized that Xiaoyao’s Sword Intent came from releasing his fixations and uniting with heaven and earth.
• Li Xiaoyao entered the Fifth Realm of the Sword Dao and unleashed a strike that forced Chen Beiwu to bring forth his Immortal-Slaying Saber Intent.
• Chen Beiwu’s saber shattered Li Xiaoyao’s Sword Intent, then stopped short of him and cut a vast, enduring scar across the firmament; Li Xiaoyao conceded defeat.

Cultivators flocked to Yuezhen City to witness Chen Zi'ang's saber scar as Chen Beiwu discussed reuniting the five sects with Sword Lord Xiaoyao. The Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword offered to accept Chen Zi'ang as a disciple, and the chapter ended with Chen Beiwu asking what would happen if he refused.

• Cultivators gathered outside Yuezhen City to admire Chen Zi'ang's saber scar, and one Golden Core True Person gained insight from its saber intent.
• Chen Beiwu asked Sword Lord Xiaoyao whether the five sects could return to their origin, but Xiaoyao said the Mysterious Sword Pavilion would not accept the Mirror Moon Sect as its master without a greater show of power.
• Sword Lord Xiaoyao offered the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword's recognition as a condition for the Mysterious Sword Pavilion to follow the Mirror Moon Sect's lead, but Chen Beiwu refused to risk approaching the artifact.
• The Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword appeared, praised Chen Beiwu's saber talent, and explained that Taiyi Dao Venerable had advanced through a great opportunity and the guidance of a master.
• The Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword offered to accept Chen Beiwu as a disciple and teach him the supreme sword Dao, and Chen Beiwu asked what it would do if he refused.

Chen Beiwu met with the other sects to discuss uniting the Southern Wasteland, but found little support for returning the five sects to the origin. The Heavenly Craft Talisman Sect proposed an alliance and a marriage pact, both of which Chen Beiwu declined, before Zhu Wuya gave him the sect’s Spirit-Transformation secret method, which immediately yielded him insight.

• Chen Beiwu declined the Taiyi Sin-Slaying Sword’s offer to take him as a disciple and found the Greenwood, Flameburn, and Heavy Gold sects unwilling to commit to returning the five sects to the origin.
• Su Lanyue explained that the Heavenly Craft Talisman Sect wanted the Southern Wasteland Nine Realms to unite against the potential threat of the Great Shang Imperial Dynasty, and Chen Beiwu questioned who could lead such an alliance.
• Heavenly Art True Venerable proposed Su Lanyue as Chen Beiwu’s dao companion and offered a Creation Sanctum place as her dowry, but Chen Beiwu refused the marriage pact.
• Zhu Wuya gave Chen Beiwu the Taiyi Profound Pivot Return-to-Truth Cause-Adjustment Method, and Chen Beiwu gained insight into its path and its potential to improve his chances of Spirit Transformation.